Snow Fountain

Snow Fountains are a rare type of Fountain. Their body is mostly composed of snow crystals and do not need a Walker due to their more solid body.

## Differences

On average, Snow Fountains are the physically strongest of the three types.

Thanks to forming their bodies out of snow, their Bauble is normally completely hidden from sight making it even harder for another creature to intentionally do them any real harm. However, they are also more vulnerable to heat-based difficulties as it becomes harder to maintain a lower-temperature solid state.

### Sensory Inputs and Speech

Unlike Liquid and Cloud Fountains, Snow Fountains are unable to form their snow crystals into the complex forms used for audio/visual receptors or vocalisation, which are needed for detailed secondary vision and hearing as well as vocalized speech. Instead, they have to rely on their natural receptor organs for primary hearing/"vision" which receive much more vague and blurry information and so have more limited vision and slightly different hearing. However, due to relying on these organs more strongly, they have a very fine sense of vibrations and can "view" their surroundings and decode speech fairly efficiently in that way.

Similar to Cloud Fountains, their audio/visual senses become greatly blurred if they are submerged in liquid water due to being tuned to working through their snow body as a medium. Additionally, movement becomes more difficult as their snow body becomes like a slush.

#### Hearing

When it comes to sound, Snow Fountains actually have largely superior hearing to the others. They are able to register sounds from further away and are extremely accurate in identifying where it came from (this is connected with their "sight"). However, due to how well they receive all sounds, the sound itself is effectively blurred amongst all the other sounds, making it difficult for them to recognize particular sounds, such as vocalized speech, which relies on tonal differences and various mixes of sounds. When a sound is abrupt, such as a percussive beat, it stands out more clearly for them, and so is what they base their language on.

#### Sight

Due to only seeing with their primary vision, Snow Fountains cannot see color or two-dimensional patterns/images, such as on the surface of a paper or the shapes on a fabric (kind of like how you might visualize echolocation). Instead, they perceive their surroundings from the vibrations emitted from everything, working in tandem with their hearing.

All Fountain's primary vision is an omni-directional sensing of vibrations via a sensory organ. For most other Fountains, their primary vision can't distinguish more than vague shadows, and only up to about 30 ft. before it is totally useless. However, due to being unable to form complex secondary visual receptors with their snow, Snow Fountains instead have a much more adept primary receptor organ. They "see" in all directions simultaneously, and that covers everything within the range of their hearing (as it works with the same vibrations). Darkness and light does not affect their vision, though something that is sound-absorbent would be like a void. The resulting depth perception is also far more accurate than other Fountains.

### Communication

Due to being unable to form the vocalization parts of their snow body (like with receptors), Snow Fountains can not use verbal speech. Instead, they have developed a language called Ktapticotz which is based on making percussion with objects. Additionally, some may develop coherent body language with close friends to communicate with them.