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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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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.

[Keith shook his head.]

No... nor do we know why one of us didn't disappear, but the rest of us all did. And Allura disappeared before the rest of us. And, when the rest of disappeared, but Hunk didn't, he apparently went into some sort of coma-like state. So, I don't know. It's really weird.

That is very strange. [Of course he says that even given everything else that has happened in the past few days. This should really be about par for the course] A glitch in the Atroma's system then?

Maybe. It's something to note and keep an eye on for later.

[Keith sighed a little.]

You know... I never got to thank you for saving us.

Of course.

You don't need to be concerned with that. I was doing what had to be done.

[Keith frowned a bit, and then nodded. He could understand the mindset, at least. He'd been there...]

Still. Even if it had to be done, it's not an easy thing to do.

[He took a deep breath, and then gave Ulaz a weak smile.]

I should head back to my ship before Lance freaks out that I went missing. He's been stupidly protective with me stuck as a kid like this. I'll see you around.

Yes, it is better to not make others worry about where you have gone. I will be here.

[In case Keith wanted to talk again]

[He nodded.]

See ya.

[Knife clutched tightly against himself, Keith headed off back to the Huntress.]

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