[WORLD TWO | SIGNET MELTDOWN MINGLE]

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Who: Anyone!
Where: Everywhere
When: Day 197-200
Open/Closed: OTA

[ If you've never experienced that ear-splitting, spine-tingling, bone-crushing headache that comes with Qri doing...something...then you're in for a treat. It lasts for about an hour on the first day, though usually it fades after a while and things go back to normal.

This time, you aren't so lucky. As soon as the headache passes, you notice there's a certain something missing within you. You may not notice it immediately, but the next time you hear someone talk their words might be equivalent to gibberish. When you go to ask someone what's going on with your telepathy, you find that your words just circle your own brain, no one answering because the message simply can't be received.

This...may be a problem. Hopefully you know how to play charades. ]

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[terezias]

[Terezi can be found either in the garden or outside the building, scribbling what looks like a grisly execution scene in sidewalk chalk: there's a large monstrous creature (recognizable as His Honorable Tyranny, if you know your troll culture) and a lot of horned faces looking on as some dastardly villain is hanged. She seems cheerfully oblivious to the idea that her defacement of public property might be unwelcome; she'll greet you with a chirpy,]

Hello!

[in "Alternian" that sounds oddly like English, or, if that gets a blank face, she'll simply hold out a stick of chalk and point out a bare patch of floor. Maybe you can try Pictionary?]

[witchhooded]

[ jade's ears stand at attention; she's curious. the picture before her is gruesome and truly disgusting... in the same way a child scrawling an action scene might be, in some manner. the chalk just makes the image something closer to creepy and unique than... horrifying. maybe.

she's not sure. her mouth opens for a moment then her tongue sticks out in thought and then she hears terezi's voice and.

hm.

she's a little surprised. ]

Salutations?

[ she thinks! ] No charades??

[terezias]

Well, you do speak Alternian.

[She states this like it is perfectly obvious fact, and not groundbreaking in any way.]

[witchhooded]

[ jade waggles a finger, knitting her brows. she looks ready to contest this - it's probably marred by the fact she's got dog ears though. no one is afraid of a furry. ]

It's called English, Terezi! Or well, I thought it was... This is pretty interesting.

[terezias]

It was Alternian first! English is just your silly human name for it.

[Again, like this is a totally unremarkable and indisputable fact. She considers Jade for a moment before her expression breaks into a mischievous smile.]

He is being tried for embezzlement. They will probably find him guilty.

[witchhooded]

[ jade considers this, leans into the chalk drawing, strokes her chin. she's sizing him up, wondering how this... man? came to this point in his life. he looks so... proper! hmmm. ]

They are not sure yet, if it's only "probably"! What's his defense?

[terezias]

He may not be permitted a defense. You are not always, in Alternian court.

[She taps her chalk against her chin thoughtfully, though.]

Sometimes they try to pin their crimes on a lowblood underling. This works more often than you would expect.

[soulcomet]

[Alternianglish was her worst subject in school, but she does know a greeting when she hears one! and she knows how to return it.]

Hello!

[that's about as good as it's going to get, though, sadly. Madoka crouches down to have a look at Terezi's artwork — uh. what the heck is going on here.]

[terezias]

[Helpfully, still in English:]

It is a public trial and execution. He has embezzled some funds.

[Yeah, good luck translating that.]

[soulcomet]

[yup, she got none of that. she just parrots a word right back at Terezi, inquisitive.]

Embezzled?

[terezias]

Embezzled! . . . It is a term meaning "to steal money you have been trusted to manage."

[There's an amused smile playing around her face.]

[soulcomet]

["steal" and "money" are pretty simple words, and Madoka lights up, breaking into a smile, at least understanding embezzlement on its most basic level.]

Oh! Okay.

[she reaches for a piece of chalk, then, because she has something important she wants to convey! um. how does one ask for permission to borrow a piece of chalk in English.]

Can I ...? [that's as far as she gets.]

[terezias]

[Half to Madoka, half to herself:]

Either your Alternian is not very good, or you are very shy.

[But she holds out a piece of chalk for Madoka to take! Go ahead.]

[idolpedia]

H..hello. What is that, Terezi-san?

[The "Hello" is in English. The rest? She is still learning to phrase things correctly in English. So the rest of what she says is in Japanese. Sorry??]

[terezias]

[She tilts her head at Dia. Still in English:]

You are speaking a strange human language, too. Would you like chalk?

[She holds out a stick of green chalk, helpfully.]

[idolpedia]

[From she did understand, at least Terezi wasn't being too offensive? She takes a breath. Trying again.]

Did you...do that?

[IN ENGLISH THIS TIME. Raising a brow at the chalk.]

Me?

[terezias]

I drew the picture! It is a public execution.

[She seems very pleased with herself.]

You can draw, too, if your Alternian is not good.

[idolpedia]

[Well, if you can't beat them? Join them.

Dia will sit down and start drawing!! Public executions aren't nice. So she's probably drawing a nicer and much more tame picture.]

[terezias]

[Terezi is filling in the details on her public execution--complete with rictus grins of the surrounding trolls--but she cranes her neck to look over at what Dia is doing. What is she drawing!! Is she a good artist!! :o]

Is that a hoofbeast?

[She is asking this regardless of whether what she's pointing to actually in any way resembles a hoofbeast.]

[alienates]

[ karkat quickly walks by, stops, and walks backwards until he's next to terezi. ]

Are you drawing more fanart?

[terezias]

This is an original story. Do not steal.

[She grins, though; she's happy to see Karkat.]

I presume you have noticed the language changes by now.

[alienates]

We can still understand our humans. What the fuck. Did they copy everything from us?

[ although they can't understand... every human? which is interesting. ]

[terezias]

Are you surprised? We could understand Dave and Rose, too.

[She shrugs.]

They seem to have multiple languages, one of which is Alternian.

[alienates]

No, we should be able to understand all of then. This feels like a ripoff? We made this planet with our own blood, sweat, and emotion secretions, and yet we can't understand every language?

[ he sounds offended. ]

[terezias]

You will not get very far expecting Sgrub to be fair, I don't think. But it is odd that they speak so many.