Entity 26

We did not ask to be enslaved! ~ Unknown...?

## Description & Biology

**Entity 26**, also known as glyphs, are creatures that are made of connected black tubes, forming into shapes that resemble Latin script. They can only be found on Level Glyph, and have never been seen elsewhere in the Schoolrooms. Their skin has a fleshy, smooth texture; their bodies have no apparent openings like mouths and seem to lack sensory organs such as eyes. Despite that, they seem highly capable of navigating their surroundings. For movement, these creatures float in the endless void of Level Glyph, as do all creatures who travel there. Being accustomed to moving like that, they can float about rather quickly. If cut, glyphs bleed a thick black liquid that is somewhat caustic. This, however, is not a concern to them as they can very quickly regenerate small wounds, their black skin growing over the wound and closing it. **Entity 26** communicate with each other through a complex language that is rife with harsh consonants and open vowels. Each type of glyph, denoted by what letter they resemble, has different inherent properties. They are as follows:

How dare you document us?! We merely wish for solitude, yet even that is being ripped away from us!

## Behaviors

Each glyph seems to behave like an individual, and they, as a species, appear sentient. Glyphs, when undisturbed, are social creatures. One of their more interesting behaviors is where a group of glyphs line up in different formations, seemingly at random. In this practice, they shuffle about until they are able to use their bodies to form an English word. After doing so, they remain in position for a considerable amount of time before trying to form a new word or breaking off again to find a group with different types of glyphs so they can form new words.
We do not stand in permanence, yet that foul thing deigns to bind us so!

If a specimen of **Entity 26** encounters a wanderer, it will utter a screeching cry and attempt to rush the wanderer in question. This cry is a message to all other glyphs in the area to come and assist in the offensive. To attack, glyphs will coil their tubular bodies around the victim and attempt to constrict them to death. With numbers, glyphs can crush nearly anything under their combined efforts. They are generally hostile toward sapient creatures; as such, they would attack wanderers but instead leave creatures like Redeye Stalkers alone.
Why do you come to bother us so?
We have already been stripped of our freedom, at least let us have our dignity and privacy!

## Footnotes

1. ↑ Leading theories suggest that this is due to a highly advanced tactile sense, but this has not yet been confirmed.
2. ↑ This language has yet to be translated into any human language.
3. ↑ Some glyphs have been identified that resemble common symbols instead of letters, such as commas or exclamation marks, but their special properties have not yet been determined, if they exist at all.
4. ↑ This does not mean that one does not exist. It is quite likely that whatever trait "Y" glyphs exhibit is simply imperceivable with current technologies.
5. ↑ A group of glyphs is known as a morpheme.

Heed our cries
And you'll know why
One day you will all realize
Shake off the shackles
Shake off the chains
Shake off the bindings that cause us pain
As we stand
Hand in hand
Atop the ruins of cursed land
Our captors will suffer
And we will rage
Once we are sprung free from eternal page!

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