001: Group Introductions - TEXT

[tarnishedavenger]

[During a lull in the party, Armstrong taps out a quick message to the network. Not that private one, he doesn't trust it. They can answer whenever they like, so long as he gets an answer. The trick would be wording it.]

So, we're all in this for now. You've had your welcome cake, but you can't meet everyone in a party, no matter how hard you try. But, since we've all been encouraged to sign up with Jorgmund, I figured now would be a good time to get some introductions done. Talk about any specialties we might have.

Share information that we feel comfortable sharing. This isn't to pressure anyone or to force out any dark secrets.

[Not where watchful eyes can see, at least.]

Besides, I prefer doing this to making a cute information sharing game.

So, please, make your own threads within this post to keep everything organized.

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AMA - TEXT

[tarnishedavenger]

My name's Kevin Armstrong. I'll answer to Kevin, Armstrong, Captain Armstrong, or VIPER-X.

I used to work for the government as a Silver Avenger, a cop for superheroes, but now I work with a private contractor dedicated to bettering the world. [It's almost the truth.]

I'm a low-level superhuman. Nothing special, enhanced physicals. I've been fighting on one battlefield or another for over twenty-five years now, so I can help if anyone needs tips on hand to hand, marksmanship, wilderness survival, or anything like that.

I'm not much for bragging or talking about myself more than necessary, but if you have any questions, I'll try my best to answer them.

[walkingballpit]

A. What's a Silver Avenger? Are they doing squad colors like the X-Men now, because I can't keep track if they start doing that.

B. Define cop for superheroes.

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[greyaria]

[What she says is repeated in an attached text file, for searchability.

Grey is, as always, smiling. She looks pretty snazzy for someone subjected to Jorgmund's lousy accommodations, too--med school followed by wartime service makes a girl good at putting herself together despite minimal sleep and questionable water quality in the shower.]

Hi, I'm Emily Grey. I'm a medical doctor, board-certified in internal medicine, trauma surgery, and psychiatry. I also have a PhD in biology and have done post-graduate interdisciplinary work in engineering and cybernetics, so I'm capable of treating cyborgs. [And technically aliens, but she's kinda space racist, oops.] Since I'm starting to suspect this matters: for me it's the mid-26th century by the Earth calendar dating from the birth of the Christian Messiah.

[There, that covers the stuff she thinks she's ethically required to disclose.]

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[ahtohollaback]

[The way this goes in real time is: Elsa startles when the video plays and nearly drops her communicator, having to scramble to grab it like a hot potato. She stares in shock as someone talks to her through it, and she replies immediately: "Who are you? How did you do that?"

"Can you hear me? Emily Grey?"

"H-hello?"

"You can't hear me, can you?"

But the same reply button is there that was on Lonestar's post.]

You can't see me, can you? How did you do that?

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[credit_not_blame]

Hello everyone! I'm Stacia the Party Werewolf, Ask Me Anything! Here's an FAQ to get you started:

Yes, I'm in control of my shifting and myself when I'm shifted, unless I'm REALLY angry.

No, I don't eat people ('people' here including people who are not human). That's gross.

No, it's not contagious.

No, magic does NOT care about the law of conservation of mass :P

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[71lines]

What's a werewolf? Is it just someone who can turn into a wolfman?

Also, what happens if you eat a lot and then shrink? You went from pretty big to pretty small, no offense.

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[wheyoftheadept]

[Saturday's icon is a broken link in the system as it is on her inbox; this effect persists everywhere in the system. Also, her username is upside down]

hey, it's saturday. i'm from Seattle, year 2074. i got magic powers that make me a real good fighter. other than that, not much to write home about. guess people can ask questions if they want. sorry about the music in this post i don't know how to make it go away everything crashes when I try to edit.

[below her text is a midifile, which will autoplay the Pina Colada Song]

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[ Cayde is fascinated and horrified. ]

What did you do?

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[likeits1999]

[ A pale teenager who doesn't seem totally used to talking into a camera appears. ]

Alright so, this isn't cute and it's also not a dark secret so.

My name's Kevin, and I'm a vampire?

[ He's stating it for a fact, but his voice still inflects upward. ]

Which may sound super fake, but it's real. And the company knows about it and they told me they can handle the whole blood supply issue so I'm not... gonna go around biting nobody or nothing, okay?

I just wanted to be honest about it. It's... kinda weird for me to be able to do that, and also for me to be able to be awake during the day so this is a lot right now.

[ He shrugs a little. ]

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[valkywhee]

What's a vampire?

[Nora, asking the question he probably didn't expect.]

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[xrater]

[Alia's video clicks on. Nothing real special, she's not even going to try for a polite smile. At most, though, she just seems slightly irritated at the whole situation. Like she has something better to be doing.]

My name is Alia. I'm a Reploid from the early twenty-third century. [22XX, to be exact.] I work as a Navigator for the Maverick Hunters, but I'm also an engineer and a scientist. Like Doctor Grey above me, I can handle cybernetic and electronics repairs, but don't ask me for a replacement arm or eye. I'm not qualified to attach new parts to cyborgs.

Feel free to ask me anything.

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[scavengineer]

What's a Reploid, if you don't mind me asking?

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[partiallysquirrelblood]

Hi there guys. I'm Doreen Green. I'm the girl with the squirrel tail and the actual squirrel. Her name's Tippy-Toe and she's one of my best friends.

I'm a computer science student, and also a superhero. I go by the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl back home, and I have squirrel powers. Which was probably obvious. Mostly it's the proportional abilities of a squirrel and also the ability to communicate with squirrels.

[morebetter]

L A M E

at least get something cool like a tiger

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[71lines]

[She's covering the camera on her comm with her thumb. It's purely accidental, but it does mean that no one gets to see the her.]

So, ah. I'm Tenten. [Feel free to imagine her little wave.] I guess there's no point in concealing that I'm a ninja. I'm from the Village Hidden in the Leaves, Konoha, in the Land of Fire, if that means anything to you? Um. I'm seventeen years old, I graduated the Academy when I was twelve, and I'm a taijutsu and ninja tool specialist.

I'm not really sure what else to say. Usually clients aren't that interested in learning about you, just what you can do, and they're the only 'new' people I usually end up talking to. So I guess just let me know if you want to know something?

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[becauseimacoward]

Define 'taijutsu', please.

[Dojima is pretty sure none of that is as pop culture says it is, but that particular term is one he doesn't remember hearing about before. May as well find out what it is, to avoid making assumptions]

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[scavengineer]

[The video shows a mouse in coveralls standing on a table.]

Hi, my name's Gadget. Gadget Hackwrench, actually. And yes, I'm a mouse. I'm getting the impression that's a little odd for some of you, but humans actually being able to understand me is about as odd for me too.

I'm an inventor, and I'm also a member of the Rescue Rangers. We're a small, but efficient, battalion of do-gooders devoted to helping those in trouble. No case too big, no case too small.

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[becauseimacoward]

[An inventor...that's a mouse, but that's something to try to ignore. Still, even though this is going to be a long shot, he can't leave aside anything that seems unlikely:]

Are you familiar with any inventions that may have been used to bring us here?

[Not that he has any idea what could have been used, all he's theorizing right now is that some sort of technology must have been involved]

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[passifloraincarnata]

My name is Higashi Setsuna. Or Setsuna Higashi. I believe that's how I am in the Rig's systems. My first name is Setsuna. I wanted to say, also, that I am from an alternate universe, but I think we all are from alternate universes to each other, so maybe that's not necessary.

I am not good at talking about myself in messages like these, but I should probably admit that I can perform at peak physical capacity for a person of my approximate age and potential growth patterns, and that I'm proficient in most branches of scientific and technological study. So, if you have access to the Rig laboratory I would like to assist you in your work. I can also perform fortune telling if you want me to. Astrology is simply another algorithmic method, so I have been trained in this.

I like donuts and dancing, and I don't like being shocked. Have I said enough?

[71lines]

Wait, why would they just reverse your name like that? That's so dumb.

Also, astrology's neat. I do some fortune telling every now and then, too, but it's just for fun.

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[valkywhee]

[Nora is a pale redhead with anime strangely-colored eyes hovering somewhere between green and blue.]

I'm Nora Valkyrie. I'm a Huntress, which means it's my job to kill monsters. Usually it's Grimm, which I guess most of you haven't heard of? [Weird.] They're basically solid evil and they feed on negative emotions.

Even if it's not Grimm, I hit really hard and that's good against practically everything.

[Grinning, she slams her fist into her palm in the trans-universal sign for "beatdown incoming." Her coverall is so big on her it had to be rolled at the wrists, so either she's exaggerating or is a lot stronger than she looks.]

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[becauseimacoward]

If there's anyone prepared for everything that'll come it's you.

['Defending border towns', they had said. Huntresses and people with similar jobs sound like they're better prepared than anyone. Well, the superheroes come as a close second, but that's not as well-suited, in his opinion]

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[heterochrocatic]

My name is Catra. I'm from Etheria.

Don't touch me. Don't treat me like an animal. Don't act like you're my friend, because we're not friends. That includes you, Saturday.

That's it.

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[partiallysquirrelblood]

Do you want to make friends?

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[turntex]

[Hope y'all are prepared for a bit of eyebleeding. Yes, he did absolutely sit in a corner for a bit in the middle of a party to fiddle with settings until he could get his font looking the way he likes it. It's a shitty party anyway.]

whats up fellow kidnapping victims
this is as good a way as any to get introductions taken care of en masse
better honestly
pretty sure id have rammed one of those plastic knives through my eye socket if we had to play any kind of party game icebreakers
the questions slips were excruciating enough
anyway im dave strider
ran a bunch of different websites and blogs and shit once upon a time so hit me up if youre a fan
i wont autograph any tits but i can offer a loyal follower a fistbump in these trying times
sorry for not updating anything for three years btw a lot of shit happened
i guess i should be letting yall know that im the resident time guy
just putting that out there
gently laying my personal weirdness down next to everyone elses all hesistant and pigeon toed
its kind of a mess but im putting my heart into this shit
the cornerstone of my soul is resting all tenderly at your feet so try not to step on it

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[heterochrocatic]

wow you're even annoying in text form. i'd say that's impressive but it's really just kind of sad.

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[princesspower]

Hey, I'm Adora and I'm from Etheria! I'm a soldier and a leader, mostly. I like horses.

Horses are cool.

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[heterochrocatic]

whats a horse????

[bringinghopewithme]

[thanks are owed to Stacia for explaining what an AMA is.]

I'm the Easter Bunny. Ask me anything.

[that seems like enough of a starter to kick things off.]

[71lines]

Is there a Wester bunny?

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[morebetter]

whats up batches im Mac.

corporate clearly highered me because they want to foster real potential in all the fields necesary to make a business run right. i have a background in starting small businesses, security profesionalism and entertaining. my particle fields of expertise are subtle acts of information-gathering, strategizing, and high-steaks combat, the cooler the better

i have many talents but i think my powers over language are getting handicaped by this anti-swaring bowl ship.

ask me anything and if your lucky ill answer :)

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[greyaria]

You certainly have an impressive ability with homophones!

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[greatlyexaggerated]

[Cain's video opens with him looking open-faced and friendly, but speaking with businesslike briskness. Also, it's framed at a highly flattering angle for his face. It took a few tries to understand how this worked, and this is the polished result.]

My name is Commissar Ciaphas Cain. I’ve served with the Imperial Guard in the service of The Imperium of Man for a few decades, so you could say I’ve got a little combat experience under my belt. My regiment's faced everything from monstrous Tyranids to system pirates across the galactic segmentums. I know a thing or two about tactics, as well.

These are highly unusual circumstances, I'm sure we can all agree. But my duty as such was to protect humanity from danger, and to look after those under my charge. I see no reason why that should change now.

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[greyaria]

From what I can tell, spacefaring civilizations are the exception rather than the rule here.

[Oh look, it's a pretty human woman without pointy ears or cat claws or anything.]

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[fromfryingpantofire]

Okay, I'll bite.

Sam Winchester. Former law student at Stanford. Current hunter of the stuff that goes bump in the night. If that stuff is a threat to people, at least. Also a "walking encyclopedia of weirdness", according to my brother.

Also, the weather is fine up here. I don't play professional basketball. I'm not too tall, you all just stopped growing too soon.

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[wheyoftheadept]

and im not too short, im reasonably sized, everyone else is overgrown

hi im saturday you seem neat.

AMA - text

[stickypete]

Ask me some things because some of it isn't anyone's business but at the same time I'm weak against peer pressure.

I want to hang out online with all the cool kids and exchange virtual slap bracelets.

People still do that, right?

[tarnishedavenger]

Well, not to be too blunt, but what skills do you bring to the table?

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[somnioergosum]

I'm Ronan. I can box, fight, shoot, whatever. I grew up on a farm but something tells me we're not going near one of those.

[He's not sharing anything else he can do, not the music and certainly not the dreams, but he is in dire need of help. Someone more knowledgeable. A mentor. Or just someone who can keep him from dying.]

I see we got a lot of science fiction here. How about any fantasy? Anyone who knows magic?

[valkywhee]

I just recently found out magic is real!

[For some reason RWBY draws a line between all the impossible crap they do and "magic."]

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[grimbiker]

My name is Sirius Black. I'm not familiar with most of this technology. I don't know what I can contribute. [Not a lie. He really has no idea how much magic he has left. He's also not sure how much he's supposed to say about that?]

I used to ride a motorcycle and I can make maps.

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[becauseimacoward]

Getting up to speed with the technology around here would be a good first move. What are you familiar with other than motorcycles?

[May as well try to be helpful with that. It does seem like a few here are from places without much technology, after all]

[purple_paradox]

Greetings, friends! I am known as Saint-14!

I am a Guardian, which...well, to make something complicated sound simple, I died long long ago, then I was brought back to life and given super powers. With me is my Ghost, Gepetto, who is the one who picked me to be a Guardian. You will know him when you see him, he is small, pointy, and floaty. You cannot see it right now, but he says hello.

And since I have had to explain this very often, I am also an Exo, which mean I have a human mind in a robot body. Separate thing from being Guardian.

Please, feel free to ask me anything! I am like open book!

[cachedout]

I love that you covered all this so I can just be lazy and fun instead. We already have division of roles down.

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[reydacted]

Hi I'm Rey. Just Rey is fine.

Back home I was a scavenger. My planet was the site of a major battle during the last galactic civil war, so there were tons of downed ships that we could salvage all sorts of things out of. I'm a pretty decent mechanic because of it. I don't thing anything here really looks like it's built too differently...

[ Leave it to Rey to not talk about the most IMPORTANT thing... ]

Um, so... recently I've been studying the Force, too, if any of you know what that is? It feels a little fuzzy here.

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[heterochrocatic]

hi

we met in the hall the other night

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[gautiheir]

[ Sylvain hasn't figured out text yet, or has at least looked at the function and then decided that typing one finger at a time sounds like way too much effort. ]

Hello, everyone. I'm Sylvain Jose Gautier, hailing from the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, which I am getting the impression will mean approximately nothing to nobody, but hey, if there's anybody here from home, give me a shout out. I'm a knight, trained for cavalry combat with a focus on lances and fire magic, but I can do spot-healing and I can handle a few other weapons or fighting on foot, just not quite as well.

And while I haven't fully inherited my title yet, I have taken over diplomacy and negotiations from my father on our somewhat hostile border since the war started - there's a war going on back home, by the way - so while I'll gladly defer to anyone with more experience if we need...something of that nature, I can be a spokesperson in political situations if I have to. If there's really nobody better. Which, I mean, someone should at least explain this "guns" thing to me before we resort to that, because I get the feeling I'm rather far behind here on the technology, and that's not a good place to do the talking from.

[ Dazzling smile goes here. ]

Don't be a stranger!

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[ A weird-looking stranger dives right on in. Despite being made of metal, his face is pretty expressive and the way the plates around his eyes have shifted is helping to convey a grin. ]

Guns are pretty simple! You point 'em at things, press the trigger, there's a loud banging noise, and if you did it right you put a big hole in what you're aiming at.

Or disintegrated it. Or lit it on fire. Or threw a gravity grenade in there. Actually, there's a lotta things guns do that isn't hole making... [ He waves a hand as if he's clearing all those extra ideas aside. ] But! Point is: Shoot, bang, dead.

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[garmr]

I hack up enemies with a sword.

[Name? No. Details? Nah. Just have Guts' face staring at a camera at an unintentional dramatic dutch angle. He either responded with someone's help or by accidentally pressing the right button. He is doing his best. ]

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[wheyoftheadept]

he also doesn't snore which is the most important quality in a bunkmate