ADRASTOS, akakios hermes

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'all the single corgis.'

AKAKIOS HERMES ADRASTOS
hermes. nineteen. male. heterosexual. merman. dark side. naga.

I - Q U A S A R

"luminous, active, distant."

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once upon a time, there lived a merman called triton. born into the royal family that governed the whole of the sea kingdom, he had not wasted time in beginning his journey of climbing the golden ladder of hierarchy. and soon enough, after years of perseverance and effort, triton became king of the sea, and ruled it with an iron fist. he soon produced six heirs to the throne, all daughters; attina, andrina, arista, adella, alana, and ariel.

as the oldest, attina would no doubt become the heir to the throne. she struggled to maintain her position by being domineering to her other siblings, and had high hopes for the future. however, her dreams were nearly shattered when the beautiful mermaid fell in love with a handsome warlock from the surface world. she was all prepared to go through wind and rain with him, only to have her own heart broken in the process. another merman, who had always taken a liking to attina, who went by the name of kosta, decided to take the death of the warlock by her hands to his advantage and blackmail the eldest adrastos to marry him, or he would sell her out. and so, stuck in a marriage devoid of love and affection, attina soon produced four heirs of her own through her marriage with kosta, aquana, kaliane, antala, and where our story begins here, the youngest child, akakios, or rather as he preferred to be called, hermes.

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II - P A N O P T I C O N

"observe, circulation, philosopher"

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as the youngest child and the only boy in the whole goddamn family, life hadn't been easy for hermes. it didn't make things easier when the male species were looked down in the whole of the adrastos clan, considered useful for nothing but reproducing heirs. from his childhood days, the notion had been knocked into hermes' skull over and over again, and it was nearly enough to send him to the edge. his mother was a vicious bitch, and his oldest sister was no better, taking every opportunity to bully her tiny little brother akakios since he was the only boy and rendered completely insignificant.

yet, hermes managed to maintain a mask of vivaciousness and optimism, hiding away any sort of insecurity and inferiority beneath the faux facade. he kept his distance from aquana because she was nothing but another clone of his mother, and got along alright with kaline and antala; mostly the former because he had an inkling that antala inspired to be the perfect daughter like aquana was. nevertheless, he had made it a habit of staying out of everyone's way, showing up only for mealtimes and family meetings. besides those times, he was nonexistent, and was willing to keep it that way. he had not the power to change his status in the family, so why bother trying? keeping to his room and the sea outside, he might as well have been a wraith in their lives.

quite determined on maintaining a ghostly existence, he did not take much notice whenever his mother began on a lecture on how they should all hate humans. as for her trying to squish out a talent from him, she received nothing from hermes. instantly deemed a failure, attina withdrew herself from him, and focused her attention more on her daughters instead. what the older mermaid failed to notice was that he was quick on his feet/tail and head, and could analyze any sort of situation within seconds.

the lack of any sort of love did take a toll on the young lad, but he kept his melancholy underneath skilled layers of optimism and bubbliness. a grudge did begin to bloom in him, and he soon discarded his birthname akakios, calling himself by his second name. though he was still tied to the adrastos family, it did give him a tiny feeling of satisfaction for rebelling.

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III - P I N W H E E L S

"spin, spin, spin, spin the dawn away."

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while he was chilling in his room one fine day, the door to it burst open and he was met with a panicked sister, who told him that atlantica was under attack and they had to leave. he had stared incredulously at the older woman, thinking her even stupider than he was for the time being when the windows to his room shattered and in came atlantica's foes. deciding that now wasn't the time to start revolting against his own family, he followed them, swimming as fast as he could. the young merman watched as his home was destroyed, a once proud kingdom now nothing but rocks and rubble. what attina did to anger atlantica's enemies, he did not know, nor cared, but as they went up to the surface, he knew that he had to stay with them for the time being.

his life had been under the sea, and now it was in the town of manuka, maine. it had taken hermes a long time to adjust to living without a tail, and the number of times he had his face kissing the pavement he had already lost count. it had not been easy being greeted suddenly with two lanky legs, legs that he was forced to use if he wanted to get anywhere in this town. hermes had paraded around with crutches for the next few months of his life, and wasted no time in becoming a laughing stock in the human high school. because of his extraordinary beauty as a mermaid and his abilities, he managed to save himself from being constantly picked on and having his whole life in high school be a full tale of misery.

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IV - O C E A N I A

"the final siren's wake."

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while his older sister antala was being bossed around, hermes has found an odd sense of peace within himself while he adjusted to manuka. he still maintains his false happiness among his family, but allows the tiny beam of honest sunshine in his heart to show in his face whenever their backs are turned. he has not forgotten about his status and grudge and sadness about it all, but hermes was happy in the little town of the supernaturals. as the days go by with him skipping around with his favorite corgi puppies (having developed a fetish for them after a few months), he knows that as long as the sun continues to shine in the sky, perhaps the shadows in his heart will finally disappear for good as well.

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