01 ✨ Homecoming

[lioness_rampant]

Who: Allura and anyone who happens to be dropping by
Where: Island Four, Beach House
When: October
Summary: Allura is reunited with her friends
Rating: Should be PG


Allura isn't entirely sure what to expect when Shiro's Skarmory touches down on the beach in front of building that seems charmingly antiquated to a person who grew up in a castle that is also a spaceship.

It looks like the kind of place someone could begin a fresh life. A new life.

It's a little daunting, this idea of starting over from scratch in a new, alien world. She might reinvent herself entirely but for her friends' presence; they tether her inexorably to her old life and the person they remembered from whatever point in time they'd been plucked.

She follows behind Shiro, equal parts nerves and excitement at the prospect of seeing them again. It doesn't feel like it's been long since they parted ways, but that parting was so bittersweet and none of them will have the slightest idea.

"I'm home."


Video

[ Allura is seated on the couch in the beach house with her Swablu perched on her knees. She waves once at the screen, smiling pleasantly. ]

Hello! I'm Allura, and this is Blaytz. I'm very recently arrived and it seems proper to introduce myself and my new companion. [ Blaytz chirrups and flaps his little cloud wings, and she gives him a scritch in the floof under his beak. ] My friends have explained many things to me, but I've no doubt there is much more that I have yet to learn.

I look forward to meeting you all in my travels.

Comments

ACTION AT DA HOUSE

[pidge_out]

[Not including her own brief trip home, Pidge has been here for a pretty solid year and a half. In fact, that blip back to their universe had even happened months ago. So actually seeing Allura again really is a sight for sore eyes. She just happens to have stepped into the hallway from the kitchen, a cup of coffee in hand, when she sees the princess and stops dead in her tracks. Her eyes grow wide and bright, and a smile crosses her features for the first time in days.]

Allura! [She hurries over, deciding "to hell with it" and giving her a quick hug in greeting, somehow managing not to spill her coffee in the process.] Did you just get here??

[Pidge probably looks a bit different from how Allura last remembers her. Her hair's long enough to be tied back into a small, messy ponytail, her glasses are perched on top of her head instead of being worn, and her freckles are more pronounced from actually spending time in the sunlight. She's kind of a mess at the moment, probably obvious from the exhausted circles under her eyes and the rumpled clothes, but it's not like Pidge was expecting anyone new to come home today.]

House!

[tookashirototheknee]

[At the house, there's another person with long, red hair tied back in a pony tail. He's in the kitchen, humming to himself while making some Eeveelution-shaped pasta for dinner. He turns, eyes widening at the new arrival. He might be an engaged man who prefers men, but... stars above, she's pretty. Swallowing, he blushes bright red and walks over.]

Er, hi, I'm Matt! Are you new?

video!

[quizzak]

Allura!

[ she's not the only altean here, and a pink bear peaks into the camera off to the right hand corner. romelle looks overjoyed to see her princess, and she smiles ecstatically. ]

I certainly wasn't expecting to run into you here. Are you holding up alright?

beach haus

[marmoron]

[Hanging out on the far end of the beach is Keith who's settled on the sand with Houndoom and Vulpix on either side of him. Occasionally, he'll skritch their ears, but his attention is largely on the Buzzwhole who is busy flexing at its own reflection in the ocean. Keith's kinda laughing to himself there, but when he spots that Skarmory, his eyes follow it. He offers a lazy wave, mostly expecting to say "hi" to Shiro, but then...

/squint]

Allura?

[Okay. Definitely not who he was expecting to see coming back with Shiro. He gets to his feet, dusting sand off his hands and pants as he does so. Allura may notice that where other parts of the beach are occupied with Wingull and Spheal, the space around Buzzwhole is pretty devoid of wild pokemon.]

Did you just get here?

» island house

[spacebaloney]

[The weather is turning slightly for the cooler even on the islands and shit has been hitting the fan for his social life lately, but that doesn't stop Lance from taking his multiple daily dips in the ocean. It also doesn't stop Shiro's Gallade, Blue, from following his hero around like an imprinted duck trying to get senpai to notice him. Only in this case, Senpai is Lance who has long noticed Blue looking up to him (probably to everyone else's confusion because... it's Lance? Anyway, the unlikely duo is heading up the shoreline with Blue holding onto Lance's beach paraphenelia and Lance carefully dabbing at his wet hair because Pokelord help him if he gets any frizz from being rough with it.]

Listen, dude. I'm telling you, she's hot and all, but waaaaaay more trouble than she's worth. She doesn't even listen to her trainer! You're better off hooking up with her sister.

[Blue chatters back in his weird wordless squeaking, something that Lance just mysteriously understands, trying to get his point across about this Pokemon love interest of his. Lance laughs at his insistence that it has to be this particular Gardevoir or bust, but the chuckling only lasts a few seconds before it's snapped off in the middle as his eyes catch on a spot of bright white in the distance. That tangle of long thick curls is something he could recognize in an instant no matter how many decaphoebs it's been since he's last saw it.

His heart skips a beat, but Lance really doesn't want to look too far into the reasoning behind that right bow because Feelings. And feelings on this island are already Complicated enough right now.]

A... Allura?

» video

[lordofthefries]

That's my couch.

[Well, not her couch, per se. It was there when she moved in, but it's the couch in the house where she lives and Sasha doesn't recognize this woman sitting on it. How did she get in? Did she break in? Who are her supposed friends?

Most importantly, Sasha's peering into her pokegear as if putting it closer to her face will explain the strangest thing she's ever see on another human being.]

What's wrong with your ears?

[Oh my god, Sasha. You can't just ask someone what's wrong with their ears!]

Video

[icecastlemadonna]

Oh, a Swablu! They're great Pokemon. I had a Swablu myself, but...

[As if on cue, Cantilever the Altaria pokes her head in at the sound of Yuuko's voice.] ...well, mine got bigger.

Anyway, nice to meet you! I'm Yuuko Nishigori. I'm glad you have friends here who were able to fill you in on this place.

video;

[onebetter]

[ James has kept a respectful distance from the Beach House this far. After arrival he'd picked fights with half of the Paladins and he still feels plain awkward about the rest of them. Rather than work through any of these conflicted feelings, he's decided to put his all into his Pokémon journey.

But that name... that makes him listen up. He's never seen her and would not be able to recognize her if he met her on the street, but Princess Allura is a person who had been much discussed at the Garrison during wartime.

And thus, Allura gets a salute on video. ]

You must be Princess Allura of Altea, leader of the Voltron coalition? Lieutenant James Griffin at your service. It's... I'm not certain it is good to see anyone here, but it is a pleasure to meet you either way.