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Jan/Feb LOL Planning: Translator Malfunction
Interest pitch and planning space for a LOL taking place later this month (probably in a week's time) – a translator malfunction! Everyone is used to comfortably speaking their native languages freely in the Nexus and being understood, but if you ask me, you've all been coasting. Taking advantage of the system! Put in a little elbow grease and learn to understand your fellow (wo)man the Nexus way: by having the rug pulled out from under you!
The mini-LOL pitch involves the Nexus' language translator malfunctioning – and to keep it fun and difficult, also causes other translation tech and/or magic to fail as well.
Characters are free to speak any languages they already know to team up for comfort, or they might find themselves learning some new words in their friends' wild and crazy languages. This post serves not only as an interest check but also as a place to coordinate with each other: List which languages your characters know and figure out who else might understand them during this time. This kind of event lends itself to people of similar cultures coming together even when they might otherwise not want to interact.
As with all LOLs this is completely optional and non-permanent. Like the genderswap mirror event it will probably be free-form with no goal other than having fun until you're done.
Edit: Since this is a freeform kind of LOL, here's some general prompts you might consider if you want to participate but aren't sure of direction:
– Two characters with the same language but opposing personalities being forced to pair off and get to know each other.
– Frustration leads to charades, better learning each other's body languages, or maybe just a little silent peace between two friends for the first time. Find your zen, kids.
– People realizing how little they have in common with each other and trying to teach each other a few words in their native languages OR being reminded of the animosity between their people.
– Simply making an ass out of one's selves (Jims...)
The mini-LOL pitch involves the Nexus' language translator malfunctioning – and to keep it fun and difficult, also causes other translation tech and/or magic to fail as well.
Characters are free to speak any languages they already know to team up for comfort, or they might find themselves learning some new words in their friends' wild and crazy languages. This post serves not only as an interest check but also as a place to coordinate with each other: List which languages your characters know and figure out who else might understand them during this time. This kind of event lends itself to people of similar cultures coming together even when they might otherwise not want to interact.
As with all LOLs this is completely optional and non-permanent. Like the genderswap mirror event it will probably be free-form with no goal other than having fun until you're done.
Edit: Since this is a freeform kind of LOL, here's some general prompts you might consider if you want to participate but aren't sure of direction:
– Two characters with the same language but opposing personalities being forced to pair off and get to know each other.
– Frustration leads to charades, better learning each other's body languages, or maybe just a little silent peace between two friends for the first time. Find your zen, kids.
– People realizing how little they have in common with each other and trying to teach each other a few words in their native languages OR being reminded of the animosity between their people.
– Simply making an ass out of one's selves (Jims...)
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Dr. White mainly speaks English, but it's 14th century English with a bunch of modern phrases thrown in. He claims the modern stuff was picked up in the Nexus, but if it looks like he suddenly forgot how to spell that's because written language was a work in progress back then.
That's not the issue here. Dr. White's problem is that he also knows Mandarin Chinese and a bit of Korean. That's kind of weird considering his claims about being from Dark Ages Europe, so he's seriously hoping he doesn't run into other Chinese speakers and have to explain himself.
At least he's fairly good at miming. Who knew working around a mask that didn't allow him to speak properly would help in the future?