| Understanding Otis |







| Understanding Otis |


Otis is mute, and therefore has no way of speaking.
However, he can still communicate, and does this through speaking in jumbled symbols.

Like actions in the game, each symbol can mean more than one thing depending on the context in which it is used along with whether it is repeated or not. Most symbols have a straight-forward meaning and some cannot even be directly translated.
I try to make his speech relatively easy to understand. Feel free to ask for translations.

Reference Links
Ascii Table : Convertor




The color he speaks in is #576274.
If he hears a voice in his head, it changes to #ffffff.
If a fight occurs or he finds another deer injured, he may choose to point this out by speaking in red.



~ : Content, happy, neutral, musical, passionate
! : Alert, scared, confused, frustrated, angered, excited, curious, surprised
? : Confused, unsure, nervous, curious, may be added at end of speech to indicate a question
... : Thinking, stuttering, hesitant, speechless
@ : Directing at the deer he is speaking to, you
>*< : Me, himself, referring to himself
$, %, &, or # : (Usually chained together in a sequence) Frustration, disbelief, anger
* : Referring to Sterre, spacey, content, stars, snow
^ : Heightened emotion, enforcing a point, look up, upwards, sky
,._ etc : (Usually chained together in a sequence) Submission, fear, scared, nervous, quiet, unsure what to say
ð : Silly, playful, sneaky
× : You are lying to me / I don't believe you
Ø : Stay away, don't come any closer, stop
ž : Danger
--` : Hello, used as a greeting, nice to meet you, etc.
)( : Yes, that is correct, you are right
|| : No, don't, disagreement
/\ : I'm sorry, forgive me, I was stupid
:; : Thank you
= : Making a comparison (This is that/This is equal to that, etc.)
♥ / <3 : Affection, love, gratefulness
∞ : Forever, always, constant, indicating indefiniteness
\\ : Help
)'~.( : Goodnight
( ^ ) : Birthday
\| : Nothing, absence of something, zero, normality
>^~ : Parade, large group of deer, crowd
-?- : Why, what
->> : Follow
.'` : Injured, pain, wounded
+!# : Fight, battle, war
<^> : To learn, discover, acquisition of a new skill or behavior
))- : By
/-\ : Please
)>> : With
/!\ : Jump, leap
\!/ : Fall, trip, stumble
v^~ : Game, play
:_. : Sit, lie down
Z-_ : Sleep
v^v? : Where
>?^ : Who
V> : Is
``"`` : darkness, night
(<-->) : contained, within, held

Remember, this is merely a guide, and there is no need to directly follow it.



Ç : Referring to the moon
þ] : Referring to Wudiin
Æ : Referring to Poltergeist
(|^ : Referring to Amadahy
]%[ : Referring to Dajhi
<'> : Referring to Evania
=+ : Referring to Iaurdagnire
θ : Referring to Illrose
[)] : Referring to Kajo
[.:.] : Referring to Nat-Nat
(|> : Referring to Ravenflight
°}} : Referring to Reed
U|H : Referring to Saosin
µ : Referring to Stellar
& : Referring to Umay
÷] : Referring to Virgil


As Otis gets to know other deer, he may slowly create a symbol that
represents that deer's name.









Kaoori's picture

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<3
Snowsauria's picture

Hm, track. (:

Hm, track. (:

ooo cool! *track* Edit:

ooo cool! *track*

Edit: NINJA'D!! DDX
Mis's picture

Very handy

Very handy Smiling

This is a really cool system!

This is a really cool system!

*keepin an eye on this.

*keepin an eye on this.
Hart's picture

How handy! -bookmarks-

How handy!

-bookmarks-

This is really helpful

This is really helpful<3
Munkel's picture

Very interesting c:

Very interesting c:
Fincayra's picture

This is a fantastic idea.

This is a fantastic idea. <3
ocean's picture

You really are brilliant.

You really are brilliant. o_o
-track-

Ah, good, I have trouble

Ah, good, I have trouble understanding him sometimes. X3;
z.m123's picture

&hearts;

~.

~.

Who is Stellar?

Who is Stellar?
Hraeth's picture

Otis~

Otis~ <3
This entire concept is incredible.
Iaurdagnire's picture

I missed this how? This kind

I missed this how?

This kind of communicating is a fantastic idea.
parrotsnpineapple's picture

Placing a handy track C:

Placing a handy track C:
Laiia's picture

--`

--`

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Ourania's picture

--` &hearts; I thought I was

--` ♥

I thought I was tracking this B|

I keep wondering how you come

I keep wondering how you come up with some of these.
Laiia's picture

On god, he did a symbol for

On god, he did a symbol for Nat-Nat ! ♥ She is very honored c: <3

Avatar & signature by Shimmyshimmy. ♥
Rouda's picture

I have admired this guy since

I have admired this guy since the first day I saw him in the forest. <3
ignisalatus's picture

i really love this concept.

i really love this concept. also tracking. <:

&hearts;

Eledhwen22's picture

What a clever system ! *_*

What a clever system ! *_*

And a mysterious deer too c:
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