I'll vote that up!

A spawn from my own mind...that accidentally looks a little like Loki...realized that after I got done...originally was trying to go for "tree-satyr" so I could say "My bark is worse than my bleat"

...I'll show myself out for that joke, now. *dodges tomatoes*

*Coughs. Hacks. Sneezes*

So...trying to create even a vaguely plausible sentient shapeshifting semi-solid shadow character is driving me a tad nuts.
(Am trying to make it scientifically plausible...right now the material for that to work is looking to weigh so much it's not funny...)

In other news, we have Rat Neurons in computer chips now - Hybrots. Next step, Brain in a Vat!

*Calls out* Helloooooo! *Hears the nymph Echo*

...well then... *Goes to work on Cambrian Chimeric Nightmare*
Let's see...body of a Sea Scorpion, shell of a Nautiloid, Trilobite "face" with many eye-stalks...massively long tentacles, like a cross between a Portuguese Man of War and an Arthropleura (massive centipede ancestor)...

*Checks on solar bone-crystals, Werebat Fungus, Cloning device, Corpse-Marionette device, and sleepwalking/zombi drugs*

*Nods* There's no such thing as werebats...Yet!

Edit: Better way to say this - Hey, wouldn't it be fun to try to figure out how different types of worlds, life, and technology could appear? I thought I'd put links to offer things to work off of, because my brain is buzzing/in pain so I can't go into full throttle.

The Physics of Space Battles
Strangest Planets 1 and 2
Brief Cambrian History Snippet

-snaps finger- aw man, sooo close

entering the vault? X'D