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maskormenace2015-11-02 08:24 pm
notyourfathersosborn) wrote in maskormenace2015-11-02 08:24 pm
003; VIDEO
[When the video turns on, Normie’s sitting in front of an impeccable desk, with a stunning view of De Chima behind him courtesy of the floor-to-ceiling windows in his office. Yes, sadly he’s at work, attempting to catch up on everything he’s missed in the past month. Still, he’s managed to find time to send out a video to the network. Why no, he isn’t procrastinating. What makes you say that?]
So it appears that I’ve lost almost the entire month of October here, thanks to getting ported out. While I’d be lying if I didn’t say it wasn’t nice to see all of my friends from back home again, even if it was like a day and a half, I’m weirdly glad to be back. Not going to lie, I never thought I’d say that.
Anyway, sorry if I scared anyone with my unexpected absence, especially you, Riku.
I’m slowly working my way through old network posts to see what I missed, but if anyone would be so kind as to fill me in on any of the highlights… or well, with this place, asking for lowlights would probably be a good idea too, I’d appreciate it. Man, I gotta admit I’m a little peeved I missed Halloween. It was nowhere near October back home, so technically I missed it twice. Guess my costume’s just going to collect mothballs until next year. Uh, well, if I’m still here, that is. I’m totally eating the candy, though. There has to be some perk to all of this.
[Normie fidgets, attempting to think of something else to say. Someone clearly doesn’t want to go back to work. ]
Oh, seeing as I missed all of the new arrivals last month, I should probably introduce myself. Normie Osborn. I’m currently the Vice President of OsCorp. We specialize in chemical R&D and distribution, electrical engineering, and tech development. While we’re obviously looking for anyone who specializes in any of those fields, even if you’re not and you’re looking for a job, talk to me and we’ll see if we can’t work something out.
[ It’s probably just your imagination that he doesn’t seem to put his all into that pitch.]
With that out of the way, I’m also a mechanical engineer, so if you need anything created or repaired, I’d be more than willing to help you with that. Do you have any idea how much a month’s worth of paperwork is? It’s not pretty. Someone please help by distracting me with something cool to make or fix. Or anything, really. I’m not picky at this point.
[Normie looks down at the stack of said papers, just off screen, and it reminds him of something. ]
Oh, one more thing real fast, because by now I’ve really gone on for far too long… I had been planning on creating a STEM program aimed at getting kids here more into STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education if you haven’t heard of the acronym before, but seriously thanks to this unexpected hiatus my planning’s gone sideways. Would this be something anyone else would be interested in helping me get off the ground? I was thinking of an organization that would create after school programs and workshops that would be low cost or free to the kids attending, but I’m open to suggestions.
Thanks guys. I’m done now, I promise.
[Sigh. Time to go back to work.
For now.]
So it appears that I’ve lost almost the entire month of October here, thanks to getting ported out. While I’d be lying if I didn’t say it wasn’t nice to see all of my friends from back home again, even if it was like a day and a half, I’m weirdly glad to be back. Not going to lie, I never thought I’d say that.
Anyway, sorry if I scared anyone with my unexpected absence, especially you, Riku.
I’m slowly working my way through old network posts to see what I missed, but if anyone would be so kind as to fill me in on any of the highlights… or well, with this place, asking for lowlights would probably be a good idea too, I’d appreciate it. Man, I gotta admit I’m a little peeved I missed Halloween. It was nowhere near October back home, so technically I missed it twice. Guess my costume’s just going to collect mothballs until next year. Uh, well, if I’m still here, that is. I’m totally eating the candy, though. There has to be some perk to all of this.
[Normie fidgets, attempting to think of something else to say. Someone clearly doesn’t want to go back to work. ]
Oh, seeing as I missed all of the new arrivals last month, I should probably introduce myself. Normie Osborn. I’m currently the Vice President of OsCorp. We specialize in chemical R&D and distribution, electrical engineering, and tech development. While we’re obviously looking for anyone who specializes in any of those fields, even if you’re not and you’re looking for a job, talk to me and we’ll see if we can’t work something out.
[ It’s probably just your imagination that he doesn’t seem to put his all into that pitch.]
With that out of the way, I’m also a mechanical engineer, so if you need anything created or repaired, I’d be more than willing to help you with that. Do you have any idea how much a month’s worth of paperwork is? It’s not pretty. Someone please help by distracting me with something cool to make or fix. Or anything, really. I’m not picky at this point.
[Normie looks down at the stack of said papers, just off screen, and it reminds him of something. ]
Oh, one more thing real fast, because by now I’ve really gone on for far too long… I had been planning on creating a STEM program aimed at getting kids here more into STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education if you haven’t heard of the acronym before, but seriously thanks to this unexpected hiatus my planning’s gone sideways. Would this be something anyone else would be interested in helping me get off the ground? I was thinking of an organization that would create after school programs and workshops that would be low cost or free to the kids attending, but I’m open to suggestions.
Thanks guys. I’m done now, I promise.
[Sigh. Time to go back to work.
For now.]
video.
I'd ask you for repairs if I didn't have a best friend who's also a mechanical engineer. [ Barry Allen the nerd with nerd friends. ] But, I'd definitely be interested in helping you with the STEM program. Even with the paperwork. You just— might have to check that I did it all right.
video.
Damn. I swear half the imPorts here are secretly mechanical engineers.
[Barry you're clearly hanging out with all the right people.]
I don't mind paperwork, usually. Just... [Pulls the stack of papers back onto his desk. It's juuust under "comically large" on the largeness scale.] Yeah.
But in all seriousness though, I'd love for any and all help you can offer. I have ideas, but actually turning the into some kind of tangible program I need help with.
video.
If it makes you feel any better, I'm just a forensic science sort of guy. Chemicals and physics is my jam, but Cisco can build everything.
[ Clearly, after all you can only be as good as your friends are. ]
Yeah. That looks worse than my desk was at home when I caught the flu. Pretty sure it took me longer to do the paperwork than it did to get over it. Luckily, I do have superspeed here. So. Significantly less time is pretty possible. [ "Pretty possible" says Mr. Speed Reads Dense as Hell Science Papers. ]
That's always the problem with things like this— putting ideas into real world applications. I can't say I'm much better but— I might have benefited from things like this when I was younger, so I should know what works and what doesn't. And I like to think I could be a good hands on teacher. Like Bill Nye only— younger?
video.
And Cisco, as the big movie buff guy?
[Hey, you always gotta give your friends props when they're due.]
You are lucky. I got super-strength out of the lottery here, which is great for lifting these stacks, but doesn't do much for sorting them. [Hey they can both be liars.]
You have more experience than me at this point. I know I can get this thing off the ground, it's just taking longer than I would have liked, you know?
And now that you say that, I vaguely remember some guy had a show like that when I first got here. I think he got ported out because I don't remember it being on long. Something tells me you'd be much better at it.
Then again, can you rock a bow tie? Because that's clearly the most important part.