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

[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?

[singlelogbridge]

It's a pleasure, Sean. And please, I want to hear more about your art. If you're ever willing to share it with me, I'd love to see some. I dabble myself but not very seriously.

[wolfbrother]

[ Divorced from the effortless charm of experiencing Wei Wuxian in person, it would be so easy for Sean to read that text as simple politeness. There was so much more room between the written words to project every ounce of distrust or insecurity or embarrassment.

But Sean had met Wei Wuxian in person. And honestly, kindness was still enough of a novelty that Sean wasn't about to turn up his nose at it. ]

i'm not as good as i used to be, before my eye. [ No elaboration is given. ] I like to draw from life, if you know anywhere around here that's good for practice? most of what I've seen is hallways.

[ Just do it Sean, shoot your shot-- ]

Or like, you could sit for me, if you wanted? no pressure though.

[singlelogbridge]

[Entirely oblivious to the utter havoc he is wreaking on this poor child—]

That would be fun! Although I have to warn you, I'm very bad at sitting still for a long time. Hey, maybe you could sit for me too! We can make it an exchange.

I know just the place for it too if you'd prefer a better setting than a room or a hallway.

[wolfbrother]

[ The idea of him also being drawn, especially looking like this, drew a flush from his chest up to the tips of his ears. Whether it was embarrassment or eagerness or some horrible cocktail of both was impossible to say.

Thank god for text conversations. ]

oh, yeah, sure! That'd be really cool.

[ Sean was already midway through gathering up his pencil case and sketchbook when he pauses. Wasn't there something else he was supposed to ask? ]

oh, right. Where are we meeting?

[singlelogbridge]

[Wait what. Oh!]

You'd like to meet right now? I thought you might prefer spending the time settling in and getting accustomed, but if you're free, right now is fine with me. Are you still staying with Finn?