Aqua Marine

> "Oh...I'm Aqua Marine. Aqua for short...I'm not from here, it looks like."
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> -Aqua Marine[1]
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**Aqua Marine** or simply **Aqua** is a young, teen diminutive who is part of the Marine family, daughter of Beryl Marine and Chrysolite Marine. She resided in the Lake Kingdom with her family until a storm caught her off guard and slammed her into Mushroom City, where she currently resides in Chroma Key's house. One of her defining traits is that she is a mermaid diminutive, meaning that she can breathe underwater, though being part of the Marine family, she has powers related to them, such as controlling rainstorms and waves. One of the most prominent of her abilities is that she can sing a hypnotic siren song that has powerful effects, though they can be disastrous as she cannot control her powers.

Aqua Marine is named after the color of the same name, though she and her family members are named after the gemstone types of beryl as well.

## History

Aqua Marine first appears in post 15052 as a washed up body in a harsh thunderstorm alongside Fire Mario on the shore, discovered by Ultra Violet. Ultra Violet decided to properly heal her up rather than taking her to a hospital, and took both her and Fire Mario to the Super Plumber Park. The rain eventually woke her up and she introduces herself to Ultra Violet and Chroma Key. However, she recognized the golden wings that Ultra Violet wore and hesitated to go with him, as her family had prior history with the Protectors, mostly negative, and did not want to be receiving revenge on her. She tries resisting, though Ultra Violet insisted on taking her in anyway since she was still weak.

When Ultra Violet took her inside the Protector Base, Dark Light was shocked at seeing her and identified her as a member of the dangerous Marine family and described their powers to the characters in the base. Since Aqua Marine's father cursed Dark Light with perpetual hydrophobia, Dark Light mistrusts Aqua Marine, though Ultra Violet defended her by stating that she's just a child, in which he negotiated with Dark Light to let her stay. Dark Light agreed to it, since that means she can keep watch of her and assigned Ultra Violet to that task.

Aqua Marine has then heard that applications to the Protectors are opened; she has stated that she always wanted to be a Protector but due to her family's past negative history with the Protectors, she was hesitant to apply, in which Chroma Key encouraged her while Dark Light accepted the application, not caring what her parents would say about this.

## General information

### Physical description

Aqua Marine is a diminutive, meaning that she is small, has a big nose, and has black beady eyes. She has darker-colored skin than other diminutives and she wears her long hair in a braid, which resembles a mermaid's tail. She dresses like a sailor, with a long, flowing gown and a ribbon on her chest. The most distinguishing aspect about her is her submarine helmet, which she can use the visor and her periscope to peer above the surface of the water, as well as use the periscope to reach objects she otherwise cannot reach. Her visor also has other properties as well, such as enhancing her vision underwater and a radar. When she enters the water, her legs turn into a large tail fin, which lets her swim much more easily underwater.

Aqua Marine's dialogue consists of many ellipses, which emphasize her shy, naive, soft-spoken nature.

### Personality

Aqua Marine, unlike her two parents, is a gentle, shy, and very kind individual who loves sea life, as well as being fascinated by above the surface life. She enjoys drifting off in bodies of water, such as oceans and lakes, though a swimming pool constructed for her does the trick as well. She does not like using her powers for ill will, unlike her parents, though can be persuaded into using her powers to attempt to help someone out, even at another person's expense. She is also quite naive and asks many questions about her surroundings, as she is curious, especially regarding life outside of the Lake Kingdom.

### Powers and abilities

Hailing from a powerful family of mermaids, Aqua Marine's specialties lie in water-based abilities. Her legs can turn into a fish's tail when she enters the water, and she can use her periscope on her helmet to peer above the surface of water. Her most powerful abilities involve manipulating the water, such as creating powerful waves or rainstorms, though due to her age and inexperience, has very little control over what she can do. In addition, she has the ability to sing an intense siren song, which has many side-effects to them. One of them is to draw people to her, similar to how traditionally mermaids sing to draw unsuspecting ships into rocks, another is to make people fall in love with someone. The love song requires a lot of energy from her, and if the person affected has a spouse, they will simply fall in love with each other.

If Aqua Marine touches a Power Crystal, she transforms into Turbulent Typhoon Aqua Marine. In this form, Turbulent Typhoon Aqua Marine is equipped with military-grade submarine essentials, such as deadly torpedos and the ability to turn invisible, similar to how a submarine can hide from the radar of unsuspecting ships. She can shapeshift into a large, military submarine as well, called the *AquaMarine*, which can carry a large crew of passengers; it used to infiltrate the hiding spot of her parents, as they do not suspect her carrying passengers meant to ambush and jailbreak prisoners. Finally, she can spray a mist while in submarine form to her crew, which enables them to breathe underwater.

### Relationships with other characters

> "Look at me and Aqua. We aren’t related by blood, but we’re still family. Wanna know why? Cause family is made out of love, not out of blood." - Chroma Key
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One of the most apparent relationships is that Aqua Marine does not like her parents, due to their chaotic antics that cause misery and create new enemies for their entertainment, such as cursing Dark Light to be hydrophobic or sucking the life essence out of Ray Trace to sell to the black market. Despite that they raised her themselves, Aqua Marine had been exposed to other facets of Lake Kingdom life, which was mostly peaceful and consisted of the fashion-loving Lochladies, though due to her parent's sordid reputation, did not make many friends in the Lake Kingdom. Out of her immediate family members, she likes Maxixe Marine the most, as he preferred to stay out of conflict and wanted to sail the seas instead; unfortunately he is not around often due to his love of traveling. Due to her dislike of her parents, Aqua Marine is content being away from home and starting a new life in Mushroom City.

Aqua Marine had always felt sympathetic to the Protectors, particularly Dark Light as she felt sorry for the curse that was inflicted on her. She looks up to Ultra Violet, as he had saved her while she was incapacitated. She also loves Chroma Key as much as he loves her, liking his role as an adopted father, as Chroma Key is a nice, caring individual who built a pool for her. Even if Chroma did end up in wacky shenanigans himself.

## Quotes

* "*Um...yeah. I think I want to stay away from the Protectors...*"[2]
* "*Dark Light!? Um, how is she...? She's...you're working for her!?'*"[3]
* "*I...well if you take me to her, I had absolutely nothing to do with it...*"[4]
* "*Well...I like singing but...I really don't like how others seem to get drawn by it...*"[5]
* "*Hey, uh, Chroma? I...the Protector positions are open now? I...*"[6]
* "*No, I haven't actually entered it. I've passed by it in my travels in the ocean, but I didn't want to stop there. It's too populated and it tends to be a bit polluted in the rivers.*"[7]