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[grubbles]

wow!!! this is JUST like fiduspawn! X:o
Xcept this is way more cooler because Xully looks a lot like my lusus
hes even likes to eat leaves like my lusus and i have to move him around because hes Xtremely slow
i cant wait to see what all beasts are out there!! ill get to Xplore one day when Xully wakes up haha
oh uh sorry im getting carried away with how awesome this is
i wanted to ask if there are any sloth treats that i can feed to Xully X:?


also um i notice theres a lack of hemotyping here and thats uh odd
but i guess it is sorta odd that i dont have my horns anymore hahaha X:)
i look like an alien! or well i guess im not THAT different from everyone else ive met
or maybe this is some sort of test? oh man i really hope this all isnt some sort of test because i am pretty sure i am failing to pay atXtion to all of this!! X:(

(let me know if you would prefer no quirk text and i can accommodate accordingly!
edit; BTW Rockets... say hello to your newest Rocket Grunt)

Comments

[stratezeitgeist]

Say, would you describe your previous, non-alien species as "troll"?

[What an interesting way to type. It certainly wasn't meant to be coded, it was much too easy to break. It must just be cultural, then. Alphinaud takes down further notes.]

[grubbles]

yes!!! wait how did you know???
X:?

[stratezeitgeist]

I have encountered one other who described himself thusly. Did you have fins, perchance?

[Alphinaud is curating his speculative sketch from weeks prior of Eridan between messages.]

[grubbles]

oh uh no i do not have fins
im not a seadweller or a highblood if thats what youre trying to ask X:o
the other troll here is tho X:)

[stratezeitgeist]

[Inaudible over text, but Alphinaud makes notes. Seadweller, eh?]

Lowblood? Is that akin to low birth? [Social politics of foreign lands. He was soaking it all in.]


Ah yes, I have... Made his acquaintance.

[grubbles]

not sure what you mean by low birth
but i am lowblood and that just means burgundies like me are at the bottom of the social ladder

hes super cool like i guess he was made a prince of super imporXt stuff
i cant really pretend to understand it all but hes WAAAY more imporXt than me!!!

[stratezeitgeist]

Low birth, as in... Your parents are commonfolk. So I suppose you're commonfolk and Eridan is your prince?

[Is that... guy... really a prince.]

[grubbles]

well uh we dont have parents where im from
i have a lusus tho X:o but your lusus doesnt determine if youre a gutterblood

well uh
eridan said he is a prince but hes not our prince yknow what im saying
like its just a title he was granted by our heriess because he a really important royal

[stratezeitgeist]

No parents? Do you emerge from eggs or some such?

Gutterblood? Lusus?

How can you have royals without parents nor lineage?

[grubbles]

yeah! we get hatched X:D

oh i guess it is true that those things are very alien to others

its all based on blood X:o your blood determines your rights

[stratezeitgeist]

That is true to my people as well. Except in a more metaphorical sense I suppose... Well, sometimes. We treat the beast tribes rather unfairly in some parts of the world.

[Alphinaud is good at puzzles at least. So it doesn't take him too long to put it together.]

Oh? What color is Eridan's blood, then?

[grubbles]

beast tribes? X:o

oh im sorry!!! i forgot to explain what a lusus is
a lusus takes care of you when youre a grub and tries to protect you from the enviorment
they basically raise you!!

oh he is violet blooded and is pretty high up on the caste
he is DEFINITELY royalty even if hes not the heir X:)
im in the lowest caste because i am burgundy blooded or uh a gutterblood

[stratezeitgeist]

Is his manner of speaking considered regal?

[He really hoped not. It was fucking terrible.]

Beast tribes are races of intelligent peoples; it is just that they look more bestial.

Ah, a lusus is your guardian, then.

Are your gutters burgundy? [He doesn't know how to add the worried slant on that, but he types with urgency:] What color is your water?

[grubbles]

oh do you mean his typing quirk??
cause uh i wouldnt really know if that is considered regal X:?
everyones typing quirks are different and i dont really think any of them are regal or low or any rank

X:o youve got beasts that are people too wow
i am learning so much about alien culture!!!
our beasts just take care of us or are uh
beasts

no no my blood is burgundy! eridans is violet
gutterblood is just a nickname to call trolls with burgundy colored blood
sometimes it can be referred to those with orange blood too but
usually it is burgundy

our water? weird question but its blue

[stratezeitgeist]

Oh no, I have talked to him with the video function.

Pardon, I'm simply trying to tease apart the etemology of "gutterblood". 'Tis solely a term of insult, without truth, then? [As he quickly figured, but he was having a hard time of simultaneously gathering information, arming himself for his next bout with Eridan, and trying to help this poor soul.]

Though, in this place, his blood should be burgundy.

[grubbles]

ooh well i have no idea! haha
sorry about that X:P

i mean it has some truth to it X:D

its definitely violet i promise you
unless hes lying about his blood color with hemotyping but thats more risk than worth involved in pretending to be higher than you actually are
the highbloods dont really take too kindly to people tryin to impersonate them

[stratezeitgeist]

'Tis understandable that lying about station would be unworth the risk. However, this place is removed from your society. Who is here to enforce? Simply Eridan himself?

Mine apologies, what I mean to say is this: You have no reason to be beholden to him, at least not here.

[grubbles]

i have plenty of reasons
i could still get in trouble if i end up back at home X:(

[stratezeitgeist]

You poor soul.

[Now is not the time for a speech to try to revitalize him. Not here, like this. There was no point in him advocating over throwing his rulers, especially when that was just a singular kid. Still....]

Still. You can grow strong in your own right, that you may be able to protect yourself.

[grubbles]

oh dont worry X;)
the tetrarch has a plan to help me get stronger
hes not here right now and i cant Xactly tell you whats planned but we are working on SOMETHING