Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-173.31.160.159-20190107023655/@comment-86.152.56.18-20190806125245

''...the men thought of everything and in between, from a symbol of Akatosh (no, no, these people do not know Akatosh, I thought), to the symbol of the Mythic Dawn (what makes them think that these are Daedra worshippers?) until we finally settled on a reasonably realistic assumption for an incredibly isolated race... if they were an incredibly isolated race, anyway.''

"Why not," one crewmember began, "why don't we make a man with his arms extended, as if he was attempting to hug the sailors... or whatever they call themselves?"

''"...that is actually a decent idea... well, it's our best at ever surviving, anyway. Make it so." I stated, not mentioning my anticipation of the prospect of we being the first to meet a new race, set foot on a new land, while also not showing any signs of the dread that would fill me if we flew some sort of taboo symbol to their culture and instead got our ship blown into a million pieces. I knew it at once. This vessel, confusing flags and all, was our only chance at survival. So we got to work, intricately drawing what we believed to be a goodwill symbol to these sailors, and we ended up with something that looked somewhat like a head floating above a large sticklike body with 3 pairs of arms coming out of it, the lowest down being the longest.''

''I sighed. It would have to do.''

''There was not a movement to lose. Ishmail and two other crewmembers rushed to fly the flag of "goodwill" while I and the others cheered them on. Finally, after around thirty seconds of flag removal and then flag raising, we had done it! Now... we waited.''

And waited.

And waited.

We sat in our chairs.

And continued to wait.

''Finally, after some time waiting, the ship began to gradually turn towards our ship before approaching it at a steady pace. We erupted into cheers. '''FREEEEEEDDOOOOOMMM! '''Also, when we got back to Stros M'Kai, we'd be ten thousand septims richer... but that's not the point, they were coming to save us!''

''The ship then docked itself next to ours, and that's when we noticed something... intriguing... about these sailors.''

''These sailors, normally sailing as they were... or we assumed... looked nothing like anything we had seen before.''

''It appeared to us that they were, not men, not beast, nor mer. These creatures were somewhat yellow, with the bottoms of their hands and feet being covered in suction cups of some sort. Also, they seemed somewhat... how does one put this... jiggly, as if they were about to fall over, yet they wouldn't.''

''"Sviekinijhu, toli grajhu nye vien keliautohjai!" the, or at least I think it was, the captain of the vessel exclaimed to us, quite suddenly.''

"Excuse me?" I said, not understanding what the man was trying to say.

The man sighed, and then proceeded to attempt to say the same sentence again, but was interrupted by his right hand man.

''"Kapitone, manau, jie yhra ish svetimuj krashtuj." he said to the captain.''

"Tikhrai? Ish kurh? Tuo diehvuj jhemej arba shis savanorijh jhemej?

"...Tikhriaushjai diehvuj landherai. Ne Ryjhtinghi, bet."

"Ash suprantu. Aciu uzh intele."

The captain coughed, and then proceeded to greet us in 'perfect Tamrielic'.

"Greetings, travellers of the far beyond! My name is Vidimantas Daugavantis, captain of the Atkakluhmas, and I welcome you to our fine vessel. We land in Uoshtas tomorrow to exchange our catch for precious coins. Do you wish to see this great city?"

"I... err..."

''I was lost for words. Not only was this man allowing us to seek refuge in his vessel, he had also invited us to see a great city on his homeland. Such charity was... unforseen in any place throughout Nirn. It didn't matter though, we were safe on this boat. This nice, warm, comfortable boat... I had not felt as safe in a place since I left my mother and father's house.''

''"...yes, and... erm... thank you so much for the request!" I shouted before hugging the man. He obliged by wrapping his arms around my body. I noted that he had to use extra force to unstick the suction cups on his arms in order to get off my body. I asked him about it and he told me, your author, that the "Ryjhtinghi" had two different ways of disattaching objects from their hands. One method involved pulling until the hands were no longer stuck onto the object, and the other involved forcing the suction cups to drop the object, via thinking about dropping the object. Vidimantas told me that the second was much more difficult to explain, and so that was why he refrained from using it in front of me and my crew, lest they ask how he did it in the first place.''

''Finally, after a day of great luxury (well, we got to drink and eat, anyway), the captain invited us to a parting feast, as an act of goodwill. There, we chatted about many mundane affairs, such as how we got here, and what to expect of the city. He also told us about the wonders of their civilization, such as their magically powered generators which could power "lights", something similar to a torch. Vidimantas then told me something which would prove to be incredibly important on our exploration campaign.''

"I know that our emperor, Jurgis the Fifth of House Bielinis, will wish to see you. You must know that never has a member of any race not native to these lands has ever set foot on the continent that we call Visagalis, until this moment, and thus many members of our race will be openly mistrustful of any not from our lands."

''"Wait, did you just say that no other race has ever set foot on this land in history until now?" I exclaimed in surprise. I knew that these people were isolated, but this much so? That revelation was... quite shocking, to say the least.''

"That is correct. Anyway, once you and your crew depart, you alone must go to the carriage depot on the edge of the city. You will see a man with a hat adorned with the same symbol which your crew flew to my vessel on the day in which I rescued you from certain peril. This is the man you will need to speak to. Take these coins and this note. Give half of the coins and the note to this man and say the words Nuvejhk mane ijh kapituljha to him. He will know what they mean, and will take you to the capitol of our great empire. From the carriage depot in the capitol... hold up. Allow me to explain something to you."

''"Do oblige." I replied to him, politely. He was quite the gentleman, after all, and it only made sense if I replied to him in the same courtesy in which he communicated with me with.''

"Our cities are large. Very large, indeed, to sustain our ever growing population. Being an incredibly isolated race does have its benefits, after all! The Capitol is no such exception to this. Far from it, in fact. There are many, many winding streets, houses, taverns, markets, Poilsiocentraili, and carriage depots."

"So, if you give me any directions, they may turn out to just be wrong if I arrived in the wrong carriage depot?

"Not at all."

"...how, though?"

"Remember the carriage driver I mentioned earlier?"

"Yes, yes I do. The one with the symbol on his hat?"

''"Yes. He travels only to the one depot, so you'll be safe with these directions." Vidimantas then handed over another piece of paper, and marked it with his name. "Remember that this is from the main gate. Do not, I repeat, do not leave from any other exit!"''

"Understood. Is that all?"

"Yes, that is all. Do you have any questions before you leave?"

"...what is the name of the Capitol?"

"Bielinus."

"Seems a bit prideful, don't you think? I mean, considering that Bielinus is the house of the Emperor himself..."

''"Not at all. It is Ryjhtinghi tradition to name the capitol of our empire after the current house of the Emperor. Before Bielinus took control it was Valancshius, and before that it was Jankus, and so on so forth. That is the reason we tend to refer to it as The Capitol. It gets very confusing having to remember what the city is actually called!" ''