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thisavrou2017-03-05 11:49 pm
imoustacheyou) wrote in thisavrou2017-03-05 11:49 pm
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[When the video clicks on, it's not to the confused face of a newcomer, to the concern of someone who has just been plucked out of their universe and thrown to another. It's not of anger, fear, annoyance, none of that. When the video focuses, it's on a man wearing a strange dark coat, twirling one end of a ginger mustache between his fingers. He has light blue markings on his face, pointed ears, wild hair, a patch over his right eye, and looks entirely nonplussed by this entire situation.
In fact, this particular newcomer seems settled enough that he's able to hold the TAB in a steady hand at the perfect MySpace angle. No, seriously, he has this selfie stuff on lock.]
You know, this reminds me of that time I was on the coast of Melharoo, on the planet Yaluk of the Fifth Nebula. There was an entertainment city -- Va Harn, I believe the name was -- with a resort that operated kind of like this. Woke up there without a clue of what I'd been doing the past week! Turns out I'd had a particularly nasty run in with a few Wabbernocks! [Here, he laughs. As if everything he's saying makes complete and total sense.] Last time I went there during a waning metra.
[He lets go of the edge of his mustache, letting it bounce back into place as he regards the lens of the TAB.]
It's been a good while since I've had the time to learn about a new culture, so go ahead fellow visitors and Thisavrounians! Give me your best stories. Tell me about your culture, your technology, your holidays-- anything you could possibly think of!
[And, almost as if it's an afterthought, rather than the whole point of this broadcast Coran come on]
Oh! And if anyone's heard some rumors about flying robotic lions -- particularly a colored set -- I'd appreciate the information.
In fact, this particular newcomer seems settled enough that he's able to hold the TAB in a steady hand at the perfect MySpace angle. No, seriously, he has this selfie stuff on lock.]
You know, this reminds me of that time I was on the coast of Melharoo, on the planet Yaluk of the Fifth Nebula. There was an entertainment city -- Va Harn, I believe the name was -- with a resort that operated kind of like this. Woke up there without a clue of what I'd been doing the past week! Turns out I'd had a particularly nasty run in with a few Wabbernocks! [Here, he laughs. As if everything he's saying makes complete and total sense.] Last time I went there during a waning metra.
[He lets go of the edge of his mustache, letting it bounce back into place as he regards the lens of the TAB.]
It's been a good while since I've had the time to learn about a new culture, so go ahead fellow visitors and Thisavrounians! Give me your best stories. Tell me about your culture, your technology, your holidays-- anything you could possibly think of!
[And, almost as if it's an afterthought, rather than the whole point of this broadcast Coran come on]
Oh! And if anyone's heard some rumors about flying robotic lions -- particularly a colored set -- I'd appreciate the information.
[VIDEO]
What happened? The castle wasn't boarded, was it?
[VIDEO]
We went to the swap moon! [Which honestly, he doesn't know why she doesn't remember that. She'd been pretty angry about them 1. going to it in the first place, and 2. not bringing her.
... but it's also pretty hard to be actively confused when he's talking about one of his favorite things of all time. Which is probably why Coran is grinning like a kid in a candy store and not... y'know... still trying to reassure her...]
[VIDEO]
[Her tone drops in disappointment at the end, in a "oh, that explains so much" kind of way. In parts, because 1. they went in the first place, 2. they probably didn't bring her, and 3. it's going to be that much more difficult to get him to settle down and listen about why she doesn't know about this already.]
[She gives a resigned sigh.]
And you're fresh back from there, I presume? Did we at least get what we needed? More importantly, do you remember anything after?
[VIDEO]
[Oh. Wait. Right. There's something else going on here.]
After? The only thing that happened after that was travelling back to the castle and ending up here.
[VIDEO]
[Because that is something she is becoming increasingly familiar with now that no one is telling her to stay away from them. And when she had seen all those shops alongside one another, her first thought was a market, too.]
Oh, never mind that! Look, the situation has become far more complicated. Do you remember any of those old tales about the wormholes -- the ones where the crews came out a pluthrex of decafeebs after they entered? Or the ones who claimed they emerged in another crygunth, or even another universe entirely?
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so how much do you use random word generators for your tags][VIDEO]
[There's no helping him, Allura. He's helpless.
At the mention of wormholes and complicated situations, however, Coran at least has the decency to try and get a bit more serious.]
You mean Ygak's Displacement Theory? But that was dismissed almost an entire molinth ago, no one could get any closer to proving it. And without specialized equipment-- [...... like the equipment they apparently had here]
This isn't a matter of slipping into another universe, is it?
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you have no idea my friend][VIDEO]
[Altean science is a weird, wonderful place. But shaky grounds or not, it's an odd thing to be complaining about when they are living proof that it is an accurate, valid theory. Except...]
We seem to have done one better, actually. We've not only left our original universe, but we've also made a mess of the time-space continuum in the process.
The last thing I recalled was our ship entering the disrupted wormhole after the fight with Zarkon. I've been here ever since. Yet Hunk and Lance [and Keith] claim that I reemerged in our own universe, after. And they can't be wrong, since they know things that I hadn't told them yet.
[VIDEO]
[Let him just mumble about things that make no sense for a good few seconds and he'll be right back with you.]
The wormhole? But that was... [He stops, pursing his lips and twisting the edge of his mustache as he thinks.] You did-- we did. Re-emerge, that is. Apparently we were stuck in a time loop while approaching void space at the end of the wormhole. It was a contained event, though. Only you and I experienced any shift in time, and I don't have any memory of it.
It's been... a bit of time since then.
[VIDEO]
And that's just it. What I remember is that we entered the wormhole -- and then I emerged from the Ingress. Not this one, but one aboard a ship called the Moira. It's been quite some time on this side, as well...
So, from what we know, I was both on board the Castle of Lions and the Moira, at the same time. And the same goes for Shiro and Pidge. It's as if time itself fractured in two.
[VIDEO]
Well, I can definitely say you've been on board the Castle. [He lets out a small breath of frustration.] I'm sorry, Princess. Temporal fluctuations are a bit outside my expertise. It'll be a while before I can come up with a proper explanation.
[Still, it's not like Coran can let the conversation stay in confusing territory for long. So, he grins, perking up a bit.] The important thing is, we're all together, now!
[VIDEO]
There's an upside to dealing with a temporal anomaly, too. If the timelines aren't in sync, then we should be able to afford as much time as needed to solve the problem. And in the meantime, there's no reason the paladins can't continue their training.
We've already established a base of operations here, on Kauto. And we have several new allies, including two who are residing with us.