riverviewlogs | Lola August Catch-All

Lola knocked on the wall to the other half of Floor Two, "You ready to go?" Lola peeked just an eye in, which was enough to show her hair color was a pastel blue-green color. She'd put little darker blue highlights in her hair to really set it off. She wasn't sure what the etiquette was on 'who makes the date after a person auction' but Keith seemed fairly hopeless on this so Lola just made choices and he would just have to deal. Besides, he was going to have fun.

Lola wasn't wearing as much jewelry as she normally did, simple stud earrings instead of her usual more extravagant things. Her hair had been pinned back with little braids for accent. And her outfit was a simple peasant blouse and jeans, her shoes a practical set of sneakers... but everything was all matched and stylish enough she clearly put thought into it. There was a definite 'mermaid' color scheme going on. "We're going to have so much fun!"

Yup. Keith was pretty hopeless about this kind of thing. A regular date probably would have been easier, but he wasn't sure about any of the etiquette about this kind of auction thing, either, so he panicked and clammed up. When Lola had decided to take control, he was more than happy to let her do so.

She hadn't given him too many details, but told him to be ready for some sort of "activity", so he was also dressed fairly casual. Red and black was A Thing with him, so that was the color scheme for the night again. He nodded when she poked her head around to see if he was ready.

"Yeah." And don't mind him, Lola. He still had that large knife strapped to the back of his belt as per usual. He pretty much never went anywhere without it.

Lola couldn't keep a secret, but she could just defer details as well as anyone. Still, she needed to be sure his outfit was right, nothing too movement restrictive, proper footwear. But he's a guy does he even have more than one set of shoes? The knife is an interesting touch, she frowns at it, but doesn't say anything.

She nods her approval, this'll do.

She runs over and just kinda attaches herself to his arm, looping her arm around his like this is exactly how this works. "Let's go. I've got the directions in my phone. This'll be so much fun, it isn't that far."

Oh... arm latching... okay. Keith tried really hard not to tense up in surprise. He was learning that Lola was a very tactile person, kind of like Hunk, and that this was just something he was going to have to get used to. He'd adapt, but yeah... He nodded.

"Okay. I guess I'll follow your lead, then."

Keith managed a small smile in response.

Who gets all stiff and uncomfortable when a cute girl grabs your arm? On a date? That you know is happening? That's weird.

Still, Lola's just going to stay on his arm until she has a good reason to be somewhere else. "It's a short walk from here, at least the first place." Said as if Keith knows what her plan is. Which... isn't the case at all. She'll just head for the door.

"So how are you settling into the Quarantine, other than weird auctions at strange parties?" They had a little distance to walk, better make some conversation, right?

Someone who's nervous? Who doesn't really date? Who... oh, nevermind. Keith would deal with it.

"Okay..." He walked with her, wondering just how many places they were going to if this one was only just the "first place".

"It's alright, I guess," he answered. "I thought traveling between planets was a lot. Dimension hopping is a new one for me." He shrugged a little. "Though, I did find out that someone else from home had been here before me and Shiro." A concerned look at the idea crossed his features. It was worrying to think that Allura could have been lost somewhere on this moon, and he and Shiro wouldn't have even known.

Lola got a curious little look on her face, putting together what Keith had told her about his home before, it took a few seconds for the name Shiro to ring a bell in her mind and put the rest of the pieces together.

"Ohh. You mean Allura. She wasn't in the Quarantine for long." Lola's so damn casual with all of that, it kinda goes to show how used to the Quarantine she was. In all sorts of terrible little ways. "Wait, does this mean you also have a cute lion robot back home?"

"You knew her?" Keith was curious about how casual Lola seemed about this, though.

"Do you think she's still... like here? Or what?"

He blinked at the question. Cute?

"I don't know that I'd consider Red 'cute'... she's pretty massive," he said. "And can spit lava."

"We didn't really talk, she stayed on our floor. That was it," Lola didn't really know how to help on this. "I assume she's gone back to your world... universe, whatever."

Lola was trying to picture robot lions, they came out cute in her head because... kitties. "Shiro said his was cute. Maybe you two just have different ideas of what cute is."

Keith hoped Lola's assumption was right. Allura was pretty tough and could take care of herself really well, but the idea of her potentially being out there lost and alone wasn't a great one, whether it was Allura, or anyone else from their team. They were all decent fighters by this point, and probably could get along on their own for a while, but it would be tough. He nodded a bit.

"Thanks, anyway," he said. "I appreciate the info."

Her comment about the Black Lion, though... Shiro thought it was cute? That was surprising. "He... does?" Keith quirked an eyebrow. "It's even bigger than Red, and has wings." Okay, he stopped himself there. The fact that the Black Lion had 'wings' probably didn't give the mental image of 'not cute' very well to someone who might already be picturing a 'cute' lion robot. He sighed a little. "Yeah... I guess we do."

Edited 2017-08-19 03:54 (UTC)

"You know her, would she go back to your flying space castle if she had the chance?" This was really the question, it'd bugged her when she remembered it after her talk with Ed, which wasn't all the time. Who went home because it was what they wanted, and who just... went home. Not everyone seemed the sort to just leave. But she couldn't say about a woman she didn't know.

"That's what he said after he explained the whole robot lions thing, and I asked if they were cute." And yes, yes telling Lola it had wings did nothing to make Lola picture something badass and scary at all. Because Lola's mind is nowhere near the mark.

Keith considered that for a moment, and then nodded.

"Yeah..." He would, too, honestly. "It's her home. And we have really important work to do as part of the Voltron Alliance, and that includes freeing worlds that have been oppressed by Galra rule." He sighed a little. "We can't just walk away from that."

He raised an eyebrow a little, and then smiled slightly. "I guess someone could consider them cute... in a way. Red is a lot smaller than Black."

"I'm sorry she isn't here for you to see her again," She still had her doubts, but she doubted any of the stuff she and Ed spoke of would... help here, it definitely wouldn't calm Keith down or give some sense of ease. Plus, she couldn't know one way or another. "Sounds like there's a lot going on at home."

"If you decide cuteness all by size, I must be the cutest person in the Quarantine." Because Lola's definitely the shortest. She was a little dubious if that was the only qualifier Keith used for cuteness. It meant a lot of her work into what she was wearing was worthless.

"Yeah." He shrugged a little, trying to brush it off. "I was kind of surprised I ended up here... the explanation as to why doesn't make much sense. I mean, sure there were times when I didn't want to be a part of Voltron, but I never really thought about actually leaving." Well, no... he did once, but that was to test a theory and hopefully protect the rest of the team, and it had been done without really thinking of it being a permanent situation.

Regardless, he was here now... so was Shiro... and Allura had been here but wasn't anymore. He was going to have to reconcile that somehow.

"Well, size isn't the only thing, I'd think," he said. Though, then he realized that might sound a little insulting with the way she made the comment about her height and cuteness. He quickly shook his head. "Not that you aren't cute. You are. And for more reasons than just your height, which is a thing. Right? Not just short, but other things..." He trailed off, looking a little awkward. What are words again?

"I'm not, I definitely had a lot of reasons to not belong at home." Lola wasn't bothered by this. Feelings are feelings, uncontrollable and untamed. So after all the stuff with Miles, and how she'd never tell her friends all the details. She felt a little outside of everything again. So that turning into here... well it made sense for her. "Maybe it isn't a part of you that you like, but... you're here. Why else would you be here?"

She's smiling so his complete fumble at trying to say nice things at least amused her. She could tell where he was going he just wasn't able to really express it properly. She'll assume she's too cute to put into words and not that he's just really bad at this. For his ego, and for her own, ego all around! She stops and smiles, "This is the place."

Inside was one of those parkour gyms. Full of various surfaces to run and jump over. An entire wall is designed with climbing handholds. And of course there's a foam shard pit that totally isn't like a plastic ball pit. But this place is totally for adults and not children. "I figured you needed fun, a lot more than trying to rush this someplace romantic, right?"

Lola's words definitely hit home judging by the thoughtful look on Keith's face as they walked. There were a lot of things about the current situation back home that he should be dealing with, but, deep down, had wanted to run away from. So, maybe it wasn't as surprising as he initially though, but he had never thought his feelings for leaving would be that strong that some weird interdimensional portal would grab him and pull him out of his own universe.

At least, not at this point. Maybe before, when he and Allura had actually left the Castle of Lions, but... now?

He wasn't sure anymore. It was confusing to think about.

He looked up as Lola pointed out the building and they walked inside. Okay, he was impressed. No wonder her instructions on what to wear had included something he could move around in.

"Woah. Heh." And, congrats, Lola. He smiled a bit. "I didn't know this place was even here."

Lola was very pleased with that reaction to her choice. It meant she did it right. But she was awesome at stuff, so of course she managed to pick out something good. "I've been here a while, I know where cool places are. Although... I never really saw the need to come here before. Just not really me."

Although the idea of learning how to climb walls would be pretty neat. Given how short she is.

"So that's what your smile looks like." Lola way to drag him on your date.

Keith blinked, looking slightly startled at her comment about his smile, and then that quickly shifted into something like mild embarrassment. He looked to the side.

"I smile when I have a reason to." His tone was only slightly defensive, but also maybe a little amused. He could admit it. He'd been caught. Not that he tried to be serious all the time, but that was kind of his default mode, so to speak. He shrugged, trying to dismiss it like it was nothing.

Keith wasn't exactly tall, but he was taller than her. She was probably like the same height as Pidge, really, if he thought about it. As he glanced around, her comment about this not being her thing came back to him.

"So then why come here? I mean, I'd think this should be something both of us can enjoy, right?"

"I'm glad I found you a reason to smile," see, Lola smiles because smiling is cuter than frowning, not as cute as pouting but that's a lot of work she doesn't normally need to do. She can take that win.

"Oh, I'll have fun, just not if I was doing it on my own," Lola could figure out how that might be confusing. Like Lola picked something he'd enjoy, but wouldn't give her anything. Well, nothing but the satisfaction of making Keith have a little fun anyway, "I have a friend at home. Shay, she really loves to do athletic stuff. And I enjoy doing all of them with her, but they aren't really my thing if she wasn't doing them."

Lola stayed active to stay fit, she didn't get much out of being the best volleyball player, she'd never hang her future on her ability to to do much of anything outside of what she's good at. But it was fun to do stuff with friends, even if they left her all sweaty and gross after.

Okay. Keith nodded. That was understandable. And, yeah, he was still smiling a little.

"Well, then we'll have fun, I guess," he said. He was glad for that, at least. He looked around at the place a bit, and then nodded towards the check-in counter. "Guess we should go check-in first, yeah?" He was also getting used to having her holding on to his arm, so that was cool. He lead her over towards the counter.

"Right, I think they'll probably want you to leave your knife in a locker." She wasn't sure how attached he was to it. She knew that she'd need a locker for her purse. She wore something she could keep her phone on her for selfies and photos during their time here. But she was pretty sure that a knife would be unwelcome in a safe establishment such as here. They were well inside the city and the chances of needing a weapon were, well, zero.

She wasn't directly aware of how comfortable he was, but he hadn't shaken her off of him so she was okay with that bit. But... they would need to check in, get a locker key, and some security harnesses if they wanted to take on things like the climbing wall or anything with a fall that could kill someone.

"Oh, yeah... that." He hadn't wanted to leave it in the communal housing, honestly, because he hadn't wanted it to disappear. It was easier to take than his armor, anyway, so there was that. Plus, it had sort of become something of a security blanket. He rarely left it behind, even just walking around the Castle of Lions, so it was more of a habit than anything else that he had strapped it on to the back of his belt before leaving. He nodded, though. He could see them not wanting something like that being carried around in the building. Locking it up in a locker wouldn't be bad.

Keith nodded a bit, and they headed over to the counter for what they needed. With a big enough locker, they could put everything in one, so the guy gave him a key for something that was medium sized to fit Lola's bag and his knife together. He then told them to come back to be weighed and fitted for their harnesses by one of the climb instructors.

She's still a little curious about it, because it's obviously important. But not curious enough to actually ask about it. Not right now, anyway. She'd managed a lot of headway with him thus far and the date had barely started. With their possessions locked away, time to get weighed and put in harnesses.

Lola, fortunately between her ego and her diminutive stature, had no trouble being weighed. She looked good, she felt good, and a harness could only do good things for her butt. Look, Lola's weird, just... accept it.

She walked up to the climbing wall, it seemed really tall. Kinda intimidating, but not in a bad way. "I'm ready."

Keith didn't care, either. He was a skinny but muscular 19-year-old. Whatever. He definitely wasn't one to get hung up on that kind of thing. If anything, he seemed more wary of the person fitting the harness on him than being weighed, and actually watched as much of the process as he could without being disruptive to it. It was partially curiosity, and partially because he wasn't sure how he felt about this. Once fitted, though, he joined Lola at the wall. he looked up.

"Good." They were hooked up to the ropes then, and given the go ahead as their respective spotters took their positions. He moved closer and grabbed a couple of handholds. "Have you done this before?" He figured not because of her comment earlier, but he didn't want to assume she was a newbie to it if she wasn't.

Lola grinned, "Nope. Never." As if never having done something is a perfectly acceptable mindset when trying it for the first time. Of course, this was the sorta thing Lola was just good at. Physical things, moving things. She could see a few places the handholds got a bit too far for her tiny frame, but there were plenty of creative paths she could manage.

"But I'm guessing we go up, and do it one little rock thing at a time."

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