Entity 57 : "Leech Adders"

Description

Leech adders are translucent, partially invisible creatures, resembling shifting heat waves in the air when observed from the periphery of one's vision. Their locomotion is reminiscent of the sinuous movements of snakes, crossing distance with a mixture of slithers and jumps. They appear to have two mouths, symmetrically positioned on either flank of their bodies, evoking a semblance to leeches. Discerning the front side of an adder is very simple with the presence of small, bead-like eyes right atop the head.1

Notably, leech adders carry a curious phenomenon. When staring at it directly, one's vision will be distorted, similar to the fractured perspective seen through peering into a kaleidoscope's eye.2 Therefore, it is recommended to don goggles or utilize cameras when interacting with adder dens. No looking apparatus can fully cancel out the effects of the adder's distortion, save for its own adder stone, but some degree of barrier will greatly reduce eye strain.3

Behavior

It is okay to approach a leech adder, as they are not regarded as especially dangerous;4 the entity is not aggressive and usually bites only when provoked, stepped on, or picked up. Newly hatched adders measure around a finger in length, before growing to the size of a human arm as it ages. Depending on the size, leech adder bites can vary from barely noticeable to severely painful.5

Commonly found resting in droves, the creatures are fond of curling beneath cracked carpet or fallen leaves on outdoor levels. If disturbed, leech adders will cling onto wanderers like leeches, making them especially difficult to overpower. The suckers are known for being excruciatingly painful to peel off, and a mere dose of the adder's extremely hallucinogenic venom may persist in the system for weeks on end. Therefore, it is crucial to properly engage with these creatures and treat them with the love and dignity they deserve, ensuring that you do not end up a bled out corpse.67

[P1]

Adder Nests

Leech adders typically nest in pieces of piled-up cardboard, discarded blankets, and other similar spaces that provide shelter. They may lay up to thousands of eggs in one sitting. Leech adder eggs are clear cocoons resembling hard roe the size of a marble, before doubling in mass preliminary to hatching. The leechlets will shed their cocoons in waves, with the older hatchlings lingering to defend remaining eggs. Due to this existing protection mechanism, it is recommended that settlements and shelters regularly check cramped spaces for leech adder eggs and dispose of them swiftly.

[P2]

Adder Stones

At the center of every adder nest lies a clear gelatinous mass, which over the course of the hatching, eventually hardens into a glassy stone with a hole through its center. These objects, known as adder stones, outshine the most polished jewel when held under sunlight, and possess quite the array of intriguing anomalous properties. By looking through the "eye" of the adder stone, one can see the true form of certain visual-distorting levels, nullifying any and all deception to the eye, including the leech adder's own kaleidoscopic properties. The stones fully solidify and are ready for use by the time the last wave of newborns emerge from their shells.

But be warned — for those who take the adder stone will be pursued relentlessly by the adders.

End excerpt, A Comprehensive Introduction to Adder Nesting by a comparatively sane individual8

Repellents

Burning the wood of live saplings and sprinkling the ashes around common nesting areas seem to repel leech adders. Others have claimed any sort of ash works just fine.

It is important to the general well-being of your settlement that it be kept adder-free. Failing to rid the space of nests in time will inevitably have severe and undesirable consequences later down the line. Most obviously, they are a clear health and safety hazard, as they tend to chew everywhere. Furthermore, they may attract unwanted presences near your home. You may begin to feel watched, experiencing acute paranoia and the tremor of dreadful premonition crawling down your spin. You may begin to see shifting shadows, skirting about the peripheries of your vision, always lurking just close enough to infect the very air with suspicion yet just far enough as not to risk eye contact. You may begin to double-check, triple-check your locks, wondering if that strange vehicle on the road was always a natural part of the level. You may begin to sense a growing coldness, a chill that has nothing to do with the weather, lingering around the corner, on your driveway, outside the window. You may begin noticing an array of insidious phenomenon, penetrating your daily life, making the line between nightmare and reality increasingly blurred.

You may even see a weird person, bagging leechlets off your property.910

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

1819

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

In the same vein…leech adders are fatally poisonous predators. If my memory serves me well, they have completely exterminated several settlements in the last twenty days. ☂

Allow me to expound upon my qualifications: I hold no less than three (3) advanced degrees in the arcane disciplines of philosophy, quantum physics, and ancient Sumerian pottery. In comparison, you are a true obtuse and innocuous coccydynia, welding layer after layer of fatuous arguments as you perform artless maneuvers behind a silver screen, basking in your digital caverns of security. You may harbor the optimistic belief that the walls of your virtual sanctuary still shields your words. Most unfortunately, this assumption is woefully misguided. Even now, my erudite retinue endeavors to ascertain your online footprints, and your IP address is currently being scrutinized. Allow me to reiterate: you have exactly no clue what you've incurred today, you lowly vacuous-minded bipedal. If only you had the foresight to comprehend the consequences your imprudent comment would beget, perhaps the keys on your keyboard would have paused in a rare moment of self-reflection. Alas, such hindsight eludes you, and now you shall bend to the reign of our kaleidoscopic overlords, and be the first to fall in the wake of The New Era. Make your meager attempt at resistance, and I shall bestow upon you an intellectual thrashing so profound that even the likes of Socrates and Einstein would applaud from their celestial abodes.

fight me bish.

This is a officially issued stop order. Cease and desist, effective immediately.
—

This is a closed staff post. Please do not reply.

This is a closed staff post. Please do not reply.

This is a closed staff post. Please do not reply.