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Today, few embassies exist on their planet, and what Coalition civilians or officials are permitted to see is often covered with censorship. The talks of working diplomats into what could become the '''Innergalactic Union''' are lethargic, made slower by humanity’s own divisiveness on the creation of such a body. Scarcely are phytosians seen in SIC space. Those that tend to be political outcasts or Confederate loyalists seeking to better understand the vastness of the universe before them, before eventually, at some undefined point in the future, returning back to report their findings. | Today, few embassies exist on their planet, and what Coalition civilians or officials are permitted to see is often covered with censorship. The talks of working diplomats into what could become the '''Innergalactic Union''' are lethargic, made slower by humanity’s own divisiveness on the creation of such a body. Scarcely are phytosians seen in SIC space. Those that tend to be political outcasts or Confederate loyalists seeking to better understand the vastness of the universe before them, before eventually, at some undefined point in the future, returning back to report their findings. | ||
==Naming Conventions== | ==Naming Conventions== | ||
Traditional phytosian names translated into a Latin alphabet tend to be a simple four letter name that often has one or two vowels, either creating an open middle or open end to its pronunciation, often both. In the language of phytosians, the species from which a podperson derived from is often lumped and attached to the front of their name. However, in translation, this becomes "of [species]". In most cases, however, phytosians simply take some simplistic plant name for their new identity, be it a fruit, vegetable, grain, or vine. Fresh phytosians created from other humanoid species might retain the name they had in their previous life, or adopt a new one entirely, or combine a plant name with a surname they held before. Tendencies highly vary among individuals as the physical and emotional trauma of metamorphosis tends to linger in their psyches. | Traditional phytosian names translated into a Latin alphabet tend to be a simple four letter name that often has one or two vowels, either creating an open middle or open end to its pronunciation, often both. In the language of phytosians, the species from which a podperson derived from is often lumped and attached to the front of their name. However, in translation, this becomes "of [species]" (such as Kleu of Dirtmole). In most cases, however, phytosians simply take some simplistic plant name for their new identity, be it a fruit, vegetable, grain, or vine. Fresh phytosians created from other humanoid species might retain the name they had in their previous life, or adopt a new one entirely, or combine a plant name with a surname they held before. Tendencies highly vary among individuals as the physical and emotional trauma of metamorphosis tends to linger in their psyches. | ||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
Familial and parental structures are completely alien to phytosians. Individuals are expected to be independent and relatively grow on their own, though Confederacy officials will often quickly scurry a fresh phytosian into re-education centers, to teach them of their own sapience and humanoid nature if they were not before, or to explain their new condition and genetic bond to the rest of phytosians. To be rebirthed through lazarupela vitalis is a sacred moment, where one casts off the old chains of death and mortality to be ever-living, eternally. It is a condition that loyalists seek to perpetrate, though they're cautious in their enthusiasm, as murder is typically frowned upon by the galactic community. As being podcloned means a convenient loss of one's memories before their rebirth, some actively malign phytosians take advantage of this when able. | Familial and parental structures are completely alien to phytosians. Individuals are expected to be independent and relatively grow on their own, though Confederacy officials will often quickly scurry a fresh phytosian into re-education centers, to teach them of their own sapience and humanoid nature if they were not before, or to explain their new condition and genetic bond to the rest of phytosians. To be rebirthed through lazarupela vitalis is a sacred moment, where one casts off the old chains of death and mortality to be ever-living, eternally. It is a condition that loyalists seek to perpetrate, though they're cautious in their enthusiasm, as murder is typically frowned upon by the galactic community. As being podcloned means a convenient loss of one's memories before their rebirth, some actively malign phytosians take advantage of this when able. | ||