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Rana Ash

Gradient

Electus Matari

Likes received: 415

#21 - 2013-07-26 11:38:59 UTC

*Groans* is if not the story being horribly bad, the puns just made me naucious

The Voluval is both one of the Minmatar's least understood, and most important rituals. Involving a specialized sort of tattooing process that marks the subject's body, the Voluval is a rite of passage practiced by nearly all sub-clans of all tribes in the Republic. It is also known as the Test of Destiny and is the seminal event in a young Mimatar's life, representing their coming of age and official recognition as a member of the tribe.

Nothing to do with cutting out tounges *sighs*

Valerie Valate

Church of The Crimson Saviour

Likes received: 2,408

#22 - 2013-07-26 13:02:54 UTC

Makkal Hanaya wrote:

Why that specific punishment?

Is there a voluval associated with being deceitful or an oathbreaker? Or is it a general punishment used against anyone who's kicked out of the community?

Oh, those "bad marks" that a handful of people get, one of the punishments, other than being exiled, was having to take a life-long vow of silence. Breaking that vow, means whoosh, no tongue for you.

Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.

Ministry of War Amarr Empire 42
Kazuma Ry Ministry of War Amarr Empire Likes received: 42	#23 - 2013-07-26 16:22:32 UTC 2 I am glad that I have personally outlawed the Voluval practice among my Slaves. Such a barbaric practice. I might just have to look into offering both spiritual and physical help along with a new home to Citizens mutilated by this practice.

The Gold Angels Sixth Empire 1,421
Arkady Vachon The Gold Angels Sixth Empire Likes received: 1,421	#24 - 2013-07-26 16:54:48 UTC 1 I heard that they were going to make whips out of these tongues. Talk about a tongue lashing... Nothing Personal - Just Business... Chaos Creates Content


Arkady Vachon The Gold Angels Sixth Empire Likes received: 1,421	#25 - 2013-07-26 16:55:47 UTC 2 Diana Kim wrote: Tribals. Just because you had them leave out your sense of humor when they cloned you... Nothing Personal - Just Business... Chaos Creates Content

Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation 6,068
Andreus Ixiris Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation Likes received: 6,068	#26 - 2013-07-26 19:25:40 UTC 3 Makoto Priano wrote: terrible glasses Oh you did not just say that. Andreus Ixiris > A Civire without a chin is barely a Civire at all. Pieter Tuulinen > He'd be Civirely disadvantaged, Andreus. Andreus Ixiris > ... Andreus Ixiris > This is why we're at war.

Kirkinen-Arataka Transhuman Zenith Consulting Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium 9,936
Makoto Priano Kirkinen-Arataka Transhuman Zenith Consulting Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium Likes received: 9,936	#27 - 2013-07-26 19:27:21 UTC 3 I did. They're worse than birth control glasses. Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries: exploring the edge of the known, advancing the state of the art. Would you like to know more?

Andreus Ixiris

Center for Advanced Studies

Gallente Federation

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#28 - 2013-07-26 19:30:46 UTC

Makoto Priano wrote:

I did.

They're worse than birth control glasses.

Glasses are cool.

Having your hair pulled back so tight it looks like your forehead's about to catapult into the aft wall of your starship is not.

Andreus Ixiris > A Civire without a chin is barely a Civire at all.

Pieter Tuulinen > He'd be Civirely disadvantaged, Andreus.

Andreus Ixiris > ...

Andreus Ixiris > This is why we're at war.


Makoto Priano Kirkinen-Arataka Transhuman Zenith Consulting Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium Likes received: 9,936	#29 - 2013-07-26 19:32:43 UTC 3 The hair is -functional.- Your glasses aren't! If anything, they're a safety hazard, as they'll cause an aneurism in anyone with a bit of fashion sense. This headache... Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries: exploring the edge of the known, advancing the state of the art. Would you like to know more?

Andreus Ixiris

Center for Advanced Studies

Gallente Federation

Likes received: 6,068

#30 - 2013-07-26 20:13:00 UTC

Makoto Priano wrote:

The hair is -functional.-

Your glasses aren't! If anything, they're a safety hazard, as they'll cause an aneurism in anyone with a bit of fashion sense.

This headache...

Then clearly they serve a purpose. They're a form of psychological warfare against people who don't like glasses (that is to say, idiots).

Andreus Ixiris > A Civire without a chin is barely a Civire at all.

Pieter Tuulinen > He'd be Civirely disadvantaged, Andreus.

Andreus Ixiris > ...

Andreus Ixiris > This is why we're at war.

Katrina Oniseki

Oniseki-Raata Internal Watch

Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive

Likes received: 3,476

#31 - 2013-07-26 23:04:24 UTC

Andreus Ixiris wrote:

Then clearly they serve a purpose. They're a form of psychological warfare against people who don't like glasses (that is to say, idiots).

Well, good thing she's not an idiot, right? She also happens to like glasses quite a bit.

She just doesn't like your glasses.

Let's refrain from throwing schoolyard insults at those who dislike your fashion style, hmm Andreus?

Katrina Oniseki

Makkal Hanaya

Revenent Defence Corperation

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#32 - 2013-07-27 01:15:10 UTC

Valerie Valate wrote:

Makkal Hanaya wrote:

Why that specific punishment?

Is there a voluval associated with being deceitful or an oathbreaker? Or is it a general punishment used against anyone who's kicked out of the community?

Oh, those "bad marks" that a handful of people get, one of the punishments, other than being exiled, was having to take a life-long vow of silence. Breaking that vow, means whoosh, no tongue for you.

Thank you for the information.

Render unto Khanid the things which are Khanid's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Doctor Valate

Delve Medical Services

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#33 - 2013-07-28 10:58:26 UTC

Muck Raker wrote:

"This one girl, after she got her prosthetic tongue, the first thing she said, was that she wanted to declare vendetta on Malaetu Shakor! How ungrateful can a person be?" said a Brutor militiaman.

How incredibly rude of the girl! How could she possibly hold a grudge against people that cut out her tongue?

Unprecedented

Doctor Valerie Valate. Not to be confused with the other Valerie Valate.

Deep Core Mining Inc. Caldari State 49
Andrew Articuli Deep Core Mining Inc. Caldari State Likes received: 49	#34 - 2013-08-01 17:04:35 UTC 1 Can you buy one of these, or are they only available through charity? I could use an extra tongue.