Mers And Death Au! Pt2.

NOTE! I DON'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEGE ABOUT FISH OR SEA LIFE [or maps] AND ALL THIS IS PULLED OUT OF MY BRAIN LIKE ALL MY STUPID ASS AUS ARE! You have been warned!

I just really wanted to make a DCA mermaid au, ok? I also put way to much effort into this au lmao- so get ready to read a very long post! XD

Mers and Death au! pt2.

pt1. here

Eclipse[He/Him]:

Astro[He/Him]:

For some context: Both Female and Male mermaids can have kids, it's just easier for Females to get pregnant then it is for Males to. So hypothetically if Sun and Moon did want to have kids they could.

Eclipse and Astro got really lucky when they mated for the first time and ended up having Sun. Granted they both are now convinced that if they ever mate again their gonna end up having another kid, which they don't want, but they don't live with other adult mermaids so no one can tell them otherwise. lol- And Lucifer ain't telling them cuz they just laughed their ass off when they found out about that. [Lucifer used to do research on mermaids a couple years back before they decided to pursue surfing instead.]

Also Mermaids live in pods similar to Orcas [just not as crazy as orcas] And they tend to separate when they want to find a mate. Both Female and Male mermaids have a specific mating call for Male and Females. So if the mermaid prefers males over females they can call for specifically male mates or if they prefer females over males they can call specifically for female mates. It's all up to their preference!

Most mermaids will court each other for a couple months, around 4-6 months before mating. Than they'll mate, and if it's a male & female, the Female will carry the egg for about 4 months before laying it and leaving it with the male before leaving a couple weeks after laying the egg. If it's two males or two females they'll probably mate once or twice more before separating to go back to their pods.

It's not uncommon for mates to join the other mate's pod to raise their young together, but it's more common for the mates to part ways and find different mates when they want to mate again. Astro and Eclipse weren't in pods when they met so they decided to start their own pod when they figured out they were gonna have a pup* [*baby mermaid]

Most mermaids when they start their own pods tend to adopt in abandoned pups and eggs. When Eclipse and Astro started their pod they had planned to have just the three of them in it, But Sun had other plans. When he was a child he would go explore the coral reef where Eclipse and Astro had made their home and bring back a pup or egg he found. He still does this to this day, just not as often.

That's actually how he met Moon, He found him while exploring and decided to befriend him. Sun didn't bring Moon back with him bc Moon still smelled of his parents [who had died just shortly before Sun met Moon. But Sun didn't know that yet.] And after a couple years [young teenagers] they decided they would be each other's mate. So Sun brought Moon back with him to introduce to his parents! Eclipse welcomed Moon with open arms, and was very excited when he found out they were mates. Astro was a bit skeptic of Moon at first but ended up excepting him into the pod as their son-in-law when he noticed how happy he made Sun.