Vita Carnis [RP]

Trimming's Appearance: Trimmings are small, meaty, turtle-like creature that is said to resemble a skinned raccoon. Like all other members of the Carnis family, it is mostly made out of meat tissue. As a result of this, all trimmings share a blood red color. Trimmings have a slight resemblance to ticks with a plump abdomen, small head, miniature ears and eyes, and a wide gaping mouth. All Trimmings have unique modifications making it impossible to find two of the same. Such differences include leg count, spikes, and size. Most trimmings are around 20cm (7.8in) in length, comparable to a basketball. Trimmings are often confused with juvenile mimics, because of their similar body shape.

Trimming's Behaviors: The Trimming is a very passive and docile creature, with its only defense being its uncanny appearance. If presented with a threat, the Trimming will either hide, flee, or let out a screech. Trimmings show intense emotions, with behaviors such as a chattering motion with their mouths when they are happy, and screaming when distressed.

Trimmings are nocturnal and typically make a lot of noise during the night time, which can cause them to be a less popular choice as pets.

Trimmings seem to have a hive mind. From "New Beginnings", a colony under the possession of C.A.R.C.A.S was being experimented on, where they took a Trimming, and did either of the following every few seconds: (a) a positive audio ding cue was played, and a small treat was provided or (b) a negative audio buzzer cue was played, and a small spray of cold water was given. When (a) was done on the Trimming, its head lifted up no matter what it was doing, and prepared to receive the treat; when (b) was done, it retracted its head in fear, and screeched when the cold water was sprayed. Once the experiment was done, the Trimming was returned to its colony. They repeated the experiment, but this time with the Trimming's colony, only this time without rewards and punishments. They behaved similarly as the Trimming during the experiment. As a wild colony had nested around the C.A.R.C.A.S colony, C.A.R.C.A.S decided to experiment with them. Even though the wild colony was not exposed to the experiment in any way, when the experiment was done on them, they seem to have learnt from the C.A.R.C.A.S colony, and behaved identically to them during the experiment.

Trimming's Life Cycle: The Trimming begins its life as a small truffle-like meat node growing on the Crawl. Once it reaches adequate size, it will fall off the mother Crawl and wander around, looking for anything consumable. The Trimming is not a picky eater, and will consume anything edible in the vicinity. This includes fruits, vegetables, meats, seeds, roots, insects and dead animals.

It does not matter if the meal is rotten, the Trimming will eat it. Trimmings have a very small lifespan, reaching adulthood at 7 months and living for 4 years total. However, it is unlikely that a Trimming will die of old age. Due to their lack of defense and low place on the food chain, they are commonly picked off by predators. Despite this, the Crawl constantly produces Trimming nodes so the population remains steady.

Trimming's Benefits for Humanity: The Trimming serves no purpose for humanity, nor does it pose any threat. Many consider it a nuisance because of its annoying screech and tendency to dig through trash in neighborhoods, similar to that of a raccoon. Some have taken advantage of their docile nature to domesticate them into household pets.

Domesticated Trimmings: Trimmings require minimal maintenance compared to other pets, but do have some specific requirements to fulfill.

Trimmings prefer a slightly cooler room temperature (18°C-20°C), but also require a warm area when nesting.

Trimmings also require dry cat/dog food twice a day, along with scraps of normal food. Trimmings also require an open space at home, along with access to the backyard and regular walks so they can socialize with other Trimmings, this is because they are generally social creatures in the wild.

Trimmings generally enjoy anything they can interact and tug with, and also like watching and listening to anything humans like as well.

Trimmings require a thorough cleaning with warm water and soap. The main areas to clean are their neck, armpits, and stomach, ensuring that no soap ends up near the face Trimmings also enjoy company, generally staying near the owner for affection.

Meat Snake's Appearance: The Meat Snake is not too dissimilar to an ordinary snake being a worm-like organism with a head and tail. All meat snakes share a meat-red colour like other members of the Carnis Family. It is also mostly made out of meat tissue and flesh. The Meat Snake however is much larger than an ordinary snake, averaging a size of 5 meters. Similar to the Trimming, each meat snake has unique traits that can differentiate them from each other. The main difference between meat snakes is the skull.

Over its lifespan, a meat snake will swap out its skull with those of its different meals. However, it only changes out the skull if the previous one is damaged, or it prefers the newer skull. Otherwise it will be excreted like other unwanted materials. If a Meat Snake has eaten a dead stag, it's face will resemble a stag. The Meat Snakes flesh turns a deeper shade of red the more it consumes.

However, this effect is very slow and requires the snake to consume thousands of meals. The Meat Snake has a fleshy membrane that is imperative in keeping it alive. If this membrane is broken, the snake will perish. The Meat Snake is said to have an unpleasant odor. In an interview, Darian Quilloy, the creator of Vita Carnis, said that the Meat Snake smells like if you put meat in a jar with apple cider vinegar, and left it in the sun for a week.

As seen in Revealed Progress, a regular meat snake's skin can withstand temperatures as low as -30°C.

Meat Snake's History The Great War: During World War II (or "The Great War" as it is called in Vita Carnis) Meat Snakes were often used on battlefields, they were released into no man's land between the trenches to remove the rotting bodies after failed offensives.

The Specimen: The Meat Snake Specimen is something that was thought impossible, it was shown in the MeatSnakeSpecimen Video. The specimen was first discovered in abandoned subway tunnels in an unknown area of the world, the snake was so large that it filled the entire tunnels height and width and at first it was unknown how far it went back until later crews found the other end of the meat snake where they also found extremely large piles of human skeletons which had seemingly been forcefully consumed by the snake until it reached its current size. The specimen was determined to still be alive but too big to move in any way, the regular skull of a meat snake which is usually that of a recently consumed creature had been mutated into a structure of multiple skulls from its victims. It is thought by the researchers that the snake was forcefully fed casualties of World War 2 by cults, it is unknown if the activity was that of The Cult.

Meat Snake's Behaviors: The Meat Snake's behaviors are similar to that of other snakes, however unlike other snakes it solely consumes dead organisms. The Meat Snake cannot and will not eat living organisms, making it easy to tame and detain. The Meat Snake will only act defensively if anything tries to attack it while consuming prey.

Meat Snake's Eating habits: The Meat Snake has the ability to locate prey through a tongue like organ that can sense particles of rotting and decaying meat (similar to ordinary snakes). It consumes a corpse by opening its maw and completely swallowing the meal. The Meat Snake will release a variety of chemicals inside its body while digesting the meat. Some will break down soft tissues and joints for easier digestion through the tract, while others will help preserve the meal. After these processes, the Meat Snake adds the tissue to its own body, extending the snake. Unwanted bones, hairs and fingernails will be excreted.

Meat Snake's Life cycle: The Meat Snake begins its life like many of the creatures in the Carnis family, as a node from the Crawl. Upon separating from the Crawl, the Meat Snake is only a few centimetres in length, from this point the Meat Snake will consume rotting meat products until averaging a length of 5 meters. The Meat Snake's only goal is to consume, and is entirely reliant on this factor to survive, the entire population of Meat Snakes is solely dependent on the number of corpses in the area. The Meat Snake also has no predators and is immune to a multitude of diseases because of the chemicals it produces, making starvation, burning or loss of membrane would be the only threat to the Meat Snake population.

Meat Snake's Reproduction: The Meat Snake is the only member of the Carnis family to have reproductive abilities. When a Meat Snake reaches a substantial size, and finds itself in the correct conditions, it will commence mitosis. After completely cloning all genetics of its structure and creating a new Meat Snake, the 2 snakes will go their separate ways as 2 different organisms.

Meat Snake's Benefits to humanity: The Meat Snake poses no threat at all to humanity, instead providing several benefits. The key advantage of the Meat Snake is its ability to disinfect and consume meat products, allowing for a safe method of disposal. Because of this, Meat Snakes are mainly used in butcher shops to rid of rotting and expired meat and scraps of meat, warzones with hundreds of festering bodies, zoos with dead/sick animals, and diseased roadkill.

Mimic's Appearance: The Mimic is a bipedal creature with uncanny similarities to humanoid anatomy. They greatly resemble humans without skin and with added exaggerated features. These features include:

Longer arms and thin fingers with no fingernails Hunched posture with a duck-footed stance Flat noses Large, dark sunken eyes Clammy skin A mouth full of teeth forming a "smile." This does not indicate happiness, it is simply the Mimic's facial structure. The mouth of the Mimic contains more teeth than any human typically does and is almost entirely of incisors with some canines and premolars in the back. This tooth composition is ideal for tearing into meat and swallowing large chunks whole.

Mimics also have the ability to contort their body in ways that allow them to fit into tighter spaces. Additionally, Mimics also have the ability to expand their bodies to appear more intimidating. This adaptation allows Mimics to hide in furniture and lie in wait for prey or to intimidate potential competition.

Although there is an inconsistency in the Living Meat Research Documentary and the Mimic Defense Instructional Tape, which is when you have a weapon (such as a firearm or heavy blunt force object):

In the Living Meat Research Documentary, if you have a weapon, use it as a barrier against the Mimic (Which is to fend off the Mimic's Attack) In the Mimic Defense Instructional Tape, if you have a weapon, it is recommended to aim for the head or the legs, as this will immobilize the threat immediately (Either kill it immediately due to a fatal head-shot or inability to walk due to leg injuries) Life Cycle The Mimic's life can be divided into 3 different stages.

Mimic's Early Life: In the first stage, a young Mimic separates from the Crawl. They closely resemble their Trimming relatives, but are thin, sleek and only have four appendages. In this stage, the mimic utilizes the element of surprise, similar to other ambush predators. They initially hunt organisms smaller than themselves, but as they approach metamorphosis, they start to target larger food sources. They target the jugular to deliver the killing blow as quickly as possible. Upon reaching maturity, the Mimic metamorphoses into it's most recognizable form.

Maturity: In the second stage, a Mimic reaches maturity. At this point it will stalk, attack, and eat only humans. If a Mimic has a stable and consistent supply of humans, it will begin to take on more human like features, to the point that they look like a more deformed human. This makes them more efficient hunters as they can blend into society. Though, even though they look like humans, they can still be identified due to their unnatural body/face structure and unnatural walk.

Elder Mimic: In the case that a Mimic gets an overabundance of a food, it will evolve into a larger, more evolved predator. This 'Elder' Mimic will lose many of its features from childhood and maturity, and instead grow a tougher, darker shell of flexible skin. This layer will only grow in durability the more the Mimic consumes. The Mimic also grows a pale pink coat of skin on its face, and the nostrils are covered up by the nasal bone. The teeth shift further down the throat, and the gums transition to a sharp, boney "beak". The darker layer of skin and new face coating allows the Elder Mimic to seamlessly blend into dark rooms and in the dead of night. These improved features make the Elder Mimic one the most formidable and efficient hunters on the planet, and are an immense danger to humans. For their hunting capability, they are called God's ultimate warrior, the perfect killing machine. Behaviors Mimics are highly efficient hunters with certain behaviors when they aren't on the hunt. A Mimic will usually disguise themselves as humans, using items of clothing to stay in society. Typically, they do this when on the lookout for possible victims.

Mimic's Hunting Behaviors: The Mimic displays many unique and skillful hunting abilities that are unseen in other apex predators.

A mature Mimic will begin its hunt by scouting out a possible target. Upon finding an easy kill, the Mimic will enter the victim's domicile and lurk in the shadows, observing the behaviors of the human and studying its routine. The Mimic will then determine the best time to attack, which is usually when the human is asleep, or in any other vulnerable situation. The Mimic will swiftly execute the human as to not alert others in the areas. It will then begin consuming the meal. Once the Mimic has had its fill, it will travel a distance from the human population so it can begin digesting its meal. During this process the mimic takes an idle position, but can still detect and attack anyone who approaches it.

In the case that the human is awake, the mimic has several strategies to distract or startle a human into the Mimics grasp. It will often use a variety of noises to scare the human into cornering itself. If a human has an easy method of escape, the Mimic will not strike because it is unwilling to give a chase, likely because their duck-footed stance is ideal for absorbing impacts to walk quietly, and would be awkward for running. The Mimic will also utilize any nearby pieces of furniture to hide itself to surprise attack the prey. The most common hiding places of a Mimic are: sofas, recliners, wardrobes, ottomans, and any other place that a Mimic can comfortably camp in.

It is difficult to present exact information about mimic hunting tactics. Ever since the public announcement of mimics, multiple other tactics have been observed. This makes most information about their behavior and hunting methods misleading in one way or another. Mimic hunting tactics are almost completely random, both in general and within individuals. Especially mimics of elder or humanoid variant.

Mimic's Detection: Of course, being highly efficient predators, and relying mostly on the element of surprise, being on guard and detecting Mimics is important to counter any future attacks.

Detection of Infant Mimics: Infant Mimics are found small, and share a similar appearance to trimmings in size, and body anatomy. Infant and juvenile mimics have a bipedal anatomy, with three-toad feet. A smaller fourth toe can be seen raised above the ground. When the mimic goes the metamorphosis, this toe will become more pronounced to support balance with the human-like stance. Infant Mimics can be distinguished from their trimming relatives by smaller features. The mouth is filled with teeth, and the eyes are wide and bulging, lacking eyelids.

They are easy to take down as they are vulnerable to any weapons.

Detection of Mature Mimics: Mimics are found in places with large amounts of humans. Mimics can contort their body joints to hide in tight spaces. They will hide inside any large objects that could give them a surprise advantage. A mimic may change it's initial premeditated hunting plan, or simply give it up entirely and attack it's prey right away if it suspects it's presence has been discovered.

They are not easy to take down, but it is recommended to aim for the legs or head.

Detection of Mature Mimics (Humanoid): Mimic that can grow into a more "human like" appearance mimics that try to appear as humans.

Humanoid mimics may stalk their prey in large crowds where they can blend in. Things you should keep an eye for: If the person has unnatural bulging eyes, long fingers, and an uncanny smile, and damp skin. If you can't detect the person is a Mimic by appearance, try to look out for how they walk. Mimics have a digitigrade posture (walking with heals raised above the ground). This gives them an unnatural walking pattern, giving away their identity.

As same as how you take down a Mimic, it is recommended to aim for the legs or head.

Detection of Elder Mimics: The black coating of an elder mimics flesh allows it to blend in with dark rooms, and obscure it's shape in small spaces it may be hiding in. It's white face can give away it's presence in the open. It is important to note that if you notice an elder mimic in close proximity, it has likely already began hunting you, and an attack is inevitable. There isn't much you can do, since elder mimics are highly efficient predators, and few have reported themselves surviving an elder mimic encounter.

Elder Mimics have a highly durable darker skin that makes them impervious to most handheld weapons. However, since the face lacks this protective layer, it is the best weak point. Although, like with regular Mimics, it is still highly recommended that you take evasive action rather than trying to face the Mimic head on. Shooting it's weak points is by no means guaranteed to work and this tactic should only be deployed if it is your last possible option.

Host's Appearance: The Host of Influence is a semi humanoid looking organism, having the structure of a head, a torso and arms. Other than this it shares no other characteristics with humans. The Host has no legs, instead the lower half of its body is comprised of a mass of fibrous tissue and tendrils that burrow into the ground, keeping it in place.

The Host is covered in muscular tissue, fibers, tendons and veins and has, on some part of the body, large meaty plates in order to protect any large exposed areas, but still to allow movement. The Host has no facial features in the head, it being completely smooth instead, and a crooked neck with a slit on the front that it uses for feeding.

The Host has a mound of pores in the back, from where hollow, hair-like structures extend outwards. These are barrels that can release spores that have been produced inside of The Host's body.

Host's Attack Process: The Host releases a cloud of spores into the air, which is then carried by the wind for long distances. If an organism inhales the spores they find a way to its brain, infecting them. There's no instant change after inhaling the spores, but after just a few hours the infected organism’s behaviour and thought process will start changing.

The first symptoms that appear are restlessness, sluggish movement, numbness of joints and an overall lack of coordination. After some time, more serious symptoms, such as dizziness, migraines, impaired speech and trembles start appearing. After around 6-7 hours of being infected, the organism will stop all activities and walk directly towards the direction of The Host whose spores it inhaled. After the infected reaches The Host it will proceed to kneel down in front of it and expose its vital organs, to which The Host will react by gutting the infected, then consuming it.

If an infected organism is treated or fails to reach The Host within a 36-hour time window, the effects of the infection will wear off and the organism will return to its normal state.

Host's Behavior: The Host spends most of its time rooted to the ground in whichever location it has chosen, but if a Host doesn't get enough prey, or decides that it doesn't like the current location it is rooted in, it will unroot itself and move to a new location.

Sacrifice to the seven Singularities: A point of interest when it comes to Singularities is Facility-0. The Cult has been attempting to gather the Singularities together for some sort of sacrifice. During the events of the Facility-0 video, C.A.R.C.A.S learns that The Cult has gathered all 7 singularities together in Facility-0 and that some sort of event is taking place involving them. When the C.A.R.C.A.S infiltration agents reach the Singularities their bodycam is disrupted making it hard to see what's happening, however, one frame can be made out showing the cultists performing a ritual to the Singularities. The sacrifice is of great importance and while we don't know what it was we know that it was important enough that the high-ranking cultists did not stop cease the ritual when the C.A.R.C.A.S agents entered, so the agents opened fire killing and wounding many cultists. However many high-ranking government cultists survived and were promptly put on trial for their crimes.

Singularity's Appearance The Singularity is a sphere made out of a dark mineral, containing a luminous material in the core. It's 1 meter (3.3 feet) in diameter and can stay suspended in the air through an unseen force. The Singularity also emits several forces from within itself, such as magnetic fields, energy signatures, and other pattern-like readings.

It is unknown what they are made of, but the material looks and feels similar to glass.

Singularity's Characteristics: The singularity is shown to have many anomalous abilities. Its intelligence is shown by its constant transmission and receiving of radio frequencies which cannot be decrypted by human technology. This radio information is speculated to be received by the Trimmings who love to listen to static on the radio, then the Trimmings pass the information onto their fellow Trimmings who can pass the information on to the rest of the Carnis. The crawl also grows on radio towers and intentionally grows towards radios so that it can transmit information to the singularities thus creating a secure system of communication between all members of the Carnis species that allows for the Singularities to control the Lower species, an example of this system in use is when the singularity on The Island began having Harvesters uproot and gather around Hudson Bay

Despite their high control over the rest of the Carnis they seem to lack any ability to defend themselves, this is shown in New Beginnings where the Singularity possessed by C.A.R.C.A.S doesn’t do anything to escape the lab and instead simply sits and seemingly does nothing. However, the Singularity under their possession was still active, as it was monitored transmitting information. Later in New Beginnings, it was noted that a colony of wild trimmings had “randomly settled outside of the facility”

It was suspected they are sentient as mentioned, they are known to disrupt electronics and scene in Revealed Progress, they get agitated when one of the Unnamed Cleaner accidentally broke his leg during a Routine Clean-Up of V1's Chamber, and when a group of people enters the room, it grows aggressive, emitting the same Disruption Effects on Electronics, it can talk through radios and electronic devices (like Handheld Radios, Alarm Clock Radios, and TV's).

The Singularities also have the ability to convert any dead flesh left near them into crawl. This crawl especially has a high probability of producing further Carnis species as compared to crawl found in the wild.

Singularity's Personality/Personalities V-1: Neutral in expressing itself, engages with personnel minimally as possible. Only shows interest with electronics and testing.

V-2: Curious in nature, asks questions often, descriptive in it's wording. Eager to engage in testing.

V-3: More active. Engages with personnel in a detached manner rather than one on one. Engages minimally with personnel.

V-4: Actively engages with personnel. Curious about personnel and what they are testing. Prefers questioning us rather than conducting tests.

V-5: More expressive outloud than other Singularities. Although it speaks often, only outloud to itself. Has yet to communicate with personnel.

V-6: Rarely engages out loud, only with incoherent noise. Doesn't acknowledge personnel, minimal engagement with testing.

V-7: Least active Singularity. Has shown minimal engagement with all activities except electronics. Only engages with other Singularities.