"Oh!" Roan said as Uala made a more clarifying motion. "Hair! Ki." He nodded, ruffled the fur on the purple toy and then tugged on a lock of his own hair. "Ki."
The rest of the phrase continued to baffle him. "Hair something something," he murmured to himself, turning the stuffed animal in his hands. Some Earth languages put words in different orders to describe nouns. So far, he'd been assuming they were all in the right order--it seemed to be working, so what fit...He frowned, then, realizing if this creature was meant to be a facsimile of himself, there was one phrase that came to mind. "Oh."
Hairy like you.
He rolled his shoulders back and carefully pressed a hand to his chest so as not to startle xem like he'd done earlier in their bizarre interactions. "Aish?"
Which would be the wrong question, wouldn't it? If 'aish' is not 'me', he considered. 'You' would be...Uala.
He pointed to Uala and tried again. "A'ish, no ki."
You, no hair.
He gave xem a triumphant smile. So the verbs'll need work to get a full 'you're not hairy' out of it but yeah! I can definitely get the hang of this!
Roan chewed on the inside of his cheek as he rotated the screen. Dark eyes widened as he began to count rapidly pulsating hearts. "Three? What on Earth for?"
Xe began talking and changing colors again, which...was not good. Had he hurt xem?
"What'd I do?" he asked. Xyr departure disrupted the stuffed animal, which he caught with one hand as xe scrambled away. "What's wrong? What--"
The question died as he caught a glimpse of another, more imposing looking alien in the doorway. Roan was caught somewhere between glad he hadn't ventured out to encounter the metal-addicted alien on his own and disappointed to discover he was definitely being held by more than one of Uala's kind. Even without an idea of what they were saying he could feel the face-off. The tones were more blunt, almost disagreeable compared to what he'd heard from xem so far.
What in Novae does pink mean?
Angry, he suspected, staring at the aliens with some alarm as xyr words grew in volume. Both seemed to be involved in some kind of posturing. It almost seemed like Uala was trying to keep the metaled one from seeing him but...that can't be right, can it? If they picked me up to study humans... He found himself edging carefully closer. A muffled protest escaped him as the newcomer's tone went from harsh to something that set his nerves on edge, and then tentacles launched toward Uala.
No! Xe was being attacked, and he didn't have a weapon to defend xem with! Roan moved on Protector instinct alone, rushing toward the pair. Then came to an abrupt halt, as Uala turned violent in response. Impressively violent. He followed at a mild panic, almost amused that he'd thought he'd needed to defend his host--who I'm officially certain intended to study me and stars, I would have defended xem with what, a punch and the damned stuffed toy?--as xe easily batted the intruder out, down a corridor, out another door. While turning red. Which definitely meant angry and now he wasn't sure at all what pink meant.
Well. He could take comfort in the fact that he was sure about exactly two things. One, that obviously someone hadn't gotten the "okay limbs" permission required. And two, also rather obvious, Roan had definitely underestimated xem.
Approaching down the hallway--and wondering how pink(?) Uala would be to discover he'd left the place he wasn't supposed to leave--Roan was almost to xem when xe collapsed.
"Uala!" He dropped into a crouch, one empty hand and the stuffed animal-carrying one both hovering uncertainly over xyr tentacles as xe chittered to xyrself. "Novae take it...are you okay?"
The rest of the phrase continued to baffle him. "Hair something something," he murmured to himself, turning the stuffed animal in his hands. Some Earth languages put words in different orders to describe nouns. So far, he'd been assuming they were all in the right order--it seemed to be working, so what fit...He frowned, then, realizing if this creature was meant to be a facsimile of himself, there was one phrase that came to mind. "Oh."
Hairy like you.
He rolled his shoulders back and carefully pressed a hand to his chest so as not to startle xem like he'd done earlier in their bizarre interactions. "Aish?"
Which would be the wrong question, wouldn't it? If 'aish' is not 'me', he considered. 'You' would be...Uala.
He pointed to Uala and tried again. "A'ish, no ki."
You, no hair.
He gave xem a triumphant smile. So the verbs'll need work to get a full 'you're not hairy' out of it but yeah! I can definitely get the hang of this!
Roan chewed on the inside of his cheek as he rotated the screen. Dark eyes widened as he began to count rapidly pulsating hearts. "Three? What on Earth for?"
Xe began talking and changing colors again, which...was not good. Had he hurt xem?
"What'd I do?" he asked. Xyr departure disrupted the stuffed animal, which he caught with one hand as xe scrambled away. "What's wrong? What--"
The question died as he caught a glimpse of another, more imposing looking alien in the doorway. Roan was caught somewhere between glad he hadn't ventured out to encounter the metal-addicted alien on his own and disappointed to discover he was definitely being held by more than one of Uala's kind. Even without an idea of what they were saying he could feel the face-off. The tones were more blunt, almost disagreeable compared to what he'd heard from xem so far.
What in Novae does pink mean?
Angry, he suspected, staring at the aliens with some alarm as xyr words grew in volume. Both seemed to be involved in some kind of posturing. It almost seemed like Uala was trying to keep the metaled one from seeing him but...that can't be right, can it? If they picked me up to study humans... He found himself edging carefully closer. A muffled protest escaped him as the newcomer's tone went from harsh to something that set his nerves on edge, and then tentacles launched toward Uala.
No! Xe was being attacked, and he didn't have a weapon to defend xem with! Roan moved on Protector instinct alone, rushing toward the pair. Then came to an abrupt halt, as Uala turned violent in response. Impressively violent. He followed at a mild panic, almost amused that he'd thought he'd needed to defend his host--who I'm officially certain intended to study me and stars, I would have defended xem with what, a punch and the damned stuffed toy?--as xe easily batted the intruder out, down a corridor, out another door. While turning red. Which definitely meant angry and now he wasn't sure at all what pink meant.
Well. He could take comfort in the fact that he was sure about exactly two things. One, that obviously someone hadn't gotten the "okay limbs" permission required. And two, also rather obvious, Roan had definitely underestimated xem.
Approaching down the hallway--and wondering how pink(?) Uala would be to discover he'd left the place he wasn't supposed to leave--Roan was almost to xem when xe collapsed.
"Uala!" He dropped into a crouch, one empty hand and the stuffed animal-carrying one both hovering uncertainly over xyr tentacles as xe chittered to xyrself. "Novae take it...are you okay?"
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