CAMPUS WIDE EVENT: THE LANGUAGE BARRIER REINSTATED

[intercom_voice]

[Today, something somewhere went wrong. On the evening on the 15th, any bilingual (or otherwise) knowledge granted by the Campus has simply...disappeared. At least for anybody walking by the North Wing.]

Tja ... det här kommer att lägga sordin på våra studier, är nu inte det?

[Translation: Well...this is going to put a damper on our studies, now isn't it?]

((ooc: So! For the next 5 days (the 15th~20th), your character officially only knows their native tongue. Aka, whatever language they primarily grew up with. They can no longer read, speak, or understand any other language but.

For fun you can even use Google Translate to show what your character is speaking at a glance! Don't worry, we all know it's probably gibberish :P

If you go the Google route, please be sure to put a translation at the bottom. If not, then please take care to specify what language your character is speaking in at the start of every thread.

If you have any questions, just head to the mod plurk or send this account a PM, but most importantly--have fun!))

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[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[Sibyll sniffs at his annoyance. He was the one who insisted she draw. This was simply the result.]

Yeah, I'm talking about her. [She reiterates, mimicking his gesture and pointing at the intercom.]

[stealshinies]

[...He's not sure if she gets it, and he doesn't really know what to say or do. Dwelling on this whole language barrier thing was pointless anyway! He just wanted a way to pass the time. Maybe he should just go back to the dorm...but that's boring!

He takes the notebook back to draw something else.]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[He was in absolutely no position to judge her drawings now. Though she thought she got what he was saying. Chuckling a little, she points to first his knife on his belt, then to what appeared to be his knife in the picture. She repeats this gesture for the bit that looks to be the intercom.]

[stealshinies]

[Grinning at that, Bakura draws his knife and glances over towards the intercom. Maybe they could have a little fun after all~?]

H-heh heh heh... [At least a laugh was a laugh.]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[Sibyll laughs even more. It was tempting to egg him on, but it wouldn't really accomplish anything besides Bakura electrocuting himself. She shakes her head, and scribbles out another little doodle.]



[She then points from his drawing of stabbing the intercom to her drawing to indicate the progression of events.]

[stealshinies]

[Unfortunately, Bakura's a few thousand years too soon to understand her modern drawing symbolism. "X" eyes for death, the spiked hair and heat lines for electrocution. It's all nonsense to him.

The only thing he does get is the scar, and when he sees it he looks back up at Sibyll, squinting and quit obviously lost.]

...?

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[What? That picture of him is clearly dead. How does he not get that? Finally, she simply sighs and shakes her head. She drew out the results of what would probably happen. It would be easier if they could both just write out what they were thinking, but he can't read. Not to mention all the language weirdness would probably affect their writing, too.]

[stealshinies]

[At the drawing, he suddenly remembers the sparking wires he'd seen inside it before--and Sibyll's warning then as well.]

Oh. [Right.

Bakura puts his knife away and takes the notebook back, looking at a loss. He looks back up at Sibyll sourly, but it's not really aimed at her so much as the situation.]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[Her expression brightens as an idea occurs to her. Sure, they couldn't talk, but they did share other interests. Time for charades.

Smiling, she pulls out her pistol and points to the window and the outdoors with it. She mimics firing it outside at a passing bird, then holsters the gun. Next Sibyll points to Bakura's knife and does a stabbing motion, then points back towards the window.

If he picked up what she was saying, they could still have some fun. The hard part would be twisting his arm into getting him to clean anything they hunted.]

[stealshinies]

[At first Bakura looks at her as if she's grown a second head, but once she's gotten to the stabbing motion, he finally gets it.

She wants to hunt. With him? Well, it's been awhile since he bothered to hunt anything, what with Karasu so generously providing him with free meals and board.

But there was nothing else to do, and there was definitely a certain fun to be had. So making up his mind, he nods and grabs his knife with a hungry, almost bloodthirsty smirk.]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[Good, he got that. She grins at her success and motions for him to follow her out into the open.]

Come on, let's have some fun.

[stealshinies]

[Pulling his innermost hood up to prepare himself for the cold, Bakura starts to follow her with a small chuckle.]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[She darts outside, Bakura on her tail. The pair run around the frosty jungle for a bit before Sibyll pauses.]

What do you want to hunt? Birds or something that runs around on the ground?

[To complement her question, Sibyll makes a fluttering motion with her hands when she speaks of birds, and a walking motion when she mentions ground game.]

[stealshinies]

[Birds would be too much of a pain without any traps. It's not like he had a bow with him, and Diabound was a bit noticeable.

So with that in mind, he holds up two fingers.]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[She grins and gives him a thumbs up, though quickly regrets it since he probably won't have a clue what she means by that. Hopefully the smile will tell him that she means something positive.

Shrugging off the miscommunication, she fishes out a pair of binoculars and deftly scales the nearest suitable tree. Once on a sturdy branch, she brings up the binoculars and begins to search the area for game.]

[stealshinies]

[Yeah, he has no idea what that meant, but Bakura manages to get the gist of it.

He follows her up the tree and eyes her binoculars suspiciously before trying to look at them for himself--wwith his hands, of course. He is a thief.]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

Hey! Cut that out!

[Sibyll bats at his hands. Finally, with a roll of her eyes, she passes him the binoculars, feeling a bit like a mother with a begging child.]

[stealshinies]

Rrh... [He growls as his hands are batted, pulling them back with a grouchy look.

As soon as she hands them over he's quick to take them. Bakura peers through the eyeholes first, checking for any sort of bite-sized traps before tentatively pressing them to his eyes.]

...Huh.

[Looking around, it's hard to tell how confused he is without being able see the most of his expression. When he turns to look at Sibyll and gets a giant view of her teeth instead of a pretty face, he nearly falls off the branch.]

ظ�� иЇй�иЙ╪з┘Д╪е╪?!

[What the fuck is this thing?!]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

Don't drop 'em!

[Dark eyes going wide, she reaches out and grabs the binoculars, saving them from a fall. Sibyll doesn't expend the same effort to grab the Thief King. He's far easier to replace in this place.

Once he's regained his balance, Sibyll beings to attempt miming how the binoculars function. She points to them, then waves an arm, trying to point out something a long distance away. However she strongly suspects the gesture is futile.]

[stealshinies]

[He looks a little grumpy that she cared so much about saving her stupid toy, and almost let him fall on his ass, but the feeling passes. He takes interest in the device again, watching her demonstration.

...Yeah, he's not getting the second part, but he does gesture to take the binoculars back.]

Hushda, sdhsi hsdha kgua.

[Okay, let me see them.]