Text Post Update from The Garrison Trio

[pidge_out]

[As promised, Pidge is putting up pictures of the little road trip that she, Lance, and Hunk have embarked on. It's a later update than she'd initially planned it to be, but better late than never, right? And in the interest of getting the news out to all of their friends (and Lance's friends, she doesn't even know who else that might include), Pidge makes them all available to the public.

There are photos as well as videos, and they're all absolutely ridiculous.

Posing with random objects that may or may not have been landmarks. 
Hunk cooking over a campfire making a peace sign at the camera. 
A bedtime selfie of the three of them all made up and wearing Lance's beauty masks.
Challenging each other to a hot sauce competition (which Pidge utterly lost, face red and tears in her eyes).
Singing songs with helium balloons.
Lance holding an impromptu "fashion show" with Pokémon themed outfits, Hunk cheering him on enthusiastically in the background.
Messing around with some of the Jennies.
Running from the Jennies. 
A clip of the three of them playing Chubby Bunny.
A shot of Lance and Hunk leaning on each other, asleep and drooling.
Hunk giving a sleeping Pidge a piggy-back ride.
A selfie of Pidge while Lance gives her a pedicure and Hunk brushes her hair.
Clips of Lance twerking on the back of a bicycle (Hunk frets to the side and Pidge snort-laughs while recording).
And also of him dancing while keeping up with a moving bicycle.
...and a lot more.

There's a lot. Over the last several weeks, these three have been up to complete and utter shenanigans. But, as their friends can no doubt tell from the pictures, they're doing well and having a great time.

These are Shiro's kids. Teenagers being teenagers. Welcome to Team Voltron.]

Comments

[pidge_out]

you mean this?

[She puts up another picture of them wearing the masks, this time with them all making goofy faces at the camera.]

it's one of lance's skin care things. he could definitely tell you more about them than me. that's really not my forte

1/2

[lyingheart]

[ yes which one is lance though? Annie studies the new photograph, but it's idle curiosity; Pidge has answered simply by saying it's a skin care thing. ]

Yes, it was that. I was curious, I hadn't seen anything quite like it before.

[ Hitch had creams and lotions, but not really... that. ]

Is it fairly common for people to keep photograph journals of their travels as a whole? I've seen a few since getting here, but hadn't given it much thought.

2/2

[lyingheart]

[ Would it count as one of those Elusive Hobbies, Things People Do For Fun? Might as well ask. ]

Would you say it's fun?

[pidge_out]

if you ever wanna try one i'm sure they sell them somewhere

[Not that Pidge would know.]

and yeah i guess i'd say it's fun to take pictures, especially with your friends. you can make all sorts of dumb poses and faces together, or you could just document places that you've been... anyway yeah, it's fun

[lyingheart]

I'd prefer to save my funds, but thank you for the information.

[ Annie "still probably gonna die by 22" Leonhart and skincare routines are kind of not even known to each other. ]

Documenting where I've been could have a certain appeal... can't hurt at least.

Do you three all know each other from before this world?

[ Who isn't reading anything Shiro's writing here: Annie. Or else she'd have a preeeetty good guess at the answer beyond noting the familiarity they all have with each other, that kind of ease of companionship she's seen time to time with people who know each other well. Given the length of some stays here? It's feasible they got that way after arriving, but who knows? ]

[pidge_out]

fair enough

[She's the last person to try to tell someone to get into that sort of thing. That's a job for people like Lance and Coran.]

go for it. the pokegears make it really easy, too

yeah, we're all part of a team back home. i've known lance and hunk for almost two years now, i think

[lyingheart]

Ah, that would explain the closeness. It shows in how you three interact.

So you've named your two teammates. What about yourself?

[pidge_out]

oh

[She honestly hadn't really thought about it before. They're kind of her best friends, aren't they? Pidge is certainly close to Shiro, but... Well, that's different.]

thanks?

sorry about that. i'm pidge

[lyingheart]

... You're welcome. It's a good thing. I'm... glad for you all?

Nice to meet you, Pidge. I'm Annie. Who's who in the photographs?

[ She's not pegging anyone as anyone, in all honesty. ]

[pidge_out]

[There's a bit of hesitation on her end after that because... what does one say to that? Socializing is hard. How do people do this so much.]

oh, i'm the one with the glasses. lance is the tall guy with the cheesy grin, and hunk's the teddy bear with the headband.

[lyingheart]

[ Don't ask Annie, she watches people more than she interacts with them. Check out half the time her talks with Shiro turn into her being irritated because she takes things he means as a jest as literalisms.

Socialising is hard, text it! ]

Thanks. It's good to put names to faces, considering the number of photographs I just looked through.

Where are you all heading to, if anywhere in particular?

[pidge_out]

[Texting is definitely easier. High-five for texting!]

i don't think we have a destination in mind. lance is the one who wanted to go on a trip, hunk and i figured we should go with him for moral support or whatever

[lyingheart]

[ someone else who gets it!!! ]

Ah. At least here that's not poor planning. If anything, it seems to be the way a good number of people live, so... good work embracing the local culture?

[pidge_out]

is that not the case where you're from?

[lyingheart]

Wandering around without a plan of action would be ill advised, in part because of supplies. You're limited in where you can go, too, within the Walls. Outside the ones still standing would be a death sentence in most cases.

[pidge_out]

Walls? you have to stay within a specific border?

what happens outside of the walls?

[lyingheart]

... Have you talked with Armin, Jean, Bertolt, or Sasha before? I'm curious if I say the word "titans" that it'll mean anything to you.

[pidge_out]

[Oh.]

i know armin. i don't know all the details about the titans, but i know they're really dangerous

[lyingheart]

Then you probably know they eat people, and only people. It's better to avoid areas where they roam, or to have a plan in mind if you're going to be in titan territory. Armin and the rest all joined the Scouting Corps, the branch of the military responsible for excursions beyond the Wall, so really, he'd be amoung those who knows it best.

[ Sort of. Annie and Bertolt know more, but if Armin is Pidge's link, Armin knows more than enough about what makes Titans dangerous. ]

[pidge_out]

[Pidge can't help but shudder a little at the thought. Giants that ate people. It sounds like something from a really fucked up fairy tale.]

right. that all makes sense.

are you not part of the same branch? did you do something else to help?

[lyingheart]

I'm not helping with the titans. Dealing with what they do... no. I was too selfish for that. I wanted to survive, so I went to the interior with the Military Police. Only the best of the best have that option, which means by extension our best trainees are also the soldiers furthest from the fighting. Very logical from the standpoint of the people in power.

[ She continues to find that about as funny as a pyre, but in a dark sense, it'll always be amusing how power protects itself with the best and sacrifices everyone else first. ]

The Southern Division of the 104th is the biggest exception to that trend. Of our surviving top ten trainees, eight went into the Survey Corps. One died, and then there was me.

[pidge_out]

you guys have it harder than i first thought.

[And based off of what she'd heard from Armin, she'd already thought their situation to be extremely difficult.]

i'm sorry. you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to

[lyingheart]

I don't mind. It just seems pointless to horrify people who will never need to experience that reality. Places like this, where the fears people have are a little less targeted, are nice. Even with all the stories behind ghost types.

[pidge_out]

yeah, though i bet settling into a peaceful place like this must be confusing for you guys

[lyingheart]

You don't stop being on edge, and you don't settle in to the things most people seem to take for granted. I can't trust peace, or that people aren't being shitty liars somewhere I just can't see yet. I'd guess trusting it will only come with time, looking at the examples others have set from home, if I have enough of it.

Food is the next most baffling thing. The variety, the spices, the cafes that produce meals in short turn around, the sheer amounts of sweets... These aren't bad things at all, but they're overwhelming.