video; ICEBREAKERS

[yablueit]

Helloooooo ladies, dudes, and various other genders, identities, and lifeforms! Some of you may already know me, but for those who don't, my name is Lance, and today I am comin' at you with some ice breakers! A couple of my friends who shall remain nameless but know who they are are really bad at socializing and are in need of new friends. And I figure, if they are, there's gotta be other people out there who are just as bad, right?

So here's the deal! I'm gonna read some questions, and you guys can answer them! And then you gotta talk to two people you don't already know. I don't count, but talk to me anyway!

Go into as much detail with these as you can want, because they're gonna help you make new friends.

[ He clears his throat, and starts reading. ]

Number one! If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be?
Number two, if you could meet any historical figure, who would you choose and why?
Three, what are your top ten favorite foods?
Four, share a description of your favorite material object that you already own, and share why it's important to you.
Annnd five! What color do you think best represents you, and how does being that color make you feel?

[ He takes a second to copy and paste the same questions in a text format along with his video for ease of answering, then grins into the camera again. ]

Everyone got that? Cool, now go meet somebody!

1) If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be? 2) If you could meet any historical figure, who would you choose and why? 3) What are your top ten favorite foods? 4) Share a description of your favorite material object that you already own, and share why it's important to you. 5) What color do you think best represents you, and how does being that color make you feel?

Comments

[frostedplum]

I'd say so!

Oh, they're scattered around the world in places where Overwatch could study the weather without a lot of human population around. Usually cold, mountainous regions.

[ She's not going to bring up Ecopoint: Antarctica if she doesn't have to. ]

[pidge_out]

[That makes Pidge's head tilt slightly, eyes going wide.]

Overwatch? I've never heard of that before. Is it like... a global security operation of some kind?

[frostedplum]

It was a global peacekeeping and research organization. But it was shut down years ago. The Ecopoints were just abandoned, so I was trying to get to each one to retrieve their lost data.

[pidge_out]

Huh. Why'd it get shut down? It sounds like you were doing some really important research.

[frostedplum]

Well, I wasn't around when it happened-- [ You know, cryogenically frozen and all. ] --but the UN created Overwatch, and then thought we overstepped our bounds with international issues. There was an explosion at headquarters, and the UN used the opportunity to say Overwatch was corrupt and would be shut down.

omg i totally thought i replied to this already

[pidge_out]

Oh... [That gets a big frown. Pidge certainly knows a thing or two about government organizations doing some shady cover up work for the sake of convenience.]

But the way you talk about it, it sounds like things are still up and running somehow.

[frostedplum]

No, they're not. Overwatch hasn't been running for years. But I need some data that was abandoned when it was shut down, so in a way, I'm continuing its work. Just not officially.

[pidge_out]

Do you mind me asking what you need it for? Just out of curiosity, really.

[frostedplum]

It's information on climate change in the region where each Ecopoint is located. I need to examine all the data so I can figure out what exactly is causing this shift.