Nest (Species)

This is about the species called nest. For the character of this species also called Nest, see Nest. For the streamer with this name, see FindingANest.

The nests (singular: nest) are a species of supernatural humanoids in Loss of Nightmares.

## Physical attributes

Nests are humanoid in appearance, with certain animal characteristics added, such as animal ears and tails. They do not have visible human ears, though all known nests cover up that area with their hair, making it difficult to confirm or deny them having human ears.

## Special abilities

Nests are able to live without food, and are known to be immortal. Their animal traits also appear to enhance their senses; Nest, a fox-nest, has excellent hearing, whereas Elia, a cat-nest, appears to have good darkvision.

Additionally, nests can use supernatural powers, though they have only been mentioned, not shown.

According to Kylian, a researcher, the nests' blood has special properties that could revolutionize medicine. For this reason, he has abducted several nests and keeps them in his research facility, this being the inciting incident behind Loss of Nightmares.

## Sub-species

The nests are not universal; there appear to be at least 3 branches of nests.

* The fox-nests are the most abundant among all known specimen, featuring large ears and at least 1 fluffy tail. These appear to have superior hearing, and their tails can extend indefinitely. It is unknown if this applies to other sub-species, or even other fox-nests, or if it is unique to Nest. Some of them feature red marks on their cheeks.
* The cat-nests are a branch of feline humanoids, spotting two small ears and a long, slender tail.
* The wolf-nests are a rare branch of canine humanoids, looking similar to fox-nests but seemingly having rougher tails.
* The demon-nests are speculated to be a very rare variant of nests, lacking any animal ears, and instead featuring a wicked demon tail.

## Known nests

### Wolf-nests

   A rare branch of nest, they appear similar to their more common fox counterparts, albeit having rougher tail and no fading to white.

The only shown Wolf-nest is an officelady-like nest. She only shows us one eye, but it appears to be very bleak.

### Fox-nests

By far the most numerous nests, there are currently 7 known fox-nests shown in Loss of Nightmares.

A comfortable nest is shown in the intro. Her eyes are similar to Nest's, but without any sparkles.

There are two nests whose faces are not seen, shown earlier in the intro than the other nests;

One wakes up in a birdnest and looks around, while another, this one spotting a halo, looks at a tree.

* By checking VRChat, one can see that these two shots were made in the same world, perhaps implying that nest-nest and halo-nest know each other.

* The halo is a feature of VRChat, not unique to that avatar. However, Nesto has stated that it is a feature of this nest, and is thus canon.

An undead, zombie-like nest is seen for a short time, with eyes just like the comfortable nest's. Surprisingly, the nest known as "Future Nest" is also shown here, in spite of Kylian mentioning Nest's "friends from the past".

* The undead nest is wearing the same clothes as the nest-nest seen above. This may imply they are the same nest, in which case the amount of fox-nests is 7, and 11 total.
* The undead nest is standing in the same area shown in the first vision that Nest sees in the beginning of episode 1.

There are two more fox-nests seen in the intro, which are more unique from the others. The first of these is Nest, who is one of the main characters. Her eyes are the same as comfortable and zombie nest, as well as Future Nest's, but with moving, star-like sparkles added.

There are two more fox-nests seen in the intro, which are more unique from the others. The first of these is Nest, who is one of the main characters. Her eyes are the same as comfortable and zombie nest, as well as Future Nest's, but with moving, star-like sparkles added.

The other is an albino nest; white hair and tail set this one apart from the rest. Instead of white, the tip of her tail turns red, though not the tip of her ears. While certain nests' hair turns a more intense orange at their tips, her hair turns red. She also has small wings, wearing a fox mask and a sinister circlet on her head.

* The albino nest was shown in the official trailer, standing in front of the tree seen both in the intro and in Nest's visions, being the only scene that wasn't in episode 1.

### Cat-nests

        There are currently 3 known cat-nests shown in Loss of Nightmares.

The first is a short, child-like feline. The second is Elia, one of the central characters, who hides her cat-ears. The child-like nest has similar eyes to the officelady nest, while Elia's eyes pulsate, glowing a bright red before dying down to an almost brown color. Finally, the third is a mechanic-like nest, whose eyes are less saturated than usual.

* The child-like nest is shown in the intro for a very long time, at 0.8s, compared to most nests being shown for 0.4s.

* Aside from the demon-nest, who has no animal tail, and the albino nest, whose tail is fully white, Elia is the *only* nest whose tail and ears do not fade to white.

### Demon-nests

    There has only been 1 demon-nest shown in Loss of Nightmares.

The demon-nest shown in the intro is characterized by constantly glowing red eyes, as well as a long, stiff, black spade-ended tail, lacking any noticeable animal features.

* This demon-nest is shown in the intro longer than any other nest in the scene of nests flashing by, at 0.9s.

## Trivia

* The total amount of nests shown in Loss of Nightmares is 11 or 12 (depending on the identity of the undead nest), being either 1 short or the same as the amount of rooms on Nest and Nate's floor in the facility's hotel.
	+ This is almost guaranteed to be incidental.
* There are some avatars that FindingANest has used that have not been shown yet, including the one wearing a black sailor school uniform, which is the one shown in Nesto's Twitter icon.
* FindingANest has implied that the eyes of the nests are a part of the lore, and not just a byproduct of the various models.
	+ However, she did not think of Elia's pulsating eyes, so they do not appear to mean anything special. That said, this could change now that she is aware of it.
* FindingANest has stated that dog-nest will **not** appear in Loss of Nightmares.

## References

1. ↑ "I don't need food to survive, unlike you." *-Nest to Nate, a human*
2. ↑ "I never die 'cuz I'm a Nest!" *-FindingANest*
3. ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/findinganest/clip/ColdDifficultCurryPipeHype-QciRQuefLP0x4\_fg