As reference: Remember those hallucinogenic frogs I was talking about a couple days ago? Product of evolution. Now watch.

I start with this image: lick a frog for a vision quest. Purpose. Then I consider the frogs. They’re tree frogs; they almost have to be. Brightly colored, since poisonous frogs usually are; I’m thinking a splotch-pattern of a really vivid blue and a not-quite-blacklite purple. But they’re a hiding species, so I make them really small; one of these little charmers could fit on two outstretched fingers. (This has the added bonus of making them a bear to catch.) To add to the effect, and to fit with the overall thematics, I give them a really interesting sort of croak; it’s high-pitched, tends to waver a bit, and there’s more echo than there is actual sound, making it hard to locate one of the little guys by ear.

Then, just for the added detail, I decide what they taste like when licked. I’m thinking a bitter, milkweed taste; have you ever had a raw artichoke? It’s rather like that. Only with this little tang of something semi-sour….

…and now I need to figure out what the natural purpose of this set of traits is (imagine the kinds of courtship rituals these little guys would have!), but this comment is getting long enough as it is.