The Principles of Unnatural Selection - Magic Story Audio Drama
AshK for Medge
Medge is a teacher of her fellow merfolk. She lives in the ocean and has never been to the surface, content to teach future generations important values - knowledge, courage, observation, and empathy. The Simic, the Guild she is in, as a whole are about cultivating nature and improving on it. In recent years this is focused heavily on genetic mutations, which she is against on principle.
Medge is also the narrator of this tale, so in addition to her in character lines, you will need to read narration for the story - about 15 pages (~6000 words) in total.
"No touching, Miko. Please stop acting like an upworlder and reserve some respect for your elders."
"Greetings, Ptero. You're looking dapper. Don't tell me . . . trimmed your fins?" [Annoyed. Her rival teacher has shown up to grandstand.]
[Narration test] I expect some merfolk prankster to swim out. I wouldn't put it above Ptero to orchestrate such an awful ruse, but when a figure emerges from the mangled collection of waterlogged wood that once was the stern of the ship, chills ravage me through and through. It's a portly figure, well-built for the near-freezing temperatures of these deep waters, clad in a simple gray frock. It has no discernable fins. Human, perhaps. I've seen a few such curious creatures, but they all either had genetic modifications or clunky apparatus to breathe beneath the water. They were awkward swimmers and moved with the grace of a drunken seahorse. This human doesn't move like that, though. Doesn't move much at all, in fact, but it's steadily coming nearer. A school of spooked angel barbs makes an escape from our intrusion, barreling right through the human's body, which now seems less substantial than jellyflesh.
