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).]

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[groupiedrifter]

holy shit

[He totally didn't mean to send that through the radiobrainwaves. But 'star-lord'? No way.

... Well! It'll have to come up eventually, but for now:]

Sorry, just some commentary on my killer headache.

But are you kidding? I asked for a crate of them not very long ago, I'm the sole beneficiary of all of the Sour Patch Kids aboard the station. You fill out the survey, I'll black-market-deal you some for free.

1/2

[zune]

[ hmmm no reaction to that immediate exclamation! 😇 ]

oh so that's the kinda ship we're running here, huh?

well

thankfully for you i'm a sucker for sour patch kids so:

2/2

[zune]

Name: Peter Quill
Age: Never too old for candy
Birthday: Some time in 1980 but okay the important question is, will it get me more candy? Or a cake?
Favorite color: Red
Favorite food: Probably stuff that ain't good for me
Favorite subject: ... of what?
Favorite toy: ?? Like a yoyo?
Favorite animal: Dragons are pretty cool
Favorite candy: Gear Shifts
Favorite activity: Flying
Favorite place: Knowhere (yeah it's a place)
Favorite book: Magazines I guess
Favorite TV show: Happy Days
Favorite movie: Footloose obviously (I don't care what that kid says)
I am good at: being awesome
I want to learn: How to shred like Hendrix
Least favorite subject: ?
Place I want to go: Wherever our next mission takes us
If I could make one wish, it would be: Getting that regret undone
If I could have one superpower, it would be: Flying seems pretty cool
This is what I want my teacher to know about me: Hold on, is this thing for like, school or something?

[deaddrop]

Very vague answer to the wish question. I can respect that.

[zune]

well it's not a lie, right?

[deaddrop]

I'm sure it wouldn't budge the polygraph.

[zune]

is this normal though?

giving out surveys for the new guys

[groupiedrifter]

Knowhere, huh? Like in Courage the Cowardly Dog? Sweet.
But congrats, you've earned yourself one pack of sour patch kids, under the table deal. No cops.

You wanna shred, though? Ooooh I've got something so cool, you gotta SEE IT.

[He proceeds to send an image of this.]

You know who this belonged to?

[zune]

awesome thanks man! [ 👍 (one day he'll discover emojis ... one day ...) ] where and when can i collect?

and yeah i mean i'd need to learn how to play the guitar at all but it's definitely the next step ...



hold on is that angus young's gibson??? not the real one though, right?

[ rIGHT ]

[groupiedrifter]

The one and ONLY REAL DEAL.
I got it as a special gift for helping out Degar and Viv back in the day!
If you wanna learn some basic stuff, what better way to do it than on the gibson that Angus Young himself played on???
Come to the Ximusic Room and check this bad boy out!!

[zune]

wow you guys get rewards for doing stuff??

this is the commander and the ai of this station right?


oh man i am definitely coming by to take a look at it

you'd seriously let me touch it?

text; UN: Wei Wuxian

[singlelogbridge]

[It's been a while since he's Caused Problems on Purpose and the man whose name he absolutely didn't pay attention to has left himself wide open, so...]

it's the first assignment for students in Newt's class. It's a mandatory class for new arrivals. Thankfully, you have a full week before the first test!

[zune]

you're kidding right?

this is a joke?

i mean i guess it explains that last question but

hold on, no one told me about this!!

[groupiedrifter]

What, do I not look teacherly enough for you?
That's stereotyping!

[yes newt is in on this immediately]

[zune]

[ his first day here and his life is already suffering ]

oh come on man

did a teacher just bribe me into taking a survey??? with candy???

[singlelogbridge]

It's because you need a beard. All of my teachers at home had beards.

[singlelogbridge]

don't worry, most of Newt's curriculum is really easy as long as you study. I'm sure someone can lend you their notes. I'd lend you mind, but I didn't pass the first time around so I don't think they'd be very helpful.

[zune]

we gotta take notes???

[ is undoing his regret really worth this ]

ah, jeez

this was not mentioned in the dream

Text; un: belova

[laviny]

Peter Quill! When did you get back?

[zune]

[ oh boy ]

oh man, just got here actually

had the dream, woke up here, had a snack, talked to a few people, and now i'm doing a survey



and uh

i was told that another version of me used to be here

i'm guessing you knew him

[laviny]

Oh, it’s that kind of thing, huh? This is awkward now.

I'm Yelena. Hi, nice to meet you.

private

[coordination]

He doesn't remember.

[ Text means you can't tell that he's sad! ]

private

[groupiedrifter]

I know, I know. Just like Hermann.
It's cool, I'm cool. Toootally not sad about it.

[Newton is not as subtle about being sad, as you can see.]

[coordination]

There better be some way to amend that, once this is all over.

[groupiedrifter]

That's one of the things that freaks me out most.
Not remembering any of you guys, when it's over.