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

text — un: star-lord ;

[zune]

whoa, kid, did you seriously paint that?

hold on is that your superpower because i swear this survey thing just went up and the drawing of you looks like a photo

[singlelogbridge]

[Okay, he's probably taken this far enough before it becomes mean. It was absolutely worth it though.]

I'm just kidding. There are no classes or tests, though there is a very nice tall metal man who will be happy to assign you homework if you really want it. [Shout out to Minimus.]

[tochnyy]

it's the best invention of all time
hot water any time you wish

does that matter?
old enough to have served many years as a soldiers
and fallen for my home [ not for his country, no, but for his home and heart. ]

[tochnyy]

hopefully he doesn't get angry much if he shows up here

apparently not
sorry if that's not much comfort

[ he probably should have introduced himself since he's telling peter he knows him. but what are manners? ] yes.

i'm mal. malyen oretsev.

i'd say it's good to see you but we're meeting for the first time. [ an olive branch and opportunity to move on? yes! ]

[groupiedrifter]

Hey, easy now, the 90's were a great time for boybands.
I was born in 1990 I can confirm.

[dispassioned]

Then, what will you feed me instead?

[dispassioned]

[That should make him only about five years older than Chishiya but he looks older than that.]

What year are you from?

text | un; 20/20

[hindsights]

Name: Cal Kestis.
Age: 18.
Birthday:
Favorite color: Indigo.
Favorite food: Sliders.
Favorite subject: Lightsaber training.
Favorite toy: I'm a little to old for toys.
Favorite animal: Boglings. They're cute little guys.
Favorite candy: Candied bofa fruit.
Favorite activity: Listening to music.
Favorite place: Anywhere with a good view.
Favorite book: I'm not much of a reader.
Favorite TV show: Haven't seen one.
Favorite movie: Haven't seen one.
I am good at: Running on walls, stopping blaster bolts, fixing any broken tech.
I want to learn: How to be a better pilot.
Least favorite subject: History.
Place I want to go: That's a secret.
If I could make one wish, it would be: That's also a secret.
If I could have one superpower, it would be: What counts as a super power?
This is what I want my teacher to know about me: Wait. Who's my teacher?

Did I... do this right? [ yes, he did cross out that birthday option. shhhh. ]

text | un; 20/20

[hindsights]

why a plane?

[ not here ]

[ascetical]

[ Guess who's judging your least favourite subject a little, Cal.

Just a little. ]

text; un: y.mikotoba

[softshoes]

[Just for you, Mr. Team Building Exercise, Yujin actually drew a self portrait. He's not very good at anything that isn't a scientific illustration, but he tried.]



Name: Mikotoba Yujin 御琴羽 悠仁
Age: 43
Birthday: August 7
Favorite color: Dark blue
Favorite food: Sukiyaki
Favorite subject: Forensic pathology, literature
Favorite toy: I had a favorite top as a boy.
Favorite animal: I don't know. A rabbit?
Favorite candy: Bonbons
Favorite activity: Reading
Favorite place:
Favorite book: The Adventures of Herlock Sholmes
Favorite TV show:
Favorite movie: I liked that murder mystery one you played for us some months back.
I am good at: Dancing
I want to learn: All that I can. :)
Least favorite subject: Physical education
Place I want to go: Too many
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: Technically, I should be the teacher.

[peasant]

if you're expecting me to cook, ice cream might be the safer choice

[zune]

[ this really is like school!!! getting bullied on his first day, the hazing ... ]

i'm so relieved i can't even be mad right now

but that's a big no thanks to homework!

not even from tall metal men

[ ... which, wtf ]

[zune]

i'd like to say that was a phase he was going through

you know, teenagers

[ ... but would that still ring true? groot's calmer these days, but when your parents are the collective guardians of the galaxy ... ]


it's not but i'll deal with it

thanks for letting me know though, mal. malyen. whichever you prefer

i guess i don't need to tell you my name, huh? for the record i'll answer to peter, or quill, or star-lord

[ any will do c': ]

[singlelogbridge]

[He might feel a little bad if he wasn't laughing so hard.]

Aha, I'm sorry, I couldn't resist! I hope you'll forgive me friend. Welcome aboard the Ximilia. You can call me Wei Wuxian.

[dispassioned]

[It's too bad amusement doesn't translate over text because he's definitely amused.]

No, I'm the one that owes you a meal.

[tochnyy]

right. [ he knows nothing about teenagers ]

sorry i broke the news

back home usually it's full name or family name until you know someone well but mal or oretsev are fine

welcome to the station, quill

ask viveca for more sour patch children in the next supply drop if you can't get anyone else to share

[zune]

man, you really had me going there wei wuxian!

i'm still catching my breath

[ he used to wonder what it'd be like to go back to a normal school and be a normal kid.

guess this answers it for him. ]

but thanks

i'm peter quill though i guess you probably saw that from the survey anyway

sobs

[homeostatic]

Anything made with high fructose corn syrup shouldn't be considered edible.

[zune]

someone had to, you know? glad it was someone who's so calm about it

and who had some familiarity with the peter from before

[ because it's weird to say 'the me from before' ]

thanks oretsev

[ surname for surname, right? ]

i'll try my luck with newt first

but i might have to ask viveca if she can get us some gear shifts

[zune]

maybe not

but it tastes real good

[tochnyy]

yeah, he was around a while so you'll probably meet others

be prepared [ for what? unclear. ]

like for a car? [ what do you need multiple gear shifts for????

he knows what cars are but not sour patch kids. his life is, in fact, a tragedy. ]

[singlelogbridge]

[Huh. That name sounds familiar.
















Wait.]

No I

I missed that actually.

[Does he have to tell him? Has someone else already told him???]

text; un: y.mikotoba

[softshoes]

Welcome to the Ximilia, Mr. Badgerlock.

We have one very good dog aboard. I'm sure you'll run into him soon.

text; un: mafioso

[essenceofdeadlybeasts]

I can't remember the last time I actually filled out one of these. Screw it, let's have some fun.

Name: Zhao
Age: 35 (i've been here for almost two years, wth)
Birthday: i'm a fire tiger and you'll have to figure out the rest on your own
Favorite color: gold
Favorite food: fast food, junk food, anything i didn't spend time making
Favorite subject: physics. by which i mean getting physical. take that how you want
Favorite toy: i had a tamagotchi once. it died, i flushed it down the toilet, and my parents got pissed. now that i think about it, that happened a lot...
Favorite animal: tiger! ...you thought i was going to put dragon, didn't you?
Favorite candy: yuzushu hard candy
Favorite activity: batting, darts, karaoke, breakdancing, bonzai, cooking. gotta have options if you wanna have some fun.
Favorite place: Survive
Favorite book:
Favorite TV show: that one with the...
Favorite movie: Robocook
I am good at: everything i try
I want to learn: anything not boring
Least favorite subject: english. i kinda suck at it.
Place I want to go: at this point i've seen enough to just know "more" is fine
If I could make one wish, it would be: to not ever see this kind of question again
If I could have one superpower, it would be: probably related to fire because i am spicy.
This is what I want my teacher to know about me: i didn't do it because i hated you, i just did it because i could get away with it.