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[thegoofball]

Hey there, Vaikuntha, it's [ya boy] Lance - I don't know many of you yet, but still, check this out.

[The camera, which had been focused on - well, some kid who has to be this Lance fellow - pans over and up. It focuses for a moment on a black, mechanical lion that dwarfs the house next to it. By now, it and the yellow one next to it are probably familiar landmarks to anyone passing through Arito.

But! That is not the point of this video, the point is in the next one the camera pans to, that Lance pats fondly. It's hard to tell that it's smaller than the other two by a significant amount, but the red one lies in a crumpled heap.]

Found Red and Green a little bit ago; thought I'd show off to anyone who hadn't seen any of 'em yet.

[He sounds...incredibly smug. And, yes, there's a fourth one, also laying in a heap.]

Currently working on a way to get them back up and running again. Black and Yellow have power, at least, but... [He pats the snout of the Red Lion again.] It'll be fine! Once we get them working, again, you guys are going to be in for a treat.

[That...might be a little worrisome. Hm.]

Shame we can't form Voltron, but...still! They're pretty cool, right?

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[garyoutensei]

[ Hm. Almost the whole pack. She had to admit, she'd been curious about the combined form, after Hunk told her about it. ]

So you're one of Shiro's [ her mind immediately recalled her embarrassing conversation with Keith, and she bit back the word she would have reflexively used before ] comrades, huh?

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[thegoofball]

[They're getting so close.]

Yeah, I'm basically his right hand man. [Which is...Kind of the truth, but also kind of an exaggeration.]

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[garyoutensei]

Is that because the other one is his boyfriend?

[thegoofball]

[Enjoy the way he coughs and splutters at that.]

No! I'm both their right hand man! I'm the second in command!

[littlemhigan]

So long as ye don't wake me up at dawn with 'em makin' noise. Again.

[thegoofball]

Red's good, I doubt anything like that'll happen.

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[keymemory]

Haven't they got any names?

[thegoofball]

[. . .]

Red and Green are their names, as far as I know.

[keymemory]

Wow... that's the best you can do?

[thegoofball]

Hey, he hasn't told me otherwise!

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[promiselisting]

I see your totally-awesome-and-absolutely-not-sentai space mechs and raise youuuuu- wait for it.

[ There's a bit of muttering as Futaba hands her tablet off to Neo who drops a few inches but manages to hold it as Futaba runs back - oh she's outside too, huh - and theeeen (wait for it)

Okay it's pretty clearly she's being extra as fuck when she erupts into blue flames, coming away with a whole new outfit, complete with mask. And then - still very obviously showing off - rips off the mask which turns into. A UFO. Like. A classic 80s style frisbee UFO. Which drops down tentacles of all things and hauls her up into it. ]

Another super-awesome-though-not-actually-an-alien ship. Behold the power of human cognition!

[ Or something like that. Can't give away too much. Not to mention with the whole.... y'know Pidge learning to be a Persona user to he's... maybe? Heard of this by now? Maybe?

She can't resist the opportunity to show off Necronomicon though. She loves her Persona so much. ]

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[thegoofball]

[He appreciates the showmanship, and he's excited to see what Futaba's got up her sleeves.

And it's totally worth it. He grins, clapping once Necronomicon's done its thing.]

Not bad, not bad. Looks like a pretty dated ship, but still about a solid 20 out of 10.

[He makes an "ok" gesture with his hands.]

Bonus points for the fire being blue, of course.

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[promiselisting]

[ You can't even see her face like this but you can certain hear the huff. ]

Wow. [ She knows it probably doesn't impress compared to like actual alien ships but still ] I believe the term you're looking for is 'retro.'

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[ladytakamaki]

Oh, hey! Keith showed me a picture of Yellow when I first got here. Congrats on getting Red and Green back!

[ and really, they look huge. ]

[thegoofball]

[He's so proud of his baby that's 10,000 years old.]

Thanks! I've been wondering when they would finally showed up, and I guess they didn't want to wait that long.

[He's kind of assuming they showed up in the Dream Width looking for them, honestly.]

[ladytakamaki]

[ what an old fella ]

Yeah? I'm glad you got Red back! But...how did you guys power up the other two?

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[charming_jerk]

holy shit

those are awesome, dude

do you like ride them around and stuff? do they shoot lasers or whatever?

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[thegoofball]

Thanks.

Yes and yes. Red also breathes fire.

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[charming_jerk]

goddamn that is awesome. my world doesn't have anything like this outside of movies and stuff. i'm pretty jealous

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[geckoman]

[He kind of scratches his chin a little as he mess around with the stick in his mouth. If he didn't know any better...]

This feels like some weird start to a mecha anime.

[He's not seen a lot of them but they do usually involve huge ass robots.]

[thegoofball]

Maybe, but it's like, way better than any of that.

[He's never watched an anime in his life so he's completely oblivious to how his life lines up to so many tropes.]

Because they're real, and soon I'll be able to pilot Red again.

[geckoman]

[Yeah. This really looks like a mecha anime...]

You missing a blue one?

[He's pretty sure there's usually a blue guy in the group for this kind of stuff and that's the one he's not seen mentioned here.]

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[failtsuninari]

Actual functional...mecha lions? Well, damn that's something I'd never thought to see in my lifetime.

[Congratulations, Lance, you managed to impress a (depowered) god.]

If my kids were here, they'd be so hyped to see them in person.

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[thegoofball]

Yup. [He's so proud of them.] Alteans did some amazing things.

[Because they're alien mecha lions. There are layers to this.]

You could always take a picture to show them if they ever come here, too.

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[failtsuninari]

Let me guess, they're an advanced alien race from an area of space that wasn't accessible until now? I'm surprised they knew what lions are. And they really form together into a bigger mech just like those sentai shows?

[If he could at this exact moment, he'd find a way to see them in person. At the idea of the twins being here, he rubs the back of his neck.]

If I could save photos to bring back with me, I will. Though I don't think asking five-year-olds to be heroes of light is exactly a good idea. Also, I'm sure my wife wouldn't be very happy with getting them involved in this.

[Biggest understatement of the year, Kenichi.]