#still have to get creative in how spies and handlers pass messages to each other

[ceiling-karasu]

Have to do a lot more species research for this AU

So far I'm keeping my idea of Geumsaegi trying to pass himself off as a hazel dormouse/striped field mouse cross (even though those aren't compatible, but I have to drop the realism somewhere). Still have to study the behavioral and dietary habits between squirrels and mice so Geumsaegi can watch himself or the Wolf Unit might get suspicious.

Red squirrels in Asia and Europe are said to have more tufted ears than American ones, but it turns out that is primarily in the winter, meaning they have rounder ears during the rest of the year.

So my plot point in the first AU on Guemsaegi and Juldarami having to trim their fur to avoid detection is still something I need to keep in mind. I don't think SEK wanted to worry about it though.

Turns out that stripe looking thing is not even a stripe. Some Red squirrel families just kind of have that darker color around the head and back, to the point that it can be solid black. Black stripes of a different color on the sides are how you determine red from gray squirrels in some areas.

I have heard (I wanted to look up the names other countries use) some Russian and near Russia Localizations like to use 'Chipmunk' instead of 'Squirrel?' But I'm not here to trample on anyone's personal headcanon, if they want to say chipmunk then I'll respect that for them.

Yes, Darami can translate into squirrel or chipmunk, but Red Squirrel and Hedgehog does not sound as natural coming off the tongue, I would think.

Of course, there is Juldarami. His name means striped, and I read somewhere that 'Juldarami' is an old archaic word for 'chipmunk,' but that it in turn can mean striped.

There are in fact, multiple species of striped squirrel, especially in Asia.

These include but are not limited to (excuse the PowerPoint screenshot I made):

Plus, chipmunks have stripes on their face, while it does not appear that striped squirrel stripes go into that area for the most part.

So far, no character has been shown with stripes on their face that I have seen, so I'm sticking with squirrel.

Honestly the bigger question is how Juldarami managed to pull off being a mouse. I can't think of any mouse species right now that would have multiple stripes like that.

There is the Four Striped Grass Mouse, but while the Weasel Army is grabbing species from all around, a mouse from Africa is a bit of a stretch.

I am assuming that the Weasel Army calls any mouse that does not look like a typical gray mouse a field mouse without worrying about the abundance of species.

I bet someone has been spontaneously executed because there were a dormouse and said field mouse, only to get shot because that is not what a field mouse should look like. Dr. Huinjogjebi seems paranoid enough to do that.