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[noarchitact]

WHO: Bluebell + Zenith
WHERE: In the middle of the WOODS
WHEN: Day 22 Night and beyond.

[ impromptu camping trip is GO! ]

Comments

[featherduster]

[ He somehow manages to convey "??????" with only his face ]

[arrowace]

[ I don’t have an icon that properly conveys their conspiratorial excitement. hands down the most emotive he has seen Mute be under any circumstance. ]

They are born as . . . fish. Only when they mature . . . do they grow legs.

[featherduster]

[ It's a feat that he controls his volume if not his enthusiasm ]

You're just making that up.

[arrowace]

Minuet.

[ they look him directly in the eyes and say with 100% earnest and deadly seriousness: ]

I would . . . never, never . . never lie to you . . . about the salamander life cycle.

[arrowace]

[ looks back down at the salamander friend time for more cool amphibian facts. ]

Some . . . many frogs, can . . . change genders. If needed, if environmentally prompted. Some salamanders . . . for unclear reasons, may . . . have the capacity to express . . . no gender as commonly understood. Most develop into male and female adults while . . . other individuals . . . reach biological maturity without . . . with no secondary sex characteristics.

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[featherduster]

[featherduster]

[ Okay.

This is it.



He should ask. ]

[featherduster]

[ IT'S A PERFECT SEGUE--








GOD, NO IT'S NOT. HOLY SHIT. ]

[featherduster]

[ Okay, Vash the Stampede, listen the fuck up. You've faced down all the untold horrors the world could throw at you and overcame. Asking a teenager a simple personal question is baby shit. You got this. ]

[featherduster]

[ wheeze ]

done

[featherduster]

So . . . if you were a frog . . . --all the time, I mean! If you were a frog who grew up from a fish . . . would you be the male frog, or the female frog? . . . Or the Nothing frog?

Re: done

[arrowace]

[ Huffs. Minuet is deducted points for mixing up amphibian facts. ]

Frogs . . . transition, salamanders abstain.

also done

[arrowace]

[ but gains more points than he just lost for picking up what they were laying down ]

But as a human . . . with access to . . . medically trained clerics of Tyr . . . I am Nothing.

Re: also done

[featherduster]

Oh, okay. Makes sense.

Sorry, I'm learning.

Re: also done

[arrowace]

[ buddy we are all, always, still learning about amphibians. They nod, confident in his blossoming dedication to herpetology. ]

Thank you for your hospitality.

[ to the salamander before lowering rock back down and standing up ]

I suspect the lilywogs to . . . be with egg. You will be able to observe . . . the metamorphosis.

Re: also done

[featherduster]

[ OOOO: ]

When . . . ?

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[arrowace]

It is . . . only a theory . . . but spawning may begin at any time. Eggs . . . would hatch in a few days to a few weeks. Vigilance will be essential during this time for . . . observation.

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[featherduster]

Okay. You'll keep me posted, right?

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[arrowace]

[ reaches up to put a hand on his shoulder . . . but then kind of has to shuffle in closer due to the comical height discrepancy. they maintain their ultra-serious expression though. ]

In the case of any baby animal . . . you will be the first I notify.

Re: also done

[featherduster]

[ Softly ]

Thank you . . .