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[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

[handwriting is rather poor]

I've become rather curious about something I only recently became aware of, and I was hoping that perhaps the input of others might clarify things somewhat.

What language do you speak now?
What language do you hear others speaking?
What language is this written in?

It's a matter of... some importance to me. If you would be kind enough to answer, I would greatly appreciate it.



Also, my dear human Captain, I was hoping to meet with you again sometime today, if only to prove to myself you weren't a desperate fantasy! Please, let me know what time would be most advantageous for us to... talk again. I do so miss you when we are apart!

Admiral ZEX

Comments

[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly not surprised! They still quite hate humans, you know. I imagine your existence outside of your slaveshield must have almost seemed like an insult to them. I'd hoped once when I was more... idealistic, that I could help open their eyes and hearts to your species (and countless others), but I fear it's a lost cause nowadays. After all, they still turned on me, even after everything I'd done for them. Once set in their ways, they rarely change course.
I suspect my enclave at Alpha Cerenkov is the only outpost of sensible, mature VUX in our sector.

Only one or two? Well, that fits with what I had thought, originally. Language must be a much simpler affair for humans... how interesting!

I see! Then I suppose I am ambidextrous! I'll have to remember that word.

Oh, I was trying to imitate the glyph you included in your last note... it was so unique and intricate. Was that merely a flourish for my sake? Oh Captain~ ::)

Shaking w/laughter IRL, damn you. <3

[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

I noticed the hatred. They're pretty vehement about it.

How much more complex are the languages on Beta Luyten? One or two seems like enough to me, but it's what I've grown up around.

You mean this?: :)
It's not that unique or special, it's a [several false starts as Captain tries to figure out how to explain a smiley to ZEX] You know how humans smile to express positive emotions? That symbol a sort of extremely stylized approximation of a smile (the two dots represent eyes, the curved line a mouth) to casually express some sort of positive emotion in writing. The symbol on this place's uniform is similar.

what is this "emoticon" you speak of? is it delicious? OD

[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

Oh, we have a great deal of languages on Luyten! And on our other colonies as well... numerous variations from city to town to general area to aquatic (which can be very difficult), and all sorts of things in-between. Something of a matter of pride for a collection of VUX to develop a variant of some kind, and eventually what helped us create and improve our translation technology; to ease communication but not force a group to change. Like I mentioned before, we do get so set in our ways!
I used to speak more languages when I was young and traveling, but after many years at Cerenkov (where VUK ZIX tends to dominate, due to most of us being from our military), I only remember a handful of my strongest. [ZUJ KEK]I imagine my poor penmanship and grammar would cause those in YUX to feel quite scandalized.[/ZUJ KEK]

How interesting! A symbol of a human emotion... a human face! Of course, that would only make sense, that's how humans show emotion after all. How interesting! I wonder...
.)
(a series of squiggly lines above a circle)