v. anthrax

Ha, I actually wrote a silly little story about these coal vulture creatures that have invaded my brain! Now get out, please, and leave room for important things like research and D&D preparation.

I freely admit much of this was triggered by The Scar, with the Remade human/steam-engine hybrids being forced to constantly scavenge for fuel. But mostly it just came out of some impromptu brainstorming after I used the term 'coal vulture' in some extended silliness. Inventing the lifecycle of this mechanical form of life was just too much fun to stop, at that point.

(Oh, and on further investigation I think the phylum should properly be Novus. But probably not for the reasons you think.)

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( A coal vulture lay dormant, its firebox and boiler quite cold. )