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.


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[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.

[unclesam]

[ Restraint duly noted. Although Sam would for sure start showing off a little more just to amuse Porter if he realized. ​]

No, no, I think 'Hey I tripped and fell' is a much more unique introduction. Important to stay personable, y'know? Plus, now we all have something we can laugh about.

[ If only it were funny... ]

Sam, by the way. Sam Wilson. So, other than finding unique ways to bring tourist traffic way out here, what is it you do around these parts?

[ens_porter]

Nice to meet you, Sam. I've, uh, I've seen you around. You know, flying.

[He sort of waves one hand around like he's trying to mimic said flight with it. The fact he doesn't add a nyooom as he does it is really a testament to that enduring restraint.]

Iiiiiii... [drawing it out to figure out how to phrase I Do Nothing] I really don't have a specialty that, um, that applies here. I'm an astro-navigator, and, well, uh, we are... on the ground.

[He speaks haltingly, as if he's uncertain about admitting the fact he takes up space without being much help in the Basecamp.]

[unclesam]

[ Oh no, he is like a mixture of Torres and Parker. Sam is just gonna have a Moment with that realization before smoothly moving on, quietly resigning himself to the fact that he will end up adopting this fumbling boy and try to keep him safe no matter what.

Good job endearing yourself to the self-sacrificial superhero, Porter. ]

I have a complaint about that, by the way. I'm on a literal alien planet and still have never been to space. But hey, don't worry about job descriptions. This ain't exactly a 'stick to your learned job' kinda gig right now, right?