This is a marvelous MerMay piece by  Fydbac! Go praise the original post, here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43071863/

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This illustration led to the creation of the following story: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44711176/

The story follows this octo-version of Ame, who is perhaps similar to the size of a giant pacific octopus, and a seahorse-mermaid version of Amaranth, who is.. much much smaller. >:}

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Back in May, Fydbac had a MerMay sale going on, wherein a client would provide a character and Fydbac would simply let inspiration take hold, to see what came to mind.

Just as I hoped, my naga, Amethystine, led to an octopus! (It helped that I had previously been seen gushing over a previous octo-design by Fydbac >___> )

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