Jean-Baptiste Was Used To Having Apprentices With Odd Speach Patterns, Sometimes Because The Only French

Jean-Baptiste was used to having apprentices with odd speach patterns, sometimes because the only French they knew was a thick gallow slang nobody outside of their cast properly understood, the other was speech defaults created by exessive inbreeding.

Something told him that there was no way Pinoko had been a normal human being for eighteen years. Having to baby sit her...Was fustrating.

On some level, it would have been nice to just sent her playing with his own kids...But, Charles-Martin was dissection obsessed, for the sake of household discipline it would be better if she didn't befriend little Nicolas-Gabriel II, and Louis-Cyr Charlemagne, although he was at her developmental age. Sending his eldest daughter to the catacombs for an "immunity enforcing expedition" would do good, if the magistrature didn't insist on purging the catacombs, or rather accuse any living girl or woman within the vacinity of a decomposing corpse of being a prostitute, and then send her to the Hôpital Général for it, where they would soon join the corpses of the mass graves.

"Sorry, Pinoko, but you surely do not act like you are grown up."

Jean-Baptiste dragged himself with his cane a little bit closer.

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The puny, tiny cancer turned intelligent (and somewhat delusional human being) was asking him why she should improve her speech. "So you can learn to speak like a grown up and people can better understand and respect you." as his awnser. Jean-Baptiste was somewhat perplexed by the presence of this child inside his house. He wasn't that experienced with children who weren't his or those of his colleagues. Instead of being easily frightened by those who weren't family, she was boldly imprudent. He himself was not the most reassuring presence, and he somewhat knew how to comfort smaller kids, although it was odd to meet one who wasn't afraid of him. Children outside his cast were somewhat of a mistery to him, as they all, without fail, have a lacking self-preservation instinct, even at an age were they should be aware of their mortality. No matter how much their peers outmatched them, or even towards adults, they weren't expecting rejection or mob action. No, not being mobbed as a child seemed to have a detremental effect on the outsiders, since many of them grew to be neglectful of their own progeniture, and seem to consider them litteral garbadge. As children, they were completely unafraid of crowds, which was just asking for trouble. Black Jack wasn't like that...but Pinoko.

When she and Black Jack first stepped into the Sanson mansion, Pinoko was, well. . . . . . . anxious coming across the Sansons, especially Jean-Baptiste and his mother, the scary-looking witch Anne-Marthe. However, Pinoko quickly adapted to French doctor's presence and she was now speaking to him face-to-face with her usual boldness. She stole glances of the other children of the house, but never really thought about meeting the rest of them, except the eldest son, Charles-Henri Sanson, out of curiosity. The other boys were too young, the eldest daughter too reserved, and the only other girl that looked around Pinoko's "age" - physically speaking - was Marie Joseph Sanson, but Pinoko doubt the kid would be interested in a young lady regaling her and Doc's medical adventures. . .

Pinoko crossed her arms and huffed, though if it was meant to be intimidating, it failed. Her response came out more like a complaint than anything.

"Pinoko's awready a gwown up, ya know! If people can't undershtand Pinoko, then that'sh their pwobwem, not mine."

How did the historical Charles-Henri looked like ?

-Well, on most pictures of executions at the time he was active, he's portrayed as an elegant man of average to tallish height, with long hair (at least, it seems to be his natural hair) worn somewhat long, sometimes with floofy bangs sometimes not, and with puppy eyes and prominant cheekbones.

The more realistic picture of him we have that is contemporary of him show a man with some floofy bangs (I want them), a high forehead and prominant cheekbones that sit quite low on the face, saggy cheeks for a surprisingly prominant jawline.

The overall image is rather handsome, and he was described as attractive by his contemporaries. He was probably quite strong, physically, as he was a physically active individual who had access to adequate food, and he probably ate better than most of his contemporaries, and even a lot of modern people today, so his body-type probably indicated this good health.

Pyroxene Drow fashion through the ages

Pre-human contact, the archaic period:

(1000 BCE to 200 BCE)

The period is quite long, but the overall, the core fashion was for both men and women consisted of a pair of leg warmers made of thristle cloth, loin-clothes and slippers made of fishskins and ribbons made of spider silk, arranged in various patterns. Macrome sashes were worn by mostly women, as clan leaders and a symbol of their power. Both male and female drows wore their hair quite long, braided at the nape of the neck.

Celtic contact period

(200 BCE to 43 BCE)

Two introductions are made to Drow clothing: the belt and the pants. The pants are made from a single rectangle of fabric that is pleated to fit around the waiste or the hips. To hold up these pants, belts are made, either wide and at the waist for men, covering most of the soft tissue, and low for the women, forming a "belt-skirt".

Roman contact period

(43 BCE to 498 BC)

Floral motifs start to be incorporated into jewlery and embroidery, and belts for men tend to widen and get even more elaborate and protective, doubling as armor. Hair is still worn long.

Elven hunt period:

(489 to 558 BC, sometimes going as long as 620 BC)

During this period, there would be a return of the loincloth, as well as the apparition of robes for men, inspired by the togas. Hair tend to be worn in shorter styles by both genders, but for women, the hair is almost shaved saved for the crown and bangs, which are kept barely 5 cm long, although sometimes, longer sideburns are kept to hide the ears to the maximum. Earrings dissapear entirely, as well as necklesses. Styles tend to be closer to the body, save for the robes worn for discression. Chastity piercings appear in women's fashion with locks, some of which incredibly decorative and embedded in precious stones. Macromé sashes entirely dissapear from fashion, as well as tattoos. Fine silk cloth is put over the eyes for both sexes.

The hiding period:

(558 to 1552)

Long hair reappears into fashion for both sexes, somewhat more flowing for women than for men, and it replaces the function of cloaks, now that they lack the materials. Chastity belts are introduced. Anything other than fishskin loinclothes, slippers, work gloves, chastity piercings and belts dissapear. Belts for males still cover everything from the diafragm to the love handles, while for women, they remain quite narrow strips of fish leather, with some work tools hanging out. The apparision of generalized wing-cutting rituals also marks the fashion of wearing the bandages of healed wounds as items of celebration, for men as elaborate sashes covering the entire belly and back, while for women, it's worn in a way more similar to a skirt. It also sees the apparision of chastity belts. Spider silk ribbons are used to make sometimes greately elaborate hairstyles with many braids. Belts for men would get increasingly elaborate with symbols of power.

Re-entry period:

(1552 to 1639)

It would mostly consist in the re-introduction of leg warmers, as well as the introduction of simple shifts with key-hole necklines and various sleeve styles (often times, just what ever they could take from human settlements). More consist and localized style would appear nearer the 1630s, were thristle cloth would be re-introduced as a technology.

Diplomacy period:

(1639 to 1780)

The style of shift would be changed to having a rectangular necline (allowing to make the gussets without using additional fabric) and sideslits, the sleeves cut straight for both men and women. Legwarmers would get more elaborate hems. Clothing would become more punitive and restrictive for all genders, with the loin-cloths originally made of fish-skin would turn into very crudely spun and knitted thristle G-strings for the pore, and to tin chastity belts so restrictive it makes evacuation of bodily waste from both ends impossible for the wealthy and middle class. Chastity piercings would get at their heaviest during this period. The demand for a diplomatic class would encourage their men to systematically cover their necks, with their hairstyles and hankerchiefs and jabots, and women would start to wear pleated skirts to hide their lower body, although much more toned down than anything human women wore at the time. The amount of wing mutilation would be somewhat reduced, forcing clothing to adapt and somewhat free the back. Hairstyles for women would change drastically to always keep the neck bare, and the hairs around the neck are typically shaved bald, while bangs are kept as long as possible. The slowing down of wing mutilation is somewhat controversial, and there is a strong distrust of Abrahamic religions.

The discreet times:

The XIXth century:

Nothing would change much in terms of the Pyroxene Drow fashion, exept an abandonning of skirts in the women's clothing, to adapt to a more nocturnal and discreet life style. The industrial period would lead to great points of tension, with some immigration from other elven and human cultures pushing for even more torturous undergarments for all social classes, with even the poorest wearing them barbed. There's a return to the loincloth. A strong rejection of fast-fashion is present, with a rejection of dyes.

The second elven hunt:

1910s to 1940s:

While not much change, some cotton does start to be introduced into their fashion, mostly as plain muslin cloth used to make short cloaks. The extremely torturous underwear would still remain, sometimes getting quite elaborate. Public nudity would be still very normalized, with scars always kept on proud display of martyredom. Leg warmers are still present. Garder belts and panties are very rejected, same as short dresses, bras, briefs and tight artificial curls and short hair for men. The need to hold on to traditions remain strong.

The second diplomacy period:

1950s to modern day:

The combination of torturous underthings, simple legwarmers and jabots for men, leg warmers for every one, and the ladies need to keep their neck bare, are pretty much still in place. Acrylic knits are introduced, as well as patch work, to make more personable legwarmers. Some groups of young rebel do sometimes wear panties and briefs, but they are considered scandalous and a sign of political alignment with those who persecuted them. Dresses, shirts and pants are reserved for the diplomatic class. Sunglasses are very appreciated goods, especially in surface dwellers and diplomats, and are seen as a sign of wealth. Chemises and shorts are somewhat present in children's fashion, mostly because some diplomats send their kids to western schools. Shorts for children are considered somewhat controversial in their culture, as it means their children are "less ready for discipline", and are considered looking too juvenile for adults, so many girls are put in skirts for school environments. Distrust for western and eastern outsider cultures is present, and the religious and intellectual groups strongly argue about the "unethical nature" of simply not torturing themselves 24\7.

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Naming your Russian characters

The suffixes:

"ov", "ski", "ich" and "in" are suffixes that roughly translates to "of" or "from". So, if you simply look at some proto-slavic, old slavic or old Russian location-related words or old given names and put the suffixes at the end, you should get something that's in the ball park of realism. Some russian people do have surnames that make no sementic sense with the various suffixes, and that's mostly a consequence of Soviet standardization. In Cossak populations, some surnames can desend from warrior nicknames, and if the character is pre-Russian Revolution, than the suffix should make at least some semantic sense with the prefix.

Gendered surname:

In Russian, surnames are gendered, meaning they should be feminized for a woman. "Ov" becomes "ova", "ski" becomes "skaya" and in becaomes "ina" and "ich" becomes "evna".

Patronymes:

The middle name should be the father's name, but slightly modified. So, if your character's father's name was "Yuri", than, the character himself or herself should be something Yurivich or Yurivna (or Yurevna).

Given names:

Go google it. But remember, "Misha" is not a given name, but a nickname for "Michaïl". So, make sure to check your sources.

Am I the only one who thinks dark eyelids are pretty ?

I do love the look of naturally darkened eyelids. I have them, and I believe they are my most attractive feature.