[366 Days of Monsters] Day 048/366 - Glossy (Patreon)

Glossies are horrible, fiendish oozes that lurk in the Black Swamps of Barkor. Another wicked invention of the danaavrakt, glossies were designed to destroy any who hope to cross through the swamps.

In many ways, a glossy is the danaavrakt's answer to succubi. Glossies scan the thoughts of their prey looking for its deepest desires. Then, the glossies use their shapechanging ability to take the form of those desires. However, the form is never perfect. Features like the eyes, curves, and expressions are grossly exaggerated. Its surface gives off a sheen like porcelain (hence the name) And a glossy in its humanoid form always comes off as aloof and naive. Still, the glossy uses its innate charm ability to ingratiate itself with its prey. Once its prey's defenses have dropped, the glossy "crushes itself" and reveals its true form: a bleeding quivering ooze made of sinew, teeth, and dull, yellow eyes.

Originally, the danaavrakts did not intend for the glossies to reproduce. However, they soon
discovered that a glossy that completely devours a humanoid soon becomes "pregnant", doubling in dimensions. After one week, the glossy ejects its excess cells which in turn becomes a new glossy. Pexian aberrationists who've studied these "offspring" discovered, much to their horror, that the new glossies possess the memories of the previously digested creature.