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[lionunchained]

[Video opens with Shiro in the mess of the ship that he lives on. Nothing too exciting]

So I have a favor to ask: would someone be willing to give me cooking lessons? My teammates say that I am a hazard in the kitchen and I'd like... to be less of one. Or at least trusted to make something more than sandwiches.

I would appreciate any help at all. And I'm sure everyone would appreciate it if I don't set kitchens on fire.

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[lionunchained]

Nothing in particular, but I would like to maybe make something for them. Since we had what would be the equivalent of Thanksgiving, next would be Christmas.

[text]

[in_extremis]

Your teammates. Right. What does that mean exactly? Have I been picked last for the teams?

[lionunchained]

No, you weren't picked last. They are my teammates from home when we were fighting a war.

[in_extremis]

War teammates, sure, that's normal.

I will say, you don't want to go stag to one of these holiday parties, really brings the mood down. Tell you what, I'll plan the menu and you rustle up a guest list, let me know who you're taking, you know, in case of allergens and.

Stuff.

[lionunchained]

Unfortunately, in my world it is. Teammates is more understandable to others than "paladins" which is what they are actually called.

I don't know that I have ever had a problem with going stag. [Except that he was a buzz kill that one time...] I appreciate that. I'll have to talk to everyone and get everything arranged.

You are a good cook then?

[in_extremis]

Paladins does sound much cooler. Wait, there's a bunch of them here, teammates plural? That's weird, isn't it?

I'm a mechanical and chemical engineer, that's basically a PhD in cooking, I've got to be good. What's the fanciest thing you've ever eaten? We'll make that.

[lionunchained]

It does, but sometimes harder to picture I think. So there is myself and two others. We were Paladins of Voltron. I was the pilot of the Black Lion, the Black Paladin. The other two here are the Red and Blue Paladins.

I see... does seem to makes sense one of our mechanically inclined Paladins was also a good cook. The fanciest thing... steak probably in recent recollection.

[in_extremis]

I take it back, you were right, that was basically gibberish. Is Voltron a robot? You're some kind of rainbow guard for an AI?

We can do steak, that's nothing, hot meat. Perfect Christmas dinner, very romantic. And a cheesecake.

[lionunchained]

[He laughed reading this, but Tony wouldn't know because it was text]

Right. See why I said that now? So Voltron is giant robot that was used to defend the universe a long time ago and we ended up its pilot as well. Voltron is made up of five smaller robot lions that each require their own pilot, or Paladin. The Black Lion was the larges and formed the torso and head. Red and Green were the arms, and Yellow and Blue were the legs.

Sounds good to me.

[in_extremis]

Teammates, it's all coming together now. The lion thing is a little weird, but robots I understand.

Right, dinner for four then, sweetheart. We'll knock it out, first try, nothing to worry about. You just let me know the time and place.

[lionunchained]

Believe me. If someone had told me about robot lions before I became the Paladin of the Black Lion, I probably would have thought they were crazy as well. Of course the person who first told me about it was an alien so... they already knew this was real.

Will do. Thanks again.