riverviewlogs | Trek to the Portal

who: Keith, Shiro
what: Exploration, trying to investigate the portal, but they get interrupted by something else from home.
when: This week
where: Out and about in the woods surrounding the city
warnings: None at the moment

Keith had gathered together some supplies. After their last trek into the woods to that temple, he had a better idea of what to expect and what they might need. Even with their armor, it didn't hurt to have a bag with supplies. Carrying it could prove interesting if they needed to use the jetpacks for anything, but they could figure that out when the time came... if the time came.

He headed upstairs to Shiro's floor. They hadn't moved out of the community building, yet, but it had definitely gone up in priority since the fire. But, there were still other things that were important. Investigating the fact that Allura had been there before them and had apparently disappeared was pretty high on the list, too, and was definitely more important than finding a private place to live.

He poked his head in the door from the elevator lobby, then knocked before calling out.

"Hey, Shiro. You ready?"

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Keith narrowed his eyes a little. He didn't have his board set up, really, because he didn't have space for one in the communal housing, but it was going to happen at some point once they had their own place. No worries, though. He was planning on keeping it in his own room.

Red was also exploring as Keith stared at the spots.

"That's a good question," he said. "I mean... they just showed up. Right?" He glanced back at the two Lions. Red looked back at Keith, as if she sensed his question. After a moment, she turned back to her exploring. "Yeah... they weren't here for long before they picked up on us on the path."

Shiro definitely expected one to appear when they moved into a place of their own. Keith'd had one at his father's house during the year that Shiro had been gone. A rather elaborate one at that. So if he didn't make one here, Shiro would be surprised.

Nothing like watching two robot lions exploring mechs and cars, trying to evaluate them. Black had walked up to a car that was parked there, looking it over. Luckily, not trying to touch it because those claws didn't retract.

"Which begs some interesting questions. If they just arrived, when did they find out they were coming and how quickly did they get this set up for them. Especially since the lions can confirm they weren't here long before they found us." He had gotten same feeling from Black.

"Yeah..." Keith frowned. He supposed there wasn't much they could do about it at the moment, but he'd ask around. "Didn't Hana have a reserved spot, too?"

Red seemed to have figured out the reserved spots, too, and was moving around them, as they were side-by-side, and investigating the area to see if it would acceptable as a temporary solution to their size problem.

"Yeah, her MEKA had a reserved spot. I doubt it would still be here since she moved out, but it seems to be s-o-p to give mech a parking spot."

Done investigating the cars - since the Black Lion has never seen anything like them before and its his job to protect the other lions - Black wandered over to the parking spots as well. Black however paused, watching Red investigating the spots. Shiro had seen the Black Lion be defensive force when the first Robeast had shown up and Black and Green had sheltered him and Pidge. So investigating potential threats in the parking garage seemed to make sense. It did make him wonder if Black stayed back from investigating the spots because somehow that was more a task of the Red Lion or if it was because she had already started it and Black didn't want to get in the way.

"Seems like it." Keith frowned. "I mean, they knew to come find us, right? So, maybe they detected them come through the portal?"

After a moment or two, Red seemed okay with this for now. She picked one of the spots for herself and laid down, cat loaf style.

"If they are monitoring the portal, they would know what is coming through, people and otherwise. Seems strange though that they set up these parking spots and didn't know to tell us they were out here. I'd say they didn't find them, but they are pretty quick."

Shiro couldn't help a snicker as Red laid down in her parking spot. She just looked... rather cute. Black walked over and sat down in the other, looking much more content to look around.

"Well I think it is acceptable."

Keith nodded. It was definitely weird.

Either way, watching the Lions pick which spot they wanted was kind of amusing, especially when Red settled in like that.

"I guess it is." Keith hesitated for a moment and then nodded as Red tried to reassure him that this was okay for now. "We'll come back in the morning." Red purred at them. They'd be fine for the night. Stop worrying.

It was rather cute. Watching as the lions settled in, it was clear that Black was still watching to make sure everything was safe.

"Yeah, I think they'll be okay for tonight. Doesn't mean we can't come back down a little bit later. Check in and see how they are doing. Besides, I'm sure they can take care of themselves."

They were after all, probably the most dangerous mechs in the garage.

They certainly had the ability to defend themselves, especially with how independent they now seemed. As if to demonstrate that they could do it, Red put up her particle barrier for a moment and then lowered it. She was fully functional!

Keith couldn't help the small chuckle.

"Yeah... they'll be okay."

Shiro chuckled as Black glanced over at Red for bringing up her particle barrier. After she lowered hers, Black's flicked on for a moment as well before the lion went back to watching.

"Alright. Let's go back upstairs."

Keith nodded and glanced back once as they headed into the building for the night.

Trek to the Portal

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