3384: Everyday I Write the Book
Today also I read a book--can you tell which? =p
Her skin is actually a pale silver/grey, vs. the expected RGB 255-255-255 white I normally do, because otherwise the facial line denoting a colour divide makes no sense. It should prolly be a slight tint normally anyway... so there's that. Her symbol is a vague representation of a topaz, 'cause she digs shinies that happen to be valuable and it's the gem that closest matches.
No, not ruby, that's getting too monochrome.
Need some 日本語 proofing helps here.
Alex unlocked the door and swung it open. "サニー! 只今!"
"Guh?" Darian blurted.
A cheery-looking feline in her twenties peeked out from the kitchen. "ああ, アレックス! お帰りなさい!" She glanced at Darian and seemed to be momentarily surprised. "あのう, 友達は?"
"ダリアンです, ね!" Alex smiled at the perplexed look at his face. "I am sorry, Sunni does not speak common very well."
He stared at her in silence. Of course he knew they would speak a foreign language - but what was it?
She took her shoes off and placed them on a stand near the entrance. Darian followed suit, assuming this to be part of her culture, as Alex went on nattering in her native tongue. "ダリアンは私達と今日から泊まりています. 客の部屋-"
"いいえ, だめだ," the woman-Sunni?-protested, dropping her mixing spoon. "彼は泊まりできない. 全然ふさわしいない."
"でも, 安全な所は彼の為にでは有りません!"
She gave a sigh of exasperation. "アタシ, あなたのお母さんじゃない. でも, 承認しない."
"それでは, 人々はアタシに殺すしようとした. 彼はそれらの人々へ帰りなければなりませんか?"
"もし彼らはそれらの人々ならば, あなたは知っていない."
"なぜあなたはそんなに愛想が悪いです?"
"愛想が悪いない. 関心事を言ます."
Darian wasn't sure if he was glad that he didn't understand what they were arguing about or not.
"あのう, 私達はアタシの寝室に話したい!"
"ね," Sunni complained, "居間はどうですか?"
"お願～い!" Alex pleaded.
She waved in dismissal. "好きなことを何でもしなさい... 夕食すぐ準備するでしょう."
Alex turned to Darian, grinning with unbridled pleasure. "We can talk in my room," she declared. Why didn't he feel good about that? "夕食準備します!" Sunni called from downstairs.
"Let's go." She took his hand again and helped him up. "サニー!" she called as they walked back down the hallway.
As they entered the kitchen, Sunni gave a mischievous grin. "着物を脱ぎませんでしたか?"
"無礼だな!" Alex screeched, upset. "私達に信用しません..."
Sunni laughed, bowing in mock apology. "冗談だ..."
Darian frowned at being left out of the conversation, but it couldn't be helped, he supposed. Alex waved him towards the dinner table. "Sit! I bet you have not eaten a decent meal at all."
He obliged, but still seemed uncertain.
They ate Sunni's best shabu-shabu noodles in relative silence, after teaching him to use chopsticks. He was a fast learner, even making a good shabu-shabu himself, to Sunni's delight. As they finished their meal, Alex took Darian aside and made him a proposal.
"You have a lot on your mind," she said, "and it may be good for you to talk to someone about it, just to say it. Sunni doesn't speak common well, so she would be a good listener."
He tugged at his collar in discomfort. "I don't-"
"I will leave the two of you alone in the meantime."
"...okay," he agreed, after some reluctance.
Getting up, Alex walked over to Sunni, whispering something in her ear that he couldn't quite make out.
"囁くなければなりませんか?" Sunni asked aloud.
"...癖です. 何をしますか?"
"聞きます," she said, nodding.
Alex turned back to Darian. "I will be in my room. Please tell me when you are done." With that, she vanished upstairs.
An uneasy silence passed as Darian tried to muster the nerve to say anything. They had just met and here he was going to divulge his darkest secrets to her, someone at least ten years his senior.
"ね, 初めましょうか?"
"Well," he began. "Where do I start?"
"どうぞ," she prompted with a warm smiles. "リラックス... 危険じゃない."
He looked up and met her friendly emerald eyes. To his surprise, when he opened his mouth, the words came tumbling out...
'course, I could LEAVE it crap, like I was going to do initially [the "germane" is crap also, HandWaved by the fact that it's the language of a similar but different planet]. At this point, I just want to get past this chapter already =p but I may as well ask. The alternative is to just use straight kanji as a sort of Pidgin Chinese, but I don't feel like doing that, either.
Her skin is actually a pale silver/grey, vs. the expected RGB 255-255-255 white I normally do, because otherwise the facial line denoting a colour divide makes no sense. It should prolly be a slight tint normally anyway... so there's that. Her symbol is a vague representation of a topaz, 'cause she digs shinies that happen to be valuable and it's the gem that closest matches.
No, not ruby, that's getting too monochrome.
Need some 日本語 proofing helps here.
Alex unlocked the door and swung it open. "サニー! 只今!"
"Guh?" Darian blurted.
A cheery-looking feline in her twenties peeked out from the kitchen. "ああ, アレックス! お帰りなさい!" She glanced at Darian and seemed to be momentarily surprised. "あのう, 友達は?"
"ダリアンです, ね!" Alex smiled at the perplexed look at his face. "I am sorry, Sunni does not speak common very well."
He stared at her in silence. Of course he knew they would speak a foreign language - but what was it?
She took her shoes off and placed them on a stand near the entrance. Darian followed suit, assuming this to be part of her culture, as Alex went on nattering in her native tongue. "ダリアンは私達と今日から泊まりています. 客の部屋-"
"いいえ, だめだ," the woman-Sunni?-protested, dropping her mixing spoon. "彼は泊まりできない. 全然ふさわしいない."
"でも, 安全な所は彼の為にでは有りません!"
She gave a sigh of exasperation. "アタシ, あなたのお母さんじゃない. でも, 承認しない."
"それでは, 人々はアタシに殺すしようとした. 彼はそれらの人々へ帰りなければなりませんか?"
"もし彼らはそれらの人々ならば, あなたは知っていない."
"なぜあなたはそんなに愛想が悪いです?"
"愛想が悪いない. 関心事を言ます."
Darian wasn't sure if he was glad that he didn't understand what they were arguing about or not.
"あのう, 私達はアタシの寝室に話したい!"
"ね," Sunni complained, "居間はどうですか?"
"お願～い!" Alex pleaded.
She waved in dismissal. "好きなことを何でもしなさい... 夕食すぐ準備するでしょう."
Alex turned to Darian, grinning with unbridled pleasure. "We can talk in my room," she declared. Why didn't he feel good about that? "夕食準備します!" Sunni called from downstairs.
"Let's go." She took his hand again and helped him up. "サニー!" she called as they walked back down the hallway.
As they entered the kitchen, Sunni gave a mischievous grin. "着物を脱ぎませんでしたか?"
"無礼だな!" Alex screeched, upset. "私達に信用しません..."
Sunni laughed, bowing in mock apology. "冗談だ..."
Darian frowned at being left out of the conversation, but it couldn't be helped, he supposed. Alex waved him towards the dinner table. "Sit! I bet you have not eaten a decent meal at all."
He obliged, but still seemed uncertain.
They ate Sunni's best shabu-shabu noodles in relative silence, after teaching him to use chopsticks. He was a fast learner, even making a good shabu-shabu himself, to Sunni's delight. As they finished their meal, Alex took Darian aside and made him a proposal.
"You have a lot on your mind," she said, "and it may be good for you to talk to someone about it, just to say it. Sunni doesn't speak common well, so she would be a good listener."
He tugged at his collar in discomfort. "I don't-"
"I will leave the two of you alone in the meantime."
"...okay," he agreed, after some reluctance.
Getting up, Alex walked over to Sunni, whispering something in her ear that he couldn't quite make out.
"囁くなければなりませんか?" Sunni asked aloud.
"...癖です. 何をしますか?"
"聞きます," she said, nodding.
Alex turned back to Darian. "I will be in my room. Please tell me when you are done." With that, she vanished upstairs.
An uneasy silence passed as Darian tried to muster the nerve to say anything. They had just met and here he was going to divulge his darkest secrets to her, someone at least ten years his senior.
"ね, 初めましょうか?"
"Well," he began. "Where do I start?"
"どうぞ," she prompted with a warm smiles. "リラックス... 危険じゃない."
He looked up and met her friendly emerald eyes. To his surprise, when he opened his mouth, the words came tumbling out...
'course, I could LEAVE it crap, like I was going to do initially [the "germane" is crap also, HandWaved by the fact that it's the language of a similar but different planet]. At this point, I just want to get past this chapter already =p but I may as well ask. The alternative is to just use straight kanji as a sort of Pidgin Chinese, but I don't feel like doing that, either.