username: ens_porter [video]

[ens_porter]

[The young man is looking... understandably nervous as he faces the camera. He makes an effort to smooth his hair down and then flashes a winning (?!) smile. Is that a piece of broccoli in his teeth? Crap! He scrubs the cuff of his shirt against it and then coughs to cover the embarrassment, before diving into his totally-not-rehearsed-like-sixty-times speech.]

So.

Uh.

Hello. Hi. I-is this thing on? Joking, I'm kidding, I know it's on. Annnnd that's the punchline ruined, great, I'm amazing at this.

D-disastrous introductions aside, I'm Ashley. You may remember me from such greatest hits as 'that guy who tripped into the Chrysalis and brought us all here somehow' and, uh, 'that nervous dude who handed me a towel in the shower once' and you would be right, uh, that is, correct on both counts. I'm really sorry, by the way. For the... you know, the... thing. The first thing. Not the towels. Towels are great. I love towels.

Captain Childe asked me like a month ago to do some work with, uh, getting everyone in and settled and doing what we can to make you guys comfortable as much as we can actually help with. We know that you guys don't want to be here any more than we do. Ethyraia! Not exactly a fun time at Grandma's, right? Right.

Anyway, if you have any questions, or... you know, anything, or you just want to chat, come say hi. Introduce yourself? I know I'm kind of setting myself up to be the basecamp whipping boy over here but please don't yell at me I don't do well with that kind of attention.

Or you could just... I don't know, tell me something about yourself? We're still figuring each other out, right? Iiiiiiiiiii am a Scorpio, and I'm afraid of cats. N-not big cats. Lions are fine? I mean... like, normal housecats. So there you go, that's the fun fact of the week.


[ooc note: Tags on this post will be boomeranged when possible over the next 4-5 days, but no tags will be done after August 1st.]

Comments

text ↪ un: dostoevsky

[dissemblance]

You tripped?

Tripped.

[ens_porter]

oh are we doing text??? sry i'm bad at this!!

but yes i tripped. the chrysalis had been static for years. we couldn't even scan it and we'd TRIED!! actually i hate capitals it feels like yelling... did that feel like yelling? so sry.

i cut thru the pool bc i was late for my patrol shift and i slipped - i guess slipped is a better word actually bc tripped makes it sound like i stumbled over my own feet which isn't really what happened - and fell into it. i don't really remember much after that apparently i was unconscious for a while

it got all glowy and a few days later you guys showed up.

sry. again.

really.

did not mean to make you all into dragon babies :(

@astarkov

[sunmon]

None of us blames you, Ashley.
It was an accident.

@jon.snow

[northerndragon]

What is a Scorpio?

[A desert bug? A siege weapon? Ashley can’t be either of those things.]

[ens_porter]

more text!! that's great, fantastic. hello, thank you.

a scorpio is???

it's

like a sign you're born under i guess? depending on the month. astrology. liiiike... you could be a leo! maybe.

video @nina

[neversmall]

Hello, Ashley - I'm Nina Zenik. [ She recognizes him, but a sheepish wave during interrogation doesn't really constitute an introduction. And even if it did, it doesn't hurt to introduce herself again. ]

I'm still not entirely sure I understand how someone [ see how she graciously leaves out 'YOU TRIPPING' ] bumping into the Chrysalis could cause such a strange... [ vague circular gestures with one hand ] this.

[ens_porter]

[Oh, thank you for the video, he genuinely does dislike texting. Nasty thing! So many buttons! Says the navigator, who was in charge of many buttons!]

Nina! Yes, I-I actually remember you. Sorry.

[You know, about that interrogation business.]

I don't think any of us are really, um... I don't think we understand ourselves. I wish I had an answer for you, truly. Not every day a man finds himself ruining the lives of twoscore strangers, right...? Prep school did not prepare me for t-this.

@CL4PTP

[annoyware]

[Hello, Porter! The robot looking back does not look nervous, as he completely lacks facial expressions. His voice, however, is very excited and friendly!]

Hello! I'm a CL4P-TP Hyperion-brand steward robot, but you can call me Claptrap! I'm surprised you haven't been completely shunned by the community yet!

[ens_porter]

[Oh, it's Cartagena's little buddy! Hello, little buddy! Why do you gotta be so hurtful? Ashley looks somewhat crestfallen by comparison, and grimaces before he remembers he is in fact on camera.]

Hi, uh... Claptrap... thanks for that?

I guess we aren't really big on shunning people for, um, f-for accidents.

[skagzz]

[ Tina is so close to the camera you can only clearly see one eye and her nose. She's added some kind of janky VHS flicker filter and has used a voice modulator that makes her sound vaguely like Christian Bale Batman. ]

You got some splainin' to do, son.

[ens_porter]

[Well, he's properly terrified, thank you. He doesn't quite cower, but he definitely looks uncomfortable.]

I-I already explained everything I know!

video | un: lance

[lifetothefullest]

[He looks familiar, although Lance isn't totally sure if they've actually met; either way, Lance offers a small smile in an attempt to reassure him a little bit. ]

Hi Ashley. Aside from the whole Chrysalis thing and then dealing with us, what do you usually do here?

[ens_porter]

[Thank you for Not Yelling, Lance.]

Oh, uh... Well, I was the navigator on the Adamant, and without that... I guess I'm sort of.

[Useless? No, he can't say that outloud.]

Between... occupations at the moment? I don't really have any other specialties. I sort of do a bit of everything. I help out where I can! And I-I'm learning basket weaving. There's a lovely lady that puts on classes. It's useful, she learned from Cartagena.

voice; @76

[mylawn]

Personal information is on a need-to-know basis. Why did cats ever do to you?

[ens_porter]

[More ominous-sounding people... what did he ever do to you all!

Besides the accidental kidnapping!]

L-Let's just say I learned the hard way not to pull on tails as a toddler...?

video | @s.wilson

[unclesam]

[ The backdrop of the video is, strangely enough, just the sky, no structures of vegetation. Sam seems to be sitting somewhere, though, goggles over his eyes and wearing his wingsuit. There's a bit of background noise, but not the busy camp; just wind.

Someone's hanging out high up on the dragon wing right now. He looks somewhere between exasperated and amused. ]

We got yolked through time and space 'cause you clumsy.

[ Excuse him while he rubs over his face in a moment of disbelief. At least he can assume the guy's not lying - that's way too shitty a story. ]

Right. So you gonna be our community outreach rep now?

[ens_porter]

[Hello, Mr. Flying Man, he has seen you around and hopes you appreciate his restraint in not losing his absolute shit about how cool you are. Thanks.]

Uh... yeah, a-actually, that about sums it up. More or less.

That would have been simpler. I should have lead with that.

voice | un: zhongli

[lapideity]

But... Ah. What is a Scorpio, exactly?

[ens_porter]

It's a zodiac sign! There are twelve of them where I come from. They, um, they're constellations that are said to govern your life and basic personality traits.

I'm, you know, I-I'm a scientist of sorts so I don't know if I actually believe it all but it's fun to speculate.

un. vidar / voice

[spalten]

... How fickle this world is. Best we all be on our guard, then, you never know who's going to cause the next intergalactic accident.

You've been very helpful otherwise with supplies, so I suppose that lessens the crime. [ this is said rather teasingly, all things considered. ]

[ens_porter]

Hahaha.... y-yeah, it's... tenuous?

[He just hopes it isn't him next time. No thank you, he's had enough! Also, nervous as he is, he still understands teasing.]

I mean, I, um, I'm not the one in charge of w-what supplies get shared so that's not really... I mean, it's not anything I'd say makes up for it.

video ▶ @cal

[psychometries]

Hey Ashley. I'm Cal, and this is BD-1.

[ He gestures to the small droid currently perched on his shoulder, who trills cheerfully in greeting. The advantages of video. ]

Did you really just... trip on the Chrysalis?

[ens_porter]

Hi Cal! [He waves enthusiastically. Always nice to meet a friendly face!] And BD-1! Ah, we used to have droids like that... I remember them from my textbooks.

And, um, yes. I was born on Earth's moon, so the gravity wasn't quite as, um — well, you know. It's heavier here.

( un: starless | text )

[morozova]

What exactly were you doing that led to your tripping into the Chrysalis?

( he's already prepared to hate the answer. )

[ens_porter]

i was late

so i cut through the pond surrounding it

i don't do too well with gravity...