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It contains a great number of references to pieces of language that are difficult to translate, as they are cultural names and notions. | It contains a great number of references to pieces of language that are difficult to translate, as they are cultural names and notions. | ||
OOC Note - Despite being a rich and wonderful trove of lore, this book is also full of impossible inconsistencies and factual incongruencies. If followed correctly, the author is somewhere in the vicinity of 200 years old, despite the Jin having a natural lifespan of | OOC Note - Despite being a rich and wonderful trove of lore, this book is also full of impossible inconsistencies and factual incongruencies. If followed correctly, the author is somewhere in the vicinity of 200 years old, despite the Jin having a natural lifespan of ~100 years (though they are often politely killed before passing of old age), a feat impossible without cloning, INR, wetwiring or rejuv technologies they did not possess. We would also need to believe that he only recorded 16 diary entries in 150~ years of blind interstellar wandering. | ||
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~* Handbook for the Recently Departed *~ | ~* Handbook for the Recently Departed *~ | ||
-A compact guide for space-dwelling Jin- | -A compact guide for space-dwelling Jin- | ||
Owner: A'Kwah-Zhe Runok Shuan | |||
Occupation: Chief Engineer | Owner: A'Kwah-Zhe Runok Shuan | ||
Residence: Huo'zha | Occupation: Chief Engineer | ||
Residence: Huo'zha | |||
Huo'wo du A'Kwah-Zhe | Huo'wo du A'Kwah-Zhe | ||
Av ex'vach e'r in'vach, | Av ex'vach e'r in'vach, | ||
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<br> Y - Emergency Procedures | <br> Y - Emergency Procedures | ||
<br> B - Journal Pages | <br> B - Journal Pages | ||
== Section I: An Introduction by Kwajah of The Departed Fosa Shaok, Oss. Kiv. == | == Section I: An Introduction by Kwajah of The Departed Fosa Shaok, Oss. Kiv. == | ||
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The genocide darkened the deatheyes of all who survived, leaving those who were left in | The genocide darkened the deatheyes of all who survived, leaving those who were left in | ||
constant pain and grief for their loved ones, whose honorable deaths were snatched away | constant pain and grief for their loved ones, whose honorable deaths were snatched away | ||
from them by this despotic puppet of the Ishvana. Worse yet were the fates of those not | from them by this despotic puppet of the Ishvana. Worse yet were the fates of those not granted | ||
death, but without the glory of death exist in the Ishvana's consciousness. Only the final | |||
defeat of the Ishvana could bring about a good death for these tortured souls. | |||
The A'Kwah-Zhe quickly found themselves losing their connection to the new Kwajah, and | The A'Kwah-Zhe quickly found themselves losing their connection to the new Kwajah, and | ||