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Post by Twilight-Claw on Apr 13, 2024 6:18:19 GMT -6
Dropping the poles gentle on the ground, makes the clattering sound when they hit it short lived as she shrugs off her backpack and places it near the edge of the track. ‘Okay, just give me a moment to get everything set up Sev.’ She sends the thought to him as she sees him shift his body so he could face her better, his antennae moving in her direction as he watches her. Giving him a small smile, she opens her backpack, rummaging through it to get the bowls and one water bottle. She only needed a minute to set it up so that Sev could easily take a drink from the water, and when he does well enough, be able to place some meat in the as of yet empty bowl.
Screwing the lid back on the bottle and placing it back in her bag again, she picks up the poles. “At least this part will be the easiest.” She mumbles to herself as she places the poles in a neat row a quarter of the way in it, and then walks further ahead as she wants to leave one forth of the way open, placing some of the remaining poles in her arm at the holes but with different spaces between it. Adjusting one pole that might be a little too close to the others and wouldn’t give Sev enough space to weave between.
Dexterity 5/12
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Apr 13, 2024 6:18:40 GMT -6
“Almost done, where is that part I could lay the pole horizontal?” She remembers one of the staff members here mentioning it to her on what she could do, and she actually wants to give Sev more of a challenge this time then the back and forth weaving she has done previously with him. “Ahh! There it is!” She murmurs, pleased at seeing the parts she needs to make a cross hurdle set with her poles in one of the open drawers near the door. Dropping the remaining poles in the open space of the track. She Walks over towards the drawers, she sees most of the objects are made out of metal with only a few out of plastic, and all in different sizes.
Picking the metal set that allows the poles to be set between thirty and fifty centimeters off the ground, she grunts at the weight, it feels like they weight twenty pounds in her arms as she heads over to the track. Placing the set in the open space she starts setting it up so Sev can make a jump of thirty centimeters for now. She doesn’t know how well he can jump, so she makes the assumption for now it might not be all that well. Grabbing the left over poles that she didn’t need to use for now, she sets those off the track and heads towards Sev. Making a quick stop at her backpack to grab the gray cloth she hasn’t yet wrapped him with yet before she comes closer to him. He seems to have occupied most of his time with just taking a few sips of water while looking at what she did, perking up at her coming closer and trilling a few short notes at her. “Hope your ready for this Sev.” She mutters, petting him on the head. She’s definitely going to take her time with this.
Dexterity 6/12
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Apr 13, 2024 6:19:03 GMT -6
He knows as soon as she heads over to him after having grabbed something else, he can tell that she seems done with setting everything up. He can see just from his own position that she placed things differently this time. There is even an obstacle that he doesn’t think he can just go crawling around it to avoid the obstacle, not with the way it is so directly placed in his path. When she is near him and with the long gray pieces of fabric being held in her hands, he holds himself still as she starts to carefully wrap his legs first.
“Your doing great Sev, you really are starting to learn how this all is done.” He hears her say, perking up at the word ‘great’ since it acts similar as ‘good job’ he gives a short trill back to her for it, and lifts his abdomen up when after having wrapped all his legs, she starts on his abdomen. Wrapping it halfway up, and tying it down at his stinger. He leans into her hand when she is done and strokes him there for just a moment. “Okay Sev, let’s go slowly at first.” He hears her say as she lets go of him and starts a slow jog to the poles, weaving calmly between it. Trilling out a equivalent of ‘Hey! Wait up!’ he crawls after her.
Dexterity 7/12
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Apr 13, 2024 6:19:14 GMT -6
The first part feels similar enough to the last time that he is able to easily weave through the obstacles with his caretaker, but when it comes to the open space and the pole being held between two obstacles he pauses as he sees her jump over it. Clicking his mandible in thought, he comes closer, he doesn’t think he can do the same as her, but at least if he rises up more, he can crawl over it. ‘Don’t touch the pole Sev, or we need to start going back to the start.’ He hears her say in a more teasing tone as he placed his middle right foot on it, quickly he takes it off the pole. While he wouldn’t mind the weaving, the rather shorter distance is likely to make him become dizzy when he’d need to do quick turns for the back and forth. He’d rather not want to do that for a long period of time. Stretching his legs more, he goes over it, his abdomen bumps on the pole, but the object after a little wobble, stays in place, and he crawls after his caretaker again when he sees her start to weave between the remaining poles.
Dexterity 8/12
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Apr 13, 2024 6:19:25 GMT -6
This time it didn’t feel like he could just do the same quick footwork as last time. Some poles had shorter distance between it, and others a much larger gap that makes him need to take a few extra steps forward. Already his caretaker is at the end of the line, waiting on him as he tries to adjust to this strange pattern while hearing her voice encouragements with enthusiasm. It makes him want to move along just that bit faster to reach her as he weaves between the poles. “Good job Sev!” He hears her say when he gets within touching distance and feels her stroke his head. “It might not win you any prizes when you keep hitting those poles with your body as you go through them, but you did good.” She murmurs as she lets her hand fall to her side. “Now let’s try this again yeah?” He turns his body so he is facing those poles again when he sees her do it, tensing slightly.
Dexterity 9/12
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Apr 13, 2024 6:19:38 GMT -6
“Okay, let’s go Sev!” He hears her shout as she moves faster then before, weaving between the poles easily. Seconds after her, he starts moving as well, perhaps not as fast as her, but certainly picking up a bit more speed while trying to adjust to the pattern of how he needs to weave at this part. Trying to step extra fast at the parts with a larger gap between the poles, and feeling tempted to just fly over the pole that makes him stretch his legs uncomfortable long. And judging by how big the objects that are holding the pole is, he doesn’t think this is actually the highest setting of it either. Giving a short trill when this time he is able to keep his abdomen up the whole way so it doesn’t touch the pole behind him. He is glad to be able to just weave in a quicker motion between the poles without needing to adjust with the bigger gaps. He might have liked those bigger gaps between the poles when he first started out, but now? If it is so uneven that it leaves short and big gaps, its more annoying to try and get through.
Dexterity 10/12 Twilight 5.0 - Level up, now level 132!
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Apr 13, 2024 6:19:49 GMT -6
“That was great Sev! Now we’ll go a bit faster again.” He clicks his mandible together at hearing that, slightly disappointed as that means he won’t get any treats yet for his effort. Though if what they did previously is anything to go about, the longer she waits with giving him anything, the more she loads up the bowl with meat compared to the shorter breaks. So when he sees her run again, he starts doing the same, picking up speed with his weaving, and slowing down at the pole in the middle of the circuit to crawl over it without touching it as best as he can, then picking up speed once more. Taking extra steps forward with the bigger gaps, and fast sideways stepping with all his feet, he feels proud when he reaches the end of the track and gets stroked on the head as a more touch-based reward for doing well.
Dexterity 11/12
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Apr 13, 2024 6:20:23 GMT -6
“Okay, you’re really picking up the speed we need Sev, but try to go faster at the cross hurdle. I know you can do it.” She murmurs to him, he trills at her in a cheerful tone when she finishes speaking. While he doesn’t understand everything she says, he does know he could do better with that one pole in the middle. Stretching his wings for a second, he then folds them tightly behind his back as his antennae twitch in front of his head, he sees her start running back to the finish line. He hurries after her, speeding up in his weaving and starting to stretch his legs to make himself bigger before he would reach the pole. Wanting to try something different, as he normally did it just before reaching the pole, he trills in excitement as this time it feels easier to get through, but as he forgot to keep his abdomen curled up more.
He touches the pole behind him accidently and hears it wobble just as he starts weaving between the poles again, with a small clatter the pole falls on the ground just as he passes four poles. He twitches at the sound, hoping it won’t be too bad, he finishes the rest of the poles without looking back. Heading to the finish line. “That was certainly faster.” He hears his caretaker murmur while looking behind him, likely at the fallen pole. “Let’s take a small break as I adjust everything again yeah?” He sees her bare her teeth in a happy way, so he trills back just as cheerful, going up a notch when he sees her heading towards the backpack to take out some meat to be placed inside his no longer empty bowl. “Go eat something Sev, I’ll be done quickly enough with this.” He hears her say as he hurries over to the food, munching on it happily while she is busy doing something with the poles again. Adding more, and leaving different sized gaps between them. It will certainly be a few hours till his caretaker is satisfied with this exercise for him.
Dexterity 12/12 Sev Lv 87.2, Ly 34.2 Twilight 0.2
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