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An interesting note is that, when using pronouns for EAT, it is referred to as "it" and "her," but never "she." |
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+ | |-|Other Names='''Epping AquaTarkus, Evolutionary Adverse Trigger, Eternal Answer Tree, The Ichor, Scylla, Filament, Salmacis, Loom, Naiad, DROWNING, Aban, Tethys, Sirara, The Flesh of the Other, The Invading Ink, Ceto, The Living Sea, The Learning King, Pool of Tears, Panthalassa, The Enchantress of All Tides, Rusalka, Freak Designation Xi - À BAO A QU, Water-That-Isn't, Styx, The Sea of Knowledge, The Swamp of Sorrows, Darwin's Theory Fucker, Subject Echo Alpha Tango, Blood of Earth, Mariana, Flood Control, Melancholia, Timor Aquam Vivam, The Waters of Lethe, The Music of the Waves, The Drowned Woman, PRE14.''' |
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*'''[[Salmacis]]''' |
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*'''[[Melancholia (Fear Interpretation)|Melancholia]]''' |
*'''[[Melancholia (Fear Interpretation)|Melancholia]]''' |
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Revision as of 01:33, 17 February 2014
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Fear Of... |
Water, Drowning, Obsession |
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Camper |
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EAT is an eldritch abomination best described as a hive mind of water. The letters of its name are treated as an acronym, though what they stand for is rarely revealed in stories. EAT works by 'eating' a body of water (e.g. a lake, a human) and replacing the water with its own identical "ink."
A human filled with EAT will behave peculiarly and is said to be a part of the hive mind known as The Camper. Individual bodies of the Camper are, at times, referred to as EAT's "arms", and may transform into the rebellious, Indisen through unknown causes and means. Blogs focusing on EAT tend to focus on progression, obsessions, and water or ink.
In The Shuffling Madness it is described as being life, growth, and change incarnate and in Mephi it describes itself as the embodiment of evolution. EAT's motives may at times appear more benign than those of other Fears, typically displaying great will to absorb knowledge. OH GOD THE RAPTURE IS BURNING even shows it offering aid to Jordan Dooling.
It is the primary Fear in the Topography Genera multiple-blog story. When it first came into public consciousness in Jordan Eats Normally Now, its communication seemed exclusively related to progressive rock, leading the Runner society of Genera to dismiss EAT as little of a threat. Testing in Progress seems to suggest that EAT has evolved considerably, though the full extent of its progression is as yet unknown. It does not appear in the Topography Genera Center's records as they do not believe it exists.
In the blog An Only Puppet, it may have appeared in a dream to the protagonist, Puppet. He seems to be very deeply disturbed as he tries to describe its "face." During a Livestream, shortly after being possessed by an entity, he begins to cry, whispering and repeating "Its face... its face..." He mentioned being sucked under water by thousands of tentacles. Puppet describes it as "[making] Cthulhu look like a newborn octopus" and stated that it "hurt to remember [its face.]"
An interesting note is that, when using pronouns for EAT, it is referred to as "it" and "her," but never "she."Epping AquaTarkus, Evolutionary Adverse Trigger, Eternal Answer Tree, The Ichor, Scylla, Filament, Salmacis, Loom, Naiad, DROWNING, Aban, Tethys, Sirara, The Flesh of the Other, The Invading Ink, Ceto, The Living Sea, The Learning King, Pool of Tears, Panthalassa, The Enchantress of All Tides, Rusalka, Freak Designation Xi - À BAO A QU, Water-That-Isn't, Styx, The Sea of Knowledge, The Swamp of Sorrows, Darwin's Theory Fucker, Subject Echo Alpha Tango, Blood of Earth, Mariana, Flood Control, Melancholia, Timor Aquam Vivam, The Waters of Lethe, The Music of the Waves, The Drowned Woman, PRE14.
