Overall this brown seems like he's not eating enough, looking almost skinny enough to see his ribs. But upon a closer look, it becomes clear that these patterns are muscles and markings, not skin stretched tightly over bones. Once one realizes this, one sees better that his body is streamlined and sleek, ideal for speed. His body is an almost uniform shade of muddy brown. However, where most firelizards have their darker halves above, and their lighter halves below, this one is just the opposite. His underbelly is a single shade of dark, silty brown, while at his sides the color blends into a dusty pinkish russet, shot through with lines of yellowish brown. The brown's tail begins to darken from this pinkish russet, to a darker auburn color at its forked tips. Wings are large for his size, with great golden-brown sails stretched over sable brown spars. His head looks a little bit too big for him, actually, and his headknobs and eye ridges are sharp. The effect is that of an old man glaring at the world around him.
Egg Name and Description
Steamin' Mad! Egg
This egg would be white if it wasn't for the dirt! Sure enough, the whole surface of this egg appears to be covered in stains. But they're not removable; apparently it's part of the egg's shell patterns. It looks like it has been streaked and splattered with all kinds of messy, multicolored stains — as though juice, klah, and chocolate (complete with patterns that look like little tracks made in the chocolate alongside it) have been ground into the surface of the shell. However, there's a single swath across these stains that's pure white. It's a uniform strip of white right across the dirty-looking lines. Stemming from this swath are patterns like billowing smoke.
Hatching Message
The firelizard hatchling inside the Steamin' Mad! Egg is really annoyed with this shell! RRRGH! With a final shove, a brown head pops out through the shell; within a moment more, the firelizard is freed from his confinement.
Personality
Mud's a crochety old man, every looking for attention and telling others off.
Inspiration
The theme of the egg was "Paid Programming", and your egg was inspired by the Rug Doctor carpet steam cleaner. "Rrrrrrug Doctor! Steamin' Mad At Dirt!" The hatchling theme was phrases that involved colors, and your hatchling was, of course, based on the phrase "being a stick in the mud". That said, however, feel free to have your little brown's personality defy his namesake entirely if you so wish! :)
Credits
| Name | Mud |
| Dam | Travanna |
| Sire | Cocoa |
| Created By | R'ik |
| Lineart | Rhasmir |
| Coloring | ryni |
| Impressee | ryni |
| Hatched | 8 June 2009 |
| Length | 53 |
| Ierne WeyrHold | |
| PernWorld MUSH | |
