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Mr.Trip Williams replied to the topic What is the most bizarre creature you have created for your WIP? in the forum Fantasy Writers 4 years, 1 month ago
I was hoping to avoid them being seen as typical zombies, more like a lab mutant perhaps ghoulish. In a way, they are undead as the host dies to the pathogen/virus as it takes over.Oh, it’s a far cry from a zombie. I was just using it as an example.
I can understand Brian’s aversion to zombies, and I won’t push the point, but your creature doesn’t sound like reanimation or bringing the dead back to life, but nano-technology taking over a person, which could easily change a person’s personality, the way they think, and control even the smallest of actions the person makes – according to programs… not sure if that is what you are thinking of either, but… perhaps you could describe it best… anyway,
Maybe to make it more realistic, they have one gland for each of the 3 types of venom.I think that is easily done. Perhaps something like it’s teeth produce one venom, and they have to bite the victim to use it, like a snake. Another is formed by it’s spit, like certain cobras can do, and then another perhaps is secreted in it’s skin, like some frogs, or even perhaps more specifically, like in its fingertips, so when it scratches someone, they are infected by that particular poison.
Those venoms can then be easily separated by purpose. Scratches kill – spit paralyzes, and bites transform. Or something like that.
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