full
“Puplift: A Dog's Guide to Space, Chapter 2” by Tempe O'Kun (read by the author)
Hi there. I am a dog. If you are ready, we will talk about things in the Universe that are smaller than dogs. You will learn about particles and tools and the very advanced ball. These are all important small things.
You’re listening to The Voice of Dog, and today’s story is “Puplift: A Dog's Guide to Space, Chapter 2” by Tempe O'Kun, who is the staff writer at Culturally F'd, and the writer of the Windfall and Sixes Wild series by FurPlanet Productions, and you can find more of his stories on his FurAffinity or his SoFurry account.
Companion video: Culturally F'd, with art by Sam Pipes and music by Bearywell/Jinpa
thevoice.dog | Apple podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts
If you have a story you think would be a good fit, you can check out the requirements, fill out the submission template and get in touch with Khaki on Twitter or Telegram!
Transcript
You’re listening to The Voice of Dog, and today’s story is “Puplift: A Dog's Guide
Speaker:to Space, Chapter 2” by Tempe O'Kun, who is the staff writer at Culturally F'd,
Speaker:and the writer of the Windfall and Sixes Wild series by FurPlanet Productions,
Speaker:and you can find more of his stories on his FurAffinity or his SoFurry account.
Speaker:Please enjoy
“Puplift:A Dog's Guide to Space, Chapter 2” by Tempe O'Kun, read
“Puplift:for you by the author himself.
“Puplift:This was “Puplift,
“Puplift:Puplift, A Dog's Guide to Space
CHAPTER TWO:THINGS SMALLER THAN DOGS
CHAPTER TWO:The Universe is really big.
CHAPTER TWO:But many of the things inside it are smaller than dogs.
CHAPTER TWO:We will talk about them.
CHAPTER TWO:TOOLS
CHAPTER TWO:Dogs can do lots of things.
CHAPTER TWO:Humans and dolphins and AIs can help us do even more.
CHAPTER TWO:But to do more things than that, we need tools.
CHAPTER TWO:Tools are made by doing science to problems until someone
CHAPTER TWO:thinks of a way to fix them.
CHAPTER TWO:If that way is an object, it is called a tool.
CHAPTER TWO:DOG TOOLS
CHAPTER TWO:By doing science, dogs have made a lot of good tools.
CHAPTER TWO:Here are some tools.
CHAPTER TWO:Cyber Hat
CHAPTER TWO:If you wear a hat like this, your brain can use tools.
CHAPTER TWO:You have to practice thinking into the hat, though.
CHAPTER TWO:Goo Gun
CHAPTER TWO:Humans and dolphins and even dogs sometimes are doing the
CHAPTER TWO:wrong thing, like breaking important things or being on fire.
CHAPTER TWO:These people are not bad, really, but they need to stop.
CHAPTER TWO:With a goo gun, you can shoot lots of goo on them.
CHAPTER TWO:The goo is very sticky and foamy.
CHAPTER TWO:It usually stops them.
CHAPTER TWO:If it does not stop them, you shoot them with even more goo.
CHAPTER TWO:Grabber Belt
CHAPTER TWO:Dogs have no hands.
CHAPTER TWO:The humans are very good and help us a lot.
CHAPTER TWO:They are very busy, though.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, a dog needs to use tools without them.
CHAPTER TWO:We invented a grabber belt to grab things.
CHAPTER TWO:They are good if you do not want to put a thing in your mouth.
CHAPTER TWO:Hover Boots
CHAPTER TWO:Humans are tall and put things on shelves so they are not in our way.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes we need those things, though.
CHAPTER TWO:These shoes float you up.
CHAPTER TWO:You have to stand still with them or you will tip over.
CHAPTER TWO:Jet Pack
CHAPTER TWO:Dogs are very good at running.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, though, we need to fly in space or up in the air.
CHAPTER TWO:A jet pack moves you that way.
CHAPTER TWO:Lab Coat
CHAPTER TWO:Dogs do a lot of science.
CHAPTER TWO:To keep the science from getting in our fur, we wear a special white coat.
CHAPTER TWO:It has special goggles that go over your eyes to see human colors and changes its
CHAPTER TWO:shape to protect you and is easy to wash.
CHAPTER TWO:It also shows the humans we are doing science, in case they
CHAPTER TWO:want to do the same science.
CHAPTER TWO:Nose Filter
CHAPTER TWO:Some smells can hurt you.
CHAPTER TWO:To keep them out of your nose, you wear a nose filter.
CHAPTER TWO:It lets regular smells through.
CHAPTER TWO:Take this with you if you think you might smell dangerous smells.
CHAPTER TWO:It is important to smell The Universe safely!
CHAPTER TWO:Smell Keeper
CHAPTER TWO:When you wear it, this hat remembers everything you smell.
CHAPTER TWO:You can remember smells you forgot.
CHAPTER TWO:It does not work for dolphins.
CHAPTER TWO:It works a little for humans.
CHAPTER TWO:You can even save a smell and show it to someone else.
CHAPTER TWO:Service Vest
CHAPTER TWO:Dogs have lots of fur, so we do not need clothes.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes we wear them anyway.
CHAPTER TWO:This clothing holds your tools.
CHAPTER TWO:We put special colors on them that we cannot see, but the humans can.
CHAPTER TWO:It helps keep them from being confused.
CHAPTER TWO:That way, they always know what our job is.
CHAPTER TWO:Other dogs usually know what jobs dogs do because they smell like their jobs.
CHAPTER TWO:A service vest turns into a space suit in space.
CHAPTER TWO:Talking Computer
CHAPTER TWO:This is a special computer that lets dogs talk.
CHAPTER TWO:Usually, we wear it on a collar so it does not fall off.
CHAPTER TWO:Very Advanced Ball
CHAPTER TWO:A ball is good because you can chew on it.
CHAPTER TWO:A very advanced ball bounces where you tell it.
CHAPTER TWO:We use these to play games and sometimes for some science.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, we use it to send a ball to a friend because they
CHAPTER TWO:might like to chew on a ball.
CHAPTER TWO:Very advanced balls also blink a light so you can find them in space.
CHAPTER TWO:HUMAN TOOLS
CHAPTER TWO:The humans do science too!
CHAPTER TWO:They are so smart.
CHAPTER TWO:They made lots of useful things.
CHAPTER TWO:These are some of them.
CHAPTER TWO:3D Printer
CHAPTER TWO:When we are exploring outer space, we need lots of things.
CHAPTER TWO:This box makes those things.
CHAPTER TWO:It needs matter to work.
CHAPTER TWO:The matter has to be the right type.
CHAPTER TWO:It has to be enough matter too.
CHAPTER TWO:Some of them can print a cheeseburger.
CHAPTER TWO:Life Bubble
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, ships leak.
CHAPTER TWO:If you get leaked out into space, try to bring a life bubble.
CHAPTER TWO:It is a plastic packet that fits in a pocket.
CHAPTER TWO:In space, it puffs out to be a big bubble around you.
CHAPTER TWO:It has air and a radio beeper and a light blinker.
CHAPTER TWO:Those are important so you are alive and someone finds you.
CHAPTER TWO:Radio
CHAPTER TWO:Humans are so good at talking.
CHAPTER TWO:They made a special machine that lets people talk when they are far apart.
CHAPTER TWO:That is nice.
CHAPTER TWO:We use it to talk to humans who might be lonely.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, we do not know them when we start talking, but we
CHAPTER TWO:have very advanced friend science and soon they are not lonely.
CHAPTER TWO:Vehicle
CHAPTER TWO:Humans can walk for a long time, but are not fast walkers.
CHAPTER TWO:They have machines to go faster.
CHAPTER TWO:They will let you ride on them, if you ask.
CHAPTER TWO:These are called a vehicle.
CHAPTER TWO:They move on the ground or into the ground or on the water or
CHAPTER TWO:into the water or into space.
CHAPTER TWO:You can put them on a spaceship or a space station or in a house, but only
CHAPTER TWO:put them in a room with a very big door.
CHAPTER TWO:Small doors are only for people.
CHAPTER TWO:DOLPHIN TOOLS
CHAPTER TWO:Because they live in the water and are a different shape,
CHAPTER TWO:dolphins need special tools.
CHAPTER TWO:Dolphin Mobility Suit
CHAPTER TWO:This robot walks around with a dolphin in it.
CHAPTER TWO:It is big and sometimes breaks things.
CHAPTER TWO:Do not let it step on you because it is very heavy and could hurt you.
CHAPTER TWO:Jet Pack
CHAPTER TWO:Dolphins like to fly.
CHAPTER TWO:It reminds them of swimming.
CHAPTER TWO:They use jet packs.
CHAPTER TWO:It is usually okay.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, they break things.
CHAPTER TWO:They use them in the sky or in space.
CHAPTER TWO:Squirt Gun
CHAPTER TWO:With this tool, dolphins can spray water very far.
CHAPTER TWO:They are supposed to use squirt guns to move things they
CHAPTER TWO:cannot reach from the water.
CHAPTER TWO:Most times, that goes really well.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, they spray water where water is not supposed to go,
CHAPTER TWO:like on a computer or a cake.
CHAPTER TWO:Wet Suit
CHAPTER TWO:Dolphins need to stay wet.
CHAPTER TWO:Usually, this is not a problem because the ocean is very wet.
CHAPTER TWO:When they are not in the water, they wear special clothes that
CHAPTER TWO:can pull water out of the air.
CHAPTER TWO:AI TOOLS
CHAPTER TWO:The AIs have very good tools.
CHAPTER TWO:They usually live in a computer, not in a body, so they make things with
CHAPTER TWO:little robots called nanomachines.
CHAPTER TWO:They are very small, like germs.
CHAPTER TWO:They will not make you sick, though.
CHAPTER TWO:They have no smell, so do not try to smell them.
CHAPTER TWO:You might sniff up nanomachines that are trying to do something important.
CHAPTER TWO:AI Core
CHAPTER TWO:An AI needs a place to live.
CHAPTER TWO:They usually live in big computers, but they can live in
CHAPTER TWO:little computers called AI cores.
CHAPTER TWO:They are small enough to carry in your mouth.
CHAPTER TWO:They are very tough.
CHAPTER TWO:They are made by nanomachines, but they are solid.
CHAPTER TWO:That is good, because you are not supposed to carry nanomachines
CHAPTER TWO:in your mouth, because you might swallow them and digest them.
CHAPTER TWO:You cannot swallow an AI core.
CHAPTER TWO:It is too big.
CHAPTER TWO:If you swallow an AI core anyway, please tell someone.
CHAPTER TWO:You cannot hurt the AI, but it might get stuck in your guts.
CHAPTER TWO:Construction Nanomachine
CHAPTER TWO:A jar can hold a lot of nanomachines.
CHAPTER TWO:If you dump them on something, they will turn it into something else.
CHAPTER TWO:It is still made of the same stuff, though.
CHAPTER TWO:AIs have you dump these out and make buildings and space stations and things.
CHAPTER TWO:They work very fast.
CHAPTER TWO:FTL Drive
CHAPTER TWO:AIs are very good at math.
CHAPTER TWO:They can do so much math that they can go faster than light using this box.
CHAPTER TWO:A whole ship can go with them.
CHAPTER TWO:Faster-than-light is a good trick and lets us go to lots more places in The Universe.
CHAPTER TWO:Medical Nanomachine
CHAPTER TWO:If you get hurt, nanomachines can fix you.
CHAPTER TWO:You have to squirt them on.
CHAPTER TWO:They look at your DNA and make you look like your DNA.
CHAPTER TWO:If you have cybernetic parts, they will try to fix those too.
CHAPTER TWO:Nanomachine Maker
CHAPTER TWO:This box makes nanomachines.
CHAPTER TWO:Unlike germs, most nanomachines do not know how to make more of themselves.
CHAPTER TWO:It also makes a bucket or a jar to put the nanomachines in.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, the bucket or jar is also nanomachines.
CHAPTER TWO:That is useful if you do not need a bucket or jar when you are done.
CHAPTER TWO:Nanospindle
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, you need thread or string or rope.
CHAPTER TWO:To help you, AIs have a needle that pokes into anything.
CHAPTER TWO:It makes a very strong thread out of the thing it is poked into.
CHAPTER TWO:It builds a little structure to stay where you put it as it
CHAPTER TWO:eats the rock or other thing.
CHAPTER TWO:It can make thread out of air sometimes.
CHAPTER TWO:If they are scared the thread will break, they use lots of
CHAPTER TWO:them together to make ropes.
CHAPTER TWO:Repair Spray
CHAPTER TWO:This is a can.
CHAPTER TWO:You spray it on something and it fixes it.
CHAPTER TWO:The spray has to know what the thing is.
CHAPTER TWO:It only shoots out as many nanomachines as it needs.
CHAPTER TWO:That is good.
CHAPTER TWO:We would not know when to stop otherwise, because they are too small to count.
CHAPTER TWO:SMALL SPACE THINGS
CHAPTER TWO:Alien Germ
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, we find space germs.
CHAPTER TWO:They are on planets or rocks or sometimes just in space.
CHAPTER TWO:We help the humans do science to them.
CHAPTER TWO:They could make a new medicine or a plastic or maybe a cheese.
CHAPTER TWO:Alien germs probably cannot make us sick, but we are careful anyway.
CHAPTER TWO:We want to find aliens who are not germs or are smart germs.
CHAPTER TWO:Then we could be friends with them.
CHAPTER TWO:Helper App
CHAPTER TWO:People are very smart, but they cannot remember everything,
CHAPTER TWO:unless they are an AI.
CHAPTER TWO:We use a computer program to remember for us when there are too many things.
CHAPTER TWO:It is called a helper app.
CHAPTER TWO:If you are supposed to go to the groomer, but the groomer is busy that day, the
CHAPTER TWO:helper app will remind you not to go.
CHAPTER TWO:It is not an AI, just a program.
CHAPTER TWO:It talks, though.
CHAPTER TWO:It lives in your tools.
CHAPTER TWO:Particle
CHAPTER TWO:The Universe has lots of particles.
CHAPTER TWO:Even you are particles, since you are a little part of The Universe.
CHAPTER TWO:They are too small to see, but some you can smell.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, we find particles we have never noticed or are doing
CHAPTER TWO:something we have never seen.
CHAPTER TWO:If we find those, we stop and do science to them.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, we make a whole new technology.
CHAPTER TWO:Most of the time, it is just for science.
CHAPTER TWO:Science is good too.
CHAPTER TWO:It is good to know what your particles do.
CHAPTER TWO:Robot
CHAPTER TWO:Some tools can move and do things on their own.
CHAPTER TWO:They have wheels or propellers or other ways to move.
CHAPTER TWO:Most of them are smaller than dogs.
CHAPTER TWO:They fix things or bring you things or show you things with a camera.
CHAPTER TWO:Robots are good tools that anyone can control.
CHAPTER TWO:Sometimes, you will not be sure if you see a robot or a cyborg.
CHAPTER TWO:You can tell a robot is not a cyborg because it does not have a brain inside.
CHAPTER TWO:If you are not sure if someone has a brain inside, you can ask.
CHAPTER TWO:Ask them if they are a cyborg, not if they have a brain.
CHAPTER TWO:Then you will not make them sad.
CHAPTER TWO:People have not been cyborgs for very long, so they might
CHAPTER TWO:feel sensitive about it.
CHAPTER TWO:END OF CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER TWO:Now that we have talked about some things that are small, you can stop and ask a dog
CHAPTER TWO:if you have questions about small things.
CHAPTER TWO:Chapter 2” written and read for you by Tempo,a fluffy dog in a cowboy
CHAPTER TWO:hat, with music by Bearywell.
CHAPTER TWO:As always, you can find more stories on the web at thevoice.dog, or find the
