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[Keith spent a long time debating whether to bother with video for this or just go with text. But the truth is, for what he's aiming for, it's better to do this virtual-face to virtual-face. Or something. He's even done bothering with the frankly ridiculous mask. For now.

The video opens to a fairly normal looking teenager (aside from the fact that what's visible of him is definitely dressed in a skin-tight vaguely glowy futuristic space suit), hesitating a moment like he's still debating on how to begin.]

So. Uh.

[Good start, Keith. Solid.]

I guess all of us are stuck in the same boat whether we want to be or not. And apparently that boat is headed for some other world before we know it.

I'll be honest. I don't know if we can trust this Astoria as far as we can throw her. [And he knows she can hear this, but he's said as much to her face, so there's that.] But for now I guess I plan on going along to see how things play out. [Which after discussing with Shiro, he feels pretty okay about, as plans go.]

But... just waltzing into other worlds, and potentially meddling in them... that could go bad really quickly if someone makes an enemy of the wrong person. If that happens, it might not be a terrible idea to know what we've got on our side.

Not just magic either. Because... that's really new to me at least. But we all bring some experience or skills or knowledge or something to the table, right? If we're gonna be any sort of team, we may as well know our strengths. And what we might be lacking.

[Maybe? Keith is now wondering if it was a bad idea to give him a way to talk to so many people at once. But he's committed now, no help for it. So he'll even go first.]

I'm Keith. Uh... I guess I'm pretty good with a sword. Pretty good in anything that flies. And I'm mostly used to being in space, lately. But it does't sound like that'll be helpful in this El Minha place. Also apparently I can fly now. So... there's that.

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[He holds up his hands and smiles pleasantly.]

Ah, so Astoria didn't mention that to everyone. Alright. [He nods to himself, and continues in a calm tone.]

She said she brought us here to help. Whether true or not, we're tied to her by magic or some form of energy. That gives us each an ability whether we had special abilities beyond what was normal for our people or not.

Is that clearer?

[ thank you for being so patient about this, shiro, because he is just

lost. ]

No, not really!

[ he holds up both of his hands and stares at his palms, wide-eyed and suspicious. ]

So we all have magic? And you can fly. Or is the mechanical lion your magic?

[ sorry bro, magic has never been a Thing before and is super confused. ]

Yes, we all have magic granted to us by Astori. The lion is mine. Keith's is he can fly. [He can see this poor guy is lost. Maybe he will have a word with Astoria to let people know about this tidbit of the deal.

He sighs,]

What are you used to? It might help to start there and we can work our way up from there.

[ he scrubs a weary hand over his face. ]

I woke up here after winning a cooking competition at my high school in Tokyo. To say all of this is new to me would be a huge understatement.

[ - but then a thought hits him! ]

Can I see your lion?

[That's...quite a jump. He's seen it before but it never fails to take him by surprise. He pauses, and nods.]

Hold on.

[He leans away from the screen but it still picks up swirls of purple light as he changes his shape.]

[A low leonine growl rolls through the air and he leans back in, yellow eyes glowing and attempting to judge the distance between himself and the screen.]

[ several things seem to happen all at once.

first: soma's eyes widen into this, basically, because even if magic is an entirely new concept to him, doesn't every kid want to meet a real life actual mech? he exhales quietly: ]

This is awesome.

[ but then he is distracted by the second thing: a text that draws his attention away from the mechanical freaking lion that was previously a person. ]

Uh, sorry. One second.

[ even though it is really hard for him to look away from shiro to cut off the feed temporarily. what does auntie a want? ]

[ when the video feed pops back on, there is a slim stream of water rapidly spinning in a circle over soma's head, his hands lifted up towards it and his eyes even wider than before. ]

This is awesome!

[ magic is terrifying and also really cool!! ]

[In the time it takes Soma to do whatever he needed to do Shiro has returned to normal. He grins.]

Well done! How did you find out what your power is? [That had been rather quick.]

Astoria just messaged me about it! She must've seen us talking about it.

[ or can she just see everything they're doing all the time always? that's a terrifying thought, but he's still too enchanted by the fact that he has magic to think too long on it right now. ]

She did say all of our chatter goes through her head. These watches and the network are functioning based on her magic.

[A little creepy and it makes his skin itch to think about it. But right now, it's nice.]

It does?

[ it's enough of a surprise for him to lose his concentration. the spinning stops and the water drops on his head; he just shakes it out, unbothered. it wasn't that much anyway. ]

Man, that gives me a headache just thinking about it. Doesn't that sound kind of, I dunno ... exhausting? And seriously creepy, but there's a bunch of other stuff she's using her magic for too, isn't there?

Yes, I believe she's using her magic for a lot of various tasks. She's said as much before.

She also said if you don't want her to watch your conversations to say so.

[He's skeptical of that and it shows on his face.] We'll see if that's true or not.

You really don't trust her, huh?

[ not that he can blame him. soma could probably benefit from doubting a little more than he does. ]

Let's just say one has to earn my trust. I don't give it freely unless my instincts tell me its a good idea.

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