I want to believe that Vos has a very eastern aesthetic. Bells, ribbons, flags and wind chimes being heavily utilized. Any things that moves and flutters in the breeze. Emphasising wind and air, two things seekers are very familiar with.
Towers would be decorated with tassels and ribbons during festivals and celebrations.
Dancing, flying, and singing are very admired in this culture. There are entire districts dedicated to expressing and perfecting the vosian aesthetic.
When it comes to music, i feel wood wind instruments, there were a variety of large and small drums, gongs, chimes, flutes, and stringed instruments, such as the imported mandolin-like biwa, the flat six-stringed zither, and/or the thirteen stringed koto. Drums would be used to represent sonic booms created by jets surpassing the sound barrier. Their music could be light and airy or thunderous and loud.
Most seekers are painted to standout in the crowd but not to be garish. They follow color theory and tend to choose complementary colors.
Depending on the circumstance, Picking a new paint could be a casual affair or a political statement.
For their military personnel, they are painted with camouflage in mind. A light underbelly and a dark top, they would be difficult to see from above and below. Certain colors were only allowed to be used by active service members such as red accents and yellow for the Sky Lord.
When it comes to Vos’ overall architecture and design it’s very similar to Art Nouveau, very decorative and filled with curved and twisted motifs that mimic the movements of an aircraft in flight.
But less gold. It’s more Silver.
Expects skylights and colored glass to be prevalent. Fliers do like to have an unbroken visual of the sky. And lots of colors.
I want to believe that Vos has a very eastern aesthetic. Bells, ribbons, flags and wind chimes being heavily utilized. Any things that moves and flutters in the breeze. Emphasising wind and air, two things seekers are very familiar with.
Towers would be decorated with tassels and ribbons during festivals and celebrations.
Dancing, flying, and singing are very admired in this culture. There are entire districts dedicated to expressing and perfecting the vosian aesthetic.
When it comes to music, i feel wood wind instruments, there were a variety of large and small drums, gongs, chimes, flutes, and stringed instruments, such as the imported mandolin-like biwa, the flat six-stringed zither, and/or the thirteen stringed koto. Drums would be used to represent sonic booms created by jets surpassing the sound barrier. Their music could be light and airy or thunderous and loud.
Most seekers are painted to standout in the crowd but not to be garish. They follow color theory and tend to choose complementary colors.
Depending on the circumstance, Picking a new paint could be a casual affair or a political statement.
For their military personnel, they are painted with camouflage in mind. A light underbelly and a dark top, they would be difficult to see from above and below. Certain colors were only allowed to be used by active service members such as red accents and yellow for the Sky Lord.
Between the six major polities–those being Iacon, Praxus, Kaon, Vos, Tarn, and Crystal City–there exist several dialects native to the mecha who inhabit them. Each one is uniquely devised to reflect the culture, history, and social structure of the polity it represents.
Iacon
As the political hub and capital of Cybertron, the language is based on governmental patois.
Conversation revolves around the verbal structure of an open debate, treatise graphing, or Senate hearings.
Quick, clipped, and unerringly polite, even when it’s not meant to be.
Body mods, paint details, and personal decor imply rank, faction, caste, and political lean–it is an important abstract to the language as a whole; rarely will you find an Iaconian without one or more mods.
Body language is reserved almost to the point on nonexistence; likewise, EMF has no place in public spaces.
The language has few contractions and is always short and to-the-point among the middle- and lower-class.
Praxus
A lilting language, expressing exuberance and joy.
Colorful and overly descriptive, it is a mixing of many cultures, including its own, and thus will fluctuate from sector to sector.
Unlike Iaconian dialect, Praxian involves excessive movement and EMF patterns, and many citizens are Chirolingual; physical touch is highly important and used to convey deep emotion.
Facial expressions and motor noises–chirring, chirping, purrs, growls, and chuffing–are used intermittently with the spoken word.
Singing, though not essential, is also considered part of the local dialect.
Kaon
Brash and loud, the Kaonite dialect is less refined than the others and is considered ‘barbaric’.
Graphic use of glyphs to illustrate ideas and desires, as opposed to lengthy descriptions.
A deep, guttural language originating from vocal synthesizers attached to the engines, as opposed to vocoders, which filter air.
Excessive use of violent or wild gestures, as well as body language–flaring and tightening plating, shifting kibble, etc.
Tone is often grating, or rough, due to constant abuse of vocoders, but always passionate and exceptionally proud.
Similar to Praxus, motor noises are also common markers of the language.
Vos
As the City of the Seekers, Vosnian vernacular is heavily dependent on having a certain frametype.
Gestures play an enormous role as an integral part of the spoken language; without wings, or the knowledge of how to interpret their movements, one cannot ever properly converse in the language.
A political language, though not necessarily to the degree of Iaconian; it draws more heavily from Primal Vernacular than Basic.
Verbose, and yet articulate, the language is woven together with soft tones and a cultured, rich accent that belies a simmering passion below the surface.
A sly, secretive language preferred for making deals and negotiating contracts.
Tarn
As a militaristic polity, the language reflects the rigid social structure of Tarn in its harsh, orderly composition.
Posture alone is worth half the language; plating is always pulled tight, and facial expressions are very neutral.
Binary and code intersperse the spoken language, but EMF pulses are rarely utilized in day-to-day conversation.
Relies heavily on data emissions.
Flat and cold tones with few contractions.
The language is heavily dependent on status and military rank, which regulate how members of the different castes are to speak to one another; each caste holds a different ‘rank’, and the lower the caste, the less mecha permitted to speak to you.
Only the lowest castes rejected the strict and ordered speech, thus interring themselves in the slums where they would oft go ignored.
Crystal City
As the foremost scientific community on Cybertron, the language of Crystal City revolves heavily around binary, code, equations, and glyphs.
The language is complex, but entirely factual; some might say insufferable.
The tone is cultured, but very matter-of-fact and sometimes even described as cold or harsh.
Enunciation is key to everything, and few words have less than four syllables.
As always, there are differences between the castes themselves. The higher the caste, the more strictly one adhered to the chosen vernacular; lower castes often had their own languages, which were bastardized versions of the ‘higher’ language.
The favoured snacks and long distance energon treats of shuttles to keep them burning fuel efficiently with minimal consumption. Originally crafted by the scientists of Vos, they became a hit across Cybertron as one of the most widely desired confectionery for their practicality and beauty.
From left to right:
Unrefined uncut crystals – Mostly for treats and leisure than anything else, these are the most widely available and well known. Sweet but not sickly, they were a favourite of miners despite the sourcing from Vos for their reasonable affordability and high fuel content while lasting a long time. Shuttles often were given rations of the better quality versions of these, somewhere between the middle and lowest option as part of their per trip travel fuel.
Fortified/cut and
concentrated crystals: The desserts of artisans and more wealthy mechs, these could keep mechs on their feet for days with only a handful. Considerably prettier than their unrefined equivalents, they were displayed often in shop fronts and advertisement displays similar to jewels, being cheaper than actual gemstones at the time. Medics also kept these on hand for emergency situations and as therapy for traumatised mechs in need of some kind of luxury or reassurance.
Purified/faceted/distilled
lustre crystals: The premiere of treats and sweets, said to ruin all other desserts once tasted they were more valuable than jewels and actual currency considering the effort taken to craft these gemstone mimics into existence. A single one less than half the size of a speeder’s servo could top up a fuel efficiency to 100% for a week at the least, even larger frames. Only the highest of nobles could afford them, and even then were only shared during special events with close friends and family. It was very much so a show of wealth and power to own these treats rather than to actually eat them. Most notably they featured heavily in bribes, and were the very symbol of excessive luxury.
When you’re actually in Vos a lot of the views are like this, in the middle levels of the city. It’s towers as far as the eye can see. Most Seekers lived more like cliff swallows or goshawks rather than falcons or eagles.
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