BABA HAS FRIEND | An Indie Cross Short Story

Baba is a white coloured tetrapod and seems to be an animal, similar to many other animals in real life. Baba has two white "ears", and a pair of black eyes.

Slugcats are small creatures that have thin arms, broad legs with small feet, rounded ears, and a thick tail that tapers at its end.

Lizards are the most common type of predator. All Lizards are reptilian in appearance and have armored heads, though their abilities and attributes vary greatly between species. They come in a variety of colors such as: Green, Pink, Blue, White, Yellow, Black, Cyan, and Red. Salamanders, are amphibious Lizards. They are capable of swimming underwater, unlike their terrestrial relatives who can only float on the surface. Red Lizards are the largest, most aggressive, and deadliest species of Lizard.

Scavengers, often abbreviated as Scavs, are widespread tribal creatures that are typically seen in groups. They are social creatures that use gestures and body language to communicate with one another, and they are capable of carrying and utilizing weapons in a manner similar to Slugcat. Scavengers can walk, climb, and crawl. In most cases they are a bit faster than Slugcat. Scavengers can carry and throw weapons, including Rocks and Spears. Scavenger Tolls are rooms in which a group of Scavengers has set up base around a toll post. A sufficient item offer is required before passage through the Toll is allowed.

Vultures are large aerial predators, capable of diving into any room with an open ceiling. Characterized by their skull-like masks and large wings that expel pink gas that propel them upwards, they present a persistent threat throughout the world.

Pole Plants are ambush predators that disguise themselves as poles in an attempt to lure creatures into grabbing them.

Centipedes are long, segmented myriapods based loosely on their real-world counterparts. Their behavior varies with their size, ranging from passive prey to dangerous predator. Centipedes grab on to creatures with their heads. If they manage to connect both ends to the creature, they deliver a shock.

Leviathans are massive predators found in large bodies of water in aquatic regions like Shoreline. They are the largest predators in the world, capable of hunting and eating any other creatures in the water. Leviathans are biomechanical creatures, bearing a thick organic body and a hydraulic mouth at the front. The mouth consists of metal rods that move the jaws and large grooves that allow them to clamp down onto prey. Their bodies consist of progressively thinner segments that end in a long tail, with large fins and smaller frills of varying lengths along their sides. The former are generally longest at the front of the body, while the latter tend to be longest toward the middle of the body. A gradient runs across most of the body in a marbled pattern, ending near the tail. Their head displays patches of color from the same palette.

Outskirts: Visually, Outskirts consists primarily of linear plots of metallic surfaces, extrusions of rebar and metal, and various ambiguously-designed structures. A gray fog lingers in the background, and bright green foliage grows throughout outdoor rooms.

Industrial Complex: A transitional area between Outskirts and the rest of the world. The region is mostly indoors with a mix of open chambers and smaller crawlspaces, with some open-air rooms at the surface. Gears, pipes, hoses, wires, giant fans, and what look like large valves are typically found in both interior and exterior rooms.

Drainage System: A piped network of waterlogged tunnels and large vats of water. The region is entirely underground and contains a large number of flooded rooms.

Garbage Wastes: A region covered in piles of junk and pools of green water commonly filled with Red Leeches. It is home to a large Scavenger population.

Shoreline: Consists mostly of open water, islands connected by tunnels, and systems of waterlogged pipes.

Shaded Citadel: A region, characterized by dark, decrepit hallways and dangerous, spider-infested lower pathways.

The Wall: A challenging vertical subregion comprising the outer wall of the Five Pebbles superstructure. The Wall has a path connecting it to Underhang at the bottom.