7. SEA TALES (2)

Next morning.

Maira: Did you sleep well?

Bea: Yes, thank you, and thanks for the clothes. 

Maira: I'm glad we could help. So now, tell us how did you end up here yesterday.

So Bea told them all about her unfair life of legacy spare, how everything revolves around her sister, how she is misunderstood and left without any character development, how she's just a side story.

Maira: That must have been hard for you. We know something about it.

Bea: Forgive me this question, but I'm dying to ask since yesterday... Are you mermaids?

Maira: Well, I can't tell you. But I can show you.

Bea observed how Maira went into the sea and suddenly her legs turned into a real tail! Magic!

Maira: It's not easy to be mermaid. We're misunderstood and people make fun of us. EA didn't give us many special powers. Mods save us a little, but they're just mods. But still we wouldn't trade this life for any other.

Bea: Can I too become one?

Maira: It's possible, yes, if you eat a Mermadic Kelp and go into ocean within next 24h. But it's a serious decision. And after the first sunset, it's irreversible. Take it and think about it. We must now go but we'll talk later.

And she left Bea with a kelp in hands and with a tough dilemma.

Viviane: Why don't we simply force her?

Maira: Cause it has to be her own decision. She has to believe us. And then she has to voluntarily pass the Cowplant Ritual. Only then, when we drink her essence, we will be finally free of the Voodoo Lot Curse.

Meanwhile, unaware Bea makes the decisions of her life. The call of the ocean is strong. Nothing can stop it now.

Bea walked into the ocean and suddenly felt a cold spread throughout her legs. She couldn't believe it. Instead of the legs, she had a beautiful tail. Bea instantly understood, she had just found her place on earth, as if it was always written for her by the Watcher.

Meanwhile, in another part of Simlantic, Anna and Filip are catching dinner. But some of the fish turn out to be protected, so Filip, as a true activist, released the fish. But he also caught some treasures in the process.

Anna has a frog catching on her midlife crisis list.

Anna: I almost feel like I joined a Girl Scout troop in high school.

Fortunately, nature allows for a variety of activities, and eventually Anna decided that she liked nature.

One of the final tasks is to plant magic beans. Luckily, Filip has a supply of them, having completed his aspiration. To plant them, they traveled to the distant and exotic islands of Twikkii. According to Sulanese children's tales, somewhere among these waters swim mermaids.

After planting all the beans, a magical willow tree with a portal grew in its place. Anna decided to investigate the place and came out with a mysterious Forbidden Fruit of Plantsims. It will definitely come in handy someday.

At the same time in Sulani Maja had to go to the vet urgently with Marshmallow, who was ill. Fortunately, it was nothing serious, but the whole operation took some time. Tomi had already returned home, and Maja had not even noticed that her sister had not returned...

Anna: We're back!

Maja: How is your mid-life crisis?

Anna: It's fine now, I'm over it. Where is Bea?

Maja: Probably in her room. I didn't see her today.

Anna went to look for Bea, but she was nowhere to be found in the entire house.

Anna: She's not there! She's nowhere in the house! I don't know where she is! There's no note left, and there's already a dust bunny in the room, so it looks like she didn't sleep at home!

Anna: How did you take care of your sister?! How can I trust you now? She's just a teenager, you were the adult here!

Maja: I'm sorry?? But do you think she ever listens to me?! She barely talks to me!!!

Filip: Stop it. This is not the time to argue, we need to find her.

So they went to ask around if anyone had seen her anywhere. They asked at the beach bar, at the clothes store, and at the Research Institute. They searched almost the entire island. There was no trace of Bea anywhere.

Filip: We looked everywhere! Nobody saw her! Maybe they kidnapped her, maybe there's something wrong with her. I do not know what to do...

Tane: Ask Nalani Mahi'ai. If she doesn't know, no one will know. But she knows everything. They say she's a mermaid.

Filip: Mermaid? They exist?! I thought these were just fairy tales!

Tane: Well, maybe EA didn't make a dedicated pack for them, but sure, they exist. They mainly inhabit the Twikkii Islands. And Nalani is the oldest and the wisest.

Filip: Where can I find her?

Tane: Go to Mako Island.

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