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[seaphonic]

<sub>[The feed starts with a sickening crack of a clam shell being smashed against a rock, long fingers prying the shell open with ease. The poor clam is scooped out of its shell and eaten immediately before the shell is tossed carelessly away into the sea water. Syrena's hair is wet and windswept and she tucks part of it behind an ear, scraping a nail against the surface of the rock she's leaning on. Part of her golden tail can be seen for a moment as she lifts it up to splash some water on her back before letting it fall back into the sea water behind her.

She seems, if anything, a little troubled. If she is though, it doesn't show much.]</sub>

There is something I do not understand.

_{[She pulls herself up a bit on the rock then, cradling her face in her palms as she stares at the NV, elbows propped up on the rock and her long hair keeping what would be a rather bare chest out of sight for now.]}

There was a ritual held on the beach this morning. A man and a woman were dressed in white clothes and a man who spoke in the name of God joined them together. I do not recall every word shared but their hearts and souls became one and the same. That is what the man in black and white said to the man and woman. There was music and laughter, movement and song. I wished to sing with them but I did not. I stayed silent and hidden.

Their ritual seemed sacred.

_{[She seems a little forlorn at this if not a tad bit jealous of the happiness she'd witnessed earlier, letting her gaze trail away from the NV to the wet surface of the rock.]}

But I do not understand. What was this ritual? Why were they, until that moment, incomplete? Am I incomplete? I was told that I have a soul, but I do not understand what that means. I was told that I was one of God's creatures, but I do not know of God.

I knew nothing of these things until Philip. Even now, I am ignorant.

How can one who does not know what a soul is have one? How would another person know if one possesses one? It is an important thing, a soul, is it not? If it was not, I do not think Philip would have tried to save people's souls.

_{[She rakes her nails across the surface of the rock before looking back at the NV.]}

If I have a soul, what is it to me? I do not know.

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[momchester]

[The topic has brought a smile to Mary's face. She looks happier than Syrena has probably ever seen her, on a deep and honest level.]

They got married.

Marriage is a ritual of- love and... mating. It's two people pledging to spend the rest of their lives together.

Can I come visit you?

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[seaphonic]

A ritual of love and mating? _{[That garners a confused look from the mermaid.]} It seemed without any violence.

_{[After all...mating ain't that pretty when it comes to mermaids. Why is Mary smiling so much this is weird.]}

Yes, visit me Mary.

[towerlocked]

You were witness to a wedding. The soul, in this instance, is spoken of as a part of the marrying couple. When you marry you are bound to that person, and the heart and soul are part of that bond.

[seaphonic]

Is that the purpose? To bind one to another?

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[motioned]

[Wincing. Poor clam.

But then, very brightly:]

Do you know what marriage is? It sounds like that's what they were doing! I bet a beach would be a really romantic place for something like that.

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[seaphonic]

_{[She shakes her head.]} No, I do not know.

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[rapturescreed]

A soul is... it's hard to explain. It can't be seen, or heard, or perceived. It's the spark of awareness. A soul is the part of yourself that makes you yourself.

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[seaphonic]

...If that is so why would one wish to join their soul with another? If it is what makes one themselves, would they not be themselves after the ritual of marriage is complete?

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[integrity]

I can happily inform you whether or not you have a soul.

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[seaphonic]

How?

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[ofthursday]

[He's no expert on marriage, and other people have explained that part already. So he moves onto the subject he knows.]

Souls grant a human or human-like being the ability to feel emotions. Sadness, love, fear, joy. They cannot be experienced without one.

[Angels are the only exception.]

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[seaphonic]

And if I can experience those, then I have one Castiel?

[athermercy]

[Speaking of God.]

That was a wedding -- It usually happens when close companions or lovers want to officially commit. Does that make sense?

[seaphonic]

No. _{[She shakes her head.]} What are they committing to?

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[laurice]

That was a wedding, Syrena. It's what two people who really, really love each other do.

And uh...a soul is kinda hard to explain, but I guess it's like your spirit? What's inside you? [He's just as clueless.]

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[seaphonic]

Why do they do it? What is the reason for it?

What is inside me?

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[showbizpanache]

[He gasps.]

It's marriage! Oh, how romantic!

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[seaphonic]

...Romantic?

[mulletrock]

Sounds like a wedding to me.

[Dean's not too impressed. Sure, he'd always wondered about those himself but he'd never really showed up for one. He always had something else to do, someone to save.]

You can't see souls. Not unless you're an angel, demon, or a hellhound. They're just there. They're a part of who you are.

[seaphonic]

Why do humans have weddings?

_{[She's a bit happier to hear from Dean though. His company usually makes her feel a bit lighter.]}

But they are important, yes?

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[vinovidivici]

[ A quick skim of the other responses. Sounds like people have already covered definitions of weddings and souls... or tried to. ]

I'm not much good at explaining these kinds of things. So can I ask you something, Syrena? -- Actually it's a couple of things.

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[seaphonic]

Yes, you may ask.

[mediumdrip]

Love is one of those things you can't really understand until you experience it and it's really hard to understand. I don't think you're incomplete though, unless you feel like you are.

[seaphonic]

I do not feel incomplete.

[the_dead_pool2]

Sup, my little mermaid. Don't worry, you are complete. I mean you could probably do with tasting some mexican food, but its nothing really to worry about.

[He brushes his hands together in a dusting off motion]

Besides getting hitched ties you down, better to avoid it, and if you do and you ain't no punk, you should holla 'we want pre-nup.'

[seaphonic]

I am not the little mermaid. _{[There's a bit of a hiss at that. Sorry, she just got told that story :c not really happy about it either.]}

[bratziska]

[ A little wide-eyed and incredulous. Not that she can see that. ]

Are you really a mermaid?

[seaphonic]

I am, yes.

_{[Lifts her tail a little before putting it back into the water. Yup. Mermaid.]}

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[gavesugar]

[Sheila feels for her - truly.]

Does thou not feel? Aye, then thou does have a soul.

'Twas a wedding - faith, I hath not seen one of those since I wert a handmaiden at court.

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[seaphonic]

_{[If one feels then one has a soul - seems easy enough to understand!]}

It was strange to witness.

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[theshortestbird]

You know... weddings are kind of complicated, especially if you're an outsider looking in. But as for the soul, I think... that depends on what you believe in. Not anyone else.

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[seaphonic]

It depends on what you believe in?

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[surgicalshot]

I... I used to think that souls were just. Things that religious speakers talked about. But lately... [He falls silent.] I don't think it can be. One thing.

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[seaphonic]

Why do you believe as much?