Homura's Room
Homura: I suppose that as well - it is the seed from which grief is spread in my world. But I was talking about Soul Gems. (screen changes to a picture of a girl in immense pain
◊ as a white cat-bunny thing pushes down on a Soul Gem)
edited 13th Mar '17 7:34:50 PM by megarockman
The damned queen and the relentless knight.Even if they know Mayan, they'll be confused by your grammar.
What I like to do is take a third alphabet too- different from what either of the previous two use.
For your example, they could be sitting there, thinking they're trying to translate Russian when it's actually Mayan.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this postThe point is- it'd require study and research to understand for anyone who isn't you.
Hell, you could cheat and just write in clear language using an alien world's language.
That way no-one on earth would have any idea how to start cracking it.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post

You need to stop doing that, first and foremost.
What languages do you know that are obscure to the common man?
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