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Who: Keith, and you!
Broadcast: video
Action: on the Huntress and the Iskaulit
When: Right after and the first several days after the meteor hits the planet

video immediately after planet explodes

[Keith was on the bridge of the Huntress. They'd just had a bit of a rough ride as he'd held on as long as he possibly could to get as many people as possible, so they'd barely made it at the last minute, pushing the ship as hard as it could go.]

We still have people to look after, so don't give up, yet. Let's get everyone patched up and loaded to that station.

[He cut it off there. He had work to do.]

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action on Huntress and Blameless shortly after planet explodes

Keith was exhausted. He had been having trouble sleeping all the way through this, and the evacuation had come at the end. In typical Keith fashion, he had pushed himself to the limit, and now he was feeling it. He dropped the ship back into position in the Fleet after having unloaded their refugees to the station, and engaged the autopilot. Then, he excused himself from the bridge. He was headed for the Blameless, but would be back later.

Once back, he'd be checking the pilot's station to make sure the ship was doing okay after the crazy run, working out in the cargo bay, attempting to make something edible in the kitchen, or not-hiding in his room.

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action on the Iskaulit, Blameless, Heron, Bishop, or Huntress throughout the week

With the song of the planet really and completely gone, it was an odd sort of silence. Keith wasn't sure when he'd actually gotten used to feeling it, but now it was gone, and he was almost more restless than before. He gave up on the exercise equipment on the Huntress and was spending some time in the bigger gym on the Iskaulit instead. Pull this kid out of the gym before he exercises himself into a coma.

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[He was actually on his way to see Lance. The Blue Paladin had asked him to come over, but stopping to see Shiro wasn't actually a bad thing, either, and Keith could use the moment. He stopped, considering his answer for a moment.]

Worn out.

[And he looked it, too. He hadn't been sleeping well. He'd been putting together as much information as he could about those dreams. And then this evacuation just really pushed him the rest of the way past his limit. He always could push hard, and dig in to find some sort of hidden reserve of energy or motivation to keep going, but even that was getting hard to find at the moment.]

You okay?

[He nods in understanding. Sure, Shiro is better at keeping a poker face and an encouraging attitude during hard times like this, but the truth is, he knows how Keith feels. Because he feels exactly the same.

Shoulder Touch (TM) go.] I'm fine - also tired. It'll be a good idea if we take it easy during the time that it takes us to reach the next planet.

Yeah, but... there were still two other dreams. We have to figure those out. What if they're warnings like the last one?

[Keith was still pretty shaken by that. That dream had shown him exactly what happened to anyone left on the planet, and that just... clung to him.]

We have to make sure nothing else like this happens. Or, at least, make sure we can save more people.

[Some times, Keith's paranoia made him a bit too obsessed with certain ideas. But his main drive is instinct, and it works for him - for everyone, really, considering the Blue Lion. He wants his friend to rest but... yes, he can't deny it, this is important.]

You're right, if there's more that we could do, then we should. Two more dreams - tell me about them, Keith. Let's be better prepared this time.

Well, I didn't have them myself. But, I think Hunk and Shay had them. [Funny, that... of the three people from home that had them, they each had a different one.]

Shay said that she felt everything around her dying. The trees, the whole planet. She was really shaken up by it, and I can understand why. She's been there before.

And, for Hunk, he said he was being hunted by something... chased. I know others had those same dreams, too. I have them recorded back on the Huntress.

I'm just wondering if the words we all felt go together? Or if they're just going with whatever words were in the same dreams from different people. Is it one big message? Or three separate ones?

What Shay felt may be what just happened. But Hunk's... that's different kind of danger. [He thinks about it for a second.] The general impression I get is that they're different messages, but if they're arrived together... there must be a reason for that, isn't there? From what the others said, this hasn't happened with singing planets before.

No... she told me about a dream. It wasn't like mine, and it wasn't like Hunk's. It was about things dying around her. And she felt words, too. I don't think it had to do with Lyuku. I think it's a third message. It matches one of the other dreams some other people reported having.

[Keith sighed.]

I just wish I knew which one was next.

The things dying wasn't because of the explosion? You're right, then. This may be bigger than we thought. Hopefully as soon as we arrive to the new system, we'll be able to identify which dream it matches. [After dropping his dirty clothes in the laundry pile, he starts making his way to the kitchen, still unaware Keith is here for Lance.] I'm gonna get some tea, do you want some?

No... it was a slow rot.

[Keith considered it, but he knew he had someone expecting him. He shook his head.]

Not right now. Maybe later. Thanks.

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