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

[peasant]

[ oh.

of course zoya nazyalensky would make her presence known by announcing an insult. ( despite herself, a sense of relief circulates through her system. a happiness she knows better than to share aloud, in case sentiment gives zoya a bad case of indigestion. ) ]

I find it hard to believe you've ever participated in an etiquette lesson that didn't end in bloodshed.

[groza]

Yes, but at least I know the rules and when it's deserved.

[peasant]

Ravka's last general was a delusional despot, and its last queen was Queen Tittyana.

[ sry nikolai. ]

With the bar for manners set so low, I don't think the people much care if you can't remember which fork comes with which course.

[groza]

[ Look she's not about to defend Mother Lantsov. ]

We can all look forward to the day when your behavior causes a simple diplomatic emergency. It might be a nice change of pace from the fighting.

[peasant]

I'd have thought you would enjoy any excuse for violence.

[groza]

Only when it's earned.
I'm not a total barbarian, Alina.
It's not my fault when people cross that threshold.

[ And that threshold just happens... to be much lower than everyone else. ]

[peasant]

You're hardly a barbarian at all.

[ text helps to ease the symptoms of her foot-in-mouth disease that might regularly followly. namely: the creeping thought that zoya nazyalensky is much too obnoxiously stunning to ever be classified as barbaric. ]

But I think your threshold's limit may actually be "they chose to breathe in my presence, and the reminder that they're still alive annoyed me."