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Quotation1 let the oceans take my eyes, my breath, and my dreams

toss me to sea and let me sink

Merana Ci [they/them], is the next Rusalka from the opera Rusalka. They are currently attending their Second Year (otherwise known as Legacy Year) at Ever After High. They are called MerMer by close friends, and align Neutral.

A child of saltwater, a descendant of shuǐ guǐ, in the role of a freshwater nymph condemned to the bottom of the lake; Merana balances identities like one would cheques: constantly, anxiously, begrudgingly. With Death at their shoulder since childhood, Merana had taken solace in knowing exactly how their life would play out, despite never quite accepting their story's outcome.

Lucky then, that their year would question the inevitability of destiny. Or not, because this newly available choice, this question that breaks 15 years of certainty is... something Merana doesn’t do very well with. At the edge of the lake you will find a child eyeing the unknown and undecided with trepidation, never testing the waters.

Always fearful of regret, always unsure of their own judgement, Merana longs for a beautiful, rose-colored past.

Character[]

Personality[]

Quotation1 to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. he does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. he becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.

to realize one's nature perfectly — that is what each of us is here for.


Merely what appears to be yet another Little Mermaid variant in the grand scheme of things, Merana worries for their sense of identity. Or at least, they think they do, and worry that they actually don't but have somehow convinced themself that they do.

Prone to this sort of pointless overthinking, Merana gets so wrapped up in what parts of themself are truly true, what "true" even entails, if they are actually being nonpartial while debating their originality, how much of their precious time is being lost to this, and other resulting issues that they... that they just get wrapped up in it.

Merana has a hard time accepting it, but they want to be so self-actualized and so marvelously unique mostly because they want something to cling to, when destiny takes away everything that constitutes them. After all, even now, there are dozens of other tragic aquatic teens attending Ever After High; what do they bring to the table other than indecision and overdressing?

...Be aware though, that however it may seem, Merana does not actually believe that is all they are.

One should realize that Merana Ci was chosen to be Rusalka, and thus they mirror her in nearly every regard. Like Rusalka, Merana is a wistful romantic who dreams more than they really live, who is easily infatuated and just as easily disillusioned. Both sense that there is something missing in them, both are bound by laws of a higher authority they once agreed with but now fear, and both tend to make decisions they are soon to regret.

Unlike Rusalka though, Merana is only playing a role. They’re not really Rusalka — not yet, not until their last few years are up. Rusalka is earnest, she is no rehearsed actress, and yet the tragedy of her spontaneous life is the script Merana must now follow. Rusalka believes there is a happy ending waiting for her, and Merana must trail behind knowing there is none.

Suffice to say, being Rusalka without having her blissful ignorance does not a well-adjusted teenager make. Merana exists in a constant state of concern, but like most of their peers, they make do. Kind of.

Quotation1 and aren't things lovely?
i feel more helpless than i have in years


From the very first time you meet them, it’s pretty apparent Merana is softhearted, less in that they’re kind to others and more in that they’re… an emotional person. Merana is rather sensitive: easily frightened, easily moved to tears, and generally easily upset. While they feel all emotions a bit too intensely, the positive ones are much more fleeting, and Merana is prone to getting stuck in a cycle of negativity.

This softness translates in other ways though, like their habit of romanticizing situations or daydreaming in order to escape real life. They seem to have a gentle nostalgia for events they’ve never experienced — probably because whatever it is, it’s a lot better than whatever’s going on right now. A decidedly passive person, Merana finds it preferable to hide rather than to seek out a solution. Even when they feel guilty about said romanticization, they will just shove that guilt into some dark corner and pretend they’re simply naïve, hoping that one day, that naïveté will become part of them.

See, Merana has a tendency to, intentionally or unintentionally, take on the traits of others as if they were acting a role. While being influenced by your environment is a pretty natural phenomenon, the thought of it deeply terrifies Merana, and causes much of their distress (which is a bit of a problem when they deliberately take on a trait). They just can’t afford to lose what little originality they have left.

One of the reasons they adopt new behaviors and viewpoints so easily is because they care a lot about appearances and are desperate to be liked, or at least seen as this happy medium: cool, doesn’t have to be the coolest; morally good, doesn’t have to be pious; smart, doesn’t have to be a genius. But for the people they admire? Merana feels a near-obsessive need to be validated by them. Merana sees them as infinitely more trustworthy than they themself are, and depends on them for confirmation in a confusing, chaotic world.

In fact, because Merana places these people on a pedestal (and therefore above themself), it is these people who they unintentionally model their behavior on. It’s never really about what sort of people those they admire like — they usually just like Merana for who they are — but that Merana cannot see them as anything but beacons of goodness, and themself as anything but inherently wrong.

Is it time to talk about the inferiority complex? It is.

Merana is certainly insecure in the most basic sense, often doubting themself and comparing themself to others. Whether it be their skills, their actions, or something else, Merana is nearly always able to come up with some sort of grievance. By their own making, they are overly sensitive, and being the butt of even friendly jokes makes them feel far more humiliated than they should feel. Such negativity goes hand in hand with their attention to appearances, and it comes to no surprise that Merana is also a deeply defensive person who feels like they need to justify everything they do.

That is, when they're not backtracking. Like most things Merana, this is contradictory. It’s like they can’t choose what narrative they’re telling: one where the lovably naïve protagonist is educated on a seemingly-innocuous statement by their coddling friends, who are horrified to see such purity led astray, or one where the virtuous protagonist must defend the correct belief against a mob of ignorance. It doesn’t help that Merana will sometimes do what they believe to be the right thing (not necessarily the moral best, but the one that will paint themself best) in the heat of the moment, only to regret it after given time to ruminate.

They’re also particularly self conscious about how strongly they feel and how they wear their heart on their sleeve. Merana will sometimes try to bottle up feelings of discontent, rendering them somewhat private, yes, but also given to exploding and oversharing when set off by something normally innocuous. This, of course, only makes them feel worse.

Quotation1 then from out of the blue, and without any guide
you know what your decision is, which is not to decide


The other form of insecurity is… a little more complicated. To put it simply, Merana isn’t sure if they’re actually all that insecure, or if they’re just acting. It sounds terrible when worded that way, and Merana feels terrible at the thought of it. They desperately want it to be false, but that sinking feeling in their heart probably says everything, huh?

Merana had gotten used to plastering disclaimers and question marks over everything they did, even if they were pretty confident about it. It never hurts to have a safety net, right? That way, if they were somehow wrong, they wouldn’t look as foolish as they could have. But now, it almost feels like Merana just forgot that they weren’t really that sort of person, that they were only playing pretend for the sake of their pride.

Whether that person could be called Merana or not, all their doubt has undoubtedly melted into Merana. To make it worse, Merana’s parents and friends often boast or reassure them about themself (probably because they sense the uncertainty), leading to an odd combination of arrogance and insecurity. On one hand, they preen at the validation, on the other, they just feel sick, because they’re so sure everyone expects things out of them that they cannot deliver.

Merana winds up being purposefully self-deprecating so they can “lower expectations”, but then they only feel guilty, because isn’t this what they wanted to avoid? Romanticizing, acting, not being themself? They’re worried that they’re not even pressured, and just trying to play humble, manipulating others for attention. Merana wants to protest, wants to say that that isn’t the case at all, but how do they really know? How do they know they aren’t lying to themself?

On the rare chance Merana has built up their confidence enough (or, a little voice supplies, forgotten to put on their mask), they are still easily embarrassed, easily discouraged. Said confidence remains rather fragile, and can be shattered by any error they make, regardless of how minor.

With more and more to think and discuss and decide each day, being as unsure as Merana is kind of exhausting. Still, they find it within themself to worry plenty. Their general state of uncertainty ties in disastrously with their habit of running themself ragged with hypotheticals or questions with no definitive answers and thinking situations into despondency.

Merana is rather indecisive (though surprisingly stubborn when it comes to arbitrary preferences), in part because they’re terrified of doing something they’ll regret immensely. Even if the worse choice isn’t dangerous, they’ll still take time to deliberate, just because they want to secure the best deal possible.

They’re uncomfortably aware that Rusalka’s story is one of a hasty decision that ruins her entire life, and that their own recklessness may lead to a similar ending. As such, Merana gets stressed in fast-paced situations, often turning them into self-fulfilling prophecies of making mistakes. Much preferring to take things slowly, Merana is very much a creature of habit who finds comfort in living the same simple day over and over again.

Even so, worrying is kind of the default mode they exist in, as they’re never able to really fully and carelessly enjoy anything. If they do, it only lasts a little while before something small sets off a chain reaction, or even the lack of anything to worry about puts them on edge. It ends up that the best situation is a harmless worry, like worrying about making a mistake in rehearsal or the outcomes of an exam.

Quotation1 i’m busy today like always
wishing that the past will come back to me is nothing but a dream


On some level, Merana knows that they can be unreasonably focused on the “what-if”s. But they can’t stop. Can they? Have they already lost their chance to change, to become something great, or good, or fine? Or is it that they’re too afraid of the unknown to actually try, that they’re deliberately ignoring any opportunities to change their mindset for the better?

Just when did you become so pathetic, Merana? When you were young, you were bold and sure, unafraid of receiving the spotlight or being challenged. And now…

Merana oscillates between being bitterly resigned that they’ve long lost whatever it means to be Merana, and fervent attempts to restore that Merana, mostly through emulating innocence. After all, they knew less back then, and were much, much happier. Yet, some part of them knows that they have no idea what it even means to be Merana now.

Trying to be genuine is a paradox, changing yourself to be more like yourself is hypocritical, Merana knows all of this and more and still does not make an effort to stop. It’s hopeless; the train is steadily chugging along to the point in the script where it marries the wreck, and they’re still hanging around, still going along, and they don’t know why. Maybe.. maybe they’ve just been like this for so long that even losing this would hurt.

Their inability to change isn’t out of laziness so much as exhaustion, plain and simple. Merana gives up on things so easily because they’ve already tired themself out. It’s why they like having a system, a schedule, a structure.

Merana enjoys rules, not necessarily the law or school sort, but more so unspoken rules they have carved out for themself over the years. When something disrupts this system, they struggle to adapt. They’ve spent all this time painstakingly developing the perfect experience, and thinking about only it. Anything that doesn’t fit requires them to either start all over again, or confront something that terrifies them beyond function.

It’s why the current destiny argument is so draining: destiny has been a certainty longer than they’ve been alive. It’s why being unsure makes Merana so intensely paranoid: they might be living a completely wrong life. This all makes Merana someone who hates being wrong, escalates scenarios in their head, and feels the need to check and double-check near constantly.

Quotation1 i am a doll who can’t talk
i am peacefully waiting for you


In dealing with this stress, Merana has the unfortunate tendency to play the victim. It isn’t originally malicious; they just feel overwhelmed by life and would rather have someone they trust make the hard decisions instead. With a never-ending supply of tears and a positively miserable countenance, Merana plays the part of the… plays.. a part… damn it.

Here’s where it becomes obvious that something’s gone wrong with their romanticization. For Merana, it isn’t about being saved by a hero so much as it is about being wronged. Some part of them relishes in sorrow, in being a martyr, and the rest is horrified at themself for it. Merana clings on to the idea of never being at fault, of suffering so deeply that the universe will surely reward them for it. I mean, the fairytale genre is full of this, so it isn’t surprising that they’ve internalized the words that dictate their world.

But their passivity and fear of erring winds up encouraging them to justify mistakes rather than to strive for better. Many a time has Merana tried to convince themself that a misjudge or a mistake was the influence of someone else. The Real Merana would never, so they must return back to only being Merana.

(They never do believe it, just like how they never really believe they’ve suffered as much as they act like they have.)

Self-esteem that tells them they’re irredeemable plus arrogance that doesn't want to believe it equals Merana needing so badly to be the person wronged. To be fair, they do have a difficult time speaking up when they’re intimidated, and will go along with what other people want against their own wishes. They’re likely to acknowledge they’re not happy, do it anyway, regret it like they thought they would, and simmer in resent afterwards.

Truth is, Merana has an unchecked sense of vengeance that never quite gets acknowledged as the problem it is. Because they themself are so wracked with guilt, they’ll imagine the people they despise feeling the same. The cause? Something horrific has happened to Merana and it is their fault. It never goes further, and they never speak of it to anyone, but the existence of this feeling is nonetheless troubling to Merana, who cannot reconcile it with the rest of their personality.

All this is to say is that Merana is quite a selfish person, mostly in ways that are self-detrimental. Their first instinct is to believe people are working against them, half paranoia at being disliked, half playing the victim. For someone who’s way too self-aware of things they shouldn’t be, Merana is pretty oblivious to the fact that they’re near-constantly thinking about themself. As a damsel-in-eternal-distress, they expect the worst, if only for the strange vindication when things really do go wrong. Because of this negativity, they will accidentally be dismissive of others since their own struggles almost always feel “more deserving”.

Quotation1 wishes may bring problems, such that you regret them
better that, though, than to never get them…


This all makes Merana out to be much more of a tragic figure than they really are. Although their internal struggles are very integral to their character, they seldom manifest on the outside in a way that is out of the ordinary enough for others to be worried. Merana is only one of many others who must concurrently live a mundane life and grapple with grand, consequential dilemmas.

For the most part, Merana is pleasant. They are noticeably soft-spoken and polite, perhaps overly so, and take a long time to feel comfortable with being less formal. While altruism is not out of the question, minding their own business is more likely. They may have grievances with people, but are likely to file them to the back of their mind. This isn’t out of a trust in others, but simply subconsciously assuming they broadly align with their own perspective and thus, aren’t cause for worry.

Merana is good at drawing conclusions, but prone to forgetting information or looking past the simplest (and usually correct) answer. Hence, they are likely to require an explanation to fully comprehend something. This doesn’t mean Merana can’t understand nuanced situations, just that they, quite hilariously, either read into things too much or not enough.

If they’re feeling particularly cheery or cheeky, they’re liable to make jokes. They have an understated sense of humor that relies more on phrasing, usually odd or charming in an old-fashioned way, than content. Also endearing is Merana’s inability to multitask, most often appearing as accidentally saying something unrelated in the middle of a sentence because they were thinking about it. They think it’s inconvenient, actually, but whatever.

Loyalty to people they like means that Merana tends to side with them, sometimes forming preconceived notions of others based on their perspectives. Yet, it is important to note that Merana is neither dumb nor completely delusional. They do not see their friends as incapable of error, and are certainly capable of pointing out mistakes if needed.

It is because Merana is accustomed to their friends that they are more comfortable and confident than usual. This rings true for other things they are used to, like certain locations or their interests, which you will find a surprisingly strong passion for.

And, well, Merana is starting to believe that maybe this is the real Merana. That they’ve never stopped being Merana. That in the moments where they forget to worry about genuinity, the moments where they just let themself be, they are not just someone undeniably Merana, but also someone they are proud of.

Appearance[]

Human Form[]

Quotation1 he discovered the mirror as a means of self-duplication. he would gaze at himself until there were two selves facing one another, neither of which could claim to be the real one.


Merana is a teenager of Chinese descent. They have a light, warm complexion and a slightly darker dorsal side due to their heritage (aquatic creatures will have this coloration pattern in order to camouflage themselves).

Despite their average height of 5'3" (160 cm) and broad shoulders, Merana often seems smaller than they actually are because of their nervous disposition. This tendency to shrink into themself is due, in part, to their insecurities over their body. Merana has always been on the chubbier side, but they’ve become all the more aware of it ever since attending Ever After High.

It doesn’t help that they still feel uncoordinated and ungainly out of the water. Merana finds it very difficult to reconcile who they are (whatever that constitutes) with what they see in the mirror. Instead, they’ve internalized the idea that their self and their image have parted ways some time ago, that they must reunite them somehow, or continue living a lie.

Just how they’ll do that… Merana doesn’t know.

Thankfully, the insecurities mostly wrap up here. Merana’s not too opinionated on their face, which is best described as sweet-looking. They’ve got rather rosy and round cheeks due to their baby fat, and two distinctive moles dotted on their right cheek.

Most of Merana’s features are somewhat soft-looking. They have a flat, round nose, small hands, and average eyebrows that don't deserve this many words of description. Their teeth, however, can certainly be described by the word “many”. Merana used to have a lot of extra teeth, a product of their aquatic biology, and still needs braces for the spacing issues they caused.

Their eyes are large and double-lidded. The irises are light orange, and upon closer inspection, resemble a fishbowl filled with orange water sloshing about. In certain lighting, they glow; in all lighting, they look a bit like Merana’s about to cry. It’s definitely because of the shiny waterlines. Either because or emphasized by their eyes, Merana’s resting expression seems to fall under “surprised”, “startled”, or “concerned”.

Merana has straight hair, trimmed into something short and fluffy, requiring daily styling to become their signature Ina Claire bob. Their hair naturally grows in different colors, black towards the roots and teal otherwise. If they grew it out, their hair would begin to lighten to seafoam white at the ends, effectively making them look like they had a waterfall on their head.

Due to being used to water, which has a higher specific heat than air, their body temperature is affected more harshly by their surrounding environment than most, so they're often wearing or carrying layers in order to regulate their temperature.

Merfolk Form[]

Quotation1 the sensation was of being disembodied. he was no longer anything exact as a person. he had the dizzying feeling of separating from himself endlessly.


Merana's human-merfolk transformation kind of exists on a slider, if that makes sense. They are able to control it for the most part, meaning that they can decide on having legs or a tail. However, aspects from one form to another will often crop up in the other.

You may spot gill scars on their neck (at least, if Merana has it exposed), or scales on their skin. These small changes can be affected by emotional states.

In their merfolk form, Merana has a common fish’s tail, sleek and tapered at the end. It’s about 7 feet (2 meters), not counting the tail fin, average for their age. The scales are glassy black with silver undertones, and in certain lighting you can clearly see the vague outline of a fish’s skeletal structure within.

At the end of the tail is a small, pointed lantern-like structure, made out of similar material to their scales, with a soft orange glow that varies in intensity. It is partially hidden by the tail fin, which starts out as translucent silvery-black and ends majestically in a near-transparent silver, spanning about 3 feet in width and 2 feet in length.

Other fins are present on the sides of their tail, translucent black and darkening at the tips. All of the fins are a long and rather crumpled sort of affair, jagged but droopy, soft to the touch. You'd think they'd be a nuisance in the water but they're surprisingly hydrodynamic.

Their skin takes on a slightly silver tint, black darkening their remaining limbs. Silver scales can be found here and there, around their arms and neck, gills are present, and their eyes are softly luminous.

Interests[]

Theatre[]

Merana loves the stage more than any other art form, perhaps because it combines them all into one experience!

Erhu[]

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  • when i figure out what erhu is tuned to, i will figure out if merana must suffer the act of transposing,
  • ok apparently it's tuned similarly to a violin smh smh

Ballet[]

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Fashion Illustration[]

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Other[]

  • Most assume that they are skilled at swimming, but they’d be wrong. Rather, Merana simply likes to submerge themself in water, having their hearing muffled (in a way that's somehow comforting) and body made weightless.
    • Their favorite thing to do is sink to the bottom of the pool and lie there, looking at the lights dancing on the water's surface. It makes them feel at home again.
  • They have limited music taste, sticking to dime-a-dozen classical instrumentals, and have no attachment to any particular artist. Though, with Rosie's influence, they've found themself listening to a lot of Trocafairo.
  • Merana loves devouring a good book, but they would never dream of considering themself a writer.
  • They're... adequate in big-badminton, we shall say.
  • Self-imposed ban on philosophy. It’s for their own good.

Abilities[]

Magic Touch - Sleeping with the Fishes[]

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Other[]

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Opera - Rusalka[]

How The Story Goes[]

Main Article: Rusalka
Quotation1 I’d like to leave you all, to leave the depths, to be human and live in the golden sunshine!
You yourself used to tell strange tales, that they have a soul, which we don’t.
And the souls of people go to heaven, when the human dies and vanishes into nothing!

Rusalka, Act 1, Rusalka


Rusalka tells the story of the water nymph Rusalka who falls in love with a prince and wants to become human in order to be with him. She finds assistance from the witch Ježibaba, who tells her that in exchange for becoming human, she will lose her voice and immortality; moreover, if the prince rejects her, she will be eternally damned. Rusalka agrees to these terms, drinking the potion Ježibaba makes, and finds the prince to begin her plan.

How Does Merana Fit Into It?[]

Rusalka in Rusalka

As the titular character, Rusalka starts off miserable with her current life. She tells her father, the Water Sprite of the lake, that she’s fallen in love with the prince who hunts in the forest and wishes to be human like him. Her father laments her desire to be with the prince, but sends her to the witch Ježibaba.

Rusalka begs Ježibaba to make her human, and Ježibaba agrees—in exchange for her voice and immortality. What’s more, should she be unable to find love in the human world, she will be cursed to live as an outcast in the depths of the lake. Rusalka accepts, and Ježibaba brews her a potion to drink.

The prince happens upon Rusalka, now human, in the woods, and takes her with him to the castle. Soon enough, preparations for the wedding begin to happen at the castle, but the prince is already distracted by a foreign princess, who is a guest of the wedding. He rejects Rusalka, and she goes back to the lake full of regret, wanting to return to her previous form.

Rusalka asks Ježibaba for a solution and is told she can save herself if she kills the prince with the dagger she is given. Rusalka rejects this, throwing the dagger into the lake, and becomes a bludička, a spirit of death living in the depths of the lake, emerging only to lure humans to their deaths.

The prince arrives at the lake, searching for Rusalka. She tells him of how she is now a wandering phantom, and a kiss means death and damnation. He persists, they kiss, and he dies. Rusalka thanks the prince for letting her experience human love, commends his soul to God, and returns to her place in the depths of the lake as a spirit of death.

Quotation1 Neither alive nor dead, neither woman nor nymph, accursed, I wander as a phantom.
In vain, for a moment in your arms, I dreamed of my pitiful love.
Your lover I was, but now I’m only your death!

Rusalka, Act 3, Rusalka


It's an opera, is it not? They'll hold auditions.

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Parallels[]

Merana's role is Rusalka in Rusalka.

Merana also takes inspiration from folkloric rusalki.

One of the themes of Rusalka is regret, and Merana takes inspiration from La Belle Époque, a relatively peaceful and prosperous era retroactively named during the following war, as a way of incorporating that theme.

Etymology[]

  • note that merana's chinese name is going to be changed

Merana was born Merana Qingshen Ci, with their middle name derived from their Chinese name. Written in Chinese characters, their name is 刺清深 (cì qīngshēn). As they were born in Chessia and grew up there, these characters are not legally their name; however, they are still regarded as just as valid by Merana.

Merana is a name of Italian origin, meaning "woman of the waters". This, along with the mer- prefix, ties Merana to the water.

深 itself means "deep" and the character is used in conjunction with other characters to form phrases like "profound" and "dark", referencing the dark nature of both the opera and Merana's existence as a shuigui . 清 means "clear" and can form phrases like "clean" and "quiet", words water is often associated with.

The three dots on the left side of both characters is the water radical, again, chosen for obvious reasons. Without the water radical, 清 becomes 青, meaning "blue-green" or "black". 深 without the water radical is 罙, which is pronounced differently and apparently either has no meaning or also means deep??? This is relevant to Merana because this is a mess and Merana is also a mess.

刺 means many things, and can be translated as "spine"; "thorn"; "sting"; "prick". However it's also used as a term for the very fine bones of a fish.

They have a nickname, MerMer, that quite a few people know them by/call them by, though they prefer only their close friends to use it.

Viewpoint on Destiny[]

Merana prefers not to think about destiny at all, and so is rendered Neutral by default.

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The older Merana gets, the more unsure they becomes of their destiny. In the beginning, they were thrilled to have been granted such a prestigious honor, happy to make their family proud. Young as they were and eager to prove themself, they jumped at the chance to elevate their family's social class and partake in a fate grander than themself. Now, Merana finds it harder and harder to hide their discomfort.

After the Legacy Day debacle, Merana's relationship with their family became a little more strained. Raven's rebellion was a catalyst, prompting them to reexamine the events of their childhood. They identify as Neutral as they don't want any news of their unease reaching their family, but they think it feels wrong to align with Royals when they don't hold their beliefs.

Education[]

Class-ic Schedule[]

Core

  • Creative Storytelling I
  • Science and Sorcery
  • Biolo-genie
  • Tale-gebra II

Destiny-specific

  • Princessology I
  • Introductory Muse-ic Theory

Elective

  • Princess Design

Core

  • Creative Storytelling II
  • Meropean History
  • Chemythstry
  • Beast Training and Care

Destiny-specific

  • Princessology II
  • Damsel-In-Distressing
  • Wooing 101
  • Dance Class-ic

Core

  • Advanced Allusions and Cross-Cultural Reference I
  • Pre-Crownculus
  • Physhex

Destiny-specific

  • Princessology III
  • Kingdom Management I
  • Advanced Ballet

Elective

  • Muse-ic Theory

Core

  • Advanced Allusions and Cross-Cultural Reference II

Destiny-specific

  • Princessology IIII
  • Throne Economics
  • Advanced Ballet

Elective

  • Magicology

Hextracurricular Activities[]

Prose to Dramatics[]

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Ever since they were a wee fry, Merana has loved theatre. The actors and their art, the over exaggeration, the beautiful sets and the bright spotlight. Though they've never been brave enough to stand on the stage, Merana likes helping out with productions and seeing the show come to life. One of their pet peeve is when the audience doesn't laugh at the funny parts. It's comedic genius, how could they not?!- Now, Merana reasons, their love of theatre is even more justified because their destiny is a theatre production.

They don't like to think about that, though.

Mechanical Birdies[]

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Trivia[]

  • Merana's birthday (June 21st) falls upon the summer solstice, the birthday of Ellen Price (who modeled the Little Mermaid statue), and marks the end of Rusalka Week (also known as Green Week) in Slavic countries.
    • This makes them born on the Gemini-Cancer cusp. Cancer is pretty fitting what with the aquatic motifs and the consistent crabbiness.
  • They're incredibly easy to scare, and even the mere idea of something scary existing will set their imagination off on a spiraling path.
    • Heights especially suck :( It's bad enough already having to be on land, now you're telling me they need to go in the air?

Specific things they like:

  • Planning and making lists! Merana likes to write things down and make little plans, whether they be checklists of tasks, timetables on when to complete those tasks, lists of items they want to buy, etc. They'll even color-code and add visual components. They don't always follow through on these plans, but they sure love making them.
  • Fiddling with things around them, like playing with zippers, twirling earbuds, or bouncing their leg.

Specific things they dislike:

  • People fighting, or even just the sound of raised voices (especially if it's directed towards them). They're awful in fights; they can't properly string together their thoughts, and will always end up miserable and in tears.
  • Having their hair touched.
  • The idea of losing their eyesight. Even the sleepy feeling they get in their eye when they don't get a proper night's rest is kind of frightening.

A description of Merana's voice:

  • When they speak, it's before they've properly gathered their thoughts. Not in an unmindful way, but more that they don't know how to word themselves correctly. Expect a lot of pauses that don't sound natural, and filler words to stall for time.
  • "Sorry, what?"s are common! Merana is not very good at comprehending information given through speech, especially if it's given too quickly.
  • They don't have very good control over the volume of their voice, and can often get rather loud without realizing it. As it usually is with Merana, this results in embarrassment.
  • Merana refers to Dvořák in interjections, e.g. "Thank Dvořák!" or "Dvořákforsaken mess".

Epithets they are referred to by:

  • dark-eyed / ember-eyed - dark isn't in a literal sense here; Merana is just frequently melancholic. Ember-eyed refers to the bright orange of their eyes, ironically bringing to mind fire, the absolute antithesis of what they are strongly associated with. Additionally, some deep sea fish are known for being bioluminescent, a trait their eyes echo.
  • stream-swift - Merana tends to be giddy when sufficiently rested, skittish when not.

Acknowledgements:

  • Hidden for suggesting Rusalka as a story for Merana.
  • Spades and Airy for their formatting on the introduction and story section. Linking is good for the wiki!
  • Tale for inspiring the likes and dislikes section.

Quotes[]

Quotation1 Yes, I see. **realization** Oh that's funny!

the (not very good) joke is "see" and "sea"

Quotation1 Rusalka is an opera with interspersed dance segments. That's why they chose me, who can neither sing nor dance, to be the lead role.

Merana in a brief joking mood

Quotation1 And you think of all of the things you've seen
And you wish that you could live in between
And you're back again only different than before

"Giants in the Sky"

Quotation1 Children will look to you, for which way to turn
To learn what to be
Careful before you say, "listen to me."

"Children Will Listen"

Quotation1 Though it's fearful
Though it's deep, though it's dark
And though you may lose the path
Though you may encounter wolves
You can't just act; you have to listen
You can't just act; you have to think

"Finale"

Quotation1 Everybody will want words from you
And you're the one who couldn't talk
They will want promises from you
That you will and you will not

"Alien Champion"


Author's Notes[]

Coming soon!

Points to touch on:

  • Identity, uncertainty, control, and responsibility.
    • Certainly not the same thing, but it'd be wrong to say they aren't connected
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