I'm reborn as nightmare but as a mer?

Tunnel Exploration

(Nightmare POV)

We made it to the entrance blot was talking about after a few confusing twists and turns and when I looked inside the entrance way of the hole I was impressed to see that the inside was like that of a wide tunnel. Exchanging glances with each other, I could see that blot was brimming with excited curiosity but kaipo on the other hand seemed to be wary as he held bubbles in his arms.

"...Kαιpo." I called out to Kaipo as he seemed to be squeezing his turtle too tight, if it wiggling around in his grasp was any sign. Snapping to attention, Kaipo looked over to me with anxious eye lights. "Yes?" Kaipo questioned to me as his tail flicked about. "Yoυ're ѕтαyιɴɢ нere." I said as kaipo's eye sockets widened in surprise and slight shock. "But why?! Did I do something wrong?" Kaipo asked in concern, while blot seemed taken aback by the sudden announcement too.

"Yoυ dιdɴ'т do αɴyтнιɴɢ wroɴɢ. We jυѕт ɴeed ѕoмeoɴe oɴ тнιѕ ѕιde ιɴ cαѕe тнe eɴтrαɴce cloѕeѕ oɴ υѕ αɴd ѕo тнαт yoυ cαɴ ĸeep ɢυαrd ғor αɴy ιɴтrυderѕ- I ɢeт тнe ғeelιɴɢ ѕoмeтнιɴɢ lιĸe тнαт мαy нαppeɴ ѕo ѕтαy pυт нere вυт oυт oғ ѕιɢнт, υɴderѕтαɴd?" I asked Kaipo to which he nodded albeit hesitantly. "Good." I said before turning to blot. Seeing me look at him, blot looks behind himself before looking back at me and pointing at himself. "I also have to stay?" blot questioned, a clear look of disappointment on his face. "No, yoυ're coмιɴɢ wιтн." I said which immediately boosted blot's mood as he tried to swim into the tunnel before I stopped him.

Giving me a look of confusion, blot tilts his skull in question as I pinch my nose bridge. "I dιdɴ'т ѕαy we we're ɢoιɴɢ ιɴ yeт ιdιoт." I said as blot responded with a sheepish look on his face while just saying "oh" in response. "So when do we go in?" blot questioned as I looked over at kaipo. "Oɴce I'м reαѕѕυred тнαт Kαιpo нαѕ α ɢood нιdιɴɢ ѕpoт." I responded as Kaipo seemed to look surprised at what I said.

"Aww, what a dear. I knew you cared about me!" kaipo said with a grin before quickly swimming around to find a good hiding spot and to get away before I whacked him with a tentacle. A small grumble escaping me in complaint to what kaipo said, I wait until he finally finds a spot that I deem good enough. Once that's all done, I turn to blot to tell him we could go down now but before I could say anything, he's already diving down earning a sigh from me as I swim after him.

As I swim down after blot, I could hear a small laugh leave from kaipo's hiding spot. Shaking my skull, I follow through the tunnel only to notice something. The deeper me and blot went, the darker it was, dark to the point where blot stood out like a sore thumb with his rainbow tentacles. Me on the other hand, was fine as my cyan glow dimmed down to my will. "Bloт." I quietly called as I stopped him from swimming any further by grabbing him.

"Dιм dowɴ yoυr colorѕ вeғore we ɢeт cαυɢнт." I said as my eye light glared down at him. "Oh, okay...how do I do that?" blot asked before going quiet when he felt the atmosphere change from slightly relaxed to heavy. "Yoυ Doɴ'т Kɴow How?" I calmly asked as my hold on blot's arm tightened slightly. "I can learn?" blot suggested as I let out a sigh in response. "Tнαт'll тαĸe тoo loɴɢ." I said as my mind reeled for any ideas.

Muttering under my breath, I freeze when an idea comes to mind. "Coмe нere." I said to blot before tugging him behind me. Since I was bigger than blot, I easily blocked him and when he was put behind me, it helped to block the bright colors from seeping out. "Froм нere oɴ, ѕтαy вeнιɴd мe αɴd вe qυιeт. Sнoυld eveɴ α peep coмe oυт oғ yoυr мoυтн or α pιece oғ yoυ ѕтιcĸ oυт, yoυ're doɴe ғor. Uɴderѕтαɴd?" I demanded as blot quickly nodded in confirmation. "Good." I said before leading the way.