⚕ text; multilingual

[liquidouroboros]

[The following message is repeated no less than seven times: first in English, then Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian, and Italian.]

It has come to my attention that no one knows what on earth they are saying anymore. While it was entertaining for a moment, I find I've rapidly grown tired of this expansive game of charades and diagrams.

Should anyone be in dire need of a translator, consider me available. Be warned I do not plan to waste my skills on idle chatter.

-Liquid Snake

Comments

[deathboss]

Hey! I sort-of understood one of those! Do you mind telling me what language it is? (In Chinese)

[liquidouroboros]

[Easy enough, then. Liquid was likely to stumble over words if it was one he had less practice in (goddamned Italian), but this was no great problem.]

This one is Mandarin Chinese.

[deathboss]

Tch. Figures it felt so familiar...

Thanks for the help. (In Broken Chinese)

Two down, two to go...(In Esperanto)

[liquidouroboros]

Hardly a problem.

...I didn't exactly catch that last part.

[deathboss]

No one knows what it is so far. (This Chinese is like real bad) I know I can speak German and Chinese so far. (It's like this weird fanboy way of saying it)

[liquidouroboros]

[Give him a minute.]

[At which point Liquid would write in the simplest and most sympathetic terms he could bring himself to.]

Have you hit your head? I can barely understand your gibberish-spouting idiocy.

[...He tried.]

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[divinitysoiled]

[This comes across as French] How interesting. Be skilled human it seems to be.

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[liquidouroboros]

Any soldier with half a working brain should be multilingual.

[He responded in French, after a second or two of recalling the proper wording.]

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[divinitysoiled]

Not fluent languages perfect you seems to be.

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[liquidouroboros]

You're not very good at this, are you?

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[divinitysoiled]

Not this odd turning in your phrasing. Common not speaking, are you.

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[liquidouroboros]

Let me phrase this simply.

Your. French. Is. Terrible.

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[divinitysoiled]

French not speaking. Writing Common of world.


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[liquidouroboros]

if you were expecting that to be an improvement, you are incorrect.

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[divinitysoiled]

Sad. Be easier to speak, native to demons.

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[liquidouroboros]

Do I look like a demon to you?

Don't answer that.

[friendlyfiend]

[Pardon the potentially disconcerting video of a jackal-faced creature responding in amused French; A'kin has literally no experience with computers and hasn't figured out the text function yet.]

What sort of conversations do you expect to interpret here, if not idle chatter?

[liquidouroboros]

There are near-countless people in this place.

[Unfazed by this somehow, Liquid responded in French without missing a beat.]

Someone must have something of actual significance to communicate.

[friendlyfiend]

Perhaps, but without danger or disaster to necessitate urgency, importance becomes somewhat relative, does it not? What is significant to one may be mere frippery to another, with each feeling completely justified in their perspective.

[liquidouroboros]

Then I'll translate and follow by punching them if it's a waste of my time, does that sound better?

[friendlyfiend]

If you don't mind frightening off business.

[liquidouroboros]

I would be more concerned for my reputation if someone wasn't frightened.

[friendlyfiend]

Touché.

Perhaps not the most effective strategy for attracting customers, but if that's not your priority... to each their own.