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[Dariush]

How large are we in relation to the mice?

[micelus]

Us: 30 cm (length)/ 5 cm (width)
Mice: 10 cm (length)/8 cm (width)

[weenog]

If it is possible to approach the water without going any closer to the mice, do so.  Once there, stay out of the water if possible, stay as close to the shore as possible if not, and examine the edibleness of the debris/plants/other things we encounter there.

Debris, especially around the water (and clogging the water path) have been mentioned several times.  Some of these debris may be organic.  If we do not encounter something strange on the way to the water, and if a wall of mice do not guard it, we can possibly scavenge with safety.  That 'log' may be an absolutely excellent banquet of many meals if we can reach it, but it may only look like a log to us who have never seen a log.... it may be something else entire.  Anything organic we can reach will be something. 

If it is impossible to approach the water here without going any closer to the mice, then move 'upstream' (the way we came) and attempt to approach these 'debris' from that side.  If we can approach from that side safely, then explore debris/plants/shore for edibles, staying out of the water as much as possible.

If debris block the water path then debris may have accumulated for a long time, be quite thick, and likewise harbor/hide/offer a ready and easy meal or three.

If it's impossible to reach or find edible debris from the upstream side without disturbing the mice further, then it's pretty clear that it is impossible to enter the water here.  So move back upstream, a 'decent distance' from the ecosystem.  Enter the water there.  Stay submerged for a short time - verify we are as comfortable submerged as we are enclosed by air.  If we are comfortable, slowly and without splashes move downstream, attempting to eat a decent amount of debri/plants/algae/other our-sort of food. as we go.

I don't think we're smart enough for all that planning and conditioning.  We're probably not even smart enough to have a decent sense of danger.

I think we should try to get onto the log and see if it's edible, or anything growing on it is.

[Dariush]

Mice wider than they are long? What. The. Fuck.

[Aseaheru]

Climb onto log and, if it is moving, ride it down the sewers past the mice. Regardless if it is moving or not, attempt to eat whatever mosses or bugs may be on the rotting log. We need new evo possibilities wherever we can get them.

+1

and i think for the mice that hes not including tails.

[Mlamlah]

Climb onto log and, if it is moving, ride it down the sewers past the mice. Regardless if it is moving or not, attempt to eat whatever mosses or bugs may be on the rotting log. We need new evo possibilities wherever we can get them.

+1

and i think for the mice that hes not including tails.

They should still be a little longer then they are wide, lets just assume these are some strange sewer breed.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Or heavily obese...

[Thecard]

Or heavily obese...

It's all that lichen.  We need to liberate it at some point.  Find some tough creature, lead it to the mice?  Then eat 'im?

[micelus]

I think I might be confusing my measurements. Eh, I'll go and check.

EDIT: Ye gods, I'm bad at measurements.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Yup. 12 cm>10 cm.

The new measurements are better, if you're ignoring the tail.

[micelus]

Ignoring the variety of plants along and in the water, you decide to focus on the log. Its a large thing and is covered in a grimy substance. You clamber on top of it and try to feed. Something isn't right however...the log doesn't feel like...well a log. In fact, it feels pretty animal-like. As you ponder the strangeness of it, two eyes subtly open along the log's sides. As they open, you also become aware that the log is slowly submerging and floating away from the shore.

Basic Status:
Health: 2/2
Hunger: 2/7
Thirsty?: Nope
Evolution Points: 1
Current Thought: Huh?....

Spoiler: Current Body Status (click to show/hide)

Description: Centipede-like creature with an opening at the end.

Brain: Poor. Cannot conceptualize beyond sight and a few scant thoughts that occasionally come up in its head.
Senses: No sense of taste, smell or hearing. Vision is relatively excellent.
Movement: Slow but may make short leaps.
Metabolism: Somewhat inefficient metabolism. Less food is acquired from organisms.
Special: None
Size: 30 cm

Current Organs

Legs: Multiple thin legs capable of limited movement and small leaps. Cannot make continuous fast movement.
Eyes: Two advanced eyes that see in varying spectrum of black-to-white in a 180º radius.
Grinder: An orifice capable of cutting up tissue for digestion.
Omnivorous Digestive Tract (Sewer Mouse): Simple digestive system with an interestingly large-for-an-omnivore caecum and several organs for increased digestion of food matter.
Skin: Weak and defenseless. Covered in fur.Can digest organic matter that is in contact. Somewhat inefficient.

Genetic Material Available:

Sewer Mouse
Ruthenian Cave Lichen
Fermroot

Spoiler: Past Evolutions (click to show/hide)

Fur: Hair covering our whole body except for our underside.
Omnivorous digestive tract: Simple digestive system that allowed us to eat plants, animals and the odd fungi. Evo is much easier to acquire from organisms native to <starting area>
Increased Metabolism I: Food now fills up hunger quicker.
Energy Stores II: More energy can be stored. +2 maximum Hunger.

[Thecard]

Current Thought: OH SHIT.

Fixed that for you.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Bite the eye.

[kaian-a-coel]

Current Thought: OH SHIT.

Fixed that for you.

I whole-heartedly agree.

jump off that damned sewer crocodile! (what a LOG would be doing in SEWERS anyway?) Swim to the shore as quickly as possible!

[Imp]

Earth alligators/crocodiles/caimen are not very flexible.  It might rub us against something, very hard, but it's extremely unlikely to be able to bite us if we cling.

"the log is slowly submerging and floating away from the shore"  Tentatively, it may not know we're on it/are dangerous to it yet, though it may know something is wrong or different.  Maybe it couldnt feel the feeding we've done yet - we haven't eaten much, we still have the same hunger level.

Move slowly along/around/over the log, searching for a natural opening into it.  Move inside to feed.