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Newt Geiszler | Pacific Rim ([personal profile] groupiedrifter) wrote in [community profile] ximilia2023-07-01 02:47 pm

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

[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).]

ananym: (A face colorless and apathetic)

[personal profile] ananym 2023-07-09 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
I find that highly unlikely.
ravkas: (o3)

[personal profile] ravkas 2023-07-09 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
yes, lucky you.

[ that's... rude, to declare he doesn't have friends, but he doesn't really, and he's not enthused to hear it from a caveman lost in the woods. ]

well, as long as you don't fall in love with me, which has been a problem for many in the past, we should get along swimmingly.
oh? and what would you ask for in return of your service?
ravkas: (58)

[personal profile] ravkas 2023-07-09 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
everyone fawns at some point. you would hardly be at fault.
buckkeep: (pic#16531961)

[personal profile] buckkeep 2023-07-09 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
I

( )

I wouldn't. I won't. I can't tell if you're being serious or not, but you don't have to be worried about it. As I said.
I'm used to being a king's man, I don't require anything. In fact, my queen uses the fox as her own symbol. You can pretend my pin is yours instead.
ravkas: (60)

[personal profile] ravkas 2023-07-09 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
oh, i'm not worried. you should be worried. my charm sneaks up on most. it's like a magician's spell. before you know it, you're reciting poetry and likening my eyes to the oceans. they're not blue, though. my eyes. take a good look.

riddle me this, tom badgerful. why did you serve your king?
buckkeep: (pic#16532009)

[personal profile] buckkeep 2023-07-09 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
That seems a very wise thing to say.

( fitz isn't sure he entirely agrees about the lack of differences between people, but he understands the sentiment. bodies are flesh and bone across universes — sometimes they're fur, too. if the other side of fitz's soul happens to howl at the moon, it seems as natural to him as opposable thumbs and words.

and this furry creature at least has one of those things. he's curious.
)

I'm sorry, you mentioned earlier that you're an educator of sorts? In what subject, if I may ask?
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[personal profile] buckkeep 2023-07-09 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
I know. They're hazel. More woods than ocean.

( not that fitz has any intention, nor any talent, towards poetry.

in any case, it's a disquieting question, in large part because the true answer means reflecting back on thirty years of life, to the reign of king shrewd farseer who once offered a dirty young boy, smelling of dog and horse from sleeping among the hounds in his stables, his grandson by blood if not birthright, the opportunity to exchange his lifelong loyalty for the idea of a family if not the execution of one. he wanted for very little, growing up. a bastard in the family, but a room in the castle, clothes and education and mentoring and training, and all it cost him was his life.

why did he serve that king, and that king's son, and that king's wife, and that wife's son? because they're his grandfather, his uncle, his auntie, his nephew (his son). because he's eternally on the outside looking in.
)

Because I like his horses, and he pays me fairly. More than fairly.
heroooic: (053)

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[personal profile] heroooic 2023-07-09 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ damn, girl. ]
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[personal profile] dispassioned 2023-07-09 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. I guess that explains it.
heroooic: (pic#16250939)

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[personal profile] heroooic 2023-07-09 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
24/7 though? Even while they sleep?

[ definitely the point of the conversation. ]
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[personal profile] heroooic 2023-07-09 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
well you’re definitely not gonna be bored here

[ there was a lot to say about the missions, and the challenges they all faced together (or less together)…but rarely was it boring. ]

it can be hard to stay busy between missions at first, but there’s usually something to do…training or helping in the medbay, or cooking! Everyone tries to bring their own stuff to table, you know?

[ finn hoped that sounded optimistic, or welcoming and not tragically dull. ]
ravkas: (72)

[personal profile] ravkas 2023-07-09 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
touching.

[ tom badgerlock is a liar. perhaps even as large a one as nikolai himself. he is equal parts foolish and perceptive, hiding a name and an identity behind a solid wall of muscle and malaise. no king would offer a nobody a coveted spot so close to the throne — well, no king but nikolai, but that's neither here nor there — and therefore tom is somebody. ]

that's not good enough. not by a long shot. although my favorite horse is a piebald pony with crooked ears called punchline. you'd probably crush him if you tried to sit on him.
do you believe in his worth? your king's. not punchline. i already know punchline's worth, and it's far more than you and i combined.
do you believe in anything at all?
zune: (scene00099)

[personal profile] zune 2023-07-09 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ she ain't wrong

😬 ]


ah

yeah

wish i could answer that but


[ he's got nothin' ]
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[personal profile] heroooic 2023-07-09 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
dude i dont know that much about how a bird works either
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[personal profile] heroooic 2023-07-09 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
DEFINITELY think we need more fun! Maybe we need more like…team building excercises? [ He was…mostly. Kidding. ] or game nights and stuff? newt’s movie nights usually go over pretty well.

Do you know any games, profesor Mikotoba?


[ Just don’t tell jake…… ]
buckkeep: (pic#16531998)

[personal profile] buckkeep 2023-07-09 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
( piebald, he says, and it seems a little too on the nose to be entirely coincidental. )

Punchline is a terrible name.
And of course I do. I believe in many things, and my king numbers among them. He's young, and still a prince yet, but he's shown backbone far grander than men thrice his age. He fights for the little man. He listens.
If that isn't good enough, you've little idea what it is the common folk desire in a monarch.
zune: (scene00085)

[personal profile] zune 2023-07-09 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
ok literally almost none of that made any sense to me but it all sounds awesome

or maybe not awesome but it became awesome?


[ a n y way ]

no yeah of course, you're right

and i would never disrespect the gibson like that

i'm thinking of starting with something really simple

you know, start small and work my way up to hendrix

but i got some ideas maybe

you know cat stevens?
ravkas: (36)

[personal profile] ravkas 2023-07-09 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
punchline is a terrific name, tom badgerjest.

maybe i need you by my side after all. so you can tell me how to fight for the little man.
maybe i should put you on the throne.
zune: (scene89326)

[personal profile] zune 2023-07-09 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ insert long-suffering sigh ]

aww man

come on, i must have been a little bit cool


[ don't hurt him this way, buddy ]
buckkeep: (pic#16531576)

[personal profile] buckkeep 2023-07-09 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
It's Badgerlock. You know that it's Badgerlock.

You'd have better luck talking to Prince Dutiful about such things. Sir. I know little more than how to swing an axe and tend the horses.
In any case, I don't think you should joke about such things.
ravkas: (88)

[personal profile] ravkas 2023-07-09 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
i think we both know it's not.

oh, i can't stand princes. they're insufferable. i should know. although you seem quite taken with yours, despite your knowing only two things.
life is so tedious without laughter, and the throne is certainly a laughing matter. do you really believe that royal blood makes an arse suitable to sit on one? i've read all about the history of my lineage, and i can count on one hand the number of lantsov men who maybe deserved to warm the seat.
i can't say i'm deserving either, but each day is an opportunity to endeavor to earn it.
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[personal profile] zune 2023-07-09 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
it's for the nuance, man!

[ because mass-produced shitty candy absolutely looks out for nuance in mouthfeel

yep ]