“Can I go for the red, please?” Jennifer asked, reaching out and stroking the beautiful, shimmering tail. She had thought up close they might not look so special but it looked just as pretty as what she had seen before. Hollywood quality, even!

“Sure!” Sarah grinned. “What about you?”

“Um, green for me, please!” Caroline smiled.

“Great choice!” Sarah nodded approvingly. “And I’ll take the purple!” She reached past her naked friends and took down the three costumes on their hangers and passed them out.

“Sorry!” a young woman in the kitchen uniform came in, pulling her shirt off already and heading towards the showers. “Don’t mind me!” She tossed her top onto one of the benches, unhooked her bra, kicked off her shoes then pulled down her trousers and underwear in a single motion. Seeing how casually the Sidney’s staff treated their own nakedness made Jennifer relax a little and, as they heard the sound of the shower starting up, Sarah grabbed what looked like sheets of stickers from a shelf in the cupboard, closed it up and took them over to a bench closer to the door they had come in through.

“It’s a good idea to be near the button!” she laughed by way of explanation. “I learned that the hard way!” She showed them how to take the adhesive strips from the sheets, which also contained twinkly, stick-on patches of scales in their respective colours, and to position them inside the rim of the tails. Then then pulled them on and she showed them how to stick them in place just so. The effect was undeniably striking! The front of the tail was designed to form around the vulva, leaving it exposed, then coming high up the sides to above the hips. Around the back, it clung to the tops of the legs, cutting into slightly and lifting the buttocks which were also left exposed. It was a clever design, Jennifer thought. Not only did it leave the interesting and appetising parts of the performer’s body exposed but it made the transition gradual, making it appear as if the human part of her body morphed gradually into the fish rather than the straight line at the waist that most costumes and pictures created. Once she was happy that it was properly fitted, Jennifer lifted her legs and gave the shimmering tail an experimental swish. Caroline did likewise, both finding themselves quite enchanted by the results, then they put on the wigs.

“Do these go anywhere particular?” Caroline asked, looking at the sheet of light green stickers.

“Not really.” Sarah explained, peeling off two of her strips and sticking them pointing towards each other either side of her belly button. “Wherever you think they look good really! Just don’t cover up any of the good stuff!” she winked. “Aww crap!”

“What’s wrong?” Jennifer asked, concerned.

“Forgot the makeup! Damn! How am I going to…” She looked in frustration at the ten meter stretch of floor between themselves and the cupboard which, in the mermaid tail, might as well have been ten miles. Just then, as if in answer to prayer, the young woman came out of the shower, towelling herself off. “Oh, excuse me!” Sarah called to her. The naked worker who Jennifer guessed to be in her early twenties paused and smiled at them.

“Everything okay, babe?” she asked in a kind voice.

“Yeah, sorry to bother you!” Sarah smiled apologetically. “But I left the makeup box in the cupboard and, well…” she swished her tail by way of explanation and gave another lopsided smile. “Would you mind?”

“Of course not!” the woman chuckled, wrapping the towel around her head but otherwise remaining as naked as any meat-girl as she went and collected the plastic container they needed which also contained a couple of hand-held mirrors. They all thanked her as she went to get dressed and, only a few minutes later, they were all wearing lipstick and eye-shadow that matched their costumes.

“Um, how do we get it off if it’s waterproof?” Caroline asked, the realisation hitting her after admiring her reflection for a few moments.

“Oh there’s wipes for that, don’t worry.” Sarah smiled. “Okay, everyone ready?” The nodded and she reached up and pressed the “Mermaid Assistance” button. “Now we just wait and hope that they’re not too busy in the kitchen!” she laughed. Fortunately, they were not waiting long before a rather handsome young man in the black uniform of the kitchen staff came in pushing a steel serving trolley.

“Someone call for a ride?” he grinned before realising how many of them there were. “Oh! Three of you? Let’s see…” Sarah and Carline giggled as he lifted them under their arms and sat them on the trolley, Sarah on the end and Caroline closer to him, side by side but facing in opposite directions so their tails would not get in each other’s way. Jennifer assumed that he would drop them off and come back for her so was just preparing herself to wait on her own and hoping it would not take too long when he scooped her up but instead of putting her on the trolley, held her against his hip with his arm under her rump and his hand on her thigh. “Better hold on!” he winked and she put her arms around his neck, the other girls shooting her looks of jealous admiration.

Manoeuvring the trolley with one hand, the young man backed out of the changing room and crossed the lobby to the dining area. A small girl with her parents, dressed prettily so clearly there to eat rather than be eaten, gasped and pointed in delight as she saw them so all three waved at her and blew kisses, Jennifer having to hold on a little tighter with her other arm so the helpful young man wouldn’t drop her, which would have been beyond awkward and embarrassing but just the kind of thing she could see happening to her!

It was early yet so the dining room was nearly empty. Sarah had explained that, for this early part of the evening that they were covering, it would mostly be old couples and families with young children. The first batch of girls in the public cooking area were already on and, from the look of the spit-roaster, not far off being ready to serve. No others were waiting to take their place just yet but Jennifer was sure it wouldn’t be long.

“Here we are, ladies!” the man smiled, reaching over the railing and sliding Jennifer carefully into the water first before assisting the other two. “Have fun!” The water felt warm and soft somehow, like the water in a natural warm spring she experienced once on holiday.

“Lovely, isn’t it?” Sarah smiled, dipping her shoulders under and treading water beside her. “Like a spa treatment all by itself! There’s something in the water,” she explained, “chalk or something, so it feels nice to relax in. Just don’t drink any if you can help it!” She contorted her face in a comical demonstration of someone experiencing a bad taste and the two newcomers giggled. “Tastes like that stuff your grandma gives you when you have a stomach ache!” she laughed. Soon they were all swimming around, quickly getting used to how their tails worked, and enjoying the relaxing bath while breathing in the delicious aroma of roast girl.


To be continued...