#wormeaters

[hogsnout]

We're on a mission from God.

[wormeaters1]

Scallop is a Wormeater (exonym: truf) who lives with his adoptive parents, who initially thought he was an animal until he began to mimic their speech. Now saddled with a child they are destined to outlive (Wormeaters have short lifespans, just 50 years at the very most), they do their best to raise him without making him ashamed of himself, which is all any parent can hope to do, and like all parents they fail...

His horror of his own body and terror of the fate of most Wormeaters (to be bred, or to be eaten, and often both) lead him to run away, and become ensnared in a hero's journey out of the Book of Exodus...

[comichindrance]

A ton of artfight attacks!

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[moffymoth]

An artfight attack I made for @cockroachapologist ! Of their lovely couple Scallop and Puff.

I was unsure of posting this, but I actually quite liked how it turned out! Plus I don’t really draw in my ‘default’ style very often, so this was a nice change of pace.

[hogsnout]

Scallop, like most Wormeaters, is very scared of heights. He barely tolerates being picked up and held. but he likes it when people get on the floor with him

[hogsnout]

Wormeaters have several nonverbal methods of communication, in addition to truf-speak, their spoken language. It is completely possible to communicate without speech at all.

The two other methods are:

drumming the earth with one's paws to project "ghost images" into the ground below, which are picked up and interpreted by other Wormeaters who have their noses pressed to the ground.

interpreting the scent of someone's glands (located near the genitals and on the joints)

Both of these communicate an image or impression directly from the other Wormeater's mind or spirit, and then spoken language is used to offer clarifying information or context. Social grooming is important because it gives Wormeaters an opportunity to communicate with loved ones very directly. Drumming/"sounding," by contrast, is more used as a form of public address.

[hogsnout]

Two Steps Forward One Step Back (Two Steps and One Step), a bicephalous Wormeater who Scallop encounters in his travels. They have a completely external internal monologue, which other Wormeaters interpret as prophesy. They are not outcasts in their community, they are considered precious and wise. Two Steps is bold and upbeat, One Step is careful and sardonic.

[hogsnout]

Wormeaters kinda operate on rodent gender roles. Females are active males are passive... Much 2 thoink about.