01 - How could this happen to meeeee

[binauralbees]

TA: guy2 what the fuck ii2 goiing on
TA: ii mean iit
TA: kk
TA: tz
TA: ii2 anyone there
TA: thii2 ii2 bull2hiit
TA: WELL FUCK NO WONDER
TA: WHAT THE FUCK II2 THII2 BULL2HIIT NETWORK
TA: FUCK

[ What ever that was it cuts off there....if you want to respond Sollux might come back to it some time later. ]

Comments

[bliptech]

WHAT?!
AM NOT!

[freedom_engineer]

You know we can still read your filthy degenerate post up above, right?

[bliptech]

I was talking about SPACE how is that filthy?!

[freedom_engineer]

Not with THAT context you weren't.

[bliptech]

...



You're messing with me.

Stop it.

[freedom_engineer]

You're the ones cursing on the public network the children can access.

You behave, and I will.

[bliptech]

All I said was "quiznak" and I'll be completely honest, I don't even know completely what that MEANS. I mean. I can infer well enough. It's obviously an Altean curse-- WAIT. HOW DO YOU KNOW ALTEAN!? Are YOU Altean? Coran and Allura said they were the only ones AM I ON ALTEA? DID I GO BACK IN TIME?!

[freedom_engineer]

I can confirm that you did, indeed, go back in time. Space as well.

[bliptech]

BUT NO WHERE IS MY TEAM TELL ME WHERE MY TEAM IS WHERE ARE ALLURA AND CORAN

[freedom_engineer]

That much I don't know. Sorry. I'm in the same boat as you in that one. I got yanked out of my workshop and brought here.

Name's Colin, by the way. Wish I had better news for you.

[bliptech]

[There's a very long pause from Pidge's end of things before another text is finally sent again.] This isn't Altea and you're not an Altean. But it IS alien, isn't it? At least to Earth. What's going on. Please. Just tell me.

[freedom_engineer]

It probably isn't Altea, no. And yes, it is definitely Alien, especially to Earth. Come nightfall, none of the constellations will fit any star map you may have had. They don't even match any of mine, and I've been across the galaxy a couple of times.

You've been pulled into this castle because there's a war going on, and we're out matched. ... The fact that Ozuma hasn't been there to tell you any of this is worrying indeed.

If you're still in the altar room, look around, there should be a bucket of phones. Grab one, it will register to you, that will you you access to my file server.

[bliptech]

[There's an audible mutter of "This again..." with a pinching of the bridge of her nose beneath her glasses, but she doesn't linger long on the thought.]

Was he a guy with horns?
There was something when I first woke up. Like a memory that wasn't mine.
And I think my Paladin suit has already connected to the server. I set it to look for networks on the off chance I came across something I could connect to.
Looks like it worked.
Do I NEED one of these phones? Or would my suit systems work?

[freedom_engineer]

That was him. ... Really. Okay, first thing you need to know? The queen can fuck with our minds. Get out of the altar room and get to the sleeping quarters, they're a little safer on your brain.

Next, the phones have access permission to a wider selection of the files.

And, with respect, if you try to access my network with your suit, I'm going to probe it. I don't mean that as a threat, just... Fair warning? I'm a hacker. I take security seriously.

[bliptech]

Language.

Feel free to. You might find out more about this suit than I already have.
That said, could I get the files to access through the suit?
I'll take the phone but I can't promise I won't take it apart and try to upgrade it myself.

[freedom_engineer]

... Good catch. I like you.

If it's alien tech, bring it by the workspace sometime. I might be able to tell you a little something more about it, power armor tends to follow a couple of specific coding routines.

Yeah, you can use the phone as an access point and you'll be fine that way. Just be careful, it's got its own coding, and it's just as much magical as it is technological.

But seriously, if Ozuma isn't there right now, the Altar Room is compromised. It's not safe there.

[bliptech]

You're not half bad when you're not messing with us.
By the way the troll guy is still pretty upset but I think you already figured that out.
Yeah it's Altean. Paladin suit, for the Green Lion of Team Voltron.
Which right now consists of exactly me. And, well, me.

Good.
Hope you don't mind me messing with all of this.

You know, when things aren't obviously in a bad way.

Uh speaking of which, where do I go? This room is almost as big as a lion hangar...

GAGTAG SORT OF

[lonewolflion]

Vol...tron?

Oh I mean, me too.

[bliptech]

Oh, and Keith. WAIT. KEITH. WHERE ARE YOU?!

[lonewolflion]

Turn around, I'm right behind you.

[bliptech]

[DOING SO.

AND--]

KEITH!

[Now there is a Green Paladin clinging to you, buddy.]

[freedom_engineer]

There should be a set of double doors, leading to stairs and an elevator, on the north end of the room you're in, hopefully that suit of yours has a compass. You and your friends should get to those doors ASAP.

Yeah, I'll apologize a little later for that. But you guys did kinda come barging into our network with all the graces of a Bulrathi at a Psilon Tea Party. And I've not been in a good mood for over two years now.

Mess around with it all you like, the phone network only has user access to my files, not admin access.

I apologize for delays, I've gotta muster the troops. The last time we lost track of Ozuma, we had some major problems crop up immediately after...

[bliptech]

North. Okay.
I should tell Sollux, too. Hopefully he'll listen even though he's upset.
That really was an accident, though. I saw castle and didn't think "network" until my holoscreen popped up with him talking.
And I'm inclined to believe his was the same thing.
So.
Yeah.
Sorry, it wasn't intentional at all.

But wait if you need help fighting or whatever why are you ushering me off? Paladins are all about protecting people! I mean, "Defenders of the Galaxy", it's kind of in our title.

[freedom_engineer]

Because these aren't your typical enemies, and I have no idea what situation you got yanked in from. We're not in such a bad way that we're going to ask the sleep deprived and starving to immediately start fighting if we can avoid it.

The queen pulls that on us enough.

... So if you see any immensely dark areas? Avoid them.

They will kill you, no questions asked. And then you're fighting for her for a little while before Ozzy's able to pull you back. If he's even still around.

[bliptech]

Greeeeeat.

Alien planet. Check.
Unknown creatures that want to kill us. Check.

Same story, different place.

... but you're right about one thing - we were tumbling through a corrupted wormhole being flung to who-knows-where, seconds after barely escaping Zarkon and pretty much the entire Galran fleet.

I've been -worse-. But I can't say my bruises are looking for friends right now.