Sunday 6 April 2014

Language of the Knotsmen

Scrap Princess has revieved Derro transmissions detailing part of the language of the Knostsman. Our primary human agent has completed a partial translation of these glyphs.)

Almost all glyphs have two (or more) interconnected meanings.

The hooks at the bottom describe the Knotsman's relation towards the subject. The curved lines sprayed upwards show a not directly-stated but equally-necessary and (to them) inseparable attitudede. 


"Request"

 Agree

 (I agree with you/I request from you)



 Demand
 Assist

(I will assist you/I demand from you)



Command
Ally

(We are allies/I command you)

Own
Love

(I love you/I own you)

However the following glyph, the 'please' glyph, has only one arrangement and meaning, though its meaning does exceed the immediate impression.

"Please"
(Your assent has been assumed, recorded and acted upon
any opportunity to state otherwise has passed
you will be held responsible for any failure from this point on
as will your family and dependants.)

The following glyph can be presented direct or inverted.

"Law"
(Legal,
Own,
Legal Ownership
Correct
Good)

"Crime"
(Illiegal,
Stolen,
Free,
Freedom)


The 'dance' glyph is highly contextual.

"Dance"
(Dance
Entertainment
Torture,
Justice
'You will be tortured'
'Give me the following information.)

Some have entirely differnt meanings depending on their arrangement, vertical, inverted, left to right, or right to left.

"Plea"

"Insist"

"I beg you to insist"
('Yes sir'
agreeing with a superior)

"I insist you beg."

"Cosume"
('Consumor'
'Consumed')

"Expel"
('Remove'
'Banish'
'Vomit'
Expel')

"I welcome you back"
('You are now a slave')

"I free you"
 ('Get out'
'You are banished'
Starve this animal to death')

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