*snerk* Meanie. And messed up as in... Well, sometimes kids revert more or less to human genotype. ... more or less. ~__~ There's a number of mutations needed to make a mer, and the ones in the lower body have the higher chance of not taking, and if even one of them doesn't take well, that can be enough to cripple the kid. But they can also not inherit the lung capacity and oxygen conservation, which is even worse on the short term (mostly because there tends not to be a long term for those kids) Also the skin is thicker all over, to resist water damage better. It's not as bad when that doesn't happen, but they lose heat faster and also they look kinda ugly. pruny all over, ew. XD One of the most minor mutations is that they're programmed to have the lower body of a different color, but technically it's the same type of skin and often the colors travel a bit. Liadan has a couple of gray patches on her upper body and pink ones on her tail, but that's minor. Some of them are really mottled. XD heck, when she saw Arun in his swimsuit, all black but for the tips, she didn't even notice it wasn't his normal color. XD;;;
... XDDDD Uh. They just tell you to stay underwater until you feel that you need to breathe?
I am imagining a core of women/children/old fogies with a shell of strapping young breeding matirial keeping the things with teeth away. XD Rather close to the truth, yeah. Except when you're too old, if the times are difficult you often end up deciding to drift off not to burden the pod. Is there a rotation of the guard, shifts Sure :p do the maids go bring them tuna sandwiches and flirt, what? XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Privacy is a luxury that they can't afford. They have sex within sight of the pod -- often hiding behind seaweed, but not all the time. They make nests of floating seaweed to sleep, so once people are in here, everyone does as if they couldn't see or hear them. even though... well... Seaweed. XD; You don't ask things like "what's on your mind" ever. that's incredibly rude. People's thoughts are their own business that they share if they feel like it. XD; It's a very minor kind of privacy, but they don't have a lot of it to go around, sadly.
Re: Waterproof ductape.
*snerk* Meanie. And messed up as in... Well, sometimes kids revert more or less to human genotype. ... more or less. ~__~ There's a number of mutations needed to make a mer, and the ones in the lower body have the higher chance of not taking, and if even one of them doesn't take well, that can be enough to cripple the kid. But they can also not inherit the lung capacity and oxygen conservation, which is even worse on the short term (mostly because there tends not to be a long term for those kids) Also the skin is thicker all over, to resist water damage better. It's not as bad when that doesn't happen, but they lose heat faster and also they look kinda ugly. pruny all over, ew. XD One of the most minor mutations is that they're programmed to have the lower body of a different color, but technically it's the same type of skin and often the colors travel a bit. Liadan has a couple of gray patches on her upper body and pink ones on her tail, but that's minor. Some of them are really mottled. XD heck, when she saw Arun in his swimsuit, all black but for the tips, she didn't even notice it wasn't his normal color. XD;;;
... XDDDD Uh. They just tell you to stay underwater until you feel that you need to breathe?
I am imagining a core of women/children/old fogies with a shell of strapping young breeding matirial keeping the things with teeth away.
XD Rather close to the truth, yeah. Except when you're too old, if the times are difficult you often end up deciding to drift off not to burden the pod.
Is there a rotation of the guard, shifts
Sure :p
do the maids go bring them tuna sandwiches and flirt, what?
XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Privacy is a luxury that they can't afford. They have sex within sight of the pod -- often hiding behind seaweed, but not all the time. They make nests of floating seaweed to sleep, so once people are in here, everyone does as if they couldn't see or hear them. even though... well... Seaweed. XD;
You don't ask things like "what's on your mind" ever. that's incredibly rude. People's thoughts are their own business that they share if they feel like it. XD; It's a very minor kind of privacy, but they don't have a lot of it to go around, sadly.