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

[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! ]

[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': ]

[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]

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

[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. ]

[zune]

hold on, he wasn't 100% a dick right?

[ is he supposed to prepare for a few punches to the face? confrontations? did he sleep with a bunch of people and leave them on read? ]

nah

back home we have this candy called gear shift and they're awesome

never leave home without 'em

[tochnyy]

he wasn't to me?

but others will know you. [ relax, bud ]

you should acquire some and share with your new freinds

[zune]

[ he's totally relaxing! ... relaxed

it's cool, it's fine ]

that's the plan!

soon as i can get a word in with the AI lady i'll put in a request

and you'll be first on my list

[tochnyy]

her name's viveca if you want to start on the right foot [ names are important and mal's a little protective of both degar and viv. ]

thanks, quill

we might become great friends

[zune]

viveca

right

good

yeah we definitely want to start on the right foot, don't wanna piss off any station AI or anything

and you know what, oretsev, i sure hope so

[tochnyy]

yeah

wouldn't want it to turn out like the last one [ wait. ] we worked that out though

[ hopefully that's some comfort??? ]

[zune]

what?

[tochnyy]

the first ai on the station turned on everyone and tried to kill them

and it was loose for a while before we got it contained

but things are better now. [ at least he thinks so. he doesn't come from a world with tech so everything seems fine now. ]