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Rebel and Simius refugee during the City17 uprising
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Fancy clothes! The top is covered with the skin of a rainbow lizard, while the rest is rabbit belly fur and leather, stuffed with pigeon feathers. Generally, drawings will be sewed in the leather. Animals, plants, but more generally a story: stories of hunting, scavenging, folk lore, etc. Visual story telling is very popular.
What are simius' folklore / superstition like?
Generally, they regard spirits, which do not have morals or intention, but simply exist and act upon nature without any care for inhabitants. Spirits that cause rain and thunder, or snow storms. Talking animals, who speak wisdom if encountered. Some people have seen human technology so briefly and so violently they didn't get it was human junk (not very common. Human stuff is very recognizable even for people who don't live near them) so now they fear some horrid, giant beast is living out there.
Generally, though, these are not very popular.
As for superstitions uhhh i haven't thought of any yet RIP
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Dyagram about coat growth. Fit Nemo
Anonymous asked:
oo okay i'll ask some questions!! (sorry if these have already been answered!!)
- Were there any cases of humans being aware of simius before res cas?
- Was there much trade happening between different simius families/communities? Or were they more of a isolated species?
- Do simius have any traditions or spiritual beliefs? Are there any human traditions simius happen to also have?
Yes, there had been quite a few cases, but not enough to convince people world wide of their existance. Meeting a human for Simius it's always a potential danger, and there's a reason for why there's so many horror stories about humans. There were, however, positive interactions and even relationships. People who willingly accepted human company would surely he shamed and avoided, so Simius who were in these situations hardly ever let it known.
They were certainly present in the cryptid community and folklore all over the world. They were as belivable as bigfoot and fairies back then, so scientists never entertained their existance.
As before the res cas, yes. Trade was very limited to small territories and families, since moving any further would be dangerous and way too taxing without a bird to fly. In general, Simius pre war were more fragmented.
Post war, trade on longer distances is much more popular, and there are plenty of people whose whole job Is to hop from settlement to settlement to trade supplies. Large communities will even have specilized scouts who will just go to other communities for trading and discuss supplies situation.
It's more common with larger groups, and single families or individuals are not quite as present in the scene. Usually to be a trader you either live next to other people or you must have a bird.
For the city, trade is pretty much relegated to inside of It, with barely any outsiders coming in. They're a dangerous, risky place. Because of this lot of very useful instruments like weaponry or gas masks are not present. Despite this, trading does happen in between people who made home in the various crannies of the cities, always outside of civilian quarters like in sewers.
Simius have plenty of traditions, though they can vary a lot depending from person to person and from community to community, and it especially depends by the people's settings. For example, people who live indoors and people who live outdoors have slightly different ways to train their kids for survival. Some traditions are pretty common all around, and post war there's more multiculturalism in settlements. Funerary traditions are also pretty similiar all around.
The closest i can imagine as "human-like" tradition is that lots of Simius traditions also revolve around eating together, i suppose. Eating is an extremely important thing for Simius, even more so because how much harder it is for them to acquire. An example would be the scavenger initiation, where the meal will be all prepared with things the young Simius brought home from their first supply run.
As for spiritual beliefs, again they're also very fragmented, but not very popular at all. Generally, religious beliefs are about the existence of a greater deity that would simply be nature, rather than a possible god.
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more about flying equipment. Communities will strap onto their birds protective leather armor on thir breasts. It is very light to not weight down during flight. Corvus sapiens will also gladly accept the added protection @thatforestprince
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Two species of extinct Simius. The bare faced-owl-eyed gibbon (Ambulator nudus) (one of the oldest ancestors of the species) It relagated itself in African forests. It was recognizable due of its colorful, red face which lacked most of the fur. Juveniles skin was of a dark grey, and the bright red was a sign of health in the individual. It had a stout tail, as the species was moderately aboreal, staying in trees during the night. It was primarily herbivorous but enjoyed the small prey and insect every now and then. It went extinct due of competition (especially with human ancestors) and strict diet. As well, it was remarkably shy and high-stung. It would easily give up its territory to competitors, and so it lost most of its territories. By the middle Pleistocene, it was extinct. Ambulator Is the oldest genus in the family Colacaridae, and consiscted of large, moderately aboreal primates.
The lion owl-eyed gibbon (Colacarisiumius aureum) name given due of the fluffy tip of their tail, which they used as a threat display by holding it high and swinging it wildly. A truy, fully nocturnal Simius, it had large, bulging orange eyed that made it a formidable predator. It fed on insects and fruits, but also hunted small birds, reptiles and mammals. Simius reached Australia (native place of Colacarisimius sapiens) through small rafts, and some instead settled in Madagascar, where this species is native from. It went extinct from introduced animals, like cats and rats, the pet trade and targeted hunting, as it was considered a pest since this cunning predator would even raid coops for chicks and eggs during the nocturnal hours. They were described as incredibly intelligent and highily energetic and regarded as loving companions. However, they did very poorly in captivity and often died from stress and inadequate diet.
