i am Obsessed with your carnivorous slugs can you please tell us more about them? are they slimy? do they eat any meat or just a specific species?
OK HOPE YOU DON'T MIND BUT I TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF ART AND INFODUMP SO HERE WE GO
So I made these guys (Grokies) way back in 2013 and they're basically artificially mutated slugs, human-level intelligence, pan-carnivorous (aka they eat anything meat-based) and they're ravenous little fuckers. They usually look something like this:
But some also get fun body types like these!
Anyway, most of their population lives underground in an abandoned. Cavern? Laboratory? And they have this culture of leading fast-paced and reckless lives bc they only live 5 years so a perpetual yolo mentality- which makes it hard to deal with em bc they’re fast, hard to kill (they can regenerate stuff), and willing to throw themselves in dangerous situations bc death doesn’t scare em. They’re very disorganized as a group but they ARE in a monarchy, or rather they’re “lead” by a single prince who goes thru a constant cycle of death and rebirth. This is him:
Giru-Tiru lives 1 year at a time, annually dying then regenerating as a newborn. He’s essentially a perpetual baby, getting his memory wiped with every rebirth, but big events and important information stay locked deep in his subconscious and resurface whenever needed. Royal grokies can live 100-200 years like this and are selected to rule for this reason- although they still need designated Royal Caretaker™ to help them navigate the world, being children and all.
Some final Grokie facts before I talk a bit about their relatives: some Grokies grow fur/manes, they have very specific naming conventions (although they can be broken if one feels rebellious enough), bio parents don't normally raise their bio kids, and since u asked: yes they are gooey/slimey, but I think I’d describe their skin as more amphibious than actually slug-like.
Anyways, Grokies do share the other half of the cavern with their cousin species the Seikorg, which are snail based!! They look like this:
They don’t have as many body varieties as Grokies, are bigger and slower, almost never eat (they actually eat once in their life during a designated “splurgefest”), more defense than offence, and live twice as long. They have a human-like culture of taking their time and pursuing multiple hobbies/interests/etc, and probably have a direct democracy (not sure yet).
(I WILL note, when I say something like culture or mindset or a division of living space, I don’t mean to imply they’re species specific- many Seikorg and Grokies intermingle and even live together, really just consider it a division of life outlooks/ philosophies/ lifestyles. One cavern side is “yolo” and the other is “take ur time”, and you live whichever suits you best. There’s just a majority of each species that happens to prefers one over the other, due to how long they get to live).
Anyways, the overall relationship with their cousin species is complex-ish, (like some Seikorg avoid getting to know/ attached to Grokies because they live for such a short time and vice versa), but there’s still plenty of amicability and they have a pact of mutual aid, should the other be attacked. Here’s a height chart!
And here’s an extra fun fact- Seikorg + Grokie halfling babies exist! I won’t explain everything about the reproduction process, but they don’t actually do it naturally- just kinda toss everything into a giant vat and get children conceived artificially. Halflings are cool because they can get ANY traits of ANY species and they’re essentially a wild card- can live between 7 years and 20! Here’s some examples:
There’s so much more I want to say but I’ll leave it at that for now- hope you enjoyed all of these cool, funky gastropods!
