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...Ah. He's yours?
[OH HERE WE GO.]
I presume I have the pleasure of speaking with Adam, then?
[OH HERE WE GO.]
I presume I have the pleasure of speaking with Adam, then?
[ .................................... what? keith stares down at the unfamiliar number
wait, what? intelligently: ]
What? Yeah, he's
You have Shiro?
How do you know Adam?
wait, what? intelligently: ]
What? Yeah, he's
You have Shiro?
How do you know Adam?
I'd prefer to make the acquaintance of whoever I'm speaking with first, I think.
[He thought he was in a cell.]
Your name and interest in him, please.
[He thought he was in a cell.]
Your name and interest in him, please.
Answering my question with another question is not, actually, conducive to getting anywhere with this discussion.
My name is Ignis Scientia. Coincidentally, I'm also the answer to your third question, of sorts — the garden is meant to provide food for everyone in this town, so in that respect it "belongs" to everyone, but I was one of the two people who originally cultivated it.
And given that you said "How do you know Adam" as opposed to "how do you know me", I'll assume the two of you are not one and the same, so I'll ask again. What is your interest in him?
My name is Ignis Scientia. Coincidentally, I'm also the answer to your third question, of sorts — the garden is meant to provide food for everyone in this town, so in that respect it "belongs" to everyone, but I was one of the two people who originally cultivated it.
And given that you said "How do you know Adam" as opposed to "how do you know me", I'll assume the two of you are not one and the same, so I'll ask again. What is your interest in him?
[ ... this garden belongs to everyone, so people are sharing resources in this place -- he'd suspected as much, having inspected the place for himself before taking to the laptop in his new assigned... house.
also the guy just gave him his name, although that's not much of a comfort, because the overwhelming impulse to fixate on Shiro persists. ]
I'm Keith, and Shiro's my friend.
And I'm gonna ask you again, how did you know about Adam? What did you do to him?
Where is he?
[ Shiro's warm, but not close to people -- at least, not with very many others who aren't Keith. Hell, the other paladins hadn't even known about Adam, and not even Keith knows everything about Shiro's past. The man's as tight-lipped as you can get. The only conclusion he can reach is that something bad has happened to him. ]
also the guy just gave him his name, although that's not much of a comfort, because the overwhelming impulse to fixate on Shiro persists. ]
I'm Keith, and Shiro's my friend.
And I'm gonna ask you again, how did you know about Adam? What did you do to him?
Where is he?
[ Shiro's warm, but not close to people -- at least, not with very many others who aren't Keith. Hell, the other paladins hadn't even known about Adam, and not even Keith knows everything about Shiro's past. The man's as tight-lipped as you can get. The only conclusion he can reach is that something bad has happened to him. ]
Edited 2019-03-09 17:36 (UTC)
One moment, please.
[LET'S JUST GO SEE WHAT SHIRO HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT, SHALL WE. And &mdash okay, there was recognition there, One Whole Nod™, and that changes the tenor of things quite a bit already.]
All right. This is a public forum viewable by anyone, and for that reason I'd prefer not to answer your questions via written message. However, I'm willing to meet you and take you to him.
[LET'S JUST GO SEE WHAT SHIRO HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT, SHALL WE. And &mdash okay, there was recognition there, One Whole Nod™, and that changes the tenor of things quite a bit already.]
All right. This is a public forum viewable by anyone, and for that reason I'd prefer not to answer your questions via written message. However, I'm willing to meet you and take you to him.
where?
[ remember that singlemindedness? when keith hasn't locked into a single objective (i.e. mostly shiro / that proven-right drive to destroy lotor), keith is normally pretty good at checking for traps. when he has, however, nothing else matters. not even if it seems like he's walking into one in this strange little nexus of worlds.
he'll deal with the whole 'public' thing later, he needs to find shiro now. ]
[ remember that singlemindedness? when keith hasn't locked into a single objective (i.e. mostly shiro / that proven-right drive to destroy lotor), keith is normally pretty good at checking for traps. when he has, however, nothing else matters. not even if it seems like he's walking into one in this strange little nexus of worlds.
he'll deal with the whole 'public' thing later, he needs to find shiro now. ]
You've already found the garden. Will that suffice?
I'll be there immediately.
[ maybe check for traps, keith... ]
[ maybe check for traps, keith... ]
Very well. I'll be there shortly as well.
[And that's his cue to do one last check of Shiro, ensure that he's gone back to sleep, and then hop on Aurorean and head out.]
[And that's his cue to do one last check of Shiro, ensure that he's gone back to sleep, and then hop on Aurorean and head out.]
[ Keith arrives later than Ignis because a) relentless brisk-walking and b) he's in ruga, so that sucked. but when he comes, he blinks when he spots a man atop a very large ostrich-bird that isn't an ostrich-bird.
He comes in closer, and then realizes, of course -- this man bears a resemblance to Adam, more or less, but Shiro would've known better if he was in charge of all his faculties. More importantly. ]
Where's Shiro?
[ Why isn't he with him? ]
He comes in closer, and then realizes, of course -- this man bears a resemblance to Adam, more or less, but Shiro would've known better if he was in charge of all his faculties. More importantly. ]
Where's Shiro?
[ Why isn't he with him? ]
wait then you're not looking for ravus?? who is this??? are you with the army??
You must be Keith.
[Smoothly, he dismounts from Aurorean, leaving his chocobo to wander as he walks over toward Keith, staying back just far enough to be out of immediate punching range because, well, he's not a damn idiot.]
Your friend Shiro isn't well enough to be up and about. He was ill when he arrived — something about an "alien virus", I think he said.
[Which probably isn't going to be any sort of comfort to Keith, but regardless. He's not here to comfort, after all.]
He's delirious, and in a bad way. He was sleeping when I left him.
[Smoothly, he dismounts from Aurorean, leaving his chocobo to wander as he walks over toward Keith, staying back just far enough to be out of immediate punching range because, well, he's not a damn idiot.]
Your friend Shiro isn't well enough to be up and about. He was ill when he arrived — something about an "alien virus", I think he said.
[Which probably isn't going to be any sort of comfort to Keith, but regardless. He's not here to comfort, after all.]
He's delirious, and in a bad way. He was sleeping when I left him.
He's -- an alien virus?
[ Keith doesn't remember Shiro ever being inflicted with something like this, and the revelation of it makes his heart sink, stomach tight with dread. He believes it, Shiro would've come with this Ignis if he has. He's checking back on everything that he remembers, coming up blank.
He's stepping towards him, for once not thinking of violence yet -- he can't. He's delirious, and in a bad way. ]
Take me to him.
[ Keith doesn't remember Shiro ever being inflicted with something like this, and the revelation of it makes his heart sink, stomach tight with dread. He believes it, Shiro would've come with this Ignis if he has. He's checking back on everything that he remembers, coming up blank.
He's stepping towards him, for once not thinking of violence yet -- he can't. He's delirious, and in a bad way. ]
Take me to him.
You've yet to tell me how precisely you're acquainted with him, you realize.
[Still, he's walking toward his chocobo with the apparent intent of reining Aurorean in, so that's nonverbal assent of some variety, at least.]
I'd appreciate an answer to that much, at least.
[Still, he's walking toward his chocobo with the apparent intent of reining Aurorean in, so that's nonverbal assent of some variety, at least.]
I'd appreciate an answer to that much, at least.
Are you seriously --
[ Shiro's doing badly somewhere, delirious and infected with a virus, and this guy is asking him something like this at this time? But no, no. He's grown beyond the hot-headed young man he was before, and he takes a deep breath.
No, this guy is cautious, too (unless he's stalling for time), and he forces himself to calm down from that angry, frantic flare-up. No, okay. He has to respond. ]
He's my -- [ partner, brother, the single most important person in his universe, the man who had never given up on him, reached in and saved him when nobody cared -- ] -- friend. I'm a paladin of Voltron. [ most worlds know about them, right? And it's a statistical impossibility that this guy is in league with the Galran Empire. ] And who you have there is Takashi Shirogane, the previous paladin of the Black Lion.
[ Shiro's doing badly somewhere, delirious and infected with a virus, and this guy is asking him something like this at this time? But no, no. He's grown beyond the hot-headed young man he was before, and he takes a deep breath.
No, this guy is cautious, too (unless he's stalling for time), and he forces himself to calm down from that angry, frantic flare-up. No, okay. He has to respond. ]
He's my -- [ partner, brother, the single most important person in his universe, the man who had never given up on him, reached in and saved him when nobody cared -- ] -- friend. I'm a paladin of Voltron. [ most worlds know about them, right? And it's a statistical impossibility that this guy is in league with the Galran Empire. ] And who you have there is Takashi Shirogane, the previous paladin of the Black Lion.
...Lions.
[He pauses, turning back to look at Keith, eyebrows raised.]
He mentioned lions. Something about needing to find them. You know something about that?
[He pauses, turning back to look at Keith, eyebrows raised.]
He mentioned lions. Something about needing to find them. You know something about that?
[ Keith raises his brows at him; apparently it's his turn to be surprised. ]
The lions of Voltron. He was talking about that, right? You -- don't know about Voltron?
[ He's more curious than anything; there isn't a place he's ever seen so far who doesn't actually know. But no matter. He's moving on quickly, eyeing the giant bird -- it's kind of... cute. But anyway. ]
What else did he tell you?
The lions of Voltron. He was talking about that, right? You -- don't know about Voltron?
[ He's more curious than anything; there isn't a place he's ever seen so far who doesn't actually know. But no matter. He's moving on quickly, eyeing the giant bird -- it's kind of... cute. But anyway. ]
What else did he tell you?
...Some things he didn't mean to say, I'm certain. In his delirium he assumed I was someone I'm not. I expect he confided things to me that...he wouldn't have, otherwise.
[And up he goes onto Aurorean, mounting easily with the benefit of experience.]
As to this business of Voltron, I'll confess that I don't. I'm not even familiar with what a lion is, much less a multiple of them.
[And up he goes onto Aurorean, mounting easily with the benefit of experience.]
As to this business of Voltron, I'll confess that I don't. I'm not even familiar with what a lion is, much less a multiple of them.
[ Keith stares at him, then at the bird, perplexed. Is he supposed to get up there with him? ]
He thought you were Adam.
[ Because he kind of looks like him. And it makes Keith's heart ache for Shiro -- he's aware of what happened, peripherally, and he knows that Shiro had loved Adam, a lot. Whatever happened between them had been something Keith had never poked his nose into; it wasn't his business. ]
Can you tell what kind of virus it is? [ Pidge or Allura or Coran would be better at diagnosing, but in their absence he has to make do. Keith would've added on, but then there's a bark from a distance. A heartbeat and a flash of electric blue light later, a large blue-black teleporting wolf tackles Keith to the ground. ] -- Kosmo!
He thought you were Adam.
[ Because he kind of looks like him. And it makes Keith's heart ache for Shiro -- he's aware of what happened, peripherally, and he knows that Shiro had loved Adam, a lot. Whatever happened between them had been something Keith had never poked his nose into; it wasn't his business. ]
Can you tell what kind of virus it is? [ Pidge or Allura or Coran would be better at diagnosing, but in their absence he has to make do. Keith would've added on, but then there's a bark from a distance. A heartbeat and a flash of electric blue light later, a large blue-black teleporting wolf tackles Keith to the ground. ] -- Kosmo!
???????????
wait let's start over!! you're looking for someone with white hair and a prosthetic arm who ISN'T ravus nox fleuret? so maybe you're not from eos at all?? unless you're from an ALTERNATE DIMENSION!!!
are you from an alternate dimension
are you ME from an alternate dimension bc that's always what happens with alternate dimensions!!!
wait let's start over!! you're looking for someone with white hair and a prosthetic arm who ISN'T ravus nox fleuret? so maybe you're not from eos at all?? unless you're from an ALTERNATE DIMENSION!!!
are you from an alternate dimension
are you ME from an alternate dimension bc that's always what happens with alternate dimensions!!!
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