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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[walkingballpit]

Addendums:

[ Robbie ticks them off on his fingers as he goes. ]

Nobody that matters says otherwise; if anyone needs Brainy to English translation, I can at least get you the gist minus the heavy duty science; and he’s cooler than he lets on.

[googledox]

I'm speaking English. [With a bit of an accent, but he's fluent.] I only have issue with the occasional idiom.

[walkingballpit]

It’s not that. Your English is fine - you’re just doing that Brainy thing, and not everyone has your vocabulary. I don’t have your vocabulary.

[googledox]

Ah. I suppose there is a relative dearth of thesauruses.

[He thinks about his word choice and then decides that if it's not easy to look them up, he'll just define the words he thinks are difficult.]

[He holds out his hands wide, trying to explain. Temba, his arms open.]

Corpulent means fat.

Normally, I would have reservations about judging someone by obsolete single-world-focused beauty standards. However, I think all bets are on when it comes to judging paracausal nightmares.

[walkingballpit]

[ Deadpanning will get him through this. ]

This may come as a shock, but I know what corpulent means. I actually understood your whole spiel, which is 40% of why you put up with my one-six billionth of a level 4 intelligence.

I don’t what paracausal means, but I know the prefix, root, and suffix so I figure it means irrational. I’m sure it’s a perfectly cromulent word.

[googledox]

I wasn't defining it for you, I was "translating" for everyone else.

I know you have very well-developed vocabulary. It makes you a very charming and engaging conversationalist.

[walkingballpit]

[ It’s really hard to be sarcastic when someone’s being so sincere. Robbie suspects that Querl was genuinely trying to assist in self-translating, but you can’t give a tiger new stripes.

He settles back in his seat and sighs, resigning himself to just surrender the translation point. ]

You know, that’s not entirely fair. Now I’ve suddenly got this reputation to live up to, where I’ve got to be a sparkling conversationalist who can out-banter Spidey and out-sauve Wonder Man. I didn’t stack your previous achievements up against you.

[googledox]

Yet you seem to keep living up to or surpassing my expectations.

[walkingballpit]

[ Robbie has ducked out of frame. ]

You have inconsistently low expectations.

[googledox]

I don't.

But we can stop talking about it. I just wanted to make it abundantly clear that when I have my moments of...not grasping the exact level to which I am understood by others, it's not in question where you're concerned.

[walkingballpit]

Okay, I get it. I know you don’t think I’m stupid for a human. So how bout those Mets?

[googledox]

[Okay, moving on. Clearly he'd made him uncomfortable.]

Is that from one of the various sportballs?

[walkingballpit]

[ It’s a start. Robbie’s sure he’s made this joke, or one like it, before. At least Brainy’s trying to remember things that aren’t science. ]

It’s baseball. They play in New York. We should catch a game someday.

[ Because they’re getting out of here. ]

[partiallysquirrelblood]

[It's a good thing Doreen and Tippy aren't hanging around Robbie and Brainy right this minute. The two boys probably wouldn't appreciate the squeeing.]