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[peacewithouttyranny]

Greetings. My name is Soundwave and I wish to teach you something from my world. I promise that this will be worth your while to learn as you can gain Chroma from it.

There is a language my kind use called Chirolinguistics. Alternatively known as speaking Hand. Simply put, it is a language performed through holding hands between two people.

[And here's attached a drawing showcasing a few examples of it.]

Only my kind can 'speak' Chirolinguistics as this requires stimulating the nerve by transmitting electric pulses in the fingers, wrists, and palms to the brain. However, I've created a special gauntlet that not only helps you to understand the language but also allowing the stimulation and transmitting of electric pulses without potentially burning off your nerves and frying you to death.

If you are interested in learning how to speak Chirolinguistics, please contact me. Ah, and I've translated this in other languages, as well. English, German, French, and Japanese.

Thank you for your time.

[.... Yes. This is just a huge excuse for him to moonlace. Don't mind the fact that this post coincides with the Iris mooncycle.]

Comments

[pidgeypidge]

Good to know.

And I'm not doing anything else right now, so there's no need to reschedule. How long do you suppose this is going to take, though?

[peacewithouttyranny]

The lesson itself? 1 - 2 hours. Longer if you want it to.

If it's learning the language, perhaps in 2 - 3 months before you could communicate in its basic form. Most who are learning it for the first time seems to have trouble with the vowels and sentence structure at first.

Don't worry if it would take you longer to understand and translate the pulses, especially if you aren't familiar with tactile languages.

[pidgeypidge]

That seems reasonable for a first lesson, but I figure we can play it by ear.

And yea, that also seems pretty reasonable. I'm not particularly good at languages so there's no telling how much trouble, if any, I'll have with this one. I guess we'll see.

Honestly, I think this is the first I've ever heard of tactile language.

[It doesn't make her any less curious about it, though.]

See you in a bit?

[peacewithouttyranny]

Seems my culture is the only one with tactile language...

[He would've added more but he'll just end it there.]

See you.

I have long blue hair, red eyes, rabbit ears.

[He'll wait under some gazebo, watching the fishes near some ponds. Of course he'll be on his human avatar- a young woman. Because smaller hands are more manageable than large robot hands for first timer.]

--> Action!

[pidgeypidge]

There might be others out there that you just haven't discovered yet.

[And that's the last message she's going to send, because she figures she'll be seeing him in a bit anyway.

A bit later, she's strolling up to that gazebo with the confidence of someone who does this thing all the time. Honestly, though, he's easy to pick out, considering he's the only one around.

In an effort to avoid startling someone she's never actually met, Pidge clears her throat a little louder than necessary, and then waves when she has his attention.]

Hey. I'm here for the uh... language tutorial?

[peacewithouttyranny]

[It's pretty difficult to startled someone with super hearing- Pidge's footsteps alone announced her arrival for him, but Soundwave only turns to address her when she clears her throat. Wouldn't want to weird her out by turning his head to her first before she could do anything to get his attention, something he's probably had done to some people before.

Anyways, he nods his head in greeting. The gauntlets mentioned earlier are resting on his laps.]

Greetings. I don't believe I caught your name. I'm Soundwave... though, I already mentioned that on the network, didn't I?

[Either way, just to make extra sure she knows...]