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Age anxiety and fish trouble - Factoids
This text is based on how Mermaids and Merman work in my story Age anxiety and fish trouble but also other information about the story.
Facts about the places
The city of Karlskrona exists in reality as well as the places that appear in the story.
In order for the story to work from a purely geographical point of view, I checked on Eniro how lakes and seas are located in Karlskrona. For example, if you can jump in at Hästö and swim or take a boat to Gullberna, Verkö and the other places that are included. It turned out that it works great. The place where they mate is in reality but some mermaids are not there and not anywhere else either. Also the road from Stumholmen to Långö and there and Saltö and in that direction I also checked if it was possible to swim that way and it was. It was fun to learn that too and maybe that made it more believable.
Other facts
The Mermaid and the Merman are based mostly on mammals but a little on fish as well. My thought behind it is that in Kenneth's case it is a human who turns into a merman. Fia was born as a mermaid and thus has a few characteristics that match fish better than mammals.
The amount of grain the merman has in the story is based on how much a dolphin and smaller whales can have in their supply. It's actually gigantic. Of course, I used a little imagination as well. Whether the amount of sperm could be so great that it would flow out during the mating of dolphins and whales, I do not know. It also belongs to free imagination.
As for the ultrasound and that, I read a bit about what it's like when women give birth and I used that knowledge in the story. Of course, it is not certain that you would have been able to see the fetus of a mermaid if they had existed in reality, but why not. In zoos, the keepers can often see if the animals they have are pregnant, even if they use a little different equipment for that.
The birth is inspired by how, above all, seals do when they give birth, but of course also dolphins and humans too for that matter. The only thing that doesn't match reality is that seals and dolphins sometimes pull on the fetus to get it out. On the other hand, it sometimes happens at BB when women give birth and it is difficult to get the baby out, but then it is hospital staff who help.
This thing about the milk that Fia gets is completely consistent with what dolphins' milk is like, but not seals' milk. The only difference between the mermaid in the story and dolphins in real life is the placement of the teats. Dolphins have teats but they are hidden behind a flap just at the bottom of the abdomen. The description of how Fia's cubs get milk is exactly the same as when dolphins give milk.
The only significant difference is that dolphins do it underwater, which makes it difficult to see. Kolmården actually showed this so you could see how the milk is sprayed up close, but they don't do it anymore. Probably for the sake of the dolphins. It has only been shown to visitors if you bought a ticket for close contact Dolphin. It happened so that they made sure that a dolphin that had recently given birth swam to the surface. The dolphin has laid down on its back so that its stomach has been up. The staff has triggered the reflex through stimulation down by the teats and the dolphin has simply squirted the milk into the air. Visitors have then been able to feel what the consistency of the dolphins' milk is like.
The people
All the characters are based on living people that I know well. I have made some changes regarding their names and other properties.
THE CHARACTERS
Kenneth Elroth: Of course he is inspired by me with some changes of course. I have also thought a little about what my little brother is like and have used some inspiration from him as well. Would I have been good as a merman? Maybe it.
Tony Silvergren. He is based on a friend called Thomaz. But also a friend that my little brother fishes with sometimes. There is also some inspiration from a person called Jörgen who lives in my accommodation. He is mischievous and gives some funny answers to questions from time to time.
Fia Svantesson: She is based on a girl named Sophie. A person called Ronny had Sophie in his boat shed and she was an extra as a Mermaid. She was supposed to have sex with visitors but it never happened. I didn't know her very well when we first met but I've gotten to know her better over time. She is an interesting person to say the least. Part of Fia is also based on a friend called Lisa, but also my little sister and a bit of an acquaintance called Anette. It was through Sophie that I got inspiration for the story, but more about her and her involvement further down in the notes.
The parents: They are based on my mom and dad. Parents mean so much to you, even if you don't always agree with each other on everything. How they would react if something like this were true I don't know but I think mom would have had an easier time accepting it (just like in the story) than dad. At least it feels that way. My mom and dad haven't read the story yet. I spontaneously guess that mom is the one who would like it the best. Dad had probably snorted at some things and thought it was too silly. He doesn't even believe in ghosts and such, while mom is a little more open to it.
Sverker Joran: Among other things, Ole F was the inspiration for the character. I don't think Ole would be mean to any merfolk (If they existed) and I have absolutely nothing against him. At first I didn't even think that the story would have such a sudden change with the spy fish and everything but once I came up with the idea and thought for a while I thought it was so good that it had to be used in the story. Just when you think you know how things belong, things suddenly change.
The other person who is based on Sverker and also Pierre is called Peter S and unfortunately I know him even though we meet very rarely. I avoid him as much as I can because I feel he is not a good person to be around. Peter is very mean and has killed a few people in Karlskrona, but there has not been enough binding evidence to get him punished with prison. He has paid fines a few times but that is all. Peter and I first met when I was part of the tough gang at high school for a few years. Peter was the leader of the tough gang. Peter certainly would not have been happy if he saw that he is in a story even if it is made up.
Cleo is based on Balthazar. He is widely known in flashback and probably needs no further introduction.
Other people in the story are based on people I know. Among others Erik, Maggan Morgan, Joakim and several others.
About Sophie's involvement in the story
It was Sophie who partly started my idea for the story when she talked one day about the merfolk and that there are not only mermaids but also mermen. Her appearance as a mermaid is almost 100 percent based on how her outfit looked. She came up with what I should look like as a merman and I have used that description in the story.
Sophie was in the boathouse because she was paid for it and she was supposed to have sex with people who came there and met her but it never happened. The only one who got close to her and later bathed with her was me and I think that affected things in the story.
I started to tell Sophie a bit about the story and she became very interested. Soon she came up with interesting ideas. Some I have used in the story, while others I have not included.
Sophie has later been allowed to read parts of the story but not all of it. She enjoyed what she got to read and she found the description of the mating amusing. It was above all my descriptions that she found funnest. I knew when I wrote about the pairing that she would have sex with people and probably that was an explanation for that part of the story getting a little dirty. Sophie thought it fit perfectly in the context.
Sophie thought what I wrote first about the pairing was too boring and after reading through it a few times I realized she was right. So I added some dirt and it got better.
Sophie found some of the descriptions of what happened in the story to be vivid and would have suited very well as a screenplay but also worked perfectly in the story
The text that Sophie loved the most was the one about giving birth. She had had a difficult labor when she gave birth to her very first child. She recognized herself a little in the description of how it was regarding the birth of the second kid in the story.
Of course, I humbly thanked Sophie for her input on various things. We have really bounced ideas back and forth with each other.
Miscellaneous
I started writing the story at the end of June when I met Sophie for the fourth time and we had a long conversation where she talked about the merpeople and mermen. It was the week after that that I bathed with her. Sophie is the biggest inspiration. If I hadn't met her, this story wouldn't have happened at all.
I was also inspired by John Ajvide Lindqvist's new book about mermaids but also Carl Johan Vallgren's book Havsmannen. It is about a merman or Seaman. However, the ideas for my story are clearly thought out by me.
The first parts of the story I wrote without having any thought behind how mermen and mermaids work in my story but when I got halfway through I started making a "Factoid" where I wrote down rules about how the mermaid and merman in the story should be and behave powers etc. I chose to avoid this "As soon as you get wet" transformation and instead make it a conscious act (Except for the first few times Kenneth transforms of course)
I tried to have rules that could be realistic because I wanted it to sound as true as possible even though it is pure fantasy.
Some of the story has been written quickly while other times it has been really slow and I've lost inspiration but after a day or two I've usually started again.
I started writing a chapter at 8pm one evening and it went great. After a few hours I started to feel tired and checked the time on the computer and it turned out that it was 03.12. I didn't believe the numbers at first, but after checking the mobile too, I saw that it was correct. I finished the text I was working on at the time and went to bed. This was during the holidays so it didn't matter much. The hours when I was writing had really flown by quickly.
In the course of the story, I have changed and changed again the text. Among other things, I noticed that the text didn't flow well in certain places or that people talked to each other in a way that didn't feel natural when I read through everything and corrected mistakes in the text.
While writing, I have listened to a bit of different music and I have noticed that certain texts and descriptions in my story have fit very well with some of the music I listened to. When I wrote about the pairing, I listened to Abba's "I've Been Waiting For You" at the beginning and figured that maybe the mermaid could sing to Kenneth, and so it happened. So it was not planned from the beginning.
I hope you enjoyed the story. There will be other stories later about something completely different.
HOW THE MERMAID AND THE MERMAID LOOK IN MY STORY
As a human being
It does not differ much in appearance from ordinary people except that they have four lines on their neck. It is the gills although they are closed in human form. Most often, the mermaid or merman tries to hide the lines with, for example, a sweater that hides them or has long hair so that the hair hides the neck
Mermaid
The mermaid is often slightly smaller than a merman. However, their bodies can be stretched more than a mernan can. This is so that they can carry any children before birth
The face looks like a normal human except for the gills that open and close at the neck. This happens automatically. The hands have webbing between the fingers and at the end where the nails are there are sharp long claws. They are mostly used when catching fish or when defending themselves.
Sometimes they wear various jewelry or necklaces around their necks, but not always.
From the navel downwards, the body is like that of a fish. It is not always easy to see a dividing line between skin and scales on all individuals. This is because on these individuals the scales grow in small elevations in the skin.
The scales are often sparkling if she has polished them carefully. The cleaning is done so that she licks the scales with her tongue like cats do when they wash themselves. The saliva contains cleaning and polishing substances that only appear in their saliva when the mermaid starts cleaning the scales and the sewer. Most of the time, the mermaid purrs just like a cat when she grooms herself.
The scales are usually in a dark and often neutral color. It often happens that they are brown-red, Grey-Brown and similar colors. It is to protect her better because she can give birth
Further down the body, she has 2 or 3 lateral fins on each side of the body. These are used to help in quick maneuvers in the water but also to parry any objects in the water, such as nets and the like. She can turn at lightning speed with her fins. Between the fins there are 3 or 4 thin feelers. These mostly measure water quality and flow. They can also be used if it is dark, but the mermaid often has good vision even during the night.
Just above the fish tail, she has two holes. The one at the bottom is the cloaca (In humans the same thing is called Anus) where the feces come out and the male has his manhood and injects the sperm during mating. Here also comes the scent that she secretes during mating. The mermaid always keeps the cloaca very clean and cleans herself there often. Sometimes up to about 15 times per day. The second hole, which is higher up, is considerably larger and is hidden by a fin. That hole is only used for the birth of a cub or cubs.
Finally, the mermaid has a massive fish tail that is very strong. She can get up to almost 40 km/h if she wants to but it's rare that she does. It usually happens in situations where she is being chased, for example. Like the scales, the fish tail is usually in some neutral color, but the most common is dark grey.
Merman
A Merman is bigger than mermaids are. They have stout bodies and are really strong.
The face looks normal. The gills are usually slightly wider than those of the female. It's not often they have necklaces, but if they do, it's usually some god with a spear or similar. They usually have sharper claws than the females.
They have a sensitive touch point at the neck. Most often the females bite there when they want to mate with the merman. Then he purrs like a cat and gets sexually aroused.
From the navel downwards, the body is like that of a fish. You can see a clear break line between skin and scales.
The scales are often sparkling although they do not groom them as often as the females. Just like with the females, his saliva contains cleaning and polishing substances that come out when he starts to groom himself. They never purr like a cat but can get very sexually turned on by grooming. Sometimes you have seen mermen with manhood out after grooming.
The scales are often colorful. Common colors that occur are Blue/Grey, Blue/Green, Green/Yellow and Yellow/Blue. Sometimes it can almost look like batik paint. The colors become more intense during mating.
Just like the mermaid, they have 2 or 3 side fins on both sides of the body. They are often longer and stronger than the females. They also have 3 to 4 sensory buds. They have the same function as the mermaid.
On the front, almost at the fish tail, he has his manhood. It is hidden behind a fin. It comes out automatically when he is sufficiently sexually aroused when mating or when grooming. At the back is the sewer. There, only excrement and a musky smell come out when he marks his territory (See text below about territory marking). He cleans the sewers very rarely
In the cloaca, the male has a musk scent that is automatically released when he marks his territory. It is a strong scent that spreads easily in the sea and tells potential intruders; Stay away. Here is my territory. The male can also trigger the scent if he presses his hands against a small gray bump near the top of his cloaca. However, there is a risk that his hands may smell of the musk scent for a while if he is not quick to remove his hand after pressing the gray bump.
He has a massive fish tail that is larger and stronger than the females. It often has some colorful pattern to attract females and to scare off intruders. The color can vary but is often black or dark blue and always has blue or yellow dots or stripes on it. These also glow in the dark. With the help of the tail, he can get up to 50 km/h, but it is unusual at these speeds.
DIET
As a human being
They will eat pretty much anything. They like fish the most, but meat and poultry can also be consumed without problems. They don't need to clean the fish because their guts are slightly different and can handle the fish bones without a problem. They also have no problem with constipation when consuming a lot of fish. They like salt in their water and can drink several glasses with it if they want or need to.
Fruit and vegetables are no problem for them to eat either.
As a mermaid and a merman
The diet consists almost exclusively of fish. Sometimes if they are lucky they can find meat and other scraps that people threw or dropped in the sea but it is rare. Some individuals like certain fish more than others, such as herring, pike and cod to name a few.
Salmon is a big favorite but is hard to get hold of without people seeing it. A few tough individuals have managed to catch salmon at mörrum and get away with it, but not many dare such a thing.
Sometimes they sing to the fish. It is a high frequency tone that attracts the fish. It often swims right into the mouth of the Mermaid or the merman.
The mermaid's and merman's mouths can expand to over double their size. They can swim right into a school of fish and just let the fish pour into their mouths. Their necks are also very flexible and they can swallow several fish at the same time.
If a mermaid or merman were to be constipated, they would easily know what to do. They eat around 10 herrings and wait a while and the problem is solved. When consuming more than 12 herrings, they get stomach ache and diarrhea even if they are constipated. However, this usually disappears quite quickly.
LIFE SPAN
Pretty much the same whether they are human mermaid or merman. They have stronger bones so bones and such don't break as easily. Minor injuries heal a bit faster too.
MATING AND BIRTH
Mermaid
The mermaid can only mate every five years and in order for there to be young, the male must have the right type of chromosomes. The mermaid can smell a male with the right chromosomes from miles away, but she often smells his scales and tail to be 100 percent sure she's smelled right.
The mating season lasts only 3 days. During that time, the female has to find a willing male and get him willing, but that's usually not a problem.
In connection with the mating season, the female secretes a special scent that drives the males crazy with lust. The scent is secreted from the cloaca by special substances that the female only produces during the mating season. The scent is so strong that even humans can smell it. It smells to their noses much like strawberries.
The female's cloaca receives around 1.1 to 1.5 liters of semen from the male even when it flows rapidly, which it usually does.
Once the mating is done, it takes around a week before the female can see on a pregnancy test if she is pregnant or not. She doesn't usually feel bad like normal women do, but after a few weeks you can sense a growing belly. It is especially easy to see if they are on land like ordinary people.
The young or young grow quickly but it also depends on how warm the water where the mermaid is. The warmer it is, the faster the cub or cubs grow. But mermaids are easily ill if the water is too hot and they usually want a lukewarm temperature but can handle higher temperatures for a shorter time.
The female can have a maximum of two cubs at a time. The most common is a youngster. It usually takes between 6-7 months from mating to the birth of a young but can take up to 8 months but this rarely happens. When two cubs are born, it usually takes 7-8 months before they are born.
When it is about 2 months or less until birth, the female starts to get milk in two teats. They sit just above the hole where the young come out.
When giving birth to a young, the female must be transformed into a mermaid at all times for the last 3 months or the fetus may be seriously injured and die. At the birth of two cubs, the female must be transformed into a mermaid at all times during the last 4 months in order not to harm the fetuses.
The female is often dependent on the male being present in the last time before and at birth, but it has happened that females have wanted to manage without the male, but this is unusual. The fact that the male should preferably be present is because they should be able to easily help the female in case of any problems at birth.
When the young are born, they come out through a large hole that sits just above the sewer. The hole that the cubs come through can be expanded to double the circumference so that the cubs can get out more easily. The hole is hidden by a fin, but when birth is near, the female lifts the fin automatically so that the male can understand what awaits and help. She herself cannot influence when the fin is lifted. This always happens just before the water goes.
The water that goes when labor begins does not feel like water at all. It has roughly the same consistency as syrup and is at the same temperature as the body's usual temperature (about 37 degrees) but looks like ordinary water.
After the water has broken, it usually takes between 10 and 30 minutes before the birth is completely complete. With two cubs, it can take between 15 and 50 minutes before the entire birth is complete.
The cub or cubs are always transformed and are usually born head first and are always in an amniotic sac. The male sometimes helps and gently pulls on the amniotic sac while the female squeezes so the birth goes easier. However, he must be very careful not to damage the female's birth canal.
After birth, the cubs have to get out of their amniotic sac themselves. When the young or young have emerged from the amniotic sac, the mermaid always eats the amniotic sac. Sometimes the male also gets to eat it, but it varies from individual to individual.
You can immediately see the gender of the newborns. The newborns are blind right when they are born but after a few days their eyes open and they can see.
The cub or cubs immediately seek out the now milk-hardened teats and press them with their noses. The female squirts the milk into the young's mouth with powerful muscles. It all happens in a few seconds. The milk is almost as thick as light whipped cream and is full of protein that the little ones need. The teats are only active during the first week. Then the milk goes to the regular breast.
The cub or cubs grow significantly faster than normal babies during the first week, but after the cub or cubs turn into normal babies, which happens after a week, they grow at the same rate as normal babies.
Now the babies use the mermaid's normal breasts instead and the milk is almost the same as humans but tastes different. It is more acidic than in humans.
The child or children receive help from their parents when they have to transform until they are 5 years old. Before that, the parents start their transformation by biting them where the skin is thin and close to the blood vessels and at the same time excrete a liquid that acts as a kind of adrenaline and which immediately enters the bloodstream of the young or young. The transformation is rapid and they are transformed until the liquid has left their bodies as urine. It usually takes between 2 to 3 hours before the cub or cubs transform back again.
Merman
The male can smell the female's scent from several miles away and the scent drives him crazy. Sometimes they want to mate as soon as they smell the scent.
During mating season, he becomes extra sensitive to touch at the bottom of the neck and the females often nibble there to make the male sexually aroused. He also purrs like a cat when the females bite there. It has also happened that females have groomed the male's scales to make him sexually excited, but often the males want to groom themselves.
His manhood is hidden behind a fin on the front near the tail. The manhood comes out automatically when he is sufficiently sexually aroused.
His semen is quite thick and whitish and comes out with great force. The more excited the male is, the faster his semen flows. The semen is found in the male's scrotum and normally contains around 0.8 liters in total, but it depends on the individual. The record is 9 litres, but that is very unusual. He normally empties it a few times a week to feel good. If the male has not emptied his seminal fluid for about two weeks or more, it may happen that up to 4 liters are emptied. In those cases, the seminal fluid starts to overflow from the female's cloaca and push out and drain from the cloaca even though it is very tight with the male's manhood. The male can then become even more sexually aroused and increase the speed of the semen even more.
The mating itself, when the seminal fluid is emptied, usually lasts for a maximum of 10 minutes, often less time. The entire pairing with foreplay usually takes around 20-30 minutes in total
After mating, the male usually sits together with the female for a while. It's because his manhood is getting so thick that he has a hard time taking it out right away.
The male is always helpful and cares a lot about what the female wants after mating. Most often they marry each other and move together.
BREATH
Mermaid and Merman
They breathe with gills but also need regular air like all mammals. It can be below the surface for about 30 minutes. Then they often have to go to the surface for air. The only exception is when mating, but usually they don't stay longer than 30 minutes under the water even when mating.
SOUND
As Human
Some individuals may make loud squeals when startled.
Some individuals may have a creaking sound when they are insecure or anxious
Mermaid And Merman
Both Mermaids and Mermen have a wide variety of sounds that they use.
The most common sound is a sort of creaking sound. It is heard when they are satisfied and happy.
Another common sound is a whistling sound, reminiscent of Dolphins Whistling.
When the Mermaid grooms herself, she usually purrs like a cat.
When the merman is pinched by the females at the base of the neck, he also makes a purring sound like a cat.
In case of some anger or irritation, they can hiss like a snake.
If they are really frustrated, they may make a squeaking sound
When really angry, they usually growl.
Mermen often have deeper voices than mermaids.
They may make a cooing sound.
When they are really happy, they can make a shrill cry of joy.
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS
Mermaid and merman
They can affect the water and make big waves. If they spin around with their hand in the water, it becomes a spinning vortex. The wilder they move around, the wilder the weasel becomes. If they wave their hand, it makes waves. When waving violently, there will be big waves.
This text is based on how Mermaids and Merman work in my story Age anxiety and fish trouble but also other information about the story.
Facts about the places
The city of Karlskrona exists in reality as well as the places that appear in the story.
In order for the story to work from a purely geographical point of view, I checked on Eniro how lakes and seas are located in Karlskrona. For example, if you can jump in at Hästö and swim or take a boat to Gullberna, Verkö and the other places that are included. It turned out that it works great. The place where they mate is in reality but some mermaids are not there and not anywhere else either. Also the road from Stumholmen to Långö and there and Saltö and in that direction I also checked if it was possible to swim that way and it was. It was fun to learn that too and maybe that made it more believable.
Other facts
The Mermaid and the Merman are based mostly on mammals but a little on fish as well. My thought behind it is that in Kenneth's case it is a human who turns into a merman. Fia was born as a mermaid and thus has a few characteristics that match fish better than mammals.
The amount of grain the merman has in the story is based on how much a dolphin and smaller whales can have in their supply. It's actually gigantic. Of course, I used a little imagination as well. Whether the amount of sperm could be so great that it would flow out during the mating of dolphins and whales, I do not know. It also belongs to free imagination.
As for the ultrasound and that, I read a bit about what it's like when women give birth and I used that knowledge in the story. Of course, it is not certain that you would have been able to see the fetus of a mermaid if they had existed in reality, but why not. In zoos, the keepers can often see if the animals they have are pregnant, even if they use a little different equipment for that.
The birth is inspired by how, above all, seals do when they give birth, but of course also dolphins and humans too for that matter. The only thing that doesn't match reality is that seals and dolphins sometimes pull on the fetus to get it out. On the other hand, it sometimes happens at BB when women give birth and it is difficult to get the baby out, but then it is hospital staff who help.
This thing about the milk that Fia gets is completely consistent with what dolphins' milk is like, but not seals' milk. The only difference between the mermaid in the story and dolphins in real life is the placement of the teats. Dolphins have teats but they are hidden behind a flap just at the bottom of the abdomen. The description of how Fia's cubs get milk is exactly the same as when dolphins give milk.
The only significant difference is that dolphins do it underwater, which makes it difficult to see. Kolmården actually showed this so you could see how the milk is sprayed up close, but they don't do it anymore. Probably for the sake of the dolphins. It has only been shown to visitors if you bought a ticket for close contact Dolphin. It happened so that they made sure that a dolphin that had recently given birth swam to the surface. The dolphin has laid down on its back so that its stomach has been up. The staff has triggered the reflex through stimulation down by the teats and the dolphin has simply squirted the milk into the air. Visitors have then been able to feel what the consistency of the dolphins' milk is like.
The people
All the characters are based on living people that I know well. I have made some changes regarding their names and other properties.
THE CHARACTERS
Kenneth Elroth: Of course he is inspired by me with some changes of course. I have also thought a little about what my little brother is like and have used some inspiration from him as well. Would I have been good as a merman? Maybe it.
Tony Silvergren. He is based on a friend called Thomaz. But also a friend that my little brother fishes with sometimes. There is also some inspiration from a person called Jörgen who lives in my accommodation. He is mischievous and gives some funny answers to questions from time to time.
Fia Svantesson: She is based on a girl named Sophie. A person called Ronny had Sophie in his boat shed and she was an extra as a Mermaid. She was supposed to have sex with visitors but it never happened. I didn't know her very well when we first met but I've gotten to know her better over time. She is an interesting person to say the least. Part of Fia is also based on a friend called Lisa, but also my little sister and a bit of an acquaintance called Anette. It was through Sophie that I got inspiration for the story, but more about her and her involvement further down in the notes.
The parents: They are based on my mom and dad. Parents mean so much to you, even if you don't always agree with each other on everything. How they would react if something like this were true I don't know but I think mom would have had an easier time accepting it (just like in the story) than dad. At least it feels that way. My mom and dad haven't read the story yet. I spontaneously guess that mom is the one who would like it the best. Dad had probably snorted at some things and thought it was too silly. He doesn't even believe in ghosts and such, while mom is a little more open to it.
Sverker Joran: Among other things, Ole F was the inspiration for the character. I don't think Ole would be mean to any merfolk (If they existed) and I have absolutely nothing against him. At first I didn't even think that the story would have such a sudden change with the spy fish and everything but once I came up with the idea and thought for a while I thought it was so good that it had to be used in the story. Just when you think you know how things belong, things suddenly change.
The other person who is based on Sverker and also Pierre is called Peter S and unfortunately I know him even though we meet very rarely. I avoid him as much as I can because I feel he is not a good person to be around. Peter is very mean and has killed a few people in Karlskrona, but there has not been enough binding evidence to get him punished with prison. He has paid fines a few times but that is all. Peter and I first met when I was part of the tough gang at high school for a few years. Peter was the leader of the tough gang. Peter certainly would not have been happy if he saw that he is in a story even if it is made up.
Cleo is based on Balthazar. He is widely known in flashback and probably needs no further introduction.
Other people in the story are based on people I know. Among others Erik, Maggan Morgan, Joakim and several others.
About Sophie's involvement in the story
It was Sophie who partly started my idea for the story when she talked one day about the merfolk and that there are not only mermaids but also mermen. Her appearance as a mermaid is almost 100 percent based on how her outfit looked. She came up with what I should look like as a merman and I have used that description in the story.
Sophie was in the boathouse because she was paid for it and she was supposed to have sex with people who came there and met her but it never happened. The only one who got close to her and later bathed with her was me and I think that affected things in the story.
I started to tell Sophie a bit about the story and she became very interested. Soon she came up with interesting ideas. Some I have used in the story, while others I have not included.
Sophie has later been allowed to read parts of the story but not all of it. She enjoyed what she got to read and she found the description of the mating amusing. It was above all my descriptions that she found funnest. I knew when I wrote about the pairing that she would have sex with people and probably that was an explanation for that part of the story getting a little dirty. Sophie thought it fit perfectly in the context.
Sophie thought what I wrote first about the pairing was too boring and after reading through it a few times I realized she was right. So I added some dirt and it got better.
Sophie found some of the descriptions of what happened in the story to be vivid and would have suited very well as a screenplay but also worked perfectly in the story
The text that Sophie loved the most was the one about giving birth. She had had a difficult labor when she gave birth to her very first child. She recognized herself a little in the description of how it was regarding the birth of the second kid in the story.
Of course, I humbly thanked Sophie for her input on various things. We have really bounced ideas back and forth with each other.
Miscellaneous
I started writing the story at the end of June when I met Sophie for the fourth time and we had a long conversation where she talked about the merpeople and mermen. It was the week after that that I bathed with her. Sophie is the biggest inspiration. If I hadn't met her, this story wouldn't have happened at all.
I was also inspired by John Ajvide Lindqvist's new book about mermaids but also Carl Johan Vallgren's book Havsmannen. It is about a merman or Seaman. However, the ideas for my story are clearly thought out by me.
The first parts of the story I wrote without having any thought behind how mermen and mermaids work in my story but when I got halfway through I started making a "Factoid" where I wrote down rules about how the mermaid and merman in the story should be and behave powers etc. I chose to avoid this "As soon as you get wet" transformation and instead make it a conscious act (Except for the first few times Kenneth transforms of course)
I tried to have rules that could be realistic because I wanted it to sound as true as possible even though it is pure fantasy.
Some of the story has been written quickly while other times it has been really slow and I've lost inspiration but after a day or two I've usually started again.
I started writing a chapter at 8pm one evening and it went great. After a few hours I started to feel tired and checked the time on the computer and it turned out that it was 03.12. I didn't believe the numbers at first, but after checking the mobile too, I saw that it was correct. I finished the text I was working on at the time and went to bed. This was during the holidays so it didn't matter much. The hours when I was writing had really flown by quickly.
In the course of the story, I have changed and changed again the text. Among other things, I noticed that the text didn't flow well in certain places or that people talked to each other in a way that didn't feel natural when I read through everything and corrected mistakes in the text.
While writing, I have listened to a bit of different music and I have noticed that certain texts and descriptions in my story have fit very well with some of the music I listened to. When I wrote about the pairing, I listened to Abba's "I've Been Waiting For You" at the beginning and figured that maybe the mermaid could sing to Kenneth, and so it happened. So it was not planned from the beginning.
I hope you enjoyed the story. There will be other stories later about something completely different.
HOW THE MERMAID AND THE MERMAID LOOK IN MY STORY
As a human being
It does not differ much in appearance from ordinary people except that they have four lines on their neck. It is the gills although they are closed in human form. Most often, the mermaid or merman tries to hide the lines with, for example, a sweater that hides them or has long hair so that the hair hides the neck
Mermaid
The mermaid is often slightly smaller than a merman. However, their bodies can be stretched more than a mernan can. This is so that they can carry any children before birth
The face looks like a normal human except for the gills that open and close at the neck. This happens automatically. The hands have webbing between the fingers and at the end where the nails are there are sharp long claws. They are mostly used when catching fish or when defending themselves.
Sometimes they wear various jewelry or necklaces around their necks, but not always.
From the navel downwards, the body is like that of a fish. It is not always easy to see a dividing line between skin and scales on all individuals. This is because on these individuals the scales grow in small elevations in the skin.
The scales are often sparkling if she has polished them carefully. The cleaning is done so that she licks the scales with her tongue like cats do when they wash themselves. The saliva contains cleaning and polishing substances that only appear in their saliva when the mermaid starts cleaning the scales and the sewer. Most of the time, the mermaid purrs just like a cat when she grooms herself.
The scales are usually in a dark and often neutral color. It often happens that they are brown-red, Grey-Brown and similar colors. It is to protect her better because she can give birth
Further down the body, she has 2 or 3 lateral fins on each side of the body. These are used to help in quick maneuvers in the water but also to parry any objects in the water, such as nets and the like. She can turn at lightning speed with her fins. Between the fins there are 3 or 4 thin feelers. These mostly measure water quality and flow. They can also be used if it is dark, but the mermaid often has good vision even during the night.
Just above the fish tail, she has two holes. The one at the bottom is the cloaca (In humans the same thing is called Anus) where the feces come out and the male has his manhood and injects the sperm during mating. Here also comes the scent that she secretes during mating. The mermaid always keeps the cloaca very clean and cleans herself there often. Sometimes up to about 15 times per day. The second hole, which is higher up, is considerably larger and is hidden by a fin. That hole is only used for the birth of a cub or cubs.
Finally, the mermaid has a massive fish tail that is very strong. She can get up to almost 40 km/h if she wants to but it's rare that she does. It usually happens in situations where she is being chased, for example. Like the scales, the fish tail is usually in some neutral color, but the most common is dark grey.
Merman
A Merman is bigger than mermaids are. They have stout bodies and are really strong.
The face looks normal. The gills are usually slightly wider than those of the female. It's not often they have necklaces, but if they do, it's usually some god with a spear or similar. They usually have sharper claws than the females.
They have a sensitive touch point at the neck. Most often the females bite there when they want to mate with the merman. Then he purrs like a cat and gets sexually aroused.
From the navel downwards, the body is like that of a fish. You can see a clear break line between skin and scales.
The scales are often sparkling although they do not groom them as often as the females. Just like with the females, his saliva contains cleaning and polishing substances that come out when he starts to groom himself. They never purr like a cat but can get very sexually turned on by grooming. Sometimes you have seen mermen with manhood out after grooming.
The scales are often colorful. Common colors that occur are Blue/Grey, Blue/Green, Green/Yellow and Yellow/Blue. Sometimes it can almost look like batik paint. The colors become more intense during mating.
Just like the mermaid, they have 2 or 3 side fins on both sides of the body. They are often longer and stronger than the females. They also have 3 to 4 sensory buds. They have the same function as the mermaid.
On the front, almost at the fish tail, he has his manhood. It is hidden behind a fin. It comes out automatically when he is sufficiently sexually aroused when mating or when grooming. At the back is the sewer. There, only excrement and a musky smell come out when he marks his territory (See text below about territory marking). He cleans the sewers very rarely
In the cloaca, the male has a musk scent that is automatically released when he marks his territory. It is a strong scent that spreads easily in the sea and tells potential intruders; Stay away. Here is my territory. The male can also trigger the scent if he presses his hands against a small gray bump near the top of his cloaca. However, there is a risk that his hands may smell of the musk scent for a while if he is not quick to remove his hand after pressing the gray bump.
He has a massive fish tail that is larger and stronger than the females. It often has some colorful pattern to attract females and to scare off intruders. The color can vary but is often black or dark blue and always has blue or yellow dots or stripes on it. These also glow in the dark. With the help of the tail, he can get up to 50 km/h, but it is unusual at these speeds.
DIET
As a human being
They will eat pretty much anything. They like fish the most, but meat and poultry can also be consumed without problems. They don't need to clean the fish because their guts are slightly different and can handle the fish bones without a problem. They also have no problem with constipation when consuming a lot of fish. They like salt in their water and can drink several glasses with it if they want or need to.
Fruit and vegetables are no problem for them to eat either.
As a mermaid and a merman
The diet consists almost exclusively of fish. Sometimes if they are lucky they can find meat and other scraps that people threw or dropped in the sea but it is rare. Some individuals like certain fish more than others, such as herring, pike and cod to name a few.
Salmon is a big favorite but is hard to get hold of without people seeing it. A few tough individuals have managed to catch salmon at mörrum and get away with it, but not many dare such a thing.
Sometimes they sing to the fish. It is a high frequency tone that attracts the fish. It often swims right into the mouth of the Mermaid or the merman.
The mermaid's and merman's mouths can expand to over double their size. They can swim right into a school of fish and just let the fish pour into their mouths. Their necks are also very flexible and they can swallow several fish at the same time.
If a mermaid or merman were to be constipated, they would easily know what to do. They eat around 10 herrings and wait a while and the problem is solved. When consuming more than 12 herrings, they get stomach ache and diarrhea even if they are constipated. However, this usually disappears quite quickly.
LIFE SPAN
Pretty much the same whether they are human mermaid or merman. They have stronger bones so bones and such don't break as easily. Minor injuries heal a bit faster too.
MATING AND BIRTH
Mermaid
The mermaid can only mate every five years and in order for there to be young, the male must have the right type of chromosomes. The mermaid can smell a male with the right chromosomes from miles away, but she often smells his scales and tail to be 100 percent sure she's smelled right.
The mating season lasts only 3 days. During that time, the female has to find a willing male and get him willing, but that's usually not a problem.
In connection with the mating season, the female secretes a special scent that drives the males crazy with lust. The scent is secreted from the cloaca by special substances that the female only produces during the mating season. The scent is so strong that even humans can smell it. It smells to their noses much like strawberries.
The female's cloaca receives around 1.1 to 1.5 liters of semen from the male even when it flows rapidly, which it usually does.
Once the mating is done, it takes around a week before the female can see on a pregnancy test if she is pregnant or not. She doesn't usually feel bad like normal women do, but after a few weeks you can sense a growing belly. It is especially easy to see if they are on land like ordinary people.
The young or young grow quickly but it also depends on how warm the water where the mermaid is. The warmer it is, the faster the cub or cubs grow. But mermaids are easily ill if the water is too hot and they usually want a lukewarm temperature but can handle higher temperatures for a shorter time.
The female can have a maximum of two cubs at a time. The most common is a youngster. It usually takes between 6-7 months from mating to the birth of a young but can take up to 8 months but this rarely happens. When two cubs are born, it usually takes 7-8 months before they are born.
When it is about 2 months or less until birth, the female starts to get milk in two teats. They sit just above the hole where the young come out.
When giving birth to a young, the female must be transformed into a mermaid at all times for the last 3 months or the fetus may be seriously injured and die. At the birth of two cubs, the female must be transformed into a mermaid at all times during the last 4 months in order not to harm the fetuses.
The female is often dependent on the male being present in the last time before and at birth, but it has happened that females have wanted to manage without the male, but this is unusual. The fact that the male should preferably be present is because they should be able to easily help the female in case of any problems at birth.
When the young are born, they come out through a large hole that sits just above the sewer. The hole that the cubs come through can be expanded to double the circumference so that the cubs can get out more easily. The hole is hidden by a fin, but when birth is near, the female lifts the fin automatically so that the male can understand what awaits and help. She herself cannot influence when the fin is lifted. This always happens just before the water goes.
The water that goes when labor begins does not feel like water at all. It has roughly the same consistency as syrup and is at the same temperature as the body's usual temperature (about 37 degrees) but looks like ordinary water.
After the water has broken, it usually takes between 10 and 30 minutes before the birth is completely complete. With two cubs, it can take between 15 and 50 minutes before the entire birth is complete.
The cub or cubs are always transformed and are usually born head first and are always in an amniotic sac. The male sometimes helps and gently pulls on the amniotic sac while the female squeezes so the birth goes easier. However, he must be very careful not to damage the female's birth canal.
After birth, the cubs have to get out of their amniotic sac themselves. When the young or young have emerged from the amniotic sac, the mermaid always eats the amniotic sac. Sometimes the male also gets to eat it, but it varies from individual to individual.
You can immediately see the gender of the newborns. The newborns are blind right when they are born but after a few days their eyes open and they can see.
The cub or cubs immediately seek out the now milk-hardened teats and press them with their noses. The female squirts the milk into the young's mouth with powerful muscles. It all happens in a few seconds. The milk is almost as thick as light whipped cream and is full of protein that the little ones need. The teats are only active during the first week. Then the milk goes to the regular breast.
The cub or cubs grow significantly faster than normal babies during the first week, but after the cub or cubs turn into normal babies, which happens after a week, they grow at the same rate as normal babies.
Now the babies use the mermaid's normal breasts instead and the milk is almost the same as humans but tastes different. It is more acidic than in humans.
The child or children receive help from their parents when they have to transform until they are 5 years old. Before that, the parents start their transformation by biting them where the skin is thin and close to the blood vessels and at the same time excrete a liquid that acts as a kind of adrenaline and which immediately enters the bloodstream of the young or young. The transformation is rapid and they are transformed until the liquid has left their bodies as urine. It usually takes between 2 to 3 hours before the cub or cubs transform back again.
Merman
The male can smell the female's scent from several miles away and the scent drives him crazy. Sometimes they want to mate as soon as they smell the scent.
During mating season, he becomes extra sensitive to touch at the bottom of the neck and the females often nibble there to make the male sexually aroused. He also purrs like a cat when the females bite there. It has also happened that females have groomed the male's scales to make him sexually excited, but often the males want to groom themselves.
His manhood is hidden behind a fin on the front near the tail. The manhood comes out automatically when he is sufficiently sexually aroused.
His semen is quite thick and whitish and comes out with great force. The more excited the male is, the faster his semen flows. The semen is found in the male's scrotum and normally contains around 0.8 liters in total, but it depends on the individual. The record is 9 litres, but that is very unusual. He normally empties it a few times a week to feel good. If the male has not emptied his seminal fluid for about two weeks or more, it may happen that up to 4 liters are emptied. In those cases, the seminal fluid starts to overflow from the female's cloaca and push out and drain from the cloaca even though it is very tight with the male's manhood. The male can then become even more sexually aroused and increase the speed of the semen even more.
The mating itself, when the seminal fluid is emptied, usually lasts for a maximum of 10 minutes, often less time. The entire pairing with foreplay usually takes around 20-30 minutes in total
After mating, the male usually sits together with the female for a while. It's because his manhood is getting so thick that he has a hard time taking it out right away.
The male is always helpful and cares a lot about what the female wants after mating. Most often they marry each other and move together.
BREATH
Mermaid and Merman
They breathe with gills but also need regular air like all mammals. It can be below the surface for about 30 minutes. Then they often have to go to the surface for air. The only exception is when mating, but usually they don't stay longer than 30 minutes under the water even when mating.
SOUND
As Human
Some individuals may make loud squeals when startled.
Some individuals may have a creaking sound when they are insecure or anxious
Mermaid And Merman
Both Mermaids and Mermen have a wide variety of sounds that they use.
The most common sound is a sort of creaking sound. It is heard when they are satisfied and happy.
Another common sound is a whistling sound, reminiscent of Dolphins Whistling.
When the Mermaid grooms herself, she usually purrs like a cat.
When the merman is pinched by the females at the base of the neck, he also makes a purring sound like a cat.
In case of some anger or irritation, they can hiss like a snake.
If they are really frustrated, they may make a squeaking sound
When really angry, they usually growl.
Mermen often have deeper voices than mermaids.
They may make a cooing sound.
When they are really happy, they can make a shrill cry of joy.
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS
Mermaid and merman
They can affect the water and make big waves. If they spin around with their hand in the water, it becomes a spinning vortex. The wilder they move around, the wilder the weasel becomes. If they wave their hand, it makes waves. When waving violently, there will be big waves.
Category Story / Fantasy
Species Aquatic (Other)
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Interresting to read about the inspirations for the story. I,ve never been in Karlskrona but i googled it and it seems to be a nice city. I live in Gothenburgh. Interresting the thing you mentioned about the dolphins in Kolmarden when they squirted milk. I,ve seen that on the close contact Dolphins. I think they stopped showing that around 2012-2013. Sophie seems to be a nice person.
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