Aquins

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Species

Aquins

Aquins are an intelligent and sapient variant of the slime mold "Name Needed" that mimics other creatures by examining and copying their genetic structure. Aquins are commonly known for their diverse appearance in civilized groups.

Aquins form when the precursor slime mold harvests genetic material from a sapient creature. This material is usually dead, such as dead skin or biological waste. The slime mold proceeds to find a source of water, which will slowly gestate over a course of months until enough mass and energy has been acquired to biologically replicate the functions of the species. Aquins are noticable despite their mimicing due to their unique blue and translucent hue.

In simple terms, Aquins are an exotic subset of the slime mold they originate from because their intelligence and sapience gives them conscious control of their biology and reproduction. The original slime mold would need their own name and article as it would be considered the ancestor to Aquins.

This functionally creates a situation where:

A: Aquins can be spontaneously created when the ancestral slime mold gestates with the genetic material of a sentient being.

B: Aquins can reproduce asexually, and/or with one or more partners, mixing genetic material.

C: Aquins cannot go extinct unless the ancestral slime mold also goes extinct.