Video | welcome, hallo, buenos días, ohayō, etc, etc! | UN: Newt

[groupiedrifter]

[Newt comes shuffling into view on the screen, holding a cup of coffee in his hand with a bag of what seems to be Sour Patch Kids harrowingly hanging out from beneath the pinky finger of the very same hand. Disheveled but more than happy to provide his services after dragging himself out of bed, he taps his knuckle on the chalkboard beside him — one that used to be Hermann Gottlieb's, may he rest in peace (in a not dead way — may he rest in peace on a beach or something while wholly alive and thriving).]

Noticed an influx of new and kinda-new faces over the last few days or weeks or whatever.

So here's my handy dandy welcome board! Recently updated, to keep with the times.

Read it over and get a feel for how this place goes; I'm gonna finish off this coffee before I take any questions.

[As he takes the world's most obnoxious-sounding sip and burns his tongue, here's the board in question:]



[And then, after a bit of time, he turns the board over to the other side:]



[No worries, current crew, if you can't get one of those introduction papers in person!

Because he's attached them in file format, too.]



[And in case you wanted a text format copy:

Name:
Age:
Birthday:
Favorite color:
Favorite food:
Favorite subject:
Favorite toy:
Favorite animal:
Favorite candy:
Favorite activity:
Favorite place:
Favorite book:
Favorite TV show:
Favorite movie:
I am good at:
I want to learn:
Least favorite subject:
Place I want to go:
If I could make one wish, it would be:
If I could have one superpower, it would be:
This is what I want my teacher to know about me:

(Have at it — threadjacking is encouraged).]

Comments

[homeostatic]

The present Quill has, yes.

And disagree. Fundamentally.

[godslain]

What do you mean 'present Quill'? You have known another?

[zune]

small burger, small fries, small coke and a toy

it's a combo thing

[ and it's been a real hot minute since he's had one, but boy it's hard to forget your first and last happy meal.

that said ... ]

okay yeah definitely losing the happy on the gagh meal

i draw the line at anything wormy and alive

[zune]

[ thankfully he's already gotten the breakdown from mal by this time. it ... makes him a little better equipped to handle the instant recognition (sadly not the same recognition he hopes for, the kind that relates to being famous for his deeds). ]

oof, so i hate to break it to ya man

i'm probably not the same peter you knew

especially if you had any kind of beef with him

then i'm definitely not that peter or any other kind of peter

text — un: SOBACHKA

[ravkas]

i’m truly touched at how highly you think of me, alina. even if my favorite color is teal. how often do you think of my spry, youthful form? details requested.

Text; un: raddude5000

[heroooic]

[ Finn loves a group activity, and eagerly fills this out, really no qualms or complaints here. Just some good, wholesome, get-to-know-each-other activity. ]

text — un: SOBACHKA

[ravkas]

where you’re from, tom badgerlock, what happens when someone tries to kill a king? just for curiosity’s sake. these sorts of things get my blood flowing.

[blackfire]

（ and perhaps if he didn't have the experience of having caught the boy stealing from med bay, he may have taken that statement as innocuous and unloaded.

instead, he recognizes it as a negative thing to the boy's mind, and shakes his head as he responds: ）

No.

One is a bard. The other was the leader of an uprising against a totalitarian regime in her world.

They are nothing like cops.

[peasant]

see to it that you do, or someone will pick a cake for you.

text — un: SOBACHKA

[ravkas]

i don’t think anyone would know it, considering the last time i had the luxury to sit and enjoy a book for leisure was during my time at sea. i didn’t know alina back then, nor did i know you.

text / un: solnishka

[peasant]

did you not pen this yourself?? it has your unique touch.
blaming me for your inner musings is a bit odd and maniacal, nikolai.

[dispassioned]

Oh? Someone like you?

[peasant]

i do have excellent taste in cakes, as you know.

Text; un: raddude5000

[heroooic]

[ Finn has the distinction one of the only person on board who would think little to nothing strange about a man having a clock for a face. Or being a clock? Either way… ]

You have amnesia? For real?? So you can’t remember…anything?

[zune]

yeah maybe but i'll have gotten away with at least four birthdays

so i'll still count it as a win

[peasant]

Some might call it the stuff of legends.

[ annoyingly cryptic? it's more likely than you'd think, but she's keenly aware of which serpentine eyes prey on her posts scattered across the network. ]

Is that going to be an issue?

text; un: toxicodendron

[greenpower]

[Not that Ivy's done a whole lot to make herself attractive as a teacher, but she wouldn't be her if she didn't notice the gardening thing or try to make sure plants were well cared for.]

For what it's worth, I have a literal green thumb.

And I'm a botanist, so... yeah, keeping plants alive is very much my thing.

[zune]

yeah! only that stuff was actually chocolate

tootsie pops only taste like it

[ he is nooooot selling this well ]

[ravkas]

i think the fact that our unique touches have blended together so seamlessly says great things about our shared future.
you say odd and maniacal as if you don’t like that about me.

[dispassioned]

Well, then it wouldn't be such a bad fate, would it?

[godslain]

Then what are they?

[zune]

[ it's a coOL TITLE OKAY!!! ]

strange

strange? like doc strange?

oh hey wow holy shit

i heard you were here! i was gonna reach out

[oiorpata]

Great, it'll fit right in with half my stash.

[ and dare she say herself?? ]

I can't teach you shit about magic, but I can at least get you on the right path to proper form and use of a typical liuyedao.

[peasant]

If it helps, it doesn't shoot out lightning or anything. Its craftmanship is just ... unique.

[ comforting!! ]

That might be for the better. I think you would be an unstoppable force if the world had given you magic, too.

[greenpower]

[If he's trying to get on her good side, he's going about it the right way.

goddammit]

Are you kidding? I've read basically all of his books. He's one of the best guys to introduce people to carnivorous plant.

[Not that she needed an introduction.]

If you're interested in undiscovered plants though, there's a few things I could show you. I once managed to bring back a few acres of prehistoric plants from dead plant matter. Some of what got resurrected had been extinct since the stone age.