What’s funny is that our eyes first appeared underwater and we had to evolve a system to keep our eyes wet while in dry air. (By “we” I mean “our very distant ancestors that were still actually fish”). So that’s why we have eyelids, and why fish don’t.
What’s even more funny is that we’re seeing a repeat of that process with the mudskippers (which are also fish who like to live on solid ground) as they, too, needed to invent a way to keep their eyes wet, and it’s funny because they came up with a different solution to the same engineering problem; instead of having a flap of skin that slides over their eye, they just pull their eyes back in their body. Try to find a video of a mudskipper blinking, it’s freaky.
Uh oh. Dainix wants his boyfriend back, but little does he know his catboy is en route to another castle.
As for the runic script, it’s the same script Erin used to make his bubble, but using a Wind lacrima instead.
“REINFORCE SHIELD BUBBLE SFERE HOLD SHAPE HOLD AIR”
Imagine if Dainix somehow actually got back to Rakhn and spoke with one of those ignans and one of them actually knew what happened and just replyed: “Sorry Dainix, but your Falst is an another castle” XD.
Poor Dainix, he just wants to see his boyfriend.
I miss ao3 so much right now.
Also quick thanks to Alinua’s fish friends for helping so much!
Goodnight!
-Signed The Vessel Of A Glowing God
(aka The Princess)
Wow today has been pretty good.
I watched 101 dalmatians and ate some brownies.
I also finished the Hooky series and I love it so much!
Highly recommend it.
Red Merfolk: Please calm down sir. Why not have a jelly? Dainix: No. I literally cannot stay calm like this. Also your jellies taste like something out of my alchemical brews. Blue Merfolk: Funny you should say that.
I figured the Sekrai and Merfolk had some kind of specialist building for air-breathers to inhabit; maybe this is where Selach was going to take Alinua before she transformed. It almost looks to me like that shell can detach form the tower; I’ve got images in my head of it floating up to the surface, dropping off/picking up any air-breathers, then descending again.
Underwater, Falst is missing, and being kept in a high place in an unknown city could be bringing back Zuurith memories; all things considered, Dainix is holding himself together pretty well. But the merfolk is right, even if Dainix can survive a lava flow, there’s the toxic gasses, cascading rocks, and other dangers he’s not ready for.
Prediction for next week: I kinda see Erin as the one to try and convince Dainix to return to the air shell, if only because I find the image of him doing breaststroke and frog kicking to catch up very amusing. Tess is too heavy to swim properly and Alinua is elsewhere, so it makes sense.
Iām seeing a lot of different comments to why heās so upset. Some say itās because heās worried about the other Ignans, others saying itās about Falst. It might also just be because heās currently under water and has no clue how he got there.
What I want to know is, didnāt earlier in the arc, Dainix said heād never been this close to the ocean before, and didnāt know how to swim. Am I miss remembering something or did Dainix just suddenly learn how to swim?
You’re right, Dainix doesn’t know how to swim. But if the goal isn’t to keep his head above water, it might not matter — movement would still propel him.
And I don’t think Alinua wants anything from the wreckage…most likely, they’re searching for Erin’s bag for him!
Poor Dainix. He’s underwater, he doesn’t know where Erin is, he doesn’t know where any of his friends are, he’s likely been told the volcano erupted, which was where his friends WERE, and I’d imagine that lava and ash sounds DELIGHTFUL to him compared to spending another 5 seconds underwater. For all he knows, Alinua is still missing, Tess, Falst, and Kendal were on the exploding island, Erin was drowning, he’s surrounded by (friendly) strangers who have no idea how dangerous he is when he panicks, AND he woke up in another prison.
And you know, the reality probably isn’t going to make him feel much better.
I’d think the Floof Squad is being housed near each other, if not in the same room/s, so my guess is: He woke up underwater, freaked out, learned about the Kendal-napping, Rakhn erupting, and Falst is MIA, and Dainix is about to Flame On (and doesn’t wantt o hurt any innocents).
Ooo poor Dainix. Heās underwater, Falst is missing, and the ignans just got erupted on. Heās not having a really great day, but then again, is anyone here having a good day? Well, maaaybe the paladins are. But they also had to fly overseas to find their enemy they didnāt even find. Oh wait, I figured out whoās having a good day! The Northern Wyrm, she just got un-chimeraād!
They had the orange merperson keeping an eye on the orange surface-person. I wonder if the merpeople they have watching the others are also color-coded.
Red answered a few questions about this on Tumblr, one of which is linked at my username! Because he’s a desert Ignan, not volcano, the lava would hurt š and there are other things to worry about like toxic fumes.
āThank you.ā responds Alinua, looking dour
Retrieval goes slow with the ship so broken
Over swims a mermaid, āTrouble in the tower!ā
Upsetās from the orange one whoās just awoken
By coral spire a warning is spoken
Listen to me, the island is not safe! they say.
Embers crack, he pleads to them, āGet out of my way.ā
why does dainix look so upset? he’s only underwater, surrounded by strangers, doesn’t know where Falst is, and is underwater. Light work!
He might also be concerned for the Ignans that were living in the volcano!
He’s also underwater but I’m sure that’s fine
Have you mentioned that he’s underwater?
Also, last he knew, Falst was wandering around on the island that just erupted, no wonder he wants to get back
the superpower shared by many fictional characters of effortlesly keeping their eye(s) open underwater
What’s funny is that our eyes first appeared underwater and we had to evolve a system to keep our eyes wet while in dry air. (By “we” I mean “our very distant ancestors that were still actually fish”). So that’s why we have eyelids, and why fish don’t.
What’s even more funny is that we’re seeing a repeat of that process with the mudskippers (which are also fish who like to live on solid ground) as they, too, needed to invent a way to keep their eyes wet, and it’s funny because they came up with a different solution to the same engineering problem; instead of having a flap of skin that slides over their eye, they just pull their eyes back in their body. Try to find a video of a mudskipper blinking, it’s freaky.
Oh shit dainix doesnāt look too good
The cracks on his face honestly reminds me of Rahknās state after erupting, to a lesser extent
Oh noooo… poor Dainix is worried about his people… š
Please get out of his way, Mermaids!
For mobile readers.
Alt-text: damn they weren’t lying that one is orange
Image source: trouble
Tumblr text: So you had and are continuing to have a bad day
Bluesky text: getting this party back together no matter the cost
Uh oh. Dainix wants his boyfriend back, but little does he know his catboy is en route to another castle.
As for the runic script, it’s the same script Erin used to make his bubble, but using a Wind lacrima instead.
“REINFORCE SHIELD BUBBLE SFERE HOLD SHAPE HOLD AIR”
Great comment! Have an imaginary upvote. And thank you for the translation of the runes
Imagine if Dainix somehow actually got back to Rakhn and spoke with one of those ignans and one of them actually knew what happened and just replyed: “Sorry Dainix, but your Falst is an another castle” XD.
oops a typo. I meant to say “in an another castle” NOT “an another castle”.
Poor Dainix, he just wants to see his boyfriend.
I miss ao3 so much right now.
Also quick thanks to Alinua’s fish friends for helping so much!
Goodnight!
-Signed The Vessel Of A Glowing God
(aka The Princess)
HELP ME TOO
Wow today has been pretty good.
I watched 101 dalmatians and ate some brownies.
I also finished the Hooky series and I love it so much!
Highly recommend it.
Also also, Ella Red and PEGGY both released songs today!
(PEGGY actually released a hole album.)
Red Merfolk: Please calm down sir. Why not have a jelly?
Dainix: No. I literally cannot stay calm like this. Also your jellies taste like something out of my alchemical brews.
Blue Merfolk: Funny you should say that.
I figured the Sekrai and Merfolk had some kind of specialist building for air-breathers to inhabit; maybe this is where Selach was going to take Alinua before she transformed. It almost looks to me like that shell can detach form the tower; I’ve got images in my head of it floating up to the surface, dropping off/picking up any air-breathers, then descending again.
Underwater, Falst is missing, and being kept in a high place in an unknown city could be bringing back Zuurith memories; all things considered, Dainix is holding himself together pretty well. But the merfolk is right, even if Dainix can survive a lava flow, there’s the toxic gasses, cascading rocks, and other dangers he’s not ready for.
Prediction for next week: I kinda see Erin as the one to try and convince Dainix to return to the air shell, if only because I find the image of him doing breaststroke and frog kicking to catch up very amusing. Tess is too heavy to swim properly and Alinua is elsewhere, so it makes sense.
Tess probably just walks on the bottom like a hippo
Placeholder for when Iām awake enough to form real thoughts
MWAHAHAHA!!!
I steal your place holder top position!!
:)-
Yaayyy!! The fire boy is up and kicking.
Iām seeing a lot of different comments to why heās so upset. Some say itās because heās worried about the other Ignans, others saying itās about Falst. It might also just be because heās currently under water and has no clue how he got there.
What I want to know is, didnāt earlier in the arc, Dainix said heād never been this close to the ocean before, and didnāt know how to swim. Am I miss remembering something or did Dainix just suddenly learn how to swim?
Also what does Alinua want from the wreckage?
You’re right, Dainix doesn’t know how to swim. But if the goal isn’t to keep his head above water, it might not matter — movement would still propel him.
And I don’t think Alinua wants anything from the wreckage…most likely, they’re searching for Erin’s bag for him!
Poor Dainix. He’s underwater, he doesn’t know where Erin is, he doesn’t know where any of his friends are, he’s likely been told the volcano erupted, which was where his friends WERE, and I’d imagine that lava and ash sounds DELIGHTFUL to him compared to spending another 5 seconds underwater. For all he knows, Alinua is still missing, Tess, Falst, and Kendal were on the exploding island, Erin was drowning, he’s surrounded by (friendly) strangers who have no idea how dangerous he is when he panicks, AND he woke up in another prison.
And you know, the reality probably isn’t going to make him feel much better.
…Dainix’s Terrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day?
When you put it like that, it very much is a terrible, very bad, no good, kind of day.
Thanks for the answers, but then I also have to ask, how did he get the breathing apparatus? Did he just steal it off the wall?
So many questions. :)-
I’d think the Floof Squad is being housed near each other, if not in the same room/s, so my guess is: He woke up underwater, freaked out, learned about the Kendal-napping, Rakhn erupting, and Falst is MIA, and Dainix is about to Flame On (and doesn’t wantt o hurt any innocents).
You might be right about Dainix being about to erupt, as it were.
Going back to the final panel I can definitely see some flame lines going around his eye and wrist.
Good catch. :)-
Ooo poor Dainix. Heās underwater, Falst is missing, and the ignans just got erupted on. Heās not having a really great day, but then again, is anyone here having a good day? Well, maaaybe the paladins are. But they also had to fly overseas to find their enemy they didnāt even find. Oh wait, I figured out whoās having a good day! The Northern Wyrm, she just got un-chimeraād!
Oh, he’s BARELY holding it together. I wonder how many of the merfolk or sekrai know he might turn into a fire monster…
How many of the merfolk know what firevis? Let alone what it looks like?
well, they *do* live next to an active volcano… :p
They had the orange merperson keeping an eye on the orange surface-person. I wonder if the merpeople they have watching the others are also color-coded.
Oooh, I hope Alinua gets to Dainix in time to stop him from doing something stupid.
Yay, Dainix! I missed him!
“The orange one so terrify”
Nice to know that in Universe, people realize they are color coded. I thought that was just for our convenience.
I’m looking back fondly at my early hopes that we’d see mermaids. Have we ever! Beyond my hopes, these warriors.
Is Dainix actually immune to heat? Like, will he be totally fine just walking around in lava? I don’t recall if we got a solid answer to that.
Red answered a few questions about this on Tumblr, one of which is linked at my username! Because he’s a desert Ignan, not volcano, the lava would hurt š and there are other things to worry about like toxic fumes.
I feel a very serious need to apologize to Valia for being unnecessarily, unhelpfully, dangerously negative about her character.
āThank you.ā responds Alinua, looking dour
Retrieval goes slow with the ship so broken
Over swims a mermaid, āTrouble in the tower!ā
Upsetās from the orange one whoās just awoken
By coral spire a warning is spoken
Listen to me, the island is not safe! they say.
Embers crack, he pleads to them, āGet out of my way.ā