Apr 22, 2025
Merfolk have special oils in their hair that makes it waterproof! The purpose of the oils is to reduce heat loss through the head, and as a lovely bonus it makes merfolk look immediately presentable after getting out of the water. Straight from the beach to a job interview lol. If the oils are washed away or harmed, the hairs absorb water instead (which used to be a big deal like a thousand years ago when hypothermia was a very real and concrete threat, but in the modern day it's not really an issue).
Merfolk also have waterproof clothing, it's just a lot more comfortable that way. Most of the time clothing is made waterproof through spells, a method that merfolk pioneered and mastered over the centuries.
#as it turns out when you live in the water you tend to figure out very quickly how to make (human) things appropriate for the water#although merfolk are more naked than most humans are theres still a sort of expected level of presentability that they have to achieve#a part of that is clothes of course. we are all humans after all! so you must be able to wear the same clothes as everyone else#dont worry about ahti the oils will come back! his hair will return to its waterproof form in about a day UvU#fishy merfolk like ahti dont have any body hair besides for the head. but i wonder…. super hairy pinniped and otter merfolk…..#that would be a vibe#ahti II#karleeen#sirpaverse#merfolk#art#my art#im on a roll recently!!!!!#taur hour
