Horrid killers of abominations, Assassonistas are proudly gruesome murderers of anything they can best in combat. These abominations are a cross between an assassin bug and specifically a fashionable human... They take the murderous tendencies of the assassin bug and combine it with the lust for fashion of the human. The result is as you see it; a "femme 'fashionista' fatale," who wears every gut and body part they find attractive. Skulls, eyes, ribs, tails, shells, sometimes even just the corpse of their prey, they will proudly sport it on their body. And not often does an Assassonista have to wipe sweat off its brow when it comes to killing; their saliva can liquefy the insides of their prey(which is how they feed), and combined with skin armed with spikes, once they have a grip on you, your chance at escape becomes all the more elusive.
While normal assassin bug nymphs wear ants to confuse predators, Assassonistas wear cadaver as a dominance display, and as an aid in sexual selection. Indeed, the fate of their species is reliant on how much kills they wear, while presenting it in the most fashionable way possible. This leads to them killing not just for food, but for fashion, which is highly disruptive to the ecosystems they live in, in parts of Sedde and a bit more commonly in Qiwaki. So, if you're worth your salt at exterminating, the Earth will thank you for ridding it of this pest.
Strategies for hunting these can be interesting; Assassonistas are partial to killing things they find attractive and/or novel, so wearing uninteresting clothes or even simply being an ugly person can keep them uninterested in you, giving you a chance to strike! And if you fancy yourself as the Belle of the Ball, you can try wearing an ugly mask, you vain prick! They aren't very wary of humans since they see them as potential prey, so take advantage of their confidence. But if you don't have what it takes, just don't go out at night time! These abominations are nocturnal!
3rd of the Metal Series, Assassonista! She's based off of acanthaspis petax, a bug that wears dead ants for camo! This one wears all things dead for fashion!
Hopefully delays are gone for now! It's been a combo of some artblock and having a buncha stuff irl to take care of!
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