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| 鸡巴藤幼苗 | |
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.png) 鸡巴藤幼苗半身像，由 Adjatha 绘制 | |
| 创作者 | Nonesuch |
| 信息 | |
| 种族 |
鸡巴藤 (Hydrus Constuprula) |
| 性别认同 | N/A |
| 所在地 | Myrellion |
Hydrus Constuprula, better known by its colloquial name Cockvine, is a mobile, parasitic, invasive, troglophile plant species native to Myrellion. It is endemic to large parts of the Myrellion underground, a status acknowledged by both sides of the on-going Myr conflict to be a result of its historical use as a biological weapon. A Class A non-sentient species, it is illegal for it to be transported or for individuals seeded by it to travel outside Myrellion.
Appearance
An organic, tubular something, about two feet long.
History/Personality/Information of Note
Growth Cycles and Physiology
At “birth” cockvine seedlings resemble short, thick, green snakes with a grasping, anemone-like hand at one end and a slit, blunt purple head of variable shape at the other. The hand end is remarkable for its stem cell-like versatility – whilst it functions primarily as a catcher and mouth for the cockvine seedling, it not only acts as the beginning of its root system once it enters adulthood but it can also be used to actively splice itself not just to other cockvines but to animal life as well.
Aside from the rings of flexible, fibrous muscle that they retain throughout their lives, cockvines are seeded with a huge reserve of fructose-based energy which allows them to move swiftly away from their place of origin. During this stage of their life cockvines show a snake-like aversion to large sapient creatures, actively avoiding them except in certain circumstances (see parasitism below). They do however have a ravenous attitude towards life of a similar size to it and during this, their most mobile period of existence, hunt and eat as much food as they can in preparation for the dramatic growth stages ahead. Cockvine seedlings are omnivorous and will consume almost anything, cited as a key reason for its over-reaching success on Myrellion.
Like most herbaceous life cockvines react to light and moisture and, once an infant cockvine has consumed enough, it will seek out a dark, moist place to germinate. They are particularly fond of deep, narrow crevices, as these are ideal for the purposes of their adult selves. Here the cockvine buries its hand end into the earth and proceeds to branch out a considerable root system. The stem of the plant thickens and then sprouts thick vines, similar in appearance to its infant state but far longer and stronger. Large, successfully rooted cockvines have the ability to attract less fortunate infants; these may choose to graft themselves symbiotically to it in order to provide one more tentacle to the alpha cockvine, thus increasing the overall chances of the creature successfully snagging prey. An adult cockvine can have as many as twenty appendages, each up to thirteen feet in length.
Parasitism
Because of the specificity of location the seedlings need in order to germinate it is not at all possible for every individual cockvine to find an ideal place or stockpile enough energy to enter adulthood. The species has found a striking way of surmounting this difficulty, thanks to its hand end’s ability to bind itself not just to adult cockvines but to other creatures as well.
The process occurs when a cockvine seedling has gone beyond the stage where it can successfully root itself, or otherwise senses it is better off attempting to graft itself to a more successful life-form. Cockvines acting in this way usually seek out alphas of their species to bind themselves to, however they are perfectly capable of achieving union with any creature both large enough to support them and either willing to do so or too slow to prevent it. In either case the grafted cockvine couples with the host’s nervous system and surrenders most of its own control to the host, with the larger creature able to feel and use the parasite as their own appendage. The cockvine does however retain its semen sacs and instinct to breed, and is occasionally able to overwhelm its host with a desire to use it, allowing it the opportunity to propagate its seed over a far wider range than it otherwise could. Cockvine parasitism has also been reported as a consequence of mating with an adult specimen.
互动
当遭遇时，鸡巴藤幼苗有一定随机几率与斯蒂尔船长互动，几率取决于反应能力。如果斯蒂尔遭遇一株鸡巴藤幼苗，有以下选项：
- 忽略 - 不与鸡巴藤幼苗互动并忽略它。
- 追赶 - 尝试追赶鸡巴藤幼苗。
若选择追逐，追逐鸡巴藤幼苗的结果将根据反射随机决定成功或失败。若追逐幼苗失败，斯蒂尔会绊倒并损失少量 (5%) 的HP。若成功，斯蒂尔将仔细查看它，它有5种不同的可能变体，斯蒂尔将有以下选项：
- 杀死它 - 杀死该生物，获得10点经验值。
- 连接 - 尝试将鸡巴藤幼苗附着为尾巴。
- 离开 - 不互动并忽略鸡巴藤幼苗，获得10点经验值。
Transformation
When choosing to Join, Steele will undergo an immediate and permanent transformation:
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移除
目前，鸡巴藤只能由医疗设施移除。
Quests
Cockvine seedlings have no related quests so far.