EVENT ★ LOST IN TRANSLATION

[futurologists]

RETURN TO OSKA Upon arrival in Oska, new and returning recruits alike will find that something strange is going on. Any attempts to communicate with someone who doesn't speak the same language as you will be just that -- like you don't speak the same language. Let's hope everyone is good at charades, because you're going to be out of luck for a full day. On the second day, a text comes across -- surprisingly intelligible to everyone. Is it over? Well . . . crowley: Hello, Audentes. We are currently experiencing magitek difficulties, as you may have guessed already. Temporal insects have arrived with our latest arrivals, and as you may imagine, we have had our paws full. cherenkov: We are working out how to mitigate the pest problem for good. For now, please put your unpleasantly huge feet to use and stomp them out. Or other such methods. crowley: We have created a quick patch to facilitate text-based communications, but verbal translation will continue to be down until the insects are exterminated. Thank you for your patience. It's not over. TEMPORAL INSECTS This invasive species has worked its way in through the rifts along with the newest batch of arrivals, and information on them is available in the library (provided you can read the language it's written in!). It seems they behave like locusts, living quietly within the space between rifts for many years until their numbers suddenly balloon and they begin to swarm in search of food. These bugs move fast and pack a nasty bite, but are unarmored and easily squished. Each one is about the size of a football, and leaves a little tell-tale slime trail that makes it easy to track. They can cling to any surface, and won't hesitate to leap onto attackers and bite if they feel threatened. One can take a decently sized but non-lethal bite out of someone, but a number of them together will pose a real danger. If punctured or squished they tend to explode into moderately acidic goo that can cause caustic burns if not immediately washed off. They are attracted to any area of high temporal energy, which can be literally any surface, corner, or point on or within the castle and its grounds. As they begin to feed they cause temporal distortion in the area. This manifests as the immediate area seeming to flicker backwards and forwards through time. An insect gnawing at a table leg in the dining area, for example, might cause the area to stutter between years and years of dinner parties, ghostly attendants of all fashions and species appearing and disappearing as they enter and leave the affected area. An onlooker can't interact with temporal distortions directly, but if the insect is left to its own devices, it will eventually eat through all of the temporal energy and render the immediate area gray, frozen, and completely inert. It's highly recommended you kill or otherwise chase off an insect before it manages this, as it can do irreversible damage to a world. For affected Oska locations, please see this post. OOC NOTES The translation errors will continue through the rest of the month. For more information or to ask questions, please check the plotting post here! New bounties are available in Oska! Please remember to fill out your squidge success form before August 31, 23:59 UTC! Filling the form out is mandatory, even if you do not have the 3 squidge threads. You will not pass AC if you do not fill out the form. Characters who have been accepted on August 20th are exempt. Please direct questions relating to the success form here.

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Gintoki Sakata | OTA | Japanese

[naturallywavy]

( ɪ. ɢɪɴ's ᴘᴇsᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ )

_{[ So you are in need in help— either you really suck at killing bugs or they just really freak you out and nobody has even bothered you help you. Look no further.
A message goes out on day two from FruitsParfaitSamurai. Maybe he should take something like this seriously instead of a business opportunity, but here it goes: ]}

got a bug problem? contact yorozuya gin-chan today. we offer professional, highly educated, and handsome service with affordable payment options for you.
contact us within the next five minutes and receive half the cost for the full service. your bug problem can be solved in as little as one chocolate parfait instead of two, an offer you can't refuse.
_{[ he's not really going to charge you but he definitely isn't going to say no if you want to give him of chocolate for his assistance. ]}

( ɪɪ. sᴛᴏᴘ ʙᴜɢɢɪɴɢ ᴜs )

<sub>[ Either you saw his text and contact him, or you just happen to be in a bit of a pickle, Gintoki is springing into action and not in any kind of ordinary fashion. He's perched on the back of a horse-sized dog in the general area (could be any place in Oska) with a wooden bokken strapped to his hip, and again, doesn't seem to be taking the matter of the situation very seriously.

His pinky finger jabs up his nose. ]</sub>

You said there was a bug around here, m'am? _{[ or sir.. or he can say m'am too.. doesn't matter.. though I guess if your character doesn't understand Japanese it doesn't matter. ]
[ and yeah, Gin. They're basically everywhere. Do something. ]}

I

[perma_banned]

the kitchen makes free desserts though

[naturallywavy]

_{[ look man, you honestly think he's going to have people pay him in parfaits— please understand a joke when you hear one, Ban. This is just his quirky way of asking if anybody needs help. ]}
sorry, but i don't think i'm equipped well enough to exterminate all the termites that have been eating away at your brain for the majority of your life span.
_{[ ok he just doesn't want to help you.. because.. you're Ban. ]}

[perma_banned]

[Ban lived in a bartering climate, tho

Food for work seemed like fair trade!]

I've seen a brain parasite, once. It could crawl into you from anywhere--your eyes, nose, mouth, ears or ass.

[naturallywavy]

_{[ That's cool. Weird alien bug shit is stuff he's used to from home too. ]}

ah.. you should definitely see an actual doctor, then, as that is beyond my expertise.
_{[ He's not looking for bugs in your ass?? Gross.
He knows Ban doesn't have bugs or parasites on him, but the guy just walked straight in on that insult, so how can he say no to that? ]}

you've got yourself taken care of then if you know how to deal with those things.

[perma_banned]

It didn't go in me. It went in my King.

I didn't see it go in him but I saw it before in a bottle. It had these super big pincers.

[For the life of him, Ban didn't even read it as an insult. Sometimes, folks just had parasites. That was life.

He didn't belittle medical conditions... No matter how gruesome they were...]

[naturallywavy]

_{[ this is very sad and everything, but.. Ban isn't getting his insult and that's annoying ]}
you got any bugs other than the ones probably living inside of you?

II

[headlining]

[Oh. Of course. It has to be him. Keats was just minding his own bug-killing business, and then he saw that dog and its rider and had a bit of a terrible flashback when he had his head almost swallowed whole. Good times!]

[He folds his arms, clearly unhappy.]

What do you want? [He says, irritated - he only speaks English, and what Gintama says is nothing but gibberish to him.]

[naturallywavy]

_{[ Gintoki understands very little English, so whatever Keats is saying, Gintoki just gives him a puzzled look before sliding off of Sadaharu. He knows that's English, he juts doesn't know what it means. ]}

Ah, ah. So I've got enough person who doesn't speak Japanese. Not a problem. I ignore a lot of what you say anyway. I guess now I can call you a slimy, gorilla asshole and you won't even notice.
_{[ oh boy, he's gonna have fun with this.. ]}

[headlining]

And look at you, speaking on as I can understand. Though I suppose you don't understand me, huh?

[A beat. A smirk suddenly crosses his face.]

Well, I guess I can call you a greasy old man with a bad haircut to your face and you wouldn't even know. That's honestly brilliant.

[GUESS WHO HAS THE SAME IDEA, GIN.]

I.

[moneyballer]

[Obviously, sent by a person in prime distress:]

PLZ HELP

THE BUGS!!!!!!!!! I DONT LIK E THEM

[naturallywavy]

_{[ oh my god.. this guy is annoying.. it kind of reminds him of the annoying guy he talked to over text a few weeks ago.. he cannot remember the exact username, but he remembers it had 'daddy' in it.. daddy-san? This is daddy-san? ]}

is this the self proclaimed rapper guy

[moneyballer]

plea se

[Yeah, it's him.

here cums daddy]

im scared they'll eat my face

[How pathetic...]

and my face is beautiful

[naturallywavy]

<sub>[ okay, well. There's one thing Gintoki can't seriously ignore, and that's a person in distress. No matter how annoying this guy is, he's obviously scared.

But..— ]</sub>
you sure that wouldn't do your face any good?
if that happened maybe you could at least go on the internet and buy a new face.
_{[ aaay, stay positive, daddy-san. ]}
where are you?

[moneyballer]

[He's currently crouched in fetal position, behind the bookshelves of the:]

LIBRARY

[naturallywavy]

for some unknown reason that's the last place i'd expect somebody like you to be
_{[ he's on his way but he doesn't feel like telling Asher that. ]}

1/2

[moneyballer]

i am A STUD

[that sent 2 quickly]

2/2

[moneyballer]

butt i am also a student

text | username: olivia

[winces]

i'm still not entirely sure what a parfait is...

[naturallywavy]

_{[ OLIVIA PLEASE. ]}
do you honestly hate yourself that much

[winces]

[ ??? THIS IS TOO FANCY FOR HER ]

What..! You never explained it to me!

[naturallywavy]

do i really have to?
it's heaven in a cup it's better than the smile on a child's face or the caress of your mother

why haven't you tried it yet they have'em here in oska

I

[mayora13]

[This may be Gin's quirky way of asking if anyone needs help, and Hijikata MIGHT understand that, but he's still not going to let Odd Jobs off easy trying to stick his nose into other people's business. With any help always came an equal amount of trouble.

For anyone involved. Which is why he's squinting at Gin's wording.]

We? Who is 'we'? [Who did you con into helping you? Or are you just trying to sound professional. (Impossible)]

[naturallywavy]

_{[ We is simply just he and Sadaharu. But he got in a habit of saying we back home with Shinpachi and Kagura, so it's a habit. ]}
oi, don't get too excited, it doesn't involve you.
i wouldn't think of tainting the yorozuya name with your slimy mayo face

[mayora13]

[HE?? Wasn't offering to help! He wanted nothing to do with that shady business!]

I don't want to be involved.

Instead you'll just taint it with unfinished jobs and half-assed projects. Are you seriously going to fight one of those time ghost bugs? [Time issues? Fine. Bugs? Fine. But ghosts? (Even if it just looked like a ghost.)

Nope.]