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Hello. It's... ah. It's Genda again.

I just want to thank those of you who helped reassure Feferi of herself and stood up for her over the network not long ago.
Seeing so many people stop to cheer up someone I hold dear made my view of this place brighten, if only a little.

So thank you.

... And if the man who said those terrible things to her happens to be watching the network: Feferi and her kind are not monsters.
They're the farthest thing from monsters - even though they are different on the outside, they're people just like us on the inside.

What's on the outside doesn't matter, especially in a place like this.

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speak for your mother.
FUCKING.
self.
MOTHERFUCKER.
>:o)

[Oh, pfft.

Also he's not using text srry. Gamzee doesn't get his kawaii emotes and terrible typing skills.]

The thanks extends to you as well - I saw you wanting to stand up for Feferi, too.

There are technical differences between the two, I think, how their brains operate and etcetera, but you're right. Both species are sentient, intelligent beings. [He types "worthy of being treated with equal respect" here, but has a spontaneous kick in the feels and deletes it. Even on anon, it's best for him not to mention issues of equal respect.]

Thank you.

Well, of course; I know that as much. Feferi hasn't kept me in the dark about that, at least.

You're quite welcome, though.

[don't be anon, new friend, he wants to meet you for real --]

You're very close to her, then? The tone you're using indicates more than familiarity.

I am, yes.
I guess you could say we're an item.
Together, you know?

[H-he doesn't know about troll romance yet, and he's not sure if there's another term for it, so...]

[WHAT. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS. FEFERI PEIXES, THE HEIRESS TO THE ALTERNIAN EMPIRE, IS IN A QUADRANT WITH A HUMAN. WHAT. WHAT. WHAT!!!!!]

Congratulations.

[HEY HE'S BASICALLY HUMAN NOBILITY, CALM DOWN --]

Ah, thank you.

[YEAH RIGHT--]

Which quadrant?

... Quadrant? What do you mean?
She never mentioned quadrants before.

[Oh shit son, time for the next lesson on troll culture -]

You're in a relationship with a troll and you don't even know what the quadrants are?

She never mentioned it, like I said - but if it's important, I'd like to know what they are.

[p-please don't think lowly of him, anontroll --]

Honestly though, if she never brought it up with me, she must feel it's not something I need to know.

Even if you don't plan on following them and roping her into one of your limited human romances instead, the least you could do would be to understand her side of it, don't you think?

I will explain.

Troll society has four quadrants of relationship value; matespritship, moirallegiance, kismessitude, and auspiticism. The first two are 'redrom', the last two are 'blackrom'. They are represented by those colors. Matespritship and kismessitude are more intense shades of the color, bright red (flushed) and pure black (caliginous), whereas moirallegiance and auspiticism are pink (pale) and grey (ashen), respectively.

Matespritship is represented by this symbol: <3. For two trolls to be matesprits they simply must have a mutual feeling of attraction towards one another that are not pale in nature.

Moirallegiance is represented by this symbol: <>. It is believed by some that every troll has a fated moirail that they will find somewhere in the world. A moirail's duty is pacifistic; each member of a moirallegiance must help the other troll overcome their shortcomings, while also being open to the other troll's attempts to help them. The definition of 'shortcomings' depends on the troll, but it is usually emotional.

Kismessitude is represented by this symbol: <3<. A kismesis, for a troll, is like a rivalry taken to extremes; the trolls in question will not like one another at all, but will still be physically and mentally attracted.

Auspiticism is represented by this symbol: c3<. This is the only relationship with three individuals involved, but only the third is called an auspitice; the other two have no specific name. They are a third influence that act as facilitator between two quarreling parties, monitoring their interactions and mediating when necessary. Sometimes one or both parties may have black feelings for one another, but the fact of the matter is they are too dangerous to let their hatred run unchecked. (If it helps you to understand, I have heard auspiticism described as a moirail placed between two kismeses.)

[You may notice that the flushed and caliginous sections are much shorter than the other two. Equius simply has no knowledge in that area, being a socially inept failure who literally stumbled into his only quadrant, moirallegiance. ~~And is pointedly denying that he may be literally stumbling into another one.~~]

Edited 2012-08-25 07:59 (UTC)

[... My that's... all awfully confusing. It takes Genda a while to read it enough to understand it, but eventually -]

... Well; I'm not planning on keeping her from her culture at all.
From what you've explained, she and I would be... "matesprits", then.
Hopefully I pronounced that correctly, and I'm sorry if I didn't.

[hrrghh learning new words -]

Thank you for helping me with this - honestly, I'd rather pursue a relationship described by her culture than my own, so if there's anything I need to know, please tell me!

[And he bows a little bit to the screen, since he knows the ~anontroll~ can seem him -]

You did pronounce it correctly.

I gave you the basics. There are some other things, but I'll leave those to Feferi's discretion whether she wants you to know them or not.

Hey, her outside's pretty nice, too. And if there's one thing I hate, it's someone bringing down some cute girl just because she's not his preferred race.

[She's flirted with a few Zoras and Gorons in her day, after all.]

It's all on the other guy if he wants to see someone as a monster. Doesn't make him right, doesn't make him immune to a spell of bad luck.

[W-well, he figured his opinion on her looks was a given, really --]

If by "bad luck" you mean "half the tower's populace ganging up on him", yes, I can see that. [Heh.]

I just hope he gets what's coming to him.

[~~Little does he know there's two trolls hunting for Nathan's head~~]

Ahahaha, maybe. Or maybe something more.

[Majora's known for her curses, after all. Spell of bad luck? Possibly quite literal.]

Well said.

Thank you.

[He had to consider what to say for a long while, though -]

It is a disturbing habit many have, to judge based on appearance or title of a creature. To judge based on what they're told and not what they've experienced.

There are far better means to judge the worth of a person.

Isn't that the worst? I've had it happen to me a lot.

That's why I always wait until I've at least talked to someone before I make a judgement. Like you; you seem nice enough.

.. You didn't know that there are that many nice people here..? [ she blinks, her expression.. pretty much blank and difficult to read, really. ]

Mm, no, unfortunately I didn't.
I haven't gotten a chance to meet everyone, and not everyone I've met is full of kindness.

It's nice, though. Knowing that there's this many people willing to stand up for someone, I mean.

[... This girl's a lot like Sakuma --]

Yeah, there's a lot of nice people in this place. That's why you don't have to be scared at all no matter what happens. [ a tiny nod. ]

You should meet more nice people if you haven't yet..

[Oh - how cute, he can't help laughing a teeny bit. She's kind of like a little girl, hmm.]

Don't worry, I'm not scared. I think I'm the opposite of scared - I feel like I have to protect people, since there's some bad apples here.

But what I've done here - it's helping me meet more nice people, for sure.
Like yourself!

.. Ah, you think I'm nice?

[ it's apparently a big compliment to her, since she seems genuinely surprise, her eyes going a little wider compared to her usual blankness. ]

I do. I can tell - you're definitely nice.

[After all - she wouldn't have said what she did if she wasn't! Maybe?]

Thank you.. it's kind of you to say that. [ and she definitely feels flattered by it, at least. ] I'd like to make more friends here.

You would be surprised how much a little kindness goes a long way.

Yeah, you're right.

I'm used to this sort of thing happening in my own world, actually; it's just surprising here, in this tower.
Not everyone I've met is kind, after all.

I have learned that it is better to take the good with the bad in cases like these. Not everyone is going to be kind, but you just have to hope that everyone else can coexist in harmony.

Well, I suppose that's true. I just hope that, at the very least, the man who said those terrible things will shape up.

You're very kind to say those things. [That sort of thing is very much needed right now.]

Edited 2012-08-26 19:55 (UTC)

Ahh, I wouldn't really say that.
If you ask me, something like this should be common sense, right?

It should be. I wish more people shared that view.

[Solas hasn't been on the network in a while thanks to the plants getting ruined, so she sounds confused and - honestly - distracted as she speaks up:]

Sorry, what now? Who would call another resident of the tower a monster? The nerve...The only monsters here are the administrators, as far as I'm concerned.

[There's a pause.] And...that giant whale...and the things it spawned. But just because someone isn't human doesn't make them a monster! Really now...

Exactly my point! Having horns doesn't make someone a monster, it just makes them a person with horns. [shrug!!]

... And even then - with the administrators' case - one of them isn't a monster, at the very least.

Precisely! Honestly, I do not understand it... [also shrug!!!]

Is that so? Mm, from what I've heard they're all like that - I'm glad that's not so.

[Scrolling through the network - oh! This is a surprise, let's see what Koujirou has to say!]

[Best. Matesprit. Ever. <33333 Okay, just gonna scroll through the replies real quick --]

[...oops. She was going to get to the quadrant stuff, it just hadn't seemed that important at the time. Not like she was feeling particularly pale for anyone, and blackrom? Not really something she wants to pursue here. But, well, since it's been brought up, time to deal with it.]

...thank you. That was really sweet of you.

I, um. I saw the whole quadrant-explanation thing. I swear I wasn't going to hide it from you, it's just complicated and I don't even have an interest in half of it here. So, um, uh...

It's okay, it's okay! Really, only one quadrant matters between us, right? So you don't have to worry about explaining the rest.

[That'll take off some stress, right?]

... And, really; if you don't want to explain, you don't have to.
Just know that I won't keep you from your culture, alright?

Whale, yeah. Because -- hold on, one minnow -

[and she switches to text, just for a second, to type:]

<3

[- and back to video.]

Yeah.

Though I can explain the otter ones. It just...the moment didn't feel right. I didn't want to muck everyfin up with conchplications. But yeah, it's only fair.

[Oh - awww. He'd give her a little heart in return if there wasn't a 75% chance of him typing it wrong.]

Well. If you want to explain, Feferi, I'm all ears.

All right. Let's just take two at a time, and I think I betta focus on the most relevant ones.

I'm pretty sure you get what being matesprits means. It's like us right now. Where I know how I feel about you and you know how you feel about me and a heart symbol sums it all up.

Then we go over to the diamond. That's your moirail, and they're like - think of them as your best friend. The one you'd always go to when seas get a little choppy, and who'd go to you for the same, but who would kick sense into you if you ever needed it. And you'd do the same for them. It's - I don't know if roemance is even a good word for it, when it comes down to it. More like a really deep best-friend kind of thing.

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look at this anon with his lucida console WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS

hahah equius just made it obvious he's one of the trolls

they just got done talking about the trolls everywhere this is not a problem

... oh true

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here comes the teal deer train! choo choo!

HAHA good thing it's text, he can read and reread it --

Equius is all about convenience.

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