under the sea

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“ how could a world with such

wonderful things be so bad? „

underneath the blanket of crashing

waves is a mystery known by little.

deep down amongst the coral is a

thriving city known by its residents as

"atlantica." the underwater wonderland

is inhabited by mermaids and mermen,

along with many fascinating sea

creatures. the city itself gleams an

ethereal, golden light, calling everyone

to its lustrous towers.

a powerful metropolis such as atlantica

needs an equally powerful leader. this

monarch is known as king triton. king

triton rules over atlantica with a steady,

sensible hand, that hand usually holding

his trusty trident. although he has his

kingdom under control, he can't quite

get his rambunctious daughter in

line. he tries to show her fatherly

affection, but she returns his endearment

by running away. king triton loves his

daughter dearly, but is he willing to

sacrifice his kingdom if it means his

troublesome daughter will be safe?

we have reached the heroine of our

underwater tale, ariel. the seventh-born

daughter of the king, she is the youngest

of the princesses. ariel is praised for

her beautiful voice, but often chastised

for her reckless behavior. due to the

fact that ariel is infatuated with the

human world, she spends her free time

collecting human objects, and watching

human sailors from afar. she soon falls

unconditionally in love with a human

and vows that one day she will be part

of his world. this human, her first love,

is the famous prince eric. in order to

make that promise become reality, she

trades her exquisite voice for a pair of

human legs. will she woo the handsome

prince eric before it is too late?

every underwater princess needs an

underwater best friend. there is no

better friend than the lovable, adorable,

flounder. flounder is always by ariel's

side, being loyal until the very end.

even when things get hard, flounder

stays strong and tells himself: "don't

be a guppy." he has a playful, innocent

demeanor that everyone can't help

but love. flounder, like ariel, is reckless

and adventurous, but he knows when

to draw the line. although flounder

is a young fish, he has been through

his fair share of hardships, and is

determined to push through, no matter

the circumstances.

a king, such as king triton, must have

subjects. this crab may seem small,

but he is the king's most trusted

servant. this fun-sized crustacean

is known as sebastian. he is the

composer for the king, and he is

quite talented when it comes to

creating melodies that atlantica will

love. he has an immense ion

for composing, but sometimes ariel

gets in the way of his pursuit

towards music. her reckless beh-

avior leads king triton to order

sebastian to follow ariel around,

to make sure that she doesn't get

into more trouble. he is determined

to please the king, and stives to

give it his all. sebastian loves

ariel, so he puts up with her nonse-

nse if it means that she will be safe.

sebastian is always there for ariel.

while she's in peril, he's there. when

she's celebrating, he's there. he

is serious, but still knows how to

have fun. once you get past his

serious demeanour, he frequently

adds comic relief.

now we have the hero of our story.

although prince eric is an heir to the

throne, he doesn't let that define him.

he, due to his societal rank, can be

quite intimidating to the average

stranger, but in reality, he is a kind,

charming young man with an

immense ion for sailing. his

colleagues, such as his right hand

man grimsby, do not approve of his

love for sailing, for they believe it

does not fit in his "princely"

appearance. but, being the young

man he is, prince eric defies their

standards and stays true to himself.

one afternoon out on the ocean

blue, he hears a beautiful, alluring

voice. he vows to find that magn-

ificent voice. little does he know

that the voice he heard belongs

to a stunning mermaid. will he ever

find this mysterious voice?

in every story there is a villain. this

infamous villain is known as ursula,

the sea witch. ursula was banished

from atlantica, so she now resides in

her secret lair. ursula has a quality

that draws people to her. they know

it's wrong, but they can't help but

feel her powerful precense. ursula

is clever and will do anything to

get what she wants. she wants the

king's trition, so that she can show

atlantica how it feels to be banished.

despite her evil plan, she has a soft

side for her partners in crime. her

pet eels, flotsam and jetsam, look

to ursula for love and comion

and she gladly abides. ursula sends

minions out to find out more about

ariel. the eels discover ariel's desire

to be human and lure her to ursula's

lair. there ariel makes a deal with

the sea witch. she decides to become

a human, but for a price.

the price ariel has to pay is a deadly

one. she trades her beautiful voice

to become human. from there, she

has three days to make prince eric

fall in love with her, and if she fails

her soul will belong to the sea witch

forever. her voice will never be

heard again. now, ariel's fate falls

in your hands.

here is your task:

ursula trapped ariel's voice inside

a shell. to protect the shell, ursula

wears the shell around her neck.

your job is to steal the shell from

ursula's lair. this will be extremely

difficult, but ariel's soul is on the

line. if you fail, ariel will be gone

forever.

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huge thanks to tbell,

who inspired me and

helped me along the way

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