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CyberCornEntropic

14 years ago

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I'm working on it and screwed up?

dmfalk

14 years ago

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Even for a screw-up, it was pretty good. :)

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CyberCornEntropic

14 years ago

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Ah, well. At least it's out there and out of my hair before it evaporates back into wherever muses get their material.

I didn't read your challenge properly before I had to make supper, so that was what I came up with since, at first, I didn't have any ideas for a Japan-oriented story. Then I remembered that Baksrit's mother may be the equivalent of a Gypsy, but her father is the equivalent of a Japanese-American whose family has been in the states for a few generations. That's the perfect excuse to throw Japanese monsters at her, right? :p

dmfalk

14 years ago

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*grin* :) Since your Baskrit stories are based on the Medieval/Renaissance periods, and the earliest period I'm aware of of European contact with the Japanese was during late Medieval/early Renaissance, perhaps as early as the 13th Century and no later than the mid-16th Century (The "Shogun" TV miniseries of the early '80s was based in the early 17th Century), so this isn't all that out of line. :)

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CyberCornEntropic

14 years ago

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Also, since it's my own world, it also helps that I can mix and match cultures as I please, regardless of how implausible that would have been in real life. :p It does help that Loma is meant to be a cultural and economic crossroads.

For example, the deities whose names I mushed into days of the week were deliberately chosen (mostly) from non-European mythologies. (Shamash (Akkadian), Chang'e (Chinese), Wepwawet (Egyptian), Ganesha (Hindu), Ukko (Finnish), Astarte (Semitic), and Rongo (Maori)) Granted, there's no Japanese among those, but the Japanese did have a rich bestiary of monsters and ghosts that can be tapped into, and Baksrit as apprentice dealing with a family curse on her father's side has been part of her backstory for a while. No doubt it's about time to set some of that down on paper.

CyberCornEntropic

14 years ago

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First things first, though. Baksrit still needs to interrogate Changy the Vulcan way. :p

dmfalk

14 years ago

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Make a hysterical Changy pass out with a Vulcan neck pinch, eh? ;) (I know you're referring to the mind meld... ;) )

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CyberCornEntropic

14 years ago

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That would be funny. :p Not likely to happen, but it would be funny. :o

And gee, how many people could see that mind meld coming from a mile away? ;p

dmfalk

13 years, 11 months ago

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*grin* :)

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dmfalk

14 years ago

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Also, birds figure very prominently in Japanese culture, especially cranes.... :)

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CyberCornEntropic

14 years ago

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True, and there are some sentient (as well as plenty of non-sentient) birds in the Winterfur world, although not as many as there are mammals. The most obvious bird is the Great Phoenix herself, but there are more mundane ones like ravens and eagles. Since the Winterfur world is influenced by Sanguine Publication's Ironclaw and Jadeclaw RPG books and cranes appear as a Race in Jadeclaw, there probably are cranes somewhere.

dmfalk

14 years ago

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Well, there you go- A crane could be in a story... :)

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CyberCornEntropic

14 years ago

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Indeed so. However, I think a Japanese monster would work, and no, I don't mean Gojira. ;p

dmfalk

13 years, 11 months ago

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;)

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DOtter

14 years ago

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https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=87180 There; I want a friend to look at it before I take it out of scraps, but this should do for now. Whatcha gonna do with it to help Japan?

dmfalk

14 years ago

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The idea is to honour Japan and its people, who are going through an unimaginable tragedy, and for us to think of them in our thoughts and prayers, and perhaps to encourage donations to various relief efforts.

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DOtter

14 years ago

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So we're just paying tribute to Japan. Okay, then. Just wanted to clarify that.

dmfalk

14 years ago

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Pretty much. Just keep in mind the official death toll is over 10,000 (likely closer to 20,000), with at least a half million displaced, with whole communities, even cities, lost. The more we keep them in our thoughts, the more we can help those who lost everything by knowing they're not alone.

For me, I'm affected, because the tsunami that was generated off the coast of Japan that devastated their Pacific coast also hit here, 5,000 miles away, and two major ports here in California are still badly damaged from that cataclysmic event.

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DOtter

14 years ago

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Incidentally, I did speak with my friendly "kitsune expert" and a few small changes are in order to make it more authentic. I'll get to it soon, I hope.

dmfalk

13 years, 11 months ago

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