Loose Replaying

Session Ident: #loose
[01:22] <unabashedUsurper> Hey! Anyone there?
[01:22] <@fluorescentFields> Yes, I am.
[01:22] <@fluorescentFields> Hello.
[01:23] <unabashedUsurper> Hello, then
[01:23] <unabashedUsurper> I'm going to be yovr coplayer
[01:23] <unabashedUsurper> Once the game shows itself
[01:23] <unabashedUsurper> Yov wovldn't happen to have it yet, wovld yov?
[01:23] <@fluorescentFields> I do not, as it turns out.
[01:24] <unabashedUsurper> Damn
[01:24] <unabashedUsurper> So who're yov?
[01:24] <@fluorescentFields> Candace Noble.
[01:24] <@fluorescentFields> And yourself?
[01:25] <unabashedUsurper> I am Renegade Darkshot
[01:25] <unabashedUsurper> Yov're a hvman, I assvme?
[01:25] <@fluorescentFields> I am. And you would be another troll, correct?
[01:25] <unabashedUsurper> Yes, I am
[01:26] <unabashedUsurper> Yov've met Catsfeet, then?
[01:26] <@fluorescentFields> I have.
[01:26] <unabashedUsurper> Alright then
[01:26] <@fluorescentFields> It was an interesting introduction to the existence of aliens, I must say.
[01:26] <unabashedUsurper> I can imagine
[01:27] <unabashedUsurper> Yov probably don't know the half of it, yet!
[01:27] <@fluorescentFields> I suspect that is indeed the case.
03[01:27] * stanzicApparati is now known as sleepingDove
[01:28] <@fluorescentFields> How has the presession been treating you?
[01:28] <unabashedUsurper> It's been okayish
[01:28] <@fluorescentFields> Have you had any issues with being a different species from the local population?
[01:28] <unabashedUsurper> A little, bvt nothing I covldn't deal with
[01:29] <unabashedUsurper> It's a flip of a coin as to whether anyone notices that I'm not hvman, really
[01:29] <unabashedUsurper> How's yovr presession been?
[01:31] <fluorescentFields> It has been progressing quite quietly.
[01:32] <fluorescentFields> There was some slight issues with gaining access to my replaced player's accommodation, but they have since been resolved.
[01:32] <unabashedUsurper> Good to hear
[01:32] <fluorescentFields> Which I am quite thankful for, given my waking location is entirely unsuitable for entering the Game from.
[01:32] <unabashedUsurper> Where's that?
[01:33] <fluorescentFields> My replaced player's workplace.
[01:33] <unabashedUsurper> Where'd your replayed player work?
[01:34] <fluorescentFields> It is a museum- a Cabinet of Curiousities, I believe is a closer descriptor.
[01:34] <unabashedUsurper> Ah
[01:35] <unabashedUsurper> What's a mvsevm?
[01:35] <fluorescentFields> There are a number of artifacts inside the museum which I believe may cause trouble, should they be accidentally prototyped.
[01:35] <fluorescentFields> Oh.
[01:35] <fluorescentFields> A museum is a collection of items, kept on display for public viewing. Occasionally, this is public viewing at a slight cost.
[01:36] <unabashedUsurper> Hvh
[01:36] <unabashedUsurper> Why's that a thing?
[01:39] <fluFie> I believe they're intended most often to be for educational purposes.
[01:39] <fluFie> Visitors may observe items which they would not usually encounter in their day to day lives, and learn about their histories.
[01:40] <unabashedUsurper> Interesting
[01:41] <unabashedUsurper> Who sets them vp?
[01:42] <unabashedUsurper> On Alternia, historical items are pretty valvable to certain people. They're vsvally not let ovt on pvblic display, and are vsvally jvst shown off in private to show how rich and famovs and powerfvl yovr ancestor was
[01:43] <fluorescentField> I believe, historically, humans treated historical artifacts similarly, and there are many collectors who keep their collections private.
[01:44] <fluorescentField> However, there often tends to be a value placed on public education in human societies, leading to government-supported museums.
[01:45] <fluorescentField> Additionally, some open up their collections to the public for a fee, which goes towards the upkeep of said collections.
[01:46] <unabashedUsurper> Well. Hvman governments certainly sovnd like they care more about their people than the Empire did
[01:46] <unabashedUsurper> Which is to say, they care at least a bit
[01:47] <fluorescentFields> I believe most democracies are established in order to serve the people, rather than raise a certain group above the rest.
[01:47] <fluorescentFields> That, however, is the theory, and is not always how it actually is practiced.
[01:48] <fluorescentFields> And I was never much of a political student.
[01:48] <unabashedUsurper> That'd be at least an effort in the right direction, as opposed to the stomping down on jvst abovt everyone that the Empire did
[01:48] <unabashedUsurper> Bvt it's dead now, and good fvcking riddance, too
[01:49] <fluorescentFields> What mentions of it I have heard do not seem very favourable.
[01:50] <unabashedUsurper> That's an vnderstatement, let me tell yov
[01:50] <unabashedUsurper> Or rather, don't let me tell yov, yov'll be here all night
[01:50] <unabashedUsurper> And it doesn't matter, becavse the Empire died in the Vast Glvb
[01:51] <unabashedUsurper> Or maybe the Empress is still alive
[01:51] <unabashedUsurper> Serves her right, the fishbitch. Maybe she'll be alone forever vntil she dies
[01:51] <fluorescentFields> The Vast Glub?
[01:51] <unabashedUsurper> Or maybe some other species trolls svbjvgated will enact revenge
[01:51] <fluorescentFields> And 'fishbitch'?
[01:52] <unabashedUsurper> What do yov know abovt the hemospectrvm?
[01:53] <fluorescentFields> I was told it ranges from red to purple, and it would appear that red is 'the bottom', and purple is placed at the top?
[01:53] <unabashedUsurper> Yeah
[01:53] <unabashedUsurper> Based on blood color
[01:54] <unabashedUsurper> Maroon, brown, yellow, lime, olive, jade, teal, cervlean, indigo, pvrple, violet, and fvschia
[01:54] <unabashedUsurper> From lowest to highest
[01:54] <fluorescentFields> Would the Empress be fuschia, in that case?
[01:55] <unabashedUsurper> Yes
[01:55] <unabashedUsurper> The colder color yov are, the longer yov live and the physically stronger yov are
[01:56] <unabashedUsurper> The last two of the spectrum, violet and fvschia, are seadwelling trolls
[01:56] <unabashedUsurper> With gills on their necks and sides and fins on their faces
[01:57] <unabashedUsurper> If yov ever get into a fight with one, by the way, go for the gills
[01:57] <fluorescentFields> That is quite incredible.
[01:57] <unabashedUsurper> Yov can seriovsly fvck them vp if yov get a solid hit in
[01:57] <fluorescentFields> ...I'll keep that in mind.
[02:00] <fluorescentFields> When you say physically stronger- it sounds as though you have encountered humans before. How much stronger would you say trolls can get, in comparison to humans?
[02:00] <unabashedUsurper> Hvmans, normally, are arovnd...
[02:00] <unabashedUsurper> Olive? Jade?
[02:01] <unabashedUsurper> If yov're in better shape, hvmans reach teal or so, I think
[02:02] <unabashedUsurper> Hvman lifespans, on the other hand, barely break brown
[02:02] <fluorescentFields> Would it be impolite to ask your bloodcolour?
[02:02] <unabashedUsurper> Yov live for abovt 35 sweeps and then dead
[02:02] <unabashedUsurper> Well
[02:02] <unabashedUsurper> It's vsvally not something yov have to ask
[02:03] <unabashedUsurper> Ovr blood color is ovr, well. Color
[02:03] <fluorescentFields> I'm not sure I understand.
[02:03] <unabashedUsurper> We type in it, dress in it, ovr sprites get the same color, ovr symbols are in the same color, and the patterns on ovr shinies are ovr color
[02:03] <fluorescentFields> Ah, I see.
[02:04] <fluorescentFields> So it is similar to the adoption of eye colour for thematics, for humans?
[02:04] <unabashedUsurper> Something like that, yeah
[02:04] <unabashedUsurper> Ovr irises tvrn ovr blood color, too, when we get older
[02:05] <fluorescentFields> Mine is unfortunately ususable as a text colour. It is too pale, and the closest approximation with this chat program would be white.
[02:05] <fluorescentFields> Would yours be closest to black, in this case?
[02:05] <unabashedUsurper> Ehehe
[02:05] <unabashedUsurper> I'm not closes to black
[02:05] <unabashedUsurper> I /am/ black
[02:06] <unabashedUsurper> >:]
[02:06] <unabashedUsurper> I'm a mvtant
[02:06] <unabashedUsurper> Ovtside the hemospectrvm
[02:06] <unabashedUsurper> Cvll on sight
[02:06] <fluorescentFields> I was about to ask where on the hemospectrum black would be placed.
[02:06] <fluorescentFields> Cull?
[02:06] <unabashedUsurper> Yeah, cvll
[02:06] <fluorescentFields> As in the culling of livestock?
[02:06] <unabashedUsurper> Kill, execvte, mvrder, exterminate
[02:07] <fluorescentFields> Ah. And this is how mutants are usually treated?
[02:07] <unabashedUsurper> Yes
[02:07] <unabashedUsurper> I'd be even higher priority than yovr standard mutant, too
[02:08] <unabashedUsurper> I'm the descendant of an infamovs revolvtionary leader
[02:09] <unabashedUsurper> He did a lot of damage to the Empire, trying to overthrow it, and descendants traditionally are svpposed to finish any vnfinished bvsiness the ancestors have
[02:12] <fluorescentFields> I can see how that would make you quite the wanted man.
[02:12] <fluorescentFields> Or woman?
[02:12] <unabashedUsurper> Man
[02:12] <fluorescentFields> Do trolls follow a male-female gender binary?
[02:12] <unabashedUsurper> Mmhm!
[02:13] <unabashedUsurper> Althovgh hvmans seem to place a lot more importance on it than trolls do
[02:13] <fluorescentFields> Human gender roles are... yes rather strictly enforced, I've found.
[02:14] <unabashedUsurper> Mvst be that mammalian reprodvction
[02:14] <unabashedUsurper> Or at least part of it
[02:14] <fluorescentFields> It may be so.
[02:15] <fluorescentFields> Trolls are not mammalian, in that case?
[02:15] <unabashedUsurper> No
[02:16] <unabashedUsurper> And I have to admit, I think I prefer it that way
[02:16] <fluorescentFields> Oh?
[02:16] <unabashedUsurper> Internal gestation looks all kinds of vnpleasant
[02:16] <fluorescentFields> Ah- yes, it's a
[02:16] <fluorescentFields> Frankly frightening process.
[02:18] <fluorescentFields> Catsfeet made mention of a 'mothergrub' but was not very informative on what that meant. Would I be wrong in thinking it is a part of the process?
[02:18] <unabashedUsurper> No, that's part of the process
[02:19] <unabashedUsurper> So what happens is
[02:19] <unabashedUsurper> Yov take yovr matesprit and yovr kismesis
[02:19] <unabashedUsurper> And then you bang them
[02:20] <fluorescentFields> Matesprit and kismesis being...troll genitalia?
[02:20] <unabashedUsurper> Yov have a pail of genetic material from the resvlt of said banging, and give them to the drone when they come knocking
[02:21] <unabashedUsurper> Which is good, becavse if yov don't have the filled bvckets, they kill you
[02:21] <unabashedUsurper> What? No, they're yovr qvadrantmates
[02:21] <unabashedUsurper> Yovr romantic partners
[02:21] <fluorescentFields> Oh.
[02:21] <unabashedUsurper> Anyways. They take the filled pails to the mother grvb
[02:21] <fluorescentFields> Trolls are defaultly polyamorous, then?
[02:22] <unabashedUsurper> Then she takes it all in in a hvge incestvovs slvrry and gives birth to hvndreds of little troll eggs
[02:22] <unabashedUsurper> Hvh? Oh
[02:23] <unabashedUsurper> Well, I gvess it depends on yovr view on polyamority
[02:23] <unabashedUsurper> Or whatever
[02:23] <unabashedUsurper> The fovr qvadrants have different feelings and dvties and svch for each one
[02:24] <fluorescentFields> Would you be able to elaborate on these quadrants?
[02:24] <unabashedUsurper> Yovr relationship with yovr matesprit is a hell of a lot different from yovr relationship with yovr kismesis
[02:24] <unabashedUsurper> Svre
[02:24] <unabashedUsurper> Alright. Qvadrant talk time
[02:25] <unabashedUsurper> I really shovld write this down or something, so I can jvst give it to people and go "here, read this so I don't have to explain it a hvndred times"
[02:25] <fluorescentFields> That might be a good idea.
[02:27] <unabashedUsurper> Anyways. There are fovr categories for the qvadrants
[02:27] <unabashedUsurper> There's concvpiscent, which is yovr reprodvction qvadrants in which banging occvrs
[02:27] <unabashedUsurper> If yov don't have those by the time the drone comes, yov're more or less dead
[02:28] <unabashedUsurper> There's yovr conciliatory qvadrants, which aren't necessary for svrvival, bvt help keep yov sane
[02:28] <unabashedUsurper> They're generally nonsexual, althovgh yov hear stories
[02:29] <unabashedUsurper> And there's red and black
[02:29] <unabashedUsurper> Red being the qvadrants based on positive feelings, black on negative
[02:29] <unabashedUsurper> With me so far?
[02:29] <fluorescentFields> I believe I'm following.
[02:29] <unabashedUsurper> Okay
[02:30] <unabashedUsurper> The first qvadrant is matespritship
[02:30] <unabashedUsurper> The red qvadrant, represented by a heart
[02:30] <unabashedUsurper> This is probably the closest eqvivalent to hvman romance that yov'll see, althovgh there's some differences
[02:31] <unabashedUsurper> It's a red qvadrant, obviovsly, and a concvpiscent one
[02:31] <unabashedUsurper> The next one is moirailigence
[02:32] <unabashedUsurper> The pale qvadrant, represented by a diamond
[02:32] <unabashedUsurper> Yovr moirail is someone who keeps yov in line
[02:33] <unabashedUsurper> Stops yov from flipping ovt and mvrdering a bvnch of people and getting cvlled
[02:33] <unabashedUsurper> Or the one who yov etc etc
[02:33] <unabashedUsurper> The moirail is also someone who yov talk to, and who helps yov work throvgh yovr problems
[02:34] <unabashedUsurper> It's a red qvadrant, and a conciliatory one
[02:34] <unabashedUsurper> Althovgh 'rails with pails are a thing
[02:35] <unabashedUsurper> Which, if it works for yov, more power to yov, I gvess
[02:35] <fluorescentField> Being with pails being indicative of sexual relations, yes?
[02:35] <unabashedUsurper> Yes
[02:35] <unabashedUsurper> Trolls prodvce a lot more genetic material than hvmans do
[02:36] <unabashedUsurper> Pails hold it, and then are given to the drone so they don't rip yov in two
[02:36] <fluorescentField> I see.
[02:36] <unabashedUsurper> There's no drones anymore, so it's not necessary for svrvival, bvt it does make less of a mess
[02:37] <unabashedUsurper> Whether or not that's a plvs is vp to yov
[02:37] <unabashedUsurper> Wink wink etc
[02:37] <unabashedUsurper> Anyways
[02:37] <unabashedUsurper> The next qvadrant is kismesissitude
[02:38] <unabashedUsurper> The black qvadrant, represented by a spade
[02:39] <unabashedUsurper> This is the one that hvmans have the most trovble grasping
[02:39] <unabashedUsurper> Yovr kismesis is like
[02:39] <unabashedUsurper> Someone yov hate, who constantly irritates and gets vnder yovr skin
[02:40] <unabashedUsurper> Bvt yov don't want to kill them or ignore them completely, becavse they're also hot and yov want to kiss them
[02:40] <unabashedUsurper> And pvnch them
[02:40] <unabashedUsurper> Yovr kismesis is yovr rival, too
[02:40] <unabashedUsurper> Someone who keeps pvshing yov to try harder, get better
[02:40] <unabashedUsurper> So yov can show them vp
[02:41] <unabashedUsurper> Althovgh it's an even match; it'd be no fvn, otherwise!
[02:41] <unabashedUsurper> It's a black qvadrant, obviovsly, and a concvpiscent one
[02:41] <fluorescentFields> I think I can see how some might have trouble understanding the concept.
[02:43] <unabashedUsurper> It's a cvltvral thing, I think. Hvman romance is close enovgh to matespritship, and yov have examples moirails and avspistices, bvt not a lot of kismeses
[02:44] <fluorescentFields> The idea of a romance system which formally accommodates for a relationship based on hatesex is definitely not one I've encountered before now.
[02:44] <fluorescentFields> Well- hatesex amongst other things, it would appear.
[02:44] <unabashedUsurper> Althovgh there is a covple. The relationship yovr comic book svperhero "Batman" and his nemesis "The Joker" is a pretty textbook example
[02:45] <fluorescentFields> ...oh, I can see that.
[02:45] <unabashedUsurper> Althovgh there's no apparent banging, which is important for the whole living thing
[02:45] <fluorescentFields> Yes.
[02:45] <unabashedUsurper> Anyways
[02:45] <unabashedUsurper> The final qvadrant is avspisticism
[02:45] <unabashedUsurper> And is the only qvadrant that has more than two people
[02:46] <unabashedUsurper> Or, well. Normally. There are people who are polyqvadrantal
[02:46] <unabashedUsurper> Avspisticism is made up between two people who have a contentiovs relationship that won't go away, bvt for whatever reason cannot be allowed to go full-on kismesittude
[02:47] <fluorescentFields> Like if they would not be an even match?
[02:47] <unabashedUsurper> Maybe one of them has a kis already. Maybe they's a difference in power and it'll lead to something vnbalanced. Maybe the way their relationship has come abovt wovld mean that they'd be exceedingly violent and maim or kill one another
[02:47] <unabashedUsurper> Yes
[02:48] <unabashedUsurper> So a third party steps in
[02:48] <unabashedUsurper> Mediates between the two of them
[02:49] <unabashedUsurper> And makes svre the two don't end vp rvining each other and/or others
[02:50] <unabashedUsurper> The mediator is the auspistice, or the cloverhead, and the two being mediated are the auspisctees, or the cloverleaves
[02:50] <unabashedUsurper> Oh, I forgot
[02:50] <unabashedUsurper> Avspisticism is the ashen qvadrant, represented with a clover
[02:50] <fluorescentFields> Understood.
[02:50] <unabashedUsurper> It's a black qvadrant, and a conciliatory one
[02:50] <unabashedUsurper> Aaaaand
[02:50] <unabashedUsurper> That's it!
[02:50] <unabashedUsurper> That's troll romance
[02:51] <fluorescentFields> Well, thank you for taking the time to explain it to me.
[02:51] <unabashedUsurper> I hope yov were taking notes or saving this log, becavse I'm not going throvgh the whole spiel again
[02:51] <fluorescentFields> I do endeavour to save my logs, though I cannot be sure I will have them next session.
[02:51] <fluorescentFields> But hopefully I will not forget it all by then.
[02:52] <unabashedUsurper> I find that explaining it now lessens the chance of misinterpretations and complications later on
[02:53] <fluorescentFields> I can certainly understand that.
[02:53] <unabashedUsurper> Where a statement intended to be innocent by someone vnknowing is actvally blackflirting or a pale overtvre or an attempt at ashen
[02:53] <unabashedUsurper> Or covld be misinterpreted that way
[02:54] <fluorescentFields> And I believed human romance to be capable enough of complication on its own. I cannot imagine how much trouble the two systems could cause in close quarters to one another.
[02:54] <unabashedUsurper> Some people kinda
[02:54] <unabashedUsurper> Merge them together
[02:54] <unabashedUsurper> Hvmanromance being like a fifth qvadrant
[02:54] <unabashedUsurper> Somehow
[02:54] <fluorescentFields> Interesting.
[02:55] <unabashedUsurper> I'm jvst sticking with the qvadrants
[02:56] <fluorescentFields> Might I ask how long you have been playing SBURB?
[02:56] <fluorescentFields> Or- SGRUB, in your case?
[02:56] <unabashedUsurper> I've played for abovt...
[02:57] <unabashedUsurper> Fovr sweeps?
[02:57] <unabashedUsurper> Something like that
[02:57] <fluorescentFields> Oh- would you have an idea of how a sweep would translate to human time measurement systems?
[02:58] <unabashedUsurper> An Alternian solar sweep, for reference, is abovt two and one sixth hvman years
[02:58] <unabashedUsurper> Something like that, I think
[02:58] <fluorescentFields> Almost nine years, in that case.
[02:58] <unabashedUsurper> Something like that
[02:58] <unabashedUsurper> How long have yov been in here?
[02:59] <fluorescentFields> About the same. This will be my eighth session of gameplay.
[02:59] <unabashedUsurper> This'll be my ninth
[02:59] <unabashedUsurper> What's yovr native role?
[03:00] <fluorescentFields> I was first a Prince of Hope.
[03:00] <unabashedUsurper> Hey, I was a Prince too!
[03:00] <unabashedUsurper> Prince of Blood
[03:01] <fluorescentFields> It is a fine role to play.
[03:02] <unabashedUsurper> Yes, it is! Blood is a great aspect
[03:02] <fluorescentFields> I have played with Heroes of Blood in the past, but the game has not yet seen fit to assign it to me as of yet.
[03:02] <unabashedUsurper> So's Hope, althovgh I haven't gotten it yet
[03:05] <fluorescentFields> I must say, I have not met many who have played as long as this.
[03:05] <unabashedUsurper> Doesn't svrprise me
[03:05] <unabashedUsurper> SGRVB is a brvtal game
[03:06] <fluorescentFields> There was a man in my second session who had been playing for sixteen sessions.
[03:07] <unabashedUsurper> Wow
[03:07] <unabashedUsurper> That poor vnlvcky bastard
[03:08] <fluorescentFields> I was lucky indeed that he was willing to take me under his wing, and help me with learning how to cope with the years to come.
[03:11] <unabashedUsurper> Yeah, sovnds like it
[03:11] <unabashedUsurper> I jvst had to figvre it ovt myself. I gvess one way that Alternia's better is that it prepared vs for this, at least to some degree
[03:12] <fluorescentFields> It does sound like a harsh world to grow up in.
[03:14] <unabashedUsurper> Yvp.
[03:14] <unabashedUsurper> Vnnecessarily so, bvt
[03:15] <unabashedUsurper> That's not an issve anymore
[03:15] <fluorescentFields> Yes.
[03:15] <unabashedUsurper> Becavse dead meteors Vast Glvb etc etc
[03:16] <fluorescentFields> Well, I have begun preparations for entering the Game, and hopefully will be ready to do so as soon as I have recieved my copy of it.
[03:17] <fluorescentFields> I am not sure whether my replaced player's bank account will be sufficient for all of my preparations, however.
[03:19] <unabashedUsurper> Well, not mvch yov can do
[03:19] <unabashedUsurper> Beyond rob something, I gvess
[03:19] <fluorescentFields> I was intending on doing just that.
[03:19] <unabashedUsurper> Alright then
[03:20] <unabashedUsurper> Don't get cavght
[03:20] <fluorescentFields> Of course not.
[03:20] <fluorescentFields> I have some experience in these matters.
[03:24] <unabashedUsurper> Okay then
[03:24] <unabashedUsurper> Rob yovr bloodpvsher ovt
[03:24] <fluorescentFields> And so I shall.
[03:25] <fluorescentFields> Might I ask again- what is the Vast Glub?
[03:25] <unabashedUsurper> Oh, right
[03:25] <unabashedUsurper> I segved into something else and didn't actvally answer that
[03:25] <fluorescentFields> Quite alright.
[03:25] <unabashedUsurper> There's a creatvre in the deepest part of the ocean
[03:25] <unabashedUsurper> Or, a horrorterror, to be more accvrate
[03:26] <unabashedUsurper> Gl'bgolyb, the Rift's Carbvncle, the Emissary to the Noble Circle
[03:26] <fluorescentFields> A... horrorterror?
[03:26] <unabashedUsurper> Yep
[03:26] <unabashedUsurper> Tentacles and all
[03:27] <unabashedUsurper> ...Is the Empress vnder the inflvence of them, then?
[03:27] <unabashedUsurper> Wovld explain a thing or two
[03:27] <unabashedUsurper> Anyways
[03:27] <unabashedUsurper> It's the lvsvs of the Empress, and the Empress's Heir
[03:27] <unabashedUsurper> Raises them
[03:27] <fluorescentFields> Lusus?
[03:27] <unabashedUsurper> Mmhm
[03:28] <unabashedUsurper> Ovr gvardians
[03:28] <unabashedUsurper> We're raised by white animals who choose us as grvbs
[03:28] <fluorescentFields> Ah- I suppose the 'incestuous slurry' is not helpful for picking specific parents.
[03:29] <unabashedUsurper> Nope
[03:29] <unabashedUsurper> Ovr genetic forebears are several hvndreds of sweeps back, too
[03:29] <unabashedUsurper> It's only from abovt teal vp wovld yov even meet them
[03:29] <fluorescentFields> How, then, are you aware of who your ancestor was?
[03:29] <fluorescentFields> Is it by rights of your mutant blood being shared?
[03:30] <unabashedUsurper> Well. Kinda
[03:30] <unabashedUsurper> I mean, no one except my moirail and a covple other people knew abovt my blood color
[03:30] <unabashedUsurper> Everyone else just assumed I was hemoanon
[03:31] <fluorescentFields> Is hemoanonymity a common practice amongst trolls, then?
[03:31] <unabashedUsurper> It's not vnheard of
[03:31] <unabashedUsurper> For whatever reason
[03:32] <unabashedUsurper> Warmbloods hiding so they're not spit on, coldbloods hiding so that they can infiltrate warmblood places, mutants hiding so that they don't get cvlled
[03:32] <unabashedUsurper> Anyways
[03:33] <unabashedUsurper> My lvsvs took me ovt into the desert to bvild my hive, and near where it was bvilt, there was the old rvins of a fort
[03:33] <unabashedUsurper> I poked arovnd it, occasionally, with my lvsvs
[03:33] <unabashedUsurper> There were a few books
[03:35] <unabashedUsurper> The jovrnal of Insvrgent Gloomwar, the book of his philosophy, and a covple more
[03:35] <unabashedUsurper> They had my symbol on them
[03:35] <fluorescentFields> Your symbol?
[03:35] <unabashedUsurper> Yes
[03:35] <unabashedUsurper> There's twelve castes, not covnting mvtants, bvt
[03:35] <unabashedUsurper> Like
[03:35] <unabashedUsurper> Millions of bloodlines
[03:36] <fluorescentFields> So, like a family crest?
[03:36] <unabashedUsurper> A specific shade, a shape of horns, a specific psionic talent, a specific type of lvsvs, and yes, something like that
[03:37] <unabashedUsurper> My symbol is Vvlpecvla
[03:37] <unabashedUsurper> The last name of my wiggler name is assigned to me based on my symbol
[03:37] <unabashedUsurper> The first name being something that is interpreted from the sovnds my lvsvs makes
[03:38] <unabashedUsurper> "Renegade Darkshot" is not my wiggler name. It's a name I picked ovt for myself when I grew into an advlt
[03:38] <fluorescentFields> A troll tradition?
[03:38] <unabashedUsurper> Yes
[03:39] <unabashedUsurper> Or. Something a bit more vbiqvitovs than a tradition
[03:39] <unabashedUsurper> Bvt yeah
[03:40] <unabashedUsurper> So the fact that the books had my symbol on them was pretty important
[03:40] <fluorescentFields> And so your ancestry was revealed to you.
[03:40] <unabashedUsurper> That's how I fovnd ovt who my ancestor was and what he strove to do
[03:40] <unabashedUsurper> Yes
[03:41] <unabashedUsurper> Anyways
[03:41] <fluorescentFields> You say that descendants are traditionally expected to finish the unfinished business of their ancestors- from 'Renegade', it sounds as though you were following this?
[03:41] <unabashedUsurper> Lvsii
[03:41] <unabashedUsurper> Yes
[03:41] <unabashedUsurper> Well
[03:41] <unabashedUsurper> I achieved advlthood in the game
[03:42] <unabashedUsurper> Sweeps after Gloomwar's goal of dismantling the empire was completed
[03:42] <unabashedUsurper> Althovgh he didn't want it to be done by the death of all bvt eight trolls
[03:42] <unabashedUsurper> That defeats the pvrpose
[03:43] <fluorescentFields> I imagine it would.
[03:43] <fluorescentFields> Pardon- I derailed you once more.
[03:44] <unabashedUsurper> That seems to happen a lot, vs going off topic
[03:44] <unabashedUsurper> Anyways. Vast Glvb
[03:45] <unabashedUsurper> Like I said, everyone in a bloodline has the same sort of lvsvs
[03:45] <unabashedUsurper> All the people in my moirail's bloodline wovld have a shellbeast lvsvs, everyone in mine wovld have a nine-tailed slybeast lvsvs, etc
[03:46] <unabashedUsurper> The Heiress's lvsvs is Gl'bgolyb, the horrorterror in the ocean
[03:46] <unabashedUsurper> The Empress is raised by it
[03:47] <unabashedUsurper> And Gl'bgolyb must be constantly fed
[03:47] <unabashedUsurper> With the lvsii of other trolls
[03:48] <unabashedUsurper> If that doesn't happen, then it'll raise its voice above a whisper
[03:48] <unabashedUsurper> The most psionically sensitive trolls will die, then more, and more
[03:49] <unabashedUsurper> And it cvlminates in the Vast Glvb, a massive psychic shockwave that kills all the trolls in the galaxy
[03:50] <unabashedUsurper> Except the Empress, maybe
[03:50] <unabashedUsurper> The colder yov are, the more psionically resistant yov are
[03:52] <fluorescentFields> And the game saved you from this?
[03:52] <unabashedUsurper> Well
[03:52] <unabashedUsurper> We got in before it hit vs, yeah
[03:53] <unabashedUsurper> The last person had a headache and bleeding from her eyes and ears, bvt she made a fvll recovery a perigree or so later
[03:53] <fluorescentFields> That is good to hear.
[03:55] <fluorescentFields> When you say 'the colder you are'- is that only in reference to the colour of troll blood, or are there physical temperature differences as well?
[03:55] <unabashedUsurper> Yes, there's physical temperatvre differences
[03:56] <unabashedUsurper> I'm referring to the blood color, bvt maroons are very warm, while tyrians are noticeably less so
[03:57] <unabashedUsurper> I'm...
[03:57] <unabashedUsurper> Somewhere between jade and indigo
[03:57] <unabashedUsurper> I think a bit closer to the latter
[03:57] <unabashedUsurper> I'm not sure, though
[03:57] <fluorescentFields> And where do humans fall, in relation to this?
[03:58] <unabashedUsurper> Hvmans are abovt lime in body temperatvre
[03:59] <fluorescentFields> How much colder than a human would you be, in that case?
[03:59] <unabashedUsurper> I'm going to go with "somewhat colder"
[03:59] <unabashedUsurper> I don't know specifics
[03:59] <fluorescentFields> Of course.
[04:01] <fluorescentFields> You mentioned psionically sensitive trolls- what does that mean?
[04:01] <unabashedUsurper> Well
[04:02] <unabashedUsurper> Trolls sensitive to psychic abilities
[04:02] <unabashedUsurper> Maroon is most sensitive, fvschia is least, and everything in between is like how you wovld expect
[04:02] <fluorescentFields> Trolls have psychic abilities?
[04:02] <unabashedUsurper> Barring the occasional mvtation
[04:02] <unabashedUsurper> Yes
[04:02] <fluorescentFields> As in- mind reading?
[04:03] <unabashedUsurper> It's vsvally a thing in the warmer castes
[04:03] <unabashedUsurper> That's one possible one
[04:03] <unabashedUsurper> Telekinesis, pyrokinesis, speaking to the dead and svmmoning ghosts
[04:03] <unabashedUsurper> Divining, hearing the voices of the dead or the doomed
[04:04] <unabashedUsurper> Empathy, emotion control, speaking to and controlling animals, controlling trolls
[04:04] <fluorescentFields> ...I would like to be incredulous, and yet-
[04:04] <fluorescentFields> Considering I am talking to an alien, and preparing to play the game that I am...
[04:05] <unabashedUsurper> Yov're smarter than a few coplayers I've had
[04:05] <fluorescentFields> Thank you.
[04:05] <unabashedUsurper> They wovldn't accept aliens vntil they saw me in person
[04:05] <unabashedUsurper> And then tried to pvll on my horns to see if they were fake
[04:05] <fluorescentFields> That seems quite rude to me.
[04:05] <unabashedUsurper> Tip, by the way: Do not tovch a troll's horns withovt consent
[04:06] <unabashedUsurper> They're sensitive
[04:06] <fluorescentFields> I wouldn't dream of touching any part of anyone without consent.
[04:06] <unabashedUsurper> Bvt yes, psionics
[04:06] <fluorescentFields> But I will keep that in mind.
[04:06] <unabashedUsurper> In maroon, brown, yellow, and lime, for the most part
[04:07] <unabashedUsurper> A coldblood psionic is an extremely rare mutation, but it does happen
[04:08] <unabashedUsurper> Humans, by the way, have absolvtely no psionic resistance
[04:08] <fluorescentFields> Ah.
[04:08] <fluorescentFields> You've observed this?
[04:09] <unabashedUsurper> Not that the amovnt of psionic resistance matters when the troll has less of a "get inside yovr head" set of psionics and more of a "light yov on fire" set
[04:09] <unabashedUsurper> A covple times, yes
[04:09] <unabashedUsurper> It's been verified by other trolls
[04:11] <unabashedUsurper> While it can or cannot happen, having psionics as a warmblood, the lime caste is more or less entirely populated by psionics with strong empathy and emotion-related powers
[04:12] <fluorescentFields> Well.
[04:12] <fluorescentFields> I believe I've run out of questions to bother you with, for the time being.
[04:12] <unabashedUsurper> Alright then
[04:12] <unabashedUsurper> Yov have any more, feel free to ask
[04:13] <fluorescentFields> My apologies for the inquiries- but it is not every day that you find a totally foreign species to learn about.
[04:14] <unabashedUsurper> No, I vnderstand
[04:14] <unabashedUsurper> I'm willing to help
[04:14] <unabashedUsurper> I mean, I did jvst spend the last
[04:14] <unabashedUsurper> However long answering qvestions
[04:14] <unabashedUsurper> And it's not like I'm doing anything else
[04:15] <fluorescentFields> Presessions can be rather boring, once preparations are complete.
[04:16] <unabashedUsurper> Especially if yov can't go ovt dve to being a good foot taller than most people and also grey skinned and horns
[04:16] <fluorescentFields> Yes, I'd imagine so.
[04:17] <fluorescentFields> Catsfeet was kind enough to share a picture, as part of my introduction to trollkind. I must say, if I had met one of you without forewarning, I would have been startled indeed.
[04:18] <unabashedUsurper> I bet
[04:20] <fluorescentFields> I think I will turn in for the night now.
[04:20] <unabashedUsurper> It was nice meeting yov
[04:20] <fluorescentFields> It has been most interesting talking with you, Darkshot.
[04:21] <fluorescentFields> I look forwards to our session together.
[04:21] <fluorescentFields> Good night.
[04:21] <unabashedUsurper> Sleep well
06[04:22] * fluorescentFields has ceased pestering unabashedUsurper!