Turn 9
The EventsStrength: 100 (Very Powerful)
Timeframe: (Single Turn)
Temperament: 5 (Convenient)
The WorldMinor Ice Age (3 Turns Left)
The ground rumbles. The sea shakes. The air churns.
Clouds swirl up above. And from inside it, three strange, gigantic beings descend down into the sea and onto Bir Shallows.
It is a group of spheres colored in different shades of gray, with many long tentacles coming from under them. On their "face" are glowing lights of various shapes and amounts. On their backs are giant wings made of metal blades.
The beings start walking towards the nearest dome to test their observations. They approach a colony and take a gander around it while the lesser species either get away or stare in awe.
It was a simple coincidence when they noticed the presence of sapience in their world. But for them -and luckily for you- they see its emergence as a welcome surprise rather than something bad.
They quickly fly into the sky and dissappear after being satisfied with their research.
Who and what were these curious strangers? What were they doing here?
I think you already know.
Smart Spermsquid, Clicking Bloodcovy, Floaty Bloodcovy, Savage Scutelizard, Deepsea Glowyrm, Water-Raker Spermsquid,
Actions
notquitethere
SS: Speciate Slimy Tullycod:
A: Lionfish fins: 1+1=2
B: Strong tail and send to Eke Shallows: 7
1: Speciate Lungenose Dropseal:
A: Ovoviviparity: 2+1=3
B: Gigantism and send to Uch Shallows: 3
2: Speciate Pearly Megalocod:
A: Improve musculature: 3+1=4
B: Blubber and send to Bir Shallows: 3
3: Speciate Deepsea Megalocod:
A: Spiral body shape: 2
B: Improve brain: 1+1=2
Knightwing64 (dem rolls) (like wow)
1: Improve bioelectric shocks: 5+1= 5*
2: Improve brain: 4+1= 5
3: More dynamic body= 5+1= 5*
SS: Fix environmental adaptation: 6+1=7
The Canadian Kitten
1: Hearing for Gargantuan Dropalina: 4
2: Sonic shock attacks for Gargantuan Dropalina: 3
3: Mesothermal metabolism for Piranha Dropbass: 2
SS: Soundproof front skin for Gargantuan Dropalina: 3
TricMagic
1: Blubber for Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy: 5
2: Better heart for Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy: 2+1=3
3: Improved brain for Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy: 1+1=2
SS: Improve mouth to eat meat as well as blood: 3+1=4
flazeo25
1: Scutes for Parasitoid Spermsquid: 2+1=3
2: Legs with webbed feet for Parasitoid Spermsquid: 2+1=3
SS: Primitive language ability: 4
3: Speciate the above:
A: Building shelters on beaches with mud: 2
B: Crocodilian jaws: 1+1=2
brangerlon
1: Agriculture for The Domedwellers: 5
2: Better resin: 2+1=3
SS: DYEURS COLOURES: 1
3: Speciate Sandburrower Glowyrm
A: Fins into ovipositors: 5+1= 5*
B: Deepsea adaptations and send to The Midnight Zone: 3
Blood_Librarian
1: Speciate Uchian Handfish Whalegore
A: Secondary appendages adapt for small prey and grooming: 4+1=5
B: Send to Eke Shallows: 4
2: Larger size for Spikey Crabgore: 2+(-2)= 0 (sorry)
3: Speciate the above:
A: Adapt to shallow sea and send to Eke Shallows: N/A
B: Short bursts of speed: N/A
SS: Support action 2: 2
Crystalizedmine
1: Prosocial behavior for Lavaskin Hexagonbaga: 4+1=5
2: Claws for Lavaskin Hexturtle: 3+1=4
3: Tail fin for Lavaskin Hexagonbaga: 5
SS: Speciate 2:
A: Omnivory: 5
B: Hearing: 7
FiveBalesOfHay
1: Bigger brain for Pelagic Yarom: 2+1=3
2: Better eyes for Pelagic Yarom: 1+1=2
3: Prosocial cleaning: 4+1=5
SS: Pack hunting: 2+1=3
Bir Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/13 species)
Bir Shallows | Algea Forest | (13/13 species)
A large, carnivorous, perfectly rotund, extremely adaptable animal 4 meters in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to powerfully cast electricity to prey. It lives in groups of up to 30 individuals. It moves and manouvers around by using air jets on its underside. It has a large round mouth that it uses to devour its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a thick, porous skin that allows algea to grow on it, giving it camuflage. It has very efficent anti-toxin defenses. Its tissues are slightly acidic, charged with electricity, and protected with algal growths, making it a non-target to parasites. It has a very large brain, fish-like eyes, and a sense of electroreception. It secretes a pheromone that enchants prey that wander too close, luring them closer. Its effects marginally increase when more covylossi are together, but usually one alone takes the scene. If it can't find prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy. It uses tools and attaches sharp, or otherwise useful objects onto its tentacles. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.
A small, droplet-shaped, omnivorous, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It produces a weak electric shock to surprise prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.
A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.
A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of long, spine-like fins that cover its body, slowly moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in poisonous sweat, which it accumulates from its prey. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.
A piscine, carnivorous, pear-shaped animal 90 centimeters in length, with a set of shark-like, cartilageous fins. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back and has a thick layer of subdermal fat. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.
A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 20 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.
A small, piscine, carnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong, crushing tentacles. It has a smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs It lives in tribes and forms complex social structures. It mainly targets the Domedwellers and is immune to their toxin. It follows the Elecods to pick its victims.
A circular, omnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a large tail and three pairs of small, stubby limbs on its underside. It's body is streamlined, which makes it easier for it to move. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It lives in large herds and cleans others of parasites and infections.
A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body. It is a slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It also prefers to eat Domedweller's resin by brraking their nests apart. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.
A circular, very omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs that end in claws on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.
A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins, especially to Carriercovy toxin. It has a small hyperactive brain, a pair of internal ears and large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.
A circular, omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs that end in claws on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, internal ears, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.
A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped, sapient animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in all sorts of bright colors with bioluminescent stripes. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a very fast and efficent brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is rather toxic, making it inpalatable to most. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both parents guard. It is capable of communication using light signals, and lives in large, cooperative societies, and is able to secrete a hard, resin-like substance to build large, dome-shaped buildings and form sprawling colonies surrounded by curated algea fields.
Domedwellers only mate and emphasize with ones that are similar in color. So they are very racist to eachother and are now separated into many different regional subspecies that are in constant warfare.
Eke Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/11 species)
Eke Shallows | Algea Forest | (11/11 species)]
A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a large brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.
A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It sometimes nibbles at algea. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.
A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. Mother releases a porous egg pouch and retracts back after fertilisation and hatches them inside.
A piscine, carnivorous, weakly mesothermic, droplet-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in packs made of a dozen or so individuals.
A small, piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on. It also targets parasites on other animals.
A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter and a half in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body. It has a long, strong, finned tail. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in toxic sweat, which it gets from its prey. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.
A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body. It is a slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a large brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.
A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with four legs with webbed feet and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. The poison makes the stung animal believe that the parasites eggs are of their own. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in long keratin scutes. It has complex vocal chords and ability to form primitive languages. On either side of its mouth are four long, crushing tentacles. It has a large, smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils, a snout with two nostrils for smelling, and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are then injected in the eggs of other species. It lives in tribes, constructs mud dwellings on beaches, uses crude tools, and forms complex social structures centered around making other animals care for their young.
A tiny, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of flat, hardened fins for digging into sand. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to bite algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives under the sand, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.
A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of soft eggs that harden after fertilisation. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators, and lays its hardshelled eggs in soft sand.
A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has keratin teeth in its mouth to chew on vegetation, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.
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