Holy shit. These little assholes were here because of me. They were attacking Mongo and Donut not because they were aggressive mobs, but because of the defenses I’d erected around the cat. [1]
Street Urchin are the janitor mobs of the Third Floor. They appear to consume trash. [1]
AI Description
Street Urchin – Level 8
These pokey little puppies only come out at night. Long, long ago, some of the richest citizens of the Over City kept these things as pets. Their name—Street Urchin—was a source of great amusement of the privileged. They would often joke about keeping a street urchin chained up in their homes, only letting the nocturnal creatures out to feed. The small, mindless creatures could clean an entire living space in a matter of minutes. When the cataclysm came, the Street Urchins were transformed into what you see today. Larger, deadlier, and a lot spikier. And after they cleaned the corpses of their former owners, they moved into the ruins and resumed their duties as the janitor mobs of the Over City.
The ruin’s version of a Roomba, these things only have one purpose: to remove dead bodies and any other refuse left behind by inconsiderate crawlers. They won’t bother you if you don’t bother them. But you best not get in their way.
They can be very tenacious when it comes to taking out the trash. [1]
Appearance
Street Urchins look like knee high tumbleweeds, covered in black spikes about 15 inches long. [1]
Story
Book 2
Street Urchins are the Janitor Mob of the Third Floor. They attack Donut when she is under Tsarina Signet's Water Lily Spell because Carl covered her in debris to protect her. Mongo fights the normally pacifist mob, resulting in grave injuries to himself and collateral damage injuries to Donut. Once Carl clears the debris the Street Urchins wander away. Carl makes a potion of Heal Pet Potion and uses it on Mongo. [1]