You spend most of your time in the game meeting individually with your opponents, conversing with them in the telepathic language of eeyal. The words in eeyal are symbols that you envision. For example, here’s a sample conversation between you, playing as Zubenelgenubi, and Skordokott.
This says “Skordokott greets Zubenelgenubi intimidatingly.”
Note how Skordokott’s face reflects the “tough guy” attitude he’s trying to impress upon Zubenelgenubi.
The eeyal language relies on the three primary colors to denote the three primary emotions it refers to, like so:
Thus, Skordokott greets Zubenelgenubi in a gruff manner to show her that he’s tough and she should be afraid of him. Zubi responds sweetly:
She’s showing Skodokott that she’s a nice person and wants to be his friend.
Skordokott begins by asking Zubi if she has any news.
Now Skordokott is more open and inquisitive.
Zubi is happy to gossip with Skordokott, so she tells him what she thinks of Koopie:
She’s saying that she thinks that Koopie is fairly honest. The green aura-symbol is ensconced in purple because it’s a personal trait. The triangle ensconced in dull red tells the magnitude. Here’s the complete system of magnitudes:
At this point in the conversation, Skordokott decides to see if he can trade information with Zubi. Again, he wants to look intimidating and forceful:
This means “Skordokott demands a deal with Zubi.” He is relying on his estimate that Zubi is intimidated by him and will accede to his demand. Skodokott could have requested a deal, appealing towards her goodwill toward him (blue) or he could have recommended a deal, appealing to her trust in him, but he chose to rely on her fear of him.
Sure enough, Zubi is frightened enough of Skordokott that she goes along:
Zubi asks Skordokott what he wants in the deal.
Skordokott replies. This time he’s asking her to engage in a certain degree of skulduggery, and his face reflects that:
Skordokott wants Zubi to tell him how many red auragons Koopie has. Auragons are used in dream combat; by knowing how many auragons an opponent has, you can better predict that opponent’s likely strategy during dream combat, which gives you a big advantage.
Zubi apparently finds this agreeable, for in return she says:
This means “Zubenelgenubi wants Skordokott to promise not to attack her tonight in dream combat.”
Skordokott readily agrees to Zubi’s terms, so he proceeds to make the promise that Zubi requests.
His facial expression is a bit fishy here. Is he really being sincere in his promise?
But in any event, Zubi must now fulfill her half of the deal:
She tells Skordokott that Koopie has just one red auragon.
Skordokott is satisfied with the deal, and so he bids Zubi goodbye. This time he relaxes and presents a friendlier face to Zubi.
The black box around the verb denotes inversion or negation. It means “this is the opposite of hello”.
This is only a condensed version of how conversations take place in Siboot.
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