Pants (Pantus Familiaris) are a domesticated breed of the jumping flesh-parasite (of the eldritch family) found in Hanging Bramble.
The wild breed jumps onto the face of unsuspecting creatures, enthralls their mind, and slowly covers their body. But in captivity, they can live in a symbiotic relationship with Elves.
The bond between Elf and pants becomes incredibly close and soon you will feel incomplete without them, it’s even common to begin referring to yourself as “we” and “us.”
Flesh Pants: A Pet for the Fashionable Elf
Benefits of Pants
- Pants are the height of living fashion, more stylish than leaves, flowers, or fruit.
- Pants aid their master’s movements, giving enhanced strength to the covered limbs.
- Pants are incredibly durable and protect their master from danger.
- Pants regulate their temperature, both warming and cooling their master as needed.
Picking a Seedling
- Combat, magic, stealth, fashions, or just good company, whatever your interest, make sure to pick a breed that suits your specific purpose.
- Pants can live for a hundred years, so take your time to find the right one for you.
- Start wearing the pants as soon as it grows outside its shell and can hold on by itself.
Pant Care Guide
TRAINING
- Train your pants from a young age so they will behave properly later. Untrained pants can be very dangerous.
- Wear your pants for at least 6 out of the 10 hours in a flame. But it’s also important to regularly take them off to train the pants to dress and undress on command.
CARE
- Pants, as with any other pet, require a lot of love and attention. Give them scratches behind the gills when they have been good pants.
- When not worn, keep the pants half covered with water in a sealed chest of adequate size. The dark, damp environment makes the pants fall asleep. Do not leave your pants unworn for more than 4 flames in a row.
- Pants clean themselves while in the chest, but you can also bathe with them on (ask your bathhouse if they are allowed in).
- Pants don’t like to be covered by other clothes, but if you have to wear something over at least make sure there are holes for the eyes and gills.
DIET
- Pants can eat pretty much anything living, with the exception of pickles.
- Give your pants small snacks as rewards for good behavior or while training.
- Pants need plenty of moisture, especially when in a dry climate. They will happily drink the blood of your enemies, but regular water will also do.
Warning: Wear at Your Own Risk
- Do not be weak of mind.
- Do not iron or wash with detergent.
- Do not wear pants on your head.
- Do not leave unattended near simple-minded kin.
- Do not feed pickles or gherkin-related foods.
- Do not borrow pants to or from strangers.
- Make sure your pants like your partner(s) before engaging in snuggle activities while worn.
- Feed the pants adequately, or else they can eat you.
- Do not die while wearing pants.
- Treat your pants well and they will treat you well.
Rated on the Hammerheim-Pet-Danger-&-Coolness-Scale as: mildly lethal and quite cool.
