97th Muttation Contest

[gamemaker artemie 🦉nyte]

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Calling all weird and wacky creatives to cook up some festival-goers for this week long rager!

Come up with a "muttation" or other genetically altered wild creature using the following form, and reply to this thread with your finished product. The best mutts may be included in the 97th 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 precious monster 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 reserve the right to make minor changes to your creations as necessary.

Notes: Please be thorough and creative in your explanations for these creatures cursed existence.

You may want to refer to the Arena Map for climate-based inspiration. For the 97th, we are looking for mutts that relate to the desert but also a touch of something Avant Garde - we've had a big focus on color, light, abstract art, and music in our arena design.

The contest will end on Wednesday, June 19th!

Use the form below:

[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. Please note that this should be no more than a paragraph — see the Muttation Page on the Site Wiki for examples.)

[b]Poison, Edible, or Neither?[/b] (please note that this may be changed by the GMs based on need)

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SANDICORN

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Brief Summary: Though slow, the sandicorn is an efficient desert-dweller, capable of storing gallons and gallons of water inside itself in order to cross all the way from one side of the scorch to the other, using its six legs to share the load of the travel. Which way it travels is dependent on which side is in harvest season at the time. It is also quite gentle, and not at all combative, though certainly sturdy and capable of taking hits. When pressed to its limits, the sandicorn has a large pointed horn sticking out of its forehead, and it can use it to ward off predators or threats to potential mates.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible, Large Game

CHIMU

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Brief Summary: When they're moving, they actually look quite graceful, the way they seem to almost glide across the sand. Blink and you could miss them, long-legged flightless birds travelling in packs. But the truth is that they are, for lack of a more kind description, incorrigibly dumb. They have no perception of height, frequently smacking their heads into things while trying to investigate them, or haplessly walking off the edge of a cliff without even realizing it. It doesn't help that they are also incredibly curious, and playful amongst other creatures, often tossing small mammals into the air toward one another as if playing a game of catch. Though often anxious creatures, they can be made to feel better simply by turning them away from the thing that is stressing them out.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible, Large Game

DUNETREMOR

Brief Summary:You may hear them, you may even feel them, but you'll never see these creatures coming. Not until it's too late. Not until the ground beneath your very feet is swallowing in on itself and your realize you're standing right in the middle of its mouth. These elephant-sized predator worms are capable of burrowing at high speeds, deep into the earth, but putting them in a place with such porous lands makes it a practically unstoppable hunter. It lacks any source of vision, so it is forced to rely on its ability to sense vibrations when hunting.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Neither

ARMIHARE

Brief Summary:If you do manage to find anything green growing in the desert, you'd better protect it while you can before these little speedsters sniff them out. They are experts in the art of escape, capable of running up to 19 miles per hour on foot. But they also possess a segmented shell which allows them to roll into a ball at high speeds which has been shown to improve their speed up to even 25 miles per hour. Their high metabolic rate puts them on the constant lookout for a good snack, and when they're hungry, they are known to be vicious little critters.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible, Small Game

FILIGREE BEAK

Brief Summary:These dazzling birds have intricate, swirling beaks which make them a highly-desirable pet accessory in Capitol high society. As well, they are unable to make sound, which makes them frequent flyers in artistic spaces such as galleries and museums, adding an avantgarde freshness to the exhibits. They are also not designed to handle very extreme conditions, such as heat and weather. When stressed, the creatures are prone to behavioral outbursts.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Neither

RATTLEHOUNDS

Brief Summary: Though they retain much of their canine ancestry, it is immediately clear that these creatures are something else entirely more sinister. Their necks are slender and elongated, with forked serpentine tongues they use along with an already-impeccable sense of smell to hunt prey for miles. They're quick, and nomadic, and travel in packs typically. Their feet are scaled and black, with retractable venomous claws, and their fangs also drip with the same poison, ensuring that anything that does manage to get away never gets far.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Poisonous

MONKEYSPIDER

Brief Summary:  Judging from its cat-like size, one would assume that they are looking at a monkey with eight arms and legs. In fact, they are wrong. What they are looking at is a spider which looks strikingly similar to the species of monkey it hunts. It has been specifically designed to look as close to the real thing as possible, right down to the fingers on each of its legs. It uses the camouflage expertly when hunting, an ambush predator rather than a web-weaver. though unless there are troops of small monkeys running around nearby, this creature may be pretty obviously out of place.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Poisonous

THE UNINSTALLED

Brief Summary:  An Uninstillation (or The Uninstalled if, heaven's forbid, you should happen upon several at once) are said to be previous art installations which were removed, taken down, or otherwise deemed not good enough. The mythos is that they sprang life from their vengeance, now aimlessly wandering the lands in search of meaning they will never again find, desperately clinging to a moment in time that has already passed. They are terribly, terribly unkind creatures, particularly when around talent. They can sense it, the way you can sense a rain coming. And they seek to destroy it, for hopes that it will make them matter once again.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Neither

[d5b sergio quiverus [kap]]

artwork by psilosybar

Brief Summary: The Living Mirage doesn't ever register just quite right when observed. To the human eye, as well as one can tell upon witnessing the beast, it appears to be a towering minotaur with psychedelic colors swirling through its entire being, standing at least seven feet tall. At first, it appears that its vibrant fur may be all that swirls and moves as it stares at you with its shockingly bright, seafoam-colored eyes. After staring a moment longer, though, one may find it's hard to keep an eye on it properly. It's as if its form shifts while it moves, and the creature itself moves quite quickly, especially if it feels it needs to protect its territory. It isn't until it dies that one sees it for what it truly is: a swirling mess of colors, fur, flesh and horns. It's as if it's a living acid-trip.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Neither (maybe poisonous? up to the DMs!)

artwork by fruitsome

Brief Summary: The Beetle of Dreams doesn't move like a typical insect. Rather, it floats through the air at-will. It has no need to propel itself with its wings while it flies, and instead is able to control its own trajectory by feeling the forces of the energy around it. When the sun glints off of the beetle, rainbow colors are reflected back. In the dark, it glows an unnatural bright green color. The beetle is like something you'd see in a dream: about the size of a songbird, and seemingly innocent, humming an odd tune as it goes about its day. It isn't something one would expect to cause harm, but one would learn it certainly does, upon getting in its way. The Beetle of Dreams will sink its fangs into whatever it deems a nuisance, and isn't afraid to summon more of its colony for help.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Poisonous

[Gamemaker Lauren Kinkade]

The contest is now closed. Winners will be announced shortly!