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what would have happened if she just stayed at the cove? lived her life in peace? did not make that choice? would she have her own family by now? would she have died happily? content?
alas, there is no use for such nonsense now.
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a soft shimmer before a mild sting. hurried steps led melusina to her vanity mirror, specks of light trickling downward yet somehow appearing suspended in the air was in front of the siren’s face. is the curse… ending?
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there it was. the sadness in her eyes, the memories of her eternal confinement, and her sole promise that she would live and continue to live alone. a curse she has been bearing for a long time. at times like this, she wonders.
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they say knowledge is power, and back then, she was not aware of the underlying perils her pursuit of knowledge would cause. was it worth it? definitely. does she regret anything? now, that’s a question she cannot answer just yet.
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looking in the mirror seemed so foreign yet somehow familiar. ah yes, this was, undoubtedly, her. young melusina delmare… curious, unorthodox, and in grave danger. she feared no curse could ever amount to eternal memory, immortality.
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( re: melusina will be closely followed by two clones— one feeling complete disdain, and the other feeling extremely conceited— until the curse ends. )
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the siren couldn’t sleep. how could she, when two of her were continuously arguing about complete nonsense? for dreyja’s sake, they’re both her! who knew these emotions would be the ones to slip out? her composed nature is in danger.
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💧 • This plot was written with the consent of Circeylea and Ronin’s writer. It is only one of the many memories that Melusina will remember as she encounters even more familiar faces around the academy.
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"Ton destin n'est qu'une épreuve du temps. Ça finira bientôt, I hope you will not have any regrets."
Her words seemed to hang in the air, a poignant reminder of the transience of life and the inevitability of fate.
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