Post by The Salty Void on Aug 1, 2015 3:14:13 GMT
Species Name:
Mimics
Description:
Mimics are smaller lizard like companions, they look like various types of chameleons and range from golf ball sized to two feet long from vent to snout. They come in colors and patterns of the rainbow, with heavy influences based on their types. Some may have large crests on the skull, horns, or even ridges of sharp spikes. They all share the same giant eyes, able to pivot around separately but they’re much larger than any Earth chameleon giving them a bug eyed appearance. They still have ridiculously powerful long tongues and prefer small prey such as insects, rodents, and birds.
Mimics take the forms of various inanimate objects typically in the daylight, but convert back to their chameleon like forms at night for hunting. While the objects look inanimate, they are capable of half transformation, giving their bucket camouflage legs to let them slowly move into a better spot. Their eyes are never completely gone, but will take the colors of the object and shrink for better hiding. The material they can turn into is based on their types, ranging from basic materials to elements like fire.
They tend to be skittish, prone to hiding from anyone they don’t know, but are very intelligent critters about their specific material and tend to have favorite objects they prefer to turn into. They also favor certain areas of enclosed spaces, some scientists have reported that they appear to be following the basic ideals of Feng Shui.
Mimics can actually mimic noises as well, though usually not with any great success. They are capable of learning different languages though you’re not likely to get long philosophical discussions out of them. In nature, they hiss and chirp to each other.
Typical Chase:
Chases tend to take the form of various hide and seek challenges. Usually the one being chased will send a signal of some sort (some just screaming, setting up a smoke signal, or even flooding a neighborhood), and then hiding before the suitors arrive. Sometimes there will be an object in plain sight to at least give the suitors an idea of what type of mimic they’re looking for.
On the reverse, sometimes chases will have the initiator gather suitors around to impress them by having the suitors change into the most complicated thing they can. Though Suzaku suitors tend to hate this particular version as their fiery forms are rather limited.
Once the chase has ended the initiate will lay their eggs in their base element and leave. The eggs get little to no mothering here, only making sure they can’t be easily spotted and eaten. Chases tend to result in 3-5 eggs, where full impressions are closer to 15.
Impressing:
Once the eggs have hatched the hatchlings will immediately begin seeking shelter, which may coincide with finding a companion humanoid. They tend to stick together until all of them are safe even though they’ll all be of different types. Most won’t be able to change very well and their eyes and perhaps their tails will be obvious when mimicking.
They tend to gravitated towards people of similar personalities or who use their respective elements, that is a Byakko may favor someone who uses a lot of metal items, while a Seiryuu would go for someone who works with wood. Someone who is able to see through their guise may also attract their attention.
Types:
Rare:
Byakko
Mimics who can turn into metal and take the elemental form of electricity. Koryu and Byakko are frequently mistaken for each other, but the biggest difference is the type of earthly elements they can become. Byakko are limited to actual metals, such iron, steel, copper, bronze, aluminum, lead etc. They can mimic simple buckets, daggers, lengths of chain, a nail, but they can also traverse metal pathways by briefly forming into electrical currents. Medium in size, they won’t get longer than a forearm, but frequently sprout horns and spikes along their heads and spines. Common colors are metallic or white, typically with a striped battern. Their favorite place to lay eggs is usually somewhere with a lot of metal or electricity, such as breaker boxes, control panels, wind turbines, or smithees.
Scarce:
Suzaku
These mimics are truly limited in form, but many find the element of fire quite alluring. They cannot take the form of anything particularly solid unless it is smoldering or extremely hot to the touch, like coals, molten iron, burning incense, or lava. While you can put them out with water, this will not inherently harm them, only force them back into their natural forms. They have no set size, but frequently have shorter tails than the others and are more likely to bear crests. In their natural forms their hides have a crackled look to them, like fire is ready to burst from within but they are not hot unless they purposely change. Their most common colors tend to be very warm reds, oranges and occasionally purples. Favorite places for eggs are usually in someone’s fire pit, stove, or occasionally near active volcanos or hotsprings.
Genbu
Watery forms look like they’d get old quick, but thankfully these Mimics also have access to ice. They can take on most fluid forms, even things like beer, soup, nectar, or non-newtonian fluids. Their icy forms tend to be limited, as it takes a lot of energy to force cold in a hot location but they can turn into intricate ice statues or piles of snow. Heat will dissolve their liquid forms, forcing them back to normal, and attempting to drink or eat them while in their guise will have them freaking out and transforming back before their entire body ends up in your mouth. Their tails usually don’t curl as tightly, looking more whip like and their head crests are more flexible, sometimes like a full fin. Its not uncommon for them to have webbed feet. They can breathe underwater and can live quite a long while in sealed containers of fluid. The tend to be very darkly colored and on the cooler spectrum, blues and greens with splotches of black. Patterns look similar to a turtle shell or cat shark. Eggs usually end up in streams, ponds, oceans, or forgotten buckets of water.
Standards:
Koryu
Easily the most common, Koryu mimics have a wide range of possibilities since they can turn into anything made from the earth. Clays, rocks, minerals, gems translate into bricks, glass sculptures, and jewelry to name a few. They can hold their form against anything, including water, fire and electricity. Nothing tends to shake them, they’re so confident in their disguises that it’s very difficult to startle them. Trying to break a mimic’s object will cause the mimic to immediately turn into diamond or something harder and run off. They can also live off eating minerals directly from the earth if food becomes scarce. Generally they’re on the bigger end of the scale and almost always have a horn on their nose. Colors tend to be very yellow or orange, with a sparkle that resembles granite or the sheen of polished marble and the pattern is rarely the same from individual to individual. Some have spots, others streaks, stripes, or blotches to name a few. They tend to lay their eggs underground, in desert sand, or hidden in people’s brick walls.
Seiryuu
The wooden Seiryuu are rather unique as their mimicry extends to their normal forms. It’s not uncommon for Seiryuu mimics to have moss, sprouts or other small batches of plant life growing off of them. For mimics they can take the form of wooden objects like planks or living trees, flowers, and fungi. Fire may startle them, but transforming puts out the flames quickly and they are easily the speediest mimics in their natural forms. Their size gives them an advantage, as they tend to be on the smaller scale, rarely reaching longer than 8 inches from snout to vent. Shades of brown and green with bright pink speckles are common, along with patterns resembling dead leaves or swirling vines. They’re the least likely to be seen wandering around heavily trafficked areas, preferring to lay their eggs in quieter locations surrounded by forest or gardens, typically directly into a flowering pot or wrapped up in giant fronds.
Mimics
Description:
Mimics are smaller lizard like companions, they look like various types of chameleons and range from golf ball sized to two feet long from vent to snout. They come in colors and patterns of the rainbow, with heavy influences based on their types. Some may have large crests on the skull, horns, or even ridges of sharp spikes. They all share the same giant eyes, able to pivot around separately but they’re much larger than any Earth chameleon giving them a bug eyed appearance. They still have ridiculously powerful long tongues and prefer small prey such as insects, rodents, and birds.
Mimics take the forms of various inanimate objects typically in the daylight, but convert back to their chameleon like forms at night for hunting. While the objects look inanimate, they are capable of half transformation, giving their bucket camouflage legs to let them slowly move into a better spot. Their eyes are never completely gone, but will take the colors of the object and shrink for better hiding. The material they can turn into is based on their types, ranging from basic materials to elements like fire.
They tend to be skittish, prone to hiding from anyone they don’t know, but are very intelligent critters about their specific material and tend to have favorite objects they prefer to turn into. They also favor certain areas of enclosed spaces, some scientists have reported that they appear to be following the basic ideals of Feng Shui.
Mimics can actually mimic noises as well, though usually not with any great success. They are capable of learning different languages though you’re not likely to get long philosophical discussions out of them. In nature, they hiss and chirp to each other.
Typical Chase:
Chases tend to take the form of various hide and seek challenges. Usually the one being chased will send a signal of some sort (some just screaming, setting up a smoke signal, or even flooding a neighborhood), and then hiding before the suitors arrive. Sometimes there will be an object in plain sight to at least give the suitors an idea of what type of mimic they’re looking for.
On the reverse, sometimes chases will have the initiator gather suitors around to impress them by having the suitors change into the most complicated thing they can. Though Suzaku suitors tend to hate this particular version as their fiery forms are rather limited.
Once the chase has ended the initiate will lay their eggs in their base element and leave. The eggs get little to no mothering here, only making sure they can’t be easily spotted and eaten. Chases tend to result in 3-5 eggs, where full impressions are closer to 15.
Impressing:
Once the eggs have hatched the hatchlings will immediately begin seeking shelter, which may coincide with finding a companion humanoid. They tend to stick together until all of them are safe even though they’ll all be of different types. Most won’t be able to change very well and their eyes and perhaps their tails will be obvious when mimicking.
They tend to gravitated towards people of similar personalities or who use their respective elements, that is a Byakko may favor someone who uses a lot of metal items, while a Seiryuu would go for someone who works with wood. Someone who is able to see through their guise may also attract their attention.
Types:
Rare:
Byakko
Mimics who can turn into metal and take the elemental form of electricity. Koryu and Byakko are frequently mistaken for each other, but the biggest difference is the type of earthly elements they can become. Byakko are limited to actual metals, such iron, steel, copper, bronze, aluminum, lead etc. They can mimic simple buckets, daggers, lengths of chain, a nail, but they can also traverse metal pathways by briefly forming into electrical currents. Medium in size, they won’t get longer than a forearm, but frequently sprout horns and spikes along their heads and spines. Common colors are metallic or white, typically with a striped battern. Their favorite place to lay eggs is usually somewhere with a lot of metal or electricity, such as breaker boxes, control panels, wind turbines, or smithees.
Scarce:
Suzaku
These mimics are truly limited in form, but many find the element of fire quite alluring. They cannot take the form of anything particularly solid unless it is smoldering or extremely hot to the touch, like coals, molten iron, burning incense, or lava. While you can put them out with water, this will not inherently harm them, only force them back into their natural forms. They have no set size, but frequently have shorter tails than the others and are more likely to bear crests. In their natural forms their hides have a crackled look to them, like fire is ready to burst from within but they are not hot unless they purposely change. Their most common colors tend to be very warm reds, oranges and occasionally purples. Favorite places for eggs are usually in someone’s fire pit, stove, or occasionally near active volcanos or hotsprings.
Genbu
Watery forms look like they’d get old quick, but thankfully these Mimics also have access to ice. They can take on most fluid forms, even things like beer, soup, nectar, or non-newtonian fluids. Their icy forms tend to be limited, as it takes a lot of energy to force cold in a hot location but they can turn into intricate ice statues or piles of snow. Heat will dissolve their liquid forms, forcing them back to normal, and attempting to drink or eat them while in their guise will have them freaking out and transforming back before their entire body ends up in your mouth. Their tails usually don’t curl as tightly, looking more whip like and their head crests are more flexible, sometimes like a full fin. Its not uncommon for them to have webbed feet. They can breathe underwater and can live quite a long while in sealed containers of fluid. The tend to be very darkly colored and on the cooler spectrum, blues and greens with splotches of black. Patterns look similar to a turtle shell or cat shark. Eggs usually end up in streams, ponds, oceans, or forgotten buckets of water.
Standards:
Koryu
Easily the most common, Koryu mimics have a wide range of possibilities since they can turn into anything made from the earth. Clays, rocks, minerals, gems translate into bricks, glass sculptures, and jewelry to name a few. They can hold their form against anything, including water, fire and electricity. Nothing tends to shake them, they’re so confident in their disguises that it’s very difficult to startle them. Trying to break a mimic’s object will cause the mimic to immediately turn into diamond or something harder and run off. They can also live off eating minerals directly from the earth if food becomes scarce. Generally they’re on the bigger end of the scale and almost always have a horn on their nose. Colors tend to be very yellow or orange, with a sparkle that resembles granite or the sheen of polished marble and the pattern is rarely the same from individual to individual. Some have spots, others streaks, stripes, or blotches to name a few. They tend to lay their eggs underground, in desert sand, or hidden in people’s brick walls.
Seiryuu
The wooden Seiryuu are rather unique as their mimicry extends to their normal forms. It’s not uncommon for Seiryuu mimics to have moss, sprouts or other small batches of plant life growing off of them. For mimics they can take the form of wooden objects like planks or living trees, flowers, and fungi. Fire may startle them, but transforming puts out the flames quickly and they are easily the speediest mimics in their natural forms. Their size gives them an advantage, as they tend to be on the smaller scale, rarely reaching longer than 8 inches from snout to vent. Shades of brown and green with bright pink speckles are common, along with patterns resembling dead leaves or swirling vines. They’re the least likely to be seen wandering around heavily trafficked areas, preferring to lay their eggs in quieter locations surrounded by forest or gardens, typically directly into a flowering pot or wrapped up in giant fronds.