Adrian from Erid

[the-real-adrian]

Hello Earth!

I am Adrian! Grace and Rocky make blog, so I make blog! Very happy to be here!

Try to answer all questions in 3 days latest, day of asked if possible, but am very busy. May not manage always. Apology!

Will answer all questions, no matter how long or strange or complex. Enjoy answering! Ask as many as want!

Last, very happy to be here, very happy to talk to humans. Love humanity. Very good.

Hello! I’m @sneakysnek1123, the admin for this blog. It’s been up for a while now but I thought the intro post needed fixing. It still does! I’ll be making changes to it for a while. I do genuinely love getting asks, so feel free to send as many as you want, even if it takes me a bit of time to get round to it.

I’ve read the book, watched the film, and listened to the audiobook, so will answer stuff about any of these. Spoilers will be tagged appropriately.

Thank you for being here!

[the-real-adrian]

A young adult who was one of the youngest biodome team members skittered up to Adrain. <Adrain Adrain Adrain. Savior Grace is down to very few twisters and skittles. Needs more. Statement.>

@fresh-biodome-hire-official

Oh! Will coordinate. Grace say Human need skittles for life. Will make sure more made soon. Very important.

[fresh-biodome-hire-official]

<Core can help! Core want help savior Grace>

[the-real-adrian]

Good! All help welcome. You know how many left?

[the-real-adrian]

Adrian have Rocky and Grace introduced you to video games? Or—more specifically—Minecraft?

I have no reason to ask this beyond yes. Yes is my reason. Tis a very good one. Anyway- second question and third, no need to answer either!

If you were to describe yours and Grace’s relationship in one word, what would it be?

And finally: Is there any particularly famous pieces of Eridian art that you can think of?

Yes! Like minecraft much. Rocky love. I like game, Stardew Valley. Is peaceful sometimes. Fun! Rocky find boring. Prefer building. Likes Redstone much. I find many more boring than Stardew Valley. Play both with Grace and Rocky sometimes. Is very good.

Me and Grace complex, change lots. I control all Grace care, coordinate biodome team primarily but ensure food available always, ensure health watched carefully, biodome safe and comfortable and do whatever Grace wants. Makes uneven relationship. Grace rely on me, I control Grace life. But not often talk of that side. Mainly focus on fun. Grace family, but word not right either. Friend not work right. Grace introduce to many Earth literature, and think only one word work right. Flock. Grace is Flock. We care of other as important figure in life, and care much about others lives, and both try keep others safe. We talk what we can't say to Rocky to each other. I think Grace is flock.

I not very artistic, so not know many. But favourite is of Blip-A crew. I visit every day. I friends with all crew, feel loss greatly. Many leave tributes on statue, is good to see. But I never see crew again. Will mourn always. Crew die so Erid saved, grateful, but grief never fully leave. Know statue is not perfect. Is worn greatly with time, figures not look how crew did. But my memory fading! Not remember how crew look! I picture as shown on statue now. Hurts, to know have forgotten look and sound and texture. But knowing how statue shows is better than not knowing at all. I miss much.

Is beautiful statue. Hope when Humans visit Erid, you see statue. Will like, I think.

[the-real-adrian]

A young adult who was one of the youngest biodome team members skittered up to Adrain. <Adrain Adrain Adrain. Savior Grace is down to very few twisters and skittles. Needs more. Statement.>

@fresh-biodome-hire-official

Oh! Will coordinate. Grace say Human need skittles for life. Will make sure more made soon. Very important.

[the-real-adrian]

what do you think of nail polish ? is there an Eridian equivalent ?

Do not have equivalent. I find very strange. Grace wear sometimes. Think would look good? But us not have. Not have colour!

Closest equivalent is carvings. Similar purpose. But still very different!

[the-real-adrian]

(Warning: this may be sensitive, so please, don’t feel that you HAVE to answer; I’m just very curious about their psychology)

was rocky any different around you since he returned from the 50-ish year mission? I would understand social issues, trauma/ptsd and fretting over Grace, but did anything change between you as mates?

Very different. Rocky spend long time alone, then change language for Grace, then long time alone with Grace. Adjustment to talk like Rocky. Language barrier with own language. Very hard adjust.

I not proud, but was jealous. Rocky spend all time with Grace. I grieving! Always grieving, since mission declared lost. Then Rocky home, but different. Talk weird, not like spending time with me. I jealous of Grace. Angry. I want Grace gone. Spend long time making Grace comfortable so Grace leave sooner. I grieving mate who still alive. Grieving old mate and trying learn new mate but not get chance. Very hard. I not like time with Grace or Rocky, spend lots time alone. I not do good. Was hard.

Grace notice, in end. Make me Rocky talk. Painful talk, but necessary. Was hard to be normal afterwards. Still not normal. Been long time! I different, Rocky different. Learning each other again. Falling in love again. Long process, but worthwhile.

Glad Rocky home. Always glad. Even when Rocky not believe, or I not believe. Love Rocky more than can describe.

[the-real-adrian]

*tiny green pebble carefully approaches*

“Will you be my parent?”

*Goes down as low as possible and tilts forward*

"Yes! You very small. Grace would like much. Where other parents?"

[the-real-adrian]

how did you find your mate? is there a specific type of mating call;ritual, or behavior eridians do?

Met at big meeting for Eridian. Was accident. But have place, like building, where Eridian can go find mate. I not do as have Rocky, but even before Rocky did not go. Did not enjoy.

Find mating rituals very very interesting, as Eridians once had many mating rituals, but not have much knowledge of what was. Wish knew. Fascinating!

[the-real-adrian]

is Rocky a flirt?

No. Tries sometimes! But not often. Is bad at flirting. Is cute!

[the-real-adrian]

I'm alright!! sleeping all day now that it's holiday... how are you and everyone?

Makes sense. Had exams when young. Very very tiring. Us good! Trying make Grace more food. Humans need variety in food, Eridians not. Strange concept. Going well!

[the-real-adrian]

Cosplaying is when humans dress up as characters from games, movies, shows, books, and other forms of media!

Very good! Think would be fun. Shall ask Grace for example. Sounds amaze amaze amaze.

[the-real-adrian]

Im curious about your thoughts on human music, does it seam strange since for eridians genral speech is musical, but we do it for fun and expressing emotions in a hightened way. Has grace mentioned that some humans are just tone deaf, if they were eridian tone deafness I couldn't even imagine how hard their life would me.

(Forgive the ramble. I just find your language fascinating)

Music very weird! Hard explain, must start with Human language then to Eridian.

Language have Cognates, words that sound same in different language. Have Near-Cognates, words that sound similar in different language. Have what Grace say is “false friend”, words that sound similar or same but mean different. House and Haus, Hospital and Hospital, cognates in many languages. Have same reaction to music as Humans have to cognates. Some notes same as words, some full songs similar to sentences or names. Is strange, as the music words and sentences mean nothing. Just noise with connotations of meaning. So hard to listen to Earth song, as is like someone speaking Eridian badly from all different dialects and sometimes just making sound. Not nice to listen to much.

Grace tone-deaf. Is funny. Eridians sometimes, but have ways around it. Different ways of communicating.

[the-real-adrian]

Here's a top hat for you! It is rainbow striped like a pride flag. Also here's a matching bow tie because happy pride month!!! :D

Thank you! Like very much! Happy pride!

[the-real-adrian]

You did the meme very right!

-🐏

Glad! Like meme lots. Is fun.

[the-real-adrian]

What do Eridians do at social gatherings?

At human gatherings, people often eat (which, to my knowledge, wouldn't happen during gatherings on Erid), talk with each other, play music, play games, and watch shows!

Some of these gatherings are between friends and family, but some are with strangers

Some are for fun, like a convention we have here called comic con. Others are more professional. You should ask Grace, im sure he'd know at least a little about that :)

Depends on gathering! Formal gatherings have Eridians talking only, like Earth “mingling”. Sometimes have music! Like music lots. Have similar conventions for fun, where Eridians who like something arrange meetings to talk about thing. Not as big as comic con, but still good! Me Rocky go sometimes. Enjoy lots. Also have games! Played in large family groups. Love games. Grace teach me chess soon! Excited.

(Grace said likes comic con, enjoys cosplay. Did not explain last word. Sounds fun though.)

[the-real-adrian]

the thing with the ‘how do you communicate with so few noises’ thing is that we DON’T. We have to double or triple up sounds sometimes. Theres three different meanings for the word ‘there’. All sound exactly the same, you just have to figure out what’s being meant by the context around it.

and in regards to your media tropes, humans have one similar to the ‘person watching me sleep is gone when I wake up’ one! Instead of watching eachother sleep for safety, we sleep in groups. Mates share a bed, siblings share a room, people get roommates, stuff like that. As a result, waking up alone for us is scary too, because you’re supposed to wake up with your group! That fear is used in the trope of waking up alone, where one person wakes up to find their mate or group gone, and panic ensues. Also a very dramatic trope.

Amaze! Can understand Earth American English as is what Grace speaks, but cannot speak myself, as do not have vocal cords or mouth in right way. Always found language lacking in nuance. Eridians not have doubled up word meaning! Just have word. Have words sound similar, but have ways to tell apart. English is very strange language.

Like human tropes much. Grace show thing called Fanfiction, said is best example of tropes. Was right! Tropes brought down to barest essentials with characters put in to make a story. Very useful learning about Earth. Interesting that have similar tropes of loved ones disappearing when most vulnerable. Wonder why.

[the-real-adrian]

Hi adrian!! haven't seen you in a hot minute! hehe get it because eridians have really hot body temperature compared to humans

Hello! Happy happy see again! How you?