Muttation Contest XVIII

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The 75th Mutt Contest!

Attention Members! Would you like to contribute to the 75th 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 75th 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!

Please consider the Arena when designing your mutt. For the 75th Games we're looking for mutts that are specific to this arena and to the particular areas of this arena — surreal and dreamlike. We're also looking for fish type mutts that swim in the sky and small bird type mutts that swim in the shallow water of the Salt Flats.

Contest Ends: February 11th

[blockquote][size=1][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)

[♛ scandal]

Name of Mutt: Oni

Brief Summary: A grass snake with spiky eyebrows. The Oni is in a variety of colors, as it camouflage's itself with it's surroundings. Used by the capitol to kill rebels with a neurotoxin that just literally kills the body from the inside. The Oni emits the toxin when it bites you. If you get near it, you better be prepared to die. The Oni likes to settle in grassy area's preferably, gardens, or orchards. The Oni has 2 razor-sharp fangs that can go 3 inches deep into your neck. The Oni can see in the dark, but is super loud, so you can here it stalking you, and you can try to run away before it pounces.

The Oni is hard to kill, but it's not immpossible. It's different from other snakes, because when you cut it's head off it stays dead, it doesn't writhe after you do. That is the way it is, because the GM's were unable to replicate the tissue of the snakes that lets the snakes be able to wriggle when the head is chopped off.


Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible

[Lyn𝛿is]

Name of Mutt: Tux
Brief Summary: Based off the penguin, the Tux comes in many varieties and was designed as a cute and customizable pet for Capitolites. Although it was touted as tame and docile, the pets proved unable to adjust to the standard Capitol apartment's living conditions and developed erratic behavior. It is speculated that their adorable nature is what caused many to underestimate the danger of its snapping beak and powerful blunt force attacks. In the arena, they are seen diving off saltbergs into the shallow water, to the great confusion of animal behaviorists.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible

Name of Mutt: Hareballs
Brief Summary: Angora yarn, made from the hair of the angora rabbit, produces a fabric much warmer and lighter than wool, with a soft, cloud-like texture. Through artificial selection, a group of Capitol genetic engineers hoped to produce rabbits that grew fur in bright colors, for use in clothing and as pets. However, a side effect of the color-expressing genes also caused the rabbits to become aggressive and unsuitable as domestic animals. Their sharp teeth make them dangerous in numbers and will wear down unsuspecting tributes.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible

Name of Mutt: Traveling Salesman
Brief Summary: Originally designed to peddle goods throughout the Capitol, this robot proved too much of a handful for the merchants to understand and were thus discontinued from production. When the Gamemakers discovered them, they saw the possibility of putting them in the arena, dispensing needed supplies - for a price - to the tributes over the course of the Games. The traveling salesman will move to a different area each day with its wares, and if the tributes come across it they may exchange their loot for supplies, medicine, or even armor. But beware if you try to steal from this beast: the Saleman is a formidable foe, and many have attempted to crack it without success.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Neither.

[kap]

Name of Mutt: Wyverkoi
Brief Summary: The Wyverkoi, or 'Wyvern Koi', was initially developed by the Capitol as a form of entertainment. It was meant to perform tricks and be an extraordinary creature for attendees of a Capitol 'fair' event to witness. The giant, flying, fish-like creature with the wings of the mythical dragon got out of hand, however, and caused a lot of destruction. There were only two of these creatures originally created, and they were stowed away after the event to be used as mutts in the Hunger Games, due to their unintentionally dangerous nature. These creatures are very large and possess dragon wings, as well as four arms on their underside that end in clawed feet. These claws are extremely sharp, and are the Wyverkoi's means of defense. Generally, these creatures fly through the sky peacefully, but when craving a meal or if provoked, they will attack.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Neither
(I have decided to include my drawings of said creature below)

[Spesh]

Name of Mutt: Unicorn
Brief Summary: Due to the utterly excessive nature of the Capitol, it really is no surprise that its more entrepreneurial residents would try to create beasts of fairytales to make a pretty penny. This is how the unicorn was created. One scientist, with a notable lack of morals, decided to mix horse DNA with that a of a white rhinoceros (and some birds for color). The result? Unicorns just like those in stories, but also colorful. However, these unicorns were ornery, hated people, and ate like they never expected another meal in their lives. After a few owners were separated from their limbs by a hungry unicorns, and many more negative reviews, the morally compromised scientist was arrested and Capitol officials relieved all unicorn owners of their troublesome property.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible, not poisonous.

OMG Spesh did something!?!? that's crazy

[umber vivuus 12b 🥀 [dars]]

Name of Mutt: porcelion
Brief Summary: These hollow creatures were initially created as fearsome cargo carriers. Programmed to travel in packs, the porcelions seemed no different than a typical pride of lions, pardoning a few key differences: the most prominent being their larger size and the glass-like shimmer their fur created against the light. While they were given offensive weapons, they were mostly programmed for defense. After initial attacks (in which teeth and claws were prone to breaking off within victims,) the porcelions were virtually unable to defend themselves. After reaching their destination, captors needed only to answer the pride's riddle, and they were willingly given the treasures within.

For the sake of the games, porcelions could be a way for tributes to gain some necessary items. Perhaps the tributes have to fight until either a) the porcelions run out of hp, or b) one of them answers the riddle.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? neither fam they made of glass


Name of Mutt: shelzams
Brief Summary: These creatures, roughly the size of a household cat and resembling snails with the legs of a caterpillar, were initially created for disposal of the remnants of crops in District Eleven. Their saliva held an extreme level of salt, almost enough that it was almost in it's purest state. Trails of it were left in their wake, and after realizing the slime trails ultimately salted the earth it touched, the shelzams were quickly recalled. One thing the scientists noted were the interesting eating habits of the creatures. While they did tend to focus on plant-based organic matter, they were also prone to attacking one another. It was believed that the shelzam was simply territorial at first, but upon further study, it was discovered that the shelzam didn't only attack each other, but any living creature standing between it and it's next delicious meal.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? neither, though salt can be harvested from them, and their shells could potentially be used as makeshift helmets.


Name of Mutt: hooyu
Brief Summary: While in its raw state, the hooyu appears as a man-sized owl. However, it is a very quick learner. It studies foes, learns their tendencies, and even has the ability to transform itself into a carbon copy of its prey, the only notable difference being the oversized owl eyes that always remain the same. Originally, it was created only to keep up appearances for as long as possible when certain Captiol officials had disappeared. However, no matter how they tried, scientists couldn't get the appearance of the eyes to change. Because of this, it was sent off to the combat station and weaponized, and is now ready at the drop of a hat to remind anyone who dares cross it that a person's worst nightmare truly is themself.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? I guess it depends on if it is in owl form or human form??? idk yall decide

[lance]

Name of Mutt: Paper Planes
Brief Summary: Originally geared towards the amusement of children, the Paper Planes were simple automatons, shaped in the rough design of a hovercraft with a pointed edge and widespread "wings" of sorts. A child could throw one into the air, where it would then be controlled either manually by a controller or automatically by a mini internal computer. Though they were cheap and easy to produce, they were taken off the market after reports popped up that the planes were erratic while on autopilot, often opting to poke peoples' eyes out as opposed to gently land in their hands.

For the Games, they have since been repurposed to become almost like a compact attack craft of sorts. Though they're about the size of a small cat and are rather fragile individually, the planes have taken to attacking in groups, overwhelming their prey with sheer numbers

(knife roll, anywhere from 5-15hp)
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Neither

[d6a georgie cham 🍓🐢 frankel]

Name of Mutt: Balumbus
Brief Summary: The Capitol do enjoy their fun and the Balumbus very much reflects that. One eccentric mutt designer decided to enter a "balloon contest" for one of the many parades in the Capitol. So what did they decide to do? Blow up a variety of normal animals. Birds were too boring, lions too nasty but the elephant, the elephant very much took off. If only the mutated elephant didn't suffocate the creator with its trunk, they were really onto a winning design. But the design was not scrapped, the team of mutt creators adapted it for the use in the games. A Balumbus is the size of any average elephant, but it contains much more air and floats around in the sky. Its trunk still drags along the ground, swiping at prey and sometimes wrapping around their bodies, suffocating the life out of them. Unlike an elephant, a Balumbus is a carnivore and anything that contains meat is on its meal plan. The mutt creators thought it would be an exciting addition to the games mutt list.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Neither

[Arrows]

Name of Mutt: Mache Mites

Brief Summary: Originally the Mache Mites were everything a Capitol child could dream of, quite literally. It took years for scientists to be able to create paper like flesh which could be sculpted together and bonded by simple house hold chemicals. Numerous times failure occurred until finally they discovered by implementing a base sphere containing all vital organs the rest of the paper flesh could be designed around it. From here the popularity of Mache Mites sky rocketed. Monsters, birds, and all other kinds of creatures were crafted and brought to life within the Capitol. Alas the success of these creatures soon faded as Capitolites genuinely preferred the actual mutts to their paper-like relatives.

For years the Mache Mites haven't been used for anything, until the Game Makers discovered them with vast interest. Large and small they could create whatever creature, real or not, they wanted. Then using a few more modifications to the basic biology of the mites they were able to implement whichever personality they like. From vicious mache mite sharks the size of cars to gentle mache mite cricket lizards the possibilities became endless. And by far the best part, all they needed to survive was paper.
 
Poision, Edible, or Neither?: Neither

[Deleted]

Name of Mutt: Pugraffe

Brief Summary: Designed as an attraction for the Greater Capitol Zoo, the pugraffe is a feisty quadruped adored both for its playful nature and signature bark. Standing between seven and ten feet tall, this ungulate has a reduced height but still sports a long, girthy neck. Tributes should be wary that a pugraffe will use both its teeth and neck to defend itself from attack. Additionally, pugraffe do not often separate from one another, and tend to travel in pairs. However, unless provoked, one may allow tributes to rub underneath its ears for a good scratch.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible



Name of Mutt: Pugchilla

Brief Summary: Pugchillas seek out warm, dry areas to settle their nests. This rodent-canine hybrid is exceedingly gentle, and will ‘mark’ a human as its protector after being held in its arms. As such, pugchillas were a popular capitol pet for some time. Tributes may discover pugchilla as small game, but note that if carried, will then follow them throughout the arena. When provoked, pugchilla will use their sharp claws to protect themselves from danger. They serve especially well as pillows.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible

[Tom]

Name of Mutt: Crowned Cassoture
Brief Summary: The Crowned Cassotures created by the capitol during a time of overwhelming trash, pollution seemed at an all time high. A scientist decided to tackle the problem with a mutt instead of trying to get the people to work together. This is how the Crowned Cassotures were created. A vulture base mixed with Cassowary to give it claws that could shred through metal cans and other sorts of waste. The project had been a success as the Crowned Cassoture got rid of trash all over Panem, helping to rid the problems of waste. The capitol realizing later how hard it had been to keep track of the brown birds amongst everything, added DNA of a colorful bird known as Violet Crowned Woodnymph, added to the beauty of it. Bright greens and blues appeared on it's feathers making it a wonderful sight to onlookers. As time passed, more of the Cassowary DNA seemed to come forth. The creation became territorial and began attacking anything that was living, tired of it's dead and disgusting diet. The capitol pulled them back from the public and locked them away for years, until someone decided to take a second chance on the bird.

Attacks for the Crowned Cassoture could be it's claws and it's beak.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible.

Name of Mutt: Tetrasea
Brief Summary: Tetraseas were quite different from what they had become. The appearance of a pufferfish and abilities of it, except it was able to breathe and fly amongst the air. The way it moved was by inhaling air allowing it to float in the sky. About the size of a dog, the creature seemed to resemble a balloon at the time. The capitolites realizing how adorable they thought the fish had been, sold it as pets for children. Colors varying from yellows to oranges to reds, they sold like wildfire to the children, almost like balloons for the kids to play with. The spines on it removed to not harm the children. Popular for only a few years, they fell out of the public's eyes, just like how toys drop out of existence, so did the Tetrasea with their adorable eyes that seemed like a puppy's. Forgotten and a distant memory, capitolites decided to see how deadly the creature could have been. Adding the spines back to the flying fish, they decided to test it out. Test after test, they realized how deadly sharp the spines had become when sharpened and enhanced. The mutt of defense as some liked to call it was able to float through the air now without it's spines gave the mutt the ability to use it's tail to attack foes or to scare them off. The spines sharpened when it's inhaled, the creature uses it's defense mechanism as a way to hurt other mutts or people. The tests proved valuable, but they decided to put the Tetraseas away until someone decided to use it.

Attacks for the Tetraseas could be it's tail and sharp spines if it uses it's defense mechanism.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? poisonous if ingested.

[Onyx]

Name of Mutt: Orizuru (Senbazuru when in a swarm)
Brief Summary:

You can hear them before you can see them. The sound is a combination of a thousand fluttering wings and the thunder-like rumble of crumpling paper. It seems to start somewhere impossibly far away, nothing more than a wind in the distance, a storm over the horizon - but if you can hear it, it's already too late to run away.

Suddenly, you're caught in the middle of a turbulent windstorm. Your vision goes white - have you gone blind? Then the pain begins, the slashing of a million tiny abrasions all over your exposed skin. The white flurry begins to turn red, it's blood - it's your blood. Your hair whips around you in an insuppressible tornado. The rustling, roaring sound is almost as unbearable as the pain itself. You try to fight back - but how can you possibly kill something that appears to be made of nothing more than... paper?

The orizuru birds were created for the benefit of the Capitol's meteorologists, who could utilise their practical weightlessness for airborne weathervanes, and the crisp texture of their paper-like wings as indicators of moisture in the air. They were hypnotic to watch when they were released from the tops of cliffs or weather centres, and it was often hard to believe that they really were living creatures, and not just folded origami cranes swirling in the wind. But aside from the undeniable fact that they were flapping their wings and riding the air currents, look closely enough at their wings and you can see the thin capillaries that run through them; hold their thicker folded core up to the light, and you can almost track the vibrating heartbeats that cause a faint shadow to pulse there.

The fact that their behaviour is very similar to regular birds, but with more obedience, soon attracted the attention of swarm scientists, who would release large groups of them together to study their movements as a shoal. Naturally, however, as with many of the beautiful creatures created for research or educational purposes, thoughts turned to how such a swarm could be used for harm. The senbazuru - the name naturally given to the birds when they were kept in a swarm - were subjected to torture, and their aggression rose - they went from being as innocent and beautiful as a flock of starlings, to as deadly in the air as hailstones, or raining daggers. They would surround a person, diving in with their wings and beaks, the sharp clean edges of their paper-thin skeletons slashing across any flesh they could see. Like a flock of bats or insects, they could be impossible to escape from, and though a few papercuts might seem like nothing to worry about in the Arena, in large enough numbers they could do some real, severe damage.

(Inspo obv comes from the scene in Spirited Away when Haku is attacked by the shikigami)

Found in the paper plains.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Neither

[pup]

Name of Mutt: Monoculus (Can change)
Brief Summary: On the bottom of their bodies there is a multitude of legs similar to that of a centipede, but on their top is a drawn figure that looks similar to street art which generally resembles a person, and when they move along a floor or a wall it looks as though the artwork on their back is moving. These seemingly two dimensional muttations were originally designed to perform in Circus shows, stunning the crowd with surprise as they made their way around the clowns. They are also able to fill their shells with air to make their artwork appear a 3d similar to oragami. The gamemememakers recently found another purpose for them by modifying their shells to make their artwork look similar to loved ones of the tributes and outfitting the Monoculus with a pair of sharp pincers. To the tributes, at first it looks like the gamemememakers are toying with them by planting images of their loved ones all around them until they begin to see the artwork shifting and moving closer and closer to them along a floor or along a wall to strike them.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Neither (Can Change)




soooooooooooooo pretty much street art that tries to kill u and can inflate into an oragami street art thing that tries to kill u

if u need any more clarification feel free to dm me on slack ^^

[uwu]

I know I'm late, but it came to me this morning, I'm sorry.[/i]

Name of Mutt: Tony the Talking Clocks (the DHMIS character)
Brief Summary: Imagine if you could communicate with your clocks? In the early days of Panem, when the Capitol scientists didn't have to worry about making mutts or destroying rebels, they were interested in making inanimate objects more animate. The clock question crossed their minds, so they decided to go with it. Giving it legs, arms, and a face, they thought that it would help those who had trouble reading them and that it could give lonely people company. Sadly, they were so obsessed with that they could but didn't stop to think if they should.

At first, the clock invention was a hit! Most Capitulates quickly grew fond of the talking time teller. Loads of them bought them, making production skyrocket. However, shit hit the fan. The clocks began thinking for themselves. Whenever someone said something it didn't like, it screamed harshly until the poor person's ears bleed. It would drug its owners with a fume the scientists didn't realize about, causing massive panic with the realistic effects of extreme aging along with skin, hair and muscle dissolving till the bone is showing. The Capitol called for all the clocks to be returned and kept away from the public up until these games.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Poison.