oo2 ★ okay that's it. text; un: marmorapaladin

[undeserted]

[ It's short and sweet! Unlike Keith, who is also short but bitter as all hell right now. ]

look don't read into this too much
are any other Iris moonblessed feeling like their heat is
early?
or feels. different. [ read: worse. so much worse. ]

does it have anything to do with dragon stuff

I looked up some information
I'm wondering how we get chosen for stuff like this
if there's anything about us that
factors in.

Just curious I guess


[ Basically why the fuck did he get saddled with Iris and now this shit?? like, he isn't sure if he should be insulted or not at this point. This is also a very roundabout way of asking for some help and/or reassurance because this shit sucks but also he's Keith and this is about as publicly forthcoming as he gets. ]

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[undeserted]

Really?
it feels really different for me.

like the

stuff

that usually helps
isn't.

[ Look he loves Pidge like a sister but there's only so much tmi he's willing to get into with her. ]

[pidgeypidge]

I've found that zapping people helps.

[In that it amuses her to see their reactions, and that in itself is a decent distraction.]

Honestly, though, it might be different for you because you're a guy. I have no idea how it works.

[undeserted]

Secret's out then
Guys are just whiners

[ LOOK HUNK Keith is getting better at that 'diffuse the situation with humor' thing! ]

Zapping people sounds fun.

[pidgeypidge]

Some of them can be.

[A couple spring to mind, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.]

If there's something I can appreciate about my specific blessing, it has to be the lightning magic.

[undeserted]

Just don't get in trouble
I'm usually the one getting bailed out
no experience doing the bailing

[ Ok serious time. ]

but I've been thinking
that we can do more for the people here, as Voltron.

It's just that
we've been here so long
I don't think we'll be going back.

[pidgeypidge]

I appreciate the concern, but it's probably unnecessary.

[As if she'd ever get caught.]

That would require the ability to form Voltron.

Green and Yellow are here, but they're not at full capacity. I don't know the extent of what Yellow's got going on, but I think the abundance of chroma and demichroma are somehow messing with their systems.

[And honestly, she's not entirely sure if she wants to go back now.]

[undeserted]

I know
even if I were to get Black here, we'd need Red and Blue

But that's not really what I mean
We're here right?
as Paladins.

There's always some calamity or another
I just want to help more somehow
If we're really gonna be here....long long term.

[ Feeling's not mutual, Pidge. But he'd respect her choice. ]

[pidgeypidge]

I mean. Lance and Allura showed up, so it could happen.

[Then again, she's the one responsible for both Green and Yellow being here. But there's no need to point that out.]

I'm not sure if they need us here as Paladins, so much as moonblessed. Haven't you noticed that the longer we stay here, the more Chroma we generate, the more the world seems to come back to life?

[Isn't that basically what they'd told everyone before?]

I agree, though. There has to be a better way to help than just waiting around for something to happen every so often.

[She doesn't expect any of them to understand or agree, honestly.]

[undeserted]

That's kinda what I mean
it always seems like waiting around for some new crazy thing.
Acting as a response team instead of a defense force
or another division working proactively.

[ Ok but what's REALLY going on here Keith? ]

The truth is I'm restless
Iris and now this

I'm out of commission a lot

[pidgeypidge]

Exactly. But it's hard to plan for these things when we have no idea what to expect.

[It's been over a year, and her life still feels mostly reactionary. Like she's just coasting most of the time.]

Join the club.

I went home for a while and thought it was over, and then I woke up here again. I'm tired of waiting around for the next big catastrophe.

[She's not being terribly helpful right now and she knows it. But what else can she do?]

Then again, it's really only the nights that are crap. And I wasn't getting much sleep before I came here anyway.

[undeserted]

[ It's okay Pidge. They've earned the right to bitch; they've been through so much as Paladins, as fighters for Earth and now as moonblessed. Even Keith, who is always primed for action, is starting to desperately want for a break.

But he's gotta pull himself together, for the team's sake. Leader mode: on. ]

We'll get through this
Next time you'll go home for good
All of us will

For now we can take action here
I think I'll start with trying to get Black
You used some kind of chalk right?

And if you can't sleep
you can message or call me
or I can send Space Wolf to you

[pidgeypidge]

Yea.

[She'd really love to believe that, but between Duplicity and this place, she's just a bit skeptical.]

There's a man that comes around every month or so that sells a bunch of interesting items. He has a set of chalk that I was able to use to summon Green.

[Or, more likely, a very convincing copy of Green.]

Something's not quite right with her, though. Something about this world's energy is interfering with her abilities.

[Keith, please. Everyone knows his name is Kosmo.]

I might take you up on that at some point.

[undeserted]

If anyone can figure out what's up with Green it's you

In the meantime I'll try and get some of that chalk
The least I can do is get Black here

But for now I
gotta figure this out.

[pidgeypidge]

Thanks. That's what I'm going to keep telling myself.

Have you thought about where you're going to park him if he ends up full size?

[It's kind of an important consideration, though she hadn't really given it much thought back when she tried summoning Green.]

It's weird. Just when I think I'm starting to figure this place out, it throws something else at us.

How are you doing?

[Aside from the obvious, anyway. Please don't tell her about the obvious, Keith.]