Feeling My Way Through the Darkness (Intro Catch-All)

[heartofalioness]

Who: Princess Allura and YOU!
Where: Route 29, Cherrygrove City, and Four Island
When: Around October 10
Summary: In which the Pokémon world gets a new Space Elf Lion Princess (again) and settles in... while getting a crash course in backpacking.
Rating: PG-13 for cussing and really nasty Voltron elements... and apparently Pidge and Lance being TOO MARRIED. (Season 6-8 spoilers for Voltron: Legendary Defender in some threads)


A. Guided By a Beating Heart (Network, Video)

[Well... waking up in the strange house alone had been unnerving, to say the least, especially with the woman blithely claiming to be Allura's mother... Too many fresh wounds involving her own parents, or too-cheery simulacra of parents... But at least this almost-mother wasn't trying to make her stay, or drive a spaceship into a supernova. In fact, it was almost a relief to be shoved out the door.

At the very least she should check this network, see how much of this is a dream or illusion, how much a hostage situation. She means to start composing a text message (at least she can make out the keyboard, thank goodness for the PokéGear's translator function), when a tiny white nose presses a different button, and the first thing people might see is an intense close-up of a white Vulpix face before humanoid hands start to pull the body away from the camera.]

Ah ah ah, little one, that isn't--

[The gentle but firm correction freezes when oh. ... The little blinking is on... complete with a camera preview...]

... Ahem! [This is fine, she can salvage this, she's not nervous you're nervous!] Greetings. I am Allura, Paladin of the Blue Lion. [She thinks half a tick later that maybe she should have kept that under wraps in case this whole situation had something to do with the Galra, but... it seems peaceful here. Besides, after the string of Coalition shows, it'd be hard to keep her identity a secret.] I seem to have arrived on this planet rather unexpectedly. The... gracious woman in the house I found myself in... was able to provide some instructions and supplies, but any further assistance- especially in terms of the sociology and technology levels of this planet- would be much appreciated.


B. I Can't Tell Where the Journey Will End (Action, Cherrygrove City)

[Of course, sleeping outside on cold, hard ground for three nights straight with only a nylon bag and Coressa's fluff for comfort was draining on her. Even with everything she's lost, at least in the Castle of Lions she still has the luxury of sleeping in her own bed, with perfectly comfortable bedding and a mountain of pillows... and she's missed having the mice to sleep on the pillow next to her, even with Coressa's company. So you might find a tall young woman with bags under her eyes and a very, very messy mop of moon white curls looking at the entrance spa with envy.]

No, no, no... I have no idea how long it will be before I find a way home, I need to manage my resources wisely. ... Even if it has been ten thousand years since I've had a proper massage...

[And that crick in her neck could definitely use one... Still, she's suffered worse, she can endure this much.]


C. But I Know Where to Start (Attack on Voltron House)

[The ride from Cherrygrove to Four Island had been interesting... especially once Allura stopped panicking that there was no way this three-foot-seven cloud bird could possibly hold the weight of two fully-grown Altean women together. It took a full ten minutes before she reached that point, and even once they reached solid ground, Allura had to pry herself away from Romelle and her Altaria. (Maybe it was a good thing her super strength was taken away...)

But now she’s on solid sand and... actually, this beach is rather pretty. The shore nestled in on all sides with cliffs while the sea and sky stretched on and on in sapphire and turquoise. ... The lack of any of Altea’s stealth predators or rarely-surfacing sea monsters helped with the view, although she’s sure this place has its own odd fauna.

And the house... it’s still so odd to think of her friends being in this world long enough to have a residence, not just shelter. But it looks safe and peaceful, even quaint, and at least large enough to hold her without being too crowded. It helps that she and Coressa have been traveling light.]

So... this is our house?

[Come welcome your old-new housemate, guys.]


D. So Wake Me Up When It's All Over (Wildcard)

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Comments

[shiro2hero]

He's a good guy. He just... lets his mouth run out ahead of his brain most of the time. But he's learning.

[Sort of. We'll just... disregard the Auction Fiasco for the moment.]

[shiro2hero]

I'll ask mine to help keep the gang out of your room for a bit. I gotta warn you, though - if you see a moving shadow, or a shadow with eyes, that's one of mine. It's friendly, but never really understood lurking in peoples' shadows can scare them.

[Haunter means well. It really does. But it's also a ghost. And ghosts gonna ghost.]

Sometimes Armin stops by, and his girlfriend, Angel. But he lives out on a houseboat. Lance has a musician friend, Jaskier, who comes by too. I think you already know who lives here full time though.

[pidge_out]

[Pidge nods with a grin, finally loosening her hold on him now that he's calmed down some. He stays there though, content with being held and rubbing his beak into the back of his trainer's hand. Rover didn't even really flinch at Coressa's protective stance, all too familiar with the desire that fueled it. He just kind of trills at the other Pokémon in greeting. Nice to meet you, too!]

A lot of us keep our Pokémon out of their PokéBalls here at the house, so you'll be meeting a bunch of them really soon. I guess for most locals it's more normal to have them stay in even at home, but I don't think any of us really liked that idea much.

[With that Pidge returns to the task of showing off the house, Rover still being carried along for the ride. She gestures toward each room as she introduces them, just idle waves of her hand. It's all pretty normal by Earth standards and obviously nowhere near the scale or grandness of the Castle of Lions.] Over here's the living room. The cats like to hang out in there a lot when we watch TV. Kitchen's that way, nothing too fancy, just food. Uhhh, there's technically a dining room over there, but most of us tend to eat in the kitchen or in front of the TV. Bedrooms are all upstairs - we'll get up there in a minute.

[amaure]

[His smile does not falter.]

You learn a thing or two about this realm when you have spent some time here. Though, I do suppose it is entirely possible you are from the same reality as this one--tell me, did whence you hail likewise play incessant music and adhere only to the barest traces of logic?

[rollstoseduce]

Oh, where are my manners! Jaskier of Oxenfurt, my lady. [He lowers his head and taps his forehead with a flourish, the closest thing he can do to a bow right now considering the pink marshmallow on his lap. Speaking of the devil, she's saying hi in her own language now.] And this is Dahlia, my very own starter, although she's grown a fair bit since we met. It's a pleasure to meet you again.

[heartofalioness]

He is. [A soft chuckle.] Swiftly, at my point in time. It's nice to be able to actually speak with him instead of being just another girl to flirt with.

1/2

[heartofalioness]

[WELP, that is not disturbing at all. (At least it's not related to the witch, or the rift entities that she doesn't know about yet.) Allura tries to keep her grimace light.]

I appreciate the warning...

2/2

[heartofalioness]

[As for the rest...]

Oh... I met Jaskier on the network as well, he seems nice. [Not unlike an older Lance, or a slightly younger Coran.] I hadn't heard from anyone named Armin or Angel, though.

[heartofalioness]

[Allura nods at that... it makes sense too, and really, Allura had been keeping Coressa out of her Pokeball since it seemed a bit... well, odd, to keep a creature like that.]

Really? Why not the dining room?

[.... How much of a disaster zone is the alleged dining room?]

[heartofalioness]

[Oh no... that is actually really cute. And enticing, hm... after a few seconds, the Vulpix decides that yes, SHE will attempt the shoulder thing too! (Not the head, though, even though Trainer's head has lots of soft white hair for cushion, she's a little big.) A quick hop, an easily-corrected slip and... tada~! Allura actually laughs a bit.]

So I see. [Here, little fox baby, have a scritch.] You said they have the most evolutionary forms? How is that so?

[She's much more used to classic Earth-rules evolution: species changing over time due to changes in DNA, not all at once. She wonders why it's not called metamorphosis instead.]

[heartofalioness]

[... Yeah no, he's getting a very flat glare back. She's not in a good mood to put up with sass, for a lot of reasons.]

I know of one planet where the trees are hollow and the wind currents are almost constant, leading to near-constant woodwind music. And what might seem strange or illogical in one place could be considered completely normal in another. There's no need to be condescending.

[amaure]

Ah, I meant no condescension, my dear. My question was of a genuine nature, for I cannot know what your reality was like, now can I?

[As he speaks he gives a curious tilt of his head, as if emphasizing his point.]

All the same, even that planet you mentioned has some measure of explanation for its woodwind music, while this world does not operate in the same way. This music has no true source, yet all are subjected to it regardless of what we do.

There are many aspects of this world that defies all reasonable explanation. Tell me, have you attempted to climb up a ledge yet?

[bigsadwolf]

Don't mention it.

[And for the first time since they started talking, Legosi smiles. It's slight, barely noticable with the way his face is, but it's there.]

My name is Legosi. It's good to meet you.

[heartofalioness]

[D'aww, what a shy sweetheart. It won't click for a while yet, but in some ways he's a lot like a calmer Keith. She gives the young man a little nod.]

Pleased to meet you as well, Legosi. I am Princess Allura.

[heartofalioness]

Climb a ledge? No, why?

[Mostly because Allura hasn't been interested in spraining something and leaving herself vulnerable. And it helps that al of the high points of those ledges have other access points, even if it might take a while.]

[amaure]

You will find it to be impossible. Regardless of how capable one may be at such a task, it is utterly impossible for any one of us to climb a ledge--and this is not limited to particularly high ledges, either.

I suggest you take note of the oddities you come across in this world. Or how many are here from the same planet, yet very few seem to be from the same version of that planet. At best this is a crossroads between dimensions and realities, at worst...well, I have my theories, but perhaps that is for another time.

[logdates]

Huh... Non-functional but aesthetically pleasing. I love it! It's like art.

[bigsadwolf]

[A beat passes.

Then another.

...]

A- a princess?? I- I'm sorry I'm...afraid I've been terribly disrespectful...

[heartofalioness]

[ACK no, she doesn't want him to panic, time for nervous jazz hands!]

No no no, please, you're fine! It's not as if I'm royalty here just... back in my reality.

[And even then it's... complicated.]

[pidge_out]

[Pidge shrugs.]

No real reason. Sometimes we just get caught up talking and start eating in the kitchen, or we wanna eat while watching something on TV. There also aren't usually a lot of us eating at the same time, so I guess that's part of it.

[bigsadwolf]

W-well still...I do want to give you the proper respect.

[Legosi sighs as Haru pats his cheek. There there, it's alright.]

[heartofalioness]

[A soft little sigh, mostly out of relief at getting him to calm down.]

Considering our current circumstances, I think it might be safe to call us more or less equals.

[bigsadwolf]

Yes...more or less.

[Legosi sighs himself, reaching up a hand to run through the back of his hair.]

You're welcome to make use of the bathhouse any time you're ready. I'll just let the front desk know I will be paying for you.

[heartofalioness]

[A slightly deeper nod.]

Thank you very much, Legosi. This might take a while, where might I find you after this?

[Space Royal Dad, Mom, and not!Uncle taught her to pay her debts promptly.]

[shiro2hero]

Yeah, I... its name is Haunter. If it really bothers you, just... tell it. It's pretty good at listening to that, at least.

[Haunter's gonna ghost, but at least it understands the phrase "please stop". And, you know, genuinely wants to help instead of terrorize people.]

He is, yeah. Really eager to learn about space, too, if you ever feel like teaching. [Definitely a good influence on Lance, too...] You might - Armin's a bit busy with his gym and pokemon preserve, and Angel can be shy. But I've known them both a long time now.