That's... really fucking cool.

As a btw,

I really did try to read back on a lot of these posts. I am a full-time Designer-In-Training (UI/UX Design), so believe it or not, I may have a life.

But really, truly, how did I miss that there was a character on here that was not only a damn warrior monk, but a potter too?

I feel so generic right now, but like most shame, I will embrace it XD

Sorry guys.  Shoulder's in a lot of pain.  Typing is... uncomfortable.  If painkillers kick in sometime soon, I hope to get something written tonight.  But, probably tomorrow.

I'm also exploring speech-to-text software options...

So sorry to hear that. That sounds garbage. Sending postivvibes your way.

And if it's anything I've heard dragon speech is the bomb, but I think it's pricey.

Please take your time.

Take your time.  I hope you feel better.

Better today.  minimal pain and full mobility.  weird.

posting us forward.

Please take all the time you need, and if you need one of us to move things along instead I'm happy to post.

INM, that was a hell of an opening post.  welcome aboard!

Cara, Nathan... you're welcome to foist yourself upon INM at the Southern Squalling.

Arui, I'm making it up as I go along... Not sure yet who Areno Windover is.  But if you find a way to move it forward, I'll work with you on it...

And... with no response nor login from Anluq in two weeks, I'm assuming they've dropped out.  If they want, they might rejoin us... but I've removed them in the mean-time.

Thank you for the compliment.

And im also glad you're feeling a little better!
This message was last edited by the player at 05:39, Sun 31 Jan 2021.

Thanks.  Sadly, I'm under no impression that it'll last.  It really is day-by-day.

Sorry to hear about the pain, boss :(

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay.

I was given the opportunity to speed up some schoolwork this week, and took it. I should have something up by tonight, if not tomorrow morning.

Thanks again :)

Ain't no stress.  this game moves in fits and starts.

So, I'm getting a distinct feel of belter tongue from "The Expanse" for the dialect you're assigning to Idle, Leinv and others.  Are you think it's a class dialect, regional (or region of origin) or something else?

I have my doubts about being able to present that well enough.  So, take it with a grain of salt if I try.

Lol don't even sweat it, cool cat.

Idle: Haven't really assigned an accent through onomatopoeic spelling (there's a name for this but I forgot what it was). I didn't want to mess up what's already established. I've tried to use visual description, but is there anything already established that I might have missed when it comes to Taal? (What I'm presuming to be the Khundari tongue from Cara's last post?)

I've been imagining it as a mashup of Urdu and MSA (Levantine) with Hebrew accents. Like harsher than Punjabi and softer than Ukranian or Hebrew.

Leinv: I tried to mash together a Cockney affectation with Australian word manipulation. I think. "Aryeah" was my starting point, based off the Aussie "Nar yeah" or "Yeah nar".

Baruk: I think belter tongue is a pretty accurate description! I haven't thought of that, but your reference bank goes deep, I see. Maybe a bit of Afrikaans?

I really was taking flagrant liberties in making these characters, to show how the Caravaners come from many walks of life, though I would imagine they wouldn't come into Khundaris too often. So regional differences for both Leinv and Baruk, though one may guess that Leinv is definitely of a lower-class no matter where she's from. I personally have a love of linguistics with very little formal training.

But all that to say, have at it! I swear I won't cry XD.

I also won't be posting walls of text every post.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:18, Thu 04 Feb 2021.

We love walls of text, especially when grad school eats me alive.

I will attempt to match you with a wall of text tonight.

My apologies that it took me that long, jait.

Great post!

Ha. Taal is the Khundari tongue.

@Control, Would you make it so that Idle-No-More can speak Taal?
This message was last edited by the player at 23:33, Mon 08 Feb 2021.

Sorry guys, I haven't forgotten you!  But I -am -delayed for another day, most likely.

My mind just hasn't been on gaming...  I got hit with a sudden deadline for union stuff and I have dentist stuff going on today.  Most likely, I'll have my shit together and post us forward on the weekend.

And yes, I've made the changes.   For some reason the private language settings were -completely- skewwed in odd and inappropriate ways.  It's been fixed.

No problem, thanks for the update.

That sounds like a bother but hope it all works out for you.

I've only been holding off to give anyone else a chance to post. If I don't drop something tonight, it'll come on Monday.

Nathan, Arui, you two okay?

In reply to Cara (msg # 528):

I think this game is done for me.  I have had trouble getting into it. I've stayed with it this long trying to find some reason to be here, but we don't have any character connection.  We're just people going in the same general direction.  Arui is just following along for no good reason at this point, even going against her own interests.

That's a shame.

I was hoping you and Nathan could build something, or had built something. Narrative heavy games are hard that way. They take a ton of player input, and it's not really clear where and when the player is supposed to step in. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to be helpful in that regard.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:38, Sun 14 Feb 2021.