Cryptids

Here I talk about cryptids I think are fascinating or worth talking about.

Ponky

Ponky is a more well-known cryptid if you live in Geistervel, but I think it's worth an entry. The legend of Ponky tells of a colorful quadruped resembling a donkey with beer bottles as hooves and streamers as a mane and tail. Sort of like a pinata, but the colors are muted. If you come across Ponky it usually gives you an invitation to a party the same night you encounter it. Location and all. If you go to this party, you will be forced to dance until you die of exhaustion. These parties are said to be full of people you almost recognize, they supposedly look really familiar but you can't put a name to any of them, and they don't talk to you. Some stories say that these people are seen dropping to the ground themselves, being others who accepted the invitation, while other stories say they just keep dancing like nothing's wrong. I guess it depends on what you think is worse. What exactly this party is celebrating is always unclear. Again, nobody talks to you. The only answers you get are bright, flashing, headache-inducing lights and loud blaring music that isn't really music at all, just indescribable sounds lapping over each other. So what happens if you don't accept this invitation? This party sounds terrible! Well this is where it gets tricky. There's a lot of different answers. Some stories, nothing happens. You're free. Other times, you walk away, going about your life as usual. Then, whatever you're doing-be it going to work or into your own home or wherever-you're there. At the party. Or you slowly lose your mind thinking about how you're NOT at the party, but should be. Until all you can think about and do is, well, party. Until you die. Safe to say, run away from Ponky if you see it.

Sou

Dragons do not live in Geistervel. They could, if they wanted to. Science proves time and time again that they could easily fly over here if they felt like it. But they don't...supposedly. Every once in a while, someone here swears up and down that they've seen a dragon in the sky at some point in their life. This is a pretty minor amount of people, mind you. The average Geistervellian knows it's impossible. But still, people try to prove that they're here, only in hiding. Now, if you know how dragons are, you know that they don't care to hide from anything. Ever. They have no reason to. They're at the very very tippety top of the foodchain. They're unstoppable. If there were a dragon here, we would know. It would be common knowledge, in fact. The name Sou has unknown origins, but is the default name given to any "dragons" people see in places where dragons simply cannot be at.

Spacesurfers

There are countless planets in our and other galaxies that hold life, just like Ampen. But there are also rumors that some lifeforms do not need a round, rocky surface held together by gravity in order to sustain itself. They are called spacesurfers. They are said to be small, black creatures with bright white eyes that blend in with the stars across the vastness of space. They're called spacesurfers because they, sometimes literally, surf across space on an object of their choosing. Could be a regular rocket ship, a hoverboard, a Beyblade...whatever you can imagine! This idea is really cute to me. They're just little guys traveling across space!! Having fun out there doing...well I don't know what they do but I'm sure it's exciting!