Traits
✦ Manifested Mist ✦ (NPC)
✦ This trait is limited to staff usage at this time, this is to let us iron out the can's and can'ts of this traits effect, and if we wish to keep this trait in the species/release it for community use! Why not keep it held back until its fully developed? We cannot fully develope some of these traits without going through the trial periods of using them in the species!
✦ TO PREFACE: THIS TRAIT MAY NOT BE STAFF LIMITED FOREVER, it is ONLY limited to staff at this time so we can iron out the cans and cants, how it can fully incorporate into lore, etc. Do not ask in qna about when these traits will be released to community usage. It may look like the idea is fleshed out enough below, but theres more to it we need to figure out! If you have any questions please dm Benaberrry or Darci
This trait is not for the faint of heart! This effect on a fox happens when a fox has been void of mist for so long, centuries one could record, that their body starts to literally unravel and become their life essence, mist! This mist can either be in a pure mist state, or in a half thread half mist state. This trait can only affect one section of a fox total. Meaning if i use this trait on the entire core of my fox, thats all it can be as this is enough to persist the fox beyond the normal means of death for ones soul. Of course this isnt a cure all, and the fox still craves mist to fill its bodies voids, but as a last resort temporary means, its life or death!
why is this trait unstable? due to its gruesome implications to the fox and its gruesome lore! This type of trait is EXTREMELY rare to ever see on a fox, some note that a fox with this trait is in a sort of purgatory life set upon them. No matter how much mist they consume after getting this trait, this deterioration of the body will never reform into normal fabric.
This trait is combinable with other body traits, such as:
- VR Functional items (a fox could attempt to "contain" the mist once more with an idea like a test tube body part, but its just a decorative piece as the mist continues to leak out)
- M Extra Limbs (A fox could be surrounded in a set of extra arms made into manifested mist, perhaps billowing behind them like a massive cloak of their essence?)
This trait CANNOT:
- be solidified into any form of mass or matter beyond its mist and semi thread look
- take up more than one body section at a time, the sections noted are: body (torso waist and or pelvis), arms (down to the fingers), head (including the ears), legs (thighs and all), and tail.