History Webcomic / Outsider

** The loroi are implied to have no (or at least much less of a) nudity taboo, perhaps due to the separation of men and women. Talon at least seems ''quite'' interested in seeing Jardin naked, but at Beryl's urgings they respect his privacy when he has to change.

* ImprovisationalIngenuity: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}ed when [[spoiler:the "pocket Historian"]], forced to work out of [[spoiler:Jardin's data pad]], [[https://well-of-souls.com/outsider/outsider194.html grouses about the limitations of the computing power available]] to it and says that it's having to make do with what's available to it. Jardin muses on how it can't really answer his questions but was able to perfectly grasp English.

* BrutalHonesty: Most Loroi communication is through telepathy, and within the ''Outsider'' universe it's impossible to lie or deceive in mind-to-mind communication. This, as Tempo explains, means that many within Loroi society have trouble grasping basic tact, believing that to not communicate what's on their mind as directly as they can is dishonest -- thus, the main reason why their history is founded on endless bloodshed. They've developed strict rules to leave diplomatic negotiations to those trained for such tasks (like Tempo herself), while the rest are obligated to keep their mouths shut during the process... ''especially'' if it's someone like [[{{Jerkass}} Stillstorm]]. It's also why Alex has problems being taken seriously--since he can ''only'' communicate via verbal speech, there are those who do not trust him since he is incapable of doing the perfectly honest telepathic communication.

* LanguageOfTruth: Communication done through ''sanzai'', the telepathy of the Loroi, is immediate, clear, and absolutely honest. Some Loroi prefer to use it exclusively, feeling that spoken and written language are inherently dishonest and untrustworthy. The issue is that ''sanzai'' is so absolutely truthful that it will not mask any nuance or feeling, meaning that it tact is also impossible. Loroi diplomacy thus relies on specialized diplomats, who speak to one another verbally, while everyone else holds their tongues and keeps their thoughts to themselves... literally.

** Jardin seems to have a thing for musical references. As he's broadcasting his distress signal after ''Bellarmine'' is destroyed, he quotes part of the lyrics to [[Creator/DavidBowie "Major Tom"]] translated into the Loroi Trade language, as well as the French line from "Lady Marmalade". Later, his final words in memorial to ''Bellarmine''[='s=] crew are part of the theme song for ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub''.

* AlienBlood: Soia-Liron species, such as the Loroi and Barsam, have blue, copper-based blood.

* HollywoodBoardGames: Jardin finds Talon and Spiral playing [[https://www.well-of-souls.com/outsider/outsider196.html a holographic "capture the castle"-type game]] called Crossfire. A combo of observing them playing and Talon explaining the rules helps get him oriented, and he ends up beating Talon in their first game.

* {{Uncoffee}}: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] After food gets handed out, [[https://www.well-of-souls.com/outsider/outsider174.html Cloud brings the Loroi]] bottles of ''noillir'', a brown drink with (to Jardin) a pungent odor. Beryl describes it as a mild anodyne which the Loroi find soothing. Talon offers hers to Jardin; [[https://www.well-of-souls.com/outsider/outsider175.html he finds its taste strong and harsh]], but similar to some of the coffees he's had before. He catches Beryl off guard when he says it could use milk, which leads to the aforementioned discussion about differences in food culture.

* WeirdWorldWeirdFood: After several of the Loroi have negative reactions to Alex mentioning drinking milk from a domesticated species in a discussion of human food, Tempo mentions that Loroi from Taben and Deinar did not have any animal farming and culinary culture beyond meat and eggs and are thus comparatively tame. She mentions that her own planet of Perrein has a much more diverse food culture, but other Loroi generally consider it ForeignQueasine. Talon and Spiral's comments cement this, although they're clearly more amused than disgusted.

* BoardGames: Jardin finds Talon and Spiral playing [[https://www.well-of-souls.com/outsider/outsider196.html a holographic "capture the castle"-type game]] called Crossfire. A combo of observing them playing and Talon explaining the rules helps get him oriented, and he ends up beating Talon in their first game.

* AlienLunch: After several of the Loroi have negative reactions to Alex mentioning drinking milk from a domesticated species in a discussion of human food, Tempo mentions that Loroi from Taben and Deinar did not have any animal farming and culinary culture beyond meat and eggs and are thus comparatively tame. She mentions that her own planet of Perrein has a much more diverse food culture, but other Loroi generally consider it ForeignQueasine. Talon and Spiral's comments cement this, although they're clearly more amused than disgusted.

** Both largely averted and deconstructed. Loroi look just like humans, except for the pointy ears, blue skin tones, odd eye and hair colors, and their men being smaller than and far outnumbered by their women. [[https://well-of-souls.com/outsider/outsider175.html A very awkward exchange]] between Beryl and Jardin also confirms that female Loroi have functional breasts like female humans. This similarity is noted as a significant abnormality by everyone, considering that the rest of the races go from being notably physiologically different to being StarfishAliens. The fact that humans also seem to be resistant to the Loroi's telepathy implies that this may be far more than mere coincidence, but [[http://well-of-souls.com/outsider/outsider066.html when Tempo all but accuses Jardin of this]], [[http://well-of-souls.com/outsider/outsider067.html he testily counters]] that it would be extremely stupid for the Umiak to create [[TheMole a mole]] that sticks out like a sore thumb as much as he does.

* AlienLunch: When several of the Loroi find the idea of drinking milk from a domesticated species to be ''bizarre'' after Alex mentions it in a discussion of human food, Tempo mentions that Loroi from Taben and Deinar did not have any animal farming and culinary culture beyond meat and eggs and are thus comparatively tame. She mentions that her own planet of Perrein has a much more diverse food culture that even the other Loroi find to be ForeignQueasine.
-->'''Tempo:''' [...] but I am sorry to say that Perrein cuisine is not well accepted in the wider Loroi food culture.\\
'''Talon:''' *''winking''* Inedible, more like!\\
'''Spiral:''' *''grinning''* Foul! Sure toxic!

** This applies to humanity as well. Jardin specifies in his monologue that humanity is not looking for the side which shares or acts most accordingly with human values, rather the side which is most likely to win since aligning with the loser will almost certainly result in extinction.