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.

Comments

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?

[stickypete]

Not to be too blunt but wouldn't it be a lot more fun to find out only when they're relevant in the moment?

Doesn't it sound like a fun idea to have teammates that are like a walking Kinder surprise?

[tarnishedavenger]

Sounds more like a good way to get people hurt.

If Jorgmund's jobs are the kind of mercenary work it sounds like they're expecting, I'd rather know who I can rely on to keep my people safe.

[He's buried enough kids, thanks.]

[stickypete]

[Alright, here goes.

Time to stick his neck out because...well because he has to. Because he can't not stick his neck out. Because he has a compulsive neck-sticking-out problem. Because everyone here needs help getting out of this and that matters more than anything in the entire world.

And because there are kids here.

All that means being Spider-Man, mask or not. The best he can do is hide behind a fake name instead.]

Fine, but there are two things I'm going to ask for.

1) Can any skepticism. I don't exactly look like the type that can do all this but with age comes experience. With age also comes gray hair and higher bmi.

2) Don't ask where I learned any of it.

[tarnishedavenger]

I'm 43, I'm not in a position to say a man our age doesn't pick things up here and there.

Share what you feel comfortable with. Only outcomes really matter.

[Just so long as it isn't just being cute.]

Re: AMA - text

[credit_not_blame]

What's a slap bracelet?

[don't mind Stacia, she's just here to tease an Old People.]

[stickypete]

Don't even pretend you don't know. You're just trying to get me to launch into an embarassing "Back in my day..."

I know a trap when I see one.

[credit_not_blame]

Is it a 90's thing? Because that's before I was born.

[turntex]

oh my god how old are you

[stickypete]

It might take her some time to answer. These comms are big and clunky and toddlers don't have great motor skills.

[credit_not_blame]

Are you concerned you got rescued by an elementary schooler? If so: relax, time guy, I'm seventeen.

[stickypete]

Listen, I have an ironclad rule when it comes to online discussions and it's that you shouldn't ever get in petty arguments with a fetus. It's unbalanced and unfair, bordering on cruel.

[credit_not_blame]

Who's arguing? I just want to hear about all of the cool tricks you had to learn to keep yourself entertained while you were waiting for the internet to be invented. Like hoop-and-stick, or cassette players.

[likeits1999]

shit now i feel old too

[cachedout]

I have no idea what you're talking about either. You have no choice but to explain. We've got you from both sides here, Sticky Ben.

[stickypete]

If you make "Sticky Ben" a thing next time you need something fixed I'm going to install a stereo and some lights from an electronic disco ball.

You'll work perfectly fine but never be allowed to stop raving.

oontz oontz oontz oontz

[cachedout]

What's that, Sticky? Can't hear you over those incomprehensible dinosaur noises you're making.

[ Welcome to Cayde friendship, Peter. It's like the splash zone for companionable dunking. ]

I bet I could make it work if you tell me what a disco ball is first.

[credit_not_blame]

That's a mean thing to say to someone who just wants to know what a slap bracelet is.





Sticky Ben.

[partiallysquirrelblood]

♪Sticky Ben, Sticky Ben,
Crawl on walls? Yes he can.
Probably not a great rhyme,
Might do better with more time.
Look out, here comes Sticky Ben♪

Re: AMA - text

[heterochrocatic]

what's a slap bracelet

do you hit people with it?

text

[stickypete]

Shockingly, yes, considering they're made for kids.

It's a type of jewelry that snaps painfully around someone's wrist if someone else slaps it there.

Because it's important to introduce small children to the concept of inflicting suffering on others at a young age, I guess.

Re: text

[heterochrocatic]

we didn't need special bracelets for that when I was growing up

[stickypete]

[Instant concern. Instant questions: where were your parents, did they teach you that, what were they thinking -]

[But he knows from dealing with Miles sometimes it's best to ease into things.]

Sorry you had to deal with that.

I was lucky my childhood was mostly free of full scale sadism. Most of the bullying started up in my teen years, and the adults constantly trying to kill me was 16 and up.

[heterochrocatic]

oh wow they waited until you were sixteen? pretty sure shadow weaver would have killed me waaaay before that if she thought that she could do without me

[ Catra that isn't normal. ]