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Let's see: Cold? Check Glittery? Check Super fast and strong? Bingo. I would say start over :
Yep :o For 2, if you insist on having them shiny, I'd call it reflective or glinting instead of shimmery :p Sorry, does sound a little like twilight vampires. Cold, shiny, and super strong. They don't have to be that cold, right? :p Mercury doesn't absorb heat well? I wouldn't know, but maybe something else is added in to them you know, for a little twist? :p I don't know a thing about chemistry, so Maybe as an extra twist they have a paranoia of thermometers XD
Firefighters talk about the fire triangle (Google it). Anything which breaks the triangle puts out the fire.
I think a better way to tackle the temperature factor would be for these creatures to have the ability to change their temperatures. (Mercury's melting point is roughly 38 degrees Farenheit) What would happen is these creatures remain very cold so as to not lose their shape and can remain solid. However, when they want to slip through small areas or form into another shape, they raise their body temperature to melt and cool back down with the new shape. (so essentially they could be in human form and morph to a tiger or a colony of bees) You can do a lot with these creatures, but how will you tackle the appearance. Will they actually be able to take on the coloration of a person or animal? Also, I'm sorry to say but it wouldn't make much sense to give them faster speed just because you want them too / but I really like the idea of how they just lift material instead of actually having lift it. Oh and they should have a sheen/reflective appearance (not glittery) whenever their coloration returns to normal conditions (that of actual mercury).
