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I'd also like to tell him everything we remember about what happened when we were four General questions about the village: How many people are there? How is the village ruled? Is there a chief, or more of a council of elders or something? How far are the neighbouring villages, and how much do we interact with them?
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Coq au Nandos posted:Actually, you know what? This is Guy Time. We need to have a Man Talk. . You know, we've already finished the story about the god of hedonism. e: vvv I meant to say that the wacky poo poo should be left for the sequel, and not done here where it's 10 times easier to gently caress up than the previous game (where we hosed up anyway). ConfusedPig fucked around with this message at 02:36 on May 26, 2013 |
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GoneWithTheTornado posted:. You know, we've already finished the story about the god of hedonism. Denziroh's story is never over.
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# ? May 26, 2013 02:32 |
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Why do we braid our hair when Jalitha does not?
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# ? May 26, 2013 02:36 |
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Tell Dad everything then, including the circumstances around when we heard it, to the best of our memory. He might think more into it if he thinks its a big deal cause it happened when he was drowning us.......or just lead to more drownings to try clarify the message, either or. Dad are you the High Priest of all the villages then?, How did Asherah choose our family for this, since it seems to be (ideally) hereditary? alpaca diseases fucked around with this message at 02:52 on May 26, 2013 |
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Seems to be going well. All the details to dad about when he almost drowned us. Lot's of questions about life and the village, but no biggee about what gets answered. Some may have been answered and already handled, but I forgot or missed it... Apologies if so. Some edits from going back and checking what might have been answered... Do we ever see people from outside the village? How often and in what context? If we die someone else will be selected from another village and sent to dad. Selected how? Do we know anything about that? Are there activities associated with the moon besides things like when the whales show up? Do we grow anything on land, or all seaweed? Do we have any animals at all? Pets? Birds? Lizards? Small mammals of any sort? Are there any large land based predators we worry about? Are there events associated with when the men go away and some don't come back? Does it happen at a regular time or associated with anything else? Do we weave or some such for clothes? Crafts? Music? Dance? Art, besides jewelry? Are some things considered more beautiful than others? Do we race or compete amongst ourselves in any way? Do any forms of intoxication exist? Fermentation? Pickling? Preservation through salting and such? Eating utensils? Fires or ovens? How do we make fire? How do we deal with the moment of dearh? Toss bodies in the sea? Because of the things returning to Asherah and all probably the sea. Is there a ceremony? Who takes care of sick people? Dad? Women? Have we noticed anything about customs associated with blood and the sea? How do we feel about blood, all in all? How are decisions made in the village? Have we ever had to defend ourselves? Are there rites of passage we have noticed and might be thinking about? We are studying to be asherah's priest. What are other people studying? Any other roles we notice? Boat makers? Pagam is known for stone tools yeh? Is there marriage? Monogamy, polygamy, something else? Is there property? Some things shared and some not? Like for instance how are the fish split up? An inheritance system? For instance we collect pearls and give them away as a sign of regard. Does trading also take place between us at all? Do we ever trade with anyone from outside the the village? Between villages? How is that done? Like, are there things that came from outside the village that are considered valuable for some reason? How did Jal end up here? Is there a story, rumors? Do people talk about it? Where do we believe babies come from? Is there any sort of class distinction? Are some people considered richer or more powerful than others? Are there sex and body taboo's or have we just seen people naked and getting it on as part of growing up? Are certain kinds of things and behaviors considered clean and unclean? Are there major festivals? Are there things and times of year that the whole village looks forward to? We got this whole hair thing. Necklaces and such exist. Are people tattooed and adorned in any other ways? We make stone tools and such. Any volcanoes around? Are there reefs? Any lore there? Huts? Woven strucutres? Stone structures? Have we discovered the wheel or the arch? How do we manage fresh water? Always plenty? Store it? Do we have a style of cooking? For instance are some people considered better cooks than others? Why? Spices or something? Do we eat raw fish and such? Sogol fucked around with this message at 03:09 on May 26, 2013 |
# ? May 26, 2013 02:51 |
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To our dad: "What would be a suitable replacement be?"
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# ? May 26, 2013 02:57 |
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Ask Dad if Big Fish created all of the peoples in the world, including Jalitha's people. If not, who made the others? Why don't we cut our hair?
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# ? May 26, 2013 02:57 |
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I want to ask about hair and siblings. Also, about witches.
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# ? May 26, 2013 03:08 |
You tell your father that you thought you heard Asherah as a four year old. You pull a snail out of the rocks and drop it into the leather bag your father holds. He frowns. "Asherah does not speak to children and most certainly not to babes." He does not believe you.Hot Dog Day #82 posted:About the village: Hot Dog Day #82 posted:Are there are any other slaves from Jalitha's people in the village? She lives with your uncle Jorah now, but they are not wed and she is still nominally "owned" by your father. A Darker Porpoise posted:Dad questions: Why don't I have any siblings? Is okay by me. OhYo posted:I'm still okay with "Why don't I have any siblings?" A Darker Porpoise posted:Self questions: OhYo posted:"How many days travel to the closest village?" OhYo posted:"Is there any way to pass on the rituals besides by telling it? Maybe some way to log it to future generations?" OhYo posted:"In what way do you and Asherah wish Athar to prosper? Power, wealth, renown? All or none of these? something else entirely?" "Asherah does not care for the prosperity or suffering of our people, except that we obey his commandments. The rituals you will learn when you are a man, shall be those things most pleasing to Asherah, my son." FoxTerrier posted:Tell him. Also, ask how his marriage to mom came to be; I'm curious about our mother. Coq au Nandos posted:Actually, you know what? This is Guy Time. We need to have a Man Talk. the_steve posted:What's the general population of our village? Your people have all of the food and tools of life they could ever desire. The fish and seaweed are bountiful and there is as much as you could ever want. Your village lay within a forest of palms and other trees a few hundred feet from the beach, it is dense and gives your people all of the wood they could want. Your people have primitive care for medical problems. Althair posted:A question for dad: "Does anyone ever take the teachings of Ashera to other villages and cities?" Althair posted:What foods are highly prized in our village? Althair posted:Do we know that pearls might be valuable for trade? Rahul posted:I'd also like to tell him everything we remember about what happened when we were four Rahul posted:How is the village ruled? Is there a chief, or more of a council of elders or something? Rahul posted:How far are the neighbouring villages, and how much do we interact with them?[/b] maxhush posted:Dad are you the High Priest of all the villages then?, How did Asherah choose our family for this, since it seems to be (ideally) hereditary? "Each village has it's own priest my son. You will learn why our fathers were chosen for our village, when you are older." Sogol. You asked lots of questions. I removed most of those which were answered above. Sogol posted:If we die someone else will be selected from another village and sent to dad. Selected how? Do we know anything about that? Sogol posted:Is there a moon? Are there activities associated with it? Sogol posted:Do we grow anything? Do we have any animals at all? Pets? Birds? Lizards? Small mammals of any sort? Sogol posted:Are there any large land based predators we worry about? Sogol posted:Are there any large land based predators we worry about? It happens twice a year, at the equinox. Sogol posted:Do we weave or some such for clothes? Crafts? Music? Dance? Art, besides jewelry? Are some things considered more beautiful than others? quote:Do we race or compete amongst ourselves in any way? Sogol posted:Do any forms of intoxication exist? Fermentation? Pickling? Preservation through salting and such? quote:Eating utensils? Fires or ovens? How do we make fire? Sogol posted:How do we deal with death? Toss bodies in the sea? Big fires? Sogol posted:Who takes care of sick people? Dad? Women? Sogol posted:Have we noticed anything about customs associated with blood and the sea? How do we feel about blood, all in all? Sogol posted:Have we ever had to defend ourselves? Sogol posted:Are there rites of passage we have noticed and might be thinking about? Sogol posted:We are studying to be asherah's priest. What are other people studying? Any other roles we notice? Boat makers? Pagam is known for stone tools yeh? Sogol posted:Is there marriage? Is there property? Some things shared and some not? Like for instance how are the fish split up? An inheritance system? Sogol posted:Is there any sort of class distinction? Are some people considered richer or more powerful than others? Sogol posted:Are there sex and body taboo's or have we just seen people naked and getting it on as part of growing up? Sogol posted:Are certain kinds of things and behaviors considered clean and unclean? Sogol posted:We got this whole hair thing. Necklaces and such exist. Are people tattooed and adorned in any other ways? Sogol posted:We make stone tools and such. Any volcanoes around? Sogol posted:Are there reefs? Any lore there? quote:Huts? Woven strucutres? Stone structures? Have we discovered the wheel or the arch? Sogol posted:How do we manage fresh water? Always plenty? Store it? Sogol posted:Do we have a style of cooking? For instance are some people considered better cooks than others? Why? Spices or something? Sogol posted:Do we eat raw fish and such?
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# ? May 26, 2013 03:31 |
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Dad/Memory/Diogines; If a dolphin or whale got beached or washed up dead, what then?, what would that mean and has it ever happened?
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# ? May 26, 2013 03:53 |
You have never heard of that happening.
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# ? May 26, 2013 03:54 |
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Do tattoos have a story, meaning, happen around particular events or just adornment? We got any good ones yet? Thanks for all the answers.
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# ? May 26, 2013 03:58 |
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Hoo boy, when Diogines said this was a primitive village, he wasn't kidding. Roughly what age are the boys when they get taken on the trips and come back men?
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# ? May 26, 2013 04:31 |
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What is a witch? I'm curious of what, exactly, Dad accused Jalitha of doing, and where the concept of witchcraft comes from in this society.
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# ? May 26, 2013 04:35 |
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Dad, when will I be ready to become a man?
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# ? May 26, 2013 04:45 |
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What is the purpose of everyone growing their hair out? I assume we won't have to ask Dad about this; as not having long hair has traumatized us over the last six years, we've probably more than figured out the answer to this by now.
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# ? May 26, 2013 04:48 |
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I'm confused, how old are we? We were 4, then 10, then 8, then 6 years passed, and now we're 10 again. Do we have a Tardis?
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# ? May 26, 2013 05:16 |
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Bularin posted:I'm confused, how old are we? We were 4, then 10, then 8, then 6 years passed, and now we're 10 again. We were 4, and then 6 years passed and then Diog told us about some things that happened during those 6 years. We are 10 years old.
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# ? May 26, 2013 05:45 |
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Dad; Are there any octopus, squid or kraken related Gods or beliefs?
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# ? May 26, 2013 05:54 |
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EVG posted:Ask Dad if Big Fish created all of the peoples in the world, including Jalitha's people. If not, who made the others? Did my questions get missed, or did I missed where they were answered?
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# ? May 26, 2013 06:25 |
This isn't a vote so much as a request. Take the religious lessons more seriously
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# ? May 26, 2013 06:39 |
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RandomPauI posted:This isn't a vote so much as a request.
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# ? May 26, 2013 07:00 |
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RandomPauI posted:This isn't a vote so much as a request. Thirded; Learn everything we possibly can from our lessons Dad's not really a bad guy, he's just doing what needs to be done, for his people - lets make him proud of us Even all the haters should be on board with this, if only so you can spite him slightly more when a vote that involves betraying our people comes up. (Pro-Dad; possibly because I think i've got some left over Sebek guilt, ha)
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# ? May 26, 2013 08:47 |
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RandomPauI posted:This isn't a vote so much as a request. Fourthed; either you like and/or respect Dad, in which case we want to do him proud, or you hate Dad, in which case we should learn all his secrets before killing him.
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# ? May 26, 2013 10:25 |
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Tell dad that you hadn't realized how important this was, and tell him that you'll pay more attention. And say thank you for being patient Paradise Lost: Choose to be Responsible
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# ? May 26, 2013 12:16 |
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RandomPauI posted:This isn't a vote so much as a request. Volmarias posted:Tell dad that you hadn't realized how important this was, and tell him that you'll pay more attention. And say thank you for being patient Yeah, this.
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# ? May 26, 2013 12:19 |
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I'm asking these to whomever could give the better answer: What is the significance of our hair in this society and why should it not be cut? What about nails etc? What do our people call themselves? What are our holy days/festivals? What are they about? What kind of activities are performed? Besides coconuts, do we eat many fruits or vegetables regularly? Wild cereals? Are there any constellations in the skies? Do we have a myth about the moon and tides or know about its connection? Technology questions Based on what I've seen so far I'm guessing the region is somewhere between the upper Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic period which is interesting, in saying that as with the last game a lot of technologies aren't necessarily going to match up so here we go: We should probably have primitive music and instruments, flutes, drums etc? What significance does music hold in our culture, if any? Do we have sculptures? Venus figurines? Asherah idols etc? Do we have access to clay for medicine and pottery? Is there any metal (copper) working yet? Probably not in our village but might we have some trinket found or traded? (Jalitha?) Math wise, do we not have tally sticks? Or counting tokens? If so we probably know very basic multiplication/division. I guess we might not have a lot of use for them here so we may not. How much is known about the stars/moon, astronomy? Clearly the moon is very important to us and although we generally don't have precise dates we seem to be able to get to roughly the week on our calendar? Is father responsible for reading the skies, is it a divine practice? We (father?) know it's connected to the tides yes? Our architecture actually sounds pretty advanced so go us. Do we have bows or other land hunting weapons? What about rope? We already weave palm fibres for clothing. I'm guessing no but do we have the wheel? Are there any large labouring animals like horses or oxen, not necessarily here but in general? I'm exceedingly doubtful but do we have the wheel or sails? Also agreeing we should take it more seriously If nothing else, he's probably the most learned man in the village and even forgetting the religious aspect, probably contain what we know about the seas, astronomy(astrology), the weather etc. Shanakin fucked around with this message at 12:35 on May 26, 2013 |
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Question: Has the village seen any big changes since you were a child?
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# ? May 26, 2013 12:34 |
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Shanakin posted:Math wise, do we not have tally sticks? Or counting tokens? If so we probably know very basic multiplication/division. I guess we might not have a lot of use for them here so we may not. Diog has said that we can count to 10, and everything after 10 is "lots" or "many lots" so I don't think we have any multiplication or division. Diogines posted:Everyone knows you count one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, lots, many-lots.
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# ? May 26, 2013 13:13 |
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Do we know any JOKES?
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# ? May 26, 2013 14:03 |
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Wow, go out of town for 4 days and there's a 550 post backlog to read through. Question: Do people ever run away? I'm forwarding the notion that we shave our head at the first appropriate moment. ie not now, later when we're old enough to run away. Also yes, start making up jokes.
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# ? May 26, 2013 14:32 |
Also voting to take our religious studies more seriously.
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# ? May 26, 2013 14:58 |
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gerg_861 posted:Do we know any JOKES? Also, do we know any jokes from Jalitha's culture and can we say them in her language. If not, we really should learn at least one good joke in her language.
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# ? May 26, 2013 15:30 |
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Vote NO on taking dad's crazy rituals seriously! We're 10, the guy sucks, QED. Everything we need to know, the ocean will teach us.
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# ? May 26, 2013 15:40 |
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Bularin posted:Vote NO on taking dad's crazy rituals seriously! This. gently caress you dad, no gods no masters! I wasn't a participant in the other thread, so I'm absolved of whatever guilt you guys have
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# ? May 26, 2013 15:44 |
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Yo I dunno bout you guys but I want to make insane fishgod prophecies.
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# ? May 26, 2013 15:51 |
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XOXO posted:Also voting to take our religious studies more seriously. Yeah, I'll back this. Taking poo poo seriously +1.
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# ? May 26, 2013 16:17 |
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RandomPauI posted:This isn't a vote so much as a request. +1
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# ? May 26, 2013 16:19 |
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Things are starting to come together. Our dad could probably do to lay off with the beatings, but in light of the pressures he's under, I can't be too hard on him. He wholeheartedly believes that there's an omnipotent fish god out there who will personally doom our emtire village if we deviate from his Holy Word. Since we're being groomed to be chief lorekeeper as well as High Priest, a mistake by us would be repeated through the generations if he lets it stand. Ten Year-Old Question: Is the earth a woman, Dad? We know that humans were created when Asherah jizzed on the shore, but we also know how babies are made, and men can't do it alome. So is the shore a woman?
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# ? May 26, 2013 16:33 |