NOVEL NEXT Chapter 181: Language
Krillin responds his jellyfish dome getting murkier, " Kin Slayers!" The old man is making no sense to the gang. He moves closer to them, oddly he travelled faster than most of them could proceed. Only SmittenKitten69 and SKY Ocean Hunter kept track of his movement grabbing her sword hilt as she swam in a defensive current. McQueen instinctively swimming with SmittenKitten69 various shades of colour intermingling between their unspoken bonds is very strong and puts the rest of the pod at ease.
Calypso signs, " We are getting nowhere with this guy. " Hakagure and Krillin try chatting the barrier of understanding frustrating her to no end. She can understand his words but the meaning they ascribe to them are so different. That she can overcome.
Hakagure signs, " We have to try don't we isn't there something on the ship that can help us. We have so many labs isn't one dedicated to translating or something. "
MagmaHeart signs, " Maybe that could work but do we just lock him up while we go figure it out. "
X2CU signs, " Yeah why not, it's not like we can let them wander about the ship."
BABYMAKERXCREAM signs, " Exactly what if there is a hidden treasure somewhere on the ship. We still need to explore properly this baby is loaded I can feel it in my tits." The pod chuckles a bit at her, the colours still underlyingly tense as SmittenKitten69 and McQueen are still in a defensive current. They swim about slowly keeping an eye out on Krillin why still also sharing in the pod.
Calypso says, " I don't have a lifestyle class picked out yet." She like many she picked a production class for the deconstruct skill a large part of getting the materials as a guild.
SKY Ocean Hunter signs, " It has to be Hakagure guys we will keep the old bat company. If it is anything like my production class getting it should be given her a basic understanding of most ancient languages." Most of the pod flashes a worried blue hue. The ship is dangerous and still needs to be explored properly by all of them.
Calypso signs, " She doesn't have to go alone, you guys." The pod shine a relaxed purple. This entire Krillin has been patient as his age nothing good comes from rushing especially stranger the stories he has heard about the kin slayers are terrible and he will do everything in power to save them.
SKY Ocean Hunter joins SmittenKitten69 and McQueen the defensive current is so strong he has noticed that the other unknown beings are hiding with their weapons ready. They are basically surrounded but at least his class skills are exponentially stronger than on the surface.
Hakagure signs, "I will be back soon don't kill everyone, especially you McQueen." McQueen has been channelling her power since they started the defensive current.
She doesn't even wait for anyone not to respond but Hakagure is followed by BABYMAKERXCREAM, MagmaHeart, and, X2CU go with her leaving behind SKY Ocean Hunter, Calypso, SmittenKitten69 and McQueen. Colours interchange until they are out of reach with one another. The Typhoon labs are also centrally located. They take turbulent tubes to the lab area.
X2CU signs, " We can't use the system to open up these doors. It needs someone to accept the job token to open." Each lab has its own job token.
BABYMAKERXCREAM signs, " I don't mind doing it but the right lab is behind this general lab." There are several labs separated by specialization and the general labs with all the labs attached to it.
X2CU signs, " No let me do it, It could help me find my thing. You will need the exploration labs and all they have to offer I know you are most excited about getting to explore and the Typhoon is all about that." Her colours are sincere MagmaHeart especially flashes alongside her.
The job token for the archeology general labs, is then taken by X2CU her lifestyle class changing to Ancient Researcher. A general specialization with multiply paths for evolution.
The lab space is pristine, various tools and dim consoles and workstations lay undisturbed. Not even overgrown algae are in the room.
MagmaHeart signs, "What is the seven seas is this. " The lab water is pristine and completely sterile water. It even stings the scales a little which is odd.
Everyone swims to the back of the spacious lab where the specialized labs are.
Hakagure takes the token on the specialized ancient languages Researcher. His body glowing as the information melts into her body. The runes from the Typhoon and Kings passage augment her abilities like when a player who ahs the chaos advances as a knight to become chaos. While a researcher is as limited as a normal linguistic she has a plus-five bonus for all Oceanic languages.
Magamheart signs, "Are we good?" The difference in reactions made her think that maybe they have to do a quest after all HectorP had to do several quests to become a Winemaker. Hell SueZen is struggling with her lifestyle becoming a Bounty Hunter is not as simple as she thought.
BABYMAKERXCREAM signs, "Yeah what just happened to you." Her body glowing an inquisitive shade of jealous orange. BABYMAKERXCREAM know something special happened to Hakagure.
Hakagure signs, "Yeah we are good." She only winks at BABYMAKERXCREAM her mischievous green flashes also signalling that they have to move. Hakagure wants a chance to explore her new lifestyle class on that old loon and see what quest he holds. Using the main flow to return to the back of the ship where the exhaust port is located.
Calypso is the first to see them, SKY Ocean Hunter, SmittenKitten69 and McQueen are all in a defensive current. Calypso signs, " How did it go?" She can't any difference in the other girls of course not all jobs give clothing or special belts and items like a prosthetist.
Hakagure signs, "We are about to find out." She swim towards the old man who hasn't made a move since. A window comes up in her heads up display, She adds herself and Krillin as participants in her lifestyle minigame. She signs at him hoping that he will try and respond as before.
Krillin after a few minutes of watching one of the Kin slayers try to do something decides to respond. The posturing of the three strong ones made him hesitant to embark if they don't uphold the king Peace then they might have to fight Kin Slayers. "Low to you, Kin Slayer."
A litany of meanings that she has to decipher come up. First, she could quickly eliminate those that don't match phonically as the system game give her a list of languages that she can use to narrow it down. Of course, she knows that he is speaking an oceanic language however since it is her first time she goes through the process that helps her identify the language. From syntax to semantics she is carefully guiding herself to identifying the language. Once she has done that she is given three phrases she can respond with.
Hakagure with a barely palatable accent, " Under four moons." She struggled to repeat it exactly as the system had told her and losses a few points in the process. If she losses enough points the interaction will end and she won't be able to restart the interaction with the same NPC. She knows she can't fail because this old loon is obviously some kind of leader so if she doesn't get through to him she won't have another chance and they might have to fight their way out.
Krillin's eyes go wide as he finally understands the spell work of young Kin Slayer. They continue this process of finding the semantic value of Krillin's words become more understandable as she crosses the seventy per cent mark. This is a great start the mini-game only needed her to reach fifty per cent yet she is having a lot of fun learning a language on the fly.
[You have Learned A new language +1 to Linguistic Research ]
Hakagure after a short twenty burst signs and flashes for everyone to join. She can hold a proper conversation with Krillin. "Guys this is Krillin a grand visor and leader of the Shrill." The name doesn't stick out to anyone but SKY Ocean Hunter. Shrill are rare monsters much like goblins smart and technically gifted and deeply misunderstood also a great source of experience for low-level players.
Magamheart asks her, "What are they doing here?"
McQueen signs, "What do they want rather and are they going to attack. I'm tired of those guys hiding behind the drive eyeing us like we are food."
Hakagure responds flashing for her to stop talking, "They are afraid of us." SKY Ocean Hunter sits back a bit letting the girls go through the various miscellaneous enquires like McQueen he has sensed an increasing amount of hostility from the Shrill.
Calypso asks, "Why are they afraid?" She is more interested in getting this all sorted. Her colour moving towards annoyance and hostility like the others the constant pressure of eyes and negative psychic power that the Shrill are giving off is starting to affect their mental states.
Hakagure signs, "I'm not sure I guess we have to increase our relationship with them to figure out how they got here and why they are afraid of us."
SKY Ocean Hunter signs, "Asks him specifically what they want, I'm taking typhoon away today we are heading back to Red Rion Island by the end of the week." Hakagure does as instructed talking it over with Krillin for a few minutes the Old Shrill looking at her then SKY Ocean Hunter over and over again during the conversation.
SKY Ocean Hunter colours make it certain that he feels they might have to fight everyone is extremely tense as the eyes and mental pressure continues to grow.
Hakagure signs, "Krillin says they had a deal with the old captain, as long as they cleaned the ship they were allowed to stay here and be safe from a group I'm not sure about he called them Iron Sea Ki.."
SKY Ocean Hunter signs, "We know as the Isekal but they claim themselves as the descendants of The Iron Sea and Caged Tsumani amongst other great houses that have risen." SUNken Ocean house is one house that managed to survive over the years and has risen to the level of a shallow house let alone rising beyond that.
Hakagure signs, "One more thing Krillin claims they are the reason the Typhoon didn't fall into disrepair they have spent generation refining the means to keeping the Typhoon Realm Raider." Everyone looks at one another while it is impossible it makes a lot of sense that someone had to maintain some of the systems that the Typhoon can do her self why not make it into a real living ship.
SKY Ocean Hunter signs, "If that is true at all then why is the ship registering them as enemies?" Hakagure can't actually answer that and has to ask Krillin himself to explain while she serves as an interpreter.
Hakagure signs on his behalf, " When the Kin Slayers died, it was too late for them to do anything for the former captain of the Typhoon. Upon his death, all the privileges they used to receive for their services were withdrawn and thus they're viewed as hostile by the Typhoon.
SKY Ocean Hunter continues his talk with the Shrill. He has Krillin call of his people now that they are talking he doesn't mind reinstating the old deal but he needs the details of what they do exactly. They speak through Hakagure for another three hours each trying to secure the best deal possible. The main sticking point for SKY Ocean Hunter was their ability to move around the ship had to be limited. He like Tyr and Styx know that NPC can be just as savage as players and he won't have it on his ship...