Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society Issue 16 Errata
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Geir
Emperor Mongoose
This isn’t errata but kudos (and some stream of (un)consciousness). In my first read-through, I think the best article in JTAS 16 is the two-pager ‘Curry Houses of the Vargr’ by Neil Frier.
It really helps with immersion, and we need more articles like that.
I can just see a group of Travellers sitting down to eat:
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“Hey, what’s that? A purple tomato?”
“No, it’s a ‘grum’. Grape-plum hybrid. The skin’s a little rough and tangy, but at least it’s seedless.”
“They keep rolling out of the bowl. Should have made them more egg-shaped, not round.”
“You mean spherical. Round means – ”
“Yeah, whatever. When’s our curry coming?”
“Soon. Have another drink and enjoy the music.”
“Cider’s great, but I don’t get ClawMetal at all, it’s just like… staccato bursts or something.”
“Nah, half is too high frequency. The younger you monkeys are, the more you can hear.”
“Well, it’s annoying. At least with Aslan opera I can hear all the singing, even though I have no idea what it’s about, except lots of posturing and duelling. The translator spits it all out in iambic pentameter and haiku:
“If it’s stuffed with mushrooms, it’s mine.”
“You can have it. Dang, that grum just rolled off the table.”
“Look at that! That thing just grabbed it and scurried off! Is that a big bug or a little robot?”
“Bot. Squashed one and tried eating one last time I was here. Couldn’t get the plastic taste out of my mouth until I wolfed down a bunch white curry.”
“Ha! He said ‘wolfed’.”
“Just eat your entrails.”
“Ah, the music stopped. Relief at last!”
“Looks like that one broke a metal string on the whatszit.”
“Grarkhvarkh. It’s like a guitar.”
“Doesn’t look anything like a guitar. Sure doesn’t sound like one. But at least they’re not into DirgeRock, with those bagpipe-thingies a couple of octaves too high.”
“DirgeRock is awesome. Pass me the red sauce.”
“My food just moved.”
It really helps with immersion, and we need more articles like that.
I can just see a group of Travellers sitting down to eat:
---------
“Hey, what’s that? A purple tomato?”
“No, it’s a ‘grum’. Grape-plum hybrid. The skin’s a little rough and tangy, but at least it’s seedless.”
“They keep rolling out of the bowl. Should have made them more egg-shaped, not round.”
“You mean spherical. Round means – ”
“Yeah, whatever. When’s our curry coming?”
“Soon. Have another drink and enjoy the music.”
“Cider’s great, but I don’t get ClawMetal at all, it’s just like… staccato bursts or something.”
“Nah, half is too high frequency. The younger you monkeys are, the more you can hear.”
“Well, it’s annoying. At least with Aslan opera I can hear all the singing, even though I have no idea what it’s about, except lots of posturing and duelling. The translator spits it all out in iambic pentameter and haiku:
“The dawn is bright with bloody clouds aloft
“Why is my claw red?
“Those are not your entrails there
“Why do you lie still?”
“Yeah, lovely. You should be a poet, not an engineer. Here comes the entries. That one looks like entrails, actually.”“If it’s stuffed with mushrooms, it’s mine.”
“You can have it. Dang, that grum just rolled off the table.”
“Look at that! That thing just grabbed it and scurried off! Is that a big bug or a little robot?”
“Bot. Squashed one and tried eating one last time I was here. Couldn’t get the plastic taste out of my mouth until I wolfed down a bunch white curry.”
“Ha! He said ‘wolfed’.”
“Just eat your entrails.”
“Ah, the music stopped. Relief at last!”
“Looks like that one broke a metal string on the whatszit.”
“Grarkhvarkh. It’s like a guitar.”
“Doesn’t look anything like a guitar. Sure doesn’t sound like one. But at least they’re not into DirgeRock, with those bagpipe-thingies a couple of octaves too high.”
“DirgeRock is awesome. Pass me the red sauce.”
“My food just moved.”
harunmushod
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