I guess so, it's just gotta be long enough to go from side-to-side in the bucket. You set it up so that the 'pole' is set between two holes, and it can turn freely. Then you put some sticky food, like jelly, in the middle of the pole. The rats try to go out and eat it, the pole spins, and they fall in the bucket.
Chopsticks aren't going to be long enough, then, unless we tape them end to end. Let's give that a try first, and you can show me.
[ The only other stick that readily comes to mind are pool cues, and they're way too big for this sort of thing. Ayabe grabs the bucket and holds it tucked under his arm. ]
[ They can make a detour at the study first to grab some tape and then pray nobody's stolen all the chopsticks from the kitchen drawers. ]
That'd be for the best. It's not like Nikki just... conjured them out of thin air, though. They were real. They bit Hakura, and Ken. [ One of them talked. ] So they must still be hanging around somewhere, right?
Oh. There's an idea. We might not need the bucket after all: we can just have a stakeout and see if we can attract one of the rats, then follow it.
[ It'll probably end up with them having to tear down the walls, but there are no objections here if they can do it without bringing the entire building down over their heads. ]
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Date: 2020-02-24 04:02 am (UTC)I guess so, it's just gotta be long enough to go from side-to-side in the bucket. You set it up so that the 'pole' is set between two holes, and it can turn freely. Then you put some sticky food, like jelly, in the middle of the pole. The rats try to go out and eat it, the pole spins, and they fall in the bucket.
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Date: 2020-02-24 04:09 am (UTC)[ The only other stick that readily comes to mind are pool cues, and they're way too big for this sort of thing. Ayabe grabs the bucket and holds it tucked under his arm. ]
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Date: 2020-02-24 04:15 am (UTC)It can't hurt to try. But the rats might also be gone too, right? Since their queen is gone.
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Date: 2020-02-24 04:27 am (UTC)That'd be for the best. It's not like Nikki just... conjured them out of thin air, though. They were real. They bit Hakura, and Ken. [ One of them talked. ] So they must still be hanging around somewhere, right?
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Date: 2020-02-24 04:46 am (UTC)...actually it might not be a bad idea to find out where they went. If they did escape, maybe we can get out too.
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Date: 2020-02-24 04:53 am (UTC)[ It'll probably end up with them having to tear down the walls, but there are no objections here if they can do it without bringing the entire building down over their heads. ]
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Date: 2020-02-24 04:23 pm (UTC)[Time to get the doggo to help? It might be good to try that before knocking down walls.]
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Date: 2020-02-24 04:27 pm (UTC)We can ask him when we come across him. Rats should have been noticeable, but he didn't say anything about it all week.
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Date: 2020-02-25 12:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-25 02:52 am (UTC)[ Watch him wander into the woods later and get eaten by rats. He's going to wish he also got a sword back to take with him out there. ]