Glossamite

**Glossamite** is an alien originating from the world of Earth-1776, and Sol's entry to Cat's 2020 Spooky Alien Contest.

She is a Kantitsu who originates deep from Earth-1776's Void (the boundary between separate realities), in which she is a servant of the Insect Lord Abaddon.

Glossamite is a Parasite-Type Transformation: much like a DNAlien, she cannot survive on her own, and requires a host. When the transformation occurs, Glossamite latches onto the body of her host. To fuel her powers, the host's outfit is devoured (but is replaced with gossamer/silk coverings, because Glossamite is not an exhibitionist).

Glossamite is unique in that, not only is it Sol's first parasite-type transformation, it is also Sol's first alien to have a (debuted) (yes, there will be more) Prestige Form in the form of **Glossamax Scorpio**. Prestige Forms are distinct from Ultimate forms in that they usually activate under specific conditions.

## Background

The Kantitsu are parasite warriors created by Abaddon, an insect warlord located within Earth-1776's void.

Most denizens of the Void rarely head to the waking worlds of existence; however, at one point, a portal in the world opened and the "original" Glossamite headed into Earth-1776. She eventually found a spunky humanoid teenager whom she merged with, much to her host's chagrin. After a series of brief encounters with other more belligerent soldiers of Abaddon's army, the two bonded and began to work very well together. Thus, a campaign of Magical Girl-esque adventures ensued, culminating in Glossamite and her magical girl host confronting Abaddon himself and closing the portal to the Void so that his forces could no longer surge into the universe.

As such, this sole Glossamite gained galaxy-wide fame and was subsequently scanned into the Omnitrix. However, her parasitic nature has not changed, and thus she still requires a host to transform (as detailed above).

## Appearance

Glossamite functions by wrapping her body around a host. As a result, the host's body remains visible during the transformation.

She wears a cerulean jumpsuit. Two spider legs cling to her abdomen and two smaller "ribs" cling to her ribs. A singular eye with a pupil is embedded into her navel.

Bandage-like silk coverings cling to her limbs and feet, protecting her extremities. While they appear weak, they are actually tightly knitted and are as tough as kevlar. A similar silk covering covers her host's eyes.

She wears her cerulean parasite's head as a headpiece. Two big red spider eyes are on the side of her heads, almost like hair buns, with five smaller eyes on her forehead.

Two furry scythe-shaped spider legs emerge near her shoulders. They are connected to a round abdomen on her back, which is where the Omnitrix symbol is located. Another rounded insect abdomen is at the bottom of this thorax. These insectoid features are not visible from the front.

### Glossamax Scorpio

Glossamax Scorpio is covered in cerulean chitinous plates. A singular ruby red eye adorns her face, and there are two similarly-colored red fangs on her chin.

On her chest is another large ruby eye, which is surrounded by six smaller eyes.

The Omnitrix symbol is on her waist.

Glossamax Scorpio has two thin sets of arms, with larger limbs up top and a smaller pair below. Each arm has a small silver claw at the end.

Blasters are mounted on her shoulders.

Her legs are striped, and almost resemble bellbottoms of flare pants. She has small claws at the bottom of her legs in the stead of feet (sorry for your loss).

On her bax is a large thorax structure, which ends in a jetpack-like formation. When active, the jetpack is lit up with white "flames".

## Abilities and Equipment

As stated above, Glossamite's bandages are as tough as kevlar. She can cover her body in as many bandages as she need to in order to protect the body of her host.

Glossamite's main set of abilities function around her ability to dissolve and absorb fabrics into her own body, which are stored on an internal reserve within the spider body on her back. She can then reuse those fabrics through a variety of different methods:

* Firing blasts of webbing from her fingertips

* As stated above, she can cover her body in bandages to protect herself (which is done by secreting webbing through her host's skin)

* To surprise a foe, she can spit webbing from her host's mouth

* She can charge up blasts of webbing in her hands, which can then expand and turn into traps or supports on impact

The scythe-like appendages on her back are functional limbs and can allow her to grip to things she otherwise could not.

As a last resort, Glossamite can activate a psychic shock that will plague their enemies with a (temporary) disabling neurotoxin capable of bringing down even an Indian elephant. However, this attack will leave the user with a massive headache and blocks the transformation into Glossamax Scorpio.

After Glossamite's transformation reverts, the user will feel much more inclined towards fashion for the next few hours.

### Glossamax Scorpio

When and if Glossamite devours enough fabric, Glossamite can enter Glossamax Scorpio. This form pushes Glossamite's fabric reserves to their absolute maximum potential.

Glossamax Scorpio has two shoulder-mounted blasters. These blasters can fire corrosive acid or shots of webbing, depending on what Glossamax wants.

Additionally, Glossamax Scorpio is covered in tough chitinous plates. As a result, Glossamax can take a beating from slash- and impact-type damage. Much like a cockroach, it is hard to crush Glossamax Scorpio. However, as the chitin has to cover her entire body, it is actually somewhat thin and can be broken with enough force or simply penetrated/punctured.

On her feet and back, Glossamax Scorpio has what appears to be rocket-like boosters. In actuality, Glossamax fires small strings to use as ziplines or gliders, giving the illusion that she is flying.

Glossamax Scorpio can change any of her arms into mantis-like scythe appendages, giving her the ability to hack, chop, and slash her way through whatever she needs to.

Glossamax Scorpio has a short-ranged "danger sense": in actuality, this functions based off of detecting electrical charges in the air around her.

The lines on GS's thighs are actually her spiracles, which can be opened or closed depending on how much oxygen GS requires. This gives her some underwater or spatial abilities (to an extent).

## Weaknesses and Limits

* Both Glossamite and Glossamax are incredibly weak to fire and frost.
* Both Glossamite and Glossamax are incredibly light and of low density.
* Both Glossamite and Glossamax have large glow-in-the-dark eyes which can very easily be targeted and attacked to blind her.
* Glossamite requires the consumption of fabrics to fuel her powers; without them, she cannot actually use her silk/string-based abilities.
* Activating Glossamax Scorpio can take a lot out of the user, and using the form for prolonged periods of time is generally not healthy.
* As stated above, Glossamax Scorpio's danger sense functions via detecting electricity in the air.

## Trivia

* Glossamite's name is a combination of *gloss*, *gossamer,*and *mite*. Gloss usually refers to the shiny qualities of hair or other fabric-like materials, *gossamer* is what spiderwebs are made out of, and *mite* is a tiny, parasitic arachnid.
* Glossamite and Glossamax Scorpio were not just based off of spiders, but other various types of arachnids.
	+ Scorpions - Covered in chitin. You know, *Scorpio*.
	+ Ticks - You probably know what these are. Yeah, a parasite which in this case clings to the back.
	+ Mites - Small parasites that usually infest your pets, but can infest humans too.
	+ Daddy long leggers - Fun fact: in development, this alien was given the production name "Mommy Thicc Legger".
* The inclination one feels towards fashion after using Glossamite was meant to mimic Toxoplasmosis, the inclination towards cats and general development of schizophrenia one receives after being infested with the parasite toxoplasmosis gondii. I soon found out that toxoplasmosis gondii isn't a mite, but is actually just a parasitic eukaryote. Close enough, right?
* Glossamax Scorpio can fly without wings because spiders can too, dammit.
* Glossamite's inspirations:
	+ Her concept was heavily inspired by *Kill la Kill*. Go watch it.
	+ Most of her design was heavily inspired by Seris from Paladins. Mostly Jade Priestess Seris and Stellar Mender Seris. Yes, Sol owns both of these skins, and he simps for Seris hard.
	+ *Street Fighter* character Juri Han inspired the hair and orbs/circles. The hair was also inspired by the comics character Bride of Nine Spiders*.*
	+ *Jojo's Bizzare Adventure* stand, *Cheap Trick*, inspired the "back-grabbing" paraaite.
	+ Her scythe-arms were inspired by Vora.
	+ Her powers were borrowed from a Spiderverse character, *Silk*. Sorry CaT, some comics characters are actually innovative.
	+ The headpiece was inspired by the spiders from the game *Don't Starve*.
* Glossamax Scorpio's inspirations:
	+ *Heavily* conceptually inspired by Life Fiber Synchronize, Shippu Senjin, and "Berserk" Ryuko from Kill la Kill.
	+ Marquise Spinneret Mindfang from *Homestuck*.
	+ Large portions of her design were inspired by *Overwatch'*s Widowmaker, *Warframe**s Banshee, and*****TMNT 2003**s Viral.
* Her species was greatly inspired by the kamui from Kill la Kill. Her backstory is a combination of *Stranger Things* and *Kill la Kill*.
* Also shout out to Hollow Knight. Nothing here was inspired from it, but it's insect-themed and very good.