2012 News and Happenings - Week of: January 22nd

The Epic of Cougran - Adventures in Raoolia

Lio is a male Carcalian. He has orange fur covering his back, arms, and legs, the sides and back of his neck, his muzzle, forehead, outer ears, and tail. His belly is a pale yellow, as are his hands, feet, the front portion of his neck, and face below his eyes. His mane, which is shoulder-length, like all males, is sandy yellow with streaks of orange, blonde and brown. Because he is only six years old, he has only mated once. After every successful mating season, when they revert to their short height, both genders\' head hair darkens as an indication of their experience.

At the age of fifteen, the mating cycle ends, their hair remains black, and they are forever metamorphosized. The first mating period is the most traumatic on the body. The three and a half foot males grow to be five feet ten inches high. Their chests, biceps, legs, and back triple in muscle mass. The abdominal muscles ripple into a twelve pack, with three columns and four rows of ripped muscle! Their claws turn black and grow to be an inch long. Their sense of smell becomes extremely acute and the only thing they can think about is the need to fight.

Female Carcalians also metamorphosize into larger and fiercer versions of themselves, growing to be five foot, six inches tall. They also grow long, retractable claws, bushy hair on their heads, rounded hips, and a pair of rounded breasts over their upper teats. They pick out several potential mates to fight in the ring for the right to reproduce. The winner takes the female upstairs to the loft to recover from the fight and to copulate.

While the mating itself is the perfect balance to the trauma, the most devastating thing is the change in appearance. Their facial features elongate, ears lengthen, canine teeth grow, and their muzzles extend. Males get an abundance of facial hair, and females go through the pain of growing wide hips and a pair of breasts in minutes. It is a horrific sensation!

After mating week is over, the males revert to normal and go about their lives. The females that mate have a 100% pregnancy rate, lasting six weeks. After conception, the females grow three more pairs of breasts so they may suckle up to eight pups at a time, which is a typical litter size. Tigren babies have a separate area where they are all collected and shipped by coach to the Tigren Academies. Mature females over the age of fifteen, able to produce milk without pregnancy, travel with the Tigren babies and stay with the Tigrens until they wean off from milk. Mature females secrete a hormone that allows their breasts to produce milk, if a baby begins suckling. Otherwise, their hormones are dormant. The female Carcalians revert to normal after their Carcalian pups wean off milk at six months.

In the nation of Raoolia, the females raise the pups until they are two years old and then the father teaches them the family business for three years. Afterward, the cubs move out of their father\'s house and go to work in the family business. Females can choose to mate or they can stay home during that week, remaining secluded while their hormones run wild. The other nations have individual practices, depending on their individual cultures.

Pam\'s Current Drawing

Pam is working on the blue sky in the background of the drawing of the oak tree with the airliner. She has decided to make the sky in the lower right darker, like a gloomy warning coming. She has darkened the sign that says "No Trespassing", and has added a darker shadow to the side of the plane facing away from the sun.

Music News and Updates

I am continuing to write the vocal score of Choices in four-part harmony. The progress is going quite well. I have just begun the repeat of the 2nd verse. As for the instrumental section, I have reoriented about half the song at this point. A lot of my creative juices are being drained for projects at work and the stress of driving through the winter snow. The pace has slowed WAY down due to my own exhaustion, but the energy will come back soon enough.

Other News

Pam and I went to her cousin's house and I obtained 3 source pictures to start painting. I will be making sketches of them soon. I have also started a sketch of the tithe painting of Jesus, which consists of 12 16x20 inch canvases. More to come with that one later.


Talk to you all soon. May God bless you, and keep you, may he let his face shine upon you. P*JET * IMAGES - out!