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ximilia2022-12-02 12:26 pm
groupiedrifter) wrote in ximilia2022-12-02 12:26 pm
Voice; un: newt
Oh man, we have new blood again? Welcome aboard!
I've been saving these stickers for the occasion.
[He sends a snapshot of the stickers in question:]
If you're not a newbie and you really want one, I barter in any of the following: snacks, shiny rocks, manga, monster movies, cool figurines, cigarettes, conversations about tattoos, spaghetti or any type of noodle, cute dimples, cheek kisses, compliments about my boots, neat pictures of any manner of phyla, a tall can of pringles, pens with blue or red ink, caffeine patches, 80's or 90's band shirts, things that hover that shouldn't, fancy scissors, dinosaur stickers, or coffee.
Just come on down to the lab and get your very special prize!
If I'm bumping into tables and jumping six feet in the air because you so much as sneezed in my direction, it's because I'm temporarily blind and literally can't see my own hand in front of my face.
Ciao!
I've been saving these stickers for the occasion.
[He sends a snapshot of the stickers in question:]
If you're not a newbie and you really want one, I barter in any of the following: snacks, shiny rocks, manga, monster movies, cool figurines, cigarettes, conversations about tattoos, spaghetti or any type of noodle, cute dimples, cheek kisses, compliments about my boots, neat pictures of any manner of phyla, a tall can of pringles, pens with blue or red ink, caffeine patches, 80's or 90's band shirts, things that hover that shouldn't, fancy scissors, dinosaur stickers, or coffee.
Just come on down to the lab and get your very special prize!
If I'm bumping into tables and jumping six feet in the air because you so much as sneezed in my direction, it's because I'm temporarily blind and literally can't see my own hand in front of my face.
Ciao!
voice; un: y.mikotoba
He does catch "temporarily blind", though:]
Sir? Mr... Newt? Are you in need of assistance?
voice;
Just Newt, man! Only my favorite lovely dancers in Boston called me Mr. Newt.
[He will not elaborate.]
I'm like three knocks away from breaking my knee on chairs and stools at this rate, buuut... I think I'm doing alright! This isn't the first time I've had to figure it out. Best way to ride a bike is to just go for it solo, right?
[There's a clang and an OOF. He has bumped into another chair.
Knee cap +10 damage.]
no subject
[He sounds mildly uncomfortable omitting the 'Mr'. Why are you making a Victorian use a first name, Newt.]
Professor Yujin Mikotoba-- as new blood myself, I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance.
[A beat.]
Shouldn't you... have a seat, Mr. Newt? [He's already forgotten, oops.] 'Figuring it out' shouldn't take breaking a kneecap, man.
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Oh, no shit? I'm a professor, too! What did you teach?
[Apparently he's not remotely concerned about taking a seat.]
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Medicine. Forensic pathology, to be precise.
[There's never a doubt in his mind that Newt is exactly what he says he is; the greatest genius that Yujin knows, after all, is also.... uhhhh... eccentric. It's honestly almost comforting, meeting weirdos like Newt.]
And yourself?
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I've taught all kinds of stuff. Biochemistry and oceanography and xenobiology! There was a pretty rough war with alien lifeforms back home, so a lot of my work ended up applied toward defenses against that. Lots of toxicology flexing there. And the xenobiology, of course. But I also learned a thing or two in engineering!
[YEAH ONE OF THE ECCENTRIC GENIUS TYPES. The worst, really.
He sounds terribly excited to talk to a fellow science-dude, though.]
Forensic pathology sounds like a blast, honestly... My autopsy skills only really applies to, like... giant monster livers... and alveoli the size of my head...
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THIS IS.... SO......... where on earth does he even START with all of this???]
Professor-- Doctor? Would you kindly back up to the war with alien lifeforms?
[Okay, no, he's also a nerd, he feels so very ridiculous asking but he just HAS to shoot his shot on this one:] Also, do you have any photographic prints of the giant... er, I presume they're alien organs?
[He feels insane right now, but also please please let him see the funky alien guts.]
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Newt!
[NOT DOCTOR.]
If you have to, 'doc' is a nice little nickname for someone with a PhD.
But where was I? Oh! Yeah, I can totally show you some of them!
Check it out, this one's the biggest!
[He proceeds to switch to video and yank his entire button-up and undershirt up over his head; he's still blind as a fucking bat, but even in a moment of complete and utter darkness can he find the power to show off what's inked into his chest and stomach, which suddenly APPEARS FULLY IN THE POOR MAN'S VISION:
AH YES JUMPSCARE.]
crying. video
[JUMPSCARED INDEED.
There's a loud clatter as Yujin startles-- suddenly enough that his earpiece falls out and skittered across the floor. Distantly:] Docto-- D-Doc?!
[OH HE HATES THAT. TOO CASUAL. There's a little more shuffling as he puts his earpiece back in, restoring his voice to its full volume. In the interest of politeness he also switches to video, revealing a frazzled middle aged Japanese man dutifully adjusting the hat that's gone askew on his head.]
Good God, a bit of warning next time, man?! [and now he's peering, very dubiously, into the feed. what the FUCK is that?] What on Earth am I looking at? Other than your torso, I mean?
video
[He can hear you clattering around from here, bro.
Anyways!]
It's just a kaiju tattoo! I got a ton of them; they're pretty accurate representation of the creatures that tried to stomp my world into a pulp. Pretty awesome art, huh? It was mostly this super cool chick in China.
[Say 'cool chick in china' five times fast]
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[Like... A bird?
Whatever, figuring out What Yujin has gathered from this short conversation is that Newt is the type of person whose train of thought is less off the rails and more 'was never on them in the first place'. Which isn't entirely a problem. He's not so bad at directing traffic when it comes down to it.]
It does look [???] pretty awesome, I agree.
So your world was attacked by these creatures, you say? If your previous disciplines helped, then... that'd mean they came from the deep sea, wouldn't it?
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You're pretty close! And they actually borrowed a lot from Earth's ecosystems. At least, that's what I gleamed when I drifted with 'em; they're composed of different parts of species. Lizards, fish, all of that. But actually, they're all clones that had been created in deep space by evil genocidal overlords.
[It happens.]