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[healspec]

[so after encountering that sudden vermini swarm, he's been wondering what the hell even happened there and if it was related to all this other stuff going on. he double-checked the faq to see if there was anything relevant in there. 'small black creatures' sounds accurate, but 'emerging from animals with weird human features' does not fit at all.]

[he waits a couple days to see if anybody else posts about something similar before breaking down and deciding to post himself.]

What do these 'grues' mentioned in the FAQ look like?

I saw a large swarm of something that might be the same.

[if i forget a reply format just assume it's text 8|; ]

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[shiromadoushi]

Like little black shadows or kinda like those sootballs in Spirited Away.

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[wannabered]

The little ones are sort of little shadow clumps. The big ones like in the mines look like Cousin It's death metal cousin with razor claws.

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[somesayinfire]

They're swarming? That doesn't sound good. That really doesn't sound good.

[testsonseashells]

[Mordin links some pictures he's collected from his own encounter with them.]

Look like this.

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[professorwolf]

I actually tried to study one that I caught before it expired. They look like very tiny bug-people with lots of fur, like dandelion fluff, except black. I called them dandelion sprites, myself, but grues caught on more.

[He also shares a sketch he made of the one he captured, pasted into the message. It's not the best artwork, but it's very technical-looking and accurate enough for what it is. He is, after all, a biologist.]

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[amberhearted]

Accurate

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[wannabered]

Wait, we can thumbs up things? Since when could we do that?

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[amberhearted]

Try fiddling around with options

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[sweetas]

Is that what they're calling the little black tick monster things? Or the bigger hairy ones?

[healspec]

[oh pictures that helps a lot more than unspecific descriptions]

Ah, that's them exactly.

Thank you.

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[healspec]

Do they only appear from those mutated animals?

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[healspec]

[oh my god there are bigger ones?!]

[shou did mention 'cousin its' before... :|a dnw to meet a swarm of those things]

It was the little ones, thankfully.

Or maybe not thankfully. I don't know how dangerous they can be.

[healspec]

They only appeared and then disappeared just as quickly, but yes, it doesn't seem good.

[healspec]

[oh ty for the much more specific description + sketch. it matches exactly with the pictures already posted and thus with the things he saw]

[he considers mentioning that he immediately thought of them as dandelion-based dark-fairies BUT NOPE THAT'S STUPID MOVING ON]

Thank you. That's exactly what I saw.

Has anyone ever seen them in very large numbers before?

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[healspec]

The little ones, I think. I hear people call the bigger ones "Cousin Its". Like the character from The Addams Family. [of course he knows about The Addams Family, his roommate named their cat after one of the characters]

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[shiromadoushi]

They're independent of them, I think. They're what causes the mutation, pretty sure, since whatever they possess goes back to normal after they're squeezed out.

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[healspec]

Ah, I see.

Has anyone ever seen them before they possessed the animals, or only after?

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[shiromadoushi]

[[There's a long pause.]]

Before as well. A large amount of them before they possessed a human.

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[healspec]

[POSSESSED A HUMAN]

[WHAT]

I saw a lot. Thousands, at least. Wednesday night.

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[shiromadoushi]

[[Oh shi--]]

Where? Don't let them get near you, just in case.

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[healspec]

[too late for that :|;; ]

They were on the balcony of my apartment. They disappeared after I ran inside.

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[shiromadoushi]

We have got to do something about those damned things. That's way too close for comfort.

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[wannabered]

Trust me, not being stuck in a cave with the bigger ones is something to be thankful for.

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[testsonseashells]

Where did you see them?

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[sweetas]

Ah...yeah, I had a run in with some of those. They're awful. The little ones, I mean, I haven't seen any Cousin Its yet.