Omake Pt. 4: Just Seal Stuff... and Cubars
{X} Steal some paper (it's just lying around!) and start making backup seals
- {X} Start with storage seals to keep maps in, in case they come in handy later
{X} Interrogate the seal masters about their seals (use Samurai Blue as an interpretor)
- {X} But, like, be nice about it. We're fellow sealmasters! Let us discuss the craft and talk shop in a friendly manner!
{X} Ask questions about the language, where to find resources for learning it.
Hazou glanced around to see if anyone was looking, and furtively took some seal quality paper from the pile. He also found some strange quills with ink inside them. Neat! He quickly used the Iron Nerve to draw a storage seal… then realized the ink inside the pen wasn't imbued with chakra. Odd. After properly imbuing the ink, he drew a storage seal, and then, hoping Kagome wouldn't find out, imbued it with chakra.
Hazou: Sealing said:
And it didn't explode!
Thinking quickly, Hazou folded up some of larger wads of paper with writing on them into a largeish box. Next, he folded up a bunch of the maps, and laid out about a hundred sheets of sealing paper into the box, then placed the box into his storage seal.
Hazou: Stealth said:
Others: Awareness said:
His task completed, Hazou returned to the lounge. There, he saw Samurai Blue had finished his own sealing, and was now watching the seal-screen with the others. Hazou decided if he was going to spend any period of time in this country, he ought to learn more of how to communicate with people here, and what sorts of seals they used (he had never even heard of seals for heating, or displaying images).
"Samurai-san. If I wanted to learn more about how to speak the common language, where should I look?"
Samurai Blue looked at Hazou, "Well, if you mean Ratyvfu, then you should probably get a Wncnarfr-Ratyvfu dictionary."
"Ah. And where might I find one of those?"
"Well, I'd recommend getting one on your cubar so you don't have to carry the weight of a dictionary. There's several nccf which should be able to help."
Hazou thought quickly, "and if I didn't have a cubar? What would you recommend then?"
Samurai Blue looked at Hazou, "Let me get this straight: you came to America, started hiking the Appalachian Trail, but don't speak Ratyvfu and don't have a smartcubar? You're more insane than most of us."
Hazou glanced around, and tried to think up of an excuse "…er... I lost mine?" he offered as way of excuse.
Samurai Blue gave Hazou a measured look. "You make sure you take care of yourself. While we're here, you can borrow mine, I'd recommend ordering one from the library and shipping it to Caratunk or Stratton before we leave. For now you can stick with me if you'd like. I'm doing 20 miles a day, and will be heading out tomorrow. One second, let me turn off the lock-screen and change the settings to Japanese for you."
He pulled out a piece of metal with a seal-screen on the front, touched it (
touch based seals too!), and fiddled with the controls for a while. After a while, he handed it to Hazou, who held it with the proper regard for an unknown seal (that is to say, carefully and with much trepidation).
"Anything else I can help you with?"
Hazou thought for a moment. "Actually, yes. I was hoping to talk with Pnzc Fubrf and Qbhoyr Qvc about sealing." Samurai Blue looked confused, "er… cubar. And was wondering if you could translate for me?"
"Not a problem." He said kindly. "And in Wncnarfr their names are Camp Shoes and Double Dip."
The two walked over to Camp Shoes and Double Dip. Samurai Blue and the other two discussed things for a while, then Samurai Blue turned to Hazou, "What did you want to know?"
"What's their sealing specialty?"
Samurai Blue gave Hazou a blank stare. "You want me to ask them what their sealing specialty is?"
"Yes. Er… cubar specialty?"
Samurai Blue looked a little confused, then turned and spoke with Camp Shoes and Double Dip.
"Ur jnagf gb xabj jung cubar lbh thlf hfr. Ur ybfg uvf cubar naq V guvax ur'f tbvat gb trg n arj bar."
"V whfg unir n qhzo Abxvn oevpx."
"V tbg n purnc naqebvq sbe $5 sebz Ronl. Jung qvq ur ybfr?"
"Camp Shoes has a Abxvn and Double Dip a cheap Naqebvq. They asked what cubar you use."
Hazou was starting to understand what cubar probably meant. And he really needed to figure out more of these words. It seemed like Samurai Blue probably didn't know the sealing language very well. But he'd figure out Camp Shoes and Double Dip's specialties eventually.
"I really like storage cubars, they're really versatile. I like modifying their capacity, adding delays, and having them grind things up. What do you like about your cubars?"
Samurai Blue just shrugged and turned. Clearly, he wasn't a storage seal person. He probably didn't even make the seal device he gave Hazou.
How has someone who regularly interacts with seals but doesn't understand them not accidentally blown themselves up?
"Ur fnvq, 'V yvxr fgbentr cubarf. Gurl'er irefngvyr. V yvxr zbqvslvat gurve pncnpvgl, nqqvat qrynlf, naq univat gurz tevaq guvatf hc. Jung qb lbh yvxr nobhg lbhe cubarf?'"
Double Dip and Camp Shoes visibly brightened.
"Bu! N evqqyr! Fbhaqf sha."
Double Dip and Camp Shoes turned towards each other and started having an animated discussion.
"Fb, unf fgbentr, naq zbqvsvnoyr pncnpvgl."
"Erzbinoyr FQ pneq."
"Evtug."
"Irefngvyr: fb fzneg cubar?"
"Lrf. Znlor vg'f bar bs gubfr syvc hc cubarf?"
"Yvxr gur Fvqrxvpx?"
"Lrnu."
"Znlor. V guvax gung pbzovarq jvgu zbqvslvat gurz zrnaf ur pna ebbg gurz."
"Fbhaqf evtug, fb na Naqebvq."
"Lrnu. Gura, tevaqvat guvatf hc?"
"Uz… Fb ur unq n tbbq pnfr ba vg?"
"Gung cebonoyl ehyrf bhg gur Fvqrxvpx. Jr fubhyq nfx ubj pbzzba vg vf? Znlor ubj rkcrafvir?"
"Gung jbhyq yrg hf qrgrezvar vs vg jnf n Fnzfhat. Jung vs jr nfx 'Vf vg znqr ol n znvafgernz cebivqre?'"
"Gung whfg fbhaqf yvxr nfxvat ubj rkcrafvir vg vf. Cebonoyl jbegu nfxvat. Gubhtu, vs ur'f tevaqvat guvatf hc jvgu vg, vg'f cebonoyl abg gbb rkcrafvir n cubar, ertneqyrff bs pnfr."
"Gung'f gehr, gura znlor ur tbg n cubar yvxr jung V tbg?"
"Cebonoyl. Yrg'f nfx uvz jurer ur tbg uvf cubar sebz."
Hazou upped his estimation of Camp Shoes and Double Dip as sealmasters. The only people he'd seen this animated about sealing were Kagome and Jiraiya. They then returned their attention to Samurai Blue.
"V'ir tbg n fznegcubar ng ubzr, ohg tbg guvf fb vg jbhyqa'g or gbb onq vs V ybfg vg be qnzntrq vg. V yvxr gung vg'f cenpgvpnyyl vaqrfgehpgvoyr."
"V jnagrq gb or noyr gb cynl tnzrf, ohg jnagrq fbzrguvat purnc. Fb V tbg zvar. Pbhyq lbh nfx uvz jurer ur tbg uvf cubar?"
"Camp Shoes left his smartcubar at home and has the Abxvn because it's indestructible. Double Dip just wanted something cheap to play games with."
An Indestructible seal! Was there anything these people didn't have? Hazou yet again increased his estimation of the nation he was in.
And they make seals to play games! Are they crazy? Or just that good? Hazou wasn't sure anymore. He was about to ask more when Cbrg returned and called out to the room. Samurai Blue turned to Hazou,
"They're serving dinner, we should go eat."
Then he and the others immediately took off at a brisk pace towards the kitchen.
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What Do?
{} Eat quietly, return to observing people
{} Sneak food out and eat elsewhere
- where?
{} Eat and experiment with the seal device Samurai Blue gave you
- try what?
{} Write In
]Action Plan: Start a Band
