It helps when you know a thing or two about the formalities and pleasantries some troops and leaders expect.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Royalty & Dignitaries
- Military
- Federal and Law Enforcement Officers
- Drill and Ceremonies
- Inisfreean Customs and Courtesies
- Universal Social Classes
- Customs and Courtesies of Other Species and Realms
- Images
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Introduction:
Customs and courtesies (C&C) are vastly different on some worlds, but here is the current standard and baseline for modern humanity. On this page, for military, federal, law enforcement and civilian personnel, you will find:
- how to address ranks and titles
- attire for various events and occasions
- Drill & Ceremonies (D&C) procedures
- a rare glimpse into the highly private customs and courtesies of the people of the city-nation Inisfree
C&C vary greatly across even the narrowest of terrestrial, national, and state borders. While those of the higher ranks will usually understand ignorance of their people’s C&C, those of lower ranks will usually take at least minor offense. Thus, prior to traveling to a new realm, be it a different nation, continent, or world, it is important and polite to memorize their C&C.
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Definitions
custom: a way of acting —a way that has continued consistently over such a long period that it has become like law. These are widely accepted, traditional, defaults in a culture.
examples:
- a firm handshake with steady eye contact (vs. a salute; that is a rule/law; handshakes and types of handshakes are not laws, but customs/customary)
- addressing males as sir (excepting those with royal titles; you would not call a king “sir”)
- addressing females as ma’am (excepting those with royal titles; you would not call a queen “ma’am”)
- being quiet in a library and during sleeping hours
- bowing in some countries; as a greeting, as thanks, as a show of respect to superiors, etc.
- funerals; attending, wearing black formal clothing to, etc.
- saying namaste
- taking your hat off and standing for special songs
- taking your shoes off before entering some places
A custom is something everyone is expected but not required to do.
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courtesy: a form of polite behavior and excellence of manners.
These are how a person can go above and beyond with manners.
examples:
- asking how someone is doing (not expected, like a custom is expected, but still a nice thing to do)
- calling or emailing to follow up with a client or friend
- donating to charities
- helping an elderly or hurt person cross a street
- inviting a pretty girl to dance
- leaving a thoughtful personalized gift
- opening a door for someone
- remembering someone’s favorite/preference and offering it to him/her
- sliding out a chair for someone
- volunteering
A courtesy is something no one is expected to do, but which will likewise be appreciated by anyone you do it for.
In Japan, an example of a custom (something they expect) is bowing in thanks, while an example of a courtesy in that nation (a “nice touch”/”extra”) is getting a business associate a gift as part of a meeting.
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Royalty & Dignitaries
The proper way to address people of these high stations varies greatly between nations and worlds. ‘Your Majesty’ is generally acceptable for those at or above the rank of king or queen, but all lower ranks in this list become complicated, such as with ‘your excellency’, ‘sire’, ‘his imminence’, and so forth, often based as much upon the person’s rank and the event during which they are being addressed.
Titles of Nobility:
Imperial Titles:
- Emperor / Empress / Caesar / Tsar / Kaiser / Basileus / Samraat
High Royal Titles:
- King of Kings / Ubar of Ubars
- High King / Pharaoh
Royal Titles:
- King / Khan / Sultan
- Queen / Sultana
Other Sovereigns, Royals, Peerage, and Major Nobility:
- Archduke
- Grand Duke
- Grand Prince
- Prince / Infante
- Duke
- Sovereign Prince / Fürst
- Admiral / Emir / Emira
- Marquess / Marquis /
- Margrave / Landgrave
- Count / Earl
- Viscount / Vidame
- Baron
Minor Nobility, Gentry, and other Aristocracy:
- Baronet
- Dominus
- Hereditary Knight
- Knight
- Esquire
- Gentleman
When visiting foreign realms, such as allied nations and worlds, or the Spaceships of allied realms, or when serving as an ambassador in an embassy, again the ways in which these people are addressed may change, often based on what the meeting cultures are both comfortable with. For example, a member of a democracy might not always address a king as ‘Your Majesty’.
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Military
Most militaries are very similar to the American one; uniforms, organization, policies, greetings, and all else are generally identical. Saluting seldom varies any more than just the angle of the hand. For an orientation to the ranks, abbreviations, unit sizes, and manners of greeting various personnel, see the following chart.
For specifics about military ranks, see this webpage.
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Federal and Law Enforcement Officers
It is regarded as being universal that all of the following professionals prefer and expect to be addressed formally based either on their gender (as in their language’s terms for ‘sir’ or ‘ma’am’) or on their title (such as ‘director’ or ‘section chief’). While military personnel tend to say ‘aye, sir’ often paired with a salute, civilian personnel tend to say ‘yes, sir’ without a salute. Civilians and military do not salute each other.
Federal Agents:
Field Agents:
- New Agent Trainee (until graduation from Quantico)
- Special Agent
- Senior Resident Agent (non-supervisory, in a Resident Agency (satellite office))
- Supervisory Senior Resident Agent (only applies in Resident Agency offices)
- Supervisory Special Agent
- Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge (ASAC)
- Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC)
FBI Management:
- Unit Chief
- Section Chief
- Deputy Assistant Director
- Assistant Director
- Associate Executive Assistant Director
- Executive Assistant Director
- Associate Deputy Director
- Deputy Director
- Director
Specialties:
- Bomb Technician
- Pilot
- Polygrapher
- Technically Trained Agent
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Law Enforcement Officers; Police:
This rank model is generally quasi-military in structure. Although the large and varied number of federal, state, and local police departments and sheriff’s offices have different ranks, a general model, from highest to lowest rank, would be:
- Chief of Police, Police Commissioner, Superintendent, Sheriff
- Chief of Police, Deputy Commissioner, First Deputy Superintendent, Undersheriff
- Deputy Chief, Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Sheriff
- Assistant Chief, Assistant Superintendent, Associate Sheriff
- Commander, Deputy Assistant Superintendent, Chief Deputy Sheriff
- Colonel, Inspector
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Major, Deputy Inspector
- Police Captain
- Lieutenant
- Sergeant Major
- Master Sergeant, First Sergeant
- Sergeant First Class, Sergeant II
- Sergeant, Sergeant I
- Master Trooper, Master Trooper
- Corporal Grade 1, Senior Trooper
- Police corporal, Deputy First Class, Trooper First Class, Master Patrol Officer
- Police Officer, Deputy Sheriff, Trooper, Patrol Officer
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Drill and Ceremonies (D&C)
Nearly every advanced species across the Universe has drills for military units and marching bands, as well as formal ceremonies for a wide variety of special occasions. Here are a few brief examples of what to expect at these events:
Marching Band Drills:
- Outlanders: uniform suits, barely gender-adjusted, with (often tall) hats
- Inisfreeans: nude or barely-clad in completely gender-adjusted livery, always with their hair either cascading down or put up into intricate, complex braids (such as the ‘double halo’, ‘quad-tails’, and ‘waterfall’)
Military Unit Marching Drills:
- Outlanders: camouflage utilities/fatigues or suit-and-tie dress-uniforms (usually very basic and contrasting colors) with covers (military hats)
- Inisfreeans: nude or clad in couture (‘second skin’; form-fitting, custom-tailored) dress-uniforms with bright/light, happy, soft, beach colors (such as coral, lavender, peach, raincoat yellow, salmon, sweeter green, and teal), always with their hair either cascading down or put up into intricate, complex braids (such as the ‘double halo’, ‘quad-tails’, and ‘waterfall’)
Formal Ceremonies:
- Outlanders: ‘black-tie affairs’; evening gowns, three-piece suits, jewelry, colognes/perfumes, walking canes, etc.
- Inisfreeans: nude except for diaphanous armbands indicating Inisfreean rank (grade in Inisfree’s educational system), with academy graduates having golden highlighted strands of their hair, and Master Females wearing their diaphanous black-sash uniform
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Inisfreean Customs and Courtesies
Inisfree is a city-nation of neo-nymphs, thus it does some things a little differently than human or mainstream militaries. (People in Inisfree interact much more based on beauty, freedom, health, love, nature, and stability… than how people outside the Inisfreean realm do; outside Inisfree, humans in many cities feared nature and love, covered their bodies, were not free to move about at all, and were as far from stable/sustainable as it gets.)
Its royalty & leadership are part of that new military system.
See this chart for an introduction to the details.
When the Different Inisfreean Uniforms are Worn:
- in class/school most school-days: toga (1st season of some grade-levels),
teddy (2nd season of some grade-levels),
sash (3rd season of some grade-levels),
armband (4th season of some grade-levels) - in class/school on game/sports days: letter-jacket
- A.D.O. casual event outside of school: A.D.O. cloaks
- A.D.O. formal event: A.D.O.-colors Dress Blues variants
- parade: Inisfree’s normal Dress Blues (based on grade-brackets)
- Secret Service on duty in The Governor’s Mansion (ICGM): diaphanous black-sash Master Female uniform
- ICVs helping hostess any gala of their maker, Auz: diaphanous black-sash Master Female uniform
- High King Auz’s mobile entourage wears whatever he wants them to during AF1 flights, and usually that means the stewardesses are nude or only very skimpily clad (such as diaphanous cheekies and topless), while those on guard at the hatches, and those piloting this craft, are in their Dress Blues.
Inisfreean Conjugations and Suffixes:
Because Inisfreeans (ICVs) are all female, they use the female terms for their jobs:
- ‘guys’ becomes ‘girls’, not ‘gals’; ICVs never refer to females as “you guys”, etc.
- our slaves are all female, and we call them ‘kajira‘ (singular; plural: kajirae), which is synonymous with ‘female pleasure slave’ and ‘slave slut’ here (and those are coveted titles, as well as extreme compliments)
- student is called studentess (sometimes)
- cadet is cadette (we have no male cadets)
- we have upperclasswomen/upperclassgirls, not upperclassmen
- knight is called dame (and a squire is a damsel here; a pre-knight)
- warrior is called warrioress
- commando is commandette
- commander is called commanderess (alternatively spelled: commandress)
- Congressman/men is now Congresswoman/women or Congressgirl/girls (because Inisfreeans always naturally look like teenage girls without a single wrinkle or other age-mark)
- We do not like the sound/feel of ‘dominatrix’ or ‘mistress’, so we do not use those terms.
Inisfreeans are all very sensual, tactile, and holistic. Their home and capital, Inisfree, is the cleanest, safest, healthiest, happiest, most majestic, most luxurious, most innovative, most healing city on Earth, as well as across most of the rest of Creation. This means that when in Inisfree, or around any Inisfreean, it is important to present oneself as beautifully and refined as possible, making every effort to be picture-perfect in every way. Inisfreeans are not superficial or otherwise shallow, though; they aim to uplift all who are compatible with them to their maximum potentials in all areas of their life; Inisfreeans look for the exemplary character in a person as much as the exemplary physiques. Also, Inisfreeans do not salute, shake hands, wave, or say greetings or other expressions common to the humans. Here are a few examples of situations and the appropriate forms of interaction when in the presence of Inisfreeans:
- greeting or bidding farewell to a new Inisfreean or group of them: If their body language indicates attraction, offer a loving hug and kiss.
- greeting or bidding farewell to a known Inisfreean or group of them: Offer lingering/longing sexual contact, such as a romantic orgy.
- soothing an Inisfreean or group of them: Offer to carry them to bed, then gently massage their erogenous zones, cup their breasts and ass-cheeks, kiss and suck on their fingertips, rest your forehead against theirs, and caress their cheeks with your own.
- seeking to earn an Inisfreean’s trust: If you are an attractive human or humanoid female, ease down into the Gorean Kajira kneeling position to display your body in one of its most feminine ways, and let your aura/vibe/mindset by one of eagerness to have every part of you casually inspected and scrutinized by the Inisfreean. By eagerly submitting to one Inisfreean in this way, all Inisfreeans will instantly appreciate you, for they are all of the same, one mind.
- congratulating an Inisfreean or group of them: Especially when it comes to an Inisfreean having that glowy, beaming-smile, ‘freshly fucked’ look and stride, and, of course, whenever an Inisfreean is happily chatty about recent sex, give her a celebratory high-five, smack on her ass, or make-out session, telling her how beautiful her sex must have been, and how horny it is making you just to hear her happily talk about it.
- putting an Inisfreean to bed, or waking her up: Do this slowly, gently, and subtly, preferably starting with oral sex, then finishing with sex ending in at least one mutual, full-body/energy-orgasm –a simultaneous one, if you can manage it. Be sure to relax and tightly cuddle, nuzzle, and snuggle for at least half an hour.
- sharing a meal with an Inisfreean or group of them: Offer to hand-feed them, always sitting close by their sides, keeping at least one of your legs draped over their own, and politely encouraging them to drape at least one of their legs or arms over or around you. Do not clack your cups alongside theirs; instead, kiss the side of your cup before offering it to them for a sip, and always accept it when they offer to pour a mouthful of drink from their mouth into yours.
- swimming with an Inisfreean or group of them: Offer to engage in a romantic orgy with them on the beach, in the pool or pond, and on the watercraft, such as a yacht; whatever you are on, in, or near, and never wear a ‘bathing/swimsuit’; Inisfreeans are nudists, and clothing is generally regarded as being cowardly, unhealthy, and otherwise offensive to them and their realm.
Additional Notes:
- Technically there is only one royal person in the Inisfreean realm; High King Auzdein von Himmler, and only he owns/rules the land/s (and worlds) in his realm.
- Others who are royalty in/from various realms outside Inisfree interact more like polyamorous family than royalty when they are in/visiting him/Inisfree.
- Everyone (ICVs) in Inisfree’s military doesn’t care if you address them by their rank; ICVs are very ‘chill’, even when in command of Space fleets.
- Police-ICVs also don’t care if anyone addresses them as “Officer”.
- There are no “feds” in Inisfree.
- The only 5 social classes/castes in Inisfree are:
(and none of them are based on money, but nature/desire/capabilities)
1) Auz and those who are fully-compatible with him, thus trusted with knowing about and visiting the S.S.A.
2) Auz’s Inisfreeans; the ICVs; those who maintain, hostess, and guard everything in his realm for him
3) returning guests who enjoyed their first trip to Inisfree, but who are not yet proven-in-person compatible-enough with him and the rest of his ‘regulars’/inner-circle to be offered knowledge of / access to the S.S.A.
4) his kajirae; graduates of Inisfree’s training program for girls with submissive natures and sexiness good enough to make them pleasure-slave material/prospects
5) newcomers, such as untrained acquisitions; kajirae-candidates, and others pre-screened and offered first-tours - D&C in Inisfree only includes these types/events:
1) parades of ICVs who just graduated their 20th grade
2) parades as part of Welcoming Ceremonies - We do not salute our flag; we salute each other only when an ICV is identifying herself to a non-ICV by disabling her faceplate so her face can be seen by him/her. We never just raise our flat hand to touch the end of one eyebrow like Outlander-humans keep illogically saluting even when their entire face is visible.
- We do not play the bugle every morning to wake the entire military base up. We respect those who worked the night shift; we keep quiet, except in soundproof barracks for recruits going through boot camp.
- We don’t care if our flag accidentally touches the ground, but if you disrespect it… we will deport you on the spot. We might then disrespect some of Your stuff.
- We do replace our flag when it gets worn (frayed), just like Outlanders are supposed to replace their own.
When in New Montana:
- customs: always being respectful when speaking of the High King and High Queen
–saluting only when it makes sense to; when you are raising your visor or faceplate to expose your face for easier identification while showing your dominant (weapon wielding) hand is not holding a weapon
–staying away from World Trees and other Elf territories unless invited in by the officials of those Elves
–staying off restored Native American lands unless invited in by one of their officials - courtesies: offering an extra slave-girl or sacrifice when returning to this nation; more than the bare minimum
–donating to the High King beyond the required (by Inisfreean law) annual tithing of / access to 1% of one’s total assets
–keeping covered up (clothed) if unattractive to the High King
–offering to let ICVs at checkpoints (or anywhere else you might encounter an ICV) sexually sample/test/screen your finest female/s (not just stopping as required by law to make it easier on those ICVs to scan and direct/address you)
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Universal Social Classes
The level at which a person is considered to be at in any given society often depends on their financial standing or economic status. The following chart shows how some of those tiers correspond to various terms, ranks, and population groups.
Yes, there are trillionaires out there.
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Customs and Courtesies of Other Species and Realms
- customs: (varies greatly from group to group)
- courtesies: Treat them how you would any other person/friend, not as a lesser creation/being; don’t be racist/condescending against their kind.
- customs: Wait for permission before going to any worlds/realms they are creating.
- courtesies: Address their males as “lord” or “god”, and their females as “lady” or “goddess”.
Aldebarans:
- customs: ancient/Atlantean Aryan customs and courtesies; the social norms from the Age of Aries, as it is largely/entirely those people who now live in this region of Space
- courtesies: TBA
Angels (Hyperboreans):
- customs:
- courtesies: Compliment their halos, wings, symmetry, and/or their service to their maker/s.
Asari:
- customs: Get permission from their customs/military/Spaceport before approaching/docking/landing.
- courtesies: Mention their goddess/religion or some other part of their culture that shows you have learned a thing or two about their society.
Attilans:
- customs: TBA
- courtesies: Do not speak of their high-tech’ city/realm unless you are sure they would not regard such as a breach of its OPSEC.
Cecaelia:
- customs: Don’t swim into their underwater realm/s unless they have volunteered to escort you through/there.
- courtesies: Compliment their believable/talented shapeshifting/disguises, or their graceful/fluid movement/s in general.
Chiss:
- customs: Let them keep their civilization pure (Chiss only), as that is their nature/desire/choice/right.
- courtesies: Be formal/professional/businesslike when interacting/meeting with any of them.
Demi-deities:
- customs: (varies greatly)
- courtesies: (varies greatly)
Dolphins:
- customs: Let them be curious and playful around you.
- courtesies: Offer to pet them if they seem interested in that, and of course offer them fresh fish.
Draenei:
- customs: Only use good/stable/wanted magic when on their world / in their territory; nothing that might re-destabilize it.
- courtesies: Address their magic-wielders and priests/esses by their titles.
- customs: Keep yourself alive by not daring anywhere near the entrances to their caves or other lairs.
- courtesies: Bring offerings of treasure chests, powerful enchanted items, and the like, and leave them near their cave-mouths or other entrances, but do not wait there to see the dragon/s or attempt to call to them.
Encourage dragons to do what they do best; destroying bad human dwellings and military units, sometimes by burning them alive/down, sometimes by eating them, sometimes by tearing or stomping them apart. Celebrate the dragons’ might and defiance of all things intrusive to their territories.
Elementals: Djinn (liquid), Dryads (solids/golems), Sylphs (air/gas) (with Angels and Fairies being fire/plasma Elementals)
- customs: Keep all incompatible elements/substances away from each of them; do not have containers full of water near a Fire Elemental person, for example, and do not turn on a flashlight near/at a Shadow Elemental.
- courtesies: (varies greatly)
Elves (Lemurians):
- customs: Be respectful of all flora when in their realm, or when they are near you in yours.
Wait for them to arrive or reveal themselves before stepping onto their lands; let them be gatekeepers and directly engage with you before deciding whether to let you in further.
Address them respectfully by doing your best to speak in their verbal language/s / dialect/s. Do not pick flowers or harm any other plants in their realms. - courtesies: Offer them healthy organic fresh/raw vegan food/drinks if they seem hungry/thirsty.
Ents (mostly stationary):
- customs: Do not have axes or fire when in their presence.
- courtesies: Offer Terra Preta or other desirable “rich” soil to them, or a bucket of water if they seem thirsty / dealing with drought.
- customs: Don’t attempt to access their realm.
- courtesies: When you see a bird or bug, consider that it might be a Fairy in disguise, so speak kindly in greeting or compliment to it, and picture pleasant things/scenes in your mind, such as by admiring its size or colors or little sounds.
Address them respectfully by doing your best to speak in their telepathic visual language.
Compliment the little flora around you/it, such as the flowers, moss, and/or mushrooms.
Fauns:
- customs: TBA
- courtesies: Only play the flute, or any similar wind instruments, if you have their permission.
- customs: Do not touch their home-stones.
Greet them with a friendly “Tal” (their word for “Hello”). - courtesies: Bring sexy/flawless slave-girls with which to trade or include in games of “Girl Catch” or “The Games of Love War”.
Greys:
- customs: Leave them alone when they are focused on processing an abductee, or doing any other hybrids-breeding work their species (or at least one of its races) was designed/made to.
- courtesies: Try to respond telepathically if they speak into your mind; they don’t speak verbally, though they can understand/hear you when you do.
- customs: TBA
- courtesies: Don’t try to pet, ride, or stand behind them.
- customs: TBA
- courtesies: Don’t try to pet, ride, or stand behind them.
Jotun: Aghartans, Anunnaki/Nibiruans, Asgardians, Atlanteans, Frost Giants
- customs: Let them show off their powerful magic.
- courtesies: Let them be as towering as they want to be (though many of them will be happy to shapeshift (size-shift, more accurately) to whatever height/size makes you feel safe in the presence of, at least if you are about to converse or hang out with any of them).
Kryptonians:
- customs: Never waste time trying to lie to any of them; they will sense it and be repulsed/concerned.
- courtesies: Don’t mention their original homeworld.
Lemurians: (These are the Elves; Blood, Drow, Night, etc.)
- customs: Don’t litter; they are, in a way, the lands-incarnate, the seas-incarnate, and the children of the first-plants themselves.
- courtesies: TBA
Lyrans:
- customs: much of how cats like to be treated, as the dominant/best-known alien humanoid species of the worlds in the Lyra constellation are “cat-headed” (humanoids with feline facial/head features)
- courtesies: TBA
Majesdanians:
- customs: TBA
- courtesies: Encourage them to show their natural colorful bioluminescent/bright form.
Mayans:
- customs: Do not accept non-Mayans as tour-guides at/to Mayan pyramids or other Mayan ruins.
- courtesies: Learn their language.
Merfolk:
- customs: Keep trash and oil out of their oceans and seas.
- courtesies: Offer them fresh seafood, or just be happy to spend plenty of time hanging out with them.
Let Sirens sing to you; they love showing off their voices they know are perfectly sexy. (Only slanderous bad humans claim Sirens always use their voices to hypnotize human sailors into suicide at sea.)
Nordics:
- customs: Face their flying saucers and maintain eye contact if their occupants disembark to speak with you.
- courtesies: TBA
- customs: Casual sex and orgies are a daily, nightly, and maybe even hourly thing for most of them.
- courtesies: Return to their mana springs or any other spots they are anchored/”tied”/”bound” to; some of them cannot travel far, if at all.
Orions:
- customs: Reptilian customs & courtesies, as it is Draco and other races of this species which have for millions of years controlled/dominated the worlds of the Orion (formerly, and now again, known as Freyja) constellation –though Naga are mostly on Earth (so Naga-specific customs and courtesies have their own section below)
- courtesies: TBA
- customs: TBA
- courtesies: Don’t try to pet, ride, or stand behind them.
Pleiadians:
- customs: Keep your emotions dialed down so that they are not overwhelming energies to these ~ethereal aura-sensitive people; serenity is a vibe they can safely be near, but rage is like a heatwave or blinding light to them.
- courtesies: TBA
Reptilians: Dinoids, Draco, Naga
- customs: Like their dragon ancestors/progenitors, they are fiercely protective and proactive when it comes to their dwellings and possessions. (More accurately, dragons and their descendant-races don’t just seek, steal, and hoard coins, gems, and other riches/wealth; they reclaim those valuable/pure things which were stolen from the Earth by the chaos-based bad humans, and pile them up so they somewhat once again function like they did when they were the petrified/hibernating root-sections of the World Trees.)
- courtesies: Bring a wayward (bad/corrupt/degenerate) human or two for them to snack on; they love consuming/converting the entirety of ‘dark’ beings. (Their digestive tract isn’t based on just eating any meat they can find, but on removing/processing all inappropriate/chaotic beasts/creatures/false-ones.)
Romulans:
- customs: egotistical and self-serving in a natural/good way
Grieving loved ones paint symbols of loss and love onto the skin of the loved one who just died.
Their kin/families are very important to them.
They have a highly-structured caste-based society. - courtesies: Use the greeting “Jolan Tru”.
- customs: staying in one of their non-human forms, such as appearing like a bear or fox or whatever, for long periods of time
- courtesies: Make sure you know which animals in the area are normal wildlife vs. their fellow-shapeshifter relatives; don’t go assuming, let alone hunting, without the okay from the local shapeshifter claiming/guarding that area.
Tamaraneans (a Lyran race):
- customs: TBA
- courtesies: TBA
Thanagarians:
- customs: TBA
- courtesies: TBA
Transformers:
- customs: touching or scanning things to best learn how to shapeshift into them
- courtesies: Treat them how you would any other person/friend, not as a lesser creation/being; don’t be racist/condescending against their kind.
Unicorns:
- customs: using their magic horns to do various magical things
- courtesies: Don’t try to pet, ride, or stand behind them.
Valyrians:
- customs: dragon raising and riding
incest, polygamy
sorcery; blood magic and other ‘dark’ arts - courtesies: Refrain from speaking of Old Valyria unless one of them assures you it is alright for the moment.
- customs: Respect what they call The Masquerade; their kind has decided to make it their law to remain “in the shadows”, thought of by non-vampires as only myths/fiction.
- courtesies: Look away if they are about to “feed” (drink blood), as that is generally regarded by each of them as something highly personal/private.
Vanir:
- customs: Praise them and their realm, and leave little offerings of some of your meals out for them to appreciate or counter-bless once no one is around to see.
- courtesies: Regard their top female (Freyja) with respect, admiration, and lust, as that is what she is made for, and that is what she and they love; it resonates best with all of their kind.
Whales:
- customs: They communicate largely by singing; their language is the sounds only their species is natural at making.
- courtesies: Help prevent whaling, of course, and try to telepathically warn any whales you see if you know whalers or other ocean-harming humans are nearby.
- customs: TBA
- courtesies: Don’t try to pet, ride, or stand behind them.
- customs: Avoid them; their job is to deter outsiders from getting anywhere near the hidden entrances to Shamballa and other sacred valley/underground communities.
- courtesies: Do not go near where you saw them, such as any caves they might be living in or otherwise using –or guarding; those could be some of the hidden entrances modern/wayward humans are not meant to know of / enter.
Zada‘s Kind:
- customs: They are the pure nudist ancients of Africa, how original Africans all looked (fit, sexy, normal, etc.), and practice a variety of powerful timeless magics.
Most of them dabble in shapeshifting when it suits them, and might choose to change their body into the form of any of Africa’s wildlife species; a crocodile, an elephant, a gazelle, a giraffe, etc.. - courtesies: Wear at most a loincloth if you happen to be allowed to see or interact with them –unless you are not fit; if you are “out of shape”, wear a garment that covers your “shame”/fat.
Also see: different greetings of humans
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