X was a lovely planet, covered in thick forests, sparkling seas, and the native creatures’ towns. All was well in X, until the day a comet crashed onto the planet. This comet carried alien spores from another planet it had crashed through, introducing Budlings to the ecosystem. They quickly spread throughout the population, causing countless fatalities and horrible chaos. Just when all hope seemed lost, the mysterious monitors started to show up at the creatures’ doorsteps, left there by someone- or something- completely unknown to them.
Now able to manage their parasites, the succubuds (what they’d started calling themselves with their parasites) started to research them and look for a cure. While studying, they realized something strange- rarely, parasites give their hosts magic abilities or fantastical properties, like morphing. Much is still unknown about budlings and succubuds’ new abilities under their influence, but more is being discovered each day.