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[Open] New Kid on the Space Block

WHO: Hunk & Open
WHERE: The Eluvio, The Castle of Lions or Bajikan
WHEN: Anytime this month, from showing up to exploring!
WHAT: HUNK IS NEW! He just got here and things are weird.
WARNINGS: Who knows! Will update as needed!

As if things weren’t already screwy. He’d woken up on a weird ship, and was handed a weird black and purple suit to wear. He was told what was going on and then shown to his quarters, where he found his Paladin uniform, which he changed back into as soon as possible. Sure, this black and purple thing was nearly the same thing, but it wasn’t his paladin armor, and that was important.

More important was that, though he was given a communicator, he didn’t use it just yet. Instead he pulled on his helmet and made a call out of any other Paladins of Voltron.

“This is Hunk of the Yellow Lion.” He started, and in the back of his head he heard Lance rib him for saying it like that. Clearly they would know what color his lion was. “Is anyone out there? Hello? Guys?...” That last part had a pleading tone, that he didn’t want to be here alone.

Little did he know he was dead last to show up.

After checking in on the Voltron line, he left the quarters, dressed in the yellow and white uniform, and wandered the halls, exploring. Searching. He belly growled when he smelled food at one point, but at the moment he was looking for the hanger bay. Or, well, maybe. Maybe stopping for food can’t hurt too.

Feel free to find him here or there, in a hall or near a eatery, or, more than likely, in the hangar bay, trying to see if there are Lions around.

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After a bit of time he would most definitely check out the planet. Either with one of the other paladins or on his own. They’d given him tokens after all. There were seven locations. He might as well check each of them out.

Of all of them he would most likely be found at Gula, with his orange token, trying to find some interesting foods, some new techniques, and anything that would be delicious. There was also the chance of finding him hanging out in the Acdeia area. Trying to relax and find comfort. There were so many places to relax and be lazy that it almost made up for all the weird shit going on lately.

[OOC: “Prose” or [Action] welcome! If you’d like to talk about a start, you can PM me, or just run into him anywhere. Castmates, he’d gladly go anywhere with most of you!]

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[ shiro almost doesn't hear the call, half-asleep as he is—but after a moment of sleepy contentment that all is well in the world, he realises that he'd just heard hunk's voice, that hunk wasn't here before. it's enough to have him shaking off the sleepiness he feels, and after a short conversation, he heads into gula to meet hunk there. everything in the district smells delicious and shiro's stomach rumbles, but it takes a backseat to finding the last paladin of voltron to arrive, the last member of his team.

when shiro had first arrived, he'd thought he'd lost yet another team. having them back here, all of them, feels good even if he doesn't trust the crew of the eluvio, even if he isn't happy about his own presence here.

in the distance, he spots a familiar figure and calls out, ] Hunk!

[Finding out the others were here was something that made all of this better. All of it. Meeting Shiro at Gula's district was the first step to making his gut stop twisting in dread.]

[hearing his name he turned, seeing the man there and... his face melted into a happy but worried smile.]

Shiro! [he trotted over to meet him the rest of the way, but that wasn't all. As soon as he came close enough he pulled the man into a huge hug, arms wrapped around him and nearly lifting him off the ground in a tight squeeze. For Hunk, Shiro was missing. That was the last he knew, so seeing the man brought more relief to him than anything.]

[For Shiro it might just seem like relief to find someone he knew here is all. But for a moment, the man was getting a firm hug and a soft relieved laugh.] Boy am I glad to see you!

[ the last thing shiro remembers before arriving on the eluvio is the corrupted wormhole, but by now, he's caught up to the fact that the others remember more than him—even allura, now, after her dream-like return. shiro still can't make sense of any of that, but he accepts it. there's no reason for them to lie and no way their stories would match so well if they were lying. lance, at the very least, would have long spilled the beans.

the hug still surprises him—but it's not an unpleasant surprise, and he wraps his arms around hunk in return as soon as he's set down again, squeezing him for a moment before taking a step back. ]

Are you all right? [ there are no obvious injuries, at least, and hunk is laughing, but—who knows what hunk has been through, what point in time he's from, what has happened since the wormhole that hunk might remember and shiro doesn't. ]

[He couldn't help it. He was so glad to see him. That he was actually alive, and well enough to talk, walk and be in front of him. He was so relieved that this was real too. Because, lets face it, there is always that moment of 'is any of this real' when dealing with surprise space travel.]

[He smiled at the other, still worried but glad.]

All right? All right? I woke up in a tank like I'd grown up there and got told I was on some strange ship, when I wasn't, last I checked. All right? Maybe. I'm... doing better now that I've ran into you. Are you all right? What do you remember last? You're real, right?

[It all came in fast, on a breath or two, eyes watchful of their missing leader.]

[ shiro hasn't forgotten the process of arriving on the eluvio, how disorienting it all was and how no one had really answered any of his questions. he hasn't forgotten, but it seems a lot more distant at the moment than it does for hunk, who has just experienced it all. ]

I'm real. [ that's maybe the most important thing here. ] And I'm all right. I know it's confusing, and I wish I had all the answers, but I don't. None of us know how we got here, exactly, and the crew of the Eluvio isn't the most forthcoming with information about the anomalies. [ about anything, really. ] But at least now we're all here.

[ together, they can achieve a lot more than apart, even if it worries shiro that no one is back in their universe fighting the galra—though, if allura's theory is correct, that isn't something they have to worry about. ]

[Hunk is also easily disoriented and frazzled until he's around his friends. His new found family. He stood there, looking Shiro over, still worried. He'd say something, if he was missing for himself, right? That concept was strange even in his head but Shiro would know yes?]

They really are good at not giving us much to work with. Most of my questions were defected unless it had to do with living here, or this planet. Which, by the way, reminds me of a darker but fancier Space Mall. [He glanced at the other for that reference, though he knows the other hadn't been there, it was something he'd know of, yes?]

I was told there are some good places to eat...

[ shiro has no idea that he's going to be missing, so some of hunk's worry doesn't make sense to shiro. it's not something that he can anticipate or that he would guess. ]

I didn't even know there were Space Malls. [ though this place probably is kind of like one? but shiro has no idea what the space mall was like, either, and not just because he bonded with black instead of going. he hasn't even heard of the space mall yet.

but because hunk keeps glancing at him with uncertainty and because shiro knows people have come in from different points in time, he ends up asking: ] What's the last thing that you remember before coming here? It's not the same for all of us.

[ and on a lighter note: ] There probably are. I haven't been to this district yet, so if anything catches your attention, we can check it out.

[He doesn't know what space malls are, and he's still here. They all come from different places. HMM.]

[When Shiro asks what he remembered last, he frowned more.] Okay, that's a good question, but, what if, and hear me out on this, because I know this is weird, but what if my telling you what I remember last is in your future and it blows your mind or makes you feel super lax when you get home again and you change or ruin the future and it becomes different. Like the butterfly effect, only no butterflies and no one on the other side of the world sneezes or anything like that. Just... you, me, the future, messed up because I opened my big mouth and said something weird.

[he paused to take a breath, frowning... then...Oh! He pointed as he asked] Have you found your Bayard yet? [Because that was all that was left in Black and, well... that was a good start.]

The hangar is one of the best places to be, Castle of Lions and all parts aside, of course. Coran finds himself there more often than not when he's between things on the old to-do list. So many different types of ships, from so many different worlds! What's not to find interesting?

The odd Lion may just be kicking around in there, somewhere. It's handy for secondary storage.

What Coran doesn't anticipate finding on this particular day is a Lion of Voltron that's yellow in color. Oh, any other color is on the table, but yellow? It actually takes him a long few seconds to register why it's as strange to see it as it has been to go without seeing it for so long. Once he realizes what he's seeing, and what it means... he still immediately goes for the Lion just to make sure it's in decent shape, because it's been a while. But he's at least very loud about it. Because he's Coran, and Coran is loud about everything.

"Oh, just look at you! You're a sight for sore eyes, aren't you?"

[ shiro follows along all of that and finds himself nodding. just because allura didn't remember anything when she was back in their universe in her—was it a dream? shiro doesn't even know what to call it—doesn't mean that he wouldn't remember anything. ]

I don't think that will happen, but I can't say that it won't.

[ and, well— ] I haven't.

[ It didn't take long for Duo to get over his pouting about not being allowed in the red token district - not after he went in to Gula. Rapidly he forgot all about the idea of being mad about being a year off from being able to see what alien boobs were all about in the flesh - which was easy to do when he's got a massive platter of samplers in front of him like it's the most normal thing in the world for a short, reedy kid like him. His braid was even preemptively pulled over his shoulder to prevent anyone from getting any smart ideas,

Which was working gloriously until he backed away from his latest stand and -

Well, right in to Hunk. ]

Whoa! Sorry, man, didn't see ya there...

Pidge is waiting for a shuttle to the planet on board the Castle--she's supposed to leave sometime this afternoon and so she's spending her downtime tinkering with a few things in her room. She's not expecting the crackle of noise from her helmet and she starts, jerking upright as she moves to grab. That can't be... She tugs the helmet on, listens, and then sprints out of her room and down the hellway to Hunk's room.

"HUNK!" The minute the door is open, she leaps at him, wrapping her friend in a hug.

"You're here! You're okay!"

Yellow is in fine shape, other than the knicks and dings it got from the last battle it was in. It sat there in the hanger bay off to the side, just a tall and proud lion, square jawed and tough looking. There was no shield around it however, which should be some level of abnormal. Then again it knew it wasn't in danger, right?

But also, mostly, because Hunk was already there. Up high in the mouth. He might not know much about this Lion tech, at least not like Pidge would, or Coran, but he knew enough to know if Yellow was okay or not.

He heard the voice and slide down to the edge of the mouth, peeking over, grinning. Why was that man always so loud? "Coran! You're looking pretty good yourself!" Came a voice from the mouth of the lion.

[he'd been ab it sad when he heard there was a district he wasn't allowed to go into. Having to be old enough and all. Except... he HAD a red chip. He had all of the chips, so it made him wonder if... in all his space adventures, if he had missed his birthday. Or... maybe the limit was just seventeen. Either way, he could, if he wanted, go to them all.]

[But he found food. And it was good food too. No more space goo! He was pondering over stands. everything sounded and smelled amazing. He felt like it had been forever since he ate, even if it wasn't.]

[And then someone bumped into him. He jumped, turning to look back and going right into apologies.] Oh, hey, sorry! Sorry. I should have been watching where I was going.

Hunk had had a very long day, okay? There is this huge ship, and a fleet, and the castle, and they gave him a room but he had a place on the castle, and he just... he wanted to find Yellow (Who was in the hanger bay of the Eluvio for now), and more importantly, his friends.

He'd given the coms a few tries, but this time he got someone. And someone important too. Though Pidge didn't speak up on the comm, as soon as she was in sight his face lit up in a smile. What a relief!

"PIDGE!" He called back, and as she hugged him he hugged her back, tightly, and even spun them around once. A big crushing bear hug. Sorry, small one, but he was pretty sure he was here alone for a bit there. "Oh crow! You're here. Someone was here. I thought I was here on my own. I'm okay!" he said cheerfully, grinning down at her. "I'm so glad to see you."

[He just paused and stared at Shiro for a moment, as if waiting, waiting to hear what he wanted to hear.]

[He didn't hear what he wanted to hear at all.]

[His brows drew together and heart fell a bit.]

...Oh crow... I'm ahead of you some how! Oh man, Oh no, they weren't kidding. Oh man I'm going to ruin the future some how if I tell you that you went missing and this is terrible. I don't like this at--AH[He slapped a hand over his mouth and stared. Damn...]

What. A. Relief. Takes half a second for the familiar voice to sink in properly, but once it has, it's kind of like. Well, no need to be scandalized.

"No thanks to you, number two! You're lucky no one's pulled the hair right out of their heads worrying about where you've been!"

Coran is trying to sound like a scolding mentor figure. But he mostly only sounds pleased.

[ Honestly Duo could live without it - he's seen a lot worse than sex toys and naked bodies or whatever it was so jealously guarded behind those red gates - but being told that he couldn't go in was what had piqued his interest the most. He can't help it - he's an obstinate kid who likes to do whatever he's told that he couldn't or shouldn't do.

Because, hell, he'd killed people, was that red district really all that big of a deal? ]

Nah, listen, I backed up without lookin' so - [ A shrug. It was what it was, apparently. ] The real tragedy would'a been if any of this food spilled, to be honest.

You tried anything you really liked, yet?

[ for a moment, shiro is more concerned with figuring out a way to calm hunk down than with what hunk is actually saying, and then the words sink in and shiro goes entirely still.

missing. ]

I went what?

Pidge lets out something like a squeak as she's crushed against Hunk. Laughing, she manages to untangle herself a bit and grin back up at her friend.

"Hunk! You're not on your own. We're all here now, actually. With you here, that's all of Voltron AND the princess AND Coran."

[Did you want to calm him down, because he's stopped all movement now. Hand over his mouth and staring. He's hungry. This place makes him hungry, and that rumble of his tummy might have been heard. It could also but the deep groan he's holding back as he stars at the other.]

That better not come back to haunt me. Missing, yeah. Oh man, I don't even know what happened, Shiro, but I am really glad to see you.

Hunk leaned over the edge of the lions mouth and frowned, calling back. "I don't care for being late either, but I don't think I had much choice in the matter! Hang on a second, I'll come down!"

And it does only take him a moment, getting better about heights (sort of) with the jet pack, he drops down to his feet and between the lions two great paws. Letting out a huff of breath he gives Coran a smile.

"Everything's a little weird here, Coran. I thought the Space Mall was strange."

[It was the temptation of being told No. Hunk had seen it in a lot of people. Personally it didn't bother him too much. He's aww about it an move on if he needed. But... he didn't need to, maybe.]

Good sir, I can wholeheartedly agree with you on that matter. It would have been a tragedy to spill any of that. What... is that? It looks good.

[He rubbed at his cheek and grinned as he looked it over, then shook his head, nodding back to a stand that was making some form of deep fried meat on a stick. A meat he can't tell what it is.] Weighing my options first, but some things look pretty good.

Sorry Pidge, he's just so glad to see you. To see any of you. Pidge is the first, and he's just so happy to see her. He does let her go from the hug, grinning down at her, only to frown. What?! Wait a minute...

"I'm last?" Like it was a competition or something. What the heck! But no, why are they even here anyhow? "I don't even really know what's going on but man, last? Hope you all weren't too worried."

I mean, everyone was THERE for him... except Shiro.

Hunk being in a more approachable vicinity gives Coran the opportunity to give him a firm pat or two on the shoulder. It's just good to see him. Sure, the paladins are all resourceful and skilled and have enormous weaponized lion robots at their disposal. Can't stop a man from worrying a bit when they get all separated like that.

"Ah, it certainly sounds strange." Maybe Hunk got wormholed to a Space Mall. No judgement. It happens. "Still, don't worry! We may be stuck here with no way of getting back to our corner of the universe, but we've still got the team all in one place again! And it's easier settling in than you might think!"

I'm not sure if I'm good but, you know, whatever you wanna throw at me.. [ He laughs lightly, plucking up what looks like a french fry and quickly shoving it in his mouth. He'd also indulged in a huge version of alien soda and pretty much every kind of fried food that he could possibly get his grubby mits on, though as soon s Hunk's asking the question he's making a noise of insistence - pushing the tray at him.

When he talks, it's with his mouth full, but hey - ]

Yo, try it! I think it's somethin' like squid if I pinned the texture right... [ He turns to look where the other boy was, hand flying up in over excitement fairly quickly. ]

I tried that meat stick thing, super good.

Any clues as to why?

[ it can't be because he's here, can it? he's been here for a while now and it doesn't seem to have that effect on anyone else. and he might want to calm hunk down, but for the moment, he's a little shocked himself. give him a minute, here. ]

[How about in a hall near an eatery? Sorry, Hunk, there's a skeleton kid floating toward you with a bag on his arm. Whatever he bought smells pretty good, but there's still the matter of this weird humming thing approaching.]

Not at all. Other than a big scary fight with the big bad and oh man, Zarkon had this suit as big as Voltron itself and we were fighting it and you did something and suddenly we were so powerful, and something happened and out lions broke apart, but it was okay! We all got back to the ship, but we saw Black wasn't moving so we towed you and it in, and when we got to it you were just... gone. Man. I don't know what happened, but I thought maybe when I first saw you this is what happened. You came here, except I'm last here and I don't know what is going on with it.

[...Annnnd breath. Sorry, Shiro. He's really just very worried about you. You're their leader and he basically saw you were missing and then ended up waking up here so... so it's all a bit weird.]

You're really here though. Right now. In front of me.

It's really good to see Coran too though. Thought all these weird adventures, he's bonded pretty well with the man. Or so he feels. He's at least got a good respect for him.

He didn't... get wormholed to a space mall though. Seriously, he's starting to use the Space Mall as a bench mark for where people come from. Did Coran know or not? "Wow, that's a cherry notion. I'd kind of like to get back, if you ask me, though... we're all here, so that is something." Especially as they aren't all THERE last he checked. That was his biggest worry. "I mean, how long are we suppose to 'settle in' here anyhow? We've... got things to worry about back home."

Good enough if you've got a nose for good food. [Hunk said with a pleased smile, looking at the goods that were offered. Oh man, fries. And they look good too. He wondered what kind of tuber they were using.]

Don't mind if I do~ [He hummed softly, fingers wiggling a moment and reaching for a try. A moment later he hmmmm'ed then smiled.] Oh man, that beats space goo any day. I'm either ordering a plate of fried meats or that weird cheese noodle I saw four stands down.

[Near is good. Near is fine. Hunk's been looking into things, but everything smells so good he could possibly go into a food coma here with out trying.]

[He just finished a drink and something sweet, tossing them into a bin and turning, seeing a white figure floating his way, humming. His eyes went wide a moment and he stared. Staaarrrd. What... was that? Is that a SKULL? He let out a high pitched little shriek, a hand slapped over his mouth and--WOW Hunk, that was rude. Still he took in a breath and stared. Sorry Emil.]

Eek!

[The shriek startled Emil too and he jumps, nearly dropping his bag in the process. Seeing the look on Hunk's face is enough for him to figure out what the problem is and he backs up, bony hands raised in defense. He isn't scared, but he does feel pretty bad.]

S-sorry! I didn't mean to scare you, I was just passing through, I'm really sorry...

[Hunk is terrible about new meetings with new aliens. He shouldn't be! He's ran into so many now! But, not... any strange bony ones. And this ones eyes are huge. And... that mouth....]

[Also, he clearly startled the guy, because he Eek'ed as well. And in the face of possibly falling food, Hunk did try to jump forward to help brace or grab the bag if it fell, but the little guy seemed to manage?]

[AND now he was apologizing. GOOD JOB HUNK. Good job. Way to be a jerk. His face flushed and he ran a hand over his cheek, frowning.] No! No. Sorry. I uh, sorry, sorry, no. You didn't scar---or, well maybe a little. I wasn't expecting to--Man! What are words? Let me start again. [His hand was flat as it came down in the air to 'cut' his current line of nonsense sentence.]

Sorry. You startled me a bit but I really shouldn't have been. I didn't mean to squeak at you like that. [Better!]

[And now they're both apologizing, stumbling over each other's words. Emil laughs, a little embarrassed. He hadn't expected apologies, and he's not sure what to do about the other guy feeling as bad as he does.]

Oh... hah, that's all right, don't worry about it! Really... I should have checked to see if someone was coming.

[He gestures at himself with a little shrug.]

Believe me, you're not the first.

[He... he sounds like a kid]

[And is so polite.]

[Hunk feels even worse now for reacting as he did. Rubbing at his nose he dropped his head a bit.] Still... I should be more used to it. I'm originally from Earth. We don't get a lot of other races out there. You, ah, kind of remind me of a skeleton, you know, from inside a person?

[YEP. He's wondering if all his kind look like this. After all he's ran into strange blobbish slug people, why not skeletons?]

Hey, I'm from Earth too! Even if I don't look like one anymore, I'm still a human!

[There's a little fight in him, apparently. He sounds a bit indignant.]

What did you think I was, some kind of weird alien or something?

Don't worry, Hunk, it's mutual. He'd take a food goo to the face for you.

That said, Hunk's last question does sober Coran a little.

"Yes, well, that's certainly been the question since we've all arrived. The Castle's maps don't even recognize which corner of the universe we've gotten to. So it's a bit far out. And if we haven't got a map, we haven't got much of a way back to where we were. It's seemed like the best decision for now is to stay close to this fleet! Galra empire or no Galra empire."

The last thing I remember before coming here is the wormhole breaking up.

[ so they end up fighting zarkon directly? and they survive, apparently, or at least the rest of the team survives. that's good. no matter what happens to shiro, no matter what it might mean that he goes missing, at least right now, he has that knowledge. the team survives. ]

Do we beat Zarkon?

[ but also: ] I'm right here. And I'm real.

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[Open] New Kid on the Space Block

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feel free to tell him he's missing if you want! i wouldn't mind

but... but... what if the future!

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w....ell.... we just don't know

because they were so fun on the TDM ..

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......i suppose... you have a point... >.>

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