#35 - Racetrack and Animals whut?

[inthecenterfold]

Okay so I meant to ask this yesterday but I completely forgot.

On Sunday I was out at Melee Island and I saw a couple of WEIRD critters there. I mean, yeah they had horses and wolves...

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[desig_survivor]

A racetrack, huh?

...Did you see anything that can fly?

[inthecenterfold]

I think some of these bird-things can fly.

[desig_survivor]

Right. Great! It's going to be a job and a half finding out how to ride them, I'm sure. This should be interesting.

[he's suddenly much more cheerful - Rogue loves flying.]

[inthecenterfold]

[I gathered XD]

You think you know how to fly one of these things, dude? I mean used to anyway.

[desig_survivor]

[When it's been too long without flight and he gets in the air again, he canonically gets a little... silly.]

Not animals. I think - maybe I've ridden something before, or I've seen people doing it, since I'm picturing the tack you'd need for these things, but I'm pretty sure it or they couldn't fly.

Another threadjack. Sorry. D|

[heretic_hamlet]

[Pen taps. He gathers his thoughts.]

The black ones will fly. I'm sure of it.

It's cool.

[desig_survivor]

Which ones, the hexapods?

[pause. Most people won't know what that means]

The ones with six limbs?

[heretic_hamlet]

Nay, good ser, the Chocobos; the tall birds. If you find naught else to your fancy, the black ones will fly.

Taming them, however, will be quite an endeavor, but should you succeed you'll have a wing like none other.

[desig_survivor]

Will they? [you have his interest.]

I don't think I've ever tamed anything before - actually, I don't think I've had much to do with animals at all. Have you flown one?

What kind of acceleration do they have? Are they balanced, or nose- or tail-heavy? And how tough are they?

[...Rogue, they're not a new kind of starfighter.]

[heretic_hamlet]

[Reed is hopelessly lost. Have some ink droplets.]

The black ones are lighter of frame than their cousins, but they're a handy mount all the same. They fly well even with a rider, and grow cooperative with time. My apologies, ser; my memory fails me beyond that.

[desig_survivor]

Hmm. Well, thanks anyway. I think I'll see if I can compare their performance to the six-limbed things. No sense in committing myself to one or the other just yet. [whoops, he pinged himself]

[inthecenterfold]

Wait, what six-limbed things?

[desig_survivor]

The bird things you drew that have the tufted tails. You drew them with six limbs - four legs, two wings. Wings are limbs.

[inthecenterfold]

... OH! So you're talking about the one that's not the Coco-bird?

[desig_survivor]

Yes. I'm going to have to go there and look them over.

[inthecenterfold]

They look interesting - I guess they're called Griffons.