001; Video | Off my lawn you hipsters

[aenseidhe]

[ There’s a narrow face peering close at the console - high cheekbones and a nasty scar poking out from under the red cloth that covers the man’s right eye. Or lack thereof. He peers for a moment before leaning back, arms crossing as he speaks up. ]

I’m looking for other Scoia’tael in the area. I’d settle for another elf alone, between the mass of humans milling around here. [ A derisive snort, and Iorveth looks to the side for the moment - pointed ears at the side of his head incidentally apparent. ] The dh’oine stink of this place is enough to make one gag.

[ A moment of contemplation and the elf picks at the dirt under blunted nails idly as he speaks. ]

I’ve set my camp in a tree on the outskirts of the wood sector. [ His tone goes a little deadpan, with the same kind of condescension in it, but it’s very matter of fact. ] It’s a mass of wooden planks, rope, rough cloth and a six foot, one eyed elf - it shouldn’t be that hard to miss. I’m giving you dh’oine fair warning - there are traps laid around the perimeter and any who manage to pass those will take an arrow between the eyes.

If there’s a need for me to say it more than once, your race will likely be better off without you.

[ A pause, and he’s about to end the transmission, when he glances back, considering. ]

Gwynbleidd - If you’re here, come speak with me.

[[ ooc; On translations: I left the original Elder Speech words in here, even though they’ll be understood by anyone listening just like anything else, mainly to signal when Iorveth’s accent would have shifted between what he understands as Common and what he says in Elder speech. ANYWHO. Here.
Scoia’tael - directly translated: squirrels. It’s a band of nonhuman guerrilla warriors, though. But all that would be understood is ‘squirrels’ :’|
dh’oine - human. spoken in a derogatory tone
Gwynbleidd - White Wolf. ]]

Comments

[video]

[withoutaworld]

You're looking for... squirrels? [ Wat. ]

Also, um. Most of the foreigners here are humans. I promise we're not all that bad, and you might want to cool it on the death threats.

[video]

[aenseidhe]

[ Considering 'Squirrels' is what most humans call them anyway, it doesn't really strike him as odd. ] That is what I said.

[ There's a snort at 'we're not all that bad', but he ignores that part otherwise. ] It's a warning, not a death threat. If no one comes wandering near where I'm camped then it hardly matters.

It's practically courtesy. [ considering his usual interactions with humans. ]

[video]

[withoutaworld]

...if you're not talking about the little bushy-tailed rodents, you're gonna need to clarify. And if you are... I don't think they have those here.

And that... might make sense if you weren't camped in a city. Even if part of it is made of trees. Someone's probably gonna wander by.

[video]

[aenseidhe]

[ Whut. ] ...No. I'm talking about elves that hide in trees and put arrows through passing humans' throats. [ Who doesn't know Scoia'tael? Maybe she's from Nilfgaard... really rural Nilfgaard. ]

Would you like me to put up a sign, for the especially unobservant?

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[grimreaping]

While I can understand wanting to fortify a place for safety especially given the strangeness of arriving here without warning, the threats against humans are unacceptable.

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[aenseidhe]

[ He gives a 'wow I can't believe I have to explain this' kind of look. ]

The fortifications aren't against the place - they're against the humans.

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[grimreaping]

I'm aware what they're for, but I'm asking that you not prepare anything which could be harmful to people, human or otherwise. You're not in your world any longer and whatever ill you bear humans, it's unnecessary here.

[video]

[cowled]

[Well, this human looks frankly alarmed.]

Did you say an arrow? Why on Earth would you do that?

[+1 batstalker.]

[video]

[aenseidhe]

[ The most deadpan ever. Wow why does no one understand this. ] It's Elven for 'hello.'

[ go away batman >8[ ]

[video]

[cowled]

Well that's a hostile way to greet people. How do you expect to make any friends that way?

[Nope sorry you are now a Defcon AngryElf threat as far as he's concerned. WATCHIN' U.]

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[emasculates]

You assume much of the quality of your aim.

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[aenseidhe]

I've been an archer for over a century. I would hope I could hit a simple target so close.

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[emasculates]

[Hm. Well, it doesn't daunt her, but it does raise her estimates of his character just slightly. To a normal person this might mean some measure of respect. To Aisha it just means he's no longer in the negatives thereof.]

You hate humans. Why?

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[traumatizing]

I take it humans aren't exactly the nicest guys around in your world?

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[aenseidhe]

[ understatement of the century. there's a harsh kind of laugh. ]

They don't take well to species not their own. [ And, uh, wait, something a little troubling there. ] 'My world'?

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[traumatizing]

That much seems like a universal constant. [He says sort of absently before he actually catches the question, and then pulls a bit of a face.

WHOOPS.] We're all brought here from different... [...Realms. Realms seems like a good word.] Realms and times. Quite a lot of us seem to be from Earth, for instance, but not all of us are from the same time period or even the same version of it.

[wow he hopes that made sense]

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[district7]

Last I checked, the woods didn't belong to anyone.

If you're determined to play hermit, go do it somewhere else.

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[aenseidhe]

It's a single tree. Hardly the entirety of the woods.

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[district7]

And how wide is your perimeter?

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[fatedchaos]

Are you sure that smell isn't just... the sea surrounding us? Sometimes it can get bad. Or at least, back home, it could. [8c racist]

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[aenseidhe]

Sea smells of dead fish. Humans stink of body odor and too much mead. [ no u B[ ]

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[fatedchaos]

[Blink.] I'm not really sure if people drink mead anymore.

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[heinously]

The humans here are hardly so bored as to waste time tormenting a mere puck. [ the size of your ears can't make that much of a difference, can it ] Lest you give them a hassle.

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[aenseidhe]

In my experience, boredom is usually what has them hunting down someone to torment. [ There's a shrug in his tone ] Regardless, I just generally don't like them.

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[heinously]

If you'd seen the way they dealt with the infestation that tore apart this place, you wouldn't be so quick to speak.

[ Albel cracks a contemptuous smile. ]

Though I have more sense to complain in case you use some of the particularly touched ones for target practice. I'll even be willing to dispose of the bodies myself.