Hamsters:
Hamsters are one of the most common creatures in this world, though
their resemblance to typical Earth hamsters is distant at best. They
tend to be brown and have extremely short hair, and their whiskers look
more like fine, gentlemanly mustaches. They walk on two legs, and have
extremely large heads. Seriously, the noggins on these things are
ridiculous. Their bodies are slender, and are actually smaller than
their
massive craniums. How can they even walk around? Their leg muscles must
be exceptionally strong. They are fairly docile by nature, but some of
these guys are real jerks.
Plips:
Like many worlds, this one also features weak, slime-type monsters. How
come these sort of things are everywhere? Perhaps they colonized the
galaxy long before the rest of us were even here. Deep, scary stuff.
But anyway, back to the Plips; These blob-monsters have large eyes and
larger mouths. One of these guys could swallow you whole, if they
weren't so slow and lazy. They also have long, thin tails with some
sort of ball at the top. In the past, these tails may have been used
for battering enemies, but at the speed these things move that would be
fairly useless. You've got nothing to fear from them. They can be tamed
and kept as pets, if you're some kind of weirdo who wants a pet that
sticks to everything.
Lode-Rat:
What we have here may be a first; a rat/slime hybrid. How do these
abominations keep happening? Every world I go to has unnatural
cross-breeds that look, at best, unhealthy. Either the genetic
engineers of these worlds are really incompetent, or the gods have a
really twisted sense of humor. These monsters look cute from afar, but
once you get close, BAM. No eyes! No limbs! Gadzooks was I ever shocked
when I finally got a good look at them. They have pear-shaped bodies,
spiky tails, and a whole lot of teeth. They're incredibly aggressive,
and their large ears imply that they use sound to find their prey
rather than sight. You know, because of the
no eyes
thing. Lordy.
Trolls:
The mountains of this world are full of many types of trolls. Some are
short, roundish creatures that, like the Hamsters, are mostly head.
They've got ugly, toothy mouths, large noses, and a bad sense of
fashion. They also look a bit moldy, to be honest. Others are more
human shaped, but share their cousins' abominable sense of fashion.
They seem to wear what look like plastic trash-bags for clothing, and
clearly never clean their hair. These guys may have been human once,
but they missed the train to civilization. I once saw one chewing on a
rock.
Potted Cactus:
The strangest, and most evasive, creature I found on this world. What I
thought was actually just a cactus in a nice, simple pot actually
turned out to be an intelligent being! It fled as soon as I got even
remotely close, but what I could see was this; The "pot" appeared to
have chipped, flaking paint, but these may actually be scales. The
cactus part looks like any other cactus, and may be a disguise used to
lure prey in search of shade or perhaps a home. It elevated slightly
from the ground as it skittered away, suggesting that under the pot
there are a series of tiny, but powerful, legs. I wish to learn more
about this fascinating specimen, but alas, I cannot find another.
Imprawn:
Imprawn are red, floating monsters that kind of look like a child's
Spider-man balloon. Their eyes bear a resemblance to those of the great
Earth hero. They have numerous, tiny legs, which resemble those of a
non-superhero spider. These guys impress me; while not the most
ferocious monster I've encountered, the Imprawn possess a sense of
quiet dignity, a sense of justice. They also have long, cork-screw
tails that can be used for both combat and for relaxing on as a sturdy
red stem.
NetherWog:
A huge, toothy monster which seems like some sort of a cross between a
bipedal alligator and a sponge. Their soft, porous bodies often seem to
have smaller creatures stuck in them. NetherWogs then pluck these
creatures from their own grotesque yellow mass using their long,
twig-thick arms, and shove them into their gigantic mouths. These guys
have so many teeth they can't even contain them! Their teeth are so
large and numerous that unless you get really close you can't even tell
they have a lower jaw. One of the more fearsome monsters on this world.
Mugboar:
What can I even say about this thing? It's a massive predator
whose legs alone are twice the height of this world's sentient
mammal-people. Each leg ends in a huge, two-toed foot, each equipped
with a deadly talon. What's above those legs is even worse; there's
nothing we would traditionally call a torso. There are no arms. There's
no head. There's just a giant, hairy sphere with a mouth that covers
almost its entire front. I can't see any eyes or ears, which are likely
hidden under its coarse hair. The mouth alone is unsettling enough, but
somehow the fact that this thing has pouty pink lips makes it a hundred
times worse. I never want to see one of these again.
Jormungandling:
This is the largest life form I've encountered on this
planet! Its length rivals that of one of Earth's great whales. The
Jormungandling is a swamp serpent with a penchant for eating, well,
just about anything. It's pretty much the same as a common snake, only
bigger than God.
It can come partially onto land,
just far enough to gobble up anything foolish enough to wander into
this world's swampy woods. I even saw some weird mammals in heinously
bright costumes (this pair of goons must have been either jesters or
color blind) toss an innocent hamster to one of these things! I can
only assume this is part of some dark, cultish ritual that I want no
part of. I'm not sticking around any longer to find out!
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This world's worn me out. So many of the creatures here
look so cute and harmless, but they're all out for blood! Of course,
seeing those last three might make that "cute" statement seem a bit
silly. The swamps here are teeming with ruthless abominations. |
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That's all for this month. Tune in next time, when we explore
another strange and frightening world! Which will it be? It's a secret
to everybody! |