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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scars Unseen" data-source="post: 8571792" data-attributes="member: 10196"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sentient vines that wrap themselves around a "skeleton" formed from fallen branches or whatever other light structures they can find.  When living in proximity to tool using races, they often commission specially made frames for better mobility.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sentient moss that grow onto and into the bodies of other sentient life.  Referred to at times by the names Death's Door Moss, Mercy Moss or (uncharitably) Zombie Moss , they are technically parasites, but have formed a somewhat mutualistic existence with some cultures due to the specifics of how they adapt to their host.  When taken into a host's body, either through an orifice or open wound, they release a combination anesthetic and hallucinogen, leading to them being offered to the dying, sending them off in a pleasant dream in exchange for the moss' use of the body afterward.  Indeed, families and friends of a moss' host body often welcome them and help them acclimate to their new life, as a moss will over time recall memories and develop mannerisms of the host, which brings some people to see the moss as a way of remembering loved ones.  For this reason, the moss have collectively taken to calling themselves the Mnemos.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>