voice; un: eliasainsworth

[thornydisposition]

I believe I have some information that might be of use, or at least to consider.

[The voice is low and very even, having only the barest hint of a conversational cadence.]

My companion, Shuyi, and I managed to locate and capture Miz Poppy. We captured her and two of her Deemer companions, and as we began to take them back to Perdition's Rest, she had some very interesting things to say.

She reaffirmed that there was no way to safely separate a Taraxa from its host without the destruction of the latter. What is more troubling, however, was that she insisted that hers and her compatriots' mission of destruction was something which the TIMELINE.EXE asked of them.

Before we could deliver her back here, one of the other captured Deemers sacrificed himself so that she may escape in the confusion.

It is not my intention to offer this information in order to incite mass confusion or doubt, as it is quite possible she was lying. But I do not think we can completely discount that she might be telling the truth—or that she and her fellows are somehow deluded enough to believe that they are. It is, as I originally said, something to at the very least keep in mind.

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[selfimage]

Not much is simple, especially not in terms of saving the basis of absolutely everything.

[competing]

[ "nothing" is simple... such a simple answer in and of itself. if lance weren't neckdeep in it, he'd probably find it kinda funny. ]

Didn't you say you did this kinda thing before? Saving multiverses and stuff? How'd you guys do it?

[selfimage]

[ well

that was the question, wasn't it? technically Loki had saved it from himself, with the help of the Young Avengers who didn't let him get away with his shit. it was a different situation.

I confessed doesn't make for a good answer, here. ]

That was a tad different, we had a multiversal parasite to contend with, not the gradual decline into entropy.

[competing]

[ it never really occurs to lance that the very people meant to save the multiverse can also be the people they're meant to save the multiverse from.

what kind of sick irony is that? ]

It's still saving, though. It's still the multivers. Maybe we can use your experiences as a point of reference. It's a lot better than what the rest of us seem to have.

[selfimage]

[ by the effing Norns, he wasn't going to get off of this, was he?

he almost pinches his nose even though he can see Lance, and Lance can't see him. ]

I did it with a whole lot of manipulating and trickery, while reality can be malleable when it comes to story and expectation ...

There are details we're missing, specifically those of intent.

[competing]

[ blargh loki's doing that thing where he's talking in circles around lance again, who prefers his serious stuff to be a little more straightforward, and so loki can probably see the boy scrunch up his own face in distaste. ]

Fine, so let's go get those answers. [ it can't be that hard, right? ] Who do we have to ask? I'll turn on the ol' Lance Charm (tm).

[selfimage]

[ every time they get serious, somehow his time with the Young Avengers gets thrown into it. he doesn't like diving into details. ]

ALASTAIR, I'd assume, but they've been conveniently hush-hush. Lloyd already knew of Zymandis' existence, and the organization lacks higher authority. I'd assume more seasoned members are the one with more experience, and thus more intel.

We're rookies, you see.

[competing]

Good. Underdogs always have the best luck in these stories.

[ it's a positivity that he has to, admittedly, dig a lot deeper for. where general optimism and confidence tends to roll off him in waves, this time around, considering the half-deck he's been given, he has to try a little harder...

but that's okay. he's used to that. ]

[selfimage]

[ be so glad that you can't see Loki's face rn ]

If you intend to write a tale out of this, I'd lose the trademark.

[competing]

[ he's always glad when he can't see loki's face HEYOOOOOO ]

You know what I mean. Most of us might be rookies in this whole saving timelines business, but we you, we have us, the Voltrons, who're already knee-deep in the universe-saving business. We got a lot of really competent and smart and strong people, and some real good hearts around here too. Most of us seem to want to do the right thing, and that's pretty much step one in this kind of thing, isn't it?

[selfimage]

[ he's not unaffected by optimism, but there's a little puff that finally comes from his lips, both dubious and exasperated, but not unwillingly to be something other than contrary. ]

...

It all just depends on whose right thing.

[competing]

Then I guess we all should start getting a little louder.

[selfimage]

[ ah, Lance.

how simple life must be. ]