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

[windsongs]

I haven't! what kind of instrument is it?

mostly guitar and piano nowadays since they're either easy to find or easy to take with you
I sing too. the ultimate portable instrument!

[deferences]

It's a type of zither!

Oh, I've heard the piano before, but I can't say I know what a guitar is. And you're right, everyone takes their voice with them!

[windsongs]

oh a stringed instrument!
do you have one here? I'd love to try it out myself!

let's see...
do you know what a lute is?
a guitar looks like that but only has 6 strings

[deferences]

Yes! Seven, to be exact, and I do have mine here. You are more than welcome to try playing it whenever you like.

I do! Though it's called a ‘pipa’ where I come from, I think. Are guitars played similarly or are they positioned differently?

[windsongs]

really????
I can't wait!!
I'll teach you how to play guitar since I think there are some in the music room
possibly piano too if you're interested!

[deferences]

Really, really! In exchange for you teaching me, I'll teach you what I know on the guqin.

And yes, I'm definitely interested in learning the piano as well.

[windsongs]

I've got you covered~ ✨

[ She might want to trade those piano lessons for sword training in the future, hmm. ]

I'm Hibiki btw
Fujiwara Hibiki. nice to meet you!
how long have you been here? or are you also new?

[deferences]

Now I can't wait, haha! [and hey, if it's sword lessons she wants, he has no problem teaching hibiki those too.]

And it's nice to meet you, Hibiki, my name is Lan Sizhui. You can just call me ‘Sizhui’, though.

I'm going on my third month here. So, not too new, but not old enough to know everything.

[windsongs]

Sizhui. got it!
and in that case you can call me Hibiki!

three months. wow that's a while
any words of wisdom for a total newbie?

[deferences]

Sounds good to me!

I suppose it is, now that I think about it a little more. [which also makes him somewhat homesick, ssso—] Oh! Don't start a fire on the stove and don't stick your head underneath the shower and accidentally turn it on.

[yes... these are his ‘words of wisdom’.]

[windsongs]

[ After a comically long pause-- ]

ah
good advice!

[ Sizhui why would you ever... Okay, maybe she should ask something a bit less... whatever that was. ]

and these missions I've heard about. what about them?
anything I should know?

[deferences]

[listen, he's a fella who came from ancient china with no idea how things worked on the space station; it took him a bit to figure things out, so yes, he accidentally turned the shower on while standing inside it.]

You're welcome! [because he's quite confident this was great advice, thank you very much!]

Missions can be... complicated. Things don't always go according to plan, but we seem to manage collecting the orbs just fine, regardless.

[windsongs]

[ Oh... he took that seriously, didn't he? ]

I feel like knowing how to pivot when things don't go as planned is more important
there haven't been any big losses right?
even if we've managed to collect orbs mostly no problem

[deferences]

[far more seriously than it should've been, really, but hey, at least his heart is in the right place?]

That's... a good way to put it, honestly. Not that I know of when it comes to our crew? I cannot say for others, however, or if something happened before I was brought here.

[windsongs]

others?
like others on this station or???

[deferences]

Yes. Some losses here or there when we go on missions seem inevitable.

[‘death is a part of life’, etcetera and so forth. (or that's how he tries to play it, anyway.)]