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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: November 03, 2015, 02:41:24 PM »

"Oh- Hey Tippy. What are you here for?" Jaakko asks.

Jaakko returns his gaze to the contorted Raiden pilot.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: November 03, 2015, 01:36:37 PM »

Jaakko puts two and two together and realizes that Nagato is Raiden's resident hot-head.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: November 03, 2015, 07:23:37 AM »

You see Nagato lying on a bed, completely still. She isn't even chatting with anybody, although the position she is lying in looks comically uncomfortable.

Jaakko studies the contorted Raiden pilot and grins at the comical position. The nurse tending to Jaakko's arm covers the small cuts with medical salve, then proceeds to salve, glue, and wrap the bleeding cut. All the while, Jalko and Talko sit outside the medical facility.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: November 01, 2015, 09:40:13 PM »

Jaakko goes to medical to get his wounds treated.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 31, 2015, 03:00:09 PM »

Jaakko rummages through the kennel and tries to find some collars. He gets two and puts them on the dogs. He gives their names some thought, then writes their names on the collars. Both dogs hold him as the object of attention.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 29, 2015, 11:34:43 PM »

Languages! *Alpha v0.1

North Aesthian: An agglutinative language, meaning that little bits of meanings are run together to make words, but the little bit's meaning is unchanged. Aesthian has a dozen or more dialects due to the various ethnicities that make up NAUC. Insults are mainly threats, equating things to stuff, godly maledictions and damning.

Huitzitlaotani: An ugly, polysynthetic languages. Polysynthesis means that many little bits of meaning are strung together to make a word, but at an extremely high rate. So high, in fact, that Huitizitlaotani has sentences that only have one word in them. The language has I huge amount of conjugation, which changes the verb of a sentence to fit the subject, such as a number of people or gender distinction. It is also highly inflected, so that nouns also have variations depending on number or love. The language has a large inventory of letters, and has a massive inventory of sounds, some of which are very exotic sounds that are most likely not found in other languages, including clicks(?).  Due to these complexities, it is incredibly hard to learn. It also has its own alphabet. Insults revolve around telling people how to go die in the jungle, or more archaically, equate them to the worthlessness of a slave.

Mercanan: Essentially Arabic. Like Arabic, it doesn't have the consonant "p", and makes up by having a few sounds not included in english aesthian. Written in calligraphy, right to left. Insults mainly equate people to animals or question their faith.

Kintharian: Read: Japanese. Complex honorifics system, gender distinction, formal and informal language. Subject-object-verb sentence structure. (**Subject to a lot of change**) Insults revolve around questioned faith and equating people useless things. More archaically (and questionably canon) equating men to women, and women to prostitutes. (Lead to believe that Japan has a very misogynistic culture that is well ingrained. Perhaps Kitharia adopted that and later broke it)

Imperial: Newspeak A blend of Latin and German with a touch of Italian fascism. It is a synthetic language, bonding bits of meaning together to form words, but not so much so that one word can formally compose a sentence. Insults revolve around degrading people by comparing them to second class citizens, or animals.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 29, 2015, 09:38:15 PM »

Plot twist: Ralph's dogs

I consistently forget that Ralph is huit, and even when I do, it fails to make an impact. This is do in part to the fact that his name is Ralph and not something like Cuathémoc or Coatl.

At the same time, it could be said for many characters. Even Cassius.

Speaking of language, I have linguistics ideas for the major world languages, none of which are to be considered canon.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 29, 2015, 09:02:27 PM »

DOG GET

Name: Jalko
Nickname: Jal
Age: 2 - 3
Piloting Preference: BITCHES
Backstory: Found outside the wire.
Description: Big dog, big starfish. Stubborn, does things you don't want him to do. He knows you can't do stuff about it. When jalko wants to play, he wants to play. He's a buff ass dog and he weighs about 220lbs, (English mastiff body and hair, wide jawed German Shepard head, ears, and coloring) Loose skin, no folds or wrinkles. Has slight jowls. Deltan Molossid; ment for tackling prey/guarding. Drools profusely at the sight of food.


Name: Talko
Nickname: Tal/Talc
Age: 2 - 3
Piloting Preference: BITCHES
Backstory: Found in the wire.
Description: Big, lanky, janky teddy bear. Believes he is a puppy. Talko is the size of an Irish wolfhound, with the proportions of a maned wolf, and the mane of a maned wolf. Colored like a Leonberger, except with black feet (a la maned wolf), has a black mask on his face. Eyes may appear to be an unnerving yellow from a distance. Deltan Bloodhound. His snout is long and his mouth unhinges like that of a thylacine's. Bred to crush necks and tear out throats. Has a tail, fast and maneuverable. Can jump high and bound. Not as rugged as Jalko. Big ears that move independently. Weighs about 160.

In defense of OP dogs: the deltan is op. Huitzitlaotani breed OP dogs to combat op deltan. Game is balanced. They both follow each other around.

The dogs are not combat dogs. They won't kill Huit commandos. Whether they can be let loose to stop you from being mauled by a deltan super panther or something is still up in the air.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 28, 2015, 02:52:21 PM »

Jaakko shuts the dogs up and begins trying to coax the dogs back into the base using the same tactics he used to use to coax stubborn ass ovcharkas back home. Initially, the dogs are unreceptive, still howling at the mech. Jaakko whistles at them, and they stop barking momentarily. The skinny dog seems to bite his lip and looks at Jaakko, keeping its head towards the mech.

Jaakko spends the next few minutes getting the dogs to move a hundred or so yards towards the gates.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 26, 2015, 10:19:24 PM »

Jaakko mutters some slurs under his breath. His heart still pounds, and the dogs are still barking.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 26, 2015, 08:26:50 PM »

The first dog starts going batstuff crazy. I glance at it. It's low, barking and roaring aggressively. Slobber flies from its mouth. It's ears tuck low.

I tear at the second dogs legs, and pull them free of the concertina wire. I give myself a couple bleeding cuts, and a nasty bleeding cut on my forearm from working without any concern for being cut up. The wound sears and drips.

The second dog yanks its leg free from the last of the wire and barks maddeningly.

I consider throwing myself between the concertina wire and chain link fence to avoid being mauled. Perhaps whatever animal will get caught in the wire.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 26, 2015, 09:07:15 AM »

I continue to work the second dog out of the the wire. I manage to get the dog's head free, but receive a cut on my hand for my efforts. The guard better hurry up with the bolt cutters.

Being outside the wire is frightening.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 26, 2015, 12:31:42 AM »

I can't quite get outside without getting a guard's attention. He inquires to what I am doing, and reports it in. A man reports over the guard's radio that someone is going to find wire cutters. I head outside the wire cautiously.

The jungle is huge, the canopies are far above, and it's making a fair racket. I hug the razor wire, treading on ground presumably treated with industrial defoliants. The dog is a hundred or so meters away.

The first dog sees me and tenses. It states at me. It's almost the size of the North Aesthian Ovcharkas that I used to have when I lived at home. I approach it carefully, and it lets me close to the dog caught in the wire. The dog caught in the wire whimpers loudly. It's somehow managed to get its torso caught in the wire.

I begin working sensitively with my hands, trying not to get cut. It's futile though, and I get knicked here and there, especially as the dog tries to kick its way out.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 25, 2015, 11:35:12 PM »

"Yukamo- wait!"

She turns her head as if to only catch what I said, then rights and runs off.

I quickly look into Deltan dogs. I read that dogs in the deltan are massive, and specifically bred for the climate. There are few breeds, with very specific jobs. I read a line that claims that the dogs had been bred to be friendly to people, but not animals.

I clench my teeth and investigate.

Outside, on the outside of the razor wire, there are two dogs. The first is a massive, bulky beast. It has a square head and huge jaws. It's coat is short, and belly seems to have little hair. It is dark brown and black, and it's eyes appear to be an uneasing yellow. It's roar-barking into the air.

The other dog is caught in the razor wire. It is massive as well, but not bulky. It's very tall and defined, and has disproportionally long legs. The second dog also has a black mask, and is uniformly dark brown compared to the first, who's brown coat is marred with black. The second dog appears to have a mane, which it has raised. Both dogs have large, pointed, erect ears.

The first, bulky dog sees me.

OooRAOH

I walk towards the fence, and stick my fingers through the chain link fence. The second dog rolls its head back to sniff, struggling in the wire. It whimpers.

"Shh, it's okay," I say to it, as if that would help it at all. As if it would understand me.

I decide to hustle before guards get to the dogs.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 25, 2015, 04:53:49 PM »

"There is a kennel on base, I believe, but it was empty. It's probably outside the wire,"