voice; Awake is difficult and no one understands

[promiselisting]

[ Huh. Here is an unusual thing. Futaba is not usually one to use voice (or anything besides text) on the network. Maybe she wants to reassure other people with her voice and to hear theirs? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that her voice is still a bit muzzy with sleep. Maybe text requires more coordination than she has right now.

Either way, she's got an important post from her sort-of-brother to follow up on. ]

So.

[ There's a long, pregnant pause. ]

How many other memes are you all familiar with? Scientific curiosity.

[ She's been getting reputations up until now. The girl who gathers information. That one who really really mistrusts the Curti Center and is not afraid to be vocally critical of it. But it's past time she showed the world here who she truly is-

a shitposter. ]

Comments

[spaceforged]

What gave you the indication I didn't know them? [He crosses his arms over his chest and waits out the laughter and Lance's shock.]

And if we're being clear here. I haven't said a meme in two years.

[thegoofball]

That! That's what gave me the indication! All the memes and jokes I've made, and you've said nothing!

[Did you know Lance's voice could be this shrill? Because it can be.]

[balancingedge]

[Keith knew. He heard it reach these octaves once before, three years ago. Except the context was way different and not nearly as lighthearted.]

Yeah. I thought it was obvious I was the only one not getting it.

[Because, well. Yeah.]

[promiselisting]

[ She doesn't have too much to add here, but she can't just let the moment pass by entirely uncommented. ]

Shiro the stealth memelord.

[ She can't believe it. Shiro might have just leveled up twice in one battle. ]

[spaceforged]

Lance, you were memeing in the middle of battle. If I'd replied you'd have never have stopped.

[He closes one eye briefly at Lance's shrill tone. He's heard it before but ow.]

No matter how funny they were, we needed to focus.

[thegoofball]

If you can't focus while memeing that's not my problem!

[It's not!]

But! [He slams his hands down onto Shiro's shoulders and gives him a shake.]

Now I know. Now you can't pretend I'm not funny! You already admitted it!

[balancingedge]

[Well, RIP Shiro. Keith knew him well.]

Alright, while I'm glad we're all having fun at Lance's expense not realizing I'm the only one who didn't get his jokes... [He smirks, before sending Futaba a link to the post in question.] Kupoto shared a file of an old children's storybook on the Eidolons. You might want to take a look at it once you have a moment.

[promiselisting]

[ For a moment, Futaba's memelord side and information-gathering sides war with each other, but then she decides she. Does not want to get in the middle of that.

She slowly works her laughter down into giggles, and takes a quick skim of the link. ]

Ah yeah, this looks like good stuff. I'll have to check with Shiro later about how it lines up with the ones he heard.

[ When Shiro isn't. Indisposed. By virtue of having an angry red paladin in his face ]

[spaceforged]

Lance. [He reaches up and moves Lance back like one picks up a cat and sets them somewhere else.]

We'll discuss this later. [Shiro looks to Keith a similar 'I'll answer you later.' Aka, it's pretty personal and he doesn't want to discuss it in front of the others.

He turns back to the screen.]] Phoenix is missing from that list. I noticed Leviathan was too. But Hades and Odin are both in there.

[thegoofball]

[He sees how it is.]

I see how it is.

[Huffpuff.]

That's a little weird, though, isn't it?

[But look! He can be responsible and care about real problems!]

[balancingedge]

[Keith shoots Lance a look. They'll talk about this later, when it isn't over the network.]

Named, anyway. The responses make it sound like Leviathan may have been in there originally, but on an ink-stained page. [Keith crosses his arms.] Shiro, what did the representation of Phoenix look like that Kupoto pointed out to you?

[Because those five silhouettes at the end...]

[promiselisting]

[ Futaba's brain seems to be going in similar directions. Could Phoenix be one of the Legendary Eidolons? ]

I should still have my pictures of the murals that I got in Sen Devadatta.

[ She reads through the book again. ]

'The elements and dark and light', and I'm assuming the dragon king is probably Bahamut... But there are Eidolons listed here that don't seem to line up with any element at all.

[ She's looking at Odin especially. ]