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Keith | Voltron Legendary Defender

[whatsacactus]

Action

[What’s definitely not normal is falling asleep in a hot, dry desert shack, and waking up in an honest-to-god bedroom. He tries not to think about the woman telling him to hurry up and leave or the food and bag she gives him. That’s fine, this is…. Fine? He thinks. Keith stumbles out and he knows he must be crazy because he hears music with no idea where it’s from.

The town is quiet so he takes a seat on the side of the road and picks through the bag - night things, food and sandwiches, water. Probably the heaviest thing is the red-and-white ball that he weighs in his hand before putting everything else back.]

Think I finally lost it.

[He looks next to the comm device and looks it over. He was never good at these things, he’d be laughed at if his former classmates saw him.]

Does anyone know how to wake up?


Network

-wake up?

[There’s a video showing a young man with longer hair from below, obviously frustrated about something. He looks around, then down at the screen again and notices something is different.]

Is it recording? Great. Don’t even know how I did that. [He squints at it a little more, not quite getting that it’s broadcasting too.]

Well. If there’s anyone out there on this thing, I guess… Hi. [He moves the comm and it abruptly disconnects.]

network for now

[shiro2hero]

-- Sure is recording.

[GUESS WHO.]

[Okay, looking a little less sleep deprived, a little less haggard and... more tan?? Yeah, it's this guy. He's also grinning like an idiot.]

Glad you decided to join us, man.

[whatsacactus]

[He gets a little ping and he glances at it again and. There's no way. Keith fiddles with it to get it recording again and his eyes are wide and tired and in disbelief.]

Shiro?!

You're... You're here. How?

[shiro2hero]

Same as you. Woke up one day in some random town, and everyone else was missing.

Don't worry -- this place is weird, but it's safe.

[Considering how upset the poor guy looks, it's probably best to try and reassure him.]

If you give me a few days, I can get out to you.

[whatsacactus]

I'm not worried about anyone else there wasn't-- [He takes a slow breath, presses a hand to his face and breathes.]

This has to be a dream. You're not here. You can't be.

[Yeah he's definitely been in the desert too long.]

[shiro2hero]

[That's... unusual. To say the least. And concerning. Enough to where Luna pokes her little Meowth face on screen. Where are the sads?? Show her! Let her fix this!]

Hey, take it easy. I'm not anywhere near where you are now, but I can be soon.

Are you okay?

[Physically, anyway.]

[whatsacactus]

I'm pretty sure I'm dreaming, so yeah I'm okay.

[He just sounds exhausted and a little resigned to this. Whatever 'this' is.]

[shiro2hero]

You're not. I... don't know if that's worse or better. But you're not dreaming.

Hunk's here too. And... so is Pidge's brother.

[If that helps to hear.]

[whatsacactus]

Matt?

[He doesn't know Hunk, but he's heard the name Pidge sometimes and he knows Matt. That's fairly easy to put together. His shoulders sort of slump and he tries to breathe again.]

Where are we?

welcome to Pokemon world, meet knock-off brand Lance

[notvaljean]

Hi!

[There's a narrow-faced young man, who just so happens to be wearing a truly godawful Hawaiian Sevii-patterned shirt and a green Starmiebucks visor grinning into the camera.]

Welcome to Pokemon world. What'd you get for a starter?

[Someone is perusing the network during his break at work and just happened to see this.]

who's that sounds fake

[whatsacactus]

[It's a good thing the last thing Keith cares about is fashion or he'd likely have words. He definitely doesn't look like he cares to answer but.]

I don't know? A. Small cat. [He hasn't bothered messing with the actual dex portion of the thing.]

[notvaljean]

Yeah? What kind of cat? What color is it?

[These are the important questions.]

[whatsacactus]

Black and red...

[Shiro's seen it, said he wasn't surprised, but didn't say what it was called. Keith, on the other hand, sounds suspicious of whoever this is.]

[notvaljean]

You probably got a Litten! Those are great! They're fire cats that grow up into wrestlers.

[whatsacactus]

That sounds like what Shiro told me it does.

And who are you? [Look it's... It's not you, man, he just doesn't know you.]

[notvaljean]

Oh, you know Shiro?

[Jean looks into the camera with more interest now. Is this another one of Shiro's friends, or has Shiro been dadding on the network again and adding more children to his ever-growing flock?]

I'm Jean. Are you one of Shiro's friends from home?

[whatsacactus]

He's -- An old friend.

[He's not entirely sure what all Shiro has said and with what the situation is. But if this guy knows Shiro then maybe.]

We were in the same exploration program.

[tookashirototheknee]

Keith! Hi!

[Matt waves at him over the Gear, looking a decent amount older than when Keith last saw him, with shaggier hair and a scar on his cheek.]

Good to see you again!

[whatsacactus]

[nope noPE NOT THIS. THIS IS TOO MUCH, IT'S A DREAM, he passed out from heat stroke in his desert shack and is dreaming before he dies. This is it.]

Matt. [He sounds. Out of breath and just as in disbelief as he was Shiro.]

[tookashirototheknee]

Are you... ok. I can't ask if you're alright, because no one either here or at home is alright.

I guess the better thing to ask is... what's the last thing you remember?

[Because boy oh boy does that matter.]

[whatsacactus]

[Are you ready, Matt, because you asked something way more vital than Shiro did.]

I was in the desert for the last year.

[Not exactly helpful in a lot of ways.]

[tookashirototheknee]

Oh shit, you haven't left yet.

[Matt's a bit further along in the timeline than Shiro. Oops.]

So, uh. I'm from a good deal in your future. And there's Stuff. Lots of Stuff.

[whatsacactus]

Haven't... left?

[Okay no Matt you're having crazy talk.]

Yeah, I have. I haven't been at the Garrison for a year now.

[tookashirototheknee]

Not left the Garrison, dumbass. Left Earth.

[It's as fond as an insult can be.]

It's complicated. Honestly, Shiro's probably better at explaining than me. You know how rambly I get when I try to explain complicated shit that isn't science.

[whatsacactus]

Wait.

[He blinks slowly because new information always takes him a few seconds to register.]

What. I-- That doesn't even make sense. It makes less sense than this place.