taxonmods: (the cute; it liiiiiiiies.)
taxonmods ([personal profile] taxonmods) wrote in [community profile] taxonooc2011-05-20 10:17 am

don't speak i know just what you're saying so please stop explaining don't tell me cause it hurts

WE DO IN FACT SPEAK AMERICANO. AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

Only with a lot less actual speaking for a while. As outlined in May's State of the Taxon, we’ve got a system glitch starting around midday on Sunday the 22nd.

An attempt by the aliens to stop the citizens from understanding the incoming radio signals will result in the characters losing the ability to speak - or indeed make any vocalizations - and the tablets will only support text transmissions. This will last through the 26th, with some residual effects lingering until the 29th.

List of details!

● At the start of the glitch, there will be a five minute period in which characters will speak gibberish, nonsense sounds strung together.

● After this, spoken communication will be shut off completely and tablets will default to text.

● Characters who know languages other than English will find themselves writing in that language or languages. They can stick to English with a lot of effort, but words or phrases will still slip through.

● On the 26th, verbal communication will be restored. Multilingual characters will still find themselves slipping into non-English.

● This will all be cleared up and normalcy restored on the 29th.



For characters who will be affected by the multi-lingual shenanigans, you can use Google Translate to muck up your tags, or denote things in other languages by bolding the text.

Questions? Plottings? Flailings? This is the post for 'em! Speak now or forever hold... you get the idea.

[identity profile] biverbam.livejournal.com 2011-05-21 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
He'll find his way, like a baby monosyllabic duck!

[identity profile] prophecy-boy.livejournal.com 2011-05-21 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
THIS IS AN AMAZING ANALOGY.

[identity profile] biverbam.livejournal.com 2011-05-21 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
All he needs now is a mama duck to waddle in front of him and show him the way to verbiosity.

ONE LITTLE WEBBED FOOT AT A TIME, CONNOR, YOU CAN DO IT!

[identity profile] prophecy-boy.livejournal.com 2011-05-21 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
omg he is such a sad little duckling. OR PUPPY.

[identity profile] biverbam.livejournal.com 2011-05-21 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'd suggest River but that would be the worst idea to ever exist in the history of ideas.