(account deleted)Weeeeewww. Def like this as one of the better examples of earlier RPCs.
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webbed feet covered in bright pink tissue. Based on footprint samples, the feet are believed to excrete a sappy acidic puss.
puss or pus?
If the anomaly has an indefinite life span, then how can they die of starvation? If this means merely that they are "biologically immortal" but can still be killed by starvation, trauma, disease, etc., how exactly does the Authority know that given that they have only been observed for a few decades?
This is a decent piece all around, but I find the description of the instances to be needlessly bizarre and alien. It reminds me of SCP's "conservation of weirdness" guideline.
There's imagination at play here, but the narrative felt pointless. I don't really see what emotion this is supposed to stimulate. It hunted a species to extinction, then died because the species it ate went extinct. Okay?
RPC-134 ties into a real life extinction to better effect, and RPC-349, directionless as it is, at least makes its own anomaly extinct in a more thought-provoking way. I'm glad this is short, but it's still not good. 2/5
This is a curious article. I like it, it was a nice read, but it is somewhat lacking in substance and the ending felt weak. An autopsy report or an encounter between RPC-014 and the Authority could help boost the story. Or better yet, make it known that RPC-014 made an attempt to change prey, but there is an anomaly inside this particular type of Rhino that renders all others inedible to RPC-014. Three Stars.