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[Somewhere In The Woods (Long Hike)]
2024-12-22 03:44:59
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Posted by ID #107
Last edit: 2025-09-14 09:26:14

After a hard day of traveling through Lo'aith, you head back to the notail camp to see if you could chill out with a chat with your friend. You have to look around the notail station a bit, but you finally find her. It appears she's on her break and trying to eat.

Q-11
"Oh it's you! Welcome back, alien! You caught me at a good time, I just finished work for the day. It's Q-'s turn to watch O-5. Do you want anything to eat? Bp"
How do you reply?
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Ask her how her day has been.

You ask her how her day has been.

Q-11
"Oh it's just the same ole same ole. Dealing with O-5. He doesn't really change but that's just sort of his thing." She goes to get you a meal plate so you can join her. "It's not really that interesting."
Q-11
"Oh, I do believe I lost my capture creature. That or it's taking a really long walk. I'm sure it'll come back. And if it doesn't, oh well, I guess that's just rude nature! Bp"
How do you respond?
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Ask if you can help look for it.

You ask her if you can help find it.

Q-11
"You're so cute!"
Q-11
"But no."
Q-11
"One of the anomalies might attack you. We got a pretty hostile one that wanders nearby. Bp
You decide to...
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Change topics.

You change topics. You remember how she wanted you to ask about notail things.

What do you ask?
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Ask about this "living Cosmosdex" some notails have.

You ask about the living Cosmosdex some notails talk about.

Q-11
"Oh the living Cosmosdex is a lot of fun! You know, tourists and notails have a lot in common!"
Q-11
"Many notails who are allowed to travel around in space like to take photos of aliens they meet and take notes about them. They put it into a living Cosmosdex. It's like a personal diary, but instead you're collecting info on aliens."
Q-11
"My living Cosmosdex isn't that big cause I don't really like dead or burned aliens being in them. I like to zone out during clean up and I'm not too interested in having my work and interests co-mingle that closely."
Q-11
"But that's why if a notail askes you for a picture, it's just because they want to add your photo to their living Cosmosdex. Notails love sorting things into neat piles. That's why we have classes I'm sure! Bp"
You decide to ask...
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Ask if you can see her Living Cosmosdex.

You ask if you can see her living Cosmosdex.

Q-11
"Oh. I would. But now I'm feeling self conscious about it. The point of a living Cosmosdex isn't to write anything accurate, just write what you see and how you're feeling....."
You decide to...
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Say you're fine with not seeing it.

You tell her you're fine with not seeing it.

Q-11
She is silent for a moment. You have a strange feeling you offended her somehow.
Q-11
"So I was wondering. Have you interacted with any anomalies in your life?"
How do you respond?
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You recently met that fire anomaly in the wasteland actually.

You start talking about meeting an anomaly, when she cuts you off, offended.

Q-11
"Uh, hey. Do you know what a notail sign off is? Bp"
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"No. I do not know what they are."

You tell her you have no idea what a notail sign off is.

Q-11
Q-11 gives a sigh of relief. "Weew! Sorry about that, I thought you were doing that on purpose! Notails don't speak out of order because it makes conversations really hard to do, especially when we're mentally talking to each other."
Q-11
"You can't hear tones as well, so it's important to wait till someone signs off. Else if you start talking, it sounds like that noise might be your own thoughts, or from the other speaker."
Q-11
2024-12-22 04:07:37
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Posted by ID #107
Last edit: 2025-09-14 09:31:14
"Notails don't really focus on tones, so alien TV is kind of hard to watch. Everyone just sounds like a single person in multiple bodies. I always have to turn on the close captioning with notail friendly subtitles until I learn who is supposed to sound like who."
Q-11
"I'm sure you've noticed that most notails are monotoned so it can be annoying to listen to us talk........"
Q-11
"Anyway, what were you talking about with that anomaly? Bp" Q-11 stresses her call off purposefully, as if worried that you might get nervous about cutting her off.

You tell her about the fire anomaly you met in the wastelands. How it cursed and attacked everything it saw.

Q-11
"Oh, Matches. Matches is normal. Matches has been here for a loooooooong time. Errrr."
Q-11
"To make it clear, Matches has been around us, Q-classes, for a long time."
Q-11
"I'm pretty sure Matches is just a Q-class. It has never attacked a notail directly but it has burned down some of our supply buildings a few times. Bp"
You decide to ask...
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"Have you ever met Matches?"

You ask if she has ever met Matches.

Q-11
2024-12-22 04:10:11
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Posted by ID #107
Last edit: 2024-12-22 04:10:28
"Pretty sure I haven't. I mean, I've met a lot of flaming anomalies before but I've never met Matches I guess. I don't usually do patrols much, but I've been having to take them a lot more frequently recently."
Q-11
"If you're wondering why I sound unsure, it's because I zone out for most of work or just forget about it after I'm done for the day. It's actually a normal thing for a Q-class. Bp"
You ask...
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"Uh. Are notails being anomalous....normal?"

You ask if being anomalous is normal for notails.

Q-11
"Oh yeah for sure. The gods hate notails so about 1 in 20 notails are actually an anomaly. Pretty neat ain't it?"
Q-11
"Don't worry, you wouldn't even notice it 95% of the time. Most of the time it's something super small, like being able to understand birds, or coming back to life after dying...."
Q-11
"Or summoning a raw potato.......and only a raw potato."
Q-11
"The best way to figure out if a notail is anomalous is to take off their face. Their mask will always have something anomalous about it, no matter how minor the affliction is."
Q-11
"I think people get the wrong idea about notails and anomalies. We hate anomalies, that's for sure. But we don't just kill any anomaly we see."
Q-11
2024-12-22 04:13:33
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Posted by ID #107
Last edit: 2025-09-14 09:33:00
"That's why we don't kill Matches. Matches just seems to be a Q-class who gets pissed off in the middle of nowhere for a few hours and someone has to go pick them up. Matches would never harm a notail. So, anomalous, but non-harmful. Recommendation is to walk away without saying a single word. It'll never attack if you ignore it."
Q-11
"Aka, most notails didn't ask the gods to be anomalous, and it's clear our species didn't ask for it so we just sort of ignore it and pretend they're not anomalous. Bp"
It's time to leave. You decide to...
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Say you have to go, but ask if you should use a sign off when talking to her next time.

You thank her for the conversation and promise her you'll talk more about alien culture next time. She perks up at the thought. You offhandedly ask if you should use a sign off next time you talk.

Q-11
"Aww that's cute, but you don't need to! Aliens are very emotional."
Q-11
"I don't mean that in a rude way, I just mean that when aliens are talking and they're expecting something, they're very obvious about it. They look in another direction or slightly smile to prompt the other person to talk."
Q-11
"So as long as I'm talking to just one alien, I already can see your "sign off" when you finish talking! Thank you for asking."
Q-11
"Have a wonderful day, and don't get burned out there! Bp"
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