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Good kitty! 💜🪻

Just found out about "catnip"

Kinda hypocritical of terran feralists to think that drugging pets so they're cute and docile is okay for them but not for us...

Cats like it so much they try to get their silly faces full of it at the mere scent, what makes you think you won't? ::}

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So I'm kind of in a bind. I live on what you'd call a Feralist planet, pretty far out from anything the Compact controls rn. Living conditions could be better, but we've got good people here who just want to be left alone. They're not violent, but I don't want to think about what would happen if one of your big plantships showed up in our orbit.

My friend, though, she's different. She talks about the Compact all the time. About your tech and your medicine. I know she needs it. Something called Class G? We don't have anything like that available here. At least not readily.

I wanna hand her over to you, but I don't wanna be the one who called down the plants on everybody's heads. What should I do? Steal a shuttle? Set up a trade?

Oh no... Please don't get yourself in trouble...

Hm... I happen to have access to my floret's old ship, we're fixing and remodeling it together... If we went there in it for... "trading" maybe we wouldn't raise suspicion.

Either way... a command ship will get there sooner or later. Rather sooner knowing there's terrans in distress down there... I'd be just doing your friend a favor by expediting her treatment. I know firsthand how important Class-Gs can be for your mental wellbeing.

You should try to keep safe when the moment comes, in case things get... resistance-y over there.

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So do affini eat fruits and veggies, or is that like cannibalism for you?

You would hardly call eating beef "cannibalism" even if you're both Terran mammals, would you?

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Daphne Odora from Beast at Bay

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i've been waiting for what feels like forever (like 2 weeks since they arrived) for the compact to finally get to my backwater part of Terran space and set up a domestication center! In the meantime, do you have any story recommendations about Terrans who go to the voluntary domestication center and live happily ever after?

Yours. Look outside your window ::) <3

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Hi there! I hope you're having a wonderful day! I did have a question, I have a friend who's iffy about the afffini and not sure about them all. What's the best way I can tell her all the benefits and joys of the affini without overwhelming her

I'd say... "show, don't tell"? Invite her to lunch or to a walk on the park with your mistress, have a nice day together... Who knows? You may even end up having a new connivent at the end of the day... Or dare I say... a pinnate... ::)

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So if a sophont HYPOTHETICALLY wanted to blow up a pile of chairs and tables for fun, how would they get their compiler to HYPOTHETICALLY make them explosives to HYPOTHETICALLY blow up furniture with?

You should ask your mistress very kindly to get you some protective equipment and a safe space for you if you really want to experiment with pyrotechnics, blossom. It can be very, very dangerous. What if you got a burn, or a splinter? ::(

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Uh- please help? my floret ingested a mild xeno-drug and now he's vomiting- is xeno-drug immunity even a thing? is this a biological response? some kind of gag-reflex???

I'm not a vet, please get your floret to one IMMEDIATELY!! D::

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How would you go about sneakily domesticating a neurodivergent therapist trained sopphont whose special interest taking care of everyone and whose pattern recognition brain would keep them hyper vigilant around affinis and their methods? Asking for a floret friend...

I don't really have that much experience when it comes to domestication myself, but my floret was really vigilant and scared at first, in which case I think you just gotta try to be a caring friend in such cases.

Don't force it, let the bonding happen naturally. This might be controversial too but... I personally used no xenodrugs on her until she asked. For someone like that, I felt it was better to meet her at the middle and let her slowly realize what's best for her. Otherwise her trust would've been broken and it all would've been harder on the long run... But maybe that's just my first bloom, first floret, insecure barkhead perspective.

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Are there any independent terrans on your ship?

Independents tend to feel... trapped inside a command ship, no matter how big. They apparently don't like seeing their fellow sophonts being domesticated, at all. I believe it's either misguided projection or bottled up jealousy.

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How did you come across your floret? Was she a rescue or a volunteer?

p.s. she's so cute aughhh

Thank you! She is very cute!

It's a bit of a tragic story, really, so I won't go much into detail. She was initially rescued from a decaying feralist ship by my best friend Cinna, who brought her to me to take care of while they were busy with work... and because my mind wasn't treating me so good, for which they decided some company would be the best treatment.

I discovered quickly she was hugely mistreated by her crew back at that one ship, and we started bonding over our passions, our jobs, our feelings of not fitting in... In under a week she was eager to sign a voluntary domestication contract, which... really took me by surprise.

Turns out, she really was what I needed, and I was what she needed, so we're both doing better than ever right now. 💜🪻

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I'm curious about aspects of the Terran living standards within the Compact. I understand, of course, if your station doesn't give you much insight into the "average" life of a Terran outside of Florets.

Regardless, what sort of living standards do "non-Florets" enjoy? And how many such Sophonts are even left within "my" species in your time? I don't mean the Feralists or far flung frontiers-people. I mean Ted the grocer, or Alice the grad-student. How are they doing? Are they okay? What access do they have to xenodrugs?

I hope this packet reaches you well. It is very cold here, and I'm not sure if my dish is properly oriented.

Oh, there are some independents left in their protectorates! They're an infinitessimal minority, only getting smaller and smaller... but that's just another reason to help them out! We have protectorate officials that go down to the independent settlements to check on them periodically, make sure they are doing alright and they have all they need to live comfortably. That includes medicine, which in most cases does include xenodrugs if only for their superior efficacy.

I like to think of it as... a sophont sanctuary! Those who aren't suitable for life as a floret also deserve a comfortable and fulfilled life, so it would be unfair to leave them stranded... Plus, independents are basically an endangered species, so we might as well take care of them while they last being, well, independent.

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So many questions to answer still... I'll get to them soon enough!! 💜🪻

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busy week so have this from my exhausted brain

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Are there any terran series that you really liked or didn't know what you were expecting only to be shocked that it was that good? An example for me would be Arcane

I really liked "Cowboy Bebop"!! There were no cows in it but there were boys and bebop music in it. And a very compelling narrative! Terran series of this era tend to use their characters as a means to tell a story, but in this one is more like... the characters as people, and their needs, hopes and pasts shaping the story.

Even in a society so different to the 2070s Accord society, I could actually relate to the protagonists' personal predicaments... Almost as if the series creators really understood the struggles that come with... being alive, simply.

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What is your favorite xenodruggie to use/see used on florets?

I might be biased, and it might sound boring but... Es and Zs are my favorite, I love when they're all sleepy and cuddly... And when they fall asleep while you're cupping them in your vines or while you hug them against your chest... AOUGH so CUTE <3333