XILOTONE - TIMELINE #59721720
Added 2022-03-30 14:58:12 +0000 UTC(Timeline Tuesday #35)
Xilotones are strikingly unusual, three-foot-tall crustaceans with light blue shells. These creatures prefer hot, dry climates which makes their distinct coloration even more pronounced against the natural landscape. Some have even called xilotones the “flamingos of the desert”, and there is little denying that watching these blue creatures skuttle across the sand is a sight to behold.
Xilotones have twelve legs positioned equidistant across the bottom of their round bodies. Their mouth is located on the bottom of this form, which is used to pick up various scraps of food they discover. This ranges from insects to desert plants. Fortunately, xilotones require very little sustenance to survive. Atop the xilotone’s rounded body sits their long, bendable neck and head. They have two large eyes and four hanging, antenna-like appendages that protrude from their cranium.
It's these droopy antennas that are a xilotones most unique feature. Each of these four lengths ends in a hard sphere, which xilotones can expand and contract to produce a slight variation in pitch. These creatures communicate musically, swinging their neck and banging out tunes on any dry surface they can find. It is often said the haunting song of a xilotone herd is one of the most beautiful things any human can hear across any timelines.
Xilotone’s preference for dry climates helps them easily find objects for use in this percussive instrumentation.
