Part 1

The Set-up: Rescha was the daughter of a fisherman. They both regularly go out into the sea to catch fish. One day, she had a dream that she was swimming in the sea with half of her body in the shape of a fish tail. She woke up and wondered about her strange dream, but was interrupted when her father told her that they were going out fishing. Rescha often went out fishing with her father because she enjoyed helping him with his work.

Call to Action: When they both set out, the ocean was calm, which made it easier to work. They had managed to get a good catch too. But too swiftly the weather changed and a storm started brewing. Waves crashed onto their boat and capsized it, making the two fall into the sea along with their catch.

Call Refusal: Luckily, the two were good swimmers, but the first thing that came to Rescha’s mind was to save her father. Flipping the boat back up right, she prioritised getting her father back up on the boat first. Once her father was safely back on the boat, he tried to help her up too but waves once again crashed into the boat and the two were separated. Rescha struggled in the water, but she thought, as long as her father was safe, that was all that mattered.

No Return: God of the Sea, Poseidon happened to witness Rescha’s selfless act and decided that he liked her. To save her, the god merged her with a large fish named Aphros, and instantly the lower half of her body turned into a fish tail. Rescha also found that she no longer had trouble breathing in the water. The Sea God told her that she was now one with the sea, but she can no longer return back on land. She could not go back to being with her father.

1st Struggle: Rescha felt incredibly upset at her predicament, but Poseidon told her that she was now bound to the sea by his magic so she must accept his domain as her new home. He told her that she should be grateful that he saved her from drowning. She felt conflicted; she was grateful that she could still live, but at the cost of abandoning her father and never to return home? Rescha was allowed by the Sea God to live and explore the sea as she wished, so she spent a lot of her time near the surface, hoping to see her father again, but she never did.

Commitment: She never found out what happened to her father after they separated. She did see other fishermen though, and out of a sense of duty, she would help and rescue anyone who fell into the sea. This got mixed reactions from the fishermen however; some were grateful, some were scared from her fishy appearance, some thought she was the one who caused their boat to capsize and would try to attack her. Regardless of the reaction though, Rescha would still try to help them as best as she could.

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Part 2

2nd Struggle: Poseidon frowns every time he saw her a little more ragged than before. The beautiful fins of Aphros who he merged her with were now more weary and torn. Rescha never came to the Sea God about it either, so he could tell she wasn’t taking care of herself. When he approached her about it, she simply told him that she got roughed up from saving the fishermen on the surface but she was fine. Poseidon decided that she needed supervision, so he asked another larger fish to stay by her side and watch her. Thus, Rescha was introduced to Bythos, sibling of Aphros.

Crisis: From then on, Bythos followed Rescha to the surface and kept her from being too reckless. For awhile it seemed to work until one day, the two came across a sinking warship in a battle. Men feel into the sea and some were drowning, it was a horrible sight. Bythos told her that the area was too dangerous, but Rescha didn’t care and begged the fish to help her save the drowning men. Bythos reluctantly agreed as long as a rope was attached to both their tails so that they remained together. Learning from her past interactions, Rescha changed herself fully into a fish after tying the rope, and the both of them worked together to rescue the drowning men.

Climax: Using the rope attached to their tails, they managed to drag all the men that they could hold to the nearest shore. They had to make a few trips back and forth, but were able to save most of the survivors. The sea battle still raged on however; arrows and spears were sent flying through the air and most fall into the ocean, making it very dangerous for the two fish to be near the surface. But Rescha still wanted to continue until suddenly, a soaring spear dived into the water and by chance stabbed into Bythos. Rescha was shocked and then devastated, she didn’t mean for the other fish to get hurt, but she instantly knew it was her fault that it happened. Turning back into a mermaid form, she finally abandoned her rescue mission and took Bythos back to Poseidon.

Aftermath: As soon as she found the Sea God, Rescha explained what happened and wept, apologising for getting Bythos killed in her rescue mission; apologising that she was inconsiderate to the fish’s warning and caused his death. She then asked the Sea God if there was any possible way to bring back Bythos. Seeing that she had learnt her lesson on reckless selflessness, Poseidon told her that the only way to save Bythos was to merge the fish with another life so that two would share a life. Rescha quickly volunteered herself, but the Sea God had another idea. Merging Bythos with Rescha, who was already merged with Aphros, created a woman with three consciousness in one. Two fish, Aphros and Bythos, and Rescha, the bind that ties the two together. Poseidon decided to named them the personification of Pisces, and gave them a place amongst the stars.