Prompt Post - Part Five [CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS]
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Think I might have slipped some R/KF in there, but I think it's mild enough to just be seen as them being awesome Bro's if that isn't your cup o'tea.
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Back in Cadmus, back in the tube with the comforting thrum of machines and the steady stream of thought from the Genomes, Superboy had gained a hefty bit of knowledge, but no real world context. Names of objects, colors, biological functions. Science, technology, astronomy. The world in which he was created resided in the milky way galaxy, located in Sector 2814, distance of about 150 million kilometers from it's sun. Orbited by a single moon whose gravitational forces caused the tides to push and pull on land, and tectonic plates that shifted at whim. Latin name: Terra.
He learned about language too. The different types like Indo-European languages and the Romantic Language branch off, the Sino-Tibetan, the Bantu, the Semitic. About grammar, syntax, and morphology, the last one he knew Robin liked to play with. Nouns, pronouns, verbs, preposition, article, and how the order in which they came in a sentence affected an entire meaning.
Among what he learned was the basics of each the major languages, the rules and structure that made each unique. Created to replace a hero that assisted the entire world, Cadmus had aimed to have him fluent in every world language by the end of his nesting time. While he may have only learned a small percentage of worlds languages, he had thought he had a good grasp of what the world had to offer.
Then he was released, and the first of many things he learned was that to know was different than to use, to read different then to write, and to speak a force all it's own. Those first words with his teammates had almost hurt, straining to come out properly, and he was trepidatious about using any of the other languages Cadmus had fed him. With colloquialisms, references to things he didn't understand, and Robin's own brand of 'English' he felt he was still learning his 'mother tongue'.
"Hahahaha, Wetty, shwin leght yehn oviem?"
"Rubt, gu oviem yehn legz twens schweit!" Muffled snickers, as the two sat themselves down on the couch across from where Superboy himself sat watching the TV, limbs tangling and arms swinging as the both flopped down, Robin settled with both legs entwined with Wally's, arm thrown behind Superboy's shoulders, while the redhead himself sprawled bonelessly off the side.
The two friends conversed to each other softly, words lacking any tone or intonation similar to that of Chinese, yet sounding vaguely Germanic and Altaic in nature. The only roots he could decipher were words that had obvious basis in English. But there were other types of languages, subtler, that he had even less experience with going on between them.
Cadmus had placed very little importance on teaching him 'body language' except what the body could tell you in a medical capacity. But as Superboy watched, he knew that the small touches had meaning all their own. Smiles meant happy, pokes and prods and nudges. Eye rolls meant exasperation, but were coupled with playful shoves and lingering touches. Even Robins arm across his shoulders was a silent way for the two to include him into their friendly bubble.
"Seftbai! Wah houhn bweehn? Amah oviem woin bwee?" Robin tilted his head up, voice inquisitive. Superboy raised an eyebrow.
Robin repeated himself, grabbing the remote and giving it a shake. Superboy shrugged, receiving twin toothy grins in answer before the static melted away to one show or another before stopping on a recent action film.
He may not have understood the spoken words, didn't get what was behind each movement, but sometimes that wasn't needed to get the meaning.
Slinging an arm behind Robin, and giving Wally a shove he deemed be playful to be quiet, he figured that was okay.
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"Rubt! On! Ebay weist!" At Kid Flashe's call, Robin twisted and ducked, jumped under then back, jumping over the steams of water from Kaldur's Waterbearers like it were some form of jumprope.
"Yakkouit, Wetty!" Robin called, while tossing two dummy rubber batarangs at Kaldur's arms. He dodged, coming back up swinging at Robins legs, mystified at whatever the two were saying.
"Wetty, ebay weist Seftbai deht!!!" Kid Flash rolled at Robin shout, dodging the boulder otherwise known as Superboy's fist. "Yend Amtreis henger wurst!" KF looked over his shoulder to where Artemis was struggling against Megan's telekinesis, floating in the air, trick arrow after trick arrow being tossed aside at Megan's will.
A burst of speed, and Wally had run up the wall, launched himself through the air, and grabbed Artemis' smaller form. From over his shoulder she shot an arrow filled with polyurethane foam, entrapping Megan, who feel to the ground with a soft 'whump'. Kaldur mildly noted while grappling with Robin that the ease in which she shot at such high speeds was getting better. Kaldur flipped back, slinging Robin into the padded wall behind him.
Robin's small 'oof' was covered up by Superboys yell of frustration as Artemis struck him with same type of arrow. Kaldur grimaced while pinning the smaller form down below him. Cleaning the training room wasn't going to be fun tonight.
"Put me down you Yentzel!"
It had gotten around to Kaldur that the two friends had been speaking to each other in their own tongue, whispered words and giggles at secrets only they two knew. But he had only thought it to be a joke, yet here they were, using it in combat capacity.
It only took Robin growling "Wetty, henger meht juhnduh!!" and all the air leaving his body at Kid Flash's impact to consider adapting it use during missions. It certainly seemed effective enough.
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This latest one left each teammate needing another for support, mentally worse for wear and physically fatigued. Kaldur leaned heavily on Artemis's stronger than it looked form, sluggishly moving one step at a time. M'gann was curled in Superboys arms too drained to even blush, having lost awareness sometime between docking the ship and mentally willing the seat restraints loose. Bringing up the rear was the shuffling stumbling duo of Robin and Wally. Sometime during the ride back KF had yanked his cowl back to let the gash along his hairline heal. His ankle though would need more time to heal. Robin's wrist would need even longer.
Artemis, probably the best off of the group, shouldered their leader onto the couch in Superboys normal spot and went to grab some wash cloths and a medikit. Supes laid M'gann down with a gentleness that his belied his normal manner, before joining Artemis in gathering items for the group (for him it was blankets and enough food for even Wally.)
The final duo shuffled in and flopped down on the floor between Kaldur and M'gann, both watching everything lazily, taking the Medikit from Artemis when she came back in. Wally splinted Robin's wrist in a quick and efficient manner, listening to Kaldur hiss in pain as the Archer dabbed on antiseptic. M'gann was murmuring incoherently as Superboy silently tried coaxing her to eat.
Artemis came over and gave Wally's head a good scrub, rubbing at the crusted blood. A silent agreement was in both their eyes that tomorrow, when everything wasn't so fresh, any and all teases on how he got that particular cut would be fair game.
It wasn't often that they had nights like this. Silent but supportive. Normally someone would be talking, there would be reassurances, the mission would be discussed. There could be laughter, and the food would disappear quicker than it currently is. Or they could holding each other, words shaky, food untouched.
But this one night, this one mission... English, Atlantiean, Martian, and even a language made all on it's own wasn't needed. Just the sight that they were all there alive was sufficient to the team of friends.
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Dick was normally extremely careful. Call when a mission runs late, call when staying at a friends place, call if in danger, or if staying at the Mountain instead of going home. And normally he would call without even thinking about it, even if moments away from falling into a stupor on his bed.
So when he woke early the next morning, surrounded by his friends and teammates, he didn't think twice, just assuming he had alerted Alfred or Bruce of his location before curling up with Wally on the floor, cape used as an impromptu blanket.
He sat up enough to spot M'gann sprawled on the couch, a slim green hand dangling off the side. Supes was on Wally's other side, straight as a board, head turned towards the dangling green hand. If the itchiness at his elbow (slight as it was) was any indication, Artemis had to be behind him, and a turn of his head confirmed that she was. Her long yellow hair seemed to have gained a mind of it's own during the night, spreading in a halo around her from Dick to a neatly folded blanket he assumed belong to Kaldur. (If he strained his ears enough, he could hear the faint thrumming of a shower closer to their sleeping areas.)
Turning back he concealed his laugh as he saw Wally chewing on part of his cape. Wally was probably dreaming about his next meal.
Dick prodded the redhead in his stomach, watching as blurry green eyes met his.
"Rubt? Hauhn." A sleepy smile accompanied the greeting. "Myun yime zin ye?"
Robin checked the clock next to the TV, mummering a quiet "Yen fi yen"
"On, gendah leefy non woin? Betgan hinzeh alanda?" Wally was drowsy, ready to go back to sleep, when a another voice answered.
"On. Betgan alanda ant hinzeh, Wetty..." They both stopped breathing, unable to look up at the sudden shadow. The other young justice members slept peacefully on.
"Rubt..." The menacing voice continued, and it was in that moment that Dick knew he hadn't called home last night.
He glanced up shyly. "Uh... Yoriy?"
I hope you enjoyed OP! Now I'm gonna go crash and get some sleep myself @_@
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Let's see:
Rubt => Robin
Seftbai => Superboy
Yoriy => Sorry
Wetty => Wally
Yentzel => Crazy
Amtreis => Artemis
Yent => Yes/Yeah?
Hauhn Merthan => Hello Megan?
This was adorable. <33
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*hands platter of cookies* <3
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*rolls* I had way to much fun with this. XD
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It sounded fun~
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Could we have some translations of their dialogue? Or a simplified pronunciation guide? This is so awesooome, augh.
I swear, I've kept this tab up for three days trying to go over this and figure it out
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Hmm, lesse'...
Hurnk Merthan weist soy delict?- You(weist) like(delict) Megan still?
Oooon on, on, lourk say soy delict!-Nooo no, no, lost my like. (I no longer like her. PFFFT, translation for a translation)
Hurndgerth mehn sect say layloi, whernst fehsnt? Thert fent non Seftbai. Non Merthan whon Seftbai, hans fruth, alanda?- It's cause you have no chance, I'm going to guess? There is the Superboy. Megan whon (wants/crushes on) Superboy, (something, I don't remember), understand(alanda)?
Ugh, alanda, Rubt. Hondta jihurnt... jokken Rubt sareng choy nen... alanda?- Ugh, I understand Robin. However it's okay... Now(nen) there's a little(jokken) robin I like/admire(sareng), understand?
Jin neh?- Oh really?
Hauhn, Amtreis, woin jeanst?- Hello (Hauhn), Artemis, wannna join?
Rubt! On! Alanda ant dand dee.- Robin! No! She doesn't/won't(ant) understand
Rubt, alandet? Yentzel.- Robin, you hear? Crazy
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Watty, yendeay alanfet... jindeh jokken Rubt sareang? Deh jindeh?- Wally, yesterday what you said... Really like a little Robin? Really? (said to confirm)
Yent. Henjai, atai hoonznt woin gehn? Amah... oviem?- Yes. Maybe, tommorow want to go? Maybe... Movie?
Mmmhm... yent, oviem twens schweit- Mmmhm yes, a movie sounds sweet
Hauhn Merthan- Hello Megan! XDDD
Yent-Yes
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Hahahaha, Wetty, shwin leght yehn oviem?-Haha, Wally, what did you think of the movie?
Rubt, gu oviem yehn legz twens schweit!- Robin, that movie was super sweet! (I grammar failed my own language here. P: )
Seftbai! Wah houhn bweehn? Amah oviem woin bwee?- Superboy! What you been watching? Maybe wanna watch a movie?
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Rubt! On! Ebay weist!- Robin! No! Behind you!
Yakkouit, Wetty!-Thankyou, Wally!
Wetty, ebay weist Seftbai deht!!! Yend Amtreis henger wurst!- Wally, behind you is superboy! Now Artemis is in danger(henger)!
Wetty, henger meht juhnduh!!!-Wally, I'm in danger now!!!
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Rubt? Hauhn. Myun yime zin ye?- Robin? Hi. What time is it?
Yen fi yen- (Just a random time, but in my head I like to think 6:06)
On, gendah leefy non woin? Betgan hinzeh alanda?- Nooo, wanna go back to sleep(leefy)? Batman(Betgan) here(hinzen) know? (Does Batman know you're here?_
On. Betgan alanda ant hinzeh, Wetty...-No. Batman doesn't know (he was) here, Wally...
Rubt...-Robin...
Uh... Yoriy?- Uh... Sorry(oops)?
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^^ only coherent response
WAIT WAIT question: in "Wetty" is the w pronounced, or does it sound closer to a v? Random, and I'm sorry if that's been asked before, but when reading this I started reading their dialogue aloud because it looked fun, and I kept getting serious line-itis otherwise
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