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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.]

[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.]

[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.

[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.

[vengeance_driven]

I'm just a little farmboy. [If it's not his Serbian polluting up his English with his accent then it's his yokel oozing out of his Serbian. He can't win.]

So what is it you want to know about us?

[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]

You will have to be more specific. When you are me... everyone is little.

[And then he chuckles. Like that was the best joke ever.]

Anything you wish to share! And answer anything you wish to ask.

[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.

[vengeance_driven]

Uhhh...

They grow special plants in the gardens but you have to be careful because some are dangerous.

[That's the sort of stuff he wants to hear, right?]

[ 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.

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?

( 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?

[grandpaladin]

Dangerous? How so?

[Wow now he sounds interested.]

[grandpaladin]

Indeed! Not many boast the name of a fearsome creature.

[They are definitely compliments.]

Attacked? Who would attack a ship this size?

[ 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!

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!

( 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?

[avicula]

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

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

[ 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?

[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.