Staff Litter 2024 Discussion Thread

[pastry flakes]

I've really liked all of this years grown up pups that we've gotten atm, but this cutie (goose!!) has gotta be my fave so far. the bandana and little green tongue with the little pixel flower pattern & green flower over the eye?? im obsessed! hellevi you've done so nicely

[Never & Rush]

hellevi, goose is so cute! and what a perfect name for this friend!! :> all of the outcomes so far are so snuggleable, i’m excited to see what else we have comin at us >:3

[Lierre]

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He's not really that similar to my previous staff dogs but I had fun creating his adult look. He's not based on a fox though, so maybe think about other canids that have a similar colour pattern in their pups!

Oh my gosh, this pup is SO a maned wolf, I'm calling it.

i’m getting african wild dog vibes! the little bits of light brown on the cheeks and white tipped tail remind me of them, not to mention the character in zeena’s sig is an african wild dog……

[Susiron]

OOOOH I love this fella so much!! What an absolute cutie <3
And Goose is such a cute name for them!

I honestly have been loving all of the adult staff pets.



Like this one just has such a sweet face, and the cat surprise with it was fun.



I love how mystical this fella looks. I love the face especially, and how the green patterns were incorporated in.



And this fella just has such a sweet, tranquil vibe <3

Can't wait to see more of the pups grow!

[Lacuna]

All the dogs to grow so far as so cute! <3

[Boostafur8069]

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He's not really that similar to my previous staff dogs but I had fun creating his adult look. He's not based on a fox though, so maybe think about other canids that have a similar colour pattern in their pups!

Oh my gosh, this pup is SO a maned wolf, I'm calling it.

Definitely matches a maned wolf pup

[FleshCanvas]

To everyone:

1) It’s Opposite Day. What’s the first thing your pup does?
2) Does your pup prefer to sleep with the lights on or off?

1. Light.... everything.... on...........FIRE
2. On 😊😊😊

[Spaceinmyhead]

To everyone:

1) It’s Opposite Day. What’s the first thing your pup does?
2) Does your pup prefer to sleep with the lights on or off?

1) sleep in lol
2) well she doesnt exactly have "lights", so off I suppose?

[Raire]

I haven't seen anyone ask, so I guess i will:
Does your pup have a name, and if so, what is it?

She does, and I already said their name :3c

[Midnight Tails]

Ok, this style immediately rings a bell
...Hellevi?

Yea I think this one’s pretty much an open and shut case now that it’s grown
Is this your pup Hellevi?

it is..... hehehehe what gave it away? :p i hope you all like Goose!!

I love Goose they're my favourite so far and I would sacrifice a lot to keep em happy <3

Have a feeling this one belongs to dogtreat xp

yeah

Okay to elaborate on some of my hints and/or the answers I gave here.

This is Caesar! They use any pronouns/mirror pronouns.

Aside from all the questions I answered here about her, I also created one large hint trail; which eventually lead to what is (albeit temporarily) currently in my signature: "but i was homesick for familiar trees".

The hint trail started with various, sometimes hidden texts in posts left here.

Hint 1:

Their name; Caesar. The Caesar Cipher is an ancient, very simple shift cipher. Where you shift the alphabet left or right.

Hint 2:

Hidden text: "042010=D"

This lead to the =D pet from April 2010. If you found that pet in my groups, you would notice the pet name was as "Why not Trade?"

In small text in my trading rules the following could be found:

"not caesar but a numbered blaise; site identification is the key"

Hint 3:

"tok c wxk bfgepawb zoo xudclfsl klebk" is encrypted text/ciphertext. Originally encrypted with the Gronsfeld cipher but could be decoded with either Gronsfeld (or brute forced Vigenère) to read "but i was homesick for familiar trees"

So what did Hint 2 Mean?

Not Caesar = (not Caesar cipher)
but a numbered Blaise = (The Vigenère cipher, which uses Caesar as part of it, was named after Blaise de Vigenère; a version of the Vigenère cipher that uses numbers for encryption instead of letters is called the Gronsfeld cipher);
site identification is the key = my chickensmoothie ID is my site identification "869603"
if you used my ID as an encryption key and ran my text through a gronsfeld cipher encrypter (or did it yourself on paper); it would return "but i was homesick for familiar trees"

what does the poem mean?

it's part of a large verse from Helen of Egypt by H.D that really resonates with everyone that ever has to leave a place they consider home; "but I was home-sick for familiar trees, I wanted to hear the wind, to feel snow, to embrace an ancient twisted pine"; Caesar was meant to be this comfy pup, blanketed by love and home and all those plants and trees you cant quite forget, no matter how far you travel.

I hope this explanation suits your curiosity fluffy :> it was a lot of fun to come up with something more difficult for you all this year and i hope to do it again next year! (maybe even more complex😈)

I appreciate you answering this in full detail, and I love your hints and gremlin energy so much <3 <3
I very much look forward to and also fear for haha, next year! I definitely will make sure to do my best to solve hints ouo
Really love the use of ciphers!! Wonderful pet too, they feel very comfy uwu