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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6045936" data-attributes="member: 57383">I'd rather not mention the faerie fire since we're not using the spell to determine the glow's effects.Also, only the wingless wonder has a glow that flickers - the walking egg's seems to be constant.We can probably trim the words down a bit too from my initial draft.How about...A walking egg is a type of creature called the alkada, a group that includes the wingless wonder. Alkada often make a high-pitched chittering, and redden when angry or excited. They are short-sighted, curious and fearlessly stupid. An alkada is attracted by red or purple, the brighter the more alluring, and are fascinated by sparkly translucent objects, which they swallow and carry in their stomach. These trophies may include valuable gems or crystals among the polished pieces of glass and pretty pebbles, but the alkada must be cut open to extract its shiny treasure.An alkada's favorite food is ripe fruit, but they eat almost any living (or once living) thing they can fit into their mouths. Most of their diet is vegetarian, supplemented by whatever small animals come within reach of their tentacles. Alkada also eat carrion: they can live off kitchen refuse and animal wastes provided they occasionally dine on fresh vegetation (leaves, grass, and flowers). Alkada never attack each other, but will feed off a dead alkada once it is rotting.Alkada are hermaphrodites. Whenever a solitary alkada meets another of its species, they entwine tentacles and chitter passionately for several minutes, exchanging fluids that fertilize pea-shaped eggs inside their partner. They usually then separate to continue their solitary lives, but may wander together as a mated pair. Alkada can carry up to a dozen eggs, but only fertilize one each time they meet another alkada. Pregnant alkada radiate an eldritch purple-white glow that sheds light equal to a candle. Six to seven months after fertilization the alkada excretes a fully-developed egg, rubbery and as large as a human head, which splits open to reveal a juvenile alkada. A newly hatched alkada can live independently; it often accompanies its parent for a while but is expected to fend for itself.  A walking egg stands about 4 feet tall, including a nest of tentacles about 18 inches high. They weigh about 40 pounds.Alkada do not speak, their chittering carries no more meaning than an animal's cries.</blockquote>

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