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

[softshoes]

It's not really an issue of it mattering, though: it's only for fun.

Though I suppose it's not all applicable. I've only seen movies while I'm here: we don't have them at home.

[they do but they're like. 2 minutes and without sound or whatever.]

[a2brutus]

Yeah, well I don't know what half of this shit on this list means or is about. Makes it hard to answer even if I wanted to.

[softshoes]

[Well... if she's programmed to defend humans and only that... he could see that.]

Do you have a favorite activity? One unrelated to your assigned purpose.

[a2brutus]

No. You don't get that luxury when you're fighting for your life constantly.

[softshoes]

That's completely understandable.

But now, between missions, you may have the opportunity. Why not try something? It can't hurt.

[a2brutus]

[....]

I wouldn't even know where to begin. There's no point.

[softshoes]

There is if you enjoy yourself.

im sorry

[a2brutus]

The only fun I have is killing machines. Which are not the kind of machines that are here.

he's trying so hard

[softshoes]

[ooookay, they're back to the machine murder, but hey, he got somewhere that time!]

You did, however, say yourself that didn't have the chance to try some new, off-work activity. I won't pressure you, but you really never know when you'll encounter something you truly enjoy. I didn't think I'd enjoy dancing, for example, but it's now one of my favorite hobbies.

[a2brutus]

[Hold up, she's suspicious.]

I already know how to dance.

[softshoes]

You do?

[DING DING DING]

What kind of dance, if you don't mind my asking?

[a2brutus]

There's types?

[softshoes]

Oh, yes. Waltz, polka, tango, tap, traditional and folk dances from all sorts of cultures... the list really goes on.

Which did you learn?

[a2brutus]

I don't know.

No.4 taught me.

[softshoes]

Another android like yourself?

[a2brutus]

Yeah. Same type as me.

[softshoes]

That's good. Much as I enjoy dancing, myself, it's far better in the company of a friend.

Were you... [would it be comrades? fellow soldiers?] both given the same task, to defend humanity?

[a2brutus]

Something like that.

[:(]

[softshoes]

[:')...]

If you continue to dance, I'm sure your comrade would have liked to hear that you kept going. Especially if they taught you.

[a2brutus]

I don't think she would have cared too much. We were made for combat. Not dancing.