I love your alien concept! I’d love to see one with a cold or space equivalent 🤩
thank you :33333333 thank you everybody for the love :)
ok so the idea i have is that the colds they get aren't caused by germs, but actually a parasite of sorts. I have drawn up this handy dandy chart to illustrate my point.
This algae-looking fish is carrying a clutch of eggs, and is just about ready to make a deposit.
The clutch-bearer normally lays their eggs in the crevices of living things - mouths, ear holes, gills, and in this case, a long, cozy trunk. These fish are so small that they can wander in, make the drop-off, and then exit all while staying completely undetected.
The shells of the eggs are lined with prongs that, when touched to the host's flesh, emit a toxin into the bloodstream which suppresses the body's natural urge to expulse the eggs. The irritation caused by the eggs can still be felt, but the host just can't ever reach the point of coughing or sneezing.
The eggs hatch and the juvenile fish sustain themselves on the excess bodily fluids caused by the irritation. Through the course of about a week, the juveniles continue to feed until their grown enough to survive on their own.
By the time the juveniles grow to be nice and fat and healthy, the leftover egg shells should have completely dissolved, and without the presence of the shells and their toxic prongs, it leads to...
Quite the explosion. It doesn't hurt the juveniles, in fact, it helps them emerge out into the world so they can finally start living their lives, much to the host's relief. The expulsions last until all the juveniles are all gone, which could take another 3-4 days, and after that the host is pretty much recovered. Overall, the infestation lasts about a week and a half.
Along with irritation, an infestation can be accompanied by swelling and pain in the afflicted areas, as well as fatigue, dizziness, and fever. It usually doesn't get serious unless the fever spikes or an infection occurs, which can be caused by the shells improperly dissolving or the clutch-bearer dying inside the host due to complications during laying.
I also fixed up the space traveler concept while I was at it. Space travelers are provided synthetic metal shells packed with everything they could ever need, and it also doubles as a miniature space ship. The wire connected to the cheek is what allows material passed through the trunk to become data and get stored in the shell's computer. Nice and sleek and easy to draw.
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