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broadcast intro and action

Who: Veronica
Broadcast: open network
Action: Iskaulit and Blue Fish
When: network - friday. action - saturday

Broadcast / Action to anyone on the Marsiva
[Veronica wakes with a distinct feeling of wrongness. The camera zooms in as blue eyes open, a frown already on her face. She sits up slowly, the covers falling off and pooling at her hips to reveal she's in standard Garrison uniform, the typical attire of an officer. Rubbing at her face, she looks to the side to spot her glasses and quickly jams them on.

Her frown deepens.] Where...am I...?

[Veronica slides out of bed, to find her shoes tucked neatly beside the bed. Frowning at them, she goes barefoot for now, instead running down the hallway and feeling cold metal under her feet.]

Hello? Is anyone there?

Action - Iskaulit & Blue Fish
[Veronica can be found wandering the Iskaulit and the S.S. Blue Fish restlessly. She's a hot mess of emotions, unsure how to deal with everything that is going on right now, and her first priority is just to become familiar with her surroundings. Most everything she would be interested in is on the Iskaulit, it seems, so this is where she starts.

She'll most often be pacing, but if you're lucky, you might catch her frowning and poking at her communicator, trying to make it function in some way like what she's used to. She wants more information, maybe this can help.]

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[Of course she spots him once he starts hollering her name, and she smiles, waving back and heading in his direction.]

There you are.

Here I am. And here you are, and...

[She's here. Veronica. His sister. His family. She's here, standing right in front of him. He can't wait another moment, and practically launches himself at her, dragging her into a tight hug.]

It's you... It's r-really you!

[She laughs as he hugs her tightly, and hugs him back just as happily. No matter how many times she sees him, Veronica is just so grateful to have her little brother back in one piece. All those years of worrying, not knowing if he was even still alive, and the horrible chill she'd felt when Commander Holt's son had said Voltron was missing... She's just so glad that Lance is okay. She's never going to stop being glad for that.]

It's really me. [She laughs.] And you're the hero himself.

[He inhales deeply, and god, she even smells the same. He's reminded of nights when he was a child, woken up by nightmares and how he'd end up going to Veronica's room. She'd let him sleep in her bed, stroke his hair until he fell asleep, and just...be the best sister ever. This is her. Family. Home.

Part of a world he sometimes thought he might never see again.

Lance holds her tighter, shoulders shaking a little.]

'm no hero, Veronica... I'm still just your dumb little brother.

Aw, Lance...

[He's breaking her heart. She holds him tighter, one hand instinctively going to stroke his hair. He's not so little anymore, not so easy to hold or carry to bed, or steal his socks and tickle his feet. But he's her best friend. He's a man now, one who she can rely on to protect her, and it's...strange. She's still so used to protecting him.]

Shh, hermanito. You're my hero.

[And that's all he needs for the waterworks to start. It isn't full on sobbing, but there are definitely tears coming down Lance's face.]

I can't believe... I get to see you again. I missed you so much, so much! There hasn't been a single day that I haven't thought about you and everyone else. It's so hard, not having been able to say goodbye, knowing that I left everyone not knowing what happened to me, worrying you all.

Hey, hey, shhh. [Veronica holds him close, hand coming to gently cradle the back of Lance's head. It's instinctual, protective, doing what she feels is best to keep her little brother safe.]

It's okay, Lance. None of that matters anymore.

It... I... Right, s-sorry. You know how emotional I am...that never changed.

[He remains there for a little longer, taking that comfort. Eventually he pulls away and rubs the tears off of his face.]

Whew. Okay. Needed to get all of that out.

Doesn't ever have to. I like you the way you are.

[She continues to hold him, stroking absently at his hair and smiling. She's missed this, even if it hasn't been too long. It feels good to have her little brother at her side again.]

Glad you did. Sometimes all you need is a good cry.

Oh yeah, definitely.

[He hums, not quite pulling away yet. Lance is a sucker for physical comfort, after all, and he wants to stay close to his sister right now.]

So, uh, how are you adjusting so far?

Honestly?

[Veronica laughs sheepishly.] I'm...struggling to believe all of this. I mean, I've seen strange, very strange, but this is something else.

I know. I mean, I've had the most insane things happen to me. Heck, I've even visited an alternate reality before. But this? This is all something else. By now I'm used to it, since I've been here for...oh man. A year and a half? So after a while, you just kinda adjust.

[He finally pulls away, wiping a little at his eyes.]

All we can do is just live day to day. And try to figure out just what the quiznak is going on with this place, but it's really, really slow going.

An alternate-- [Veronica shakes her head.] Never mind, we can talk about that later. You've been here a year and a half?

I have. Shiro and Keith have been here for a little longer than I have, and Pidge came a little after. Hunk was here for a bit, but...not for long.

[God. He really. Really. Misses him.]

And Allura, of course! She arrived a few weeks ago.

[Veronica frowns.]

We don't have time for this. Playing someone else's stupid mind game... We've got a war to deal with, Lance. We need to go home.

I know we do. But there's nothing we can do here about that. When we go home, it'll be like we never left at all. Think of it like...time is frozen back home. Us being here won't affect the war.

[He gives a little shrug.]

I don't care about that, I...I care about Mama and Papa and everyone that's died and I'm supposed to just vacation here for God knows how long pretending everything is fine?

[She finally snaps, whirling around on her heel and dropping her head into her hands.]

Everyone that's... Veronica, what are you talking about? What do you mean, died?

[He feels something tighten up in his chest. People have died? Wait, are their parents part of that? What happened? Why?]

I... [Oh hell. She didn't mean to do that.]

..Nothing. Just forget I said anything.

No. No, you don't just get to say that and brush it off!

[He grabs her shoulder, spinning her around.]

It...It's fine, Lance, really, everything is-- [But her lower lip is quivering and she's trying not to cry, unable to even get the last word out.]

I... C-can you at least tell me...if our family...?

[Lance trails off, unable to finish the question. What's going to happen? Who's going to die on Earth, and most importantly, why wasn't he there to stop it?]

[She lifts her glasses to swipe angrily at her eyes.] Everyone's safe.

[That in itself is a relief. However, he knows there's much more to the situation. Veronica is very good at keeping a cool head, so whatever's happened to make her like this must be severe.

Whatever it was, he must have not been there for.]

Veronica, I... I'm sorry...

Don't, please. [She waves a hand at him.] I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to blow up on you.

[Veronica lets out a long breath and removes her glasses to clean them.]

...Is there somewhere we can get a drink or something?

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