Here we have a new type of trait to take place of the old system. I was sick of restricting so much and things feeling so... ridiculously hard to keep track of and it was confusing for people.. and yeah. So here we go.
Serum Traits!

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What are "Serum Traits"?
Serum traits are the results of MutCo's meddling, usually to benefit their black market operations. They have several serums they can inject which cause rapid mutation and have permanent effects. Serums will only be distributed and injected by authorized MutCo employees. MutCo employees care very little as to how much these things can cause pain or problems. When tested on employees themselves, they usually have facilities to reduce pain and ease the coping process with these new mutations.
*These traits are only obtainable through events or purchasing.

🌸 Forced Automatonism
Also known as the "Jewel Thief". Much like natural automatonism, it will cause some part of the emotional area of the brain to shut down. It may not be as extreme as it's natural counterpart, but it will be noticeable. The more obvious result of this injection, is a loss of chest jewels. The gems will literally fall off from the body at such a rapid rate, their healthy appearance is preserved. Similarly, no melanistic coloration of the eyes will occur. This is sometimes used in conjunction with the jewel multiplier for easy gem harvesting.

🌸 Jewel Multiplier
Pretty self explanatory. This serum will cause rapid growth of extra chest jewels, usually clustering around the original, causing a bloom effect as these new jewels tend to be misshapen.

🌸 Razor Teeth
Fairly obvious as well. Causes the teeth of a kao to all become sharp. Sometimes this will even cause the teeth to fuse into plates.

🌸 Eye Multiplier
Extra eyes will pop up anywhere on the body. It's rare these eyes can function properly beyond blinking, but sometimes they actually are capable of sight. If their new eye can function fully, it usually will just leave a Kao disoriented or trying to cope with the condition as best they can.

🌸 Ear Multiplier
Another obvious one. Causes a Kao to grow more than one set of ears. The type of ear is completely random and does not function. Purely aesthetic.

🌸 Limb Multiplier
Also known as "Mangle Body". Another obvious serum yet again. Causes a Kao to grow extra functioning arms or legs. This has the potential to completely mutate the body structure itself depending on where or which limbs are multiplied.

🌸 Dorsal Wings
Similar to the natural wing traits, this serum causes wings to spawn from a kao's back. Just as the other wing traits, this one can form as either feathered, or webbed. However, they can also form as just the bones themselves. This skeletal variant is not functional at all, the external bone structure being fused together with no muscle to work them.

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