text | calling across the cosmos

[genice]

There's quite a few of us who are new arrivals, yeah? I'm told we should make ourselves comfortable and get to know our neighbors. It's been eight months since I last really moved anywhere, so hello! My name is Victor Nikiforov. If any one of you feels like discussing our new location or occupations or anything else, please join me for a drink!

[ He even includes a ping for the bar he's at. Conversations up to this point have been anything but promising. So here he is. In space. Surrounded by space people. Talking to other "we did not want to end up in space, probably" people. ]

Also, three questions! Who is fond of dogs, is there anything like Instagram on these, and who knows anything about figure skating?

Comments

[straycloud]

Hello! It's fun to move around, isn't it?

Dogs are nice. ∪●ᴥ●∪
I've never seen an Instagram.
Ice skating is fun, but it'd be better if you could do it without everything being frozen.

[genice]

When you're choosing where to go, yes.

I don't think it's ice skating anymore when you stop skating on ice. Though it's nicer in a rink thank outdoors. The ice is better maintained for obvious reasons.

[ the joke here about Victor explaining Instagram is he has enough photos already to have, well, posted to instagram. Meaning he treats this new acquaintance with a photo of himself and Makkachin, sitting in front of a fountain with a particularly ornate figure spouting water in the middle. His visible arm is flung over his dog's shoulders, and the poodle is looking pretty happy with the state of affairs. ]

Instagram is a site where you post images of the places you are and tag them with hashtags. I think for this one #arborfountain or #spacegardens would have worked!

On the subject of dogs, would you ever be able or willing to help dog walk or dog watch? I don't think there's a need, but I figured I should ask sooner instead of later on just in case.