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Tweak says, "OHHH! What a beauty!"

Talon (Jake Berenson) (eye_ofthe) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2011-01-16 19:15:00

Entry tags:

!days 200-209, akin iyapo shing kaalnikanjlo, allen walker, jace beleren, jake berenson, johnny rayflo, watanuki kimihiro, {doumeki shizuka}, {lumiere}, {natsume maya}, {{{date masamune}}}, {{{leonard 'bones' mccoy}}}, {{{toboe}}}

Who: Good question.
Where: Canis/Ursa dorms!
When: Day 206, Morning
What:

[Canis may not have even known their common room had a trapdoor.

But it does.

And it just sneezed.]

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	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 04:33 am UTC (link)
	Right. Uh, one- how do people usually choose names? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2011-01-17 04:37 am UTC (link)
	Mostly, people throw out a bunch of suggestions and they pick one that sounds good, or they choose one that represents something they aspire to. Some teams have themes -- Pyxis was all birds for a while, so they had Crow and Raven and Dove. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 04:39 am UTC (link)
	[rubs the back of his neck] All right, that makes sense. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2011-01-17 04:44 am UTC (link)
	We usually lean towards animal or weather names, so...Drake, Storm, Talon, Gale, Baloth, Bear...any of these sound better than the others? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 04:47 am UTC (link)
	Probably not Bear, since that's kind of redundant what with the team name and all... I like the first three, but what's a Baloth? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2011-01-17 04:52 am UTC (link)
	It's a big predator, native to a couple of planes I've heard of. Not very bright, but very hard to stop. holds out a hand, and a small transparent image of this forms above it. Like that, only about the size of a dorm or bigger. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 04:56 am UTC (link)
	Freaky-looking. Hmmm... I kind of like Talon. It's not too... [wwwaves hand :\|a] obvious? But it's still pretty cool. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2011-01-17 04:57 am UTC (link)
	the image vanishes I can see it. Talon, then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 05:04 am UTC (link)
	[nod!!] All right, good. That seems like a pretty important thing to get out of the way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2011-01-17 05:14 am UTC (link)
	It definitely makes introductions easier. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 05:16 am UTC (link)
	You never know, maybe someone would like to say 'hey you, that-tall-guy-from-the-dark-brown-bear-team' instead of something like Talon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2011-01-17 05:18 am UTC (link)
	Maybe, but it takes a lot longer to say, which might be a problem after a while. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 05:23 am UTC (link)
	Just a bit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2011-01-17 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Any other basic questions so far? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 05:33 am UTC (link)
	A few, but I think they'll probably be covered in the rest of the little intro speech. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_mind_group
2011-01-17 05:39 am UTC (link)

Let me know if there's something major I'm missing.

Let's see...I've covered teams and Judges, basically; I'll give you more details on those in a bit. We don't get a lot of support out here, so food comes from hunting and gathering, and tools are what we make, mostly. There are ways to win back useful things; the Judges have a team of their own called Ophiuchus as servants and enforcers, and sometimes they give teams missions in return for tools or weapons or things from our previous lives. It's not a good idea to rely on that, though, so mostly we make do on our own.

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	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 05:41 am UTC (link)
	Making tools, hunting, gathering... Okay, I'm with you so far. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_mind_group
2011-01-17 05:49 am UTC (link)

We'll teach you to hunt, and we're pretty good at it ourselves, so food isn't usually a problem.

Before I get into specifics about things, one last thing.

*taps the bracer on his arm, set with a sapphire*

These are important; don't take yours off. Without it, you lose your memories again and can't form new ones; it's a control mechanism, of sorts. It'll also limit any abilities you have that aren't strictly normal for your species, and blocks out other people's mental abilities. That part can be lowered, and my team usually does, since I'm a telepath; it's convenient to be able to talk silently, or over long distances.

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	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 05:54 am UTC (link)
	[eyeing his] 'Any abilities that aren't strictly normal for your species', huh? Is there a lot of that here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2011-01-17 06:00 am UTC (link)
	nods It's fairly widespread. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 06:01 am UTC (link)
	Huh. I feel pretty normal, gotta say. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2011-01-17 06:06 am UTC (link)
	See if you still say that after you win a game or two. Sometimes it's hard to tell at first. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 06:08 am UTC (link)
	All right, all right, if you say so. Telepath, huh? How does that work? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2011-01-17 06:13 am UTC (link)
	It's pretty broad. If the block on your bracer's down, I can read what you're thinking and send you information. I can also affect your thoughts and senses...things like blocking pain, or giving you space to function through trauma. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eye_ofthe 2011-01-17 06:18 am UTC (link)
	Sounds neat. Any reason why you chose pain and trauma as your examples? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)