// net.work

[Clearing his throat, Newt slides into frame. He actually doesn't look too bad off, considering Yzak had lost his mind for a little bit and kinda wailed on him; bruised up and a little battered like everyone else, he's pretty sure, and complete with a fancy new scar, but overall? Could've been worse. And he doesn't have very many cool scars, yanno... So. It's probably badass.]

... Well, that was not great. Not ideal, even, but that's the way the cookie likes to crumble around here.

Until Degar and Viv get back to us on what it all means, I guess we're just stuck waiting and keeping ourselves distracted. For now. And just in time for one of Newton Geiszler's patented Team Bonding Sessions. Might even be the last one you ever have to deal with from me, huh? If we're, you know. Near the end. Uhm... Anywho.

Birthdays!

Nat, did we miss your birthday? I feel like we missed your birthday; that's totally unacceptable. Everyone, go wish Natasha a happy 350th birthday! And give her lots of presents and snacks, got it? I'll have to get a birthday cake worked into the next movie night; I'm working on it! After we all get a little rest, because that was a fucking doozy. I don't know about you, but I could sleep for weeks.

[A pause, as he scans... some big poster on the wall?]

Oh, yep. Would you look at that? Got some birthdays coming up; don't forget to torment the people on this list if they're around.



Anyway, onto the Teamwork Practice. Fill out this super important tier list I've coded on the network, please. All totally mandatory, as you're all mostly aware, so be sure to share your important results.[It is not mandatory at all, and everyone is very aware.] Or add your own spin on it! Why not? The orb's the limit.

[The attached link to the tier list:]



[Feel free to judge your CR in the appropriate slots. It's good, clean fun!

After a moment, he grins, cheeky and bruised and ready for the next big thing.]

Welcome back to the Ximilia, by the way. You guys know who you are.

[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:]( Images under the cut! )