“Mermaids.” answered the Doctor as the whole Maxwell family looked at him. “You are all becoming mermaids or mermaid type monsters, our tests can’t determine what type of tail you will get. It may be a fish tail, a shark tail, an octopus or a dozen others but you are all becoming mermaids.”
“Mermaids.” Said Mary, with a slight smile, she was a champion swimmer, so of all monsters to become this was probably the best for her.
“Yes, as such you will not be able to walk on land or maybe even breath air depending on the level of change, some mermaids can’t while others can breath air.” Explained the Doctor. “You will be able to breath and speak underwater, your vocal cords will change to allow you to do so.”
“So where are we going?” inquired Mike
“Well there are multiple mer colony’s over the world but the nearest one is in Key West Florida so likely there but there is another off Southern France, one off Greece, Japan and Australia if you would rather go there but you will have to pay your way there.” Explained the doctor “The government will only pay to send you to the one in Florida, they will buy your house, your belongings and everything else at market value so you should have enough to start over anywhere really.”
“Wait…our stuff?” inquired Susan
“We can’t live in our house if we can’t breath air, mom.” explained Noah with a sigh “I guess I will not be able to play on my lap top anymore either, they don’t like water.”
“No, so far no electronic devices work have been waterproofed enough for long time uses under water but we are working on that.”
explained the Doctor “What doesn’t help is mermaid skin gives off an oil which protects it from the salt water but it also quickly eats away at plastic and other material. So there will be no need to pack your cloths or anything else truth be told.”
“Our cloths? We can’t go around nude all day?” inquired Susan with anger, as if becoming a mermaid wasn't bad enough
“You could, some mermaids do go nude but aside from natural items seaweed, seashells and the like the oil which soon be coating your skin will eat away at cloths.” explained the doctor “They will provide you with new cloths when you arrive and a new home as well. You will all be able to start a new life under the sea, and college classes will be provided to those already accepted and those university will have accept the grades of those professors already turned.”
“So besides growing fish parts from the waste down and breathing underwater nudists anything else we need to know?” inquired Mike
“There will be changes above the waist, guild fins on arms, maybe even lost of hair or change of hair color, not all mermaids look like they came out of a Disney movie, some do not all.” Explained the Doctor “I’ll get the files for you so that you can prepare.”
“Wait…you said mermaids does that me…we….” said John as he looked at his father and brothers “Are we going to become…women or are you saying mermaids because it is more common than merman?”