No one spoke on Ixxin'lo.
For countless millennia, the Auroun were without a spoken language of their own. Only thoughts shared between thinkers, visions passed from one user's mind to another, and the subtle and spectacular art of body language. Eventually, the introduction of foreign races into the Auroun culture pushed the native Ixxin'lo population to develop a dialect of their own called Auzi. Generations later, it was a regulation educational material, as necessary to the curriculum as Galactic Standard, though less frequently used. In actuality, many Auroun adolescents pushed their Auzi lessons to the furthest recesses of their minds with no intention of using the seemingly archaic language.
As susceptible as any sentient creature confident in their psionic abilities, the Auroun succumbed to hubris and decided by and large to refrain from the use of spoken dialogue unless in the company of lesser beings. This predominantly consisted of Embassy races and their secondary allies elsewhere, but with the collective acceptance of Galactic Standard, additional languages were considered redundant and ineffective. In this, Auzi fell victim to tax cuts and lessened teaching qualifications. It wasn't until Cariot'lo was released from empirical council rule that Auzi seemed close to extinction, teetering on the precipice so many dead languages had fallen victim to. It was no longer viable in the everyday lives of Auroun, no longer realistic based on the length of time becoming fluent in Auzi took average students, and no longer considered a cultural anchor since the Auroun considered spoken dialects to be impediments of their innate talents.
But Rio took nine awful years of Auzi courses.
Luckily, so did Eon.
Arc'phi District was blindingly white.
From the pebbled roads and neo prism walkways to the towering cloud spires half lost in hazy violet tones, there was no better example of Ixxin'lo uniformity than Rautrah'ai's Arc'phi District. Wesker cycles zoomed by inaudibly, following pre-established tracks underneath the clear veneer of each street. Pedestrians walked neatly and carefully in lines as though also following tracks designated to them. It was an elaborate display of discipline, best explained by more recent generations of Auroun who were less impressed by Rautrah'ai than their forefathers. Mostly, the city served to instill a sense of peace in the citizenship because, without that peace, any number of horrific and terrifying events might occur.
Having not realized what great potential the Auroun people have for violence until many years too late, Rio was as blissfully ignorant of the stifling conditions imposed on her homeland as any of the neighboring citizens taking their evening shuffle home.
So neat, so placid - A sea of ivory and silver waves lapping as bodies jostled and moved. Perhaps one swallows doubts when their life is seemingly perfect. With no doubt, there were no questions, and with no questions, there was no concern.
The pain was sharp, blunt, and the impact nearly knocked Noonajirakoh E'vrio flat on her ass. Another pain was just as quick, but with the distinct addition of fingers wrapping around her upper arms.
"R'o im imhhb(I'm so sorry)!" The voice spoke Auzi loudly(or so she thought at the time) with a harsh note of panic tinging the sound. It wasn't the lilt in the last word that was memorable for Rio, but the fact someone was speaking Auzi in the first place.
And with his hands on her no less, staring her directly in the eye.
"Rg'h mlgsrmt ivzppb. Qfig, bmf qnmd, hpmd wmdn(It's nothing really. Just, you know, slow down)." Taking a slow breath, Rio tore her vision from the stranger and nodded toward the pedestrian lane traveling in the opposite direction. Just as uniform, but moving elsewhere. "Ru bmf ovzn gm svzw umi gsv Zncsmi, bmf szev znmgsvi ypmxq gm tm yvumiv gsv giznhrg lmigzp-(If you mean to head for the Anchor, you have another block to go before the transit portal-)"
"Bmfi Zfar ri evib tmmw!(Your Auzi is very good!)" Releasing Rio's arms, the man clapped several times before beaming brightly at her. "Smd umigfnzgv R zo gm szev ovg bmf.(How fortunate I am to have met you.)" Beckoning for Rio to follow him, he stepped out of the line of walking Auroun and continued with, "R'ev girvw gzpqrnt gm gsv wvhq xpvip zg hsv smgvp R'o gibrnt gm hgzb zg, yfg gsvb mnpb tzpzxgrx.(I've tried talking to the desk clerk at the hotel I'm trying to stay at, but they only know galactic.)" Suddenly appearing rather shy, he looked away before admitting, "Nb tzozxgrx rhm'g evib tllw, yfg kviszkh blf xzm zhhrhg nv? R dzh slkrmt gl urmw zm rmgvikivgvi zg gsv zmxsli, yfg ru blf'iv xzkzyov lu gizmhozgrmt, rg hzevh nv z tivzg wvzo lu grnv. (My galactic isn't very good, but perhaps you can assist me? I was hoping to find an interpreter at the Anchor, but if you're capable of translating, it saves me a great deal of time.)"
Forward as the request may have been, Rio couldn't help giving a slow nod of her head. "Dvoo, r hfkklhv r'n zezrozyov uli z uvd nlnvmgh.(Well, I suppose I'm available for a few moments)." Without a second thought, the rest was said telepathically. <Do you mind if we talk this way? I know the foreigners want us to speak galactic, but is Auzi necessary right now?>
For a long moment, the two stood in silence. This wasn't uncomfortable for Rio, but the stranger seemed like he might crawl out of his skin if they didn't start moving soon. His anxiety only made less sense for Rio when he answered with, <Do you not like Auzi? You are fluent, so why not speak it when you can?>
<I guess I'm embarrassed,> she offered, unsure how else to respond to the question. <No one else I know is fluent. Most of my friends stopped taking Auzi when the course was made optional.>
When the other Auroun's eyes flickered back to Rio as lamplights in the dimming evening, she felt a new kind of embarrassment draw out roseate blush across her cheeks. <With a voice so beautiful, you would be crazy not to speak.>
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For countless millennia, the Auroun were without a spoken language of their own. Only thoughts shared between thinkers, visions passed from one user's mind to another, and the subtle and spectacular art of body language. Eventually, the introduction of foreign races into the Auroun culture pushed the native Ixxin'lo population to develop a dialect of their own called Auzi. Generations later, it was a regulation educational material, as necessary to the curriculum as Galactic Standard, though less frequently used. In actuality, many Auroun adolescents pushed their Auzi lessons to the furthest recesses of their minds with no intention of using the seemingly archaic language.
As susceptible as any sentient creature confident in their psionic abilities, the Auroun succumbed to hubris and decided by and large to refrain from the use of spoken dialogue unless in the company of lesser beings. This predominantly consisted of Embassy races and their secondary allies elsewhere, but with the collective acceptance of Galactic Standard, additional languages were considered redundant and ineffective. In this, Auzi fell victim to tax cuts and lessened teaching qualifications. It wasn't until Cariot'lo was released from empirical council rule that Auzi seemed close to extinction, teetering on the precipice so many dead languages had fallen victim to. It was no longer viable in the everyday lives of Auroun, no longer realistic based on the length of time becoming fluent in Auzi took average students, and no longer considered a cultural anchor since the Auroun considered spoken dialects to be impediments of their innate talents.
But Rio took nine awful years of Auzi courses.
Luckily, so did Eon.
---
Arc'phi District was blindingly white.
From the pebbled roads and neo prism walkways to the towering cloud spires half lost in hazy violet tones, there was no better example of Ixxin'lo uniformity than Rautrah'ai's Arc'phi District. Wesker cycles zoomed by inaudibly, following pre-established tracks underneath the clear veneer of each street. Pedestrians walked neatly and carefully in lines as though also following tracks designated to them. It was an elaborate display of discipline, best explained by more recent generations of Auroun who were less impressed by Rautrah'ai than their forefathers. Mostly, the city served to instill a sense of peace in the citizenship because, without that peace, any number of horrific and terrifying events might occur.
Having not realized what great potential the Auroun people have for violence until many years too late, Rio was as blissfully ignorant of the stifling conditions imposed on her homeland as any of the neighboring citizens taking their evening shuffle home.
So neat, so placid - A sea of ivory and silver waves lapping as bodies jostled and moved. Perhaps one swallows doubts when their life is seemingly perfect. With no doubt, there were no questions, and with no questions, there was no concern.
The pain was sharp, blunt, and the impact nearly knocked Noonajirakoh E'vrio flat on her ass. Another pain was just as quick, but with the distinct addition of fingers wrapping around her upper arms.
"R'o im imhhb(I'm so sorry)!" The voice spoke Auzi loudly(or so she thought at the time) with a harsh note of panic tinging the sound. It wasn't the lilt in the last word that was memorable for Rio, but the fact someone was speaking Auzi in the first place.
And with his hands on her no less, staring her directly in the eye.
"Rg'h mlgsrmt ivzppb. Qfig, bmf qnmd, hpmd wmdn(It's nothing really. Just, you know, slow down)." Taking a slow breath, Rio tore her vision from the stranger and nodded toward the pedestrian lane traveling in the opposite direction. Just as uniform, but moving elsewhere. "Ru bmf ovzn gm svzw umi gsv Zncsmi, bmf szev znmgsvi ypmxq gm tm yvumiv gsv giznhrg lmigzp-(If you mean to head for the Anchor, you have another block to go before the transit portal-)"
"Bmfi Zfar ri evib tmmw!(Your Auzi is very good!)" Releasing Rio's arms, the man clapped several times before beaming brightly at her. "Smd umigfnzgv R zo gm szev ovg bmf.(How fortunate I am to have met you.)" Beckoning for Rio to follow him, he stepped out of the line of walking Auroun and continued with, "R'ev girvw gzpqrnt gm gsv wvhq xpvip zg hsv smgvp R'o gibrnt gm hgzb zg, yfg gsvb mnpb tzpzxgrx.(I've tried talking to the desk clerk at the hotel I'm trying to stay at, but they only know galactic.)" Suddenly appearing rather shy, he looked away before admitting, "Nb tzozxgrx rhm'g evib tllw, yfg kviszkh blf xzm zhhrhg nv? R dzh slkrmt gl urmw zm rmgvikivgvi zg gsv zmxsli, yfg ru blf'iv xzkzyov lu gizmhozgrmt, rg hzevh nv z tivzg wvzo lu grnv. (My galactic isn't very good, but perhaps you can assist me? I was hoping to find an interpreter at the Anchor, but if you're capable of translating, it saves me a great deal of time.)"
Forward as the request may have been, Rio couldn't help giving a slow nod of her head. "Dvoo, r hfkklhv r'n zezrozyov uli z uvd nlnvmgh.(Well, I suppose I'm available for a few moments)." Without a second thought, the rest was said telepathically. <Do you mind if we talk this way? I know the foreigners want us to speak galactic, but is Auzi necessary right now?>
For a long moment, the two stood in silence. This wasn't uncomfortable for Rio, but the stranger seemed like he might crawl out of his skin if they didn't start moving soon. His anxiety only made less sense for Rio when he answered with, <Do you not like Auzi? You are fluent, so why not speak it when you can?>
<I guess I'm embarrassed,> she offered, unsure how else to respond to the question. <No one else I know is fluent. Most of my friends stopped taking Auzi when the course was made optional.>
When the other Auroun's eyes flickered back to Rio as lamplights in the dimming evening, she felt a new kind of embarrassment draw out roseate blush across her cheeks. <With a voice so beautiful, you would be crazy not to speak.>
---
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