-Under the Ice - {A Wild Orca Roleplay} - DISCUSSION FORUM

[Golden-Apple]

Oh alright, great!

[oceanmando]

So excited!

[Jacks]

Just wondering... are we personifying them to talk? Or body language only?

[Ginger~]

Hmmm...well...Orcas do speak. Maybe we could do stuff like "she clicked in greeting" or "she let out a trill to tell them to swim right", but not actual words? What do you guys think?

[oceanmando]

I don't know. Since, we, sadly, don't speak orca, I guess we don't know for sure if they speak like we do. But I've seen videos of orcas in captivity talking with each other. I saw a video of two captive dolphins synchronize a show together (no trainers), so I guess its possible they speak like us. I would say actual speak would be fine.

[Fffffffffffffffffff]

I personally think that although it would be easier to do speech in words it would be interesting to do it in the way Ginger~ likes, so maybe we could do a bit of both? I don't know how that would work but orca's do communicate by both what appears to be words to them and with body language.

[Ginger~]

We can use "regular speech" as long as it's something that can't be simplified into the way I did it, and no paragraphs or anything. Try to limit full sentences. So "limited-speak". That okay?

[oceanmando]

Ya. Orcas, both wild and captive, seem to use body language as well. Like, raking. Its a way of saying, "I'm in charge here." (Dolphin Tale is educational!)

[Jacks]

That sounds great, if anything even more interesting. I'll just make sure to write an explanation of the body language in with it

[Ginger~]

Do you guys wanna do a "get to know you" exercise or something?