#in a world where the va-kkyreittyr are what they are obviously that would be a sore point

[red-the-dragon-writes]

every day i [conlang]

Zero Point shook out their sleeves and reconfigured from the palm up. Oil-slicked flesh flipped up to metal and smooth curves turned over into brick-square panels. Hmph. This would be one for the memoirs. The kkyribi at home would be begging him to explain how it even happened. For all Zero Point knew, though, it was just that they were like that. Cybertronians. What an odd set of creatures. But no odder than the va-kkyreittyr, really. And certainly no odder than Zero Point.

#im just making up words!!! kkyribi and va-kkyreittyr aren't WORDS! they're not FROM anything because i have never ever BOTHERED #to dig into the EELS and their CULTURE because i have ENOUGH MOVING PARTS ALREADY #tragic: area wan has come up with complicated and rich world resplendent with cultures and societies #and now i have to do them JUSTICE #the eels would NOT SPEAK POST-ENGLISH LANGUAGES! #THEY WOULD HAVETHEIR OWN WORDS and they have their own LIFE CYCLES so KIDS is not a WORD and they arent calling THEMSELVES #FUCKING EELS because that's like semi-pejorative #in the same way you wouldnt have The Dragons run around calling themselves DRAGONS or average people calling themselves HUMANS #its WEIRD its DEHUMANiZING and especially in a world where the . i guess ill by calling them the va-kkyreittyr now #in a world where the va-kkyreittyr are what they are obviously that would be a sore point #anyway shoutout to zero point for forcing me every time i write them to acknowledge more of Hudson's grievous crimes against fucking #everyone #closerverse #this is obviously a tf crossover but this is pure closerverse ZP #not that i expect Zero to really come back in Closer proper- they were a throwaway for Written in Blood #who captivated my brain #cls writing