[23:52] Luca: Now. Osaka. One more query
[23:52] Luca: What's the symbol for penal or 'you done fucked up' in Lorath?
[23:52] Luca: shame/etc
[23:52] Luca: IE: You've done something that's gotten you assigned to the Akahar.
[23:53] `Osaka: Shame? It has its own letter.
[23:53] `Osaka: Its one of the twelve letters that isn't utterly parallel.
[23:53] Redrick: >a language with its own letter for shame
[23:53] Redrick: every day I learn something about the lorath I like
[23:54] Luca: Describe the Symbol
[23:54] `Osaka: Its an inverted A, complete with angles with a line down the middle like a w.
[23:54] `Osaka: It has angles, weirdly. Like a /\
[23:54] `Osaka: And its contained in a box.
[23:54] `Osaka: So like
[23:54] `Osaka: |/|\|
[23:54] `Osaka: With a line like a capitol A has across the middle.
[23:54] Redrick: the box symbolizes the wall of social isolation that shame brings
[23:54] `Osaka: Its actually spoken as a glotteral sound.
[23:54] Tamamo: "What is shame?"
[23:54] `Osaka: Akin to "pfft" or "tsch"
[23:55] `Osaka: And it means pain, shame, pity and irritation.
[23:55] `Osaka: And is a common swearword.
[23:56] `Osaka: Exactly.
[23:56] `Osaka: Its also branded on the left shoulderblade of anyone who betrays Lor.
[23:56] `Osaka: As in, what's called a capitol betrayal.
[23:56] `Osaka: Which would be something like killing the Xiaah.
[23:57] `Osaka: Or shaming the nation a shame it can't recover from.
[23:57] `Osaka: See
[23:57] `Osaka: Lor has a weird attitude to shame.
[23:57] `Osaka: they view it as something nessesary, that you must learn to integrate as part of you and overcome.
[23:57] `Osaka: that you should face shame head on.
[23:57] `Osaka: And they view the Yamataian "save face"/shame avoidance/harikiri culture as child-like.
[23:57] `Osaka: However
[23:57] `Osaka: There are some shames that cannot be recovered from.
[23:58] `Osaka: Usually involving a death.
[23:58] `Osaka: So while bestiality, drug-use and incest are all rampant and very normal things on Lor
[23:58] `Osaka: Death is the one taboo left.
[23:58] `Osaka: You can joke about death.
[23:58] `Osaka: But if you take a life accidently and refuse to show apology, that's a big huge huge thing.
[23:58] `Osaka: Because Lor is obsessed with the value of life.
[23:58] `Osaka: Its why their units are so small
[23:58] `Osaka: And the crews on their warships are so small.
[23:59] `Osaka: And why their cost per unit is huge because they field far less of them.
[23:59] `Osaka: While a death might really bum out a human for a few months, a death can fuck up a Lorath for life if its the right person.
[23:59] `Osaka: Suicide oddly, is also very tolorated. You're allowed an exit, but only provide you deal with your affairs first.
[00:00] `Osaka: Your life is your own and it is your responsibility is a big attitude.
[00:00] `Osaka: Like what you put in your body or do to yourself is your choice.
[00:00] Luca: WIP 3 inbound
[00:00] Luca: I think I've screwed this one up
[00:00] `Osaka: Let's see it.
[00:02] Luca: Aha here we go
[00:04] `Osaka: Its a good stylized version of it.
[00:05] `Osaka: Coincidently, showing it upside down means to try and redeem yourself.
[00:05] `Osaka: As you have.
[00:05] Luca: …fuck, I did it upside down?
[00:05] `Osaka: Yeah but it works
[00:05] Luca: :O
[00:05] `Osaka: Its supposed to resemble two people holding a single sword. That one has used it on the other.
[00:06] `Osaka: And its one of the only characters in the entire Lorath alphabet with an angle like that.
[00:06] `Osaka: So its instantly recognisable.