'Pale,'was his first thought. 'Pale... but not too bad looking.'

Caspian wasn't the type to immediately judge by appearance, priding himself also on his ability to not be lured by appearances though the main reason was simply being born a merman instead of a human and even so; Caspian did falter sometimes. It was widely known, at least his most recent falter.

"Caspian," He introduced himself quickly, it would've been rude not to.

"I'm not entirely in the mood to do much more than just chat but.. you might be able to convince me otherwise." Caspian only gave her the chance to see a small, pleasant smile before his expression went back to his usual bored, blank yet judgemental mein.

"How do you prefer to get your... trinkets and jewelry?" Caspian questioned. There was normally no need for Caspian to go out and hunt his own things, being a prince and all. If he didn't want to go get fish himself, he could always just get somebody else to do it for him. That was, of course, if he felt like being lazy and before he had been demoted.

Caspian took a quick glance under the water and spotted her pearly tail. That was simply the only way he could describe it, it was very pretty.

'Siren. She's a siren.' It finally clicked in his brain that he was talking to a siren and not another mermaid. The tail was a bit different from a mermaids, and that was the main tell. Telling a siren apart from a mermaid was like telling a human apart from a mermaid. For a human, obviously they would have legs which made it easy to tell. For a mermaid to find the difference from a siren, the tails looked pretty similar. A mere human would never know the difference.

Caspian never collected the jewelry and general pretty things that other mermaids, or sirens, would collect. He never had the need to have such things, it would take the focus off of his already natural beauty now wouldn't it?

At this point his tail had slowed, and stopped. This was to keep water from splashing onto Thea's face and it was also an involuntary reaction to having a random person pop up in front of him and randomly start chatting. It wasn't entirely unusual for Caspian but since he was outside of Kelso it was a bit odd. He hadn't been expecting anyone, but he had seen the person swim by a bit earlier.

Thea Vesper | F | 225 | Siren | Mentions: Caspian Roku

‘Caspian? As in the recently denounced Prince Caspian Roku?’

Within her mind, Thea’s conscience grew an almost mischievous smile, contrasting the gentler one on her face. Through various lines of information, Thea had learned not too long ago about a scandal that shook the royal family to its core, furthering the already strained relationship between sirens and mermaids. A rivalry that lasted for eons had salt poured into the wound by this denounced prince’s folly, and while Thea could care less about mermaids and sirens alike, she couldn't help the sweet taste this scandal brought to her lips. Drama. Mistakes. A whole kingdom who lost their faith in its curious prince. How deliciously divine.

“I usually obtain my trinkets through searching various shipwrecks that have happened near my abode. As macabre as the wrecks are, there's something rejuvenating by allowing the various things that remain to live once more, even if their owners no longer do. But sometimes, the islands surrounding us have interesting finds.” A gentle hum sounded in her throat, as if contemplating something that perplexed her. “I've always wondered why such things of disaster draw a crowd. Perhaps because it is dark, the truth of it all. Or, perhaps… There's beauty in the forbidden and taboo.”

A glimmer of intrigue shimmered in those vixen eyes, a hint at her true intentions. “Isn't that right, Prince Caspian?” Thea said his title in a way that was purposely accentuated, as if to remind him once more of his mistake. But on the surface, her tone seemed innocent enough. With each word, she was already threading a web of false comfort and understanding. A feigned look of sheepishness crossed her features, eyes subtly widened. “Or is that inappropriate? I would never dream of offending you, your Majesty. I am just a siren, after all.”

With a few sways of her tail, Thea moved herself up onto the island to sit near Caspian, but kept at least half a foot between them. She tilted her head to the side and grew more curious by the minute. She had so many questions! But it was too soon to ask, far too soon. She was still a stranger to him, unfortunately. Thea smiled sweetly at him. “But you don't care about that, do you? Titles, the differences between our kinds, biases. I admire that about you, Caspian… It’s an attractive quality, truly. There aren't many out in this sea who are willing to be themselves in the face of such adversity. A heavy weight you must carry, poor dear.”

Thea attempted to look sympathetic, and if it wasn't for her centuries of practice, she wouldn't have been able to hide the smirk she was so tempted to flash. “We may be strangers today, but tomorrow could bring something else entirely. I can't imagine the pain this has caused you. Perhaps… for a moment, I could provide comfort. Company, someone to spill your woes to. A nonjudgmental ear.”

"It's perfectly fine to call me that, I prefer just Caspian though." Caspian spoke with a polite tone that gave away nothing. His expression had become full on judgement by this point. Though, he was still attempting to keep it concealed just, not as much.

"I'm not sure I have reason to tell a stranger much more than you could have already heard of," Caspian shrugged.

"Speaking of which.. how did you hear of me? I'm aware that sometimes sirens and mermaids gossip while out hunting, but surely what had happened to me isn't worth travelling to the sirens?" Caspian watched Thea carefully, judging the reactions she gave.

"I also didn't think he'd tell the rest of Egen but I could be wrong about that, I don't know too much about your kingdom."

Caspian turned to look out at the ocean, watching the waves crash and finding the beach a little span away. His tail was moving at a slow pace, creating small ripples in the water below him and Thea.

"The new humans, I thought, would've created a distraction at least." Caspian let a bit of new news slip, still pretending like it was normal conversation.

Caspian also enjoyed gossiping, not as much as the rest of Kelso and not exactly the same topics but he still enjoyed spreading news around. New humans on the island could be more prey for the kingdoms to keep their rivalry going, the lull was getting boring.