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[text/video] un: linneus
Good day, everyone.
While I hate for my second of these... missives to be another message asking for help, I fear that is precisely what it is and I do beg your patience.
I recently came home to find a large egg sitting on my doorstep. With little idea what to do I brought it home, kept it swaddled and warm and eventually it hatched. The animal that emerged... I have never seen its like before. It appears to be a sort of horse, but much shorter, with a longer neck and a smaller face. And a good deal... fluffier? Than any horse I've ever seen.
She has taken well to eating grass, and has shown to particularly favour munching on my flowerbeds. It seems she is managing well enough - flourishing, even. But I had hoped someone might enlighten me as to what kind of creature she is, and whether there might be other foods I can provide for her?
Also a name - I confess I have always struggled terribly with naming things! So any suggestions would be quite welcomed.
[the text is followed up by a brief video clip - slightly wobbly, as Linneus turns the camera on himself-]
So that you have an idea of what it is you are naming...
[turning the camera around, the scene is quite cosy now that his home is settled again. A fire crackles away, and there is a small table near his armchair bearing a cup of tea, his feet resting on a small stool. The cosiness would be complete perhaps with a blanket, but his "creature", dozing with her head on his lap, is more than making up for the lack of one.
To those familiar, a llama indoors is probably a strange sight - stranger still this llama's size, as she can't be more than three feet tall. She snores, and there is the sound of Linneus chuckling softly before the video feed is cut.]
((Please feel free to flood Linn with name suggestions for the miniature llama he now has? ))
While I hate for my second of these... missives to be another message asking for help, I fear that is precisely what it is and I do beg your patience.
I recently came home to find a large egg sitting on my doorstep. With little idea what to do I brought it home, kept it swaddled and warm and eventually it hatched. The animal that emerged... I have never seen its like before. It appears to be a sort of horse, but much shorter, with a longer neck and a smaller face. And a good deal... fluffier? Than any horse I've ever seen.
She has taken well to eating grass, and has shown to particularly favour munching on my flowerbeds. It seems she is managing well enough - flourishing, even. But I had hoped someone might enlighten me as to what kind of creature she is, and whether there might be other foods I can provide for her?
Also a name - I confess I have always struggled terribly with naming things! So any suggestions would be quite welcomed.
[the text is followed up by a brief video clip - slightly wobbly, as Linneus turns the camera on himself-]
So that you have an idea of what it is you are naming...
[turning the camera around, the scene is quite cosy now that his home is settled again. A fire crackles away, and there is a small table near his armchair bearing a cup of tea, his feet resting on a small stool. The cosiness would be complete perhaps with a blanket, but his "creature", dozing with her head on his lap, is more than making up for the lack of one.
To those familiar, a llama indoors is probably a strange sight - stranger still this llama's size, as she can't be more than three feet tall. She snores, and there is the sound of Linneus chuckling softly before the video feed is cut.]
((Please feel free to flood Linn with name suggestions for the miniature llama he now has? ))
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Yes! I have a tiger cub... And yes, he was born from an egg, too!
[Excuse him while he rushes off to check who mentioned this.]
His name is Daifuku... Hang on.
[He gets up to walk to another room, turning the camera to show a white tiger cub sleeping on the couch. (Yes, it's totally claimed the whole couch for itself.)]
There, that's him~!
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[apologetically as Atsushi brings him through, followed by a delighted gasp at the little creature on the couch-]
Oh-- goodness, how precious...! How long have you had him?
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[And of Daifuku's~! Atsushi really doesn't mind people talking about his cub, but he couldn't help but be curious! Not offended, though. Never that.]
Let's see... Almost five months now? [One of Daifuku's ears twitches, as if he knows he's being talked about, even while he's sleeping.] A little longer if you count when I got the egg.
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Do you recall if he has grown very much since he hatched?
This one grew quite quickly over the past few days, but it seems like she has slowed down.
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I was a little worried before, but since he seems healthy enough, I'm sure he's meant to be this way.
[And, if not, at least it saves on food bills...]
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Then perhaps she won't grow very much more. We shall see!
And he eats what you would expect for his kind?
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Yes, nothing unusual at all there, as far as I know. He likes both meat and fish, some kinds more than others.
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free fertiliser?]Some animals can be known to be picky.
Well, hopefully I can encourage her to trim the grass instead of destroying the plants.
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Gotta hoard those llama pellets!]I'm sure that's possible! If nothing else, you can spread some of her favorite flowers through the grass to encourage her.
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[Meanwhile, Daifuku stretches with a sleepy little throat-rumble, and starts to wake up.]
Ah, it looks like this one is due for a snack, as well~! I'd better find him something before he starts looking, himself.
It was nice talking to you! Let me know when you settle on a name, okay?
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I shall, of course. It was a pleasure.