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Worms who infest the Morgue, its corpses, and "inert vessels".
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All Worms In General
The Worms Crawl In.
Biovessel exploration date @I*/#*388
An interesting characteristic of the Mortizonal vermifauna are the physiological configurations they may assimilate from the fading concept-core of their food source. Anything encountered, believed, or considered by a biovessel during its functional period may influence the form, function, and behavior of worm scavengers as they tunnel in and out of the vessel's residual layers. Unfamiliar as I am with the functional history of Inert sub-concept vessel MG-0908-BN/SK/HL-3900438093990, I can hardly begin to guess the significance of the vermiform which as of this writing has masticated, digested, and excreted nearly 32% of my own corporeal shell.
An interesting characteristic of the Mortizonal vermifauna are the physiological configurations they may assimilate from the fading concept-core of their food source. Anything encountered, believed, or considered by a biovessel during its functional period may influence the form, function, and behavior of worm scavengers as they tunnel in and out of the vessel's residual layers. Unfamiliar as I am with the functional history of Inert sub-concept vessel MG-0908-BN/SK/HL-3900438093990, I can hardly begin to guess the significance of the vermiform which as of this writing has masticated, digested, and excreted nearly 32% of my own corporeal shell.
An incalculable legion of flesh-eating worms, who've see fit to wriggle their way from the Morgue into the Inert Vessel, en masse, with the intent of stuffing their guts. At first, they almost completely ignore
Fern altogether, but grow increasingly hostile towards her and her team as time progresses.
- Author Appeal: Bogleech LOVES designing these creatures.
- Cast of Snowflakes: No two are alike.
- Fisher Kingdom: As stated above, the worms "assimilate" their "physiological configurations" from Fern's memories.
- I Know What You Fear: Worms' bodies can physically adapt themselves to become nightmarish, wormy approximations of things an approaching foe dreads most, and they have an uncanny sixth sense of what to say in their new forms to further distress their foes.Fern: Why did it... say those things...
Maggie: Probably manifestated from yer core; cobbled together a bioform from yer experiences n' anxieties. - I'm a Humanitarian: They've all migrated here, en masse, to consume Fern's corpse. Several of them will attack the small, living Fern as well.
- Jerkass: Thus far, the nicest worms have been ones that ignore Fern completely.
- Killed Off for Real: Anything they eat becomes Unexistified, due to eating its core.
- Monstrous Cannibalism: Worms have been observed eating other worms.
- Serious Business: Pinochle. They are mad about it to the point where they're willing to use a pinochle game to permanently determine who is predator and who is prey across all the multiverse.Referee Worm: THE LOSING PARTY SHALL BE HONORED VIA CONSUMPTION BY THE WINNING PARTY ACROSS ALL EXISTING AND POTENTIAL ITERATIONS OF THE REALITY SPECTRUM.
- Soul Eating: They are the only things that can eat a dead core, the setting's equivalent to a soul.
- Talking Animal: Many of them are capable of speaking English. And all of them truly are animals.
- The Bully: Savagely abusing their intended prey — physically, emotionally, and verbally — fills worms with despicable satisfaction.Gasworm: OoOOh! Touched a nerve, have I?! I thought this tasted like a juicy form!
Chest Worm
None too genre savvy, are ya?
Chest Worm: Who would really leave such a beautiful handsome box in a crummy place like this!? I'm gonna eat ya up.
A monstrous worm passing itself off as a treasure chest.
- Chest Monster: Though many of the Commentators suspected he might be this right from the start.
- Evil Gloating: Right off the bat, he lets Fern knows he means to to devour her. As well as gloating in general.
- Miles Gloriosus: The moment he sees Fern brandish an actual weapon at him, Chest Worm loses interest in eating her, and leaves sniffily.
- Mind Reading: It's very possible he's this. How else would he sense that the Commentators were onto him? It's later confirmed that most worms can perceive "parazonal conceptual feedback", i.e. the voices of the Commentators.Chest Worm: (first spoken words) DUMMY! They totally called it!!
- Non-Combatant Immunity: Averted with him. then inverted, once Fern acquires the sharpened pipe.
- Suddenly Voiced: He's the very first worm shown to speak.
The Moldsucker (Mildred M. Sucker)
Ferocious fungal focus.
Moldsucker: Muh-muh-mmuh-mmMMMMOoOoOOoooOOOoOOLLLLLLD!!!
A true behemoth of a worm, moldsuckers have an infamously insatiable hunger for fungisapients, and will hunt them over vast distances. This particular individual, Mildred M. Sucker, was the first Moldsucker encountered by Fern and Celia.
- Awakening the Sleeping Giant: The first step in Celia and Fern's plan to cross a wide river.
- Big Creepy-Crawlies: The most enormous worm Fern has encountered in the Inert Vessel to date.
- Gulliver Tie-Down: Fern and Celia are able to trap Mildred in this manner, so they can use her as a living bridge.
- Nightmare Face: Like a wet, fleshy skull.
- Punny Name: "M. Sucker?"
- King of Games: Queen of Pinochle. She is apparently the greatest Pinochle player among wormkind, and the referee worm gloats that Fern should have killed her when she had the chance. It should be noted that she "wins" Pinochle via House Rules, simply taking advantage of a worm's conceptual advantage at this game to just automatically succeed at gobbling her enemies whole.
- Stalker without a Crush: She becomes one to Celia, as her kind hunt down fungus perceptiods until one of them is dead.
- Super-Persistent Predator: According to Celia, Moldsuckers will pursue a fungusapient until one or the other is dead.
- Super-SpeedCelia: A hungry Moldsucker moves like lightning!
- Super-Toughness: The inside of her stomach is too tough to be damaged by regular attacks.Fern: Can't we just cut our way out? Or use that repellant stu-
Celia: No. That thing is easily AC60.note - Swallowed Whole: Her opening move in the Pinochle match is to extend her proboscis-like face and swallow Fern's party in one gulp.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Fern convinces Celia not to kill her. Later, she excitedly volunteers to be the worms' representative in their pinochle game against Fern and her friends. A few moments later, however, she disgorges them back out elsewhere in gratitude for them not slaying her back when they had the chance
Goofworm
Disney called; Goofy wants his laugh back!
Fern: Hey, um, worm! Please give that back!
Goofworm: HyukyukYUK! HYYYUK!!!!
The worm surges forward, and you barely manage to duck out of the way as it SNAPS its blocky, crooked teeth where your face was just seconds ago.
Goofworm: HyukyukYUK! HYYYUK!!!!
The worm surges forward, and you barely manage to duck out of the way as it SNAPS its blocky, crooked teeth where your face was just seconds ago.
A worm that Fern and her friends encounter in the A-ward of the Maternity Ward, which had stolen an egglet.
- Attack the Injury: The Commentators decide to focus their attacks on the blue boil, but it doesn't really help or hinder their attacks.
- Bait-and-Switch Boss: Right in the middle of the Goofworm's fight with Fern and her crew, a much-more-dangerous dolphin erupts from its head and upper body.
- Beware the Silly Ones: It's equally as vicious as it is dopey.
- The Bus Came Back: The Goofworm marked the first reappearance of a worm since Fern's adventures in the Morgue, back in Phase I.
- Chest Burster: Bursting through the CHEST would've actually been a far KINDER death.
- Eats Babies: The Goofworm swallows the Egglet it had stolen right in the middle of his fight with Fern.
- The Hyena: In lieu of dialogue, the Goofworm only chortles like Goofy.
- Make Way for the New Villains: A member of the once-dangerous worm race is used as naught but an incubator for minions of the parliament and creatures of pure evil, the Dolphins.
