Catchall Post ☼ 01 | ❝Where faith and fear collide...❞

[twilitfall]

(Just a little post for any overflow for memes when captcha says hello.)

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[warpstriking]

[Rest in fucking pieces, you guys' stomach lining.]

Really? [Huh.] I wouldn't know. Don't exactly order in or out, considering.

[Royalty + Ignis watching his diet like a hawk. Cheat days, go!]

[thermalwind]

We only do it when Hunk isn't around or we're all too lazy. [Keith fishes for his phone and puts the call through. He places the order, the no greens part, and ends the call. He glances at the screen with a raised eyebrow. Yep, several messages from the rest of the team. Including two from Shiro.

He can guess they're from texting Shiro last night. Without looking at them he tosses his phone onto the coffee table.]

We got the place to ourselves for a bit. So if you want to shower and everything you can borrow some of my clothes while yours are in the wash.

[warpstriking]

Heh. Sounds like what Prompto'd do. [And he doesn't mean that in a mean-spirited way, instead shrugging as he waits for Keith to be done.]

Thanks, but- [He holds out a hand, a small suitcase appearing in it.] I'm good on the clothes front.

[Just don't tell Ignis he's using the armiger for more than weapons. He still hasn't lived down the Ice Cream Incident.]

[thermalwind]

[His phone buzzes like an angry wasp. Another message from Shiro. Normally he'd be immediately answering. Gut instinct about last night tells him that's a bad idea.]

They only tested your tolerance? And really, I can't really judge how you fared last night. I don't even remember last night. [More buzzing. He drops his jacket on top of his phone. Leave it be, Shiro.]

All I know is the whole team is messaging me and Shiro has sent- [He checks.] Seven texts by now.

[warpstriking]

That's what he told me. Hell if I can remember much, though.

[He stares at the offending phone. Damn, and he thought Ignis was bad.]

May wanna answer that or at least see what they want before the calls start.

[He's calling it now. It'll happen.]

[thermalwind]

[He looks at his phone. Judging by the string of texts Shiro isn't going to stop and if he can't get in touch. Keith sighs, snatches up his phone and unlocks it.]

No, he'll come directly to where I am if I ignore him too long. I don't usually ever ignore him.

[Unless it's serious. He scans the messages and his own way early in the night.]

What else he tell you? [He taps out a reply and stares at it. Deletes it. Writes it again. Deletes that one. Writes another and finally hits send.]

[warpstriking]

[Noctis looks at his own phone, it's still buzzing with a few new texts. Mostly from Ignis.]

Well, there you go. [...Shiro is really starting to sound too much like Ignis for his own good, minus the cooking. Thank the gods.] Other than how we mixed drinks? Nothing.

[thermalwind]

[His phone buzzes and what sounds suspiciously like a phone call from the only number with a custom ring on his phone. He kills it. He's not talking about it, Shiro. Ignore it.]

I actually don't know what I drank. [His phone beeps like its having a fit. He unlocks it with a sigh, and his eyebrows climb up.]

Lance is sending me pictures. So uh, mixed drinks and us, [He motions between him and Noctis.]

Looks like that was in common.

[warpstriking]

[He just gives Keith's phone, and then Keith, a brief glance before shrugging it off. Also ignoring how his is starting to sound like an angry hornets' nest.]

All I know is what Gladio said. In a text that I refuse to reply to. [Then he pauses, and frowns.]

... So how much you wanna bet the reason we can't remember shit is because those two tag teamed us?

[thermalwind]

I don’t bet when it’s almost a sure thing. [He flicks through the photos with drawn brows and stares at the last one for a long moment.]

Lance has too many pictures. [Did they test his tolerance limits too? More texts blip in and he drops his phone onto a pillow.]

Shiro was a victim. He didn’t plan any of it.

[warpstriking]

Smart plan. [He hums thoughtfully, finally looking at his phone and noticing just how many photos Prompto and Gladio are both sending him.]

Aaaand that's those two confirming their guilt in this. [He sighs, shaking his head. Best way to find out is simply asking Gladio, but...]

So how long do you think they'll last with a Shiro and Ignis tag team? Because pretty sure that'll be a thing happening since Gladio's mentioning a joint training session.

[thermalwind]

[The phone shakes with more messages. He doesn't hear it.]

They're not going to last more than five minutes. I could save them by actually talking to Shiro but I'm going to leave that alone.

[Talk? No, he needs to mull it over. He checks his phone.]

I see they talked Coran into helping with their plan. Add Allura to team revenge.

[warpstriking]

Judging by some of these pics, I say they earned the ass kicking.

[His phone vibrates again, but he doesn't look at it just yet. Shrugging.]

So long as they don't drag Cor- [He checks his phone.] Well, it was nice knowing them.

[Though now he has an idea. He checks his pocket, finding a sigil, and the smirk that crosses his face at the sight of it as he puts it on...]

I'll spare a Megalixir for this. After, I'd like to see just how they'll stand against me alone.

[thermalwind]

[He raises his eyebrows at a few pictures on his phone. No wonder Shiro is pestering him to talk. Shiro means everything to him. The idea of losing him to anything even himself is fear that nestled deep inside long ago. He finally texts back to Shiro that they’ll talk when this is over. ]

Alright. Let Shiro and Allura have their time too. They need to blow off the steam.

Then I’ll talk to Shiro.

[warpstriking]

[And as his phone starts to vibrate with those involved in Team Revenge responding in agreement, all he can do is chuckle.]

Oh, don't worry. Ignis is already planning the gauntlet. Shiro and Allura likely get to go first.

[And that would be Ignis texting both of them (along with all of Team Revenge) exactly that. Is he good at predicting his childhood friend or what?]

[thermalwind]

[It's a welcome distraction from the upcoming talk. Keith asks for a turn, aware that Shiro might ask to work with him.

They could do it. But Allura...As if reading his mind, Shiro lets him fight alone.]

Well, looks like we got a boss rush set up.

[warpstriking]

[Noctis is about to answer when Ignis responds to the group text as well.

'I must request a one-on-two match as well. Do not advise me otherwise, Marshal.'
'You sure, Specs?'
'Indubitably.'

There if a brief moment where Noctis simply blinks at the screen, but then, a smirk spreads from ear to ear. He can just see his brother pushing up his glasses with a finger.]

So Allura and Shiro, then the Immortal. followed by Ignis, then yourself - ending with me.

[He shakes his head, trying to hide his amusement.]

Guess Lance'll learn why Ignis' actual title isn't "adviser", but "Hand of the Future King." He may not be of royal blood, but he's the one who's mastered my family's magic the most of the three of them.

[thermalwind]

Lance better learn to be an actual Right Hand of Voltron then. [He blinks, eyes widening when Shiro tells him to take the Black Bayard for his fight. He's never seen Shiro use it but for him to use it now.

'Keith, take the Bayard.'
'...are you sure? That's the symbol of the Black Paladin.'
'That's exactly why you should use it. Besides it's only fair. Lance has his bayard and he can use more than one weapon from it.'

Keith grabs his coat and pulls it on. His hoverbike is parked outside the apartment.]

Once food gets here lets head to the Castleship early. Shiro wants me to use the Black Bayard. ...I need to see what forms it will take for me before I get into a fight.

[warpstriking]

It'll be an interesting sight, that's for sure.

[The only advantage they'll have is that Gladio trained him, and Ignis on occasion spared with the big guy. Otherwise it was Cor who taught him and, well. There's a reason the Marshal gained the title "the Immortal."

The only trick he has that Gladio hasn't seen? Is the sigil he just put on.]

Gotcha. Want a bit of a warm up then?

[He has to admit he's curious.]

[thermalwind]

Yeah. I haven't picked up the bayard in a long time. I don't know what forms it will take for me now.

[But he suspects he'll have more than one. A lot has settled inside him. He jerks his head up at the sound on the door and grabs his wallet. He opens the door and pays for the food.]

Ever been on a hoverbike before? [He waits for the delivery guy to leave as he snags his keys from their hook and ducks to grab a spare helmet. The Castleship isn't far but Shiro would never let him hear the end of it if they don't wear helmets.]

[warpstriking]

Well, it's a good thing I have practically an entire armory at the snap of my fingers.

[By which he means: he can probably help him figure out any unfamiliar weapons the bayard takes for him. It's part of his own training to be as familiar as possible with every kind of weapon under the Eosian sun, after all.

He moves to put his things back in the armiger at the sound at the door. Pausing only briefly.]

Motorcycle, yes. Hoverbike, no. [Keith he can literally warp out of danger it's fiiiiine.]