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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?

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In order? Me. I don't know what that is. I know a little. Wasn't my sport but I know how it's done.

[ Maybe. He knows how it was done on Caprica. ]

Ha! I'll gladly tell you my name!

MY NAME IS NEKOMARU NIDAI, AND I'M THE SUPER HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL TEAM MANAGER!!!

As for your questions... I happen to be quite fond of dogs. I don't anything about an 'Instagram', and I'm not too handy with this sort of technology in general. And I do happen to know quite a bit about figure skating! I've coached a skater in the past.

[ Ah, congratulations, the first reply he gets is a picture of Victor holding Makkachin up and giving a peace sign while a monitor showing S P A C E is behind them. ]

Instagram would be where you post pictures like this, and add hashtags! I'd probably use #poodleinspace for this one.

Ah, thank you for answering. Figure skating doesn't appear to be much of anything here. Not surprising, it's not what I would think of as being a space friendly sport. About dogs, would you ever be up for dog-sitting or dog-walking, if it was needed? I don't think that it will be, but you never know.

[ He did not expect to see so much bold, but hey, he can roll with it! ]

Nice to meet you, Nekomaru Nidai. What a fun coincidence! I was most recently coaching a figure skater as well. What level were you coaching on?

As for the question about dogs, I'll repeat what I asked someone else. Would you ever be up for dog walking or watching if it was needed? I don't think it will, but it's good to know who might be willing in case it ever is.

Those are pretty wildly different topics. I like dogs. Don't know what Instagram is. I know of figure skating but that's about it.

Oh. We had something like that where I'm from.

No. Wasn't much of a sport on the last ship I served on either. But yeah, sure. If you need someone to watch your dog, I can do it. Name's Sam.

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.

I'm not old enough to drink, I'll pass.

[She debates on what else to say, because just saying that sounds rude as hell. She stares at his other questions, stares at a wall for a few seconds to debate her life, then heaves a sigh and continues]

Dogs are cute. I don't know what an instagram is. I've done figure skating before, but it wasn't something I was allowed to really do so I stopped.

Wildly different topics for wildly different times!

[ But of course, when it comes time to explain Instagram, all he does is send a picture of a dog (standard poodle, brown, puppycut and thus in all his glorious fur) standing next to a monitor showing the Great Space Beyond the hull of the ship. It's a fairly neat little snapshot, with the dog looking back at the photographer as is he's curious what's going on. ]

It's a site where you post photos you take from where you are and tag them with hashtags. I'd probably use something like #poodleinspace for this one!

Have you ever been skating, or is it more you've heard of figure skating and know it exists? Talking with the crewmembers here, most don't even seem to think it's something people really do.

Oh! Would you be willing to help dog walk or dog watch sometime if there was a need? Makkachin is well behaved, and I don't see any reason why I'd need help watching him right now, but it doesn't hurt to get an idea before there's a need.

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.

[ He's glad to hear this person knows their boundaries pretty well. Good on you, person who is most likely a teenager! Given the differences in drinking ages in the countries he remembers the drinking age of, it's... the only presumption he's really willing to make.

Is there a drinking age in space? Huh. Never occurred to him to ask. ]

Why weren't you allowed to figure skate?

[ Sure, it's expensive if one plans on going anywhere significant with it, but that's... not the same as being "allowed" to figure skate. Meaning he's been derailed off the rest of what he's saying, because that is honestly baffling to him. ]

Good. Maybe if it was there, it'll be here in some form too! I feel like I'll miss it, for some reason.

You've served on spaceships before in the past? I admit this is all a first time experience for me and Makkachin. Not that Russia doesn't send her fair share of people into space, but that wasn't any program I'd ever signed up for.

Nice to meet you Sam. My dog as seen in that photo is Makkachin. He's a good boy, even if he's too fond of things like steamed buns. Thanks for being willing to keep an eye on him.

[Well he's not wrong. She's got about 2 years before she hits the drinking age of japan... Who knows what the drinking age in SPACE was. Maybe some crew members would know, but Mio isn't inclined to ask.

She also regrets this conversation already because she knew that question was going to come. This is what she got for trying to be honest.]

My twin sister was hurt when we were little. She couldn't walk very well, let alone skate. I couldn't do anything she couldn't do, not really. I did do ballet though, and she'd do sitting gymnastics... I tried skating, but she didn't like me doing it, so.

[So obviously she had to quit like what else could she do??]

You are, huh? Now that's great! It's good to meet someone else who knows about handling athletes. All of my managing work is done at the interscholastic level, but those who learn under me quickly surpass me, and that figure skater was no exception!

I'm honored that you'd ask such a question of me, when we've just started knowing each other! [He'll try not to cry on his communicator.] Of course, I would be honored to take on a task like that! In fact, if there were enough dogs involved, I would train them to act as a dog sled team, free of charge!

[ That's too much a pity, in his opinion. At the same time, he's not feeling any need to say much about what appears to be a complicated family situation. ]

I'm sorry to hear that. Ballet is an intense field, on its own. Many of the competitive figure skaters I know have some skill in ballet as well. The two can overlap surprisingly well.

[ It may or may not actually be surprising. ]

As far as dogs, let me see.

[ He then sends along a picture where he's cued Makkachin to sit up and hold one paw higher, like he's waving at the "camera." Ergo, the prelude into mentioning what Instagram is as well! ]

Makkachin says hello! Instagram is a site where I usually post pictures of the places I'm in or interesting things I'm seeing. Or of cute things, like Makkachin! I'd probably add a hashtag of #hellofromspace to something like this.

[ His coaching has definitely been a work in progress, but he does like to think he's been getting better at being a good coach for Yuri, not simply existing and being called a coach, only half really there. So, handling athletes... to an extent, sure. ]

May they have gone on to great success.

A dog sled team?

[ He's surprised into laughing, sending back a photo he'd shown Mio first, of Makkachin the standard, chocolate, puppy-cut poodle sitting up and lifting one paw higher, as if he's waving at the camera on VIctor's cue. ]

Makkachin enjoys the snow, it's true, but I don't think he's quite right for sled dog material! Thank you for being willing. Both to watch, and to retrain him to new and exciting things.

[ However please do not train his dog to these new and exciting things? ]

hello victor nikiforov i am axmili esgarrouth isthill i dont understand the rest of your questions

Nice to meet you, Axmili Esgarrouth Isthill.

[ that's one heck of a name there, friend. ]

Starting from the offer to talk over drinks, or starting from not knowing what dogs are, what Instagram is, or what figure skating is?

[Hold on, first off there's a text reacting to that photo.]

YOUR DOG!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES! HE

HE'S SO CUTE!!

[But then it's back to business as usual.]

I've yet to work with an athlete who hasn't ended up facing a bright future! That's how I ended up becoming the Super High School Level Team Manager.

...I do agree with your assessment of Makkachin. Only certain breeds have true sled dog potential after all. But it was an amusing thought, wasn't it? LOL

But don't you worry, Victor!! Sled or no sled, if you ever need someone to look after your dog, know that you can count on Nekomaru Nidai!!

[all of them except for the dogs. he knows what dogs are.]

i was under the impression it was impossible to talk over drinks as humans only have one mouth was i wrong

If you're looking for a mirror I'm sure the fleet can provide. Whether it can stand your ego or not is another question.

[Thinking Victor is a dog fishing for compliments, ugh... Some people.]

As for everything else I am Tigress.

[The rest of that doesn't need to be answered. They sound pretty frivolous!!!]

[ Victor has to read this twice, and nope, both times it makes him smile, then shake his head. Ah, right, not everyone here is human. It's such an incredibly weird thought he doesn't fight it; he just lets it be, true as it is. ]

It may be more of a figure of speech. Usually you talk, take sips of what you're drinking, swallow, and then keep talking. Talking over drinks means talking with each other while enjoying the company. The drinking just happens around the conversation.

i see that seems very inefficient but so are many things about humans i would find it difficult to focus on conversation when i have a drink to hold my attention

[sorry victor he has never had much reason to care about punctuation.]

[ Nope sorry they were talking about his adorable dog, gotta go back to that, thank you, very enthusiastic young man with the capitals and the bolded text! ]

Isn't Makkachin the cutest? I just want to squeeze his fur by his cheeks, he's so adorable!

[ The fact that talking about his dog like this helps to distract him from the things that actively worry him and he can do nothing about is a large percentage of why he'll dote on him on network instead of saying anything of deeper importance.

... Granted, he'd dote on his dog anyway, because that's what Victor does. Still. ]

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