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[theboogieman]

Who: Zhas
Broadcast: Video
Action: N/A
When: Nebulous now-time

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[for once, Zhas is not wearing a full face of skull makeup.

so for all intents and purposes, this looks like a video feed of a pretty normal guy propping up his communicator on something so that he doesn't have to hold it. as he steps back, his eyes go a little glowy in the dim light of the Red Fish's cargo bay--but that's not the focus, here.

his expression stays blank, but he brings his hands up to sign, in very clear ASL:] 'Who understands sign language?'

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[unbearablynaive]

[Well, that's an odd request - but one he's fortunately equipped to answer. The Vision flicks on his own feed.]

Me. Could practice more.

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[interstices]

[Wait just a minute here. That's the Red Fish's cargo bay. Asuka hasn't exactly done more than skulk around the premises lately, and hasn't gotten out of her room yet today, but she doesn't remember this guy at all. So his question gets ignored in favor of a brusque one of her own, eyes narrowed, mouth set.]

What are you doing in there?

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[shoujoreject]

[Ah... it's been a while since he used it, but that's... kind of intriguing, isn't it? He can't tell if Zhas is mute or deaf or what, yet, but it doesn't really matter.

His own feed flicks on and he gives a small smile before signing in return, pausing once or twice to think on ASL versus the Chinese-American version he once used with an old friend:]

'It's been a while since I used American, but I know it.'

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[paraclete]

[If ever Kaworu's boundless patience could come in handy, the time is now. He starts the video with a gentle, easygoing smile — and believe me, he intends to keep this expression throughout their conversation. He's a teenager — could be anywhere from from fifteen to seventeen or eighteen — but he seems much calmer than your average adolescent. His goal in all of this is to be reassuring: probably, for this person, this isn't an easy thing...

He pulls back from the video to sign: ] If it doesn't bother you, I can talk with you this way. [But, curiously, he's not using the signed phrases typical to ASL. It could be painstaking for Zhas to watch, but Kaworu is spelling everything out with the alphabet. He explains, with his hands,] It's been a long time, but my DGS is clearer than ASL. But I know the alphabet. [He does mouth every word in English.]

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[residu]

not a clue what that means

[collegedropout]

[Sam figures he might as well meet the new guy, so he comes out to the cargo bay to answer the question, because why not? ASL is a very visual thing, might as well be up close and not so personal because we're strangers here okay. Look over here, it's a tall dude with nice hair and plaid. And he's signing as he wanders in.

'I'm getting better the longer I'm here. There's a crewmate here who I use it with. I think you know him already?' He's not supremely fluid, and he hesitates on the less common words in the language, but a lot's come up from his years in Stanford's ASL class now. Weird how it bubbles to the surface after a few months of consistent effort.]