#unnamed egg

[askthehiddencaste]

Shuska looked to the window again and let a warm smile slip back to her face "yes and no..... it all happens depending on the season but right now is a time for heavier rain more often" she answered, reaching down and picking up her drink again with a chuckle "yes, Cerium will be fine. Shes just a nervous little thing who took to fearing most of the world" she hummed, letting out a soft sigh.

Shuska looked up to Avonis properly and tipped her head "being what she is, its sadly a good thing with how afraid she is of everything in the world" she hummed, eyes turning again towards the egg. "and..... if he's not on spectrum then....." her smile wavered before shaking her head and sitting up properly. "Lets change the topic a bit yes? What about you, what is the cavern life like?" she asked curiously

askthehiddencaste​:

“to be fair Avonis… I just got back from escaping another slave ship” she hummed, turning her eyes back to the jade in front of her. “But you know what? through it all i still came back to my children. because I will fight to keep them safe no matter what” she hummed, nodding along with avonis’s words only to jump half out of her skin at that loud crash of thunder struck.

“well that would explain why she ran as quickly as she did…. Poor thing doesnt like being so close to the outside when it storms like this” she sighed, standing up and moving over to close the cracked window. His question getting a warm smile as she nods “of course dear, drink as much as you’d like. do….you have somewhere to stay till the storm blows over? with how strong it is i dont want to take a chance at you or the egg getting blown off course or worse” she hummed in that worried tone of hers before coming back over and resting back in her place on the couch.

He frowned at her tale. He didn’t want to feel sympathy. She had broken laws, and from the sounds of it, had already been a convict before. He could only imagine the lectures he would get if he let her go Scott Free– well, assuming anyone important knew, but her name was on record now in the caverns. They could look into her at any time, now. If experience serves, Avonis would get out with little consequence, but her? Could he risk an investigation on her over him not being compliant? He needed to get the egg away from her–

But for now, he had to wait.

“✒ Does it storm often here?” He cast a wary glance at the windows, though seemed mesmerized momentarily by the way water droplets traveled down the glass. He itched to grab his journal, to make note of it somehow, to find some way to fruitlessly record it and capture it all. He turned his attention then to where the younger Troll had left, concern lacing his face, “✒ And will she be fine?”

[transingthoseformers]

PLEEAAAAASE EGGS IN RODIMUS

I need him whimpering and clinging to his partner as he pushed those eggs out of his wet valve

Exactly

He struggles just a bit

[falinscloaca]

the misbegotten are sooo underrated its insane

[whatudottu]

Presently going insane rn:

Anyway let me talk about the one question that I have been contemplating ever since I began rotating petrosapiens in my mind. How the fuck do babies?

If you caught the reblog before this post, you might have noticed that a post about fat in aliens brought me to think about petrosapien fat, which contradicts a lot of what I've already established for them being an exoskeletal species, let alone being a hard sell in the sci-fantasy of rock crystal people of canon. Turning to one of my two animal inspirations of petrosapiens - bugs and more specifically in this case insects - I found out that insects can't build up fat, not in the way mammals or reptiles can, BUT they store the most of it in a very significant stage;

Larvae!

Then it fucking hit me, I already made some early headcanons about child development in petrosapiens (though I can't remember if I posted them or had a post ready to send) where they were already in a metamorphosing stage, though the responsibility fell solely to the layer who would use crystallokinesis to feed an 'egg'. I didn't fully like the idea though mostly in retrospect, because it felt strange in the 'pulled out of my ass' kinda way, a method of child rearing that felt more obligated to use crystallokinesis as a primary source for feeding to sorta justify at the time the inherent power petrosapiens have towards crystallokinesis.

Instead, between then and now I fully connected the idea that crystallokinesis is less of a power and more of an extension of a petrosapien's nervous system, compression of quartz through the use of a more electrical based nerve network that happens to not distinguish between person crystals and the similar crystalline structures of Petropia. With this in mind and the new idea that petrosapiens have larvae, wouldn't it be so cool if the larvae had the typical Earth-like electrochemical nervous system of humans (or I suppose bugs here) that adapts to an electrical focused nervous system through the process of metamorphosis? Where the larvae creates it's petrosapien crystal skin by building a chrysalis and melting within it to create their new body?

Unlike my old headcanon where the layer had to remain with the egg and constantly feeding them with crystallokinesis, this larvae version can feed itself when provided and so long as the chrysalis is well protected, the moment metamorphosis stage takes place the parent(s) can have momentary reprieve from child rearing and better prepare themselves for the toddler/adolescent stage for their child. The little grub probably doesn't even eat crystals in the early stages of their larvaehood since eating crystals initially marks as the materials for chrysalis building before it becomes a nutritional food source. Instead the little grub might be feed plants and potentially animal products in order for it to inherit and develop the chemicals required to build a crystallovorous stomach and the acids used to break silica down into digestible nutrition.

That does mean that early child rearing is a little bit more functionally deadly towards the very crystalline parents, who have to legitimately watch so that their fingers aren't bitten off, but holding the little grub is easy when it's covered in silicone membrane. The larvae at this stage is a little bit more resistant to any crystallovorous plant secretions due to the polymers of it's membrane, as well as the higher diversity of oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon in it's body it has in comparison to adults or adolescents who've undergone metamorphosis, their innards becoming a more uniform silicone and their skin being the crystalline silicon many crystallovorous stomachs have adapted to eat.

It also means that the shape of a grub is also considered to be cute to a petrosapien. Things from caterpillars to maggots look so much more charming to a petrosapien's eyes that back on Petropia there would be a large proportion of pet owners having what would considered on Earth to have bugs for pets. In fact, a rather common form of pet Petrosapiens might have would be a large millipede/centipede like animal that would be the size approximate of a feather boa and often held that way too, because while they do not undergo metamorphosis, they look like a larval grub well into adulthood and are considered to be very cute for it. Pet owners with these pets who are also parents love to see their little larvae and their 'dog' getting along and would love telling their adolescent all the cute stories of the little grubs curled up against each other. Petrosapiens in the age of the Surface Craze might have had the opportunity to get a few baby pictures like that, and it would be considered very cute unless you were a human afraid of bugs or not personally a fan.

Petrosapiens on Earth might see the miniature bugs and explode with cuteness overload, others might fuck around and find out that they can make human-petrosapien hybrids Makarat you chupacabra you're lucky petrosapien kids aren't born with crystals pay child support to your human wife who birthed a grub-!

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[punxsutawneyfilth]

Btw pretty sure I caught two of my mystery snails fucking under the log earlier so maybe I'll FINALLY get snabies in a couple weeks

[shiftingexpanse]

*will smith hands* please look at her i love her sm

[iamthecomet]

He's a big boy now!!!

When I weighed him this morning, little Eggs weighed 1.2 lbs. He gained 4 oz since Monday evening.

He loves to be held and screams at me to get on my lap. That includes baby wearing apparently lol, cause right now I'm wearing him while he's sleeping.

WAHHHHHH LOOK AT HIM. I'm so glad he's gained some weight. What a tiny big boyyyy. Thank you so much for all the kitten updates, by the way. I'm such a cat person and knowing he's doing alright makes me happy <3. He's so sweet and I'm so glad he's doing so much better.

[crazytrolls]

⏰🥚

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Mmm I’m not quiet Sure I understand…? Unless of course your using my list-

Aka Time Effect & Kids and Eggs- I’m sorry if it’s wrong but since i don’t really know I guess that I can use this opportunity to talk about Troll eggs specifically those within effect of ‘the Gem’ within my AU that I’m working on-

When an Egg is effected over time the first far more noticeable effect is the hair darkening at the ends- giving a darker shade at the tips of their hair

the next effect after that is the shells darkening slowly but surely so much so that most wouldn’t even notice unless they had a picture to compare them

The white glitter on glittery eggs will actually start to glow faintly in the dark which unfortunately makes them harder to hide then most eggs so Parents just hide them in their hair mostly while they are doing simple tasks that won’t put the Children in danger-

These Trolls are known as ‘the Caretakers’ and are usually assigned Babysitter tasks and simple tasks like cleaning or making food, to not only keep them safe but to also prepare them for their own young with new experiences and opportunities to learn about what they may have to face

Coopers Egg within my world was stollen several months before his hatch date actually so I could just make him more feral-

The change isn’t as noticeable because it takes a long time for the effect to reach the outside of the egg, meaning that most changes effect the inside

I haven’t fully worked out how much it would effect the children yet but what I do know is that they would bite things a lot more, get into play fights a lot more, their eyes would glow in the dark, they would have sharper teeth and more sensitive ears, and possibly even be bigger then a normal Trolling-

I have yet to work out if they would have natural tails like every troll or make the trolls not originally have tails and instead grow them forcefully- (with Trollings effected by the Gem naturally hatch with a tail)

^^ 💛

[happilychee]

the fact that I'm writing my fic in vs code😭 honestly cool though. but that means that I'm going thru all 150k from the beginning to do major edits💀

[eggsinthewind]

just DESTROYED 2 of the destiny island kids

[fisheito]

WOOOUUGHGHHHHH HI ITS ME. THE ANON WHO SENT YOU SO MANY WORDS ABOUT BABY YAK AND THE AAAARRRRTTTTT!!!!!!! THE ART!!!!!!! oh my god the big baby cheeks the silly gulp GRANDPAS FACE!!!!!!! WAAAIIILLLSSS!!!!!! god i am bouncing off the walls, i have been poking at a longfic of the Baby Yakumo Acquisition that essentially would be the album full of from mostly snake to less snake more human but i am very easily distracted LOL. i almost sent you some in the initial enthusiasm burst but it was 1) pretty decently body horror heavy and I am not about to just send someone i don't know potentially squicky and/or triggering asks and 2) absolutely got tired and distracted and then forgot completely to do anything lmao. BUT BUT BUT!!!!! WAUGHH!!!!!! absolutely absolutely floored you did art, zooming with inspiration that i will try and unleash upon The Word Document ;w; also i know it's a little bit of many hoops to jump through w me being anon all the time, i'm mega shy and really appreciate the interaction and the sillies and THE WHOLE BEAUTIFUL ART......... going to get it printed as wallpaper and spend the rest of my life staring at the egg wall

truly, a very Considerate Etiquette nod to you for being mindful of what an internet stranger may be squicked by but 1) LUCKILY, I'M INTO THAT SHIT i meannN. i do not know what counts as body HORROR? like, waht would it take to horrify me? the body is already quite freaky in its mundane operations. what's a lil contortion and species mixing and differing structural anatomy between yokai :^).............

2) we tired out here. absolutely understandable. i will always support creators creatin' at their own wild whims

gotta say !!the way you wrote all those yaku snippets felt like . what my brain wants to see. BUT, written more concisely?? as in... if i tried to write out what u did, i feel like my words end up full of fillers and ermahuummmmms so idk i liked the way u formed ur words even tho they were in Casualish Ask mode. can't imagine how powerful they'd be in Edited Fic form 🤔

[transingthoseformers]

Regarding the humans finding eggs in their car- actually that is kinda cute? Imagining a scenario where you have a human who both loves their car enough to be outraged but also like clearly loves other creatures enough to have this begrudging need to care for the babies that clearly have been thrust into their care

I mean I don't think the transformer who laid the eggs intended for it to happen this way. But maybe it was someone a little scared. Those eggs had to come out and they panicked. They're not quite ready for sparklings and aren't super sure what to do. They find a nice vehicle that's secluded enough and make it their nest, guarding it with their life

But then the human owner of the car comes back and is like HEY. GET OFF. THATS MY CAR. A weirdly brave fellow even though the mech snarls as a threat (but not quite at the point of drawing a weapon yet)

The human is clearly annoyed about the stealing of their car- but what surprises the mech is that the human is like "Look. You lay eggs in my care then they're my eggs now." Which. Which is RIDICULOUS! Who does this human think he is! The cybertronian leaps onto the car and snarls again, but the human is unbothered as he walks up to peer into the windows

"Ew. Gross. You reuined my interiors." But the human does nothing more. He just keeps coming back every day, to check up on his car and the "gross mess" inside. Every time he is there, he also asks the mech if he's been well, if he's been fuelling. The mech always looks a little too weak and shaken to be taking care of himself.

Eventually when the eggs hatch, the human is there to ease the overwhelmed mech into it. They both hold these weird slimy protoforms that by all means should freak the human out. But the human is still very firmly like "Look. You put them in My Car."

Weirdly the cybertronian starts to feel less jittery around the human. He's always there, trying to swaddle the bitlets like human offspring, always making sure both he and the sparklings are fueled. Despite how monster-like the sparklings may look to humans, and how feral they are rumoured to be, they clearly don't mind the human. They climb all over him, chew on him and his belongings but gently. They never really hurt him.

The mech who's so overwhelmed by having bitlets and everything is.... is actually kind of calmed to see this. Every time the sparklings he so loves but also is not sure what to do with are swaddled and fed by the human, it makes his spark chamber warm and fuzzy.

Oh definitely he didn't intend for it to go this way

This feels either like a decepticon or one of the spicier autobots, definitely a young one

Awww yes

AWW YES, THEY'RE BOTH THERE WHEN THE EGGS HATCH

How many do you think there are?

that's so adorable how the bitlets and human interact

Am I misinterpreting this or is there a shippy note in the end?

They'll figure things out, they're already finding a rhythm

[newscarsting]

i dont have another image of this guy but can we name him jerry

please ive already have been calling him jerry but i love him so much we need to give him a name and that will be jerry?his name is jerry

[claudiatherelentless]

Concept: We don't Know The Princess of Dornes name yet because it's Tanselle

[8thsniper]

notn soon

[beeapocalypse]

do think the most effective way to solidify the prophet+the very heavy handed metaphor going on w them is to make it so they are COMPLETELY just possessing their own corpse with no supernatural abilities or anything but also. i want to get a bit goofy with it still :(