Thirteenth Blade

[betrayalcutsdeep]

*The video turns on to show a worried looking Jin, but something's not right. The language he's speaking isn't anything that anyone else would recognize, although it seems to have its roots in German, Russian and other north European languages. But if someone is paying attention, they'll be able to catch the name "Joshua" somewhere in that mess of nonsense words.*

Comments

[happiestberry]

[ Miwako stares at the screen in so much confusion. What on earth is he saying? ]

[betrayalcutsdeep]

*Well, that sure does leave him with no way of knowing what language he should be replying in. But Japanese is his best Earth language, so he'll try that first...even if he does have a notable accent.*

Can you understand this a little better?

[happiestberry]

[ She perks up immediately when she hears him switch the language. ]

Yes!

[betrayalcutsdeep]

It seems as if the translator that is usually in place has stopped working. I suppose I should be glad that I've taken the time to learn a couple languages from the Lost Jerusalem era.

[happiestberry]

Is that what happened? Miwako just thought that everyone decided today was speak weirdly day and didn't tell her.

[betrayalcutsdeep]

There are actually several different languages in play here at any given time, but ordinarily this world translates spoken words automatically unless the speaker specifically wills otherwise. What I was speaking before was Miltian, my native tongue.

[happiestberry]

Oh.... your language sounds very lovely, Jin.

[betrayalcutsdeep]

It is the current language of the oldest and most magnificent culture left in the galaxy, so I would hope that it sounds appealing.

*Not that he considers it hard to be a more magnificent culture than the Galaxy Federation, but he's too busy being full of pride for his people to bring that up at the moment.*

[happiestberry]

I'd really like to learn about it some day if I could.