--- --- Ultimately, Carnak’s lack of caution and utter disregard for safety procedures, driven by his innate hubris and confidence in his great power, mixed with his newfound addiction and with a dash of raw chance resulted in something new. One night, after reaching newfound heights of addiction, Carnak became disoriented and unintentionally triggered the trap door leading to Subject:100159’s enclosure. Plummeting down the slick stone shoot he landed in a heap directly before the alpha. Had he been sober, or perhaps even lucky, he might have escaped. But such was not to be. Although Subject:100159 had displayed a number of significant abilities, it still had only a rather primitive level of intelligence and self-awareness. However, what little it did possess was sufficient to imbue it with growing anger at its jailor and torturer. When this anger, mixed with a mimic’s intrinsic ravenous hunger, was offered an opportunity it barely hesitated. Generations of breeding and experimentation had already enabled Subject:100159 methods of hunting otherwise unknown to its species and it moved with deadly speed. Carnak was barely able to gasp, his eyes widening in terror as the realization of what was about to occur flashed through him, before the alpha enveloped him. Up to this point Subject:100159 had only been provided with animalistic prey, never being permitted anything more intelligent than a deer or stray dog. But with Carnak, a powerful wizard, in its gullet a profound change occurred. Utilizing its unique ability to selectively incorporate traits of its prey into itself the alpha drained the unlucky wizard of not only his magical abilities but parts of his mind and experiences as well. In some ways, this event resulted in not just Carnak’s death but Subject:100159’s as well. For in consuming the wizard and incorporating him into itself it became something more than it was before. In the days following Carnak’s death Subject:100159 entered into an uncharacteristically and apparently idle state. Outwardly it appeared to be dormant, dropping the disguise she had previously worn and reverting to an inert mass in the center of it’s enclosure. Inwardly it worked to process and understand the change that her last meal had brought about in her. Sifting through the memories and experiences she had absorbed, Subject:100159 changed and wondered what it was becoming. #Illyria