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Talyssa Anghelescu (sweetomniglot) wrote in saint_ooc,
@ 2018-11-04 19:00:00

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new character/player

Hi everyone. I'm Jay, and this is my girl Talyssa.

She's another Antonite. Originally she's Roma, from Romania; she's obviously spent time in the castle, and now she's at Saint Margaret's.

Talyssa is an omniglot. That means, she is fluent in every language that is, was, or ever will be. As a result, she doesn't really understand language. Everyone else has run into a situation where they meet someone who doesn't speak their language for the first time and begins to understand that they have a language, and some other people have other languages... well, Talyssa's never had that. For her, there are just words, and some people use some words, and others use different words. She understands it all.

She understands animals, though there are certain physiological differences which mean she's not as adept at speaking their language. Sometimes, her ability is akin to someone speaking English with a heavy accent and a speech impediment... sometimes, she simply can't make the required sounds and ends up inadvertently insulting the creature she's speaking to!

She understands plants and trees, though that's more an emotional thing than a language thing. Trees and plants are alive, but they're not sentient in the way that humans are, or even the way that animals are.

There's more in her bio if you're interested, but that's about the long and the short of her. She's into tarot (can read the cards) but the language thing is her main gift/power.

She needs friends! She also needs enemies/people who don't enjoy her. Particularly people who don't realize the scope of her power and try to talk about her in other languages, thinking she won't understand! Because of what she endured in the castle, she tends to be pretty chatty: sometimes too much so.

I work M-F 8-4 at the moment, but I'm in New Zealand so I'm not sure how that'll line up with other people. I'm not sure how much playing I can do from work. I'm on a computer all day, but it's too soon to tell how much downtime I'm going to get!

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	smarts_n_crafts 2018-11-05 02:23 am UTC (link)
	Hey-ho, fellow newbie! I'm Lee and I think I ran into the game right on your heels. :) My pet in play is Fisher, an enchanter over in Kitsune (Intermediate). She's more than a little chaotic and irresponsible, but a good gal to know when/if you need need something fixed at 3AM. (Also pardon the question but do we know each other from Shadowlands?) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sweetomniglot 2018-11-05 02:31 am UTC (link)
	More than likely! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smarts_n_crafts 2018-11-05 02:33 am UTC (link)
	It's a dang small internet, ain't it? :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sweetomniglot 2018-11-05 02:34 am UTC (link)
	It certainly is! But I welcome the chance to play with you again! (Reply to this) (Parent)

sweetomniglot
2018-11-07 05:52 pm UTC (link)

I have to tell you that Talyssa has some serious hero worship forming for Fisher lol. It isn't romantic, but she does adore her. For all the reasons laid out in my last comment: she doesn't make fun of her, she switches languages where she can to accommodate Talyssa and points it out gently when she can't, she's kind and she shares... Talyssa's never known anything like this, outside her siblings in fire.

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	smarts_n_crafts 2018-11-07 05:55 pm UTC (link)
	Considering everything Tal's went through and the sudden drastic change in circumstances, is it possible she's looking for, well, a little friendly stability? Her situation is a little extreme, after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sweetomniglot 2018-11-07 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	I can understand that! And Talyssa is... well, she has demons of her own, but her adoration for Fisher is pretty constant, if that helps. If she continues to be this pleasant, Talyssa will continue to adore her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

smarts_n_crafts
2018-11-07 06:05 pm UTC (link)

I'm trying to think of how this will align with Fisher's current mind set. Overall, I think Talyssa is "safe": she doesn't seem like the sort to offer to offer confrontations and her abilities aren't violent.

Oooh, but she'd be an excellent excuse for a confrontation. Do you mind if Fisher lashed at someone who'd insulted Talyssa?

(It'd be a lot less chivalrous than it sounds; Fisher is just looking for a fight lately.)

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sweetomniglot
2018-11-07 06:07 pm UTC (link)

God, yes. Talyssa is having trouble even realizing people are making fun of her. She understands every language, but nuance, idioms, figures of speech, and slang are lost on her, you know? And she's just so damaged, after the castle. She talks so much because at one point, she literally couldn't, and she's reminding herself that she CAN now, and honestly, having someone like Fisher in her corner would be a Godsend.

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	smarts_n_crafts 2018-11-07 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	Less of a godsend, and more of "cursed blessing", but... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	smarts_n_crafts 2018-11-07 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	Also: hanging out with Fisher will definitely lead to weird sh*t. But, hey, what's the point of being young and stuck in Maine otherwise? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sweetomniglot 2018-11-06 04:51 am UTC (link)
	Hey just for the record, Talyssa wasn’t hitting on her lol. She’s super naive. She went into the castle at six and came out at not quite sixteen so she doesn’t get the whole romantic attraction thing. She just thinks Fisher is beautiful :) it’s as innocent as that :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smarts_n_crafts 2018-11-06 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	Aww, and here Fisher was getting all cute and flattered. ¯\_(ヅ)_/¯ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sweetomniglot 2018-11-06 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	Well she can be flattered because Talyssa doesnthink she’s beautiful lol. She just doesn’t need to worry that Talyssa is hitting on her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sweetomniglot 2018-11-06 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	Does think** fat thumbs (Reply to this) (Parent)

	smarts_n_crafts 2018-11-06 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	Of all the worries Fisher's currently cultivating, getting his on by the hot linguist is on the faaaaaaaaaaar bottom of the list. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sweetomniglot 2018-11-06 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, she thinks Liss is hot? lol What a pity Fisher is straight then 😝 (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smarts_n_crafts 2018-11-06 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	Fisher a very acute sense of aesthetic appreciation. She's straight, because it was easier to put on paper than "more attracted to the furniture in your living room than the equipment in your pants". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sweetomniglot 2018-11-06 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	Is she ace do you think? Or is this trauma related and will pass? Asking for the conversation that’s in it and not to try to persuade you to change her. I love her lol. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

smarts_n_crafts
2018-11-06 05:43 pm UTC (link)

No worries, I appreciate the asking. Fisher is still a very green character so there's plenty to be figured out.

I don't think she's ace per se, though I don't think she was seriously interested in anybody prior to the accident. Post it, she's working through a profound sense of disconnection.

So basically the mild interest she originally had been almost entirely overshadowed by the accident.

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