Brain
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Post by Brain on Aug 31, 2009 20:53:58 GMT -5
"How big of a rock are you imagining? Past a certain size, any rocks would be used for the walls, aside from bedrock."
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Maybe a rock the size of a small cat, which explains why her brother was seen.
"mmkay. Say that, then."
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I did!
"Yes. Research cheetahs. That should spark some ideas."
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OK... How does it sound if she can currently sprint halfway across the breadth of the enclosure (and at apprentice age the whole breadth, at warrior age the length) before dropping from exhaustion and waiting 10 - 15 minutes to catch her breath?
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Post by Ten on Sept 2, 2009 17:08:47 GMT -5
"Maybe a rock the size of a small cat"
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Why wouldn't they have used that for the walls?
mm... sounds like that could work, though I'm not sure of the exact demensions of the enclosure. I'd prefer a specific measurement.
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Post by Brain on Sept 2, 2009 21:23:38 GMT -5
"Why wouldn't they have used that for the walls?"
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I don't know, maybe they thought it could be a highrock of some sort. This could result from poor planning.
"mm... sounds like that could work, though I'm not sure of the exact dimensions of the enclosure. I'd prefer a specific measurement.
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Modified version: "OK... How does it sound if she can currently sprint 80 feet(and at apprentice age 160 ft., at warrior age 360 ft.) before dropping from exhaustion and waiting 10 - 15 minutes to catch her breath?"
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Post by Ten on Sept 4, 2009 17:00:47 GMT -5
"I don't know, maybe they thought it could be a highrock of some sort."
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The leader and deputy wouldn't have bothered to make sure there was anything like that.
"This could result from poor planning."
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Regardless of planning skills, there were only so many movable rocks to be had; they would've used everything they could.
How far can a normal cat sprint?
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Post by Brain on Sept 5, 2009 15:39:48 GMT -5
"The leader and deputy wouldn't have bothered to make sure there was anything like that.... Regardless of planning skills, there were only so many movable rocks to be had; they would've used everything they could."
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Maybe it was bigger than a cat and too big to move?
"How far can a normal cat sprint?"
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I can't find that.
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Post by Ten on Sept 5, 2009 18:04:15 GMT -5
"Maybe it was bigger than a cat and too big to move?"
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You mean not even when several of them worked together? I'm thinking there wouldn't be any massive rocks of that size laying around to begin with.
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Post by Brain on Sept 5, 2009 20:36:30 GMT -5
"You mean not even when several of them worked together? I'm thinking there wouldn't be any massive rocks of that size laying around to begin with." --- I think I've got a good idea: [with commentary]When Shadowkit was almost old enough to be apprenticed, rabies broke out in the enclosure. Her mother tried to hide her kits by pushing them through a small hole in the wall.[you said they exist] She put Shadowkit in second so that her pelt would act as camouflage. If a cat did see her, they would have thought she was a shadow. Her brother wasn't so lucky: there wasn't enough room in the hole so he fell out the back and, unable to climb back up[either that or, being anthropomorphic, he became unable to fit, but I assume that these cats don't know about their abilities], eventually starved to death. Only Shadowkit, paralyzed by fear, survived. By the way, in Bluekit's bio you claimed that cats can't teach themselves to hunt. Well, my kitten Midnight killed a lizard in real life. There is no way any cat could have taught her to do that: she is an indoors cat and has had only short (and hostile) encounters with my two other cats, and I'm pretty sure they can't hunt. |
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Post by Ten on Sept 6, 2009 9:38:05 GMT -5
"She put Shadowkit in second so that her pelt would act as camouflage."
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Meaning that if she had put her in first, her pelt wouldn't have acted as camouflage?
"there wasn't enough room in the hole so he fell out the back"
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How high up was it?
"either that or, being anthropomorphic,"
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Was at night or during the day?
"I assume that these cats don't know about their abilities"
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mmhm.
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Post by Brain on Sept 6, 2009 18:38:11 GMT -5
"Meaning that if she had put her in first, her pelt wouldn't have acted as camouflage?"
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Meaning that her brother's pelt wasn't camouflaged and he would have given them off.
"How high up was it?"
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Maybe about 1.5 feet, and their mom had carried them up there.
"Was at night or during the day?"
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Day.
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Post by Ten on Sept 7, 2009 9:20:53 GMT -5
"Meaning that her brother's pelt wasn't camouflaged and he would have given them off."
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If hidden second, you mean?
Or rather, because of his pelt, he was her first priority when hiding them?
"carried them up there"
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Did she scale the side of the wall, or did she stand up on her hind legs and place him there?
"Day."
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mmm.... I'm not sure if they would've retained their abilities or not, but that's not something I want to open up for discussion if it won't have any influence on actual role play. Night would be better - falling out the side and not being able to get back in is rather... tragic, but I suppose there isn't another option for this story.
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