#normal kittens and/or octopi would be. but the numbers mean that theres no way to get all of them

[iamthescalesofjustice]

okay i will talk about it a little. so. octokitten facts as we know them.

kitten heads on furry, octo-tentacled bodies. they do not seem to have discernible tails apart from their existing limbs, which are fairly taillike, in a way. they have a taste for motor oil, flesh of at least the humanoid kind, radioactive substances that once were plant matter, and possibly regular cat food. intelligent to some degree. will self-replicate when exposed to chlorine. being radioactive doesnt seem to affect them negatively much. apparent propensity for biting, though that may simply be bc most of them are under or unsocialized.

and: there are octocats. but on the silvana, not on the aurora.

either the octocats are a separate form of life from octokittens (possible), or octokittens as we know them exhibit some form of environmental neoteny.

many amphibians do, including axolotls. we dont know whether octokittens and/or octocats are amphibious, though. sadly their octo-ness appears to be largely due to having eight tentacular limbs rather than sharing an assortment of deeper features with octopodes (this can be rectified by simply having fun instead of thinking too hard about what passes for canon, but thats kind of what this post is for, so). if octokittens can breathe in non-air environments its probably bc they are chaotic little bastards rather than bc they have any particular known affinity for water-based lifestyles.

anyway. octokittens on the aurora appear to exist for the entirety of their lifespans without undergoing metamorphosis into octocats. this means that whatever causes such a metamorphosis isnt present in that environment, but is present on the silvana (the unique ambient radiation of the weird is my current guess).

this of course does not reduce the amount of octokittens as they are capable of self-replication in at least one circumstance we know of, possibly more. and if they do have more zoological similarities to amphibians, well. several amphibious and aquatic species that exhibit environmental neoteny manage to achieve reproductive maturity regardless. the perpetual infestation of aurora has and will continue.

but the thought that octokittens may be like eels, and the weird their sargasso sea was haunting me. and hopefully also whoever reads this.

thinks about octokittens too much