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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[fromrussiawith_love]

[Gone? Had this man got the wrong information? The Soviet Union was very much alive and well during Raikov's time. Yet, did this mean he had been pulled into the future by the strange intercom woman? He swallowed. He suddenly felt rather sick.]

Я новичок слишком [I'm new too.]

Sorry, I had to wait until I could use google translate again.

[vengeance_driven]

[He feels a little sorry for the guy.]

Југославија је такође нестао. [Yugoslavia is gone, too. It's not much consolation, especially for a man that fell out of love with government in general. But Raikov still looks like a man who very much loves his state, and something loved and lost is something mourned. Or in this case, something that could be lost.]

Понекад ствари су другачије. [Sometimes --- different. Things had been different for the people from the future Mohave. Maybe they would be for him.

But the important thing is Raikov is new and that means Niko is boned on figuring out what's going on. His scruffy cheeks puff out when he exhales in frustration.] Јебига. [Maybe it's for the better that one doesn't precisely translate.]

Re: 'sok. I forgot about Google translator XD

[fromrussiawith_love]

[Raikov just stared at Niko for a good few seconds.]

Гоне? Вчать до ю меня гоне? [Gone? What do you mean gone?]

До ю кнов вчать ис гоинг он чере? [Do you know what is going on here?] Вхо ис тэ шуман он тэ интерцом? [Who is the woman on the intercom?]

[vengeance_driven]

Грађански рат. [Civil war. But that doesn't quite translate right. But he continues.] Хрватска, Србија, Црна Гора, Босна ... [Countries that Yugoslavia shattered into after the war.]

То није било лепо. [It was not pretty.]

[fromrussiawith_love]

[A Civil war, huh? This is all new to Raikov. The country you live in Niko is still commanded by the Soviets.]

Вы должны были остаться с России-матушки. [You should have stayed with Mother Russia.]

Как вы в конечном итоге в кампусе? [How did you end up being within the Campus? Because everyone wants to know how they came about being here.]

[vengeance_driven]

Један је лош као други када свако жели међусобно мртав. [One government is as bad as the other when everyone wants each other dead. The whole ethnic cleansing certainly had put an obstacle on the Slavs remaining united under their flag.

Though when he can barely communicate and he's stumbling over a barrier over two very similar languages, he probably shouldn't discuss the demise of a loyalist's nation.]

Ја сам био у кабареу. [I was at the cabaret. It's not the truth, but since cabarets are common among Russians too, he might get the humor in being stolen from Old World entertainment.]

[fromrussiawith_love]

[The caberet, huh? Ivan was back at Groznyj Grad before he was stolen away to this place.]

Что вы делаете работу? [What do you do for a job?]

And now that I know how to use the scrollover....

[vengeance_driven]

Цариник. [He will never not give a smart ass answer to that question. He knows what he looks like, and he also is still wary of incriminating himself even though he spent his first day patrolling the premises with a scoped carbine rifle.]

Re: Ah, ok. You're using Serbian, yes? I know enough Russian to be able to type it XD

[fromrussiawith_love]

[A servant? Really? What kind of servant?]

Какую рабу вы были? [What kind of servant were you?]