Rules/Lore for a world in which true lovers merge together:
Most people exist as individuals, these cases of merging are rare, but they do happen. It's more or less a divine reward for two who love and trust each other enough to be more than willing to exist as one. Not that it hasn't happened by accident nor that lovers haven't fallen out of love while merged, but that case is normally rare amongst those who merge. Merging exists as an extra stage of growth after reaching adulthood, like adulthood itself is just another pupal stage before true maturity. Individuals just exist like normal, one can live, have kids, grow old, and die like usual, but being merged together has its benefits and drawbacks.
BENEFITS:
- Increased immunity to disease
- Increased fertility.
- Slightly taller.
- Increased strength and stamina.
- Potential to have either improved genitals or a set of each depending upon what the individuals had.
- Permanent embrace of love.
- If you have one of each, you can go fuck yourself without negative effects.
- Synthesis of the abilities of the individuals who merged, depending upon what each wanted to keep.
- Significantly longer lifespan.
- A homosexual T4C couple merges together no longer has to maintain hormone treatment because their partner takes over in that regard.
DRAWBACKS:
- Will never be an individual again
- If you fall out of love, you not only lose immunity to disease, but attempts to reassert individuality can lead to madness or death.
- Merging can lead to social and legal issues if not properly prepared for and resources to handle your new life together can be hard to come by depending upon where you live.
- The merging process takes time, so you have to set aside at least a week, but preferably two, to fully merge together.
- During the merging, you will be incredibly vulnerable, not only physically, you're more or less cocooned in flesh until you're done, but emotionally as you melt together.
- You can't merge twice. You may desire to, but people who've attempted to merge an individual with a merged or two merges tend to fall apart and die.
- Merging more than two together at once can cause synchronization problems in the final form if you aren't on the same page, leading to similar issues as attempting to merge twice.
- Merged bodies are more likely to reject organ transplants and blood transfusions especially if the original individuals had different blood types.
- Pregnacies tend to get absorbed into the merged body during the merging process, both individuals have to make active efforts to avoid doing so if they want to keep the baby.
NEUTRAL:
- If a straight couple merges, the end result is androgynous.
- If a homosexual T4C couple merges, the end result is a futanari, either a dick girl or a cunt boy depending upon the gender of the individuals who merged, and the transgender individual's desire to keep their birth genitals.
- Genitals can be restored if removed prior to merge, but only if both individuals desire it, and that process causes the merge to take longer while also having the potential to cause cancer.
WARNINGS:
- Do not merge in direct sunlight or anywhere that isn't private and protected.
- Disruption during a merge will cause the death of both individuals.
