Misha

Face-up artist(s):

Me

Tattoo artist(s):

Me

Date of acquisition:

February 2024

Provenance:

Ordered straight from Gem of Doll

Reason for choice:

I was thinking of taking on a freshwater mermaid project, and Gem of Doll's Pisces mermaids are perfect for it.

Best Points:

THAT TAIL. It's beautiful, and the doll could even balance on it, if posed properly.

Worst Points:

None that I could think of.

Eyes:

Dollmore Glass

Wig:

Dollmore Heat-resistant Fibre

Favourite colours:

Koi fish colors (orange/reds, blacks, white)

Fashion style(s):

Minimal lacy styles that evoke fish scales

Name story:

Properly spelled Mixā, it's a Nahua word for mist or drizzle. It was a name given to her by a fellow spirit whom she loved.

Character age:

Ancient (true age undetermined)

Character gender:

Appears as female, but technically genderless

Offsite roleplay:

This doll's character is not available for offsite roleplay.

EDO PERIOD TIMELINE
Relationship tree here.

Once, two of the most powerful spirits of the land had a contest as to who can form the strongest offspring. Among the many results was a spirit that looked like a koi fish mermaid. She was deemed to be a disappointment and was thus discarded, nameless. Nonetheless, she was able to acquire a piece of unwanted territory for herself, consisting mostly of mist and stagnant waters. While she kept mostly to herself, she struck up a loving relationship with a feathered serpent, a minor spirit who was cast adrift across the sea from a distant land. He was the one who gave her a name, Misha.

The feathered serpent, however, eventually reverted to a small jade stone owing to his prolonged separation from his homeland. Lonely once more, Misha took an obsidian dagger he left behind and tried to reanimate it into a new being. The result was a feathered serpent, but one wreathed in searing fire and genuinely posed a danger both to herself and her home. In a defensive instinct, Misha drove the fledgling spirit away, not realizing that she had effectively cast it from Spirit Realms and into the mortal world. She wept when she realized what she had done, and initially tried to steal the little one -- now appearing as a human baby -- from the human couple who had taken her in.

In the end, after seeing the young one's growing bond with the couple, Misha decided to just watch over her from afar, all the while hoping that her daughter will be able to find her way back home one day.

Little (Koi) Mermaid 2 by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr


Little (Koi) Mermaid faceup by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr​