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intro post!

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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That is quite a story.

[And very confusing. But then Keith was showing him the sheathed knife. Of course in the sheath, he couldn’t see it as well so he wrapped his hand around the hilt to draw it enough to see. Yep, there was the Blade of Marmora symbol plain as day on the blade. Ulaz drew it the rest of the way to examine it for a few long (and possibly painful on Keith’s part) moments before he returned the blade to the sheath]

You said you passed the Trials. That means you were able to activate this dagger. So you have some Galra in you.

[Keith nodded.]

I don't know where it came from... other than my mom left the knife behind when she left me and Dad. So, I'm guessing it came from her side somewhere... probably a really long time ago.

[He watched Ulaz handle the blade, definitely tensing up a bit. He'd almost had it taken from him a few times because people thought he'd stolen it. Keith was reluctant to let anyone really hold on to it. He didn't relax again until it was back in the sheath in his hands.]

But, because I passed the Trial, and left Team Voltron, I'm working with the Blade of Marmora now.

[Unlike with Antok, though, Ulaz had no reason to think that Keith had stolen it and Keith had admitted to knowing about the trials which he wouldn't have been involved any other way. It would also be dishonorable to consider confiscating another Blade's weapon without cause. Since Keith hadn't done anything to slight being a member of Blade of Marmora, there was no reason to think Ulaz might]

It would be logical to assume that your mother's side carries the Galra heritage then.

[He was quiet a moment at this last comment. What he was thinking in that silence would be hard for Keith to judge, his neutral expression still very firmly in place]

Then we are on the same team as well.

Yeah. Pretty sure that's it.

[It was definitely hard for Keith to judge the moment. Not only was Ulaz keeping himself very neutral, but Keith was just bad at reading certain cues from others. He felt his pulse start to speed up until Ulaz finally spoke.

He nodded.]

We are.

That does bring up some interesting questions which I'm sure you are aware of.

[If Keith hadn't wondered about it, Ulaz would have been both surprised and disappointed]

It also explains why you asked about my sword.

A lot of questions. I went in there looking for answers, and I feel like now I just have more questions.

I mean, I guess it answers the one main question I had... why did I have the blade... but yeah. Now there's a lot more.

[Keith nodded.]

I recognized the emblem on the hilt because I had it on my knife. But, I didn't get a chance to ask you much more, and, well... I was nervous to.

Hmm... there would be a lot of them even if something was explained.

[To be honest, Ulaz can't say that he blames Keith for having been nervous to indicate he had a blade like Ulaz's. Keith didn't look Galra at all, which would have set off alarm bells for even Ulaz about the kid having one of their swords. He couldn't honestly say what he would have done since he was no longer in that situation where trying to confiscate it would have crossed his mind]

Not surprising and I'm sure meeting the other Blades proved that you were right to be weary.

[Keith nodded about both statements, and then sighed.]

Antok kind of tackled me and accused me of stealing it. He and Kolivan tried to get me to give it back. They didn't believe me. Though, I don't really blame them. It's not like anything about me really looks Galra. No one back home on Earth had any clue about me being different.

I'm not honestly surprised. Antok would have been the one to do that. He's more of Kolivan's right hand than anyone in the Blades.

[He says it so flatly, but for a brief second Ulaz seemed more interested in something that was behind Keith so he was looking over him before his attention turned back]

I suppose the Trials of Marmora came up as a way to try and make you give it back to them.

Huh?

[Keith looked confused, and then glanced back over his shoulder to see what Ulaz was looking at.]

What do you mean? Isn't that something every member has to go through?

Do not misunderstand. Yes, every member of the Blades has gone through the Trials of Marmora and has successfully activated their luxite blade to pass. However, only one of Galra blood even has a chance of activating a blade. If they thought you had stolen it or someone else had, you wouldn't have been activate it no matter what they did in the trial.

[Think about that]

[Keith did think about it.]

I noticed that all the Blades have a unique shape to their weapons. Do you think they recognized it?

In theory yes. If I or another had met the Blade who had that sword before you and saw their blade then someone may have known who it belonged to. For better accuracy, we would have to see the blade activated. When they are daggers, its more difficult to tell. And we may have never seen their blade in that form.

They were pretty surprised when I got it to work.

[Keith looked down at it for a moment, and then slid it out of the sheath. After a moment, the blade changed shape.]

Do you recognize this one?

[Keith wouldn't be surprised if Ulaz didn't, but he was kind of hopeful.]

[As Keith pulled out the dagger and activated it, Ulaz leaned in to look at the blade. He couldn't hold it at this point because if he tried to take it, it would turn back to its dagger form. He had to lean in to get a better look at it and study it. After a moment, he sat back up]

This blade does look familiar, but I can't place the Blade who wielded it. It's possible that I have not seen this Blade for sometime or I may never have seen them without their mask on.

I'll think on this and let you know if anything comes to me.

[Keith nodded.]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[He let the blade go back down to its dagger size and eased it back into the sheath. He really just wanted to find his mom's family or something... or find out why she left. Part of him wondered if the 'mission first' credo of the group forced her to leave.]

Anything I remember, I'll let you know first.

[He'd spent way too many deca-phoebs on the Galra ships that remembering what individual Blades had been doing hadn't been a high priority]

I can try to answer anymore questions you may have.

[Since he is a Blade after all]

Mm... No. I think that's all I have right now. I've been working with Kolivan a lot, so I think I kind of get it. [Most of it... some of it... enough to not have questions at the moment.]

Well, you would if you work with Kolivan.

[He finds it interesting though that Kolivan was personally taking Keith under his wing. He didn't do that with most young Blades. There were too many of them even so. Though the fact he was a Paladin of Voltron might be contributing to that]

Have been you in this fleet long?

Almost a year.

[He shrugged a little.]

I guess that's kind of long. Though, it seems nothing progresses back home without us... like, if there's a chance that someone goes back for a bit, they pick up right where they left off and with no memory of this place.

[He sounded like he was talking from experience.]

Then, when they get back, it could be a different amount of time spent home versus how long they were gone, and it gets all weird and confusing.

So even though you are here with time passing, nothing changes back home? That... is very odd.

[It does sound like he was talking like it was from experience. Was that how he figured out about the fact he was not the red paladin anymore?]

I wonder how they are able to do something like that.

Yeah. It is. We haven't figured all of that out, yet. But everyone in the Fleet has been gathering as much information as they can. We'll figure it out eventually, I'm sure. It just might take some time.

[Keith sighed a little. He definitely wasn't the patient type.]

I saw you talked to a few of us already. All five of us are here. The Princess was, too, for a while.

Of course. Not everything can happen immediately especially when you are disadvantaged in gathering information.

[This he says from experience]

So the princess is not here? Is it like when they disappear for a time? They just... vanish?

[Keith nodded.]

Apparently, people disappearing is a thing. It happened to most of us, actually. Hunk's the only one that hasn't disappeared for a time. Allura's the only one that's disappeared and hasn't come back, yet.

So all of you did... except for Hunk? I doubt you'd know if there is a reason why some return and some don't.

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