Morph Contest

brought to you by Oenone





New Morph Contest - Okay, as useful as they are, morphing jaguar, eagle and squirrel are getting old. So for this competition you need to come up with a totally new morph! Be as original as possible, snake morph, moose morph, chocolate and cherry cheesecake morph! To enter just send your suggestions to Oenone. Inculde the powers this new morph will have, and any other details you'd like to add. The winner will be announced during the festival. NOTE: This is for FUN only, so don't expect a new morph from the Logos to come out of this.

SENTINELS NEWS #7067
Date: 2/16/2005 at 4:15
From: Absentminded Atavian, Xel Windsong, The Unsubtle
To : Everyone
Subj: Morph Contest!

Hi folks,
Ok, no, I have not gone wacko, everything below is what Oenone has written about the Morph Contest she held for the Festival!

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GREETINGS! And here it is, what you've all been waiting for! The WINNERS to the Morph Contest!

There were 3 categories to win!
1 - Sheer usefulness!
2 - Sheer fun!
3 - Sheer Ick Factor! (A special category I had to make up JUST for one entry!)

(By the way... If you are interested in seeing all the runners-up and honorable mentions (and trust me, they're all worth it), you may go visit my scribe, Mr. Forums. His lives in the city of WWW, at Darantares.com Street. Press the doorbell that says Forums, and when he lets you in, go to his General room. He has them posted on his wall.)

Now onto the WINNERS! The Winner for the MOST USEFUL morph is... TOW for his Octopus Morph!

OCTOPUS MORPH - You throw your arms wide and a cry rings out from your lips, a clarion call to the ancient spirits of nature to taste the joy of life once more. You are surrounded by a shining corona of blinding light as your soul is transformed by metamorphosis. - Your soul gasps as you feel yourself getting all wet and oily in companion with the oceanic spirit of the Squid.

Morph Powers:
SUCK - gives you to ability to crawl over any wall or building or suck ceiling and attack your foes from above.
SPIT - blind your opponents with sticky black ink, spit ground to make everyone slip.
SQUISH - wrap your arms around someone and squeeze them and hug them and crush them. Beware as you might leave sucking-marks.
SLIP - slippery when wet, no powers can restrain you, replaces writhe.
OCTOWIELD - gives you the ability to wield up to eight things, spear, axe, shield...
DIVE - replaces the use of pear.
BITE - bite of limbs of foes and alternative way to decapitate corpses.

Congrats, Tow! Now... the Winner for the MOST FUN category... well, it was a tie! HYANO (Statue Morph) and NYREN (Weaver Morph)!

AB METAMORPHOSIS STATUE. Powers include:

STONE - Turn your skin to solid stone, rendering most attacks completely useless! Setbacks include extreme inability to do anything quickly and really uncomfortable underwear, but you'll be safe!
SQUISH - Fall right on top of your opponent, crushing them under your extreme weight and making a nice, enemy-shaped hole in the ground.
BIRDCALL - In exchange for being their toilet/bed/hang out, command the legions of the feathery ones to peck out the eyes of your enemy!
POSE - Strike your most magnificent pose, forcing all around you to stand in awe of your stony glory.
ROCKEATER - Eat rocks, gain health, get dentures!

and...

AB METAMORPHOSIS WEAVER - On entering: "<> enters from the direction, moaning about the Market channel." On leaving: "Sighing in resignation, <> leaves to the direction."

MORPH ABILITIES:
WEAVING - syntax WEAVE <
> Weaves the fabric of reality into comfortable clothes. He -is- a weaver, after all.
FLICK - syntax FLICK <> - Transports your bewildered target to Inbhir Ness.
BALANCING - syntax BALANCE <> - Removes the transcendant abilities of that skillset for an hour.
UNWEAVE - syntax UNWEAVE <> - Removes the target from reality, permanently. Do not mess with the Weaver of your fate.
BAKING - syntax WEAVE COOKIE - Bakes a Divine Sugar Coated Cookie, a favorite treat of Sentinels everywhere.
MOCK - syntax MOCK <> - Sends a random embarassing message to the MARKET channel mocking your target and has a 50% chance of revoking their market priviliges.

Congrats Hyano and Nyren! And Finally... the specially added 'ICK" category... goes to TEKK for his Tapeworm Morph!

AB METAMORPHOSIS TAPEWORM
Morph Abilities:

BURROW - Burrow into the intestine of your opponent and cause a long-term deprivation of food while you grow fat.
BREED - Create many, many eggs via an asexual process and leave thousands in the intestines of your opponite causing them harm for later.


Guys I had SO much fun with these! Congrats to everyone, and I applaud your genius! Be sure to check out the runners-up at Mr. Forums' place, you won't be disappointed!

Oenone Atreide

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Congrats, all participants and winners!
Xel Windsong

Penned by my hand on the 17th of Valnuary, in the year 385 AF.

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