voice & text

[ahappylie]

Who: Okita Souji
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Only if you can find him where he's hiding
When: Now!

[When everyone is still reeling from dealing with what happened on the planet, what better way to cheer everyone up than some seriously weird ass fun? Totally. He has the best ideas.

So on some morning after the drift has started and the Fleet seems to be calming down, everyone will get this lovely weird message on the comms. There is no picture of the speaker attached because he sure as hell isn't giving clues to his location.]

I heard from somewhere that this is a popular game in the future.

[Attached to the message are two images:

RateMe1.jpg

and

RateMe2.jpg]

Apparently, you look at a photograph and rate the person from 1 to 10. Feel free to send out more photographs to rate. I'm sure we all have opinions.

Comments

[tempredmental]

wow shiro

thx

[padadin]

You're welcome.

[TOTALLY INNOCENT MAN HERE!]

[tempredmental]

an F?

rly?

[padadin]

What should I have given you then?

[tempredmental]

i dont know

but ive improved

[padadin]

That's true, you have. But I want you to tell me what rating you think you're at now.

[tempredmental]

like

grade myself?

[padadin]

Exactly. What do you say?

[tempredmental]

idk

i feel like i should get more than an f tho

[padadin]

[DAMMIT KEITH HE'S TRYING TO MAKE YOU DO SOME SELF-REFLECTION HERE!]

"I don't know" isn't an answer, Keith.

[tempredmental]

[He'd done a LOT of self-reflection, Shiro...]

well im not perfect

but im not a total failure

idk

maybe a c?

[padadin]

Of course you're not a failure, Keith. I rated both you and Lance jokingly. C is good!

[tempredmental]

jokes dont work well over txt

[padadin]

Do you actually think I would call you failure seriously?

[tempredmental]

i would hope not

[This from the kid that got himself kicked out of the Garrison and really didn't see what Shiro saw in him to be a good leader. He was probably a lot harder on himself than Shiro was. Remember the Trials... and how Keith feared Shiro abandoning him...]

[padadin]

[...wait, what? Oh dear. Changing to voice now - the most caring, reassuring, fond voice.]

Keith, you're not a failure, and I'd never think that way of you.

[tempredmental]

[Keith sighed a little.]

Sorry.

I don't know what came over me...

[His tone was a little dismissive, like he sort of didn't want to talk about it and just wanted to bottle it away where he wasn't thinking about it.]

[padadin]

[There's a pause as Shiro considers his options. This isn't something they should be talking about on a public post about rating people...]

Where are you now?

[tempredmental]

I'm fine, Shiro. Don't worry about it.

[Stubborn Paladin is stubborn.]

[padadin]

[It's a little late for that... but he doesn't want to push, either.]

Are you sure? It doesn't sound fine.

[tempredmental]

Yeah.

There's just a lot going on.

[Uh-huh.]

[padadin]

[....huh.]

Is it because of the third dream?

[It sounds like something else but he can't guess what.]

[tempredmental]

Mm...

[He sighed.]

No.

I mean, that's part of it, I guess. But that's not really pressing at the moment.

I probably should consider it, though. I still haven't figured out all the words together, yet.

[padadin]

[Oh great, he gave Keith more to be worried about. GOOD JOB, TAKASHI.]

Then what is it? Should I come over? Do you need to talk?

[tempredmental]

No! It's fine. Really...

[sigh]

Really. Don't-... worry so much.