Silver Tongue

Sep 20

Rebelgram

…is the name of the chat program that Xefros and Dammek use, at least with one another.

that could just be their server name

Alternian Translations #4

Let’s look at some more of Dammek’s wall:
Gee, Dammek, tell us how you really feel.
Yup. Pretty much the right reaction to seeing drones in the sky.
This image hanging up on that same wall in Dammek’s hive, but the copy I used for translation is a higher-res image that had been released in one of the promos. A few translation notes on this one:
This poster has several more spelling errors. The text at the top should read: “For all this pomp and circumstance this seems like a more accurate depiction!” The text on the arrow pointing at the corpses should read: “She’s in this with someone else / the white man??”
I’m pretty sure about the number 5,190 - that’s what it looks like, and the characters don’t really match any letters, but we don’t have a lot of samples of numbers in Alternian. The clock on top of the portal in Dammek’s hive appears to read “11:11:…” though, so I think it’s safe to assume they use our numbers.
Alternian appears to use double-tick marks for quotes like English, except that the opening quotes appear in subscript instead of in superscript.
The line scrawled across the top is interesting. It seems to imply that Trizza’s public persona makes her seem less violent than she really is (or at least less than Dammek believes her to be).
Others have speculated that “the white man” is a reference to Doc Scratch, which seems pretty plausible to me.

(via moonpaw)

Alternian Translations #3

masswisteria:

Let’s look at some handwriting:
“Who event knows what she’s thinking. This could lead to an all out genoicde (sic). …ee’s more …it than …st her!!!”
This page with its ominous message comes from Dammek’s hive, on the wall in the second room that Joey gets to (the one with the huge monitor in it). A few interesting notes:
Whoops, they inverted a couple letters there. Hopefully typos aren’t a culling-worthy offense. :)
I’m guessing from context that the repeated symbol at the end is an exclamation point. It doesn’t match any letters.
This same page can be found in the target range in Dammek’s hive, in the upper right corner. Unfortunately there’s a hanger obscuring the lower left corner, so it doesn’t help us fill in the incomplete words.
Dammek’s handwriting has some interesting quirks to it. For example, he hooks the end of a lot of strokes (the left vertical stroke on his R’s, and the tails of his N’s). He also slants the vertical strokes on his O’s so much that they cross. A comparison with other fonts makes this very clear:
From left to right, these are from: the page in Dammek’s hive, Xefros’s portrait of the Heiress, Dammek’s alarm system, Trizza’s selfie, and the todo list above Xefros’s desk.