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driftfleet2016-12-25 12:17 am
sylphystia) wrote in driftfleet2016-12-25 12:17 am
ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ/ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ | time to get smashed
Who: Dezel and whoever!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Redshift district
When: Late December
[action;]
[After visiting the planet for a while and deciding it was too cold for his tastes, Dezel has decided to stick to whatever parts of Hotel Corona that aren't entirely offensive to his seraphic senses. The fake forest? Totally out. The fake beach? Not much better, but at least he can soak. The weird games? Not much fun when you're invisible. And he can't really see the nebulae outside the window, so that's out, too.
Still, Dezel is an adult and he has some idea of adult fun, unlike the other kids in his company. While he waits for the Fleet to leave the system and return to dead air and dead space, he peruses the full range of seedy bars available. One might find him cutting a dark silhouette in the corner as he drinks by himself. Or, if someone can't see him at all, they might notice a floating mug or wine bottle that everyone around seems to ignore. There's no way the bartender can't see that, right? And yet he keeps looking away every time the bottle moves.
Weird.]
[audio;]
[Here's a voice you don't hear often-- but he's here to educate people about animals.]
All the animals I saw on the planet were aquatic in some way. The planet's probably mostly water beneath the snow and ice, not that you can tell.
So how do they keep warm?
[Ice clinking in a glass fills a brief silence.]
Animals that live in frigid climates have a thick layer of fat beneath their skin. In water-dwelling animals, it's called blubber. Blubber is valuable enough that people melt it down for fuel, leather, and other things.
If you see something that has fur, it's not the same kind of fur you'd find on a dog or cat. There's usually two layers: the underfur, which is dense and keeps heat trapped; and the guard hairs, which are rough and long in order to repel snow and water. Wet fur doesn't insulate well, though, so most hairy animals live above the water. Jumping in is a death sentence unless they have enough fat.
... Just wanted to clear that up. There's some stuff in the museum that's completely made up, so I wouldn't be surprised if they got that wrong, too.
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Redshift district
When: Late December
[action;]
[After visiting the planet for a while and deciding it was too cold for his tastes, Dezel has decided to stick to whatever parts of Hotel Corona that aren't entirely offensive to his seraphic senses. The fake forest? Totally out. The fake beach? Not much better, but at least he can soak. The weird games? Not much fun when you're invisible. And he can't really see the nebulae outside the window, so that's out, too.
Still, Dezel is an adult and he has some idea of adult fun, unlike the other kids in his company. While he waits for the Fleet to leave the system and return to dead air and dead space, he peruses the full range of seedy bars available. One might find him cutting a dark silhouette in the corner as he drinks by himself. Or, if someone can't see him at all, they might notice a floating mug or wine bottle that everyone around seems to ignore. There's no way the bartender can't see that, right? And yet he keeps looking away every time the bottle moves.
Weird.]
[audio;]
[Here's a voice you don't hear often-- but he's here to educate people about animals.]
All the animals I saw on the planet were aquatic in some way. The planet's probably mostly water beneath the snow and ice, not that you can tell.
So how do they keep warm?
[Ice clinking in a glass fills a brief silence.]
Animals that live in frigid climates have a thick layer of fat beneath their skin. In water-dwelling animals, it's called blubber. Blubber is valuable enough that people melt it down for fuel, leather, and other things.
If you see something that has fur, it's not the same kind of fur you'd find on a dog or cat. There's usually two layers: the underfur, which is dense and keeps heat trapped; and the guard hairs, which are rough and long in order to repel snow and water. Wet fur doesn't insulate well, though, so most hairy animals live above the water. Jumping in is a death sentence unless they have enough fat.
... Just wanted to clear that up. There's some stuff in the museum that's completely made up, so I wouldn't be surprised if they got that wrong, too.
Audio
[It's Dezel, so no. It's not all. But he's also not going to admit flat out that he's a huge goddamn nerd.]
Audio
[Hey, the biggest nerd she knows is shameless about it. For science. And while it's not really her thing, she can appreciate what makes others happy.]
Audio
[She sounds honestly curious, rather than just abusing him for his encyclopedic knowledge, so he can oblige her for now.]
Audio
[She's really asking just because it's a topic he seems to care about, but also once again her lack of a formal education means she only has her childhood memories to go off of as far as non-Ferines sea life is concerned.]
Audio
The biggest differences between marine animals are usually caused by the salinity of the water. It's difficult for fish to survive in both, for example.
Audio
[Ferines can generally survive in both just fine. Then again, Ferines aren't fish.]
So how are freshwater and seawater animals different?