27. roundworlding things.

Dec 13, 2010 00:39

[Ardent is sat, in one of those hoodies he picked up in Salem. This one's just red. He's eating currywurst. Because this is Ardent's kind of thing. There's also chips involved ( Read more... )

rays hoodie keeps me sane, team xenophobia!, pot noodle cuisine, ardent doesn't always shout

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empirical_data December 13 2010, 01:34:00 UTC
It is curious that the languages evolved convergently. [He's wearing warm clothes, just to give the appearance of wearing warm clothes.] I am searching for places to take Victor. I will keep in mind that the food is good there.

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deepdowndark December 13 2010, 01:51:58 UTC
Oh, you mean Uberwaldian and what you've been calling German?

It is very good. [Dwarfs, do, however, have a taste for fast food of varying quality.]

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empirical_data December 13 2010, 01:57:51 UTC
Yes, this. I find it intriguing.

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deepdowndark December 13 2010, 02:02:08 UTC
Well, generally, what you call English is Morporkian to me.

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[Private] timesbureaucrat December 13 2010, 03:26:28 UTC
[Narvin doesn't like that slight implication of blackmail, and, paranoid as he is, he immediately wonders how much Ardent might already know. But this is the sort of transaction he understands and it's comforting in its familiarity.]

Ask away, I have nothing to hide. [If asked, he will lie lie lie. But he has to pretend that he doesn't feel threatened by Ardent. And since he'd rather *not* be asked...]

But you do bring up a good point. You'll need money. If memory serves, at this point in human history they use a combination of coins, paper, and electronic currency. I've been told that paper is the most practical and widely accepted.

Would one thousand suffice?

[Narvin has only a very vague sense of currency value during this time period.]And yes, humans are the only sentient life dwelling openly on the planet at this time. There may be a few other species of aliens hiding here and there and a renegade Time Lord or two occasionally dropping by, but it's best to assume that everyone you speak with is, unfortunately, ( ... )

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Re: [Private] deepdowndark December 13 2010, 13:01:13 UTC
I never said you did have anything to hide. I just thought you might want not to have me trailing around after you, wanting to know what you were up to. [He wasn't suspicious, Narvin. Much.]

I do prefer my currency to have a little weight, but paper it is. Everywhere, it seems. I'll take the thousand, that should be enough.

[Ardent has a vague ideas of a dollar's value. Boy, 1000 euros is gonna surprise him a little.]

I never realised everyone on the Roundworld was human. I just presumed they didn't have Dwarfs.

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notarabiddog December 13 2010, 12:03:49 UTC
[OMGTOTALLYSHOCKED. Not really :|]

You come from a world with werewolves, vampires and dwarves?

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deepdowndark December 13 2010, 13:10:23 UTC
Yes. I am a Dwarf. The vampires and werewolves tended to live on the surface in Uberwald, but I can't see any of them here. ...Except the ones we brought.

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notarabiddog December 14 2010, 02:46:19 UTC
I have not sensed any other Lycanthropes here either, I believe I am the only one. I take it Dwarves [said with a Capital inclination. The race sounds important to Ardent and Lucian respects this] live underneath your world, then?

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deepdowndark December 14 2010, 13:53:50 UTC
I don't think we've had any of them, from what I'm aware, even on board. Plenty of vampires, though.

They do, and...

[He just realised you said 'any other', and will return the polite favour and use your word AND the capital letter.] So you're a Lycanthrope, then?

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because I totally missed Ardent's earlier post on holidays :c whoops bybloodandhonor December 14 2010, 08:00:00 UTC
Do you or the dwarves of your world celebrate a holiday around this time of the year?

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ALL GOOD. deepdowndark December 14 2010, 14:11:49 UTC
No, not at all. We don't really... have holidays, like humans do. Holidays, by nature, tend to involve religious worship, and we do not worship.

We do commemorate major battles in our history, but it tends to be a bad idea to fight in December or Ick.

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bybloodandhonor December 15 2010, 04:31:17 UTC
I certainly agree on fighting in winter.

And perhaps holiday is the wrong word for what I'm thinking of. Celebration perhaps. I was curious mostly because the feast that occurs during this time of the year in my world is a dwarven tradition that's spread out to the other races.

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deepdowndark December 15 2010, 12:22:13 UTC
Unfortunately, I think that might just be the Dwarfs on your world, as we've had no such celebration in our cultural history. I'd be interested to know more about it, though.

I imagine there's always going to be differences between different planet's Dwarfs.

It's not like a celebration breaks the Laws.

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