Video | I came in here for a special offer

[spes_phthisica]

[This video feed suggests that the subject of it is not used to messing around with web cameras much, since he keeps leaning out of the picture at times, tilt his head the wrong way so his face can't be seen behind his hair, and occasionally achieves an odd angle by jostling it, but at least he's making a spirited attempt.

Some people might possibly recognize his face from before the Phoenix Incident, since he practically grew up at the Institute from the age of eleven or twelve or so, before disappearing during all that temporal nonsense happening. But the thing about that...]

Hello everyone! My name is Oki- Souji Okita. [Western name order, you're weird. And yes, there's a definite hint of a Japanese accent there, but his speech doesn't seem halted by it at all.]

I have been told that some people might recognize me here, because I've been here before - that's what they say. [He smiles brightly, shrugging.] But I can't actually remember that! So please just treat me like any other new student. [Spoken lightly enough, but there is a hint of a plea there.]

I realize that this might seem a bit odd, but I'm just starting high school here - as far as I recall, I guess you could say I missed out on that. I know I'm a bit old- [Well, yes, he looks like he's around twenty or so] -but I hope we will all get along anyway.

Oh, and another thing... [He looks down at the clothes he's wearing, which look a bit too big and kind of awkward on him, suggesting they might be borrowed.] I arrived here without clothes. I've been given some money to get new ones, so I was wondering if maybe someone would like to tag along and go shopping? It could be a bit more fun than going alone.

...not that I think I could go alone anyway. I suspect I'm going to need at least one teacher escort. Someone who knows how to fight, probably.

[Well, that didn't sound ominous or anything. But Souji just waves and, after some trial and error, manages to terminate the feed.]

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[kamiizumi]

Hi, to everyone I haven't met yet. I'm Leonardo Hamato.

[Video may have been chosen entirely to go ahead and get the awkward bits about "and I'm that guy who looks like a five-foot turtle" out of the way upfront. Reactions here have definitely been much better than he's used to getting, but - well. Some people are still surprised.]

I didn't get a table together for club week, since I was looking to see if anyone else had something established. But if anyone has, I missed it yesterday, so -

I want to get a martial arts club started. I can't be the only person who wants to get more training in than just combat class. Sifu Beifong said she'd sponsor it, so it's really just a matter of finding people right now. Any unarmed style you practice is fine; maybe we can pick some new things up from each other.

[Heck, he'd be down with armed styles, too, that don't get clubs of their own like kendo, although that might be one to run by their advisor first...]

I'm hoping to put meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, to space it out from kendo club, but that'll depend on everyone's schedules, so it's still flexible.

Let me know if you're interested.