driftfleet | Entries tagged with keith

[It comes at some point in the mid-afternoon, not that space is anything but timeless. The Fleet holds its collective breath as a lone figure works tireless at the controls, surrounded by as much machinery as could be feasibly cobbled together in the span of a few short weeks… But Zhade is here and working hard, and at last he finds an opening.

Communicators and consoles light up everywhere, broadcasting his voice and half-shrouded face in a broad echo. There's nothing to lose, and no reason to hide themselves any longer.]

This is Zhade! Prepare yourselves-- the shields are about to come down! You'll need to hit it with everything you have. Spells, cannons, everything, all of it. Don't you dare hold back, not after the heroics you've shown us time and time again!

[He wipes some sweat from his scarred brow and hits a button, broadcasting instead an image of the Marsiva. The space around it crackles and sparks visibly, lightning rippling over the barrier in a honeycomb fashion. This is the same view as from any of the Fleet's windows. The audio picks up the sound of things sparking and crackling around Zhade, but this doesn't slow him at all.

Instead, he roars a simple command:]

FIRE—!

[The shields are down, and all is laid bare.

What happens next is up to the combined strength of the Fleet, whether they are firing upon the ship to maintain a distraction or boarding the ship themselves.]

[ooc: Please see the latest drift post for information on toplevels, threading, etc. and what to expect.]

gundamofthedesert

Who: Quatre and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Huntress, planetside
When: Quatre's arrival and later

Broadcast
Hello, everyone. My name is Quatre Raberba Winner. It is nice to meet you all.

I am sure that this has happened often, but I have some questions about this place if anyone would be so kind as to answer them.

Action - Huntress
[After a short time on the ship called the Marsiva, Quatre found himself here... on the ship called the Huntress with some surprising random fanfare.

So he sets out to explore the ship, see who else is there and what the ship is like. It was weird, he thought, that he had been assigned as a cook when he had so many other useful skills... Well, maybe he can put them to use anyway]

Action - Planetside
[This planet... this planet was beautiful. It was everything he had ever pictured planets to be. He takes to wandering the settlement enjoying the scenery.

But he can hear it, practically feel it in his space heart. The planet is trying to say something to him. To all of them. He's sure of it. As much as he loves the scenery, this part bothers him greatly. In the early morning, he stands, trying to figure out the planet is trying to say]

tempredmental

Who: Keith, You
Broadcast: Open
Action: Huntress, Planet, Etc... system catch-all
When: While in the current sytem

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So, um... looks like I'm behind the curve again. [Keith chuckled a little darkly, not fully humorous. The rest of the team had gotten their bayards, he'd gotten his Blade... and then bayard later (though it had been the Black one, which, at the time, had made no sense and just threw confusion between him and Shiro). Then, everyone go tiny versions of the Voltron Lions and Shiro got a tiny Atlas. Keith had gotten Kosmo as a puppy. Now, he had the Black Lion... when it was just him and Lance from Team Voltron left.

At least Red was around? Keith shifted the video slightly to show the two tiny robots sitting near each other.]

Everyone, meet a tiny version of the Black Lion of Voltron. Though, without all five of them, we still can't form Voltron, so... sorry. No tiny Voltron.

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{OOC: Open to action prompts just about anywhere as well. Keith will probably keep the Black Lion with him for a while as it's small and easy to steal, and there were issues with that back home for a while where Zarkon kept trying to take it back from Shiro, so... Yeah. Keith's wary. If you want to pre-plan, feel free to PM the journal or hit me up on Plurk at

duches77.}

Current Mood: listless

thespaceopera

Who: The Interceptor Fleet representatives and any Drift Fleet members who wish to attend
Broadcast: NO. **ALL communicators must be left outside of the meeting place!!**
Action: At the specified meeting point - a clearing in the forest
When: Tonight

[ Before We Begin... ]
[ There's still some time before everything is set to start. The representatives for The Interceptors are already here, of course - you can talk freely to Dr. Mrs. The Monarch, Kid ("Angel"), or Duo Maxwell, if you choose. Answers to any questions you have might get put on hold until during or after the meeting... unless you just want to know more about them and their fleet, personally. That's up to their own discretion~ ]

[ The Game Plan ]
[ Right on time - not even a second after - Dr. Mrs. The Monarch moves to the center to begin. ]

All right. We've got a lot to talk about. So let's get started with what's most important: we've got a way into the Marsiva, and we're gonna take it.

When Duo and I got stuck in there for those damn Calibrations, he set up some explosives to help us get out of there - which wouldn't have worked on its own, but he managed to hit something pretty damn important: the reparative generators. They're still online, but as you probably noticed from the looks of the ship right now, they're not doing so hot. And that's perfect for us. Honestly, if we can locate those and hit 'em again, that'd be all the better for us, wouldn't you think?

The Marsiva's shields... those used to be a huge problem, but apparently our designated Interceptor fleet stowaway got 'em down after you guys helped him get a lock on our location in there - which, thank you for all that, by the way. You guys know who you are. Calibrations could've been... a lot worse otherwise. Anyway, Zhade's pretty damn sure he can do it again. Just needs some time, some backup firepower, and the perfect opening.

That's where you guys are gonna come in. Not sure how long you guys are staying in this system - it's usually about an Earth month or so, right? - but use that time to upgrade your ships, especially the weapons. Probably the shields, too. I don't know, depends on how you wanna run things. Hell, arm yourselves too, 'cause we'll be boarding that thing and taking down who or whatever's in our way. [ A pause. ] Maybe we'll run into your lovely show hosts. Wouldn't that be fun.

I don't know exactly who or what we'll run into in there, but we've got enough intel that we can make an educated guess: it won't be human. Probably won't even be humanoid, unless it sends some kind of worker robots at us. Does it even have those? I don't know. I can't predict what's gonna happen, so be ready for just about anything. Whatever's in there, we've gotta deal with it if we're gonna have any chance of freeing ourselves for good, especially if we wanna get home.

And... As for getting home... I have some ideas. And theories. And honestly, I bet I can get it to work out in everyone's favor if I can just get at whatever makes the whole pulling-people-from-other-worlds thing happen. We've found a lot of hints and some really valuable tools, but I can't make a one hundred percent fully formed plan until I know exactly what I'm working with. So once we get inside, that's what I'm gonna be looking for. And if any of you are weird-alien-technology-magic-inclined, well, I could probably use some extra pairs of hands once we find whatever it is to work with. But trust me, I'll get it to work. ... I've got a husband to get back to. And I know a lot of you feel the same way.

So, that's the overview. In short? Hit the Marsiva to get its attention. Zhade drops the shields. Hit the Marsiva even harder, aiming for the reparative generators. Board it. Find Atroma - whatever they are - and make 'em pay. Get to the bottom of what's brought us and is keeping us here. Figure it out, save the day, everybody wins. Sound good?

[ Feel free to interject at any point with questions, ideas, requests for specifics/clarification, random commentary... anything at all. This is a meeting, not a presentation - they want to hear from you too! ]

[ Q&A Time ]
Okay, I know that was a lot. Anyone got anything to say about it? Need me to go over something again? Or if you guys have any of your own ideas, we'll take 'em. We're gonna need every possible angle and advantage to pull this off, you know.

[ The floor's open. Anything you want to ask? Anything you want to say?

After it's over and the meeting is adjourned, the Interceptors won't want to linger for very long, but they will hang out long enough to talk for a short while. Got something that deserves a more one-on-one conversation? Now's the time to do it. ]

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(( ooc: If you'd like to speak to Dr. Mrs. The Monarch, Duo, or Kid specifically for any reason, please let us know in the subject line or bolded somewhere in your comment - it would help us out a lot! You can also use this post to mingle among yourselves, maybe generate some joint ideas or jointly comment on the proceedings. Anything goes!

If you have OOC questions/concerns, feel free to send a PM to

spaceshipit. ))

thespaceopera

Who: Everyone
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: Anywhere on the fleet or in the system
When: The month of June

Welcome to Naviadna! Enjoy the beautiful sights, amazing technology, and all the other wonderful things this system has to offer! Where will you go? What sort of shenanigans will you get up to? How are you dealing with the planet's insistent singing at you?

Have fun!

(( System Info here ))

thespaceopera

[ A notification goes out over the private network - the one that's sealed away from Atroma's prying eyes. One (1) unread text message, from a familiar frequency - the Interceptor Fleet. ]

Drift Fleet -

We have a plan. Thanks to our wonderful little vacation on the Marsiva and the resulting afterparty, we've got a solid foundation to work with.

The Marsiva is still hurting. We can take advantage of that. Whether you all want revenge, answers, or both, we can get them. Together. Hell, even if you just want to go home - I'm pretty sure we can make it happen if this works.

Rendezvous in the next system for details. No more secrets between us. We'll find a location when we arrive and send coordinates.

Let's give this ridiculous reality show a reunion tour finale and then be DONE with it.

- }|{

[ Looks like they most likely won't be responding to anything directly - but hey, feel free to discuss amongst yourselves~ ]

tempredmental

Who: Keith, open
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Huntress, Iskaulit... all the usual spots... even willing to do something on a waystation with a dumb tourist trap LOL
When: Just after Krolia disappeared

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[ video ]

I got word, um... I just wanted to let everyone know Krolia's not the in Fleet anymore.

[Anyone who knows Keith's relationship with Krolia would probably understand why he's unsettled by this.]

Thanks...

[And he signed off.]

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[ action ]

[Keith could be found dealing with his loss in the usual ways... throwing himself into his responsibilities as Captain and pilot, working out heavily in the gym or the obstacle course, attempting to avoid social contact... typical Keith. Come distract him or get him to talk. Take him to a dumb tourist trap! Work out with him! Get him to spill his guts! So many options!]

Current Mood: melancholy

child_of_luv

Who: Everyone who wants in!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: MINGLE TIME, Iskaulit Lecture Hall
When: The day before drift starts

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[With help from other Fleeters, Minako had coordinated the lecture hall being decorated into an auditorium for their auction. It was done up somewhat cheesy, like a 90's high school prom, with hearts and cute things... streamers, balloons... anything she could find on the planet below to make it work.

She also managed to order a buffet of hors d'oeuvres and finger foods (nothing super fancy) for people to snack on, and there were drinks. There wasn't specifically punch, but there wasn't anything alcoholic being supplied, so that would have to be brought in by others. She's a minor!

Before the auction itself starts, but once everyone's there, Minako steps up on the stage to address everyone.]

I want to thank everyone for participating tonight. It's a great showing of people and I know we'll be able to use the supplies we'll be getting during the next drift. I hope everyone has a good time tonight, and I definitely hope you all have wonderful dates.

Now... let the auction begin!

[She'd step to the side, and then introduce each person as they came out for their bidding.

Afterwards, she thanked everyone again, wished them all luck on their dates, and told them to enjoy the rest of the night!]

{OOC: Each of the characters being sold has a top level for the bidding portion. The winners that were rolled are in the subjects. Feel free to make your own top levels like a typical mingle if you want to do more than just the bidding. Also, you can go hog-wild bidding in each of the individual top levels, but the winners have already been picked for some of them. Those who didn't get an RNG pairing (sorry, we had less buyers than people sold) are open to having fun with bidding and you can determine who wins. Just because you're not the winner of a person doesn't mean you can't play out a bidding war if you want to! Have fun!}

Current Mood: chipper

luxoraculi

Who: Lunafreya Nox Fleuret and YOOOU.
Broadcast: Yes; Fleet wide.
Action: No.
When: 5/16.

[ This is not a place Luna expected to be back in, and yet fate has once again intervened and she finds herself in familiar territory. Granted, she's stuck on the Marsiva and she knows that she's going to be here for the next few days, but that isn't going to stop her from letting her presence be known. She doesn't know who is here now; if her friends and extended family from her previous stay still remain or not, but there is only one way to find out.

The view starts out a bit shaky as she adjusts her communicator, apparently trying to prop it up, until the video feed focuses in on Lunafreya as she moves to stand in focus. She offers a small, polite bow of greeting that may be familiar to those who remember her from before, and when she straightens, a small smile pulls at her lips. ]

Good day to everyone. My name is Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, and I have been here before. Granted, I know not how many moons have passed since the last I was here, but I was wondering just whom here from my own world remains, and if there was anyone still here with whom I was fortunate enough to forge a friendship with before. Regardless, I am pleased to meet everyone once more, and I pray that we are all able to work together in harmony and get to know one another again. Thank you so much for your time.

[ Luna bows once more, and the feed cuts. All that's left now is to wander the Marsiva and hope that someone out there will respond. ]

scalpelofmarmora

Who: Ulaz and you!
Broadcast: Fleet wide
Action: Planet side and Blameless
When: While on planet

Broadcast
[Ulaz has found the flouds. There certainly are a lot of them where he had ended up while exploring. As he's standing there, one can barely see the forest through the ... flouds]

Interesting creatures. I don't know that I have ever seen something quite like this before.

[One of the flouds noses into frame and makes a bleat at him. He reaches out to pet it, a faint smile on his face at how happy it seems to make the creature]

Does anyone know what these are?

Action
[The underground city was interesting, but in the end it was far too much for Ulaz so he had taken to going out in the jungle and exploring. Forget the dinosaurs and other creatures that might want to eat others. He takes that as practice in avoiding attacks.

He can also be found on the Blameless, going about his normal assignments or getting a cup of tea in the dining room. It still... doesn't feel quite right on the ship. Like something is missing]

dothelokimotion

Who: Loki + You
Broadcast: Video
Action: Planetside
When: Right here, right now

[ the feed turns on, though it seems to start with a burst of static and a blurry screen before it finally seems to straighten itself out. though the scene you might be seeing seems a little . . . hard to take in. mostly because it looks like everything has been frozen. plants, grass and giant dinosaurs like T-Rexs that were in mid-lunge to bite on . . . a huddled lump who has a quilt over their head and cocooned deep within the covers. And also happens to be sneezing a lot. ]

This — [ loki sneezes, looking pale, harried and a little . . . blue. ] — Is the worst. Why is everything so — [ another loud sneeze. ] — uncomfortable?! And how do you make it stop?!

tempredmental

Who: Keith, Everyone
Broadcast: Open
Action: Huntress, Iskaulit, Planet
When: April Catch-All?

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( backdated video, with small private comment to Lance )

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( action, ship-side, before and during system arrival )

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( action, planet stuff )

Current Mood: busy

samahl

Who: Cyril and OPEN; Cyril and Kolivan
Broadcast: Video
Action: Planetside (Lydia)
When: During the day.

[Network]

My friends, one of the many things I've very much enjoyed while on the Fleet is the ability to experience enjoyable things I never would have had had the opportunity to hear about back on Thedas. A 'water park' seems to be one of those. I am interested in seeing what the fuss is about... Especially if I can convince Kolivan to experience it with me. [Oh, he will. That is going to happen.] Meeting him as been other one of those things, after all, and combining them could be fun.

My concern is this. [He lifts his left hand, showing off the silver cybernetic prosthetic.] When it was installed I was reassured it's waterproof and I've had no issues with it in the shower and such, but somehow this seems different.

Does anyone have experience with these sorts of limbs? Can you check that it will still function properly even if I take it down a 'water slide'? [He seems to enjoy saying 'water slide' even though he can't fully conceptualize what it is.]

( For Kolivan, who was convinced to go to a waterpark )

woodcarving

Who: Magnus and you!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: The Iskaulit & the SS Vanquish
When: Anytime during drift

( [action] )

[video;]

[Magnus is apparently standing in the obstacle course on the Iskaulit, if anyone's been there recently. He thought he understood the programming, he really did-- but there appears to be a Magnus-shaped hole in several of the obstacles behind him, like he crashed through them in a straight line instead of going around them. The splinters are very telling. Sorry, Peter.]

So, uh, your training room here?

[A couple sparks pop off in the background. Magnus casually uses a detached automatic tennis ball shooter as a backscratcher.]

I thought an obstacle course was supposed to slow people down, but it's not working. Maybe I hit the wrong button. Anyway, whoever's in charge of it-- you should look into that.

[Something falls over nearby. Magnus glances off camera.] Hmm... guess I can clean up before I leave. It's not safe to leave broken boards laying around.

[The feed cuts here, presumably so he can do this.]

[ooc: I got permission! The obstacle course will have reinforced boxes and boards after this, and he'll work on fixing the metal stuff he broke next system. ~~Probably.~~]

the_tailor

Who: Lance and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Huntress, Iskaulit
When: Now through the rest of the drift period

( Nyan? )

tiedonastring

Who: Hux and anyone else
Broadcast: N/A
Action: On board the S.S. Bishop + the Iskaulit
When: Now open mingle

Hux was currently at his work shop, where he spent most of his time at. He had been pretty busy since Pidge had left the ship. To a degree he missed her presence and her hard work ethic. The two had always been on edge with each other, but they learned to appreciate each other's skills and hard work.

Millicent was preoccupied with stalking one of the mouse droids. Right now Hux was cleaning up the shield he had promised Steve upon his arrival. It was finally completed with the help of Captain Looma. Having never used a forge before, Hux found that to be an entirely new experience. It took a few trials before he was satisfied with the final results.

Ever since he gained Millicent as an animal companion, he found that his workshop brought various visitors. Most wanting to spend time with the kitten. He pretty much ignored them with only keeping an eye on them making sure they weren't being too rough with her. Not that Millicent wouldn't defend herself it that were the case.

When he wasn't in the workshop, Hux was found training in the obstacle course. He was either practicing the hand to hand combat he was learning from Ulaz or keeping up with his skills with his blaster.

Hux can also be found at the Iskaulit either at the bar, one of the places to eat, or checking various places out needing to see people he hadn't checked on in a while.

[OOC: Feel free to drop in and visit Millicent or stop by to speak to him, or start your own prompt.]

customplates

Who; Aaron and you!
Broadcast; Yes
Action; Various (Planetside and around)
When; All March

Broadcast-Audio | Fleetwide

[Aaron does clear his throat before speaking.]

So, this planet seems interesting. Does anyone want to go exploring? Maybe just get out into something a little more open than the ships? Personally, it's been way too long since I've smelled pine.

(OOC: If you'd like to do anything specific, like meet and greets or just hanging out, feel free to post a starter, or drop me a line on plurk (

vikael) if you want to hash out details. Individual starters for things we're already discussed below!)

dothelokimotion

Who: Loki + You
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS First Breath
When: Today! It's a special day!

( video broadcast )

[ the feed splutters before turning on. loki is surrounded by a whole bunch of boxes. boxes as far as the eye can see. loki has started opening them while the speakers blast this song loud and clear. loki, for his part merely huffs. ]

It seems I have spent a total of a year in this place and the, ah, viewers wish to celebrate. However most of this is useless to me, so I welcome anyone else taking them into their hands.

[ which, ngl, he's into. but the gifts loki has are just . . . baffling. he holds each one up to the camera. we have the mighty thor scooter, captain chickmerica, loki on hotwheels, a masterpiece, plastic horns, disturbing panties and something for "sophisticated men" ]

Please feel free to come by to the First Breath to pick them up.

Also, this has reminded me. Since we are essentially living by this . . . awkward mortal calendar, I have decided I want a birthday. You lot should help me pick one.

[ and get him presents. this is essentially a ploy for presents. ]

passingthrough

Who: Everyone
Broadcast: Nah!
Action: B'lire in the Drisdim-3 System
When: March 11 to April 5

[Live that Gaston lifestyle, but maybe less French.]

(OOC: System Info.)

appletart

Who: Escha and YOU!
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: SS Starduck, if you like!
When: RIGHT HECKIN NOW!

[ Time for another video from the lab on the Starduck! Escha is smiling for the camera, and there are a whole lot of what looks like metal rods on the counter in front of her. ]

Hi everyone! It's Escha! I've heard about all of the weird things on this planet, and I know people really want to go tracking them down, so I thought I'd try to make something to help out with that... and it worked!

[ She picks up two of the metal rods and holds them up toward the camera, with the tips touching at an acute angle. At first, they look pretty plain - silvery gray, cylindrical like drumsticks - but every few seconds they seem to glow with a soft red light. ]

They're dowsing rods! They're alchemically altered metal, infused with some particular properties from materials I gathered on the surface of this world. If you take them with you and hold them out in front of you like this, they'll start to vibrate if anything weird, strange, or ancient is around! I tested them out for myself, and they do work! I found this!

[ She puts down the rods, holds up what looks like a HUUUUGE shark's tooth. Whatever shark lost that is probably like, unnaturally large. Holy crap. ]

Buuut... It also pointed me toward this, too.

[ She puts down the tooth, and with a sheepish smile, holds up... ... ... an apple. whoops~ ]

Just wanted to be honest about it... But, yes! They do work! For the most part. But, um, apparently every once in a while you'll get an apple instead. And, well, if you don't want apples, you could give them to me, I guess? I'll always take apples! [ Her smile turns a little hopeful~? ]

Anyway, that's all I wanted to share! Good luck looking for things, everyone! If you want to take some dowsing rods with you, come to the lab on the SS Wonderduck and I'll set you up with some!

(( ooc: Word of Mod sayeth they really will work!! Most of the time, they will point you in the direction of a cryptid-related clue or object that will help you out: a tooth, footprint(s), general direction the thing disappeared towards... but every once in a while, they will fail! You can have them just dud out, point at something completely normal, or... an apple. Because why not! So yes, feel free to have your character using these things however/whenever! ))

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Entries tagged with keith

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[ video | action | OPEN ]

Is it a conspiracy if it's really happening?

Naviadna Mingle

no light in the distance

[ video ]

Date Auction Mingle

(no subject)

[video | action]

( how the dinosaurs died )

[ video ]

(no subject)

it's time for some TRAINING

video + action

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003; Planetside and Catchall

[ one year anniversary ]

B'lire Game-wide Mingle

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