Well... Here, let me write it down for you first, and then we can go through the sounds. Might be easier to have the visual.
[ he'll just keep talking as he pulls out a pen and notebook and starts writing the alphabet. besidw each letter is a series of dots or dashes. you know how morse works I don't need to explain it ]
Morse code is all long or short sounds, and each letter has a set that belongs to it. See?
[ we don't think about the language barrier they would encounter here it's fine ]
To do that, you just leave a longer gap when the letter ends. So, kind of like this.
[ he writes his name in morse code! three letters are easy enough to take in, and sure enough - there is a slightly longer gap between where each letter should end. ]
It's a little hard to portray on paper, but yeah. That's why I said you have to know what to listen for.
...Huh. You know, I never would have thought about it that way, but yeah, you're right. It's the same when you're on the run. So you'll probably be pretty good at it, actually.
[ probably a good thing that leo isn't in the mood to call him out on that ]
I ran away from foster homes six times when I was a kid and the government hated me for it. Now I'm a demigod with a goddess who wants me and my friends dead, so - yeah. On the run.
Thank you! Everyone always expects you to just go along with it like it's no big deal, but it's never that simple. And some foster parents shouldn't be parents at all, if you ask me.
[ oh... hm. leo's not a little jealous or anything. he's looking sullen for just a second, but brushes it off easily. ]
Yeah. Yeah, that - makes sense. Blood only means so much when they want nothing to do with you, so why not find your own? That's a popular genre in TV shows and stuff for a reason.
[ does "alive" really count for much when he's only spoken to the guy once though ]
Stick around here long enough, and you'll figure that one out in no time.
Anyway... You can take this, if you want. [ the reference sheet. he carefully tears out the page to offer to tsuyukusa. ] And if you want to practice with someone, hit me up.
Ok... Let me try it right now so I can be sure I'm doing it right. [He studies the paper and then taps out FUCK in morse code because of course he does.]
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commandertoolbelt) wrote2021-06-19 10:17 pm
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So how do I learn?
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[ he'll just keep talking as he pulls out a pen and notebook and starts writing the alphabet. besidw each letter is a series of dots or dashes. you know how morse works I don't need to explain it ]
Morse code is all long or short sounds, and each letter has a set that belongs to it. See?
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Also me trying not to think about how the universal translator handles this.]
So if it's just a series of taps how do you know when one letter ends and the next begins?
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To do that, you just leave a longer gap when the letter ends. So, kind of like this.
[ he writes his name in morse code! three letters are easy enough to take in, and sure enough - there is a slightly longer gap between where each letter should end. ]
It's a little hard to portray on paper, but yeah. That's why I said you have to know what to listen for.
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Sometimes people trust their eyes too much. In the woods, a lot of times you'll hear things before you can see them. So you learn to listen carefully.
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Obviously.
[Wait hold on a second.]
On the run?
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I ran away from foster homes six times when I was a kid and the government hated me for it. Now I'm a demigod with a goddess who wants me and my friends dead, so - yeah. On the run.
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... Oh. Well if some random people tried to put me in someones house and pretend they were my parents I'd run away too.
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Thank you! Everyone always expects you to just go along with it like it's no big deal, but it's never that simple. And some foster parents shouldn't be parents at all, if you ask me.
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My father was my father because he chose to be. I think that's important.
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Yeah. Yeah, that - makes sense. Blood only means so much when they want nothing to do with you, so why not find your own? That's a popular genre in TV shows and stuff for a reason.
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... I don't know what TV is, but sure. Tree spirits don't have like, birth parents the way humans do. So there wasn't really any other option.
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Stick around here long enough, and you'll figure that one out in no time.
Anyway... You can take this, if you want. [ the reference sheet. he carefully tears out the page to offer to tsuyukusa. ] And if you want to practice with someone, hit me up.
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Ok... Let me try it right now so I can be sure I'm doing it right.
[He studies the paper and then taps out FUCK in morse code because of course he does.]
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Putting it to good use already!
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Yeah. I'll learn this and by this time next week I'll be better than you and Shinonome both!
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You better be ready, because I'm definitely gonna throw a pop quiz your way when you least expect it.