Intricacies of the Creeper
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There is a lot of interesting speculation upon the origin of the species known as "Creepers". Some say they were formed from the experiments of a rogue wizard many centuries back. I've even heard a theory that they are from another plane of existance. While all this is fine speculation, I have no interest in such things. Where they came from is menial, what they are, however, is where my interest lies.
Common debate is whether they are a plant or an animal. The true answer, as I have come to find, is that it is slightly more complex than just one or the other. In truth, they are both, and they are neither.
After many years of studying them, I have come to understand, somewhat, how they are brought into this world. The finer details may need some tuning, but the overall idea is there.
They start their lives as simple weeds. It takes root in the soil, and begins absorbing nutrients.
Eventually, the plant obtains enough nourishment to begin budding a small bulb. This bulb then grows, more than tripling its original size, and turns a deep black.
It is in this stage that things truly become complex - at this point in its life, the original plant begins to die.
As it decays, all of its rotting elements (roots, stem, etc.) are seemingly sucked into the black bulb.
It is here that the term "plant" is no longer useable for this species. The bulb turns into something far more than it may seem - it is an egg.
Within this egg, the noxious gas that is accumulated from the rotting corpse of the plant begins to clump together, and eventually takes form.
Over time, this clump grows, until it is finally large enough to break free of the egg. What emerges is the green specimen we know as a Creeper. When the Creeper is finally ready to die, it will find a fresh body that it may use as fertilizer.
It self destructs, spewing its spores over the, perhaps recently dead, corpse of an animal, zombie, or human. The spores are fertilized by the corpse, sink their roots into the soil, and the process starts once again.
Quite the fascinating species, I must say.