FROM: @WEHFRIED || TO: @ALL (backdated like hell, aka before spiderland)

[gerechtigkeit]

Before Gallipoli, it was discussed that we should come up with aliases to call each other, and have backstories to speak of while there was downtime in the war. At the time, we knew the Regency was there, but they wouldn't be so visible. It was enough to not be asked too much by the natives of the time, and allowed us the conditions we needed to blend in as a unit of reinforcements that was beached at the wrong location.

The situation may be different here, but I'd suggest we come up with different aliases from before, considering we'll be facing the Regency out in the open. Using your actual name isn't suggested- it could cause problems and endanger the rest of this cell if you do so. Try to pick something you'll remember easily enough.

Feel free to suggest names and ideas for yourselves, or help others. The BCE has a list of them you can pick from. The sooner we can compile a list, the easier it will make it for all of us to recall while in the middle of the mission.

[Boy, talking like this is a reminder of speaking with soldiers before battles. That was a long time ago, and he's getting back into the hang of it. Also, guess who's bad at suggesting names? THIS GUY. Thankfully, the BCE has a posh name generator that can be found here.]

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[dorzalta]

[ RIP she hardly knew ye. ]

It seems rather effortless to be considered a natural.

[millimeter]

well i mean
that's why you're a natural!
it's pretty hard for some people to figure out, esp old ppl
or if they can't see the emoji in the first place lol

[Prompto, no, don't laugh at Mamoru.]

[dorzalta]

[ So not much of a compliment, after all. ]

Why would older people struggle?

[dorzalta]

And what does lol stand for? I've seen that and tldr used, but I don't understand.

[ Look, she trusts you enough to ask, roomie! ]

[millimeter]

it can be hard to get used to new tech
learning curve's pretty sharp! or at least that's what i'm told
i don't exactly have a lot of firsthand experience w it 🤷

oh right it's an acronym! both of them are
lol is laughing out loud
most of the time you don't laugh out loud tho it's just shorthand for being like
"i totes just read or said a hilars thing 😂😂😂"

tldr is too long didn't read, only you say it like "teal deer"

[Casually betrays Heine without a second thought.]

[dorzalta]

We've no technology in my world. Nothing like this. Aegonner and I were amazed by the mind ravens. Does your world have them?

I thought that face meant you've found something funny enough to laugh out loud? Are these faces not meant to emulate what we wish to convey?

[ This is more complicated than she'd expected. ]

I see. Would it be safe to assume the 'teal deer' is a term of disrespect?

[ Casually adores him even more while sharpening Irriella's mandibles tbh. ]

[millimeter]

mind ravens??
omg is that what you guys call the network???
that's so good wtf
MIND BIRDS!! i kinda want to call it that now
but we don't have anything like this exactly
the bce is WAYYY more advanced than what i'm used to tbh

oh, yeah they're there to convey emotions and tone through text!
it just doesn't have to be EXACTLY what you mean
like if you find something funny you say lol but you don't have to literally laugh you know??
sometimes it's p awkward if you're standing around irl and suddenly you laugh at your texts lmao

[NOT THAT PROMPTO HAS ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THAT...]

and yeah, usually you say it when you wanna sass someone bc they wrote a lot

[dorzalta]

It's faster than ravens to communicate. What do you use?

[ Well... she's glad someone else appreciates the name. ]

If you're not laughing, do you truly find it funny? It seems like you're lying, then, if you say lol when you're really not.

[ Omg more words Prompto why she's still a newb. ]

I see. And how is one expected to respond to tldr?

[millimeter]

we use phones
idr the last time i actually used a phone as an actual phone tho lmao

[...Wait.]

uhhh in case you don't know what a phone is:
you remember the radios in gallipoli? they're kinda like that!

and i mean yeah, i find it funny! can't speak for anyone else but you can use it for any and all degrees of humor :)
i guess it's dependent on context more than anything else

and i'd prob just be like "RUDE" or smth
depends who's sassing me! 😠
but your reply to hotdog was pretty good ngl

[dorzalta]

[ Bless him. ]

So you may speak over them and also use them like you do the BCE? That sort of thing would be revolutionary in my world. It would change the tide of battle exponentially.

[ So do dragons, though. ]

I believe you do. There should be another term for things you find amusing but do not laugh over.

His name is hotdog? 🙄 How would you have responded to his sass? I'd considered sending Irriella to terrorize him.

[millimeter]

yeah! they're standard issue for the crownsguard and kingsglaive
they're also great for mobile games eyyy
(i miss playing king's knight 😩)

[jfc why is he like this.]

and we could always make another term
there's nothing here to stop us!!

OMG SENDING IRRIELLA 😂
that's better than anything i could come up with
it's prrrobably overkill but w/e
i would've just said rude things back or smth about his network id

[dorzalta]

Crownsguard protects your reigning monarch, I imagine. What of the kingsglaive? We've the Kingsguard and Queensguard in my world. Mine consisted of a number of knights, Unsullied, and sell-swords. When I was khaleesi, I had bloodriders.

You're a knight? You never made mention of this.

[ She hasn't been speaking to him properly or respectfully at all. This is terrible. ]

We could. Have you made many of these terms?

Better than burning him alive for his insolence. Irriella will not consume him, merely give him a proper fright for crossing me.

[ Dany, n o. ]

He's not a dog, is he? I don't quite understand the meaning of his ID.

[millimeter]

the kingsglaive are soldiers who can use the king's magic
kind of our elite military force besides the crownsguard!
they can do a lot of stuff we can't, it's pretty sick
we don't really have knights tho, like i'm DEFINITELY not a knight lol
just crownsguard! pretty new too, i only joined this year

what are unsullied?? and bloodriders???

[How much is he going to regret asking these questions, this is the real question.]

aaand i've made up a few
maybe more than a few
a substitute for lol isn't one of them tho, unless you wanna count literal lols
llol!! (that isn't a real acronym i just made it up)

omg yeah burning him alive is WAY overkill 😲
even if he IS a hotdog

iiit's a kind of food in eos, but i can't really speak for anyone else
so maybe there's a reference i'm missing?
do you have sausage where you're from?? it's p much the same thing

[dorzalta]

Just? Did you not say you're part of an elite force? What makes one more important than the other, save for the use of the king's magic and some additional liberties?

Unsullied are warrior-eunuchs, slaves trained from birth to fight. They are known as some of the most disciplined warriors in my world. I bought them with one of my dragons, and then sacked the city, freeing all men, women, and children from a life of slavery. Bloodriders is a coined phrase used by the Dothraki, a nomadic horse people. Each khal accepts three bloodriders who swear their lives in service to their khal.

[ That is simplifying things. Perhaps too much. ]

actually laughing out loud? What about smirking. Or snorting?

You burn dogs in your world? How is that not overkill, but burning the hotdog is?

[ SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. Oh wait, now she does. ]

There's blood sausage many people enjoy.

[millimeter]

ok, i def could have phrased that better
like don't get me wrong, i never would have even DREAMED of being part of the crownsguard as a kid
getting the chance to join at all, it really meant a lot you know?
i'm just saying i'm not nobility or anything

whoa ok, i had no idea you were like
a bona fide actual hero????
that's pretty badass, js!!

[Simplified or not, Prompto is here to zoom in on the important details: Daenerys Targaryen is a badass.]

there's an emoji for smirking! 😏 it's really punchable, like you just wanna introduce it to a mean left hook
which is apropos ig!
snorting i'd prob just type it out
same w sighing!

lol well it'd be like he's @bloodsausage then
it's a pretty dumb id

[dorzalta]

I would say it's a great honor to serve a king or queen you believe in. Nobility is merely a title, as is being a knight. Something that can be granted by a ruler quite easily. There are those who are born into royal blood and who offer nothing of use to a country and its people, choosing instead to create chaos. Still others who abuse their power, stomp on the smallfolk. You don't seem the sort to do that.

[ A hero? ]

I fight for the smallfolk and for the nobles and all between. There aren't enough who do that.

Why would you type out snorting or sighing?

Lol. You should ask @aegonner about Turnip.

[ That 'lol' is just for you, roomie. ]

[millimeter]

welllll, i wouldn't want to stomp on myself
unless i deserved it, anyway!

[Make that caveat more awkward, Prompto.]

really though
thanks

but yeah that's what i mean!
like maybe putting it that way makes me sound flippant but what you're doing, working to change all of these people's lives for the better, no matter who they are
that really is a legacy fit for a real queen

oh, i'd type out a sigh if i wanted to rly emphasize how unimpressed i was
or annoyed! just like irl
like siiiiiiigh, there isn't a better way to convey sighing in text!!
and i'd type out a snort in place of lol or smth to mix it up a lil

is turnip related to that kale guy??

[dorzalta]

[ She snorts. Silly thing. ]

My world would be a better place with more like you.

[ He's strange at times, likely a result of the differences between their worlds, but his kindness is obvious. ]

I don't think it sounds flippant so much as I don't believe that term applies directly to me. [ She's arrogant enough, but never once has she ever named herself a hero of anything. ] It would be something I'd call my knights and my warriors. They've risked their lives countless times to fight for the world I envision. So many have fallen across the sea, and even in the country upon which I was born.

[ Ser Barristan lingers in her thoughts. ]

I see your point about the sighing. What about when you're rolling your eyes at something someone's said?

Somewhat, he'd made mention of her during Kale's tantrum.