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[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

[deferences]

Things like being able to use my qi for talismans and arrays or channeling it into my music for attack power.

[softshoes]

[It's a ridiculous suggestion, or it would have been a bit under a year ago, before he arrived here.]

I've always thought that people weren't quite so different from one another, across nations and cultures. It turns out that is equally true, applied to new worlds and different intelligent species.

Which is to say that, yes, I do.

[softshoes]

No, not quite. As you said, I won't remember anything once I've returned to my own time. It's more like... I don't want it to affect how I live my life here. The orbs keep my mind occupied enough.

[...]

You should, however, tell me about the medical advances I've missed. I hear you're joining us at last, Doctor.

[eyeronically]

( girl )

lol

[eyeronically]

so. we're all the king's horses and men putting humpty-dumpty back together again.

[eyeronically]

you use music... to attack?

[groza]

Put me out of my mercy if I ever start fawning over you, clearly I'd be beyond any cure by that point.

[groza]

So I've heard. Downtime is another luxury I haven't gotten a taste for.

[groza]

At least that's not something new for me.

[groza]

I understand. Dark Lords have a habit of being annoyingly resilient.

[deferences]

Yes, I do! It's a special technique of my clan.

[softshoes]

[Sorry, he can't not be a dad about it, it's a fatal flaw.]

Oh, of course. My daughter practices a little, too, actually. [Glossing over the fact that he also knows a bit; he's out of practice and feels it isn't worth mentioning.] I'm at your service either way.

At any rate. I've been with the Ximilia for more than half a year now. Closer to a year, really. I'm originally from Tokyo, though possibly not the Tokyo you remember: tell me, what year is it in your home?

[rootlessly]

Ahaha, don't worry, I know. I've seen movies with regular dogs!
Jake is pretty cool, though, isn't he? It would be fascinating if there were a planet where all the dogs were like him.

[rootlessly]

the ground isn't always so bad, though
the stars can be especially beautiful when there are no towns around

[complaining would require acknowledging having negative emotions sometimes and sorry he's never heard of her]

the rper struggle. also ive since learned the ostriches are called toma/thomas in universe lmf

[rootlessly]

well, i know what they are because of old books and movies from earth
but i've never seen any myself

[rootlessly]

Haha exactly. They don't usually want you to know they're not the second kind, either.

[rootlessly]

oh gosh
i can see where they'd be upset! haha

i don't really know much about animals in general though...mostly i've only read about them in books
but horses always seemed interesting? birds too i think

[Maybe he feels some kinship toward them, as Vash the Stampede. Even the wildest of these, too, are able to find a place alongside humanity.]

[greenpower]

Sounds like you know a lot of that kind of person.

Text;

[shadysided]

Aren't clowns, like, notoriously big on 24/7 smiling?

[groupiedrifter]

Dude, I hate to break it to you, but we'll all be committing some form of crime almost every mission we go on.

We, like, break into places and ignore local laws and lie out of our assholes ALL the time to officials.

[ananym]

I have nothing against crime itself.

But I do not feel comfortable with data collection of any kind. I can see the logic in it, but I am also aware of its abuses.

[groupiedrifter]

Maaaan, if I were abusing my data, this crew would have shot me out of the airlock FOREVER ago instead of hanging out with me for snacks and movies. But you could always ask Viveca if I'm cool or not. She knows everything about me.

I don't think a basic activity form you'd find in children's schooling can be that insidious, tho.

[ananym]

I'm from the 1400s. And I can't imagine everyone hails from the same paths of life as you do.

[groupiedrifter]

Hey, you're the one who started this off on assumptions, pal.

Aren't you judging me based off the fact that this kinda stuff is totally normal where I hail from?

[ananym]

If you are the norm, then I am concerned for civilisation.