About bugs

Bugs in the Takeoverse come in different shapes and forms - exactly five of them, in fact.

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As seen above, there are exactly five (5) kinds of bugs in the Takeoverse, and they happen to be shaped like the five Platonic solids. Below is a small introduction to each of these five kinds of bugs, briefly touching on their physiology and behavior, as well as random fun bug facts and whatever else I want to yap about them I suppose.

Do note that the information below is by no means all-encompassing or comprehensive - after all, even to this day, there are still many unexplainable mysteries in the physiologies or behavioral patterns of these bugs that haunt the dreams of entomologists around the Takeoverse. Also if you think I can write anything all-encompassing or comprehensive, you are wrong lol.

Bee (tetrahedron, 4 faces)

  • Bees are typically the same in size - with side length exactly 3.19 cm - and made of a rather hard material that resembles metal (but is not actually metal) and is curiously warm to the touch. Very occasionally, bees with bigger sizes have also been discovered.
  • Bees can float in the air, and float as their main way of moving.
  • Bees usually just float around and mind their own business - unless you get too close to them, upon which they sting you (i.e. hit you with their sharp corners). The sting only does normal physical damage (so exactly like what would happen if you get hit by the corner of a tetrahedron), but the corners of a bee are rather sharp, so be careful.
  • Bees seem to be bad at recognizing things that don't move - so if you accidentally get too close to a bee and find it trying to sting you, simply stop moving. It will eventually go back to minding its business, and you will be safe... hopefully.
  • Bees have been observed to form colony-like groups, in which a massive group of bees exist together and appear to act more "friendly" with one another than "outsider" bees - further inspection reveals that these colonies tend to shift and mix, however. Bees with different side lengths usually do not join any colonies, and live a shorter life than regular bees.
  • Some colonies can be found stacking themselves into snazzy structures when idle.

Kaf (cube, 6 faces)

  • Kafs are basically the generic bug on Earth - it might as well be a synonym for the word "bug" itself.
  • Wait, what do you mean you didn't know about the existence of kafs before? That's like not knowing about the existence of bees, spiders, cockroaches, or butterflies!
  • Ahem. Anyways.
  • Kafs are varying in size - side length in the range of 0.2 cm ~ 1.5 cm - and made of generic material. You know, like typical bugs are. This material is not hard, and thus kafs can be easily squashed.
  • Kafs cannot float or climb walls; they typically either roll around on the ground, or move forward with one side touching the ground at all times. Despite this, they can still be rather fast.
  • Kafs tend to avoid bright artificial lights.
  • Kafs can form colonies too - unlike bees, though, kafs seldom "shift" colonies. There are also solitary kafs, which curiously do not tend to fare better or worse than kafs in colonies.
  • Kafs typically gravitate towards food - it is not uncommon to see an entire line of kafs coming out from cracks in the walls and into your pantry.
  • Speaking of, kafs do require sustenance to function.

Spider (octahedron, 8 faces)

  • Spiders vary the most in size out of all bugs - side length in the range of 1 cm ~ 5 cm - and made of generic material that typically feels cold to the touch.
  • Giant spiders exist. "Wait what do you mean by that" :)
  • Spiders can "climb" walls - they seem to be able to roll on walls with no problem.
  • Spiders can produce silk from any of their corners, although only one corner is used each time. They use this silk to spin spiderwebs. The silk is sticky to the touch, although spiders themselves are not affected by it - in fact, by touching a corner to their silk, spiders can "glide" on the silk (i.e. move very fast along it). This does not work for silk produced from other spiders, however.
  • Spiders are known to use spiderwebs to catch and eat other bugs - when a bug falls into a spider's web, the spider wraps the bug up completely with its silk; the bug inside the silk will be automatically drained of life and die in a few days. Because of this, it is a widespread myth that wearing clothes made of spider silk drain one of their soul; research has shown that this is not the case however, as the life drainage does not work on any sapient species.
  • "WAIT WAIT WAIT WHAT ABOUT GIANT SPIDERS" :)

Cockroach (dodecahedron, 12 faces)

  • Roaches are varying in size - side length in the range of 0.3 cm ~ 1.5 cm - and made of plastic.
  • Roaches typically roll on the ground to move around. Some roaches - typically bigger ones - have the ability to fly.
  • Roaches are immune to Decay, as all plastic things are. In fact, roaches appear to be attracted to Decay, and will often smudge their bodies in it, effectively carrying it everywhere they go.
  • On the other hand, roaches are also attracted to food - although they do not seem to require sustenance to function, they tend to smudge the Decay they carry onto food, ruining it in the process.
  • Roaches tend to avoid light - especially sunlight - preferring to dwell in dark and damp places instead.

Butterfly (icosahedron, 20 faces)

  • Butterflies are varying in size - side length in the range of 0.3 cm ~ 1.5 cm - and made of a slightly soft material that is cool to the touch.
  • Butterflies can float in the air, and float as their main way of moving. They typically float slowly and spin in the air as they fly.
  • Butterflies appear to be attracted to light, and most often appear during daytime. Butterflies also appear to be attracted to plants - they can often be found floating near or even landing on trees.
  • Out of all the bugs, butterflies are the least skittish around sapient species - some of them might even land on people.

More fun facts

  • Bees without colonies can often be found aggressively attacking kafs, roaches, and spiders, should they cross paths. Curiously, this aggressiveness does not extend to sapient species, other bees, or butterflies. Spiders are the only kind of bug that stands a chance against a bee attack.
  • Usually only bees and butterflies get stuck in a spider's web, as they are the only ones that fly. However, spiders can and will eat all kinds of bugs if the opportunity provides itself - sometimes they even eat other spiders. Some bees can escape spiderwebs, although the majority of them end up eaten.
  • Roaches frequently cross paths with kafs, since they are both drawn to food. If there are many kafs from the same colony in the area, they tend to band up and attack roaches - which usually ends in many kaf deaths, and the roach, alive but wounded, fleeing the scene.
  • From most common to least common: kafs > bees > roaches > butterflies > spiders.
  • However, in human settlements, an effort is usually made to exterminate bugs, especially bees and roaches - as such, they are less common in these places.