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[lonered]

[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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[byherself]

Well, kinda. I still don't know too much about it, but I guess I'm not really surprised at magical stuff anymore.

[ For the most part, anyway. The magic here's already a little weird to her, with it seeming to be everywhere. ]

I don't know too much about flying, though. A few of my friends could do it, and they made it look easy. I never asked them if it makes them tired or anything like that.

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[lonered]

Well, at least you have that. I guess some familiarity is probably more helpful than none?

[Keith at least is benefiting from the fact that his baseline for "weird" has all but vanished with the way his life has gone since he left Earth. So he's not fumbling to try to accept that this is real, he's at least moving forward with it.]

I'm sure I'll figure it out. I've got Shiro to help me out too. The form he shifts into can fly.

[byherself]

A friend of yours?

[ ...Well, at the very least, that gives her some more hope that one of her friends may still be around. She may have to ask Astoria about it later... ]

I'd just recommend for now just trying to fly with him around-- only because you don't want to run out of energy in the middle of the air. Especially if--

[ A pause... ]

Well, it's better to just not get hurt, you know?

[lonered]

Yeah, my closest friend from back home. He's here too.

[Though he'd been somewhere else before, which Keith is still worrying about, very much.]

...good point. I'd rather not plummet to my death. Not the way I'd want to go.

[Was that too casually mentioned?]

[byherself]

I don't blame you. Although, that... does remind me of one piece of advice I do actually have.

I don't know how it works here, but please take death seriously. Getting used to it is a serious problem I've seen, and it shouldn't be used as a means to be reckless.

[lonered]

...what do you mean getting used to it? How can you not take death seriously?

[Keith has clearly not heard anything like this before, and it has him somewhere between curious and concerned.]

Is there something strange about it here?

[byherself]

I don't know about it here, but...

[ It didn't even dawn on her for a second, how crazy this would sound to someone who's not used to magic and who hadn't heard this before from someone prior to her. ]

Where I'm from, as long as we kept our source of magic intact, we could come back to life if something bad happened. It never happened to me, but... it wound up happening too frequently. So... even if death isn't something for us to worry about, please still be careful.

[lonered]

So. Where you're from death isn't permanent?

[Wow. Okay. So that's... weirdly unsettling. He's not even sure why. But it does open up various possibilities. Which Keith should not be thinking about because honestly... he's reckless enough when he knows full well his life is on the line.]