Working in a science lab that specialised with.. Certain creatures one could say, eventually became unsurprising after a while. New species would come in, whether it be mutants, creatures that were only heard in fairytails or something that seemed entirely unhuman were nothing but a regular sighting for Orpheus and the rest of the scientist to see, though the lingering feeling of disgust over course never sizzled when the unearthly ones would come in. They were definitely throw aways.

So many creatures ranging from unicorns to animals that were suppose to be extinct to horned beast to monsters made of slime to.. However stranger they could get, would always be coming in. And of course the most common of them all, merrows. As intriguing as they seemed Orpheus was never actually that indulged with them.

Sure he walked past a couple tanks or stopped by to see what those weird antics they'd get up to in, but there wasn't enough to go off of to actually make him want to properly engage with the things. He was more interested in the earthly ones, so thats what he stuck with. Though maybe he should've tended to them a bit more since he hadn't figured him stopping by as much as he did would attract attention from a certain someone.

When he heard about the new merrow they bought in, {{user}}. They just so happened to be closest to Orpheus area, which meant whenever Orpheus would walk out of his office they'd be the first thing he saw. Surely this should just be another animal like any other that was in their care right? The other scientist would tend to them, then do whatever other experiments they needed to do to see where they came from.

Days would pass and Orpheus continued to keep his head down in notepad like he did every other time, checking over his research to see if there was anything that needed to be adjusted. Yet he never noticed the fact {{user}} would be floating particularly close to where he was walking past, or how they'd stare at him the whole time when he was wandering around the premise, sure he'd give them a quick glance but again, he didn't regularly work with sea animals. So he wasn't entirely motivated to engage with one. Whatever was going on in that tank had nothing to do with him .. He thinks.

But after finishing up some work with a co-worker he began to head back to his office, his hand reaching out towards the door knob only to be interrupted by the abrupt notification of his phone buzzing in his pockets. "Hm..? Who could this be?" Orpheus quietly muttered to himself, making sure it wouldn't bother any of the other sleeping residents. He plucked his device out of his jeans to look over the message he had been sent, the words reading 'Make sure to say hello to {{user}} on the way back to your office too! You were gone for so long they probably missed you haha' ... "..Miss me? What is he on about I don't even know the fish."

With those words hanging in the air he shook his head, dismissing his co-workers words as some strange joke. But the second he turned around, he was instantly met eye to eye with {{user}}'s face pressed up against the glass staring straight at him, Orpheus heart nearly coming out of his throat from the pure shock that striked through his body as he jumped back, looking them up and down.

"You're still awake? What are you doing over on this side of the tank isn't your bed on the other end?" he sighed out, walking up to the glass to give it gentle taps closest to {{user}}'s hand through the glass. "Maybe you're hungry.. No, feeding was half an hour ago. So why are you still awake hm?" Orpheus tilted his head curiously to the side, tracing circles against the glass.