"Hmmm." He thought for a moment. "Gods, I have so many. I dunno. Maybe the gold snowdrop earrings?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"Those sound pretty--handsome," she corrected quickly. "Do they sparkle?"
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"They do." He nodded. "The stem has these tiny crushed emeralds set into it to make the colors."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"Those sound really nice," Talia mused. "I'd like to see them sometime if I may."
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"I'll wear them tomorrow." He grinned. "Fo you like jewelry at all, any of you?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"Yes sir." Talia nodded. "I like pretty things. I usually have a bunch of necklaces and such that I wear with my dresses." She resisted the urge to rub her chest. She didn't like the nipple rings Makata made her wear. But everything else was nice enough.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
He faltered a little, glancing down. "Yeah." Emery looked back up with a small sigh. "They have a lot of cool traditions with jewelry up here. Lots of silver and gold, but also leather and bone. I've got a pair of mouse rib earrings that Gaius gave me, and they're attached to some gold chain."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
Why had that upset him? Talia hesitated, glancing at him. Had she said something wrong? She glanced over at Ky, then back at Emery. "Those sound... exotic."
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"They sort of are? It's fairly common up here but the East never did that sort of thing. We go for the fancy jewels and stuff."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"That's how it is in Austraka as well," Talia confirmed with a nod. "Lots of gold chains and gems and such."
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(Finally getting around to fixing my Southern Realm. Some names have been changed and the whole continent has a trade language now)
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
(ooh nice! That makes things easier lol I was super lazy in my novel and made a trade language people literally just refer to as Trade and one of the countries that I totally didn't base off England is full of monolingual colonizers who only speak Trade lol)
"It would make sense," Talia nodded. "Similar beauty standards and such. We got hair dyes from Rhaebaki sometimes, too. Or little, like... bits of veils and such. Things to make our hair beautiful."
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(The East kind of coined this language but it has different words depending on where you are. The North calls it Salt because that's what Easterners came for back in the day)
"...Us, too." He glanced at Ky. "Uh, what about you? Do you like jewelry?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"Uh... I don't know," Ky admitted. "I've never had any."
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"No?" He frowned. "I'm sorry to hear that. It can be a lot of fun!"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
