Midaja

If it only had been at a more European-friendly time...

Still happily looking at her recovered far-too-large wizard hat, Midaja didnt even notice the other woman leaving her, but the word "wrench" settled down somewhere in her head, and she was just thinking about visiting said place, when she saw something that wiped the smile from her face immediately: a large crack in her precious hat! "Oh no... Mum will be furious about that..." she murmured before putting the cloth back on her head, pulling it far down, so her fluffy ears plopped out of the holes in the upper part. Nonetheless her ears and tail twitched gladly as she was heading towards the Wench, taking a deep breath of non-boozer air before stepping inside, quickly spotting the now known white-haired Miqo'te and the crazy alchemist, engineer, whatever man. Walking over to them she asked: "Hey, is the big muscleman still anywhere around? The tailor one?"

Being even more confused after being interrupted in her thoughts again, she watched to other Miqo'te woman up and down before spotting the headpiece. "Ooooh, yeeees, thats mine, thats mine!" She clapped into her hands and, for the first time today, let a feint smile appear on her face. "Can I have it? I didnt hope for someone actually bringing it back to me... This whole town seems all together to be much more thievisch than Gridania..." she said in a more lost-in-thought maner.

With a low sigh Midaja slowly returned to the setting of the prior events, blinking a few times as everyone went off, especially the rather heavy built tailor, and with them her chance of getting a new hat immediately. So she just stand there, in the middle of the street, starting to think. After a few minutes she seemed to have made her decision and turned right, only to be surprised by a hyur woman standing there, having arms folded and looking quite sternly. "Hey, girl, what do you think you're doing, standing in the middle of a crowded street with your big ears not recording anything? Move you're ass! You're blocking the way!" and with one finger she pointed at a big chocobo. Not saying anything the young Miqo'te stepped aside, watching the elegant bird passing by. She blinked a few times, having forgotton what she had intended to do.

"I.... Er.... Well..." She eyed the newcomer up and down, having a brief look at his assortment. "I can hardly believe your a weaver, you seem rather... Muscular and made for harsh work." Blinking a few times in confusion as she was handed the vial she now seemed lost in perplexity. "Wow, I didnt expect to find such helpful people out on the streets", she smiled for a short moment, "but I'd really prefer wearing a hat. I love hats, especially mine. Which... Is... Now dangling on a pole at the pier I suppose. And if I cant find mine, I want to have a similar one!" Folding her arms to emphasize her monologue she became aware of the vial still in her hand and gave it back. "And I dont think some liquid against heat will help my brain not to protest against solar radiation." After a brief sigh she curiously looked at the highlanders craftet cloth again, seeing a beret and a few other caps, but not what she was looking for. "Neeeeeow, there some kind of cute, but not what I want... And well, maybe I should try to find my own hat, before I buy a new one. I think Ill just... Go looking for it and then come back." And with no more words, but an expression in her face, like she just had the best idea of her whole life, she dashed away.

"Oh", she returned her attention to the others, "so it was you distributing those slippery flyers lying on the ground? So you're part of this crafter coalition? Do you have some good weaver? Maybe I'll need one soon, if my hat doesnt reappear as suddenly as it vanished..." She covered her head with her arms. "I don't like the sun, it makes my head ache." She blinked, returned to a normal stance and cocked her head, her pink eyes lost in thought. "But I doubt that you're interested in my quirks."

Raising one eyebrow she answered a simple "No, thanks" to the Hyur's offer, but now seemed much more interested in the conversation going on, "and if you" she pointet at the other Miqo'te "could have another, bigger place in town for the same amount of money you could just ask someone to share the bill, he getting the space you dont need. If it really is so hard to find a rather small location for an adequate price, and with your talent of drawing everyones attention, Im quite sure you'll find someone to pair with." Scratching her ear she added "Well, to make a deal with I mean..." while talking she was already scanning the area for her hat again, one hand resting on her temple.

With her hands covering her sensitive ears Midaja slowly walked past the source of piercing noise, shaking her head while trying to ignore the pulsative ache haunting her mind. She closed her eyes and quickened her pace towards the inn. Not watching her feet she slipped and fell landing nose-first on the cobblestone. "Ouchie..." Her large wizard hat was lying on the floor, fully revealing her black and red hair. She turned around to see the cause she stumbled: some weird advertisement parchment. Having a quick look at it, the young Miqo'te quickly lost interest in it, since there was no hint of where to get further information. So the decision was made to pursue the last thought: heading back home. Unfortunately her hat seemed to have disappeared and since she couldnt find it nearby, she walked over to the now a lot quiter pair of a Roegadyn and a Miqo'te (now also accompanied by some Hyur man). "Excuuuuse meeee? I think I just lost my hat, has anyone seen it?"

Im in the same timezone, so if youre bored we could errrr... Hm, what can we do in a forum hm...

Why is everyone RPing in the new thread now *sniff*. And why is Hiname opening another one... You should rather come and play with uuuuuus

"Naah, ah merely wanted to say thaat ah aint in danger as long aas I don' fall 'sleep ata table with some ragtag meanies eeh? Aaaand then I r'membered that actually...", and she looked at the black kitty, narrowing her eyes, "Iiii absolutely dunno you mh?" Her cheeks still fierily flushed she shook her head, crossed her arms on the table and settled her head on them. "But if you think, thomeone being cap'ble of controlling magic would be safe from...", she turnd her head to the Hyur, "whatever danger yo'r sister might be in... Then I shouldn't have to worrrry." As the waitress approached them and poked her on the shoulder, Midaja immediately sat up and her tail went pointing straight into the air before she turned around and looked at the startled waitress who spilled half of the water when she had jumped back in surprise. "Oh... Soooorry... Yes, thank you...", she said sheepishly, took the bread and began nibbling on it.

While she listened to the black Miqo'tes story she began to wobble a bit on her chair, her face getting some kind of a dull expression, eyes following the hypnotic movement of the black tail twitching around while Koti spoke. She seemingly wanted to say something after the other one finished, opened her mouth but got interrupted by the roaring thunder, catching her off-guard and letting her wince at it. Regaining her forces after Rain had spoken, she folded her arms. "Aaam not strayin'! Ah can perfectly watch for myselff, not a child anymore eh. Aand for that storm out theere, the more it rains, the... The less the chance to get robbed on the streetsh mh? All those p'rates and thieves all gonna be drinking their filthy rum in a bar with..." She blinked several times, looked at her drink and then beamed at her two fellow companions. "Errr..."

I had French classes for 9 years, English 8 years, and Im sooooo much better in talking English than French And dont be so sure about every European speaking English... Im always surprised how many german people just dont care about English and as a result how many of them are hardly able to communicate on a higher level then "hello, my name is xyz, how are you?".

Aaaaaah my eyes!

Well, I thought of different ingame languages too, but I dont expect to see some though, thats why I talk only about RL languages

Returning her attention to whats happening at the table, she eyed the mug of rum in shock and wrinkled her nose. "Uhm... I dont drink much alcohol normally, and admittedly I've never had rum before. But Ill just give it a try mh?" and with those words she took a testing gulp. Pursing her lips she tried to judge the liquid but apparently wasnt able to, so she just continued raising the mug to her mouth and had drunk about half of the content, before her cheeks blushed faintly and she put it back on the table. "Its... Rather... Strange... I think Id clearly prefer fruit juice if I had the choice", she said, "but er... thanks for the drink anyway" she added quickly after going through behavioral rules in her mind. "Uhm, I dont really have a story to tell, I just came here with my mother, shes doing business with some of the trade guilds in town and I grew bored of reading another book about how important it is to bring ones soul into unison with the elements and divine beings out there", she stated, all the while shifting on the chair in unease. "Im sure her (refering to the other Miqo'te at the table) story is much more exciting." "Oh and Id for sure appreciate to know where they sell those fruits" she smiled.

Its not that I want to adopt a different language as the main language on this board or ingame... But by playing on a german client I just wont be able to know every items / faction / npc / place etc. english name (except if I checked every single thing I wanted to write before typing it). I dont know if there is a possibility to change the client language later on (and if there is I might do it in the end-game). I just want to know if its going to be officially ok to IC ask "I dont think I know what youre talking about, would you mind explaining?" or if were expected to know english like a native speaker. Another scenario might be two characters meet at an event or something are they allowed to talk in a different language together (in /say) or do they have to do that in /tell and ooc (what would be a bit ridiculous in my opinion...)

Well... Of course, if two people are able to speak the same language they could RP in that one, but Im more interested in clarifying how they will be embeded in our RP-lore (since there probably wont be an official "yes, there are different languages in eorzea") and the resulting possibility of making a different one my characters native language (of course Ill do my best to stay in english, but it would be easier to have an RP-conform reason for asking "Err, I dont know, Id say its Hanfgarn (hemp yarn), but how do you call that stuff?" (I thought about that yesterday while crafting ) instead of browsing to the online dictionary and hoping that they translated it literally. I got a bit frightened after reading

Alright, I think its time to talk about ingame languages (I havent seen any other thread about it here...) I was surprised to see, that the game has been completely translated into german in the german client (what wouldnt be a surprise, if it hadnt been different in FFXI, where the "german" version merely was an english one with a german manual). Im still confused why for example "conjurer" is translated with "druid" and "seekers of the sun" with "goldpaw", but anyway this is going to lead to some confusion in the further game... For sure there will be similar translation differences for the sake of better sounding names ("Sucher der Sonne" isnt halfway as smooth as "Goldtatze") and since not everyone in the world speaks english there are going to be many people speaking japanese / german / french (I even saw people speaking italian yesterday). Soooooo... How are we gonna deal with it IC? :cat:

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"I tried to slice my favourite cake, but since I didnt find a knife I used my giant two-handed sword. Unfortunately it hit the ceiling when I was going "BANZAAAAAAAI" and as it fell down it ripped open my back" <- ?

"Oh, yeah, Id really like a piece of that fruit... I love fruits you know, and this one looks delicious." She nodded eagerly, taking the offered piece and sniffing at it before sticking the whole piece in her mouth. While she chew, a fair amount of juice trickled down her chin and she munched "Wow, itsh juicy, me like", and happily closed her eyes. Reopening one of them she took the invitation "mh, shank you, shitting ish much better than... ..." she gulped down the rest of the slice and cleared her throat, "I mean sitting is much better than standing" and she sat down on an empty chair. "Much better than sitting at the bar all alone", she stated and opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by another delicious smell in the air, sniffing brightly. "Mmmh it looks like they finished their cooking contest. There are so many good flavours in here..."

((You might just have finished the competition in the background while no one (of the "active" ones) was watching... ))

After sitting there for a while, eyes fixed on the black Miqo'te, she hopped onto the ground and walked over to where they were talking. She cocked her head to the side and curiously looked at the kittens fruit for a few seconds, before asking: "What are you eating there?"

I think it would be awesome to have someone playing my future chars sister or mother, it would make it much easier to get into a motivated plotline I think (for my char being a bit shy and quiet). When I started a new alt in WoW a friend suggested playing her sister and at first it was very funny, but we didnt have a bigger RP-community around us, so that story some kind of bled to death... RPing romance always makes me feel like when I first read Harry Potter's romances with Cho and Ginny *giggles*: caring for the respective character and getting excited when things got going, but not something to make a mountain out of (altough it was quite hard to accept that the story wouldnt continue actually...). I think sharing the feelings of your character (to a set point) of course makes it easier to RP him convincingly and its also more motivating than just playing a plot because you think youre character should be into that. Of course only on condidtion that, like everyone else said, all parties are comfort about it, you dont mix up a crush on a character with a crush on a real person and youre always aware of the fact, that it might end apruptly (for whatever reason) and be sure it doesnt tear (you) down RL...