Aveta 103

[kissdiet]

[Action // Voice]

[so... it's been sunny. Or well, much sunnier than last month so far. Cam, like most other reasonable people, has been appreciating this in the ways sie knows how to do so - namely, sitting outside in the sunset. Sie's found hirself a nice spot near the center of town, set up a picnic blanket, and taken a seat there with a few

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[voice]

[kissdiet]

Ah, I can only imagine. Conversations with members of other tribes tend to be, well... fascinating, truth be told. Their perspective can be so vastly different.

[voice]

[kissdiet]

...Forgive me, but I do not know much of centaurs. Nor any of the other peoples you have told me of. Might you be convinced to tell me more of them?

[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert recognizes Cameron's voice from hearing hir talking before. So he doesn't have any real problems speaking up.]

What an interesting question, Cameron.

My own species - human, known scientifically as homo sapiens sapiens seems to be common here, but I will happily give you detail on the species if you are a non-human sapient yourself... which I believe you are, if our last conversation was any indication.

The species I assumed the form of was an anthropomorphic mutant red-eared slider - trachemys scripta elegans, mutatens. It is a kind of highly-unique subspecies of the typical red-eared slider present on Terran multiversions. A red-eared slider is a species of turtle; turtles are quadruped animals covered in leathery scales - known as scutes - and a heavy shell which has evolved as an extension of their rib cages.

It was quite fascinating to be exothermic for a week...

[Voice]

[kissdiet]

Ah, Professor. No, I'm not a human, thought based on what I can gather about them my own people, and indeed most of the other peoples from the World I know, do not look or act entirely dissimilar barring for tribal or clan differences. Though... I would appreciate a human insight into the species.

[...Exothermic. That would mean-]

So... turtles cannot produce their own body heat?

[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

From what I have seen of you - which is admittedly little - you look quite hominid to me. That is, your form greatly resembles what I would consider a human shape. Of course, your internal biology might be entirely different, but externally there are many similarities. Is that true of many of the sapients from your home then? Can these different... peoples, as you say, interbreed? [Robert wonders if they might not be subspecies.]

Humans are part of the order known as primates - which are themselves part of the class referred to as mammals, an endothermic group of quadrupedal creatures, characterized by the presence of hair, mammary glands and three middle ear bones. [Robert pauses there.] While primates have other specific features - such as generally having five digits per limb, well-articulated shoulder joints and an emphasis on vision - I'm not sure how necessary it is for me to detail all of them...

But, at any rate, humans are one of the several sapient species of primate recognized on Terra. [Because other species, such as

[Voice]

[kissdiet]

[...You know this isn't that long, but all the same the information is detailed enough that sie feels vaguely like sie's in class again. It's a welcome feeling, and as a result sie finds hirself taking notes in the closest notepad sie has other than the journal, flipping the page past the notes sie was just taking on a book about Greek mythology.

Primates, Mammals - classifications of both, okay... they look a little like hir people? But that's odd, sie seems to have a darker tone than most people, and Robert - based on the little picture - has a lighter one too. Sie pauses, chewing on hir pen a moment...

Oh, right! Turtles - Reptiles, heat. This is all like a 101 course and that's off-putting, but sie knows sie's hardly qualified for anything more right now anyway... There's a brief hum before-]

I'm not sure animal classification is so detailed on the World I know. I wonder if some of the people in biological studies were working on such a classification system beforehand but... [...not hir field, sie shouldn't try to

[Voice]

[catus_carnival]

Tao can tell you lots of things about the Kakas, meow!

[Voice]

[kissdiet]

Oh, would you?! I would love to hear what you'll tell me.

[Voice]

[catus_carnival]

Well, first, we live at the bottom of Kaguzuchi, meow. There's not a lot of sun because of the big metal plate covering the village. But Kakas love to sleep a lot in the sunny spot on the hill! It's a purrfect spot to take a nap, meow.

[Voice]

[kissdiet]

So what is Kaguzuchi? [Carefully pronouncing that] A mountain range, perhaps?

[Voice]

[consultmybooks]

I spent the week as a dragon.

Specifically, I took the form of another dragon that's here in the village. A friend of his was able to help me adjust.

[Voice]

[kissdiet]

A... dragon? Forgive me, I'm not familiar with the people.

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[consultmybooks]

Are you familiar with lizards, at least?

[Voice]

[kissdiet]

Ah, yes. [Though, the lizards sie's picturing are really more akin to a cross between a snake and and bird; winged serpents.]

[survivethesiren]

I think have discussed this already, actually.

[kissdiet]

Oh, Gem... yes, we did - your people exist in a world called the "Grid" within the human world's electronics.

[survivethesiren]

Yes, exactly.

[kissdiet]

I confess I still don't quite understand how that... works. A world within a world?