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Notes:

• For dustfromspace.

im thinking so much about the relationship between the ocean and the moon. so intrinsically linked despite their distance. what if they were people. what if they loved each other. what if hit battleship tag 'cyerce elegans' wasnt rejected by the mods. what if i DIDNT deanon myself in my notes oops

written for MCYT battleship 2026!

battleship info

matching on: origins smp, Nihachu/Technoblade, Celestial Imagery & Symbolism

claiming (23):
Ambiguous Relationships | Animal Instincts | Celestial Imagery & Symbolism | Censoring And Redaction | Clouds | Compass | Drowning | Eclipse | Established Relationship | Fog | Gilded Cage | Isolation | Merpeople | Monochromatic | Multiple POV | Mutual Pining | Rabbits | Religious Imagery | Scales | Touch-Starved | Whales | Yearning | Tide

elements:
1. Moon background
2. Aivazovsky painting
3. underwater background
4. Evening Song stanza 1
5. Yearn definition
6. Rabbit drawing
7. Will You Come? stanza 2
8. The Little Mermaid segment
9. Compass
10. Tide wikipedia page
11. Tide chart
12: Moon phases
13: The Creation of Adam
14: Jackalope wikipedia page
15: Mermaid wikipedia page
16: Mermaid illustration
17: Tide + moon diagram
18: Scales
19: Will You Come? stanza 4
21: Evening Song stanza 3
21: Minecraft bubbles
22: Cyerce Elegans
23: The Little Mermaid segment 2

explanations:
animal instincts - the crepuscular/nocturnal nature of many wild rabbits, hence the rabbit active at night and represented by the moon
clouds - up by the moon
drowning - minecraft drowning indicator
eclipse - on the moon phases
fog - over the ocean, blends into clouds. i <3 the blur tool
gilded cage - established with second little mermaid excerpt, unable to leave the water despite longing
isolation - established with first little mermaid excerpt, completely cut off from anything else, thus isolated
multiple pov - theyre/the poems are talking to each other
religious imagery - The Creation Of Adam. idk if u can get more religious than that
touch starved - established separation, longing for touch, not quite able to reach each other, moon pulling at the ocean
whales - mentioned in the second little mermaid excerpt. marginal. disqualify if need be u dont need to ask UPDATE: FALL I LOVE YOU HEHEEEE

(See the end of the work for more notes.)