(it's midnight somewhere) Happy Newt Year

[driftsintobuffetline]

[So, it's midnight and when the video comes on, Time Square is SCREAMING LOUD: the countdown has just hit ONE, the ball has dropped, there's kazoos and buzzers and poppers and fireworks and sparklers and Auld Lang Syne sung by a million drunk people who have drowned out the speakers pumping in the music.

And that's just the soundtrack.

But the focus of video, which is very clearly a slightly sloppy selfie by a possibly drunk Newton Geiszler, is the lip-lock he now has on his lab-mate, Hermann Gottlieb. His cheeks are rosy from the cold and Hermann is nearly overtaken by his parka hood, and they're being jostled by the crowd, but the kiss lasts a good long time before they finally break apart.

Before he shuts off the feed, Newt brings the phone closer and declares VERY LOUDLY and VERY SHRILLY so he's heard over the noise:]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Comments

[driftsintobuffetline]

Oh! Uh, hey, Mr. Riku! Happy New Year, dude!

[resipiscent]

Hah, same to you, man. Looks like you're having a good time.

[driftsintobuffetline]

We're having an excellent time!! Dude, I canNOT complain, ringing in the New Year with a hot nerd like Hermann. You're having a fun evening? Go to a party?

[resipiscent]

Uh, sort of, yeah. My friend wanted me to go, so...

[So yeah, here he is. He has a red plastic cup in the hand he's not holding his phone with. It's Coke -- he's underage, and to be honest, he doesn't really care about that, but he'd also like to make sure he's capable of wrangling Sora.]

[driftsintobuffetline]

Don't tell me you're like Herm- [Quickly fixed] -mann. You just won't leave the house unless someone drags you out to the party bodily, huh? Good on your friend. Good, good. You need to socialize. What's their name? Or should I just call them Mr. Riku's Friend when we meet them?

[resipiscent]

Ah... well, yeah, I guess. I'm not that good with crowds, is all.

[So yes, he's exactly like that.]

On the subject of my friend, his name's Sora. You might have seen him on the network, I guess... [After all, Sora did just put up a post about Santa being real.]