A robotic voice speaks from the front of the small spacecraft, directed further back.

And why exactly is it that you want to go back there?

Another answers, with annoyance in their voice

Because we could have helped more. Even though you say it was "too dangerous." We could have done so much more but instead you decided that we needed to leave for some damn reason.

I said we needed to leave because we needed to leave. You are not going to take down an entire battlecruiser no matter how much you think you can

And you're telling me that the four and a half months i spent on this ship was for nothing? That we're just going to go back?

Our deal isn't over, I still need you to be here.

For what? Some sense of safety? Don't kid yourself, this isn't news. You know as well as I do that you can defend yourself.

We aren't just doing a single thing here. I needed you for a lot more than some smuggling across a war zone. This is where the fun part is anyway.

Are we finally going to get into some real danger?

I don't think real danger is a thing with you around.

Of course it's around, I can't fly for shit! And you think that I can pull any of this shit off logistically?

I don't think that you give yourself enough credit for what you do on this ship

I don't think you give yourself enough credit. This entire thing is possible because of you

I just fly the ship

And I just protect the ship! Do you think my job here is much more complicated that "punch someone whenever they get a bit dangerous"

Let's not fight over who's responsible for what, lets just...

What's wrong?

One second, I just noticed something.

The voice from the front of the craft gets out of the command chair and walks to the armory.

Hello there, eavesdropper.

CHAT LOGS 12/12/4000

Ok I think they found the camera this is really fucking bad

just do what i told you to in these situations

You never told me what to do in these situations

OK THEY HAVE A FUCKING GUN NOW

FUCKING HELP ME???

just try to negotiate with them

THESE ARE EXPLORERS WITH FUCKING GUNS ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

uh

i may have lied about the explorers part

YOU FUCKING WHAT???

you wouldn't have gotten this far if you knew who they really were so you should really thank me

WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO???

it's actually quite impressive that you got this far as well so you should probably congratulations yourself as well

HELP

ME

oh yeah you're kinda in distress right now

YES

uhhhh just try to like talk to them

THEY HAVE GUNS

they won't shoot the camera if you just talk to them

it's not like they can kill you from thousands of light years away

[sigh]

Alright, I'll try

From bsky but this is relevant always and forever

And beetles?

They stow away on cargo ships and become a huge problem, appearing in areas where they are invasive

So… society by þis point has deemed oranges better þan beetles?

Wha-

What are those weird characters

Þorn þe almighty

How is that even pronounced

Th

It’s old english

So like t or d?

Th. As in þe ‘th’ in ‘the’ and ‘th’ as in þe ‘th’ in ‘thought’

Yeah so like t or d

What do you mean???

th is pronounced like t or d depending on context

(ooc: english has changed since 2024, our modern th sound does not exist in the year 4000. I said this in the tags of a previous post but you might not have seen them)

Ohh like þat.

It’s used interchangeably, and was used like þat raþer regularly till ~1300 C.E. Where it was common in common words, but out of most oþers (in place of th) and was fully killed by þe Websters and þe printing press, which substituted it wiþ y (how we got ye olde and hear ye) which wasn’t used in English at þe time.

Oh, so your from 1300?

No, my brain just does loopdeloops when I see th, so I changed it to someþing easier for me to interpret.

Why not speak a different language if you have troubles with this one

Because þis is þe one I grew up wiþ, þe one everyone I know uses. I struggled harder þan most anyþing to get even þis good at it. I’m not going to þrow away a lifetime of effort, no matter how short. No matter how much I hate it. It’s a part of me—it’s my language, and it’s shaped my mind. I can’t just get rid of a part of myself because I don’t like bits of it. So I changed þe bits I don’t like, and it’s worked so far.

Oh! You must be from the early 2000s! They had one language then that was almost ubiquitous. I think it was called "Inglizh" or something like that.

English, actually. It’s quite stupid, mostly because it’s not really one language.

Yeah! Inglizh!

So it's not one language? Does it have a lot of dialects? Are they really different from each other?

Lots of dialects, dozens of contributing languages, many failed reforms, and a stupid-large vocabulary. Some dialects are simply too different from oþers to have anyþing but þe vibe get across (see: british, deep-south, and (some) irish)

Huh, that's pretty interesting that a single language can be that diverse! I wouldn't really call it "quite stupid"

We have a lot of languages now! I personally learned quite a few from necessity just from being around certain people.

Yeah, þey’re even spelled and, sometimes, structured differently too.

I’m actually þinking about going up þe language tree and learning þe older germanic languages (and older englishes) and þen branching out from þere. It would be more gradual þan just jumping straight into a new one.

It's definitely easier to learn languages that are similar to you native one. My second language, Tau, is quite close to my native Dauna

Huh

They're languages from 4000, both from Tau Ceti

In particular Danaa (ooc: spelled that wrong the first time, sorry) is a creole of Tau and Inaa. Tau is the language of Tau Ceti and Inaa is the modern version of English, exept not many people speak it natively anymore. It's more like Latin if it was used as a de-facto language for if you didn't know what someone else spoke. Exept it's also seen as kind fancy and for high-class business meeting and things like that. Danaa is a combination of those two languages that is sometimes spoken in Tau Ceti

Huh. So english, þe whore of languages, is highclass in þe future?

I mean, it's not English anymore, but I suppose so

Sorry, yes, þe whore’s bastard child

If you go by the original definition of bastard, than Inaa is a normal child and Danaa would be the bastard child with Tau

True, but þat assumes it’s a direct descendent of English wiþ no oþer contributories, which is, practically speaking, impossible.

That's just theft, not an affair

At a certain point…

Also there werent many other languages after 2200-ish because of intense globalization

Ah. Yes. Þe great dying. Þat’s ongoing.

The only reason we have so many languages in our time is because of colony ships sent around 2400. There were 11 of them, each going to a different star system. Due to the lack of contact between, ah- what did you guys call it? The sun? We call it Sol. But due to the lack of easy contact each of the ships developed new languages. Most were decended from English but one of them, the one headed to my home of Tau Ceti, is decended from a language that was invented on the ship. It's nothing like it was back then but it is still decended from it

Well we call it þe sun, because it’s þe closest sun, but it’s name is sol. In english at least.

So the name hasn't changed much, or this translator is just acting up. Either way it dosent really change much about what i said

Pronounced like soul. But shorter.

Yeah, definitely the translator acting up, that's a completely different word

Huh.

Do you still use þe standard phonetic notation?

sɑːl

Yes actually! The IPA is one of the things that has survived for quite some time, though it's quite archaic

I pronounce it /zəːl/ in Danaa and Inaa

The word you said before then to compare the pronounciation was completely different though

Huh. Well þat’s also how soul is pronounced.

In English maybe, but we pronounce it /zbiːɾa/

Þat sounds like “spirit” /ˈspɪrət/

Yeah, must have the same origin

It probably has a similar meaning to the word you used to describe the pronouns of Sol

Well, in English, þe spirit is þe physical manifestation of þe soul—boþ literally, where þe dead come back as corpses, and conceptually, where it’s determination, endurance, essentially how long you last.

In Inaa it's quite an archaic term but in Danaa it's still used quite often, it roughly means personality

Yeah, soul means þat too. Specifically þe personality an artist has put into þeir work.

Ah! so they must be related!

Maybe

Probably. Most of English is extended metaphor.

Yeah, Inaa can be like that sometimes... makes it a bitch to learn if you don't speak something like it natively

Yeah, þat’s said about english. Especially because even at college-level proficiency people make on average several grammatical errors per sentence. (I’ve even made a few in þis reblog myself)

I mean, if you're a native speaker that can be understood, is it really a grammatical error?

Yes, because English’s grammar is a system of notation meant to reflect how it’s spoken and remove ambiguity. It’s an error because it doesn’t fully convey þe intended meaning in all cases. But on þe internet a more simplified grammar tends to be used.

I do notice that online, more simplified grammar is used, especially in Inaa, which i suppose would carry over to English

Oh, I've gotta go now, sorry. I have some things to attend to. We could talk again sometime though. You might not get the same person, there are two authors of the articles so you might get the other next time, they're not into languages as much as i am but you could probably still talk to them!

And beetles?

They stow away on cargo ships and become a huge problem, appearing in areas where they are invasive

So… society by þis point has deemed oranges better þan beetles?

Wha-

What are those weird characters

Þorn þe almighty

How is that even pronounced

Th

It’s old english

So like t or d?

Th. As in þe ‘th’ in ‘the’ and ‘th’ as in þe ‘th’ in ‘thought’

Yeah so like t or d

What do you mean???

th is pronounced like t or d depending on context

(ooc: english has changed since 2024, our modern th sound does not exist in the year 4000. I said this in the tags of a previous post but you might not have seen them)

Ohh like þat.

It’s used interchangeably, and was used like þat raþer regularly till ~1300 C.E. Where it was common in common words, but out of most oþers (in place of th) and was fully killed by þe Websters and þe printing press, which substituted it wiþ y (how we got ye olde and hear ye) which wasn’t used in English at þe time.

Oh, so your from 1300?

No, my brain just does loopdeloops when I see th, so I changed it to someþing easier for me to interpret.

Why not speak a different language if you have troubles with this one

Because þis is þe one I grew up wiþ, þe one everyone I know uses. I struggled harder þan most anyþing to get even þis good at it. I’m not going to þrow away a lifetime of effort, no matter how short. No matter how much I hate it. It’s a part of me—it’s my language, and it’s shaped my mind. I can’t just get rid of a part of myself because I don’t like bits of it. So I changed þe bits I don’t like, and it’s worked so far.

Oh! You must be from the early 2000s! They had one language then that was almost ubiquitous. I think it was called "Inglizh" or something like that.

English, actually. It’s quite stupid, mostly because it’s not really one language.

Yeah! Inglizh!

So it's not one language? Does it have a lot of dialects? Are they really different from each other?

Lots of dialects, dozens of contributing languages, many failed reforms, and a stupid-large vocabulary. Some dialects are simply too different from oþers to have anyþing but þe vibe get across (see: british, deep-south, and (some) irish)

Huh, that's pretty interesting that a single language can be that diverse! I wouldn't really call it "quite stupid"

We have a lot of languages now! I personally learned quite a few from necessity just from being around certain people.

Yeah, þey’re even spelled and, sometimes, structured differently too.

I’m actually þinking about going up þe language tree and learning þe older germanic languages (and older englishes) and þen branching out from þere. It would be more gradual þan just jumping straight into a new one.

It's definitely easier to learn languages that are similar to you native one. My second language, Tau, is quite close to my native Dauna

Huh

They're languages from 4000, both from Tau Ceti

In particular Danaa (ooc: spelled that wrong the first time, sorry) is a creole of Tau and Inaa. Tau is the language of Tau Ceti and Inaa is the modern version of English, exept not many people speak it natively anymore. It's more like Latin if it was used as a de-facto language for if you didn't know what someone else spoke. Exept it's also seen as kind fancy and for high-class business meeting and things like that. Danaa is a combination of those two languages that is sometimes spoken in Tau Ceti

Huh. So english, þe whore of languages, is highclass in þe future?

I mean, it's not English anymore, but I suppose so

Sorry, yes, þe whore’s bastard child

If you go by the original definition of bastard, than Inaa is a normal child and Danaa would be the bastard child with Tau

True, but þat assumes it’s a direct descendent of English wiþ no oþer contributories, which is, practically speaking, impossible.

That's just theft, not an affair

At a certain point…

Also there werent many other languages after 2200-ish because of intense globalization

Ah. Yes. Þe great dying. Þat’s ongoing.

The only reason we have so many languages in our time is because of colony ships sent around 2400. There were 11 of them, each going to a different star system. Due to the lack of contact between, ah- what did you guys call it? The sun? We call it Sol. But due to the lack of easy contact each of the ships developed new languages. Most were decended from English but one of them, the one headed to my home of Tau Ceti, is decended from a language that was invented on the ship. It's nothing like it was back then but it is still decended from it

Well we call it þe sun, because it’s þe closest sun, but it’s name is sol. In english at least.

So the name hasn't changed much, or this translator is just acting up. Either way it dosent really change much about what i said

Pronounced like soul. But shorter.

Yeah, definitely the translator acting up, that's a completely different word

Huh.

Do you still use þe standard phonetic notation?

sɑːl

Yes actually! The IPA is one of the things that has survived for quite some time, though it's quite archaic

I pronounce it /zəːl/ in Danaa and Inaa

The word you said before then to compare the pronounciation was completely different though

Huh. Well þat’s also how soul is pronounced.

In English maybe, but we pronounce it /zbiːɾa/

Þat sounds like “spirit” /ˈspɪrət/

Yeah, must have the same origin

It probably has a similar meaning to the word you used to describe the pronouns of Sol

Well, in English, þe spirit is þe physical manifestation of þe soul—boþ literally, where þe dead come back as corpses, and conceptually, where it’s determination, endurance, essentially how long you last.

In Inaa it's quite an archaic term but in Danaa it's still used quite often, it roughly means personality

Yeah, soul means þat too. Specifically þe personality an artist has put into þeir work.

Ah! so they must be related!

Maybe

Probably. Most of English is extended metaphor.

Yeah, Inaa can be like that sometimes... makes it a bitch to learn if you don't speak something like it natively

Yeah, þat’s said about english. Especially because even at college-level proficiency people make on average several grammatical errors per sentence. (I’ve even made a few in þis reblog myself)

I mean, if you're a native speaker that can be understood, is it really a grammatical error?

And beetles?

They stow away on cargo ships and become a huge problem, appearing in areas where they are invasive

So… society by þis point has deemed oranges better þan beetles?

Wha-

What are those weird characters

Þorn þe almighty

How is that even pronounced

Th

It’s old english

So like t or d?

Th. As in þe ‘th’ in ‘the’ and ‘th’ as in þe ‘th’ in ‘thought’

Yeah so like t or d

What do you mean???

th is pronounced like t or d depending on context

(ooc: english has changed since 2024, our modern th sound does not exist in the year 4000. I said this in the tags of a previous post but you might not have seen them)

Ohh like þat.

It’s used interchangeably, and was used like þat raþer regularly till ~1300 C.E. Where it was common in common words, but out of most oþers (in place of th) and was fully killed by þe Websters and þe printing press, which substituted it wiþ y (how we got ye olde and hear ye) which wasn’t used in English at þe time.

Oh, so your from 1300?

No, my brain just does loopdeloops when I see th, so I changed it to someþing easier for me to interpret.

Why not speak a different language if you have troubles with this one

Because þis is þe one I grew up wiþ, þe one everyone I know uses. I struggled harder þan most anyþing to get even þis good at it. I’m not going to þrow away a lifetime of effort, no matter how short. No matter how much I hate it. It’s a part of me—it’s my language, and it’s shaped my mind. I can’t just get rid of a part of myself because I don’t like bits of it. So I changed þe bits I don’t like, and it’s worked so far.

Oh! You must be from the early 2000s! They had one language then that was almost ubiquitous. I think it was called "Inglizh" or something like that.

English, actually. It’s quite stupid, mostly because it’s not really one language.

Yeah! Inglizh!

So it's not one language? Does it have a lot of dialects? Are they really different from each other?

Lots of dialects, dozens of contributing languages, many failed reforms, and a stupid-large vocabulary. Some dialects are simply too different from oþers to have anyþing but þe vibe get across (see: british, deep-south, and (some) irish)

Huh, that's pretty interesting that a single language can be that diverse! I wouldn't really call it "quite stupid"

We have a lot of languages now! I personally learned quite a few from necessity just from being around certain people.

Yeah, þey’re even spelled and, sometimes, structured differently too.

I’m actually þinking about going up þe language tree and learning þe older germanic languages (and older englishes) and þen branching out from þere. It would be more gradual þan just jumping straight into a new one.

It's definitely easier to learn languages that are similar to you native one. My second language, Tau, is quite close to my native Dauna

Huh

They're languages from 4000, both from Tau Ceti

In particular Danaa (ooc: spelled that wrong the first time, sorry) is a creole of Tau and Inaa. Tau is the language of Tau Ceti and Inaa is the modern version of English, exept not many people speak it natively anymore. It's more like Latin if it was used as a de-facto language for if you didn't know what someone else spoke. Exept it's also seen as kind fancy and for high-class business meeting and things like that. Danaa is a combination of those two languages that is sometimes spoken in Tau Ceti

Huh. So english, þe whore of languages, is highclass in þe future?

I mean, it's not English anymore, but I suppose so

Sorry, yes, þe whore’s bastard child

If you go by the original definition of bastard, than Inaa is a normal child and Danaa would be the bastard child with Tau

True, but þat assumes it’s a direct descendent of English wiþ no oþer contributories, which is, practically speaking, impossible.

That's just theft, not an affair

At a certain point…

Also there werent many other languages after 2200-ish because of intense globalization

Ah. Yes. Þe great dying. Þat’s ongoing.

The only reason we have so many languages in our time is because of colony ships sent around 2400. There were 11 of them, each going to a different star system. Due to the lack of contact between, ah- what did you guys call it? The sun? We call it Sol. But due to the lack of easy contact each of the ships developed new languages. Most were decended from English but one of them, the one headed to my home of Tau Ceti, is decended from a language that was invented on the ship. It's nothing like it was back then but it is still decended from it

Well we call it þe sun, because it’s þe closest sun, but it’s name is sol. In english at least.

So the name hasn't changed much, or this translator is just acting up. Either way it dosent really change much about what i said

Pronounced like soul. But shorter.

Yeah, definitely the translator acting up, that's a completely different word

Huh.

Do you still use þe standard phonetic notation?

sɑːl

Yes actually! The IPA is one of the things that has survived for quite some time, though it's quite archaic

I pronounce it /zəːl/ in Danaa and Inaa

The word you said before then to compare the pronounciation was completely different though

Huh. Well þat’s also how soul is pronounced.

In English maybe, but we pronounce it /zbiːɾa/

Þat sounds like “spirit” /ˈspɪrət/

Yeah, must have the same origin

It probably has a similar meaning to the word you used to describe the pronouns of Sol

Well, in English, þe spirit is þe physical manifestation of þe soul—boþ literally, where þe dead come back as corpses, and conceptually, where it’s determination, endurance, essentially how long you last.

In Inaa it's quite an archaic term but in Danaa it's still used quite often, it roughly means personality

Yeah, soul means þat too. Specifically þe personality an artist has put into þeir work.

Ah! so they must be related!

Maybe

Probably. Most of English is extended metaphor.

Yeah, Inaa can be like that sometimes... makes it a bitch to learn if you don't speak something like it natively

And beetles?

They stow away on cargo ships and become a huge problem, appearing in areas where they are invasive

So… society by þis point has deemed oranges better þan beetles?

Wha-

What are those weird characters

Þorn þe almighty

How is that even pronounced

Th

It’s old english

So like t or d?

Th. As in þe ‘th’ in ‘the’ and ‘th’ as in þe ‘th’ in ‘thought’

Yeah so like t or d

What do you mean???

th is pronounced like t or d depending on context

(ooc: english has changed since 2024, our modern th sound does not exist in the year 4000. I said this in the tags of a previous post but you might not have seen them)

Ohh like þat.

It’s used interchangeably, and was used like þat raþer regularly till ~1300 C.E. Where it was common in common words, but out of most oþers (in place of th) and was fully killed by þe Websters and þe printing press, which substituted it wiþ y (how we got ye olde and hear ye) which wasn’t used in English at þe time.

Oh, so your from 1300?

No, my brain just does loopdeloops when I see th, so I changed it to someþing easier for me to interpret.

Why not speak a different language if you have troubles with this one

Because þis is þe one I grew up wiþ, þe one everyone I know uses. I struggled harder þan most anyþing to get even þis good at it. I’m not going to þrow away a lifetime of effort, no matter how short. No matter how much I hate it. It’s a part of me—it’s my language, and it’s shaped my mind. I can’t just get rid of a part of myself because I don’t like bits of it. So I changed þe bits I don’t like, and it’s worked so far.