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They have a humanoid frame, with digitigrade cat-like feet/legs and humanoid fingered hands. They have cat ears and a prehensile tail. They can have blonde, black, white, grey and brown coats, which cover their entire body with short hair; the hair on their head is longer, resembling human hair.\n\nTheir average strength, durability and endurance are below the human average, but their agility, dexterity and flexibility are well above the human average. On average, they are about a foot shorter than humans. Female Avic have (on average) smaller breasts than humans, but male Avic have larger penises than humans. By their own standards, all Avic are attractive, to various degrees; they simply don't have unattractive Avic.\n\nMale and Female Avic have very similar builds; both have strong tendencies towards slim builds, with minimal visible muscle or fat. Excluding the presence or absence of breasts and genitals, they can be hard to tell apart.\n\nTheir children are born just 1 month after conception and take only 2 years to grow to adulthood. The first year takes them to the human equivalent of 16 years old; the second year takes them to the human equivalent of 18. They become capable of conceiving offspring around the end of the first year. After this rapid growth, they have an average lifespan of 300 years; their physical age stays frozen at the human equivalent of 18 until their last decade or two. \n\nThey are highly genetically flexible, suffering no genetic illnesses, including from incestuous relationships. Avic are capable of having children with any other species that has offspring via sex; the resulting child is always an Avic.\n\nAvic are simply born with innate knowledge of math, science, Avicis (their language), literacy and the \"default\" culture of the Avic. This knowledge- which they call the Genetic Database- comes in over the course of their first year. After this basic knowledge comes in, they have normal education to learn specialized trades.\n\nMost of the knowledge in the Genetic Database is around the knowledge level humanity had in the early 1800's. However, the Database's knowledge of biology is around the level of modern humanity and their knowledge of genetics specifically is far beyond that.\n\nIt's worth noting the lack of history in this knowledge base. All of their knowledge of history is part of their follow-up education. Advanced cultures can (and often do) alter their Genetic Database to include basic historical information.\n\nThe Avic have a pair of \"powers\" that just don't fit anywhere else, if you will.\n\nAvic can, at will, become infertile; once used, they remain infertile until they turn it back on. If two Avic have \"proper\" sex where they could conceive and neither have made themselves infertile, impregnation is all but guaranteed (99%).\n\nWhen a Avic consumes alcohol, it does not have the normal effect. Anything more than a sip or two triggers a transformation; over the next hour, they transform into an opposite sex version of themselves. Due to the similar body frames, the only real changes are the addition/removal of genitals and breasts.\n\nThe Avic are aware of both of these \"powers\"; they are detailed in the Genetic Database.\n\nNow, onto their \"default\" culture. Their innate cultural knowledge draws them to this unless under the influence of another species's culture.\n\nBefore I get into it, I should point out that Avic value consent just as much as humans, if not more so. They still have a major taboo against non-consensual sexual activity.\n\nAvic have no taboo against nudity; they wear clothes around other species for their sake, but when only around Avic, they only wear clothes for decoration or protection from extreme elements. They also have no taboo against public sexual activities, but don't do so very often for practical purposes; public spaces aren't designed for that.\n\nFor Avic, sex has almost no romantic baggage; it's connected a little bit, but not much. Sex is just a fun activity. It can help with bonding with a romantic partner, but it can also be done between a group of friends or even total strangers who are bored and have time to burn.\n\nAvic tend towards bisexuality and polysexuality; it's rare to see an Avic who doesn't have multiple partners (unless they just don't have them yet). As such, they have no taboo against having multiple partners, even without telling the others; they have no real concept of \"cheating\" in a relationship, sexual or romantic.\n\nTransgender Avic basically don't exist; not that cases of \"born in the wrong body\" don't happen, it's just the solution is a sex change potion (booze). That said, gender fluidity is very common among Avic; about 20% of Avic regularly change sex.\n\nAvic place the age of consent at 1 year old (the human equivalent of 16), as that is the earliest they are capable of having offspring of their own.\n\nThe Avic version of marriage works much like the human version, but it is only connected to love. They also have no rules against polygamy, which is common. It is considered poor taste for a married Avic to have a romantic relationship with someone outside the marriage, at least without the consent of their other spouses. Sexual relationships outside the marriage are fine.\n\nAs it has no ill effects on them, Avic have no taboo against incest. That said, it's considered in poor taste to have sex with your children until someone else already has, even if they ask (and they often do).\n\nThey have no taboo against prostitution and it is in fact rather common. That said, it's quite a buyers market: the ease of acquiring casual sex means those who want to sell it need something special to set themselves apart (for example, being extremely skilled or catering to a specific fetish or kink).\n\nLeft to govern themselves, Avic naturally tend towards rule by committee, with an elected council trusted to set the laws and operate enforcement. They tend to have shorter, simpler legal systems.\n\nAs for the history of the Avic, no one's quite sure, least of all them. Looking at their genetic code makes it very clear that they were created and scattered to the stars by an intelligent actor, but no one knows who, when or why. Their creator didn't put the answer in the Genetic Database and if any other civilization knows, they aren't saying.\n\nThat said, the major theory among those who contemplate these things is that they were created by a high-tech civilization as some sort of experiment. The purpose of the experiment and how successful it has been is a common subject of debate, as is the question of if the experiment is still ongoing.", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "The Avic:
The Avic are catpeople. They have a humanoid frame, with digitigrade cat-like feet/legs and humanoid fingered hands. They have cat ears and a prehensile tail. They can have blonde, black, white, grey and brown coats, which cover their entire body with short hair; the hair on their head is longer, resembling human hair.

Their average strength, durability and endurance are below the human average, but their agility, dexterity and flexibility are well above the human average. On average, they are about a foot shorter than humans. Female Avic have (on average) smaller breasts than humans, but male Avic have larger penises than humans. By their own standards, all Avic are attractive, to various degrees; they simply don't have unattractive Avic.

Male and Female Avic have very similar builds; both have strong tendencies towards slim builds, with minimal visible muscle or fat. Excluding the presence or absence of breasts and genitals, they can be hard to tell apart.

Their children are born just 1 month after conception and take only 2 years to grow to adulthood. The first year takes them to the human equivalent of 16 years old; the second year takes them to the human equivalent of 18. They become capable of conceiving offspring around the end of the first year. After this rapid growth, they have an average lifespan of 300 years; their physical age stays frozen at the human equivalent of 18 until their last decade or two.

They are highly genetically flexible, suffering no genetic illnesses, including from incestuous relationships. Avic are capable of having children with any other species that has offspring via sex; the resulting child is always an Avic.

Avic are simply born with innate knowledge of math, science, Avicis (their language), literacy and the "default" culture of the Avic. This knowledge- which they call the Genetic Database- comes in over the course of their first year. After this basic knowledge comes in, they have normal education to learn specialized trades.

Most of the knowledge in the Genetic Database is around the knowledge level humanity had in the early 1800's. However, the Database's knowledge of biology is around the level of modern humanity and their knowledge of genetics specifically is far beyond that.

It's worth noting the lack of history in this knowledge base. All of their knowledge of history is part of their follow-up education. Advanced cultures can (and often do) alter their Genetic Database to include basic historical information.

The Avic have a pair of "powers" that just don't fit anywhere else, if you will.

Avic can, at will, become infertile; once used, they remain infertile until they turn it back on. If two Avic have "proper" sex where they could conceive and neither have made themselves infertile, impregnation is all but guaranteed (99%).

When a Avic consumes alcohol, it does not have the normal effect. Anything more than a sip or two triggers a transformation; over the next hour, they transform into an opposite sex version of themselves. Due to the similar body frames, the only real changes are the addition/removal of genitals and breasts.

The Avic are aware of both of these "powers"; they are detailed in the Genetic Database.

Now, onto their "default" culture. Their innate cultural knowledge draws them to this unless under the influence of another species's culture.

Before I get into it, I should point out that Avic value consent just as much as humans, if not more so. They still have a major taboo against non-consensual sexual activity.

Avic have no taboo against nudity; they wear clothes around other species for their sake, but when only around Avic, they only wear clothes for decoration or protection from extreme elements. They also have no taboo against public sexual activities, but don't do so very often for practical purposes; public spaces aren't designed for that.

For Avic, sex has almost no romantic baggage; it's connected a little bit, but not much. Sex is just a fun activity. It can help with bonding with a romantic partner, but it can also be done between a group of friends or even total strangers who are bored and have time to burn.

Avic tend towards bisexuality and polysexuality; it's rare to see an Avic who doesn't have multiple partners (unless they just don't have them yet). As such, they have no taboo against having multiple partners, even without telling the others; they have no real concept of "cheating" in a relationship, sexual or romantic.

Transgender Avic basically don't exist; not that cases of "born in the wrong body" don't happen, it's just the solution is a sex change potion (booze). That said, gender fluidity is very common among Avic; about 20% of Avic regularly change sex.

Avic place the age of consent at 1 year old (the human equivalent of 16), as that is the earliest they are capable of having offspring of their own.

The Avic version of marriage works much like the human version, but it is only connected to love. They also have no rules against polygamy, which is common. It is considered poor taste for a married Avic to have a romantic relationship with someone outside the marriage, at least without the consent of their other spouses. Sexual relationships outside the marriage are fine.

As it has no ill effects on them, Avic have no taboo against incest. That said, it's considered in poor taste to have sex with your children until someone else already has, even if they ask (and they often do).

They have no taboo against prostitution and it is in fact rather common. That said, it's quite a buyers market: the ease of acquiring casual sex means those who want to sell it need something special to set themselves apart (for example, being extremely skilled or catering to a specific fetish or kink).

Left to govern themselves, Avic naturally tend towards rule by committee, with an elected council trusted to set the laws and operate enforcement. They tend to have shorter, simpler legal systems.

As for the history of the Avic, no one's quite sure, least of all them. Looking at their genetic code makes it very clear that they were created and scattered to the stars by an intelligent actor, but no one knows who, when or why. Their creator didn't put the answer in the Genetic Database and if any other civilization knows, they aren't saying.

That said, the major theory among those who contemplate these things is that they were created by a high-tech civilization as some sort of experiment. The purpose of the experiment and how successful it has been is a common subject of debate, as is the question of if the experiment is still ongoing.", "pools_count": 0, "title": "The Avic: Species Notes", "deleted": "f", "public": "t", "mimetype": "text/plain", "pagecount": "1", "rating_id": "2", "rating_name": "Adult", "ratings": [ { "content_tag_id": "4", "name": "Sexual Themes", "description": "Erotic imagery, sexual activity or arousal", "rating_id": "2" } ], "submission_type_id": "12", "type_name": "Writing - Document", "guest_block": "t", "friends_only": "f", "comments_count": "0", "views": "82" }