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Nu ta worra pu ya daiciten wolu tu daicít. PRTC ART-N.PL.NOM word-PL.NOM REL-N.PL.ACC mean-INF want-PRES.ACT.1SG DEM-N.SG.ACC mean-PRES.ACT.3SG Words mean what I want them to mean. :-) "Darads daesila chirathe", Gildarads ChiHamtiDamti "Sens Rathe EsilaleLadeska. |aul |agil" "Darads da-esila chi-ra...

uKalolanes daesila chi"Arrival". SalChi. kag lades kethas daesila hathenai u-Kal-olanes da-esila chi-"Arrival". Sal-Chi. kag lades kethas da-esila hathe-nai little-past-see SUBJ-1M OBJ-Arrival Good-OBJ want write 1-1M word-PL I just saw "Arrival". It was alright. It made me want to write my words. (...

My conworlds are all set in a sort of alt-earth, with completely different contents, but the other conditions are the same. The main area in the world that my stories take place center around a coastal desert country called Saltha, with a lizard-folk race. There is also a race of humans who live in ...

E: I noticeed I failed to specify, that these are evolved from Viviparous lizards specifically. Reptiles have vastly lower caloric needs than mammals of similar mass. Large carnivorous reptiles, which probably describes your species, can sustain themselves on a single meal for months. This means tha...

(x-post) I may have posted about this before, but I can't find the topic and figure it's better to just start new. I was thinking about more stuff to add to my world of lizard-Folk "Salthans", and one thing I was considered was lizard-folk biology and physiology. Specifically, I was thinking what th...

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I've been thinking about this again, though I feel a bit stuck on what to write next. The culture feels a bit one-note to me.

This is an in-world story I wrote a while ago, a coming of age travelouge culture shock story that I got kind of stuck on. I posted some feedback on some of things on CBB, and thought I should x-post here too to see if I can get some other thoughts. Boy of Two homes A memoir of Zachary Talyorson One...

Gifuga shook his head sadly. "I really don't know. I guess some deople the hate duilds up in their heart, they cannot let it go." There was a moments pause. "I am what you might call weathy, if you took the job as a guard. I can day you well. Interested?"

((People still interested? I'd love to go forward with this, I think we have the start of an interesting story))

Chagen: If you are serious about wanting to kill or hurt yourself, please promise me first if you're in the US you will call 1-800-273-8255. (If not, there are numbers available ) People here are right, it can get better. To be honest, though, just because someone is suicidal does not mean they wan...

Chagen: If you are serious about wanting to kill or hurt yourself, please promise me first if you're in the US you will call 1-800-273-8255. (If not, there are numbers available)

People here are right, it can get better.

I had a topic here I believe for the Sathan religion of Santhism, but I can share it here. Selkaksy ("The spirit knowing way"), also known as Santhism, centers on a monotheistic God Santh, and five lesser divines, who aren't like angels created by Santh, but self-existing, and yet to say they are ar...

((Arabic name: I did read it, and I don't see how my critique contradicts what you said at all? You said about the dialogue being short and overly simple, and it felt like the action of the gang attack was thrown in. I said basically the same thing, that it felt like it was thrown in for the sake of...

((OOC: I'd say that you shouldn't feel like you need to push the story forward with action and such, it's okay if things are a bit slow at times and more centered on conversation with characters learning about each other and each other's cultures. At least for me, I have a lot of fun with slow-movin...

"It is good to see one who can take care of herself like your friend here, Lesi." A slightly plump male Salthan who is in the bath next to Lesi. "That dunk got what he deserved. Uh, It is good to neet you by the way. My nane is Gifuga" He put his hand out palm upwards and bobbed his head, then put t...

Lesi took them to a performance of kalossannailegiloshe ("the lovers of the divide"), about two young lovers who were of different clans during the clans period. Akari tried to whisper the plot to her, so she knew what was going on, but didn't seem to like it much, even the exciting conclusion with ...

((I didn't think about how the language barrier would be an issue, it is a little weird if the translator is hanging around all the time too, though I think she could probably easily communicate wanting a bath with signing, and being vegitarian.)) Before the bath, Kari showed her how baths are taken...

It is Aech ((a name you do recognize as being in the trade guild who works in the Hub.)) who refereed me. I admit, I don't really know him all that well, but he said you'd be willing to help. It is not so much the matter itself, but for fear of being seen by the wrong people. You see, I came here be...

((OOC: Soo, have I understood the concept correct if I assume I then make up what happens then? Still not totally sure about how this works. Yep, how does your character respond to this guy? We just go back and forth responding to what each other's characters do. Nice that someone is willing to play...

(( OOC: Do you think Trahern would be more likely to support the Humans Liberation Front? The government of Trahern is likely to, possibly not because they are particularly racist and agree with any sort of inferiority of a race, but because they love to sew disorder in the Saltha, and see it as a w...

((k123: The common trade languages are frequently spoken here, so it's likely you won't have to learn Salthan to get by Multiple characters are fine! )) It sounded like a question, but Kari couldn't make it out. "I'm sorry dear, but I don't understand your language." Kari tried to a sort of sign lan...

((Well, to some extent destroying all non-humans sounds like criminal somewhat to me. I'd imagine an origination like that would use intimidation and violence against Salthans to reach that aim, so this character would probably be not liked by the law for this connection, even if he doesn't directly...

Okay, so he'd have to get a job of some sort, or resort to stealing/crime. What does he do? Does he find he has to work with non-humans despite his dislikes, or does he work elusively with humans? If you want, I can choose a job (roll it from a chart) for you if you can't decide. Akari: Who would sh...

Sounds like a good start. So they don't like a certain race, or many all races that aren't theirs. What race are they? Why are they in hub? Is this racist/specism common among your people? Maybe you were kind of picked to go along as an assistant to an ambassador, so not having to directly speak, bu...