#their whiskers got longer p fast bc the babies with longer whiskers survived longer when the tips were cut to integrate w tech better

[neoncityrain]

Can you tell me about the orgin of the Mechits? :0 Were they made? Created? If so, by who? Or have they always existed?

the mechit were the result of nothing but their own influence! the technology on their heads isnt a natural occurance- its tech fitted over a creature, not the creature itself.

mechit once were a more "standard" species- think of the first ones as more like the mechit equivalent of a neanderthal! it is important to note that their blood is rather gooey and conductive. while this has its downsides, they learned how to make technology that they could operate using their sorta-antenna-like 'whiskers, that protrude from the sides and backs of their heads.

the evolution from that came from tech, as you may well imagine- they began to carry computers on their heads, figuring out ways to directly communicate with it to do as they wished with a new "head"! this was revolutionary, lifespans of expanding drastically as life support became part of their own body, as cameras behind the screens became capable of networking directly with the brain, as they learned how to keep snapshots of memories as interactable computer memory that could be played back... and so on. suddenly, interacting well with a technological head became attractive!

and the mechit evolved, for better or for worse.

now, even newborns must be immediately fitted with tech or else. rather than birthdates, its a great event to be celebrated when a child outgrows their old computer and into a new one! but head injuries are common and can be fatal, medicine has lagged severely behind technology, and 99% of mechit without tech simply die. their advances are both a good and bad thing!

now, their heads are smaller, snouts are shorter, mouths barely open, eyes rarely (or dont) open, and ears are longer both to keep out of the tech and to keep cool despite computer heating (thats why theyre resistant to ice element stuff when given traits! cool temperatures are beneficial). they intake nutrients by intaking liquid throuth their whiskers (now referred to as wires by the mechit)... but they cant eat solid food.

essentially, the species spent so much time in the past and present that they forgot the consiquences of the future!