Muttation Contest XVI

[d10f ekta ram // [earthling]]

THE 71ST MUTT CONTEST!

Attention Members! Would you like to contribute to the 71st Hunger Games from a Gamemaker's standpoint? Here's your chance to contribute!

Come up with a "muttation" or other genetically altered wild beast using the following form, and reply to this thread with your finished product. The best mutts may be included in the 69th or other future Hunger Games. There is no limit to how many mutts you may submit, so feel free to post more as they come to you (although remember to edit your post rather than double-posting if someone else has posted before you)

If your muttation is used, you will receive credit for your little beastie on the Muttation Directory thread that will be present during the Games, as well as on the Site Wiki's Muttation Page. Note that the Gamemakers (staff) reserve the right to make minor changes to your creations.

Notes: Mutts involving humans will not be used, and mutts created initially "to kill people," "to destroy people," or "to torture people" will also have to be explained very well to be used. Be more creative than that!

You may want to refer to the Arena Map for climate-based inspiration. For the 71st, we are especially interested in any muttations with an Irish or English theme, and muttations that could in theory have less than 20 HP and/or be edible. This is not a strict requirement; if you have a brilliant vision of a rampaging poisonous mutt, hit us up with it. But we are more likely to pick smaller, versatile muttations that fit our theme.

You have until the 4th of October to submit. Enjoy!

[b]Name of Mutt:[/b]
[b]Brief Summary:[/b] (consider including previous uses [why the Capitol developed them], rough size/physical features, and general behavior, as well as any additional information you may have and please note that this should be no more than a paragraph — see the Muttation Page on the Site Wiki for examples.)
[b]Poision, Edible, or Neither?[/b] (please note that this may be changed by the GMs based on need)

[d7m fraser birk ♚ frankel]

Name of Mutt: Momalg (pronounced=Moe-mal-g) read it backwards

Brief Summary: There is nothing like a game of Russian roulette in a pub of Ireland. Once you encounter a Momalg there is only six ways you can get out. Small in size, reaching up to just three feet tall, a Momalg is a cross between a leprechaun and a troll. At first glance it may seem like a timid defenceless creature but it hides a nasty bite. Hidden within its mouth are four green coloured canines, containing a poisonous serum. When threatened a Momalg will bite the predator/prey but will quickly die. Bites cause its canines to sink into its skull, killing it instantly. There are six side effects to a Momalg bite:

1=Paralysation of the legs (lasts for 24 hours)

2= Losing control of the mind (lasts 12 hours)

3=Hallucination (Lasts 6 hours)

4= Uncontrollable Vomit (lasts for an hour)

5= A sudden change of the accent (Lasts for 3 days, the poison effects the vocal chords for a short period of time. I was thinking like an Irish accent?)

6= Deep Sleep (Lasts 3 hours)

(A Dice may determine the effects?)

Once you’re bitten only one side effect will affect you and you must live through it. Thankfully it may not be fatal unless you already have underlying issues. A Momalg has green scaly skin and a mop of ginger hair on its head. A red dragon like tail stretches out behind it. Standing on its two back legs, it has claw like hands which it uses to chew up food (so it doesn’t have to use its teeth) The Capitol created it solely for the games, they wanted to have fun with the tributes and thought a Momalg would fit well with the map of the 71st. When the Momalg dies from the bite it can be used as food, it is described to taste a bit like pork and has an after taste of alcohol…maybe Guinness. 

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible

[Kire]

Name of Mutt: Japers (pronounced jay-pers)

Brief Summary: Small little fluffy things 'bout the size of a beer keg. They got stubby little legs and big floppy ears. Capitol made them as some cross of sheep and rabbits, giving them wool coats and a follower's disposition. Originally bred for pets or wool production, they were quite popular. One thing they didn't count on is the lead designer throwing in some feline DNA in order to have the things be able to take care of themselves more. This lead to a number of the Japers simply lounging around, hissing at those who approached, and determinedly not letting people shave them. As people became more unimpressed with the creatures, they were recalled. Designers then upped the level of feline DNA, however using wild cats instead of domesticated.This gave the creatures patterns in their wool: tiger strips, leopard spots, ocelot rings, and heightened their aggression. Still containing the sheep DNA, they travel in groups with a single leader.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible

[Avalon]

Cryptid
{ Irish }

Name of Mutt: Dobhar-Chú
Brief Summary: Theories of its true existence have been circulating through the Ancient, unknown land to the citizens of Panem, beside the Gamemakers. Originating from Ireland, the Dobhar-Chú is commonly known for its mix between a more mammoth-scaled version of a beaver and dog. The beast is carnivorous, feeding on animals that tread into its natural habitat- the sea, shore and upon rocks, and although its main cuisine is smaller animals, it'll have no problem becoming hostile against humans too. A modified version of the original cryptid, the Dobhar-Chú has been created with sacks of venom that rest in four sections of its stomach. However, it'll only trigger its poisonous bite when it senses serious danger.
Poision, Edible, or Neither?: Edible, however only if it is cut around its large, poisonous sacs located in its stomach and chest areas. All areas around this are harmless and edible for tributes to cook up.

[pup]

Name of Mutt: King of Birds (based off of the wren which in ireland's folklore is the king of all birds)
Brief Summary: In a long distant country there was a bird, a bird that the Capitol's scientists had onky heard about from forgotten folklore. The wren. It seemed to hold amazing power as king of all birds, but they had never seen one in the polluted environment of Panam. So they attempted to create a song bird based off of the wren, so that everyone in the capitol could say that they had the king of all birds in their living room. They did create it, but ten times more than it's size they heard about, to really make it the king of all birds. This huge bird did sing, beautifullly, but escaped the scientists because of the torturous expirements that were done on it. Pretty soon, it tried to hunt down the scientists, no longer a song bird, but a hunting bird. Hearing it's song meant death. Soon, only one scientist remained and managed to capture the bird, and in his anger at it killing his partners, he messed with it's vocal cords, turning it's song into a horrible screech, but unfortunatly, he had just given it another weapon. Remember the screech of fingernails across a blackboard, how you stood stock still for a minute, shivers running up and down your spine. Well, this is what this bird could do, paralyze you for a moment with it's horrible, screeching song.

(Special Dice Roll Suggestion)
On the first post with the bird, roll a four sided dice. If it lands on 1-3 the tribute is good, but if it lands on four, the tribute is paralyzed for one turn from its screeching song and needs to roll another four sided die to see if he/she/they can attack it. 1-3 they cant but if it lands on four they can attack it. (Just a suggestion)
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible


Name of Mutt: Pooka (wip based on the Irish mythological creature the Púca)
Brief Summary: A long time ago, long before avoxes were invented, capitol Scientists had created the perfect servent for someone living in the capitol. A morphing servant, that could appear to you as a rabbit, a horse, or a mouse, and then morph into a human keeping a few of those same physical features! After a while of this wonderful scientific discovery, the priject creating them was shut down after a revolt from them. I guess their fur was stroked the wrong way. Now, gamemakers are bringing them back to use the evil side of them. The side they created. Using their tendences to want to help people, they will do their best to try and help tributes out, to get them out alive, but once the gamemakers are bored, and need some blood and excitement, they use a button that turns the pookas evil, making them attack the tribute in question viciously in their animal form.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? I'll let you decide I would say edible if killed in their animal form, because if it was in their human form it would seem a bit like cannibalism because they are kind of like humans.


Name of Mutt: Dragonfish (based off of the commen dragonet)
Brief Summary: This little fish that hides all on it's own was created as a unique pet to the capitol society. It was advertised as: The Dragon In Your Bedroom! They are about eight inches long with vibrant colors that attracted the eye of many capitolites who wanted a fish. The fish even came withan extra bonus, it could breath air! It could barely move on land though, but when it was above water, it could breath fire! It wasn't called a dragonfish for nothing as scientists genetically engineered it to breath fire. This is still an ongoing project in the capitol, but the gamemakers decided to put the small dragonfish in the arena, after genetically engineering it at first to make it more vicious!
Poision, Edible, or Neither? edible (i would say small game and around 5-10 hp since it's a small fish)

[Arrows]

Name of Mutt: Oculin
Brief Summary: Ever wonder what those things that seem to move through the darkness of water were, or if they even existed? Well they most certainly do, but just not in the way one would imagine. The Oculin were the creation of Capitol Scientists seeking to destroy any access to the waterways and the seas during the dark days. This terrifying mutt took months to perfect but when the genetics of the jelly fish, starfish, squid, and shocking bits of plant fused together the results were highly effective. What precisely is an Oculin besides the generic mutt? The answer is this, they are approximately the size of the human head, however, they are nearly impossible to see since due to their jellyfish genes they are practically translucent. Anyway, located on this round sphere body are two eyes and what is at least twenty long thread like tentacles. Yet these tentacles are used for much more than swiftly navigating water. What makes Oculins special is they latch with star fish like suction to beaches and rock formations near the water. From there they send these twenty translucent tentacles sprawling across the ground around them. If they are stepped on it triggers them causing them to attack with their two spiked tentacles while the others wrap onto them. Needless to say their use was quite handy in the darker days of Panem. Now though it appears their effectiveness could be put to use again. 
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible{Maybe}
PS: Sorry it was long I felt like it needed some explaining though.


Name of Mutt: Terrormur
Brief Summary: This adorable sloth, koala, and cat like mutt was recently developed by scientists in hope of creating a new brand of pet. At first everything seemed perfect, they looked like adorable koala sized skinny tails sloths. However, the scientists didn't really think about the rather sharper claws and teeth caused from the obedient cat genes. Little did they know the Terrormurs would turn out to be brutal predatory animals very found of leaping on prey, aka humans, from high locations such as trees. With the quick recall of these shockingly successful high diving hunters the scientists turned towards the Hunger Games. They hoped that although adorable and seemlingly cuddly, that their failed pets would be perfect blood craving stars. 
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible

[Muffinface]

Name of Mutt: Nesses (Neh-sizz)

Brief Summary: Small creatures, roughly two-three feet tall when full grown with a long neck, pointed muzzle, and four versatile flippers. Their skin resembles that of a dolphin, and can vary from grey to blue to green in color. They live only in water, and resemble very closely tales of the beast of Loch Ness. Very peaceful creatures, they often flock together in pods similar to orcas, and emerge at twilight and dusk to feed on eggs turtles lay in the sandy beaches. Clumsy and awkward on land, they can survive for hours at a time out of the water, similar to a dolphin or a beached whale.
Originally, they were developed to add interest to massive fish tanks in the capitol, but they proved to be too large and far too difficult to maintain, as the creatures could eat twice their body weight and produce just as much waste.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Totally Edible- (Shark fin soup anyone?)

[Jonah]

Name of Mutt: Scuttler

Brief Summary:Its skin is a sickly pink, hairless and sagging over its bones. Lanky like a spider, its arms are longer than its legs, to assist in its movement over ground and trees. Its fingers are bony and unnaturally long, and its limbs bent at unnatural angles, as if it was some sort of double jointed. Its face carries a pronounced jaw, its mouth wide and unsettling, and its yellow, coned teeth tend to bare when it shows aggression. Its eyes black and glossy, it’s about the size of a small chimp, but built more like a spider monkey. It was originally created to be a lab test subject, with DNA from spider monkeys, chimpanzees, and naked rats, but its aggression, temper, and intelligence proved to be too much; it ended up constantly escaping from cages, attacking scientists, the like. It was a shelved project… That is, until game time came around.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible, but not very tasty; it is, however, somewhat easy to get rid of, despite its nasty and violent disposition. Its bones are somewhat brittle, and being almost all bone, well... You see where I'm going with this.

[lionel estrada d5 ᥫ᭡ kiah]

Name of Mutt: Ocean Serpent
Brief Summary: (consider including previous uses [why the Capitol developed them], rough size/physical features, and general behavior, as well as any additional information you may have and please note that this should be no more than a paragraph — see the Muttation Page on the Site Wiki for examples.) This creature is 25 ft long of pure muscle. Its eyes the size of pennies- the colour od blacl onyx- its mouth like a vacuum bejewelled with layer upon layer of razor sharp teeth. This species mate for life, becoming extremely aggressive when their partner is harmed- common for the species to choose partners of the same gender. (They are not al that interested in reproduction). The males are usually a deep green- whilst the females a fiery red. The Capitol created these creatures originally for entertainment. Keeping them contained to watch them fight to the death- but this quickly got out of hand leading them to release the creatures into the ocean.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? not for eating pls unless you like food poisoning but who am i to judge

[Death]

Name of Mutt: Will-o-Wasp (Wisp for short)

Brief Summary: Bad ideas come in threes. First, was thinking that adding fireflies to a Tern for luminescence would have no affect on the mind of the creature. Second, was thinking that the resulting creature could be trained to lead the way back to camps instead of just flying straight off. Third, that adding the Giant Asian Hornet's stinging abilities to this creature would not add any aggression at all. Mix these together and you end up with a highly aggressive, needle-nosed bird that glows in the dark and doesn't think before it stings by plunging its beak into its "attackers." The birds are most often found nesting in colonies under bushes by the beach or in the crevices created by rocks and cliffs and are quite beautiful when observed from afar. 

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Poison for sure. The Asian Giant Hornet's venom is capable of damaging organs and requiring numerous blood transfusions if stung enough and in an even larger bird form with a larger sting (i.e. its beak) it'll deliver more venom.

Other: I somewhat imagine these birds living on the side of the cliff or nestled in the cracks of the Basalt Columns in this arena's map, so perhaps (if you think it's a good idea) people in those areas will have to roll a dice to see if they trigger a Wisp attack. Just an idea tho! Do with this birdie what thou wilt. <3

[hesper hart 🐺 d9f]

Name of Mutt: leaporchauns
Brief Summary: designed to steal enemy weapons during the war without being noticed, leaporchauns are tiny vaguely humanoid creatures with long, gnarled finger nails, shrill cries, and quick, nimble feet. They stand at about knee-height and wobble when they walk in a way that is almost comical when they haven't noticed the shiny silver in one's hands. They are a perfect fusion of myth and reality, a tiny creature known for stealing gold combined with the lethal fangs and spotted flesh of a leopard for added combative edge. Leprechauns are known for their elusive tendencies, leopards are known for their speed. Mixed together, they are the perfect thieves.

If rewarded with a tribute's possession without conflict, they could be harmless. If they have to take their prized gold by force, the fangs and claws come out to play. With such tiny, speedy creatures (who usually travel in groups of three for good luck,) they are able to swarm victims and rob them blind of both their pretty things and, perhaps, their lives. If a tribute is able to get a hold of them, however, it doesn't take much to finish them off. A good swipe or two and they are goners.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? neither???

[d10f ekta ram // [earthling]]

This will close tomorrow. Last chance to enter ^^

[d10f ekta ram // [earthling]]

This contest is now closed. The official mutt list will be posted today. Thank you for your beautiful and vicious entries!