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Post by Kass the Travelling Minstrel on Oct 30, 2016 13:53:09 GMT -5
Wooh one thing of homework down, time to type a thing Also sorry if I mess things up sometimes with the way this universe works, just correct me ^-^
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Post by β ΙetΙ§eΙΎ Β« on Oct 30, 2016 13:57:06 GMT -5
![](http://imgur.com/snEF28k.png) [ np~ ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 14:03:05 GMT -5
[ okie dokie! lemme write up a response ]
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Post by Kass the Travelling Minstrel on Oct 30, 2016 14:26:38 GMT -5
Aquarius, turned out, was the last person to arrive. She had been busy with other certain things at her temporary apartment, but now was practically sprinting towards the room where they were supposed to meet. Thank god for the transit's tightly packed schedule. In her usual, casual outfit of her jumpsuit tied around her waist and a black tank top, and other necessary items condense into a pack slung over her shoulder, she had to remind herself to breath. She wasn't scared, she wouldn't say- okay, yeah, she was. And it made no sense! It wasn't like this was the most dangerous mission she had been assigned. Not that she could say for sure, actually, seeing as much of this mission's details were classified. How spooky. Perhaps it was the fact that Aquarius was so used to working with the same group of people, and this? This was so much more...official.
Distracted, the woman was immediately drawn out of her fretting thoughts once the door began to lift. She winced at the blinding light, which was only strengthened by the new, nice and shiny ships reflecting it. Aquarius made a face for a moment, waiting for her eyes to adjust before dropping her hand back to her side. Okay, act cool. You're fine, it's fine. No one needs to know how anxious you actually are, got it? She gave herself a mental pep talk as she stepped forward, gaze flickering between the two Commanders.
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Post by β ΙetΙ§eΙΎ Β« on Oct 30, 2016 14:33:44 GMT -5
![](http://imgur.com/snEF28k.png) [ I think we should let the others get on and reply and stuff before Cat and I reply ? So not to leave anyone out.
Also will be poofy for a bit today. ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 14:36:51 GMT -5
Karim hated working there. He'd been assigned to the project a while back, so long ago he'd stopped marking the days on his calendar. The other scientists loved working there, or perhaps they hated it so much they'd given up and just decided to accept it. He'd spend most of his days doing grunt work, if it could even be called that β going over the same files, the same DNA results. But other times, he'd work in the labs, directly with her.
When he'd first seen her - at least, he assumed the alien was female, as the other scientists jokingly (or not so jokingly) referred to her as a queen - he'd decided he wasn't going to act like the others did. They'd hold her down and inject her with needles, trying to see the results of every experiment, trying to see if they could make her breed by forcing it. They wouldn't clean her cage (why not refer to it as what it was?), they'd leave her in her waste, laugh at her when it seemed like she was going to break. It was disgusting.
So, he'd named her Akilah. An Arabic name meaning intelligent, logical, wise. She wasn't stupid, that much was obvious. If she didn't have emotions, if she didn't have thoughts... she did. Of course she did. There was no doubt of that. She was far more intelligent then they wanted to admit. And he wasn't going to treat her like an animal. Not like them. Yes, he had to achieve results, had to get DNA and check on her, but the least he could do was treat her like he'd treat one of his sisters or cousins or, if she truly was animal-like, like he'd treat her as though she were a pet. With kindness. Because she deserved it as much as any other person. She hadn't done anything to harm them.
He'd pull a chair over to sit next to her, read to her, because it seemed like she liked the sound of his voice. He had no idea if she recognized his words. But he could still teach her β the English language, basic information she might someday need. He doubted she would ever get out of there, but regardless, if she could... if someone managed to find out about the project and shut it down... but that was wishful thinking. And they'd just take her, do their own experiments on her, and the cycle would begin again.
Today, though β Dante (one of the other scientists) had been talking about how they might move Akilah, about how he couldn't wait to get back some DNA results... and other things, disgusting things about how Dante wished their test subject looked human, because the only female scientists in the program weren't there for 'fun.' When Karim had found out he was assigned to keep watch over Akilah, he'd breathed a sigh of relief. At least he could know she was safe, for an hour, maybe even two if he was lucky.
βHey, Akilah,β he said, placing a hand on the thick glass. βSorry I wasn't here yesterday. I had work to do. Are you doing alright?β He already knew the answer β of course she wasn't doing alright, the other scientists were downright tormenting her. βI'm sorry, Akilah. I'll see if they'll let me have an extra watch.β He smiled, though she probably didn't recognize the gesture β she wasn't human, after all. Even if he treated her as though she were human.
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Post by β ΙetΙ§eΙΎ Β« on Oct 30, 2016 14:45:16 GMT -5
![](http://imgur.com/snEF28k.png) [ so early in the rp and I already have feels omg
Will reply when I can ! ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 14:46:40 GMT -5
[ i just realized there's an extraneous 'human' at the end of that reply and i'm dead ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 14:48:15 GMT -5
[ also yeah tbh i teared up reading your starter thingy so like i already have feelings about an alien experiment wth ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 14:55:04 GMT -5
[ looks like my sister is joining idk man ]
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Post by β ΙetΙ§eΙΎ Β« on Oct 30, 2016 14:58:03 GMT -5
![](http://imgur.com/snEF28k.png) [ lol
I knowwwwww like Akilah only knows this cell since she was hatched. I mean, they took a random human from some prison willing to like do whatever it takes to be free but hey btw you're gonna die man so. And like, once the lil facehugger thing from the egg did its thing and died, the human was basically comatosed and frozen so they can get the alien queen bby out yk, and just discarded the guy like bye. Then, like, they put the alien bby in this giant cell bUILT for this experiment ok, and injected like slow growth stuff so she wouldn't grow into Queen/Emperess size in a day ok. And just. Yeah. That's all she knows and that's all she's been put through and aHHH
But ye brb ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 15:01:32 GMT -5
[ that's terrible :\ ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 15:12:49 GMT -5
[ here but supposed to be studying for test tomorrow so poofy ]
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Post by β ΙetΙ§eΙΎ Β« on Oct 30, 2016 15:44:09 GMT -5
![](http://imgur.com/snEF28k.png) [ ye /: but what can you do with eccentric scientists when presented to a once in a life time opportunity to study the most deadliest species that no one has ever encountered and lived to tell yk
Np! ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 16:59:40 GMT -5
{sorry for poofing i had to go help my friend with something what did i miss }
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 17:00:07 GMT -5
[ not much !! ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 17:01:31 GMT -5
{yes im very behind now aren't I }
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Post by β ΙetΙ§eΙΎ Β« on Oct 30, 2016 17:07:02 GMT -5
![](http://imgur.com/snEF28k.png) [ you're actually not behind at all ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 17:11:25 GMT -5
[ not really ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 17:20:02 GMT -5
[ I'm here! I finally read everything and caught up! ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 17:21:34 GMT -5
[ hello! ]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 17:25:05 GMT -5
[ Okay so I have to fill out my skills thing. Make a second character. Do their skills thing and make two starter posts. Awesome ![:lol:](//storage.proboards.com/6575102/images/EYovFCWKvybdNMI4vmTh.gif) plus finish this essay I do believe an all nighter is my course of action ]
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Post by Percival de Rolo III on Oct 30, 2016 17:29:32 GMT -5
(Hello! I'm happy to see sci-fi on the forums. :3 )
(I'd like to join, but I have a few questions about the Thessians first, since I'm considering them as a race for my character. First, you mention that they communicate through sounds rather than speech. What does this mean specifically? Like clicks and whistles or something else? Are they capable of speech or is there some kind of translation device should they need to speak with others who aren't of their species? Also in regard to names, is there a specific naming scheme for them as well? (You say that Vasakyns have Viking-sounding names and Geselans have Roman/Latin-sounding names, but there's no mention of cultural analogues for Thessians or the other races...))
(This roleplay looks really cool and it seems like there's a lot of world-building behind it. It's somewhat intimidating but it also sounds like a lot of fun. Looking forward to creating a character. :D )
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Post by Kass the Travelling Minstrel on Oct 30, 2016 17:31:52 GMT -5
Hullo
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 17:45:12 GMT -5
(Hello! I'm happy to see sci-fi on the forums. :3 )
(I'd like to join, but I have a few questions about the Thessians first, since I'm considering them as a race for my character. First, you mention that they communicate through sounds rather than speech. What does this mean specifically? Like clicks and whistles or something else? Are they capable of speech or is there some kind of translation device should they need to speak with others who aren't of their species? Also in regard to names, is there a specific naming scheme for them as well? (You say that Vasakyns have Viking-sounding names and Geselans have Roman/Latin-sounding names, but there's no mention of cultural analogues for Thessians or the other races...))
(This roleplay looks really cool and it seems like there's a lot of world-building behind it. It's somewhat intimidating but it also sounds like a lot of fun. Looking forward to creating a character. ) [ thessians basically have the correct vocal chords for communicating with other species (and can learn other languages) but it's a lot harder for them than it would be for the average person. communicating through sounds would be, yes, clicking noises and whistling noises and a lot of non verbal communication (which i forgot to mention on there, i'll have the admin add that to the page.) a thessian could learn english, but learning it would take much longer than a human learning another language, and while a human could learn to understand a thessian they could never speak thessi. so it would really depend on how long they've been studying the language if they'd require a translator. as for the culture analogue for thessians and the other races, the truth is i completely forgot to include those when i was writing those out. i've been picturing thessians as having very fluid names that don't truly have human counterparts, and as being culturally similar to the navajo (who were semi-nomadic as well.) edit: i edited the nomadic part about the navajo bc i meant to put 'semi nomadic' as neither the navajo nor thessians are one hundred percent nomadic ]
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Post by Percival de Rolo III on Oct 30, 2016 17:47:30 GMT -5
(Okay, cool! Thanks for the help.)
(I'll get to work on my forms, but it might be a while since I'm doing other stuff too.)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 17:48:53 GMT -5
[ no problem! ^^
take your time! i think a lot of us are pretty busy tbh ]
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Post by β ΙetΙ§eΙΎ Β« on Oct 30, 2016 17:51:18 GMT -5
(Hello! I'm happy to see sci-fi on the forums. :3 )
(I'd like to join, but I have a few questions about the Thessians first, since I'm considering them as a race for my character. First, you mention that they communicate through sounds rather than speech. What does this mean specifically? Like clicks and whistles or something else? Are they capable of speech or is there some kind of translation device should they need to speak with others who aren't of their species? Also in regard to names, is there a specific naming scheme for them as well? (You say that Vasakyns have Viking-sounding names and Geselans have Roman/Latin-sounding names, but there's no mention of cultural analogues for Thessians or the other races...))
(This roleplay looks really cool and it seems like there's a lot of world-building behind it. It's somewhat intimidating but it also sounds like a lot of fun. Looking forward to creating a character. ) [ hello !! :3 Yes they communicate by sound rather than direct speech, so yeah clicks and hums and whistles, etc. and as for a translation, one of the teams (eventually both) have a translator for if they communicate with the teams. And if you want a general hand held translator for your character, you can create a note or something of the like for them to buy a vocal translator (like, a thing that can clip on their collar or something and translate their sounds to words), or they could be multilingual and perhaps o: whichever you would like to choose. And as for the naming, those were examples honestly, but if you have any ideas (bc you're the first to create a Thessian and such) feel free to be creative o: ! And thank you !!! C: ]
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Post by β ΙetΙ§eΙΎ Β« on Oct 30, 2016 17:51:49 GMT -5
![](http://imgur.com/snEF28k.png) [ oh dang cat you already answered XD whoops ]
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Post by β ΙetΙ§eΙΎ Β« on Oct 30, 2016 17:53:16 GMT -5
![](http://imgur.com/snEF28k.png) [ but hey go with what Cat said lol if you want I can delete my reply pff ]
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