Whatkins (species)

Singular: Whatkins

Plural: Whatkivanders

The Whatkins (*Euthystira-Camponotus Chaoticus*) is a creature of chaos of unknown origin. They are immortal beings capable of many things that most would consider to be impossible, though they're still not the most powerful beings in existence.

## Description

Due to them mostly being shapeshifting creatures of chaos, every Whatkins is different in terms of description. However, their skeletons always appear the same as when they are born, regardless of what physical appearance they choose. It is theorized that the Whatkins skeleton is made of a form of the element of Chaos, but this is unconfirmed. The skull of the Whatkins can be in one of three forms: A humanoid skull, a goat skull, and a deer skull, all of which lack a lower jaw. The rest of the skeleton appears as that of a regular humanoid. Whatkivanders also appear to have three hearts, one large lung - as opposed to two regular lungs - and two spleens. Oddly enough, 6 claims that Whatkivanders are a type of insect, which has led to the scientific naming of the species as seen above.

## Behaviour

### Language

Whatkivanders have their own language known as Whatkinesian. It is claimed to be "slightly telepathic", as Whatkinesian sentences are pronounced as random gibberish that isn't consistent, but as long as the speaker understands what they're saying, the listener will too.

### Play

Play between Whatkivanders can either be similar to Normal humanoid children, or more like animals like wolves and lions. Strangely, during play, a Whatkins' limb can at times accidentally fall off like that of a rag doll, requiring special Chaos stitching to repair it.

### Intelligence

Whatkivanders seem to show an extensive level of intelligence, as they know that the Martians went extinct around the time Earth's dinosaur age started, despite never witnessing the event.

## Diet

Whatkivanders are omnivores, and will eat almost anything, even if it is not what most would label as food, including-but not limited to-fruits, vegetables, bugs, birds, eggs (except their own), mice, carrion, utensils on rare occasions, and bats. Though, strangely, they will refuse to eat things like worms, snails, centipedes, and chewy biscuits/cookies.

## Reproduction

While Whatkivanders are capable of sexual interaction, their reproduction process doesn't actually require it. As discovered by 6, when a Whatkins and their partner form a strong enough romantic bond, the Chaos within the Whatkins absorbs the love between them, causing them to clump together into a new lifeform. The embryo is then encased inside of a bird-like egg, which the Whatkins then hacks up, in order to develop. After roughly six months of care, the egg then hatches, at which point the hatchling is treated like any other child.

Interestingly, the Whatkins parent can feel whatever the egg feels.

## Lifespan

Whatkivanders are immortal, and as such, live forever, though they're not impossible to kill... Whatkivanders are, in actual fact, capable of killing each other! The closest a non-Whatkins can get to killing one is through excessive exposure to excruciating sounds, like nails on a chalkboard, though this only counts as torture for them. Other things that can potentially kill Whatkivanders are being thrown into a star, or the end of existence, as when it all stops, the Chaos dies with everything else.

### Aging

There are actually two different types of Whatkivanders: Chaotic, and Normal. Normal Whatkivanders are born from a relationship between a Whatkins and a non-Whatkins creature, whereas Chaotic Whatkivanders are created via either Chaos spreading from a Whatkins to another creature, or a relationship between two Whatkivanders. Chaotic Whatkivanders, like 6, age similarly to Niktuuae, while Normal Whatkivanders, like Kip and 7, age more like normal humanoid creatures, except they are able to live forever.

Here is a chart of the estimated years of a Chaotic Whatkins' life:

* 0-59 | Baby years
* 60-455 | Child years
* 456-761 | Teenage years
* 762-??? | Adult years

### Puberty

During the teenage years of a Whatkins, they enter the Whatkins equivalent of puberty, Chaotic Skin Disintegration. Throughout the lifespan of a Whatkins, their skeleton stays the same shape as when the Whatkins was born, while the skin layer can change to be whatever they want it to be. However, when they reach their teenage years, the skin layer can't cope with being different from the skeleton anymore, so the Chaos has to compensate by disintegrating the skin layer entirely before creating a new one. The process is incredibly agonizing, according to 6 and Kip, and can last for two to four days. There is also a 22% possibility that the Whatkins will enter a blind frenzy and destroy everything in front of it.

7 is the only Whatkins to not go through this process, as they do not have shapeshifting abilities.