Human people over 300 lbs have a low enough density that much of their weight floats. I’m presuming that since Daylla is the size of a normal 15 year old girl, and apparently made of metal, her density is high enough to make her sink in the water like, well, a stone.
It’s not her weight that’s the issue. It’s her density. 300 pounds of mass, in as small a body as she has, means that she’s denser than water.. maybe 2x to 3x denser. She’ll sink like a rock or a metal anchor.
She may be able to swim, but it will have to be very active and energetic swimming… just swimming level under water would require her to be paddling upwards the whole time. The moment she stops, she sinks.
Also on that note, has it been mentioned what metal exactly she’s made of? I can’t recall any particular entities that quite fit her description to be able to call that.
Paul has not said, AFAIK. The closest mythological figure I can think of would be Talos, but Talos was a created mechanism, not a naturally-born living being.
The alkaki metals (lithium, sodium, potassium) are less dense than water and would float… but these metals all react vigorously with water, and Daylla would tarnish, disintegrate, or burst into flames if she was composed mostly of these.
Who says she swims ? you dono’t have to swim to be at the pool, and somewhere in the back of my mind I don’t think she needs air as well, so she should be an excellent diver..
But none of that matter, if your just showing off your shiny teen metal alloy to all the boys, while strutting around in your swimsuit.
I concur. Those concerned with how well Dayla swims/floats might have forgotten that entering the water was not listed as one of the activities that she planned. Cute guys, single attractive teenaged girls, lax work schedules – those were the positives listed. Having fun is the order of the day. (And hanging around pools in bathing suits to meet people is a time honored tradition.)
Swimming should be easy for her, no matter what her weight is.
Floating, however, as a heavier-than-water entity, would require specific topological structures to artificially reduce her density. When she was a toddler,m she probably used buoyancy aids like water wings. Now, though, she can probably make air pockets inside herself to act like a submarine’s ballast tanks.
There are some metals that float. There are also hypotheses pursuing the potential of stones floating on water using electromagnatism. Since we’re dealing with that which is beyond the normal human paradigm in this world, more things are possible than are in our philosophies, Horatio.
Correct… Daylla is purposely putting herself up as the “wall flower” in an UN-flattering swimsuit style in order to maximize the effect that Castella’s two piece will have on Hiroshi, without getting him distracted by her own figure… and I’ll bet many of my Moxana Points ™ that Daylla already KNOWS he is going to be there, or that he was already there before they left the house…
I’m not sure Daylla’s comments are comforting Castela very much.
Dayllas never been one to baby Castela, from what I recall. She always seems to challenge her.
And Cas can use the challenge.
I think Castela’s challenge right now is to handle the reactions from the boys who watch how she eats ice cream cones?
Day likes making ‘stela blush doesn’t she. 😄
Exactly right, Castela!
EVIL! 8D
Hold on…. as we learned from the last arc, Daylla weighs in at a good 300lbs normally or somewhere round abouts there. How does she swim?
Are you saying people above 300 lbs can’t swim?????
Human people over 300 lbs have a low enough density that much of their weight floats. I’m presuming that since Daylla is the size of a normal 15 year old girl, and apparently made of metal, her density is high enough to make her sink in the water like, well, a stone.
It’s not her weight that’s the issue. It’s her density. 300 pounds of mass, in as small a body as she has, means that she’s denser than water.. maybe 2x to 3x denser. She’ll sink like a rock or a metal anchor.
She may be able to swim, but it will have to be very active and energetic swimming… just swimming level under water would require her to be paddling upwards the whole time. The moment she stops, she sinks.
@ Guru
…her density is high enough to make her float in the water like, well, a stone.
Also on that note, has it been mentioned what metal exactly she’s made of? I can’t recall any particular entities that quite fit her description to be able to call that.
Paul has not said, AFAIK. The closest mythological figure I can think of would be Talos, but Talos was a created mechanism, not a naturally-born living being.
The alkaki metals (lithium, sodium, potassium) are less dense than water and would float… but these metals all react vigorously with water, and Daylla would tarnish, disintegrate, or burst into flames if she was composed mostly of these.
Who says she swims ? you dono’t have to swim to be at the pool, and somewhere in the back of my mind I don’t think she needs air as well, so she should be an excellent diver..
But none of that matter, if your just showing off your shiny teen metal alloy to all the boys, while strutting around in your swimsuit.
@pelle
she should be an excellent walk on the bottom-er.
Seems some of the strips I’ve been looking at have “Gilligan’s Island” references. (Well, MeTV did start rerunning it on Sundays.)
I concur. Those concerned with how well Dayla swims/floats might have forgotten that entering the water was not listed as one of the activities that she planned. Cute guys, single attractive teenaged girls, lax work schedules – those were the positives listed. Having fun is the order of the day. (And hanging around pools in bathing suits to meet people is a time honored tradition.)
Swimming should be easy for her, no matter what her weight is.
Floating, however, as a heavier-than-water entity, would require specific topological structures to artificially reduce her density. When she was a toddler,m she probably used buoyancy aids like water wings. Now, though, she can probably make air pockets inside herself to act like a submarine’s ballast tanks.
There are some metals that float. There are also hypotheses pursuing the potential of stones floating on water using electromagnatism. Since we’re dealing with that which is beyond the normal human paradigm in this world, more things are possible than are in our philosophies, Horatio.
Not very well, I’d say.
And, nice Freudian slip you got on, Day.
I think she’s intentionally showing it.
It does a booby good, perhaps?
Mammals bumps for sure.
Seabirds not so much.
Can someone confirm that there has been another time jump please.
Look, Castela! Tits–uh–IT’S–ice cream! Brought to you by your Breast–uh–BEST–friend!
I remember when Brandi got Bud to do that.
Friend uses melting Iced Cream on oblivious friend count:
In think it’s up to 3 or 4 with this incident, but I’d need to double check.
Castela doesn’t seem very oblivious to Dayllas scheming, if there is any.
I bet “Butterfly Boy” walks in next.
Can’t remember his name. He keeps reminding me of Spike Speigel of ‘Cowboy Bebop’ (specially in that suit)
Hiroshi.
“HE’S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!”
^^^^^
LOL
You’d think Castela would be in a one-piece speed suit designed to streamline her ‘assets’ if she really hated them….
Day is the one that picked out ‘Stela’s suit, though would have thought the lil schemer would have gotten herself a two piece also. 😁
Correct… Daylla is purposely putting herself up as the “wall flower” in an UN-flattering swimsuit style in order to maximize the effect that Castella’s two piece will have on Hiroshi, without getting him distracted by her own figure… and I’ll bet many of my Moxana Points ™ that Daylla already KNOWS he is going to be there, or that he was already there before they left the house…
Nah, Day is doing this for her own pleasure
I’m not sure why she has to stick to human form in the first place. It is a paranormal pool, after all.
Too much ice cream gave me my bustline; why should Castela be any different? (DAMMIT now I’M hungry for ice cream…)