The Secret History of the Plushie World
Translated from the papers of alchemist Ditwin Kuhn, 1150 AD
"I have found it once more. The strange mushroom appears to only be growing in one small area of the Black Forest. It is foam-like in texture and consistency. It will do well for my lust potions."
Translated from the papers of alchemist Ditwin Kuhn, 1155 AD
"It would seem my potions were too successful. I have nearly run out of my mushrooms. I have been forced to replant them. I can only hope their exposure to my alchemical experimentation has not tainted them."
From the papers of Naturalist Dr. Brian Sedwidge, January 17, 1715
"A most curious sight befell my eyes in the Black Forest this day. In the remote village of Weichevore grows a rare species of mushrooms with the texture of foam. It grows over every plant for miles. As I studied a sample still in the ground two days ago a mouse scurried by and tried to consume it. It was absorbed into the fungus before my very eyes. Then yesterday, a full day to the hour, the mouse emerged unharmed. Today the mushroom morphed and changed. It is now a mouse. The foam mouse behaves like a living one. I fear this is happening all across the forest. Further study is required."
Translated from the files of Dr. Elias Jager, October 28, 1813
"The village of Weichevore continues to vex me. The foam-like fungus now growing on the humans in the village continues to resist my best efforts to concoct a cure. If I did not know better I would swear it is learning and adapting. It just may be intelligent."
From a letter to Abigail Crane from her husband Private Thomas Crane, British Army,
March 18, 1916
"I fear I must provide you with some most distressful news. You will recall I have told you of a young German soldier. He was covered in a strange fungus. It has infected all who were on that battlefield with him. Even I have contracted it myself."
From the July 26, 1919 issue of the New York Times
"The mystery fungus spread across Germany and France on the bodies of infected soldiers from a remote German village in the Black Forest. It spread to all combatants returning home with them before spreading once more. It can now be found in every corner of the known world. Various animal species have been infected. Reports are now coming in that the foam duplicates this infection results in have begun to show human levels of intelligence. They have also been said to be forming into hybridized species. The similarities to plush toys have caused these new creations to be dubbed Plushies."
From classified United States intelligence file from 1921
"The remaining fungus has begun producing large spores. They enter the body through breathing and absorption into the skin. No physical changes have been detected. The spores attack the mind. They induce a sexual attraction between humans and Plushies. This coincides with the Plushies only appearing as hyper-sexualized females. Not only do they cause attraction they cause feelings of acceptance toward the Plushie species.
"The spores are only just now becoming visible to the naked eye. The spores appear to have been releasing from the first appearance of the mushroom. Microscopically small they may have been affecting humanity for hundreds of years. If we do not find a cure quickly the two species will be locked in an unbreakable symbiotic relationship by the end of the decade."
No 'cure' was ever found. No human was ever harmed or killed by a plushie. They are now a vital part of our world.
Species Profiles
Species: Netz
Originating Species: Spider
Original Habitat: World Wide
Unique Physical Features: front half of the body is a human woman, back half is a plushie spider
Relationship with Humanity: Parasitic
Preferred Mate: a human the host was originally attracted to.
Notes: The fungus that evolved into plushies still remains in small quantities. They have all absorbed common spiders. They remain dormant unless coming into sexually active human women. It will bond with her and overtake her mind. She will transform into a Netz.
Mating Ritual: Netz fire silk scarves as webbing to cocoon their prey with only the head and genitalia exposed. After having sex with their prisoner they will reel them in and stick them onto a web in their lair.
Species: Mung
Originating Species: Brown Bat
Original Habitat: North America
Unique Physical Features: rubber wing arms with built in vacuum seal
Relationship to Humanity: Symbiotic
Preferred Mate: men who have recently been dumped
Mating Ritual: a lonely man is found via his social media feed. The Mung will befriend him and offer consolation through hugs. Over time the act becomes sensual. If the man returns the affection in a sexual manner they will remove the air from their wings producing a vacuum seal keeping them pressed tight against them.
Species: Spule
