http://senatorinspace.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] senatorinspace.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] boxofdactyls2011-06-14 05:19 pm

NATHAN PETRELLI || VOICE-TEST

[With the thinnest amount of patience ever, Nathan tries to at least... make conversation with you people]  Ok, so these... what are you calling them?   Roadies... Rhodans?  ... Whatever.   The green ones.   How the hell am I supposed to understand what they're asking me when they're cornering me out on the street and speaking that... clicky language?  Is there some kind of translator program or ... 

[hesitantly] robot... thing... that could...  [yeah, ok, this is dumb]

I can't believe I'm asking this.

[Deep breath, forging ahead:]  Look, they seem to want something from me, and if they're part of my... constituency here on Coruscant, I'd rather know if they were compliments or death threats.

Anybody who's got a lead on a local linguist or something, I'd appreciate it.

[identity profile] illjustdieagain.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
You should throw them in prison until they learn English. That'll show the green bastards.

[identity profile] illjustdieagain.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It's called Basic because you'd have to be fucking retarded not to speak it.
cheerleader: (wants to believe)

[personal profile] cheerleader 2011-06-14 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, he's talking about space politics out loud again. or maybe to people on the datapad, whatever. She hates space politics. Therefore, she just keeps reading things on her datapad.]

You'd probably get further if you didn't talk about them like you want to deport them.

[There's a pause, and she glances up.]

Maybe you should have taken aliens and clicky languages into account before you decided to get into politics here.
cheerleader: (eyebrow raise forever)

[personal profile] cheerleader 2011-06-14 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[She'd rather you be focusing on her than this stupid work :| ]

That's because we're the ones that don't belong here, D -

[Nah, it's too soon for that.]

Nathan. You're going to have to work a lot harder than just finding a way to speak Basic to green people if you want to make an actual difference here.

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[identity profile] notyourlight.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a droid that's fluent in over six millions forms of communication.

[identity profile] theforestechoes.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps when you got into politics, you should have picked up a translation droid beforehand. They understand Basic, but speaking it?

[identity profile] theforestechoes.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Despite becoming a senator in a galaxy with thousands of alien species? [People are special...]

It wouldn't do them good to not be able to. It's how business is conducted.

[identity profile] aboutdestiny.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad to see you've taken learning the local languages off the table.

[identity profile] aboutdestiny.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I think calling them chirping noises is the insulting part. You might want to be careful about who you offend, that's all I'm saying.

[identity profile] ismylastname.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd suggest listening, speaking slowly and finding another means of communication.

[identity profile] ismylastname.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
I was thinking more body language - gestures, even drawing if you need to take it that far.

[identity profile] hellofacoldsnap.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure they have someone who can handle a translation for you.

[identity profile] icouldtellyouto.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
You might just need someone with a bit more of a persuasive way about them.

Someone who'll ensure you that they wouldn't do you any harm.
biomom: (e+ cleverly amused)

[personal profile] biomom 2011-06-15 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... this is interesting. Not that I can help, I have no clue what half of them are saying.

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/late to the party~

[identity profile] doeswhathemust.livejournal.com 2011-06-24 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Draco is trying very hard not to come off as sarcastic or hideous or an otherwise potential bad influence on your daughter. It is really, really hard.]


That's what they make doids for, you know. [okau, so there's still sarcasm in there. But it's nice sarcasm. Sort of. >.>]