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Glencola Reef Mod Account ([personal profile] glencolans) wrote 2023-06-11 02:12 am (UTC)

The people stop about twenty feet away from Dirk, forming a rough but still dense semicircle to block his path. It should be obvious now that he's had a bit to stare at them that these people are absolutely nothing alike - and not in a "definitely not siblings" sort of way, but in a "these people came from completely different corners of the world" sort of way. The patchwork clothes they wear and weapons they brandish at him are made of a random assortment of items, too, and further fixed with more naturally-occurring materials.

They do seem to share a language, though, and it's one that the translators helping him understand everyone on the network apparently can't handle. The people start making a series of regular clicking and humming noises at each other in hushed, hurried tones, like they're having a whispered argument. Eventually one turns to Dirk and raises their voice:

[click hum hum - click - click hum click, click click hum, click click hum click - click hum click - hum hum hum - hum hum!]

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