Ready yourself for trouble.

The figure who enters is like nothing you've seen before. She's a woman, though her skin is a pale purplish blue and almost translucent, with hair made of tentacles that come all the way down to her stomach, covering up one of her eyes as well, like bangs. They extend from a jellyfish cap, which is either a hat or the start of her "hair", but either way, the single visible eye glows white, and does so with an emotionless visage. While her chest may be small, the top of her crimson dress still shows some cleavage, and it ends wide at her waist with tiny loose strings all around the circumference like the bottom of a jellyfish. Black pants cover actual legs underneath, and then golden boots. She wears matching metallic bracers around her elbows and knees. In one hand, she wields a flail with a bright orange head, a little like a starfish.

Despite her unordinary, in a manner of speaking less human, appearance, she looks quite beautiful as she floats within the doorway. There are no other details on her face, not even a nose or mouth. Her glowing eye appears to be sizing you all up.

"Trespassers," she finally says. It's calm and monotone, almost like ALICE, yet she's able to speak without a mouth. Instead, a flicker of light barely visible inside of her body reacts to every syllable emitting from within her. She tilts her head down, and her one eye squints with malevolence. You can feel hostility growing.

"Wait!" you say. "We've come to--"

The jellyfish girl whip up her flail. "The Mistress of the Depths called for no visitors!" And suddenly the water within the room churns to her movements. She spins the head of the flail around with ease despite it seeming impossible, and as she does, you feel your body move to the whirlpool forming in front of her. Water begins to rush to the spinning of her weapon, yet there's nothing to grab onto.

Kailani is the first to be pulled too close. Suddenly, the jellyfish pivots and moves to swing the weapon's head right into the mermaid's side. However, Kailani is only green in a literal sense. She thrusts her trident forwards, forcing the guard to change stance to defend herself. The chain of the flail wraps around the prongs of the trident, both stopping the spin and also trapping Kailani's weapon in place. She's **** to let go, and as soon as she does, the jellyfish throws it to the side. She counterattacks, driving her boot right into Kailani's stomach, sending her back with a groan of pain.

You lunge in next before she can start creating her vortex a second time. "We came to talk!" you shout.

However, her hand is already up and glowing. "Celestial Blast," comes her strange voice yet again. A swirling mass of divine energy both manifests itself from her palm and unleashes as a fiery ball of blinding energy.

You're still struggling to move properly underwater, but you dodge just in time regardless. The spell narrowly misses and proceeds to crash into the far wall, fizzling out one of the many lights which, whether it's a coincidence or not, match both her head and dress quite closely.

You fall back.

"I wish I could use my bow here," Snow says, yet draws her sword.

"Wait," you command.

"Leave now!" shouts the jellyfish girl before her flail head starts spinning again. Water rushes from beneath your feet, and it looks like she's not only attempting to pull someone in again, but is readying her free hand to cast a spell. There's no doubt about it. After seeing that last cast, this girl is a cleric, just like Amara.

You sink down to the floor of the room and squat as you bring your sword back.

The girl squints. "Make your next move carefully."

"... I will," you say under your breath.

"Celestial--!"

Then you thrust forwards. Bunny Hop! As you do this, you sheathe your sword, and in an instant, you appear right in the jellyfish's face. Her visible eye widens. Using both your arms, you grab her tight into a grappling embrace. This catches her so off guard that her spinning stops, and with how you pull in her arms, she won't be able to strike with it until she wiggles free. You pin her in the doorway and shouts, "Like I said, I'm here to talk, not fight!"

She squirms in your grasp. "Nobody... talks... to..."

"Uhm. Maybe we should hear them out," comes a new voice. This one is less harsh, more quiet, and comes from an actual mouth.

Her skin is as dark as shadow with hair to match, leaving her easy to miss even with dark-vision. Instead of legs, she has the tailfin of a fish just like the merfolk you've seen, though she has faint, golden, glowing patterns all over her body, yet in contrast, the same glow comes from her eyes though as bright as lights. An antenna protrudes from her forehead, and it ends in an illuminated yellow bulb to match. Her top is different, however. Instead of being made from seashells, it looks more like a leather breastplate made from an animal's hide so dark blue that it's nearby black itself, and it's rather ornate too. It's difficult to tell given the armour, in a manner similar to Niki, but her bust is at least bigger than her companion's. In her hand is a masterfully crafted silver bow, and a quiver of arrows hangs from a strap around her waist.

A jellyfish, and now an anglerfish. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

"She'll be furious if we kill guests she wants to speak with," the newcomer adds.

"... Fine. Then release me."

After a moment, you cautiously let go of the jellyfish girl and swim back. "Thank you."

The cleric grumbles, still flashing with a faint glow every time she makes a noise. "You best be right," she says to her companion.

"A-Am I wrong that often?" the other asks.

She squints, and then reaches up to grab the girl's glowing head bulb. "Yes."

"Aah~! D-Don't touch that, please!" she shouts. As she struggles, the markings on her body glow brighter, flickering as wildly as her reaction.

After releasing her friend from her grasp, she turns back to you. "Keep your weapons down. Remain quiet. Follow us."