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Joseph Wilson ([personal profile] wallsofjericho) wrote in [community profile] thelegion2017-01-17 03:30 pm

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[ The omnicom feed turns on, but there's a few second of shaky cam showing someone's shirt, and then something black, and then the purple shirt is back again as Joe tries to get it propped up to the correct angle.

When he's satisfied, he sits down square to the camera, far enough back that he's in frame from the waist up. He smiles and waves, before he begins signing.
]

Hi! I'm Joe Wilson. The translating earplugs seem to work through video, so I thought I'd start this way. Everyone's been able to understand me so far, which is surreal. I feel like I'm a point in a Seurat, and the universe took a big enough step back for me to take a place in the painting. It's fantastic! I'm so glad I was able to see it.

Oh, but this is going to be strange. I'm going to have to watch what I say from now on.

[ He grins widely, as he caught what he said there. It's somewhere between a double entendre and a pun. ]

I think I'll continue by typing though so no one misunderstands because they've looked away.

[ Joey picks the device back up and swaps the format. He restarts, briefly. ]

Hi everyone! My name's Joseph Wilson, but feel free to call me Joe or Joey.

I'm going to get this out of the way and ask you to please not feel bad about using phrases like "speak up" or "did you say anything?" It doesn't bother me, and, trust me, it's more awkward when a conversation screeches to a halt while people dance around it.

I'd love to be able to get to know my teammates before anything happens that requires a team. I wish nothing would happen that required a team of metahumans, but I'm not naive. Is anyone planning an activity they'd like a plus one for, or is there a certain time everyone hits the mess hall?

Until then, you're free to ask me whatever you'd like to know. I'll get the ball rolling. I'm a middle child, I like prog rock, and I think you can tell a lot about a person from the kind of salad dressing they buy.
onei: that i forgot my ice cream at your place (i'm still depressed)

[personal profile] onei 2017-02-12 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
That is the downside, yes. But there's so little that's familiar here.