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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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[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?

[thegoofball]

I'm not sure...

They were here when I showed up, and then one day Black just...roared to life! I think they just needed time.

[They do have their own self-sustaining power source, so... Clearly all they need is time, right?]

[ladytakamaki]

That's...

[ pretty strange? but if it works, it works. ]

So... Black is Keith's, right? He told me about the guy who piloted yellow. And yours is Red... Who pilots Green?

[thegoofball]

It's weird, but it's alien tech, so...

[Shrug!]

Yeah - Pidge pilots Green. I dunno if you met her yet, though, and then Allura pilots Blue. So if she ever shows up, we might get the whole set!

[ladytakamaki]

Right. I keep forgetting about that part.

[ also that keith's an alien too but what if lance doesn't know! and this is a public network! she's not going to talk about it. ]

Haven't met her yet, nope. But hopefully I will? I already met you, Keith and... I'm guessing Shiro's part of it, too?

[thegoofball]

Sometimes I forget, too, and I was in space for a year.

[He knows! He learned that a while ago! And he was cool about it!]

I'm sure you will - she's our tech genius. Shiro used to be the Black Paladin, but, well. Things happened. He's still basically our leader, though.

[ladytakamaki]

[ a good boy. still, ann doesn't think it's her place to bring it up, and she doesn't really see a reason to. maybe one day they'll gossip about keith together. : ) ]

Tech genius, huh? She probably gets along really well with Futaba. And...that's pretty cute, that they were both Black Paladins, y'know?

[thegoofball]

[And that day, Keith will feel a chill, and know true fear.]

It's like there's two Pidges, obviously. [He makes a face like he bit a lemon.] Please, nothing about Keith has ever been cute.

[ladytakamaki]

[ h e h e ]

I mean...he seems like a serious guy, yeah, but he's nice? I dunno, it sounds you guys just have a pretty fun friendship.

[thegoofball]

Me and Mullet are... [Ugh.] I guess we're friends, but that still doesn't make him cute.

[ladytakamaki]

You two sound ridiculous.

[balancingedge]

Oh, he definitely is. And you both realize I can see this, right?

[ladytakamaki]

Speak of the devil...

[ ann. ]

Heeeeey, Keith! Fancy seeing you here?

[thegoofball]

I can see Keith being the devil pretty easily.

[Hello, Keith. He's not the slightest bit ashamed for talking about you where you can see.]

[balancingedge]

When I suddenly sprout horns, I'll let you know.

[...He's kidding. Deadpan, but kidding.] Hey Ann. Glad at least someone appreciates Red outside our team.

[Lance had it under control but that doesn't mean he won't go ahead and say it where anyone can see it.]

[ladytakamaki]

[ ridiculous, you two. ridiculous. ]

Hey, red's the best color, so I'm pretty much on your side. And is it just me, or does Red look smaller than the other Lions?

[thegoofball]

If you even notice, with all that hair in the way.

[smh]

Red is smaller. Makes sense, because he's the fastest. And, you know. Is an arm.

[ladytakamaki]

You two...

[ smh. you both remind her of ryuji and morgana. ]

Do you have a picture of Voltron? I'm kinda curious to see what it looks like.

[thegoofball]

What?

[wowowowowow]

Yeah, I've got one on my old phone. [There's a brief pause.] I'll have to go inside and grab it.

[ladytakamaki]

Hey, no sweat! You can show it to me later, whenever we see each other next. Deal?

[thegoofball]

Deal. Just wait until you get a load of it! Shame you won't be able to see Voltron in person, though.

[ladytakamaki]

Because you're missing your other Paladin, right? That's okay. Maybe she'll show up one day and we'll get to see the real deal!

[thegoofball]

Yeah. [He gets quieter, for a moment, before he sighs. No point dwelling on the fact he has no idea how Allura's doing!] But I'm sure she'll show up at some point!