Aquariana
Muriel Green was a professional swimmer until a scuba diving accident left her with superpowers. No longer allowed to swim competitively, Muriel becomes an environmentalist and the superhera Aquariana. She moves to the Republic of the Maldives, which is one of the most soup-friendly countries in Terramagne.
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"Tides of Water and of Sand" 6-14-14 (Creative Jam)
Summary: This poem shows the origins of Aquariana and her first encounter with the supervillain Haboob.
Characters: Aquariana (Muriel Green), Haboob
Prompted by DW users chordatesrock, lynnoconnacht, and Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-10-14
Free perk
"Sink or Swim" 3-21-14 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: The Maldives has a problem: it's slowly disappearing into the sea. Low on resources, the president of the Maldives invites soups to help address the issue. When Aquariana learns of the offer, she checks whether it could be a good home for her.
Characters: President Mamadou Latheef, Aquariana (Muriel Green)
Cameo appearance: Haboob
Prompts by LJ users rix_scaedu, kestrels_nest, and Spring and Autumn Bingo public
card 3-13-14
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"The Second Law Has No Mercy" 3-5-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Follows "Sink or Swim"
Summary: The President of the Maldives and the blue-plate Windmolen share some common ideals and goals. This is how the country begins to shift its focus from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Characters: Mamadou Latheef, Windmolen
Prompted by LJ users Rix_scaedu and Siliconshaman, Villain Bingo Card 2-29-16
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Tending the Wind" 11-7-17
Follows "The Second Law Has No Mercy"
Summary: Windmolen starts his work in the Maldives.
Character: Windmolen [translated Windmill] (Lammert Aaldenberg)
Guest star: Davis Amesville
Relevant thread: Aquariana
Prompted and sponsored by Anthony Barrette and fills Fall Festival Bingo Card 11-1-16
"Extraordinary Experiences" 6-4-14 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: While adjusting to her new home, Aquariana makes a couple of new friends and learns that superheroes can come in unexpected shapes.
Characters: Aquariana
Guest stars: Steel, Moderato
Cameo appearance: Mamadou Latheef
Prompted by DW users rosieknight, redsixwing, LJ users moriwen1, siege, and
Origfic Bingo Card 5-22-14
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"A Voice from Beyond" 7-15-14 (outside fishbowl)
Summary: When Seth Bridger learns of the discussion about whether cetaceans are people too, he starts to have severe doubts over the work he's done as a young man. He seeks out Aquariana to help him understand his actions.
Characters: Seth Bridger, Aquariana
Guest stars: Steel, Moderato
Cameo appearance: Skipper, Noc (pronounced "NOH-see")
Prompted by Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-10-14
Free perk
"The Sounds You Can't Unhear" 10-19-14 (Creative Jam)
Directly follows "A Voice from Beyond"
Summary: After what he's learned in "A Voice from Beyond," Seth decides to stay in the Maldives and work at the Office of Cetacean Affairs.
Characters: Seth Bridger
Prompted by DW user corvi and Origfic Bingo Card 9-29-14
Sponsored by DW user dialecticdreamer
"Water Colors" 10-10-14 (outside fishbowl)
Summary: Aquariana gets fanmail from children who have recently had experiences with looking different.
Characters: Aquariana
Guest stars: Dovey
Cameo appearance: Carole Flores, Pamela Sanders
Commissioned by DW user dialecticdreamer and Origfic Bingo Card 9-29-14
"The Cure for Anything" 1-7-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Aquariana explores the way water and emotions connect to one another and meets a young soup with little control over his water powers.
Characters: Aquariana
Guest stars: Seth, Dredge
Cameo appearance: Emoto, Jackie Frost
Prompted by DW user curiosity and LJ user wyld_dandelyon
Sponsored by DW user curiosity
"Whales be as people to me" (demifiction)
Author: Jacob McKenna (We_are_spc)
Story Date: January 9, 2014
Summary: Jay speaks about the personhood of whales.
Characters: Bluejay (Jacob "Jay" McKenna) {Bluesplayer on BlackSheep}, Phaline Phela
"Tools and Toys" 2-14-15 (Creative Jam)
Summary: Aquariana spends some time playing games with her cetacean friends. She already knew dolphins were sapient and intelligent, but the extent can still take her by surprise.
Characters: Aquariana
Guest stars: Skipper, Steel, Moderato, Gladhammer
Cameo appearance: Styrofoam, Siggy, Captain Koul, Sheck, the Numerator, Cheersquad
Prompted by DW user chordatesrock
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"The Greatest Legacy" 11-7-17
Story date: Thursday, January 2, 2014
Summary: A seal carver flees China and takes refuge in the Maldives ... and leaves an incredible mark on his new country.
Characters: Mamadou Latheef, Chops (Wu Bingwen), Boman Ogilvie
Cameo appearance: Milan Lu
Relevant thread: Aquariana
Prompted by DW users curiosity and dialecticdreamer and Space and Time Bingo "Time" Card 10-31-17
Sponsored by DW user daisiesrockalot
"Between a Whale’s Past and Present" 3-15-15 (Creative Jam)
Summary: Japanese whalers take aim at Steel and Moderato. This is possibly the worst idea they ever had.
Characters: Steel, Moderato, Aquariana
Guest stars: Seth, Captain Coul, Sheck, Dr Caspian Barlough
Cameo appearance: Nautilus
Prompted by LJ user westrider, DW user alexseanchai, and Genprompt Bingo Card 3-16-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Coming Back to Your Breath" 5-13-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Steel and Moderato are upset after the whaling incident. Their human friends are worried. But then Captain Koul pulls another coping skill out of his repertoire ...
Characters: Aquariana, Captain Koul, Steel, Moderato
Guest Stars: Seth
Prompted by DW users curiosity, librarygeek, LJ user tigerbright and Wellness Toolbox Bingo Card 5-2-15
Sponsored by DW user Curiosity and LJ users book_worm5, curiosity, clockworklady
"The Texture of Our Relationships" 2-4-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Aquariana, Steel, and Moderato perceive the world in very different ways, and as they work together, those different perceptions are changing them and each other.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Prompted by LJ user Kestrels_nest and DW user Redsixwing
Free perk
"The Course to Peace" 6-7-16
Summary: Aquariana and Irene Palomar talk with Steel and Moderato about the upcoming trial of the Japanese whalers.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Guest stars: Irene Palomar
Cameo appearance: President Mamadou Latheef
Prompted by LJ user ng_moonmoth and Archetypal Characters Bingo Card 4-1-16
Sponsored by LJ user ng_moonmoth
"Bearers of Witness with Justice" 6-10-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: The Republic of the Maldives puts the Japanese whalers on trial, with part of the proceedings on the dock so that Steel and Moderato can participate more easily.
Sponsored by LJ users ng_moonmoth, zianuray, DW users thnidu, lone_cat, technoshaman and general fund.
"Tidefeel and Undertowen" 7-7-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Aquariana and Irene help Steel cope with overwhelming emotions.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Guest Star: Irene Palomar
Prompted by DW user janetmiles, Trope Bingo Card 7-1-16
Sponsored by LJ users ng_moonmoth, book_worm5, and others in their pool
"An Ugly Shadow Cast by Myself" 7-17-16 (Creative Jam)
Summary: Aquariana and Irene update Steel and Moderato about the Japanese whalers, particularly the broken one.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Guest Star: Irene Palomar
Cameo appearance: Ishigaki Susumu
Prompted by DW users shiori_makiba and alatefeline, hc_bingo 7-16-16
Sponsored by LJ user daisiesrockalot
"To Do the Brave Things" 7-19-16
Summary: A message comes from Japan about the whaling incident, which Aquariana and Irene share with Steel and Moderato.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Guest Stars: Irene Palomar, Toyotama-Hiko
Cameo Appearance: President Mamadou Latheef
Prompted by DW users lone_cat, ellenmillion, and LJ user rix_scaedu, Cottoncandy Bingo 6-1-16
Sponsored by LJ user daisiesrockalot
"Batan Kyuu" 10-5-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Comes after "To Do the Brave Things"
Summary: Despite his longing for the sea, a former whaler makes peace with his land-based future.
Characters: Daichi Hayashi
Prompted by DW user johnpalmer
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Shiny Little Things" 7-20-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Steel and Evil!Schrodinger meet each other.
Characters: Steel, Evil!Schrodinger
Prompted by LJ user my_partner_doug and Trope Bingo Card 7-1-16
Sponsored by LJ users ng_moonmoth, book_worm5, and others in their pool
"Morninghill" 3-25-15
Summary: Elderly soups may require special care to help keep their powers in check.
Characters: Bunker Bill, Coral Rothshield, Dean Rountree, Arabesque,
Prompted by DW user fred_mouse, Genprompt Bingo Card 12-17-14
Sponsored by DW user fyreharper
"The Ocean From Above" 1-26-17
Summary: Aquariana helps the cetaceans expand their perspective by introducing them to more stargazers.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Guest Stars: Siggy, Cress Ibrahim, Pradeep Ibrahim, Breeze, Horizon, Astronaut Colleen Steren
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and iPod Shuffle Music Fest Card 12-1-16
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth
"Catch a Rising Tide" 3-21-14
Story Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Summary: Mallory and Heron attend a big meeting with SPOON.
Characters: Mallory, Heron Finn, Judd (the Undertaker), Dr. Infanta (Alicia Martins), Granny Whammy (Helen LaGuardia), Savoir Faire (savvy) (Renaud Cœur), Junket (Brandon Drexler), Hannah Patterson (the Muffler), Danso, The Rescuer (Joshua Young), Jack Union, Valor's Widow (Deirdre Braden), Aquariana (Muriel Green)
Cameo appearances: Redbeard (Rohan and Rooney Murdock), The Ginger Twins (Pepper and Poppy Murdock)
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Words on the Tongue and Action with the Hands" 5-15-18
Summary: In which Somalia is a bottom-ten butthead of a country, the Republic of the Maldives scoops itself an Unsullied Hero, and everyone who deserves it lives happily ever after.
Characters: Mohammed Dualeh, Hé Dualeh
Guest stars: Steel, Moderato
Prompted by DW users peoriapeoriawhereart and curiosity and fills Pro Wrestling Bingo "Roles" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"To Feel Your Bare Feet" 2-7-17
Summary: Charles and Samuel make new friends at a playground.
Characters: Charles, Samuel
Guest Stars: Feyru, Ahi, Nika
Prompted by Shirley Barrette, LJ users daisiesrockalot, ellenmillion, wyld_dandelyon, DW user dialecticdreamer, and Valentines Bingo Fest Card 2-1-17
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Sucking Brew" 7-5-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Sometimes learning a language all at once has drawbacks, as Bruno discovers when sharing his gift in the Maldives.
Characters: Mohammed Dualeh, Bruno the Brewer (Bruno Di Caprio), Xidig (Cumar Abdullahi)
Prompted by DW user curiosity and Winter Fest in July Bingo card 7-1-18
Free perk
"A Boat to Go Chasing the Whales" 5-22-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Aquariana leads an ocean tour for Alicia and Judd to meet Steel and Moderato. Alicia has a yacht.
Characters: Dr. Infanta (Alicia Martins), Aquariana (Muriel Green), Steel, Moderato, the Undertaker (Judd), Cheval (Seydou Armistead), Seth Bridger
Guest star: Delmar da Cunha
Relevant threads: Aquariana, Dr. Infanta
Prompted by DW users mama_kestrel and sporky_rat and LJ user my_partner_doug and fills Pro Wrestling Bingo "General" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by a pool with DW users ng_moonmoth, technoshaman, and others
"Extraordinary People" 10-5-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Some don’t need powers to be superheroic.
Characters: Drew Finn, Riposte (Jacob "Coby" Wade), Moosa Mariamme Didi
Cameo appearances: Aida Finn
Prompted by DW user callibr8 and Fall Festival Bingo Card 10-1-17
Free perk
"Not the Opposite of Life" 12-10-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: December 5, 2014
Summary: When the winter migration brings new whales south, Steel gets into a nasty fight about religion.
Characters: Aquariana (Muriel Green), Steel, Moderato, Curl
Prompted by DW user dialecticdreamer and Winterion Bingo Adventure fest card 6-4-18
Sponsored by a pool organized by DW user ng_moonmoth
"Reveal to the Universe" 3-15-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: When underwater prosthetics malfunction, a gizmologist and her partner get help with troubleshooting from the cetaceans.
Characters: Aquariana (Muriel Green), Steel, Moderato, Gladhammer
Guest stars: Meredith Earle, Phan Thi Rangsey
Prompted by DW user alatefeline and Disability Bingo Card 3-1-17
Sponsored by a pool with EdorFaus and DW users ng_moonmoth and technoshaman
"To Be Able to Rise from the Earth" 5-18-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Story date: Sunday, February 1, 2015
Summary: An immigrant presents the President with a space program in a briefcase.
Characters: Forouhar Azam, Mamadou Latheef
Guest star: Moderato
Cameo appearances: Seth Bridger, Aquariana (Muriel Green), Steel
Relevant thread: Aquariana
Prompted by DW users siliconshaman and sporky_rat, and fills Pro Wrestling Bingo "Roles" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by a pool with EdorFaus and DW users ng_moonmoth and Technoshaman
"The Currency of Leadership" 4-4-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Follows further developments of the new Maldivian currency made with superpowers, and the effects it starts to have on other countries.
Character: Mamadou Latheef
Cameo appearance: Chops (Wu Bingwen)
Relevant thread: Aquariana
Prompted by DW users sporky_rat, kelly_holden, dialecticdreamer, and other fans and fills Spring Bingo Card 4-1-18
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"To Think What Nobody Has Thought" 5-1-18
Summary: Granny Whammy isn't keen on working with supervillains ... but Captain Left and Captain Right have other options.
Characters: Captain Left (Marko Agüero) {Capricorn on BlackSheep}, Captain Right/Sapphirina (Sandra Jaye Blain)
Guest star: Granny Whammy/Whammy Lass (Helen Laguardia)
Cameo appearances: Dr. Infanta (Alicia Martins), Mamadou Latheef
Relevant threads: Aquariana, Granny Whammy, Kraken
Prompted by DW user curiosity and Pro Wrestling Bingo "General" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth
"Flowing into the Future" 5-17-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Story date: March 8, 2015
Summary: Aunt Flo wants to immigrate to the Maldives with her research for improving women's lives.
Characters: Mamadou Latheef, Aunt Flo (Florence "Flo" Blackwell)
Guest star: Khadijah Latheef
Cameo appearance: Aisha Bee
Relevant thread: Aquariana
Prompted by DW users readera, chanter_greenie, librarygeek, bairnsidhe, and sporky_rat, and fills Pro Wrestling Bingo "Roles" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by DW user stardreamer
"There I See the Kraken Rising" 5-19-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: A meeting in the Maldives begins an alliance that will benefit both the island nation and Kraken.
Characters: Mamadou Latheef, Captain Left (Marko Agüero) {Capricorn on BlackSheep}, Captain Right/Sapphirina (Sandra Jaye Blain), Aquariana (Muriel Green)
Guest stars: Khadijah Latheef, Dr. Infanta (Alicia Martins), Steel, Moderato, Adil Kalinga, Mohammed Dualeh, Seth Bridger, Sheck Caperton
Cameo appearances: Lorry (Hamish Turner), Aunt Flo (Florence "Flo" Blackwell)
Relevant threads: Aquariana, Kraken
Prompted by DW users curiosity and sporky_rat, an anonymous prompter, and fills Pro Wrestling Bingo "Roles" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by a pool with EdorFaus and DW users ng_moonmoth and technoshaman
"Independence, Dignity, and Freedom of Spirit" 4-21-20
Story Date: Monday, March 30, 2015
Summary: Genna introduces Hatter to a cat therapist.
Characters: Genna St. Croix, Hatter (Marko Agüero), Duauf
Prompted by DW users dialecticdreamer, readera, erulisse, and Valentines Bingo Card 2-1-19
Sponsored by a pool with DW user fuzzyred, technoshaman, and mama_kestrel
"The Hottest Blood of All" 10-5-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Saturday, April 4, 2015
Summary: A boating collision in the Maldives leads to some major life changes for our whales.
Characters: Aquariana, Dr. G/Graham Finn, Shale
Guest stars: Dr. Caspian Barlough, Sheck Caperton
Cameo appearances: Jumpship (Tilley Princeton), Chauncey Bettencourt, Brandi Buffett, Halley Finn, Edison Finn, Molly Finn
Prompted by DW user curiosity and Fall Bingo Card 9-30-18
Sponsored by DW users lilliane and curiosity
"Into the Thousand-Eyed Present" 8-22-19 (outside fishbowl)
Story Date: Monday, 6 April, 2015
Summary: Aidan, Saraphina, Drew, and Zipper apply for citizenship in the Maldives.
Characters: Aidan Spencer, Saraphina Dreux, Zipper (Abioud Safar), Drew Finn, Mamadou Latheef
Guest Stars: Aquariana (Muriel Green), Moderato
Prompted by DW user dialecticdreamer and End of Summer Bingo Card 8-2-19
Sponsored by LJ user kestrels_nest and Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"How to Hold the Darkness" 3-26-20 (bonus fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Summary: Graham returns to the Maldives to talk with Steel and Shale, which brings up a lot of intense emotions for everyone.
Characters: Graham Finn, Steel, Moderato, Shale, Aquariana (Muriel Green), Boshi Koul
Prompted by DW user mama_kestrel and Food Fest Bingo Card 3-1-20
Sponsored by a pool with DW user fuzzyred
"Climbing the Tree of Knowledge" 4-2-19
Story Date: Monday, August 17, 2015
Summary: Alicia and a friend explore a Waldorf school as research for creating a new superschool in the Maldives.
Characters: Dr. Infanta (Alicia Martins), Bambina (Bruna Colombo), Greta Baumgartner, Gillyflower "Gilly" Baumgartner
Prompted by DW users ari_the_dodecahedron, inky_magpie, siliconshaman, lone_cat, and rix_scaedu and School Days Bingo fest card 4-1-19
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Thalassophobia"
Author: Siliconshaman
Story Date: November 10, 2015
Summary: Aquariana and the whales meet a Deep Old One.
Characters: Aquariana (Muriel Green), Steel, Moderato, Curl, Cthulhu
"Interspecies Communication Issues" 11-15-19
Story Date: Monday, December 7, 2015
Summary: The Maldives has to deal with communication across species.
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and People-watching Bingo Card 10-31-19
Sponsored by DW users fuzzyred and ng_moonmoth
"The Best Richness" 7-16-19
Story Date: Monday, January 4, 2016
Summary: Fast-forward almost a year, to January of 2016, and see how events are unfolding in the Maldives and its new neighbor Thalassia. There are also some new challenges to consider.
Characters: Mamadou Latheef, Captain Left
Cameo appearances: Steel, Moderato, Aunt Flo
Prompted by DW users curiosity, inky_magpie, lilliane, Rocket and Tarot Bingo Card 4-30-19
Sponsored by a pool with DW user fuzzyred
"The Evolution of Society as a Whole" 6-6-20 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Monday, June 20, 2016
Summary: An observer from the Global Looking Glass visits Thalassia to do a human rights report on the new nation.
Characters: Deepu Balakrishnan, Abrial Rennes, Park Do-hyeon, Technisha (Quanisha Brown), The Blackguards
Cameo appearances: Aunt Flo (Florence "Flo" Blackwell), Mephista (Tullia Lars)
Prompted by DW users ng_moonmoth, readera, curiosity, wyld_dandelyon, and Cottoncandy Bingo Card 6-1-20
Sponsored by a pool with DW user ng_moonmoth
Summary: This poem shows the origins of Aquariana and her first encounter with the supervillain Haboob.
Characters: Aquariana (Muriel Green), Haboob
Prompted by DW users chordatesrock, lynnoconnacht, and Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-10-14
Free perk
"Sink or Swim" 3-21-14 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: The Maldives has a problem: it's slowly disappearing into the sea. Low on resources, the president of the Maldives invites soups to help address the issue. When Aquariana learns of the offer, she checks whether it could be a good home for her.
Characters: President Mamadou Latheef, Aquariana (Muriel Green)
Cameo appearance: Haboob
Prompts by LJ users rix_scaedu, kestrels_nest, and Spring and Autumn Bingo public
card 3-13-14
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"The Second Law Has No Mercy" 3-5-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Follows "Sink or Swim"
Summary: The President of the Maldives and the blue-plate Windmolen share some common ideals and goals. This is how the country begins to shift its focus from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Characters: Mamadou Latheef, Windmolen
Prompted by LJ users Rix_scaedu and Siliconshaman, Villain Bingo Card 2-29-16
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Tending the Wind" 11-7-17
Follows "The Second Law Has No Mercy"
Summary: Windmolen starts his work in the Maldives.
Character: Windmolen [translated Windmill] (Lammert Aaldenberg)
Guest star: Davis Amesville
Relevant thread: Aquariana
Prompted and sponsored by Anthony Barrette and fills Fall Festival Bingo Card 11-1-16
"Extraordinary Experiences" 6-4-14 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: While adjusting to her new home, Aquariana makes a couple of new friends and learns that superheroes can come in unexpected shapes.
Characters: Aquariana
Guest stars: Steel, Moderato
Cameo appearance: Mamadou Latheef
Prompted by DW users rosieknight, redsixwing, LJ users moriwen1, siege, and
Origfic Bingo Card 5-22-14
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"A Voice from Beyond" 7-15-14 (outside fishbowl)
Summary: When Seth Bridger learns of the discussion about whether cetaceans are people too, he starts to have severe doubts over the work he's done as a young man. He seeks out Aquariana to help him understand his actions.
Characters: Seth Bridger, Aquariana
Guest stars: Steel, Moderato
Cameo appearance: Skipper, Noc (pronounced "NOH-see")
Prompted by Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-10-14
Free perk
"The Sounds You Can't Unhear" 10-19-14 (Creative Jam)
Directly follows "A Voice from Beyond"
Summary: After what he's learned in "A Voice from Beyond," Seth decides to stay in the Maldives and work at the Office of Cetacean Affairs.
Characters: Seth Bridger
Prompted by DW user corvi and Origfic Bingo Card 9-29-14
Sponsored by DW user dialecticdreamer
"Water Colors" 10-10-14 (outside fishbowl)
Summary: Aquariana gets fanmail from children who have recently had experiences with looking different.
Characters: Aquariana
Guest stars: Dovey
Cameo appearance: Carole Flores, Pamela Sanders
Commissioned by DW user dialecticdreamer and Origfic Bingo Card 9-29-14
"The Cure for Anything" 1-7-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Aquariana explores the way water and emotions connect to one another and meets a young soup with little control over his water powers.
Characters: Aquariana
Guest stars: Seth, Dredge
Cameo appearance: Emoto, Jackie Frost
Prompted by DW user curiosity and LJ user wyld_dandelyon
Sponsored by DW user curiosity
"Whales be as people to me" (demifiction)
Author: Jacob McKenna (We_are_spc)
Story Date: January 9, 2014
Summary: Jay speaks about the personhood of whales.
Characters: Bluejay (Jacob "Jay" McKenna) {Bluesplayer on BlackSheep}, Phaline Phela
"Tools and Toys" 2-14-15 (Creative Jam)
Summary: Aquariana spends some time playing games with her cetacean friends. She already knew dolphins were sapient and intelligent, but the extent can still take her by surprise.
Characters: Aquariana
Guest stars: Skipper, Steel, Moderato, Gladhammer
Cameo appearance: Styrofoam, Siggy, Captain Koul, Sheck, the Numerator, Cheersquad
Prompted by DW user chordatesrock
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"The Greatest Legacy" 11-7-17
Story date: Thursday, January 2, 2014
Summary: A seal carver flees China and takes refuge in the Maldives ... and leaves an incredible mark on his new country.
Characters: Mamadou Latheef, Chops (Wu Bingwen), Boman Ogilvie
Cameo appearance: Milan Lu
Relevant thread: Aquariana
Prompted by DW users curiosity and dialecticdreamer and Space and Time Bingo "Time" Card 10-31-17
Sponsored by DW user daisiesrockalot
"Between a Whale’s Past and Present" 3-15-15 (Creative Jam)
Summary: Japanese whalers take aim at Steel and Moderato. This is possibly the worst idea they ever had.
Characters: Steel, Moderato, Aquariana
Guest stars: Seth, Captain Coul, Sheck, Dr Caspian Barlough
Cameo appearance: Nautilus
Prompted by LJ user westrider, DW user alexseanchai, and Genprompt Bingo Card 3-16-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Coming Back to Your Breath" 5-13-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Steel and Moderato are upset after the whaling incident. Their human friends are worried. But then Captain Koul pulls another coping skill out of his repertoire ...
Characters: Aquariana, Captain Koul, Steel, Moderato
Guest Stars: Seth
Prompted by DW users curiosity, librarygeek, LJ user tigerbright and Wellness Toolbox Bingo Card 5-2-15
Sponsored by DW user Curiosity and LJ users book_worm5, curiosity, clockworklady
"The Texture of Our Relationships" 2-4-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Aquariana, Steel, and Moderato perceive the world in very different ways, and as they work together, those different perceptions are changing them and each other.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Prompted by LJ user Kestrels_nest and DW user Redsixwing
Free perk
"The Course to Peace" 6-7-16
Summary: Aquariana and Irene Palomar talk with Steel and Moderato about the upcoming trial of the Japanese whalers.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Guest stars: Irene Palomar
Cameo appearance: President Mamadou Latheef
Prompted by LJ user ng_moonmoth and Archetypal Characters Bingo Card 4-1-16
Sponsored by LJ user ng_moonmoth
"Bearers of Witness with Justice" 6-10-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: The Republic of the Maldives puts the Japanese whalers on trial, with part of the proceedings on the dock so that Steel and Moderato can participate more easily.
Sponsored by LJ users ng_moonmoth, zianuray, DW users thnidu, lone_cat, technoshaman and general fund.
"Tidefeel and Undertowen" 7-7-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Aquariana and Irene help Steel cope with overwhelming emotions.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Guest Star: Irene Palomar
Prompted by DW user janetmiles, Trope Bingo Card 7-1-16
Sponsored by LJ users ng_moonmoth, book_worm5, and others in their pool
"An Ugly Shadow Cast by Myself" 7-17-16 (Creative Jam)
Summary: Aquariana and Irene update Steel and Moderato about the Japanese whalers, particularly the broken one.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Guest Star: Irene Palomar
Cameo appearance: Ishigaki Susumu
Prompted by DW users shiori_makiba and alatefeline, hc_bingo 7-16-16
Sponsored by LJ user daisiesrockalot
"To Do the Brave Things" 7-19-16
Summary: A message comes from Japan about the whaling incident, which Aquariana and Irene share with Steel and Moderato.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Guest Stars: Irene Palomar, Toyotama-Hiko
Cameo Appearance: President Mamadou Latheef
Prompted by DW users lone_cat, ellenmillion, and LJ user rix_scaedu, Cottoncandy Bingo 6-1-16
Sponsored by LJ user daisiesrockalot
"Batan Kyuu" 10-5-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Comes after "To Do the Brave Things"
Summary: Despite his longing for the sea, a former whaler makes peace with his land-based future.
Characters: Daichi Hayashi
Prompted by DW user johnpalmer
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Shiny Little Things" 7-20-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Steel and Evil!Schrodinger meet each other.
Characters: Steel, Evil!Schrodinger
Prompted by LJ user my_partner_doug and Trope Bingo Card 7-1-16
Sponsored by LJ users ng_moonmoth, book_worm5, and others in their pool
"Morninghill" 3-25-15
Summary: Elderly soups may require special care to help keep their powers in check.
Characters: Bunker Bill, Coral Rothshield, Dean Rountree, Arabesque,
Prompted by DW user fred_mouse, Genprompt Bingo Card 12-17-14
Sponsored by DW user fyreharper
"The Ocean From Above" 1-26-17
Summary: Aquariana helps the cetaceans expand their perspective by introducing them to more stargazers.
Characters: Aquariana, Steel, Moderato
Guest Stars: Siggy, Cress Ibrahim, Pradeep Ibrahim, Breeze, Horizon, Astronaut Colleen Steren
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and iPod Shuffle Music Fest Card 12-1-16
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth
"Catch a Rising Tide" 3-21-14
Story Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Summary: Mallory and Heron attend a big meeting with SPOON.
Characters: Mallory, Heron Finn, Judd (the Undertaker), Dr. Infanta (Alicia Martins), Granny Whammy (Helen LaGuardia), Savoir Faire (savvy) (Renaud Cœur), Junket (Brandon Drexler), Hannah Patterson (the Muffler), Danso, The Rescuer (Joshua Young), Jack Union, Valor's Widow (Deirdre Braden), Aquariana (Muriel Green)
Cameo appearances: Redbeard (Rohan and Rooney Murdock), The Ginger Twins (Pepper and Poppy Murdock)
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Words on the Tongue and Action with the Hands" 5-15-18
Summary: In which Somalia is a bottom-ten butthead of a country, the Republic of the Maldives scoops itself an Unsullied Hero, and everyone who deserves it lives happily ever after.
Characters: Mohammed Dualeh, Hé Dualeh
Guest stars: Steel, Moderato
Prompted by DW users peoriapeoriawhereart and curiosity and fills Pro Wrestling Bingo "Roles" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"To Feel Your Bare Feet" 2-7-17
Summary: Charles and Samuel make new friends at a playground.
Characters: Charles, Samuel
Guest Stars: Feyru, Ahi, Nika
Prompted by Shirley Barrette, LJ users daisiesrockalot, ellenmillion, wyld_dandelyon, DW user dialecticdreamer, and Valentines Bingo Fest Card 2-1-17
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Sucking Brew" 7-5-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Sometimes learning a language all at once has drawbacks, as Bruno discovers when sharing his gift in the Maldives.
Characters: Mohammed Dualeh, Bruno the Brewer (Bruno Di Caprio), Xidig (Cumar Abdullahi)
Prompted by DW user curiosity and Winter Fest in July Bingo card 7-1-18
Free perk
"A Boat to Go Chasing the Whales" 5-22-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Aquariana leads an ocean tour for Alicia and Judd to meet Steel and Moderato. Alicia has a yacht.
Characters: Dr. Infanta (Alicia Martins), Aquariana (Muriel Green), Steel, Moderato, the Undertaker (Judd), Cheval (Seydou Armistead), Seth Bridger
Guest star: Delmar da Cunha
Relevant threads: Aquariana, Dr. Infanta
Prompted by DW users mama_kestrel and sporky_rat and LJ user my_partner_doug and fills Pro Wrestling Bingo "General" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by a pool with DW users ng_moonmoth, technoshaman, and others
"Extraordinary People" 10-5-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Some don’t need powers to be superheroic.
Characters: Drew Finn, Riposte (Jacob "Coby" Wade), Moosa Mariamme Didi
Cameo appearances: Aida Finn
Prompted by DW user callibr8 and Fall Festival Bingo Card 10-1-17
Free perk
"Not the Opposite of Life" 12-10-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: December 5, 2014
Summary: When the winter migration brings new whales south, Steel gets into a nasty fight about religion.
Characters: Aquariana (Muriel Green), Steel, Moderato, Curl
Prompted by DW user dialecticdreamer and Winterion Bingo Adventure fest card 6-4-18
Sponsored by a pool organized by DW user ng_moonmoth
"Reveal to the Universe" 3-15-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: When underwater prosthetics malfunction, a gizmologist and her partner get help with troubleshooting from the cetaceans.
Characters: Aquariana (Muriel Green), Steel, Moderato, Gladhammer
Guest stars: Meredith Earle, Phan Thi Rangsey
Prompted by DW user alatefeline and Disability Bingo Card 3-1-17
Sponsored by a pool with EdorFaus and DW users ng_moonmoth and technoshaman
"To Be Able to Rise from the Earth" 5-18-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Story date: Sunday, February 1, 2015
Summary: An immigrant presents the President with a space program in a briefcase.
Characters: Forouhar Azam, Mamadou Latheef
Guest star: Moderato
Cameo appearances: Seth Bridger, Aquariana (Muriel Green), Steel
Relevant thread: Aquariana
Prompted by DW users siliconshaman and sporky_rat, and fills Pro Wrestling Bingo "Roles" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by a pool with EdorFaus and DW users ng_moonmoth and Technoshaman
"The Currency of Leadership" 4-4-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: Follows further developments of the new Maldivian currency made with superpowers, and the effects it starts to have on other countries.
Character: Mamadou Latheef
Cameo appearance: Chops (Wu Bingwen)
Relevant thread: Aquariana
Prompted by DW users sporky_rat, kelly_holden, dialecticdreamer, and other fans and fills Spring Bingo Card 4-1-18
Free perk
"To Think What Nobody Has Thought" 5-1-18
Summary: Granny Whammy isn't keen on working with supervillains ... but Captain Left and Captain Right have other options.
Characters: Captain Left (Marko Agüero) {Capricorn on BlackSheep}, Captain Right/Sapphirina (Sandra Jaye Blain)
Guest star: Granny Whammy/Whammy Lass (Helen Laguardia)
Cameo appearances: Dr. Infanta (Alicia Martins), Mamadou Latheef
Relevant threads: Aquariana, Granny Whammy, Kraken
Prompted by DW user curiosity and Pro Wrestling Bingo "General" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth
"Flowing into the Future" 5-17-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Story date: March 8, 2015
Summary: Aunt Flo wants to immigrate to the Maldives with her research for improving women's lives.
Characters: Mamadou Latheef, Aunt Flo (Florence "Flo" Blackwell)
Guest star: Khadijah Latheef
Cameo appearance: Aisha Bee
Relevant thread: Aquariana
Prompted by DW users readera, chanter_greenie, librarygeek, bairnsidhe, and sporky_rat, and fills Pro Wrestling Bingo "Roles" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by DW user stardreamer
"There I See the Kraken Rising" 5-19-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Summary: A meeting in the Maldives begins an alliance that will benefit both the island nation and Kraken.
Characters: Mamadou Latheef, Captain Left (Marko Agüero) {Capricorn on BlackSheep}, Captain Right/Sapphirina (Sandra Jaye Blain), Aquariana (Muriel Green)
Guest stars: Khadijah Latheef, Dr. Infanta (Alicia Martins), Steel, Moderato, Adil Kalinga, Mohammed Dualeh, Seth Bridger, Sheck Caperton
Cameo appearances: Lorry (Hamish Turner), Aunt Flo (Florence "Flo" Blackwell)
Relevant threads: Aquariana, Kraken
Prompted by DW users curiosity and sporky_rat, an anonymous prompter, and fills Pro Wrestling Bingo "Roles" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by a pool with EdorFaus and DW users ng_moonmoth and technoshaman
"Independence, Dignity, and Freedom of Spirit" 4-21-20
Story Date: Monday, March 30, 2015
Summary: Genna introduces Hatter to a cat therapist.
Characters: Genna St. Croix, Hatter (Marko Agüero), Duauf
Prompted by DW users dialecticdreamer, readera, erulisse, and Valentines Bingo Card 2-1-19
Sponsored by a pool with DW user fuzzyred, technoshaman, and mama_kestrel
"The Hottest Blood of All" 10-5-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Saturday, April 4, 2015
Summary: A boating collision in the Maldives leads to some major life changes for our whales.
Characters: Aquariana, Dr. G/Graham Finn, Shale
Guest stars: Dr. Caspian Barlough, Sheck Caperton
Cameo appearances: Jumpship (Tilley Princeton), Chauncey Bettencourt, Brandi Buffett, Halley Finn, Edison Finn, Molly Finn
Prompted by DW user curiosity and Fall Bingo Card 9-30-18
Sponsored by DW users lilliane and curiosity
"Into the Thousand-Eyed Present" 8-22-19 (outside fishbowl)
Story Date: Monday, 6 April, 2015
Summary: Aidan, Saraphina, Drew, and Zipper apply for citizenship in the Maldives.
Characters: Aidan Spencer, Saraphina Dreux, Zipper (Abioud Safar), Drew Finn, Mamadou Latheef
Guest Stars: Aquariana (Muriel Green), Moderato
Prompted by DW user dialecticdreamer and End of Summer Bingo Card 8-2-19
Sponsored by LJ user kestrels_nest and Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"How to Hold the Darkness" 3-26-20 (bonus fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Summary: Graham returns to the Maldives to talk with Steel and Shale, which brings up a lot of intense emotions for everyone.
Characters: Graham Finn, Steel, Moderato, Shale, Aquariana (Muriel Green), Boshi Koul
Prompted by DW user mama_kestrel and Food Fest Bingo Card 3-1-20
Sponsored by a pool with DW user fuzzyred
"Climbing the Tree of Knowledge" 4-2-19
Story Date: Monday, August 17, 2015
Summary: Alicia and a friend explore a Waldorf school as research for creating a new superschool in the Maldives.
Characters: Dr. Infanta (Alicia Martins), Bambina (Bruna Colombo), Greta Baumgartner, Gillyflower "Gilly" Baumgartner
Prompted by DW users ari_the_dodecahedron, inky_magpie, siliconshaman, lone_cat, and rix_scaedu and School Days Bingo fest card 4-1-19
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Thalassophobia"
Author: Siliconshaman
Story Date: November 10, 2015
Summary: Aquariana and the whales meet a Deep Old One.
Characters: Aquariana (Muriel Green), Steel, Moderato, Curl, Cthulhu
"Interspecies Communication Issues" 11-15-19
Story Date: Monday, December 7, 2015
Summary: The Maldives has to deal with communication across species.
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and People-watching Bingo Card 10-31-19
Sponsored by DW users fuzzyred and ng_moonmoth
"The Best Richness" 7-16-19
Story Date: Monday, January 4, 2016
Summary: Fast-forward almost a year, to January of 2016, and see how events are unfolding in the Maldives and its new neighbor Thalassia. There are also some new challenges to consider.
Characters: Mamadou Latheef, Captain Left
Cameo appearances: Steel, Moderato, Aunt Flo
Prompted by DW users curiosity, inky_magpie, lilliane, Rocket and Tarot Bingo Card 4-30-19
Sponsored by a pool with DW user fuzzyred
"The Evolution of Society as a Whole" 6-6-20 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Monday, June 20, 2016
Summary: An observer from the Global Looking Glass visits Thalassia to do a human rights report on the new nation.
Characters: Deepu Balakrishnan, Abrial Rennes, Park Do-hyeon, Technisha (Quanisha Brown), The Blackguards
Cameo appearances: Aunt Flo (Florence "Flo" Blackwell), Mephista (Tullia Lars)
Prompted by DW users ng_moonmoth, readera, curiosity, wyld_dandelyon, and Cottoncandy Bingo Card 6-1-20
Sponsored by a pool with DW user ng_moonmoth
Extras
Read the demifiction "Dear Ms. Aquariana" by DW user thnidu, which follows the trial of the whalers and introduces her to Microfyne.
Read the stories "Freeclimbing" and "Re-Orienting" about Aida in the Maldives.
Read the story "Diving Companions" in which Aida meets Steel and Moderato.
DW user callibr8 has posted a list of post-Renaissance music intended to show Steel and Moderato that humans can cooperate to produce beautiful, complex music.
Read the stories "Freeclimbing" and "Re-Orienting" about Aida in the Maldives.
Read the story "Diving Companions" in which Aida meets Steel and Moderato.
DW user callibr8 has posted a list of post-Renaissance music intended to show Steel and Moderato that humans can cooperate to produce beautiful, complex music.