Sentient Moss

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**Mutant 051**
**Threat: E**
**Codename: Sentient Moss**
**Location: Global**
**Documented by Scientist Carol Hobbs**

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## Description & Biology

Mutant 051 or **Sentient Moss** is a strange mutated version of the moss you’d find attached to a tree or rock. It keeps its color and it has the same fuzzy feel as usual, but it is far more intelligent and knows it has to grow faster and can communicate with other life through telepathy. The exact IQ of the moss is unknown as anyone who comes in contact with it usually never survives or goes insane.

The ability this moss poses which is telepathy is actually hard for the moss to do or that is theorized as when it uses it to lure someone into a false sense of security it doesn’t use complete sentences and sometimes what it says will be inaudible and nobody can understand it. It has the same fuzzy feel and it can grow at a faster rate than normal moss. It is very hard to tell the difference between them and the actual moss. The only indication is the fact that you will hear voices in your head.

## Behavior

The behavior of this moss is usually very aggressive as it will use its telepathic abilities to lure the victim into a false sense of security. After that happens it will start to grab onto their foot and make it unable for the person to lift their foot off the ground. It will start to climb up the person whole it uses the person to help itself grow.

It needs to use the victims proteins and ribosomes from their cells to grow. In fact if it doesn’t extract the ribosomes from something in 2 days it will start to rapidly shrink in order to conserve energy.

This moss also has an “age” as its total lifespan has been found out to be 3 months, though it can also start to decay once it reaches a certain length. Multiple instances have been located in North America and it is unknown if there are more though one has been found in the northern areas of Canada after The C.R.G. sent a small team of troops up north to search for any life. Another instance was found in Pennsylvania after they sent a team down south.

## Sentient Moss vs the Chimera Tree

It has been found that the sentient moss has also been seen attacking Chimera Tree. The reason for this is unknown but it is theorized that they attack the Chimera Tree in order to gain access to water and food supplies. The sentient moss will put the Chimera Tree in a state of neutralization by making it unable to grow bark so that the Chimera Tree can’t kill it and then when the Chimera Tree uses it manipulative abilities the **Sentinet Moss** with grab hold of the creature and start to consume its ribosomes though the Sentient Moss only attack barkless Chimera Trees so it won't melt.

## Locations

The only two instances of Mutant 051 have been found in North America but it is theorized that there are more across different continents so it is considered to be global.

## Documentation

This mutant was originally found to be recorded on a V.H.S. tape. Later when The C.R.G. sent a group of warriors and scientist to the north a member started to hear voices in their head and was lead to the specific location the photo was taken. The moss started it's consumption of the man, but it was promptly burnt after it started to consume and spread throughout the surrounding area.