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LÍKR.

consume. grow. multiply. infect. spread. consume. grow. multiply. infect. spread. consume. grow...

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NAME: LÍKR

ALIAS: N/A

AGE: UNKNOWN

PRONOUNS: IT, ITS

DOB: UNKNOWN

SPECIES: PARASITIC SHAPESHIFTING ALIEN

OCCUPATION: NONE

HEIGHT: VARIES DEPENDING ON THE FORM IT TAKES

EYES: VARIES DEPENDING ON THE FORM IT TAKES

HAIR: VARIES DEPENDING ON THE FORM IT TAKES

OTHER: VARIES DEPENDING ON THE FORM IT TAKES

FACECLAIM: DEFAULT FOR HUMAN FORM IS CILLIAN MURPHY

biography.

líkr is a parasitic alien shapeshifter. this specific alien parasite is an organism that lives inside other organisms called "the host" and feeds off them in order to grow and be able to multiply more. without a host, a parasite cannot grow and multiply, however it is not uncommon for a larger parasite to consume another organism whole and "copy" it instead.

this parasite, which humans eventually come to dub "impostors" are an intelligent, advanced species that's moved from planet to planet over time, each time spreading through hosts until everything living on the planet has been consumed, in which they move on to the next planet. their size depends on how much they've consumed and whether or not they have split off parts of themselves or not. the more they consume, the more they grow, the more they can split themselves off, to then find new hosts to prey on.

an impostor can split off very small parts of themselves in order to infect people, but they can also consume a living being whole all at once. whether they do the former or the latter really depends on the individual impostor, as they all have their own personalities in a sense, some being more careful and calculating, biding their time, others being more aggressive and dangerous, but in turn also more reckless.

líkr ended up managing to get into a spaceship from earth while about to go from one planet to another, and it intended to consume a single crew member and pose as them until the ship reached it's destination, where it could then start infecting and spreading. however the crew quickly noticed and purposefully stranded the ship near the sun to prevent líkr from being able to reach earth and spread, and unbeknownst to them, also preventing líkr from getting away from the ship at all as leaving the ship while it was that close to the sun would kill it in an instant due to it's vulnerability to fire and heat.

in a rare rage, líkr then killed all the crew members and set off a distress signal from the spaceship in hopes that someone might come along on a rescue mission, and after 7 years in solitude, starving and alone, "rescue" finally came in the shape of another spaceship sent on the same mission as the spaceship it was currently on. líkr managed to get onboard it, and this time was able to infect one of the astronauts, and hitch a ride to earth on the spaceship, ensuring that all the other crew was killed by the time it reached the planet, staging a crash landing.

after the crash landing, líkr (posing as the astronaut) was found by researchers having arrived at the crash site, and explained to them that the mission had been a success, and that the ship had started to experience issues when preparing to land. being taken in by the researchers and given time to recover, líkr took the first opportunity it got when it was alone with one single researcher and split off a small part of itself to infect the researcher. skip forwards some time, líkr has now multiplied manifold and infected a lot of humans, eventually causing an apocalypse of sorts where people struggle to tell fellow humans from impostors. though the longer time líkr spends among the humans, additionally now carrying the memories of the astronaut, the more líkr starts to sympathize with them and envy them for their more complex and fulfilling life.

abilities.

COPYING: líkr has the ability to infect or consume any living being and copy their dna down to the smallest detail, even consuming the living being's memories, to then take on their victim's appearance, behavior and mannerisms. when only infecting someone, it is usually so small that it cannot immediately consume and copy it's victim, and instead has to reside within them and slowly eat them up from the inside, thus growing themselves. an infected victim can be saved if exposed to fire during the earlier stages.
FIRE: impostors are vulnerable to fire, but it takes a lot of it to fully kill an impostor permanently. even when severely burnt, they can sometimes heal and come back, so make sure you've got a fully functioning flamethrower and that you burn them to a crisp. fire is a good way to make an impostor start revealing their true form as a means to "check" whether someone is human or not. that being said, it's a double-edged sword, as you might just end up burning an innocent human.

SEPARATING/MULTIPLYING: impostors have the ability to separate into multiple entities. in their full, true form, the impostors are about twice as large as your average human, however they can split off parts of themselves which then becomes separate entities that are "connected" to the main impostor. the smaller the impostor entity is, the less intelligent it becomes, and relies more on instinct alone, which comes with some upsides and downsides. for one, an impostor can use the splitting strategy as a means of quick escape if caught, separating into multiple entities, so that it becomes more difficult to kill / stop them all. smaller impostors are also fairly skilled at infecting living beings since they're small and not as easily noticed, making it spread more easily. however, on the downside, smaller impostors are not intelligent enough to think strategically, which makes them easier to catch and kill if you first spot them.

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