I don’t know if I can submit this for the contest, as a portion of it is vocabulary invented and copied from another post, but if it is acceptable and not considered plagiarism then I hope it is to your liking. I organized the vocabulary better, starting with categories and then often alphabetizing it within each category. I also explained a connection between the languages of Athra/Amarr and Soliara, and did my best to translate the Holder oath, word for word.
Preface:
First and foremost, this is largely fan-fic, speculation, and a bit sloppily written, I admit, as it sounds IC in some parts, OOC or meta in others. Please pardon this. The purpose of the following is just to reorganize the fanfic Amarrish vocab and suggest a possible logical connection between it and the main language spoken across Helab.
The following vocabulary is predominantly based on modifications (such as syllable/s flipping) of Romani words (that language being a development…
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I’d like to submit my first original translation to the Poetry category.
Vakhai, vakhid, vamam, vamatalb;
Idi naji e ramud sahibe-u.
A artehs.
Emarr dunija naji emarr taht.
A e manu reshjval-u.
Emarr shlechan larr ard.
A e garla i reshios-u.
Soim chard dula-u, merkez shaife-u, hubra-u,
Itlech noch, chiost, ta riamkh nash veda tesel.
Translation:
To live, to see, to stand, to claim;
This is the way of the Holder.
I am a person who rises.
My world is my throne.
I am the hand of the empress.
My slaves are her fortune.
I am the pride of the empire.
S…
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I am unsure, on review. if it fits within contest parameters for a number of reasons.
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On the other hand for the poem, I will add to the list for Poetry!
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I would like to submit [YC124 NECWC Poetry] Captured for the poetry category.
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Looking over this thread again, I noticed that in the basic information section the fourth category is named “News/Gossip/Opinion Pieces” yet in the story listing this category is titled “Gossip/News”… Which is it? My submission is not gossip or news. I submitted it as an “Opinion Piece” because it is meant as an insight as to my opinion on the current widespread mindset of capsuleers. However, every other entry so far in this category is about recent events or conspiracy gossip, which makes me think my entry doesn’t fit here.
I would like a bit of clarification on what “Opinion Piece” is supposed to mean. The current post doesn’t make that clear. If my entry is miscategorized I’d like it moved to Prose I guess. That’s the next best place it would fit.
Looks like it was just missed out in the list. I’m pretty sure it’s still opinion pieces as well.
Opinion is part of news. I updated OP to make that clear, however!
OP also updated with entries to date. Only 3 weeks or so left to enter!
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Submission for the thingy.
I could only see tiny blurry white lights fading in and out of the black while I heard multiple voices echoing, “Who are you!? What are you doing here!?”. “I-I don’t…ugh. Who are…?” I hear shuffling of feet and clanging of metal as the voices moved closer. I thought to myself, “How did I get here?”
The sun slowly rose above the horizon of Duripant V; washing across the fertile land pulling back the dark cold blanket of night. My eyes opened to the sounds of hungry animals and the smell of a fre…
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I would like to nominate the following series of posts under News/Gossip/Opinion. Best title would probably be ‘Custody Battle’.
Mehatoor - 24th IC Station
In an unprecedented move, a capsuleer is being called on for back payments of child support after numerous attempts by the yet-unnamed capsuleer to contact the mother and child.
“He just won’t leave us alone, so I figured, why not? Maybe he does have some connection to her. I still wouldn’t leave her alone with him,” the mother told reporters outside the courtroom after the initial hearing.
The mother claims she had her memories wiped after several traumatic encount…
2022.03.16
24TH IMPERIAL CRUSADE LOGISTIC SUPPORT, MEHATOOR VI, DEVOID
Responding to a recent legal action seeking payment of child support, infamous capsuleer Nauplius has filed a legal brief of his own demanding sole custody of the child in question. In the brief, hand delivered to the court by a TCMC-programmed slave, Nauplius claims that the child was horrifically abducted shortly after birth by noblewoman Lady Melisande Galena, who faked the baby’s death and emotionally manipulated the d…
Mehatoor - 24th IC Station
Another hearing brought us a fascinating and almost horrifying proposal from the opposing client - an offer of remarriage. When asked about this and the likelihood of acceptance, the claimant turned a vivid shade of green and had to excuse herself from the proceedings.
Miss Dadarwar indicated this was further proof of the traumatic circumstances her client found herself in while under the influence of the respondent. She went on to say that they would be doing all in…
2022.03.31
24TH IMPERIAL CRUSADE LOGISTIC SUPPORT, MEHATOOR VI, DEVOID
In a shocking development in an ongoing custody battle , notorious capsuleer Nauplius has attempted to backmail his former wife Serena Shi by releasing evidence purporting to show Ms. Shi participating in forbidden Sani Sabik rituals. Among the evidence provided to the court as well as Gallentean reporters covering Mr. Nauplius’s Sedevacantist Church include —
Sworn affidavits from Mr. Nauplius’s workers and slaves claimi…
Mehatoor - 24th IC Station
The hearing continues…
After a thorough psychological investigation lasting several weeks, sparked by the ‘evidence’ presented by the respondent, the court has come to several medical conclusions regarding the mental state of the claimant while under the influence of the respondent.
The appointed guardian of the claimant had provided to the court saved medical data files, stating that she retained the information in the event such allegations would come to light. Sp…
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I would like to submit Establishing an industrial colony: a journal to the academic category.
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I would like to submit A New Deck Of Cards in the prose category.
Thank You
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Have there been any entries that resemble the categories I suggested for the special prizes ?
Nauplius
May 8, 2022, 12:42am
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I would like to submit the following series of news and gossip concerning the holoreel The True Emperor and its spinoff: 1 2 3 4
I will let the judges decide, but it strikes me that so far nothing seems… obvious. For those curious, a reminder!
Valerie Valate:
I have dispatched the prizes to Lunarisse, and they should arrive shortly.
Prize No. 1: Block of Cheese 250,000m3 of cheese, approx equivalent value 80M ISK
Prize No. 2. Trash Can 250,000m3 of trash, approx value 15M ISK
Prize No. 3. Safety Mud 120,000m3 of sport mud, approx value 10M ISK
The criteria are still to be agreed upon fully, however:
For the Safety Mud, I am envisioning the winner should be the best article or story involving health & fitness. Could be amusing pieces of gym lore, or a thrilling adventure short story where the protagonist is a sportball player, bodybuilder, or other health&fitness enthusiast.
For the Trash, I expect the winner would be something relating to Gallente culture - perhaps a Gallente tech-noir thriller, where the protagonist is a private detective, or the antagonist is an exotic dancer, set in the mean streets of nighttime Caille.
And for the enormous block of Cheese, I predict the winner will have something to do with Amarr culture in some way. Perhaps a theological romantic comedy, in which goats and/or well-endowed Amarr ladies feature prominently.
OP has been updated with all entries to date!
We’re a little low on poetry this year so far.
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If this works for prose/freewriting, I’d like to submit it that way. If it works as something which people might gossip about, then that way instead. Whatever you decide, I hope it is a read to your liking.
News of the Anath depopulation incident reached my father quickly, even before I had heard of it, and I work for the corporation that sent a humanitarian fleet that way, if that tells you anything about how informed my father is. As always, he had no emotional reaction, having grown up in challenging conditions, to say the least, and thanks to some brutal training and exhaustive schooling which had really gotten him in control of his emotions and reactions, at least better than most. Those of …
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In the Academic Category:“A Briefing on the State of the Empire”
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Good morning,
I would like to submit the following for consideration under 4.News:
[DammFam Refinery]
[VIDEO FEED - CLICK IMAGE TO LAUNCH]
We bring you breaking news from within the past 24 hours.
A refinery belonging to Valentine Drone Design of DammFam has been reinforced in the Frarn system in the region of Heimatar.
A pirate coalition of R I O T and Pain and Compliance hit the refinery in the later hours. This follows what appears to be an organised attack on DammFam mining operations during wartime.
Ushra’Khan has joined the war on the side of their close allies Dam…
This featured a number of live automated news broadcasts which were also compiled into two news pieces following the outcome of each event:
News piece 1
Live broadcast [Hull attack] News piece 2
This featured automated code at evepandora.com which reads ZKB and other factors to auto-initiate scripted live news reports at the time (broadcast as it happened on twitch) and is the first of what will be many as evepandora covers live events.
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