Tales of the Ocean - Corde Maris

[Hannah]

I chuckle ".. most likely.. but it still sounds like it."

[Jacky]

"Can't you de-tail in water?" I wonder.

[Hannah]

"At times I can.." I tell him with a small smirk. "It takes a lot of practicing.."

[Jacky]

"Try it." I tell her.

[Hannah]

I look at him doubtfully before I close my eyes and stretch. I dissapear entirely underwater, relaxing entirely. I start singing to myself softly, old words full of power. The water gets completly calm, not a single wave is in the bathtub.
I continue singing to myself when suddenly the watter seems to shudder once and then a second time. When the surface is flat again my tail slowly shrinks and when it is as long as my legs normally are, it splits in two.
When my tail is gone entirely I resurface, taking a deep breath. Everything seems to spin for a moment before it gets calm again.
I turn my head slowly and look at Jack while I push some wet hair out of my face.
"There.." I whisper and move close to him.

[Jacky]

I put a hand on the side of her leg, at the height of her knee, to check whether they're really there or whether it's merely an illusion. It's there though.. she looks like just another girl now. Not a mermaid, not a godess. Just a woman - a human.
"That's.." I keep my eyes on her legs, "...very interesting." I murmer.

[Hannah]

"It's not staying long.." I tell him, feeling it change back already again. I don't like the feeling of having legs in the water.. it simply doesn't feel right

[Jacky]

I feel it change too, underneath my hand. I keep it where it is though, carefully observing the changes.

[Hannah]

It strats with my upperlegs. Small schubben appear on them which spread all over my legs. When everything is covered with them, the legs start growing back into a tail

[Jacky]

When the tail is back I look to her face and I smirk. "It still impresses me." I murmer.