Mono Mondays: Flawless Mimicry

On Mondays, we like to support our resident artist, Mono!  They're an up-and-coming scribbler of things dark and weird, and we consider ourselves lucky to have leeched onto— er, formed a mutually beneficial relationship with them.  You can watch Mono hard at work creating various pieces on their YouTube channel.  For those who don't feel like watching digital paint getting splashed around, we'll be showcasing a different piece of theirs right here every Monday.

This week, we're looking at a, ah, "clever" guise.

What's that hiding behind a tree?  Is it a bunny rabbit?

Well, no, obviously not, but it would like you to think so.

As it happens, mimics exist in Mono's setting, just as they do in many others.  Mono's mimics do not naturally possess senses beyond taste and touch, however; like sharks, they mostly interact with the world through their mouths.  This makes it possible for them to mimic inanimate objects fairly well (beyond occasionally getting the color wrong, at least), but they do a much poorer job of mimicking animals.  For example, the fellow above is what the mimic thinks a rabbit looks like, because that's what it felt like while the mimic was eating it.

That said, mimics are not stupid, and if given the chance, they'll improve drastically.  This mimic is employing a typical strategy of observation, hiding in an out-of-the-way space while other rabbits are nearby to figure out how the various body parts should work.  This picture captures the moment it attempts to build a set of ears.

When asked if there was anything else we should know about the mimics, Mono said they tend to pick the same hiding spots kids on school trips would when trying to avoid their teachers.  "Its led to a number of attacks on kids, but that's mostly a coincidence," they concluded.