#pirrha

[vvypern]

Eliksni rating pt 2 electric boogaloo [pt 1 here]

I did a LOT of rambling in this I'm sorry I'm getting SO FUCKING PASSIONATE I love researching Eliksni so much and I'm finding so many new ones I didn't know about

If you want me to rate someone I haven't already feel free to send in an ask abt it I will GLADLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW if you wanted to know: I started playing Destiny in May of this year and I've done a LOT of hyperfixation reading but I still obviously don't know everything so go easy on me

[voidrat0]

you know who wouldn’t have missed

[telestoapologist]

wait hang on. does this mean crow (and TECHNICALLY reksis and pirrha) have to rotate babysitting colonel

[devotedlystrangewizard]

other than all of that and maybe most embarrassingly of all i had a much larger mostly unpublished mostly canon compliant thing of about like 40 ocs. iirc. 176k words written. one of these characters was lucien, who was a trans male whore who can in fact be marked off as something of an early warning for my current big titty skirt-wearing he/him ocs as he was my first major transmasculine character and he was feminine.

what relates this to tsbesg (as tsbesg was a separate project from lucien's deal) is that at some point i wrote a fic where lucien (deeply loyal to the spider) ended up in the tsbesg universe (where patch murdered spider). i only ever wrote the intro to it, him looking around and being all "what the fuck" at the surrounding barons, but the concept was there. at the time lucien was having something of a corruption arc, he didnt give a shit about the bomb in glint's shell and he was all too happy to torture a guy, and i figured he could have something interesting with patch

i still miss lucien he was such a little cunt

[flowers-of-io]

Destinytober - Found Family

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Pirrha. Yaviks. Reksis Vahn. Araskes. Hiraks. Kaniks. Elykris.

Old names. Old blood.

You took your vengeance, dead thing. You razed and killed. You took my friends and you took my Father and you took my children and you took pleasure in our suffering, over and over. Bathed the Shore in our blood.

It brought you glee, I'm sure. This destruction, this fury. Intoxicating. Your uncontrollable bloodlust, taken out on all held dear.

You avenged your friend, and you took mine. Say their names! Pirrha, Kaniks, Araskes. Reksis Vahn. Yaviks, Hiraks, Elykris. You killed them. I watched you crawl over their corpses all the way to Father, to me.

We are alike, dead thing. You took your vengeance, and I will take mine. A friend for a friend. Over and over, a never-ending dance.

Face me. Show me what you are. See yourself reflected. A corpse animated by fury, purposeless, hollow of meaning, killing just to kill. Face me!

I will show you your end.

[deltagon20362]

pirrha is now a beautiful deltagon20362 Please show me some love and perhaps leave some flowers at the remembrance stone for the former lover

[ask-uldren]

Uh, hello, Your Highness. Speaking of barons, were any of them your favorites?

While favourite is certainly a strong term, Pirrha, the Rifleman certainly had very good aim and Fikrul proved to be very useful indeed.

[lucksea]

dia for my friend @pirrha

[bifags]

@pirrha are you mad atme.

[bb-latvija]

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[daboom-ru]

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[crab-crime-enthusiast]

Definitely some interesting additions, and something I did contend with when I was writing these. Discussions under the cut with a Content Warning for discussions of Ableism & Disability Curism:

You raise a good point about the inherent ableism present (especially with Pirrha canonically being blind and being forced to cure himself of his own disability in order to be considered of any value), and I do think many deaf Eliksni were either pressured into getting prosthesis/augmentation or... worse. That's a common part of sci-fi/fantasy stories like this, unfortunately, and you see it reflected in conversations about disabled characters in sci-fi/fantasy stories all the time: The age-old debate of "why is my fantasy character in a wheelchair when magic exists?" and etc. etc.

I started thinking about this whole thing because I'm really interested in disability accommodations within these settings (as I'm disabled myself) rather than taking the approach of curism due to its rather... problematic nature. In my story, I wanted to more deeply explore disability within the Destiny universe as it's something woefully ignored for the most-part in canon. I think it's a missed opportunity when one of Destiny's core themes is about persistence and resilience against even the most dire of odds. I promise this isn't intended to be me shilling for my fic, I'm just talking about my thought processes! ^.^''

The interpretation I ended up going with for Sign (which I unfortunately forgot to include in my post x_x) was that some Conversational Sign persisted through the knowledge of a few select individuals who continued to pass it on and down despite most likely being pressured to augment their hearing. Military Sign, on the other hand, is a much more robust system due to the turn to a heavily militaristic culture, with information on it more readily available.

However, as information sources dwindled, Conversational Sign diverged into strong dialects as users filled in gaps in knowledge with their own contributions, which then persisted into any individuals they ended up passing their knowledge on to. Going back to my fic in particular, Kiraks learned Military Sign and then kinda made it up as she went due to a lack of a tutor when it came to creating a system of Conversational Sign. Her system of Sign is something she made up with her sister as a way to reclaim some independence after she lost her ability to speak.

The nature of the dissemination of sign knowledge meant that highly specific (and possibly even 'incorrect' sign) dialects became the norm, simply as sources about a more centralised and consistent language dwindled both to the brutal nature of the Drift and forced augmentation essentially drastically reducing the population that actively spoke Conversational Sign; Any chance of a centralised language realistically died off with the perishing of all but one of the Judgement Scribes. Variks would likely be the best source for possibly learning something akin to true Riisian sign (especially as I personally headcanon he has permanent vocal damage after Phylaks choked him in The Once-Shipstealer, and thus he sometimes uses non-verbal communication), but even his knowledge would likely be something not wholly applicable due to the high levels of variance now present in the speakers that remain.

A bit of a tangent, but I wonder if the actual usability of conversational sign would be affected by whether Eliksni Hatchlings take to augmentation from youth or not, as I imagine one of the main use-cases for conversational sign post-Drift would most realistically be giving Hatchlings a way to communicate until they're at an age that they can take to augments without danger to their life. I personally don't know if there are any sources that mention the augmentation of Hatchlings in the lore so I can't really make a call. If anybody does, please feel free to add them to this convo, I'd love to learn more!

I'm sorry to have dumped a mini-essay on you in this reblog, I just have a lot of thoughts about this topic ;-; Thanks for reading if you made it this far.

Eliksni Sign Language

Soooo in writing the next Chapter for The Light Provides, I've decided to write up some notes about the Eliksni Sign Language I have Kiraks speaking within the story. She's not deaf but is completely mute save for some chitters, and this lead me down a route of theorising about the different forms that Eliksni Sign Language can take. This isn't everything and I'm still building on the idea, but just putting what I have down. Ramblings below the cut:

Disclaimer: I don't speak sign language irl but I've taken somewhat of an interest in it due to living with someone who is partially deaf. This is just me spitballing about a system implemented in the world of my fic, building mostly on the idea of how a four-armed species with different ideas of social communication may develop a system of non-verbal communication. Please let me know if there is anything offensive and I'll remove it. It's never my intent to hurt anybody.

Basic/Background Notes:

Sign language not a standardised/centralised language due to the Long Drift and the splintering of Eliksni culture.

Dialects vary massively between Houses, especially as there is little to no remaining documentation about the language and only a few speak it.

Eliksni wishing to learn the language often must seek out a tutor who already knows it to get more than a very basic grasp on signing, leading to the perpetuation of House-specific dialects.

Glyphic alphabet remains mostly consistent between House Dialects, but syntax may differ.

High degrees of variation with subdialects of House-specific sign language developing to suit the wider range of body types present post-Whirlwind.

Cultural variations of sign language poses issues with unification attempts e.g. House Salvation, House Light & House Dusk.

TL;DR Sign language is tricky and complex with many different slightly different variations due to the Long Drift, making it difficult to learn and not applicable cross-Houses.

Denoting Tone:

A major degree of dialect variation comes from the favouring of facial expressions versus body language to denote tone.

Piggybacking a bit off of Eliksni expressions headcanons, but positioning of mandibular hairs as well as mandibles and nictitating membranes used to convey tone in dialects that favour facial features.

This form is more overtly favoured by mute Eliksni, whether that be due to developmental issues, psychological factors or physical conditions & damage to their voices.

Some utilise natural subvocalisations too, but this is rare, especially amongst Deaf speakers.

Some deaf speakers of this form may learn to understand patterns of vibrations associated with subvocalisations and learn to mimic them, if they did not know them prior e.g. Hatched profoundly deaf or suffered hearing damage in very early youth.

In this case, their vocalisations may sound 'off' to other Eliksni, a bit like a speech impediment.

Dialects that favour body language utilises things such as scent markers in conjunction with the position of the lower arms to denote tone.

Mandible snaps or clicks in communication are instead denoted through a claw tapping motion produced by pinching the claws together (Think like tapping the thumb to the middle and index finger). Claws simulate clicking sound.

Lower arms make tonal indications whilst upper arms are used for signing actual words or phrases. This developed due to the lower set of arms being naturally less strong and precise than the upper arms, making them less suited to prolonged sessions of extremely quick signing when in conversation.

Naturally, this form of sign does not accommodate for Eliksni who have been docked, but one-handed versions of this dialect have been developed by some docked speakers.

Nouns and names:

Common nouns and proper nouns have their own special designated signs

Regular names are instead either spelled out of their individual letters or, in some dialects, compressed down into their constitute syllables.

Syllables are often comprised of shortened individual letter signs, following common sounds like the way there are specific glyphs in the Eliksni written alphabet for sounds like "kk", "rr", "im".

Other Notes:

Using both sets of arms to sign primary language is viewed almost akin to shouting.

[endivinity]

besties <3

[telestoapologist]

Uldren: Everyone get unemployed. I will provide for us. Pirrha, grumbling: I love how safe everyone feels about being entirely dependent on a potentially psychopathic benefactor. Uldren, taken aback: I'm nice... Kaniks, getting in Pirrha's face: Prince Uldren literally nice. >::(

[devotedlystrangewizard]

the forsaken recap feels even weirder post tsbesg im very excited to think fikrul is out of character when in reality im the one who gave him a shitton of characterization that wasnt canon

[poorlytunedukulele]

"I came as soon as I got your message," Veera said. Her voice was gentle. "I was in the Infinite Forest. Are you-"

"No," Azra said frankly. "But there's work to do."

Veera still pulled her into an embrace. Azra squeezed back, half-expecting the tears to start flowing. But her eyes stayed dry. Part of her longed to mourn, but she'd tamped it down with brutal force. There would be time for tears later.

When Veera pulled back, she looked uncertain. A peculiar kind of agony flavored the air with bitter ash.

Azra sighed. She was already tired. But she drew herself together and set her jaw. "The plan right now is to take out these Scorn Barons- Uldren's support crew. They've scattered for the moment, but they're focused on causing chaos and not too much on hiding. I've already tracked a couple of them down."

"Right," Veera said. "Who is next?"