text; un: johnb (critters)

[baum]

[ Honestly, thank god for this thing's text function. ]

Hey everyone, this is John.

Ever since that new sinkhole opened yesterday, the number of those weird alien dinosaur moles that come from them has been growing.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't love the idea of killing them all just because they're in the way. I know they can't stay here, but there has to be somewhere else we can take them. I'm open to suggestions. I just think we should talk about it.

If any of you agree with me, can we maybe get a team together and try to corral them or something? I know Rémi wants to put them down, but I'd like to at least present an alternative.

Comments

@romanoff

[dissemblance]

Man, I can't believe the year 2801 doesn't have a 'like' feature on posts.

I agree with you, for what it's worth. I'll help.

[baum]

The future's disappointing, what can I say.

Thanks, Natasha. Do you think tranq guns are an option? I don't have any and haven't seen one, but someone suggested it and I figure it's something to explore.

[dissemblance]

Depends on how good someone's aim is. They've got pretty substantial armor. Regular tranq shots wouldn't penetrate it easily. You'd have to hit them in the throat beneath the chin to have a shot.

Not a lot of people can make that shot.

[baum]

Bet you five bucks I could.

[ They're armored, but they're not small. With enough time, he knows he could snipe it. He's been doing it since childhood. ]

That's if I had the dart. No point in talking skills if we don't have the ammunition to begin with.

[dissemblance]

Five bucks, huh? We talking fiat currency here?

（ since... it's not like there's a government. most exchanges she's seen are goods or service-based. ）

Tell you what, I'm going to find you a dart gun.

[baum]

If you can find one, I'm down.

I'm gonna scout some exits, see if we can't work out a place to take these guys.

Re: @romanoff

[portolan]

I don't know that this is a good use of limited materials like even if we have them.

If we're going to insist on relocating the things, do they respond to sound or light or smoke -- something that's a lower resource investment?

[dissemblance]

They're probably used to a low-light environment and rely heavily on senses other than sight. Smells and light probably both would have an effect.

We can try a few things.

Resources or not, I think it's important to remember we're the ones that don't belong here. If we kill everything that we come across, we aren't much better than some of the deeply unpleasant people I've known in my time.

[portolan]

Your point about treatment of outsiders is well-taken.

I spoke to someone who has an ability to get a lot of light in one place. We're going to use my hovbike to try to corral them.