Challenge #02627-G070: When You Assume…
Considering the cultural difference between western people and eastern people, how would aliens react to someone from Asia?
Asian people tend to be less touchy-feely, more reserved and quiet than someone from America for example.
How would aliens react when the shy-looking, timid Japanese girl, who joined their ship as a chef, turns out to be a master of martial arts and make dinner from the would-be pirates because they belittled her? Or how loud she gets when she’s properly drunk… – Tom
[AN: Trying not to stereotrope, here, Tom.]
In the wake left by Human Bil, Human Jin made the crew of the Reckless Poker think they had gone deaf for a short space of time. This was yet another reminder that Humanity was wide and varied and the way one Human “rolled” was not the same as another.
Her official role was ‘chef’, though she was also Ships’ Human. The Humans were, after all, used to holding multiple jobs and titles. They could even switch between the two at will, should they so wish. Human Jin seemed most comfortable with the job of Chef, and created works of art in every plate.
They were excruciatingly polite, soft-spoken to the point of whispering, and painfully aware of any and all class distinctions aboard. Butter, as the Humans might say, wouldn’t melt in her mouth. Some of the Shygron thought she might be a defective Human, but those whispers stopped cold at the very next Vorax raid on the Reckless Poker.
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Challenge #02626-G069: Patient Persistence
Elephants can paint. It is adorable. They also enjoy music. Also: good at snuggles. – Anon Guest
Humanity has doubted the intelligence of Elephants in the same way that they doubted the intelligence of Cetaceans. The same is true for the Elephants doubting the Humans for similar reasons to the Cetaceans. However, when the communication barrier was finally surmounted, Humanity was unimpressed.
Some of them had been literally talking to dolphins for subjective centuries[1], and in the dolphins’ own language. Getting Elephants to communicate with Humans in the local Terran dialect wasn’t all that special. Nevertheless, Elephants were recognised, like Pigs, as another Deathworlder cogniscent species.
The fact that one used to farm another for nutrition is something many Humans prefer to sweep under the rug. The Pigs, for the record, are willing to declare that all things being equal, their ancestors were perfectly willing to eat Humans at every given opportunity. Both species have acknowledged the other as being very tasty indeed and strains of culture-grown flesh are available for interested parties[2]. The fact that there is one obligatory herbivore among the number of Terra’s intelligent species has been something of a relief amongst many Havenworlders.
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Challenge #02625-G068: Toxic Under Certain Circumstances
Alien and Human conversation:
A: And Humans keep drinking these?
H: Jup.
A: Even though it can dissolve Rats?
H: Jup, in Moderation.
A: Why?
H: It tastes good.
(/TIL https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-mountain-dew-really-dissolve/ The Mouse-Mountaindew-Case) – Anon Guest
[AN: Offensensitivity warning for the mouse in the Mountain Dew. Food adulteration implications therein.]
Humans are Deathworlders. It should therefore be little shock that they can enjoy consuming toxic substances. Some Humans claim they cannot continue to exist without their daily dosage of poisons or acids. Others refuse to operate without their first dosage of toxins. For those who are more sensitive to such things, take warning - there are no limits to the chemistry that a Human should not, but will add into their bodies anyway.
Theobromine, acid, toxic amounts of sucrose, not to mention the assorted intoxicants they voluntarily consume for recreational purposes. Combinations of all the above and more are available in Human culture can simply boggle the mind. Always verify with the attending Medik that your Human is actually in good health.
Companion Crix was not in a fit state to remember any of that when they met their assigned Human for morning bonding time whilst eating. They were used to strange noises around their Human and didn’t become concerned until they noticed that Human Ker’s chosen beverage was fizzing.
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Challenge #02624-G067: Seasonal Invasion
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8UFtp_8HAJA
Aka. Ep. 54 “Havenworlder discover Christmas Beetles” – Mike
[AN: “despite being Australian” is an entire mood NGL]
“It’s November,” said the guide. “It’s Christmas Beetle season.” This, seemingly apropos of nothing, was a warning to be taken seriously, since it did come from an Australian about Australian wildlife.
“Are they toxic?” worried Frip. “Venomous, poisonous, or attack-minded?” Frip had learned a lot from their trip to Australia so far. Going to see Australia might be doing Frip a great deal of good epigenetically, but that could only work if she survived to pass on her genes.
“Er. Probably not healthy for you to eat them. They’re harmless, actually. It’s just that there’s a lot of them. Might be a bit alarming for you.” Human Arn said. “I got one here to show you. Nice and safe.”
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Challenge #02623-G066: Occupational Hazards
A: Human, why are you eating with your off hand?
B: Oh, I sprained my dominant hand. It should be better in a few days, maybe a week.
A: WHAT WERE YOU DOING???
B: Cleaning the walls.
A: What.
B: Well, the kids left hand prints on the walls.
A: Just use the auto-cleaner.
B: Auto-cleaner’s not rated for bio-hazardous materials.
A: WHAT DID THEY PUT ON THE WALLS???
B: Their own feces. It was disgusting. They did it while I was asleep, and it liquefied while I cleaned it. Not only was the smell atrocious, I learned in the nastiest way possible that at least one of them’s been eating dog hair.
A: I think I need calming medicine.
B: You do that. I’m gonna get some more ice for my hand. – Anon Guest
There were multiple reasons for forensics-level Cleaners, primarily of those was the pathogens present in crime scenes themselves. Second, interestingly, was the hazards of parenting. Small children, especially small Deathworlder children, have a pronounced predilection towards mess that is also bio-hazardous. Small children across known civilisation will spread about anything they can as a form of play combined with a form of expression. Learning the difference between the approved and disapproved spreadable substances.
Bodily waste, no matter which species scattered it about, is definitely disapproved. Even Havenworlder waste can be hazardous to other Havenworlders. Though the advent of Cleaners as an item of sanitary biotech helped significantly, some levels of bodily toxins require greater actions to cleanse. Some required authorisation to use and, when a house has biohazard smeared across a surface, urgency is a factor.
Through those logical steps, the parental variants of occupational injuries were both logical and shocking through their variation. It goes beyond the standards of stepping on or tripping over toys or catching diseases or infestations from their young. In many cases, it’s astonishingly daft self-injuries. Like the brace on Human Zar’s dominant arm.
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