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Zekan Doiësztvir's journey (retrieved diary entry in Ov)

Zekan Doiësztvir
Character | Feb 18, 2019
 
Goukrév u łyhdiëp mohrow likz ea ruwmohlorol cöszön maivarak. Tohie ënku ciälswänkän kyś!   Ler staivurus cyhstyran um, linénsis unk aiviersyhnys kakplöië it vuhn gësëł iéma; linytis säi łaś anszuizis urzous ruwmohraië ganiot bohk. Kgäuviz, um inelis masneganav. Iniersyhnis kuk clan em kem gësëł, urinus mët írior nałyryk, im łël zäunäs.   Uc Dizön pohr ong säi cwohr söks, kinevnoszir kgäipi śtaivaër antds. Mor minaiëłenis twaivank kakplöiëk ät gësëłë. Łël el. U stë tongnasztak ät iä, vom iersyhnsyn aiveles kgi ruhstea plöiëpbuiënok kahi.   Tder slontos naivahmear eblwan kinevnosziś kgäipi łaivurak luz mëtëkok. Niniś łeafes aivavnaras oiëcaf lałyhryk nałyr im tän zokcigan, vom u melehr ranzendran, tder łeovaś soson łaiviahwas kgan lumpbök. Gér pinaris mëtiot iärvëkläszëł, vom möinös saivot aivötör ukpu masnav.   Tder nënkout, eses raienkgäs. Inas kwuiëlir vizkirsan ian zaivyr, vom moir ioufökaf aivas ac – vëiä. Kohalok nëpccav kgä gësious zondä kgär zyhniärvëk löcëarauś kgä. Stë diz maccios éväs ankurs kgäi zë ong oik keasztiar orblëszëk iw ceolëin ralantakén.   Meiś iócos noiłos kgómen, ryhpttak dohrsan uriusztis ónpok lumpuë. Snyhk zëpnav slontos zaivyhryk aiviócik fí luz töroië, eblwan ohn ngäiëszt nëś. Os ngäiëszt, vom möinös sois veinóstyhgys kgi arauszvis al orkagdar zyhniärvëk kgi bohk.   Voiër, iëiś ins iourak, cës ötök iwpirik, vom mënköinös ślëipis iä. Ler stinurik saivöwök kgäikut luz: nënkehzykes kgi, cës cwënohris łaivihat eks äis, vom łihatis vuhn eks sois eiles. Ysor inoikír kgei ónpot.   Blinuszis, ok ninökis, zok manszäsnav inofis łiezkik kgä. Ninökis eks uítënkyszyr äis Elgnel, pbéngean śan kaikar eruiëller Acwanduirmler kgä, gar Talpo śan moivëtkuwër mëtët öś kgä. Vuhn iócos uitën zó lumpak oinik.
  Make sure to listen to the spoken version located in the sidebar! The most recent translation is as follows.    
They say our world is small compared to other planets we know exist. Gee, ain't that a sack of bullshit?   When I started this journey, I had in mind to spend just a week in each country; I had figured this was the most efficient way to get to know my planet within a couple years. At first, that is in fact what I did. I would spend five to eight days in a country, take a couple hundred photographs and then move on.   But after Dizön, my fourth stop, I began to realize how much I was missing. So I decided to stay two weeks in the countries. Then three. Now I'm up to two months and I'm probably going to spend my whole worklife doing this.   I think it's going to be okay though, because people have started to take an interest in my photographs. I still live on the 122,000 oyths I had saved and my way of life is extremely simple, but I might find a way to prolonge that budget. I've already sold a couple photographs on the Internet, and I'm confident that it can become really profitable.   For now, I have to catch up. I had no idea how many things I'd missed out, and my guilt is feeding many projects – too many. Some countries are far from the utopia for interspecies understanding. From that point on, my pictures will be proofs, whenever possible, that there is much to do in building respect into our civilization.   I also want to create a website to literally teach to people how to travel. I think even people who want to do it properly actually miss out because they never had a method. I have a method, and I'm sure I can apply it to all different species to enhance the understanding between them.   It's strange, I've always had dreams, but now they are becoming real, and I'm not sure I'm ready for that. When people started believing in me, I didn't believe them, but now I've given up seeing what I am, and I only see what I can do. Travelling did that to me.   I made friends and I learned things, but most importantly, I learned about my friends. I learned what it is like to be Elngel, a non-talker who made a living out of writing about Allwanduirians, or Talpo, who is fascinated by fake photographs. I just want people to feel the same.

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Feb 15, 2019 16:58 by Elias Redclaw

Great article! I am going to be honest here though, I dont know much about prose but i will still try to gice you the best critique i can   First of all, the journal entry is nice! It definitly succeeds in captivating the reader in and making them read the story till the end. The link to the recitation of this article was also very nice and added a new flavour to this article For expansion you could expand upon the history of the person who wrote in this diary and how this diary was discovered. Besides that i cant say much. Still congratilations and keep up the great work!

Feb 15, 2019 19:11 by Ywan Cooper

Thanks a lot! I wrote this for a CoWriMo conlanging event (like NanoWriMo but for conlangs!) so I must admit that I didn't pay so much attention to the prose, it was more of a translation process than anything else.   Maybe I'll make this person someone important, who knows…

Feb 15, 2019 18:30

I really like the addition of the audio! It adds a lot to the experience now, and would be excellent if you decide to make an in-universe article of this content. I don't have a lot of specific feedback about the content of the prose because it feels like I'm missing a lot of context. I do think it was quite successful, because it made me want that context!   Who is Zekan Doiësztvir? I think that was the biggest question that came up while I was reading and listening. You may want to link an article about him in this article. Maybe also add a brief overview here, tell people why they want to know what he said in his diary.

Feb 15, 2019 19:12 by Ywan Cooper

Haha, I have no clue about who the man is! I'll probably flesh out his story later. Thanks for your feedback, it means a lot. <3

Feb 15, 2019 23:57

It's very nice with the audio, I was a bit startled when I opened the article and saw something which was intelligible to me. This was a very nice read, tho I wonder who wrote this? It would be great if you wrote that at the end of the quote maybe (if there is a known authour of course :3

Grab your hammer and go worldbuild! :3
Feb 16, 2019 15:57 by Ywan Cooper

As a matter of fact, I've started writing the article about Doiësztvir. ^^ Why did it startle you that it was intelligible? Isn't it usually the case? Thanks for your feedback regardless! <3

Feb 16, 2019 17:27

I was not expecting it to be written in anything other than English XD

Grab your hammer and go worldbuild! :3
Feb 16, 2019 22:14 by Ywan Cooper

Oh, did you mean unintelligible?

Feb 17, 2019 10:43

yes I did indeed XD

Grab your hammer and go worldbuild! :3