Mix 62: Spinneroo
We all need down time. A different place to pretend that everything is right with the world.
We call it vacation.
But for Killian & Hugh:
It was a way of life. They have been blessed to grow up on the coast in an tropical climate. What is a special occasion for some is every weekend for them.
Best friends & sophomores in college, they are living the life.
The reality has come to roost. The general education classes are done, and when summer ends, they will be studying in separate classes. One chose Computer Science, the other Sports Medicine.
They fear the drift.
Living in a coastal city means that they are exposed to the many vagrancies of the ocean. The tides, water spouts, powerful storms, and many others.
But there is one strange phenomenon unique to their locale.
Charybdis's Blender:
It was a whirlpool that never ceased no matter what was going on. And all those who tried to enter it whether directly or through instruments discovered another property.
Divers had jumped in, coming out with half fish bodies like mermaids. Underwater cameras reconfigured in a way that had their internal components melded into new objects achieving both functions.
An experiment was done where they dropped a bag with an apple & orange in. But what came out was a singular fruit that was a cross between the two.
And thus it has become a local past time to drop objects in to see what comes out. There are even rumors of fraternities & secret societies forcing their pledges to merge in order to be accepted in.
Unconfirmed of course.
Both young men were now looking over at the whirlpool. They had made the decision, they would not drift: they would merge & live life together as one being.
"Are you sure about this?"
"Oh don't try to back down now. It's either this or we risk growing apart."
"I mean whirlpools are extremely dangerous. At worst we are going to drown."
"And at best we are going to walk the earth as together as one person. Plus we have seen the whirlpool in action."
Hugh was right, they had been researching the whirlpool extensively that included direct testing. Last week the merged a pen & pencil. Two days ago they tried two dissimilar objects: a Honeydew Melon & a celebrity magazine. They ended up with an magazine full pictures of human shaped melons, and the magazine in question was edible.
Honeydew flavor of course.
Both men were sitting on the railing of the bridge next the whirlpool. They only had to push off.
"At the same time, I don't want to end up half human half starfish."
"Half shark sounds awesome to be honest."
Killian squinted his eyes at Hugh. He was about to merge with this idiot. But Hugh was his idiot.
At the count of three, both men launched off the railing into the water. The act combined with the sound of the splash alerted the surrounding crowd to what was going on. Many people had gotten to the point of sitting on the railing, but most chicken out.
Fortune favors the bold.
Both men swam to the surface of the water, now only their heads were poking out of the ocean.
After taking a deep breath to renew the air in their lungs, and a head shake to knock off water from their faces, they stared at each other. But before they could speak, they felt a strong pull wrap around their bodies.
They were headed for the whirlpool.
They were too much in the grip of fear & excitement to say anything or try to fight the current. This is what they wanted after all.
Thirty seconds later, they were at the edge of the whirlpool. A second later, the force pulling them changed directions. From a straight line to a circular motion like a dog chasing its tail.
Faster & faster they went around & within the whirlpool. No matter how fast, they could not catch up to each other as they were always on opposite ends.
But as they circled the whirlpool's center, they grew closer to it, and by extension: each other.
After two minutes of this, both men collided in the center & then fell down the opening into the ocean.
In the grip of fear, both men instinctively grabbed & hugged each other. They were sinking & spinning.
Faster & faster.
Then it happened. What was once two figures of different skin complexions spinning around each other like a spinning top began to coalesce into one figure, one shape.
Skin color swirled until it became one like making chocolate milk. Arms & legs smoothly connected & merged into a pair of new ones.
Faster & faster.
Chests & stomachs gave in, suddenly merging like one sees two bubbles suddenly merge into a bigger one to form a singular one.
Faster & faster.
Nether regions, necks, & skulls were next. They simply phased into each other & settled into their new shapes.
The two men, now one, slowed his spinning. He found the strength to swim out of the whirlpool and got out. As if understanding the uproar that would ensue if people knew that his two halves had been successful in creating him, he swam in an straight line underwater.
After thirty minutes, he went to a secluded coast line with much calmer waters.
He opened his eyes & got out:
He took a deep breath. The first breath of life to those born to this world.
But he was not a baby. He was a new man.
As he took stock of his body, he felt his mind solidify as the two men's minds were broken down & made to reform into one persona.
His persona.
He turned around & looked at his reflection in the water.
He was at least 6'2. His skin color was a halfway point between the two. Both men were fit, but together they merged into someone who looked they were a body builder.
Massive arms, & legs. Strong digits. Shoulders & a neck so thick & big that they looked like they were ready to pop. A wide chest with big manly pecs, a wide waist with big blocky abs. A nice round set of buttocks with a nice package in the front.
All crossed with visible veins.
He had a mixture of the two men's skull shape. His hair texture was Killian's, but volume was Hugh's. Hair color was a darker version of Hugh's. He had Killian's eyebrows, Hugh's eyes. Killian's nose and Hugh's ears. Hugh's mouth.
Thanks to the increased testosterone levels, he had visible facial hair.
He noticed. He had a hat on. Must have washed up on his head while swimming.
He'll keep it.
"Isaac, my name is Isaac."
And that was the end of the ordeal.
Killian & Hugh merged into Isaac, and now they would live life together as him. He took up both of their majors under the dual degree program & lived life to his fullest.
Now he just needs a better fashion sense.













