Bah.

HISS

Sudden heavy rainfall, thunderstorm, and nearby bodies of water beginning to violent shift? The OCEAN MASTER is arriving.

“ it’s Atlantean.” he expressed. he looked at her. “ do you plan on poisoning it?”

“ ah. you can call me….Orm.” She responded. “ I’ll be sure to try it sometime.”

“My deepest apologies, o’dear nephew. I didn’t realize your friends would be wary of me MINDING MY OWN /BUSINESS/.” He looked annoyed. “ Alas, as I told your surfacer friend, I have more important matters to attend to. I’m literally passing by.”

“ never heard of that.” he replied. “ what is a darcy?”

He sniffed, looking at her. “…..what flavor coffee is that, surfacer?”

He eyes her suspiciously.

Looks at her.

“ Relax there, surfacer. I have mord important business to attend to thsn to ruin my nephew’s vacation with his friends.”

Appears on the timeline from a source of water (í.e pool or lake) like.

He examines it closely. “ Poptarts? I see. I remember those from my time on the surface.”

Jumps out and lands near the {READER} like this.

“ So what happens when they find a reason to unite to find anyway to damage us, hm? Or when their conflicts & wars affect our oceans?” He smirked. “ My loyalist told me what took place in your coronation when surfacers attempted to smuggle a magic nuke just because they fear Atlantis when —

;-

“ recall it was you who started this pedantic conversation & you weren’t even the recipient.” he pointed out. “ your standards & perspective are irrelevant, especially for someone who doesn’t care.”

“ It does. Frankly, i’m over childish name calling & put downs from costumed air-breathers & their constant hypocritical existence. It’s unbecoming. of alleged heroes.”

“ Who gave you the authority to tell anyone how they should introduce themselves?” “ I find it hilarious one called ‘Mister Miracle’ has decided to speak on this.”

“ i’ll still never understand the behaviors of surfacers that compels thrm to compare all things they don’t understand to their culture pop.” “ It’s one of the top 3 compelling behaviors they have.”

𝙎𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚!

“ The surface is beautiful.” “ It’s just a shame it’s people ruin its beauty & environment for the chemicals in the air & greed.”

Eyeroll. “ Obviously, they are interchangeable. I might like to convey it like a title when introducing myself.”

“ Ugh. How is it /I/ have to explain to you that flowers are not considered food in the surface?” Says the high and mighty Atlantean. “ You’re so /silly/.” Cue him eating a cockroach without blinking.

“ and there lies the eternal frustration I have with you. you KNOW he is blind to the ways of oceankind & cannot help but favor the surface but you enable it out of LOVE.” “ how different things would be if I had simply been born FIRST.”

“ YOU want adoration and worship surpassing Superman but you DON’T care about others in general. It’s no surprise you’re obtuse in grasping how to care for something other than yourself.” “ any ‘hero’ within you is outweighed by your true face as a criminal.”

Here comes the MASTER of the OCEANS! The TRUE KING OF THE SEAS! A storm personified! ORM MARIUS THE FIRST! ( yes, he’s being rather dramatic rn.)

“ you are no HERO, Luthor.”

Orm is on Tinder & his profile makes it very clear he is confused and has NO idea or concept of a dating app. For some reason, there’s a lot of pictures of him playing in the rain fully clothed.

❝There was no murder during my reign! No political divide. I wouldn’t allow it! My other family needs help. And I’ll drive away Arthur & Mera to /save/ it!❞

“ As much as I’m supposed to hate you, I can’t help but admit that you ARE the better ruler compared to Arthur. He cannot bring himself to think as you do.”

“ I see. So you possess the same type of power.” He looked to her. “Forgive me but you are not like many surfacers I seen.”

“ you misunderstand: i meant that as in Í did not expect a reaction from him. I can only surmise I unexpectedly encountered an ally of his.”

“ The Trident of Neptune is its sister weapon. Despite its namesake, it has little to do with the actual Neptune in origin.” “ That trident commands the seas & atlantean magic. This sister weapon commands the storms.” He remarked.

“ My er….apologies.” He faced the woman. “ My trident reacted to your presence but that’s unusual. I’ve only seen it react in any way to the ‘sister’ weapon.” He expressed.

As the woman greets, his trident vibrates and such a reaction causes him to be…curious.

“ do not regard me like some child, Mera. I ruled this kingdom since I was 12.” “ I don’t know why the sorcerer was the one to come at the defense of a smart mouthed surfacer & why he was quick to warp me away with his magicks.”

;; I also find it funny the current Aquaman writer had implied he felt Aquaman isnt as cool with Mera & the Aqua-Family. Like NOT SORRY to reveal to you Arthur isnt ghe most interesting character in Aquaman all the time.

“ you normally demand answers WHILE attacking?” he points out annoyed. “ the surfacer sorcerer, DOCTOR FATE, sent me here….‘back from whence you came’ he said. And now i’m here…..” He looked around. “ this used to be mother’s quarters. seems the magicks was almost literal….”

“ GHHGHH!” Still disoriented from being warped by Fate, he then finds another thing crashing to him, this time Mera & her hydrokinesis. He falls to the ground, groaning in pain.

@merasxebelwaters.bsky.social Orm finds himself teleported into her chambers from a mystic encounter, resulting in a thunderous crash & its partial destruction.