Tides is one part of the setting of a number of characters I plan to write a series for.
Pitch: When the surface world and the world of the deep collide, it creates many atrocities. But it might require just one atrocity to make a message clear.
Tides
The riptide jets a stream of water out of the tidal area.
As the moon passes overhead, mines rise upwards. The cavitating point-of-view comes near a loose chain with no mine… the POV widens.
As the current drives the POV forward, the viewpoint’s arms and hands make wave-like motions as they break from the left and right to release pressurized force in short bursts. Turning around the POV sees small whirlpools that cause some of the mines to collide with one another. The detonations later cause more whirlpools to form. The POV turns around with the cavitation pushing with the current.
The POV approaches a rising sea floor. He breaches out of of the surface of the water and dives downward to where the current becomes stronger. The POV comes in third-person perspective revealing the POV to be a dolphin.
The dolphin reveals on closer examination to be opening up parts of his body as the pressure releases. This biomechanical dolphin folds out arms as he gestures his hands into revealing them. All before bringing them forward as the cavitation drives him forward in a burst of speed.
This rockets the dolphin out of of the water, breaking through the rip current he was in. As the dolphins spins around, legs resembling prosthetics are in place of his tail. Feeling the wind on his body, the dolphin man does a similar motion from before breaching to form a membrane to glide. This time ending with a gesture to make it look like he’s grabbing the stars.
As an albatross joins him, the dolphin man sees that part of the island sank. So the dolphin and albatross dive into the ocean. Most of the landmarks of the sunken island show a logo as the dolphin’s biomechanical body turns into his natural state. Other parts of the island show settlements with various insignias.
The dolphin swims down as he sees an artificial reef with the albatross going to the surface. The wreckage of the island brings a large and vibrant ecosystem. One so great that the dolphin feels the current. With that the dolphin cavitates away.
The Message
Tides is pretty abstract so I’ll give you an introduction. The dolphin’s name is Wu’tanga; he’s a cyborg from a private military program. The same military had a base stationed on an island with artificial connections. But due to various circumstances including Wu’tanga it sank. The PM had a lot of bad effects but they lived in relative harmony with the islanders. Some of the islanders even saw Wu’tanga as a demigod for being a combination of two worlds.
But Wu’tanga finds himself wondering his actual place in the world. Especially since he’s a product of destruction. Yet he doesn’t let his origins get him down. He revels in being able to feel currents and his cyborg body for allowing him to embrace it easier. The artificial reefs are one his ways of reassuring that two different worlds aren’t exclusive.
Fun fact, some of the moves that Wu’tanga uses are based on the hand gestures of hula dancing. I’m trying to use a lot of Polynesian influence to his character. As well as some Greek, Korean, and a number of other groups whose livelihoods revolve around the ocean.