Mermaiding Mishap[12P] by WaveLens,chef-cheir(4)

Nevertheless she had a happy smile on her face when she headed the last time back towards her air pocket, planning to catch her breath one more time and then directly ascend.
After all it had been an amazing adventure for the mermaid-costumed girl and she was proud that it had run smoothly like that.
Unfortunately things were about to go everything but smoothly now...

It was pretty much under her very eyes that one of the three ropes that secured the air-filled basked to the seafloor first stretched slightly and then ripped entirely in half. The basket toppled over and while she dashed with all strength forwards, Mi'ara could do nothing but watch how some last bubbles trickled between her fingers.
All the air floated rapidly up towards the far distant surface.