I will be rewriting everything in the previous post below so there's no confusion about changes and the short conversation between the two for this picture.
If you've already read it, skip ahead to the last few lines.
The finished product will be coming later. But this is a heads-up about a particular accent change moving forward.
We all know Cassius is a vampire. He's not the oldest but hes also not young. He knows multiple languages which is always resourceful. But:
I haven't been staying true to his character in fear of others being unable to read his text.
I feel confident enough in my abilities to express what he's saying in his true vampiric way. His accent isn't heavy, it's not weighed down and exaggerated like in Dracula, but it is there and it's not fair to leave that part of him out.
If you know Romanian Transylvanian accents then this should be easy for you as his voice isn't even that level of complicated.
Eventually, I will be going through all my older drawn stories and written text to add these changes.
I will show you what I mean by writing down the dialogue that would've been expressed in this above.
Romanian doesn't have the consonant 'w' so it's replaced with 'v'. They also stress important words, elongating the sound. Words like 'that' and 'this' sound more like 'dat' and 'dis.' Depending on the placement in the sentence the word 'you' or 'yard' could sound like 'vou' or 'vard.'
They also use long vowels 'a' like in apologetic. o' like in open, and 'u' like in music.
Enough rambling. I'll write the example below.
AH!
"Did I scare you?"
Gah! Of course!"
"GOOD!"
"What do you mean good!?"
"I told you to vait for me---"
"Yeah, but it's a beautiful night--
"Ah ves. A beautiful night vut spirits are high my dear."
*she lifts a brow*
*somevone of ze undead variety could be lurking around. Vou are both beautiful and delicious. De could swoop down and ambush you."
Lips curve into a smile; fangs shining in the forests ambient light. "Just ve mindful of da moon and it's many faces."
"Hmm..."
She pretended to ponder, waiting for red eyes to steady onto her.
"So like you did."
"Bah! DATS DIFFERENT!" Cassius protested, waving his arms in the air.
"Were you gonna eat me? Ya know that's what someone would say if they were guilty."
"I am different! I'm somevone safe!"
"Hmmm...I dunno, only someone with ravenous knowledge would lure me into a false sense of security."
Her companion stood tall, crossing his arms in a pout. "Vhen someone eats you, I don't vant to hear it." "If someone eats me-" She interjected "YOU won't have a food source anymore."
Eyes grew wider in rebuttal, wanting to argue back. It was pointless. every comeback he'd create shed answer with haste. Her mind as quick as her feet.
"BITE ME."
His angry facade crumbled to her cheerful laugher.
"Get your own phrase, alright. That one is mine. Taken. Used."
Also. A big shoutout to when Jackle was always Cassius's hat; back when our vampire was more closed off and hid his gem. The only way you'd know it was Jack was when he'd open his eyes or move the tassels.
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