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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Jan 27, 2010 18:04:26 GMT -5
OOC Sign up here Just so ppl have a clue what you guys are. Occupied rooms now noted on floor plan...note extra room might appear if needs be. IC Oi had given up trying to look like a local as she hadn't seen another green fur since she had left the train, almost everyone here was a common vulpine. She was stood in the high street of Ayie-lycia's old city looking at her map, the street was pedestrianised but she did have to dodge the odd bicycle. The street was narrow and the building about it tall with no front entrance between each two 'lands' there were narrow lanes, barely wide enough to accommodate a single car. A number of stalls were scattered in the street, most selling trouresty tat or snacks. She scratched her head and muttered “Tulia lane, where are you...I know your about ere summurt” in her own language. It didn't help that the street names were in Teuie only and she didn't speak Teuie. She looked about and then said “Ah, there you are!” noticing the symbols on her piece of paper matched a sign. She had a print out of directions, but they were computer generated and took no account of just how much of a warren the old city was. She figured she would take the longer but simpler route, her paws hurt, she was not used to wearing shoes but in these streets you had to. There was the added fact that she was arboreal in nature so was not really designed for walking any distance on the ground. She looked down the dark lane, then the map. “Right I'm here” she muttered to herself poking her map. “Tallies land is her” she traced a route. “So down here four crosses, right. Almost there.” Oi muttered. Oi wasn't mad, but she did tend to talk to herself when trying to figure things out. It was one of her many idiosyncrasies. She had more than a few. With that she picked up her bag and headed down the steep lane her toes inside her shoes instinctively but pointlessly curled to grip the cobbles. Ah was looking down at her comm (Smart phone thingy) following the route it had laid out, it was the quickest. As she walked on the little dot on the screen move, it didn't help that the map was a little off, she had shoulder barged a few corners of the stone built building. But she was almost there, though she could speak and read Teuie the sign posting was to say the least 'hit and miss' in the old city. She turned up one of the lanes and stopped, it stunk of vomit. “I'm not going up there” she thought and walked on along the lane she was in. Her comm quickly recalculated her route. Normally the city got a good down pour at least once a day, but they had, had an unusual dry period of four days. Ah yawned, it was after all not yet seven in the morning and she had travailed all the way from the south of emass last night. She looked at the comm's new route and looked at the slope in front of her. “Straight up here then” she though. She headed up the lane looking at her comm. Oi was looking at her map as she wandered down the less than straight lane, she was counting the lanes. “Right it's this one, now where are you door?” she muttered to herself Oi was looking at the walls for indication of a sign or door and Ah at her comm as the pair collided. The pair wound up in as a pile of green and white fur. Oi had, being taller, wound up on top of Ah, as she stood up see said “Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going” “No probs, I wasn't paying attention either, do you know where Tallies land is?” Ah replied as she stood up. “Oh well that's were I'm lookin' for, it should be about here someurt.” Oi replied, she was doing her best not to stare but she had never seen a hybe before. “Well according to my comm it's entrance is one meters that way” Ah smiled pointing at a wall. “You know is it me or could that thing be wrong and this is the way in?” Oi said tapping an old wooden door and rummaging in her bag, producing a key. “You know you might be right.” Ah conceded.
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Post by The Union of Tinis on Feb 9, 2010 23:23:59 GMT -5
Ig danced between the many closely packed buildings. She wandered all about, seemingly on a random walk through the streets and alleys of Ayie-lycia. The big horned sheep kept careful watch over her shoulder, not because she was being followed, but out of a long practiced habit. Her path was not one of evasion, but of exploration. She hadn't yet found her destination, but knew the rough path she would have to follow to get there. Ig was instead learning about her surroundings. The places into and out of the blocks near where she'd be staying. Already practicing her morning walks of the weeks to come.
She had opted against her robes for traveling, instead going with her skirt and hoodie. She thought perhaps she'd stand out less. But Ig's very out of place looks kind of gave away that she was indeed a foreigner, even if she had a confident walk, as if she knew exactly where she was going at all times.
And maybe that was why the ferret decided to ask her for directions. After a tap on the shoulder, he began to stutter in well practiced, but uncertain Teuie.
"Do… you know where… the, the, the, no, this place is?" he asked pointing to a sheet of paper in his paw.
Ig inspected the crumpled print out the ferret was holding.
"Yes, I am going there," she said confidently in her limited Teuie vocabulary. "You walk with me."
The confused look on the ferret was ignored as Ig strode on down the street and took a turn. The ferret bounded after.
"Why you be going to my place?" he asked once he had caught up again.
"Your place? Huh." She shrugged and then spoke in Pargalonian, "I wonder if this guy is one of the roommates."
The ferret paused again. Ig spun around a corner. He blinked a few times and then rushed forward. The path they were on suddenly stunk. Ig hopped over a pool of vomit and then a second. The ferret was a little more hesitant.
"Hey, you speak Pargalonian?" asked the Ferret in New Tinisian, which is very similar to Pargalonian and for simple sentences almost exactly the same.
"That I do," replied Ig after rounding another corner.
Her neon follower caught up with her again half a block down. "Are you Tinisian?" he asked.
"Nope, though I've spent some time there." She took a final turn and stood to the side of the path. Ahead was two other furs.
"You can't be from old Pargalo can you?" he asked as he took the turn and noticed the other two.
"This is the place," she said to him, pointing to the door the other two had just unlocked. "I'm Ig," she said in Teuie to be polite to the two others near by.
"And I'm Raypez," spoke the ferret in Tinisian, obliviously.
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Feb 12, 2010 20:21:11 GMT -5
Oi was fighting with the door, somewhat obsessed with making the damn thing work. This left Ah to deal with the others.
"Oh Hi"she said in Teuie and pointed at her self
"Ah, that is Oi" she ended as Oi tried pushing at the door after pulling for a bit. It opened, but she landed with a thud. She had got it wrong.
Ah looked more than usual like she had been dragged through a hedge backwards, to anyone who could see past her standard disorganised mess. They might have found her attractive if a little odd, natural green hair and all.
She wore what could only be descried as wreaked jeans, not in the designer way, and a tee shirt that had more than a few stains.
Oi look up from the ground and jumped up "I'm Oi guys, you our flat mates" and pounced on Ig wrapping her tail round her and hugging her.
Oi was wearing clothes, which she had remembered for once.
A vest top and combats..and boots that she was not used to.
She spoke in English the language the uni taught in.
Ah rolled her eyes and sighed.
She looked inside the door there was a mound of post, mostly junk.
She looked at Raypez "What ever your called, I guess tanta."
She had picked the wrong bit out the sentence she continued "Geeze a hand with this crap, then we find our rooms. Then eat.
Plan?"
Her ears shifted and her whiskers flicked. Her long green and white tail wafted behind her as she bent over the heap. She was quiet non self-conscious about herself, she really didn't pay much attention to what other people thought.
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Post by The Union of Tinis on Feb 13, 2010 3:43:04 GMT -5
"Plan," said Ig back with a bemused smile. "Come on Raypez, we should be giving them a hand," she said to the Tinisian in her native tongue. To Ah in Teuie, "This here be Raypez, not tanta. And my name is Ig Xovip. Or my name is Ig. As you please." Ig's words were well practiced as far as these basics go. She was keeping to such in order to not delay the conversation.
Raypez wandered through the door. The ferret was clad in black jean shorts, a light blue cotton vest, and well worn hightop sneakers. He dropped the duffle bag he had been lugging around under his arm just to the side of the door after which Raypez kneeled and began to help collect the monstrous pile of junk mail.
"Kavan Yop… Eagle Eye Venterbrov… Mekles Tazar… Vo Lo Quan…" he muttered looking at some of the names of people that might not of lived there in a decade or maybe had just moved out the previous week. "Sounds like an international bunch," he said in Tinisian. "Um…" he stuttered and then began again in Teuie. "They have very… varied names. Some seem from Cal. Some from far away." He made a mental note to look up the word for international in Teuie.
Meanwhile just outside the door, Ig was informing Oi of something. "You are very friendly. Seem to be free of sprit. That is very good. I think I shall have a good time with you and your friend who has door issues."
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Feb 13, 2010 18:16:55 GMT -5
Ah looked at Raypez and figured that issue was out the way and opened the inner gate. The sound of the fluorescent tube was bugging her. Unlike Oi she figured that it was a push gate, she looked out over the courtyard. She walked up the spiral stair to the top flat and threw here bag into one at random...her lack of concern for real people was apparent, though she did keep looking at Raypez.
Oi smiled at Ig and in english, as she didn't speak teuieian grabbed her bag.
"I'll beat you up their" before shooting over the court yard and up the stair case.
She stuck her tough out shouting "Catch me if you can!"
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Post by The Union of Tinis on Feb 13, 2010 20:27:23 GMT -5
Raypez had collected most of the old mail when Ig trotted after Oi. As the big horn scrambled up the stairs after the Teerie. Raypez had set aside what he figured was the most recently post marked, and looked for a bid to drop the rest.
Ig was not as fast as Oi but was still in good spirits when she got to the top. "No fair, my english is very bad. Takes time to figure words out at present. Getting better though." Ig still chuckled, "You win."
Down below the ferret unceremoniously dumped the pile of mail in an old box. Not his problem any more. And up the stairs he went after grabbing his satchel.
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Feb 13, 2010 20:45:20 GMT -5
Oi smiled and looked out of the west facing window.."Ig look, stuff the others this is so worth it"she said in English looking over the gorgenest new city. "The other corner must have the same light!...and view"
"Look!" Oi shouted.
Ah watched Raypez drag himself up the stairs before she tipped him as has got to the top floor leaving him on his face.
she smiled, leaning over "food?"
If anyone was paying attention she was looking at him that way..it was up to him to fsck up.
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Post by The Union of Tinis on Feb 27, 2010 0:20:45 GMT -5
"Uh... yes?" he said pulling himself up. He wasn't quite sure what to make of this gal yet. "Where?" He adjusted his vest and tried not to make it to obvious he was sniffing the air.
Near by... "The rooms are more bigger than I thought." Ig mumbled before looking towards the window. "Oh wow, yes. Yes it is very nice. How many of us to live here? Do you know? Can I claim a room do you know?"
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Feb 27, 2010 17:25:10 GMT -5
Oi looked at Ig like she was an idiot, no one in the commonwealth would expect people that they didn't know each other to share rooms. Her expression changed and she smiled.
"Naw your rent is for a room, no sharing here. Well unless you want." she smiled and cuddled up to Ig then laughed.
"You are way to female for me. I don't really see why people are into tits and luckerly I don't really have any." she laughed "So it's not really a problem".
Oi humour was very self deprecating at times and it was true that she was fairly flat chested. She didn't mind as they would only get in the way when she was working...Well that and she real wouldn't want to go near anyone that was just interested in her looks or other superficial things.
"Food yeah I think on the map I saw there's a union not far from here for a feed.
Claim a room and let's go!" she ended dumping her bag in the room. She closed the door and locked it. Her tail flicked in the direction of the room on the other side.
--- Ah hadn't really realised how her behaviour would be seen, but she couldn't help but be interested in Raypez. Technically she was brilliant but socially she was very much wanting, her age showed.
She chucked her bag into the room next to the store room and closed the door. She locked it, but as she did she dropped her com (smart phone) but caught it. Her tail flipped as she did, Raypez got an eyeful of a very fit female's posterior.
Ah pocked at her com and said "Well queen's union ain't that far off. They open for food at seven"
OOC: Ah is not jail bate, anyone over 16 is legal in the commonwealth. She doesn't know she looks good, hence her more than a little scruffy appearance and behaviour. She is a geek so if it isn't tech she is not very interested, well lacks experience with.
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Post by The Union of Tinis on Mar 6, 2010 3:57:59 GMT -5
After a very apt gulp, Raypez nodded and responded. "That is good. Let's start going soon."
Raypez kind of glanced in the room nearest unclaimed room to where he was standing. There was a bed with a funny stain on it and a dresser without any drawers. And it did smell weird. The window had some serious cracks in it and it was kind of dark. But it could be worse. He had lived in worse. He tossed his satchel in and claimed his spot.
Ig shrugged and poked her head into the one Oi's tail had thought looked interesting. And indeed it was quite spacious and clean. Without much ado Ig had her room claimed and headed down the stairs to meet Oi and the others for a visit to the union.
"So I am guessing this union is not like Tinis," Ig tried to joke. Raypez chuckled. He too was amused how the word for the national union that is Tinis and the places where students go for food, books, and other things on a campus were the same words in english as they were not in their home languages.
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Mar 12, 2010 23:01:38 GMT -5
Oi was already wandering out, her voluminous tail floating behind her, she scratched her head as she looked at the crumpled map.
"That way till we hit the water them" she said pointing down hill. "Then that way till we see it" she said pointing east. She headed off with out much thought. Ah shouted "I have a better route" "Yeah you do." Ah grumbled "Who put her in charge she ordered arge"
They went by Oi's route that was simple, but longer and found the union, it was well signposted. The food was cheap and both Oi and Ah ordered a drink. Oi could drink all day on what she ordered and still drive. Ah wasn't far off it. Hybes and Teerie had a tolerance to alcohol that made most other peoples think there drinking habits to be utterly insane.
I mean they were knocking it back at just after seven in the morning.
Ah figured that any other flatmates would show up here having got lost, Oi was just hungry.
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Post by The Union of Tinis on Mar 14, 2010 3:35:43 GMT -5
Ig was highly amused of course by the level of drink the two semi-locals were having. At one point she turned to Raypez to say in New Tinisian, "I hope such drinking is not mandatory here as I don't think I'd be able to find my classes, let alone pass, if it is."
"I'm pretty sure it isn't. All the same," he said sipping the lightest beer he could find, not wanting to be plastered early in the day. "I'd like to at least feel like I'm fitting in."
To Ah he then said in more understandable language, "Uh, Ig is curious of customs. Is there things to watch out for?"
Ig nodded. She tried to avoid falsehoods of her own, but surfing on those of others was acceptable in some cases. "I tend to wear robes. That ok? Should I worry about other things?"
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Mar 27, 2010 14:31:46 GMT -5
Ah shrugged "This is a university city, with a high number of geeks and artists, I doubt you will be the oddest dressed by a long shot. Though I wouldn't dress too oddly outside the city centre there are some, shall we say "
She made quotation marks with her fingers as she said "Interesting"
She continued as she lowered her arms "areas in the city that are best avoided. The rule seems to be the further from the city centre you get the more likely you are to find your self some where you really don't want to be. If you keep to the new and old city you'll be fine, avoid the outskirts if you can."
Oi jumped into the conversation "Yeah and don't ever get into the habbit of calling lupines Saeie as the ones for the duchies really, really don't like being called Saeie. The thing is it is very difficult to tell them apart and the Saeie always identify them selves as Saeie not lupine if you ask them what they are. It is a very easy habit to fall into."
Ah smiled "And for the love of what ever don't buy your books at the university book shop, it will be a rip-off. Go into the new city and get them there."
The food arrived both the green furs had clubbed together to get snacks and an bowl of unidentified fried and battered scampy looking things where placed on the table with a collection of dips in a silver looking stand that swivelled.
Ah smiled "Dig in."
The union was still mostly empty but for them, Ah wondered their other flatmates would find this place lead by the smell of the cooking having given up for a little on finding their lodgings.
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Post by The Union of Tinis on Mar 31, 2010 1:03:51 GMT -5
Ig poked at the food. "So, hmm... so tell me more about yourselves."
Raypez nodded with a grin. "I think Ig wants to know if you might be chainsaw maniacs or not. As for me, I am just a ... wayward... critter looking to put my huge brain to good use. With computers. And networks. How about you girls?"
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Apr 5, 2010 14:42:13 GMT -5
Ah smirked at Raypez ego, he would soon learn he was obviously used to being the top dog brains wise, here he was no longer a big fish in a small pond. As an undergraduate he was a very small fish in a very big pond.
“Networks you say? I'm a geek my self, with some experience with networks, but at heart I'm a systems geek. So any how would you reconfig an IP4 switch to work with IP6?” Ah asked to test him.
Oi in the meantime had been fishing about in her pocket and muttered “In the ancestors name I have a serious case of pub pocket!”
She dumped a mound of change on the table and started to sort it.
“Oh I have three chainsaws, kinda use them in my work so I s'pose I'm a chainsaw wielding maniac. But your safe if your animate, I'm not sure if I would want to work with flesh as a medium.” She continued distracted and started sorting her change.
She was placing the small round copper looking coins into piles of ten, the larger copper coins in to piles of five, the small round silver coins in to piles of two, the larger round ones in to piles of tend, the smaller hexagonal coins into piles of five and the larger pentagonal coins into piles of two. She separated out the thick, but smaller gold looking coins piled them in a pile of ten and the larger but narrower coins with a silver centre with a gold looking outer into pile of five.
“Struth I've got fifty meeps in shrapnel.” She muttered.
She then pulled out her purse (wallet to those over the pond) and pulled out the notes, they were mostly of one colour or an other. She counted the smallest, the green ones, then the slightly larger blue ones, then the even larger orange ones and muttered “That was some party last night, “
“Oh sorry I'm a sculptress, I rend to work in wood so power tools are handy, I'm not a loony..well not a dangerous one.” Oi smilled.
See put the notes back and said “Sorry going way funds from me friends”
Ah raised an eye brow, she clicked Oi could not have had less than three hundred meeps on her, That was a lot of money.
Ah had looked things up, the current exchange rate between the Gerbil and the Meep we over 1200 to 1 the smallest commonwealth copper coin was worth 12+ gerbils. She hoped the tinisians realised why every thing appeared so cheap here, a meep for a pint in the union, she figured would look like a steal (and by commonwealth standards was very cheap) but it was the equivalent to 1200+ gerbils.
She was glad these people would get a full grant and free tuition as the commonwealth was trying to encourage educational tourism, like all the foreign students. They were to be treated like the local students.
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