Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita:Volume 3 Chapter 1 - Revision history

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Sophie at 12:20, 6 February 2025

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 There were even private automobiles, which were extremely uncommon in these parts.
-I was wondering whether it’d be okay to cut across the busy central plaza, when I recognised a lady from the supply convoy.
+I was wondering whether it’d be okay to cut across the busy town square, when I recognised a lady from the supply convoy.
 “Would you happen to know why it’s so busy here today?”
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 “Apparently they suddenly decided to have one,” she shrugged.

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	We left the crater and returned to the office. The fairies disappeared suddenly. They’ll declare their representative at a later date, I guess.		We left the crater and returned to the office. The fairies disappeared suddenly. They’ll declare their representative at a later date, I guess.



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Sophie at 15:02, 30 January 2025

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 And what’s more…
-While I started slicing the cake, Grandad brought the teapot and Assistant-san brought the milk jug to the circular table we use for tea-time.[]
+While I started slicing the cake, Grandad brought the teapot and the assistant brought the milk jug to the circular table we use for tea-time.
-“Assistant-kun, pour the milk for us, please. Same amounts as always.”
+“Assistant<ref>In Japanese, Grandpa refers to the assistant as “Joshu-kun” and Watashi says “Joshu-san”. At first I translated them as Assistant-kun and Assistant-san respectively, because just leaving it as “Assistant” reads as more than a little rude, but it was getting far too clunky putting these in sentences so I’ve gotten rid of the suffixes for now.</ref>, pour the milk for us, please. Same amounts as always.”
 “…” the assistant nodded.
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 Grandad had started off towards home.
-“Assistant-san, we’re going back to the office now!”
+“Assistant, we’re going back to the office now!”
 “…”
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 “…”
-“Huh? You think it looks awesome? Are you interested in cities, Assistant-san?”
+“Huh? You think it looks awesome? Are you interested in cities, Assistant?”
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 Since the assistant spent his childhood all alone, maybe cities have their own special allure to him.
-“Ooh, Assistant-kun, you’re interested in city ruins, are you? Well do I have good news for you! What say you come with us two on a little expedition?”
+“Ooh, Assistant, you’re interested in city ruins, are you? Well do I have good news for you! What say you come with us two on a little expedition?”
 It seems like Grandad had been mulling over the Human Monument project in his head.

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	“But I’m sorry to say that this time we’ll be declining your services on the Fairy front. In the first place, this is an undertaking that’s happening worldwide.<br>		“But I’m sorry to say that this time we’ll be declining your services on the Fairy front. In the first place, this is an undertaking that’s happening worldwide.<br>
	However, ~~Kusunoki~~ village is close to a huge amount of city ruins, and I have a professor next to me who has a bounty of knowledge and experience, as well as an unrivalled collection of books on all subjects. Your help will be indispensable for what we’ll be doing.<br>		However, Camphorwood village is close to a huge amount of city ruins, and I have a professor next to me who has a bounty of knowledge and experience, as well as an unrivalled collection of books on all subjects. Your help will be indispensable for what we’ll be doing.<br>
	And then of course we will be counting on your help as well, Granddaughter-chan.”		And then of course we will be counting on your help as well, Granddaughter-chan.”

Sophie at 07:13, 22 January 2025

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	“Huh? ~~Awesome~~? Are you interested in cities, Assistant-san?”		“Huh? You think it looks awesome? Are you interested in cities, Assistant-san?”

Sophie at 07:11, 22 January 2025

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 “It’s rattle rattling to you?”
-“Maybe it’s got a prise in it!”
+“Maybe it’s got a prize in it!”
 “A secret compartment?”
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-This lightness and now this rattle-noise.
+“This lightness and now this rattle-noise. I can’t help thinking this is just a piece of junk.”

Sophie at 13:29, 18 January 2025

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	“This is one hell of a sight, though.”		“This is one hell of a sight, though.”

	The crater was about ten meters in diameter, and in its epicentre was what looked like a black steel slab, about thirty centimetres long and stuck into the ground at an angle.		The crater was about ten meters in diameter, and in its epicentre was what looked like a black steel slab, about thirty centimetres long and stuck into the ground at an angle.

			“It seems like a monolith,” I muttered, bending down.



			It wasn’t hot, or even warm to the touch. Anything that flew in from space should head up from the friction of entering the atmosphere at high speed.

			“This has to be manmade.”

			The assistant nodded loudly in agreement.

			Humans civilisation was indeed capable at one time of some impressive engineering.

			“Maybe this was in orbit and finally fell down today…”

			This was probably the most sensible explanation, but I don’t know much at all about space or planets, so I decided to wait for grandad.



			Suddenly, my eyes were drawn to what looked like a barrage of torpedos combing through the grass towards us.

			When they reached our feet they suddenly leaped straight up in the air.

			“Surprise!”

			They were fairies.



			“You’re working hard!”

			“Something fell down?”

			“Seems like it, look there!”

			“Ooh this is indeed very black-coloured!”

			With very little concern for their own wellbeing, they crawled over the object, touching it all over to gather as much information as possible.



			I heard some more rustling, and looked over to see another group of fairies arrive.

			“Hello!”

			“I came over!”

			“Something fell down?”

			“Let me join in?”

			“Hmm, we’re going to need a roll call,” I said, urging the fairies to form a single file.

			“Number one!”

			“Number Two.”

			“Trois”

			“Left.”

			“Right!”

			They’re all in perfect order, hahah…



			“Did you fairies have anything to do with making this monolith?”

			The five fairies huddled together and whispered among themselves. Their representative came forward.

			“This is the first time we ever seen it!”

			“Is that right?”

			Then this must be manmade technology.

			Picking up the monolith, it was lighter than I thought it would be. Only about five kilograms, I’d say.



			“Hmm…”

			I shook it, and heard a rattling sound. It must have a hollow somewhere inside it.

			“It’s rattle rattling to you?”

			“Maybe it’s got a prise in it!”

			“A secret compartment?”

			“A little prize in a big box!”

			“Very commercialistic!”

			“My god, what era do I have to be from to understand you guys!” I said, shaking my head in exasperation.

			“Huh?” a nearby fairy replied.



			This lightness and now this rattle-noise.

Sophie at 17:23, 12 January 2025

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 <i>”Very true!”</i> —— <i>”A satisfying ending, is it not?”</i>
-<i>”And so the lion ends up having the <b>umami</b> all to himself.”</i> —— <i>“The realism!”</i>
+<i>”And so the lion ends up having the savouriness<ref>They use the term <i>’umami’</i> here, but since they seem to be referring to a more general savoury flavour, I went with the english term here.</ref> all to himself.”</i> —— <i>“The realism!”</i>
 If anything, they liked it?
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 In the end, we decided that it was better for the assistant to focus on reading, rather than writing.
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-“Nice to meet you, I’m the granddaughter,”
+“Nice to meet you, I’m his granddaughter,”
-“You’re Granddaughter-chan, are you? I’ve been hearing a lot about you, you’ve been doing a lot of good work.”
+“You’re Granddaughter-chan<ref>’chan’ is a familiar suffix you can add to someone’s name in Japanese. It’s usually used when referring to children, and sometimes girls of equal or lower status.
 That special aura that important people radiate was making me more nervous than ever.
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 I was a little overwhelmed at the scale of what he was saying.
-“We’re basically wanting a summary of the human race. The monument has to be solid enough to remain once we’re all gone.<br>
+“We’re basically wanting a summary of the human race. The monument has to be solid enough to remain once we’re all gone. If, or when, in the future a new species takes over earth, we need it to be something that can help them along their way. So we’ll need to pile in as much of our cultural works, science and history as possible, Granddaughter-chan”
 Getting called <i>’Granddaughter-chan’</i> is getting a little gross.
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 All of humanity’s culture, science and history. It’s hard to see it as anything other than a pipe dream.
-“Keep in mind that when we say <i>’all the records’</i>, we mean this as an ideal more that anything.<br>
+“Keep in mind that when we say <i>’all the records’</i>, we mean this as an ideal more that anything. In reality what the project boils down to is trying to find and then compile as much data as we can.” Grandad added
 “Do you mean as paper records?”
-“Nope, we’re planning to scrape together all of the storage technology we still have available to us today, and then design a specialised structure to put it in.<br>
+“Nope, we’re planning to scrape together all of the storage technology we still have available to us today, and then design a specialised structure to put it in. We’ll then input all of the information we’ve collected into that structure. And since this will be our monument, it has to be pretty sturdy as well. At the moment we’re thinking of making it the shape of a monolith.”
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 Numerous city ruins of an unknown era, most of which have been eaten into by forests, are known to take tremendous amounts of work to explore, and you’re very unlikely to find anything to make it worth your time.

Sophie at 10:43, 12 January 2025

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			[[Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita\|Back to Index]]<br>
	<i>Feedback is welcome, but keep in mind this is a very early draft. It's only part of the chapter and is missing images and notations</i>		<i>Feedback is welcome, but keep in mind this is a very early draft. It's only part of the chapter and is missing images and notations</i>
	==The Fairies’ Homecoming==		==The Fairies’ Homecoming==