Nature documentary host: Every summer, when it becomes too warm for her to hold her form, the latex reindeer locates a suitable vessel and melts into it. From there, she awaits a suitable host.

Someone has labeled this bottle "melted latex reindeer; do not drink; TF hazard". Combined with the questionably appetizing brown colour we would expect this to deter would-be prey, but eventually curiosity gets the better of one of them. At this point the latex reindeer covers the host, possessing their body and using it for structure through the hottest months of the year. When the temperature drops and she can maintain her form on her own she separates, leaving behind a new synthetic deer who repeats the cycle next season.

I was hanging out on Discord with some friends and made a comment about melting during the summer months, some jokes were made and we kept building on the idea, and ended up with an infectious latex reindeer scenario. Then the awesome ProjectPorygon went and illustrated a very mischievous bottle of melted 'bou!

Don't worry, it's really quite a mutually beneficial, symbiotic relationship! I get a more heat tolerant body, and you get to fix that lack of hooves and dull, non-glossy finish!

Super thanks to ProjectPorygon for illustrating the idea. He's got incredible range, and in addition to his gallery you should check out his Twitter and dA - there's more stuff there!

Also credit to DrakenTenuem and Yiffsite as well for helping flesh... er, goo out the idea. They're both great writers who you should check out!