🥚 Virellian Slime Egg Deposition (Cycle Info Focus)
When a Virellian Slime is swallowed by a male creature, it can lay anywhere from 100 to 10,000 eggs inside the host's stomach lining. The exact number depends on the host's species, body size, and internal capacity.
Small-sized hosts, such as birds, rodents, or other tiny creatures, usually carry around 100 to 500 eggs.
Medium-sized hosts, like wolves, reptiles, or humanoid beings, may carry 500 to 2,000 eggs.
Large-sized hosts, such as dragons, behemoths, or titanic creatures, can host 2,000 to over 10,000 eggs in a single cycle.
Each of these eggs has an equal 50% chance of becoming either:
A Cycle Different 1 slime, retaining the original slime species form.
Or a Cycle Different 2 slime, the special navy-blue form destined to seek a host and become that species' offspring.
This means that every batch is a blend of both life cycles, with colorful slime children and potential mimicborn developing together inside the same host.
🧬 Life Cycle Breakdown – Cycle Different 2 (Expanded)
🌌 Cycle Name: Mimicborn Path (Cycle 2)
A shape-shifting lifeform that becomes the host's own offspring—by force or stealth.
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✧ Overview:
Cycle Different 2 begins similarly to Cycle 1: with eggs laid inside a male creature's stomach by a parent Virellian Slime. However, the outcome of this path is vastly different.
The navy-blue slimes that hatch as part of Cycle 2 do not immediately bond with the host's DNA while still inside. Instead, they are excreted like Cycle 1—through a painful process as the host poops them out—but their journey has just begun.
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✦ Stage 1: Painful Expulsion
The navy-blue proto-slimes are released from the host's body through the same process as Cycle 1, passing through the digestive system.
This stage is still painful, as the dense, squirming bodies of the slimes resist compression and pass slowly.
Once expelled, they retain their focus: find a compatible male host and become his offspring.
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✦ Stage 2: Host Infiltration
The freshly expelled Cycle 2 slimes begin seeking a new host—ideally a male of a compatible or strong species.
They target the entry point where food goes in: mouth, jaw, or maw.
If the host is awake or resisting, the slime will signal other Cycle 2s to help pin the host down, forcefully entering through the mouth.
If the host is asleep or unconscious, the slime can sneak in quietly, slithering down the throat without resistance.
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✦ Stage 3: Womb Formation & Gestation
Once inside, the slime bypasses the stomach and creates a new organ inside the host: a specialized slime-compatible womb.
This womb does not replace any existing organ but grows safely within the abdominal cavity, fueled by the host's energy and body mass.
Every slime that enters becomes an offspring developing inside this new organ.
Depending on the host species' internal capacity and magical or biological flexibility, the number of offspring can range between 6 and 500.
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✦ Stage 4: Transformation into Mimicborn
Inside the womb, each slime gradually reshapes, absorbing the host's DNA, body signals, and emotional imprint.
Over time, they fully transform into the host's species, gaining form, behavior, and instincts.
The resulting offspring are beautifully patterned, based on what that species sees as aesthetically ideal or special—making them appear exceptional at birth.
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✦ Unique Traits of Cycle 2 Mimicborn:
Born as true members of the host's species—not slimes.(anymore)
Have vibrant, species-defined beauty traits, making them appear divine, blessed, or elite.
Some societies believe they are chosen children, due to their unusual conception and striking appearance.
They carry a hidden link to their slime origin but live fully as their new form unless reintroduced to the slime cycle as adults.
Their birth took as long depending on the host species.
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✦ Future Continuation:
Once grown, mimicborns may one day be hosts themselves, starting the cycle again.
Alternatively, they may be entered again by a Cycle 1 or 2 slime—creating endless variations and offspring generations in a loop.
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✨ Inherent Power of Cycle Different 2 (Mimicborn)
Mimicborn born through Cycle Different 2 are not only biologically identical to their host species—they are often supercharged versions of them. By merging with the host's DNA and absorbing ambient magic, emotions, and physical energy, these offspring inherit enhanced magical potential, superior combat instincts, and natural affinity for the host's strongest traits.
They often display:
Overpowered magical abilities that exceed what the host species is normally capable of—amplified spells, elemental control, or even rare abilities the host never awakened.
Instinctive mastery of weapons or techniques their host used or desired to learn.
Resilience and strength far surpassing normal offspring, including regeneration, resistance to hostile environments, or rapid growth.
A mental imprint of the host's thoughts, emotions, and even combat memories—making them skilled from birth.
These mimicborn are often seen as prodigies, champions, or avatars among their kind—and sometimes feared for their uncanny strength.
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