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: plobos

[wolfbrother]

[ The past 24 hours had been a whirlwind. And, despite all the answers it contains, this post wasn't making him feel any more anchored to his current insane reality.

...That being said, the uncool accusation is kind of working its peer pressure magic on him. And it's not like he has to be totally honest, right? Sean gets halfway through a crude drawing of himself before giving up in frustration. His newfound lack of depth perception wasn't doing Sean's mood any favors. ]



is this like... a meme or something? why do you need so much information?

text ↪ un: うちは

[blackfire]

What is 'posole'?

[wolfbrother]

[ It would be pretty funny if he said 'idk' right now, but Sean is neither comfortable nor familiar enough for that.

He also has no idea that the cryptid is talking to him. Thank heaven's for small mercies. ]

Oh, it's got meat and chiles and lime and stuff like that. It's like a stew. I don't know if it's actually my favorite or anything, but it's pretty tasty.

[blackfire]

So it is intended to be spicy.

（ Hm, No^TM. ）

[wolfbrother]

Like, it's not supposed to burn your face off or anything, but it's probably pretty spicy for some people.

[ White people. ]

text | un: m.cabrera

[naloxone]

[ "20," huh? ]

What "things" did you want to know about being here?

[wolfbrother]

[ YES, TWENTY. THE BIG 2-0. THAT'S HIM. ]

I mean, the lizard guy hit most of the big stuff, so I guess I'm wondering about the small stuff. Like, where are we flying to, do we have chores, is the kitchen open all the time, do we have to cook our own food? That kinda stuff.

[naloxone]

[ mmm-hmm. ]

Lizard guy..? Oh, Newt.
I'm not actually sure we're flying anywhere — every planet we've gone to, we get teleported there.
Nothing here is really assigned. People just do what they want to, and be courteous.
Some of us make a lot of extra food that will be labeled for anyone to take if they want. And if you don't know how to cook, there are plenty of us who like to teach it.

[wolfbrother]

I kinda know how to cook. Mostly just like, heating up leftovers, I'm ngl. [ Another thought enters his mind unbidden, as it often did. If it weren't for the neural link, he probably wouldn't have mentioned it at all, but... ] My dad used to do most of the cooking, he was really good at it.

So it's seriously just like... a free for all? No rules? That's kinda cool. I was with a similar group of people before I got here.

[ For a little while, anyway. ]

text; un: lan.sizhui

[deferences]

The Grub, huh? I'm quite new to movies in general but that's one even I've never heard of.

[wolfbrother]

[ Caution Lan Sizhui, you've activated his inner nerd. ]

oh man, it's SO good. Total splatterfest. Are you into grindhouse?

[deferences]

[as if this nerd is gonna mind someone else nerding out at him.]

Splatterfest? Grindhouse? I'm unsure what these words mean, but you have my curiosity, Sean.

[wolfbrother]

[ This bodes ill for both of them. ]

oh, those are just horror subgenres. do you watch a lot of horror?

text; un: Wei Wuxian

[singlelogbridge]

You didn't tell me you were an artist!

[wolfbrother]

[ Oh my god, not him. Not him looking at this little stupid two second drawing and complimenting him on it. ]

oh my god, don't... look at that. That's like, a dumb joke. I promise I'm better than that.

[singlelogbridge]

I believe you, Jim.

[His wink and grin are audible.]

[wolfbrother]

oh my god. [ His brain isn't fast enough to filter that out, only heightening his embarrassment. ] look, that was just Finn's joke. I guess I kinda let it get outta hand? haha... my bad.

But yeah it's. Sean. Nice to meet you more forreal, I guess?

text | un: andy

[oiorpata]

Well shit now I want posole.

And Swedish fish.

[wolfbrother]

now you're making me wonder if they'd be any good together? kinda like an international stew sorta deal. you got anything to add in?

[oiorpata]

I'd try it at least once.

Something salty if you want the sweet/spicy/salty trifecta?

Audio; un: raddude5000

[heroooic]

“SEAN”?

[ The heavy air quotes are are plain in his voice, as is his incredulity about a few other things on this questionnaire. ]

Not here

[singlelogbridge]

[Sorry Finn, he's laughing.]

audio; un: plobos

[wolfbrother]

What? [ Sean's voice is level, though there was perhaps a hint of amusement there. Just a hint, though. ] That was your joke, dude, not mine.

audio;

[heroooic]

[ there was only a whiff of measured offense in Finn’s response, very mildly wounded at the lack of trust this complete stranger afforded him. ]

It wasn’t a “joke”, it was a very real assignment of a name to someone who needed one, because for some reason they don’t like to be honest about who they are.

[ Come on, DUDE, 20? ]

text;

[groupiedrifter]

Aw man I haven't had posole in years.
However I have eaten my weight in swedish fish recently.

Also I've graded this and you get an Mega D- for the amount of IDKs involved.
It should probably be a F, but I like the boldness of the last IDK. Really speaks to the tenacity of writing the same shorthand multiple times on an assigned paper.