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Avian Fokkle Study
13 years ago
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- You’ve so far learned of the domesticated show fokkle, called the noh dog, and of the wild fokkle from which all fokkles originated. One is bred for its appearance and mild temperament, another has adjusted its genes around a mysterious predator… The avian fokkle seems to have been bred to be the opposite of both.
- As the wild fokkle will average out to be around seven feet tall to the forehead, the male avian will average out to a towering nine feet to the forehead. All fokkles have markings, be they bold or intricate. Avians’ markings, however, are known to be more complicated and have less solid shapes than any of their relative species. With a stretch beyond scientists’ understanding, these massive apex predators have developed a third set of limbs; fully functional and very powerful wings. It’s said that it is impossible to take down an avian fokkle once it takes flight. While the avian is extremely elusive, there is one time of the year that scientists take advantage of to pull off the rare sightings; every spring, migrating wild fokkles crossing the lower parts of Russia seem to be “escorted” by avian fokkles. These wild fokkles are the largest fleets in the world and this is supposedly due to the appearance of these avians. Whether or not the avians are actually protecting the wilds is uncertain. One claim that the avians were preying on the others’ young was raised, but sightings of friendly interactions between the two branches successfully debunked this claim. It is only known that the avian branch is best known in tandem with the wild fokkles. There have only been three sightings of avians without their smaller cousins. Unlike the rest of their genetic relatives, avian fokkles are very vocal whether they are happy or angry. One of their most famous sounds is a deep, ghostly howl that almost seems dual-toned and can be heard for miles. It is said avians can feel a full range of emotions and that this cry occurs when the fokkle is feeling sorrow. Their trademark cry, however, is often referred to as a battle cry or victory howl. Instead of a long howl, the avian will rear its head back, open its mouth wide, and shout a long, loud scream that has gone through generations of horror stories. This call can be heard from nearly fifty miles away, which labels it the equivalent of a territory marker.
- Known in old folk tales as the “painted beast,” it is said that once you become lost in the deepest forests of Russia, it is not up to you anymore whether you survive or not. A rough translation includes the legend of a man who followed the sound of the fokkle’s cries to escape a forest…
- Tellers of this legend refer to the avian’s wit and how it seems to know what its prey is thinking, whether it wants to directly kill it or not, and by using the man’s willingness to die, allowed the fokkle to simply get him out of “her forest.” Another interpretation could be seen as man’s intrusion into nature and that the forest itself is speaking to him through the fokkle, telling him to get out before it destroys him. Most of the legends told by supposed witnesses refer to the painted beast as some kind of spirit. Other old tales tell of the avian’s general anger, teach young boys not to wander around at night, or how the painted beast will snatch children out of their rooms at night if they don’t hide under their bedcovers… This doesn’t help for how a curious fokkle will stand still and stare into windows at night to see if there is food to eat.
- Not much is known of the avian fokkle simply because of the creature’s elusiveness, but what scientists do know from the yearly study is interesting to say the least. An avian is not only larger than a normal fokkle, but they are also much more aggressive. A fully grown male is strong enough to maul other predators, such as bears and tigers, with ease… And still have the energy to fight for dominance in their fleet. Unlucky predators that wish to prey on an avian’s young will be met with a swift and painful death from the entire fleet, if it catches their attention. On the flipside, this branch of fokkle is as patient as it is aggressive. One lucky study noted that an avian will wait for nearly two hours in stillness so as to be invisible to its prey. If it is in flight during its hunt, it will seem to play with its prey, keeping it running in circles until it tires out. If the prey is large or too lively, the fokkle will poison it with a deadly ten-inch stinger hidden at the end of its tail. This poisonous barb is flat and serrated, working like a double-sided steak knife to cause massive tissue damage and blood loss.
- Social behavior between the two branches shows how similar the breeds are to each other. The common sighting most scientists seem to achieve, however, is that of the wild fokkles playing with the avians, trying to tackle their massive genetic cousins. It is learned that an open mouth is a sign of friendly interactions, similar to a smile. Touching with their front paws seems to be an act of friendship, while touching with the lips is noted to be an obvious sign of affection, as is rubbing their face on another. A trait the avians seem to share with their smaller relatives is how they seem to adopt other species. Be it male or female, an avian will adopt a different species into its fleet. The most common creature to see walking through a fokkle fleet is the drazi, which has been adopted by both branches as some sort of migration partner. While this reptilian feline is allowed to walk among them, they can be mauled by any passing male they may have the bad luck of offending. This type of empathetic response is seen in elephants and humans as well, and the possibility of a language with their level of intellect is possible.
- On June 3rd, 4036, the first avian fokkle was captured. The capture was clean and caused no injuries to it or the staff, but the scientists returned the next morning to discover the fokkle was dead. There was no sign of accident; in fact, the damage done to its body was so deliberate, the only logical conclusion was that the fokkle used the poisonous stinger at the end of its tail to kill itself. This was recorded as one of the few species that has the mental capacity to self destruct. What scientists found out from the body, however, is more impressive. The impressive kite-shaped wingspan only has two rows of feathers, which are closest to the body. All the rest of the pinions that were believed to have been long feathers are actually a long, stiff membrane most similar to that of the lionfish. Only four of the pinions are poisonous, however: The three longest pinions protruding from the elbow and the single pinion situated between the thumb and forefinger. The large antlers come forward over the brow, which puzzled most scientists until they discovered how fragile the structure of the nose was, leading to the explanation of why they rub their sensitive faces on others... It just feels good. This is probably why avian fokkles fight with their extremities more readily than they bite. Ironically, fokkles have an unusually shaped set of canines that split, letting one half grow inwards and the other half grow normally. This is said to be a tool against struggling prey. The most interesting feature on an avian fokkle, however, has to be the fully functioning set of dewclaws on its hind legs. These long, curled talons are very powerful and can pivot front to back over 180 degrees and lock in place. No one has ever seen an avian sleep, but the running joke is that they sleep upside-down like a bat using these powerful hooks.
- The most frightening features of the avian fokkle other than their intellect or their long-reached destructive temper are the redundant and sympathetic nervous systems to match it. When enraged or panicked, the avian fokkle will feel no pain. Many fights witnessed during the spring migration showed that a severely injured fokkle will continue to fight even as its body begins to fail. This can either be the deciding factor that will allow the fokkle to fight long enough to be alpha or hide serious injury long enough that it will die from exhaustion. One strong trait that applies to avian fokkles that the others lack is summed up in one word: Guts. Even though they travel together, wild fokkles have developed a fight or flight system of behavior when it comes to dealing with their mysterious predators. Avians, however, have not. Aside from their ability to fly, avian fokkles have the same adaptations to predators as their grounded cousins, but have yet to show any implication that they are threatened by them. At the nearest notion of a threat, avians will rush to the scene whether they are alone or with others with hackles raised, ready to kill whatever is causing the commotion. Most frightening of all is the shared genetic defect in females, referred to as “cutthroats.” Only two cutthroat avians have been discovered, but the implications to the already aggressive species are frightening alone. Even during human research, these flying fokkles will directly confront any possible dangers and destroy them. One expedition went down in record books as the most expensive failed experiment in the company, simply because a single avian found and destroyed their night vision camera, waited for the scientists to retrieve the device, then came back at night with more of its fleet to attempt to destroy the apparently offensive site.
- For all the years spent studying the avian fokkle, many will say it has all been for naught. Every year, a different fleet of avian fokkles are distantly seen following the spring migration of the wild fokkles across Russia’s southern territories, and the avian fokkles that were seen the previous year are never seen again. Some say the avians are like their smaller companions and their markings will slightly change from year to year. Some say avians never travel the same route twice. Some even believe avian fokkles don’t live past their first migration. There are no bodies, no trails, nothing. Every fokkle that has ever been recorded share no similarities with the ones that came before them. No one has even seen a young avian. So where are they going? How long do they live? Are they truly the spirits the old tales portray them to be? Until the first fokkle’s den is discovered, no one will truly know what becomes of the mysterious painted beast of Russia.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7848711/
Now may you all have nightmares of massive beasts staring hungrily into your windows at night.
Also, small dashes because such a massive wall of text is hard to read and FA's journal system doesn't seem to understand paragraphs...
- As the wild fokkle will average out to be around seven feet tall to the forehead, the male avian will average out to a towering nine feet to the forehead. All fokkles have markings, be they bold or intricate. Avians’ markings, however, are known to be more complicated and have less solid shapes than any of their relative species. With a stretch beyond scientists’ understanding, these massive apex predators have developed a third set of limbs; fully functional and very powerful wings. It’s said that it is impossible to take down an avian fokkle once it takes flight. While the avian is extremely elusive, there is one time of the year that scientists take advantage of to pull off the rare sightings; every spring, migrating wild fokkles crossing the lower parts of Russia seem to be “escorted” by avian fokkles. These wild fokkles are the largest fleets in the world and this is supposedly due to the appearance of these avians. Whether or not the avians are actually protecting the wilds is uncertain. One claim that the avians were preying on the others’ young was raised, but sightings of friendly interactions between the two branches successfully debunked this claim. It is only known that the avian branch is best known in tandem with the wild fokkles. There have only been three sightings of avians without their smaller cousins. Unlike the rest of their genetic relatives, avian fokkles are very vocal whether they are happy or angry. One of their most famous sounds is a deep, ghostly howl that almost seems dual-toned and can be heard for miles. It is said avians can feel a full range of emotions and that this cry occurs when the fokkle is feeling sorrow. Their trademark cry, however, is often referred to as a battle cry or victory howl. Instead of a long howl, the avian will rear its head back, open its mouth wide, and shout a long, loud scream that has gone through generations of horror stories. This call can be heard from nearly fifty miles away, which labels it the equivalent of a territory marker.
- Known in old folk tales as the “painted beast,” it is said that once you become lost in the deepest forests of Russia, it is not up to you anymore whether you survive or not. A rough translation includes the legend of a man who followed the sound of the fokkle’s cries to escape a forest…
A man so bold entered her forest.
[She] knew of that world and so hated it.
“Leave! Leave!” He heard, but was lost in fear.
The man cried. “Kill me! End my suffering!”
[She] smelled the blood of many on him.
“Come! Come!” He heard, and followed death’s voice.
[The moon] was bright above his world to show the way home.
The painted beast flew above.
“Leave!” The forest cried in anger.- Tellers of this legend refer to the avian’s wit and how it seems to know what its prey is thinking, whether it wants to directly kill it or not, and by using the man’s willingness to die, allowed the fokkle to simply get him out of “her forest.” Another interpretation could be seen as man’s intrusion into nature and that the forest itself is speaking to him through the fokkle, telling him to get out before it destroys him. Most of the legends told by supposed witnesses refer to the painted beast as some kind of spirit. Other old tales tell of the avian’s general anger, teach young boys not to wander around at night, or how the painted beast will snatch children out of their rooms at night if they don’t hide under their bedcovers… This doesn’t help for how a curious fokkle will stand still and stare into windows at night to see if there is food to eat.
- Not much is known of the avian fokkle simply because of the creature’s elusiveness, but what scientists do know from the yearly study is interesting to say the least. An avian is not only larger than a normal fokkle, but they are also much more aggressive. A fully grown male is strong enough to maul other predators, such as bears and tigers, with ease… And still have the energy to fight for dominance in their fleet. Unlucky predators that wish to prey on an avian’s young will be met with a swift and painful death from the entire fleet, if it catches their attention. On the flipside, this branch of fokkle is as patient as it is aggressive. One lucky study noted that an avian will wait for nearly two hours in stillness so as to be invisible to its prey. If it is in flight during its hunt, it will seem to play with its prey, keeping it running in circles until it tires out. If the prey is large or too lively, the fokkle will poison it with a deadly ten-inch stinger hidden at the end of its tail. This poisonous barb is flat and serrated, working like a double-sided steak knife to cause massive tissue damage and blood loss.
- Social behavior between the two branches shows how similar the breeds are to each other. The common sighting most scientists seem to achieve, however, is that of the wild fokkles playing with the avians, trying to tackle their massive genetic cousins. It is learned that an open mouth is a sign of friendly interactions, similar to a smile. Touching with their front paws seems to be an act of friendship, while touching with the lips is noted to be an obvious sign of affection, as is rubbing their face on another. A trait the avians seem to share with their smaller relatives is how they seem to adopt other species. Be it male or female, an avian will adopt a different species into its fleet. The most common creature to see walking through a fokkle fleet is the drazi, which has been adopted by both branches as some sort of migration partner. While this reptilian feline is allowed to walk among them, they can be mauled by any passing male they may have the bad luck of offending. This type of empathetic response is seen in elephants and humans as well, and the possibility of a language with their level of intellect is possible.
- On June 3rd, 4036, the first avian fokkle was captured. The capture was clean and caused no injuries to it or the staff, but the scientists returned the next morning to discover the fokkle was dead. There was no sign of accident; in fact, the damage done to its body was so deliberate, the only logical conclusion was that the fokkle used the poisonous stinger at the end of its tail to kill itself. This was recorded as one of the few species that has the mental capacity to self destruct. What scientists found out from the body, however, is more impressive. The impressive kite-shaped wingspan only has two rows of feathers, which are closest to the body. All the rest of the pinions that were believed to have been long feathers are actually a long, stiff membrane most similar to that of the lionfish. Only four of the pinions are poisonous, however: The three longest pinions protruding from the elbow and the single pinion situated between the thumb and forefinger. The large antlers come forward over the brow, which puzzled most scientists until they discovered how fragile the structure of the nose was, leading to the explanation of why they rub their sensitive faces on others... It just feels good. This is probably why avian fokkles fight with their extremities more readily than they bite. Ironically, fokkles have an unusually shaped set of canines that split, letting one half grow inwards and the other half grow normally. This is said to be a tool against struggling prey. The most interesting feature on an avian fokkle, however, has to be the fully functioning set of dewclaws on its hind legs. These long, curled talons are very powerful and can pivot front to back over 180 degrees and lock in place. No one has ever seen an avian sleep, but the running joke is that they sleep upside-down like a bat using these powerful hooks.
- The most frightening features of the avian fokkle other than their intellect or their long-reached destructive temper are the redundant and sympathetic nervous systems to match it. When enraged or panicked, the avian fokkle will feel no pain. Many fights witnessed during the spring migration showed that a severely injured fokkle will continue to fight even as its body begins to fail. This can either be the deciding factor that will allow the fokkle to fight long enough to be alpha or hide serious injury long enough that it will die from exhaustion. One strong trait that applies to avian fokkles that the others lack is summed up in one word: Guts. Even though they travel together, wild fokkles have developed a fight or flight system of behavior when it comes to dealing with their mysterious predators. Avians, however, have not. Aside from their ability to fly, avian fokkles have the same adaptations to predators as their grounded cousins, but have yet to show any implication that they are threatened by them. At the nearest notion of a threat, avians will rush to the scene whether they are alone or with others with hackles raised, ready to kill whatever is causing the commotion. Most frightening of all is the shared genetic defect in females, referred to as “cutthroats.” Only two cutthroat avians have been discovered, but the implications to the already aggressive species are frightening alone. Even during human research, these flying fokkles will directly confront any possible dangers and destroy them. One expedition went down in record books as the most expensive failed experiment in the company, simply because a single avian found and destroyed their night vision camera, waited for the scientists to retrieve the device, then came back at night with more of its fleet to attempt to destroy the apparently offensive site.
- For all the years spent studying the avian fokkle, many will say it has all been for naught. Every year, a different fleet of avian fokkles are distantly seen following the spring migration of the wild fokkles across Russia’s southern territories, and the avian fokkles that were seen the previous year are never seen again. Some say the avians are like their smaller companions and their markings will slightly change from year to year. Some say avians never travel the same route twice. Some even believe avian fokkles don’t live past their first migration. There are no bodies, no trails, nothing. Every fokkle that has ever been recorded share no similarities with the ones that came before them. No one has even seen a young avian. So where are they going? How long do they live? Are they truly the spirits the old tales portray them to be? Until the first fokkle’s den is discovered, no one will truly know what becomes of the mysterious painted beast of Russia.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7848711/
Now may you all have nightmares of massive beasts staring hungrily into your windows at night.
Also, small dashes because such a massive wall of text is hard to read and FA's journal system doesn't seem to understand paragraphs...
Very nicely done.