intro post!

[scalpelofmarmora]

Who: Ulaz and you!
Broadcast: Video Fleetwide
Action: SS Caprine
When: 1/20

[As if waking up on a strange ship alone wasn't enough when Ulaz knew he shouldn't be there, now he was on yet another ship. This really was not funny. His attempts to try and get information through hacking had been poor at best and he was no closer to figuring what had happened.

He had learned one thing though; he did not like confetti. It was not amusing in the least.

He'd been pretty much silent so far - if being a Blade had taught him nothing else, it was how to make as little noise as possible. But now he doesn't really have a choice]

Can someone explain what is going on here? First I was on one ship and now another, neither of them where I should be. This must be a joke.

[And why does he say that? Hmm...]

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[video]

[the_tailor]

[Wait a tick.

...Wait a tick. Upon seeing the communication, Lance immediately feels himself tense up, because Galra. The Galra shouldn't be here. And he's about to grab his bayard, run and go get Shiro, until his memory finally kicks in.

Yes, it's a Galra, but their face is familiar. And not in a "person who was trying to kill me" way.]

Hey! You! You're... I know you, don't I?

[video]

[scalpelofmarmora]

[Very good, Lance. It is a Galra. But though annoyed, he didn’t seem particularly threatening. He also did recognize the face that appeared on the screen. It hadn’t been that long for him so it was rather easy.

However Lance also doesn't know how much it relieves Ulaz to see one of the paladins, both because he knows them and because it tells him they survived the Robeast]

I hope you do. I am Ulaz, member of the Blade of Marmora. You are a paladin of Voltron.

[the_tailor]

Ulaz! That was it! You're Shiro's buddy! You...

[Sacrificed himself to save them all.

...well, quiznak, he feels awkward and more than a little guilty of not immediately remembering his name.]

Guess you got zapped here along with a bunch of us too, huh? The timing's wonky, but apparently that's a thing here... Anyway, if you forgot my name, I'm Lance! Blue paladin. ...Red paladin? ...It's complicated. Let's just stick with "Lance".

[spacebro]

[Oh, hey, someone else who is probably not from Earth! Even if Mon-El very much looks like he should be.]

If you're not laughing I would go with not a joke.

[scalpelofmarmora]

[Nope, Ulaz is definitely not human. The person on the screen does look like he is human as far as Ulaz can tell. Considering he hadn’t seen anything resembling them before Shiro]

Then its not. I’m not laughing. I don’t know who thinks throwing tiny bits of trash at someone is funny.

[And he’s brushing a piece of confetti off his suit]

[spacebro]

Tiny bits of...Oh! The confetti. No, that's for celebration, not humor. There should be pudding too.

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[rebuildyourruins]

No, I'm afraid it isn't a joke. If it were it would be a terrible one.

The short answer is you have been abducted.

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[scalpelofmarmora]

I'm not sure if it is better to know its not a joke or not.

I wouldn't have thought there was anything different to this. And what is the long story?

video.

[rebuildyourruins]

The longer story is that our abduction is to serve as entertainment for those in charge of this fleet of ships. The Atroma. As the tale goes, our actions are being watched by people throughout the galaxy for fun.

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[dreamvour]

[but the confetti is the best part. Still, it isn't hard to miss a new arrival to the ship, so Baku goes to find out who they've gained this time]

Is it really a joke if you aren't laughing?

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[scalpelofmarmora]

[Not when you are covered in hair. Then it tends to stick.

But Ulaz eyes the person who just showed up, trying to determine something about them. Sorry for the creepy yellow eyes]

I don't think it is, but someone else might.

[dreamvour]

[she doesn't seem to mind, and in fact stares evenly right back. She doesn't break eye contact, just tilts her head]

Then they have a bad sense of humor.

I can explain things if you like. Welcome to the Caprine.

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[helmsplitter]

[Like Baku, Doudanuki goes 'hunting' when he hears the confetti and the arrival of someone new on the ship. It hasn't been bad with just the two of them on the Caprine, but a new face means the possibility of a new position on the ship and thus more amenities. He can hope for a security officer, right? He just wants weapons on board. More than the ones that Furiosa stashed everywhere like some weird squirrel.

Honestly, he wasn't expecting anyone quite so....purple.]

Huh. So you're the new guy.

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[scalpelofmarmora]

[Sorry, no security officer. Lab support, which still gives them more stuff. Of course he might eventually find that he's probably just as good as security even though not his position.

For now, a little hard to tell aside from tall, purple alien with yellow eyes]

So I am. I haven't been here before.

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[helmsplitter]

[Yeah that whole tall, purple alien with yellow eyes thing is a little surprising. But then again, Doudanuki will probably surprise him, too, when he has to explain exactly what he is. The crew of the Caprine is just getting more and more eclectic by the shuffle.]

Name's Doudanuki Masakuni. I'm the captain here 'cause the other ones left. And I'm the communications officer and a war sword.

[He bumps the black sheathed Japanese katana resting over his shoulder when he mentions that last part. He's never without his real body.]

So who're you?

[Video]

[padadin]

[It's been a crappy month for Shiro. So crappy. So when he hears that voice, at first he thinks he's dreaming again. There are many things that haunt Shiro's nightmares, and Ulaz's death will always be one of those.

But then he picks up his communicator and... it's real. He is real. He's here... Atroma, you quiznak. His hand trembles when he presses the button to answer, eyes wide when he appears on the screen.]

...U-ulaz?

[Video]

[scalpelofmarmora]

[He sees the rather shocked, but familiar face come over the communicator and its met with a probably only slightly less shocked look]

Shiro? You are here?

[It's a relief, honestly. Both for actually knowing someone and because it calms the nagging in the back of his mind that he hadn't been able to save them]

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[livesfastdiesung]

Sorry, it's not a joke! Buuuut it'll be okay, it's not all that bad here.

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[scalpelofmarmora]

So then it is real... And what sort of a place is this?

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[wallcrawler]

Well, the short answer is "space reality show." The long answer is... okay I actually don't have one. But it's not a joke, unless it's one with a really delayed punchline...

[All of this is still kind of a headache for him, buddy.]

If it's any consolation, I had to deal with the same thing? It's really not something I'd recommend, but at least they didn't give you a headache with that second jump.

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[scalpelofmarmora]

Could be a joke for someone else other than any of us.

There is that. Everyone ends up on that ship before moving to another?

[ video ]

[tempredmental]

[Keith had listened quite a bit already to the other responses, so he knew Ulaz was up to speed on what exactly this place was. Well, as much as he could be anyway. It was confusing, and he imagined it was even more confusing to someone who probably had no idea what a reality show was.

He didn't even think twice about the fact that the augment had temporarily turned him into a 9-year-old as he clicked on the feed.]

Atroma probably thinks it's funny, but most of us don't. Still, it's good to see you again, Ulaz.

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[scalpelofmarmora]

[Well this is... different. The person who answers now definitely looks familiar but also not at the same time. And he definitely knew him, having addressed Ulaz by name. The perplexed look was probably muted because of the fact that his eyes showed less emotion than other races, but finally he answered]

You are... one of the paladins?

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[dreamofakuze]

Let me apologize now, because this is going to sound really rude, but what race are you from?

[He knew a lot of alien races, but whatever this guy was from, Shepard had never run across it.

Also, an alien being here at all kind of poked a hole in a few of the theories he'd come up with about what they were all actually doing there.

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[scalpelofmarmora]

[Well since someone ha already answered that he's probably not going to have to worry about the Galra Empire here, he answer]

I am a Galra.

There is no reason to apologize for trying to gain knowledge. I'm still Galra whether you ask or not.

[He's not trying to be rude. He's just... blunt]