Holiday Tarantulas?

[runwithsciss0rz]

"Ok, so.. we're getting our niece a pet spider for the holidays. A tarantula. Except it seems there's different kinds of them. Anyone got a suggestion as to the best tarantula to get a kid for their first pet?"

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[whistleandlaugh]

Oh hey, have a Blues playing a flute - no song, just random notes. "I girl one, they live longer." Among other things.

[runwithsciss0rz]

"Yeah, we've heard things about that. And, um, about the males trying to escape. I figure Roll's not going to be happy with us for this anyway, we'd better not push our luck."

[whistleandlaugh]

"Never a good idea- especially if yours is the one with the rocket broom."

A few more notes- oh, those two didn't sound that good. Blues frowned at the flute.

"So I don't continue to give you info you've already heard of, what is it that you still have questions on?"

[runwithsciss0rz]

"Lesse, they're big, furry, mostly from warm climates - I dunno how Levi will take that, warm's not really her thing - the females live longer than males, some climb and some don't, and if Roll sees it she's gonna scream."

"And there's, apparently, quite a few different species of them. Probably with different care requirements and difficulties and so on. At least we won't have to worry about bites and such, though maybe we still should in case Megan wants to look at it. I don't think any of them are really dangerous, though."

"So, it's basically suggestions for best species for a first pet. Something that won't be too hard for a curious kid to keep alive, hopefully won't escape, and won't be too hard to catch if it does."

[random_xtras]

"How about a Red Leg?"

[runwithsciss0rz]

"I'll look 'em up. Though looks like we kinda forgot to double check and make sure she'll be ok with feeding it. Y'know, the whole 'live prey' issue."

[random_xtras]

"...Or a spider made from a living jewel?" Charlie quirks an eyebrow, a bit of humor showing in his eyes.

[runwithsciss0rz]

Cut blinks at that. "You mean like the pocket pony Ballade brought home? Yeah, I guess something like that would work. Making some kinda little spider drone shouldn't be that hard, and it wouldn't have to eat bugs that way."

[alternate_faye]

Faye, who's looking somewhat lonely and wondering where the heck Ukyo went, pipes up with this: "What about a robotic one?"

[runwithsciss0rz]

"... Hey, that's not a bad idea! Some kinda spider drone would get around the whole live prey problem."

[mr_v_and_mr_c]

""Why a tarantula?" asks Mr. Croup. "I suggest a black widow. Or maybe one of those Australian ones. You know, the trapdoor ones."

[runwithsciss0rz]

"Eh, well, she's just a month old. Be two by the holidays. I'd rather not get her anything potentially dangerous to nearby squishies until we see how good she is at taking care of something and making sure it doesn't escape."

[mr_v_and_mr_c]

"Oh, but that's the fun!" Mr. Croup grins. "See how many people the thing can kill before it runs out of poison."

"Did that with a cobra one time. Made it all the way to fifty." Mr. Vandemar sounds smug. "Told you it would."

"Twenty-five was a reasonable enougth bet," says Mr. Croup sulkily.

[runwithsciss0rz]

Cut's reminded uncomfortably of Top, who they're still keeping locked in his room. "Um, most of us got outta that line of work a long time ago. And I really think it's not the kinda thing X wants his daughter picking up."