02 🐺🦊 [yet another] post-event netbook

[cryopathy]

What are some common (or not so common!) turns of phrases, idioms, or the like from your home worlds? For example, "Phoenix feathers" is a somewhat heretical curse in Renova. The "canid instinct" of Venatus (the urge to fight viciously with one's sibling, so named for the Fox and the Wolf's incessant conflicts) is so well-known throughout the world that it's referenced over the continent. To my limited understanding, citizens of the Leviathan's domain curse the ocean's abyssal depths just as those of the Butterfly's curse the light of day. Ahaha, I suppose our various peoples do love our expletives!

On an unrelated note, Pinto Grigio has been generous enough to donate her handsomest used footwear for a public horseshoes pit that I've taken the liberty of installing outside of the Watchtower Bar. With the purveyor's permission, of course. ;) Enjoy!

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[unheiring]

... Strange, the purveyor doesn't recall being asked this

[cryopathy]

The original purveyor certainly seemed to think it was an amusing idea! ;)

[unheiring]

Running to father at your old age?

[cryopathy]

Old! Old! How could you? You're older!

[unheiring]

Hmmm, did we ever prove that? I don't think we did.

[cryopathy]

You're always insisting. Maybe I'm finally willing to acquiesce!

[unheiring]

Perhaps the offer has now expired?

[cryopathy]

It's too late. I've already accepted! As the youngsters say, no take-backsies!

[unheiring]

Boo, you whore.

[cryopathy]

Pot, meet kettle. ;)

[eidxiety]

There are a lot on Elrios. But I'm an angel and my mother is the Goddess Ishmael, so some of them get a little weird for me. You can have this list anyway~.

These are all used to express shock or surprise:
- Ishmael's breath!
- Merciful Elria!
- By the El!

Etc etc :O

"For El's sake" is one we use often too.

These are more offensive and can be used sort of like "motherfucker" or to express harsher surprise.
- Ishmael's tits/ass or left/right tit or left/right asscheek, I don't know pick your poison here I've heard it all

[cryopathy]

Ahaha!!! Invoking a god's asscheek is certainly a fun way to swear!

I'm not sure how your mother feels about it, but my father would laugh both of his cheeks right off if that was the case with him!

[eidxiety]

I don't actually know how She feels. It's not like She ever spoke to me past the night She created me out of nothing and told me to go fix the things that were broken. :/

She's possessing a human woman right now but that human woman speaks from her own mouth, not the mouth of the Goddess. I still don't think anyone should be saying those specific insults in front of Ms. Harnier, though. Ms. Harnier is a nice person.

[cryopathy]

She sounds like a bitch! And quite familiar, I have to say.

Hah. Fascinating. How could that possibly benefit her, I wonder...

[eidxiety]

Haha, I... have lost a lot of faith in Her these last five... no, six years.

But I can't say how possessing a human woman is helpful at all :O Humans are very fragile. That sort of power is dangerous for their bodies. Haha, it's kind of odd not to know your own Goddess's intentions... but here I am. ^^;

Now it's your turn~. How is She familiar?

[cryopathy]

So she can't communicate through the human, and the host is endangered by her presence... Hm, no, I certainly can't make sense of it! But I'm sure she has something up her sleeve that the likes of mere mortals simply can't comprehend.

Only that I know full well what it is to have a whip-cracking piece of garbage for a mother. My condolences!

[eidxiety]

Haha... hopefully your mother didn't essentially send you off to die for some holy mission? Maybe?

[cryopathy]

Hopefully! ;D

[eidxiety]

...that's not very promising :O!

[cryopathy]

Hahaha. Maybe that's a bit much to get into where the entire Grove can see! ;)

[forwander]

I'd be keen on telling you some, but I believe the notebook automatically translates other languages. If you want to learn how to pronounce Sargonian, you're more than free to come to the cafe. I've added vegan dishes for you recently.

That said, the direct translation of these might be funny, so:

[Passenger writes them all out in Sargonian first, but the notebook does indeed say "hey! no!" and spits out the following:]

"The monkey in his mother’s eyes is a gazelle." - meaning that mothers tend to see their children in the best light.

"A pot that has found its lid" - meaning someone who has found their other half.

To call someone "of little literature" means they're acting uncouth or lacking in manners.

[cryopathy]

"Vegan" ? Is that some fancy new way of saying vegetarian? Though I don't mind fish or fowl, the gesture is appreciated! I'll have to come try them.

Those all make quite a bit of sense, and I have to admit the first gave me a good laugh. I think we've all known some of those monkeys...!

All in all, fascinating. Thank you for sharing!

[forwander]

Very rarely does Sargonian fare use fish, I'm afraid. "Vegan" means without meat or dairy. I couldn't recall which you were, but it's good to know that fowlbeast meat is something that you'll eat.

And, of course. There are many other phrases, but most are mere curses that would translate very simply in here and be far less entertaining.

[cryopathy]

Oh, goodness, I don't think I could ever give up both of those! I'll just have to pray I never develop an allergy to dairy like some poor folks do.

Haha! I don't know, I'd wager that many of us here find blunt and possibly raunchy to be quite entertaining! ;) I would hate to force you, however.

[forwander]

Very well. Here's a fun fact about Sargon, then: We have numerous ways to call someone a hoe.

[cryopathy]

This I simply must hear!

[forwander]

I'll write them all down for you, but I imagine the notebook will change them quickly. Sargonian scrawl is difficult to read, so if you need pronunciations, you're free to visit.

[Look I'm not going to write like 50 iterations of "hoe" down for you, so here is someone else's helpful Arabic language comment about all the ways to call a motherfucker a hoe.]

[cryopathy]

[if only their manic giggles could be translated through the netbook... alas...]

Oh, Passenger, my friend, you are truly a delight!

[menophesto]

I know few Ursus phrases.

"Где раки зимуют" roughly translated "where crawfish hibernates". So you'd say something like "Я покажу тебе Где раки зимуют" ("I'll show you where crawfish hibernate") as threat to punish someone. :)

"Дать зуб" translated "to give a tooth". It's like saying... "I swear my life" when you're trying proving point or ah... saying right.

"Ни рыба ни мясо". "Neither fish nor meat". It's to describe mediocre person. Very insulting.

"Рука Медведицы". "The Ursus hand". Depending where you land politically, this could mean "helpful person" or "political person" with negative connotation.

[cryopathy]

Creative threats are always good fun! Something similar we warn of is "the hawk's shadow" -- the full suggestion being that someone you perceive as cocky or reckless is but a vole in an open field oblivious to the bird of prey pursuing it.

Ursus is a political affiliation? A nationality, perhaps? I wonder where you lie...?

[menophesto]

It's the nation I'm from, yes. In terms of treatment towards Infected, Ursus is considered the worst. Most lash out to be executed, else they meet worse fate in the Ursine mines, where most succumb to their Oripathy. The nation can be considered... war-hungry? There isn't any land there that hasn't seen blood.

So, I hold no love for it.

[cryopathy]

I must say I sympathize. I've heard that that particular sort of succumbing can be rather explosive. It doesn't seem very conducive to mining operations, but we can't exactly expect bigots to be rational...

[menophesto]

Certainly not. But alternative would be risking their precious uninfected population, and clearly having safety regulations and investing in prevention methods is completely unrealistic.

Somehow, despite the horrors, I like the Grove better.

[cryopathy]

I can't blame you on that one! At least the corrupted beasts aren't biased in whom they want to rip to shreds!

[menophesto]

✨Equality✨

[ichoosefight]

I'm gonna need deets on the 'public horseshoes pit'

[cryopathy]

Horseshoes is a game in which two competitors toss said equine footwear toward stakes driven into the ground on opposite sides of the pit. I could draw up a summary of the general Renovan ruleset and post it nearby, if that would help!

I'm sure our local bartender will insist that one such rule be something like "no acts of violence committed against opponents with the game pieces," sadly...

[unheiring]

Astute observation...

[ichoosefight]

It's not much of a game if you can just beat up your opponent.

How much do horseshoes weigh, anyway? Sounds dangerous

[cryopathy]

Oh, no, you aren't meant to throw them at one another, but we both know there are residents of the Grove who would gladly do so. It's a bit like archery competitions: you aim for the target, not your opponent.

Pinto's are around two pounds. Not to worry, even Renovan children have successfully played this game for generations with minimal concussions!

[wolfetracks]

There's a few terms that emerged lately, but they're... somethin' else. Don't trust any man who calls a pretty student a "baby vamp", for example.

[cryopathy]

[can you feel them cringing through the netbook, sidney.]

What does that entail, precisely?

[wolfetracks]

Well, a vamp is a seductive (usually pretty but minding her own damn business) woman. So a baby vamp...

[cryopathy]

Ew. What the fuck. Don't worry, if I ever hear that, I'll just kill him.

[wolfetracks]

And I will look the other way.