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WHO: Keith, anyone :D
WHERE: Around Risa (notable places include the hospital, the hotel, shopping, the beach, the spa...)
WHAT: Chillin'... getting healed up from storm injuries, etc.
WHEN: Throughout the event. CATCH-ALL :D
WARNINGS: None, yet... will add if anything pops up.

[Keith actually didn't arrive at the hotel like most people. He'd been hurt in the storm, so he actually found himself at the hospital first. Thankfully, Federation medicine is crazy advanced. He was treated, healed up, and released with instructions to take it easy for a few days and come back if there were any complications. There was an odd look from the medical doctor at seeing the readouts for Keith's physiology, but this was Risa. What happens on Risa, stays on Risa, and the doc was discreet by not pushing for too much information.

It left Keith wondering... clearly, they were in another reality again... apparently one where Galra didn't exist.

Once he was out, he headed back to the hotel to find his room and get settled. He was there for a few hours, exploring the amenities available, finding Lance and the pets, and figuring out next steps. Keith wasn't up for big dance club stuff, yet, so taking it easy was definitely a good idea for today.

Keith could then be found checking out some of the shops, generally not very far from Lance, with Kosmo in tow, as they looked for things that were weather appropriate and good to wear to a beach and for a vacation. Once they got what they wanted and needed, it was back to the hotel just long enough to change before staking out some space on the beach.

For the next few days, it was the beach, the spa, and, later in the time on Risa, maybe a few dance clubs when Lance really talked him into it.

Keith was just looking to finally enjoy some time off... when it wasn't dealing with that mysterious "31" person from the note.]

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A good number, yeah. Anyone who was in Drift Fleet, at least. Lance, though, he's actually from the same world as me even before Drift Fleet... the same reality, universe... whatever you wanna call it. We're on a team together back home.

[Keith slid his hands into his pockets as he walked.]

There were more of us, back in the Fleet. But not here. Here, it's just me an' him.

[Though, honestly, the idea of a 'found family' was something Keith had been getting used to over the past couple of years. He had that back home, he had that in the Fleet. Having it in this world, too, would be nice. After all, the only living blood relation he knew was his mom, and, while she'd been in the Fleet for a while, she wasn't on Agra-10 with the rest of them.]

[Tommy bites his lip before asking if Keith knew his Pops.]

So just you and him. Anyone else that come from there close to you? Because, well, they talk about each other a lot, and I admit, I don't hear about you much.

A couple. Not many.

Like, I know Tyrion and Sansa... Hux... Lance and I knew a Katara, too, but not the one that's here now. That's what's also weird about this place. You can get people from other universes who are the same, but also different.

A lot of us also knew of each other, but the Fleet was kind of unique. There were different ships and stuff, so not all of interacted with everyone else all the time. So, I've probably met everyone who's here that was in the Fleet at some point. But, I don't think that really counts as knowing each other and being close, you know?

[Keith shrugged a little.]

I'm not really a social guy, to be honest. I've always been something of a loner, so I'm not surprised. It wasn't until near the end of our time in the Fleet, just before we defeated whatever it was that had taken over the Marsiva, that I ended up being a captain of one of the ships and doing more communication on the network. I was on the Huntress, but, at the end there, we only three people on our ship.

[After seeing that the Drift Fleet ships were in that hangar in town, Keith had hoped that the Huntress might even show up. He'd gotten kind of attached to her, but that was probably his pilot's nature taking over.]

[Sansa. Tommy knew her, because she was close to Wanda. Which is interesting.]

Did you know Wanda and Vision? She's here with us, he's... not. Anymore.

[There's weight to that statement, but Tommy pushes on past it, not willing to think about it too much. And, spotting a nearby deli, he starts leading them toward it. He could use some food and he could buy them something too.]

I guess I get that too. The loner thing. It can be easier. I mean, I try to be social, but I get the loner approach. People sorta suck a lot of the time.

[Spoken like someone who had been hurt repeatedly by 'people'.]

[Keith nodded, but only slightly.]

I remember that they were in the Fleet. I didn't know their names really, but I saw them around. Vision was kind of hard to miss. [Then again, Keith's mom was purple, so he was okay with it.] I think Shiro was friends with Steve or something.

After the Fleet broke up, though, and the ships were free to go off on their own, we all kind of split up... those of us who didn't immediately go through the portal home, anyway. I didn't interact with them a lot.

[He nodded again, understanding that tone really well.]

Yeah, they definitely can. [Teachers too busy to care so they often gave up on him, bullies who picked on him for being the loner or for getting hurt about his parents not being there... Keith had learned the unfortunate lesson that he had to fight and get angry instead of grieving his losses. It had been hard to get over that.] But, sometimes, you find the good ones. If you're lucky.

[Tommy guides them right inside the deli and gestures to the food. The silent directive to order what he wanted. Tommy was treating.]

I guess I’ve gotten luckier recently. Sorry you’re here rather than your home, though. Not a place a lot of people belong.

[Keith blinked, a questioning look on his face to make sure Tommy was okay with it before moving over to see what was there.]

Actually, sometimes I think I belong more here than home. But, I still miss people there. I'd like to go back... at some point. Just... if I do, I'll lose what I have with Lance. We didn't start developing our relationship until we were here.

[Kosmo behaved and stayed outside, waiting for them at the door. He wasn't technically a service animal, so Keith had trained him to stick around at a business entrance in case animals weren't allowed.]

[What he has with Lance? Fuck, Tommy doesn't even know who Lance is.]

Well, there's that. I guess. But yeah there is a lot you can't be sure of sometimes.

Yeah. It's definitely not ideal... but, then again... when is anything, right?

[Keith shrugged, finally making a decision. He ordered a sandwich with chips and a pickle.]

In my experience? Never.

[Tommy orders a sandwich and a nice supply of just meat. For Kosmo, because not feeding the little fluffy would be wrong.]

[Keith leaned against one of the empty tables while they waited for the food to be made.]

Exactly.

[He shrugged a shoulder.]

So, I just try to make the best of the moment now. It's better than dwelling on stupid things I can't control.

[That had been a hard lesson for him to learn.]

Control isn't something we're going to get used to for a while, right? Good thing you're trying to adapt.

[Keith shrugged slightly.]

No, I guess not. Adapting can be hard, but you just have to sometimes.

Trust me, I do my best to adapt. But even I’m a creature of habit.

[That said, he orders something he’s never seen before and is very happy to stand back and watch it get made.]

Everyone has habits. I wouldn't have expected different.

[Keith was curious, too, so he watched the prep as well. Thankfully, this world was familiar with Earth in addition to apparently a whole bunch of other places. And, even if it wasn't the Earth he might know, it seemed like they had at least some familiar food, so it was nice to have that. Keith was trying to adapt, but he'd been away from familiar things for a long time now.]

Perhaps we are, but maybe that’s not always a good thing, right? Because it gets you in trouble.

[It got Tommy in trouble a lot actually. A hell of a lot. But he still tried to break those habits. But success and him weren’t exactly friends sometimes.]

[Keith almost snorted.]

Yeah. Tell me about it.

Still, some habits make us who we are, wouldn't you think?

{That’s hardly an excuse for bad habits to be maintained, right?],

Probably best not to talk about the sins of the past. But hey, I think those are ours.

[The sandwiches are really almost ready and Tommy goes to collect them. And the package of sliced meat.]

[But that's where bad guys come from... people who refuse to change bad habits... well, really bad habits...]

Probably, yeah.

[Keith followed Tommy over to the counter to help carry stuff out. As expected, Kosmo was waiting for them as patiently as he could. His tail started wagging as soon as he spotted them and he stood up as they came out the door.

Keith gave him a good rub on the head for behaving, and the wolf easily retook his spot at Keith's side.]

[Perhaps. Or maybe sometimes bad guys come from breaking down from the way the world treated them, and then NOT CARING that they had. Feeling like it was justified, even if it was wrong.

Once outside Tommy stopped to fish the package of cut meat from the bag and hands it to Keith.]

For Kosmo. Figured he could probably use something good too.

[There were a lot of sources for bad guys.

Keith smiled at the offer.]

Thanks. I'm sure he'll appreciate it. Let's find a place to sit down.

[There was a park not far from them, at least, and it had some open picnic tables they could use. Keith settled down at one that wasn't taken, indicating that Tommy take the other seat. Kosmo sat obediently next to Keith's chair.]

Thanks for lunch.

[Keith opened the package of meat first, and then placed it near the middle of the table in case Tommy wanted to give some to Kosmo, too. He wasn't going to hand him the whole thing because the wolf would definitely scarf it down and possibly get himself sick, so it was best to take it easy and do a slice or two at a time.]

No problem.

[It's a big thing, even if he says that. Sure, he's gotten used to having the resources to feed himself, loves that in Temba he can do something to help fill all their bellies. But from one lost kid to another, he thinks maybe Keith would get it. What it could mean to someone like Tommy, who never had enough growing up, to freely give food to another. Sure he wasn't really taking it out of his own mouth, not directly, but the money could have been used to get things for himself. Instead, he's sharing it. An offering of sorts.

But there's no way he could ever be sure Keith got it.

So instead he unwrapped his sandwich and immediately took a few bites out of it. Three heartbeats and it's already half eaten. Speedsters, they're a trip.]

So, what datapoint you got?

[Keith got it enough. He'd been on his own long enough to know that it was a lot to think about when it came to money and budgeting. Being able to share was something nice that he couldn't always do, even if he had someone to do it with. So, when someone shared with him, he accepted it for the gesture it was... someone being nice because they can.]

Right now, I'm a pilot. Which, with the ships being basically automated all the time, feels a little useless. I got to do at least some flying during the storm thing, but it feels dumb to have a pilot when I can't override the system for these mission things they send us on.

What about you?

Speaking as someone who went into that mess on auto-pilot, I could stand for a real pilot.

[Twin Roses had been MISERABLE during that time.]

Agriculture. Never made things with my hands before. Only destroyed. It's a nice change.

[Keith chuckled a bit.]

Yeah. I guess. It would just be nice to feel more useful at times, I guess. I was never good at being idle.

[He considered that for a moment.]

So... what do you guys do on the ships, then? With that one? I don't think any of them have like a hydro-whatever bay, right?

[Hydroponics, Keith. The word you were looking for is 'hydroponics'.]

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