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[former_endboss]

Rade-

[A Knight from the Upper World has been sent to interfere with my plans. Deal with him so that he is no longer a threat. I enclose a description. Do not underestimate a Knight of Elemia. If you cannot deal with this, I will be forced to step in.]

Attachment: LynerBarsett.bio

Clancy-

[I am growing stronger day by day. Wait a bit longer, and we will be ready to move. But be warry-old friends have noticed our preparations. Rade has been assigned to deal with their agent, but do nothing to attract suspicion.]

Comments

[embersandashes]

Are you living, or a robot?

[former_endboss]

Hmmm. It is hard to say. Reyvateils all blur the line between artificial and 'the real deal' but I take it a step farther by virtue of my extreme and unnatural age. 'Undead' is such a crude term, but it may have some accuracy-what else would you call a bodiless soul that still lives on?

[embersandashes]

Not necessarily someone I'd want leading my rebellion.

Then again, your world is likely a lot different from the one I originally come from.

[former_endboss]

Well, it's my rebellion. So you don't get to decide that here.

[embersandashes]

And I won't try to.

[former_endboss]

And you have my thanks for that.

[embersandashes]

I don't think I've ever gotten your name.

[former_endboss]

I haven't gotten yours either. But I am Mir_teiwaz_ArTonelico.

[embersandashes]

Azula.

How do you pronounce that?

(And here is some audio for you)

[former_endboss]

Mir_teiwaz_Artonelico. A human may have trouble detecting all the nuance, but I will understand.

[embersandashes]

We don't vocalize underscores, no.

text again

[former_endboss]

Some languages don't have glottal stops or clicks either, I understand.

text again

[embersandashes]

I've never heard of either of those things. At least not in the context of language, for clicks.

Re: text again

[former_endboss]

There are many possible sounds that are not represented in all languages for various reasons. And many improbable combinations of even common sounds. For instance, the sentence 'hEmmErYE' probably just looks like a mess of random letters to you. But to me, it clearly means, "I will gladly sing."

[embersandashes]

And what language is this?

[former_endboss]

That is the New Pastile Note dialect of Hymmnos.

[embersandashes]

I've never heard of it.

[former_endboss]

I doubt you would have. It's a very advanced dialect of a magical language.

[embersandashes]

What makes a language magical?

[former_endboss]

The effects of speaking it of course. Normal language simply conveys information, it doesn't cause the effects that Hymmnos does.

[embersandashes]

And those affects are?

[former_endboss]

Various. It can be used to create from nothing, or destroy absolutely, to communicate with the divine or to curse the profane.

[embersandashes]

Interesting. So it's a language made up entirely of spells.

[former_endboss]

Rather, it's a language that's entire purpose is to speak with the clarity and force needed to power spells. Muddled emotions and insecure purpose make for bad magic. At least, that is how it works for me.

[embersandashes]

Can anybody learn it?