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

it super is

[doooooog]

well, at least you've got a good outlook. [ There's a pause. ] no, wait, you put a good face on things!

y'know? like a clock face?

[ Distantly, perhaps, the sound of dog laughter can be heard echoing down the halls. ]

[doooooog]

[ Damn. Twenty. Petting is 70% a mental game, so even if this guy's technique is lacking... Jake has good feelings about this one. ]

got it in one, buddy. consider yourself on deck, i'll be in touch.

[doooooog]

[ Even over text, there's a warmth of convinction in those words that makes Jake smile. ]

huh. i like that, kid.

[doooooog]

[ More like emo music for emo teens, but sure. Let's go with steel or something. ]

heh, it don't matter. [ Where this not over text, this is where Jake's throat clear would go. ] I'm gonna jam out to this, brother. You've got good taste.

[durante]

[thankfully, they just told Yujin this, so it doesn't feel weird to follow it with:]

< It's not actually hot, just warm. But I assume it'd be difficult to melt in the first place, or it wouldn't be a reliable prosthetic. >

[which. they expect will probably lead into yet more questions. unfortunately, they're as in the dark as he is, since they're not feeling like letting someone take their actual head apart to discover how it functions. what if they can't get it back together again? no, best to leave well enough alone.]

[deferences]

[how fitting, considering sizhui's feeling a little warmth of his own spreading through his chest at jake's approval.] Good, I'm glad it's something agreeable. My friends and I plan to do our best with

Well.

Everything, I suppose?

text;

[rootlessly]

[A non-violent kaiju, huh. He has to revise his mental definition of the concept a little, but it sounds nice. He likes the notion of a being capable of such great violence which chooses not to engage in it. (Can't imagine why).

Not that Totoro seems ... capable of great violence. But it's the principle of the thing.]

Yeah
It's nice to see something gentle and peaceful when we can

[rootlessly]

Maybe.

[He'll give him that. He has not known Newt for very long.]

I think it's great that you speak your mind, though.

[Refreshing is what he thinks, but he keeps it back. Vash is not at all like Newt, after all, who wears his heart and his opinions and his enthusiasm right on his sleeve and leaves little room for doubt how he feels about things. Vash can only ever be a fraud in that respect, locking so many things behind a smile he's perfected over a century and pretending to be carefree.]

Don't lose that, alright? Regardless of how much you may or may not choose to think ahead of time :)

[rootlessly]

[Strange, certainly, but moreso:]

It sounds difficult. Was she able to affect any of the things she foresaw, at least?

[After all, aiming to change the past with a foreknowledge of the future is more or less what he's aiming for here on the Ximilia.]

[doooooog]

[ Cheerful, indeed, but Jake is smiling despite the glum song choice. Sometimes a dog can have a very innocent crush on a lady and it doesn't have to be weird, okay? ]

Heck yeah, I love me a bummer. [ That he genuinely does mean. Tragic ballad's were the viola's bread and butter, and Jake can already feel himself getting excited to play when his hand closes over the bridge of his instrument. He made sure to keep it out of its case, leaned up against the door to the music room... Y'know, just in case he needed it and wasn't feeling up to the walk. Which translates to "always." ] Tell me the story while I reel my girl in.

[ To that end, Jake begins tugging on his own arm to speed up the stretching process, attention otherwise focused on Luthien. ]

[doooooog]

[ Everything. Big goal. Maybe too big. But adult or not, that wasn't something for Jake to decide for Sizhui. He'd either figure it out himself or prove him wrong.

Jake hopes it's the latter. ]

lol well, just make sure to leave some room in the day for a 8 hours of sleep and a big breakfast, alright? being the change you wanna see takes hella protein.

[hindsights]

... Yes. [ ben did not say that cal had to hide that he said it. ]

🎀? or on your next one?

[hindsights]

I'm curious.

But alright. If you want more, I've got other songs by them for you to check out. Let me know if you want them!

[rootlessly]

Ahaha is it? Sorry

[It ... is what it is, really. But he doesn't want anyone to feel bad for him...ah.]

[hindsights]

That means you were meant to find it. If it called out to you... I get that. That's how the Force works sometimes. [ it a way that doesn't make sense in the moment but is meant to be.

master tapal had said 'trust only in the force' and cal has found that when he does, things work out. they do. even if at first it all seems like it's a little lost. ] It happened the way it was meant to.

Trust in the Force.

[deferences]

[hey, ‘go big or go home,’ as they say!

—not that sizhui's ever heard that before, but if there comes a time where he does, it'd be quite fitting for the situation. until then, they can both hope sizhui and his friends will be able to help things change back home.]

Don't worry! My schedule allows for at least eight hours and I try my hardest to always have a hearty breakfast with whatever ingredients we are provided.

[jedied]

Yeah. I'm trying.

It's a little complicated. I don't even know how to talk about all of it, really.

[ Not least because doing so would make bigger messes than she knows how to clean up. ]

Thanks, Cal.

[peasant]

I can lift a sword.

[ the conversation's medium of text dulls the defensive edge to it, but it's still — present. like a child trying to prove themselves beyond the limitations of their age and size, playing at games of swords and heroes, overly confident in themselves.

somewhere in the bowels of ximilia's station, alina emits a light-hearted scoff. ]

And I know how to kill a man with one, too. How hard could the rest possibly be?

[ famous last words ... ]

[oiorpata]

[ text or otherwise, she can hear the prickly tone and it makes andy smile. alina's sharpness never hits andy as hard as intended, but she does heal from all wounds very quickly. ]

Don't worry, I know size has no bearing on someone's ability to use a sword.

Should we go right into dueling then? If lifting and stabbing is all there is to it, might as well jump ahead.

[oiorpata]

You never know, it could end up staying magic shit in the end too.

[hindsights]

I'm here to listen if you need it. I'm not as good as having someone like Master Yoda listening to you but... well, I'm here.

[peasant]

Very funny.

[ is this??? teasing?? she's fairly certain, but andy has more of a pass than alina would grant most others. it's the honesty, perhaps — the raw edges of knowing what andy once was, without concealing it beneath layers and layers of deception and piss-poor excuses. ]

Is that usually how you mentor people? Seems like it would be a good recipe for accidentally cutting off a finger or two.

[oiorpata]

Apparently you've already got the basics down, so I'm just trying to match your pace. It's important to meet people at their level.

That's the thing about weapons even when you're being careful. There's always a chance of losing a finger or two. Lucky for you, mine will grow back if you lob them off with a bad swing.

[ alina will not be losing any fingers. ]

[peasant]

[ ew. ]

Has anyone ever told you you're really quite gross?

[ said with much love, xoxo. ]

[oiorpata]

I'm stating a fact.

Spare the middle one, it's my favorite.