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[helluva_pilot]

Who: Calling all Capringles, it's time for a camingle!
Broadcast: nope
Action: On the good ship Caprine
When: August

[Ready to meet the newest addition to the crew? He'll be around...]

Comments

[forcesensitive]

Did you get anything from the tree?

[spontaneouscombustion]

Yeah, I did! [And out pops... a tiny little gator?] Gummy, this is Finn! Finn, Gummy!

[forcesensitive]

[Finn does a double-take (he'll never understand where Pinkie hides these things) but then takes a look at the little guy. He has what can only be described as a vacant stare.]

Gummy, huh? Nice to meet you. He's your pet from back home?

[spontaneouscombustion]

[No one ever will.]

Hee, yup~ We've been together since he was an itsy bitsy baby gator~!

[forcesensitive]

[Gator, okay, that's what this species is called. Good to know.]

He's kinda cute. Can he eat the protein gel or does he have a special diet?

[spontaneouscombustion]

[Things canon could stand to reveal: what the ever loving heck the toothless baby alligator raised by a lacto-ovo vegetarian eats!!!

Pinkie's just going to rattle off a list now, feel free to interject and stop her.]

[forcesensitive]

--pudding, really?

[Finn shakes his head.]

Maybe I'll make up some barbecue protein, see if he likes it. And if not, I bet we can find enough to keep him well-fed. Doesn't look big enough to eat much.

OKAY PHEW barbecue isn't JUST for meat, thank you, Wikipedia

[spontaneouscombustion]

Yup, really!

Awww thanks, Finn! It won't be hard to find him food at all, though. He's a pretty good eater.

[How, though, with that carnivorous digestive tract and no teeth, is the greatest mystery of her world.]

psh, it's just protein gel anyway

[forcesensitive]

I bet not. Reptiles usually eat about anything, don't they?

Does he need a heating lamp?

True, but also useful for gagueing if she knows what barbecue is and needs to ask

[spontaneouscombustion]

HE certainly does!

[That's... actually a really good point, especially if they get stuck in a dark, cold place, or if they're in a place like the toxic moon and he can't leave the ship for a long time. Not just for him but for Dany's dragon too, whenever it hatches.]

Yeeup, he probably does. Didn't think about that.

[forcesensitive]

[See, he's picked up enough about animals to think of that much, so Finn looks proud to have thought of it.]

I bet you can put one together in no time. You're pretty good at making stuff.

[spontaneouscombustion]

[He gets a gold star~]

Hope so! The lamps itself should be easy peasy, but the bulbs are gonna be tricky.

[forcesensitive]

[He reaches down to carefully pat the little guy. Even though Gummy is Pinkie's pet-friend, who knows if there are retractable teeth or something?]

I can help you look once we get to another system, if you let me know what to look for.

[spontaneouscombustion]

[Don't worry, not a tooth in sight, and he allows the pets quite easily.]

Awww, that'd be great! Thanks, Finn!

[Luckily, Hiro gives her some he had lying around a few days later, but Finn is best human.]

[forcesensitive]

Sure thing. And I'll keep an eye out for him here on the ship, make sure he doesn't get into anything he shouldn't.