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Chased

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This story takes place in our cillimorphs universe, the team of monster buddies and the broad strokes customized by screen_ghost_ over on our interactive fiction writing Twitch stream.  Head on over there and give it a follow if you want a team and a story of your very own!

Chased

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There was night, and then there was the night shift inside a BTBL warehouse. Every florescent light was dimmer than its buzz was loud. Music wasn’t permitted, because you needed to listen for any creaks of structural instability in either the walls or the inventory, which were the same thing when you worked for the Brass Tacks Building Company, which Rupe did, and had been doing for all of three hours now with the other two members of the night crew. Continue reading →

Azp & Azzets

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Azp & Azzets

Designation: the SNAKE GAME & FROZEN ASSETS cillimorphs

Group: REPTOPHIBIAN

Native Biomes: PLANET BRRR & CYBERSPACE

Size: SMALL

Interesting Facts: Azp stores valuable data and food inside eggshells, and then inside ice cubes for another layer of protection. As Azzets it invests so smartly that it can amass a big stockpile of eggs it likes to rest on in the shape of a dollar sign, you know, to brag.

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Wetlark & Zapkite

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Wetlark & Zapkite

Designation: the PERSONAL RAIN CLOUD & THUNDERBIRD cillimorphs

Group: BIRDISH

Native Biomes: PLANET BOLDERO & PLANET WOODZY

Size: SMALL & LARGE

Interesting Facts: Wetlark is always getting rained on thanks to the cloud following it, which ensures fresh drinking water, but it doesn’t seem happy about it. When it matures the cloud is integrated into its down, giving it incredible control of storm forces. Its mountainous territories can overlap with Clusterukh, resulting in extreme bird-with-a-gem-on-its-chest on bird-with-a-gem-on-its-chest rivalries.

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Novalot, Cratermore, & Plummeton

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Novalot, Cratermore, & Plummeton

Designation: the PSEUDOLEGENDARY, LEGENDARY CRATER, & LEGENDARY METEOR cillimorphs

Group: MAMMALISH

Native Biomes: OUTER SPACE, PLANET BRRR, & PLANET SCORCHER

Size: SMALL & LARGE

Interesting Facts: Novalot rides around on cillium crystals in space. When it’s ready to mature it descends to one of two planets. If it’s planet Brrr, it matures at the moment of impact, integrating the crater into its body to become stoic Cratermore. If it’s planet Scorcher, the higher heat of reentry causes it to mature midair into the flashy Plummeton.

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Torbuga & Buugytrap

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Torbuga & Buugytrap

Designation: the TORTOISE BEETLE & BOOBY TRAP cillimorphs

Group: SEGMENTED

Native Biomes: PLANET SCORCHER & PLANET WOODZY

Size: SMALL & MEDIUM

Interesting Facts: Torbuga’s united antennae help it seek out hidden pockets of food and water, allowing its eyes to stare off into space and never focus on anything. Buugytrap is much more reactive, lying in wait until something surprises it and triggers all the internal traps that come out of its hinged scales, like tranquilizer darts, nets, spears, and even the spike pit mouth it drops from underneath.

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Lavmuckle & Hontender

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Lavmuckle & Hontender

Designation: the SPICE RACK & HERB GARDEN cillimorphs

Group: GROWER

Native Biomes: PLANET WOODZY & PLANET URBANIAK

Size: SMALL

Interesting Facts: Lavmuckle is a cornucopia of edible seeds and samples. It’s just as comfortable waddling through the woods as it is hanging on your wall and holding your coats. It also smells divine; I’m smelling one right now. Hontender has embraced its wild side, and never trims its crops, so they’ve turned into three big bushy feet.

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Ringding & Ringdongle

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Ringding & Ringdongle

Designation: the NOTIFICATION BELL cillimorphs

Group: SPINELESS

Native Biomes: CYBERSPACE

Size: SMALL

Interesting Facts: These internet dwellers love to steal your notifications and play with them before revealing them to you. The more notifications they have, the more hyperactive, however they become extremely agitated when they don’t have any. Introvert cillikeepers often avoid these, as it’s difficult to avoid feeling like a disappointment and kind of a loser.

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Whammet & Concustard

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Whammet & Concustard

Designation: the BIRD STRIKE cillimorphs

Group: BIRDISH

Native Biomes: PLANET URBANIAK

Size: SMALL

Interesting Facts: Whammet generates a magnetic field to help it navigate, but this results in all kinds of metal human junk flying at them at all times. They make themselves dizzy so the debris doesn’t get the satisfaction. By the time it becomes Concustard, a large lump of metal has fused and is constantly flattening it out.

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Shroub & Revelm

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Shroub & Revelm

Designation: the POP-IN FOLIAGE cillimorphs

Group: GROWER

Native Biomes: PLANET WOODZY & CYBERSPACE

Size: SMALL & LARGE

Interesting Facts: These guys like to hang out inside your video games in their crypsis forms, where they’re barely visible. When you get too close they pop into their full being to startle you. They’ll do it even if you see it coming, and you can’t convince them they didn’t get you good.

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Kelklop & Lequine

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Kelklop & Lequine

Designation: the SEA HORSE cillimorphs

Group: FISHY

Native Biomes: PLANET SPLISHY

Size: SMALL & MEDIUM

Interesting Facts: Kelklop plucks red algae leaves and waves them to make up for its shrimpy tail. This continues in its sexually dimorphic mature form, with female Lequine preferring dead branches. The male uses it for courtship and nesting material, as it is the one who gets egged up when breeding, typically the female’s role in most other species.

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