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[It's a short, simple, sweet video. Probably for the best. Prussia is best in small does. He looks frustrated, and for a moment, like he doesn't know what to say.]

...Hat jemand hier Deutsch sprechen?

[His words come out in unfiltered German. Ever since he came back to life after the Null attack, he's had this problem. No matter what he tries to say or write, it comes out in his native tongue, despite being multilingual back home.

This is probably going to take a god to fix it, but he's not going to like that answer. But maybe, in the meanwhile, he'll get lucky and find someone who can understand him.]

[[ooc - I don't speak a lick of German so all of this will be coming from an online translator, I'm so sorry]]

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[Oh, huh, that's a language he wasn't expecting to hear around these parts. It's English all the way down despite this place being a hodgepodge of worlds. Huh. Cool!]

Ja. Warum? Sprichst du kein Englisch?

[ooc: I SPEAK A LITTLE GERMAN BUT WE CAN JUST SWITCH TO ENGLISH IN ITALICS OR SOMETHING IF YOU WANT LOL]

[[ooc - precisely what I was thinking!]]

[Prussia's face lights up. He knew someone here had to speak German!]

Oh thank God! I figured with people here from all over creation, there had to be one person who could understand me.

[Newt laughs. It's kind of nice to talk in his native language for a change. He hasn't had much chance to in, like, years. Outside of arguing with Hermann, anyway.]

Yeah, you'd think, right? To my knowledge, no one else around here does, though. You new or something?

[It's a little late in the month for a newbie to be showing up with a language barrier though, isn't it...?]

No way, I ain't new, I've been here for ages. I--

[Well, he died, and came back broken or something. But admitting he was defeated in battle is really, really difficult for him. It's a big blow to his gigantic, fragile ego. His eyes dart from side to side as he tries to think of another way to put it.

There really isn't a positive way to spin this, is there?]

I... think there was some sort of error with resurrection.

[Meanwhile, Newt is garbage at sensitivity.]

Oh, you died? Bummer, dude. Glad you're back and mostly in one piece. I've heard people have been having issues with coming back all messed up, though... Can you still understand English?

I can still understand everyone else, so I assume so. Cuz everyone here is translated or whatever, right? However the gods do it. I'm sure, say, the elves don't normally speak anything I know, but I could understand Maglor fine.

Edited 2017-12-26 05:01 (UTC)

Wait, is that how it works? A universal translator?

[This is the first he's heard about it. That... admittedly makes more sense, probably? But assuming the nonmagical route of "everyone speaks English just like they do basically everywhere back home" broke his brain a bit less from the get-go.]

That's even more messed up that it's not working for you. So did you forget English or is it just coming out wrong? Is that a thing that can happen?

[These magical language shenanigans are well outside of his wheelhouse, but he doesn't even care that he's not the smartest guy in the room about this sort of thing. It's cool.]

I speak a lot more than German and English. But no matter what I try to say or write, only German's coming out. I guess cuz it's my native language.

[He huffs in annoyance.]

Is... Is this some thing I'm gonna have to go to the gods to get fixed? That's the last thing I wanna do.

[Oh, right, this guy is in an actual pickle here. He's totally gonna want to circle back to this universal translator thing, though.]

Weird, dude. Sounds like a god problem to me, though. [Not that he has much experience with those, but.] Unless it's like a neurological thing, but seeing as I doubt the clinic is equipped to deal with that level of medical issue, the gods are your best bet. Why don't you want to ask them?

Because!! They're they cause of all our problems. And that also means I'll owe them a favor or something. They'll probably make me do something dumb in return!

[He's really not fond of them.]

M-Maybe it'll just wear off.

[There's some wishful thinking.]

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[Okay, fair enough.]

Well, yeah, but that's like, your only option. You want to stay like this forever? Some dumb favor is gonna suck, but it'll probably just be something like, hey, go generate this emotion for me. Pick a god with an emotion that doesn't blow and you're golden. Like, I dunno, Love or something. Tranquility. Rage, I guess, if you're into that.

Edited (??? dw y u put a space there) 2018-01-25 08:23 (UTC)

[How interesting.]

I can speak it.

Sounds like there must be a problem with your translation.

[Babelfish comes with the territory in what she does.]

[That's good, since his Hadriel-given Bablefish is having some errors.]

Great! I mean, I can understand everyone else, but anytime I try to say or write anything...

[He shrugs.]

Someone needs to tell me how to fix this!

So it affects your ability to both speak and write as well.
Now that's a day ruiner.

[Ravine, pls.]

You may as well try filing a complaint to the one responsible for your dysfunction.

Would that be Hope? Isn't he like, hurt and stuff? I'm surprised I was brought back at all.

[Oops, he didn't want to let that part slip. Dying is more a blow to his pride than anything.]

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[It's okay, she won't judge/tell anyone.]

Then perhaps another one of their kin can be of some assistance to you.

Edited 2017-12-28 19:04 (UTC)

I'm not really too keen on owing any of them a favor. Or asking them for anything.

[He doesn't like them, and he's massively stubborn.]

It... It could just go away on its own maybe. Just a temporary fluke!

I cannot say that I blame you for that sentiment.

[Not that she shares it, but she doesn't hold it against those that do. And Prussia has every reason to feel the way he does.]

By all means, if you want to bank on the off chance that your... "condition" will wear off, then that is your choice.

May I suggest a personal translator for you in the meanwhile? Perhaps interpretive dancing for those who cannot understand you? [Is she joking? She might be joking. Just hope that she's joking.]

Interpretive dance?!

[He looks momentarily horrified. He feels like somewhere someone has talked about dance being a universal language and he hates this idea. His shoulder slumps.]

I was going to try drawing things, or maybe something like charades.

[Well, this is sort of familiar - something similar happened to Mello during Confusion's resurrection, and he found himself speaking several of the languages he knows untranslated. German does happen to be one of those languages ~~even if his player knows absolutely none~~, so he answers in kind.]

I do. Did you drink from one of the pools?

Um, yeah, I did, but I think this started even before that? Is that what's causing this?

Similar effects were experienced during Confusion's resurrection, but if this started before we arrived here, it's unlikely that water from Confusion's pool is causing it.

[Scratch that idea off the list.]

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