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See how productive this is? I ask questions and you build up your idea. I think we've come come to a creative alliance between you and I, I'm glad we solved our differences for the good of Oddworld.

Ok, more questions!

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- Where do the Tak'la mine? They are on platforms, so the platforms can't have any metals or mines. They are over the ocean, so any metals would have to be under the sea. Or do they harvest the metals from islands?

- What if there are not many storms around, for say, a season? Do the Tak'la have any back up?

- Where do the Tak'la grow their food, the root-like plants? Out in the open, in fields? Or in green houses?

- Exactly what vegetation do the Tak'la grow? Give them names, descriptions, growing needs, and such.

- Where and how do the Tak'la make their clothing? Is it silk from silk worms or is it from a certain vegetation that is like cotton? Is it taken from pack animals' fur?

- Where and how do the Tak'la get the dye to dye their clothes with insignias and colors?

- Why do the Tak'la hover over the ocean? Why can't they just float upon it? It would save them electricity, and, seeing as the platforms are very wide, it might be very possible to make it float.

- How do the Sea Scavengers collect material from under the ocean? Do they use submarines? Or are their tunnels leading from the platform down underground the sea floor where they mine it?

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Tak'la
Height: 7 feet, hovering 3 feet high
Diet: Mostly root-like plants, resembling carrots and potatoes.

Description:
Very thin, flat body with a skinny, oval head with slitted eyes, pointed chin. The long neck archs so that the head is near the chest. Tak'la have grayish skin coloration, orange eyes. Their arms start as one, but then branches off to two other arms. Each arm has a hand with three fingers, and opposable thumbs.

Tak'la have long and skinny legs and three finger-like toes on their feet. They possess psychic powers, allowing them to hover three feet above the surface they are over. They have some telekinetic abilities, and a weak power to manipulate matter to their own will.

Clothing: All the normal citizens wear a large shoulder pad made of Steroon Metal, with large orbs at each end and 2 foot long spear-like spines sticking out of them. This clothing boosts their Telekinetic Powers. Long, soft, tapestry-like robes flow down from the shoulder pad. The robes usually are colored black or red and have a Faction Isignia upon it.

Natural Habitat: The Tak'la live in large hovering platforms above Oddworld's Oceans. The platforms are powered by large turbines and hot-air balloons, the electricity needed for these machines is gathered from storms. The Tak'la have many small power plants in the form of weather balloons that gather the energy from lightning and store it into small, compact cells. These cells are gathered, replaced and installed into the platforms every few days.

---Known Occupations---
These occupations are for all factions, not the individual factions. That is why Geh'krok Necromancers and Sien-kar Monks are not included.

Sea Scavenger - These Tak'lanite Scavengers search the sea floor for coral, bones, and rocks in the oceans from which they build their platforms from. Some are used on islands to harvest it for its material. The Geh'krok harvest the lava rocks from the islands that their Overlord makes.

Energy Technician - These are Tak'lanites that find the lightning-gathering balloons and collect the energy that is stored in the cells of the balloons.

Overlord - Geh'krok Official who raises lava from the inside of Oddworld to the few Geh'krok Platforms.

Farmer - These Tak'la are charged with the position of growing the number of carrots and potatoes that the Tak'la civilization eat for food.

Clothessmith - These Tak'la tailors and armorers make the shoulder pads for the many Tak'la. This is a tedious job, for the shoulder pads must be made exactly right so that psychic energy can be generated.

Robeweaver/Tapestrymaker - These Tak'la make the robes for the many Tak'lanites that need clothing other than shoulder pads.

Dyer - This job includes making the many dyes that color the Tak'la robes and clothing.

Platform Inspector - This job includes checking the many engines and turbines that let the Platforms hover over Oddworld, and making sure that they don't wear out.

Balloon-Maker - This job includes creating the Storm Balloons that collect power for the platforms.

---Info on Current Factions---

Sien-kar
This Tak'lanite Faction believe in heavy meditation, freeing their mind and souls from their very bodies. By going through this process each day, they sustain greater brain-power, allowing greater psychic reach and ability.

Geh'krok
Another Faction of the Tak'la that believe in training their people in the art of necromancy. They desire to raise their dead ancestors and create an army to overthrow the head platform, G'nek, and take over Oddworld.

Pelor
The Pelor Faction is teaches its people in the arts of Healing, Peace Making. Their only objective is to forge the Tak'lanite Factions together and become one empire and attempt to unite Oddworld and bring peace and harmony to all.

---Info on Platform Cities---
Although there are many different Platform Cities, they are all part of one community of Platforms, which is called Ref-puil, which in Tak'la means "Cities of the Clouds".

Ten'wa
The Home-Platform of Sien-kar. It is a large and majestic platform, it's temples and monastaries are made from a pearl-white material.

A'kora
The Home-Platform of the Geh'krok. It is large, dark, and over-all gloomy. Canals filled with boiling-hot liquid lava pour down the sides of the Platform. Dungeons and other evil structures make up the rest of this evil platform, a dark shadow over the sea of Oddworld.

Tenie'ko-pa
The Home-Platform of the Pelor. It is a creation of great technology and natural wonders, made up of gardens and tall towers made of Steroon; a welcome addition to the platform community.