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belarius
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It's eggbug!

cohost. A website. And herein dwell all manner of creatures. Many are friendly. Many are hungry. Some are dangerous. Some few may, I have it on good authority, be milked.

Thank You, Post Hog!

This guide assembles what is known of these various beasts, so that all may learn from the chosts and rebugs of those who have come before. And of course, as further scholarship is performed, this index of chosting creatures (or "chokédex," if you will) can be revised and expanded.

So, without further ado:


amydentata
@amydentata

"post hog" instruction unclear, currently writing apology letter



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in reply to @belarius's post:

Editor's Note: I am more than happy to make modifications to this codex upon request. Getting all the various creatures into a base post where their tags can be found via search should greatly reduce discoverability difficulties, and good sourcing can help the community trace things to their roots.

You are clearly a scholar of the eggbug. During my times studying the eggbug, I made a shocking discovery that eggbug appears to canonically only have 4 legs, through the perilous process of counting them myself. I would appreciate any input from a scholar such as yourself on the validity of these matters. Thank you for your consideration

Eggbug leg discourse is a thriving area of eggbug scholarship that has largely unfolded in replies, comments, and rechosts. Current search functionality therefore makes assessing the various contributions offered by scholars a rather challenging undertaking.

Your more direct empirical approach therefore has a great deal of merit. I concur that nearly all eggbugs I have observed in the wild also appear to have four legs. Even this fellow, though they emerged on a day of falsehoods, only wears four boots, and may in fact simply possess some cheeky jowls and a lanyard attached to its flag.

Alarmingly, biblically accurate eggbug appears to be much leggier, but I dare not scrutinize it too closely.

This is... THIS IS... A true eggbugstiary.

A scholarly work truly deserving of illumination. It is informative, but brief, and harkens appropriately to its forebearing texts without delay, and would find itself a worthy addition to the holds of any Eggbugger's school.

Eggbugger - not to be confused with someone that hunts eggbugs (see: poacher), nor someone that is an eggbug (see: the source text, above), nor someone that buggers eggbugs (see: nsfw), but a skilled few that observe, study, and help handle eggbugs in all ways - sometimes ill, sometimes good. One sword for chosters, the other sword for eggbugs.

Then remember the lessons we've learned from Eggbug:

Fly, when you might.
Climb, when you must.
Rest, when you can't.
But always,
Walk the Path,
no matter how many legs with which you step.