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| <blockquote>''Sometimes, a friendly face isn’t quite so friendly...'' </blockquote> | | <blockquote>''有时候，一张友善的脸并不那么友善……'' </blockquote> |
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| | '''名称（单数与复数）：'''Leyak，Leyaks |
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| | '''性别：'''无性繁殖，它/它们（准智能） |
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| | '''身高：'''直径 10-14 英寸，大致呈球形 |
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| | '''体重：'''1-2 盎司 |
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| | '''皮肤：'''半透明胶质，通常为淡蓝色，但可以在超级蓝和洋红之间循环变化。低光下发荧光，强光下透明/隐形。 |
| '''Skin:''' Translucent jelly, usually pale blue, but can cycle between superblue and magenta. Luminescent in low light, transparent/invisible in strong daylight. | |
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| | '''头发：'''没有真正的头发，但有若干层交叠的“面纱”造成头发的假象，头两侧各垂下一根触手。颜色与皮肤相同，但更容易变色。 |
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| | '''眼睛：'''leyak 的眼睛是深蓝色或黑色，位于 leyak 半透明皮肤层之下。三只杏仁状的眼睛在脸上排成一行。两只在通常的位置，第三只垂直居中于两者之间。 |
| '''Eyes:''' A leyak’s eyes are dark blue or black, located under a layer of the leyak’s transparent skin. Three, almond-shaped eyes are arranged in a row across its face. Two in the usual spaces, a third centered vertically between them. | |
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| | === 外观 === |
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| Leyak resemble nothing so much as disembodied heads, though many have compared them to terran jellyfish or other similar invertebrates. A leyak’s primary parts consist of a central head made of a translucent, rubbery flesh; a bell of veils that superficially resemble a head of hair; and two tentacles attached to the base of the veils that typically trail down either side of the leyak’s head. | | Leyak 看起来与其说像别的什么，不如说像一颗脱离躯体的头颅，不过许多人把她们比作地球水母或其他类似的无脊椎动物。leyak 的主体部分包括：一个由半透明、橡胶质皮肉构成的中央头部；一圈外表酷似一头秀发的面纱铃；以及两条附着在面纱底部的触手，通常垂在 leyak 头部两侧。 |
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| | Leyak 的面部特征极少，因为大多数长着一张圆脸，以三只大眼睛和一对厚嘴唇为主。嘴里没有牙齿，只有两条可伸缩的舌头。一些生物学家提出，这种与典型智慧生物头颅的相似性是贝氏拟态的实例，不过批评者指出这不会有效，因为莫姆上没有长着相应特征的其他物种。 |
| A leyak’s facial features are minimal, as most possess a rounded face, dominated by three large eyes and a thick set of lips. Its mouth contains no teeth, but twin prehensile tongues. Some biologists have suggested that this resemblance to a typical sapient’s head is an example of Batesian mimicry, though critics have pointed out that this would not be effective, as there are no species with corresponding features on Mome.
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| | 它半透明的“面纱”在头顶形成粗糙的“穹顶”或伞状。每片面纱都是一片半球形鳍，通常呈交叠的层次排列。飞行时，这些面纱搏动起伏，为 leyak 提供推力和升力。虽然 leyak 全身都能在不同颜色间变换，但面纱更容易变色，尤其是运动时，常常掀起阵阵色彩涟漪。 |
| Its translucent “veils” form a rough “dome” or umbrella shape over the top of its head. Each veil is a hemispherical fin, usually arranged in overlapping layers. When in flight, these veils pulsate, creating thrust and lift for the leyak. While the entirety of the leyak is capable of shifting through various colors, the veils are more prone to this, especially when motion, often creating ripples of color.
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| | Leyak 有两条触手，每条只有一英寸粗，却有三到四英尺长，末端是一个由五条更小触手组成的“连枷”，每条小触手末端是一个球形的“指节”，leyak 可以用它来抓握操作。 |
| A leyak possesses two tentacles, each one only an inch wide, but three to four feet long, ending in a “flail” of five smaller tentacles, each terminating in a spherical “digit” that the leyak can use for manipulation.
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| Leyak are currently classified as a para-sapient species under UGC criteria (though this classification is highly contested), meaning that they are sapient if particular conditions are met. A well-fed Leyak is fully sapient and capable of higher thought and speech. Leyak also possess some level of genetic memory, retaining memories from parents, but also events encountered during their non-sapient states. | | Leyak 目前被 UGC 标准归类为准智能物种（尽管这一分类备受争议），这意味着它们在满足特定条件时具有智能。一只吃饱的 leyak 完全具备智能，能够进行高级思维和言语。Leyak 还拥有一定程度的遗传记忆，既保留父母的记忆，也保留它们在非智能状态下经历的事件。 |
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| | 当食物匮乏时，leyak 的身体会关闭高级功能以节省能量，实际上使其陷入非智能状态，直到再次进食。这已经在银河系各地的生物学家、环保主义者和伦理学家之间引发了许多讨论。值得指出的是，在它们的母星莫姆上，卡马里拉的官方立场是 leyak 没有智能。 |
| When food is scarce, a leyak’s body shuts down higher functions in order to conserve energy, effectively rendering it non-sapient until it feeds again. This has led to a number of conversations among biologists, conservationists, and ethicists in the galaxy at large. It is worth noting that on their home planet of Mome, the official Camarilla stance is that leyak are non-sapient.
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| | === 生物学 === |
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| Endemic to Mome, leyaks belong to its biologically-rich avian ecosystem. Mome’s avisphere primarily consists of two phenotypes: jellyfish-based filter feeders (aerozoa), and predatory flying fish that subsist upon them. Leyak belong to the former, evolving as symbiotes, feeding on microorganisms and the larger cloud-sized yukkoth jellyfish that dominate the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. On Mome, clouds of leyak generally swarm yukkoth, attaching themselves to its biomass to feed off of its jelly, but using their stings to defend yukkoth from predatory fish.
| | Leyak 是莫姆的特有物种，属于它生物丰富的鸟类生态系统。莫姆的天空圈主要由两种表型组成：以水母为基础的滤食生物（气生水母类），以及以它们为食的掠食性飞鱼。Leyak 属于前者，作为共生生物进化而来，以微生物和统治对流层上部及平流层下部的云朵般巨大的尤科斯水母为食。在莫姆上，成群的 leyak 通常会蜂拥到尤科斯身上，附着在它的生物质上以它的胶质为食，同时用自己的刺针保护尤科斯免受掠食性鱼类的侵害。 |
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| | Leyak 的刺针有两种用途。接触 leyak 触手上的刺细胞会注入一剂具有高度特殊效果的毒液。对尤科斯而言，这种刺针会导致胶质产量增加，为 leyak 产生更多食物。对莫姆天空中的掠食性鱼类而言，这种毒液会导致肌肉麻痹，通常使鱼坠入尤科斯那长达一英里的飘荡触须鬃毛中，在那里被慢慢消化。Leyak 也能通过口腔产生同样的毒液，但由于没有坚硬的牙齿或骨骼，它们在野外缺乏有效的输送系统。接触过 leyak 毒液的类人生物将其效果描述为轻度致幻、精神放松，但仍会带来肌肉麻痹和体液分泌增加的效果。 |
| A leyak’s sting serves two purposes. Contact with the nematocysts in a leyak’s tentacles delivers a dose of venom with highly specialized effects. On the yukkoth, this sting causes increased jelly production, generating more food for the leyak. On the predatory fish of Mome’s skies, this venom results in muscle paralysis, generally causing the fish to fall into the yukkoth’s mile-long mane of drifting tentacles, where it would be slowly digested. A leyak is capable of producing the same venom orally, though without hard teeth or bones, they lack an efficient delivery system in the wild. Humanoids who have been exposed to leyak venom have described its effect as mildly hallucinatory, mentally relaxing, though still delivering the effects of muscle paralysis and increased fluid production.
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| | 在莫姆的大气中，leyak 极其轻盈，能够在对流层的所有层面穿行。然而在大多数其他星球上，它们相对更沉，依靠触手的辅助，以长长的“跳跃”或“弹跳”方式移动。许多被移植的 leyak 会依靠风、热气流或其他升力来源辅助移动。 |
| In the atmosphere of Mome, leyaks are exceptionally buoyant, able to navigate through all layers of the troposphere. On most other planets, however, they are relatively more grounded, travelling via long “leaps” or “bounces,” assisted by their tentacles. Many transplanted leyaks will rely on wind, thermals, or other sources of lift to assist their travel.
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| | Leyak 需要稳定供应富含若干关键营养的水分。在莫姆上，leyak 几乎完全以尤科斯为食，但在其他星球上，它们会寻找任何富含营养的液体，通常依赖其他物种的性体液或唾液。一只 leyak 维持智能所需的一餐通常是每天一杯尤科斯胶质，一次性全部摄入，随后是一整天的消化期。移居外星球的 leyak 日子更难过，通常需要摄入更大量、更重的液体才能获得所需的营养。 |
| Leyaks require a steady supply of hydration rich in several key nutrients. On Mome, leyaks subsist almost exclusively on yukkoths for nourishment, but on other planets will seek out any nutrient-rich fluids, often relying on sexual fluids or saliva from other species. A sustainable meal (necessary to retain sapience) for a leyak is usually a cup of yukkoth jelly per day, which is consumed all at once, followed by a day-long period of digestion. Leyaks off-world have a more difficult time, and usually consume higher volumes and greater weights of fluids in order to achieve the nourishment they need.
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| | === 繁殖 === |
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| Leyaks reproduce asexually, via assisted means. When a high amount of foodstuffs are available, a leyak will break off a piece of its veil or tentacle, and implant it in a mound of jelly usually harvested from a yukkoth or other passive jellyfish, and often set atop a yukkoth. As high amounts of foodstuff are necessary for this, most leyak reproduction takes place as a conscious decision, often informed by the rest of the leyak community present. Introduced or invasive leyaks often leave reproductive-positive pieces haphazardly.
| | Leyak 通过辅助手段进行无性繁殖。当可获得大量食物时，leyak 会撕下一片面纱或一段触手，植入一团通常从尤科斯或其他被动水母身上采集的胶质中，常置于尤科斯之上。由于这需要大量食物，大多数 leyak 繁殖都是有意为之的决定，通常参考在场其他 leyak 群体的意见。被引入或入侵的 leyak 往往会随意丢弃有繁殖能力的组织块。 |
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| | 植入惰性胶质后，leyak 组织会慢慢溶解其中，透过可用物质延伸出菌丝，最终把原始胶质塑造成一只新的 leyak。根据胶质数量的不同，同一团胶质可能诞生多只 leyak。这个过程通常需要数周，期间群体的不同 leyak 会轮流看守它。 |
| Upon implantation in inert jelly, a leyak part will slowly dissolve into it , extending filaments through the available matter, eventually molding the raw jelly into a new leyak. Depending on the amount of jelly present, several leyaks may be born from the same mound. This process usually takes several weeks, during which various leyaks of a community will take turns watching over it.
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| | 新生的 leyak 从胶质中出来时通常处于前智能状态，会吞食周围胶质直到获得智能。如果胶质不够，非智能的 leyak 会立刻离开，寻找食物来源。 |
| A newborn leyak often emerges from the jelly in a pre-sapient state, and consumes surrounding jelly until it can achieve sapience. If not enough jelly is available, a non-sapient leyak will immediately leave in search of a source of food.
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| | Leyak 出生时带着父母的全部记忆，实际上是克隆体，不过根据胶质来源的不同，可能会产生一些基因差异。生物学家推测，这种物种记忆是以基因编码的，让 leyak 在非智能状态下也能保持历史感，并在完全智能时复苏。常常当一只尤科斯死亡、标志着一个 leyak 群体的终结时，leyak 们会尽可能多地植入组织块，努力制造大量 leyak 以延续他们的群体。 |
| Leyak are born with full memories of their parent, and are effectively clones, though some genetic variance can occur depending on the source of jelly. Biologists have theorized that this species memory is coded genetically, allowing the leyaks to maintain a sense of history in their non-sapient states that can be revived when fully sapient. Often when a yukkoth dies, signalling the end of a leyak community, leyaks will implant as many pieces as possible, in an effort to create a multitude of leyaks to preserve their community. | |
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| The development of leyaks on Mome is fascinating for biologists, as their genetic memory reaches extremely far back, and does not necessarily include markers for time, but does include significant geological events and knowledge of some species that are only present in the fossil record. It’s possible that they are at least as old as the toves, though the Camarilla vehemently denies this.
| | Leyak 在莫姆上的演化令生物学家着迷，因为他们的遗传记忆可追溯到极遥远的过去，不一定包含时间标记，却包含重要的地质事件和一些只存在于化石记录中的物种知识。他们很可能至少与特夫斯一样古老，尽管卡马里拉极力否认这一点。 |
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| | 尽管没有建筑和物质财富，leyak 的文化却清晰可辨，他们对艺术有着深入的钻研。Leyak 的遗传记忆中包含着宏大的史诗、音乐、哲学和复杂的口头游戏。Leyak 群体在尤科斯上繁衍生息，很少被特夫斯或其他物种碰到。当尤科斯彼此经过时，leyak 群体会交流想法和历史。 |
| Despite a lack of construction and material goods, leyak culture is clearly evident, with extensive delving into the arts. Leyaks contain, within their genetic memory, expansive sagas, music, philosophies, and complex verbal games. Leyak communities thrive atop yukkoths, where they are rarely encountered by toves or other species. Leyak communities share ideas and histories when yukkoths pass each other.
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| | 由于卡马里拉官方认定 leyak 没有智能，将它们作为宠物向外星贸易最初被卡马里拉判定合法，leyak 一度在银河系中被买卖。然而，许多收藏家和爱好者惊恐地发现，他们买到的色彩斑斓的宠物在被喂食后，竟然真的乞求自由。 |
| Due to the official Camarilla stance that leyak are non-sapient, trade of them as pets off-world was initially deemed legal by the Camarilla and leyaks were briefly traded through the galaxy. However, many collectors or fanciers were horrified to find that the brilliantly-colored pets they purchased actually begged for freedom upon being fed.
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| | 许多不幸的 leyak 被放到其他星球上，由于无法进食或正常漂浮，大部分都死了。在一些星球上，它们成了入侵物种，无法形成群体，只能短暂拥有意识，以当地居民为食。拉恩人尤其害怕 leyak 泛滥，因为 leyak 可以直接以拉恩生物质为食。因此，leyak 被禁止进入拉恩母星盖斯。此后，leyak 的运输一直受到限制，等待智能法的重新评估。 |
| Many were unfortunately freed on other planets, and unable to feed or float properly, most perished. On some planets, they became invasive, unable to form communities and only briefly sentient, they fed off the local inhabitants. Rahn, in particular, fear leyak infestations as leyaks can feed directly on rahn biomass as a foodsource. As a result, leyaks are banned from the rahn homeworld, Geis. Transport of leyaks has since been restricted, pending sapiency law reevaluation.
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