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[recollecters]

Hello! You know, when I was a kid I always wanted to get horseback lessons? I never got those, but I did learn to code, so that's pretty cool. Anyway! We've been working on horses a little, although mostly it seems like we'll be pouring hours into taste, which seems to be a result of the outside destabilization? Balancing spinning tops is always kind of a headache. I hope some of you found those loopholes! There's some of those bats in here, too, and I've been carrying things around to fend them off all week. Some people keep herding them into heavily populated areas in the building, though. What a pain! Joanne Wiseman Technician 2nd class Retrspec Incorporated As of this post taste tier 1 has been icly regained; it includes grains. Also as of this post, horses are now recognized in fictional books, games and movies. This is extended to merchandise as well such as the world-equivalent of My Little Pony. Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently.

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[stressweets]

They are not evil!

[loudmouths]

sure they are! just like normal chickens! temperamental and aggressive and stupid!

at least normal chickens aren't big enough to break your neck or kill you or worse!

[stressweets]

Only if you give them reason to.
Though if you think such ill thoughts around them, then of course they're going to be a little moody...
Animals are incredibly perceptive to feelings.

[loudmouths]

i'm only thinkin that way about them because they gave me reason to!

i didn't really think one way or the other about 'em until they started gettin nasty at me and chasin me!!

[stressweets]

You must have startled them, or they must have already been stressed over other outside factors.
The chocobos at the stables are generally well-behaved after all.

[loudmouths]

because animals are always 100% predictable and any misbehaving is clearly dependent on outside factors

especially fantasy animals that shouldn't even exist

[stressweets]

And you consider horses any better?
I say this as someone who loves horses, but understands they and chocobos are similar enough in general temperament, even if they aren't physiologically speaking.

[loudmouths]

hell no i don't think horses are any better

any large animal like that is a dangerous beast capable of destroying everything you love

they're dangerous!!!!

[ spoken like a truly bougie fellow... ]

[youraffection]

dude have u met 1??

[stressweets]

I work with them, so yes.
I've met dozens of them.

[youraffection]

then idk how ur still alive

[stressweets]

Because I treat them with the respect they deserve.

[youraffection]

theyre yard birds

[stressweets]

They're very graceful animals!
...Okay, their look is a little doofy, but that doesn't mean you can just disrespect them carelessly.
They have feelings too.

[youraffection]

so do i and so do my hands as long as they dont chop on them!

[stressweets]

Then be more mindful next time you feed them, or pay better attention to how they might be feeling before you attempt to pet them.

[youraffection]

right the next time i try to pet them
aka never
what was wrong with normal horses?

[stressweets]

[ are you aware normal horses can also get hella moody, my dude... ]

Absolutely nothing was. I don't know why they, of all things, was so suddenly replaced...
What's so bad about just having both of them?

[youraffection]

[ Does this seem like a guy who understands animals? ]

well horses r normal
chocobos r not
its p simple

[stressweets]

[ okay point. ]

They're normalized now, just like the dancing fruits.

[youraffection]

the dancing fruits
man
it made work hell when they first came out do u know that?

[stressweets]

I can only imagine.
How did you manage to deal with their wiggly natures?

[youraffection]

not well
like
stocking was a nightmare
at 1 point we ended up trying to kind of net them into place?
it took a while b4 we got them into those like big separated container things that ull see now
u cant really control them if theyre just in big piles on the main display tables like normal fruit
also soothing music
idek
its weird