THEY'RE SO CUTE! I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY THIS OUT, I LOVE THESES DUMB AND SMALL FAUNAS.

Obviously i'm going to go for that Jellyfish race. Also curious about the planet,
is the atmosphere thick or thin? Moons?
How long a year is? Gravity?

Suggestion 2018/04/18(Wed)10:55 No. 879360 ID: 11f4b9
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Oh well, I'm going to look after the Pim because they look cool and I like plants!

My ideia is the Pim evolving into having roots. I'm not the smartest guy around and I'm sure that algae don't have roots but that could be a nice start. The Pim will take a lot of nutrients using the roots, the Vim will eat the Pim and the fill... The fill is going to float around, y'know, like your normal jellyfish baby.

Hmm, anyways for the Fill, since Photosynthesis isnt much of an option, how about Thermosynthesis? Changing internally to absorb heat alongside the usual bacteria and possibly algae if the world supports it, such as from a Hydrothermal Vent?

Suggestion 2018/04/18(Wed)13:03 No. 879373 ID: b53bd0
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Fill with small paralytic stingers, resulting in prey having a much more difficult time escaping their grasp.

A year on Horizon is 400 earth days, its gravity is 1.3g, its about 10 light minuets from its star.

Atmosphere is currently thin, composed mostly of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen are present but in small amounts due to being frozen into water on the cold side.

Tectonic activity is present on all sides, with earth quakes and volcanoes being a hazard to watch out for, the cold side having several thermal vents melting the ice from below.

Azathoth 2018/04/19(Thu)02:29 No. 879497 ID: 008b25
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The vim develop tough patches on their hides in response to the fill's paralyzing stings.

A side effect of this development is the ability to go into shallower water, as the primitive scales give resistance to the solar bombardments.

NO TRIP 2018/04/19(Thu)16:55 No. 879571 ID: bfedb6
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>>879361
I can figure something out for that. Here goes.

In a geologically active region on the cold edge of Horizon's habitable band, Fill would feed on bacterial mats situated near thermal vents. A strain of this bacteria developed a resistance to the Fill's digestive juiced and could survive within the digestive cavity. This would lead to a symbiotic relationship between this strain of bacteria and the jellyfish-like organism.

The fill is provided with food from the thermosynthetic bacteria in its digestive cavity. They get warmed up near vents and cooled off in the surrounding waters. The repeated transfer of heat is used to create sugars for the host. The fill will swim toward or away from a heat source as needed for optimal heat transfer.

Simply, they use heating and cooling to produce their own food supply. Location is important due to the presence of two extreme temperatures.

NO TRIP 2018/04/19(Thu)16:57 No. 879572 ID: bfedb6
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And something basic for the Pim. Small extensions along its sides to increase surface area for photosynthesis, and slightly improved vascular structures.

NO TRIP 2018/04/19(Thu)17:03 No. 879573 ID: bfedb6
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>>879360
For ever so slightly better access to the faint sunlight this planet gets Rooted Pims develop a soft, somewhat stretchy stem so they can float closer to the surface while still being anchored in place.

Azathoth 2018/04/20(Fri)07:27 No. 879646 ID: 008b25
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The Pim separate into two species, the rooted Pim and Pim algea. The algae branch becomes smaller and more numerous, forming mats of plant matter near the surface.

Azathoth 2018/04/20(Fri)07:33 No. 879648 ID: 008b25
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The Fill also split in two, becoming Domes and Tubes.

The dome Fill develop a membrane "shell" that keep's them stable and upright, with their stinging tendrils hanging down, increasing their hunt success rate.

The Tubes grow the same membrane, but a small mutation changes it into a gripping "Foot" that they Tubes use to anchor themselves to the sea floor, feeding on floating Pim

Azathoth 2018/04/20(Fri)07:38 No. 879650 ID: 008b25
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The Vim experience a small, subtle and potentially devastating adaptation, splitting into herbivores and carnivores, with the latter growing sharp cutting teeth, biting off the tentacles of Fill as they attempt to ensnare them.

Suggestion 2018/04/20(Fri)08:04 No. 879654 ID: 11f4b9
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Hello guys, this is my new OC, jazz-hands Vim.

Slightly based in a Velvet Worm, I think having small hook legs will help with eating Pim and fighting against Fill, grubby legs are always good, eh? I'm also thinking if we can change the tides to evolve the Vim to turn into a omnivore species, but I guess this is going for later.

Suggestion 2018/04/20(Fri)23:48 No. 879766 ID: e954d0
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Jazz-Vim develops flaps of skin specialized in absorbing oxygen.
This jump starts its metabolism to further it's increasingly active and predatory life cycle.

Azathoth 2018/04/21(Sat)03:16 No. 879775 ID: 008b25
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Adapting to the new predator, Tube Fill develop tougher outer membrane, growing a flexible shell around their main body and a more dexterous "Foot" that allows them to rapidly escape danger with a powerful thrust upwards into the water.

Suggestion 2018/04/21(Sat)09:48 No. 879790 ID: b53bd0
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dome fill evolve to have toxin throughout body, wounds now secrete paralyzing ooze directly into the mouth of would be predators. even if one dies the other nearby fill now have an easy prey.

Suggestion 2018/04/21(Sat)15:19 No. 879828 ID: e954d0
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A branch of jazz hands vim revert back to eating algal pim and other microorganisms near the ocean's surface in response to toughening prey.

To better navigate open water, this species developed their legs into primitive flippers.
Vestigial hooks from their predatory ancestry remain under the skin.

The patches along their top side harden and become shiny to reflect the dangerous solar radiation.

These guys also have anuses. I'm not sure if they did before, but they definitely do now :)

Suggestion 2018/04/21(Sat)15:28 No. 879829 ID: e954d0
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Underside of the flipper vim.

Also, why do I get the feeling that if this goes on long enough we'll wind up with either eldritch abominations or monster girls as the dominant species?

>>879829
Same for me, not going to be surprised if one of them turns into a horrible monster and the other turns into a plant with boobs. Isn't the worst thing possible knowing Tgchan but I hope it gives a twist or two for it.

>>879648
Are these descended from the Thermofill, or just using it for being easy to edit?

Suggestion 2018/04/21(Sat)20:48 No. 879912 ID: dc91a0
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The Pim Algae evolve a swim bladder. With it, they gravitate to areas of optimal light, depth, and temperature.

Suggestion 2018/04/21(Sat)22:38 No. 879935 ID: e954d0
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Another descendant of the jazz vim moves into deeper waters and develops a parasitic relationship with the thermo fill

NO TRIP 2018/04/21(Sat)23:01 No. 879937 ID: bfedb6
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>>879351
Here's an easy to edit redraw of the basic Vim.

Suggestion 2018/04/21(Sat)23:21 No. 879940 ID: e954d0
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Some pim get stranded in shallow pools along the area where the star dips below the horizon.

This is both a blessing and a curse since these specimens don't have to deal with solar flares, but have to survive on the meager light that is reflected by clouds and diffused by the atmosphere.

They turn a deep purple to take advantage of as much light as possible.

These pim can grow on moist rocks above the water now that they don't have to worry about being fried by a stray solar storm.

>>879937
oh my god. VIM WAS ORIGINALLY BROWN URGHH! I FORGOT ABOUT IT.

> 11f4b9
That's why I changed the color... lets not have a quest with predatory space poop..

Azathoth 2018/04/23(Mon)01:58 No. 880169 ID: 008b25
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A small but vital change occurs in the thermal Fill when they develop several fatty patches with weaker membrane, this the jazz vim to tunnel into those areas, encouraging them to stay away from the Fills vital areas in exchange for easy food.

In return the jazz vim attack other predatory Vim when prompted by the host Fill, becoming symbiotic instead of parasitic.

Thermal fill have become Hive Fill

EVENT TIME! Azathoth 2018/04/23(Mon)02:12 No. 880171 ID: 008b25
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ITS RAINING..RAIN?

The busy too-ing and fro-ing of life on Horizon has had a unforeseen effect. The worlds thin atmosphere has become significantly thicker, creating a insulating layer that spreads out the stars heat more evenly over the surface.

The extreme temp of the "poles remain, but the comfortable middle zone expands massively, with ice melt flooding the band and creating a true ring ocean.

The atmosphere also creates a permanent wind cycle, flowing from the Cool pole to the Hot, then rising and circling back to the Cool.

Essentially this means Horizon has a permanent south to north wind blowing, this causes waves on the sea's surface, and a slow current northwards.

Azathoth 2018/04/23(Mon)02:27 No. 880174 ID: 008b25
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The Fin Vim rapidly take advantage of the new living space, with their digestive tract becoming a simple tube connected to the mouth that functions like a water based jet engine.

The vestigial hooks become the internal skeleton for larger and more manuverable flippers, and the hard patches become a true shell.

They also develop several rudimentary eyes along their body, as nothing selects the ability to see faster then hurtling along a rocky ocean floor...

Azathoth 2018/04/23(Mon)02:30 No. 880175 ID: 008b25
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>not going to be surprised if one of them turns into a horrible monster

This was totally a accident.... cough..

>>880175
>>880168
I'm laughing because one of them turned into a hive and in a second tought, yeah, space predatory poop.

I hate myself because I renamed the Vim with Jazz-hands Vim, I don't regret it.

Suggestion 2018/04/23(Mon)14:46 No. 880243 ID: e954d0
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The hive fill adapts to better accommodate the hive vim, with centralized fat pockets and tubes to connect them.

In return, the hive vim adapt to be better caretakers by attacking bacterial infections, excreting waste that is beneficial to the fill and its thermobacteria, and even killing their host if it threatens to become a vector for disease to other hive fill.

Suggestion 2018/04/23(Mon)15:05 No. 880246 ID: e954d0
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A type of microorganism that feeds on dead purple algal pim evolves.
It leaves behind a crusty buildup as waste which the living pim then grows on top of.

Through the eons these two evolve into an organism not too dissimilar to lichen fond on Earth.

This pim lichen takes advantage of the developing atmosphere to spread on rocks up to 5 meters from the shore, so it is well on its way to becoming the first truly terrestrial species on Horizon

Azathoth 2018/04/24(Tue)05:54 No. 880434 ID: 008b25
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A branch of the jazz Vim develop long necks and strong fins, allowing them to leave the water briefly to scrape Pim lichen from the rocks closest to the shore.
Light sensitive patches on their heads develop allowing them to find food easier and detect incoming solar flares.

Azathoth 2018/04/24(Tue)06:09 No. 880435 ID: 008b25
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Responding to the grazing the Pim Lichen develop a outer casing of minerals, growing a metallic "Bark" around itself that also raises the lichen from the ground allowing it to angle and protect itself rather then relying on the rocks.

NO TRIP 2018/04/24(Tue)09:15 No. 880451 ID: bfedb6
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>>879937
An offshoot of the basic Vim adopts a flattened form suitable for swimming. Along the sides of their bodies are simple photoreceptors. They can detect movements above from the light being blocked off from some receptors but not others.

Hmmm, I'm thinking of what I should evolve in the Hive Fill. I think they should be a little bigger and fatter to help the Hive Vim.

Then do it my dude.

Suggestion 2018/04/26(Thu)17:30 No. 880899 ID: 11f4b9
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Life is nice for the Hive Fill, they get bigger and bigger and slightly fatter than the other types of Fill to get more and more Hive Vim, new tubes are formed and fatty patches make this symbiotic relationship as one of the only ones in this planet. While now the Hive Fill are slightly slower, they might be feared a bit.

Suggestion 2018/04/26(Thu)17:39 No. 880902 ID: 11f4b9
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Pim Lichen have big dreams and big jobs to do and one of theses dreams? Traveling the world.

Of course they're too dumb to actually have any dream, but this don't stop them making small fragile bags with tiny Pim Lichen inside that will fall off and travel throught the winds, it might lead to death throught entering in a not habitable place or being eat by Jazz Vims, yet, the ones that have the right conditions will help the Pim conquer the whole planet and grow up.

Suggestion 2018/04/26(Thu)17:53 No. 880907 ID: 11f4b9
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Jazz Vims meanwhile evolved their mouths to cope with the bark that the Pim Lichen does naturally, trying to ignore the bark to get near the Lichen.

Also Pim evolve three small sacks full of water that they can throw against predators and the Lichen. Theses sacks are visible and the bigger they are, the healthier the Jazz Vim is.

>>880907
*They use the ocean water to fill them up and throw them "barfing the water out", slightly similar like a water gun.

Azathoth 2018/04/27(Fri)06:49 No. 881057 ID: 008b25
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A subset of rooted Pim begin growing on the damp northern bank, adjusting to the lack of water and radiation by growing shorter with longer roots.

The roots develop tuber like growths that store the majority of water and sugar produced by the leaf, this allows the plant to survive droughts and regrow its leaf on the occasions the solar radiation sears it to a crisp.

SOLAR FLARE! Azathoth 2018/04/27(Fri)07:13 No. 881064 ID: 008b25
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The star flares up with a particularly strong burst of ultraviolet radiation, frying the surface with its lethal waves, several species now face extreme difficulty.

The Pim lichen is devastated, be coming severely reduced in numbers. the few surviving Pim lichens owe their existence to a random mutation that caused their lower membranes to be saturated in water and spongy.

When the burst hit the sponge contracted as it lost water, drawing the top most layer down the metallic tube, shielding it from the worst of the blast.

A few generation later and the reaction has become a deliberate response mechanism, with the Pim pulling itself back into its shell to avoid the solar bursts and grazers.

The Pim algae is likewise blasted, with only the tougher, less digestible algae surviving to spread into the new space. Creatures who feed on the algae will find it harder to eat from now on.

The baseline Vim slug discover that the northerly current has formed a thick band of rotting matter on the northern shore, here they find plentiful food and shelter, rapidly populating the entire northern shore.

Azathoth 2018/04/27(Fri)07:14 No. 881065 ID: 008b25
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Tube fill inside's, water and retracting membrane.

Suggestion 2018/04/27(Fri)10:07 No. 881081 ID: dc91a0
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The Pim Algae Grow hooked "hairs" on their thickened membranes, which cause them to stick together in gooey floating colonies. Near the surface, the top layers of algae will die and create a woody, protective, translucent "Shell". Pim Algea stuck in the central mass of larger colonies that die from malnutrition or other factors also leave behind these thickened shells. As the process is repeated over time this creates a soft woody superstructure.

As the Algal Pim naturally gravitate toward optimal conditions, in certain areas these colonies can get truly massive.

Suggestion 2018/05/01(Tue)11:04 No. 881941 ID: 2c292a
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>>879373
The Trifill are distinguished from ordinary Fill by their tripled number of limbs, which gives them triple the amount of poisonous stingers to defend and attack with. Some Trifill have started using their large amount of limbs to crudely grab their food and shove it in their mouths, speeding up the feeding process.

Suggestion 2018/05/01(Tue)11:41 No. 881947 ID: 2c292a
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>>880907
Some Jazz Vims have started preying on other Vims, developing specialized crooked mandibles to tear off the shells of Vims. It has also developed more advanced organs for sensing light, allowing it to spot it's prey.

Suggestion 2018/07/24(Tue)07:08 No. 894219 ID: 3471f7
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>>879766
The Jazzhand Vim develops an exoskeleton over it's appendages, making it's limbs more rigid and as such allowing for applying more force.

Weblure 2018/08/30(Thu)22:15 No. 899719 ID: a48264
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>>881941
The Trifill are beginning to evolve longer tendrils to more easily maneuver captured food into their 'mouth'.

>>899719
[Not sure how I ended up with an extra tentacle... Oops]