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Dawn of Life [Always open to ALL]

Develop frontal chitin spikes


Develop toxins


Seek out potential mates


Hunt with other Rizan


Hunt all prey


Stay away from predators


Stay near sunlight


Protect young Rizan
 
Advance poison


Enhance motion muscles


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay together


Flee from predators,


protect weaker Rizan


Hunt all prey


Stay in new niche
 
Develop frontal chitin spikes


develop toxins


Seek out potential mates


Hunt with other Rizan


Hunt all prey


Stay away from predators


Stay near sunlight


Protect young Rizan
 
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Expanding upon their pioneering use of cell specialization within their multicellular bodies, the Rizan develop a basic organ for generating and distributing toxins, but so far lack a way of using the compound offensively. While this does deter large predators from preying upon the Rizan slightly, it's overall effect is not too noticeable due to it's weak effect and lack of lethality. The Rizan have also adapted a rudimentary sharpening of their chitin layering near the front of their body, surrounding the weak hole with which they intake nutrients and prey. These spikes allow them to pierce some of the tougher protection of prey cells nearby more effectively, and give them a leg-up on dissuading some predators that try to prey on weaker Rizan. With this new weapon, the Rizan defend the younger of their species, allowing their new population to flourish without immediately endangering the adults. This causes the Rizan to live much closer to one another than before, near their families.


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Mind: 6 [Nerve Network]


Optical: 3 [spheroid eyespot]


Tactile: 3 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish direction and a decent range of variance]


Chemoreception: 3 [Can detect the presence of particles and mostly identify from shape from M distance]


Photometabolism: 3 [All common reactions and some energy storage using radiation energy]


Mobility: [Multicellular mobility]


-- Control: Stressed Tissue Cells


-- Propulsion: Tail


Offense:


-- Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Frontal Chitinous Spikes


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Epidermal Chitin Cell Layer


-- Scaled Chitin


-- Basic Toxin Production Organ [Cluster of specialized cells producing very basic toxins]


Energy:


-- Acidic Denaturation [Most non-complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Digestive Enzymes [simplistic reaction-based enzymes for minimizing energy use]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


-- Intercellular Vascularization [intercellular pathways that link cells together]


-- Gastrovascular Cavity


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Six):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


Adaptation Choices (Any TWO):


Examples: IMPROVE optics, DEVELOP chemometabolism -> do not include the RESULT of an improvement- that is for Biology to decide.


Any TWO Improvements, Your choice!


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Thursday, October 29th.
 
Behavioral Choices (Combine any Six):


1) Retaliate against predators


2) Protect young


3) Go towards light


4) Hide near larger creatures


5) Ambush prey


6) Seek potential mates


Adaptation Choices (Any TWO):


develop resistance to cold temperatures


improve optical sensation
 
Improve toxin


Improve musculature


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Hunt with other Rizan


Seek potential mates


Stay away from predators


Stay near sunlight
 
Behavioral Choices (Combine any Six):


Improve Musculature


Develop more efficient energy generation (mitochondria pls)


Adaptation Choices (Any TWO):


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Hunt with other Rizan


Seek potential mates


Stay away from predators


Stay near sunlight
 
Improve toxin


Improve musculature


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Hunt with other Rizan


Seek potential mates


Stay away from predators


Stay near sunlight
 
Seeking to further their prior investments, the Rizan endeavor to improve their extremely basic musculature and toxins. This step forward allows the rudimentary toxin to disrupt more general biological functions, arresting the flow of key nutrients when it reaches key points within the body of the target. This comes with a decent cost, however- since the toxin is still only effective once inside of a creature, it isn't particular effective against single-celled organisms anymore, and delivery within the large organisms only really occurs after a successful attack using the sharp chitin on the front of the Rizan body.


Thankfully, this chitin is made marginally more effective thanks to the improvements to the Rizan musculature, thickening the system to multiple cell widths and giving the specialized cells within the ability to contract with much more powerful force. In the macro perspective, this allows the Rizan to move faster, and be more agile, with a slight cost to energy usage. This cost increase is easily offset by the benefits, and the Rizan prosper.


In terms of natural observations, the previously observed changes continue to progress, albeit at a slower rate, and some of the weaker species begin vanishing in mass amounts.


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Mind: 6 [Nerve Network]


Optical: 3 [spheroid eyespot]


Tactile: 3 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish direction and a decent range of variance]


Chemoreception: 3 [Can detect the presence of particles and mostly identify from shape from M distance]


Photometabolism: 3 [All common reactions and some energy storage using radiation energy]


Mobility: [Multicellular mobility]


-- Control: Basic Musculature


-- Propulsion: Tail


Offense:


-- Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Frontal Chitinous Spikes


-- Toxin [Linked with defensive Toxins]


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Epidermal Chitin Cell Layer


-- Scaled Chitin


-- Toxin Production Organ [Cluster of specialized cells producing basic toxins]


Energy:


-- Acidic Denaturation [Most non-complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Digestive Enzymes [simplistic reaction-based enzymes for minimizing energy use]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


-- Intercellular Vascularization [intercellular pathways that link cells together]


-- Gastrovascular Cavity


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Six):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


Adaptation Choices (Any TWO):


Examples: IMPROVE optics, DEVELOP chemometabolism -> do not include the RESULT of an improvement- that is for Biology to decide.


Any TWO Improvements, Your choice!


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Saturday, October 31st.
 
Improve optics


Develop specialized nutrient storage cells


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Sting predators that get too close


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
Improve Photometabolism


Develop specialized nutrient storage cells


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Sting predators that get too close


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
The Rizan begin the process of specializing a portion of their cells for the purpose of optical sensation, repurposing the genes previous responsible for the sunken eyespot on a single-cell level to organize and correctly align many different cells, allowing for rudimentary connection of optics to the neural network and giving the Rizan more depth with their view. They also begin specializing cells for the purpose of nutrient storage, located just inside of the epidermal layer. This allows them to go for longer periods of time without food, improving general survivability of the Rizan individual. This change also makes them a larger, more fruitful target for predators. Overall, the benefits outweigh the risks, and the Rizan continue to prosper.


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Mind: 6 [Nerve Network]


Optical: 4 [Multicellular eyespot]


Tactile: 3 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish direction and a decent range of variance]


Chemoreception: 3 [Can detect the presence of particles and mostly identify from shape from M distance]


Photometabolism: 3 [All common reactions and some energy storage using radiation energy]


Mobility: [Multicellular mobility]


-- Control: Basic Musculature


-- Propulsion: Tail


Offense:


-- Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Frontal Chitinous Spikes


-- Toxin [Linked with defensive Toxins]


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Epidermal Chitin Cell Layer


-- Scaled Chitin


-- Toxin Production Organ [Cluster of specialized cells producing basic toxins]


Energy:


-- Acidic Denaturation [Most non-complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Digestive Enzymes [simplistic reaction-based enzymes for minimizing energy use]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


-- Intercellular Vascularization [intercellular pathways that link cells together]


-- Gastrovascular Cavity


-- Specialized Cellular Energy Storage


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Six):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


Adaptation Choices (Any TWO):


Examples: IMPROVE optics, DEVELOP chemometabolism -> do not include the RESULT of an improvement- that is for Biology to decide.


Any TWO Improvements, Your choice!


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Sunday, November 1st.
 
Develop a spikey exo-skeleton (chtitn?) layer to deter predators


Increase toxins potency


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Sting predators that get too close


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
Improve frontal chitin spikes


Increase toxin pain yield


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Sting predators that get too close


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
develop hollow frontal chitin spikes


Increase toxin pain yield


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt small prey


Sting approaching predators


Hunt with other Rizan


"Hunt" for land
 
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The Rizan take steps towards their offensive capabilities, encouraged by the lack of predation. Adaptations towards better chitin spikes and toxin pain levels allow the Rizan to immobilize targets with their sharper chitin combined with the application of their painful toxins. Populations of the weaker species continue falling off, however, and the environment continues to worsen. Despite best attempts by the Rizan to find greener pastures, every direction they search returns fruitlessly- it seems that everywhere, or at least everywhere nearby, is suffering the same fate.


Despite the grey outlook, the Rizan continue to flourish, devouring other species in earnest whenever they need to and storing excess energy in heat-retaining layering cells, from a prior evolution. This allows them to keep the heat they do receive longer, somewhat. On the bright side, the cooler climate has allowed the Rizan to hunt more efficiently by pursuing a subset of organisms that seem to produce heat somehow. The Rizan can track this heat, even when they can't see, thanks to their strong tactile senses.


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Mind: 6 [Nerve Network]


Optical: 4 [Multicellular eyespot]


Tactile: 3 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish direction and a decent range of variance]


Chemoreception: 3 [Can detect the presence of particles and mostly identify from shape from M distance]


Photometabolism: 3 [All common reactions and some energy storage using radiation energy]


Mobility: [Multicellular mobility]


-- Control: Basic Musculature


-- Propulsion: Tail


Offense:


-- Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Frontal Chitinous Spikes [Elongated and brittle]


-- Toxin [Linked with defensive Toxins]


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Epidermal Chitin Cell Layer


-- Scaled Chitin


-- Toxin Production Organ [Cluster of specialized cells producing painful toxins]


Energy:


-- Acidic Denaturation [Most non-complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Digestive Enzymes [simplistic reaction-based enzymes for minimizing energy use]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


-- Intercellular Vascularization [intercellular pathways that link cells together]


-- Gastrovascular Cavity


-- Specialized Cellular Energy Storage


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Six):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


Adaptation Choices (Any TWO):


Examples: IMPROVE optics, DEVELOP chemometabolism -> do not include the RESULT of an improvement- that is for Biology to decide.


Any TWO Improvements, Your choice!


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Sunday, November 1st.
 
Develop fat layer to contain heat inside organism


Use the same fat layer to store more energy


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Sting predators that get too close


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
Develop fat layer to contain heat inside organism


Use the same fat layer to store more energy


(MOAR GLYOCGEN)


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Sting predators that get too close


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
]Develop fat layer to contain heat inside organism


Use the same fat layer to store more energy


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Sting predators that get too close


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
In the face of the oncoming storm, the Rizan smartly improve their fat stores further, and specialize the sub-dermal layer for better heat retention, allowing the Rizan to not only store the heat from their surroundings better but also begin to self-regulate their temperature by holding in the heat produced by their ambient internal energy reactions as their muscles contract. This change makes them an extremely valuable target for predators in the niche as the prey species continue to dwindle drastically in number due to their lack of excess nutrients. While hunting the Rizan is a difficult prospect due to their defenses, many species risk their lives due to their desperation to try and hunt Rizan. In many cases, these attacks fail and result only in death, but also damage the Rizan groups one at a time.


One species in particular stands out, capable of eating several Rizan at a time if they are too close together, and desperately begin eating the Rizan, clearly in pain after eating the Rizan but ignoring the effects as best as the creatures can.


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Mind: 6 [Nerve Network]


Optical: 4 [Multicellular eyespot]


Tactile: 3 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish direction and a decent range of variance]


Chemoreception: 3 [Can detect the presence of particles and mostly identify from shape from M distance]


Photometabolism: 3 [All common reactions and some energy storage using radiation energy]


Mobility: [Multicellular mobility]


-- Control: Basic Musculature


-- Propulsion: Tail


Offense:


-- Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Frontal Chitinous Spikes [Elongated and brittle]


-- Toxin [Linked with defensive Toxins]


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Epidermal Chitin Cell Layer


-- Scaled Chitin


-- Toxin Production Organ [Cluster of specialized cells producing painful toxins]


Energy:


-- Acidic Denaturation [Most non-complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Digestive Enzymes [simplistic reaction-based enzymes for minimizing energy use]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


-- Intercellular Vascularization [intercellular pathways that link cells together]


-- Gastrovascular Cavity


-- Heat retaining, compact Cellular Energy Storage


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Six):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


Adaptation Choices (Any TWO):


Examples: IMPROVE optics, DEVELOP chemometabolism -> do not include the RESULT of an improvement- that is for Biology to decide.


Any TWO Improvements, Your choice!


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Tuesday, November 2nd.
 
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Make toxins deadly to non-Rizan


Develop fins


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Sting predators that get too close


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
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Develop muscuture appendages (fins)


Improve mind


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Sting predators that get too close


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
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Develop specialized "venom sacks"


Develop immunity to Rizan venom


seek potential mates


sting EVERYTHING (immunity helps to avoid destruction of Rizan)


hunt EVERYTHING


DON'T hunt with other Rizan


hunt using "ambush" technique


stay near warmth
 
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Make toxins deadly to non-Rizan


Develop spikes on all sides of Chitin shell


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


GANG UP ON THOSE BIG FUCKERS AND STAB THE SHIT OUT OF THEM


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
Develop muscuture appendages (fins)


Improve mind


Seek potential mates


Protect young Rizan


Hunt all prey


Sting predators that get too close


Hunt with other Rizan


Stay near warmth
 
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