The Furcifers, known affectionately as the Sweet Rascals, are an impish race of creatures born from and into pranks. Every time a human being plays a trick on another, every time someone does something naughty, a blob-like baby Furcifer is born. As new tricks are invented, new pranks imagined up, new types and varieties of these creatures are found out in the world.
Of course, once enough Furcifers were born they started to create their own little societies. Invisible to the human eye, they took up residency anywhere overlooked -- creaky attics, leaky basements, the backs of drawers. From there they live on the sort of small items that no human being would ever miss. Whenever rubber bands, pens, twist ties, buttons, and [on special occasions] socks go missing, that is their work. Their feasts.
Other problems around the house could also be their doing: wobbly chairs, creaky floorboards, dripping faucets and other minor inconveniences. These minor acts are their mating rituals, the pranks required to give birth to new Furcifers into loving families.
Furcifers have no gender; all of them are born the same, all of them grow the same, and any adult Furcifer can breed with any other adult Furcifer.
They are not, however, all
identical.
Color
The Sweet Rascals come in absolutely every color of the rainbow, as well as black and white, with detailing and eyes in just as many colors.
Pattern
There are four main "body patterns" of the Furcifers; solid, spotted, striped, and skeleton!
Detailing
There are four possible "detailing elements" that any Furcifer can have in any combination: colored tummies, colored arms and legs, colored ears, and colored eyes!
Horns
Some of these creatures grow horns of one of four types: devil horns, long horns, ram horns or wicked horns. The color these horns are usually determined either by the body color of the creature or the detailing colors.
Pupils
Different Furcifers have different types of pupils, as well: round, snake, heart, star-shaped, or plus sign pupils.
Tummy Symbol
Finally, almost every Furcifer is born with some kind of symbol on its tummy. At the moment, there are eight known symbols - heart, star, flower, clover, horseshoe, skull & crossbones, spiral and a question mark.
More to Come
These are only the traits that have been discovered so far; who knows what else may come!
