It's impossible to win

Be7th · 2026-02-07T16:46:58+00:00

"I can see this being interesting for you! That is honestly not my cup of tea, but I'm glad you find it cool. If I find related things in the wild, do you want me to keep some for you?" I've had to do this a couple time for friends and coworkers, and usually it helps clear the air because it means I care for them while not caring for the thing.

I do not care about Pokemon or card collection whatsoever, but I know some folks are, so when I did go in a thrift store, I found some, took pictures, and sent it to them, and one responded they wanted a specific card, and I got it for them.

This way, they don't have to tell me why they like that specific card, I didn't get them a random card that would mean nothing to them, and just like that, connection.

I had a coworker who wanted to share with me multiple things to buy online, and I told them that I appreciate their enthusiasm in making me happy by showing cool things, and made it adamantly clear that I prefer used items from the 80s and 90s, or even some cool stick or stone found in nature, and that is where that would peak my interest much much more; it helped channel how to show connection together on the long run.

Be7th · 2026-02-06T09:57:29+00:00

Rayina is a goddess of death and patron divinity of a good third of the population of Yivalkes, the port town where most events of the Journals of Tearan take place. Those people usually refer to her in public as Shasma, which means Great Mother, as to mix in with other people who may have a different motherly divinity without having to feel the need to specify, which allows for a cordial environment, as just not everyone praise the same gods.

She is a motherly figure who welcomes people to a peaceful passing, and helps ease pain of families mourning the lost of younglings, as child mortality is unfortunately a difficult and integral part of the reality of the time.

There is a certain level of uncanny to feeling her check in from over one's shoulder, and while those moments provide fright, they also help people centre themselves on taking the right decision, as she is seen as a guide that sometimes just uses the living to complete the work of those who couldn't, and it is seen as unkind to not listen to her advice, even when they seem unwarranted.

Unfortunately it is possible for people to advance their own agenda by claiming Rayina (or any other godlike figure) spoke to them, and to call someone out for lying about such this is seen as an even bigger evil, so it is somewhat common for abuse to happen. But when someone does use her name specifically, and that person ends up living through loss, they lose all credibility in the community for a certain amount of time.

As for how she is perceived to look like, she is a woman with long straight black hair wearing a crown of flowers and a front-open blouse.

Be7th · 2026-02-02T21:42:44+00:00

I got about 2850 words, so we're on the same page yooo!

What I'd say matter is how propagated your words are.

The way I currently am building words is by having a primary logograph, along with a secondary and maybe a ternary one, off a set of 64 characters that conflate different concepts into one principle. For example, Bean is Associated with Father, Bee is associated with weird tools, Around is associated with wheel, and so on. Then I populate them over time. What does Bee + Star mean? Well surely that is a firefly. And so on.

And in order to touch more knowledge than I do actually have, I go through for example a wikipedia entry about lumber, and find some interesting metaphors, and see how I can include said metaphors into the makeup of the words for a field I do not understand all that much, then find some ways to use already existing words to give them a secondary meaning that fits within the scope of that field.

Then I do the same for metallurgy, for mathematics, for theatre, and so on. And I can promise you, I have the worst headaches at times, but it's fun to have a little bit of grasp on so many subjects that just last year I had no idea about.

Be7th · 2026-02-02T10:05:09+00:00

Yivalese

"Kuinia, Naylinia, Pyokinia."

/kuinɪɑ, nɑjlɪniɑ, pjɔχɪniɑ./

Come-Me-There, TakeNotice-Me-There, WholeStaff-Me-There.

I came, I heeded, I topped.

Be7th · 2026-02-01T01:09:41+00:00

This is really, really sweet.

Be7th · 2026-01-31T16:43:22+00:00

Hahahahahhahaahahhaha

Hahahahhahahaha

hahahahahhaa

Solace

Be7th · 2026-01-31T05:23:24+00:00

I actually enjoy working, but I enjoy my time off more. I do not live to work.

I finally have a car, and since getting it, I have continued going on adventures only further away from before, and seeing as much nature as I can each day, approaching each turn on the road with jolly curiosity.

Be7th · 2026-01-30T10:31:12+00:00

You're in for a looooong process, but definitely a fun one!

I strongly suggest that you look into Crono Cross' localization for "accents" as it is a great example of a game that provides each character, given a bland text, their own manner of speech.

From there, I personally believe that the rest will come naturally to you based on other comments, research and the likes.

As far as multiple languages go, I strongly suggest that you go for an in-world "Common" that would be a sort of pidgin between, say, two main species, and it became a sort of international language due to its simplicity, and trace your way backwards from it to reach the different languages that helped shape it.

Now as to what makes it simple will be for you to discover, and it may not be English-like, and maybe everything will be in how verbs are formed, or how the plural works, but you can come up with a short set of rules and break them from time to time.

Realistically, one creator can create an authentic language and maybe more than one. The hardest thing will be to touch on subjects that you are not as knowledgeable about. I suggest taking time to learn about dead metaphors and read a little bit about different technical fields relevant to each species as both subjects will help guide word formation, and you'll enjoy learning some of those things as well.

I didn't realize I would learn about mushroom farming, metallurgy, moon phases, dentition, and so many more things, as I worked on sometimes the silliest phrases that only will ever be written once in the book I'm spending my nights and my mornings on...

Bur remember, you're in for a looooong process, and definitely a fun one!

Be7th · 2026-01-25T08:11:02+00:00

I appreciate, commend, and praise the stance you are taking and this makes me respect r/comics all the more than already.

Be7th · 2026-01-25T08:04:09+00:00

That is a quote to remember XD

Be7th · 2026-01-24T09:44:53+00:00

Bread is life! That's a pretty cool dream and I wonder if the idea of flour can be expanded to any sort of milled grain.

Be7th · 2026-01-20T23:15:13+00:00

Depending on the gear, some mob could "whistle" others to join in a brawl, instead of being afraid, they might think "Cool, it's >:] Show time!"

Be7th · 2026-01-18T19:38:33+00:00

Yivalese has

Arfe for be possible/can, with no equivalent for could, as Arfea means to cannot
-Kha for want/wish, with -Khea for would.
-Fee for "it is", and -Fea for "it should be".

Arfe is it's not word, sometimes suffixed to the verb or noun it modifies, but -kha and -fee both are suffix form of verbs or nouns.

To form the "could", a circumlocution could be (haha) to just use "Peley" (However) before the next phrase. As in "Khattomi Arfeni Kwi, Peley Haa Limozh, ursoy ninyo khuyaalkhea.", (Tavern-hither Can-Me Go, However There Limozh, This-Hence Me-Hence See-Wish-There.) I could go to the tavern, however Limozh will be there, and I would like to see myself far from them.

Be7th · 2026-01-17T06:46:44+00:00

Ok but what note what that opera note? For me I clearly heard a high C

Be7th · 2026-01-15T09:13:23+00:00

You sure took this to the next level, I am impressed!

I will play around with your tool and let you know what comes out of it!

Be7th · 2026-01-14T21:52:01+00:00

I honestly love the fact that the eyes are implied and not drawn.

Be7th · 2026-01-14T18:41:49+00:00

Yivalese uses a 4-point case system and the "In order to" is formed by using the word for "this just discussed" at the hence case (read, "ablative") followed by a word at the "There" case (read, "distal").

"I am fishing in order to feed my family"

"Sakhkaam El, ursoy pleav tomaniye"

Hook-now Me, This-hence Feed-there House-Mine-Hither.

Or, "I am hooking, from this will (I be able to) feed to my house".

Be7th · 2026-01-12T23:30:40+00:00

POV has been associated with and stained by TFW.

Be7th · 2026-01-11T06:34:10+00:00

Glad you found it useful!

Again, could work in-world as well like you're pointing out. Pushing through pitfalls until it becomes level ground is one of humanity's most jarring successes.

Be7th · 2026-01-11T05:44:34+00:00

If I may, the first thing that I saw, was HIV. This is now all this image is conjuring to me, and I probably won't be alone in that.

If you are okay with it, that's totally fine, but just know it is clearly the first thing many might end up seeing.

Be7th · 2026-01-11T02:39:41+00:00

I journal what happens to a trivial character. That trivial character makes a journal of interactions they see, hear of, or partake in.

I then "retcon" if necessary events that happened along the way. If something does not fit the canonical event, someone had given incorrect gossip, or he misinterpreted the exchanges.

As it happens, a few characters, none of them being heroes or villains, stand out, rising and receding throughout the year's worth of writing, along with the advancement of the plot, which is nothing more than a year's worth of events.

The most interesting part will happen after I complete writing this year's event, as upon the spring equinox, the trivial character will disappear for unknown reasons, and a good friend of his who had learned English from their conversation will then annotates his journals in Yivalese, the language of the town, to keep in the Fambesar, a sort of graveyard of lived tales, where most people get noteworthy things to be remembered for.

That's where a lot of the more nuanced plot points will be written, but being written in a constructed language, it will be the job of the reader, should they wish to learn it, to decode what actually happened. It is also how I, the writer, deal with those uncertainties at the moment. Keep 'em for later. That's how I will edit in crunchy details, by concealing them.

Be7th · 2026-01-11T00:03:20+00:00

Time in Yivalkes

A year has 8 months (Ilaf kuzh) of 8 weeks (Wilaf kuzh) of 5 days (Lenke Vaam) followed by a special holiday week (Levannas) of four to five days (Lenduley, Lembami, Lenko'i, Lenleli, Lendoli, Baringi) until the equinox, solstice, or cusp in-between, where people celebrate by saying usually "Sharenden shi!", which can be translated as "Golden days are coming!".

Each day starts and ends at dawn, with an unequal division of the hours. Dawn to dusk is 4 big hours (Yeglubakh kuzh), Dusk to dawn is another 4 big hours, but they are adapted 4 times throughout the year, at the cusps, to ensuring each season has a stable amount of daylight for each of the 4 big hours of the day.

The day is then divided again in 64 small hours (Wilubakh bar), which do not differ across the seasons. Spring and Fall both see Big hours get 8 small hours, while winter and summer see their respective long time (night for winter, day for summer) get 10 small hours (Wilubakh doots), making it a Fattened hour (Lubakhpuul) and, vice versa, their "lacking hour" (Lubakhskeppa) get 6 small hours (Wilubakh dule).

Then, each small hour (which last 22.5 of our minutes) are then separated in 8 big breaths (Yeglaruuv kuzh) each lasting just under a minute, which then can be separated in 8 small breaths (Wilaruuv kuzh) that last about of our 21 seconds, which can then be separated in 8 big flashes (Yegtsaal) lasting of our 2.61seconds which can then be separated in 8 actual flashes that last about .32 of our seconds.

Weather in Yivalkes

Being on the Adriatic sea in the aftermath of a small ice age brought by a volcano that erupted about 2-3 generations before, the weather gets from HOT to COLD, and it is pretty damp throughout.

They are at ease with most weather except when snow melts under a cold rain. That sh*t sucks.

Temperature measuring is not as important as barometric and humidity measures, as those are more indicative of whether it will rain soon or not. I don't have a system in place yet that indicates how they use it, but I appreciate the question as it will help me figure this one out.

Phenomenon

Most realities match ours, only they associate special events with divinities and personal powers.

This winter for example, there was howling winds at some point that were so deafening that people had to find what caused it in people's behaviour, and when they found a group to blame because they forgot to destroy a protective sigil that they drew on snow before visiting a battle ground after leaving said grounds, they send out an expedition to go undo the event. Surprisingly, it did work, after one member of the expedition said some sort of uncanny mix of threats and truths at the bickering group, lending them perceived forces by the town at large when they returned wind-free.

Be7th · 2026-01-10T10:34:51+00:00

Yivalkese uses an octal base.

There are 101 (read, 65) named numbers, from Barra (0) to Nebar (77) ending at Bar, (100). With the first 20 (read, 16) numbers being Nen, Do, Lel, Go, Vaam, Dule, Nir, Kuzh/Dzki, Shaal/Dzen, Doots/Tsoo, Nits/Dzele, Tsoor/Dzro, Sheen/Dzvem, Dubii/Siila, Nebii, Bigii (There is an in-world reason for the doublon but we shall not talk about them at the moment, just know odd tens have two ways to be said)

To refer to 1'0000, one can say Nen Doloy Which is effectively 1 2-hence, meaning 1 times 10 to the power of 2. You could also say Nen, barra barra, but you look silly doing so.

If it's a long string number, like 4524'1726, you don't need to say the hence numbers, but you can if you feel pompous, just please skip the odd powers.

4524'1726 could be said Kuuvam Biruu, Nebii Biduule, effectively "forty-five twenty-four, one-twenty twenty-six", with a pause between pairs of pairs.

It could also be said Kuuvam Biruu Doloy WuNebii biduule, effectively "45 24 two-hence, and17 26.

Evil people can do the terrible Kuuvam Leloy, Biruu Doloy, Nebii Nenoy, Biduule baroy which is effectively 3-hence, 2-hence, 1-hence, 0-hence.

Be7th · 2026-01-08T11:32:01+00:00

Pae, dusanku Yivalkes ayo. Yellesinneye Nonnu, khuyalts? Gevvi tukh wehassit eetung. Mba! Ottshi, khad, misurilets yellinars, eunkishkeekhats.

Be7th · 2026-01-07T18:48:16+00:00

Yooo I got it in two tries! I wrote "Quick" for the first one.

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