Imicry

## Anatomy & Physiology

\*Performers and \*audience are temp names

\*Performers have a split body with their right side typically having a negative expression in greyscale shade, their left side typically having a positive expression with any chromatic colour; bright colours are more common. They tend to have spots that mirror on each side, the grey side has a darker or lighter version of the chromatic side and the chromatic side has a darker or lighter grey for the spots. Every \*Performer has at least two “spikes” on their head, At most they can have 18. The “spikes” are commonly placed near the face, never on it, sometimes the spikes can be farther back on the head but that is very rare and they will get cut off depending on the date of birth. Almost all spikes have a spot at the end. \*performers tend to have almost perfect symmetry. \*performers have one tail that tends to be on the longer side with shorter tails being uncommon; the tails split into two Symmetrical ends. It's common for each end of the tail to have a spot. Their hair is typically split down the middle for symmetry reasons but it is not necessary, their hair is typically a shade of grey with the coloured side having a lighter grey and the greyscale side is a darker grey, but other variations are not uncommon. Any colour blending whether it's in the hair or body is covered by makeup or by dying the hair. \*Performers have deer-like legs, whether they have hooves or not is up to debate. A spot on the end of the feet and on the knee is common. \*performers have a singular set of arms, with clawed hands, spots on the elbows and end of the fingers is common. The eyes and insides are pitch black, with the Iris being the spot colour of its respective side, the pupil is pitch black with any shape inside, a Rhombus of some sort is most common.

\*Audience have a split body with their left side typically having a negative expression in a chromatic colour, Duller tones are more common. Their right side typically has a positive expression in greyscale. They tend to have spots that mirror on each side, the grey side has a darker or lighter version of the chromatic side and the chromatic side has a darker or lighter grey for the spots. Every \*audience has at least 2 spikes (0 if a mutation allows) typically residing by the face but can be farther back on the head or on the face although very rare. The spikes tend to have a spot or two on the end. \*Audience have one tail that tends to be on the longer side with shorter tails being uncommon; the tails split into two Symmetrical ends. It's common for each end of the tail to have a spot; the tail ends can have any shape as long as they are symmetrical. Their hair is typically split down the middle for symmetry reasons but it is not necessary, their hair is typically a shade of grey with the coloured side having a darker grey and the greyscale side is a lighter grey, other variations are common. have deer-like legs, whether they have hooves or not is up to debate, a spot on the end of the feet is common. \*Audiences have a singular set of arms, with clawed hands, spots on the elbows and end of the fingers are common. Multiple arms are possible via mutation. The eyes and insides are pitch black, with the Iris being the spot colour of its respective side, the pupil is pitch black with any shape inside, a Rhombus of some sort is most common.

\*audience have higher capabilities for mutations for example, having an odd number of spikes, having 2 negative expressions or two positive expressions, having two greyscale sides or two chromatic sides, or having bad symmetry.

## Society & Culture

Symbols: a circle with one half  being the coloured spot colour, the other half being the grey spot colour. The Coloured side has lines based on  the total amount of spots on the tail and face. The Grey side has lines based on half the spikes on the head if there's an odd number the side with the highest amount is shown with the odd spike line being half of the normal line (8px tall 3px typically, so half would be 4px tall)

Skirts are a common lower garment despite gender, because pants tend to be quite annoying to be made because of the unique leg shape. Sleeveless Shirts are also incredibly common because the sharp claws tend to poke holes in sleeved shirts.

Imicry culture is based highly on Dramatics and theatre, With plays and music being commonly played. Yearly(work on the time system later) there is a huge play, played (too many plays) for their current king, The script is deadly , if you mess up your performance you get killed during the performance . The play for the king is viewed as a high honour to see and an even higher honour to perform in. People getting killed in plays is not viewed as abnormal and just adds to the performance.

If an Imicry is created with a yellow half with and or have 2 spikes on the crown of the head, they are tested, and will be looked at highly because of the similar traits to the king

The king (gender is unimportant)  is a Imicry with a yellow half (typically a \*performer) with 2 spikes on the crown.When looking for a new king multiple imicry are put through testing to see if they fit, what the tests are is unknown and its taboo to speculate. When the King is selected the tail is formed into the shape of the yellow sign, With jewellery added to make the tail perfectly resemble the sign.

There is a mythical(? ) Being that is highly revered across Carcosa and alagadda, The King is viewed as a connected being or a high disciple of the entity. (yes this is lame leave me be, i legally have to be a huge nerd)

Imicry have a relatively carefree culture with gossip common, Carcosa is a common intergalactic tourist spot because of the vivid imagery and carefree aspect. Stealing is viewed as one of the worst crimes to commit, because it is (seen to be) unnecessary and therefore viewed as only malicious.

## Etymology & Inspiration

The name “Imicry” is a scrambled version of the word mimicry

The planet and religion is based off of “the king in yellow”

They are based off of comedy and tragedy masks and scp-035