"It's an honor, Princess Miranda." At least it helped Wade from panicking. He didn't get to talk to others a lot but he also knew to mess up around someone royal could end badly...

"ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪɴᴅ ɪꜱ ɪᴛꜱ ᴏᴡɴ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ɪᴛꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴄᴀɴ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀᴠ'ɴ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʟʟ, ᴀ ʜᴇʟʟ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇᴀᴠ'ɴ" - ᴊᴏʜɴ ᴍɪʟᴛᴏɴ, ᴘᴀʀᴀᴅɪꜱᴇ ʟᴏꜱᴛ [TEMP PINNED]

Wade smiled, lighting the cauldron and putting in the other two jars. "You don't want it to boil. Just hot enough that it can mix together. But here is where we have to wait. To really shine, it needs to absorb moonlight. I've tested it. It has to be moonlight, not direct sunlight." Well, that+

"Ah. hello." A crown! Wade bowed as well as he could. "I'm...mostly typical of the octopus variety. Keep to myself but opened to helping people with my talents. I'm Wade. It's lovely to meet you, princess." He could be awkward but he was also WAY more calculated in being polite to royalty.

“What is this place? It certainly isn’t the Merkingdom…what is this Bluesky?”

"The earth isss living too, we musssst protect it!" 🌸Petal Dewleaf a wandering druid that explores wherever she ends up to help those in need and heals the land if it has been hurt from battle. Can be a bit standoffish when she first meets someone but quickly warms up to them. #Fantasyrp #MVRP

Wade gave a nod, going to the jars of ingredients and grabbing two. They weren't tiny: about a gallon each. "One jar of bioluminescent algae and one of jellyfish. Both liquified. You can use crushed crystals instead of the jellyfish but then you need two jars of the algae. One ingredient is just+

Wade was beaming again, watching it in action. "Your runes really are amazing, Leo!"

"Of course. And it should be simple since the color you want is I guess what people would call the default."

Wade couldn't help a soft laugh, filling up the bowl one last time. "I'm glad you enjoy it. While I purposefully have three cauldrons just to use one for cooking, I don't usually cook for others."

"I'm not used to a bed...I'm opened to trying one." It seemed natural to assume that a bed made for a mer could handle the water.

Wade went quiet. While he was comfortable enough to be energetic, he knew when to be quiet and patient. He had to let Leo focus.

"It is true that it takes more energy to move on land. For those that can like us. As you said: the weight can make it a struggle where in the water we can move with ease."

"If it wouldn't be too much trouble to make..."

"I know... I'm used to sleeping in water but I can use the garden. I can't imagine that would be easy to work with..."

He didn't mind, serving her some more. "Just hoping it's something normal and not...something health wise having an issue for you."

"It wonderful! I never imagined having so much space... It's going to be so much easier to infuse the lantern potions with moonlight, too. It...already feels like a new home..."

Wade thought for a moment. Winter so it couldn't be maternal instincts... "Hm...do these Finheads as you call them hibernate?"

The octomere chuckled, smiling widely the whole time. It was still weird walking around on sort of land but he was also so excited to be doing this with others he was bonding with. He felt like family...

Wade couldn't help feeling excited. He was going to get to help! "Yeah! I'm excited to!"

Wade kept on smiling brightly. Still like a dream... "Leo! Hey!"

"Right!" Wade was clearly excited, following and swimming through the portal. It still felt like a dream...

"Yes! I have my cauldrons in the bag. I decided to leave the shelves behind and some of my lights with the recipe if someone else finds it and moves in."

"I believe it. Si is sweeter than he thinks he is... And I look forward to meeting her!" He gave a nod. "It makes sense to attach my garden to my room. It's still wonderful!"

His room. "Attached?! That's wonderful! Wade chuckled, very excited. "Si told me you might! I think he's happy to have more family."

"I trust that." Suddenly, he paused. "I can make shrinking potions, you know."

"Levi! I was hoping it was you!" His smile brightened at that. "It's going that well already."

Wade smiled brightly, calling out from inside the jar lit cave. "Come in!"

//Happy new year! Making me wonder if Wade would hate fireworks or find them fascinating...

That had Wade worried, looking at her hands. "A side effect? Are you still adjusting to this body?" His big concern was he was also a healer and what shaking could mean. Hopefully it was something food could help with like blood sugar.

"I mean you implied you had other reasons or was it that you didn't want anyone to see your siren form? If it's that, I don't see any problem. Siren's songs are only dangerous to sailors because they want so badly to go to it, they blindly crash ships."

"I don't mind at all." He happily scooped her up some more. Jittery? "...Are you alright?"

"That makes sense to me... Well, it's clearly safe for you to sing for me whenever you'd like!"

Wade kept staring, watching Blue. It felt it was better to give the demon a moment instead of asking right away if he was okay. It was the look.

Wade's eyes went wide, even more mesmerizing by his love of magic. So fascinating to him... Sound magic...alluring but dangerous if a human on a ship. So very fascinating...

"I'll see you then! I look forward to it." Wade smiled brightly, slowly going through the portal and his cave.

"Alright." Wade felt both nervous and excited. Living in a palace... Surrounded by other mers, some that could use magic. A whole city... This had to be a dream.

Wade listened, partly on the shore to lay down slightly. There was certainly a light behind his eyes at the moment but mostly fascination as he listened. He'd never heard a siren's song before. It was interesting to him.

"I basically free all the time. So anytime will work."

//Well, that took forever to go through. Looks like I'm lagging really bad right now...

Wade hesitated but only for a moment. "...I know you aren't going to attack me do I see no reason not to. Sure."

"That would also work, yes. I might leave some things behind, though. Honestly, I found my cave. It looked abandoned by another alchemist."

Wade couldn't help being fascinated. He was trying to think of all the magic he'd heard about and how Blue had found anything. "Ah! I think I have a theory... It might be something it's former owner used as a sort of enhancement. Maybe they did something to it so if it was stolen, it would turn+

"Of course! The bag you gave me should make everything much easier. Would be hard to move three cauldrons, otherwise."

"I honestly would really like that..."

Stay here...living not just no longer as lonely hermit but in a palace... More people aware of him so he could help them... "...Y-yes. I...I want to stay... As long as...I'm not a burden..."

"I must have seen refugees... Some of them had some really bad injuries like sliced up tails." He shook his head. Happier thoughts... "I'm sure Si would love that."

"Other...th-there's more in these waters? Some mers have come to my cave for healing but I had no idea there were whole tribes..."

"That...would honestly be wonderful. I-if it's not an inconvenience."

"It's an important balance...I refuse to casually kill something for my potions... And mom taught me to give back what you take." Wade paused, just imagining that. "R-really?!"