Project F: Switcheroo Encounters by https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j What if we changed places? en-us 2021-11-26 22:57:01 UTC 2021-11-27 00:12:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f91e.png Rydra wong in Butler's post-apocalyptic California capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914896852 2021-11-26 22:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914896852 capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914897231 This is how I envision post-apocalyptic California.]]> 2021-11-26 23:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914897231 Rydra Wong is mysteriously beamed into post-apocalyptic California. By chance, she meets Obsidian. She realizes that they are both impaired. While she can retain the act of speaking, she realizes that Obsidian can only write. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914898737 2021-11-26 23:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914898737 Rydra remembers that it is Thanksgiving, and in her attempt to honor the traditions of the past, she would like to have a feast. On her way to scavenge for food, she enlists the help of Obsidian. She taps his shoulder and then her own, holding up her index and second fingers tightly together to ensure that they are together. She wants to make sure she can trust him, since they are both less impaired, and this can be dangerous. They are usually targets of jealousy an rage. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914901934 2021-11-26 23:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914901934 capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914902372 2021-11-26 23:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914902372 Rydra and Obsidian manage to find some berries to add to the feast, and she decides to bring her home with him. Through a series of movements and grunts, Obsidian accepts. They make the venture home, using a map that Obsidian owns to figure out the best route home. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914903149 2021-11-26 23:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914903149 capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914905004 Above is Rydra and Obsidian driving home in an old car that he still owns.]]> 2021-11-26 23:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914905004 Once they reach home, Rydra and Obsidian work in tandem to cook dinner. They use signs and body language to indicate the next steps of the recipe. Finally finished with the cooking, they sit in an empty dining room of Rydra's 4 bedroom house. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914905707 2021-11-26 23:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914905707 Rydra and Obsidian found berries to include in their feast. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914905947 2021-11-26 23:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914905947 Alone and safe at last, Rydra and Obsidian are able to fully experience the catharsis of opening up. Obsidian writes on paper that he is happy to have found her, and he felt so alone in the world. Rydra whispers that if it weren't for him, this might've been her last meal. While they don't understand each other, they finally feel some sense of freedom to share their impairment without risk of attack. Lastly, they commicate to eachother using touch. They touch eachother to say, "I am with you, no matter what." capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914907571 2021-11-26 23:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914907571 capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914908027 Rydra and Obsidian finally find peace.]]> 2021-11-26 23:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914908027 Rydra and Obsidian use fire to cook. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914912300 2021-11-26 23:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914912300 Valerie Rye in in Delany's future galaxy capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914912798 2021-11-26 23:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914912798 After being mysteriously transported to the world of Delany's story, Rye meets a man called "The Butcher." Rye wants to help spread the use of Babel-18, an improved version of the parasitic language, Babel-17. Rye already helped "The Butcher" recover and form his new identity after being infected by Babel-17. He is now called Nyles Van Derco. After accepting her offer to help others, Nyles and Rye embark on a journey to help save her two children. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914920381 2021-11-26 23:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914920381 capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914921084 Rye mysteriously transports to Delany's world.]]> 2021-11-26 23:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914921084 Rye explains to Nyles that her children were infected by the schizophrenia inducing language. Her main mission is to help rehabilitate them through the use of Babel-18. She knows through her telepathy that Nyles loves her, so she thinks he would be the perfect fit to help her and her family. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914922427 2021-11-26 23:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914922427 Rye has telepathic abilities. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914923293 2021-11-26 23:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914923293 On their journey to earth, Rye disusses the importance of poetry with Nyles. They agree that it is the highest form of communication. They also talk about the significance of language, and how it might be used to control a civilization. Rye says, "we think that language is a mechanism for controlling thought, but in fact, language is thought." capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914927589 2021-11-27 00:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914927589 Even though this is in a different language, I thought it conveyed the meaning of poetry in space. Since this novel is about language, I even thought it fitting, that it wasn't in English, yet still made sense. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914928193 2021-11-27 00:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914928193 Finally, they reach Earth. Rye has been trying desperately to save her children, and with the help of Nyles, she is finally able to rehabilitate them. She is hopeful that within 6 months, the war between the Alliance and the Invaders will end. The dawn of a new future is on the horizon, with the help of Babel-18. She will finally know peace. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914929658 2021-11-27 00:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914929658 After years at war with Babel-17 and The Invaders, the galaxy will finally know peace. capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914930841 2021-11-27 00:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914930841 capriana112 https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914933192 In the story, we see the significance of code. This is how I picture Rye's mind working to decipher Babel-18 and Babel-17.]]> 2021-11-27 00:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/capriana112/roo0mgwjnp0h8r4j/wish/1914933192