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https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/alien-languages

The online magazine Mental Floss did a roundup of Exolangs last month and included Rikchik! They even made their own illustration of a rikchik, though it’s a little inaccurate. I’m in good company though, including Fith, Dritok, and aUI.

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allen:

1. bubbles: I like soap bubbles but I haven't played with them in years.

2. desk: I have a black Italarredo desk I got from Dad as a graduation gift >20 years ago. It's still great and has survived 4 moves.

3. dragon: Dragons are fascinating symbols of magic and power and ancient inscrutability. I like how the Bunnies & Burrows RPG uses Owl as their dragon equivalent. I suppose elder species like the Vorlons fill a similar role in SF. When I ran a couple of D&D-style games set in the mythical past of my rikchik aliens, one of the final challenges was a baby "dragon" as seen in the image below.

Rikchik "dragon", a floating 7-legged creature in sunset colors with a spike and a single eye.

Rikchik "dragon", a floating 7-legged creature in sunset colors with a spike and a single eye.

The players didn't realize they had been fighting a "one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater" until I hinted them after the game. Dragons have since become part of the Rikchik language, with "Dragon Fire" meaning lightning and "Dragon Magic" meaning electricity.

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