[Network Audio]

[trpmods]

[It's probably not polite to send a message to the whole network at four in the morning. Someone should teach this to the Agrii, because there's a loud chiming from all the communicators at that hour, and yes, another audio message from their hosts.]

He Rows greet they I am now! Am name An Nu still. Bring good news. Talk much to Agrii and they say Great Full very good. He Rows give much, eat much, full much! Glad share we with they! Teach much. But still, Agrii need learn much.

Nu Tick come soon, so we think they help Nu Tick. What He Rows do when New Tick Parting comes in they home? Tell much of New Tick. What they do for sell lee brat? Agrii ship say good, strong cold sweet will come. Many days of cold white. Do He Rows need things to make good parting? Maybe many days parting?

[This must be stream of conscious because An Nu goes quiet for a while, as if thinking of this idea. Surely she had a plan before she bothered to call at a horrible hour. Or, well, not? Seems like not.]

Yes! Them tell we what want to make good Parting. We help they, and all have good New Tick. Have good Membering. Give gifts again, and light sparks, but He Rows tell what need. We give what can. May be we do same fun He Row thing on ship, so Agrii learn from they! Yes. Best plan! Tell We what need! We help!

[With that the audio ends, but there seems to be an indicator on the lingering audio file that it is open to response. Apparently An Nu is very eager on these plans and intends to talk about them. Someone's clearly fond of parties.]

Comments

Audio

[wearingthestars]

Fireworks are a pretty big New Years staple. I always skating, a cup of hot chocolate to warm up my hands, stuff like that. Watching the ball drop and sharing a kiss at midnight.

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[trpmods]

Talk fire work? What is?

Can make hot drink for He Rows.

Is Kiss the face press He Rows do? See He Row Jon and He Row Toe Knee face press many times. And face press Knock Tis and Glad Oh.

What ball you drop?

[wearingthestars]

They're like...colourful explosions in the sky. I set some off once, you might have seen, I don't really know how much you all see.

[He laughs.] Yeah. It's the face press. It's something we do to show love and affection.

The ball, is uh...it's like this big glittering ball usually? Sometimes it's made of lights, and there's a countdown to the moment the new year starts, and the ball...reaches the bottom at zero. I'm not really sure where the tradition comes from. It sounds really weird when you have to explain it.

[trpmods]

Yes, we do think on how make big sky sparks!

Face press for love? Must try. Is good?

Oh! We give they big glitter ball! Very good thought. Count down to big glitter ball. Start work now!

[wearingthestars]

If it's with the right person, yeah. It's very good.

[trpmods]

How know right person?

[wearingthestars]

Someone you love. Or...uh, well I guess you don't have to love them, you might just have...intimate feelings about them?

[trpmods]

In team ate?

[wearingthestars]

...Romantic. Or um...sexual...

[trpmods]

Oh! For make Agrii baby!

[wearingthestars]

Yeah, exactly! Or um...for fun. Do you guys...do that? Or just...um...just for 'make Agrii baby'?

[trpmods]

Make baby for fun? No make baby for fun. Make baby for family. Much care with choice. Not many Agrii. Must be care full.

[wearingthestars]

Make baby without the baby part. But uh...I might be assuming our...reproduction process is at all similar.

[trpmods]

No under stand what ask.

Audio; you guys I am so sorry

[sinistral]

And what about the novel idea of, say, no party for once?

[With all the grumpiness of four in the morning of course.]

[trpmods]

[Don’t worry grumpy, this Agrii is very cheery.]

Must have Partying. Is New Tick. Very Import Ant!

[sinistral]

[An Nu deserves a medal for dealing with this tbh.]

So you don't consider that some people really hate parties?

[trpmods]

All love Parting! Win Ter sad he no member come more parting? Is okay. Us membering for they. I mess sage you at New Tick time to tell you time to parting.

[sinistral]

That's not my name.

And I don't want a party. I want to know why you insist on parties that some of us hate.

[trpmods]

What us call you then?

Parting make come moon a tea. Agrii must learn.

[sinistral]

I have no name.

So in your definition, community is forcing someone to do something he hates because you want a party, is that it?

[trpmods]

Have name. All have names. Names for all things.

Come moon a tea is to gather. Agrii know this. See in Fleet. He Rows teach come moon a tea. Is import ant. Like stop storm import ant. He Rows help. Parting help.