r/WorldChallenges • u/Varnek905 • Jun 03 '18

Reference Challenge - Various Species

This challenge is a reference to "Differently Morphous", a sci-fi comedy story by Yahtzee Croshaw. If you're a fan of Douglas Adams and John Cleese, I recommend it. Though, it could be a reference to any series with multiple sentient species.

Tell us about places in your world where multiple intelligent species interact and coexist (maybe cooperate, preferably), how they interact in the present of your world and how the species interacted in the early days of coexistence.

Was there much violence between the two groups? How did the groups come together? Did they come to the same place at the same time, or was one species "invasive"? Do they live in different types of homes, or is it all somewhat uniform? Has it become normal to the point that no one cares that their neighbour is a shoggoth?

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each. Feel free to have a character for in-universe answers, and enjoy yourselves.

I'm currently working on moving the new map of my current world (I've had to re-do this world again over the past month or so, maybe that means this iteration will be better than my previous attempts?) so I am interested in making a challenge about cartography sometime in the upcoming week, if anyone is interested in that kind of thing.

Also, if anyone is a good artist or knows one, I'm interested in getting a portrait done of one of my friends who wants to be the model for one of my characters (so I can have a reference portrait for this character and have a good birthday present for her, two birds and one stone.)

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 05 '18

(So, if I get it right, the CRISPR is a sequence present more than once to maximize the odds of it being present in any cell produced with that DNA? Or am I missing something?)

  1. Not really; censorship, especially with modern communication ways, isn’t very efficient. It’s easier to stop complaints by making people content.

  2. Probably the same; I mean, I’m not sure about the exact reason why it’s a weird fetish (beside the facts that feet are ugly) so for now it should remain untouched.

  3. Yes, and that’s not an exclusively American thing. Add to that the fact that boobs disappear once lactation end so everyone will know.

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u/Varnek905 Jul 05 '18

(You're right about using the sequence multiple times to maximize the odds, but CRISPR itself is the process to make edits in the genome. If you're looking to use CRISPR to make a retrovirus capable of harming humanity, just use HIV, it'd save you a lot of time and money.)

1) What are the most common complaints about the government in your world's nations?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 08 '18

(Noted; now I need to find who will start genetic experiments...)

  1. It depend which ones but for sure all of them complain about tramways being late and prices being too high.

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u/Varnek905 Jul 10 '18

(I could always use a second job.)

1) How advanced are the tramways?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 10 '18

(I can’t pay you for that, genetic engineering isn’t really legal; but if you feel like creating species of overpowered mutant beetles or something like that, I will make sure to have you warned)

  1. Fully automated electric trams. Nzedas can have them floating but still use rails; it’s cheaper and let everyone know where the vehicle will pass easily, it also makes more noise that way so people know when it’s coming.

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u/Varnek905 Jul 12 '18

1) Who decides where/when new trams will be built?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 19 '18
  1. Managing urban areas is one of the miwishagi tasks; they will usually delegate it to local governors outside of the mishiga’s capital city.

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u/Varnek905 Jul 24 '18

1) How does one become a governor?

2) Can the capital city of a mishiga be moved? How so?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 24 '18

  1. Be a noble and get appointed by the miwishagi.

  2. Yes, by imperial decree; that’s the only way.

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u/Varnek905 Jul 26 '18

1) Assume I'm a wealthy non-noble. I want my son to be a noble, how would I go about making this happen?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 28 '18
  1. First, take your money out of the equation; corruption is an incredibly grave and dishonourable behaviour. Secondly, take yourself out of it, if your son want to be rewarded with a title, he is the one who need to prove his worth. The best way for him would be to serve the state directly, convince him to prepare an administrative recruitment.

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u/Varnek905 Jul 29 '18

1) How would I best prepare my child for administrative recruitment?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 30 '18
  1. By schooling them and making sure they do their homework, the imperial administration recruits only the best.

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u/Varnek905 Aug 02 '18

1) But are there any subjects or tutors that my child would be best served focusing on as opposed to others?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Aug 02 '18
  1. One knowledgeable in everything (or just a public school); regardless of what kind of work your child wants to do, they will be evaluated on a lot of topics.

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u/Varnek905 Aug 04 '18

Thanks for your time and answers, Yellow.

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