--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "jmhcustomart2004"
<a_change_of_plans_at_y...> wrote:
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "rhio2k" <rhio2k@y...> wrote:
> > Just HOW unusual are we talking about, here? If she were put
before
> a
> > table with 7 bowls, which would she eat from?
> >
> > 1 plastic shavings
> >
> > 2 raw meat
> >
> > 3 blood
> >
> > 4 dustbunnies
> >
> > 5 drywall
> >
> > 6 assorted sexual secretions
> >
> > 7 paper strips
>
> *LOL* I don't think she'd eat any of that stuff, man! Heh heh.
> By "unusual diet", I was implying that her eating habits are a bit
> different than say, Des's, or the Trio's. She consumes ungodly
> amounts of sugar (whether from candy, fruits, or whatever), yet
> doesn't have to worry about things such as cavities, because her
> biology (bone matter, muscles, organs, etcetera) is different.
Her
> people have a symbiotic relationship with Treska'a species;
Onika's
> people (who are omnivorous, and eat a lot of "sweet" plants) use
> their farming to attract smaller animals (which are consumed by
> Treska's people, who are strict carnivores). In turn, Treska's
> species protects Onika's species from other predators. Very few
> creatures will go against one of Treska's people, because they're
> practically a walking weapon.
> Onika's people are extremely long-lived, and show almost no
signs
> of aging, aside from their skin color fading a bit, and perhaps
some
> gray hair. Their skin density is far superior to ours, and even
> Des's (the chameleon); they begin to show a few extra wrinkles
after
> they hit 70-75 years of age. English is not Onika's original
> language, but because of her species' fairly high IQ's, learning a
> new language isn't _too_ difficult. Learning to write it is
> something else, though.
> Her people also get the vast majority of their vitamins and such
> from the sun; their bodies somehow (as yet unexplained) metabolize
> the sunlight. Think of them as some sort of living solar cell. A
> byproduct of their solar consumption is the sometimes-creepy
> luminescent effect it has on their eyes. Perhaps some sort of
> phosporescent material is in their eyes? Who knows? She's not
about
> to let herself get dissected!
> They are playful their entire lives; it is a stark contrast to
> Treska's people, who rarely speak, and tend to be quite serious.
> I'm dying to explain everything, and list all the info I have on
> the different species on her world, how they tie in to the Trio's
> world, and how some of the rulers of her country (long before she
was
> born, of course) were seen by our ancestors long ago...
> But you're just gonna have to wait. >;)
>
> --JMH
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I have this bizarre feeling that I should start stocking up on
illegal drugs now...
Received on Wed Apr 28 2004 - 03:18:50 CDT