Scuttles

Scuttles Life expectancy: 40-80 years

This human-cuttlefish hybrid was a result from the deep sea colonization initiative. They were created, among other races, to attempt to provide a solution to overpopulation. This program was shut down eventually with the growing hatred of non-humans. Luckily when the catastrophic day hit, most of these sea-dwellers were offshore.

Scuttles can come in a variety of forms, all humanoid, all with different possible physical traits. The common scuttle has tentacles integrated with their human-like physiology.

These include, but are not limited to, wrists, forearms, lower back, ankles, head, and shoulders. Scuttles also have the ability to change the look and texture of their skin, much like their cuttlefish kin. This leaves much open in terms of fashion and subterfuge.

However, the human aspects of scuttles can make it tricky. Those who don't hold great control over this aspect of their biology, mainly young scuttles, or otherwise impaired scuttles (such as being under the influence of alcohol) find their skin change colour based on their emotions, as such, scuttles generally can find themselves overly emotional in ordinary situations.

Some scuttle find their parents have passed on the genetic traits of venom, they can leave toxic wounds in combat. They also have faster resting heart rates due to the haemocyanin in their blood requiring oxygen to travel faster through their system (this also leaves their blood a slight bluish-green). Scuttle also have two hearts, one to circulate blood throughout their body, and one to circulate blood to their gills. Luckily this doesn't inhibit their ability to reside on land, though they don't prefer to be apart from water for extended periods of time as moisturizing is key to a happy scuttle.

These are the only human-known genetic mutations of Scuttle, there’s undoubtedly more out there who’ve undertaken unknown traits.