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If the dongtoad is a CIM, then the... fairy? riding the rabbit thing is tiny. If it was human-size, the dongtoad would have been enormous, and therefore hilarious. Boo.

Remember, the dongtoad in question is a Lesser Ribbed Dongtoad. A Greater Ribbed Dongtoad is the size of a small house, and the plain Ribbed Dongtoad is somewhere in between. They get bigger *suggestive eyebrow waggle*

E: To expand on the biology of the dongtoad, the genus (tentatively named phallophibus) is broadly divided into two groups, the non-poisonous phallophibus erectus (which includes our own Ribbed Dongtoad, as well as luminaries such as the smooth, spotted, and phimosal dongtoads, the latter of which is known for its amazing and variegated frills) and the poisonous phallophibus veneralis (which contain species such as the chlamydian and herpian dongtoads, among others -- it's believed that the non-poisonous spotted dongtoads developed their patterns to mimic the coloration common among veneralis dongtoads).

Most individual species come in plain, lesser, and greater varieties, with the occasional toy-sized dongtoad which are colloquially known as dysfunctional dongtoads, though they are perfectly healthy dongtoads well known for their long life in captivity.

Most smaller (normal and down) dongtoads are primarily herbivorous, with the lesser and dysfunctional dongtoads known to supplement their diet with small insects and nectar or honey, while the larger dongtoads are opportunistic carrion eaters, with larger examples of the greater dongtoad variants known for occasionally creating their own carrion to eat.

They're not particularly well adapted, in general, to direct physical violence, but they're notably quick and agile and surprisingly capable at catching moving targets with their teeth. As such, while even the greater dongtoads aren't particularly capable predators, the genus in general isn't a terribly preyed upon one and the smaller varieties are actually quite good for pest control. If it weren't for their relatively lengthy breeding cycle, they would be a noted overpopulation issue.

Other - Ambivalent. Tell the philanthropist that, so far as you're aware*, the other busker is clean. You've got no reason to lie, but what happens to the other busker is honestly not really any of your business so long as they're not actively interfering with your life (which this fellow isn't. Not like you own the road or whatev'.) and not asking for/accepting help from you.

*Never seen him under the influence, fellow says he stays clean -- takes pride in it, even -- but you've seen plenty of users that act the same way *shrug*

It's notation, about which I care deeply

... isn't that just a fancy word for semantics, though? Just... y'know, for the language folks call math instead of the other ones.

Well, actually looking at it, it's more like semantics for something along the lines of the sub-language (whatever the actual term for that is) that is mathematical shorthand, but eh. Semantic semantics

Yeah... T-Engine (Gatleos links to it, more or less) might be your best bet for something pre-made, but you're still going to have to pick up a lot of Lua to get anywhere with it, at the absolute least. From what I've seen watching the devs converse and folks coming in for advice, back when I idled around the IRC fairly often, it's comparatively easy to learn and use, and quite flexible, but "comparatively easy" doesn't actually mean "easy". As others have said, you're going to be picking up some degree of coding pretty much regardless.*

*This is actually true with game making period, from everything I've seen. There's incredibly few options available, regardless of genre, that don't involving coding or scripting to some extent, and every single one of those are terribly limited in what they can do.

Misinterpreted, then. My bad.

Battle Encoder Shirase, brother Greatorder. It is friend to all low power CPUs.

... how'd it go, again? Have two conflicting standards, introduce a third standard, viola, three conflicting standards?

Which is to say, congratulations -- your attempt to avoid confusion has provided another hnnnng to get confused by. Counterproduction achievement get!