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[grandpaladin]

Hello my friends!

[That sure is a huge, booming voice echoing over the MID. A very cheerful one, at that. The face on the screen is grinning, too many teeth showing, one eye scarred.]

That is how this works, isn't it? It's like a phone. A very fancy phone. [Somehow that grin gets bigger.] I am Reinhardt Wilhelm. And new arrival on this ship.

If you have heard of me, hello! If not, ach, same to you as well. I am glad to be on this adventure, regardless of who is here.

[He wouldn't say that if he knew exactly who was here, but he's been pretty busy exploring. He's never been to space before, can you blame the big guy?]r

Come! Introduce yourselves. Do not be shy.

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[voice]

[ryuuzaki]

Call me Ryuuzaki.

Are you used to adventures?

[Calling this an adventure, and the scars, and the booming voice, all suggest that he might be... but that's not a lot of information to base a conclusion on, so it would be easy to be wrong here.]

[voice]

[grandpaladin]

It is good to meet you! Your name is Japanese, yes?

[He's still so goddamn cheerful.]

Not in space. But on earth, yes. I am familiar with the concept.

[ryuuzaki]

It is.

[He sounds mildly pleased.]

But I'm not. You're German? Or maybe Austrian.

[grandpaladin]

No?

German! I am from near Stuttgart. Have you heard of it?

[vengeance_driven]

I'm Niko Bellic and you sound like the Ghost of Christmas Present.

[Look he made a literary reference and by literary reference one means that he watched plays as a kid.]

[grandpaladin]

Oh? Now that I have not heard before.

[vengeance_driven]

It's not a bad thing. You got a good books-on-tape voice.

Not even in my native language do I got that.

[grandpaladin]

Oh come! Surely nothing is wrong with your voice.

[otiosity]

Adventure is a very positive way to put it. You aren't even able to find any treasure or loot anything good. So I'd say "almost adventure but slightly lacking".

Annnnd it's Hawke.

[grandpaladin]

If it brings us glory by being here... that is treasure enough for me.

[That's like something out of a Hallmark movie, but he means it completely seriously.]

Hello, Hawke! A strong name you have!

[otiosity]

It does roll off the tongue and have a certain memorable quality to it.

[She will take those compliments. Yes she will.]

Well. Haven't seen much glory. There's a bar. And sometimes our ship is attacked. And the lights are all out now. But hey, maybe glory is on the horizon.

[ audio ]

[democratically]

Hello to you as well. My name is Padmé Amidala, and I, too, am new aboard this vessel. I fear I have not heard of you, but the galaxy is a very large place.

[ audio ]

[grandpaladin]

Welcome, my friend!

[Hey he just met you and this is crazy, but this is Reinhardt so let's be friends maybe.]

Larger than I had expected...! I knew only of our solar system, before!

[ audio ]

[democratically]

Thank you.

[Padmé has always been sociable anyway, and has always enjoyed meeting new people.]

Oh? Perhaps one day you will travel through the stars as well?

voice;

[deconstruct]

Anydr, never heard of you, what's up with the crazy name and why do you sound like a lumberjack mixed with Santa?

voice;

[grandpaladin]

That is fine. I am told there are many worlds here. Not all of them may have had Overwatch.

I am German, my friend! It is very common. But... you think I sound like Santa Claus?

What a compliment!

voice;

[deconstruct]

What’s that supposed to be? Overwatch.

Huh. Cool. Never met a German. You like it there? [ He’s hardly even heard much about Germany, to be honest. Color him curious. And a snort leaves him, about the Santa bit. ]

I think it’s the loud part and general jolliness.

( audio )

[mangled]

I'm Valarie, but just Val will do. It's a pleasure.

Have you ever found yourself on a ship like this before? Or is this your first time on one too?

( audio )

[grandpaladin]

Truly a pleasure, my friend.

Not at all! I have never seen such a vessel... or space itself!

[audio]

[psychadrellic]

[Reinhardt will probably recognize this voice; it's the extra gravelly one that sounds like the speaker eats his cigarettes after chain-smoking them.]

I take it you're settling in well?

[audio]

[grandpaladin]

Ahhh, Thane! Hello again!

I am. It has been quiet so far, but I hope that will change soon. Yourself?

[audio]

[psychadrellic]

Hello again.

[Said with a smile, which may or may not be audible in his voice. It's there, though!]

I've been well enough. And rather enjoying the quiet, although somehow I get the feeling it's not going to last.

[avicula]

You're very cheerful for someone who was just kidnapped.

( "adventure" is one way of describing it. )

[grandpaladin]

"Kidnapped"? That is not the word they used...

[avicula]

I suppose accidental abduction has a nicer ring to it.