In this quest, we take the reins of Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyans, in his quest to reunite the Saiyan race and oppose the rule of the perfidious Frieza and his Cold Empire. After four years of hiatus, I return.== Archive==https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=KingQM== Recap of our situation ==Vegeta and his crew have learned of a station used by the Saiyan resistance, a group formed soon after the destruction of planet Vegeta, over twenty years ago. While the station is derelict, it hosts intel and devices that could prove useful to the aims of the Prince. The Capsule Corp. Saiyan Spacebase Mark II crewed with Vegeta, Nappa, Turles, Raditz, the newly rescued Saiyans Kalabash and Calava, and the ship’s pilot and engineer, the human Bulma Brief, departed for Sadala Station and found it overrun by space pirates led by the mighty captain Zodd.Following tense negotiations, Vegeta and Zodd began a one-on-one duel to settle who would keep authority over the station. The battle continues…
>>6396484Hello /qst/. Many, many years ago I started a quest called Vegeta Quest, where we took control of Vegeta a year before his arrival at Earth.The quest had a good first thread, then I got taken by the QM curse. It was revived two times, once in 2021 and the other in 2022, each time it died out due to general personal issues and burnout. QMing required a lot of time that I didn’t have to spare. I hung around /qst/ for the next 4 years as a lurker/poster/one-shot QM afterwards and noticed that the board had slowed down quite a bit, which led me to think that I could actually handle the QM workload once again.So, imagine reviving a quest that died thrice already, four years after its last death. Why even? Because I loved Vegeta Quest, it’s my favorite quest I’ve ever QMed, and it’s the one incomplete personal project that still hangs on my mind to this very day, FOUR years later. I needed to come back to it eventually, and hopefully my eternally loyal playerbase remains and comes back with me for another adventure along with new players we pick up on our way.I spent two weeks rereading the entire quest, taking notes on characters, preparing for future arcs, and steeling myself for a prolonged, proper period of QMing.
>>6396485Year 761Vegeta, rightful holder of the title "Prince of all Saiyans" after the fall of his planet, has seen his life change in the past year. What looked like a simple mission to a low power level planet turned into a near-death situation and a complete disaster for Frieza's interests. After saving the life of his two servants, Raditz and Nappa, the trio set coordinates for Earth to hopefully meet Kakarot and heal their wounds with his help, exiling themselves from the Cold Empire.They found that Kakarot had become 'humanized', unwilling to let go of his friends to join your ranks. Still, your weakened state did not leave you many options. In exchange for healing by the earthlings, you swore to not destroy or harm the population of the Earth and train with Kakarot for a full year.After learning a variety of techniques from Kakarot and his reluctant comrades, Earth was invaded by the Crusher Corps, but through cunning and 'experimental' tactics, Vegeta was able to defeat Turles and destroy his ship, unaware that within were the seeds of the mighty Tree of Life. Turles then joined the Saiyans on Earth.Kakarot, angered by Vegeta's actions during the battle with Turles, asked to duel Vegeta. After a long fight, Vegeta smashed Kakarot's limbs and rendered him unable to move, not before an intervention by a particularly angry Gohan. Tensions are high as the fighting was bloody, but it proved that Kakarot and Raditz were capable of great feats when spurred by their compassion.Afterwards, in exchange for saving Earth from Turles, the Brief family designed a powerful new armor for the Saiyans and were constructing a spaceship for Vegeta and his servants in order to find out if any other Saiyan remnants still fight around the galaxy. While she completed the ship, Vegeta went out to meet Kakarot and reconcile as best he could with the humans of Earth.After the new Saiyan spaceship was completed, we gathered a crew out of our Saiyan warriors, Bulma as a ship technician and the Namekian Piccolo, who wished to help in exchange for a future visit to Namek. Bulma’s ‘galactic range saiyan radar’ was activated and after detecting the signatures of the Saiyans onboard and after a long wait, it detected five others in a far off world. Eager to include even more Saiyans into his growing princedom, Vegeta decided to send the ship on its fastest path towards the newfound signatures, obliterating a Frieza scout ship that was patrolling the area into space dust and training Bulma in the use of ki (in exchange for an eventual gravity room) along the way.
>>6396487The ship arrived at an arid planet after six months of travel. Everyone except Bulma descended to the surface to help out four of the signatures, the lowest ones, from pursuing Frieza soldiers. There Vegeta met Kalabash, his non-combatant wife Gisa, their plucky daughter Rokka and their terrified son Oshe. Piccolo had laid a trap for the pursuing Frieza soldiers with his Hellzone Grenade, passing it off as a trap with conventional explosives for those who might eventually investigate the matter.With Kalabash and his family safe, Piccolo and Raditz stayed with them until the Attack Pods Mk. II could carry them to the safety of Bulma’s ship, while the rest led by Vegeta flew off to help Calava, a female Saiyan with a power of 5.000. There they met the Rosha Force, an elite team of Frieza’s.After a long and bloody battle, which included a Zenkai for Vegeta and Bulma almost dying in an attempt to save his life, Vegeta and company got the upper hand against Rosha and his team. They took Olond and Rosha, the two most powerful and honorable members of the Rosha Force, into custody aboard the Saiyan ship, and another prize was the Rosha Force attack ship, now untraceable thanks to Turles’ efforts, which would follow the main ship on autopilot during the three month trip home.=== THREAD 6 ===In the thread before this one, Vegeta spoke with Olond and Rosha. The two aliens, while imprisoned, showed disdain for Frieza and his methods and declared that they owed Vegeta their lives. In a now not-so-rare show of mercy, Vegeta allowed Rasha and Olond to go free, recruiting them as soldiers for his cause. Vegeta had another tense encounter with Bulma, but let the opportunity go due to the raw exhaustion from the battles on planet Vertes. He then met with Kalabash, the Saiyan warrior explained that a group of Saiyans formed a Resistance against Frieza shortly after the destruction of Planet Vegeta. This resistance group was based around cells that spread out among various space stations in the galaxy, they opposed Frieza for five years, but were eventually destroyed after one last raid on the group’s main base: Sadala Station.Kalabash said that the station had information on the last location of the Saiyans in a hidden room by the command center, while the information would be at least 20 years old, it would be better than nothing. The other great prize within was a communicator that could send a message to the scouters belonging to Saiyans, again, it would be difficult to know just how many Saiyans still had their scouters after so long, but such a communicator could be a boon in Vegeta’s project to gather the Saiyan race once more.
When they arrived at Earth, the Brief family began working on a retrofitting of the spaceship that took them to Vertes with what they learned in the trip. Bulma tells the group that the extremely efficient drives of the Capsule Corp. Saiyan Spacebase Mark II would get the team there in under a month, and thus Vegeta decreed that this would be their next step. In a private conversation afterwards, Vegeta promised Bulma to teach her to fly if she built a Gravity room in the ship that would help the crew train in harsher conditions.With 3 months of waiting coming up, the group trained and prepared. Kakarot offered Vegeta another duel after the Z Fighters’ long training regimen in King Kai’s planet. Vegeta instead offered a small “tournament” where warriors who desired to fight would have a chance to do so. The tournament ended in a 2-1 result in favor of the earthlings, thanks to some luck and power level bullshit.Soon after the tournament, the new spaceship was ready and the final preparations were made. Kalabash’s wife Gisa would stay at Earth along with her two children, her daughter Rokke, more predisposed to fighting, would train along with Gohan under Kakarot, Piccolo (who had made friends with the stoic and silent Rasha and Olond) and the rest of the Z-Fighters.Vegeta’s crew, composed of all the fighting Saiyans he had gathered (Nappa, Raditz, Calava, Kalabash), and his recruited alien fighters Rasha and Olond, departed for Sadala Station in search of relics from the past that could aid them in their new purpose. The trip began, Vegeta used this downtime to speak with his warriors and check on how they’re doing: Raditz, Nappa and Turles.The trip would indeed conclude within the month. Vegeta’s ship would arrive to Sadala station and find it overrun with a crew of pirates led by Pirate Captain Zodd, with whom he had an audience. Zodd told him of the news of the galaxy, that Frieza had put a bounty on all remaining Saiyans, and that he served under a certain Queen Zar’Ann, an alien of the same species as Zarbon who did not owe allegiance to the Cold Empire. Vegeta is accompanied by Raditz, Nappa, Calava and Kalabash, all of his Saiyan warriors, while Bulma remained behind on the spaceship that brought you here.After tense negotiations, Zodd decided to fight Vegeta one on one, leading to a duel that was not yet concluded…
Our Vegeta remains rather princely. Almost undefeated in battle, he enjoys wearing the upgraded combat armor that Bulma designed for him back at Earth, which uses black spandex and white lamellar bands, including a purple cape capable of blocking ki blasts. His left eye remains milky white following a hit on his back in the Rekar fiasco where his new life began. He has grown used to keeping that specific eye shut for the most part.When it comes to his personality, little remains of his ruthless and pedantic pre-Rekar personality. The trauma of his defeat at that planet, along with the lessons learned from Kakarot and the Z-Figthers of Earth has led to a new Vegeta. One that has grown wiser, sees the usefulness in mercy, and seeks true friendship with his servants and vassals. Still, his Saiyan pride remains, battle still is and will likely remain one of his greatest drives and urges, spurred on by the primal desire within Saiyan instinct.
== RULES == >system is a simple d100 vs DC. Application of 'best of x rolls' varies per roll!>votes will last for ~30 minutes. Since I expect a very slow start due to the nature of reboots, I can conclude a vote at anytime to keep the quest going during my writing hours.>dialogue choices are only there as guidelines of what I think Vegeta could decide on a single issue. Write-ins during dialogue options are highly encouraged.>choices during battle may have higher or lower risks, and often entail higher or lower rewards. Bear in mind that sometimes, higher risks does not mean it provides a similarly high reward. Try to see which move is best for a situation, or even provide a write-in with what you think is best!>Zenkai only occurs during a real battle for your life! You can't abuse it by being brought to near death during training, as you technically know your life is not in danger. Though if there is a real chance of death during training (for example, a gravity chamber crushing your bones) you may be able to increase even if not as much as after a real fight!>you are not expected to be goody two shoes, and you are not expected to be pure evil bloodthirsty Saiyans. Saiyans are unique in that their nature is to be brutal and to seek fighting, but they can mellow out over time as Bardock and Vegeta demonstrated in the OG timeline, though they can hardly reach levels similar to that of a human. Do what you think is best for character development!>don't feel obligated to stick to Earth! You have spacefaring vessels, there's a Galaxy to explore, and I can always come up with some interesting choices.>there will be a bunch of waifu options! Right now Bulma is currently closest to romantic involvement.>don't be paranoid! I, as the QM, am not competing with the player but seeking to spur the story forward. Don't worry about specific details. For example wondering if some small mooks are alive after leaving a battlefield and if they could be trouble and I'm hiding it. Whether they are or not is up to your headcanon but if I don't mention it, then they're not gonna be a problem anymore.>Please keep debating and making theories on DBZ power levels. I love that shit.>While Saiyans and other powerful races inherently grow faster and have a stronger baseline, weaker races such as humans can overcome anything through training. I don't think leaving the Z-Fighters behind is fun, they should have path to powers and I was given many great examples. Expect training humans who seek strength to reach it! Some day, I'm sure.
>>6396493Regarding writing the quest:>I’m afraid real life will make it very hard for me to have proper “sessions” of many many hours. Writing is slow, the longer the quest has gone, the more things you have to take into account to keep it all coherent, the slower the writing inherently gets. Vegeta Quest has gone through a lot of things that make it diverge from the OG timeline, even if I have my notes handy, it won’t be easy to keep track of everything.>In any case, expect updates in different rhythms. Sometimes I may be able to actually keep a “session” going around 9 PM to 12 PM GMT+1, other times I’ll only be able to output one post per day, sometimes there may be pauses of various days or even weeks (which I’ll try to warn everyone about here) due to real life taking priority. I'm thinking of making some sort of social media to add updates to, but not sure which platform to use as it's been a long time since I've used any.>I want to finish the quest, so the one thing I’d like to do is thank all of you anons for your eternal patience with your flakey QM!
=== PASTEBIN WITH POWER LEVELS AND MOVES FOR VEGETA AND OTHER CHARACTERS ===https://pastebin.com/eQVstyrB
And without further ado... We return.“It’s called training, perhaps you should give it a try some day.” You taunt the pirate captain. The jeers of his followers echo in the hall as they also sing the praises of their captain “Zodd! Zodd! Zodd!”Pirate Captain Zodd smirks. “Of course.” His devilish smile widens. “Too bad you won’t be alive to teach me!”He launches himself forward. You take a deep breath and use the martial arts that the alien Olond taught you. You throw your limbs forward on wide and elongated arcs, spurring ki forward and mixing it with the air around you. Loud sonic booms echo in the hall, leading to many covering their ears, though you hear the cheers of Olond from behind you. Apparently, you have used the technique in a rather adept manner once more, and in the middle of a tense battle.Two arm swipes and three forward kicks launch the mixture of ki and air forward towards Zodd. The pirate captain’s taunting grin is swiftly removed from his visage when he realizes what’s going on. Unlike you, he cannot sense the ki coming straight towards him, and he takes the brunt of the first few hits on his face and gut. He then begins blocking the blows almost at random, and dodging from side to side.The large alien’s abnormal speed is his greatest boon here. The Way of the Wind is strong, but it is indeed slow, though he has taken big hits, he eventually realizes the weakness of your moves and disappears from one side to another, approaching you fast.You defend yourself from his physical blows, his three-clawed hands trying to break through your defence again. As you focus on the blows from the usual limbs, you barely have time to realize that the scorpion tail from Zodd’s back had swept forward and bit you in your left arm. You deliver a strong punch forward, knocking Zodd a few meters back, and jump back yourself to make some distance.It is poisoned, of course it is. You are already feeling an itch in your arm that spreads.“Bahahaha!” Zodd’s gravelly laugh spreads throughout the station’s command room, and his lackeys laugh along with him. “Foolish prince.” He says pointing at you from the very same position he was in before. “The poison in the tail of the Roddite race is quite deadly. I’m afraid you won’t have much longer.”You furrow your brow, striking your battle pose with defiance.“Now now!” Zodd says. “I am not without mercy, you see.” He takes a flask from under his battle armor and shows it off, the liquid inside swirling about within. “I have, of course, an antidote, which I may think of giving you.” He takes a hand to his chin, as if pensive. “If, perhaps, you surrender and serve me for the rest of your life!”You watch as Nappa, Raditz, and Calava almost jump forward to defend you and take the antidote from Zodd, but you splay your wounded arm before they do so. “He’s mine.” You grin. A battle to the death, it will be far more exhilarating this way.
>>6396501You return once more to your stance as your warriors return to their positions. “And if I defeat you while poisoned, Zodd?”“Bahaha!” Zodd shakes his head. “Then of course you’d take it.” He entertains before returning to a more serious tone “Don’t be a fool, prince.” He says. “Take the loss, serve me.”You feel the itch turn to numbness near the area where the tail bit you. You spit some blood, then wipe your mouth. “No.” You grin, and fly forward again.Vegeta (PL 25.125) VS Pirate Captain Zodd (PL 30.000). The battle continues!>Galick gun! You will teach Zodd the meaning of humility, and end this battle swiftly!>Tail slicer! Zodd’s scorpion tail is too dangerous, you must destroy it now that you can.>Energy blast volley! Zodd is fast, and that can be countered by simply firing too many ki blasts to dodge!>Saiyan martial arts! The venom is beginning to affect you, perhaps you should take it easy for this round and try to get the upper hand through sheer martial prowess.
>>6396502>Energy blast volley!
Rolled 24 (1d100)>>6396572There was no other way to start.>Roll 1d100, best of three. I'll roll the first one to get this thing going.
Rolled 3 (1d100)>>6396950Classic vegeta move. Never works
Rolled 82 (1d100)>>6396950
>>639695582/100Great success.
>>6397067Zodd is fast, but he’s taken a few blows already from your gusts of ki-infused wind. You watch as he stands ready to take on your blow, a devious grin still on his face, he is patiently waiting for his poison to take effect.It is true that the venom is affecting you, so you don’t have much time to take the pirate down. You have to take Zodd down, fast, and that could only be done through overwhelming power.So you begin firing a few ki blasts, which Zodd handily blocks or dodges, allowing you to rush past him and take flight behind his position. You don’t think twice before you begin firing an unending volley of energy blasts towards him, their color a mix of pale blue and purple.He begins to deflect the first few blasts, which land uneasily close to his soldiers. Zodd’s laugh rings out in the room once more. “Really? You’re going to use such a pathetic technique on me?” He says as he continues to deflect your blows. You smile. Of course the demon pirate is proud. You don’t let up, instead intensifying your volley, the light emanating from them becomes so overwhelming that many in the room have to shield their eyes.Zodd continues to dodge and deflect, but soon his smile begins to disappear, little by little, unexpected blasts reach him in the chest, some he deflects poorly and instead singe his arms, others he’s forced to straight up block and you begin to see his armbands creak and crack under the weight of your power.“Tch.” Zodd is now using his tail to slice some of the blasts, he is no longer dodging, far too overwhelmed by the raw power coming towards him. You yourself have no intention of stopping, you’re pretty sure that your concentration on outpouring energy is the only thing allowing you to ignore the poison. Zodd’s armor has now cracked, and the red flesh exposed beneath was burned by your blasts, you watch now as he simply crosses his arms and yells in a booming voice to hold off your attack.More. You think. More. But your poisoned arm is now starting to tire itself, you feel how poorly your energy is flowing through it, the ki that comes out of your hand clearly debilitated by your situation. Eventually, you decide to let up and watch the result of your efforts, breathing heavily.Your foe is also out of breath, blood seeping from his mouth from the internal damage caused by the continuous impacts on his chest. His arms are burn, and a toasty smell permeates in the air. His tail’s tip looks almost cauterized from the many times he had to use it.“I see now how Saiyans got their repute.” He says, he spits blood and still has a hard time controlling his breath, but his grin returns. “Still, it is only a matter of time.”Once more he strikes a defensive pose, though you can see his energy flows irregularly. His speed and reaction times will clearly be hampered.
He seems to have no intention to go after you, so you have to take the initiative once more.>Galick gun! Zodd's beat, he won’t dodge this one!>Tail slicer! If you get rid of his tail, perhaps the blood loss will do the rest.>Absolute focus (Offense)! You will pummel him where his energy flows weakest.>Saiyan martial arts! Zodd clearly hasn’t fought that many Saiyans before, show him what their Prince can do!
>>6397071>Galick gun! Zodd's beat, he won’t dodge this one!
Rolled 72 (1d100)>>6397182Purple kamehameha is it.>Roll 1d100, best of three.I'll roll the first one again.
Rolled 58 (1d100)>>6397537
Is Vegeta aware of the dragon balls?
Rolled 52 (1d100)>>6397537
>>639753772/100 Average success. The poison is starting to hit, thankfully Zodd's already wounded.
>>6397761Nope, only the Z-Fighters are aware. They were used once while Vegeta was off-planet so the Z Fighters could go to King Kai's planet and train.In the regular timeline, they became aware of the dragon balls because the earthlings discussed them in front of dead Raditz' scouter. Nappa and Vegeta were listening in. This didn't happen in our timeline.
If Zodd won’t attack, then you might as well throw all you’ve got into this next one. You feel your arm grow more numb, it’s starting to get swollen, and the uneasiness is beginning to spread to the rest of your body.You give your foe a spiteful look, you tuck your hands behind your side and let the ki flow through you into a ball of energy.“Hmph.” Zodd crosses his arms and his persistent grin taunts you. “I can see how your arm grows ever more stiff, Prince. I wouldn’t recommend you go through with your attack, you might hurt yourself.”It surprises you ever so slightly, how so many in the galaxy fight and fight without understanding of how energy flows in their bodies. You used to be unaware yourself until you trained with the earthlings. What they taught you, that technique called ki sense, it wasn’t just a way to sense energy, but to master it. You have observed your foe and he, as many others, is wasteful with it. Strong, yes, but unfocused. He never had to train in order to win.So now he thinks you are too weak to actually harm him much. But him giving you the time to do as you wish allows you to concentrate fully on your energy flow. You compensate your poisoned arm’s weakness with your other arm, letting more energy flow through it. You take up energy from deeper within your well. That well that is fed not only by hunger for battle, but by your Saiyan pride, by your ambition to return your race to its deserved spot in the galaxy, your struggle to give your people new purpose, to take responsibility. You yell as you fight through the pain of the poison, which has hastily spread to your chest as you force your body to overwork itself. A purple light emanates from the point inbetween your hands. Its terrible shine overtakes the artificial lighting in the room. You see your foe’s minions retreat to avoid your wrath, his more powerful subordinates also take a few steps back, sweat running down their skin and scales.Zodd’s grin does not disappear. He puts his hands forward. “Fool, no matter how hard you try, your power level has already gone down too much!” He taps his scouter pridefully.“Gallick…” You utter. You see your companions ready themselves, stamping their foot to the ground. Raditz takes a step in front of Kalabash to protect him.“Gun!” You feel a vein in your forehead almost pop from the exhaustion, but you throw your hands forward nonetheless a great purple beam emanates and a great gust of wind storms out around it, knocking down the weakest among Zodd’s crew. Your cape flutters behind you as you yell with all your might. Zodd stays on his spot. It’s when the beam hits the palms of his hands that he realizes that your energy is going to not only scald him, but burn him alive. His grin now disappears. You watch his energy flow to block yours, but it’s far too late, had he taken you more seriously, maybe it would’ve worked.
But. His arms are consumed by the purple light. “No! What?!” He yells as more of his body is engulfed. “It can’t be! The poison, your power level!” He goes on, but his voice is overtaken by the raw power of your attack as it covers him.“Vegeta!” You hear the voice of Turles. “Watch it! You’ll blow a hole through the hull at this rate!”“And the antidote!” Nappa throws a fist upwards. Tsk. You’re having to fight back against your very instincts, a big part of you wants to blow this idiot to dust, tear a hole through this damn station, and watch as this fool’s minions pay for daring to desecrate a symbol of Saiyan history by embracing the cold emptiness of space.But you hold back. You must. You’re no longer that destructive fool. You have to keep this station in the best condition possible, how could you make these idiots pay for desecrating the station you would readily destroy part of it yourself?You separate your hands, the purple beam slowly goes out. What remains by it is Zodd. Burnt up, his armor destroyed. He breathes heavily and yet still stands. “Bastard.” His gravelly voice has turned ragged, his eyes gone white with raw rage. “You… I will kill… You…”You feel your own ki dissipate and have to touch ground below you to hold yourself up. “Give up.” You say inbetween exhausted breaths, the poison coursing in your veins and now reaching to your legs. You mustn’t collapse, but your legs… “Give up!” You don’t know if it’s you speaking to Zodd, or your body begging you to fall down.Zodd’s grin returns. “No… I’m… the great captain Zodd.” His body begins to wobble.You feel your legs giving out, your body unable to move. “And I am the Prince of all Saiyans!” You throw your good arm out with what little strength is still in you.>Roll 1d100, best of three, to see if you can stay up until Zodd falls.
Rolled 16 (1d100)>>6398023Was it the classic right arm that's faltering again? I do wonder where your players went, QM. Anyways, how distant in personality is Quest Vegeta from Namek Vegeta in your opinion?
Rolled 47 (1d100)>>6398167It's the one that got poisoned, the left one. >I do wonder where your players went, QMWho knows? 4 years is a long time, I hope they're all doing well and enjoying questing in some form or another. /qst/ doesn't have as many people as it did all those years ago. I imagine a lot of people grew out of the hobby or left for other sites. 4chan including captchas and delays between posts has hurt /qst/ exponentially, you basically need a pass if you want to QM.>how distant in personality is Quest Vegeta from Namek Vegeta in your opinion?Good question. Namek Vegeta was still on that completely egocentric mindset. Might makes right, no need for need training (he's perfect as is), and seeking quick ways to gain power through the dragon balls. He's ruthless with Gohan and the Namekians, kills his enemies without a second thought. His way of thinking doesn't change until he's basically lying on the ground dying and knowing that his only chance at revenge against Frieza is Goku.Quest Vegeta is far tamer than that. He was basically almost dead after a failed planetary conquest in thread 1 and only got saved by earthling hospitality and seems to have learned a lot from them. He cares about people that aren't himself, is more cautious with how he treats his enemies (even going as far as being respectful), trains with others and learns new techniques from them, he also feels responsible for the Saiyan race as a whole as he's technically their leader.He doesn't know about the dragon balls yet though. Neither does Frieza thankfully, only the Z-Fighters know about them. I have to check in lore how Frieza came to know about the Namekian dragon balls for a possible future arc.
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Rolled 79 (1d100)Just finished reading everything, good stuff qm.
>mfw it’s backHAHAHAHAAA, YEEEESI checked every October and was met with sadness, but I never gave up hope. Pleasure to have you back again, King.Seems you come back whenever a new war springs up, eh?
>>639976779/100. Big success! Update coming soon.>>6399767Thanks anon, stick around for more.>>6400314Glad we still got some veterans on board. Thank you for your eternal vigilance anon.>Seems you come back whenever a new war springs up, eh?There's a new war every other year lately, crazy world we live in. I just wanna write dbz fanfics man.
A tense few seconds follow the echo of your words in the command center of what was once Sadala Station. Everyone looks on as both you and Zodd fight one last bout, one of pure, raw resistance against wound and poison.Finally, the end of your duel comes. Zodd spits a bunch of blood, his eyes go white, and he falls forward. You sense his energy still flowing within, he is alive.Meanwhile, the poison is still burrowing into you. You can no longer stand the shake in your legs and fall onto a knee, taking a hand to your chest and gripping your weakening heart.“Vegeta!” You hear Nappa yell, he dashes towards you and takes a stand to ensure none of the pirates dare get close to you, gritting his teeth as he watches the Zodd’s elites converge to your position from a relatively safe distance.You see Calava fly towards Zodd. She rummages through his broken armor as nervous sweat dribbles from her forehead. Her hands find the prize she seeks, the small vial containing the antidote that will save your life. As she flies towards you, you watch as the rest of the pirates seem to follow along their commanders.Rasha, Olond, Raditz, Turles, and Kalabash take positions to form a defensive perimeter around you and Nappa. The first four stick close to the enemy’s elites, while Kalabash eyes the mooks.Nappa lets Calava approach you while keeping his wary stare fixed on your foes. She takes to a knee and pushes you back so you fall on her lifted thigh, your breathing is growing fainter as she pours the antidote in your mouth and you swallow. Soon, you start feeling that the poison’s effects are no longer spreading as they did before, but the harm to your body was done, it will take a while for you to recuperate fully, still, you can lift yourself on Calava’s shoulder and speak.Zodd’s second-in-command approaches, he’s of the same race as the pirate captain, though leaner and smaller by a long shot, he still towers over most of you. He is backed by the rest of Zodd’s elites, the four strongest being reptilian-looking, but there is a wide variety of species among them.“I am Nishka, and with Zodd out cold, I rule this band of pirates.” He clenches his fist. He eyes your group with snarl, he does not know your power levels, his old scouter is off to avoid the risk of it breaking from high reads. “We will do no further battle if you let us leave with our captain.”Turles speaks before anyone else. “You’re really going to go back with your captain? Seems like a pretty good chance for him to fall ‘in battle’ while you get the post.”Nishka snickers. “Someone will have to take the blame in front of lady Zar’Ann. Won’t be me. Taking Zodd with us is non-negotiable.”Turles’ brow furrows, he looks back towards you. “Well, these guys are going to go back to Pirate Queen Zar’Ann. She won’t be happy to hear that one of her stations was lost.”
Rasha, your tall and lean alien companion interjects. “If we fight this entire group, we will risk damaging the station further, perhaps irreparably. It’s already in a bad state as it is.” Olond nods in clear agreement, while the lack of a reply from Turles clearly indicates that he agrees with Rasha as well. You look to Turles, struggling to bring out your voice. “Would Zar’Ann be willing to negotiate with us if we let her crew go?”Turles shrugs. “No idea, never met her. I hear she’s a ruthless woman though.”You nod in reply.Nappa pulls a quick move. “Our previous offer to work for us still stands.” He says, looking at Nishka with a smirk.“Honestly, we’d rather die and tear down this station with us than betray the Queen.” Nishka says. You’re trying to analyse his words, wondering if that’s loyalty or fear speaking, but the alien does a good job of keeping his emotions calm as he speaks, your poison-clouded mind doesn’t help either.You steel yourself to reply, your aching body making it hard to bring out your voice.>”I allow you to leave with Zodd as a gesture of goodwill. Tell Queen Zar’Ann that we are open to negotiate terms.”>”Letting you go would just let you gather more forces for a counter-attack. Destroy them!” A new battle begins! The station may be damaged further!>Write-in.
I'll leave this vote open for a few days I think, see if a few replies trickle in and to ensure write-ins get a chance to draw votes.
>>6400534>”I allow you to leave with Zodd as a gesture of goodwill. Tell Queen Zar’Ann that we are open to negotiate terms.”
Is Zenkai as busted in this quest as the madness that was Namek?
A bit of a ramble post but I'll post it nonetheless.>>6400611Nope, Zenkai was discussed a few times over the course of the quest. Namek Zenkais are too big for quest pacing, you'd basically be going from scrub Vegeta to Cold Empire genocider in like 2-3 zenkai boosts. This would be fine if my intent was to get involved with the weirder shenanigans of the later half of DBZ and all of Super as soon as possible, but I'm a HUGE Saiyan + Frieza arc enjoyer. I'd like to keep that vibe going for a long time.In regards to fic canon, the quest has a part where the characters elucidate that the Saiyan's exponential growth is what led to interest/fear from the Cold Empire. The Saiyan-Tuffle wars are dated to 719, in 730 the planet's full moon causes the Oozaru rampage, 731 the planet is annexed by the Cold Empire after noticing the power level spike during the Oozaru rampage, 737 Frieza decides to destroy planet Vegeta likely after seeing that a random amount of Saiyans (such as Bardock) were growing exponentially more powerful in a short amount of time. Still, it took decades for the Saiyans to be noticed, and 6 years for Frieza to decide they were too big of a threat, so the growth is there, it's exponential, but it can also take time.So what I came up with is the following: Zenkai boosts are a flat increase + random roll (We will do one later after Vegeta starts to recover). I take into account the PL of the enemy / gravity of the situation, Vegeta's current PL, and other stuff like the near-death experience being caused by a selfless act (gives more power), having important people Vegeta genuinely wants to protect (friends, comrades, partners, children, etc), and whatever else I come up with on the spot.Rather than multiplying power by a factor of 10, it's more like a very large % increases on your current PL. It being a % increase also implies that the stronger you are, the bigger your Zenkai boosts but they're not game breaking stuff. Multiplying your power should be left to transformations and powerups.
>>6400827>Multiplying your power should be left to transformations and powerupsMajin Vegeta, my beloved. >selfless actWoah, never realized Zenkai was linked to that. I thought it was just Saiyans being beaten within an inch of life.>the stronger you are, the bigger your Zenkai boostsI thought they tapered off after the Saiyans get strong enough.
>>6401113>Woah, never realized Zenkai was linked to that. I thought it was just Saiyans being beaten within an inch of life.It's not, really. I associate strength increase to selflessness because it's Goku's thing, and he's the strongest character in all of DB.>I thought they tapered off after the Saiyans get strong enough.Considering the strength of Zenkai in proper canon, I'm not surprised that it eventually tapers off. The quest's version of it is already super nerfed so I'll follow another logic. I may do a bell curve, Zenkai is just that Saiyan blood pushing Saiyans to reach their ultimate form as Super Saiyans and when the deed's done, Zenkai tapers off and Saiyans must focus on mastering ki management and training to improve themselves to the next breakthrough/transformation.
>>6401180>and he's the strongest character in all of DB.El Grande Padre is the strongest character in all of DB.
>>6401331We may be forgetting someone
>>6401451Forgot trip
>>6400534>>”I allow you to leave with Zodd as a gesture of goodwill. Tell Queen Zar’Ann that we are open to negotiate terms.”Seems we're not in a good position to pursue a fight, though we'll be able to prepare ourselves should they counterattack. And welcome back! I didn't expect to see this quest again.
>>6401902>>6401514>>6400543Option locked in. Will update as soon as I can.
Fat update incoming
“I allow you to leave with Zodd as a gesture of goodwill. Tell Queen Zar’Ann that we are open to negotiate terms.”Nishka nods, you can’t help but notice the sly smile that is quickly subdued into an air of indifference once more. “The best solution for all, prince.” His voice, higher pitched than Zodd’s, still carries some of that demonic gravel within it. He turns around and looks to his subordinates. “Vishtak, Ebtak, take Zodd and carry him to our ships. The rest of you, board your ships, we’re heading back to the Queen’s Station!”The two larger reptilians, whose power levels hover around 10.000, approach Zodd and hoist his arms around their necks. The other pirates pick up what few personal belongings they had brought to the station and board their ships, mostly Frieza-style recon ships that were haphazardly patched and clearly worn out by time. Despite their poor state, they swiftly dock out and fly into hyperspeed as a group. Turles remarks that they performed the maneuver quite fast, the ships may be modified to move faster. A risky endeavor that requires technical skill.You order Nappa, Raditz, Turles, Kalabash, Rasha, and Olond to scour the ship. You would participate as well, but your body does not agree with your point of view. As you give the last of your orders to them, specifying the urgent need to find the communication device that would allow you to send a message to all Saiyan scouters in the galaxy, and the map of all the resistance cells the Saiyan Resistance once had, you spit out blood again in-between heaved breaths. Nappa puts a hand to your free shoulder, the other one held up by Calava. “That’s enough, Prince Vegeta.” He says. “I’ll take care of things here, alright? You go and rest.”You regain control of your breathing, trying to slow it down, but every breath is laborious. “Yes, Nappa.” He offers you a broad smile and turns around, proudly bellowing orders to his fellow comrades who clearly aren’t enjoying the sudden change in leadership.Calava then looks at you, her brown eyes locking into yours. “Should I take you aboard the ship, Prince? Its medbay will likely be far superior to whatever they have here.”There may be a healing pod around here somewhere, if the Resistance was able to snatch any when taking over this station. But if there are any, you’re in no condition to find it, you’ll have to trust the rest of your crew. “Take me to the ship. Bulma will have to administer first aid.”The corner of Calava’s mouth curved down, irked by the mention of the earthling. “Fine.”Slowly but surely, you headed back through the hallways of the station in silence. “That was a good fight, Prince.” Calava comments.“Zodd was too proud. He could’ve beaten me if he hadn’t been trying to show off to his men.” The level of honesty in your statement surprises the female Saiyan.
“Not every day you hear a member of the Super Elite recognize that he could’ve been beaten.”“The class system was flawed.” You reiterate, the pangs of pain warn you to stop talking before your lungs collapse.“No shit.” She says with an ironic tone as she opens the door to the walkway that will lead you to your ship. From the other side of the walkway, you see your ship’s door open. It’s clearly Bulma, though she bears her armor design along with a full face helmet with a tinted crystal from which she may be able to see, but you can’t. She wields some form of advanced earthling gun in her hands. “Don’t get closer or I’ll-“ She recognizes you, removes her helmet and you see her deep worry drawn on her face. In that very instant she flies forward in a dash, Calava tenses up for a moment, but Bulma takes up your other shoulder to help you walk the rest of the way.She speaks up in a hurried, angry tone. “What have you gotten yourself into, Vegeta?!” She says, though the question is rhetorical.Calava answers first. “Our Prince has taken the station, didn’t you see the pirates fly out?”“Of course I did!” Bulma replies. “Almost fell out of the pilot’s chair when I saw them docking out. I need to give you guys communicators so you can give me sitreps or something.” The three of you reach the ship and the door slowly opens, giving you a welcome moment of rest. Bulma takes a hand to your chest. “Your heart’s racing, Vegeta. Your arm’s swollen, and…” She takes a hand to your face and moves it out of the way to check your neck. “Your veins look like they’re about to burst too!” She moves your head back to look at you directly. “You were poisoned?!”You’re able to gather enough strength to answer. “Yes, their captain had a tail with poison in it, but I drank an antidote.”She sighs in relief, swiping the sweat from her brow away. “Good news then, it would’ve taken me days to create one here.”The doors had been open for a bit as Bulma checked on you. Once more you’re hoisted up by your comrades, a rather humiliating moment for you now that you think about it. Soon, you’re taken to a bed in medbay. Bulma activates the machines around you and puts a respirator on your mouth. She tries to pierce your skin with a needle, but the needle fails. “Oh, right.” She says as she throws it away then brings out another made of a different, shinier, tougher material that now does pierce your skin and vein. A bag of IV medicine begins pouring into your system, bringing some much needed relief to your pain and discomfort.“That should do it for now.” She says as she removes her clean surgical gloves and puts on her white battle gloves again.Calava, who had watched the scene cross-armed as she leaned on the medbay’s wall, stands up straight. “You better take good care of him.”
Bulma’s reply seems filled with offended pride. “Of course I will! Capsule corp. got a lot of its rep from medical care, you know? All the cities on earth have one of our hospitals in it.” She takes a clipboard with a paper on it and writes down your readings. “Plus, I’d never let anything happen to Vegeta if I can help it. Or to any of you.”Calava seems to show a mixed reaction at the statement. “When you’re done, I’d like to speak to you.”Bulma seems surprised, she looks back at the Saiyan and shrugs. “Sure.”The last thing you hear as you drift out of consciousness for some well earned rest is the door opening for Calava, and Bulma complaining to no one in particular about the state you’re in.
“Man, this place is busted.” Nappa says as he moves wreckage blocking a doorframe. He sighs as he sees that the room in front of him is just another barracks.“Pirates aren’t big on station maintenance.” Turles says as he checks the electric infrastructure of a wall behind him. “Kalabash, how did the resistance find this station?”Kalabash seems to be wrestling with his memory of the station, trying to guess where his leaders may have left the two devices they’re seeking, but he didn’t come to Sadala Station as often as others did, he was a low-class warrior and mostly undertook missions far away from it. “It used to belong to a civilization that a Saiyan team destroyed. One of the Saiyans in that team was part of the resistance.”“I see.” Turles brings down his soldering mask and seems intent on fixing this specific part of the circuitry, light emanates from the soldering iron’s connection to the cables. He pauses to think on his next move. “How many joined up with the resistance?”“Hundreds.” Kalabash replies, helping Nappa clear the hallway of rubble. It would be nice to just blast them away, but they couldn’t risk damaging anything important. “I’m not sure if we reached a thousand.”“Damn.” Turles scratches his hair, then continues his work. “So that’s what remained of the Saiyans 25 years ago, don’t want to imagine how many we are now.”“9, at the very least.” Nappa replies as his puzzled mind tries to gauge the danger in moving each piece of rubble, not wanting to have the roof collapse on his head, not again at least.Kalabash gives his thoughts as well. “Many of us died with the fall of this station, but I know a bunch survived the attack itself. The later persecution by Frieza though...” He grimaces as memories surge.“Whoever remains, we’ll find them.” Nappa says as he moves a long, crooked beam.
Raditz had been ordered by Nappa to search for some sort of medbay along with Rasha and Olond. He knew that Nappa didn’t have much love for them and he didn’t want to risk the mission by letting them search for the precious devices Prince Vegeta sought. They were checking in the cleared out hallways first, in case they were lucky enough to find it there.As they walked, Rasha decided to speak. “You seem to be the friendliest Saiyan among your Prince’s cohort. At least Piccolo says so.”Raditz looks at the alien, confused. “Thanks?”“How come?”“Well, a bunch of aliens saved my life after I lost my arm.” He points to the cape covering his shoulder and missing arm. “My brother, the one called Kakarot, also influenced me, I guess.” He ponders for a moment. “I was reticent at first but it surprised how he just seemed… Happy doing nothing but training and being with his friends and family.”Olond lets out a belly laugh. “Not the usual Saiyan mindset, that is for sure.”Rasha seems to be deep in thought. “Do you really believe in your cause?”Raditz seems disgruntled by the question. “Yes, I believe in Prince Vegeta. What’s with the questions?”“Sorry.” Rasha says, lifting his hands. “My race is always a curious one.” A short silence follows. “It just seems like an impossible task. Even if you gathered up all the remaining Saiyans, what can they do that your whole home planet couldn’t do?”Raditz didn’t respond instantly, they continued their walk for a while, checking the doorframes. His time pondering didn’t seem to bother Rasha or Olond, who didn’t insist on the tall alien’s question. Raditz finally answers. “I’m not sure. Something. Something is better than nothing.”Olond nods. “An honorable purpose. Again, not the usual mindset for a Saiyan.”“You’re insisting on that fact.” Raditz says, bothered by the small alien.Olond shrugs. “It is not in our way to offend others without purpose.” He clarifies. “Perhaps…” He says, taking a gloved hand to his chin to think. “Perhaps that something you seek is the difference between the Saiyans of today and the Saiyans of many years ago.”That sentence is followed by another thoughtful silence. Raditz is deep in thought. Maybe. Maybe that was the one thing that would give them the tiniest sliver of a thought of victory.“Sir Raditz.” Rasha says as he stands by a broken down door. “You may want to see this.”Raditz approached him and checked inside, his eyes widened and his mouth went agape. “A healing pod!” He rushed in, but his initial excitement was swiftly replaced with disappointment. A large hole, likely coming from some sort of energy beam, had destroyed the device, torn its glass and its electronic insides. “Crap.” A vengeful thought overtakes his mind, but his fears are quickly dissipated, the damage is old, very old, likely from the Frieza raid on the station. The metal would be hot if it had been destroyed by the fleeing pirates.
Rasha and Olond approach him. “Mayhaps the Saiyan Turles can fix it.” Olond says. “Though seeing its current state, it may take much time, and components that we do not have.”Rasha checks the broken machine, looking around the torn insides. “Not even the earthling will be able to fabricate what we require, if my memory of healing pod technology serves me right.” He grabs a cable that seems important and sighs. “We will have to raid the Cold Empire to obtain them.”Raditz takes a hand to his eyes, scratching them. “If it was in working condition, Prince Vegeta would be healed within just a few days.”Rasha puts a hand on Raditz’ shoulder. “Worry not, we will all protect the Prince as he recovers.”
Bulma left the medbay room. Vegeta would be fine, he’s a tough guy, and Saiyans are made of something else entirely. She sighed, tough as they were, suicidally brave seemed to be second nature too. Probably the only reason their species survived the evolutionary process.She saw Calava, the Saiyan woman, waiting further down the hall. Cross-armed, back leaning on the wall. Her typical posture. Bulma redid her ponytail, too many hairs had gone wild as she carried Vegeta, then she approached the Saiyan. She could sense the woman’s ki, she was, of course, absurdly more powerful than her. So this is what her friends felt when they faced their stronger foes throughout the years. Honestly, it’s easier to understand why Krillin seemed to be on the verge of tears half the time he looked at any would-be demon king, invader, or whatever else came to Earth over the years.As Bulma approached, Calava removed herself from the wall and stood. Her arms still crossed. Here stood the earthling. Smaller than her, weaker than her. She felt her claws digging into the flesh of her arm. What irked so much about her? It wasn’t the fact that Vegeta seemed attracted to her, she could think beyond that, there was something else, and she couldn’t guess at it.“Well, gonna say something?” Bulma says, her voice impatient. “I think we both have stuff to do.”“How dare you talk to me like that?” Calava replies. “Should I remind you which one of us is stronger?”“Ugh.” Bulma scoffs. “You Saiyans and prattling on and on about strength this, strength that. Just tell me what you want.”Calava’s grimace grows angrier, she grits her showing teeth. It takes all her strength to restrain herself. “Why… Why are you here?”“Huh?”“I mean, here, with us, participating in this. Your life is at risk. When we left you alone in the ship, some of the pirates could’ve snuck in.”“I can defend myself.” Bulma proudly says.“Maybe against a bunch of earthlings, but not against what we’re fighting here. Your guns would do you no good, your power level isn’t even close to some of the lower class pirates that were in this station.” Calava relaxes ever so slightly, for some reason, she seems glad to be having a proper conversation with the earthling.“They wouldn’t do anything to me, not with you guys around.” Bulma continues.“And what if we’d been defeated?”“Then I would’ve undocked and flown away. Maybe gone back to Earth to call for back up. I’m good at improvising.”“Okay.” Calava takes a palm to her cheek. “Let me rephrase my question… Why risk it? What’s in it for you?”“Well, it’s not every day you have the chance to go out into space protected by a bunch of super powerful aliens.” Bulma says with a merry voice. “It kind of reminds me of old times, I used to roam Earth with Goku and our friends. Then things kind of settled down before you guys came, got into a boring work routine. I wanted to get back into it but there really was nothing to do.”
“So it’s just wanderlust?” Calava asks.“Wanderlust? I guess. There’s also so much to see out here, so much to discover. I’ve been able to develop a spaceship with the tech from Vegeta’s pods. I already met many aliens who come from completely different civilizations. Heck, Piccolo is an alien!” Bulma, looks to her side, straight out one of the windows that point towards the emptiness of space. “I mean, what kind of scientist would I be if I didn’t go out and look for stuff that could help me make new things?”Calava listened to Bulma, her eyes growing wider as she spoke. “And you’d risk your life for that?”“Yeah.” Bulma says as she continues to look out to the galaxy. “My dad would too, if he wasn’t so old. I guess I want to do it for him too.”Calava stands there, silent for a while. Maybe that’s it. The earthling would go so far for the sake of her purpose, stand against odds so impossibly against her. Meanwhile, she could only brood, think of the past, of what she’d lost to Frieza and his thugs, of the impossibility of winning against the Cold Empire. Her father’s face as his head lay in her childish hands. His eyes, once proud and stern, bereft of any light. She could still hear Kalabash finishing off the Frieza soldiers who had attacked them, driven by rage and hate. Taliso, once a leader of the resistance, her father.“I…” Tears welled up in Calava’s eyes.Bulma panicked. “Shit, did I say something wrong?! I’m sorry!”“I miss my dad.” Calava’s tears streamed down her cheeks, and Bulma went in for a hug, which Calava accepted.
You drifted in and out of consciousness. Most of the time, you saw Bulma taking notes, changing your IV bags, or checking on the devices around you. You remember your crew coming in to check on you. Nappa seemed worried and stern, you’d wager he assumed position as leader while you were out of commission. Raditz had come in, he spoke at length with Bulma, though the voices were just distant echoes to you. Kalabash, Turles, Rasha and Olond all came to visit at the same time, they spoke amongst themselves, but stayed only a little while. Calava came in a few times too, once accompanied by Nappa, another time by Kalabash, one time she came alone and just sad by your bedside, you heard her speak, but couldn’t make anything out.One day, you finally woke up. You looked around half panicked, almost ready to tear through the entire medbay. Your last dream was of your fight in the planet Rekar, your last thought was of that terrible rage you felt when you realized that the emperor of that cursed planet had spent his life to doom yours.Bulma rushes into the room, seeing her reminds you that those days are gone, and now is now. “Vegeta! You’re okay!”“I- I think so.” You reply.“Your heartbeat shot up through the roof. You want me to increase the sedative?” Bulma asks as she approaches your bed.“No, no need.” You say. “How long have I been out?”“A week.” Bulma says as she picks up her clipboard and notes down your readings. “Your guys have scoured the whole station.”Nappa appears by the door frame, having to bend down ever so slightly to cross it. “And we found what you wanted.” He takes a hand to the insides of his armor and pulls out what looks like the communicator along with a holo-box. “The trip was worth it.”As Nappa gave you a report of their findings in the station, the rest of the crew came in, happy to see you in good condition.“…If we get a proper crew, they could live in the station.” Nappa says. “The pirates have kept the life support systems in a relatively good spot. There’s room for at least a few hundred people to live here, if a bit squeezed maybe.”Turles butts in. “This was clearly a mining station for the large asteroid it’s orbiting. There’s a whole bunch of mining equipment, including some pretty big lasers, stashed down in the lower levels. These types of station are built to last, so I think we can get most of the regular systems back online, most importantly the defence systems. Some of the guns around the station could be operative again, would be a good help against attackers.”Calava nods. “I don’t remember the resistance bothering to set those up.”“We didn’t have the resources or the knowledge. Most non-combatants died in Planet Vegeta.” Says Kalabash. “We would have if we could have.”Raditz is next. “Another big prize is a broken healing pod. I investigated it along with Rasha and Olond. We could get it working again with the right components and help from Bulma and Turles.”
“Good.” You reply. “Any news from the Queen of pirates?”Nappa shakes his head. “Nothing. No one came here in the entire week.”You sat there for a while and pondered.Bulma breaks the silence. “We will eventually need to go back to Earth. Supplies are low, and we can get a lot of stuff that we need to rebuild the station. With enough effort, we could make it self-sufficient one day.”Turles shrugs. “Not to be a downer, but maybe we should consider just not taking at all. We have what we came for. Zar’Ann’s pirates will eventually come back, likely with bad intentions.”“In any case, we will need to go back to Earth.” You reply. “We can plan further there.”Kalabash steps forward and kneels. The rest look at him. “Prince Vegeta. Please allow me to stay here and gather the bodies of the Saiyans that drift around the station. I’d like to give them a proper burial of some sort, honor their sacrifice. I would await your turn.”Calava doesn’t seem to like the idea. “What? What about your family?”He grits his teeth, clearly uncomfortable at the thought of not seeing them for a long while. “My family and I are still alive because of these Saiyans. I must do this for them, at the very least.”Silence hangs in the air. You’re now sitting on your bed, your arms crossed, your good eye looking at the wall in front of you as you think.>”We will gather the corpses of these Saiyans together. It’s the least we can do for them.” They deserve this.>”Stay, Kalabash, and honor them. We will return to Earth and prepare for our revenge.” You must look to the future.>”Let them lay where they fought, they will be a reminder for all of us to never falter again. We will all return to Earth.” Everyone must look to the future.>Write-in.ZENKAI!>Roll 5000+1d5000, best of three!
>>6402066Dubs
>>6402070>I would await your turnawait your return
Rolled 2581 + 5000 (1d5000 + 5000)>>6402070>>”We will gather the corpses of these Saiyans together. It’s the least we can do for them.” They deserve this.Surely this won't take too long to do with all of us working at it, and then we can do the supply trip to earth together, seems needlessly risky to do otherwise, and it is only fitting that prince of all Saiyans honor the dead. Turles and Bulma can do whatever work they can to the station while the rest of us gather the bodies.
Rolled 830 + 5000 (1d5000 + 5000)>>6402070Ah, I can finally post again. Wew, zenkai!
Rolled 3276 + 5000 (1d5000 + 5000)>>6402070>”Stay, Kalabash, and honor them. We will return to Earth and prepare for our revenge.” You must look to the future.
Rolled 3099 + 5000 (1d5000 + 5000)>>6402070>”We will gather the corpses of these Saiyans together. It’s the least we can do for them.” They deserve this.I used to have PDF scans of the first two volumes of the official Dragon Ball RPG, the third was too rare. Buying a copy on eBay used cost like $175, and that was a long time ago. The author himself commented on the listing to say he felt the price was too high LMFAO!!! xDD Those books fucking ruled, dude, the mechanics were so comically busted. You could roll up to as many d6's as your power level, and it followed the scaling of the show. That means in the first book, you were looking at hundreds of dice, and book two with updated characters had THOUSANDS, so you had to use digital dice full stop. In multiple places in the second book, there are margin bubbles where the author follows up on or revisits things he wrote in the first book to acknowledge he misunderstood his own mechanics or did the math wrong. Best of all, there was a whole section for how to use the rules to play with the officially licensed action figures... Me and some buddies played a couple of sessions of it, it was a tournament plot. Namekian guy, a Buddhist human monk kung fu guy, and then I was playing Captain Yellow, with the idea being that he stole a Battle Jacket (tm) from the Red Ribbon Army and upgraded it with nano machines so he could gradually improve it over time. So as the game went on, the stats for my big ass mech would scale to keep up with the others as they got energy blasts or rapid reflexes, it would get lasers, missiles, etc. But Yellow himself pretty much just stayed the same, basically a slightly above average mortal fighter... With a pistol that was extremely comical to (try to) use on basically anyone when Yellow got sufficiently scared/separated from the suit.
*sigh* Those were the days alright
>>6402238>the stats for my big ass mech would scale to keep up with the others as they got energy blasts or rapid reflexesHow crazy of a scale did the mech reach? Did the volumes go up to Buu?It's always wild to me that Dr. Gero/Red Ribbon could make androids capable of beating super saiyans or absorb enough to blow up the solar system. Dude really wanted Goku dead.
>>6402244By the end of the last (and only second) session, the Jacket had only reached 350, but that was pretty cool! At like 50 or something, Goku could kick away a rocket from the basic Jacket and just punch through it. The Namekian had just learned Kamehameha. I will take this moment to note that in the official sourcebooks, Goku had an honest to God infinity symbol next to his power level. This game was designed by a hardcore Goku glazer which is both why the math was bad and why the SOVL levels were through the fucking roof.
>>6402192Oops, forgot to put in my vote.>”We will gather the corpses of these Saiyans together. It’s the least we can do for them.” They deserve this.Leaving Kalabash on his own is the worst option. If we leave him he’s probably gonna be here long enough that Zar’Ann’s pirates or some other group will come for him and he’ll end up getting stomped and held hostage. If we’re all together then best case scenario we get it done before anyone comes and at worst we’re able to fight them as a group.
>>6402217ZENKAI! done. Vegeta's power level increased by 8.276. From 25.125 to 33.401!>>6402173>>6402238>>6402474>>”We will gather the corpses of these Saiyans together. It’s the least we can do for them.” They deserve this.>>6402217>>”Stay, Kalabash, and honor them. We will return to Earth and prepare for our revenge.” You must look to the future.Option locked in, we're gathering the corpses.>>6402238>roll up to as many d6's as your power levelNew quest mechanic boys.>Battle Jacket (tm) from the Red Ribbon ArmyI gotta do something with mechs, they're so prevalent in DB and early DBZ (movies). Just with the tech side of dragon ball in general. Mechs into android stuff. Probably won't come in until later though.
>>6402485>I gotta do something with mechsIf Mercenary Yellow shows up with his jury-rigged War Jacket (tm)(R), even just for a cameo, I will kneel + shill in perpetuity.
“We will gather the corpses of these Saiyans together. It’s the least we can do for them.”Kalabash does not hide his surprise, he nods, bows a little more deeply, then gets back up. An approving silence spreads into the room.As people stream out, Nappa remains, moving to a side to let them pass by his imposing figure. When the room is empty, he approaches your bed and sits on a chair beside it to bring his head level down to yours. It creaks and cracks as he bears his weight down on it.“Prince Vegeta, it will take a while for us to pick up the corpses. There’s hundreds out there, spread out in space.”You cross your arms. “So? My word is final.”Nappa nods. “I know. It will likely take a couple of weeks, even if we’re all at it. We’ll have to take them in one by one, maybe I can pick up two or three at a time.”You look at your comrade, your tutor, technically. Nappa had always been there. Raditz had often been away on mission, but Nappa? He had always been by your side. Every single planetary conquest. Every single trip through the stars. “Why are you getting into the details? Surely Bulma can help with some invention or another she has stashed away. Even if it takes two weeks instead of one, it isn’t that relevant.”“Yeah, true.” He scratches the back of his head. “I guess it doesn’t matter that much.” His face looks off, uncomfortable, maybe worried.Silence returns to the room the room. It feels tense. You decide to break it. “Is something the matter?”He slouches forward, putting his elbows on his knees, his hands, intertwined, are up to his chin, where they nervously scratch and caress his beard. “I guess-” He trails off, wondering how to complete the phrase. “It’s just… I don’t know if I can look at these guys and gals in the face, y’know?”Your eyes open wide. True. While they fought and suffered for the sake of the Saiyan race. Both you and Nappa were enjoying the hospitality of the very being trying to end them. You did not know at the time, of course, but still…You look down.>”We made mistakes in the past, Nappa. We must do this, together.”>”If you prefer, you can sit this one out. No one will look at you any different.”>Write-inShort update, but I wanted to give some Nappa time. Next one should be longer.
>>6402495>Write-in>"I... Understand. Our honoring the dead, however, is the best way we can atone for our errors in judgment, is it not? It will be a long two weeks, but we will weather it together. This is far from over."
>>6402497+1, I like.
>>6402497>>6402502Locked in
"I... Understand.” You say, then look to Nappa. “Our honoring the dead, however, is the best way we can atone for our errors in judgment, is it not?”He nods, still pensative. Perhaps thinking of the many years one could consider wasted.You use this moment to get up, the first time in an entire week, and put a hand on Nappa’s shoulder, which is almost at eye level with you even as he sits.“It will be a long two weeks, but we will weather it together. This is far from over."Once more he nods. “Yeah.” He says. “As you said, it’s the least we could do for ‘em.”A smile appears on his face when he looks at you, his eyes show a gleam of strong determination. You reply with a small smile of your own. “Thanks, Prince Vegeta.”“No need. Go get ready.” You say. He stands up, stretches a bit, then heads out the door.You take that bit of time to drink some water from a bottle with the Capsule Corp. logo on it. Then you check your suit of battle armor that was left in a chair nearby, its damage was mended by Bulma while you were unconscious. First the mesh, then the boots and gloves, then the chest armor. The purple cape tied to the armor flutters as you slide it into position. You hope a few times, throw a few punches, a kick or two. It amazes you how well it adapts to your body, far more comfortable than what the Frieza forces wear.When you’re done, you walk out the door of the medbay, finding yourself in one of the ship’s halls. You see a figure by the door, lean and blue-haired, Bulma.“Can I talk to you?” She asks.“I get the feeling that everyone will want a private audience now.” You reply as you start heading down the hall to your room. Bulma follows.“I wanted to talk about-“ She lowers her voice to a whisper, looking at both ends of the hallway before proceeding. “Calava.”That stumps you, you stop and face Bulma. “Calava? Why would you-“ She puts a gloved hand to your mouth. You hadn’t lowered your voice. Irked, a vein in your forehead about to pop from the outrage, you take the hand and lower it, and your voice along with it. “What about her?” You whisper.“Can we talk in your room?”You sigh. “I’m headed there anyway.”As you walk through the hallways of the ship, you come across Rasha and Olond merrily speaking to one another about their homeworlds, they respectfully bow and you bid them to rise so they may continue their path.You could see the ship’s canteen for an instant. Turles and Raditz were there, their voices raised as they spoke about something, though you didn’t quite make out what the conversation was about.Bulma smiles, taking her hands to her back. “You know, your crew’s in a pretty good mood. Was it like this when you were under, uh… What was his name again?”“Frieza?” You say. “No.”Your short and blunt reply seems to faze her ever so slightly. “Just ‘no’? Give me more!”
You open the door to your room with the press of a button. It slides up into the doorframe. “Most crews hated each other. Everything was built on fear and the promise of wealth through plunder.” You close the door behind you after Bulma steps in. “In some cases, just the promise of killing was enough.” You go to your desk and sit on your comfortable office chair, Bulma sits on top of the long counter for your personal kitchen. You start tapping the desk as memories flowed. “Those that weren’t there purely for plunder and murder were forced to be there, like Rasha and Olond, but they couldn’t speak of it lest they appeared weak.”She nods, letting you continue.“So, you were surrounded by pillagers and murderers who had no qualms adding one more head to their kill count if they didn’t like you.” You chuckle. “Not the best of places to get in a good mood.” Unless you were one of them, as you were for a long time. “I’m sorry you went through that.” She says, a hint of sadness in her voice. “You spent your childhood with those people, right? It must’ve been really tough.”You shrug. “Since I was 5, yes. But Saiyan children aren’t like human children. We are often born predisposed to violence.” You look out the round window behind you, part of the station is visible through it. “I was well enough. Frieza protected me, my power level was high and I was a useful tool to him, so I was spared the worst of it.” Still, you killed more than one soldier who defied you because of your young age.“I see.” Bulma sits there thinking for a bit. “Anyway, didn’t expect a tangent.” Her legs dangle by the counter. “As I said, I wanted to talk to you about Calava.” She looks at you directly.You wave your hand to imply she may continue and she does so.“She’s… Hurt. Really hurt.” She says. “She cried in my arms.”Your brow furrows. “What?”“She told me she missed her dad.”Your heartbeat quickens. Taliso, once a leader of the Saiyan Resistance. According to Kalabash he’d gone into exile after the resistance was crushed. Eventually Frieza’s thugs caught up to him. You close your hand into a fist, digging into your glove. “I imagine so.”“We didn’t really talk afterwards, she just cried into my arms then when she was done, she went off to her room. I asked her if she was okay a while after, and she said she was fine, putting up that gruff façade you Saiyans enjoy so much.” That last bit had unhidden sarcasm seeping through every word. “We didn’t speak much afterwards.”
You’re… confused right now. Saiyans aren’t really known for their emotions. Your people are primal, violent, and strong. Of course, this was so when Planet Vegeta existed, it had its own society, its own culture, and it didn’t allow for the showing of emotions considered weak. Calava wasn’t raised in Planet Vegeta, Kalabash told you she was born in the same year the resistance fell. She spent all her youth just with her father and maybe with Kalabash’s family in what few occasions they had to meet and spent time together in their exile.You take your closed fist to your cheek as you think, bent over the desk, still tapping it with a finger. What are Saiyans like, really? You do feel emotions, of course you do, not like the earthlings, but you feel them anyway, some more strongly than them, some less so. Is this feeling Calava feels part of them?You realize you were silent for a little while when Bulma speaks again. “I think she’s traumatized. Kalabash told me her dad died in her arms when she was 10. The only person she had ever truly known.” Sadness permeates Bulma’s voice. “It’s terrible.”“It is.” You say. You remember when you got the news that your father had died. It didn’t faze you much, but then again you didn’t see it, nor did he die in your arms, nor was he the only person in your life. You had Nappa, Raditz, and other Saiyans that accompanied you. Silence again.“I think you should… Talk to her or something. She’d listen to you.” She says, her earnest eyes burrowing into yours, almost pleading for you to take action. “She respects you because you’re strong, and she considers you her Prince. She needs to talk about her feelings to someone!”Feelings? You’re stupefied at the thought. Saiyans are strong of mind, they shouldn’t need something like this.Should they?Bulma continues. “It doesn’t have to be now, you know? But at some point soon. She’s a strong girl but… She’s just 20 years old. She needs guidance even if she doesn’t know it.”She jumps off the counter. “So, will you speak with her?”>”I will go and speak with her after a short rest here, don’t worry.” [Next scene will be Calava talk.]>”I will, but not right now, we are in enemy territory and we must complete our task as soon as possible.” [There will be other opportunities to speak with Calava]>”I’m not sure if I can be of any help due to my Saiyan nature, but I would like you to keep trying to reach her.”>Write-in.
>>6402579>”I will go and speak with her after a short rest here, don’t worry.” [Next scene will be Calava talk.]We got a couple weeks
>>6402579>”I will go and speak with her after a short rest here, don’t worry.” [Next scene will be Calava talk.]I think qm might like bulma
>>6402579>>”I will go and speak with her after a short rest here, don’t worry.” [Next scene will be Calava talk.]
>>6402595>I think qm might like bulmaThe timeline will always try to stitch itself back together, the canon events hound us. Plus, she's the only human onboard so she's the only one who understands feelings and emotions (except maybe for Raditz, but he's still green at that), and she's a savant in multiple fields while everyone else's schtick is hitting bad guys real hard. I got excuses.I like Bulma
>>6402585>>6402595>>6402602Option locked in, psychologist Vegeta is real.
“I will go and speak with her after a short rest, don’t worry.”A smile is drawn on Bulma’s face. “That’s great.” She says. “You’re a good person, Vegeta.”You scoff, turning your chair around to watch the stars. You hear your visitor walk away and the door opening and closing.Good person? You ponder as you watch the stars. Probably not. You’ve killed. A lot. Entire worlds fell by your hand, sometimes their population were purged by you and Nappa alone. You grit your teeth. If she knew, if the rest of the earthlings knew, it may damage your relations with them forever.You notice that now that you’re no longer tapping the desk, you’re tapping the armrest on your chair, you close your fist to stop it. Then it’s your foot tapping the ground incessantly, you stop it too.“Ugh.” You get up. You wanted to rest in your room if only for a little while but your body forbids it. Might as well get this over with.As you walk the hallways, you see Turles and Raditz heading your way. Turles says his goodbyes and heads to his room while Raditz smiles at you and heads towards you. His dense hair is tied up in a gigantic ponytail, which he’s grown accustomed to wearing ever since he began spending time with his brother.“Prince Vegeta, how are you feeling?” He asks.A momentary doubt is in your mind. How are you feeling? So much to do, so many people to take care of, so little time. “Fine.” You reply. It took you a few seconds to reply, that along with your tone makes Raditz raise an eyebrow, but he does not pursue the matter further.“Good, I’m glad. That poison really gave you a nasty beating.” He touches his scouter, which is off, but it was the traditional way to say ‘check that power level’ in your days at the Cold Empire. “I’m pretty sure you’re growing past your former limit.”You cross your arms. “As expected. Saiyans grow stronger when their lives are at risk.”“Yup.” He clenches his fist and brings it up. “Can’t wait to have another good fight myself. Kinda disappointed we didn’t get to beat up Zodd’s pirates.”You chuckle. “There’ll be other opportunities soon, I’m sure. Their Queen won’t take this lying down.”He punches his fist into his hand. “We’ll be here to fight ‘em off.”You nod. Silence follows, you’d guess the conversation was over, but you are curious about something. “What were you and Turles talking about back in the canteen? The conversation seemed heated.”“Oh, heh.” Raditz scratches the back of his head. “Nothing in particular.” A nervous smile appears on his lips.You furrow your brow. “Quite a yelling match for ‘nothing in particular’.”“Well, uh…” He’s having a hard time finding the right words. “At first we talked about the healing pod, how Turles could repair it, where to find the components, that stuff.”“And then?” Obviously they wouldn’t be talking so loudly over the minutiae of healing pod repairs.Still he doubts. “Women.”Oh. “Really?”“Yes.”“Which women?”
His stare goes off to nowhere in particular, unwilling to challenge yours. “Well, the only two we’ve seen for the past month.”Tch. You feel your hand grip your arm harder. “Bulma and Calava?”“Yeah.”“And?”“And what?” He asks, confused.“What are your opinions?”“Uh.” He’s wondering if his next statements will be met with a furious punch. That would come later though, in training, maybe a mistake or two in the amount of energy delivered, nothing major. “I think Calava’s cute, she tries very hard to prove herself.”You chuckle. A Saiyan talking like that, almost like a child. It drives a laugh out of you. Raditz reacts with a shameful chuckle of his own. “I guess so.” You say as the laugh subsides. “And Turles?”“He says Calava is too young and wild. That Bulma is the better woman, knowledgeable and calm, yet brave and decisive.” Raditz says.Hmph. A good read. Though you can feel that vein in your head pop up again. You don’t like hearing this, for some reason. Whatever. “Perhaps. And that’s what got you in a heated debate?”“Yeah, I mean… What does Turles even mean by young and wild? That’s what a Saiyan’s supposed to be! I think age got to him. Guy’s almost as old as Nappa. So I called him old and he got mad, he called me a litter runt and said I didn’t know what I was talking about. After you walked by we almost got into a fight but Nappa came by and ordered us both to take it to the training room.” He smiles deviously. “And I sure will, Turles is gonna get it this evening.”“Heh. I’m sure he will.” You say. “I must go, I have things to take care of.”“Of course.” Raditz replies. “Good talking to you, sir.”You nod and Raditz walks past you. You hadn’t spoken to him yet about such matters, or to anyone really. Just… casual conversation. Hm.One corner turn and you’re by Calava’s door. You press a button and the Capsule Corp. tune plays inside the room.A little time passes. Calava finally opens the door, her hair is ruffled, she is wearing a grey tank top and shorts. “Prince Vegeta.” She says, barely hiding a yawn. “What is it?”“You’re sleeping?” You ask. “It’s morning, and you were just at the medbay with the rest.”“I just wanted to rest a bit before lunch.” She replies. “We’ll start gathering the corpses this afternoon and… I guess I wanted to be fully rested.”Your lips curl down. “Where did you get that clothing?”“Bulma lent it to me. It’s far more comfortable than the armor mesh.” She replies nonchalantly.You shake your head, there’s another that’s adapting to the earthling ways, ever so slowly. “I want to speak to you.”“About?”“Bulma told me what happened.”Her eyes grow wide, you can see her energy start to flow faster, her heartbeat quickened. “I’m fine.”“You’re not.” You say. “And we will speak of it.”“We won’t.” She drives a defiant glare towards you. “I said I’m fine.”
>”Be reasonable, Calava. I am only here to help.” It might be best to be gentle.>”I am your Prince, and we will speak of it.” Perhaps appealing to your authority might break through her shell.>”Fine, I will respect your decision, but I ask you to come find me when you’re ready to speak of it.” Maybe letting her take the lead will make this easier on her.>Write-in
What do we think about making a deal?She’ll punch us as hard as she can, and if she puts us on the floor we’ll leave it alone for now. If she doesn’t, though, she has to talk about it, at least a little bit.
>>6402898I like it! Challenges her, earns some compliance without dictating it, and gets our foot in the door. I will +1 this (^:
>>6402898>>6402964Now we're doing real Saiyan psychology.Fuck it.1d100 roll for Calava. Only one roll!!1d100 roll for Vegeta. Only one roll!!Call who you want to roll for. If no name is called, the first unnamed roll will go for Calava and the second for Vegeta.It will be almost impossible for Calava to put Vegeta on the floor, but who knows? The dice gods are fickle.
Rolled 54 (1d100)>>6402999Rollan' for Calava
Rolled 73 (1d100)>>6402999Vegetal
>>6403054Vegeta tanked that btw
>>6403007>>6403054Calava: 54Vegetable: 73Vegeta wins! Dice gods were average today
You look around, wondering how you can get through this woman. As Raditz said, she’s a Saiyan woman through and through, self-made, valiant, and stubborn. If there is one thing she’ll respect, it’s strength. “Alright. Let’s make deal.”She raises an eyebrow in suspicion. “Huh?”“Punch me. Once. As hard as you can. If you can knock me down, I’ll let this go for now. If not, we will talk.”Seeing her expression, you’re pretty sure she’s processing the request. “What?”“Well? Are you a Saiyan or not? Prove your strength and I will respect your wishes.”Her brow furrows, but a little cocky smile appears too. “You’ll regret this, Prince Vegeta. My power level may be low, but I’ve refined my punching techniques back at Earth.”“The sport the earthlings call boxing, right?”She nods, rather proudly. “When my form is good, my power is amplified. I’ll show you.” She heads back into her room, the door closing behind her. After a minute or two, she comes back out, her hair combed (as far as that wild thing can be combed), and wearing her mesh and battle armor.The two of you head to the reinforced training room. It’s empty at this time of day as the crew enjoys a bit of time off before lunch. The Brief family prepared it specifically to withstand the large outbursts of power delivered during training, even including a gravity device.And now you stand at the center of the room, watching Calava. You let your arms down and clench your fists, watching her with defiance. “Well?”Her smile turns wilder, more savage. She starts punching the air in swift motions, rhythmically breathing along with the blows and moving her feet about with great dexterity. She stares at you intensely, which makes you skip a beat, she has that fury, that primal rage. She is truly a Saiyan. This. This lust for battle and violence, it is part of what makes a Saiyan.You can’t help but notice that a smile appeared on your face as well. Training is simply one of the better parts of the day. It is the same feeling you have when you fight Raditz, Nappa or Turles. Pride, perhaps.“I haven’t got all day.” You say, moving your neck about to crack it. “Get it over with, low class.”She takes offense to your insult. “I’ll bring you down a beg, ‘Prince’.” You see a purple energy slowly surrounding her fists like gloves, flowing with each punch she throws, emanating from her entire body and flowing into her hands. Finally, she takes a step, she dashes forward with all her speed. Still, she’s slow to you, your Absolute Focus activated instinctively as soon as she stepped forward. Each step and motion of her upper body indicate that she’s going for the head, so you focus your energy towards it.
Yet, at the very end of her motion, she twists her ankle and spins, so fast that you only have a split second to see that she redirected her blow towards your side. You have to move your energy towards that spot. Her knuckles make contact and you feel a little pang of pain flow to your mind, but you take the blow with ease. The impact sent out a purpleish shockwave that spread throughout the room, causing a deafening sonic boom. Your smile disappears for an instant. Something deep within you desires to take this fight seriously and make sure she knows who the strongest among you is, but you shrug it off. You are no longer a brute, no more.She keeps trying to push you with her energy, her fist now surrounded by wild wide tendrils of red energy, but soon it dissipates. The deed was done, and she failed.She takes a step back, breathing heavily. “As I guessed.” She says between puffs. “You’ve grown stronger.” She looks at you in the eyes, gauging your power, and she looks at the ground, seemingly dejected.“Why the long face?” You ask. “You’ve hurt me, ever so slightly. My instincts yelled at me to take you seriously. You’ve done far more than what someone of your power level can usually do.”She smiles wanly. “Heh.” More puffs to get air into her lungs. “I just thought… That I’d move you a little bit at least.”“Maybe with a bit of luck.” You reply. “The twist at the end was a good idea, but your spin, fast as it was, was still too slow. If you’re going to spin like that, it has to be faster than sound.”“Faster than sound?”You chuckle. “Yes, breaking the sound barrier with a spin could deafen your foe and make it harder for them to gauge where you’re actually going to hit after your spin.” You shrug. “Not sure if it would work, but you may want to try.”“And how did you… just not get hurt at all? Even Raditz and Nappa have a hard time taking my blows when I get ‘em good.”“A technique I like to call Absolute Focus. I learned it back at Earth when I fought Kakarot. I can read and manipulate energy far easier than others.” Perhaps what unlocked it was your newfound ability to look at a battle calmly, to let logic take over your mind. Each fight is a puzzle, all you need to do it watch the pieces and see where each one fits.“Yes, that was a hell of a battle.” She says. “Kakarot is strong.”“Indeed.” You reply. “He has not yet reached my level, but I get the feeling he won’t stop until he does.”“And neither will I.” She wipes some sweat off her brow. “I will reach you, Prince, I will knock you down some day.”You laugh devilishly. “All you fools getting airs now that you know how much stronger you can grow. You forget your place.”
After the short training session, Calava goes on to drink some water, you remove your armor and the top of your mesh. As you expected, there’s a pretty nasty bruise on your side. Your body has not yet recovered fully from the poison’s damage. Calava approaches with a first aid kit and brings out a cream for the inflammation, which she starts to apply with a gauze.She’s intently watching the bruise. “Not bad.” She says.“The poison has me weakened.” You excuse yourself with no small hint of pride.She chuckles. “Of course.”Silence follows as she continues to apply the cream and sets up a large gauze to cover your bruise. “What I told Bulma is true.” She says as she finishes and sits down besides you.“That you miss your father?” You prompt her.“Yes.” She looks up to the roof of the training room, bent and burnt on multiple places after months of training. “I can’t forget that moment. It comes back to bite me all the time, on the worst of occasions. It hurts me. It doesn’t let me sleep. It doesn’t let me concentrate when I train or when I fight.” She smiles. “Remember when I fought that earthling? Yamcha, was it?”“Yes.” You reply. That battle was a real lesson for Calava and the other Saiyans you saved on planet Vertes. Earthlings, even though they are born with low power levels, can reach great heights through training, technique, guile and thorough discipline. The battle itself was a tie, but Calava should’ve won it easily.“There was a moment on that battle, when the human used that wide white beam on me. I fell and… I saw his face. My father’s, I mean. Dead in my arms. It made me so mad I just wanted to kill someone then and there.” She bends her knees and hugs her legs. “I shouldn’t be distracted by these things. My father was a proud Saiyan! He was strong, and I’m sure he saw so many of his comrades die, but he still fought with all he had, he never got distracted. He killed so many of the soldiers that came to get us, until one of them…” She brings her hands to her face. “He was shot by a thin beam that went straight through his heart. Kalabash came in as that thing was preparing another beam for me while I held my dad’s corpse.”You sit there, simply listening.“Then all I heard was yelling and screaming while I shook my dad. I told him a dozen times that Kalabash needed help. That he had to get up and help him. That he’d die if he didn’t get up.” She wipes off a few tears and stops to sob a few times, getting her breathing back in order. “But he didn’t, then I blanked out. I guess Kalabash killed the rest of them, buried my dad, and took me off planet. When I woke up, I was already in his spaceship.”“I…” You don’t know what words to use, but you remember Bulma’s. “I’m so sorry that this happened to you.”
“You shouldn’t be.” She says, wiping off her tears. “I should stop feeling sorry for myself. I should stop being so distracted by his death, or by that scene in my mind. Saiyans fight, and Saiyans die. His death is a point of pride, not of sorrow.”You hear the intercom ring out. It’s Raditz. “Food will be ready in 30 minutes. Today’s gathering operation will begin after we’re done eating.” The two of you ignore it, but there’s a clear time limit to this moment with her.You watch her. It seems that pouring her heart out has helped her ever so slightly. It may have helped her understand that seeking help isn't so bad, at least. Maybe you’d like to say something more, or just stay by her side could be good enough.>”Want to continue training?” Fighting is the one thing that cheers a Saiyan up.>Just stay by her side like this until it's lunch time.>Write-in.
>>6403357>”Want to continue training?” Fighting is the one thing that cheers a Saiyan up.
>>6403362>>6403410Training it is.
“Want to continue training?” You ask.Calava snorts one final time, wiping what few tears remained on her cheeks. “Yeah.”You get up and offer her a hand, which she swipes a way with a backhand, getting up all by herself. The two of you get back to the center of the training room, after striking your poses, you rush one another and start exchanging blows, blocks, ki blasts and beams for the thirty minutes that remain before lunch. There’s also a few cocky smiles, laughs, and yells.You both come out of the training room as the clock shows it’s time to eat, drinking a whole bottle of water and with towel in hand, you start heading down the hall while making a bit of small talk. The food goes down quick. Most of your crew is rather hungry. You sat with the rest of the Saiyans, while Bulma hung out with Rasha and Olond, your ways of eating that often did not bother with cutlery, was not to her taste. You were surprised to see Calava taking a seat with them, attempting to eat in a more ‘civilized’ manner. She spoke with Bulma, and from the smile the blue-haired earthling replied with, it seems you may have done a good enough job. Rasha and Olond, though noticing the strangely personal topic discussed between the two women, focused on their own conversation.After about an hour everyone was done. Dirty dishes were put to the washing machines and your crew headed out towards the decompression bays.Bulma steps forward and stand in front of everyone. “Alright, before you Saiyans just head out into space all willy-nilly and risk your lungs collapsing.” She spreads her arms, to her right, showing a row of lockers. “There are spacesuits here. Please put them on. And I don’t care about your incredible flying abilities, you’re all getting tied to the ship.”The crew looks at you. You shrug. “She’s the scientist, so obey.” An order which is met with shrugs, bothered sighs, and a few loyal nods.So you remove your armors, leaving on the mesh, and put on the blue, red and white spacesuits. The last thing you plop on is the helmet, and the oxygen activates. You can see the levels in some sort of holo-display on the helmet itself.“If anyone runs out of canisters, there’s more here.” Bulma opens a locker where dozens of canisters are neatly arranged. “Leave the empty ones by the locker.”Besides the decompression room’s door, dozens upon dozens of empty body bags, waiting to be filled. The grim sight brings down everyone’s mood.Everyone enters the decompression room. You’re surprised to see Bulma, Rasha and Olond. This has nothing to do with them, but they reply to your confusion with determined nods and a smile. They would help too, Saiyan or not.
Finally, decompression is done, and the door in front of you opens, revealing the great emptiness of space beyond the ship and station. Everyone hovers out, and you divide yourselves into teams of three. You decide to go with Calava and Nappa, you’d like to keep an eye on them just in case. Raditz, Turles and Kalabash head their own way, while Rasha, Olond and Bulma go another way.The grim affair begins, there’s many corpses strewn about the station. It will likely require morning and afternoon shifts to actually get this done. When you touch the first one, your hand almost instinctively retracts. You can see his bearded face, frozen in shock, his leg completely gone, Frieza armor bruised and battered, patched all over after years of fighting. A warrior to the end. You take his remaining leg, along with a female Saiyan’s lone arm, and head back to ship. Calava and Nappa have taken five corpses, grim determination in their faces. As you return, you get a look at your ship, the large station it’s docked in, the asteroid it orbits, and the hints of a white sun behind it, and the silhouettes of the corpses of your fellow Saiyans drawn in the sunlight. For the first time in a long while, you feel small, tremendously small.You enter the decompression room and await the process with the corpses on the ground. They are then put into the body bags to the best of your ability, and brought to a room nearby, the temperature within was taken down to freezing to ensure the corpses stay in relatively good shape. As you lay the body bags, you see Raditz, Kalabash and Turles bringing in their own, two each. Then as you exit, Rasha, Olond are bringing in two each themselves, Bulma only one.Then the loop begins, what takes the most time is compressing and decompressing, it’s also an exhausting process. The hours flow by with a few trips made out to space to bring more and more Saiyans in. Bulma is forced to throw in the towel after a bit of convincing by her alien companions, her earthling body unable to take more of the gruelling work, and her mind faltering at the sights of the broken bodies.Evening comes and with that, dinner. But no one’s hungry. The food is left untouched to be eaten another day. The time comes for the day’s tally.Raditz is keeping up the count as you all declare the number of bodies brought in during a meeting at bridge. “That’s makes 62 bodies in one day. It’s a good pace.”Nappa nods. “I didn’t realize that space was weightless, I thought we’d be bringing a body each at most, but we can comfortably bring two per trip each, more or less. We should be done in a week’s time.”The rest nod.You watch Bulma fidget, uncomfortable with the day’s work. Everyone else has kept up the pace, including Nappa and Calava, whom you suspected may have had issues with their task, but they held their own pretty well.Raditz is standing by the bridge’s window. “There’s one thing we didn’t decide on yet.” He says. “How are we going to bury them?”
Kalabash steps up. “I knew these people.” He says with a clenched fist. “I’m sure they would be fine if they were simply cremated with a ki blast from their fellow Saiyans.” He looks out to the station, which looms in front of the bridge. “Better than being a frozen statue out in Sadala Station’s orbit, at least.”Nappa grits his teeth while at his seat. “That’s no proper send-off for these heroes. They deserve to be buried.”Kalabash looks back at him defiantly. “What do you know of that, huh?” He says. His hostile reaction surprises you. “How many Saiyans have you buried since Planet Vegeta was destroyed? I’ve had to do the honors with quite a few myself.”Nappa does not hide his anger, his face twists into a grimace. He stands up from his chair. “What did you say?” Kalabash does not back down, just glaring back at him.“Enough!” You yell. “I will not tolerate this squabble. Stand down!”They obey, reluctantly. The rest were tensing up already, but the mood relaxes ever so slightly. You look at Kalabash, he would stand no chance against Nappa, but he clearly had no intention to back out of the fight. Raditz raises his hand. “We could bury them back at Earth.”“It’s not like there’s a Planet Vegeta to bury them at.” Turles says in a dour voice. Raditz glares at him, to which Turles shrugs.You look to Bulma, who suddenly gets nervous when your eyes meet hers. “Would Earth be fine with this?” You ask.“Earth?” She asks. “Uh… I mean, I don’t think anyone will complain. You can bury people there.”Calava seems uncomfortable. “I’m not sure, I mean. They died defending this station. Earth to them meant nothing.”Nappa nods, he sat back down cross-armed and is tapping his bicep with his index finger. “True, but if we want to bury them, we don’t have much of a choice.”Rasha raises a hand, looking for your approval before speaking. You nod towards him and he stands up. “My kind have a long tradition of spacefaring. In such situations where one believed a station to be their home rather than a planet, they would be buried within, in a mausoleum prepared for such instances. These Saiyans, they must have considered this station their new home, no?”Silence follows as the rest think. Yes, surely, in a way, this place was their home.Kalabash shakes his head. “There’s no such room in Sadala station. It would take us months to prepare a proper resting place.”He is not taking into account Capsule Corp. technology, the Brief family’s inventions could help speed up the process. You look to the earthling. “How fast could we prepare a room for this purpose?”She sits there and thinks for a while, running calculations in her head. “Considering you guys’ strength, Turles’ knowhow, the capsules I brought with me… Two months.”You grit your teeth. “Do we have enough supplies to last us two months?”She nods. “With a bit of rationing.”
Turles intervenes again. “The pirates may be back within that time. We do not know how far their other bases actually are. We could be right by the Queen’s headquarters for all we know.”Calava looks at him, her tail swirling in frustration. “We are planning to keep the station, right? It’s our first victory! We can’t just give it up.”Turles stares back at her. “I know how you feel, kid. But Prince Vegeta was barely able to take on Zodd. The Queen’s likely a whole other ordeal, and you guys can’t turn into Oozaru in here.” He grits his teeth as he remembers his lack of a tail. “I say we go back to Earth now. The station will be ours eventually, but not right now, our foes are strong, we have to work like space pirates do, hit and run.”Silence follows, eyes dart towards you, awaiting your final say.>”We will bury them at Earth and honor and protect that graveyard with our lives.”>”We will blast them ourselves, give them a proper send-off that way. Then we will return to Earth.”>”We stay here and prepare a mausoleum. They will rest in the station they died defending, and we will defend that resting place.” [This will take 2 months and may risk another pirate encounter.]>Write-in.
>>6403472>”We will blast them ourselves, give them a proper send-off that way. Then we will return to Earth.”Feels like the smartest play.
>>6403472>”We will bury them at Earth and honor and protect that graveyard with our lives.”We can’t afford to tarry here, but neither do we have to give them a bare minimum burial. Earth is the Saiyan HQ and probably the closest thing the Saiyan race has to a home planet right now. They can be buried there with full honours, and if a time comes when Sadala Station is reclaimed or the Saiyans claim a new home planet, they can always be exhumed and reinterred there.
>>6403472>”We will bury them at Earth and honor and protect that graveyard with our lives.”>>6402775>canon events hound usfuture trunks quest when? that timeline real depressing
>>6403541>future trunks quest when? that timeline real depressingFuture trunks timeline was the peak dragon ball writing to me.
>>6403545>peak dragon ball writingI love it alot as well, despite some of its inconsistencies. Future Trunks is great in that he doesn't mess around. He got done dirty in the end tho
>>6403472>>”We will bury them at Earth and honor and protect that graveyard with our lives.”We really should try and focus on the return trip to earth, and bring back enough supplies and equipment to get the station functioning again.>>6403498+1If it comes to it, they can always be brought back to the station.
We're bringing our boys and girls back to Earth.>>6403541>>6403551>>6403498
“We will bury them at Earth and honor and protect that graveyard with our lives.” Your conclusion is heard, and the group nods. “If we ever find a new home, they will come with us too. The Saiyans will give the dead their dues.”As the gathering concludes, everyone heads out of the bridge to continue with their tasks. Kalabash approaches you. “I’m sorry for my earlier outburst, Prince Vegeta.”“Hmph. It’s not me you have to speak with.” You reply.He gives you a somber nod, then you both see Calava come near you. “If we ever have a place to call our own, could we take my father there? I would like him to be honored too.”“Of course.” You say. “Do you know where he is?”“I have the coordinates of the planet, it’s very far though.” Calava says.Kalabash speaks next. “It is. Even with this ship it may take a year to reach it, maybe more.”“We will find a way.” Your words seem to clear a weight off Calava’s shoulders, and Kalabash taps her back.They both leave as well. Training is next, though you take some time to enjoy the sights of the galaxy from the bridge, hearing the hum of the machines surrounding you.The grim work of bringing the corpses aboard the ship continues. What little free time the crew has, they spend either performing maintenance training, exploring the station, and other miscellaneous hobbies they may have. The week passes by relatively quickly after all is said and done, but the sights will stay in your mind for long. As will the rage and thirst for revenge.As one last set of corpses is brought in by Nappa, Turles and Kalabash. Raditz brings up a list on a holopad and adds a few numbers to it. “That makes 534.”Bulma checks the numbers on Raditz’ holotape by tiptoeing to see above his shoulder, Raditz gives her a weirded out look. “Thank goodness I was able to prepare a few other storage units with the required temperature.” She says.Raditz shakes his head. “Didn’t feel good stacking them in shelves like that.”Turles comes out of the storage unit and removes his space helmet. “Nah, worst part was recognizing them. You two younglings should be thankful you couldn’t.”Nappa comes out with a sombre stare and fists clenched. Clearly he did recognize a few as well, yet the worst off was Kalabash, who comes out right after him and heads straight to his room driven by hardly restrained rage. He had the unenviable task of identifying the corpses at the end of each day, he was the one knew most of them, yet even with Nappa and Turles identifying another few, many remain nameless.“Sidara wasn’t in the count.” Nappa says, a slight smile appearing on his lips. “As Kalabash said, she likely fled.”Sidara, that one Saiyan woman Nappa was fond of back in the day, before Planet Vegeta was destroyed. They’d met in the Tuffle Wars, so theirs was an ancient history.“Good. We will find her.” You tell him, though who knows what may have happened in 20 years.
“Hope so.” He says. You take a hand to his shoulder, which is quite higher up than yours. He then heads back to his room to rest.Bulma taps your shoulder. “Should I begin our flight home?”“Go ahead.” You reply.The Capsule Corp. Saiyan Spacebase Mark II undocks from Sadala station. Though you only spent a week there, you can feel that some are looking at it as if they were leaving their home again.The ship’s thrusters move it into position, then Bulma activates hyperspeed. Soon, the light of stars turn into long lines. The crew gathers in the bridge. There were two objects that needed to be discussed: The Saiyan communicator, and the star map with the location of stations, refuges, and other spots that once had Saiyan Resistance activity.Turles presents to the room the Saiyan communicator. “I’ve checked it thoroughly. No one tampered with it. We’ll be able to send a message to all the scouters that once belonged to members of the Saiyan Resistance. Unless they’re broken or destroyed, of course. Considering the state of its battery and the bootlegged nature of the device though, I’d wage we can only say a single sentence before the thing keels over. We don’t need to fear it dying out before we send the message, it held on for 20 years, so it’ll hold on for a few more years at the very least.”You nod. Rasha raises his hand and you give him leave to talk. “If you would accept my counsel, it would be wise to await a good moment for its use. The scouters that once belonged to the Saiyans may have been looted by members of the Frieza force. Low-class soldiers bear equipment that is sometimes decades old, looted from corpses of their foes and passed around as trade goods.”“I doubt that many will be in the hands of Frieza force soldiers.” Nappa says. “The scouters that the Resistance used were old school, even by those years’ standards.”Kalabash speaks next. “Just in case, we shouldn’t use it carelessly. We should have a plan, coordinates to give them so they can gather somewhere. And we should be there ready to fight off any enemy forces.”Raditz gives his own thoughts. “Whatever we plan to do with it, we don’t have the resources or manpower to use the communicator to its full potential. Frieza would surely send the Ginyu force to the coordinates, or hell… He might come himself to finish the job.” The very thought of it is terrifying, no scouter, no matter how modern, has ever been able to read Frieza’s power level. If he were to come to your rendez-vous point, you’d basically be repeating the genocide of Planet Vegeta. You grab the armrest of the captain’s chair, gripping it with thoughts of vengeance and retribution.You relax, let go of the armrest, and look at Kalabash. “Thus, we have our other resource.”
“Yes.” Kalabash says, then brings out a holobox which he slides into the central holo of the bridge. A large holographic map appears, detailing various sites used by the Resistance. Kalabash starts sliding each. There’s full on stations similar to Sadala Station, refuges for when they need to lay low, armories and stashes bearing whatever loot they may have found, and some places that are simply marked but have no further information on them. “We’ll need to pour over the details of each site. It’ll take a while to see which ones may be relevant.”Calava shakes her head as she watches each log pass by. “This info is as old as me, Kalabash.” Some of the crew seem crestfallen as they think of this. “We may be making months-long trips across space for nothing.”Kalabash replies. “The holobox is unique, it was never retrieved by the Frieza forces or by the pirates. These are the places the members of the Resistance knew could be safe, and the only places they could go to, unless they personally knew of other spots.” He uses a search function and keys in the name of a star system. Two planets appear as marked. “Refuge X-23 and Armory X-24.”Calava stares at both of them, stupefied. “Our… Our home.”“Yes.” Kalabash confirms. “Gisa and I went to the refuge. Taliso went to the armory, he gave out everything there to some more Saiyans that accompanied us and they left for another place. We never heard from them again. Then you and your father settled there.” He then closes the hologram and takes out the box. “I imagine many of the places here will be empty, Frieza was ruthless in his search. But if we pass by them, or if I find one that may be especially relevant, we should check them out.”“You will take care of combing through the data?” You ask Kalabash.“Yes, my Prince.” He takes a fist to his heart. “When we return to Earth, Gisa will be able to help as well.”“Very well, then I trust that you’ll be able to give us our next objective soon after we reach Earth.”He nods.“Then that is all.” You swipe your hand to a side. “Dismissed.” The Saiyans and aliens bring their fists to their hearts. “Yes, Prince Vegeta!” Bulma just smiles at the scene.
==== TRAINING ====Your trip to Earth has just begun! There will be a lot of downtime, and as proper Saiyans do, you will dedicate much of it to training. Your new gravity room will ensure that the more powerful members of your crew can strain themselves further, ensuring a faster growth for them.You, Bulma, Raditz and Calava have adapted to highly efficient earthling training methods, boosting their training results.Rasha and Olond will use some meditation techniques they learned from Piccolo back at Earth, boosting their training results. They do not use the gravity room though, as it does not provide any further boost for them.You, Turles and Nappa can use the gravity machine to strain your training further.All Saiyans get a bonus to base PL obtained from intensive training, reflecting their species’ primal desire to grow stronger and fight. Humans may obtain this boost if they join a proper martial arts school (Like Turtle School).Your companions training results (without adding the further training they may do with you if you dedicate time to them).Nappa: 10.086 -> 12.086 (+1.000 base, +1.000 high gravity)Raditz: 8.619 -> 10.619 (+1.000 base, +1.000 earthling training)Turles: 16.000 -> (+1.000 base, +1.500 high gravity, -4.000 Fruit of Might effect reductions)Calava: 5.500 -> 7.000 (+750 base, +750 earthling training).Kalabash: 1.250 -> 2.000 (+750 base).Rasha: 15.500 -> 17.000 (+500 base, +1.000 Piccolo meditation technique)Olond: 8.500 -> 10.000 (+500 base, +1.000 Piccolo meditation technique)Bulma: 250 -> 500 (+125 base, +125 earthling training)You may now decide how you will focus your training. You may support one of your companions in their training, but this will halve the effectiveness of your own personal improvement. This will deepen your bond with your companion. Both Bulma and Kalabash have specifically asked for your support. Bulma wants to spend time with you and wants to be able to defend herself in a pinch. Kalabash wants to catch up to the rest of the Saiyans as a matter of personal pride.>Focus on your own training. +4.000 (+1.000 base, +2.000 high gravity, +1.000 earthling training). New PL: 37.401>Help Bulma train. +2.000 for Vegeta, +500 for Bulma. Vegeta PL: 35.401, Bulma PL: 1.000>Help Kalabash train. 2.000 for Vegeta. +1.000 for Kalabash. Vegeta PL: 35.401, Kalabash PL: 3.000>Focus on someone else. (Who?). You will DUPLICATE the base value of their training. For example, Nappa’s +1.000 base would turn into +2.000, Calava’s +750 base would turn into +1.500.
But that’s not all! As an added bonus, you may learn of your companions’ moves if you so desire.>Rasha’s Unlock. A powerful release of energy can boost your strength far past its usual limits, but it will tire you out quickly.>Calava’s Boxing Ki. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.>Nappa’s Break Cannon. A large beam fires out of your mouth, often catching your opponent unawares.>Turles’ Ring Beam. A powerful ring of energy forms, allowing you to trap your opponent. The complexity of the energy ring makes this move short range.
>>6403617>Help Bulma train. +2.000 for Vegeta, +500 for Bulma. Vegeta PL: 35.401, Bulma PL: 1.000>Calava’s Boxing Ki. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.
>>6403617>Focus on someone else. (Who?). You will DUPLICATE the base value of their training. For example, Nappa’s +1.000 base would turn into +2.000, Calava’s +750 base would turn into +1.500.We need to help bro grind and catch him up with our other big dick swingers a bit. I also just really fuck with Nappa. I want to propose that even if we help train Bulma more to make her tougher, maybe SHE should get a mech? She has the Capsule Corporation Machine at one point, right? >Calava’s Boxing Ki. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.
Hmmmm
Power armor, less bulky than a whole entire mech?
>Help Kalabash train. 2.000 for Vegeta. +1.000 for Kalabash. Vegeta PL: 35.401, Kalabash PL: 3.000As much as I like Bulma and am gunning for her romance route, we trained with her quite a bit already, not to mention even with our help she’d still be weaker than canon Raditz. Let’s devote some time to our other teammates.>Calava’s Boxing Ki. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.DUCK THIS ONE
>>6403671>>6403673>>6403674Bulma is looking into this stuff. An anon gave the idea in another thread, of having Bulma make powerful mechs or power armor rather than becoming a fighter herself.I think I'll do a mix, which will likely make her go for power armors, but mechs could be a thing too.>>6403620>>6403671>>6403744Clearly we're learning Calava's Ki Boxing.As for the rest, we have 1 vote for Bulma, 1 for Kalabash, and 1 >>6403671 considering the comment I imagine it's for Kalabash since he's having a hard time catching up? In any case, I'll wait for clarification or more anons to vote. I wrote a lot yesterday so I might not update today. I gotta check what the Z-Fighters have been doing for the 2 months you've been gone, and get some notes out of the thread for future consideration.
Here's some filler about what's happening back at Earth!>==== At Goku’s house ====Rokka’s tail is swirling about as she curiously looks around the hill where Goku’s- that is Kakarot’s house is. The half-breed Gohan is playing catch with her brother Oshe nearby, running and jumping about the trees.She crosses her arms. She still wishes she’d gone to space with her dad. She was as powerful as him, but she got stuck babysitting instead.She hears a door open up and bash against a wall behind her. She twirls around and strikes her battle pose. Then she sees Kakarot running out of his house, various kitchen utensils flying at him.Kakarot’s female comes out, yelling obscenities. “Don’t you dare say it again, you hear me?! Gohan has to study and no, he’s never leaving Earth, ever!” She goes right back in and slams the door behind her.Kakarot scratches his head and approaches you. “Ah well!” He says. “Had to try.”Rokka raises an eyebrow, her tail wraps itself around her waist. “What was that about?”He lifts his hands. “Well, since Vegeta and the rest are all travelling around in space, I thought we’d give it a try too.”She shakes her head. “Space is dangerous, mister Kakarot.” She says. “Lots of really strong bad guys, my dad told me.”Kakarot raises his index finger as if teaching a lesson. “If there’s bad guys up there, then there’s probably good guys suffering too, right? I can’t just let that be!” He closes his hands into fists. “We gotta get out there and teach the bad guys a lesson, make sure they don’t hurt anyone else!”Rokka wonders what exactly happened to Kakarot for him to be this way. He’s barely like a Saiyan. Maybe, just maybe, his wanting to beat up bad guys was the Saiyan blood talking. “And you’d take Gohan?”“I’d like to let him explore space, see the stuff that’s out there. And the guys and I would be there to protect him.” He sighs, watching the two children playing with each other. Gohan is clearly more than able to beat Oshe, but he’s always careful with his power, and lets him win a few scuffles every now and then. “Your little brother’s a wild kid too!”Weak for a Saiyan, Rokka thinks, yet still stronger than almost all earthlings. “Yeah.”Kakarot takes a hand to his head for a moment. “Oh, Piccolo’s heading to our spot already. Wanna train?”The Saiyan girl nods. “Sure.” Her attempt at remaining stoic thwarted by her tail shaking about her waist excitedly. “Chi-chi!” Kakarot yells. “Rokka and I are going to train with Piccolo and the rest. Gohan and Oshe are staying over to eat!”A loud “What?!” shakes up the whole house as the two Saiyans fly off. Rokka watches as the female earthling waves a spatula with fury, before she blasts off along with Goku- uh… Kakarot.
Chi-chi’s vein is about to pop, her bared teeth grinding against each other as that lazy good-for-nothing flies off to do whatever again. She enters the house and spins into a flying kick that impacts against a punching back that’s right by the door, it flies right off its hinges and slams against the wall. “How can you deal with things like this?!” Chi-chi’s anger flies out of his mouth like sparks.Gisa, who remained inside to watch the cooking stew, smiles at the earthling woman, a trickle of sweat goes right down her face. “Well… It’s how us Saiyans do things.”“Honestly!” Chi-chi waves around the spatula. “Just thinking of my husband flying off into space with my dear little Gohan! Some pirates could attack them! Or that blasted Frieza guy!”“Space is big, Mrs Chi-chi.” Gisa replies, trying to clam her down. She stirs the pot and gives it a taste. “Gosh! I’d all but forgotten how proper vegetables and meat tasted like.” She has a hard time hiding her giddiness.Chi-chi does not hide her pride. “That’s one way to conquer someone you love, feed ‘em!” She says. “Your dear Kalabash will be swooning all over you when you hand him a bowl of this along with a dinosaur steak!” She brings a large cut of meat out of her old fridge. “At least there’s one thing that husband of mine is good for.” She says as she slams the steak on the kitchen counter. “He gives you good meat?” Gisa says, cleaving the steak with a butcher’s knife. Her devious smile’s makes Chi-chi redden ever so slightly. The two of them laugh.>==== At the Lookout ====Kami watches as the two sources of energy head travel along the skies of Earth. He approaches Piccolo with the help of his cane. “Are you sure that training with this Saiyan girl is a good idea? Need I remind you of King Kai’s warnings?” He taps his cane to show disapproval.Piccolo looks at the old god with slight frustration. “Again with this? The Saiyans have only been a boon to us, they are our allies.”“The Saiyans are a race of ruthless warriors, Piccolo. They have killed millions across the galaxy.”“Not anymore.” Piccolo crosses his arms. “They are trying to find their own kind, recover something they lost. And they helped us fight one of their own when he came to conquer Earth. Who knows what would’ve happened if Vegeta had not been here when Turles arrived?”Kami gives a begrudging nod. “That I will not deny. But can you trust that all Saiyans are as… sociable as this Vegeta is now? What happens if they recover their former strength? They would go back to their old ways. It is in their blood, Piccolo.”Piccolo shakes his head. “Goku is a Saiyan, should we not trust Goku?”“That is different. He hit his head as a child.”“How far can we really take that excuse? He was raised by earthlings and became a good man. Can’t the rest of the Saiyans undergo the same process?”“It is a great risk to take.”
“Considering the state of the galaxy today. It is a risk I am willing to take. How long until this Frieza hears about Earth? Or somehow gets to know about the dragon balls?” Piccolo uncrosses his arms and approaches Kami, facing him. “The dragon balls depend on your existence. Need I remind you again that the Saiyans have told me with no doubt in their minds that there is an entire race of our kind in a planet named Namek? Do they have dragon balls as well? Can Frieza eventually find them and their dragon balls?”Sweat runs down Kami’s forehead. “And what would you do about this?”Piccolo turns around. “I will find this Namek and hear what its inhabitants have to say about the dragon balls. I will make sure no one can use them for evil.”Kami holds on to his cane. “With a group of Saiyans in tow to hear all about them! It is already hard enough to keep the ones at Earth hidden from their sight! You’ll simply be handing them over to another evil!”Piccolo chuckles. “A demon accompanied by devils.” He then blasts off, the shockwave making Kami’s cape flutter, but the old Namekian keeps himself steady.“By all the gods of the universe, I do hope you are right, Piccolo.”>==== At the training grounds ====“Hiya!” Rokka yells as she delivers a kick towards Goku’s head, which he handily blocks, he has the time to grab her leg, spin her around him and send her flying to the sky.“Come on Rokka! You can’t be this predictable when you fight!”“Tch.” Rokka spits as she lowers herself down to the ground. She strikes her battle stance, but she stops when she feels a familiar energy approach.Her eyes beam as she watches the green and white silhouette make landfall. “Mister Piccolo!” She yells, running to hug the Namekian. Her arms wrap around him as does her tail.Goku laughs and puts his fists to his waist. “Man, Piccolo! You have an effect on kids, you know?”Piccolo ruffles Rokka’s hair. “Come on now, we’re here to train.”Rokka lets go of the hug, and her fist flies towards Piccolo’s face. The Namekian has no issue parrying it, he twists her wrists and she taps a surrender, he lets her go. “Have you been practicing that move?”Rokka nods. She takes a stance, separating her feet. She lifts her two open palms to her forehead. A ball of yellow energy begins to appear in her palms. “Masenko!” She yells, and a powerful beam flies forward towards a cliffside, Goku clumsily jumps away to dodge the impact. The beam obliterates the stone and leaves a large crater behind. “Good, good.” Piccolo says. There’s a hint of worry to his voice that Rokka does not detect. Saiyan children are simply this strong. If Kami is right…“Man.” Goku says, approaching the pair. “Now I get why Krillin tells me that being a Saiyan has basically been a cheat code for all my life. She’s barely been here a month or two and look at her.”“Hey, we trained a lot back when we were at the ship!” Rokka says. “Meditating was kinda boring though.”
Goku taps Piccolo’s back. “You should have kids of your own someday, Piccolo! How does that work for your kind?”He shakes his head. “I’d rather be the uncle.”The training resumes, the intense melees and beam battles causing shockwaves, surges of light and general devastation to their surroundings, much to the chagrin of the local wildlife.>==== At the Lookout ====“You four are late.” Kami says.Krillin, Yamcha, Tien and Chiaotzu are standing in a line at the top of the lookout.Tien bows. “Sorry, lord Kami. Our lives at Earth are distracting us far too much from our training, we will ensure this does not happen again.”Yamcha elbows the triclops. “Your life at Earth? I think you mean Launch.”Tien gets a little flustered. Chiaotzu laughs.Krillin steps forward. “Master Kami. We have to enter the time chamber!”The sudden affirmation makes the entire group get serious again. Kami taps his cane. “You are a fool, Krillin. The hyperbolic time chamber is not a tool to be used lightly. Goku and Piccolo were just barely able to withstand the conditions inside. Gravity is stronger there, the air is thinner. Just entering it could kill you!”Krillin closes his fists, digging into his hands. He grits his teeth. “We have to!” He says. “Goku and Piccolo, they’re already getting so far ahead! Not to mention that the Saiyans are going to space and coming back stronger than before! If they ever decide to betray us, we won’t be able to do a thing!”Tien nods, worry written in his face. “When we fought them in our competition, I could feel how much stronger that Nappa guy was… Even with the Kaioken activated, I had to use all of my energy to knock him out.” Chiaotzu hugs his leg to comfort him.Yamcha looks up to the sky. “Same for me when I fought with that Calava girl, and she was among the weakest in the bunch. She broke my arm with a punch while I was blocking with it! I had all my ki shielding my arm!”Krillin takes the lead again. “We were able to train with King Kai, lord Kami! We can do this, we have to do this!” His three companions agree.Kami sighs. He looks over to the planet below him. His responsibility. He feels the three energies training far off into the distance. “Perhaps we can try.” It was as gruelling as Kami had warned them, but they persevered.
>>6403801Oh I'm a dummy! I had picked Nappa so he will be closer to us and the other stronger fighters, but was thinking too much about mecha to specify KEK HOWEVER, I think I will change to Kalabash in order to get this show on the road. Thanks for the Earth update! Happy Sunday!
>>6403853Thanks for the clarification anon. Locking it to Kalabash so I can get the update out by tomorrow.Thanks all anons for playing Vegeta Quest, dearly hope you're enjoying the ride!
>>6403856We should thank you for writing it. I love your updates, and I’m in the same boat as you what with Saiyan/Freeza saga being my favourite part of DBZ.
The days began to pass as routine settled in your ship. Most of your crew was glad, they’d much rather be spending all day training than carrying corpses around, though each time they passed by certain doors, they couldn’t help but feel a shiver down their spines. Along with your crew of 10, over 500 corpses laid stored around the ship.You yourself spent your days combing over the details of the holobox with Kalabash, trying to see which of these sites were worthy of a space trip, and which weren’t. Kalabash told you as many details as he could, but he was not a high-ranking member of the Resistance and he often blanked when faced with sites he had never visited himself. You didn’t hold it against him, he was already offering you far more than you could ever have gleamed on your own.Then there were the trainings. Though it pained you, you refused Bulma’s request, even when she put on the hurt puppy eyes. Kalabash was a fellow Saiyan whose power level was far lower than anyone else’s. Not only that, the man had clearly suffered during the recovery operation, he had made amends with Nappa over their little fight, yet knowing your hulking friend, he would eventually seek retribution in the Saiyan way. You wanted Kalabash to be ever so slightly more prepared for that eventuality.One day, as you’re picking your things up in the training room to free it for Nappa, Turles and Raditz, Kalabash strikes up conversation. “I have spoken to Calava.” He says.You take a swig of water and slush it around your mouth before spitting it. “Regarding her father?” You ask, wondering if your actions had gotten through to her.“Yes.” He replies. “She never really spoke to me about it, always kept it to herself.” He shakes his head, his eyes closed as he wallows in regret. “I thought that was the Saiyan way, never gave it much thought.”“I didn’t give it much thought myself before reaching Earth. Live and learn.” Your words bring a smile to his face.“I was glad she opened up to me, but something didn’t add up.”You raise an eyebrow as you put your towel around your neck. “What do you mean?”“Perhaps you do not remember as it was a while ago already, Prince Vegeta, but I claimed that when I found Calava, Taliso was already dead and their attackers had been killed. She was lying on the ground, unconscious and terribly wounded. I thought she had done it driven by Saiyan rage.”“Hm? She told me otherwise. That while she mourned her father, you killed all of her attackers.”“She told me the same thing, but I swear by my version of the events. Could we talk in your office?”You nod, you head out of the training room, and salute your comrades as they take their turn in the training chamber. Nappa gives Kalabash a nasty look, Kal replies in kind, Turles pushes the big Saiyan forward and into the room.You seat yourself at your office, Kalabash stands in front of you. “It doesn’t make sense.” He says. “Why would she make up a story?”
“She was 10.” You reply, your finger tapping the desk as you rummage your head for an explanation. “Perhaps she dreamt it up while she was unconscious.”“Perhaps, but the details of her experience are far too vivid for something she dreamt up as a child.” Kalabash takes his hand to his chin, he looks around the room at nothing in particular, his usual method to get his mind to thinking. “I believe her story, but the person who killed those Frieza soldiers wasn’t me.”“Someone else did, then?”“I see no other way of explaining it.”“Were you and Taliso in contact with other Saiyan groups?”Kal shakes his head. “No. Not in the whole 10 years of our exile.”You both cross your arms, Kal leans onto a wall. “If I were to hazard a guess. The person who did it must’ve been a Saiyan, I don’t believe there is anyone else who could’ve known about our hiding spot who may have wanted to help us.”“Why hide themselves?”He shrugs. “No idea. But if that Saiyan was strong enough to wipe out a whole squadron of Frieza soldiers, they must’ve been pretty strong themselves. I couldn’t have done it with my power level of 1.000. Taliso was far stronger than me and he fell.”Kalabash approaches your desk, his fist raised. “That person would be a good asset to our cause.”“If he or she is still alive.” You would rather tame Kalabash’s excitement. “It’s been 10 years.”“If we made it through, I’m sure they did as well.”You nod. “Very well, another objective for our mission.”“There’s something else.” Kalabash says. “Two Frieza ships were missing from the planet, I saw the marks of their landing gears.”“Calava’s rescuer was in one, most likely.” You deduce.“And in the other was one of her father’s killers.” He adds. “Likely fleeing the planet after their defeat. Back then, I thought both bore Frieza soldiers that had escaped, but it seems my old hypothesis was incorrect.”You feel an itch again, revenge, the sentiment had been swimming about your head for the past few weeks. So many deaths to be avenged, and at the core of this vengeance: Frieza. “We will find that one too and avenge Taliso.” Your words are filled with venom.Kalabash nods.“Have you spoken of this with her?”“I haven’t. I don’t want to upset her with my wild theories. I’d rather have concrete proof of who her saviour was.”You lay back on your chair and take a fist to your cheek. “That seems wise. Any idea of where we could start?”The Saiyan can’t help but chuckle. “Nope, none. Whoever it was, they could be anywhere in the galaxy. But considering our current objective of reruniting with as many Saiyans as possible, I’m sure we will eventually cross paths.” Kalabash salutes you. “With your leave, I’ll get back to the holobox and check on more sites.”“Make sure to get some rest, training will resume tomorrow morning.” Your warrior nods as a response and heads out of your office.
You make yourself some Earth coffee and enjoy its strong flavor by the round window near your office chair. It’s yet another starry night.==== 1 MONTH PASSES ====You’re sitting on the captain’s seat at the bridge. You came out of hyperspeed not too long ago, Earth can be seen in the distance. The ship’s thrusters rumble as they send you straight towards it.“You think the earthlings have grown any stronger?” Nappa asks with no small hint of sarcasm. The growth of your own companions has been steady throughout your time in space. “I wouldn’t mind a rematch against the triclops.”“Control yourself, Nappa. Remember that they are our allies.” The word was new in the Saiyan dictionary, it was hard for your kind to get used to treating other species like comrades. Nappa is especially hard to convince in this regard, plus, the man had been thirsting for a fight ever since Kalabash offended him, you denied his requests for honor duels while he was at the ship to avoid any unnecessary damage, but the time would soon come after your arrival at Earth.Your crew each enters their attack pods and the ship fires them with thunderous speed towards your settlement on the surface.The pod rumbles ever so slightly and warms up as it breaks through the atmosphere. Thankfully, Bulma’s design is far more comfortable than the Frieza force’s attack pods. The rumbling stops when you’re in the atmosphere, and soon you hear the small thrusters at the pod’s sides roar to slow down your descent, then a parachute is deployed to further soften the fall. The pod’s landing gears are deployed, and they grip the earth beneath you. You remove your seatbelt and stand up, cranking the small lever that heaves the door open. You’re already feeling the welcoming committee’s energy signatures.As the door opens up, you can see the silhouettes of the earthlings, Kakarot, and Piccolo, along with Kalabash’s family. His children run towards him as he bends down, arms wide open to get a group hug, he lifts them both up into his arms and his wife gives him a kiss. Next, your crew steps out of their pods, Kakarot’s group and your own men and women form two lines that look at each other warily.“’Sup guys?” Kakarot says as he takes two fingers to his forehead and lifts them up as a salute. The rest of his team seem worried at your sight, barely able to hide the fear of your power levels.You give each of them a look, their power levels are low, likely hidden through their ki manipulation techniques. “Thank you for your welcome, Kakarot.” Not hiding the sarcasm. “I see the Earth has not been destroyed by any invaders.”“Not if we can help it!” Kakarot replies. “Woah Vegeta, you’ve grown real strong, huh? Have you beaten any bad guys up there?”“Indeed I have.” You smile deviously, but decide not to brag any further. “We have gone to an important place for the Saiyan race, Kakarot. We found many of our own dead there.”Kakarot’s smile dissipates. “I’m sorry, Vegeta.”
You shake your head in response. “They died like true Saiyans, in battle. We are going to give them a proper burial here on Earth, within the plot of land granted to us.”“Of course.” Kakarot says. “I’ll help.”You notice surprise in your crew’s faces, except for Bulma’s, she sighs and gives her friend a warm smile.“I will too.” Piccolo steps forward. Now that one surprised Bulma.“And me too.” The long-haired human who fought Calava steps forward, much to the surprise of his companions. He looks at Calava for a fleeting moment, but the Saiyan didn’t seem to react.“Thank you.” You say, now without a hint of sarcasm. The two words make the humans in front of you go wide-eyed in further surprise.Bulma brings out a remote control, she types in a few commands and the storage units bearing your fallen decouple from the ship and land nearby with the same ease as the attack pods. The thrusters cause great gusts of wind that make your cape and the earthling’s close flap intensely.“Thank goodness we made those modular.” Bulma says while looking at the gigantic warehouses now standing by your homes. “I’ll head home with one of pods, I’ll get you guys coffins and some construction material.” You nod, and she hops on to her pod and returns to the spaceship to be launched down again.“Well then, let’s begin.” You fly towards a flat patch of grass not too far from your home. You point your open palm towards it, and a beam of white energy fires out, tearing deep into the ground. The rest of your crew, including Kakarot, Piccolo, and the one called Yamcha, begin firing at the ground too. Gisa flew the children to Kakarot’s house, much to Rokka’s dismay, as she wanted to help out too. She then returned to support you as well.By the time you were done with the holes in the ground, Bulma fell from the sky with a similar storage unit, this one bearing a gigantic Capsule Corp. logo, and lifted by clamps coming out of the attack pod, its fully engaged thrusters slowing down her descent. She jumps out of the pod and flies down to press a few buttons on a keypad at the bottom of the module, the mechanisms hiss as the huge door opens up to reveal construction materials and a slew of neatly stacked coffins.A slow and difficult process begins. The body bags are removed from the freezer unit and put into a coffin each. The raw number of them forcing you to form a morbid assembly line where some of your crew bring out the bodies, some others bring the coffins, and finally, the rest take them to their final resting place in Earth’s grounds. The task takes a few days, during which no one is really in the mood for talk.Finally, when everyone is interred, you order a wall to be built around the graveyard, to keep out unwanted visitors. Then finally, the place is sealed with a large iron gate.
As Turles finishes off the coupling of the gate with its hinges, you stand in front of the graveyard. Its pristine white alloy walls make for a good place to rest, you think.Turles flies back to you, the rest of your crew standing at your side while your earthling helpers look on.Perhaps you’d like to say a few words, or maybe silence could be a good way to honor the fallen. What do you think?>Deliver a speech. [Write-in].>Something else? [Write-in]>Honor them with a moment of silence, then return to your regular activities. [Skip to next scene]
>>6404465>These heroes fought and died as true saiyans, perhaps the truest saiyans of all. They, and countless more like them across space, gave their lives not for conquest or dominance, but the chance that our race might survive.>We will not let their sacrifice will be in vain. Every loss will be counted, added to the debt Freeza owes our race - and when it comes time for him to pay, we’ll see to it that there isn’t enough left of him to bury.Tried to go for something short and sweet.
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>>6404627>>6404641Locked in, update in progress
How martially talented is Vegeta? Is he both gifted and trained enough that can try combining the martial arts he knows?
>>6404697It depends on the complexity of the combined martial arts. Vegeta, while talented, has not yet dedicated time to becoming a full-blown martial artist like for example the members of the Turtle school, but he has a knack for learning for sure. Getting support from other characters could help him too.Update incoming.
You turn around and face your comrades-in-arms. Your two most steadfast followers, Nappa and Raditz, the Saiyans you recruited later on, the two aliens who swore an oath to fight for you and your cause. And also, Kakarot, the Namekian, and his human friend.“These heroes fought and died as true Saiyans, perhaps the truest Saiyans of all!” You proclaim. “They, and countless more like them across space, gave their lives not for conquest or dominance, but for the chance that our race might survive.”You get looks from everyone. Nappa and Raditz do not hide their pride. Calava seems to get a bit of a pang, a dark memory surfaces. Kalabash looks towards the graveyard with grim determination, Turles simply listens in a rare show of pure respect.You clench your fist. “We will not let their sacrifice be in vain!” You now yell. “Every loss will be counted, added to the debt Frieza owes our race – and when it comes time for him to pay, we’ll see to it that there isn’t enough left of him to bury!” You swipe your right arm and let your cape flutter.Nappa is the first to raise his fist. “Yeah… Yeah! Long live the Prince!” He yells. Raditz follows. “Long live the Prince!”, then goes Calava. Soon, your entire crew is yelling the line again and again.“For the Saiyan race!” You bellow. “For those who fought! For those who remain!”“For the Saiyan race! For the Saiyan race!” the chant echoes along the hills where your little settlement dwells.The chant slowly dies down, but you notice an energy signature growing unstable. It’s Bulma’s.“G-guys!” She’s tapping on a few buttons on her wrist-pad. Some sort of holographic radar appears. “There’s… ships in orbit!”You look at her, then look up. “Ships?!” Your frustration. Shit, it can’t be Zar’Ann, there is no way she found out about Earth and arrived here so quickly.“Someone’s followed us from the station!” Turles says. “Must be part of Zodd’s squadron!”“Could they be an invasion force?” Raditz asks.Rasha shakes his head. “Almost impossible. Pirates or no, they could not have organized one so quickly.”Olond agrees, his arms crossed. “They must be scouts. They wanted to keep watch on us.”Calava looks up with fury. “If they run away now, they’ll report that we’re in orbit at Earth. The pirate queen will come find us here.”“B-but… My ship’s radar should’ve spotted them!” Bulma says, her frantic voice breaking down due to her nerves.“Shit! I didn’t think about this.” Turles seems disappointed in his lack of care. “They’re pirates, they must have good cloaking devices to run away from Frieza ships.”“Guys, focus!” Nappa yells. “What do we do now?!”“I have them locked in.” Bulma says as she furiously taps her wristpad. “They seem to be maneuvering with their thrusters. Facing away from Earth.”Tch. They’re going to jump to hyperspeed. Kakarot flies close to you. “We’ll make sure nothing happens to Earth. You guys go and get ‘em.”
Your warriors dash towards their attack pods, including Bulma. “Kakarot, I…” You caused this, you’re bringing this on Earth, Kakarot’s home, the people who saved you and trusted you.“Don’t worry about it, Vegeta.” He says. “It’s not your fault.”That fool, he’s talking to you as if you were a child seeking penance. You look away, disgruntled, and dash to your pod as well.“Kal!” You hear Gisa yell. She takes a hold of his hand, her tears sprouting from her eyes.“Don’t worry Gisa, I’ll be back. I promise.” He says, then softly shoves her away as he enters his own pod.Your pod’s door closes down, Kakarot, Piccolo and Yamcha are looking up to the sky, trying to sense the energy signatures in orbit.A holographic video of Bulma appears in front of your pod’s seat. “They’re going way too fast… I don’t know if we’ll catch them with the ship.”“How many are there?”“4, no… 5.”“They had that many ships back at the station?”“I don’t know!” She says, she takes her hands to her head in panic. “I didn’t count!”“No matter! Focus, Bulma! Is there any other way to reach them?!”“I… I could redirect the pod’s thrusters.” She says. “But that’s stupid, I’d have to do it in a hurry, I’d literally be shooting you like cannon balls towards them! I couldn’t even tell who’d go to which ship!”“Any other options?”“Our ship’s navigation system… We could redirect it to fire its kinetic payload towards the enemy ships. But we’d only have enough to take 4 ships down at most, the last one we’d have to ram. Not even considering the damage the ship would take in the space battle, the ramming maneuver would take us months to repair.”Damn it. You don’t have the time to prepare a proper plan. You’ll have to follow your instincts on this one. Getting back into hyperspace would distract you from your own plans for a long time, redirecting the pods could put your soldiers’ lives at risk, there were some powerful aliens in Zodd’s crew, if Calava and Kalabash found themselves alone in the midst of them… Then there’s sacrificing the ship, but then again, you’d have to spend months at Earth until it’s repaired, unable to actively pursue your own designs.>”We’re pursuing them with the ship, it’s our safest bet.” You may have to leave Earth’s orbit again to catch them.>”Redirect our pods and shoot them towards the ship.” Your people are ready, you know this.>”Sacrifice the ship. Fire all guns and ram them!” Ships can be repaired, lives can’t be recovered.>Write-in. (Bear in mind the plan has to be quick and simple to execute, you don’t have time!)
>>6404723>”Redirect our pods and shoot them towards the ship.” Your people are ready, you know this.Fight>>6404721>dedicated timeKing Vegeta while he was still around didn't have professionals warriors train him?
>>6404723>”Redirect our pods and shoot them towards the ship.” Your people are ready, you know this.LFG!
>>6404756>>6404759We continue our tradition of yeeting people at stuff until it breaks.We have a total of 9 attack pods getting yeeted at 5 ships, so:>Roll 9d5, three times.The roll with the most varied results will get chosen! Bulma will seek to spread you out between the different ships. If a roll has all 5 ships getting hit by an attack pod, it will get chosen first.Each roll will correspond to the following characters, respectively:Vegeta, Nappa, Raditz, Turles, Calava, Kalabash, Rasha, Olond, Bulma.>King Vegeta while he was still around didn't have professionals warriors train him?Nah, King Vegeta was of the school of power level primacy. Training was useless, you were born at X power level and that was it. Most Saiyans believed in this philosophy before the fall of Planet Vegeta because they were far more powerful than half the living beings in the universe (Raditz could do a planetary purge by himself at PL 1.000), so they didn't bother training. It's similar to Frieza and the Cold family, they're strong as is, so no need for training.
Rolled 4, 2, 5, 4, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2 = 26 (9d5)>>6404886Watch THIS
Rolled 1, 3, 5, 5, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4 = 30 (9d5)Wait, why is Bulma going? Her power level is still in the hundreds. Shouldn’t we have given her pod to Goku or Piccolo?>>6404886Rollan
>>6404999This roll wins since it has all 5 ships getting hit.>Vegeta and Nappa BOTH crash alone in their respective ships.>Raditz and Turles crash into 5.>Calava, Rasha and Bulma crash into 4.>Kalabash and Olond crash into 2.>>6404999>Wait, why is Bulma going? Her power level is still in the hundreds. Shouldn’t we have given her pod to Goku or Piccolo?She needed to be in the pod to better control all the pods. Good catch anon, cuz Vegeta is gonna be asking himself the same question.
You press a few buttons and ensure the transmission reaches everyone, various holo-screens open up showing the rest of your crew in their pods. “We are going to redirect our pods and shoot them towards the ships.” A mixture of surprise and battle glee spreads among your warriors. “This will be done in a quick and dirty manner so we won’t be able to guess who goes where. When you crash into the ships, first tally up who is with you, then initiate boarding action.” Nods and affirmations follow, then you shut the comms down except for Bulma’s.“Are you sure you can get us into all of the enemy’s ships?” You secure your belt and get ready for atmosphere exit.“Yes, just give me a moment…”A moment. That’s what you don’t have according to the reads of your pod’s radar, the scout ships are already emitting high energy emissions, they’re about to jump into hyperspeed. “Good, return to our ship right after initiating attack pod ramming maneuver.”“I can’t.” Bulma says as she seems to type down the last of the coordinates in her pod’s computer. “There’s 9 attack pods and 5 enemy ships, I’m not sure if I’m gonna hit all of them. I have to shoot my pod towards them too.” Her voice is cold and calculating, this along with that intensity in her eyes lets you know she is not joking.“Fool!” You yell. “You are too weak! Return to our ship and bring us fire support, that is an order!”A devious smile appears on Bulma’s lips. “No can do, sir!” She brings down her finger for a final key press, and you feel the impulse of the pod’s thrusters.“Bulma! Obey my order!” You yell.“Sorry Vegeta, I won’t risk putting Earth in danger just to save my own ass.” She says, the comms are beginning to cut off as the pods are surrounded by the plasma from your exit of the atmosphere. “Just in case I don’t make it.” She says, her strength almost incapable of taking the sudden outburst of speed. “I like-“The comms cut off. Gods damn it! You slam a fist on your armrest. Sensors indicate that the heat around your craft is dissipating. You open the front camera of the pod and see the scout ship that you are about to slam into. It’s an old model Frieza Force command ship, full of all kinds of makeshift repairs. Still a rather large ship, and not one you saw back at Sadala Station. Could it be that they were able to bring reinforcements? Then there has to be another pirate outpost very near Sadala Station.That means there’s no way to truly know the strength of the enemy. If it was just a scouting party from Zodd’s crew, then your warriors would have nothing to fear.Your body jerks around as your pod impacts right into the enemy ship’s hull. Just like a cannon ball, as you expected. Sounds of metal twisting surround you until silence comes.You take off your reinforced seatbelt and put on your scouter for comms. “Vegeta speaking. Anyone with me?” Radio silence. “Can anyone hear me?”
Alone. Something from the ship is probably interfering with your scouter's comms. You crack your neck and knuckles then smile. “Good.” Finally, some proper fun after a whole month of training and talking.You twist down the lever and open the pod’s door. You already see the feet of the mooks in front of you. Some mid-range power levels, some low. Nothing you can’t take on.“Sh-shoot, fire!” You hear a weasely voice scream. Then a hail of laser fire and bullets from guns of all sizes fly straight towards you, you take on the brunt of the impact as smoke and dust is raised all around you, you can hear missiles streaming in, which you deflect to the sides just to make sure no lucky shots wear you down before meeting the commanders of the ship.You cross you arms and wait for the smoke to clear up. Soon, you see a whole band of pirate mooks in front of you. Worn down Frieza armors, ancient scouters that are already exploding as they try to calculate your power level, laser rifles from an ancient era, homemade kinetic weaponry, low quality bionic limbs, eye patches and a few ridiculous hats.You smile, which sends a psychological shockwave straight through all these idiots who jump at each of your movements.Now… Will Vegeta bother speaking, or will he listen to the primal call of the Saiyan race?>”Let me pass or you’re all dead.” No need to waste time with these fools.>Teach these idiots a lesson. Calava’s Ki Boxing. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.>Teach these idiots their LAST lesson. Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.>Teach these idiots a BIG lesson. Galick Gun. A supercharged concentrated blast fired from both hands.>Write-in.
Since I'm here, I'll let you guys vote on something else:Since there's a whole bunch of space between this ship and the rest, Vegeta may not be able to intervene in a timely manner in the other ships. I'll let you anons decide:>Write up the other boarding actions. Multiple updates for each one. Players will choose who to control, choose what moves to make, then roll once or twice for each ship attacked (Some of these secondary quests may be shorter, others may be longer, it can also depend on what happens aboard the ships.) This will let us have a good bit of action for all our characters and show off their moves and fighting styles.>Focus on Vegeta's ship, leave the rest to rolls of the dice and write up side posts for each boarding action.First option could take longer but may give us a good bit of fighting after all the social stuff and planning we did for the past week. I'll be widely available this entire week, so if between 1 to 3 votes stream in per update I think we could get it done relatively quick. Think of it as a sort of extended days-long session.Second option gets us through this faster and will let us focus on Vegeta and his reactions to what happens in the other ships, leaving you sort of 'blind' as to wtf is going on out there.If you have any other ideas on how to handle the boarding action, you are welcome to>write-in
>>6405049>Teach these idiots their LAST lesson. Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.We really can’t afford to let these dudes live, even a single mook would fly back with knowledge of Earth’s whereabouts. Even if they swear loyalty to save their skins, they could go back on their word at any time. They could also try to cheap-shot us while we fight the captain, which would be bad.Plus from Vegeta’s perspective, every moment spent here is a moment not spent helping Bulma, who for all he knows landed on her own. Best course of action is probably turbomurder everything and then establish comms to check in on everyone.>>6405056>Write up the other boarding actions. Multiple updates for each one. Players will choose who to control, choose what moves to make, then roll once or twice for each ship attacked (Some of these secondary quests may be shorter, others may be longer, it can also depend on what happens aboard the ships.) This will let us have a good bit of action for all our characters and show off their moves and fighting styles.Hell yeah, I’d like to play as Nappa for a couple of posts. Dude’s been itching for a fight and now he has a whole ship all to himself.
>>6405068>I’d like to play as Nappa for a couple of posts. Dude’s been itching for a fight and now he has a whole ship all to himself.I should stay impartial, but I gotta say that a few Nappaposts could be extremely fun.
>>6405049>Teach these idiots their LAST lesson. Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.WWVD? Massacre. >Focus on Vegeta's ship, leave the rest to rolls of the dice and write up side posts for each boarding action.I'd like to not get too bogged down and mainly focus on Vegeta - BUT I agree with other anon, my exception would be that I really would like two or three Nappa updates.
>>6405049>Teach these idiots their LAST lesson. Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.>Focus on Vegeta's ship, leave the rest to rolls of the dice and write up side posts for each boarding action.I fear this like a qm/author saying he's going to run a quick tournament arc.
>>6405049>>Teach these idiots a lesson. Calava’s Ki Boxing. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.I rather like the idea of perhaps stealing a few ships, perhaps we can minimize the damage? And honestly, these poor mooks really have no idea of what they've gotten themselves into.>>6405056>>Focus on Vegeta's ship, leave the rest to rolls of the dice and write up side posts for each boarding action.It's tempting to see the others play out, but the mystery intrigues me.
Rolled 36 (1d100)Our votes are in!>Energy blast volley.and>Focus on Vegeta's ship, leave the rest to rolls of the dice and write up side posts for each boarding action.BUT, since two anons and I have an interest in seeing Nappa's solo boarding action play out, we're going to play as Nappa after Vegeta. The rest of the incursions will respect the choice taken, so they will be done through my own rolls during Vegeta's attack + side posts written up AFTER Vegeta's attack.Now:>Roll 1d100, best of three!I'll roll the first one to get this going.Forgot to put this in the rules, so just in case I'll leave it here:>Critfails (rolling a 1) overrules all other rolls. Only a crit can overrule a critfail. The crit is taken instead of the critfail, they do not cancel each other out.>Crits overrules all other rolls.Now to reply to anons:>>6405097>BUT I agree with other anon, my exception would be that I really would like two or three Nappa updates.As Shenron would say, your wish has been granted.>>6405118>I fear this like a qm/author saying he's going to run a quick tournament arc.No worries anon, I know exactly what you fear. For future choices, know that I won't let the quest get bogged down in weeks to months-long action pieces that only last like 30 minutes in-universe. I like keeping a good pace and providing variety content to my anons (and for my own sanity, there's only so many ways one can describe fisticuffs).>>6405187>I rather like the idea of perhaps stealing a few ships, perhaps we can minimize the damage? And honestly, these poor mooks really have no idea of what they've gotten themselves into.The idea of stealing ships for later use is a viable one (after repairs). Our crew is always trying to minimize the damage. Even if Vegeta fires a Galick Gun, he'll be cautious enough to shoot a downgraded version to avoid blowing up the entire ship. If an option will damage stuff that could be useful to you, I will try state it explicitly every time, tho you can always ask of course.>It's tempting to see the others play out, but the mystery intrigues me.And just for your sake anon, I will reassign who gets what rolls from our team. I was thinking of using the same order as in >>6404886 for the performance rolls during the attack, but now you get the mystery. You will see the rolls, but you get no way of knowing who's doing well or like shit. I guess the only one that gets saved from this is Nappa, who will have his own little arc.
Rolled 39 (1d100)>>6405282
Rolled 35 (1d100)>>6405282Here we go
>>640528539/100 Average SuccessThank goodness we rolled this one against the mooks. DC was 30.
Rolled 5, 90, 43, 58, 50, 63, 63 = 372 (7d100)How's the rest of our crew faring? (Except Nappa)
You are indeed tired of talking. Plus, if any of these guys were to escape, they would likely be offered handsome rewards for any information regarding the escapee Prince of the Saiyans. As the dust settles, you generate a simple ball of white energy in your hands and throw it with a swipe of your hand. It hits one of the seemingly higher-ranking pirates, throwing him back against the wall. He slumps to the ground.You hear the cries of his now leaderless panicked comrades as they dart off further down the hall, you dash and give pursuit, firing one blast after another, each one that lands creating a large explosion that engulfs a few of them in its deadly grasp. The smell of burnt flesh covers the wide, round halls of the Frieza command ship. A layer of smoke begins to climb up to the roof. By now, the ki is flowing so well into your hands that you no longer need to do throwing motions back and forth, you merely leave your palms open as more and more blasts hit the running pirates.How sad, you think, not even one of these fools can stand up to you. Surely a greater prize awaits in the command center of the ship. A few of your foes are able to escape from your sight at the bend of the corridor, you’ll have to pursue.“Fire!” A voice booms at your left. A figure with a large cutlass in his hands is pointing towards you, he brings his sword down and you see a neat row of around two dozen pirates firing their rocket launchers at the same time. You turn around and fire back, booms echo across the hall as your blasts connect with the rockets, causing them both to explode at the same time. Some of the rockets sneak through, the well-aimed shots knocking you back towards the wall, though you stop yourself just before you hit it.You didn’t see them. Your blindness in your left eye made you miss them entirely. You grit your teeth in frustration, then put your hands forward and start blasting away towards those bastards. They scram to all sides, but there’s no way for them to run away from your retaliation.Only the alien with the cutlass remains, his charred beard a shadow of its glorious self as he grunts in pain from the burns. You grab him by the top of his armor and lift him. “Where is your captain?”He chuckles. “Contacting our Queen, you bastard. She’s gonna come here and raze this planet to the ground for what you did to Rocomo Station.” He starts to laugh.Tch, you throw him back to the ground and point your open palm towards him, he’s still laughing as his life is snuffed out by a beam of ki.If what he says true then you need to reach the command center as quickly as possible. Since this is the round outer corridor of the ship, then the command center has to be behind the inner walls. You stand there looking at it and focus. Perhaps the energy signature of the commander is strong enough for you to sense where he is.
You hear the click of a trigger and a flash of pain in your right temple. A burning sensation. You take a hand to it, there’s no blood. You look at the source of the attack and see a pirate with a long range laser rifle at the end of the corridor, a few of his scared comrades looking on to see if he got you. “You bastard.” You say as you clench your fist. You fire a wave of blasts towards him and his squadmates with a single hand and the pirates run away, tripping a few times as they dodge the explosions of your ki blasts.You start walking towards them, but then you feel even stronger blasts hit your back, the wind gets knocked straight out of your lungs. You turn around, fury in your eyes and baring your teeth at your foes. A group of pirates has just fired their wrist-blasters, their barrels still smoking, and ran away to the other side of the hall. You clench your fists in raw fury.Then realization hits you. You let out a laugh over your stupidity, taking a hand to your forehead. You almost fell for these dirty tricks. They’re trying to distract you so you don’t reach the command center too soon. Hopefully, this means they have not yet been able to communicate your position to their Queen.You focus again and listen. The footsteps of more ambushers echo from the depths of each side of the hall as they head towards you. You fly to the first room you can find and blast away its closed alloy doors. Entering it gives you a short respite, the next pirate to ambush will have to be rather daring to get close enough to the broken door and shoot you.So you focus. You feel dozens of energy signatures around you, perhaps reaching into the low hundreds, but then you notice it. Two stronger signatures at the center of the ship, both almost as strong as Zodd. You smile, finally. You throw both of your hands back, charging a large ball of purpleish white energy, then throw it forward, a beam melts straight through the wall, a round hole appearing where there once was alloy, then the same happens to the next wall, then the next, then you tear right through an unaware squad of pirates, then another wall and finally, you feel someone pushing against your beam. You smile, a trickle of sweat flowing down your forehead as you have to make a dedicated effort to avoid letting him deflect your beam away. You’d try to push it even further, but it’s already done quite a lot of work and your objective is too far away for this relatively weak beam to do anything to him.
You let the energy dissipate. A few helmed heads are daring enough to look at the holes in the wall and see who made the mess, but their heads dart away when they see you, some scouters exploding in their faces. You look straight all the way down your custom hallway and see a figure watching you. He looks like a mixture between a reptilian and a Namekian. He watches you as well for a moment, then you see him dash and fly straight through the holes towards you, anger written in his furrowed brow and bared fangs.Clearly, he wants to keep you away from the command center, where his friend is. Clearly, he has a reason to do so, since he’s risking a one-on-one with you at his power level of 30.000 rather than fighting you along with his equally powerful comrade.Option 1:>Charge right towards him and take him straight on, push him back and reach the command center. [Enter Melee]If you choose this option, also pick the style you’d like to use:>Saiyan Martial Arts – This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>Way of the Crushing Wind – The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.>Calava’s Ki Boxing - A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.Option 2:>Galick Gun! You will focus your ki in order to fire at him before he reaches you. He can’t stop you if he’s turned to dust.Option 3:>Tail Slicer. A faster, non-tracking version of destructo disc used to slice off body parts. It is relatively easy to dodge when aimed at the usual parts (limbs, head and torso), but is more effective against extra parts (such as Saiyan tails), it still has a high chance of missing though it compensates for that with its cutting power! Since this guy is coming at you straight through a hall, you’ll cut the bastard in two.Option 4:>Write-in.
>>6405513>>Galick Gun! You will focus your ki in order to fire at him before he reaches you. He can’t stop you if he’s turned to dust.Since he's charging at us through a narrow corridor that leads directly to the bridge, it'd be hard to miss. And I expect him dodging out of said corridor may disrupt their communications all the same if the bridge takes the hit.Though, I think it's worth thinking about, with so many ships I think there's probably no chance that a communication won't get out. At the very least, we would have the support of the Z fighters and other Earthling assets in that case. Might even strengthen our bonds.
>>6405513>Galick Gun! You will focus your ki in order to fire at him before he reaches you. He can’t stop you if he’s turned to dust.Pew! Pew, I say!
Rolled 14, 66, 86, 73, 25, 49, 47 = 360 (7d100)>>6405580>>6405584I'll close it to pew pew so I can ask for the roll before heading to bed, feeling tired today. >Roll 1d100, best of three.I'll also roll for our dear comrades, except Nappa.
Rolled 79 (1d100)>>6405586
Rolled 48 (1d100)PEW!!!
Rolled 7 (1d100)>>6405586pow pow
>>640559079/100. Pew pew successful!
You might as well teach this fool why it is such a bad idea to head straight through a narrow hall against a superior opponent.The Galick Gun, your self-taught signature attack, has only improved in the two years since you fought the battle of Rekar. You put one foot forward and the other back, bend your knees, lift your hands up, then bring them behind you. Your mastery of energy manipulation through the Focus, which you earned in your last battle with Kakarot, and the Sense that the earthlings taught you, these two components of the mastery of energy, has helped you refine the technique over the last year.Your foe notices your intentions, and increases his speed. He seems to believe that you cannot launch your attack before he can reach you. Purple energy fires up around your body, giving a purple hue to your silhouette, it all flows up to your hands, in which a white-purple ball of energy is forming, twisting and turning with the need to release itself. Shards of purple electricity come out of the accumulated energy and return in the blink of an eye as you regain mastery over them.This is also what it means to be Saiyan. Indeed it is. At the very least, the twisted smile forming in your lips tells how much pleasure it brings you, knowing that this creature is about to feel the full might of your most powerful attack head on.The alien does not balk, he’s not lacking in bravery, but it will do him no good now. “Here’s a lesson for you, fool.” Your words seem to reach him as his eyes open wide, and his decisiveness turns into momentary panic. You throw your hands forward, the mere movement causing a shockwave of your energy to hit the room around you. Then the Galick Gun fires, the source of the explosion causing a further, greater shockwave that tears through alloy walls and floors alike, your cape flutters behind you, any mere cloth would’ve been torn, but the Capsule Corp. textile held. You scream with all your might, your feet tearing into the floor, bending the metallic alloy down. The beam surges forward at full speed, the accumulated energy reaching the captain who puts his hands forward to block, but it engulfs him completely.His body has not vaporized, you can feel it, the Gallick Gun is throwing him back all the way to the Command Center. You feel him slam against a wall there shortly before it melts from the impact of your Gallick Gun.But then another figure steps in, another alien, a perfect replica of the one you just shot. His twin brother, perhaps. He puts himself between your victim and you and starts blocking the beam. You wouldn’t want to cause a hull breach, so you don’t put any further pressure onto your attack and simply let it dissipate. Hmph. You wonder how long it’ll be before you have a proper planetary fight so you can use your Gallick Gun’s full power.
You forcibly remove your feet from the bent ground and fly forward towards the command center. You land right in front of your second foe and look around. The usual command center of a Frieza ship, some of the screens at the captain’s spot indicate that a transmission is about to be sent.The one captain that took on your attack is burnt and bruised, he’s barely able to lift his head from the ground. “Tavaz, you idiot… Send the transmission!”“Sorry Tavoz.” The healthy alien says. “I’m not dying here just so the Queen can have her revenge.” He approaches his fallen brother and offers him a hand, which his sibling promptly takes.You smirk. “You’d better leave him lying there. I’m not one to show mercy when my enemy stands back up.”They both look at you, hatred drawn in their faces. “Vegeta, right?” Says the healthy Tavaz. “The Saiyan?”“What’s it to you?”The healthy captain turns his hatred into a devious smile. “Frieza’s got a hell of a price on your head.” His wounded brother smiles too. “Should we? I don’t know when we’ll be able to regain control…”Tavaz, the healthy one, nods at his brother. Their smiles turn crooked, and their eyes begin to go white.“What?” You throw your hands forward and blast, but a shield of energy has formed around them. Their entire bodies are engulfed into a white ball and you can see the contour of their bodies merging together into one larger, stronger being.“Shit!” You mutter, gritting your teeth. You fire a volley of blasts towards the shield, but it does not break, you charge a more powerful beam, but as you fire it, you see that it gets deflected by the result of their fusion with a swift move of its hand.A tall, extremely muscular alien begins to hover where the two brothers once were. His eyes gone completely white, a twisted smile of combined enjoyment and fury appearing on his face. “Fear me, Saiyan!” His voice contains echoes of the two brothers. “I am Tavovaz, conqueror of planets, destroyer of civilizations! Knight-Captain of the Great and Eternal Queen Zar’Ann!”“Shit.” You mutter again. Gauging his strength, the amazing amount and density of the ki flowing through him. It can’t be… Tavoz was almost dead before the fusion!You take up your battle stance, it seems that didn’t matter. His power level must be about 80.000... And growing. You watch as what few pirates remained in the command center flee in terror, not at the sight of you, but at the sight of Tavovaz.His mighty breaths exude an aura of pure and raw strength. He hovers slightly over the ground, but does not move further, his arms are splayed to the sides, awaiting your coming. “My thirst for battle and slaughter yearns to be quenched, Saiyan! After you, this entire planet will face my wrath!”“This planet is mine, fool. Your end has come.” Your words echo in the now empty hall.Tavovaz laughs a twisted laugh.
Option 1:>Fake Moon. By using enormous amounts of ki to simulate the deflected sun rays of a full moon, a Saiyan can create a ‘fake’ moon that allows him to transform into an Oozaru. To hell with the ship! You will take on Tavovaz with your primal form and tear and destroy as a Saiyan must!Option 2:>Enter melee. Now before this creature gets even stronger!Choose which melee option to use:>Absolute Focus – A style learned from your battles against Kakarot. Absolute focus allows you to understand the ki flows of the battle and use them to your advantage in future bouts. >Saiyan Martial Arts – This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>Way of the Crushing Wind – The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.>Calava’s Ki Boxing - A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.Option 3:>Tail Slicer. A faster, non-tracking version of destructo disc used to slice off body parts. It is relatively easy to dodge when aimed at the usual parts (limbs, head and torso), but is more effective against extra parts (such as Saiyan tails), it still has a high chance of missing though it compensates for that with its cutting power!The concentrated energy in the slicer could tear through Tavovaz if you do the technique perfectly!Option 4:>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.You will overwhelm Tavovaz with energy blasts!Option 5:>Write-inThe Great Tavovaz enters the scene, twice as powerful as Vegeta, and his strength is growing as he adapts to his regained form. Can Vegeta surpass this foe?!
>>6405873>Fake moon.
How about our Ki Sword? Would that cut through his higher power level while also reducing damage to the ship?
>>6406006Good catch, your Ki Sword is indeed an option.
>>6406007Cool, I’ll vote for that, then.I like these Abo-Cado kinds of fusions.
>>6405873>Fake Moon. By using enormous amounts of ki to simulate the deflected sun rays of a full moon, a Saiyan can create a ‘fake’ moon that allows him to transform into an Oozaru.Fuck it we ball! The DB answer by default is one-upmanship. This handles the transmission problem and will probably set us up to intervene with our companions, or at least get their attention.
Rolled 97, 66, 63, 67, 67, 68, 48 = 476 (7d100)>>6405875>>6406010Closing to Fake Moon as I'd like to get the update going. It's gonna be pretty radical.>Roll 1d100, best of three.Meanwhile, our comrades are doing stuff too.
>>6406034>97Someone made a comeback.
Rolled 45 (1d100)>>6406034Do the monkey!
Rolled 32 (1d100)
Rolled 41 (1d100)>>6406034no whammies
>>640605145/100 Uh oh.
That thing is strong, there is only one way for you to guarantee victory in this battle. Turning into an Oozaru may cause you to lose the loot you could get from the ship, but it’s better than dying against this reptilian. You begin gathering energy into your hand, a white light swirls into a ball.“Oh?” Tavovaz’ confidence is apparent in his every demeanor. “Is this… Of course. You are a Saiyan after all! My twin parts had not even bothered to check for a moon.” He starts laughing at the stupidity of… himself? “So you will make your own? Go right ahead, Saiyan! I will destroy you, monkey or not!”You eye his every move with suspicion. Could he really be this foolish? You continue gathering the energy for the fake moon, now using your other hand to maintain its shape. You feel your energy getting spent, even as your power level grows, the technique consumes much of your strength. Replicating the effects of moonlight requires an energy similar to a star’s, not in quantity, but in quality.You feel yourself running out of breath. No matter, you will recover as soon as the strength of the Oozaru takes over your body. This will be your victory. You throw the moon to the top of the command center.One heartbeat. Two. Huh? What’s that shadow in front of you?You feel the burning sensation of an energy wave right in your face, then all over your head. You scream from the pain and launch a kick, which your foe parries, holding on to your leg and sending you flying. The painful impacts you feel on your back must be multiple walls collapsing from the raw strength of the throw. You hear the yells of the pirates as they flee from your position.No matter! You think as you feel blood run down your nose and mouth. All you have to do is open your good eye, open it! It stings and burns, and even as you open it… You can’t see.Tch. You take your battle stance, still feeling the exhaustion from the spent energy and the pain searing your body and mind. You must focus, now! If you don’t have eyes, you must sense your foe’s energy. You concentrate, filtering the energy signatures of the other pirates. He’s still in the command bridge.And now right in front of you. You take a step back and hold your ground.“Quite the coincidence, is it not? I know quite a lot about your kind.” Tavovaz says. “You transform at the sight of reflected starlight. Thus, no sight…” He shrugs. “No monkey.”You grit your teeth. Slowly but surely, you’re able to give the spot of energy you see in front of you a humanoid form. One of its fists flies forward at a blistering speed and you just barely have time to block it with your two arms. The silhouette of energy reacts, seeming to slow itself down.“How curious!” Tavovaz says. “You can still see me?” He launches a swift kick, which you dash away from. “Well, that I had not heard of. It seems Saiyans are full of surprises.”
You focus on the ki which forms the fake moon, perhaps… No. It doesn’t work, you need to see its shape with your own eye. “Coward! You said you could take me whether I was a Great Ape or not!”“One does not become a conqueror through a series of honor duels, Prince. You know that as well as any other warrior, don’t you?”You spit out the blood accumulating in your mouth. This isn’t good…==== A LITTLE WHILE EARLIER, AT ONE OF THE SCOUT SHIPS ====You are Nappa, sworn mentor of the Prince of All Saiyans and member of the Saiyan Elite. You sit in your pod, which is about to ram straight into an enemy ship, your arms crossed. In these moments, you like to think about past battles just to hype yourself up for the slaughter to come. Tactics? Strategies? Those are best left to Vegeta, you’re more of a hands-on, get-the-job-done kind of guy.But your mind wanders, as it often does lately, to the things of now. This alliance with that weak race of earthlings… Ever since Vegeta made the pact to never harm their planet, he’s depended on them more and more. They built his spaceship, designed his armor, taught him mighty techniques that help sense energy itself. You scratch your itchy head with a finger. You never could give Vegeta all those things, and you swore an oath to the King, you had to protect his son and teach him the Saiyan ways. Were these new allies harmful to those Saiyan ways? You’ve never been a philosopher yourself.What is true right now is that Vegeta is stronger than he ever was, he’s defeated foes stronger than him on multiple occasions already. He keeps telling you it was thanks to the earthlings’ teachings and it’s always made you feel a little… off.Oh crap. Your mouth goes slightly agape. You’re jealous of the earthlings?! Of those weak fools? You bare your teeth in anger and slam the armrest with your fist. Of course not! Vegeta is a mighty warrior-prince thanks to your teachings of the past 30 years! You’ve taught him to defend himself, to never tolerate disrespect, to always put his Saiyan pride above all other things, to be ruthless and take what he wants.You slump down on your seat. “And yet, look at him now. Heh.” You chuckle and let a smile out. “Guess my apprentice will fight his battles his own way now.”The attack pod slams against the ship’s hull.“Well, enough thinking.” You remove your safety belt and stretch a little. You take a hand to your scouter. “Anyone here with me?” No response, you open the long range channels. “Can anyone hear me?” Again, no response.Your smile turns devious. “Good.” You slide the handle of the door down, it hisses and opens up to a whole crew of stupid-looking pirate mooks with all sorts of blasters, explosive launchers, and guns. They look at you terrified, you’re used to the stares, so you take no offense.You step out. Time for some good ol' killing.
>Break Cannon (Mouth Beam). A powerful energy beam flies straight out of your mouth, exploding on impact. It can take many opponents by surprise, though it requires a good deal of energy.>Eye Lasers. Thin beams are shot from your eyes, while not particularly powerful, the concentration of ki within them makes them especially good at cutting weaker foes, and they have long reach.>Blazing Storm. You raise two fingers, summoning ki in a large sphere around you. A gigantic explosion erupts as your energy reacts with local gases. Great for razing entire areas and wiping out weaker enemies.>Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>Write-in.Nappa side quest rule: First option to two votes wins.
>>6406098>SAIYAN MARTIAL ARTSTime to get down and dirty.
>>6406097>Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.
>>6406104>>6406106>Saiyan martial arts>roll 1d100, best of three
Rolled 94 (1d100)>>6406108Nappa mode engaged
>>6406112
Rolled 78 (1d100)>>6406108EEEEEEEEE
Rolled 29 (1d100)>>6406108
>>640611294/100 Tremendous success.
>>6406131as expected of NAPPA
You crack your knuckles. There’s no better way to start a battle than with some good ol’ fashioned beatings. You dash towards the first pirate, your open palm tears through the his throat, whose head flies out into an arc, landing near his comrades. Then you take another one of them and thriw him against the wall, the blow shattering the pirate’s skull. Then another, you raise and bring down straight on your knee, destroying his spine. Then comes the next, who you simply punch hard enough to shatter his entire ribcage.The pirates begin to run. “Oh come on.” You sigh. You grab one of them by the ankle, spin him around once and throw him right against a group of five pirates. You dash forward and continue your merciless beating.You hear a few clicks behind you, the sound of rockets being fired. You turn around fire a few beams towards them, destroying most of the projectiles. The pirates watch helplessly as you grab two of the projectiles that were heading towards you. You chuckle as you throw them right back. They flee, but the speed of your throw is even faster than the propellant they use. They blow up into various chunks.You start running down the hall to find one of the entrances into the command center. A bunch more pirates come to you, you dropkick the first one, obliterating his side, then launch another open hand swipe, tearing another pirate in two. The last who didn’t yet flee, you grab by the collar and headbutt him, his skull gives in. You throw him to the side and you finally notice the entrance to the command center.As your silhouette appears by the door frame, most of the pirates flee in terror. Only one stands in front of you. A large muscled humanoid with blue skin and luscious locks of green hair. Damn it, you hate when they have hair that good.The pirate captain looks at you straight in the eye, a taunting smile in his face. “So it was true, a bunch of Saiyans did come to Rocomo Station after all these years.”“Yup.” You reply, cracking your neck.“Your actions have offended the Pirate Queen. Retribution will come swiftly.”Tch. Did they send a transmission? No way, they need a lot of energy and time to do that in space. Turles said so when Raditz spoke of sending a message back to Earth when you were at Sadala Station. “Oh, so that’s the deal.” You tap your head. “That’s why you uncloaked, right? So you could have the energy to send the message back?”The pirate’s smile disappears. He furrows his brow.You mock him with a smile. “It’s not done sending yet, right? Otherwise you would have just jumped out of the system already, even with us inside. But it’s taking so much juice that you don’t have enough to do that.”The captain shrugs. “What does it matter?” He takes a wide stance and readies his fists. “We’ll kill you anyway, then we’ll leave.”You sense his energy. He’s no push over, but that just makes this that much more fun.
>Break Cannon (Mouth Beam). A powerful energy beam flies straight out of your mouth, exploding on impact. It can take many opponents by surprise, though it requires a good deal of energy.>Eye Lasers. Thin beams are shot from your eyes, while not particularly powerful, the concentration of ki within them makes them especially good at cutting weaker foes, and they have long reach.>Blazing Storm. You raise two fingers, summoning ki in a large sphere around you. A gigantic explosion erupts as your energy reacts with local gases. Great for razing entire areas and wiping out weaker enemies.>Lightning Aura. Pure energy surrounds your body like electricity, making your blows far deadlier.>Write-in.
>>6406146>Feign martial arts as before>Point blank BREAK CANNON
>>6406146>Break Cannon (Mouth Beam). A powerful energy beam flies straight out of your mouth, exploding on impact. It can take many opponents by surprise, though it requires a good deal of energy.Gotta drop the signature move to clean sweep these jokers
>>6406148>>6406149BREAK CANNON GO>Roll 1d100, best of three.
Rolled 65 (1d100)>>6406150GO BALD MAN GO!
Rolled 17 (1d100)Watch THIS!!!
KEK!!!!
Rolled 87 (1d100)>>6406150
>>640616087/100 Another big fuckin success.
You just made a little plan in your head, might as well put it into practice. You dash forward and meet the captain in a melee. A fist flies to his face and he deflects it, he throws a kick but you jump and hang in the air, throwing your own kick down to the top of his head which he blocks with his arms. You spin in the air and deliver another kick to the side of his had, which he also blocks with one arm. He raises his other arm, a small yellow ball of energy forms, shining as though it were a distant star. He launches towards you and you dodge it just barely, it explodes at the other end of the command center, blowing up that half of the room. If that thing had hit you, you would’ve been space dust.The captain dashes back. “Give up, Saiyan.” He creates two other stars which he throws at you. You take the risk to deflect one and then dodge the next with a big leap, you watch it flow below you as you spin in the air, two explosions ring off at the end of the room again. As you finish your spin and arrive at your target, you bundle up your hands into a mighty hammerstrike that falls straight down on the blue alien. He blocks your blow again and his feet dig straight down into the floor.The alien looks down surprised. “You dare mock me?!” He yells as he tries to remove his body from the bent metal. You throw a fist forward and he grabs onto your arm, bringing it to his armpit and locking it down. “Idiot.” He says. “Now there is no escape.” He raise his other arm and a star appears in his hands. “It’s end for you-“You throw your head back and take a deep breath, energy flows into your lungs as they expand, then you throw your head forward right at his face, opening your mouth as if you were going to scream. He looks at you wide-eyed and gasps as he sees the white blast of your Break Cannon firing straight out of your mouth and into his head. It tears through him then through the floor below, boring a large hole. He lets go of your arm, his headless body falls back. You dust off your hands. “Man I’m having a good day today.” You approach the consoles. You take a hand to the back of your head. “Wish Turles was here.” You say, you look around the various screens in front of you. There’s a screen that shows that a local communications jammer is active. You cross your arms. “Hmph.”You feel a tingle in your back. When you look behind you, there’s a pirate with an armblaster who probably tried to just blast your back right now. He tries to run away, but you dash right in front of him, pick him up by the head and lift him off the ground. You bring him to the console. “How do I turn the jammer off?” You ask.“F-fool!” He yells. “I’m loyal to the Queen! She will come here and destroy your planet with a single attack!”You start putting some pressure on his head as a way to threaten him.“Ow, ow! I don’t know, the cap’n was the comms officer, only he knew how to turn it off.”You sigh. “Oh well.” You say.“Will you let me go?”
You slam his head straight into the console with the jammer, tearing through it, sparks fly out everywhere and cables spin about while sensitive components crumble. “Shouldn’t have shot me in the back.” You leave him lying there.You take your hand to your scouter. “Anyone out there?”“Nappa?!” Raditz’ voice sounds through the comms.“Yeah, this is Turles. Raditz and I are in the same ship. We just got done wiping the floor with the captain. Some sorta green alien.”“Mine was blue.” You reply. “Big, muscly and long-haired?”“Nah, had some weird thing on his head, smooth-skinned, on the leaner side. Yellow eyes.”Raditz chuckles through the comms. “Bastard thought he could take us on alone.”You then hear Kalabash. “We’ve also met with some resistance, but most of this ship was populated by grunts. Olond and I are here and have taken them out.”Olond’s voice is next. “Indeed. Sir Kalabash was an able combatant on this day. His time training with Vegeta was most efficient.”“Guys!” Calava’s panicked voice sounded through the comms. “We need help! Bulma’s here. She’s… She’s doing real bad, she’s bleeding out!”“What?” Your voice comes out with a frustrated rumble. “What’s she doing here? Damn it!”==== MEANWHILE, AT VEGETA’S SHIP ====You are Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyans, and you’re barely holding on against the onslaught of attacks by Tavovaz the Conqueror. You remain blinded, unable to see the fake moon you spent so much energy creating. And now, with what little strength remains in you, you have to take on a foe that’s already three times as strong as you. AND you have to hear your idiotic underlings brag about their accomplishments over the recently reopened comms. “Guys!” You hear Calava, torn by stress and exhaustion. “We need help! Bulma’s here. She’s…” The momentary doubt in her voice makes your heart skip a beat. Tavovaz lands a fist straight into your cheek sending you flying through the air and back into the command center. “She’s doing real bad, she’s bleeding out!”No. You feel your heart beating faster. No!“What?” Nappa’s voice rumbles through the comm channel. “What’s she doing here? Damn it!”You struggle to get up. Your left leg falters and you have to bring your arms down to avoid slumping to the ground. You now hear Turles, “I’ll find a way to redirect our pods. Where’s Vegeta?”“I’m here.” Your weak voice is able to speak to them for a moment. “Go support Calava and Bulma, leave me be.” A hacking cough comes accompanied with blood.“Prince Vegeta, you don’t sound so good.” Nappa’s frustrated voice is mixed with a deep worry. “Turles! Get your asses over to the ship where the earthling is. Redirect my pod to Vegeta’s ship!”“No…” You wheeze. “I’m fine.” You hear the footsteps of your enemy behind you, calm and collected. You hear a low chuckle.
“Speaking to your friends? Then they must’ve defeated Toore and taken over the communications ship.” He stamps down on your back and you yelp in pain. His boot squashes you ever so slowly. “This idiotic suicide attack of yours is only delaying the inevitable, fool.”“Sir Turles!” Rasha speaks through his scouter. “You must hurry. Lady Calava is holding out, but this is a troop transport ship. There’s so many pirates that they are swarming her- Ugh!” He grunts in pain and his comms go out.Shit! You slam your fist to the ground and spit some more blood. Shit!“What a petulant child you are, Prince.” A dark laugh emanates from Tavovaz. “As soon as I’m done with you, I’ll revel in the screams of pain of all those stupid little insects you call a crew. Especially with those of your females.”“No!” Your voice booms across the ship. Tavovaz laughs again and points at you with his open palm, a ball of green energy forming in his hands.“NOOOO!” You bring your head up and yell with all your might. A bright shockwave of raw energy pulses out of you, bending the walls and tearing through the console screens. Tavovaz is thrown back, his smile disappearing in that same instant, but he regains his footing. He swiftly lifts his hand back up and is about to fire.But you are there in an instant. Your fist propels itself towards his face and you slam right into it, driven by an energy that you don’t understand. The surprised Tavovaz is thrown back and slams into a wall, tearing a new hole in it, his feet dangling at this side and the rest of his body at the other side. He lifts himself back up, blood comes down from his nose, which he feels up with surprise. “What? How are you…”You still see nothing, but you feel it. The aura, the strength.Tavovaz takes a stance. “A golden aura?! Impossible.” His mind rummages through memories of old tales. “It’s not it, is it? Your hair is just purple, it should be… And your eyes have gone completely white.”You stare at the direction of Tavovaz’ energy. “I am the Prince of all Saiyans.” You say, lifting up a hand with three fingers out. “And I will not let you take my people away from me.”The alien bares his teeth. “Bastard…” He says. “These are tricks. Saiyan tricks! A little rebound before your ultimate demise. But I’m no fool, I’ll take you seriously until your very last breath now.” You hear him chuckle again. “You should feel honored.”You stand there, motionless. "Prepare to die, Tavovaz." Your voice, once weak, now bears a booming confidence. Your words take him aback ever so slightly, but he quickly regains his composure.
Option 1:>Golden Ki Sword. Your sword now made from the strongest of energies, no material will stop it from hewing your foe.Option 2:>Golden Galick Gun. Your perfected technique empowered by your golden ki will cause destruction in an apocalyptic scale.Option 3:>Golden Tail Slicer Volley. Spinning death will cover this entire room, your enemy will find no escape.Option 4:>Perfected Melee.Choose:>Golden Ki Boxing. Swift motion and strong strikes, a perfect and unending flurry of blows.>Golden Saiyan Martial Arts. The primal instinct of the Saiyan race honed to its ultimate form.>Way of the Golden Wind. Olond’s lessons, brought to its most extreme version through infinite strength.>Golden Absolute Focus. Nothing will escape your grasp, you will shatter your foe with a single blow.
>>6406210>Golden Saiyan Martial Arts. The primal instinct of the Saiyan race honed to its ultimate form.
>>6406210>>Golden Saiyan Martial Arts. The primal instinct of the Saiyan race honed to its ultimate form.This is the way
==== EXTRA POST: WHAT HAPPENED AT SHIP 4 (CALAVA, RASHA, BULMA) ====Bulma checked on the radar to see to which ship each pod was headed. Shit, she thought, Nappa and Vegeta are both heading straight for a single ship each. Meanwhile, the rest were at least going in pairs.She wanted to adjust the direction of some of pods’ thrusters, spread them more evenly among the targets, but it was no use, they were already going extremely fast and their fuel was puttering out, any directional changes might have caused the pods to miss the ships entirely and get into an unstable orbit around Earth.She steeled herself, the impact was coming soon. She wondered if Vegeta had heard her.Boom, the impact was as strong as she feared. The deafening sounds of alloys bending and shattering at the might of her design caused a deep-seated fear within her. She wondered if her creation would hold, or if she would just perish as a glorified cannon ball.The sound of tearing stopped, she waited with abated breath for an explosion of some sort, but none came. It seems she didn’t hit any reactors. She unbuckled herself and used her scouter. “Bulma here, can anyone hear me?” If her predictions were right, she should have two companions at least.“Lady Bulma?” She heard Rasha’s voice at the other end of the line. “What are you doing here?!” She’d never heard him this disconcerted about something, and that worried her. She knew what she’d done by coming here, but she had to make sure Earth was safe, even if it was by ramming a ship with her attack pod.“You’re one hell of an idiot.” Calava’s voice brought Bulma some relief, there were two powerful aliens right here with her, and one of them was the guy that almost beat Vegeta back at Vertes.“Lady Calava, we must find Lady Bulma as swiftly as possible, before-“ The comms cut. Huh?She heard the twist of metal right at the door of the pod. Bulma jumped back, engaging the battle stance Vegeta taught her. She breathed deeply and began using her ki sense ability.Her legs shook, the door was torn from its protected hinges by a tall alien with a weirdly smooth red skin. The power emanating from him was twice as strong as Nappa’s, at the very least.“You…” His voice was a low hum. “How dare you harm the property of the Queen?”Bulma threw her hand forward, firing a beam that the alien deflected with a move of the hand. “Do not mock me!” The alien yelled, his scouter booted, and he saw Bulma’s power level. “A weakling like this… Destroying a ship of Queen Zar’Ann?” He raised his finger and fired a thin beam, but Bulma felt it coming, the alien’s energy had flowed just like Vegeta said. She dodged to a side and raised her hand to fire a beam of her own, a white blast dashed forward, which the alien deflected again.“How?” He asked. “You knew I was going to fire a beam.”Bulma felt her legs collapsing under her, she was so afraid she thought she might just die of a heart attack right there and then. “Heh.”
The alien headed straight for her, he delivered a punch which Bulma was just able to dodge, but his other hand grabbed her by the hair and yanked it, throwing her out of the attack pod and straight into the ship. She swept through the floor, scratching her back’s armor on it. It was the command center, she thought as she picked herself up. Of all places for her to arrive in, it had to be the command center.The alien came out of the attack pod. His many comrades looked at his opponent with snarling smiles. Bulma struck her stance once more. “For Earth.” She muttered. “I have to do this for Earth.” In an attempt to surprise the alien, she dashed and flew forward, her fist held back then thrown forward to meet his head.But the alien took hold of it and his grip tightened, she felt her fingerbones get crushed. Bulma yelled, the alien let go and she latched onto her broken hand. The alien took a hand to his scouter and seemed to listen. “So you have brought more powerful friends too.” He smiled. “Very good.” He punted her straight in the belly, causing the air to leave Bulma’s lungs and a few ribs to break, then slashed her face with his clawed fingernails. Bulma lost consciousness.Calava was tearing through the pirates in front of her, her swift punches went through skull and bone alike. Her footsteps were much like a dance to Rasha’s eyes, such a beautiful martial art. He continued to focus to find where Bulma was as his companion distracted the pirates around them with pain and death.Piccolo’s energy sensing arts were marvelous. The things he could see now that he never could see before. Oh, there is something quite bright over there. The being in this ship with the most dreadful power level. And… He’s moving quite fast, his energy is flowing wildly, just like when… When Vegeta fought captain Zodd. The powerful alien was fighting.He grit his teeth, the only thing that being could be fighting was… “Lady Calava.” He calmly called out to the Saiyan. She acknowledged him with a nod as she continued to tear through the pirates with abandon. “Lady Bulma is at the captain’s command bridge.”Calava grimaced. “Shit.” She fired a purple beam and a large explosion engulfed the entire the side of the hall from which the pirates streamed in. “Where to?”Rasha pointed towards the wall. “There. Likely the command bridge."Calava approached it. “There’s a wall on the way, Rasha.”“Unlock.” Rasha disappeared from Calava’s view, a large boom echoed in the halls and a wave of wind made her hair flutter about. When she looked back at the wall, there was a multitude of holes. She flew in.They both stood in the middle of the command center, sweat trickling in their brows. The alien captain held Bulma, she was bleeding profusely from a gash on her face, her armor was torn in places, the skin below was torn with terrible black bruises.
“More visitors from Earth.” The alien captain said.Calava assumed a battle stance, her nails tearing into her skin from the raw fury. “Leave her be!” She approached with murderous intent, her tail swiping around like a snake, purple ki emanating from each enraged footstep.The alien brought a claw to Bulma’s throat. “Now now, my dear Saiyan. Is this earthling perhaps your friend?” The claw pierced her throat ever so slightly, letting some blood leak out. “The deal is quite simple. You leave my ship and let me abandon this star system or she dies.”“No way, you bastard.” Calava’s bloodshot eyes desired battle, revenge. Rasha took hold of Calava’s shoulder.“We will do so, captain.” Rasha’s voice was calm as a breeze. “Release your prisoner.”“I’m no idiot. I will only let her leave after you two depart. You will find her drifting in orbit in her attack pod.”Calava looked back at Rasha, she bared her teeth at him. “Coward.”“Stay calm, Lady Calava.” He said. “We must look to the safety of our comrade first.” Rasha did not look at her once, in fact, his stare seemed fixed.Calava looked back at the alien and Bulma. She used that sensing technique Raditz taught her. Bulma’s ki was flowing ever so slightly, she was no longer unconscious.Rasha took a step forward. “Be more reasonable, my friend.” His brow furrowed. “Let us not turn this into… an explosive wave.”Calava and the alien captain went wide-eyed. “What?” The alien said. “What are you even talking about?”Bulma opened her eyes and looked straight forward towards Rasha. “Explosive Wave!” She yelled, and a shield of ki flowed out of her, carrying the surprised alien captain with it, his hand removed from her throat. He was going to reach for her again, a simple punch by this strong alien would shatter the wave and crush her throat. Calava dashed.“Unlock.” Rasha flew forward far faster than the Saiyan, breaking the speed of sound and shattering the ear drums of a few pirates nearby. He rammed straight into the captain and held on to him, they flew across the room until they landed into the consoles, sparks and components flew everywhere.“Kill them!” The captain yelled as he tore himself off of Rasha's grip. “Kill them now!” The pirates obeyed and ran towards the three attackers.Calava arrived at Bulma's position and took up her Ki Boxing stance. She slammed the throat or punted the face of anyone who dared get close, purple ki energetically flowing through her closed fists. The pirates fell one by one to her attacks.Rasha, meanwhile, was forced to use Unlock again and again, his foe was stronger. What little upper hand he gained was soon spent when his surge of energy died down.
Calava’s fist tore through the head of one of the pirates, the fear it caused among her enemies giving her a momentary respite. She looked down at Bulma, who bled from the gash on her face and whose bruises were only getting worse. Her breathing was faint and ragged, blood must be pooling in her lungs. The Saiyan felt tears well up in her eyes, this woman… She had listened to her, worried about her! And Calava could do nothing but protect her.“Anyone out there?” Nappa’s voice streamed out of her scouter. She went wide-eyed. Comms are back. Maybe there's still a chance. All she has to do is hold.
This vote is open: >>6406210 >>6406210 >>6406210 >>6406210Only realized after posting the extra post that it might get buried up in the thread. Vote my dear anons.
>>6406211>>6406213>>6406227Golden Saiyan Martial Arts. It is time.>Roll 1d100, best of three.Sadly, I must leave now to rest as it's 4 AM.BUT! Good news as I'll probably be back tomorrow and stick around until late, and the day after too. Got no plans for the weekend and I'm all by myself at home.Thanks for playing boys, girls and gender neutrals. See you tomorrow.
Oh and in case you were wondering. When I randomized the roll results again, I went for alphabetical order.Bulma got a 5, 14 and 97 (which let her escape the pirate captain's grasp).The rest got pretty average rolls, on the higher end maybe. Calava got a 90 at the start.
Rolled 54 (1d100)>>6406228MONKEY
>>6406210>Golden Saiyan Martial Arts. The primal instinct of the Saiyan race honed to its ultimate form.Hyah! Hah! KIYAH!
Rolled 13 (1d100)>>6406228HYAHAHKIYAH
Rolled 9 (1d100)>>6406228
>>640623054/100 Guess our new name is JOBgeta. At least we got an average success thanks to our new condition.
You dash forward, the pirates around you surprised to see you disappear in an instant. Tavovaz barely has time to register your movement. He brings his hands up. You deliver a flurry of kicks, punches and headbutts towards him, each one he deftly reflects, but a few already start to break through his guard and land at his side, chest and head.One last punch to his cheek sends him flying, much like he did to you earlier. He slides through the floor, tearing through the metal panels. He has to pick himself up with little grace.His power is still growing. It must be at around 120.000. You look at yourself, the golden aura covering you is almost blinding when you try to sense it. You are unequivocally superior to this fool, yet it is difficult to harness all of this energy and put it to good use.Tavovaz reappears right beside you, a roundhouse kick flies to your head and you’re hit, you spin through the air and slam against a wall and into a room. You come back out through the hole, your cheek only lightly bruised by a kick which would’ve snapped your neck seconds ago.“Heh.” You chuckle. “Hahahaha!” You laugh triumphantly as a trickle of blood falls out the corner of your mouth. “Is that all you got?”Tavovaz’s fists tighten, his white empty eyes are now bloodshot, and his veins are growing ever more marked. “You dare?!” He yells. “You dare speak like this to the almighty Tavovaz?!”He dashes for you again, disappearing from view and reappearing right in front of you, his fist would land on your face, but you block it with your hand, keeping a tight grip on his. “I’m growing used to this new strength.” You say, then you deliver a punch to his gut powerful enough to send a shockwave through the room. Tavovaz spits out blood. As he takes hold of his gut, you let go of his hand and deliver a kick similar to his, sending him flying back to the other side of the room.You approach him with a calm walk. He slowly gets back up, a hand remains on the ground in case his legs fail, and another holds on to his bruised gut. You throw a punch which he blocks and deflects with his arm, then send a knee up his belly which connects, punting him again in the same spot you hit him before. He holds onto it again, you take him by the collar of his armor and punch him again, sending him flying even further back.Tavovaz redresses himself mid-flight and lands. “Your power… It surpasses mine and is growing even faster.”You cross your arms. “An astute observation.” You say. He is indeed right, but you can feel the wild energy growing ever more unstable, your body feels like a star that’s about to blow into a supernova. “Now, for your death…”The alien raises a hand. “Hold on now!” He takes a scouter from the corpse of one of his dead men. “Meito! Do you hear me?”“Yes… Lord Tavovaz?!”“Indeed.” A sardonic smile appears on the conqueror’s face. “Are there female attackers in your ship?”
You realize what’s happening. You grit your teeth and dash forward, you punch and kick at the large alien who has gone on the defensive, a shattering uppercut sending one of his teeth flying, and a kick almost bending his leg the wrong way. “Idiots!” He calls out to his men, “Protect your captain! Remember your oath to the Queen!”The pirates behind him seem to activate at the mention of an oath and they yell in unison as they charge towards you. “Fools.” You say as you start tearing through the bodies of your assailants with open palm, punch and kick. Even as you kill swathes of the men, they do not balk and continue to stream in, blinded by a zealotry which did not exist before. You watch Tavovaz with a deep hatred. The bastard is sacrificing his own men to save his skin.“Meito… Blow up your ship.” No. You start advancing towards him, but the wave of aliens coming towards you requires almost all of your attention.“What?! My lord… The men cannot survive in space like us!”“Obey my order! Remember your-“A thought appears in your mind. A voice. Time seems to freeze in that instant. “If he says one more word, Bulma and your friends will die!”“Who are you?”“That doesn’t matter now!” The voice relatively shrill voice replies. “You have to make sure he doesn’t say another word!”You grimace. “Very well.”Option 1:>Golden Finger Beam. Imitating one of Frieza’s moves, you will launch a swift beam of energy straight through Tavovaz’s heart.Option 2:>Golden Ki Greatsword. With a single swipe of a greatsword formed from the golden ki, you will reach Tavovaz and cut him in two.Option 3:>Golden Explosive Wave. This ship and its occupants will vanish in an instant.Option 4:>Martial Arts.Choose:>Golden Ki Boxing. Swift motion and strong strikes, a perfect and unending flurry of blows. Your newfound dexterity will let you swerve and dodge and reach him before he gives the order.>Golden Saiyan Martial Arts. The primal instinct of the Saiyan race honed to its ultimate form. You can make your way as you came, you will reach him.>Way of the Golden Wind. Olond’s lessons, brought to its most extreme version through infinite strength. The wind powered by your ki will take out Tavovaz before he can finish his sentence.>Golden Absolute Focus. Nothing will escape your grasp, you will shatter your foe with a single blow. You will find his weak point in an instant.
>>6406407>Golden Explosive Wave. This ship and its occupants will vanish in an instant.Best option. When we attempted to Oozaru we already accepted that the entire ship could be a loss in order to win overall. If we destroy the ship instantly with a wave, there's no ability for him to finish his sentence, no air, you can't talk in the vacuum of space even if you need to breathe and his comms might not work anymore anyways. Even if we roll too low to end the fight, we only NEED to roll high enough to rupture the hull.
>>6406407>Golden Explosive Wave. This ship and its occupants will vanish in an instant.Frieza shot Vegeta on Namek and he had enough left in the tank for a whole monologue. Best option is probably to vaporise this dude instantly. Besides, there’s still four ships left.
>>6406416>>6406442>Golden Explosive Wave. This ship and its occupants will vanish in an instant.Blow it all up.>Roll 1d100, best of three.
Rolled 25 (1d100)>>6406452King Kai wills it, inshallah
Rolled 53 (1d100)>>6406452King Kai!? Just blow this fucker up.
Rolled 11 (1d100)>>6406452My dice have really been shit... Gotta go for it though! Fingers crossed!
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>>640645453/100 Success!Vegeta gets carried by his transformation, although...
Time is still slow, you stretch your arms to the sides as Tavovaz begins to utter the last word of his sentence. There’s only one way you can guarantee that your people stay safe. The wild energy within you has to be released all at once.You close your eyes, concentrating on the core of your ki, the image in your mind being that cracked of a crystal ball with golden energy seeping through every weak spot it has. You approach it, your gloved hand taking hold of it and caressing it.“Hold on a minute!” The voice in your mind says. “What are you doing?”“Destroying the ship!” You reply back.“What?!” He yelps in surprise. “Don’t do it! Your transformation is unstable! You will spend all your energy, you won't survive in space!”You smile. “You think me too weak.”You can hear the voice letting out frustrated grunts. “No, Vegeta! After your strange power up, you’ve probably turned a whole bunch of eyes towards Earth! If you die now… I don’t know if your Saiyan friends will be able to hold the tide!”You furrow your brow. “They will.” You crush the crystal ball in your hand. “Die!” Your yell interrupts Tavovaz, you see his energy silhouette move to look at you, and suddenly a blinding light spawns from your body. The pirates in melee range vaporize instantly, then come the next, their valiant charge does not stop, but none of them can hold back against the raw power tearing through their armors and bodies. Tavovaz himself brings his hands forward, his scouter, armor and clothing tearing itself apart from the raw heat. At first, his hands are able to hold back the might of your attack, but it does not take long for it to engulf him fully, you hear his desperate screams as the wave tears him apart. “No! No! It cannot be! I am Tavovaz, the great conqueror…” his voice peters out.The sphere of raw energy thunders through the ship, electric rays sputtering in and out of its outer bounds. You can feel your own body shattering, all the energy of your last minute transformation dissipating. It’s too much… Too much…“Vegeta! NO!” Nappa’s yell cracks through the comms straight into your ear drum.“What’s going on?!” There’s Raditz.“Nappa, Vegeta. Calava is taking Bulma back to Earth. We’re still fighting against this guy.” You feel your consciousness fade, the voice is like a distant echo.“VEGETA!” Stop yelling Nappa...You see a large ball coming close to you. You smile, finally you can see again. Is it a hallucination?An attack pod. Its door opens. You see a big hulking Saiyan fly right out of it, the emptiness of space making him contort in pain, but he’s trucking through it. He takes a hold of you and hugs you tightly against his body to give you what little warmth he has. You must be freezing.He flies you into the attack pod and closes the door down, you hear the hisses of a pressurization sequence.Nappa lays you down on the ground and puts a hand to your chest. You see tears welling in his eyes.
“You’re cold. Shit!” He slams the ground of the pod and starts looking for medical supplies in it.“Protect… Earth.” You slowly utter. “If I die…”“Hell no you ain’t!” He says, he then slams an emergency button. A liquid starts to fill the pod. He grabs the respirator that just fell down, grabs you with a single hand, seats you on the attack pod’s only seat, and puts it in your face.“Idiot!” You say, gathering what little strength remains. “You don’t have a respirator!”He chuckles, putting his hands to his waist. “Been through worse.” He takes a hand to his scouter and starts talking to Turles. You feel the pod’s thrusters start up.The healing liquid continues to fill the pod, you’re held by your security belt. Nappa simply floats, he’s closed his eyes and holds his breath, as if meditating.You think of all of your comrades, they must have fought valiantly. You should be there to congratulate them. You should see… her…You fall unconscious.You wake up, your good eye darts around, seeing a white roof. You feel a cushy bed under you, hear the sound of medical equipment, and smell cleaning chemicals. A hospital.You move your head ever so slightly. Nappa’s snoring cross-armed on a chair by the wall. Calava has her back against the wall besides him, passing the pages of some sort of magazine.“Calava.” Your raspy voice mutters.She looks at you, sharp and surprised. “Vegeta!” She leaves the magazine on the desk and punches Nappa’s huge shoulder with undue strength.“Huh?” Nappa wakes up and lazily looks around, when he sees you awake, a large grin appears on his face. “There’s the Prince.”You smile, though that mere movement hurts. “How are… the rest?”Calava approaches, her excited tail swirls about. “Most everyone’s okay. A few bruises, cuts and burns, but nothing we couldn’t handle.”“And Bulma?”Her stare goes dark. “She’s alive, but her wounds are far worse. She’s in another room within this hospital. Best in the planet, according to her father.”You look down, dejected. “She’s alive.” Your own words seem to be an attempt at reassuring yourself.“Yeah.” Nappa gets up. “She’s got guts, that one. I’ll give her that.”“Kakarot said he’d go find some of those miracle beans to fix you both up, but he’s not sure if there’s any right now.” Calava says. “They’re extremely rare, as one might expect.”“How long have I been out?”“Three days.” Nappa replies. “Thought you’d be out for a whole month, honestly, but the doctors here seem to be pretty good.”“I have to go see Bulma.” You try to move, but your body refuses.“Nuh-uh.” Nappa puts a hand to your chest. “Don’t worry about her, Rasha and Olond are already doing a permanent watch. She’s still unconscious anyway.”It's not like you can move anyway so you lay your head back on the bed. “How bad is it?”
The door opens and you see a short man enter the room. Pale blue hair and moustache. He’s wearing a doctor’s coat, and keeps his hands at his back. Dr. Brief. “Four large lacerations on her face, the two at the center will leave permanent scars. Thankfully her eyes are in good condition. Multiple bone fractures in both arms and in her left leg. One of her hands got shattered, though it’s healing relatively well. Then you had the internal bleeding and damaged organs. She spent almost 28 hours on a surgery table in the past three days.”You look at the man with profound regret. “I told her not to come.” You can feel your eyes growing wet.He closes his eyes, his large moustache bumping up and down as he talks. “It’s okay, mister Prince. You defended the planet and she did her part too.”Defended it from aliens that you, yourself, brought here. A single tear rolls down your cheek.“She got herself in all kinds of trouble over the years, y’know.” The old man says. “But… I’d never seen her in such a state. My dear daughter…”>”I’m sorry, I should’ve protected her.”>”She fought valiantly for the sake of Earth.”>Write-in.>If you have any other question, ask em! They will be answered after you interact with old man Brief.
>>6406509>”She fought valiantly for the sake of Earth.”Dummy> They’re extremely rare, as one might expectYajoribe keeps on eating them. That’s why future Gohan had only 1.
>>6406509>>”She fought valiantly for the sake of Earth.”
>>6406509>She spent almost 28 hours on a surgery table in the past three daysDamn. I never expected to see Bulma to get injured. Which is obvious in retrospect, but still. Feels weird.>”She fought valiantly for the sake of Earth.”Maybe>”I’m sorry, I should’ve protected her.”Internally, but I doubt Vegeta would say that.Don't really know what to say to old man Brief. Vegeta would just brood more than anything.
>>6406508>”She fought valiantly for the sake of Earth.”> Internally "I should've protected her..."Fuck, haven't been on qst in four years, since this quest was last on in fact. Wild I'd come back to it running. Can't even remember if I'm posting right.Also, we needa get Bulma and her dad on a project to start growing magic beans en mass. Or at least more efficiently. I'm sure they could figure out some way to make another plant from them.
Vote closed, she fought valiantly, but we brooding too!
>>6406696And some kind of rejuvenation machine or something, we'll all be too crippled to fight before you know it.
“She fought valiantly for the sake of Earth.” You feel your words may seem hollow to the old man, but he seems slightly relieved.“If it’s you saying it, then it has to be true.”Nappa looks at the old man with a raised eyebrow. “What’s that supposed to mean?”“You folks ain’t exactly the nice types.” He taps Nappa’s leg with his cane, which clearly infuriates your warrior. “So any compliment comin’ from you is likely worth double.” Nappa was preparing a retort, but that last sentence makes him shut his mouth and look away.“Anyway, got things that need doing. Your little buddy Turles is already tinkerin’ with the scraps of the ships. None of them came back to us in a workin’ state, sadly, but I think two or three could work again with some fixin’. In any case, I’ve already spotted some tech I could use to improve your spacebase thingy, wouldn’t want to install anything without having Bulma review it and applying her ‘precautionary safety measures’ though, whatever those are worth. Heh.” He chuckles as if the concept was stupid, which leaves you worried.He starts walking out of the room, Calava opens the door for him. “Oh and…” The old man looks back at you. “I know I shouldn’t be askin’ this, I mean it’s not like you’re forcin’ her to go with you on those space adventures.” He rests his two hands on his cane for a moment. “Just… Please try and make sure she always comes back to us in one piece, alright?”“I will.” You reply. Dr. Brief nods and heads into the hallway.You must. Any petty feelings aside, that woman is a key element to your entire purpose. She must live, you need her genius to help you in the fight that’s coming. Frieza will eventually start looking for you actively and you need to be ready for it. And you wouldn’t mind seeing her blue eyes once more. Those pretty, passionate, earthling eyes…You hear Nappa laughing a taunting laugh. He takes a tissue and wipes more tears that had fallen down your cheek. “Come on, Prince Vegeta. How many times have I told you already that Saiyans don’t cry?”“Shut up.” You provide him with the usual blunt reply. “Prince Vegeta, you’re a crybaby?” Calava asks with genuine curiosity.“Oh come on.” You say, you’d like to show your frustration, but your body can’t move. “Must I remind you that I’m your Prince?! I’m your superior!”“It’s okay to cry.” Calava says. “Bulma taught me that.”“I thought you weren’t getting influenced by them earthling ways, Calava.” Nappa takes a hand to his forehead. “How the Saiyans have fallen.”“Shut up you big brute.” She taps Nappa’s arm, rather strongly, and with a closed fist. “You’re one to talk, Nappa.” You say. “I was conscious when you picked me up, you know?”“Wh-what?!” He yells, Calava shushes him, so now he whispers. “You remember that?! Well, it was just space dust in my eyes. I grabbed you from the remains of a blown up ship, remember?”“Oh, so you’re one to talk.” Calava says, taunting Nappa with a dumb smile.
The two are about to start arguing. “Leave me.” You say. “I would like a few minutes to myself.”They shut up and look at you, they nod in unison and continue their whispered argument as they walk out of the room.Silence. You wanted a bit of that. The window beside you is open, you can hear the wind rustling the leaves of the trees, a bunch of birds chirping their songs, and people talking outside. You take in the sight of the Earth’s blue sky and the sounds of its wildlife for a little while.You sense powerful kis approaching. It’s… Kakarot and the Namekian. Though you can tell they’re suppressing their strength. Kakarot’s was far higher in your last duel, and Piccolo would have redoubled his training on Earth, you have no doubt about it. And of course, they have to enter through the window. Well, Kakarot does, Piccolo simply floats right in front of it, cross-armed.“Vegeta!” Kakarot says. “So glad you’re awake!”“How’d you even know? I just woke up a few minutes ago.”“Well, we were coming to see Bulma, actually. But I can tell from her ki that she’s still out, while yours told me you were awake.”“My ki told you…” Of course, you could tell too if you checked.“Alright Vegeta, you gotta tell me all about it!” His chipper attitude seems unbothered. Maybe he had enough time to cope with the fact that one of his best friends almost died.You ponder. What should you share with Kakarot and Piccolo? They surely would not hold a grudge against you even if they did know those pirates followed you here after you took back Sadala Station. Then again, maybe it’s best to keep it to yourself, if Kakarot and his men come to see you as a burden, they may ask you to leave Earth.You look at Kakarot. His anticipating expression awaiting your tale of space adventure. >Share everything that happened, including the fact that the pirates followed you to Earth from Sadala Station after you took it.>Tell them about Sadala Station, but say that the pirates that came to Earth a few days ago were unrelated.>Write-in>Is there something that you specifically don’t want to tell them about?Regarding your golden transformation at Tavovaz’ ship…>Tell Kakarot about your transformation.>Keep it to yourself for now.
>>6406543>Yajoribe keeps on eating them. That’s why future Gohan had only 1.So true.>>6406625>Damn. I never expected to see Bulma to get injured. Which is obvious in retrospect, but still. Feels weird.It might feel weird because I'm being very descriptive whereas regular DBZ usually isn't with the post-battle medical care the fighters get. Since this is Vegeta's PoV, he's listening intently to everything related to Bulma due to his budding feelings. Nappa probably dozed off mid explanation and just registered "Earthling's wounded but alive." lol. One day I'll make a Nappa Quest.>Vegeta would just brood more than anything.Absolutely. Vegeta will never get over his brooding streak.>>6406696>Fuck, haven't been on qst in four years, since this quest was last on in fact. Wild I'd come back to it running. Can't even remember if I'm posting right.You are posting right yeah, and that's one hell of a coincidence lol. Must've been my quest's high power level. Welcome back anon, hope you stick around and read my stuff.>Also, we needa get Bulma and her dad on a project to start growing magic beans en mass. Or at least more efficiently. I'm sure they could figure out some way to make another plant from them.This will come up at some point.>>6406739>And some kind of rejuvenation machine or something, we'll all be too crippled to fight before you know it.Saiyans recover from wounds extremely well, most well trained human fighters recover relatively quick too. But a strong healing device is always useful. There is a broken healing pod at Sadala Station, could be a project for the Vegeta crew soon. Even if you don't keep the station for now, you could bring it back to Earth.
>>6406743>>Share everything that happened, including the fact that the pirates followed you to Earth from Sadala Station after you took it.>>Keep it to yourself for now.
>>6406743>Share everything that happened, including the fact that the pirates followed you to Earth from Sadala Station after you took it.>Tell Kakarot about your transformation. But this isn't a bragging moment. No. Currently, Kakarot is the only person here strong enough to push you in a flat fight. You are asking for a favor - you need him to assist you in accessing that form once more, hopefully permanently; in return, you will not allow him to fall behind you.I doubt Vegeta thinks of his Golden Form as an attainable transformation for all at this point. I'm willing to bet he believes it's exclusive to him, like a hero in an old story come to life. I absolutely despise this captcha system. Eugh. Whatever, this quest will keep me here and power through.
>>6406743>Share everything that happened, including the fact that the pirates followed you to Earth from Sadala Station after you took it.>Keep it to yourself for now.
Feels like a bad idea to not tell Goku about our golden form
>>6406765> this
>>6406743>Share everything that happened, including the fact that the pirates followed you to Earth from Sadala Station after you took it>Keep it to yourself for nowFirst guy we tell should be Nappa, I reckon. Feels right.
>>6406763>>6406810>>6406830We're keeping to ourselves, although a part of us really wanted to tell him all about it. For bragging rights? To study it with the second strongest Saiyan of the universe? Who knows.Another thing I'd like to add to the rule rules:>VOTE WHAT YOU WANT. This quest is not first past the post, it's proportional representation. I see votes as Vegeta's mind debating with itself as to how to proceed. If a vote wins by a very small margin, the other option was also heavily considered by Vegeta, and will remain in his mind for the foreseeable future (it might also affect how I update, since I don't call a vote for every single thing Vegeta chooses to say or do).Hopefully I'll remember to add it in the next thread, in 6 months or so.
>>6406839Future me, add this in somewhere:>Your vote influences Vegeta's personality
Some funny trivia that my autism drove me to check:>This thread has 26% of the words written in Vegeta Quest (checked with the word doc). Along with thread 6, it basically accumulates 50% of the quest's content.>So far, Vegeta Quest is ~130k words long.
>>6406841Good news then, I want that Bulma romance so you got another supporter for the ship in me now! Throw her my way and I'll make sure at least a part of Vegeta is always trying to get with Bulma.
Since you’ve got nothing better to do, you begin regaling Kakarot’s ears with your time in space. The Saiyan sits on a chair and starts listening intently. How you went to Sadala Station, saw it was occupied by pirates, your duel with their leader, then the grim work of recovering the corpses, then the many things your crew found within the station itself. His mood changed at multiple times during the tale, rather hyped and intense during your retelling of the fight with Zodd, to sad and somber when he heard about the process of recovering the corpses. Finally, you get to the end of your tale, your arrival and the pirates showing up soon after.“When we left, we did not detect that we were being followed.” You say, closing your eyes for a moment. “It was a mistake that will not happen again.”Kakarot nods. “Don’t worry about it, Vegeta.” He says. “You beat that Zodd guy fair and square. These guys betrayed your trust.”Piccolo chuckles. “Pirates betraying trust? Who’d have thought?”Kakarot looks back at him, his fists on his waist and his foot tapping impatiently. “And yet we’re trusting the demon king.”The Namekian looks away, obviously offended. “I did not come here to listen to space tales.” He looks at you. “I am here to remind you of our bargain. Whatever list of things your crew needs to be doing soon, put it at the top.”Right. You agreed with the Namekian that if he reached a power level of 9.000, you’d take him to his home planet. “I will see to it.” You reply.He nods. He starts flying up to ensure the sonic boom of his flight does not shatter the windows of the hospital.“Hey Piccolo!” Kakarot runs to the window. “Don’t you want to see Bulma?”He stops for a moment. “I’ll come when she wakes up.”“I’m sure she’ll be happy to see ya!”Finally, the Namekian dashes away as Kakarot waves goodbye.The Earth-Saiyan returns to the foot of your bed. “Take me with you on your next space trip!”“Huh?” You look down towards him. “What about Earth?”“Earth will be fine, you beat those scouts, right?”“Yes, but Frieza and the pirate Queen may have detected the high power levels here, they may come and investigate.”His tone grows more serious. “Maybe, but what could I do against them?”“You have your technique, the one that multiplies your power.”“Yeah, but I’ve seen how strong you were when you came back, and that’s because you were out there fighting!” He points to the sky through the window. “If I get to improve my raw strength through fights like you do, my technique would increase even further!”You let out a low taunting laugh. “You need to reach me that bad, don’t you?”
He laughs back and his brow furrows, accepting your challenge. “That too, you bet. Anyway…” He takes hand to his gi’s belt and picks up a small green sack “There’s a reason I came to see you guys today.” He takes out a single magic bean from the sack. Senzu beans, if you remember correctly. It’s been a while since you’ve seen one. “I only have the one though.”You look at him and wait until he continues talking. “You deserve it, Vegeta. It was you who beat the leader of these guys who attacked us. I don’t even know if I could’ve done it myself.”“But Bulma…” His expression grows anguished, his mouth shakes with sadness. “She’ll recover, but it’ll take her months, probably a year.”Considering the state you’re in, you’ll probably need two months to recover. In that time, you won’t be able to train or fight, so going out to a space mission would be a risky affair. Yet, for as long as Bulma is out, she won’t be able to work on her designs for your cause.Plus, you’d hate to put her through months of gruelling recovery. And you don’t know if you could leave her in the hospital while you left for the stars. What if someone did indeed attack Earth and Kakarot couldn’t take them?Kakarot hides the bean in his fist. “I’d really like to give it to Bulma. But since you’re the one who saved Earth a few days ago, I think you should make the call.”You close your eyes. “What about half and half?” You say jokingly.“Heh, it doesn’t work like that.” He seems to speak from experience, and he scratches a spot on the back of his head.>”Give it to me. We need to be ready in case someone attacks Earth again.”>”Give it to Bulma. She needs it far more than I do.”>Write-in.
>>6406864>”Give it to Bulma. She needs it far more than I do.”>“Heh, it doesn’t work like that.” He seems to speak from experienceKakarot pls
>>6406864> "Give it to me... I'm giving it to Bulma, personally." She shouldn't have gotten hurt. Not with you there, she should have been safe so... you need to tell her that. You must see her awake and well.
>>6406866Shit
>>6406869Big 69.We'll just say that splitting it between the two would not allow either of you to recover fully, much less so Bulma.
>>6406869In fairness, Goku hasn't tried that yet in this time. So he was just wrong here lol. We can yell at him later for it if it comes up naturally. Also, pretty sure it dilutes it from being a full heal to a decent heal.
> "Give it to me... I'm giving it to Bulma, personally." She shouldn't have gotten hurt. Not with you there, she should have been safe so... you need to tell her that. You must see her awake and well.
>>6406864>>”Give it to Bulma. She needs it far more than I do.”Not only does she need it more than we do, but we'll be better off with her working.
> "Give it to me... I'm giving it to Bulma, personally." She shouldn't have gotten hurt. Not with you there, she should have been safe so... you need to tell her that. You must see her awake and well.> Kiss the girl
>>6406867+1>>6406871It coming up later would be very funny.
>>6406864>”Give it to Bulma. She needs it far more than I do.”Veggie will heal with ass-pull anime power-up fist duh
All votes for giving to Bulma as expected, 4 saying we should give it to her personally, so here we go.
“Why wouldn’t it work like that? It’s a bean.” You shake your head. “Whatever.” You ponder a moment more. “Give it to me… I’m giving to Bulma, personally.”“Huh?” He takes a hand to his chin. “But you can’t move.”You start moving your body, ever so slowly, and after some great effort and a lot of pain, you’re able to sit on the side of your bed.“Okay. Uh…” Kakarot looks around the room, then he sees what he’s looking for. He grabs a folded wheelchair near the door and opens it up for you, leaving it by your bed. “Need help?”“I’m fine.” You say. You cautiously set a foot down on the cold floor, then another, then you grab the armrest of the wheelchair and hop onto it. Your back slams against it, causing you to wince in pain.“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Kakarot insists.“Just push me to Bulma’s room.”“Well, alright!” He walks behind you and starts pushing the chair, your IV bag stand rolling along with you. What a pitiful sight you must make, if only you had that damn healing pod.You thought Nappa and Calava would be at the hall, but they’re nowhere to be seen, probably went for something to eat. A few doctors berate Kakarot for taking you out of your room, but after some insistence from his part, he’s able to continue on his way.He stops in front of a door, opens it, then returns to wheel you in. There she was. She looked as terrible as you thought. Her arms and one leg were completely cast, most of her face was hidden by bandages save for her nose, where you notice the large claw wound that Dr. Brief had mentioned earlier. Yeah, it was going to leave a mark. You feel your heart shudder at the sight. She truly could’ve died. It was one thing for a Saiyan warrior to die in honorable battle, but Bulma… There’s multiple people in the room. Rasha and Olond are there. The latter was in some sort of meditative sleep. The former gets right up from his seat when he sees you. Then there’s two women, Mrs. Brief and Tights, Bulma’s elder sister. Tights’ cheeks are red from all the crying, her mother is taking care of an enormous bouquet of flowers by Bulma’s bedside. Tights looks back, and when she sees you, her face twists from sadness to a deep anger. “You!” She storms straight towards you.Mrs. Brief looks back and is just as surprised to see you. She tries to hold her daughter back, but it’s no use.“You did this to her!” She raises her hand to slap you. You let her, Rasha is about to intervene, but to your surprise, it is Kakarot that takes hold of her wrist.“Tights, I’m sorry about what happened, but you can’t put the blame on Vegeta.” He says, trying to calm the woman down.Mrs. Brief holds on to her daughter’s other arm. “Listen to Goku dearie. Vegeta would never let Bulma get hurt! He’s a good man.”You grimace at Mrs. Brief’s words.
“Can’t put the blame on him?! He’d never let her get hurt?! Look at her!” She gets Kakarot and her mother off herself, steps back and points to the bed. Then she points to you, “You let those pirates follow you here, right?! Why else would they come here at the same time as you returned, huh?!”The room goes into a somber silence. “Come on, Tights.” Kakarot says. “Vegeta was about to give Bulma a Senzu Bean, she’ll be alright.” She looks at Kakarot with hate-filled stare.“She shouldn’t need one of those beans! What if there weren’t any? She’d be spending half a year in bed, and the other half in recovery!” Though she is still angry, it seems her breathing and energy started to calm down when she heard the words ‘Senzu Bean’.“Lady Tights, please.” Rasha approaches her, holding her softly by the shoulders. “The blame is shared by all of us who went to this mission. You cannot point solely to Prince Vegeta.” Olond, meanwhile, is still profoundly asleep, his ki is so still that he seems to be hibernating.She approaches you again. “You know what you Saiyans are? Monsters! Everywhere you guys go, people get hurt and die!” You stay silent, watching her and listening.“Honeypie, please.” Mrs. Brief tries to calm her daughter down again.Tights points at you, her finger rather close to your face. “Not my sister! Not Earth! You maniacs better leave us alone!”You’re just barely able to continue looking at her, a part of you just wants to look away and forget about all of this, but you do not.She is the one who moves her head away, unwilling to maintain your stare, and she storms off the room. Her worried mother follows.“Damn.” Kakarot scratches his hair.You’re unable to hide the disappointment you feel.“Prince Vegeta.” Rasha says. “Please do not listen to Lady Tights, she is in a very altered state. Her words do not reflect her true thoughts.”“It doesn’t matter.” You reply, wheeling yourself closer to Bulma.“She is well.” Rasha has taken a spot by your side, Kakarot is at the other. “We have been here on watch, Lord Olond is using this time to sleep his 4 hours.”“4 hours?” You ask.“Yes, it is all his species needs, yet as you might see, the slumber he falls into is deep.”“I see.” You hear the ticking of her heart monitor, slow and stable. “Dr. Brief gave me the rundown.” You take this moment to check on her energy flow, it is stable too.The three of you look at Bulma in silence for a little bit.“You trained her, right Vegeta?” Kakarot asks.“Yes.”“Funny.” Kakarot smiles. “Our whole gang tried to convince her to train back in our adventuring days. She always said no.”You furrow your brow. “And she wanted to learn now?” You ask.“Hehe.” Kakarot’s smile turns into a big one. “Why do you think?” He pats your head.“Do not do that.”He takes his hand off. “Woops, sorry.”“Do you mind if I… gave the Senzu Bean to her in private?” You ask.
Rasha and Kakarot look at each other, they nod in unison. Kakarot deploys this room’s wheelchair, Rasha grabs the small and rotund Olond like a large ball and places him on it, the alien cozies up to his new sleeping spot easily, and gives a content snore before being escorted out of the room by Rasha. Kakarot returns to you, drops the bean in your hand and winks before departing. You approach Bulma further. You see the bouquet of flowers on her side table. It has the signatures of all the Z-Fighters and of her family, and quite a few names you do not know. Maybe more family members and earthling friends.You feel the tears coming again, but you only allow a single sniffle, you swiftly remove the two tears that fell. This isn’t like you. It shouldn’t be like you. You are the Prince. These things will happen, not once, nor twice, but many times. But... not to Bulma. You clench your fist. Her mouth is slightly agape, you struggle to get up, supporting yourself with one arm in your chair. You remove her respirator and put the bean into her mouth, then put the respirator back. She seems to swallow instinctively.Half a minute passes. Her skin returns to a healthy color, the muscles she’s grown over the past few months tighten, her breathing grows more stable, her energy flows more freely, the gash on her face closes up, leaving behind scarified tissue, and finally: Her sky blue eyes open up to see yours.“Vegeta.” She whispers. “I’m so glad you’re okay.”You sit back down on your wheelchair. “I… I’m glad you’re well too.”“Well?” She looks around. “Looks like I was half-dead.” She coughs.“Kakarot brought a Senzu Bean. You should be okay now.”“Yeah, guess that explains why I’m not hurting all over. Though I do feel exhausted..."Silence.Bulma gets nervous. “Vegeta, I… I shouldn’t have launched my pod. I was a hindrance, Calava and Rasha had to save me.” You can see tears appear in her eyes. “I’m sorry-”“No.” You interrupt her. “You shouldn’t have gotten hurt, not with me there. I should’ve kept you safe. I’m the one who should be sorry.”She looks at you sweetly. “Vegeta…”“I brought these pirates back to Earth, put you and your planet in danger.” You slam a fist on your wheelchair. “How can I be a proper Prince when I can’t even keep my people safe?”Some of those words you didn’t want to say out loud, but they came out anyway, you’ve no intention to stop. It feels… freeing, Bulma has given you no odd looks, only a compassionate stare. “Perhaps… Perhaps we should leave this planet and leave you alone. Take our fight elsewhere, make sure Earth stays out of it.” You feel your brow twitching, your own sincerity making you feel so terribly nervous and nauseous, more so than any battle you’ve fought.
“No!” Bulma instantly retorts. She moves her arms and tears through their casts, then tears her leg’s cast with both of her hands. She seats herself on the side of the bed. “Don’t say that!” She continues. “I… I…” She takes one of your hands with both of hers.“I said it for real.” She says. “What I said before our comms got cut.” You can feel her hands shaking from the nerves. “It wasn’t a spur of the moment thing. It’s real, it’s really real.”You look at her eyes, she looks back at you. Her black pupils contrasts with her clear blue iris, it feels as though she is staring into your soul, looking for something, anything, that may confirm what you feel.>”I feel the same.” [Relationship with Bulma begins]>”I’m sorry, it would be too dangerous. My path to restore our honor is filled with battle and death and I don’t want that for you.” [Perhaps some day...]>Write-in. If you write in a completely different option >[please state your narrative intention in brackets]<
>>6406934>”I feel the same.” [Relationship with Bulma begins]Future Trunks, my beloved.
>”I feel the same.” [Relationship with Bulma begins]
>>6406934>”I feel the same.” [Relationship with Bulma begins]LFG
>>6406934>”I feel the same.” [Relationship with Bulma begins]I have waited oh so lo~ng…
>>6406937>>6406938>>6406995>>6407172The Vegeta mind palace reaches a consensus.
“I feel the same.” Is all you’re able to utter. You’ve never been good at these sorts of things, what few things you had back at the Frieza Force were never… this. You feel her hands’ grip on yours grow tighter. She bends forward, closes her eyes and her lips touch with yours. Such a simple act brings you a tremendous relief, all your nerves dissipate as her kiss grows more intense, you accompany her with the motions. All of your pain, your worries, and your thoughts, good and bad, melt into a feeling you had never known: Love, whatever one wants to call this. It’s warm and giddy, it clutches your heart, but it frees it so wholly just as well.She slowly opens her eyes while ending your kiss, then puts her forehead against yours, you struggle to caress her hair, ignoring your body’s pain and anguish. Is love part of being a Saiyan too?“I love you, Vegeta.” Bulma says.“I… I love you too.” You reply.Someone knocks at the door. If you had your strength, you’d probably blast the door and whoever’s behind it to the ends of the Earth.Bulma winks. “We’ll get back to this soon, alright?” She says playfully.You blush and nod. “Right.” She straightens up and you watch her visage get farther and farther away from yours. If you had but one wish, it would be for this moment to last for far, far longer.“Come in!” She yells. The door opens and her sister rushes in to hug her along with her mother, who gives her a kiss on the forehead, her father is last, and though he doesn’t join in on the hug, he does bring out a handkerchief to dry his tears.You roll your wheelchair back and head out of the room to give them some privacy. Her father grabs you by the forearm a moment. “Goku told me. Thanks for the choosin’ her.”“It was the only option.” You reply, you give him a small smile, and he heads in to join on the group hug. You come out of the room and head back to yours. Rasha and Kakarot await you there, along with Olond, who’s still sleeping on the wheelchair.“Well?” Kakarot asks. “Everything okay?”“The bean indeed worked, Bulma is now perfectly fine.”“I know that already!” Kakarot says. “I mean… Did anything happen?”While Rasha keeps himself stoic, you do see his eyes dart towards your face to see your reaction.“It’s none of your business.”“Heh.” Kakarot chuckles and looks at Rasha with a thumbs up. “Told you it’d happen.”You look at your warrior. “Is this what you spend your idle time doing?”“My species is not one to lie, Prince Vegeta. I was indeed rather curious as to what would happen.” You see a little smile that he tries to hide away.“Ugh, bunch of children.” You move your wheelchair straight through them, they both step to the side to let you pass.When you’re out of earshot, Rasha speaks to Goku. “I wonder how his species will take it.”“The Saiyans?” He asks. “Why wouldn’t they be happy about it?”
“Those of his crew will indeed be merry at the news, Lord Goku.” Rasha says. “But the earthling race is not as strong as the Saiyans. Those who we rescue along the way may find the fact that their Prince is in a budding romance with what they would call a ‘weakling’ rather… disconcerting.”Goku’s smile is gone. “If they got an issue with it…” He clenches his fist and smiles again. “They’ll have to get through me!”Rasha smiles and puts a hand on the Saiyan’s shoulder. “And through me as well, Lord Goku.” He says.==== A MONTH LATER ====During your time away from Earth, Dr. Brief had taken the time to set up a capsule home for everyone at the settlement and made some walkable pavement streets between each one including a small park with a fountain in the middle of the settlement, along with a landing pad for flying crafts a little way off. Apparently urban planning was one of his many passions. He was not done yet either, and would surely make more additions as ideas streamed into his mind.You were being flown in by Bulma in a medical helicopter. You could already stand and move without much issue, though you couldn’t exert yourself in training or battle yet. Dr. Brief set up a small medical clinic at the Saiyan settlement at the request of his daughter so you could spend the rest of your recovery there and still get medical treatment.You sit in the helicopter, cross-armed. Bulma is rather focused on her maneuvers, she looks quite professional when wearing a full pilot’s suit and helmet. You look down below and see the houses. A larger one that included a playground, likely for Kalabash and his family; one with a garage, from which you see Turles coming out with his mechanic’s jumpsuit as he got some muck off his hands with a towel; three with what look like training grounds, Raditz, Nappa and Calava are training their moves in their respective homes; two with a joint garden full of watery pathways, Olond and Rasha are caring for the plants there; then there’s the last one, your own home, which you had no chance of modifying yet. You scratch your chin, perhaps a gravity room somewhere, and a planning room?Bulma begins the helicopter’s landing sequence. The grass around the landing pad flowing along with the gusts of wind created by the machine. It touches ground and the blades start slowing down. “We’re here, love.”You still twitch when you hear that word, ‘love’. You’re not sure if you’ll ever get used to hearing it. It makes your face warm up and go blood red in an instant.“Hey now, don’t get red mister Prince!” She says as she sticks her tongue out. “Your buddies are coming.”“You’re the one who caused it!” You say exasperated, you go on to open the door. Your hand reaches for the handle, but when you push it, you feel pain in your side.
“Hey!” She calls out, removing her seatbelt and moving to the back of the helicopter with you. Her helmet bumps with your head a bit, when she grabs the door handle herself. “My pa told you to be careful with this stuff, you’re not in shape to make any efforts.”She’s rather close to you, if it weren’t for your arriving companions, you’d take the time to caress her cheek and kiss her. “I don’t like that helmet.” You say.“Oh yeah, it bumps everywhere and I look like a fly when I wear it.” Bulma opens the door.“No, because I can’t see your eyes while you wear it.”Now it’s her who blushes and has to hide away her embarrassment. You chuckle and step out of the helicopter. “I’ll get you back for this.” You hear Bulma say behind you.You’re happy to see your crew again, you smile at them. They’re surprised to see you wearing earthling clothing, a simple white shirt with jeans and shoes. Nappa’s still wearing that ensemble of hides from animals he hunted; Calava is also wearing earthling clothing a black t-shirt and beige cargo pants, her shirt has a custom design with “Saiyan” printed on it; Rasha and Olond seem to prefer flowing robes; Raditz and Rokka (Kalabash’s older child) are wearing Turtle School gi; Kalabash, Gisa and their son Oshe are wearing the Saiyan clothes they brought back from Vertes. “Good to see you again, Vegeta.” Nappa greets you with a strong arm shake. The rest greet you one by one, Turles and Raditz doing the same as Nappa, Calava taps you on the back, Kalabash and his family give you a little bow, and Rasha and Olond shake your hand.“Glad to be back, I see you’ve all settled in.”“Indeed.” Rasha replies. “Doctor Brief has kindly seen to all of our requests for the settlement.”Bulma’s finally finished with the helicopter and is returning with two suitcases of your clothing, you see she’s removed her helmet, her hair flowing with the wind, and she takes a moment to give you a good long look with her blue eyes. A taunting smile appears on her face. You have to make a concerted effort to not blush again. “Call it payment for saving our asses a month ago.” She says.You’re already seeing Raditz giving a look to Nappa, who has given him the same look. The rest are either more oblivious, or don’t mention it. Though the way Calava’s tail moves and seeing how she’s smiling deviously, she likely noticed too.Raditz approaches you. “Prince Vegeta, maybe you’d like to rest? The trip must’ve been long.”“Indeed.” You say. “I’ll go to the capsule home and give myself a few hours, if you don’t mind.”
Your crew nods, and they all get back to whatever they were doing. You see Nappa, Raditz and Calava whispering among each other as they return to their training. Rokka’s walking with Turles, asking him about the flying craft in his garage, though Turles seems quite irked by her questioning. Kalabash picks up his son and seats him on his shoulders while returning home with Gisa. Rasha and Olond return to their garden, you hear the small round alien’s belly laugh as Rasha tells him something.“They’re getting along.” You say, watching the groups leave in merry moods.“Of course they are.” Bulma says. She starts walking down the path that leads to your new home.You follow along. This place, blue sky and rolling green hills, now with these homes, the Saiyan graveyard nearby. It feels like… like a village.Bulma hums as you pass by the park with the fountain.“I never thought…” You say, seeking to share what you feel with Bulma. “I never thought we’d have a chance at something like this.”“Like what?” She looks back at you confused.“A peaceful life.” You finish the thought.“Isn’t that what you’re fighting for?” She seems even more confused.You look at her surprised. “We’re fighting for the restoration of the Saiyan race.”“Of course, and I don’t imagine you were thinking of conquering the galaxy after that, right? Isn’t this what you want for all the Saiyans?”You put your hands in your jean’s pockets and ponder. “Maybe.”“Maybe? Hah!” She lets out a short haughty laugh. “Is that how a leader talks, Vegeta? You should think about these things, you know?”It’s true, though you didn’t have much time to think about it up until now. So many things to do, so many decisions to take, so little time. “You’re right.”Your serious tone shocks your lover. “Oh, sorry. I didn’t want to make you feel bad. I meant-”“You didn’t.” You interrupt her, giving her a light smile. “I understand it was a joke, but there’s truth in it. These people depend on me.” You look around, hearing a few voices coming from around the houses, a wind flows down the hill and rustles up the trees. “The choices I make from now on, the things I decide to do. It’s not just going to be about some noble or higher purpose. It’s also going to be about them.”She nods. You’ve already arrived at your new home. Bulma takes out a key and opens the door, then hands the key to you.“Do you want me to come in?” She asks.You look at her. You had gotten little privacy at the hospital, only sneaking in a few kisses here and there. But perhaps you should spend some time alone now that you can, you’re sure the next few days will be busy as you plan your next moves. Still, you can’t help but feel tempted by Bulma’s proposal, and your Saiyan tail swirls around at the thought.>”Come in.”>”I’d like some time alone after the months at the hospital. Just to clear my head.”>Write-in.
>>6407238Smaller vote since this one was getting very long (inb4 instant Trunks in 9 months).After this vote, we'll get to planning our next moves.
>>6407238>”Come in.”Mwah
>>6407238>”Come in.”Sugar
>>6407238>”Come in.”> No Protection. A Saiyan never sheaths their weapon afterall.Give. Me. Trunks!
>>6407243>>6407290>>6407291Locked in, not sure if I'll be able to update today as I want to dump a whole bunch of info in regards to your next steps.
Someone give me >one (1) roll of 1d100
Rolled 84 (1d100)
>>6407297... Welp. Time to get Trunks into the story.
>>6407297Thad Supersaiyan
“Come in.” You reply, she gives you a devilish smile and she enters after you. A month has passed since your mutual confession, and in all that time you’ve never had this type of privacy with Bulma. Thus, the next few hours are put to good use in mending this issue.Bulma sighs on her side of the bed, you’re both naked save for the bed sheets covering you. “Man, you Saiyans are passionate.”“We’re a race of warriors.” You joke while getting your clothes on. “We should have dinner.”“Right.” She gets up, a moment which you use to get a look in.“You do not have any clothes save for the pilot outfit, do you?” You ask.She taps her temple, opens up the suitcase, and takes out underwear, a blue tank top and cargo shorts. It’s not just one set of clothing, you see the entire suitcase is just Bulma’s clothing. “In case I spend some time here.” She says with a sly smile.Tch. “What about the clothes you bought for me in Central City?”“Just in case you spend time back at my house.” She replies. You look away and finish buttoning up your shirt. “Very well.” You say, not caring much one way or the other. Were it up to you, you’d just keep wearing the Saiyan mesh and armor she designed, but she insisted on getting regular clothes too.You check the fridge, there’s a whole bunch of food in it. Perhaps a sandwich would be fine enough.Bulma pushes you out of the way. “Let me make you some chicken and veggies.” She says. She grabs a bell pepper and throws it over to you. “Cut that.”In around 15 minutes, you’re sitting at the table and eating. The initial conversation is mostly jokes and banal topics, along with some silly flirting. Eventually though, Bulma seems to get a little nervous. “What will the others think about us?” She asks.“They will have no issue with it, if that’s what worries you.”“Calava had a thing for you, didn’t she?”You grab a bite of chicken. “She has never tried to make me her mate again after that one try. It is in the past.”“She tried?”You were looking at your food, you lift your eyes to see Bulma’s furrowed brow. “Just once, months ago.”She chews on that piece of bell pepper rather aggressively. “I didn’t know that.”You raise an eyebrow. “Are you jealous?”“Of course I am!”“Don’t be. A mate is a mate. Ours is another thing entirely. Saiyans have a concept of… devoted relationships. Much like what Kalabash and Gisa have.”“Right.” She blushes ever so slightly at the mention of a devoted relationship, then fiddles with her food for a bit. “And what about Nappa? He’s a bit of a purist, right? Think he’ll be okay with it?”“Nappa is not just my soldier. He’s…” You try to think of a less earthling word to use, but you don’t find any. “…He’s my friend. He’ll see no issue with it.”“Huh.” Bulma’s opened her eyes wide. “That’s nice.”“You seem a little paranoid about this.” You say.
“It’s just…” She continues moving her food about, which you find slightly irritating. “You told me powerful Saiyans are expected to get together with other powerful Saiyans. And not only am I not powerful, but I’m no Saiyan, and you are the Prince of all Saiyans. If there’s anyone who your people may have high expectations of, it’s you.”You reach for her and grab one of her hands. “As you said, I am the Prince, and this is my decision to make. Everything will be fine.”She nods, though she is clearly unconvinced. “I have to go return the helicopter to the hospital.”“I can go with you.” You say.“I don’t think so. You should stay here, rest, and see the others. Can I come tomorrow morning?”“You may come whenever you want.” She blushes and smiles. She puts the pilot suit back on, you share one final kiss before she leaves.“I love you.” She says.“I love you too.” You reply. She heads out the door.You take a moment to explore your house. It’s got all the basic stuff one might need, you even have an office. And it has a round window behind the chair similar to the one from your old attack pod. You chuckle at the sight.It’s already rather late, but you do notice that the others are doing things outside. Though maybe it’d be best to get some rest. You did have the intention of gathering your people up tomorrow and start working on future plans.>Nappa, Calava, Raditz and Turles seem to be sharing some time by a bonfire. The young Rokka is there with them too. There’s nothing like a get together of Saiyan warriors.>Kalabash, Gisa and their son Oshe are over at their porch. You haven’t checked on them for a while.>Rasha and Olond seem to be sharing some earthling beverage in their garden. They may offer a calm evening.>It’d be best if you go to sleep. You have a lot of work tomorrow and you’re spent.Sneaking in one more short update so we have an opportunity at socializing with our buddies. Tomorrow we'll get the planning update fr.
>>6407337>Nappa, Calava, Raditz and Turles seem to be sharing some time by a bonfire. The young Rokka is there with them too. There’s nothing like a get together of Saiyan warriors.Haven't spoken with Nappa or Raditz in a minute, wouldn't hurt.Additionally, the sooner we can, we should be suggesting sciencing Sensu production.
>>6407337>Nappa, Calava, Raditz and Turles seem to be sharing some time by a bonfire. The young Rokka is there with them too. There’s nothing like a get together of Saiyan warriors.Saiyan bants incoming
>>6407337>>Nappa, Calava, Raditz and Turles seem to be sharing some time by a bonfire. The young Rokka is there with them too. There’s nothing like a get together of Saiyan warriors.
>>6407344+1
==== BONFIRE EPISODE ====You open the door and head out to meet your fellow Saiyans. You try to fly, but your legs and chest warn you not to do so, so you simply walk there. A ridiculously boring way to move about when you’re alone, now that you think about it.The warmth of the bonfire is on you when your comrades see you bathed in its golden light. “Hey! Look who’s here!” Nappa says merrily, sitting on a large log, his red cheeks indicating he’s drunk on some earthling alcohol.“The man of the hour.” Raditz is lying reclined on his single arm on the grass. His cheeks, while not as red, are quite rosey.Calava’s also had a bit to drink, striking a middle ground between Raditz’ joviality and Nappa’s intensity. Meanwhile Turles is also slurring some letters, but his drunkenness is rather calm. Rokka has not been allowed to have any, much to her childish dismay.“Well, well… I see you have been putting your lives to good use while I was gone.” Nappa grabs a beer from a nearby fridge and throws it over to you. You pick it up on the fly. You open it and give it a long swig.“Should you be drinking?” Turles aims at you with the tip of his half empty bottle.“Earthling doctors know nothing about Saiyan physiology.” You shouldn’t be drinking.“What was that all about, huh? With Bulma.” Nappa says, swerving dangerously to a side of the log.“What do you think, fool?”“She’s your mate?” Raditz asks with a genuinely naïve tone.You give him a look. Realization finally hits him.“And I thought if I tried hard enough, I could be Princess-Consort of all Saiyans!” Calava says, she then laughs all on her own. Nappa chuckles a bit too, Turles shows a sly smile, and Raditz gives her a bad stare, to which Calava taunts him with a drunken middle finger.“Enough about that.” You say, pointing at the child by the bonfire who is clearly offended as she is singled out. “What have you lot been doing the past month?”“Hunting and refining my techniques!” Nappa proudly boasts.“I did that too, and I went shopping with Bulma thrice.” Calava points at her ‘Saiyan’ shirt and her odd-looking sneakers.“Training with Kakarot, I’ve adapted one of their techniques for my use.” Raditz says, moving his only hand.“Did you speak with Bulma about the possibility of a bionic replacement?”“Yeah.” He says. “But she told me that having the energy move through it is a whole other ordeal. I’d have the arm, which is useful, but no ki flow means no two-armed attacks. She’s looking into it though.”“Will we ever see Double bloody Sunday again?” Nappa asks and laughs, as he often does when mentioning the name of Raditz’ attack, which causes the poor Saiyan to redden every single time. Calava laughs along with him and their tails swerve about like mean cats.Raditz gets up. “Quit it you prick!” He points at Nappa angrily. “What about you?! Break Cannon! It sounds stupid too.”
“What?!” Nappa, gets up offended, Calava moves away. “You and me, duel tomorrow!” He says with drunken anger.“Hmph. Think you’re still hot shit old man? I’ll teach you what I can do.” The two Saiyans eye each other like wild Oozarus.You were about to stop them, but Turles raises his voice before you do. “Calm down you two, come on. Every time we share a drink we get to see the same monkey fight.”Nappa sits down and crosses his arms, looking mightily offended. Raditz turns around and puts his back to the bonfire. You watch Calava approach Raditz, she sits beside him as if to offer him comfort. “Double Sunday is stupider.” She audibly whispers. Raditz tries to get back at her but she darts away into the darkness. “Come back here you!” He runs off towards her. Nappa, meanwhile, has gotten his hands on a juicy piece of boar roast that was warming up in the fire. You help yourself to some too.You smile as you watch the ki flows of the two Saiyans run, then fly, around the town. You then look to Turles. “What about you?”“Huh?”“The past month, what have you been doing?”“This and that.”Turles remains Turles.“Tell him about the cool plane you’re making!” Rokka says, grabbing Turles’ arm.Turles closes his eyes, his patience about to run out. “I told you I’d let you help if you didn’t tell anyone.”“Didn’t tell anyone?” You raise an eyebrow. “We live right next door. I’d have seen it by tomorrow.”“Whatever.” Turles shrugs. “I wanted to keep it secret because it’s just a prototype.”“Of what?”He moves his beer around proudly and gives it its last swig. “A space fighter.”Nappa, looks at him with a raised eyebrow. “What for? We can fight in space ourselves if we got a spacesuit on.”Turles looks at him like one might look at a big dumb ox. “You can, big guy, but there’s plenty of people who can’t.”“Not in our crew specifically.” You say. The one exception would be Bulma, but she’s not supposed to fight anyway, she would stay at the ship to keep it safe.“Maybe not now, but in the future?” Turles says as he picks up another beer. “Were you planning to get Frieza with the eight of us? Plus maybe the Namekian and Kakarot?”“Nine of us!” Rokka angrily retorts.“Shut up kid.” Turles says, tapping her head with the bottle before opening it. “You’re staying with your mama.” Rokka groans in pain, it was a pretty clean hit.“You’re a smart man Turles.” You say. You don’t know if he’s blushing or if the alcohol is getting to his face too. “What can I say? I try to keep my hobbies and pet projects useful.”Rokka recovers from Turles’ deathly blow. “Prince Vegeta!” She stomps towards you. “Let me come with you in our next trip.”Nappa laughs. “She’s got guts that one. A real Saiyan.”“Don’t encourage her.” Turles looks at Nappa with a tired stare.“Wanna fight too?” Nappa raises a fist. “You and Raditz, two on one. I can take you both easy!”“Oh shove it up your-“ Turles looks at Rokka. “Shut up.” He corrects himself.
You look at the young girl, 10 years old and already thirsting for battle. “Depends on where we’ll go, and your parents must allow it.”Her eyes gleam with pure emotion. She flies right off to speak to them.“You too, Prince Vegeta?” Turles sounds desperate. “The girl’s too young!”“If the trip we make isn’t dangerous…” You say.“Not dangerous?” Turles continues. “Half the galaxy wants to turn us into space dust!”Nappa shrugs. “It’s a big galaxy.” He takes a long drink from his beer. “And if anyone wants to mess with us. We’ll be there to protect her!”“Not as big as you might think.” Turles picks himself up from the ground. “And we recently learned that bringing weak people along with us is a bad idea.”That is clearly a jab at Bulma’s presence in your last battle. Nappa gets up as soon as he gets it. “Hey! What’s wrong with you?!”You wave him down. “Calm yourself, Nappa. Turles can give his opinion.”“I’m not trying to offend anyone.” Turles says. “I just think it’d be a waste to lose someone because we were careless about something so simple, that’s all.”“I understand your point.” You reply.“Well then, I’m off.” Turles takes his beer with him, swerving a bit on his way home.“This guy’s a sour puss.” Nappa grumbles under his breath.“He’s pragmatic. Remember that he hasn’t had the easiest life.” Though Turles is indeed quite sour, he probably has a good heart.“Yeah.” Nappa seems to be more understanding now, looking at the fire for a moment. “So, Bulma, huh?”You nod.“I always talk trash to the rest about them becoming too much like earthlings, and here’s the Prince of all Saiyans taking an earthling as a mate!” He laughs then drinks.“Got a problem with that?” You might as well check.“Nope.” He says. “Should I remind you what I said way back?”“’Don’t fuck up like I did’, was it?”“I see you took my advice to heart.”“Of course, you’re my most trusted confidante.”He gives you a big smile and takes a hand to the back of his head. “Heh, right hand man of the Prince himself.” He offers up his beer, and you tap it with yours, you both finish up your drinks and he picks two more. He throws yours and you pick it up.Nappa looks at the stars. “How many drinks have we shared across our life, Prince?”“Quite a lot.” You sit down cross-legged by the bonfire. “And we’ll share many more.”“Yeah.” Nappa says.“What about you?” You say. “Have you discovered if the wife of Dr. Brief has a sister?”“She doesn’t, Bulma told me.”“Well the woman’s married.”Nappa chuckles. “I wouldn’t think about it, geez.” He sits there in silence. “I still think about Sidara a lot. Have you been able to gather any intel on her while you checked that holobox with Kalabash?”“No, but I haven’t talked about it with him in the past month. Maybe he found something.” You take a swig.“If you do find anything out, care to go look? Or at least let me go look.”“Of course.” You reply. “Thanks, Vegeta.” He says.
You both sit there, looking at the fire, night is setting in. Rokka isn’t coming back, her parents likely told her to go to bed. Raditz and Calava are taking quite a long time to come back.He elbows you a bit with a stupid smile. “So uh… How’s she in bed?”“Shut up.” You wave him away.“I gotta know if earthlings are worth my time!”You let some time pass. Nappa was already thinking you weren’t going to answer. “It was fun.” You say quietly.“Bahaha!” Nappa lets out a big laugh that echoes throughout the hills. You shush him. “Guess I’ll have to go see if I can find a mate or two in this planet.”“At your age?” You say. Nappa feels the sarcasm emanating from your voice.“You too?!” He quietly yells to avoid bothering the rest of the village. “That’s it, three on one! I’ll beat you all with a hit of my Break Cannon!”You let out a good and honest laugh, which quietens when Raditz comes back alone and in a peculiar mood.“Man of the hour.” Nappa says with a smile.Raditz chuckles, though he seems sad. “Yeah.”“What happened?” You ask.“We kissed.”“Big man.” Nappa keeps on teasing him. “Why didn’t you take her as a mate?”“She was too drunk. Didn’t want to do anything she may regret tomorrow.”“Good man.” Nappa says, now slightly more serious. He takes a beer and throws it over to Raditz, who catches it on the fly. He opens it with his thumb and sits down.“She got pissed because I said no, and she left home.”“You like her as a mate?” You ask.“We’ve been… teasing each other the past month.” Raditz says. “Didn’t know it’d come to this.”Nappa crosses his arms, thinking.You look at Raditz in the eyes. “Yes or no?”“I think so.” Raditz says, scratching his head. “Though I don’t know… Maybe it’s just because we’re the only two young, single Saiyans in this section of space, y’know?”“So?” Nappa takes a swig. “A mate’s a mate.”“I don’t know.” He repeats. “I think it might be a bad idea.”“You’re thinking like an earthling again, Raditz!” Nappa puts a foot on the ground. “You’re both Saiyans, think like a Saiyan. Tomorrow you’ll go to her house, plant a kiss on her face and enjoy a fine day together.”Raditz seems to be struggling, he looks at you.>”Nappa’s right. No harm done in trying something out.”>”If you think you shouldn’t do this, then don’t.”>”Follow your heart, Raditz. We can’t tell you what to do.”>Write-in.
Last post of the day. Been writing up a storm. Tomorrow I'm back to work so we'll probably get back to a slower pace I think.
>>6407420>>”Nappa’s right. No harm done in trying something out.”Thanks for running!
>>6407420>”Follow your heart, Raditz. We can’t tell you what to do.”I think Raditz can do better. Besides. I ship Calava with Yamcha since he expressed interest. Might even keep the guy training. At this juncture, I think 18 and Raditz would fit good together. Cuz fuck Krillin.
>”Follow your heart, Raditz. We can’t tell you what to do.”Let him choose
>>6407420>”Follow your heart, Raditz. We can’t tell you what to do.”I don't much care for romance
“Follow your heart, Raditz. We can’t tell you what to do.”Raditz gives a wan smile. “Yeah, I think I’ll just get to know her more for now. No need to rush anything.”Nappa throws his hands up. “Ah, whatever. You’re all talking earthling talk! I’m going to sleep.”The three of you clink your beers by the bonfire and finish them off. Nappa zigzags home.Raditz looks around, you can only barely see the silhouettes of the houses in the settlement. “Who’d have thought, huh?”“Who’d have thought what?”“That we could live like this. Just sharing drinks, training, discussing women.”“Not so different from our R&R at the Frieza Force.” You look at him, Raditz smiles.“Guess not. But it still feels different somehow. Calmer, more…” Raditz moves his hand around. “Peaceful.”“Yeah.” You say. “Not being on call for planetary destructions must have that effect.”“Heh.”“Do you like it here?” Your sudden sincere question takes Raditz aback.“Yes. My brother, my nephew, the humans… I don’t think I’ve ever felt happier. I’m not sure that I will ever need anything else.”“When the Saiyan race takes back its rightful place among the stars, maybe you can stay here as an ambassador.”“Ambassador?” Raditz lets out a quick and surprised laugh. “Saiyans have those?”“We do now.” “That’d be nice.” Raditz puts a hand on your shoulder. “Rest well.”“You too.” You reply, and the two of you return to your homes. You fall into a deep slumber as soon as you hit the bed.==== THE NEXT DAY ====You wake up, shower, get dressed with your mesh and armor, have breakfast, the earthling stimulant called ‘coffee’ along with some biscuits. You walk out of your home, the sun shines on your settlement. You immediately start your stretches, then go for a humble cardio session, it had been a while since you just ran around. By the time you’re finishing your lifting exercises, you see Bulma landing with some sort of aircraft with thrusters. She steps off it and flies straight towards your house. You need to teach her long distance flight at some point. You leave your weight on the floor and stand up. She flies straight into your arms and gives you a kiss, then she lands. “Hell of a good morning kiss.” You say.“You know me.” She replies. “Everything alright yesterday?”“We spent time together at a bonfire.”“Talked about girls?”You shrug. “We’ve got other topics too.”“Like what, fighting?” She says, she heads inside to put on some more comfortable clothing.“Exactly.” You proudly reply. She laughs you off.Bulma comes out with a looser mechanic’s jumpsuit along with a white tank top, she heads in for a hug. You watch the two scars that run across her face. The claws of that blasted alien had wound up leaving a mark even with the senzu bean. You grimace. “Do you think senzu beans can be grown in large quantities?”
Bulma lets go of the hug and takes a hand straight to her chin. “Hmm. I’m not sure. They are beans so logically one would say yes, but they’re magical, that might make it more difficult, if not impossible.”“It would be a great boon for us.”She shrugs. “It’d be a great boon for the whole planet, Prince.”“Will you look into it?”“Yes.” She sighs. “You guys are giving me so many things to look into, you know?” She starts listing off things with her fingers. “I have to repair those blasted scout ships, give Raditz a new arm, test Turles’ spacefighter, come up with new components for the Saiyan spacebase, work on my Saiyan radar to incorporate holobox information… Oh, and probably design a new version of the armor to incorporate a way to inject medical stuff into the bloodstream just in case we need it in a fight. Thank goodness my dad is running the company while I’m here.” While she’s clearly joking around, you can tell there may be some kernels of truth hidden in there.“I was thinking of gathering everyone after lunch in order to discuss our next move. Maybe we could decide on what you should focus on then.”“Good idea.” She says. “I’m heading off to Turles’ garage. I want to check on his space fighter thingy. Make sure he considered the ejection seat I told him about.”“Fine, tell him about our post-lunch meeting. Will you come eat?”“Sure will. Brought some of my mom’s stew.” She winks at you then flies off towards Turles’ house.And again, you’re forced to walk to warn all your crew about your coming meeting. You saw that they were all busy with their day to day activities. Mostly training, but also cooking, doing laundry, washing dishes, cleaning… It was funny to see Nappa hanging his washed animal skins to dry.Lunch comes, Bulma’s back, dirty and greasy, and tells you all about Turles’ prototype while she’s in the shower, though you don’t get half of it. While you eat the rather delicious stew, you tell her about seeing an almost butt-naked Nappa hanging his clothes to dry and it gets a long laugh out of her. Then, finally, the meeting comes, you decided to simply gather at the fountain since there was no meeting room yet. You also asked Raditz to go and get Kakarot and Piccolo so they may add their piece.They arrived just in time, though Piccolo insists on staying cross-armed a little further away from the group. Rokka goes on to hug him, and though he seems a little ashamed, he does pet her head.“They’re getting along.” You say near Kalabash.“Yes, Piccolo has been helping her train since I was gone.”“He’s good with kids!” Kakarot says.“Listen up!” You yell. Everyone stops their chats and pay attention to you. “We’ve been back at Earth for over a month now, we must start planning our next move and decide on important matters. We won't act upon every single thing we decide here, we're only laying the basic groundwork for our future actions so we may plan our operations accordingly."They all nod in unison.
==== SITUATION 1: QUEEN ZAR’ANN ====“First, our situation with Pirate Queen Zar’Ann. It’s likely that she knows her station was attacked. She must also be aware that some of her ships left in pursuit.” You say.Turles raises a hand. “This will be a matter of pride for a pirate, she can’t let up until she finds out what happened or she’ll risk losing face, so it’s only a matter of time before she finds Earth. Maybe months or even years, but she eventually will. And when she realizes what happened to her ships, she will seek revenge.”Rasha goes next. “If I may, I would suggest a diplomatic approach. Zar’Ann, while ruthless, may be willing to negotiate with you, Prince Vegeta. Her position as a galactic power player isn’t as cemented as Frieza’s.”You look around, no one else raises their hand to speak. Understandable, you still know relatively little about Zar’Ann and her queendom.“Understood. We will…”>”…seek diplomatic overtures with Zar’Ann, try to see if she is willing to talk.”>”…avoid any further contact with Zar’Ann’s forces. The less we have to deal with her, the better.”>”…keep an aggressive mindset. Zar’Ann must be defeated just like Frieza if she is going to threaten us and Earth with violence.”==== SITUATION 2: COLD EMPIRE ====“Second, our situation with Frieza. He is looking for us, that much we know due to the reward Zodd spoke of.”Olond shakes his head. “Frieza is far too mighty a foe for us now, Prince Vegeta.”“That much is clear.” You reply. “Attacking him directly is out of the question.”“We may be able to make a few raiding strikes.” Nappa says. “The healing pod from Sadala station can be repaired with Cold Empire components.”Rasha adds further information. “There may be other aliens in the Frieza Forces willing to join us if they knew that you’d provide safe haven to them, Prince Vegeta. Olond and I are not unique cases, many would rather serve a kinder master, they simply do not know of any.”“We’d have to let them know somehow.” You keep a hand on your chin. “For that, we would have to infiltrate the information network of the Cold Empire.”Nappa raises his hand. “Doing that would also reveal that we’re alive and conspiring against Frieza, he would redouble his efforts to find us. If we raided them instead, we could simply leave no witnesses. He would assume it was a pirate raid of some sort.”“Fine then, we will…”>”…prepare for a raid against Frieza to gather healing pod components and other useful things.”>”…prepare to infiltrate the information network of the Cold Empire and let its soldiers know there is a kinder master waiting for them.”>”…avoid heading into Cold Empire space at all, we are not ready.”
==== SITUATION 3: FINDING MORE SAIYANS ====“Third. The recovery of more Saiyans.” You declare.Kalabash steps up, holobox in hand. “I’ve been reviewing the intel here for the past month. The information is 20 years old, as you know, but I’ve found a few interesting sites.” He uses the holobox’s small holographic display and brings it close to you so you may see. The rest try to butt in to check too, including Kakarot, who seems fascinated by the thing.“This base here is 3 months away with Bulma’s ship, but it was considered the second largest base of the Resistance. It’s an old outpost in a jungle world that the Saiyans used as staging grounds for planetary invasion. It’s quite a distance away from Cold Empire space, so I’d wager many thought it was a good spot to hide.”“3 months…” Bulma says. “We’d be gone for at least half a year.”“Yes.” Kalabash replies. “But if there’s any place that’s going to be populated by a large number of Saiyan warriors, it’s this one.”You look at Bulma. “Is it possible to further improve the spacebase’s engines to make this trip faster?”“Yeah, given time.” She replies.Kalabash presses the next button a few times. “Then there’s this base here.” You see another planet, this one seems like some sort of flat world, full of steppes and savannahs. “A farming outpost 1 month away, it made food for the cells around itself.”Nappa caresses his mustache. “Farming? Then it must’ve been mostly non-combatants, right?”Kalabash nods. “And a few warriors as guards.”“And why wouldn’t it be as populated as the base you mentioned earlier?”“It’s far less defensible, and far closer to the Cold Empire.” Kalabash says. “We may get there and simply find out that everyone’s dead.”A grim prospect, you’ve had enough burials for a lifetime. “Anything else?”“Nothing worth months of travel time.” He replies.“Very well, we’ll…”>”… prepare for an expedition to the old outpost likely to be populated by Saiyan warriors, 3 months away.”>”… prepare for an expedition to the farming colony likely to be populated by non-combatants, 1 month away.”>”… hold off for now, I’d rather wait for Kalabash to find better targets.”==== SITUATION 4: CAPSULE CORP.’S R&D PRIORITIES ====“Fourth, in regards to Capsule Corp.’s development focus.”Bulma proudly steps up, bringing up large holo-imagery using her newly developed, shiny wristpad. “That’s my cue. Bear in mind I only have space in my agenda for two projects. They’ve all been planned for a 3 month development time.”An image of an engine pops up, with various details and specifications. “This beauty here should help improve the speed of our ship to 3 times the current rate.”Turles’ eyes widen. “It can’t be, we’re already faster than most other craft in the galaxy.”“I’m sure Frieza and Zar’Ann don’t have the most competent science teams, considering their usual modus operandi of killing anyone who disagrees with them.”“I… I guess not.”
The image of the scout ships that came to Earth pops up. “Next! The repair of the scout ships. This would provide us with 3 other ships for our use. Smaller than the spacebase of course, but I can equip them with similar engines and a few attack pods each. They’d be…” She thinks for a moment. “Around twice as fast as the spacebase, more or less.”“Should we be separating our crew considering the risks?” Raditz asks.“I don’t know!” Bulma says eagerly. “That you guys’ decision.”“Just having them would let us be more flexible if needed.” You say. “Sending different squads to different spots may prove to be a big boon.”“Not only that.” Nappa butts in. “But they can also be brought with us for support, them being faster means they could provide a quicker link to Earth.”“Our spacebase could then actually behave as a sort of forward operating base.” Raditz indicates. “With the scout ships letting us travel between the two.”“That would be extremely useful…” You recognize.“Nnnext!” Bulma says with no little fanfare. An image of the spacebase with zoomed in rooms appears. “More components to kit out our spacebase! I would add a bunker room, so that weaker people can get in there and wait out nasty battles. Even if the spacebase crashes and burns around it, it’ll hold. Not just that, I could also improve the gravity room to provide increased pressure levels, improving training outcomes in general. Right now, I’m expecting you guys to plateau at around 50.000, this would increase the upper limit to 100.000.”Most of your crew stands there agape at the numbers she just stated. Calava fights her hangover to speak out. “We can reach those power levels?!”“I mean, look at Vegeta.” Nappa says, pointing at you with his thumb. You could already feel that your power level would increase even further when you recovered fully. Your battle with Tavovaz was fierce.“50.000 looks pretty far off for most of us as is…” Kalabash says. “Maybe our resources would be better spent elsewhere.”“But our training becoming more efficient as a whole means we’d get there faster with the improved room.” Says Raditz as he caresses his ponytail in contemplation.“It’d be nice to not depend on almost dying to increase our strength.” Turles says.“Understood.” You say. “What else do you have?”“Space communications!” She says proudly. “We could communicate back and forth with Earth by applying hyperspeed principles to our data packets…” She notices the confused stares. “We’d be able to hold live conversations with Earth from reaaally far away.”“What about the other things you mentioned to me earlier? The bionic arm and medical injector for our armors?”“Those are personal projects, they’ll be done when they’re done.”Bulma’s resources can only be stretched to include 2 of these research projects in the near future. No one has much else to say, all 4 projects would be useful, but priorities have to be laid out, a good synergy between them would be best.
“Alright, we’ll go for...”>”…the improved engines.” Going 3 times faster across space would provide a huge boon. 3 months.>”…repairing the scout ships.” More ships, more flexibility. 3 months.>”…the bunker room and improved training grounds in the spacebase.” We must increase our strength. 3 months.>”… improved space communications.” We’d be able to communicate with Earth live. 3 months.Let us decide on these matters, then we’ll decide on our next proper expedition depending on our priorities.You may also>write-in another proposal that could be done now or later. QM will keep it in mind. (Yes senzu bean anon, I gotchu)
Fuck I forgot my trip, it's me.
>>6407661>>6407661> Diplomacy the Queen.> Avoid the Cold Empire for now. > The One Month expedition.> Engines/Power for durability and gravity training. > Speed of the ships.> Speak with Kakarot about any odd techniques for communication he or the humans may know of. (For the record, I'm talking Telepathy. Make it standard training. Roshi has known it since DB, Goku should at the least know of it. Someone skilled enough like King Kai can use it over vast distances to speak - but we see Guru manage this over a planetary distabxe at least, so it isn't just a "godly" thing. Let's avoid overloading Bulma's workload in excess and try to find workarounds for some problems on our own.)
>>6407658>>”…keep an aggressive mindset. Zar’Ann must be defeated just like Frieza if she is going to threaten us and Earth with violence.”We've already tried a diplomatic overture, and she sent ships after us to try and destroy us. At best I think we'll have to bloody her nose some more to bring her to the table.>>”…avoid heading into Cold Empire space at all, we are not ready.”I think trying to turn some of the Frieza Force soldiers is a good idea, but as weak as we are in comparison, why would they risk it? We must grow stronger.>>”… prepare for an expedition to the old outpost likely to be populated by Saiyan warriors, 3 months away.”If possible, perhaps we can hit the farming outpost on the way back to Earth?>>6407661>>”…the improved engines.” Going 3 times faster across space would provide a huge boon. 3 months.>>”…repairing the scout ships.” More ships, more flexibility. 3 months.>write inPerhaps the Z fighters should be persuaded to increase their numbers? There were quite a few weaker Earthlings that came up in DB and DBZ that might have some potential, and I don't doubt that they might could use a few extra fighters considering the heat we may attract from the Cold Empire and the Pirates.
> Diplomacy the Queen.> Avoid the Cold Empire for now.> The One Month expedition.> Engines/Power for durability and gravity training.> Speed of the ships.> Speak with Kakarot about any odd techniques for communication he or the humans may know of. (For the record, I'm talking Telepathy. Make it standard training. Roshi has known it since DB, Goku should at the least know of it. Someone skilled enough like King Kai can use it over vast distances to speak - but we see Guru manage this over a planetary distabxe at least, so it isn't just a "godly" thing. Let's avoid overloading Bulma's workload in excess and try to find workarounds for some problems on our own.)All this works
>>6407697+1, all this seems sound. We’re not in a position to negotiate with Zar’Ann yet, we have nothing to offer beyond being pests, she’d squash us the second she got the chance.
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>>6407701This for the fact of getting us telepathy communication
==VOTE CLOSED==There's a bunch of 1 post ID anons. HrmmmStill, as I mentioned this is not a clear cut plan for the future, but rather a way to gauge where you guys want to go next, and what you want to do with what you already have. So I won't worry too much about it.=PIRATE QUEENDOM=>Diplomacy with Zar'Ann>>6407677>>6407726>>6407701>>6407831>Aggressive mindset with Zar'Ann>>6407697>>6407714>>6407797Conclusion: While establishing some sort of diplomatic ties with Zar'Ann is now part of our plan, we will do so very cautiously and if the opportunity arises, and we will revert to an aggressive posture if we are threatened.=COLD EMPIRE=Unanimous win for>avoiding the Cold Empire=POSSIBLE EXPEDITION TARGET=>4 votes in favor of expedition to the farming outpost. 3 for the bigger one with more warriors.Conclusion: We'll reach some compromise as to how we'll do this, maybe hitting the farming outpost on the way back to Earth could be feasible. We will have one opportunity to hit up the farming outpost before our research projects are completed (the spacebase upgrades won't require for the spacebase to stay at Earth, just Bulma to be near it)=RESEARCH=Clear win for improved ship engines.4 votes for bunker and improved training room, 3 for scout ship repair. Conclusion: Improved ship engines and bunker/training room win. BUT I'll let you guys add the scout ship repair IF Turles remains at Earth to repair them for the next 3 months. (We'll vote it later).
=WRITE-INS=> Speak with Kakarot about any odd techniques for communication he or the humans may know of. (For the record, I'm talking Telepathy. Make it standard training. Roshi has known it since DB, Goku should at the least know of it. Someone skilled enough like King Kai can use it over vast distances to speak - but we see Guru manage this over a planetary distabxe at least, so it isn't just a "godly" thing. Let's avoid overloading Bulma's workload in excess and try to find workarounds for some problems on our own.)Didn't realize this, but anyone who's trained with King Kai probably has telepathy, which includes all the Z-Fighters and Piccolo (Though Piccolo probly already had it since King Piccolo did too).The restriction I'll slap on this is that you'll have to either be trained by King Kai OR become dedicated to training in one of the martial arts schools of Earth (like Turtle School). The former will probably be far less time consuming.>Perhaps the Z fighters should be persuaded to increase their numbers? There were quite a few weaker Earthlings that came up in DB and DBZ that might have some potential, and I don't doubt that they might could use a few extra fighters considering the heat we may attract from the Cold Empire and the Pirates.Haven't read DB in a long time so not sure who those are, if you got names drop em so I can include them in a possible training montage later on and add them as characters. Now to anser the write-in: I consider that only masters can teach the martial arts schools proper (so the techniques like Kamehameha and stuff like that), but the concept of giving basic ki training to more people could be brought up to the other Z-Fighters. In canon, Tien seems more dedicated to martial arts, Yamcha and Krillin less so as they train less and less and get other jobs (Yamcha becomes a baseball player again and Krillin's a cop if I remember right), Master Roshi doesn't seem to teach anyone else during DBZ or Super.Conclusion: Training more humans to use basic ki stuff is possible (Videl learns rather quick), but we will have to convince the available Z-Fighters to do so. If we want relatively powerful warriors, we will have to get the masters of martial arts schools in on it. The available Z-Fighters, if also convinced to further their training and dedicate their lives to it, may become masters in their own right. Update will come later today or tomorrow depending on how much time I can spare.
You state your conclusions to your crew. The general agreement seems to be that it’s a good enough set of plans for now. The bigger debate pops up in regards to the research priorities, there are arguments for and against both the improve training room and the repair of the scout ships.As the argument goes on. Turles raises a hand. “If I stay at Earth and dedicate myself to repairing the scout ships along with Dr. Brief, I think we’ll be able to pull off 3 of the projects.”Bulma agrees. “Turles has more knowledge about spaceship technical stuff than my dad or me. Since the scout ships just need repairs, I think he could pull it off.”“We’ll consider it.” You say.You then look at Kakarot. “When we were attacked at the ship, I was contacted by… someone. In my mind. Do you know who?”“Oh uh…” Kakarot scratches the tip of his mouth. “That was probably King Kai.”“An earthling martial arts master?” You ask.“No, not really… It’s a pretty long story, actually. He’s kind of like a guardian of this side of the galaxy?”“Guardian of the galaxy?” Nappa raises an eyebrow. “Never heard of anything like that.”“Just this sector!” Kakarot specifies. “Anyway, he’s got his own planet in the plane of the dead.”“The plane of the dead?” You ask, stupefied. “What does that mean?”“As I said, it’s a pretty long story.”You sigh. “Well, could he teach me how to do that? Speak to other people through their minds?”Kakarot thinks for a bit. “I guess so? You’d have to die to go see him though…”“Die?” You ask, even more stupefied than before. The rest seem almost as dumbfounded at these strange news, except Piccolo and Raditz, seems like they knew something about it already.Calava chuckles. “Sounds like a shitty bargain to me.”“You can also ask my master to teach you!” Kakarot says, you can almost see the lightbulb turn on on top of his head. “Oh… But you’d probably require years of training.” He struggles to think of more options, then shrugs.“Whatever, we’ll keep it in mind. Telepathy sounds like a good way to communicate and take some weight off Bulma’s shoulders.”She smiles at you when you say that. You look away to avoid blushing in front of your men.“Anyhow, next topic.” You say, then look to Kakarot once more. “The lack of security on Earth is also worrying. Can’t you and your people train more warriors?”Piccolo chuckles. Kakarot replies, “Train? Well… On Earth it’s mostly martial art masters who do the training.”Raditz nods. “Earthlings are not prone to be warriors like we are, and their power level is extremely low.”“I was able to train Bulma rather well.” You say. “And she’s improved quite quickly too.”She proudly nods.“Extremely quickly, I’d say.” Piccolo indicates. “It took Goku many years of intense training to reach that point.You see her puff herself up even more.
Raditz takes his only hand to his chin. “That’s something we should investigate. How’d she reach such a high power level? The earthling upper limit is supposed to be at around 200.”Calava taps her foot and looks at Raditz. “From what I saw, the rest of your earthling buddies have grown far, far past that point too.”“We also thought that the Saiyan upper limit was around my former power level.” You say. “And it’s quite clear I’ve blown past that, and every other Saiyan here is on track to do so as well, even though their starting strength was rather low.”Bulma brings up her own hypothesis. “We shouldn’t forget who taught me!” She wraps an arm around your shoulders. “That may be an exponential factor.”Piccolo looks at the two of you, a bit perplexed. “Perhaps. That, and also the threats we were faced with.”Raditz speaks once more. “So, while Saiyans have a far easier time growing in strength, earthlings could also grow far past their limits if given a proper teacher, training infrastructure, and threats to face.”Nappa sits down and brings a palm to his forehead. “Man, power levels really are bullshit, aren’t they?” “In any case, would your men be willing to train more earthlings?” You direct the final question to Kakarot.“Uh…” His constant doubting is another thing you find irksome about the Saiyan. “I guess? But it’s not like training is their entire lives, they have jobs and other stuff to do. Yamcha’s a mechanic and plays baseball. Krillin works as a security guard. And Tien… I don’t know what he does, actually.”“How is that relevant?”“It’s relevant because they need to make money to earn a living?”“Well how do you earn a living?”“Heh.” He chuckles. Bulma crosses her arms and gives a big sigh. So Capsule Corp. is probably paying for most of it.You shake your head and cross your arms. “Earth has to step up its game. It should be financing an entire army of ki-trained warriors to stand against its foes. It can’t just rely on a small squad of particularly powerful ones.”“I’ll talk to the guys about it.” He finally says.“Good.” You say, moving on. “Now we must decide what we should do next as a crew.”“We should clear up if I’m staying behind or not on our next mission.” Turles says. “If I stay, I’ll have the 3 scout ships operational within 3 months. If I don’t, we won’t. Your choice, Prince.”“Let’s see…”>”Turles stays and repairs the scout ships.” He will also dedicate time to training.>”Turles comes with us.”“I’d like to hear proposals as to what our next operation should be.” You say. “Let’s stick a time limit to it. We should be back within 3 months in order to gather the results of Capsule Corp.’s research.”
Rasha raises his hand. “I would propose seeking parlay with Queen Zar’Ann in a neutral location of our choosing. Perhaps we could find someone who would be able to offer this to the Queen if we return to Sadala Station and explore its nearby star systems. It should easy to return within the given time window.”Nappa shakes his head. “Not a good idea. We don’t know if they’re back at Sadala Station by now. And she sent these scout ships with powerful pirates in them. She has it out against us for sure.”Turles butts in. “Pirate operations are usually not centralized. We don’t know if it was her who ordered this, or if Tavaz and Tavoz decided to follow us by themselves.”“Still, we took a station from her and grievously wounded one of her captains.” Nappa retorts. Turles just nods.“That’s one. The other one would be our expedition to the farming outpost. It’s a month away, so we’d have a month to do anything we need to do there before coming back.”Everyone agrees. Kalabash has already laid out what we might find there, so all that remains is going.Piccolo stares at you. “And…” You say. “Namek. I promised Piccolo I would take him there.”Kalabash steps forward. “Namek is about a month away from Earth give our spacecraft’s current speed.”Calava seems rather frustrated. “We don’t have time to do tourism!” She says. “If you promised him something like that, then just give him a scout ship when they’re done!”Piccolo crosses his arms. “Hmph. I’ve been at the ‘power level’ you required of me for 3 months. You’d have me wait 3 more?”“We do owe him.” Raditz says.“Why are you on his side?!” Calava retorts at him with an elevated tone.“What’s wrong with you? He helped save you and Kalabash at Vertes!” Raditz spits back.This clearly isn’t about Piccolo. “Enough!” You yell, throwing a hand to the side. “This is my decision to make.”They both go quiet, stop facing each other and look away. Guess Raditz didn’t go for it today after all.Piccolo hides a low laugh with a hand after witnessing the scene. “Don’t get me wrong, I won’t hold it against you if you have me wait a while more. This isn’t just self-centered wish of mine, I just believe this may be the best time to do it, while we are still relatively well hidden from outside forces and don’t have foes pursuing us everywhere we go. I wouldn’t want to put my home planet at risk when I visit it.”He straightens up. “I do honestly believe that what I could find on Namek would be of great use to me, and thus to all of us.”Time to choose what you’ll likely spend the next 3 months doing:>Go on a ‘diplomatic’ mission to Sadala Station, seeking audience on neutral grounds with Zar’Ann.>Go to the Saiyan farming settlement, searching for more Saiyans to join your cause, or things they may have left behind.>Go to Namek in order to fulfil your promise to Piccolo.>Write-in. (Writeins for this one will be more restricted, since it'll decide what we're doing for a long while).
>>6408094>”Turles stays and repairs the scout ships.” He will also dedicate time to training>Go to the Saiyan farming settlement, searching for more Saiyans to join your cause, or things they may have left behind.
>>6408093>>”Turles stays and repairs the scout ships.” He will also dedicate time to training.>>6408094>>Go to the Saiyan farming settlement, searching for more Saiyans to join your cause, or things they may have left behind.I'd like to hit the settlement then Namek in the same run, but I'll suppose we could do Namek next in either case, then we'd be able to make the trip to the warrior outpost in 1 month with our upgraded engines.As to increasing the Z fighters numbers...It's been a very long time since I've immersed myself in DB or DBZ, but here goes.Hercule, obviously. Yajirobes lazy ass if he could be convinced, I suppose. Yamu and Spopovitch could conceivably be snagged before getting taken by babidi, not sure how strong they'd be without the enhancements, but obviously they'd have some ability at least.I used chatgpt to drudge up a list of minor martial artists and the like since I couldn't remember any of their names. It wasn't overly helpful.Nam, King Chappa, Pamput, the son of Bora named Upa came up as suggestions.Not sure if there many survivors of the RR army still kicking around that might could be inducted, I know one anon is wishing for Captain Yellow. Might be some inspiration there. I think there was a Samurai or Ninja guy named Murasaki. I'll go digging through the wiki to see if I can find a few more suggestions. Also, seems like we might want to host a tournament, or maybe gather the martial arts masters of the world for a conference or something like that. Even Earth could use some nameless mooks of low to middling ability I'd say.
>>6408229Heres a few that might be worth looking at,https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Murasaki_Brothershttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Antoine_the_Greathttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Doskoihttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Gregorhttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Jewelhttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Caronihttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Olibuhttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Pintarhttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Sky_Dragonhttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Udohttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Wild_Tigerhttps://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Pintar
QM for some Earth fighters, there's a couple good one's. Upa, Nam, King Chappa and some of the fighters in the og tournaments are probablt worth grabbing. King Chappa would need convincing I imagine but he was the real deal.Pamput someone else suggested but he'd probably work - he's a lil arrogant though.>>6408094 #>”Turles stays and repairs the scout ships.” He will also dedicate time to training>Go to the Saiyan farming settlement, searching for more Saiyans to join your cause, or things they may have left behind.
>>6408094>>6408197+1 to these! More saiyans!
>>6408197>>6408229>>6408271>>6408289Turles stays and we go out to find more Saiyans.Thanks for the possible human fighters. I'll check em out when we start dealing with our possible earthling "army".If you have find any fanart images of Saiyans you'd like me to use, put them here in the thread (link or attached to the post). I've already got plenty but you can never have enough.
This update may take a bit longer as I gotta work on the content for the Saiyan farming colony. Might skip update today and post it tomorrow.
“We’ll go to the Saiyan farming settlement, we need more of our kin to join our cause as soon as possible.” You say. Piccolo hides his disappointment well, if he feels any.You look to Turles. “Meanwhile, you’ll stay here and work on the 3 scout ships.” He simply nods. The crew starts talking among each other about preparations.“I wanna go!” You hear the voice of Rokka. Your entire crew looks up and is surprised to see the young Saiyan floating up in the air. She hid her power level using the earthling’s technique.“Rokka!” Gisa yells. “Go back home this instant!”“No!” The girl replies. “I want to go, I have to! I won’t let dad go alone!”“He’s not going alone, Rokka.” Raditz tells her. “We’re all going with them.”“Yeah, don’t worry.” Calava raises a fist, purple ki flowing through it. “We’ll make sure nothing happens to him.”Kalabash tries to catch her, but she dashes away. “Rokka, come back here!”Nappa takes a spot by your side. “She’s real plucky. Maybe we could take her with us, leave her at the ship?”You’re watching the scene unfold as your crew tries to catch the girl. She is only 10, but is rather plucky. If she were to come, she could train with your crew and use the gravity machine. Children grow in strength faster than adults, so bringing her along would lead to exponential growth.“Bad idea, Prince Vegeta.” Turles also took a spot near you, keeping his voice down so she doesn’t hear. “She’s clever, lots of potential in the girl, but you shouldn’t take kids with you on missions like this, even if they’d stay at the spacebase. Leave her here and I’ll keep her working on the ships.”“You’d train her as well?”“Depends on who’d stick around Earth. Kakarot and Piccolo would do a better job than me, that’s for sure.”After a short pursuit, Rokka lands right at your feet, taking a knee in a show of respect. “Prince Vegeta, please let me go with you on this trip!”Kalabash lands behind her and grabs her by the shoulders. “Please forgive her insolence, Prince.” He looks to Rokka. “Go home, we will speak later.” The girl returns home, clearly crestfallen. After making sure her daughter doesn’t return, Gisa stands near her husband and bows in respect.You wait for Rokka to be out of earshot, then look to the couple. “Are you sure you don’t want her to come?” The two seem surprised at the suggestion.“Huh? Why would you want her to come?” Kalabash says.“She’s got guts, and potential.” Nappa replies. “We could keep her safe.”Gisa objects. “She’s just 10! If something happened to her…”“We’re Saiyans.” Nappa replies. “Battle’s in our blood. The girl should be with Saiyans.” He gives the earthlings nearby a look. Bulma’s talking with Kakarot and Piccolo. “She’ll grow faster than any of us would.”“Rokka isn’t a weapon!” Gisa exclaims, looking at Nappa with a furrowed brow. “She’s my daughter!”Nappa lifts his hands. “Hey, that’s not what I’m saying.”
“Gisa…” Kalabash says. “You did tell me that Rokka wasn’t adapting that well to life here. She enjoyed her time with the Namekian, but is uninterested in the earthling way of life. She wants to be with other Saiyans. Can we really take that away from her?”The Saiyan woman faces her husband. “She’s too young, Kal…”“She’s a warrior.” Calava approaches your group. “I saw it when I trained with her this past month. She has the look of someone who wants to fight. She wants to be with us.”Gisa shakes her head. “I just don’t want her to get hurt. Give her a few more years to train!”Turles looks at you. He is clearly still of the opinion of keeping her at Earth.Taking her would be dangerous, as any space travel is nowadays. But it is true that the girl would have more potential than most other Saiyans in your crew, were you to give her a chance to come, she could grow strong very quickly, it would be the Saiyan way.>”Let her come, Gisa. I swear to keep her safe.”>”She is too young. She stays here with her mother and Turles.”>Write-in.Pics of Rokka and Gisa:>>6403825>>6403823After this we have one more post dealing on who's coming, then we're heading out.
>>6408479>>”Let her come, Gisa. I swear to keep her safe.”
>”She is too young. She stays here with her mother and Turles.”> Set a benchmark for the girl. A power level of 8,000... and she must find a master here to teach her a martial art. Something you have learned well is how important skill and technique are now; better she get started young if she is to be a true warrior. She can probably find one of the Earthlings willing to do so - the short one or the long maned warrior seem of the right disposition to accept.Throwing Krillin or Yamcha at her. She's just too unskilled and not strong enough. If she wants to be included, she needs to prove herself. Otherwise we're just crippling ourselves.
>>6408560+1 to this. Saiyans are a rare thing these days, their children even more so. No way are we taking a kid on this trip.Maybe we should set a minimum age, too? Don’t want her blitzing past any limit we set too quickly and ending up with a child soldier.
>>6408560>>6408589Since I got some time to write today, I'll close the vote. She stays and we set a training requirement.
“She is too young. She stays here with her mother and Turles.” You see Gisa smile the instant you start talking, Turles sighs in contentment and Kalabash, Nappa and Calava accept your order without issue.“But, since she is so intent on coming with us, tell her that she can if she reaches a power level of 8.000. That ought to keep her busy for a while.”Kalabash smiles. “8.000… She’d be stronger than her old man.”“Not if you keep up with your training and fight bravely.” You reply. “Go prepare, I must speak with Kakarot.” Your warriors head back home to prepare their things for the upcoming trip, Gisa seems rather jubilant knowing her child stays with her.You approach Kakarot, Piccolo and Bulma. Your mate and fellow Saiyan are sharing a lively conversation about life on Earth and Kakarot’s son. Piccolo comes closer to you.“So the girl stays.” Piccolo says.“You were listening in on us?”“Well, her mother seems rather happy, and she was adamant about her not leaving the planet, so I’m guessing her viewpoint won the day.”“You’d make a great detective.” You half-joke. “She will have to grow stronger if she wants to come with us. I set her a minimum of 8.000 before she can go on a mission.”Piccolo lets out a low chuckle. “Hmph. If that promise of yours is as trustworthy as the one you gave to me, that girl might as well start planting crops.”You stare at him. “Have I offended you?”“Not at all, even I am capable of jests.” Piccolo replies. “But since the girl is not coming with you, and you made her a promise. I will help her fulfil her part of the bargain. I am staying here to train her.”“I already put Turles in charge of her training.”“He’ll be busy with your ships, won’t he? Don’t worry about it, my training regimens are quite strict. The girl enjoys them too, must be that Saiyan blood thing you bunch keep talking about.”“Very well, Rokka will do as she wishes anyway.” You reply.Finally, Kakarot and Bulma’s conversation ends. She gives you a kiss on the cheek, whips out her phone and starts calling someone while flying off to your house.“Hey Vegeta. Good planning session there, huh?”“I like hearing what my men have to say.”“Man, just hearing you guys talk about all those dangerous aliens and folks that need rescuing got me pumped.” He punches his palm. “Still willing to let me go with you?”“What about your wife and child?”“Ah, no way Chi-Chi will want to come, and I don’t want to put Gohan in danger.”“What I meant is if you’re fine to be away from them for 3 whole months.”“Sure!” He gives a thumbs-up. “Truth is, I’ve seen how strong you and your guys have grown, and yet you still talk about how much more powerful those people out there in space are. I couldn’t forgive myself if I just hunkered down and didn’t improve myself enough to protect my home.”“I’ll be training Gohan then.” Piccolo says. “You bet.” Kakarot says, bringing up a fist, which Piccolo bumps with a long sigh.
“Oh! Maybe I’m going a bit too far by supposing you’ll just let me go with you, huh?” He scratches the back of his head with a nervous smile. “Sorry about that.” His stare turns serious and he lets out a smile. “Will you let me come with you on your mission, Vegeta?” You see his energy swirl and come out of hiding, a white ki surrounds him and makes the wind rush around. You see members of your crew who remained nearby dart around to check who is the source of that strength. A power level of 20.000. You see Nappa’s jaw hangs open in self-disappointment, he was still nearby talking with Raditz about something or other.Kakarot is a powerful warrior, the second strongest Saiyan in the universe as far as you’re aware. He would be a great addition to your crew’s strength, and it’s not like Earth is currently on anyone’s radar, that would be you specifically. Still, maybe you’d rather be safe than sorry, even if it means that Kakarot will not grow as much as a warrior.>”You may come with us.”>”No, stay at Earth and make sure it’s safe.”>Write-in.
>>6408612>”You may come with us.”Space carrot
>>6408612>>”You may come with us.”Perhaps his presence will spur on our fellow Saiyans to train harder?
>>6408612>”You may come with us.”
>>6408671>>6408683>>6408699>>6408707Kakacarrot cake is coming with us
“You may come with us.” You reply. “Pack your things and say your goodbyes to you family. We’ll be leaving very soon.”His eyes beam with delight. “Yes! Space adventures, here we come!” You watch him fly up, waving you and everyone else goodbye, then he faces away and booms into the skies.“Is he always this way?” You ask Piccolo. You didn’t interact with Kakarot much beyond a few fights, and he’d shown himself to be a far more serious Saiyan back then. Then again, he was unsure if you were a threat to Earth or not.“Yeah.” Piccolo replies. “It only gets worse from there.” He says, watching him go. “I’m going to tell Rokka we’ll be training together.”“How’d she do in training?” You ask.“Pretty good. Surprisingly ruthless for a kid, she’s toughening up Gohan and her little brother.”“Is Kalabash right about her not wanting to be here on Earth?”“’I’d say she’s bored. She’s only got her mother and brother at home, and Gohan and I when training. And Chi-Chi, but that’s just Gohan’s mother. No kids her age in her immediate surroundings, no way to make friends because she does not know earthling culture and is rather unwilling to learn about it.” Piccolo states as matter of fact. “So of course she’s desperate to find alternatives.”“I see.” You’re wondering if this matter may require some sort of solution in the future. No matter, your expedition must take priority for now. “Hopefully having Turles teach her about spaceship repairs might distract her.”“Maybe.” Piccolo then abruptly ends your conversation by walking away.You stretch a moment and see if your body is finally willing to fly, a pain in your chest states quite bluntly that this won’t be the case so you just walk home instead.You find Bulma gathering up her stuff and hard at work on trajectory vectors for the ship plus whatever else needs to get done to get you and your crew to the planet where the farming colony is. You head to the fridge and take a look at what’s inside.“Was Kalabash’s 1 month travel time estimate good?”“Yup.” She says. “We’ll be at Lagat the same day he predicted.”“Lagat?”“Codename Lagat.” She shows you a holo-projection of the planet and the holobox’s datasheet coming from her wristpad. “The reference given to the colony. And to the planet, I guess. Is Lagat some sort of Saiyan thing?”“Not that I’m aware of.” You say, taking orange juice from the fridge and drinking it. “Did Kalabash tell you anything about the name?”“I forgot to ask.” She lets out a ditzy tongue.You shrug as you return the juice to the fridge. “A name’s a name.” You see that she’s still wearing her mechanic’s clothing and still rather dirty with oil and other filth. “Don’t you want to shower?”“Nah, I’m fine. I’d like to tinker with Turles’ spacecraft a little more today.” She says, still furiously typing away at her wristpad.“Is it good?”
“Yes, Turles knows his stuff.” She replies. “Not sure where he learned to make spacecraft though… That doesn’t seem like a very Saiyaney thing.”“With the pirates he was with, maybe.” You gather up some of your own clothes and replacement armor meshes into your own suitcases. “20 years is a long time to learn all kinds of skills.” Your crew takes the next few days to prepare their things, gather up supply containers, and make maintenance checks on the ship. Finally, everything is ready. You gather up all of the Saiyans to pay your respects to the fallen at the Saiyan graveyard before departing, then you all head for Sadala Plaza, the fountain and little park at the center of the village. The Saiyans had given it a name while you were at the hospital.The attack pods designed by Bulma have landed nearby, ready to take you to the ship up in orbit. Everyone’s here to say their goodbyes. Kalabash’s family, of course, with a rather angry Rokka and the tearful Gisa and Oshe. Kakarot’s family has come too, his wife, Chi-chi, while initially pouting angrily, has given way to a hug with sorrowful tears now that her husband is finally departing, Gohan is also quite sad, though he’s holding his own rather well with Piccolo by his side. The Briefs have come too, including Bulma’s sister Tights, who approaches you as you were standing by cross-armed relatively close to them.“Hey Vegeta. Uh…” She fiddles with her thumbs. “I’m sorry about what I said.”“Don’t worry about it, anger has its own voice.” You reply.“Still, I said some pretty mean things then. I called you guys monsters, but it’s not true. Bulma’s told me a lot about you. I think… I think you’ve got good hearts, y’know?”You nod in thanks. “I accept your apology, don’t let this trouble you any further.” You insist.She nods back. “Just one last time, I’m sorry.” She returns to her family and gives her younger sister a big hug.Nappa approaches you. “Man, we ain’t got nobody, huh?” He says with a big smile.“What do you mean?”Nappa points at various groups around the plaza. “Well, Calava’s getting her tearful goodbyes with Kalabash and his family since she’s basically their adopted daughter. Raditz is getting a big hug from Gohan and even exchanging bows with Chi-Chi. And Kakarot and Bulma of course got their own people they’re leaving behind too.”Rasha and Olond walk up to the both of you. “We do have each other, Lord Nappa.” Rasha says. “We should be glad that we go together and mustn’t say goodbyes.”“Damn!” Nappa jumps. “Where’d you two come from?”“The earthlings’ energy hiding technique is quite a gift.” Olond says.“You guys haven’t made much noise since we came back to Earth.” You say.“In truth, we prefer calm lives. We have taken to gardening Earth plants, and spend much of our time with Lord Piccolo in meditation and communion with this planet’s nature.” Rasha states.“The Namekian likes nature?” Nappa asks. “Didn’t know he was the type.”
“His stoney façade is only that, a façade. Though it is sadly required for so many in this galaxy.” Olond says, shaking his head. “We thank you for giving us the opportunity to have a peaceful life, Prince Vegeta.”You raise an eyebrow. “You’re fighting quite a lot though.” You reply.“Of course, but we do so in order to keep our peace-lives going.” Olond says.“This galaxy is full of battle and death, let ours be for the sake of defending something we truly appreciate.” Rasha continues. “Many do not have that blessing.”Bulma approaches your group. “All systems green, captain. Ready to go when you are.”You step to the center of the plaza. “Crew, gather up!”You watch as a line of 8 people clad in Capsule Saiyan armor and scouters take formation. Though Kakarot and Bulma are not exactly taking a disciplined stance. The rest of the Saiyans keep their feet tight together, their arms to their sides, and their tails wrapped around them as a belt. Nappa, with a power level of 12.086. Your most steadfast warrior, and friend.Raditz, with a power level of 10.619. Friend of the earthlings, but ever loyal to you and your cause.Calava, with a power level of 7.000. Daughter of Taliso, plucky boxer extraordinaire.Kalabash, with a power level of 3.000. Once a member of the resistance, now once more fighting for the Saiyan cause.Rasha, with a power level of 17.000. A tall, lean alien who joined you in order to build a brighter future.Olond, with a power level of 10.000. A small, rotund alien, master of his homeworld’s martial arts.Bulma, with a power level of 500. Your love, and of course Earth’s brightest scientist and engineer.Then finally, Kakarot, with a power level of 20.630. Protector of Earth. The Saiyan armor fits him quite well.“You all know our mission, you all know why we fight. We head off once more to save any fellow Saiyans we may find and bring them into our grand mission!” You lift a fist and your crew does too.“For our people!”“For our people!” The Saiyans yell, except Kakarot.You turn around and walk into your pod. Your crew says their final goodbyes with hugs, kisses and handshakes, then they each fly to their pods.The pods’ thrusters fire up and lift your crew into the air. After piercing Earth’s atmosphere, you arrive at the spacebase. Your crew takes their spots at the bridge, Kakarot curiously looking around the machinery, then looking at the stars with fascination drawn across his face.You look at Bulma, who realizes Turles isn’t here. “All systems are green, we are ready to go, Vegeta.”You throw a hand forward. “We depart!”The starts form into lines around the ship as it enters hyperspeed. Kakarot looks at the scene utterly astonished while Raditz pats his back.
Activity at the bridge dies down now that you are in a steady course to the farming colony, Lagat. Your crew members each head to their rooms to enjoy a bit of free time before lunch. Raditz is still talking with a gushing Kakarot at the end of the bridge, the Saiyan unable to look away from the shooting stars.Nappa approaches you. He adjusts his neck to fit into his mesh and armor a little better. “Vegeta, will you be able to train this month?”“No, Bulma’s watching me, and my body can’t take it anyway. I need to be in good shape by the time we arrive at Lagat.”“Lagat, huh?” He takes a hand to his chin. “I feel like I heard that name before.”“Really, where? It doesn’t sound Saiyan.”He shrugs. “Don’t remember, must’ve been a long time ago.”Oh well. “Have you set the training schedules for the month?”“Of course.” His scouter processes some information and sends it to your own. You open the file.“Rasha and Olond will be meditating, as usual, though I’ve included sparring sessions between them and the rest.” He says. “I’ve also partnered up Calava and Bulma, since they seem to get along now. Then I assigned Raditz to teach Kalabash earthling training methods, the guy will fall too far behind otherwise. Everyone else has a relatively normal schedule. Raditz and I will focus on sparring sessions against Kakarot to ensure we get some value out of him. Here’s my prediction on power level increases, even if they’re bullshit.”=TRAINING RESULTS=>Nappa. 12.086 -> 14.086 (+1.000 base, +1.000 high gravity)>Raditz. 10.619 -> 13.619 (+1.000 base, +1.000 high gravity, +1.000 earthling training methods)>Calava. 7.000 -> 8.500 (+750 base, +750 earthling training).>Kalabash. 3.000 -> 3.750 (+750 base). Learns: earthling training techniques from Raditz which will improve future trainings.>Rasha. 17.000 -> 18.500 (+500 base, +1.000 Piccolo meditation technique)>Olond. 10.000 -> 11.500 (+500 base, +1.000 Piccolo meditation technique)>Kakarot. 20.630 -> 25.630 (+2.000 from base, +2.000 high gravity, +1.000 earthling training techniques)>Bulma. 500 -> 750 (+125 base, +125 earthling training techniques).“Good work Nappa.” You say.“Yup.” Nappa boasts with a fist to his chest. “Getting the hang of this already.”You chuckle as you read his sheet. “Maybe you should learn some earthling training techniques before Raditz overtakes you.”He seems offended at the thought. “No way!” He says. “It’s taking me a while, but I’m developing an actual Saiyan training method! None of that pansy meditation and ki focus, but a truly brutal way to train and fight!”You shrug. “Wouldn’t it be better to know both?”“Nuh-uh.” Nappa shakes a finger side to side. “With my method, you won’t need nothin’ from anyone!”“Whatever, as you wish, but I’ll be thoroughly disappointed if I see my second-in-command surpassed by another one of my underlings due to a stubborn attitude.”
“You bet I won’t let that wimp Raditz get past me!” Nappa raises a fist. You see Raditz give a confused look from the other end of the bridge, then return to dealing with Kakarot.“Anyway…” Nappa says. “I think you can offer someone some proper coaching for the month. Here, open this file.”You open it and see three potential trainees.“Bulma’s one potential trainee. She could break the 1.000 threshold given your help, which will likely result in increased returns for future trainings.” Her sheet closes and another opens. “Kalabash is another option, don’t want him to fall too far behind.” The next sheet to open is Calava’s. “Then there’s Calava. The girl would reach 10.000 with your help, her future training would bring greater results and she’d be able to start using the gravity room properly.”You sit there and ponder your options, tapping your armrest. You see that he’s thinking about something, worried about it, he has a really hard time hiding such things from you. “What is it, Nappa?”“It’s uh… Please don’t take this the wrong way.” He says.You sigh. “Out with it, I will listen to any counsel you give me.”“Bulma… she’s your mate.” He says. “Don’t know if you’re thinking about making her the Princess, but there are… expectations in Saiyan society. Not that anyone in the ship cares, of course! But you know what I mean, we’re going out there to find a whole bunch of Saiyans, some of them may be more uh… immersed in the old ways?”You grimace, your finger tapping faster. “What would they do about it?” You really have no idea, you were just 5 when Frieza took you so your knowledge of the Saiyan ways is relatively sparse beyond the grand ideals.“Challenge her, maybe. Of course you can be her champion, but it’s expected that a Saiyan’s consort be able to defend herself.” He says. “Plus, they’d look at you funny for choosing a weak mate-“ He seeks another word. “-beloved. You are supposed to have the highest position in all of Saiyan society, after all.”“Who can I expect challenges from?” You continue with your questions.“Powerful female Saiyans who wish to be your mate, probably.” He says. “Royalty is not expected to marry for love, but to produce powerful offsprings. All Saiyans are expected to do so, but royals doubly so.”“You think the Saiyans at Lagat will challenge Bulma?”“I don’t know. If you want me to guess, I’d say no. Most of them were non-combatants or low class warriors. Probably not interested in power plays such as these. Saiyans who were once Elites or Super-Elites are the ones I’d expect to do stuff like this.”“So I need to focus on Bulma…” You cross your arms to stop your fingertapping, it starts tapping your arm instead.
“Not you personally, but she should be amplifying her training with a more powerful tutor.” Nappa replies. “Of course, whoever tutors her will have to focus on that rather than their own growth. I’d say their training results would be reduced by half.”Hm. Quite an annoying predicament. You should reform this aspect of Saiyan society, but it’ll be hard to do so until you’ve gathered many Saiyans to your cause, and it would take time anyway. Bulma needs to be safe up until then, you can keep her safe, but it’d be far better if she could keep herself safe.=VEGETA’S TRAINING PARTNER=“I’d like to focus on…>Bulma. +250 increase to values above. Total: 1.000>Kalabash. +750 increase to values above. Total 4.500>Calava. +1.500 increase to values above. Total 10.000>Write-in. You will DUPLICATE the base value of their training. For example, Nappa’s +1.000 base would turn into +2.000, Rasha's +500 base would turn into +1.000.=BULMA’S TUTOR (only if you don’t train her yourself)=If you do not choose Bulma for the past option, would you like to assign someone to training her? She would reach 1.000, same as if she trained with you. She may learn a technique from her tutor.>Kakarot. His training result would reduce to: 23.130 instead of 25.630.>Rasha. His training result would reduce to: 17.750 instead of 18.500.>Olond. His training result would reduce to: 10.750 instead of 11.500.>No one.>Write-in.ZENKAI! After this month your power level will increase because of your near-death experience when you fought Tavovaz the Conqueror!>Roll 1d7000+7000
Rolled 6455 + 7000 (1d7000 + 7000)>>6408977>write inIf I may, perhaps we could combine training/mentoring by Vegeta with Bulma and Nappa? We could explore his Saiyan technique and perhaps refine it, and impart it on Bulma. Her learning Saiyan martial arts would perhaps help with integration as well.
Rolled 1635 + 7000 (1d7000 + 7000)>>6408975> Focus on: Raditz> Tutor: Olond.Raditz has just a bit more to close the gap with Nappa, and oh boy would that motivate Nappa going forward.Oland meanwhile works super well for Bulma if he can impart the Piccolo training technique. It's a very solid training with consistent gains that also can be done alone. It's super convenient.Also. I think I dropped my trip - I got my Wi-Fi changed and I think it fucked it. Now, to see if I remember how to roll dice, not that I think we need it after that near max Zenkai holy fuck.
>>6408994The Saiyan training technique is not refined enough for it to be taught to Bulma. I'll do this:>If you focus on Nappa as your training partner, you will help him develop the Saiyan training technique by the end of the month.>This will also apply if you focus on Raditz, as Nappa will be driven to develop it even harder Bulma tutoring will go apart, so if you'd like to vote on that, do so!
>>6409044Very well then>>6408977>>Write-in. You will DUPLICATE the base value of their training. For example, Nappa’s +1.000 base would turn into +2.000, Rasha's +500 base would turn into +1.000.Nappa>>Kakarot. His training result would reduce to: 23.130 instead of 25.630.I'm thinking that the two would synchronize quite well.
Rolled 2673 + 7000 (1d7000 + 7000)>>6408977>Nappa>Carrotcake
I mean, should Saiyans let earthlings and other aliens have all the cool and special techniques and paths? As Prince I'd say we even have a duty to help develop something for our own(limited) people! Besides, Nappa is our second in command, and did just save our ass. He deserves a good power up.
>>6409144>>6409101Win for training Nappa and having Cacabbage train Bulma
>>6409351Tis me>>6409175The Saiyan training technique may be too violent for regular humans anyway, unless they reach a certain power level.Thanks for all the write-ins btw. Even if they don't result in an immediate vote change I keep them in my notes for future ideas. I'm already thinking about the possibility of mixed training and possibly making it possible to have stuff like what >>6408994 said.>>6409018>Also. I think I dropped my trip - I got my Wi-Fi changed and I think it fucked it.Yeah I won't worry about 1 post IDs because so many people have dynamic IPs or are using some sort of VPN. Unless I see some clear samefagging I'll count all votes. You can put on names if you want to, I don't mind.>>6408994We got a huge 13.455 PL power up! It seems some of that golden energy stayed with us... Our new PL is beeg 48.856!
Since I'm around for a bit, I wanted to ask you guys how you're liking the quest so far and ask some specific stuff:Do you want more or less talking?>More talking with even more characters! Make this quest a goddamn soap/space opera!>Amount of talking is just right.>Less talking! This is DBZ!Do you want more or less fighting?>More fighting! Against enemies, in friendly duels, in particularly tough sparring!>Amount of fighting is just right.>Less fighting! Do you want a faster or slower pace?>Faster pace! The quest is going too slow.>Pace is just right.>Slower pace! The quest is going too fast.Are there any characters you want to have a bit more spotlight or you think have too much of it?And finally, as to how the quest should progress would you rather:>Make a very extensive arc related to toppling the Cold Empire / restoring the Saiyan race. Defeating the Cold family should be the highlight of this quest.>Make the Cold Empire arc shorter and focus instead on the DBZ storyline with the added twist of a renewed Saiyan race.You can answer these whenever in the thread.
“I’d like to train with Nappa, see if we can refine that training technique of yours together.”He opens his eyes wide. “Oh, of course! Been a while since we properly trained together anyway, it’ll do us some good!”You chuckle. “The other option I thought of was Raditz.”He checks his notes. “Shit! He’d overtake me!”“Exactly.” You reply. “So you’d best put in the work now that I’m going to support you.”“Grrr. I won’t allow it! You’ll see, I’ll have the best training technique in the galaxy ready by the end of the month!”He storms off to begin his planning. You sit there, your finger’s tapping grows slower until you’re finally able to make it stop. The stars flow by the windows of the bridge. Kakarot and Raditz are heading out and stop near you.“This is crazy, Vegeta!” Kakarot says. “And you guys have been travelling space for how long?”“I’ve always travelled through space.” You reply. “As has Raditz.”“See? I told you!” Raditz tells Kakarot.Kakarot seems quite excited. “That’s insane! The number of planets you guys must’ve seen!”“Quite a lot.” Memories flow in your mind, you did see so many different places and civilizations in your time out there. Some of those no longer exist. You decide to change the topic to something more useful, “Kakarot, I’ve assigned you to train Bulma for the month.”“Cool! I’ve always wanted to train her.” He replies. You were expecting some sort of reluctance considering it would hamper his own training, but it seems your fellow Saiyan is quite happy to proceed.“It’s extremely important that she grows stronger, Kakarot.” You continue.Raditz takes a moment to think and quickly realizes why, Kakarot seems a bit dumbfounded. “It’s because her power level is too low, Goku- I mean… Kakarot.” Raditz says, looking at you with a sweat bead rolling down his cheek after using the name Goku. You don’t pay it much mind.Kakarot ponders. “Yeah, you never know when an enemy can reach her. That much we learned from when those alien ships visited us.” He sighs with a hint of regret. “I should’ve been in her attack pod.”Raditz pats him on the back. “Bulma had to be in the attack pod or the ship to redirect the rest of the pods’ thrusters. Don’t think there was any solution other than shooting just 8 of the 9 attack pods.”“Which she should’ve done.” You reply. “It’s what I ordered her to do.” You grip your arm.“Heh.” Kakarot laughs. “Bulma was never one to take orders.”
“In any case, it’s not only about our enemies. I tell you this because I trust you, Kakarot, because you have trusted us when we arrived on your planet a year ago and you trusted us also in every step of the way afterwards, so I would like to return that trust in kind. Saiyans respect strength. Bulma is my beloved, and she is not strong. This will lead to issues with other Saiyans.” Kakarot listens intently to your words, you see his cheeriness slowly disappear. “I don’t want this to weigh on her mind more than it has to, she already has so much to do for our cause as is, I would like her training to be a way for her to distract herself, not another task to worry about. Please be discreet with this information.”Raditz looks down in disappointment. Kakarot gives you a thumbs up. “I will, Vegeta. Thanks for telling me this.” He says. “I’ll go talk to Bulma and we’ll start training right this afternoon, alright?”You nod. “Good. Teach her as much as you can.” Kakarot nods one final time, then leaves the bridge. Raditz stays behind.“So, Nappa spoke to you about it.”“You knew?” You ask with an eyebrow raised.“Of course. We were talking about it these few days, then Nappa told me just before we departed that he’d have the talk with you.”“You don’t need to fear telling me things.” You say. After a short pause, you add: “Not anymore.”“It wasn’t so much fear, really.” Raditz says. “We just didn’t want you to worry about even more stuff. There’s already so much going on.” Raditz grips his fist tight. “It can’t be easy to be in your position, we just fight for you, you gotta make the decisions, do most of the thinking, and keep us in line when we act like fools too.” He takes his hand to his hair, ashamed. Perhaps he is thinking of his outbursts with Calava in the past few days.You notice that your finger is still tapping your arm, and your leg is moving in a constant, nervous pattern. Could it really be that you’re feeling stressed?>”Do not worry about this, Raditz. Tell Nappa and the rest to always share whatever thoughts they may have.”>”I do feel overwhelmed sometimes… Perhaps I should do something about it.”>Write-in.If there’s anything else you’d like to ask Raditz, go ahead.
>>6409380>>Amount of talking is just right.>>Amount of fighting is just right.>>Pace is just right.Everything seems to be flowing smoothly to me.>>Make a very extensive arc related to toppling the Cold Empire / restoring the Saiyan race. Defeating the Cold family should be the highlight of this quest.I mean, seems to me that would be the natural focus of a Vegeta centered qst, I'm sure the other arcs would play out fine as well though.
>>6409393>”Do not worry about this, Raditz. Tell Nappa and the rest to always share whatever thoughts they may have.”Vegeta being willing to hear out his people is a very necessary skill. Imo. I also want Vegeta to really double down on both learning Earthling techniques, and working with Nappa on creating Saiyan techniques derived from them. Especially since they'll be training together.I think King Cold and Frieza should get a lot of focus, with some potential for more after since stuff like the Androids is still likely to happen; heck, Gero has numerous more samples from different aliens now too, and his scale for everyone was Saiyan Saga. Goku and Vegeta are easily double where they were there, so we can assume Gero will scale up in preparation now too.
>>6409450>Gero has numerous more samples from different aliens now too, and his scale for everyone was Saiyan Saga. Goku and Vegeta are easily double where they were there, so we can assume Gero will scale up in preparation now too.That's genius actually, anon.We'll actually have to fight the most perfect Cell.
>>6409453Lol. Hey, if we keep any of Cold and his sons from visiting the planet then at the very least Cell won't have that working through him.
>>6409393>>”Do not worry about this, Raditz. Tell Nappa and the rest to always share whatever thoughts they may have.”Oops, forgot >>6409442
>>6409455Afraid of a challenge, anon?
>>6409517>>6409450>”Do not worry about this, Raditz. Tell Nappa and the rest to always share whatever thoughts they may have.”I'll close the vote and write an update now
“Do not worry about this, Raditz. Tell Nappa and the rest to always share whatever thoughts they may have.” You say. Stressed or not, your crew must not be afraid of telling you anything in their mind.“Alright. Just know you can rely on us too!” He brings up a fist.You give him a smile. “Of course.” Raditz then leaves your sight, you hear the door close behind him. You sit there for a little while more, watching the stars, then get up and head to your room.Bulma is there, seated on a cushioned chair, busy with some files on her wristpad and scouter. “Everything okay?”“Yes.” You reply, taking off your combination of battle armor and cape. You keep it in your hands, watching it for a moment. “I will be training with Nappa this month.”“Training?” Bulma’s scouter stops processing files for a moment, the scouter’s screen retreats into the scouter itself, a new invention by Capsule Corp. “I told you-““I’ll just be watching him and giving him tips. He’s developing a training technique.” You leave your battle armor hanging on the wall. “Oh, okay.” She replies. The screen returns in front of her and continues to process files. “Sorry, I’m just worried.”“Don’t be. I have no intention of straining myself considering we don’t know what’s in Lagat.” You approach her, trying to sneak a look at her work. “What are you doing?”“Another personal project. I’m trying to improve the Saiyan detector, give it a longer range. I’ve already developed it enough to make it system-wide, but I want to bring it to a sector scale.” She says. “Like, multiple star systems at once.”“That’s doable?”“Everything is doable.” Her utter confidence is one of the things you like about her, stubborn as a Saiyan when she sets her mind to something.You take a moment to sit on your office chair and look out the round window. It’s been almost two years since you landed at Earth. How things have changed. “Kakarot will train you.” You say in a nonchalant voice.“Goku?” Her scouter screen retreats again as she turns to face you. “Why?”“You’re the one that’s weakest in our crew. You have to grow stronger.”“I mean, wouldn’t Goku need to train with someone who’s around his level? Nappa or Raditz maybe. Why waste his time on me? I can train with Calava or Kalabash.”Your finger starts tapping the armrest again. “He can teach you a lot in very little time.”She turns off her wristpad and gets up, approaching your desk. Her body’s outline under the mesh shows how much she has progressed in the past few months of training, as does the iron stare she bears when she gets serious. “There’s something you’re not telling me.”“What are you talking about?” You say, answering her gaze with yours.“I know you better than you think, Vegeta. You wouldn’t do this if you didn’t feel that it needs to be done.”“Of course it needs to be done, I already told you why.”
“Because I’m the weakest in the ship. But we both already know that what occurred at Earth was an exception. And part of the plan is for me to stay at the ship as operational command when we get to Lagat. So why focus on me now, and why mess with Goku's -or anyone else's- training for my sake?”You know you can make a good enough excuse to get her to drop this matter for now. Though maybe it would be best to just tell her? Just a few days ago you told her everything would be fine, and that’s what you believed, but now that both Nappa and Raditz have confided their worries… But still, to put another worry on her mind when she’s already thinking about the ship’s wellbeing, working on multiple projects for you, and worrying about the safety of her home planet…>Tell her about the risks that being your beloved entails, as Nappa told you.>Do not tell her for now. There will be another, more appropriate time to do so.>Write-in.
>>6409535> Tell her... but tell her it is more than that. You want to be there every time she is in danger. But you know you cannot be. She is a woman beyond capable in so many ways, and you know this is only one more thing she will excel at. For those moments where you can't be there to protect her, you need to be able to trust that she can protect herself. And you believe that she truly can.
>>6409535>Tell her about the risks that being your beloved entails, as Nappa told you.>>6409380>Less talking! This is DBZ!>Pace is just right.>Make the Cold Empire arc shorter and focus instead on the DBZ storyline with the added twist of a renewed Saiyan race.>>6409518anon is this pic
>>6409535>>Tell her about the risks that being your beloved entails, as Nappa told you.>>6409552Strength through adversity!
>>6409543>>6409552>>6409561We're telling our gal everything.
“You know me well.” You say, closing your eyes for a moment to think. “The other day you were rather observant regarding the expectations other Saiyans may have of me.”“Right.” She finally seems to relax. “I was right, wasn’t I?”“Yes, I wished to calm you down then, but after speaking with my warriors I understood that this was not the right way.” She gives you a sweet look. “It is true, other Saiyans will be surprised to see you as my beloved, and they will seek to challenge your position.”“Challenge it?” She asks. “Like… in a fight?”“Yes. These sorts of challenges are resolved in duels.”“I see. Heh.” She chuckles. “I kinda half-expected it, y’know? Being a Saiyan Prince’s girl wasn’t gonna be easy.”“I can protect you, but I’m sure someone crafty enough may find a way around me and force you to fight directly. That’s why I need you to be stronger.” You continue.“Right.” She puts a hand to her waist and seems deep in thought.“If this is something that could make you change your mind, I’d understand… You don’t have to sign up for this.” You look away. It hurts you deep in your soul to say this, but you must be fair to her, because you love her. “No way.” She replies. “When I said that I love you, I meant that with everything it entails. Even fighting whatever Saiyan wild cats want to have a go at my man.”You look at her surprised, she’s smiling at you and you smile back. “I would love to always be there to protect you.” You say.“You won’t always be able to.” She says, sitting on your desk.“You are beyond capable of this, I know it. You have excelled at many things in your life, this will be but one more.” You get up and approach her face. “I truly believe you can do it.”She giggles. “Watch out, Prince, I might even reach you.” Her arms wrap around your neck. “I’d take your title, the Saiyans would have a new Princess.”“They already do.” You kiss, and the hours left ‘til lunch are history.Days begin to pass as routine sets in aboard the ship. Breakfast, free time, training, lunch time, free time again, more training, dinner, sleep. Kakarot has been training Bulma to the bone, if her being constantly tired and hurting from soreness she feels are any indications.
Meanwhile, you’ve been watching Nappa’s training for days on end. While you’re not able to participate, you correct him on every wrong step taken, every shoddy stance he takes, every bit of energy spilled needlessly. You keep yourself strict, and he takes it in stride, driven by his ambition to create a truly Saiyan training method. Your constant reminders that a low class warrior such as Raditz is about to surpass him, and that Kakarot was Raditz’ weaker brother spur him on to try even harder. Sometimes you surprise him with a kick, punch or energy blast, or by increasing the gravity in the room though Bulma warned you not to do so, simply seeing Nappa trying to hold a strict stance and continue to use his energy in a balanced manner while delivering blows in the air and against you was enough reason to risk it. Weeks of training have passed already, and you’re sitting with him in the benches of the training room. He’s absolutely exhausted, sweating like a boar and is wolfing down Capsule Corp. workout drinks. “I think I get it now.” He says in-between puffs.“Get what?” You’ve left your towel around your neck, you’d been getting back into the hang of training too, and even what little strain you used made you feel tired to the bone.“Earthling training is based on discipline, right?” He says, looking at the wall in front of him.“Yes.” You reply.“Then Saiyan training is based on drive.”“Drive?” You raise an eyebrow. “Everyone who trains has a drive.”“And everyone who trains has discipline.” He replies. “But!” He raises a finger. “All training methods have their own main component. And the Saiyans have drive! Something must drive us to get better. For me it was seeing that bastard Raditz growing stronger. It was knowing that Kakarot was the second strongest Saiyan and not me!” His voice intensifies. “It was thinking that I might see Sidara again! That we Saiyans will retake our rightful place in the galaxy and will bring down the Cold Empire!” He raises a fist inbetween more huffs and puffs. “Don’t care if those gods of whatever come down here and try and fight me, I’ll beat ‘em too!”“Don’t get carried-“ You stop yourself. Right, the Saiyan drive. Perhaps he’s onto something. “It is true that when we set our minds to something bigger than us, we grew stronger more easily.”“Exactly!” He opens his arms wide as if that was the big reveal. “But that’s just a feeling we had, right? We have to turn that feeling into something real, something concrete! An actual drive for us, kinda like the engine of a spaceship!”“Turning a feeling into something concrete seems quite difficult though.”“Who said it’d be easy? But I’ll do it. I know I will! I’ll show everyone what Saiyans can do, without the help of anyone else!”You chuckle. “Well, the fact that we even train is something we owe to the earthlings, right? So we do owe them ever so slightly because of this.”
He waves a hand dismissively. “Doesn’t matter where it comes from, the truth is that what I’m making will be pure, 100% Saiyan-made!”“Of course.” You reply.After that conversation, you noticed that Nappa’s revelation somehow helped him train even harder. Every time he collapsed, he got back up, driven, as he said, by his indomitable Saiyan will. To reach a limit and surpass it, to always have a greater point to reach, to let your primal instincts take over your very mind and target that objective like a wild Oozaru.You were increasing the gravity in the room from a safehouse within the training grounds themselves. Nappa was sticking to his battle stance, you watched as he tolerated levels of gravity that would have even Kakarot lying flat on the ground. He had deployed his Lightning Aura just to keep his body steady. His eyes had gone white. Sweat trickled from every pore in his body.“HAAAAH!” Nappa yells as you reach the gravity room’s peak. Even you at full strength would be struggling to stand. A powerful white ki flows from Nappa and all around him, accompanied by the electric sparks of his technique. You watch as blood spurts from his mouth, but his stance is maintained, his every blood vessel bulging on his body, yet his stance is still maintained, his boot beginning to bend the very floor of the training room, yet his stance is maintained.“HAH!” One final yell, and he delivers a punch forward from his stance. You instantly lower the room’s gravity and watch Nappa collapse on his knees. You leave the room and fly out to hoist him on your shoulder, though the man’s so massive you’re not much help at all.“I can’t believe what you just did.” You say, astonished.He spits some blood and saliva. “It’s…” He has to take in a big breath to continue speaking. “It’s the Saiyan way.” He gives you a thumbs up, then passes out.You can’t help but feel endeared with this fool. He did it, somehow. He actually found the core principle of the Saiyan training method: Drive. To be stronger, to be better. It seems you still had much to learn from your tutor.NAPPA LEARNT: Saiyan Training Technique.“Rest for now, Nappa.” You watch your hulking warrior, laid down on a medbay bed with Bulma checking his vitals.He gives you a thumbs up. The morphine administered by Bulma visibly eases the pain he feels from his strained body, and soon he falls asleep, letting out some loud snoring.“This is insane.” Bulma says as she reads the values appearing on her scouter. “It’s like… he willingly pumped himself with some sort of Saiyan adrenaline. Something that was formed in his tail.”“Huh?” You hear that about the tail and get closer to Bulma. “Send over the readings.”She does so. You did learn a bit on Saiyan anatomy here and there, it was important due to your species’ reliance on a certain move… “It can’t be!” You’re astonished to see what you’re seeing. “This is… This is the same reaction as when we turn into Oozaru!”
“What?!” Bulma seems as surprised as you are. “Like… when you see a full moon?”“The effect is far weaker but even so… No one’s ever been able to touch on that power.” You approach your sleeping warrior and put a hand to his chest. “There’s another thing that makes this training fully Saiyan, Nappa.”“How’d he do it?” Bulma asks, her visor retreating to her scouter.You let out a small laugh. “Through the pure, unbridled, primal drive of a Saiyan warrior.”She throws her hands in the air. “That’s not how science works!”You let Nappa recover for the next few days. You will soon be arriving at the planet. You check your power. Astounding, you let your ki flow through your body, which feels rather good after so long. You notice the others in the training room staring at you.“Almost 50.000.” You hear Calava say, a bead of nervous sweat trickling down her face.“That’s insane.” Kalabash utters. “So this is the potential of a Saiyan Prince…”Kakarot approaches you. “If it weren’t for the fact that we’re about to reach our destination, I’d challenge you to a duel!” He says.>”A quick duel? Alright, fine, let’s go ahead and fight.”>”We should focus on getting ready for our expedition. Our duel can wait.”>Write-in.
>>6409588>DUEL
>>6409588>>”We should focus on getting ready for our expedition. Our duel can wait.”
>>6409588>”A quick duel? Alright, fine, let’s go ahead and fight.”> "Let's do this outside. Yes Kakarot, in space. Hold your breath, figure something out to recycle oxygen with your Ki. It doesn't matter - I want to go all out and I'm not risking us destroying the ship in the process. Bulma, please be ready to pick up an unconscious body if either of us ends up that way."
>>6409595>>6409648>>6409691> "Let's do this outside. Yes Kakarot, in space. Hold your breath, figure something out to recycle oxygen with your Ki. It doesn't matter - I want to go all out and I'm not risking us destroying the ship in the process. Bulma, please be ready to pick up an unconscious body if either of us ends up that way."Fuck it, let's have some fun.
“A quick duel? Alright, fine, let’s go ahead and fight.” Kakarot seems happy to hear those words.“But.” You say. “"Let's do this outside.” You see Kakarot raise a confused eyebrow. “Yes Kakarot, in space. Hold your breath, figure something out to recycle oxygen with your Ki. It doesn't matter - I want to go all out and I'm not risking us destroying the ship in the process.”“All out, huh?” He smiles. “Fine by me.”Bulma, who was already getting herself ready to leave, lets out a long sigh, already expecting your words. “Bulma, please be ready to pick up an unconscious body if either of us ends up that way." You say.“Of course, of course.”You see your warriors letting out some Saiyan smiles, clearly happy to hear that a big fight’s about to go down. Even your two alien comrades seem to be rather expectant as to who will win the bout.The two of you head out to the ship’s decompression room. Bulma stops you. “Wear this.” She puts a rebreather on you that only encompasses your mouth and nose, and puts another on Kakarot. It’s tied to a hand-sized oxygen tank that she ties to your sides. “This button turns it on and off.” She puts her finger to a spot on the side of your mouth. “Use it or don’t, but don’t go dying just for some Saiyan pride thing.” The comment seems directed at both of you.You both wait as the decompression room does its job inbetween hisses, you in your armor and cape, Kakarot wearing the generic design that Bulma made for your crew.The cold emptiness of space awaits. You give each other one last friendly look, then float and fly into space, heading far enough from the ship to keep things safe, and close enough so the fight may be seen from the bridge. You look inside and see your Saiyans glued to the windows, Bulma’s sitting behind them, and Rasha and Olond are with her.There is no noise in space, so it is a place where no words may be shared, only actions. You take a stance, as does Kakarot.Situation:Quick Thinking: The first vote to 2 posts wins!Vacuum of Space: A battle may only go on for 2 rounds before one of the opponents is knocked out!It’s time once more.
Option 1:>Galick Gun. A supercharged concentrated blast fired from both hands. Even at a low power level, a good shot could pierce through and reach the core of a planet, causing it to explode.Option 2:>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.Option 3:>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.Option 4:>>Martial Arts!>Absolute Focus. A style learned from your battles against Kakarot. Absolute focus allows you to understand the ki flows of the battle and use them to your advantage in future bouts. >Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.>Calava’s Ki Boxing. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.
>>6409751>Two-Finger Instant Explosion
>>6409751>>6409752Shit, forgot to add>Write-inThough in battles unless I mention it explicitly, you can always write-in
>>6409751>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows
>>6409751>>Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>>6409777Is there wind in space?
>>6409975>wind in space?NoI'm going to bed as it's rather late, but when an option gets to vote feel free to roll the usual (1d100 best of three), that way I can write up an update tomorrow. In the meantime I started writing some extra sideposts.
Rolled 4 (1d100)>>6409975Fine. Swapping vote to Saiyan Martial Arts.
Rolled 37 (1d100)>>6410023rollan
Rolled 42 (1d100)>>6410023
It’s been a while since you fought a battle or even properly sparred, you decide to go for a swift melee, rushing down towards Kakarot.You watch as he gathers his energy, suddenly his hair lifts itself upwards as if tensed by his ki and that red aura you know all too well spawns around him, his muscles growing larger and veins seemingly about to pop from the intense pressure. It’s the Kaioken, a transformation the humans learned while you were away at Planet Vertes, saving Calava and Kalabash and his family.Your body feels lighter and swifter than when you returned from Sadala station a little over a month ago. The first punch you deliver towards Kakarot he blocks with his two arms, he seems surprised by your speed when you throw in a side kick which he dodges by flying upwards, he then brings his two feet down towards your chest with blistering speed. It hits you straight on and you spit out what little air you had gathered before the decompression process robbed you of it to adapt the ship’s exit room to space.You’re flying through space, what few times your body spins in such a way to see Kakarot, you instead see a dreadful red ghost flying straight towards you with a fist ready to hit. You gather up your ki around 5 points in your body, hands, feet and chest, to anchor yourself and stop your constant movement through space. Kakarot is right there, and with the way his mouth is open you guess he’s letting out a great scream when he throws his fist forward, you dodge just in the nick of time and you’re able to punt him to the side with a knee, yet it barely seems to affect him driven as he is by the burst of energy of the Kaioken.He grabs your punting leg and throws another punch towards your stomach. Another direct hit. You have to do your utmost just to keep yourself steady and avoid choking in airless space. His next few blows are blocked, and you’re able to return to the offensive soon after, forcing the two of you to separate and gather your bearings. You’re already feeling your body about to collapse from the lack of air. Will you open the respirator to get some oxygen into your lungs? Kakarot will definitely see you do it, but if you don’t, you fear that, unless your next move is masterfully performed, you will be defeated in this battle: Kakarot’s Kaioken has shot up his power level far above yours, and you’ve been on the backfoot and getting nasty blows for this entire bout.>Open the respirator.>Keep it closed!
You remember your battle with Tavovaz, while Kakarot is not at his level, you’re getting that same feeling of superiority from his skills. You wonder if this could be a good time to try to tap into that golden energy once more, though it seems a whole galaxy away right now. This would make it even harder to concentrate on the fight itself, and may definitely lead to your loss unless you’re extremely lucky, but if you were to succeed…>You must master that golden energy, try to tap into it!>It’s better to be careful, you fear what the consequences of a tremendous failure might be.In any case, the battle will continue! You both resume your stances and get ready for the next and likely final bout. (If you’re able to tap into the golden energy, your move will turn into its golden form).Option 1:>Galick Gun. A supercharged concentrated blast fired from both hands. Even at a low power level, a good shot could pierce through and reach the core of a planet, causing it to explode.Option 2:>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.Option 3:>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.Option 4:>>Martial Arts!>Absolute Focus. A style learned from your battles against Kakarot. Absolute focus allows you to understand the ki flows of the battle and use them to your advantage in future bouts. >Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.>Calava’s Ki Boxing. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.Option 5:>Writein!
>>6410302>Keep it closed!>It’s better to be careful, you fear what the consequences of a tremendous failure might be.>Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.
>>6410302>>Keep it closed!>>It’s better to be careful, you fear what the consequences of a tremendous failure might be.>>Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.
>>6410308>>6410329>Roll 1d100, best of three!Time to actually roll good, Vegeta!
Rolled 32 (1d100)>>6410332
Rolled 77 (1d100)>>6410302Aw damn. No golden energy?
Rolled 10 (1d100)>>6410332Win
>>641035377/100. We just barely failed.
The temptation to bring your hand to the oxygen button is great, but there’s no way for you to communicate your intentions to Kakarot at this distance, and you don’t want to sully this duel anyway. You bring yourself back into a fighting position, as does Kakarot, still empowered by the Kaioken’s might. He has trained much, he’s able to hold on to his transformation far more efficiently than he did before.You’re already feeling your energy fade, but you’re holding on better than that one time you destroyed the Frieza ships that pursued you on the way to Vertes. Perhaps it’s your increased strength or your lust for battle against Kakarot. No time to doubt, he’s dashed towards you. You tighten your fists and fly right towards him.Your arms clash, sending out a great wave of your purple energy mixed with Kakarot’s red ki. You look at Kakarot in the eyes and he looks straight back at you, you both know this duel ends now, the vacuum is tearing through you. You let out a flurry of blows, each throwing more and more flashes of purple energy, illuminating the ship’s bridge as if your battle were a lightning storm. Kakarot answers in kind, the flashes of his red ki giving everything around you a bloody tint.You launch your hand into a swipe, which Kakarot deflects with one forearm and he strikes straight into your belly with his other arm’s elbow. For a second you stop seeing anything, but out of raw instinct you dash towards him with all your might, slamming your head in his chest and sending him spinning away.He straightens back up and throws his hands back. The bastard is going to use that attack! You see his mouth forming the damn word, a beam of light already appearing in his hands.You won’t let him! You refuse! You dash straight for him and prepare your fist for a mighty punch to his face. It doesn’t matter if he blocks it, you’re sure that with this much windup and his exhaustion it may be enough to knock him out.And as you’re about to land it, the energy in his hands sputters out, he smiles deviously and dodges to a side, you fly right past him, but not before he’s able to land an elbow into your back. If he hadn’t held back, it would’ve been enough to cripple you. He then flies to your side, puts his hands together and throws them both down at your belly, you’re sent flying downwards.Shit, you’re passing out. Drifting through space like a helpless fool. You watch Kakarot’s transformation sputter out and he seems to be letting himself drift too.Two attack pods approach. Nappa and Raditz come out, your large warrior picks you up, and Raditz grabs Kakarot. As you’re brought to Nappa’s pod, you pass out at last.You wake up, breathing heavy. Your body surprised at the presence of air and oxygen around you. You’re wearing a respirator. The medbay again. You look below you and see Bulma and Olond looking over a file in her wristpad.
“Hey Vegeta.” You look to your left and see Kakarot. He seems rather beat up, as you are. But you will both heal quickly enough before reaching Lagat.“Kakarot.” You reply. “That was your victory.” That sentence brings surprise to the others in the room.He chuckles. “Just barely.” He brings himself to do a thumbs up, though it pains him. “Good job out there.”>Reply with your own thumb up, though it brings you no small amount of pain.>”Don’t get all emotional, our next duel will be my victory.”>Write-inAfter this vote and post, we’re going to start Operation Lagat! Probably tomorrow.
>>6410464>”Don’t get all emotional, our next duel will be my victory... but good fight."
Bejitabros, we got too cocky…>>6410465+1 to this.
>>6410465>>6410470Locking it in to this and I'll start working on the update>Bejitabros, we got too cocky…Real Vegeta RP hours.
=== EXTRA POST 6 Kakarot trains Bulma ===Goku blocked a kick, a punch and a ki blast from Bulma. She was already exhausted after only a little while of training at his rhythm. He’d hoped that she lasted at least twice that, but it clearly wasn’t going to happen. He’d forgotten how it was training with regular earthlings, most of his fellow Z-Fighters were already well used to long training sessions, and lately he had spent most of his time training with Piccolo, Gohan and Rokka anyway. “Wanna take a break?” Goku asked, moving out of his stance. “It’s okay to let yourself rest for a bit.”“No.” She replied, her breath ragged. “I’ve been making calculations-“ She huffed. “Since I started training.”Goku looked at her befuddled. “Calculations?”“Yes. My body’s limits.” She said as she slowly regained control of her breathing. “I’m nowhere close to risk of injury yet.” She slams her hands together in front of herself, a wide and rather uncontrolled beam of white-blueish energy fired towards Goku, who deflected it with ease.“Chill Bulma!” He said. “That beam was terrible! Not everything’s about math, you know?”“It is!” She replied. “Everything about training is! How much energy you intake, how much you spend. How ki flows in and out of the body! It’s all a series of reactions within the body, and it follows rules!” She tried to step into her stance again after firing the beam, but she felt her own foot betraying her with a slip, which she clumsily recovered from. “Okay okay!” Goku raised his hands. “Yeah sure, it all follows rules, but you’re clearly not following them! It’s not just about risk of injury, you have to let yourself rest too!”“I can’t.” Bulma said. “I have to grow stronger.”Goku seemed to understand now. “You spoke with Vegeta, right?”Bulma’s eyes dropped to the ground. “Yes.”He approached her and put his arm around her shoulders. “How do you feel?”“Like shit.” Bulma said, tears welling up in her eyes from a combination of despair, disappointment and utter sadness. “How am I going to stand up against them, Goku?!”“Well, you’re already far past the level of a lot of Saiyans from back then according to what Raditz told me is right. Heck, you’re soon going to be at Raditz’ level from 2 years ago!”“That doesn’t matter! The ones we’re going to meet must’ve gone through hell, they are going to be so much stronger!” She started drying up her tears with the sleeve of her mesh. “Listen to me.” Goku said with a calming tone. He put his two hands on her shoulders and stood right in front of her. “Vegeta will protect you, I’ll protect you, everyone else in this ship will protect you until you’re strong enough. You hear?”“Yes.” She sobbed. “But… You shouldn’t have to. If I’m going to be with Vegeta, I have to protect myself! A Saiyan Prince’s girlfriend has to be as strong as he is!”
“That’s the old Saiyan ways. Both him and the Saiyans that are with him have changed a lot! Now they don’t just protect themselves, we all protect each another! That’s the way Vegeta’s and his folk are doing things now, isn’t it?” He patted the top of her hair like a puppy. “Seriously, don’t worry about it. Vegeta’s here, I’m here, we’re all here. And we’d give our all to keep you safe.”She hugged her old friend, wondering how he could’ve changed so much from that dumb kid she’d shot in the head once, a very long time ago. “Thanks, Goku.”“Clear mind.” He put a finger to her forehead. “Clear body.” He dragged it down to her nose and poked it. “Go rest up for a bit, we’ll start again in ten minutes.”And so they did, Goku’s gruelling training sessions lasting hours and hours, every single day of the month.Your decision to bring Kakarot with you have him train her has helped Bulma cope!
===Extra post 7 Kakarot trains with Nappa and Raditz===“Damn it!” Nappa yelled, exhausted and bruised. Raditz was sent flying to the air by a kick and the Saiyan had to pick him up before he hit the wall.Kakarot stood in the center of the room, red energy burning around him. Nappa flew down with Raditz in tow and the two landed in front of him.“So this is the power of the Kaioken.” Raditz said as he slowly recovered from the blow.“These damn earthlings…” Nappa said. “I’ll show you what a Saiyan can do!”“Nappa, wait! We have to attack him together!” Raditz tried to grab his fellow warrior. But Nappa flew.He threw forward a punch and kick, which Kakarot dodged and parried respectively. Then he felt Kakarot’s fist slam against his face, sending him flying back, he spun in the air and put his feet and hands down on the ground to slow himself still. “Think you’re so tough, huh?! Try this!”“Nappa!” Raditz yelled. But it was no use, Nappa’s mouth opened wide and a powerful Break Cannon fired out towards Kakarot. Raditz watched the beam engulf his brother. “You’ve gone too far!” Then he saw the shadow crawling through Nappa’s beam. “It can’t be!”Kakarot flew straight out of the Break Cannon and grabbed Nappa’s mouth, who shut it down on the spot to avoid blowing his own head off. He watched as a deadly serious Kakarot gripped his jaw, lifted him from the ground, and punted his belly, then threw him towards Raditz.Raditz grabbed Nappa as he flew and brought him back down.A desperate Kakarot sighed as he let go of his transformation. He patted his head with a finger. “Think, Nappa, think! You gotta attack me at the same time!”Nappa cleaned some blood out of his mouth, he grit his teeth as he watched the Saiyan in front of him. “This guy… I can’t believe this guy is stronger than me…”“He’s the son of Bardock, remember?” Raditz said, stepping in front of Nappa.“So are you!” Nappa replied.“Speaking of…” Kakarot approached the pair with his arms crossed. “What happened to my dad?”Raditz turned his hand into a fist. “No idea. He probably died on Planet Vegeta along with the rest.”“Was he really that strong?” Kakarot asked.“Yeah, he conquered a lot of planets and almost died in a few of them.” Raditz said. “Some say he had a power level of 10.000.”“And if you guys respected those power level things, how come he didn’t become an elite or some such?”Nappa shook his head. “When you were born into a class back then, you stayed in it.”Raditz chuckled. “Seems like the elite guys were scared of the low class taking their status away, or it becoming so common that they’d no longer be elites.”“Maybe.” Nappa said. Once he would’ve taken offense to the comment, but not anymore. “Doesn’t matter though. That whole system is gone and it only lasted 7 years with any practical use.”“Just 7?” Kakarot asked, confused.
“Yup, it began on the same year where the full moon gave us the victory against the Tuffles in 730. That’s when Vegeta’s father became King and created the new social system. Then Frieza blew up the planet in 737.” Nappa said.“So… you guys think the other Saiyans in the galaxy would actually stick to it?”“Most likely.” Raditz said. “It’s the only memory of our golden age. The Saiyans became a force to be reckoned with in the galaxy while we used that system. So a lot of people got it ingrained in their minds as the correct way to see the world.”“Unless they blamed Planet Vegeta’s destruction on it.” Nappa crossed his arms and shrugged. “But who knows, who cares?” He takes his thumb and points at himself. “We’ll teach ‘em the right way to think.”“You keep calling me low class though.” Raditz replied, not hiding the irony of it.Nappa chuckled. “That’s because you’ll keep being a low class until you’re stronger than an elite.” He points at himself again. “And that’s me!”“Get ready then, I’ll be demoting you to low class as soon as I surpass you.”“Bastard!” Nappa launched a fist, Raditz blocked it with his good arm and replied with a kick. The two entered a furious melee.Kakarot scratched his head. “Guys… You’re supposed to be fighting me.” He pointed at himself with a finger. But it was useless, this sparring session was as good as over for him.
>>6410481... wait. Why haven't we started going by King Vegeta yet? We've got a larger sample of Saiyans now anyways. Not like we'd be the King of all 3 Saiyans anymore.
>>6410483A good question! It'll come up soon.
“Don’t get all emotional, our next duel will be my victory…” Your words make Kakarot smile awkwardly. “But good fight.” The awkward smile turns happy as he hears those last words.You recover well and within a day you’re up again. You let your crew rest for the next 3 days in anticipation for the coming to Lagat. Whatever is going on at that planet, you don’t want your warriors sore or exhausted before they even land.“We’re arriving at our destination, Lagat!” Bulma says through the intercom. You were both alone at the bridge, but soon the crew starts streaming in and taking up various chairs and spots. Kakarot is, of course, right at the very tip of the bridge looking outside. The planet appears, and as it gets closer, you see its beige and green tint below its white clouds. Its sun is yellow, so its color palette is rather similar to Earth’s. “Woah, it’s like one big savannah!” Kakarot points at the planet. “There’s gotta be all kinds of big animals!”You look at Kalabash. “Was there any life in this planet?”“Yes.” He nods. “Enormous herds of large grazers that the colony hunted and later kept as livestock. Then its predators. Supposedly huge reptiles. Nothing that should threaten a proper Saiyan warrior though.”“Dinosaurs?!” Kakarot’s eyes beam up. “Those are the most fun to fight!”Nappa pats his belly. “And good eatin’, had a few back at Earth.”The planet grows larger and larger, eventually covering the entire bridge window. “Bulma.” You call. “What do the sensors indicate?”She watches the screens in front of her intently. “Radars indicate there are Saiyans on the planet…”“Yes!” You hear Raditz yell, he and Calava give each other a high five. Nappa smiles, as does Kalabash. “But?” You ask. Your Saiyans look at you, then to Bulma. You know her well enough, her tone indicated there was something more to the fact.“I can’t find them.” She says, disappointed. “My Saiyan radar can only track past a certain power level. From 100 up.”“What?!” You utter. “They’re below 100?!” Impossible… Even the lowest of the low are supposed to reach that level. If there are some here and they survived for 20 years, they must have a higher power level than that!“The colony, sir!” Kalabash says. He approaches Bulma and looks over the screens. “Here it is, at this site by this river. The colony’s there.”Bulma grimaces. “It seems pretty beat up…”“Are you sure that we have no way of tracking them?” You ask.“Their energy signatures are muddled with the millions if not billions of lifeforms on the planet’s surface.” Bulma replies. “I can’t track them down.”“We have to start somewhere.” Nappa was slouching on the wall but he stands up. “The colony’s as good a place as any to do so.”“Are there any other points of interest in the planet?”“Nothing on the preliminary analysis.” Bulma replies.“Nor in the holobox’s data sheet.” Kalabash continues.Rasha approaches you. “I believe we may as well begin with the colony, Prince Vegeta.”
It seems there is no other way to approach it. If any Saiyans do remain, they would be there anyway.One question comes into your mind. Do you want to send your entire force into the colony? Perhaps keeping a few of your warriors here would be best, you could send them to any other hot spot that may appear rather quickly with the attack pods. Otherwise, they would have to mount the pods again, return to the ship, and be fired down. You stand up from the captain’s chair and throw a hand to the side. “The Saiyan colony will be our first objective, we will scout it and see if we can establish an operating base.”Your warriors take their fists to their chest and bow, except for Bulma and Kakarot.Bulma turns her chair to look at you. “Who’s going? Everyone?”“You’re staying at the ship.” You reply.“Duh.” She looks at you offended. “I meant everyone but me.”>”All Saiyans are going. Rasha and Olond, stay and remain as backup in case we need it.” [Saiyan team! If there’s Saiyans down below, it’d be best that they only see other Saiyans.]>”We will all head down to the colony.” [Full team! Why risk it when you don’t know what’s below?]>”I will take a smaller squad with me.” [Who?]>Write-in. [You can offer other action plans if you’d like!]Leaving this vote open until tomorrow! Like 20 hours or so.
Can Olond use his wind martial art to overhear conversations?
>>6410493>”All Saiyans are going. Rasha and Olond, stay and remain as backup in case we need it.” [Saiyan team! If there’s Saiyans down below, it’d be best that they only see other Saiyans.]> If for some reason they truly are so weak... remember. The class system as a sham. It doesn't matter where you start, only that you aspire for greater heights.
>>6410498Nope, but that might be an interesting thing to train him for.
>>6410493>>”All Saiyans are going. Rasha and Olond, stay and remain as backup in case we need it.” [Saiyan team! If there’s Saiyans down below, it’d be best that they only see other Saiyans.]Wouldn't want to risk a mix up I suppose.
>>6410493>Saiyan party. Only veggies
>>6410493>”All Saiyans are going. Rasha and Olond, stay and remain as backup in case we need it.” [Saiyan team! If there’s Saiyans down below, it’d be best that they only see other Saiyans.]Veggie Tales
>>6410500>>6410509>>6410518>>6410520Saiyan party time
“All Saiyans are going. Rasha and Olond, stay and remain as back up in case we need it.”“A most wise decision.” Rasha nods. The rest salute and give a light bow, each heading out to their attack pods. Everyone heads out of the bridge except Bulma. She gives you a kiss before you go. “Don’t die, okay?”“I’ll try not to.” You affix your glove and she smiles at your joke, though you see a certain sadness in her eyes. You head out of the door.Rasha and Olond are outside. “Much luck, Prince Vegeta. Though you will not need it.” Rasha says.“Let’s hope not.” You reply. “Keep an eye on Bulma, I don’t want her doing anything rash today.”They both take a hand to their chest. “Of course, Prince Vegeta.” Rasha says. Olond nods along.You walk down the halls towards the attack pods. Everyone’s already at their door frames, you approach the last one on the left, walking by each one of your warriors. Kakarot is in the pod in front of yours.You stand in front of your pod’s door and turn around. “Be ready for anything.” You say. “Even if we haven’t found any high power levels, we do not know what lies below.”They all nod, then they each enter their pods. You enter yours.Bulma appears in your pod’s holo-comm along with the rest of your warriors. Everyone is putting on their safety belts and holding to the armrests. “All good for pod detachment, launch in five seconds.” Bulma says.You feel a slight weightlessness as the pod is launched from the ship. It rumbles as it pierces the planet’s atmosphere, then the sounds quieten, and you see through pod’s outer cameras the vast plains below, broken up only by wide meandering rivers and what seems like masses of animals escaping from the thundering sound of your atmospheric breakthrough.Below, the colony. Your pod crashes right beside it. You remove your security belt and slide the lever that opens the pod. A whole bunch of warm dusty wind heads slams against you. You have to put your arm up and squint your eyes as you walk out. The star’s rays hit rather strong on this planet.The rest of your away team exits their own pods, more or less mimicking what you do.In front of you stands the imposing wall of the farming colony, made of grey alloys. It’s battered and broken at various points, dust flying straight through its holes and collapsed portions. You point forward and your crew flies up to the top of the wall, with you following along.You cross your arms as you watch what’s down below. A set of roundtop houses made of the same alloy as the wall. Some are completely torn apart, a few taller ones have collapsed. What little vegetation this world has has crept through the crevices of the roads and walkways.“There was a battle here.” Nappa has to speak through your scouter comms to be heard.“According to the data sheet, around 50 to 100 Saiyans lived in the outpost.” Kalabash steps up close to the wall and puts a foot on one of its crenelations.
“Not a single soul out in the open at least.” Raditz says, shaking his head.You see Kakarot grip his fist, clearly uncomfortable at the ruinous scene.Calava looks around. “Hold on, what are those?” She points below towards the road and houses.You look too and see what seem like the dried out corpses of strange, carnivorous looking bipedal animals. They’re littered all over the colony.“Hunting kills?” Nappa asks.“Why leave them strewn about outside, and so many of them?” Raditz says.“Could be what's killed them.” Says Calava rather nonchalantly.“We should investigate, Vegeta, maybe someone’s still alive here.” Kakarot says.The colony is relatively large due to the presence of various storage units and food processing facilities. It might take all day to investigate the place unless you spread out. Though it’s true that you have a whole month to investigate the planet before having to return home to install the upgrades to the ship.>”Spread out. Keep your scouter comms open at all times. I want to sweep this place swiftly.”>”Let’s stick together, I’d rather be safe than sorry.”>Write-in
>>6410710> ”Spread out. Keep your scouter comms open at all times. I want to sweep this place swiftly.”
>>6410710>”Spread out. Keep your scouter comms open at all times. I want to sweep this place swiftly.”>abandoned colony with corpses everywhereXenomorphs, bruh
>>6410760>>6410774Option locked in
“Spread out. Keep your scouter comms open at all times. I want to sweep this place swiftly.”“Yes, Prince.” Echoes in the comms. Your warriors fly out and your crew begins a short aerial recon that does not reveal much else from the place. All you can do is land and search the ruins themselves.The intensity of the wind around you is tremendous, not even close to moving you, but loud enough to deafen most sounds. When dust gets picked up, your sight is also impaired. It seems the walls were used to keep it at bay just as much as the wildlife.In front of you is a row of houses, which you begin to enter one by one. Within is evidence that someone lived there. Clothes, including some Saiyan chest pieces, weapons, tools, cutlery. You grab one of the armors and give it a look, it’s full of dust, unused for years. You pull a curtain that leads to another room. One of the desiccated alien corpses is within, alone and seemingly dead, you grimace and have a thought of simply blasting it into dust just to get the sight out of your eye. You control yourself and approach it, its hairless skin seems to be hard as bone, you fire a small finger beam at it, but it barely scratches the thing, it’s not until you put some power into it that it seems to burn through and get inside it. You take the time to grab some skin and dried meat samples from it so that Bulma may study the thing. You turn around and get out of that room, putting a hand to your scouter.“Anything to report?”“Buncha those weird dead animals.” Nappa replies. “Not a Saiyan in sight.”The rest reply with similar experiences.You give the room you just left a look. “Kalabash, are these part of Lagat’s native wildlife?”“Didn’t see anything of the sort in the holobox data.” He replies.You take a picture of the creature with your scouter and send it over to Bulma.“Ew.” Is the first thing you hear through the intercom.“I need information on this thing. Can you take a guess at what it is?” You keep watching the corpse, it has a long, fleshy tail, it looks quite muscly too, strong legs, weak arms, but the worst part is the head: One gigantic, toothy mouth with tiny dead eyes above it and a slit for a nose.“Odd.” You hear Bulma’s voice. “This thing doesn’t fit the evolutionary patterns of the creatures on this planet.”“What do you mean?”“It’s fleshy and has a very thick hide. The large carnivores on the planet are all reptilians, who have scales and such, so I doubt this one’s a far off cousin. Meanwhile the herbivores are mammals but they’re all very hairy, not that this thing’s mouth fits with the herbivore qualification at all anyway.”“Ground team, pick up samples from the dead creatures. We’ll bring those up for investigation.”“Yes, sir!” sounds through your scouter.You hear footsteps by the house’s door.You turn around swiftly and the feet seem to run away. “Who’s there?” You ask out loud. You bring your hand to your scouter again, “Is someone near my position?”
“No, Prince.” You hear your squad reply.You exit and look around, nothing, the wind’s still going strong. “There’s someone with us, keep an eye out.” You indicate. You try and focus on the energy signatures around you but find nothing. Bulma did indicate their power levels must be extremely low, so you increase your sensitivity to the energy around you.It doesn’t take long, you find a reading hiding behind the wall of a ruined watchtower. You stand in the middle of the road. “Come out, right now.” The energy gets nervous and starts to run the other way. You jump into a flight and dash straight around the corner. The person in front of you turns around and falls, dazzled by your speed, and you stick to floating in the air.You open your eyes wide. “What the…?”A Saiyan, there’s no doubt about it. A female, redhaired Saiyan with a wild mat of hair, wearing only animal hides and leathers, walking around barefoot, a bone knife with a decorated hilt attached to a cord around her waist. Her tail hangs loosely in the air.She pulls the knife out and takes a stance. “Fool.” You say. “You think you can stand against me?”She stares at you with the intensity of an animal. Her power level is absurdly low. She is no match for you.Of course, without a scouter, this tribal doesn’t know it, she runs towards you, knife in hand.How will you respond?>Absolute Focus. Try to reason with her while you dodge every attack. Bring her down if necessary.>Saiyan Martial Arts. Respond to violence the Saiyan way: with more violence.>Wide Beam. Fire a wide beam from one of your hands and simply knock her out cold.>Write-in.
>>6410810> Saiyan Martial Arts
>>6410810>Write-in.Shield ourselves with ki and let the knife break against our body.
>>6410810>>Saiyan Martial Arts. Respond to violence the Saiyan way: with more violence.In an establishing dominance kind of way, not a break and seriously injure her kind of way.
>>6410882>>6410891The Saiyan way is the only way.>Roll 1d100, best of three.
Rolled 28 (1d100)>>6410905
Rolled 69 (1d100)>>6410905There’s no escaping this ape.
Rolled 87 (1d100)>>6410905Roll well meeeee.
>>641091887/100She's cooked.
The woman jumps straight towards you with her knife in hand. You dodge to the side and deliver a single punch, not wanting to kill the Saiyan even if she is weak, she takes it square in the face and flies towards one of the nearby buildings, denting its alloy wall.You wonder if you’ve overdone it, but quickly dismiss the thought as you watch her get up, spit blood and clean the remains off her mouth. Her brow furrows, showing a great anger, you see her energy spiral upwards.“Oh, you know how to manipulate your energy levels?” You ask, striking your pose. It rises and rises, beyond Nappa’s level, you look surprised for a moment, but regain your composure. She must be around 15.000.“Vegeta! What’s going on over there?! That power level… Is it a Saiyan?” A terribly worried Nappa yells in your scouter.“Silence! I must concentrate. I will defeat this woman, the rest of you continue your search, there may be more.”She dashes towards you and throws her clawed hands forward, delivering three swipes that you deflect away, then you give her a frontal kick that hits her in the gut. She spits the air in her lungs and takes a few step backs, holding onto it.“This is enough. Surrender.”She bares her teeth at you and jumps to kick your head, but once more you block the blow, grab her hanging leg and throw her over to the top of the tower. She rams into the top of it and you watch as she slowly recovers from her daze. You dash towards her and hold on to her shoulders, slamming her against the wall once more. “I said enough, woman! Do not force me to harm you further.”“Let her go!” You hear the gruff voice of an older man below you. When you look, the female Saiyan slams her fist on your face and you let go of her. She jumps down and runs behind the man while you get your bearings again.You see a Saiyan, a tall long-haired male full of muscle, he bears a large sword in hand. “Zana, lower your power level, now!”She nods like a puppy and you watch as her energy flows again to bare minimum levels.You lower yourself to the ground and cross your arms. “Finally, someone who speaks!”The man gives you a threatening look. He looks you over a few times and his brow relaxes. “It can’t be… King Vegeta?”You chuckle. “Not quite.”“You must be the Prince, then.” He says. “Oh no.”“Oh no?”“Your power level… How high is it?”You tilt your head in confusion. Then you notice it, various power levels have risen all around the colony.“Uuuh, Vegeta…” You hear Nappa over the comms.“The fucking raptor things are waking up!” Calava yells, then you hear a blast coming from her feed.You take a hand to your scouter. “What? Report!”“I’m with Kalabash, these things are strong as shit!” Raditz yells, you hear Kalabash in the background screaming as he fights the beasts off, a beam of white light appears from the colony and flies out in the sky. It’s soon followed by more beams, yellowish, purple, and more white ones.
As you were distracted by the sight, you see that the pair that was in front of you ran away. Curses! And you can’t track them down, there’s at least a dozen energy signatures growing around you.You look behind you and grit your teeth. The disgusting creatures have risen from the dead, salivating at the sight of you. They walk, slowly, gauging your strength. Five have already come out of the houses. You should’ve blown the damn things into dust.There is no choice for you here, you must fight these things off now before more gather. You can only hope that the rest of your crew does their job well.>Galick Gun. A supercharged concentrated blast fired from both hands. Even at a low power level, a good shot could pierce through and reach the core of a planet, causing it to explode.>Tail Slicer. A faster, non-tracking version of destructo disc used to slice off body parts. It is relatively easy to dodge when aimed at the usual parts (limbs, head and torso), but is more effective against extra parts (such as Saiyan tails), it still has a high chance of missing though it compensates for that with its cutting power!>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.>Martial arts!>Absolute Focus. A style learned from your battles against Kakarot. Absolute focus allows you to understand the ki flows of the battle and use them to your advantage in future bouts. >Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.>Calava’s Ki Boxing. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.Or you may also:>Write-in.
>>6410937>>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.So theres super strong wind here already, right? I feel a synergy here.Also,>write inI'm going to guess that these things can't fly, right? Lets pick a single point that we can all converge to and have everyone fall back to it.
BedtimeQM here on my phone. When an option gets 3 votes feel free to roll. If we don't get enough votes I'll close the vote tomorrow and call for rolls.
>>6410945Supporting
Rolled 56 (1d100)>>6410945+1
Rolled 2 (1d100)>>6410945
Rolled 43 (1d100)>>6410937Hopin for the best
>>6410945DC lowered because that shit is smart.>>641105856/100. Good success! Beasties are gonna get it.
Rolled 76, 7, 68, 58, 94 = 303 (5d100)How's everyone else doing?Alphabetical order, so:Calava, Kakarot, Kalabash, Nappa, Raditz.
You feel the strong wind streaking across the road, your cape and hair fluttering hard from its raw strength. You remember your training with Olond, that month spent practicing his Way of the Crushing Wind. Considering how the technique works, it would be logical to think that a strong wind would render it far more effective.You take the flowing stance that he taught you. The creatures snarl and maintain their distance. You hear explosions and yells throughout the colony. They so readily attacked your comrades, but seem to doubt when approaching you. Could it possible that these things can sense your power and are awaiting backup? Some are showing up behind you, you can sense their approach. So they also know how to flank…They still doubt, so you must focus. You hear Olond’s voice in your scouter. “Prince Vegeta, I see from the ship’s video feedback that you are assuming the stance of the Wind.”“Indeed I am.” You reply, letting out a slow breath.“Remember, your energy can flow as swiftly as the wind around you.”“I see.” You reply. Usually, this art requires you to take it slowly, generate the wind with your own energy, but in this case…You launch into a lightning fast roundhouse kick, forming an arc that turns into a ki-powered wind scythe with a loud boom. The creature closest to you had no time to react, it gets thoroughly sliced and its two halves collapse to the ground, still eerily writhing. The other creatures dodge or jump out of the way. But you had already followed up with two punches that turn into lances that tears right through one’s skull and the other’s leg.You spin around and form a diagonal arc with your leg. Another gush of wind slices through one of the creatures behind you. No longer doubting, the monsters rush straight towards you.You launch a leg back, delivering another wind lance. Then return to your stance and form more arcs with your hand swipes. More and more creatures try to rush you, more and more fall, either sliced or pierced by your combinations of wind and energy. They adapt. You see them take a running start and head straight up the walls, taking cover on the roofs and collapsed towers around you to avoid being targeted or hit. The wind is strong enough for your blows to pierce through the alloys they cower behind, but more and more seem to appear out of nowhere, jumping from the roofs to get you, though those you can either strike down mid-flight or dodge and pierce with a punch.Their last plan. A whole group of the beasts gather up in all your flanks and charge or jump at you the same time. You slam your palms together and start spinning, forming a tornado of cutting wind that serves as a barrier, the creatures do not seem to care, and slam against it, getting sliced and diced into bits, their dark purple blood streaming all over the place.When you stop, the few that remain seem to stay at their spots, observing you with bared teeth and snarls.
“Vegeta!” You hear Raditz through the comms. “Kalabash is still with me! We’re clearing out our side!”“I’m getting through the ones near me but it’s taking all I got.” Calava informs.“Same here!” You see the beam of Nappa’s break cannon break through the air right after his words.“Understood. Kakarot, report!” You wait for a few seconds, but no one replies. “Bulma, where is Kakarot’s signature?”“I’ll send the coordinates to your scouter, he’s not too far but his ki levels are low.”You start seeing the coordinates, they incorporate themselves to your GPS and you turn towards the dot. You then jump and dash into a flight, shattering what glass was around you as you break the sound barrier. As you fly, Bulma continues. “Guys, you won’t like this…” She sends over a minimap of the area to your scouters. Hundreds of powerful energy signatures similar to the creatures you just fought, are converging right into your area.“The creatures don’t have wings, everybody fly out of here! I’ll pick up Kakarot.” You say. “Yes, sir!” You already hear your crew take to the air and fly to the skies, firing more beams down below where they’re able.You arrive at the spot where Kakarot is supposed to be. A large warehouse. You tear right through its roof and find him unconscious on the ground, with multiple bite marks all over his body. The only thing keeping him from being devoured is the two Saiyans you saw earlier, they’ve powered themselves up to fight a multitude of creatures around them.“Prince Vegeta!” You hear the man say as his sword cuts the head of one of the creatures. His power level has to be around 10.000. The wild Saiyan woman is also tearing through them with beams and ki blasts, and crushing others with her fist, kicks and relentless abandon.You land right by Kakarot, his wounds aren’t deadly, but some of the bite marks have gone deep. From the looks of it, he was caught unawares while investigating a skull nearby.“Prince Vegeta. Help us! Please!” The man yells as his sword pierces through one of the creatures’ heads.The situation does seem quite desperate over there. These Saiyans did abandon you to your own luck before, but they are now helping Kakarot. It wouldn’t do for a Prince to abandon his own kind.You ready yourself to help them fight the creatures. The warehouse has stood its ground against the elements, and the wind does not flow strong here.
>Galick Gun. A supercharged concentrated blast fired from both hands. Even at a low power level, a good shot could pierce through and reach the core of a planet, causing it to explode.>Tail Slicer. A faster, non-tracking version of destructo disc used to slice off body parts. It is relatively easy to dodge when aimed at the usual parts (limbs, head and torso), but is more effective against extra parts (such as Saiyan tails), it still has a high chance of missing though it compensates for that with its cutting power!>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.>Martial arts!>Absolute Focus. A style learned from your battles against Kakarot. Absolute focus allows you to understand the ki flows of the battle and use them to your advantage in future bouts. >Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.>Calava’s Ki Boxing. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.
>>6411177>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.
>>6411177>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.The Vegeta-est way to start a fight.
>>6411231>>6411255Closing the vote to see if I can get an update out before dinner.>Roll 1d100, best of three to blast.
Rolled 51 (1d100)>>6411257I wonder how these dinosaurs taste compared to Earth dinosaurs. Probably tougher.
Rolled 21 (1d100)>>6411257
Rolled 3 (1d100)>>6411257
>>6411325I have to check the roll results we got up until now, Vegeta is insanely average, Kakarot's first roll sucked and Nappa is a Saiyan god.
Rolled 17, 39 = 56 (2d100)>>6411742It's me!>>641132551/100. Regular success! Ratatatata.How are your allies doing btw?
You take a spot between the two of them after crushing some of the creatures’ heads with a few jabs and backhands. You lift your hands up towards the crowd of creatures, now acting more warily after sighting you, blueish ki blasts start emerging and hitting the beasts. The first few blasts daze them, then the next start getting through their thick skin and burning their flesh, then the last ones they ever see dig further into those wounds and eventually come out the other side.You grit your teeth as you pour more and more energy out of your hands. Swift as a machinegun, your blasts continue to pour out as you move your hands to cover the entire area around your cornered group. Dozens of beast falls, those that get through the barrier formed by your attack are cut down by the older Saiyan or his young protegee, though you can see the older Saiyan get slammed and bitten a few times, the woman is holding her own and seems despaired to try and help him.The creatures seem to realize their predicament. You’re impressed by the complete and utter lack of fear they displayed so far, every move of theirs is methodical, every decision taken tactical. You can see some of them move out of the warehouse, rumbling in the walls and roof, and some heads peeking through the hole you made to enter the warehouse.Your onslaught of ki blasts is doing its job, but not well enough. There’s too many of them, and not enough energy pours out of your hands to keep their tide away. The circle around you is tightening ever so slowly.“Can you fly?!” You yell at the woman as she picks up the swordsman from the ground. “Tell me! Now!”“Yes!” She replies. “But not very well.” You see her apply some sort of salve on an open gash on the man’s chest. His breathing is irregular, as is his energy reading.“Grab your friend, then. I’ll grab mine.” You say. You feel your energy waning already from all the blasts you fired. Whatever you do, you have to do it quickly and efficiently.>”We’re flying straight through the hole I came in!” Failure might mean falling into a tide of the beasts!>”Follow me, I’ll cut a path through the creatures.” Harder to succeed, but if you fail you could continue holding out from a grounded position. >”Rasha, Olond, drop on my position! Help us escape!” Your allies would make this far easier, but they wouldn’t be available to support the rest if needed.>Write-in.
In any case, you’ll need a move to defend yourself! Since you’ll be holding Kakarot in one arm, martial arts are not available, neither are some of your ki attacks.Choose your attack!>Tail Slicer. A faster, non-tracking version of destructo disc used to slice off body parts. It is relatively easy to dodge when aimed at the usual parts (limbs, head and torso), but is more effective against extra parts (such as Saiyan tails), it still has a high chance of missing though it compensates for that with its cutting power!>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.>Two-Finger Instant Explosion. A technique which ‘throws’ invisible ki wherever the two raised fingers are pointed, causing to explode on impact. >Explosive Wave. Sends out ki in a huge burst encompassing all of his surroundings.>Write-in.
>>6411745>”Follow me, I’ll cut a path through the creatures.” Harder to succeed, but if you fail you could continue holding out from a grounded position.And>>6411746>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.
>>6411745>Follow me, I’ll cut a path through the creatures.” Harder to succeed, but if you fail you could continue holding out from a grounded position.>>6411746>>Tail Slicer. A faster, non-tracking version of destructo disc used to slice off body parts. It is relatively easy to dodge when aimed at the usual parts (limbs, head and torso), but is more effective against extra parts (such as Saiyan tails), it still has a high chance of missing though it compensates for that with its cutting power!Let's literally cut a path through them, accuracy be damned since we're surrounded, we throw it and just follow behind it.
>>6411746>Follow me, I’ll cut a path through the creatures.” Harder to succeed, but if you fail you could continue holding out from a grounded position.>Tail Slicer. A faster, non-tracking version of destructo disc used to slice off body parts. It is relatively easy to dodge when aimed at the usual parts (limbs, head and torso), but is more effective against extra parts (such as Saiyan tails), it still has a high chance of missing though it compensates for that with its cutting power!
>>6411805>>6411861Time to slice tails.>Roll 1d100, best of three.
Rolled 59 (1d100)Chop chop
Rolled 48 (1d100)>>6411884I want those good rolls back. If this nat 100s, I wanna get the goldem aura! If we nat one, we slice off our own tail.
>>6411892God giving his most average rolls to his bravest anons
Rolled 38 (1d100)>>6411892Taking the same deal
>>641188559/100 Another terribly average success.
Rolled 37, 40 = 77 (2d100)Rolling for the wild saiyan girl and a mystery Saiyan
“Follow me, I’ll cut a path through the creatures.” You see her nod, then you bring your hand up. Energy begins to spin and hover on top of your open palm. One of the creatures jumps towards you and you’re forced to throw the disc prematurely. Its shape is a bit too twisted to your liking, but your raw strength is enough to make it cut through that first beast, then many others behind it.You hoist Kakarot on your shoulder and start to run through the path it carved, jumping over the twitching parts of these flesh raptors, you have to deflect quite a few lounging creatures, some of their teeth cut through your mesh and skin, some of them ram their large heads onto your chest armor before you can blast them away. The woman runs right behind you with her friend hoisted around her shoulder, she gets slashed by passing claws and teeth but with her energy beams and the half-conscious big Saiyan still slashing his sword around, they haphazardly make way through any of the beasts that get in their way after you pass by. The creatures begin to close down the gap you’ve created. You’re just able to make it out of the warehouse where their numbers are far more sparse.A light purple beam flies straight down from the sky, causing a huge explosion that sends a few of the beasts flying while others scram for cover. “Prince Vegeta!” You see Raditz up in the air, protecting himself from the wind that seems to be flowing even harder than before, his long hair wildly flowing along with it. “There’s fliers!”He points towards the area where the wall would be, through a layer of dust lifted by the wind, you see your Saiyans firing beams and blasts wildly at winged silhouettes that follow them around the sky.You jump and fly skywards, various creatures try to jump after you and one slashes your leg with an outstretched claw, it rips through the mesh but you're able to protect your leg with ki. “Help the woman!”Raditz looks below, surprise fades quickly. “Single hand…” He brings his hand back, white energy collecting in it at a surprising pace. “Kamehameha!” He fires the beam downwards, it burns away the creatures right behind the woman and its explosion brings up blinding dust that confuses the rest. The red-haired Saiyan takes the opportunity to jump and fly, but she messes up halfway and has to be supported by Raditz, who grabs the wounded swordsman with his lone hand.Some of the raptors still uselessly trying to jump up to catch you, and others moving to rooftops and terraces to reach you, but you fly high enough for this not to be a problem, though the wind up here is even stronger. You bring a hand to your scouter. “Report!”“Fighting weird flying things, they’re as vicious as the skin-dinos below!” Nappa loudly proclaims through the comms.Bulma’s face appears in the comm screen. “The amount of energy signatures headed your way is only increasing! It’s no natural behaviour!”
You then hear a loud, low and booming wail echoing through the landscape. “What now?!” You say through the comms.“Holy shit.” Bulma stutters. “It’s huge! Get back to the ship, now!”You grit your teeth. This place is a hellscape. Below, a swarm of the raptors is following you around, waiting for one of you to trip and fall. In front of you, your warriors are engaged in deadly dogfights against flying creatures similar to the ones below, but thinner and winged, the animals seeking to tear through your Saiyans with sharp talons and teeth.You’re near your crew. Raditz gets as close as he can to you. “We have to cut through a bunch of the flying creatures to reach our attack pods.”“Not just that.” You point below. “There’s already a few ground raptors surrounding the pods.”He nods, sweating profusely from the stress and effort of keeping that strong Saiyan up in his shoulder. The wilder girl is still struggling to fly, even kicking at the air at times. Still, he steels himself and strategizes with you. “Most of them are in the settlement, they’ll take a while to climb through the walls and come near the pods.”The booming wail begins again. You see a figure drawing itself in the horizon, followed by many tiny silhouettes of more raptors and flying beasts. It’s a gigantic quadruped, its mouth more like a gigantic tube, taking slow and steady steps towards your position.“You gotta be shitting me.” Raditz utters.“It comes!” The Saiyan woman screams. “It smells us!”“Smell? From this distance?” You ask.“Smell power, smell strength!” She replies desperately.“They must sense energy then.” You surmise.Raditz is taken aback by the affirmation. “Shit, we can’t bring our power levels down now! We need our strength to fight these things off.”“Must run!” The wild Saiyan tugs at your arm. “Must run!”You grit your teeth. The flying beasts are attacking Calava, Nappa and Kalabash. Raditz, the wild Saiyan woman and the swordsman are with you, battered as they are, they can still fight. Still, things are not looking good. No matter how many you kill, more come. Plus that huge quadruped is headed your way, you fear what may happen if it gets close. Right now, the only choice is to run or hide.>”Everyone, get to the attack pods. If these things like power, I will give them a show they won’t forget.” Your crew will take care of the creatures near the pods and bring all the wounded to safety. You will distract the rest of your attackers until you’re all ready to leave.>”Split into two teams. Nappa and Raditz will take care of the flying beasts with me, the rest tear through what few raptors are below and reclaim the pods to secure our escape route.”>”We cannot continue this fight. We must find a spot to hide in the landscape and lower our power levels until the creatures shut down again!">Write-in.
One of your warriors will likely take Kalabash from you, freeing your hands to continue fighting. What move would you like to use?>Galick Gun. A supercharged concentrated blast fired from both hands. Even at a low power level, a good shot could pierce through and reach the core of a planet, causing it to explode.>Two-Finger Instant Explosion. A technique which ‘throws’ invisible ki wherever the two raised fingers are pointed, causing to explode on impact. >Explosive Wave. Sends out ki in a huge burst encompassing all of your surroundings.>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.Martial arts?>Absolute Focus. A style learned from your battles against Kakarot. Absolute focus allows you to understand the ki flows of the battle and use them to your advantage in future bouts. >Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.>Calava’s Ki Boxing. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.
Can a psedu-power ball be thrown to act as bait?
>>6411974Actually yes, it would drain you a lot because of power requirement so a failure could be very consequential to your ability to continue fighting. But I mean, how are you gonna fail something so simple, right?
>>6411961>”Everyone, get to the attack pods. If these things like power, I will give them a show they won’t forget.” Your crew will take care of the creatures near the pods and bring all the wounded to safety. You will distract the rest of your attackers until you’re all ready to leave.>>6411962>Power ball!
>>6411892>If we nat one, we slice off our own tail.
>>6411961>>”Everyone, get to the attack pods. If these things like power, I will give them a show they won’t forget.” Your crew will take care of the creatures near the pods and bring all the wounded to safety. You will distract the rest of your attackers until you’re all ready to leave.The wind! We're back in the open, and it's even stronger!>>6411962>>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.
Also, I don't know about you anons, but I'm deeply interested in regrouping and coming back planetside as a team and wrecking wholesale ass on these creatures. Maybe we could enen try for a false moon and go Ozaru and battle it out with the Kaiju.
>>6411986>”Everyone, get to the attack pods. If these things like power, I will give them a show they won’t forget.” Your crew will take care of the creatures near the pods and bring all the wounded to safety. You will distract the rest of your attackers until you’re all ready to leave.> Attempt to tap into the Golden Energy and attack with that flowing through you.
>>6411986>>6412024>>6412160We're going to make a big show! Closing that part of the vote.Since this is an important choice. I'm going to reduce the voting options as to how we'll fight with the proposals given already:>Gather up much of your ki into a fake Fake Moon and throw it to distract the creatures. [Easy, but failure will have consequences to your fighting capability until you're able to rest]>Use the strong winds all around you to empower Way of the Crushing Wind and be the storm. [Normal difficulty, a good success will be very strong thanks to the planet's winds.]>Attempt to tap into the Golden Energy, attacking with it flowing through you. [More difficult, higher rewards including coming closer to controlling it!]
>>6412291>>Use the strong winds all around you to empower Way of the Crushing Wind and be the storm. [Normal difficulty, a good success will be very strong thanks to the planet's winds.]
>>6412291>Attempt to tap into the Golden Energy, attacking with it flowing through you. [More difficult, higher rewards including coming closer to controlling it!]Go big or go home.
>>6412420Forgot to mention, I'm keeping the earlier votes as valid.
>>6412454Whoops, my bad then.
>>6412291>Use the strong winds all around you to empower Way of the Crushing Wind and be the storm. [Normal difficulty, a good success will be very strong thanks to the planet's winds.]WHOOOOOOOOOOSH
>>6412351>>6412495>>6412024We woosh against the flying guys.>Roll 1d100, best of three.
=== Extra post 8 Nappa, Raditz, Calava and Kalabash fight the creatures ===“What are these things?!” Calava calls out to Kalabash as she bashes the brains of one of the flying creatures in front of her.“I have no idea!” Kalabash replies. “These weren’t in the data sheets!” He has to put his two hands together and fire a beam with all his strength just to kill one of the flying creatures nearby. “These types of animals don’t just show up in 20 years!” Raditz says as he fires multiple ki blasts towards a group of three that was getting too close.“Maybe they lived underground…” Nappa interrupts his sentence to fire a Break Cannon that destroys a small horde in front of him. He cleans some spit of his mouth as he smiles at his prowess.“We explored this planet for years.” Kalabash replies. “There were no indications of large underground tunnels.”Raditz continues his bloody work, his ki-charged leg swipes at one of the creature’s wings and cuts it right off, sending it to its death. “I doubt flat worlds like this have anything of the sort.” He stopped to ponder, a mistake, but one swiftly resolved by Calava, whose ki-glove tears right through the chest of the flying beast that was approaching him from behind.“Shit! Well… Thanks!” He says, giving the woman a dumb smile.“Just pay attention, idiot.” Calava replies, then she flies right into the next group.“At least these things are individually weaker than the ones on the ground.” Nappa deploys his Lightning Aura, and starts to tear through a whole group on his own. His pride seems to get the better of him, and he drifts too far from his fellow Saiyans.“Nappa!” Raditz yells.“Huh?” The large Saiyan looks back, and sees at least two dozen of them preying upon him. He smiles and cracks his knuckles. “Come get me.” He tears through the first few, but soon finds himself overwhelmed. Already he feels the creatures’ fangs and claws piercing his skin, and blood trickling under his battle mesh. “Uh oh.”Raditz flies up, taking a position above Nappa. “Single…” A purple ball of ki swirls in his only hand. “Sunday!” He fires it straight towards Nappa, tearing through the creatures behind him, and stopping his attack just before reaching his comrade.Nappa struggles as he finishes off the last few that remained in melee range, a beam from Kalabash and Calava attracting the attention of one last set finally gives him time for a breather. He looks at Raditz with a taunting smile as his chest heaves up and down. “Single Sunday? Really?”Raditz moves a raised finger side to side. “I just saved your life with it, you can’t talk shit anymore.” He says, taunting him with a raised corner of his lip.“Saved my life? Bahahaha!” His laugh booms across the skies. “I only needed one more minute to get through those things!”Raditz shrugs with his sole arm. “Whatever you say, big guy.”
“Raditz!” They both heard Bulma yell in their scouters, leading them to close their scouter eye in annoyance. “Goku’s wounded, Vegeta went to save him, I think he might need support?”Raditz takes a hand to the scouter. “Where to?”“Just a hundred meters northeast of your position.”Raditz turns around. “I see it.” He looks to Nappa, who nods, then dashes towards the warehouse.Just an extra post while waiting for rolls.
Rolled 59 (1d100)>>6412546
Rolled 82 (1d100)>>6412546
Rolled 31 (1d100)>>6412546
>>641260382/100 Finally some good fuckin food.
Rolled 6, 4, 16, 16, 9, 84 = 135 (6d100)>>6412619How are our allies doing down there.Calava, Kalabash, Nappa, Raditz, Wild Saiyan girl and Wild Swordsaiyan
>>6412632Oh my lord
Rolled 91, 71 = 162 (2d100)>>6412633
>>6412632Shieeet!At least maybe they'll get some Zenkai boosts out of this fiasco.Maybe we should call down our reinforcements, just so we can get away. Olond would be a brast here, at least.
>>6412632LMFAOOOO HOLY SHID
The way if the wind, and the way of the sword are excelling here as all others falter. Something poetic about that I suppose. Maybe Vegeta should pick up swordsmanship, with an actual sword.
>>6412632... so. Zenkai's for all
Big update about to drop
You bring a hand to your scouter. “Everyone get back to the pods. If these things like power, I will give them a show they won’t forget.”“What?!” You hear various voices respond in unison.“By yourself?!” Nappa cannot hide his worry. “Let me fight along with you!”“No need.” You turn towards the horde of flying creatures headed your way, all coming from the gigantic silhouette in the horizon. You don’t know if what’s flying out of its mouth is dust or more of those flying things.The wind is getting ever stronger. It’s coming from that beast’s position. You cross your arms, wondering how to best engage the situation. You look to the side and still see your crew waiting in the skies. “Obey my orders!”“Yes, Prince Vegeta.” Nappa replies begrudgingly. They finally head out and begin their battle below. Good. About time they listened to your orders. You have trouble letting air flow in and out of your lungs, the wind’s too strong. The first thing you must do, as Olond taught you, is to master the wind around you. And so you do, you use your ki to slow down and take control of the wind’s strength, it must help you, be part of you.You start flowing with your arms and legs in the air, letting the currents guide them into their positions. As you befriend it, it allows you to take hold of its might.You watch as the flying creatures approach, then you spin and launch a diagonal kick. A huge gust of wind powered with your ki flows out of your legs and turns into a cutting blade ten times your size. You watch, surprised, as the huge strike tears through half the creatures in one swoop. You continue to flow along, one arm swipe, then another, the power of the wind is turned again into large shockwaves that only grow in size as they streak across the air. Dozens of the beasts are cut and fall.More and more of your blades streak across the skies as you continue an unending onslaught against your attackers. The flying creatures screech, they have fully prioritized you over your allies after watching the corpses of at least a hundred of their companions fall. But try as they might to sneak through your attacks, they always wind up meeting one face to face, spelling their doom. Things grow so bloody that your strikes become filled with crimson red blood, turned into tiny daggers that destroy whatever they meet on their path.It’s exhilarating. The day had been going rather poorly, you think, or at least not as well as it could’ve gone, but this final moment, this feeling of empowerment that takes over your mind as you put Olond’s teachings to maximal use. You can’t help but laugh and grow crazed from your bloodlust. More must fall, hundreds, thousands! You will annihilate this entire species for daring to attack your warriors!But as you launch another tornado kick, you notice two new power levels above you. You see two attack pods. === Below, a little while earlier ===
The Saiyans dropped to ground level and began their fight against the ground raptors. Nappa and Raditz started cleaning up those nearest to the pods, while the rest took care of what few reinforcements may be streaming in.Kalabash looked at the settlement’s gate and walls, rather distraught. “I can’t believe this is what became of our brothers and sisters… Slain by these things!” He gripped his fist tight.“Watch out!” He heard Calava yell, he turned around to see a trio of beasts charging straight at him. He fired a beam that pierced through one, which yelped as it fell dead, but the other two reached him, one clawed him straight across the gut, tearing through his weakened armor and slicing skin and meat.“Shit.” Kalabash looked at the blood pour out of his belly in uncomfortably large quantities. He tried to fire a beam at the creature out of revenge, but the last of the trio rammed him with a powerful hit on the back. It had been a shitty day, he thought as he spat blood during his fall, so it had to end like a shitty day. Then he felt the creature’s teeth sink into his torso. He yelled in terrible pain.“No!” Calava roared as she dashed to save Kalabash, the man had been like a father to her when she lost everything. Her punch cleaved through the skull and brains of the creature that bit him, but the one that had clawed him headed straight for her arm, taking a hard bite and mangling it. “Fucker!” She yelled as she punched it dead with her other fist. She stood her ground as more raptors approached, one arm mangled and drooping, the other raised to her face, ready to face her fate with grim determination.The creatures roared gleefully. Their hunt had failed so far, but finally it was time to eat to their hearts’ content. Yet their thoughts of victory were dashed away by a beam of purple energy turning them into dust.Raditz flew straight in, standing beside Calava.“Idiot!” She yelled as she fired a flurry of ki blasts at the creatures still attempting to surround them. “Get back to the pod! I’ll get Kalabash to his!”“No way.” Raditz struck the pose of the Turtle School. He charged and tore through a group of the creatures and fired his Single Sunday with a long yell at a group that tried to get to Calava. “I won’t let you get hurt!”He heard a dreadful noise, as if something collapsed behind him. The great doors that held the tide of raptors at the settlement fell with a great thud. Hundreds upon hundreds of them began to pour out heading straight for their position. “Oh no.”===Nappa was punting the heads of various raptors with hand, knee and foot. He had been able to kill off the creatures near one of the pods along with Raditz and they put Kakarot in it then activated the healing sequence. Now that idiot Raditz had gone off to save his girlfriend and he was stuck babysitting the two other Saiyans. He looked irked as he saw that damn Saiyan woman, he grit his teeth, she was stronger than him…
“You, bald one! Behind you!” Said the swordsman.Behind? What an idiot, Nappa thought, the attack pod’s what’s behind me- One of the damn raptors climbed on top of it! How?! It jumped straight for Nappa and the Saiyan felt its teeth break straight through his armguard and bite into his flesh. “Ow, you little bastard!” He punched its belly and tore out its guts, but the creature continued to bite down. “Stop it you dumb animal!” Finally, Nappa grabbed its head with his open palm and fired a wave of ki that melted it off.He grabbed onto his arm. What’s going on?! How could he be losing?! More and more raptors streamed in towards him. He activated his Lightning Aura and tore through the bunch. The great Nappa would not fall against a bunch of glorified lizards! Still, he felt dizzier as blood poured from the many wounds he’d taken since the attack began. And maybe he’d fired one too many Break Cannons.One of the creatures went straight for his head, but he saw a shadow dash and cut it in half, the swordsman! He stayed at the end of his slashing pose for a moment, then returned to normal. “Are you okay?” He asked.“Heh.” Nappa chuckled. “Of course I am.”The wild Saiyan girl approached the pair, she was also bloodied, wounded with various deep cuts and bite wounds. She blew a strand of hair away as if nothing was awry, but they could both see her breath was ragged at best.They looked at the next pod. “If we all attack together.” The swordsman said. “We can take it.”The Saiyan girl pointed at Raditz, Calava and Kalabash. They saw the latter had fallen, one of Calava’s arms was limp, while Raditz desperately fought off a whole pack of the beasts on his own.Then, they heard the creaking of metal, and saw the doors of the colony thump down and hundreds of beasts pour from it.“Damn. We might need Vegeta’s help…” Nappa said, he felt he was already out of breath. More beasts accumulated around their position, now emboldened by the howls announcing the coming of their kin.One of the beasts that had attacked the Saiyan girl got on its feet, a large gap in its chest. The girl dashed towards it to kill it before the rest decided to attack.They watched as the creature began to gulp, like something was going to come out of its mouth. “It’s gonna puke.” Nappa said, disgusted at the sight.But they were amazed to see a light emanate from its chest and into its throat and mouth. A great beam of ki fired straight out of its mouth.“ZANA!” The swordsman yelled, he tried to run towards her, but his leg, bloodied and bitten, faltered.Nappa felt a strange instinct kick in. He jumped and dashed in front of the girl, shielding her with his huge body. He clutched his fists and put his arms forward to block the beam. The girl looked at him astonished, her eyes going wide. “Why?”
In that last split second, Nappa smiled. “I have no idea.” The white beam hit him straight on and did not let up. The beast was pouring out its very lifeforce to destroy its prey. Nappa yelled desperately as the beam engulfed his body, “GRAAAHH!”Finally, it stopped. The swordsman had flanked the beast and cut its head off. It let out one last gasp before slumping down on the ground.Nappa fell back onto the girl’s arms. She laid him on the ground and the Saiyan spat blood, his entire body burned. “You don’t know me.” The girl said, her brow furrowed. “Fool.” She laid him on the ground, stood up, and watched as the swordsman fought a pack of the beasts. Others were approaching her. She screamed in rage and ran towards them with her claws out. She would take out as many as she could before falling. For her sake, for the big Saiyan’s sake, and for all her kin that fell already. Her palms dug into the chest and heads of many of the beasts, but so did their claws and teeth before their life was snuffed out.She took a few steps back, the rest of her attackers wary at her last display of might. She fell to one knee, a pool of her blood mixing with that of her fallen foes. “Mother, I am weak.” She uttered.“Zana!” The swordsman yelled again, he tore through one last beast, then brought his sword to his face. “By the King’s will, may Sadala guide me!” He made a mighty leap towards his protegee, cutting down one of those creatures approaching her. He slew the whole pack. She’d fallen to her knees entirely, her eyes gone dead. “No!” He took a hold of her wrist and smiled a wan smile. “Gods be praised.”Raditz flew in with Kalabash in his one good arm. Calava followed along, but when she landed, her knees buckled and she almost fell, her gasps for air indicating what might be a punctured lung. Raditz was in no better spot, he was able to stand, but the cuts and bite marks had piled all over his body, his mesh half shattered and armor torn.“Raditz…” Calava heaved out as she approached the Saiyan.“Calava.” Raditz said as he laid Kalabash near Nappa. He looked at his old superior with a grim heart. “Nappa…”“His spirit lives.” The swordsman said. “A Saiyan who fought like a true warrior does not die so easily.”“Who are you?” Raditz asked.The swordsman pointed to Calava. “It’d be best you listen to her wish.”“Huh?” He looked back to Calava. The Saiyan woman embraced him with her one good arm.“One last kiss.” Calava huffed. “Before I die?”Raditz shook his head. “It’s not over, Calava. Vegeta will come, you’ll see.” He could still hear the boom of Vegeta’s wind attacks rumbling through the skies. “Just do it, you idiot!”Raditz smiled then shrugged. “Whatever.” He put his arm around her waist and heaved her up ever so slightly, with care as to avoid touching the wounds on her back. Her blood mixed with his and they kissed for a few seconds. Raditz let Calava go, but he was all that was keeping her up, she fell over unconscious.
Raditz grimaced. Seeing her fall was the last straw to his breaking mind, he felt himself wane too.“Worry not.” The swordsman said. “I will defend you until my last breath.”Raditz nodded at the man, then simply fell.The swordsman took a stance, lifting his sword and slashing the air, blood streaked off the blade. The creatures croaked happily. Finally, this time, their hunt was over. A pack of them ran towards the last standing Saiyan.He took a battle stance and golden ki flowed into his sword. “Witness us, lady Sadala!” He yelled as he ran towards the creatures. He slashed one right away, fired a beam at another, then flew straight towards one last one to pierce its heart. His sword slashed and forced another five to meet their end.Then he sensed something above him. He took a few step backs, dizzy, bloody.Two attack pods fell right infront of him, the shockwave fighting against the wind around them.Two aliens came out of them. Creaking their necks and fists. They looked at each other and nodded. One said a single word, then dashed towards the raptors at blistering speed. He began cleaving through those that guarded the attack pods. The beasts had no time to fall over dead before he was killing another.The other one, smaller and fatter, began to spin around strangely. Slowly but surely, he seemed to flow along with the wind itself. He launched a horizontal kick and various arm swipes that thundered across the prairie. The creatures fell by the dozens as they met the attacks headon, the ki that flowed within them exploding on impact. The small alien flew into the skies and continued to launch his ki powered strikes.It was planned, the swordsman thought. The small fat one was creating a no-mans-land around the attack pods with his impossibly powerful attacks. The taller one struck down every single raptor that remained within that circle with such speed that the swordsman could not believe it.Then, when the raptors within were slain, the alien only showed a few signs of exhaustion, but no wounds to speak of. So fast was he that no creature had been able to reach him. He popped into existence right in front of the swordsman.“I would ask for your assistance in bringing the wounded to the pods, swordsmaster.” He said in a surprisingly calm tone.“R-right.” The swordsman replied. They grabbed the bodies of the fallen and brought each over to the attack pods.=== Back in the skies ===When you saw the attack pods fall, you knew something had gone awry. You take a hand to your scouter. “Bulma, report.” You say. But no answer comes, only static. The storm, could it be hampering communications?
You hear thunder below and see Olond in the skies. His blows are far mightier than yours even though your power level is so much higher than his. His straightforward strikes turn the ground around impact into huge craters. His swipes of the leg seem like a bomber dropping its whole payload across a field. Nothing, absolutely nothing is getting through his blows. You had been but a student, he was, and will likely forever remain, the master.You dash towards him. He sees you arrive but his distraction lasts only seconds, he continues his onslaught. “In my homeworld-” Olond yelled through the sky and thundering booms. “-there is no greater honor than to dance together amidst wind and death.”You smirk. “I’ll show you my moves, then.”He smiled a devious smile back. You followed along his masterful movements, trying to imitate them to the best of your ability while aiming towards the other side of the landing zone. Your bombardment of the beasts below turning into such an onslaught that it strikes doubt into their hearts.Kicks and punches fly, the wind connecting with the ki they outpour and tearing through rows and rows of the creatures until their will finally breaks and they tuck their tails inbetween their legs, running away from the landing zone. You both look behind you. The gargantuan quadruped is still approaching.You thirst for battle. You need it. You must slay the creature.“Prince Vegeta.” Olond taps your shoulder after seeing your crazed stare, then points below. Your warriors! No… It can’t be!You dash down as does Olond. Rasha and the swordsman you saw earlier are grabbing the bodies of your crew. You land right besides Nappa, the front of his body is burnt up, but his arms have taken the worst of it.“Nappa…” You grab his wrist, his blood still flows, beat by beat. Raditz is also slumped over besides him, as are Calava and Kalabash. “No…” You feel despair and sadness well up within you. “No!”“Prince Vegeta.” Rasha would put a hand to your shoulder, but you force him to unhand you. “Please, we must leave for the ship.”“I will not take this disrespect.” You grip your fists, your torn gloves letting your fingernails dig into your hands. “I will not allow it!”You feel that feeling inside you. It’s the same as what happened against Tavovaz. Rasha, Olond and the swordsman step back, wide-eyed.Golden ki begins to flow around you, your hair is lifted and stretched while a purple aura swirls around it. You feel your very vision dim as rage is taking over your mind.You stand at the crucible one more. The energy begs to be unleashed. “Leave!” You swipe a hand to a side. “NOW!” You yell. The remnants of your crew listen, they ready the wounded that remained outside as you feel more and more energy pour out, streaks of electricity surround your aura.“Prince Vegeta.” Rasha approaches you, taking a knee. “The pods are ready to depart, we will initiate them manually as Bulma cannot connect to them from the ship.”
You nod.“Olond, the swordsmaster and I will take one of the pods, one will remain here for you, but I would beg of you to come with us. You must recuperate as well.”You see an image in your mind. It’s you, standing with that golden sphere in your hand once more. Revenge, pride, bloodlust, rage. Your Saiyan blood begs to be unleashed.>Break the sphere.>Leave with Rasha.If you break the sphere, your Saiyan heritage will be fully unleashed. You will have your revenge against the behemoth and its underlings or die trying.If you choose to break the sphere, CHOOSE your next attack.>Golden Ki Sword. Your sword now made from the strongest of energies, no material will stop it from hewing your foe.>Golden Galick Gun. Your perfected technique empowered by your golden ki will cause destruction in an apocalyptic scale.>Golden Explosive Wave. You let out your golden ki into an impossibly powerful explosion, destroying everything within a large radius.>Golden Tail Slicer Volley. Spinning death will engulf the area around you, your enemies will find no escape.>Perfected Melee.Choose:>Golden Ki Boxing. Swift motion and strong strikes, a perfect and unending flurry of blows.>Golden Saiyan Martial Arts. The primal instinct of the Saiyan race honed to its ultimate form.>Way of the Golden Wind. Olond’s lessons, brought to its most extreme version through infinite strength.>Golden Absolute Focus. Nothing will escape your grasp, you will shatter your foe with a single blow.
Wrote this update with some final fantasy fight songs and medieval 2 total war battle music. The dice gods finally gave us some fun rolls
Write-ins allowed by the way, always forget that prompt.
>>6412723>Break the sphere.>Golden Explosive Wave. You let out your golden ki into an impossibly powerful explosion, destroying everything within a large radius.
>>6412723>>Break the sphere.>>Golden Explosive Wave. You let out your golden ki into an impossibly powerful explosion, destroying everything within a large radius.
>>6412725Solid update, really felt the desperation and then slaughter in abundance!As much as I'd like to harness the wind again, throwing a fuck off huge explosion at the bastards sounds quite fitting.
>>6412748Thanks anon, it was fun to write.>>6412735>>6412743I'll close it to nuking the general area around you!>Roll 1d100, best of three.Update will likely come tomorrow as I feel exhausted today.
Rolled 99 (1d100)>>6413115
Rolled 64 (1d100)>>6413115I roll 100
Rolled 27 (1d100)>>6413132Nice, sure would suck if someone rolled a one right now.
>>6413132Whew
The golden ki’s cage breaks down. You reply to Rasha with an outpour of power, your aura expands to cover the ground around you and you lift off of it. The alien takes a step back, both amazed and terrified by the display, then rushes to his pod.You’ve been utterly taken over by the energy. A protective sphere has formed around your body, burning any creature that dares try to touch it, vaporizing those that try to trespass it. You fly up to the skies, the planet’s winds now fighting the rush of shockwaves that your golden form is causing all around yourself. You watch as the pods head back to the ship with their thrusters fully engaged. Then you look back to the horizon.The gigantic quadruped seems to move its open maw of a head towards you. It is detecting your energy.You dash in the air, so swiftly that the shockwave you emit spreads and tears through everything it encounters, whether it is the flying creatures that are ripped apart and fall into pieces, or the ground raptors that are crushed inbetween it and the ground, which shatters too as it meets the raw strength of the explosion.The flying creatures watch as a whole row of their comrades instantly vaporize when you pass by them. The ground rumbles as the raw strength of the two tornadoes, yours and the behemoth’s, meet and clash in the skies. It takes you but a few seconds to reach it. You stop dead in the air. It must be one of the largest things you’ve seen in your life, as if an entire gigafactory had come to life and begun to walk. You see the flying things come out of its crater of a mouth, and raptors pour out of large pores in its thick legs.It emits a large wail as it senses you. It’s bringing its mouth closer, as if wanting to swallow you. You cross your arms. Very well, you think, go right ahead.Darkness engulfs you as its mouth reaches your position, only your sphere of ki is emitting whatever light may be within. You look around and see the flying raptors moving about in a frenzy at the sight of a powerful intruder. They have their nests within this gigantic creature, hidden away in large tears within the behemoth’s skin. Some of them were perched and dormant, and wake up, spread their wings and fly off in confusion. Others are guarding some sort of fleshy, bioluminescent pods that contain silhouettes that move ever so slightly in reaction to the sudden light rivalling theirs.Then there’s the actual maw. Rows upon rows of large, twisted fangs and molars that would be able to chew through a dozen Earth dinosaurs in but a few seconds. When the teeth reach your sphere, they burn and melt away. It seems you hit a nerve, as the behemoth throws out a huge wail of high-pitched pain.You clutch your fists and lift them up. “You will pay for your affront to the Saiyan race, creature.”
You bring your fists down and lurch forward, your ki swirls about and the sphere around you bloats and twists, flares moving out and in as your raw strength overtakes your mind. Your energy is wild and primal, it seeks revenge, pain, destruction against the slights that these creatures brought upon you and your comrades.It’s ready, you feel it within you. You throw your hands up, then back down. “AAAAH!” You yell as you release all you have. The sphere explodes outwards, like the supernova of a star, it devours everything it meets within an instant. The behemoth begins to wail, but it does not have the time to do so. All you can see is light, all you can sense is that unending stream of energy bursting out of your body.=== At the ship ===Bulma watched the energy signature detector go haywire. She’d never seen a reading this high, and it was concentrated on Vegeta. Even that huge thing moving towards him wasn’t as bright a spot as he was.Then in just a second or two, it popped from where it was to the large creature’s position. “Vegeta…” She said, worried and sad at the sight. “…don’t die.”She watched horrified as the blip that used to be Vegeta disappears under the blip of the large creature. “No!” She ran towards the bridge’s window, looking at the planet below.She could not believe what she saw, a gigantic golden sphere appeared and engulfed a part of the planet, the part where Vegeta and the rest had landed. She stood there, mouth agape, as she witnessed the unholy size of the explosion, which lingered for a few more seconds before retracting and disappearing from sight.=== Back at the surface ===You feel your energy return to your body. Everything is gone. You look around yourself. A crater extends as far as you can see through the thick layer of dust and ash in the air. No wailing behemoth, no gurgling raptors or screeching fliers. No trees, no grass or hills.The aura around you extends far, far beyond your body. It’s still here, within you. You close your fist and open it back up. You feel in control, but you know the feeling is temporary. Soon the golden energy will become too much to bear and your body will collapse.Perhaps it would be better to put this energy aside, retract back within you. Trying to control this amount of raw power will be very hard, while failing to do so may tear your body apart.“Vegeta!” You hear Bulma’s voice in your scouter. “Are you okay?!”“I am.” You reply.“Oh thank goodness.” You hear her say among sobs. “Please come back to the ship.”“What’s my power level?” You ask.She seems surprised at the sudden question. “What? Oh, the detector can’t read it, it has to be huge.”If you could master this form… So many of your foes would balk at the very sight of you. Is this the strength of the Super Saiyan? Have you finally reached it? If that is so, then Frieza himself would stand no chance against you.
Already, you feel yourself returning to normal. The golden ki around you wanes, your hair does not flutter as it did before, your muscles do not feel as tense. It’s now or never.>You are a Saiyan! Try to take control of the form, consequences be damned.>Calm down, let it go. Your friends need you healthy, and you know that it will remain within you for when you truly need it.>Write-in.
>>6413496>You are a Saiyan! Try to take control of the form, consequences be damned.THE SAIYAN PRINCE WILL NOT FALL AGAIN
Use absolute focus?
>>6413496>You are a Saiyan! Try to take control of the form, consequences be damned.> Use Absolute Focus
>>6413530Critical support for this +1>>6413496
>>6413499>>6413530>>6413541DC reduced because of a very good idea.>Roll 1d100, best of three.
Rolled 89 (1d100)>>6413546
Rolled 30 (1d100)>>6413546Roll high
Rolled 77 (1d100)I have been practicing all morning, my wrist is rippling with new muscles... Behold my absolute penultimate DICE ROLL TECHNIQUE!!
>>641355889/100DC: 90 - 10 because of the Absolute Focus idea = 80.Congrats, smart anons!
>>6413569WOOOO! Fuck yeah. SSJ control here we come. Well if we start getting control we should upgrade to using it at all times. Just to check is this just a Golden Aura (False SSJ) or full yellow hair, blue eyes SSJ?
>>6413579>Just to check is this just a Golden Aura (False SSJ) or full yellow hair, blue eyes SSJ?It's goku's fake SSJ from the Slug movie. Since it's an anime only thing, I've also made up some lore related to it that is now waiting to be discovered.
>>6413585Question then - how big is the multiplier? If SSJ is a ×50, would this be something like ×25?
You calmly breathe in and out. This form, it’s rage and pain in its purest form. The unbridled thirst for destruction of the Saiyan mind brought to its peak. When its work is done, it disappears as those feelings fade.But you won’t let it.You remember your training with Piccolo when you returned to Earth from Vertes. You had sparring and regular combat drills, of course, but there were also those hours of meditations. Hours upon hours of staying still, cross-legged and cross-armed, harnessing and swirling ki within you in constant patterns. At first, it was a pain, you didn’t understand why you were doing it, it didn’t make you more powerful per se. You felt impatient, unable to stand still for too long. The Namekian had to correct your posture and stop your movements again and again, so much so that you almost took offense.Even when you had finished your training, you wondered if it was truly useful at all. Sure, you could control your energy a little better, but you could’ve been sparring with your fellow Saiyans, increasing your power level and combat knowledge even further.Then, you remember your duel with Kakarot in that small tournament you did before leaving for Sadala station. He was stronger than you thanks to his Kaioken and you were forced to go on the defensive. An enemy that was far stronger than you and was just as experienced as you were in combat. It was a recipe for disaster, yet the one thing that kept you from being defeated was your memory of Piccolo’s training.You continue to breathe softly and watch your ki flow. You cross your arms and legs. You must form an interconnected loop, avoid letting your ki fly out of your hands and feet.“Vegeta?” You hear Bulma’s voice somewhere in the distance, but now you’re locked into your own mind. Unlike the flow of your regular energy, this one flowed faster, wilder, stronger. It ran away from you at every given chance. A constant outburst of ki from your body that faded in the air as it went unused.So, you had to keep it trapped. You had to learn its flow. You had to steel yourself, use the discipline taught to you by the Namekian, Rasha and Olond’s meditation techniques in order to harness the raw strength and not let it escape. Slowly but surely, those wild outbursts of golden energy are forced to stay into your body. You sweat, gripping down your crossed arms. The image of your body’s flowing energy system in your mind almost failing, but the lessons learned from your many meditative sessions help you avoid that breaking point.
The energy continues to bounce around your body like pure light, seeking to be unrestrained, but you put a leash on it. You give it form, a shape. Like a highway of raw golden ki speeding through your entire body. Slowly, you unlink and stretch your legs, the ki grows wild when it sees your position is no longer a closed loop, and you harness it again. You do the same with your arms, letting the ki go wild for a moment, then bringing it back under control.You open and close your fists. You throw a few punches and kicks. Your golden aura is no longer as big. It’s now smaller, controlled, subdued.“What even is this?” You utter to no one in particular. “Could it truly be the form of a Super Saiyan?” And the other question ringing within you, which you do not dare utter out of an old, ingrained fear in your mind: Could you defeat Frieza with this?You steel yourself and dash forward in the air. A deafening silence is followed by a booming shockwave which expands all over your point of departure. You simply continue to dash, the air you displace causing strong winds down at the surface. As you move out of the crater you created, you see how those very winds knock over some animals, some rather large reptiles, and at one point you knock down an entire herd of hundreds of ox-like herbivores.You continue you increase your speed. How fast were you? How powerful? You had to test it. You must know.=== At the ship ===Bulma, Rasha, Olond and the Swordsaiyan looked astonished at the blip on the ship’s radar.“So this is the power of Prince Vegeta…” The Swordsaiyan said. “Of course.”Rasha and Olond simply looked at the dot and tried to follow it, it was moving so fast that there were the times where the energy radar struggled to keep up with it. “Of course?!” Bulma said. “What do you mean by that?!”“Who are you to speak to me in such a way, weakling?” The Swordsaiyan asked, his tone was not hostile, but confused instead. It seemed as if he genuinely did not understand Bulma’s behaviour.Bulma was taken aback. “I’m…” She thought of claiming her position out loud, but clenched her fist to stop herself. “Sorry.”“Understandable, perhaps your species do not have our social notions.” The Swordsaiyan replied, trying to defuse the situation. “Please know that I am grateful for your help. Zana is very dear to me.”“No problem. But I’m still wondering, could you please tell me what you meant by ‘of course’?”“It’s not for your ears to hear, woman.” The Saiyan replied. “I will speak with the Prince privately.”She furrowed her brow. “Whatever, you can do what you want.” Then she looked back to the radar. “Huh? Why is Vegeta’s blip back at its initial spot? Is this thing glitching?” Bulma wondered as she tapped the device a few times.“No…” Rasha replied. “He… He went around the entire planet.”
She and the Saiyan went wide-eyed as they stared at Rasha. Bulma raised her wristpad and checked the time on it. “In… in a minute?!” She approached the glass, as did the aliens behind her.Then, they saw a yellow dot approaching.=== Back at the planet ===You stop dead on your tracks, once more sending a great shockwave that moved the dust and sand around the crater you formed with your golden form. So this is how fast you are. You cross your arms and look around you. How could you tell how strong you are? You can’t just knock this entire planet.You look up to space. Perhaps you can’t check how strong you are right now, but you can check how resilient your body is. It’s usually correlated anyway.So you dash up. Whatever curious creature nearby may have been observing sees you disappear in an instant, then is knocked away by the sonic boom.You continue heading up and up, feeling the atmosphere’s oxygen supply wane, the air grows thinner, everything grows colder.You bring your arms up to protect your face. A great fire spawns around you as you begin to break through the atmosphere of the planet, you sense the ship’s occupants nearby and redirect towards it. The burning fire encompasses you, but your golden ki forms an impenetrable shield throughout your entire body that protects you from harm.Finally, you feel the heat fade, gravity no longer pulls you towards the planet. You’ve broken through the atmosphere. There is no air to breathe, but your body is mostly moving thanks to your ki now, requiring far less oxygen to move around. It’s even keeping you warm. What an odd feeling.You dash towards the ship and stand in front of the bridge’s window.=== Behind the glass ===The group at the bridge take a step back as they see Vegeta stand right in front of it. “Wh-what’s going on?” Bulma asked out loud. Vegeta looked… more buff? The ends of his hair seem to be a mix between red and purple, his aura was golden, his skin too, and his good eye… It remained black. She felt it. It really was Vegeta at the other side the bridge’s window.Olond could not believe his eyes. “Is this… The fabled Super Saiyan?”The Swordsaiyan grimaced.“Perhaps.” Rasha replied. “If Prince Vegeta had truly reached this state, then it might mean…”“He could kill Frieza.” Olond said, a gleeful smile appeared on his face. “We could free what remains of our peoples!”“Do not be so hasty.” The Swordsaiyan replied. He stared straight in the eyes of Prince Vegeta. The King’s mighty spawn had come truly come far. Vegeta pointed with thumb towards the side of the ship with the depressurization room, then flickered away.The group headed to the depressurization room to meet him.=== At the ship, again ===You hear the doors that will take you to the ship hiss as they open up. You’re finally back. You see Bulma staring, she seems scared of touching you, you must look like a literal burning star to her ki sense.
Rasha and Olond take to a knee. “Prince Vegeta.” Rasha says. “It is a true pleasure to see you well, and an honor to witness your new form.”You step through the doorframe and enter the ship proper. “Rise. I’ve no need for protocol.” You reply.You look at the Swordsaiyan, he looks at you with his brow furrowed. “You can sense my power level, right? I trust you’re not thinking of defying me.”“I would never defy the son of the Queen.”You raise an eyebrow. “What?”He unsheathes his sword and takes to a knee. “My name is Horia, once I was leader of the Queen’s guard.” He offers his sword to you. “I would accept you relieving me of my position and punishing me, for I failed in my duty to your mother.”Your eyes go wide, everyone else is also taken aback. “My… mother?” You have some memories, very distant memories, of a Saiyan woman standing by your father. “Yes, Queen Sadala.”You feel you’re starting to lose control of your ki. The swirl of emotions in your mind almost make you break your disciplined hold of your golden form.Horia seems crestfallen. “I swore to protect her from all harm, yet I was away on mission when Frieza attacked… I do not know what became of her.” He says, stoic tears welling in his eyes. “Please, punish me as you see fit, but take in Zana among your crew. She is an able warrior, and loyal.”“Be-“ You feel yourself stutter, this is all too much. “Before that, we must speak at length of other matters, then I will judge you if you so wish.” You say as you regain your composure.“Everyone else is in the medbay.” Bulma says. “Stable, but grievously wounded. I think it’ll take a long while for them to recover. Goku, Nappa and Raditz may recover in under a month, but the rest… It may take more than that.”You feel your lip curl down. “My warriors…” You mutter.“Perhaps I can explain to you what happened at Lagat, Prince Vegeta, but I would like to do so privately. There are other urgent matters to take care of at the planet as well.” Horia says.“Are there other Saiyans?”Horia looks at the others present in the hall. “I would prefer to keep it between Saiyans.”“I trust everyone here fully.”“I would insist, you would be free to share whatever you wish with them afterwards. But please listen to me in private first.”You look around yourself.>”No, you will explain it to me in front of everyone.”>”Rasha, Olond, please take your leave. But Bulma stays.”>”Fine, let’s go to my dormitory.”
>>6413620>”Rasha, Olond, please take your leave. But Bulma stays.”
>>6413598I'm not sure. Power levels are kinda bullshit when you get into SSJ territories and I'm already reworking some Frieza force PLs to make sure we don't just blitz through them too soon. We'll leave it at x25 for now.
>>6413620>”Rasha, Olond, please take your leave. But Bulma stays. Despite what you may think, she is Queen - whether she is Saiyan or not, I am King Vegeta now and this I state here, for everyone to know."> Stay in your Golden Form. Keep it going until you literally cannot.
>>6413631Support
>>6413620>”No, you will explain it to me in front of everyone.”>>6413629golden oozaru
>>6413620>>”Rasha, Olond, please take your leave. But Bulma stays.”>>6413631I fear that we should not claim the title of King until we have avenged our people, that the blood of Frieza should be used to annoint us in a baptism of vengeance!
>>6413693I largely disagree - I don't think Frieza should hold the reigns on our title as King. To me the reason for Vegeta to not claim the title was because his people were basically gone. That problem is very slowly turning around as we find more Saiyans; I think we've hit a point where we can reclaim the title of King Vegeta. It also makes for a very definitive point on Bulma, naming her Queen of the Saiyans.
>>6413697I get where you're coming from, though I think it would be fitting for a redemption ark kind of thing. Frieza destroyed the planet, nearly wiped out our people, his destruction would be a fitting time to claim the title. Besides, perhaps we might have a bit more of an audience to acclaim us as king as we find more Saiyans for that matter. An actual ceremony, I guess.
Bulma stays, but since Vegeta's mind palace is having a debate over whether he should reclaim his title as King, we'll put it to a vote:>Claim the title of King Vegeta. Your golden form will be your crown.>Do not claim the title of King Vegeta. You will do so at a more opportune moment.In case they don't show up for this specific vote, I will consider >>6413631 >>6413639 as two votes for yes. And >>6413693 as a vote for no.
>>6413742>Do not claim the title of King Vegeta. You will do so at a more opportune moment.
>>6413742I'm just saying, let's make an event out of it, with a true crowning moment. Just casually claiming to be king to one Saiyan and our queen to be on the bridge just doesn't feel right, if you will. Besides, I think Bulma might would rather be our "princess" for a time, what with her vanity and all.
>>6413780I'm more of the opinion to eliminate the grand ceremony for it - take the title now and don't waste time waiting for the perfect time. It also just... doesn't make as much sense to me too wait for be King Vegeta. To me Frieza isn't the main reason our Vegeta hasn't taken the title, it's because his people were gone; the goal of vengeance is still there but don't put King behind defeating Frieza, put it where it belongs, behind reviving our people. Which Vegeya can now firmly say he's on the road to doing.
Would veggie use the dragonballs to revive the Saiyans?
>>6413795The currently available Dragon Balls can't revive the Saiyans who died 20 years ago.The Earth dragon balls can revive lots of people at once, but with a limit of 1 year since their death.Namekian dragon balls can revive one person even if they died long ago, but I might put some sort of hard limit to avoid abuse.
>>6413789Like I said, I get your perspective, but becoming king should have ceremony behind it in my opinion. Destroy the destroyer and name thyself king!>>6413806Sadly, I think that we should focus on the future rather than the past. Hopefully we find a few more survivors out there, but we're still at an extreme bottleneck populationwise. At least Earthlings are compatible, perhaps we should look into Saiyan Mormonism or something... surely Bulma would understand? Right?
>>6413827>surely Bulma would understand? Right?
>>6413827> At least Earthlings are compatible, perhaps we should look into Saiyan Mormonism or something... surely Bulma would understand? Right?HA! Let's be real, the second we went with Bulma, was the acceptance that monogamy was the only option lmao. This is Bulma, "Yamcha was talking to other girls!" afterall.We can probably leave it up to pureblooded Saiyans to revive the race. Something I think we ought to do though if we ever get to Namek, is make three wishes. Wish for Raditz' parents to be alive (will cost two wishes) and Nappa's mate (assuming she's dead. I personally think she is). I think our two closest and most fervent allies deserve it more. I would say to wish Planet Vegeta back, but I think Vegeta has grown fond of Earth.
>>6413742>Claim the title of King Vegeta. Your golden form will be your crown.Fuck it tie breaker. I dont know about naming Bulma queen but i do want to start being called King vegeta. Also if this form is a 25 multiply then we should try master it more until it as good as regular super sayain
>>6413841Could also try turning into a great ape and using the new form to have both the 10x and then 25x
>>6413844I was wondering that myself - if they stack that could be huge. But also Vegeta is 100% gonna have to take that form. Ozaru plus FSSJ anger/rage will have him going wild ngl. So I think that's a solid idea too, should definitely try it when we have a chance.
>>6413829>>6413840I-it was merely a jest... lol though. Surely Vegeta wouldn't have such impure thots... thoughts!Seriously though, trying to bring some of the dead back to life wouldn't be a bad idea, but we really do need to concern ourselves with the future above all. Maybe Nappa and Zana, Raditz and Calava, who can say.
>>6413847I think halflings are also insanely powerful. As long as the bloodline doesn't get insanely diluted it shouldn't get too bad. Worth remembering that even generations of human breeding with Saiyans still gives us SSJ capable Saiyans like Goku and Vegeta Jr. The bigger issue is losing the tail potentially.
>>6413852Right, yeah, and who knows how many more Saiyans we will rescue? A small community may yet thrive on Earth. Surely something could be done to maintain the tails? If nothing else, stronger power levels might would impart it? Or something of that nature.
>>6413742>Claim the title of King Vegeta. Your golden form will be your crown.Heavy is the head that dicks Bulma down, uh, err, I mean that Wears The Crown...
>>6413846Super elite’s don’t lose their reasoning when being an ape. That’s why vegeta could talk while in that form.
>>6413860That's always been very dubious because there's never been anything blatantly superior bloodline wise that Vegeta has; I'm nearly positive that it's more-so that the Royal Family is trained to control their Oozaru form. That's head-canon but why would Vegeta and the royal line have the ability to control their Oozaru somehow over everyone else as just something inherent?
>>6413866The saiyans are grown in incubators and the elites get special incubators, so maybe genetic engineering to maintain class prominence explains Oozaru control and training. It is a universe with S-cells making it able for goten and trunks to turn super saiyan easily while their dads really had to struggle to reach it. Such an undercutting of the form.
>>6413875There's some stuff DBS does really well and I love, and then orher lore breaking stuff that really shits all over the setting. Gene editing is never really implied at any time - if so we'd probably be seeing more anomalies like Broly. That said, nothing ever blatantly says Saiyan Royalty has to train to control their Oozaru so at this point we're just arguing opposing head canons lol.
We're claiming the title of King!>>6413844>Could also try turning into a great ape and using the new form to have both the 10x and then 25xNow that's a lot of power! Might be a bit dangerous though. >>6413852>The bigger issue is losing the tail potentially.Might happen in later generations if there's a lot of human blood in the parentage. That's far away though.>Oozaru Saiyans not losing their reasoningRegarding this discussion, in Quest canon the ability to maintain your reasoning as an Oozaru can be trained and is easier to reach with higher power levels, Vegeta was particularly talented at doing so ever since he was a kid.
“Rasha, Olond, if you would please take your leave.” The two aliens dutifully nod. “We will head to the medbay to ensure our comrades are in good condition.”Before they leave, Horia points to Bulma. “And her?”“She stays.”“Why? She is an alien and a weakling.”You stare at the Saiyan and cross your arms. “Because she’s my beloved. Actually, no, she is my Queen.”All four people present go wide-eyed. Bulma takes a hand to her mouth to hide her surprise.Horia gets up. “Queen?!” He looks at her, gritting his teeth.“Yes, because I claim for myself the title of King. I’ve surpassed my father long ago and I’ve taken up the rightful duty of saving the Saiyan race. My ambition and desire to restore our people to their former glory is what has given me this.” You power up, your ki storming out around you for a moment. “It will be my crown.”The sudden outburst of ki has Horia bow in respect. “As you wish, King Vegeta.”Rasha and Olond take to a knee. “We swear service to you, King Vegeta.” They say in unison.“H-hold on!” Bulma says, confused. “Just like that? No grand ceremony in some sort of temple? No fancy regalia and dresses?!”“Battle armor and the raw aura of our power is all the regalia a Saiyan needs.” You reply.She looks obviously disappointed. “Oh man, I really wanted to wear a fancy dress and walk down some sort of aisle to get a crown on my head.” The comment seems to irk Horia greatly. “Or maybe a nice golden circlet? With a red jewel on the center?” Bulma says as she taps her chin with her finger.“White or orange would fit better with your blue hair, Queen Bulma.” Rasha indicates.Bulma blushes and throws a hand forward. “Oh come on now, skip the royal titles.”Horia approaches you while the two aliens talk. “King Vegeta, surely you cannot be serious…”“I said you would speak with your King and Queen. You may share your opinion with both of us.”He grimaces again and goes silent. After they’re done speaking, the two aliens give Bulma a light bow and head for the medbay, she replies with further blushing and begs them to not bow to her anymore.“Sorry!” Bulma says. “Where were we?”Horia sheathes his sword and crosses his arms, he gives Bulma a nasty look then starts talking. “There is much to tell about Lagat.”“What’s going on in that damn planet?” You ask.Horia closes his eyes as he looks through his memories. “A year or two after the conquest of Planet Vegeta from the Tuffles, our people took over whatever space colonies they may have had at the time. This was one of them, a farming settlement. Some non-combatants stayed here to live, but it was otherwise written off the records due to it being a useless asset.
Thus, when Planet Vegeta was destroyed, the Resistance, which I will guess you know about, decided to establish a base. What few Saiyan locals lived here had called the place Lagat, so the name stuck. I was named leader of this planet along with a woman called Ina and a man called Kafe, Zana’s parents. We were the three warriors assigned to its defence.”“Only three?” You ask.“Yes, three powerful ones, my power level was already at 10.000 at the time, Ina’s was at 8.000, Kafe was at 7.000.”“And Zana?”“But a babe back then. Her power level was around 5.000, but it grew after… Well…”You wave a hand. “Continue your story.”“Initially, we had much contact with Sadala Station. Ships flew in and out of here to pick up provisions. Eventually though, they stopped coming and we were left stranded.”“You didn’t keep a ship stationed here?”“The resistance didn’t have any to spare.”“And so you became stuck.”“Aye. We guessed the resistance had been wiped out. We felt lucky enough, at least Frieza’s forces hadn’t found out about us, we hoped to live out our days here.” He clenches his fist. “Then the beasts began to appear. Those same raptors, flying creatures and their behemoth hosts. At first, they attacked our kin that had gone off far from the colony to hunt, then they encroached on us.”He sighs. “They eventually found the colony.” He says. “All the non-combatants…” He struggles to let the next few words out, Bulma gives him a sad look. “They died terrible deaths, and those bloody beasts ate them whole.”You furrow your brow and look down. A moment of silence passes. “Who survived?”“Five of us, as far as I know. Me, Ina, and Kafe, then their young children Teha and Zana.”“Only five…” Bulma says. “I’m so sorry.”Horia looks at her for a moment, his furrowed brow seems to relax. “At least they died the Saiyan way.” He says.“The creatures hounded us constantly. We were always on the run, we spent at least a year or two just… running through the plains and savannahs, away from the beasts. We hid so much that we eventually found a way to lower our own power levels.”“You learned on your own?” You ask.“Yes. The children were the first to do it. We still had working scouters back then and one day we suddenly noticed that Teha and Zana’s power levels had completely disappeared and yet they were right in front of us. The rest of us learned from them.”“What happened to the other three?”Horia digs through memories he would rather have left forgotten, you notice the struggle in his expression. “I still have no idea why but… When the children reached their adolescence, Kafe betrayed us.”Bulma gasps. You look at the Saiyan with further confusion. “Betrayed? But why?”
“I have no idea!” Horia’s frustration is clear as day. “He… He just changed! He tried to kill his son Teha with an energy beam, but Zana protected him, and he started to beat her! By the time we got there, Zana was a bloody pulp, broken and battered. Her father was smiling like a monster and just stood there, about to blast her.Ina was enraged, she dashed straight for Kafe, but her mate was stronger, for some reason. His eyes had gone blood red. He mercilessly beat Ina, she was forced into the defensive. I took her children and flew away. We could already hear the beasts wailing in the distance as they detected Ina and Kafe’s power levels.”Horia clenches his fists even harder, bloodying his hands. “Kafe was a sweet man even though he was a warrior. That’s why Ina loved him. And then he just…” He grits his teeth. “Why did he do it? I ask myself that bloody question every single day.”“What happened to Kafe and Ina?”“They were still fighting, Ina was losing really badly, but we did see her fly away in a swift dash. Kafe followed her, as did the beasts. She flew to save us.Zana was grievously wounded, but we were able to tend to her with stocks of medicine we had scavenged from the colony. We took turns guarding her and hunting for food. Finally, she was able to walk again, her power level had grown tremendously, but she seemed to lose some faculties.”“The poor girl was traumatized.” Bulma says.“I believe that’s what it was. She never spoke of the incident, she couldn’t.” Horia says. “When Teha tried to ask her what she knew about their father’s sudden mood switch, his sister just shut off and refused to talk for the rest of the day.A year or two after Zana recovered, I found Teha leaving our camp one night. He said he was going to seek his parents and get answers or, at the very least, revenge for what happened to Zana. He made me promise that I’d take care of Zana for the rest of my days, and I promised.”Horia’s head slumps down. “He never returned.”Another moment of silence. “I believe around five years have passed since then.” Horia says. “But I was guiding myself by the seasons and movements of the stars, so it could’ve been four or six.”“You believe they’re still alive?”“Though it saddens me greatly, Ina is probably dead. Kafe I have no way of knowing, his madness may have gotten him killed. Teha… I think Teha could be alive, he was a good and able hunter and warrior, power level of 8.000 like his mother.”“We should look for him!” Bulma says, raising a purposeful fist.“How?” You ask. “If he keeps his power level low, we won’t find him through our scanners. We don’t have the time or manpower to scour the planet either.”“Maybe I can calibrate the scanners somehow…” She takes a hand to her chin. “It might take me a week or two, but I could do it.”You nod. “Do so.” Then you look at Horia. “What about the creatures? Where did they come from?”
“I don’t know.” Horia shakes his head. “They just suddenly showed up one day. An entire army of them commanded by multiple of those behemoths.”“And then they went dormant?”“Yes, when we learned to hide our power levels. Then when Kafe tried to kill his children all of our power levels spiked and a nearby behemoth woke up, like a sentinel awaiting a signal.”“That’s not natural behaviour.” Bulma says, once more deep in thought. “It’s kinda like… It was ingrained into them, to look for strong power levels.” She shrugs. “Too bad you wiped them out to the atom, Vegeta, I would’ve liked to investigate some of them.”“There’s probably more below. I can go kill a few and bring them back.” You reply.“Please, don’t.” Horia steps forward. “Your travel around the planet must’ve awakened a few of them already. With your current power level, going back down could awaken all of the behemoths on the surface! If Teha is still down there… He may get killed.”You sigh. “We’ll find a way to get some samples back here.” You approach Bulma. “Any theories?”She raises a finger. “Bioweapons.”“What?”“They’re bioweapons, purposefully built to hunt for strong power levels on this planet, and the Saiyans that lived there were strong enough to awaken them. Whether they were built explicitly to kill Saiyans or not, I don’t know.”Horia is surprised by Bulma’s sudden and rather detailed guess. “But no one knew about our presence on this planet.”“Maybe it was there long before you were, or maybe someone did know and you didn’t realize.” Her hypothesises bring only further doubt.“Do they have a nest?” You ask. “Except for the behemoths, I mean. Do you know where they first came from?”“I could show you the first sites of attack on a map of the planet.” Horia says.Bulma brings up a large holographic map of Lagat on her wristpad. Horia gets close and narrows his eyes. “Here, in these places.” He points to a few spots on the map that get saved up as sites.“Oh, that’s easy.” Bulma presses a bunch of keys on the wristpad’s holo-keyboard and lines start to appear from the dots. They all tie in to a specific spot. “They probably came from there.” She points to the intersection of the many lines. “Then they spread out. And look…”You and Horia get close to the portion of the map. “A mountain…” You say.“Yup, the only damn mountain in the entire planet, quite suspicious if you ask me!” Bulma says, rather excited.You take a long look at the mountain. “Strange as these creatures are, we have little reason to investigate and destroy them beyond a desire for revenge.”Your comment does not seem to please Horia, who is obviously thirsting for that revenge you speak of. “This can’t merely be a coincidence.” He says. “King Vegeta, we should look for their source! Understand what they actually are. If they are indeed bioweapons, then maybe someone pointed them specifically at us!”
“Vegeta.” Bulma looks at you straight in the eye, a decision already made in her mind. “We have to investigate this. I need to know what these things are all about.”“I’m simply stating the fact that we could find the remaining Saiyans and forget about this planet.” You say.“What about Kafe’s sudden change?” Bulma puts her hands to her waist. “Something happened to that Kafe guy while he was down at the planet. And now you guys were all down there. What if that something happens to one of us? What if it’s some sort of poison, virus or neuroagent in the saliva of those creatures?”“Zana and Horia seem fine.” You say.“They might just be lucky enough to be asymptomatic.” She replies. “And in any case, would you be willing to take the risk and go back home? If one of our crew is infected, we’d have no idea what they have, why they have it, or how to cure it.”“Fine, I’ll stop playing devil’s advocate.” You bring your hands up. “We will stay and investigate this place.”“Alright!” Bulma puts her hand together in a merry display. “I’ll get back to watching for energy signatures, and I’ll start planning our incursion with maps and stuff.”“Our incursion?” You ask.“What, you want to keep me up here with all the important research stuff that might be down there?” She asks. “Seems stupid to me.”“I won’t risk your life on this mission.” You say.She puts a finger to your shattered chest plate. “You need me on this mission, Vegeta! If we do find something weird down there, I have to be on site to gauge the situation. Do you know how it felt being up here?! I was blind and deaf to everything that was happening down below!”You cross your arms and hold her stare. “We’ll discuss this later.” You dig your fingers into your eyes. You’re already feeling exhausted, perhaps it would be nice to get some rest now. Whatever you were going to do, the decision could wait until tomorrow. Plus, you have your own wounds to take care of, all of your warriors will need time to heal, and Bulma needs some time to calibrate the Saiyan sensors.“Are you okay?” You hear Bulma, then reopen your eyes and look at her. Her sweet face brings you a measure of relief and comfort. There is simply so much in your mind.“I’m fine.” You reply.“You should rest for a while, turn off that yellow energy thing, take a shower, and get some new clothes on.”Horia sighs. “Indeed. Forgive me, King Vegeta, for I have given you much to think of at once, perhaps it would be best if we all rested.”Choose our next scene!>”I will head to my room and rest.”>”First, I want to see my warriors at the medbay.”>”Horia, you and I must talk about my mother.”>Write-in.
Beeg loredump
>>6413979>”First, I want to see my warriors at the medbay.”
>>6413979>”First, I want to see my warriors at the medbay.”> Apologize to Bulma but you plan to push yourself. For one, this form must become instinct. It will be used so long as you are awake, and if you can, when you sleep. Even lowering yourself for training you must try to do in this form.Let's hurry up on acquiring natural (F)SSJ. Which means getting Vegeta into the mindset of it being on 24/7.
>>6413979>”First, I want to see my warriors at the medbay.”Very nice lore, boss. I like Bulma getting to flex her tech skills more!
>>6413979>>”First, I want to see my warriors at the medbay.”Duty calls.
>>6413984>>6413996>>6414021>>6414207>”First, I want to see my warriors at the medbay.”We'll go check out our buddies.
“First, I want to see my warriors at the medbay.” You say.Horia and Bulma head there with you. When you open the door, the sight beyond cleaves at your heart. Six beds with six unconscious people on them, each one covered in all manners of bandages from neck to foot. Calava and Nappa also have splints on some of their limbs. You then look at Bulma, who looks back at you with a big smile. The scar of one of Tavovaz’s captains’ claws still looms across her face as an eerie reminder of what you risk in your task. Not just her, but all of your warriors too.“They fought valiantly, King Vegeta.” Horia says as he stands to your left.Rasha and Olond sit on some chairs at the corner of the medbay. They nod as you enter, then get back to their Earth magazines.“What’s their status?”“Various broken limbs, Calava’s arm was the worst one, but she’ll make a full recovery.” Bulma says. “Deep lacerations from claws and teeth. Since they got here so quick the danger of infection was lessened, but we can’t rest on our laurels yet. We still have to clean and care for their wounds at least two or three times a day.”Bulma points to Kalabash. “He got a really nasty wound, opened his gut straight up. I had to get everything back in order real quick, but I wouldn’t mind putting him back to the surgery room and checking him out again.”The Saiyan looked worse off than the rest, very pale and with baggy eyes. You approach him, and see parts of the stitches, rather professionally made, all things considered. “Rasha did those.” Bulma says as she sees where you’re looking.You look back to the alien, who gives you a slight smile. You nod towards him.“How close was he to dying?” You ask.Bulma opens up her eyes, it seems as though she hadn’t really considered such a thing. “Uh… Very.” She replies after some quick thinking. “Those things were strong, Kalabash’s ki wouldn’t have been able to protect him much further.”Your hand turns into a fist. How could you have explained something like this to his family? That he died against a bunch of animals in some gods-forgotten planet?On the next bed is Nappa. Burnt up by some sort of energy blast but also bearing no small amount of stitches, bandages and a splint on his arm. You approach him and put a hand to his chest.“One of the ground raptors found the strength to fire a beam at Zana.” Horia says. “The valiant Nappa stood on the beam’s way when I couldn’t due to my wounds.”Your mouth opens up in surprise. Nappa? Protecting someone else like that? He indeed came far.“He’s a strong guy.” Bulma says. “I actually think he might be in the first batch to get back up.”“He’s been training his resistance like hell for the past month.” You reply. “So I’m not surprised.”You gently tap his chest a few times, then head to the next bed. Kakarot. He’d been the first to fall, knocked out in that warehouse.“Big concussion on his head.” Bulma says. “Hope that doesn’t turn him evil.”
“What?” You look at your beloved with a raised eyebrow.She smiles at a joke only she gets and shrugs. “Nevermind.” She says, then gets the clipboard from under the bed. “There’s also lacerations and bite marks, but they’re not as bad as the others. I think his strength protected him. He’s very likely to be the first to wake up.”“Zana and I found him already down with some creatures trying to nibble at him.”“Some?”“Yes, around five. The rest came when we rescued him.”“Five?” You’re surprised. Could he really have performed this badly against just five? He’s almost half your power level, and he has the Kaioken. “He must have been taken unaware by one of them, a lucky shot, maybe.”Bulma looks at you. “It really is weird, huh?” She says. “But I’m sure he’ll tell us all about it when he wakes up. He’s not one to hide his mistakes.”The next ones are Raditz and Zana. “Nothing you didn’t see before for the two of them. Lacerations, bites, concussions, nasty bruises.” Bulma says. “Worst part was getting their big heads of hair out of the way while we worked. They should wake up relatively soon too.”You put a hand to Raditz’ chest as you did with Nappa. He’d grown so much since his power level of just 1.000.“He was also valiant, the last one to fall.” Horia says. “Even had time to share a kiss with his mate and everything.” The man chuckles.You smile slightly. All he had to do to get that second kiss in was almost die.Horia approaches Zana. He moves away a bit of hair that stood on her face. “The girl has her mother’s face.” He says. “Strong and stern, but she still has the sweetness of youth in her eyes.”You approach the Saiyan girl’s bed. “She fought well when we fled the warehouse.”“Of course she did. Ina’s blood is strong in her.” Horia says. “She will wake soon, I’m sure.”You give the medbay one last look, there’s not much else to do here while everyone is unconscious. Rasha and Olond will be watching them anyway.“Thank you for your report, Bulma.” You say.“Yes, your majesty!” She replies with a dumb tongue out.Hmph.You spend a little while in the medbay, getting your own set of stitches and bandages. Bulma complains about you not getting out of the Golden State and it hampering her attempts to pierce your skin for stitches. You do your best to move ki away from those sections of your body and it works, somewhat. What shall you do next?>Head to your room to get some rest.>”Horia, you and I must talk about my mother.”>Write-in.
>>6414309It's me
>>6414310>Head to your room to get some rest.I'm kinda curious on the Queen but well, Vegeta needs rest badly. Also, everyone getting a Zenkai qm?
>>6414310>Head to your room to get some rest.
>>6414329>Also, everyone getting a Zenkai qm?Yup, we'll be rolling for them as they wake up.
>>6414310>Head to your room to get some rest.arrogant super saiyan vegeta arc soon?
>>6414353>>6414331>>6414329Time to get some rest.
Since there's some people around, I'm gonna ask for ZENKAI ROLLS!!We'll do them in batches of two rolls. First we'll start with Goku and Nappa:Goku:>Roll 5000+1d5000, best of three.Nappa:>Roll 4000+1d4000, best of three.You can roll for both Goku and Nappa, though you'll have to do it in two different posts due to 4chan's rolling system.
Rolled 451 + 5000 (1d5000 + 5000)>>6414360
Rolled 2908 + 4000 (1d4000 + 4000)>>6414360For Nappuh
Rolled 1634 + 5000 (1d5000 + 5000)>>6414360For go koo
Rolled 3575 + 4000 (1d4000 + 4000)>>6414360Nappa
Rolled 1433 + 5000 (1d5000 + 5000)>>6414360Kakarot
Rolled 2269 + 4000 (1d4000 + 4000)>>6414363Neepah
>>6414390Nappa gets a BIG 7.575 power up!>>6414379Kakacarrot cake gets a relatively small 6.634 power up!=== NEXT SET OF ZENKAI ROLLS ===I decided to clump them all up!>Roll 4d4000, best of three!Results will be assigned in alphabetical order. First result for Calava, second for Kalabash, third for Raditz and fourth for Zana.Their rolls will then be added to the following bases:>Raditz. +4.000>Calava. +3.000>Zana. +4.000>Kalabash. +2.000
Rolled 3558, 1095, 1318, 2208 = 8179 (4d4000)>>6414405veggies
After Bulma finishes up your stitching, you decide to head to your room to get some rest. Your beloved will remain busy with her work to calibrate the Saiyan detection radar and doing general maintenance on the ship. Horia was given quarters, protective mesh and battle armor to wear. He chose to rest much like you, the day had been busy.You enter your room and remove your battle armor, leaving yourself with just your mesh, gloves and boots. You head to the bathroom and look at yourself in the mirror. You’re still maintaining the form, although the golden aura is no longer present as you’ve remained calm for an extended period of time. It takes a fair bit of concentration to maintain those ‘ki highways’ you formed. You’d like to continue mastering this form, but it’s taking too much energy out of you and you need to be fresh for your next fight, whenever that may come.Your skin’s golden tint disappears first, then the red-purple tips of your hair go black again, and your muscles and veins no longer pop out as much. You feel yourself tumble for a moment but you hold on. You take a hand to your chest. It’s still there, hidden away, but ready to burst when you call for it. You stretch your joints a little to get used to your normal form again. It kind of feels like getting out of Oozaru form, things just feel… different when you’re not transformed. You wash up and brush your teeth, then head to back to your bedroom and get a new mesh on. Feels fresh.You then sit on your bed. You check the time and see there’s still an hour until lunch time. You’ll likely have to eat rations today, Raditz won’t be up to cooking some Earth dishes. Ah well, might as well lay down and take a nap. The sheets feel rather comfortable on your skin, and your pillow is like heaven. You soon fall asleep.Your dreams are of the battle. Glorious and mighty. But they always wind up ending in a sad tone, the cost exacted for your victory being far too high. When you wake up and think about it, you don’t remember the specifics. You put on your boots and head to the canteen.There, Bulma, Rasha and Olond are eating their sets of rations. Horia also arrives at the same time as you. You both take your own rations and sit down with the rest, you eat rather quietly.Bulma speaks with a mouthful of food. “It’s kind of lonely when it’s just five of us, now that I think about it.”“Indeed, our Saiyan friends are quite raucous. This silence is almost unnatural.” Rasha says.“Maybe I should install a sound system in the canteen, have some chill music play.” Bulma says, pondering on her next project.Olond likes the idea. “If only I could get some datapods with my planet’s music, Queen Bulma, you would find them rather thrilling!”Bulma pouts. “Hey, I told you not to call me queen! I won’t let you guys treat me any different because of that!”The two aliens smile like rascals playing a prank.
Horia is confused by the scene. As Bulma, Rasha and Olond speak with one another, he gets close to you. “How did this come to be? Who are those aliens? And the one you took as your queen?”“It’s a long story.” You reply. “Nappa will be happy to tell you all the details about our battles, and Raditz will tell you about our new homebase.”“Your warriors seem like they’ll be out of commission for a week or two at least.”You finish your meal and leave the cutlery on your tray. He’s not wrong. “Bulma is an earthling, from planet Earth, she built this starship with the aid of her corporation. Rasha and Olond were in the Frieza Force, but they joined us after we defeated them.”“You took in Frieza soldiers?!” Horia says a little too loud, he gets looks from the aliens.“They are strong and disciplined, and have good hearts.” You say. “It was not a choice that I made lightly.”“And ‘Earth’? What is this planet?”“A continental world in the northern quadrant of the galaxy with a non-spacefaring civilization.” You reply. “On average, earthlings have a power level of 10, but through training and battle, they reach strengths far higher.”Horia uses his new scouter to calculate Bulma’s power level. “1.000.” He says. “And you took her as Queen.”“I believe she’s proven her worth more than once already.” You tilt your head towards her so that Horia gives her a look, she’s currently laughing at something Olond said, as is Rasha. “Both with what she provided in terms of materiel, equipment and research and development, and in battle.” He takes a moment to watch the three diagonal scars that streak through her eyes and nose.“I have, I am no longer complaining about her personal worth or her values.” Horia says. “I am wondering if it was wise of you to put her in such risk. Beloved of yours or not, she would be far safer not being your Queen.”“I trust other Saiyans will respect my authority.”“Zana and I owe you our lives, in a way, as your arrival has given us a chance to leave this cursed planet and finally know what happened to our loved ones.” Horia continues. “But you will eventually find Saiyans that do not owe you anything, and may even feel spiteful over the fact that King Vegeta failed to protect our home planet.”You raise an eyebrow. “I thought a member of the queen’s guard would respect his former king.”“I did not see eye to eye with him in many issues, though I will always concede that he was a strong ruler.” Horia checks you out to gauge for any negative reaction. There is, of course, none. You yourself are quite critical of your father’s actions.“In any case, if we find such Saiyans, I trust my golden form will make them rethink their actions.”“You’ve mastered it?” Horia seems surprised.You chuckle. “Hm. Not quite mastered, but I feel able to call upon it, though the form itself is quite wild and draining.”“I see.” Horia does not seem willing to comment on that matter any further.
Bulma and the two aliens seem to have finished their meals. She pats you on the back, you feel a little bit of pain from your soreness. “We’re going to do routine clean ups, wound checks and exchange IV bags at the medbay.” She says. “You can both come help if you’d like.”Horia shakes his head. “I’d rather check out that strange training room you spoke of, Queen Bulma.” You see Bulma get red and let out a nervous laugh. “It might do me some good to actually do some proper training with my full power level.”“Sure, uh… No need to call me queen though.”“But you are the Queen.” Horia insists.“Right, right.” She then swiftly looks at you. “How about you, Vegeta?”>”I’ll help at the medbay.”>”I’d like to train with Horia. I have to keep myself ready for anything.”>Write-in.Posting the update as I'm gonna head off to bed. Remember to roll for >>6414405 !
Rolled 3403, 3900, 1022, 431 = 8756 (4d4000)>>6414420>>”I’d like to train with Horia. I have to keep myself ready for anything.”>>6414405
Rolled 2747, 2929, 1160, 583 = 7419 (4d4000)>>6414405
Increases:>Nappa: 7.575>Goku: 6.634>Raditz. 3.558 + 4.000 = 7.558 PL increase!>Calava. 3.900 + 3.000 = 6.900 PL increase!>Zana. 1.318 + 4.000 = 5.318 PL increase!>Kalabash. 2.208 + 2.000 = 4.208 PL increase!New power levels for everybody:>Nappa: 14.086 + 7.575 = 21.661>Goku: 23.130 + 6.634 = 29.764>Raditz: 13.619 + 7.558 = 21.177>Calava: 8.500 + 6.900 = 15.400>Zana: 15.000 + 5.318 = 20.318>Kalabash: 3.000 + 4.208 = 7.208Seems like almost dying is a useful technique!
>>6414433Closing the vote now as it's a minor decision. We'll train with Horia!
“I’d like to train with Horia. I have to keep myself ready for anything.” You say.Bulma nods. “Sure, we’re at the medbay if you two boys need anything.” She waves you goodbye and heads off to medbay along with Rasha and Olond.Horia finishes his own plate. “You’re much like your father.” He says.“What do you mean?” The comparison offends you ever so slightly.“He liked his women headstrong.” He grabs his tray and yours and takes it to the counter.The two of you pick up your armors and head to the training room. As you stretch, Horia starts talking again. “What do you know about your mother?” He asks.“Nothing. According to you her name was Sadala.” You reply. Saiyans of the elite and super-elite classes did not interact with their parents as much as non-combatants and lower class Saiyans did, even in infancy. Their deaths when you were 5 years old did not help much in that matter.“Indeed. Queen Sadala. An inherited name, much like yours.”“Sounds important.” You say as you stretch your arms. “Sadala was the former Saiyan home planet, right?”“Yes. She was the inheritor of-“You raise a hand. “No.” You interrupt Horia. “My mind is busy enough with what’s going on in Lagat. I have no desire to speak of my mother now. I’d much rather see your skills as a member of the Queen’s Guard.”Horia closes his eyes. “As you wish.” He then opens them again and unsheathes his sword. “I must warn you, I’ve learned that power levels can be deceptive in showing a person’s abilities.”You move your shoulders and creak your neck. “That I’ve learned already.” You smile.Your strength should already be more than enough to take on Horia, but perhaps you’d like to practice with your Golden Form? Bear in mind, it’s a form that can be very taxing due to its wild and imperfect nature, even when you’ve gained control over it. Perhaps you’d rather keep your energies.>Transform into your Golden Form.>Stay in your normal form.
Rolled 97, 77, 57, 81 = 312 (4d100)Now, Horia’s bearing a sword, a part of you says you should meet him with another sword of your own, your Ki Sword. But perhaps another idea is in Vegeta’s mind?Martial Arts:>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.>Absolute Focus. A style learned from your battles against Kakarot. Absolute focus allows you to understand the ki flows of the battle and use them to your advantage in future bouts. >Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.>Calava’s Ki Boxing. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.Energy attacks:>Energy Blast Volley. Many small blasts used to cover a wide area. It is stronger against multiple opponents.>Two-Finger Instant Explosion. A technique which ‘throws’ invisible ki wherever the two raised fingers are pointed, causing to explode on impact. >Tail Slicer. A faster, non-tracking version of destructo disc used to slice off body parts. It is relatively easy to dodge when aimed at the usual parts (limbs, head and torso), but is more effective against extra parts (such as Saiyan tails), it still has a high chance of missing though it compensates for that with its cutting power!Since this is a minor decision, first prompt to two votes wins. If a prompt has reached two votes, feel free to start rolling 1d100, best of three.
Rolled 22 (1d100)>>6414620> Transform into your Golden Form> Ki Sword.
Rolled 31 (1d100)>>6414620>Ki Sword.
>>6414646Anon, vote for this too if you'd like:>Transform into your Golden Form.>Stay in your normal form.
>>6414619>Transform into your Golden Form.>>6414620>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.
>>6414619>>Stay in your normal form.I say we should be ready if we need to tap into it, not just use it willy nilly.And remember, huge power level spikes may attract undue attention.>>6414620>>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.I still say Vegeta should get an actual sword, hell, we have a swordsmaster we can learn from.
Rolled 95 (1d100)>>6414620>Transform into your Golden Form.>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.Please be high
We are>transforming into our Golden Form>Ki SwordingI'll take the roll from >>6414670. 95/100 As expected, an outstanding success, but our opponent has also rolled quite good!
Extra post 9 Rasha and Olond speak with Bulma“How do you feel about your new status as Queen, Lady Bulma?” Rasha asked as he struggled to lift Nappa so that Olond might change his dirty bandages.Bulma was taking care of the far less heavy Calava, making sure her arm’s splint was still well placed. “I don’t know. I mean… I’ve only been with Vegeta for like 2 months, even if we’ve been more or less hitting on each other for the past year. I know he’s royalty, but it’s not like he has big space palaces or anything princely, so in a way that entire part of him wasn’t really relevant.” She finished setting up the splint again and now started checking the rest of Calava’s wounds. Olond finished taking care of the bite marks on Nappa’s back, setting the bandage as best he could. “And now it is.” He said. “He has claimed the title of King, no small feat in Saiyan society.”Bulma shrugged. “Not like that changes much, does it? He still won’t have big space palaces, and he’s basically on the run from Frieza’s forces. Being a King or not being a King doesn’t change reality.”“It is a matter of Saiyan pride.” Rasha set Nappa down as delicately as he could, though he had to think of using Unlock just to make sure the hulking Saiyan didn’t drop from his hands. “To them, this is a very important proclamation, not to be taken lightly.”“Yeah yeah, I get that.” Bulma replied as she started checking on Goku. She saw the Saiyan twitch. “Oh?” She looked through his vitals. “Seems Goku wants to wake up. He’ll probably be up and running soon.” She checked on what’s under his bandages, some bite marks and claw wounds, everything stitched up and carefully disinfected. “Still weird.”“But, how do you feel about being Queen?” Rasha insisted. The two aliens were now taking care of Raditz, his hair was still constantly in the way. “Perhaps one day King Vegeta will have palaces, armies and an empire of his own. Your duty as Queen will be far expanded then.”“I’ll adapt, as I’ve always done when faced with strange circumstances.” Bulma replied, now checking on Kalabash. “Maybe his vitals are ready for his second surgery already… Saiyans have a crazy healing rate.”“That still does not answer my question, Lady Bulma…” Rasha crossed his arms as Olond checked on Raditz’ last claw wound.“Ugh!” She threw her hands in the air and turned around to face Rasha. “Stressed! Okay? Quite stressed! These people-“ She swiped her arm to cover the entire room. “They’re no longer just Vegeta’s people, they’re my people too! And look at them! They almost died down there!”The two aliens listened while Bulma continued her rant. “They’re my responsibility now too… And while they were getting hurt, all I could do was watch some stupid blips on a monitor fading away. I couldn’t do anything…”“You did do something.” Rasha said as he began checking Zana’s wounds. “You sent us without King Vegeta’s approval.”
Olond gave Bulma a reassuring smile. “Quite a queenly move, if I may say so myself!”She didn’t seem quite as convinced. “That’s just because we couldn’t get comms through the storm that big creature was generating. You guys would’ve gone even if I didn’t say so.”“Don’t be so sure, Vegeta tasked us with keeping the ship safe, and we were going to continue doing that.” Rasha replied. “I trusted that everything was going to be handled by the King.”“As did I.” Continued Olond. “The only one who doubted this and had the vision to send further support down below was you, Lady Bulma.”“Jeez, why are you guys so insistent on this?” Bulma asked.“We are your friends, are we not?” Rasha asked. “Friends help each other to be confident in their own capabilities.”“Friends…” Bulma’s frown turned into a big wide smile. “Yeah, we are, aren’t we?”“That is a question only you can answer, young lady.” Olond said, he chuckled.Goku and Nappa’s vitals monitors clicked a good click, their bodies seemed to be giving signs that they would wake up quite early. Bulma went on to check on that with a happy stride. Olond and Rasha looked at each other quite proud of the fact that they made their friend feel better.
>>6414704Personal opinion. Get Goku to teach her Kaioken. Super Saiyan simply is not a option for Bulma but she can still be plenty powerful with Kaioken if she masters it well.
=== IN THE TRAINING ROOM ===You decide to tap into your Golden Form. This time, your visualization of the sphere does not shatter into a thousand pieces, instead it opens up neatly and you feel the ki flow straight into your body.The golden energy is still strong and wild, you feel your own body morph to accommodate it, more muscular, more veiny. Your eyes go white for a few seconds and you have to clutch your whole body to maintain control and return your pupils to normal. The grand aura that blasted a shockwave around you is also tamed, and now only emanates near your silhouette.Horia furrows his brow, he does not seem too fazed by your transformation, though that may be because he doesn’t have a way to sense ki himself and would rather not cause errors on the scouter he’s wearing.You stretch your arm to a side, a blade begins to form on your open palm, ki flows around your body and heads straight for it. Soon enough, a golden ki sword is formed. “You should feel honored, you are the first opponent that gets to see this sword.”You watch him concentrate, and are surprised to see him emanate golden ki of his own that flows into his blade. It’s not the same ki as yours, and his actual aura is a simple Saiyan white, but the golden tint of it surprises you anyway. “You are mighty, King Vegeta. Mighty indeed. But a sword is not merely a weapon to be wielded.”He charges forward against you. You let out a low, mocking laugh. “Quite daring for someone who hasn’t mastered a form like mine.”He launches his sword with a mighty swipe to your unarmed side, you deftly deflect the blow and throw a wild strike of your own that the Saiyan parries, using the parry’s momentum to launch into another attack to your other side which you’re forced to jump away from.You stare the Saiyan down. How could it be? With your Golden Form, none of his movements should surprise you. He is slow from your perspective, but his strikes forced you on the defensive anyway.Horia reengages his stance. “You were never taught to use a sword, were you? The former King should’ve put that in your curriculum.”You laugh again. “Nappa was never a swordsman himself, so the curriculum wouldn’t have done much good.”Horia then charges your position once more, this time with his blade held high. You decide to correct him for leaving himself wide open and go for the legs, but the Saiyan jumps and brings down his sword towards your head. Again, you have to move your weapon to stop his blow and throw him away.He lands gracefully, then rushes forward again. A swipe to the leg, you imitate him, jumping and bringing your own blade down towards his head. He dodges the blow with a swift sidestep, just enough for your blade to brush past his shoulder, burning his mesh ever so slightly, he reacts to the golden energy’s raw strength with a worried look. But still, he clutches sword mightily and redirects it towards your chest with a thrust.
You’re worried for a moment, but Horia’s sword does not even pierce your armor. He removed his golden ki from the tip of his weapon before hitting you.You take a few steps back. “I see, I should take this battle seriously.”“I would be honored.” Horia says.You point to his sword. “That golden ki looks like mine. What is its secret?”“A gift from your mother.” He replies. “But you told me you didn’t want to speak of it, so I obey.”Hmph. “Good to know that you’re obedient.”This time, you don’t let him go on the offensive, you dash forward with your ki sword held in both hands and go for a broad horizontal wipe, he jumps backwards, but you continue your pressure with a further dash, using your raw speed to your advantage, you throw a one-handed sword swipe and he’s forced to deflect it with his two hands holding on to his sword to block your strength, you use that moment to punch him in the chest. He’s surprised at your sudden blow and is thrown backwards, even rolling in the air once before landing, his feet scratching at the surface of the training room.He smiles. “That was no sword attack.”You smile back. “You said it yourself, right? My sword isn't just a weapon to be wielded. So I treated it as a distraction.”“Cunning then, like your father.” He says. Your smile disappears. “Your constant comparisons to my parents irritate me, Horia.” You grab onto your weapon and rush him, he does so as well and your golden swords meet, emitting a shockwave that covers the entire room.The training session goes on for a few hours, as is the Saiyan way. By the time it’s over, some of Horia’s wounds reopened and he’s covered in bruises. You only got a few scrapes and dirt on you, protected as you were by the Golden Form. You both spend some time hydrating and recovering your breath.“You should designate your second-in-command.” Horia says.“What?” The topic came out of the blue, you hadn’t talked much during the training session after your initial conversation.“Back at the planet, that fellow named Raditz argued back and forth with the big guy, Nappa, was it? Raditz wanted to go and save Calava while Nappa wanted to clear out the raptors around the pods before that. Both had good reasons to make their decision. Raditz wanted to keep an ally safe and avoid the possibility of her dying, Nappa wanted to have a safe spot to bring them back to.” Horia drinks half a bottle of water after saying that.You ponder as you sit on the training grounds’ long bench. “What happened then?”“Raditz flew to help Calava, Nappa remained with us to clear the attack pods. They split and left each other defenceless.” Horia continues. “Raditz called Nappa a snobby elite, Nappa called Raditz a low class whelp.”Quite… disappointing. You’d hoped your crew would simply be able to act as a team at all times, but of course, differing interests will cause these spats to happen. After pondering on it for a while, you look at Horia.
He looks back at you, seeing your confused look. “This happened because you weren’t there to decide what to do. Had we all acted together in unison, maybe our defeat wouldn’t have been so disastrous.” He crosses his arms. “But you weren’t, and because of that things fell apart.”Though he is speaking out of tone, he is indeed right, in a way. But still… “I was busy distracting the flying creatures.”“Indeed. You are in a position where your raw power will make you a useful distraction or one-man-army when fighting our foes. Though this does mean that you’ll have to be away from the rest of your warriors, and won’t be able to concentrate on giving orders.” He moves on to the obvious conclusion. “Thus, you should designate a second-in-command that would take over while you’re away for whatever reason.”You don’t have the slightest clue about this type of leadership, you were never put in such positions in your time at the Frieza Force, not that they cared about casualties taken from a lack of defined leadership. “You were captain of the queen’s guard, right? Who would you recommend?”He laughs softly. “None of them, actually, but we don’t have much of a pool to choose form, now have we?”“None of them? You would claim the position, then?”“No. I am too new in this crew, I have not earned their respect, and from what I could see, there are people far more powerful than me among them. You can choose me if you want, I spent 7 years as leader of the queen’s guard and made it into a proper fighting force, but the issues I outlined will stand out even with your authority.”“I would expect more pride from a Saiyan.”“I did not survive the Tuffle Wars as a boy, nor the politicking that came later, through pride alone.” His voice sounding a little irritated.“Then who would you recommend with your pragmatic view?”“From the crew here present? Nappa or Raditz. Nappa has a broader view of the battlefield and mission, he desires victory and will do anything to attain it, but he is too prideful and stubborn, a bad decision from him may cause a lot of trouble and put a lot of people at risk.Raditz, meanwhile, desires to keep his crewmates safe above all else, he would keep this in his planning mindset and value caution over risky bravery. But he is far too emotional, and may risk too many resources to save a comrade’s life. A bad decision in this sense could put an entire mission in jeopardy.”He tilts his head down to ponder further. “Of course, Nappa was a member of the elite, your tutor, and the second strongest in your crew, from what I could garner. It would be his rightful honor to attain the position.”“Quite an analysis.” You say. “And you’ve only known them for a few hours.”“You learned to gauge people in my line of work, and the battlefield is a perfect place to do so. Plus, I spoke with the aliens and the Queen regarding this. If my judgement was mistaken, you are free to correct me.”
No, you feel he is mostly right about your two top warriors. You sit there and think in silence for a while. Horia eventually grabs his things and departs.“Think about this well, King Vegeta, and make your decision quickly. It may make or break your future missions.” With that ominous advice, he leaves the training room.The decisions racks your brain for almost half an hour, so you decide to leave it at that. In any case, your initial pick as second-in-command would be…>Nappa. Prideful and objective-driven. He would make an excellent commander.>Raditz. Though more cautious, his desire to keep the others safe would save Saiyan lives, which are precious in this day and age.>Horia. Though he would have to prove himself in front of your warriors, which may be difficult due to this low power level, he remains the most experienced commander of warriors among your crew.>Write-in.After this decision, we will have a short time jump. Please note the decision is not binding! This is just an initial gauging of what Vegeta’s mind palace (the players) think about this.
>>6414727> Make it a three-part test. First - who can win a mock war using the troops available, split evenly (Nappa will get Kakarot). Then a normal spar between the two. And last, whoever can master the Oozaru first - you will be present in your Golden Form to put down any wild antics until they master it. I think this is a fun way to handle it.
>>6414737Supporting. Raditz and Nappa are neck a neck in power level but my bet is that Raditz probbly has learned kaioken by now and Nappa has his knew Saiyan style thing to.
>>6414737Oh yeah, fat +1 for you brother
>>6414737>>6414738>>6414746The three part test is now in future plans! Might take a while before we put it to the test as our warriors have to recover, but probably right after we're done with Lagat.
Rolled 46, 34, 90, 24, 40, 23 = 257 (6d100)Rollin
Rolled 56, 90, 54 = 200 (3d100)>>6414749Rollin again
>>6414754Goku and Raditz wake up.
=== A WEEK LATER ===You trained with Horia almost every single day, and had a few sparring sessions with Rasha and Olond. You also spent a lot of your free time with Bulma and watched over your warriors as they continued their rest.You’ve just finished one last sparring session against Rasha and Olond. All three of you sit down to rest, Horia was watching and is now quite deep in thought. “Your skills are quite remarkable, for non-Saiyans.”“The Saiyans are not the only martial race in this galaxy.” Rasha says, a hint of pride in his voice.“A necessary thing to learn considering how the galaxy operates nowadays.” Olond does not show pride, but rather regret. “My only wish would be for my planet and what remains of its inhabitants to live peaceful lives.”“A weak mindset.” Horia comments.“You seek to insult me?” You’re surprised to see Olond stand, his small height forcing him to look up to Horia.“You deny my affirmation?” Horia replies. “Seeking a peaceful life is wasteful and leads only to weakness and death.”“Much good the seeking of strength has done to your race, Saiyan!” Olond retorts.A short silence. “I stand corrected.” Horia replies with a slight smile.Everyone’s comms suddenly light up. “I need help!” Bulma yells. “Medbay now-“ The comms cut off. You all go wide-eyed, for a few seconds you wondered if you were hallucinating. Danger? In the ship?As you recover, both you and Rasha dash at blistering speeds towards the door. Horia and Olond follow along, though a little slower.You fly through the halls as fast as you can, you have to keep it steady though, don’t want to hit any of the walls on the way there. You outspeed Rasha and finally reach the door of the medbay, which you open with the press of a button.Raditz is there, confused and angry, his arm raised towards a scene you just don’t comprehend. Kakarot is holding Bulma by the throat, she’s struggling to get off his grip by trying to move his fingers and kick at his chest and gut, but she can’t do anything to him. Kakarot then looks over to you, his expression a mix of glee and hatred, strange red rings surround his eyes’ iris.“Well, well, well.” Kakarot says with a strange tone. “Who’d have told me that King Vegeta himself would come by. Lost your beard, have you? Or are you one of his spawn?”“Let her go!” You swipe an arm. “Now!”“Why?” He looks to Bulma. “Oh, I see. A Saiyan cares about a weak little thing like you? Lucky girl.” Kakarot says. “Let me go, Goku! Please!” Bulma screams, desperation palpable in her voice.“Goku?” The Saiyan takes a hand up to his chin to ponder, ignoring further kicks by Bulma. “Is that the name of this host? It’s not very Saiyan-sounding…” He hums a bit, then shrugs. “Ah well, who cares? A host is a host.”You bring your hand forward to fire a beam at Kakarot. You mustn’t let him hurt her. You can’t let him, no matter what!
His aura bursts out into a conflagration of red ki, he’s activated the Kaioken, and you don’t know to what multiplier. “I wouldn’t recommend it, little royal. Can you be sure your attack will reach me before I blow this entire ship to smithereens?” He lets out a loud and evil laugh. “I’d like to see you try saving your little Saiyan buddies in the emptiness of space.”Rasha gives you a look, he’s out of ideas. Raditz also seems completely confused. “Who are you? You’re not Goku!” He yells.“A genius deduction by one of your low intellect, wretch.” Kakarot replies. “I am Retribution come to life, the end of your genocidal kind. Though it has saddened me to learn that someone else beat me to the punch.” He shrugs. “At least I can finish what they started.”Horia and Olond arrive behind you. Horia goes wide-eyed, his mouth agape. “It can’t be… His eyes…” He looks around, utterly confused. “It’s the same as what happened to Kafe!”The thing that possessed Kakarot taunts Horia with a devious smile. “Well, well. I encounter the coward again.”“Coward?!” Horia grips his sword. “How dare you?”“Yes, coward. You let your little Saiyan woman die, coward!” Kakarot says, then laughs out loud again.“Ina…” Horia’s losing his temper, you put an arm in front of him.“Who or what are you, and what do you want?”Kakarot does a mocking reverence, his hand still clutches Bulma’s throat. “Doctor Lagat, a Tuffle, at your service!”“A Tuffle?!” Raditz and Horia echo each other with the same degree of surprise. You can’t hide your surprise either.The possessed Kakarot looks at Bulma again. “Did you know? The Saiyans genocided my entire race. I had a wife and children. All dead!” He lets out another long, maniacal laugh. “Every single person I knew… Dead!”“Because THESE wild beasts-” His voice turns to raw anger and hatred, and he points at everyone else in the room. “-couldn’t[/] keep to their half of the planet. The one we gave them for free after their old planet was destroyed!”“That’s not true!” Horia yells back. “The Tuffles wanted to kill us all! Everyone knew that! It was a war, and you lost!”“Is that what your King told you to make his war seem fair? Or is it what you tell yourself to sleep better at night, monster?” Kakarot retorts, poison seeping through every word. He looks again at Bulma. “Is this what you’re fighting for, young lady? To bring these creatures back to their former glory? My people weren’t the only ones destroyed by the Saiyans, they did the same thing to hundreds of civilizations in the span of just 6 years! Do you want their head count? I kept track of their comms with the Cold Empire during their vassalage.”He furrows his brow and looks at you straight in the eye. “I’ve counted every civilization they destroyed. For the sake of the Tuffles, and of everyone else that died at their greedy, uncaring hands, I will make sure their race faces extinction once and for all.”
“Please… let me go.” Bulma says again, her strength fading as she chokes on Kakarot’s hand.“Let you go?” He laughs again. “I saw how King Vegeta looked at you. Should I let you go so you can go around making Saiyan-spawn?” He moved her face closer to his. “Absolutely not.”Your Golden Form is begging you to try and attack Kakarot. But he’s not himself! Would attacking this form of him kill Kakarot? Would you be fast enough? All he has to do is twist his hand a little, and he’d break Bulma’s neck. You bare your teeth, barely subdued anger showing. “What do you want?” You ask.“You’d save me a lot of work if you just killed yourselves.” Lagat says. “But I know that’s not likely to happen, and I know I can’t just take you on with this body. You’ve made quite a show with my beautiful creations.” He shrugs. “Saiyans just destroying anything they don’t like, typical!”“Your creatures attacked us!” Raditz yells. “They killed all the Saiyans on this planet!”“Of course, that is their main prerogative.” Lagat replies. “What I want is for you all to die. But we find ourselves at a bit of a crucible right now, do we not? If I blow up this ship, you, Vegeta, will likely survive and hound me on my own planet. If I do not, you will be able to eventually find me as a group and attack me.” Lagat taps Kakarot’s chin with a possessed finger, his red aura giving him a terrifying look. “We could make a deal, of course!” “What sort of deal?” You ask, poised to launch a swift beam at Kakarot if push comes to shove.“You let me go down to the planet with your little mate as a hostage, then you leave orbit and bring me a large ship within a few months. I’m sure you will be more than capable of finding some proper spacecraft for me.”“I won’t let you have any hostage.” You grip your fist.“Alright then! Refuse my deal! I’ll blow this host up and be fine and dandy in my little planet while all of your loved ones die in space. Good luck looking for me around the planet for the next few years while my children hunt you to devour your sweet energy!”Huh? Wait… He doesn’t know that you know where he is! Even if he has access to some of Kakarot’s memories, Kakarot himself wasn’t there when you discussed this with Bulma and the rest!“You won’t hurt her, will you?”“My qualms are with the Saiyans. As long as she doesn’t get in the way of that, she’ll be quite alright.” Lagat replies. “And don’t even think of following me! I’ll detect any ki entering my planet and kill the woman!”He starts walking towards the door. He then sees Zana lying on a bed. “Oh, is that the little pup I beat a few years ago? She lived?” He takes it in stride with a low laugh.“Bastard…” Horia clenches his sword even harder.You still stand in the doorway. He’s near you, but not quite near enough for you to get him with martial arts. And any beam you may try and fire will take too long…
“Move, ‘King’ Vegeta. Or witness the death of your beloved mate and all you hold dear.” Lagat says, his mocking tone replaced by a serious, hateful voice.>”It’s a deal.” [Actually go find the ship for Lagat]>”It’s a deal.” [Lie, you will get him later]>”No.” [Attack! Bulma’s life will be at an extreme risk!]>Write-in.
>>6414789Bit of a complaint QM. Since the not!Baby didn't appear to get Goku's memories, he probably shouldn't be getting his techniques either. Mostly because we see from Ginyu especially that without knowledge inherent to the mind of the OG and its techniques, you're stuck solely with their base power. You can argue Baby Vegeta gets access to stuff like SSJ because it's more inherent and a transformation the body has access to easily, but Kaioken is a full on technique.That said> ”It’s a deal.” [Actually go find the ship for Lagat]
>>6414809It was to add a little spice. But I'll bear it in mind for next time, haven't watched Baby arc in over a decade.
>>6414789>”It’s a deal.” [Actually go find the ship for Lagat]Classic carrotcake got his body stolen arc
>>6414789>>”It’s a deal.” [Lie, you will get him later]We are being lied to ourselves, there is no way that this will end if we deliver him a ship.
>>6414789>”No.” [Attack! Bulma’s life will be at an extreme risk!]
QM, how fast and controlled is Two-Finger Instant Explosion and has goku ever seen it?
>>6414899>how fast and controlled is Two-Finger Instant ExplosionDepends on who you use it against. The technique was used against a pirate mook in thread 6 and he blew up without harming the guy near him. Against Kaioken Goku it would need a high ki delivery and would cause a big explosion.>and has goku ever seen it?Nope.---I'm not sure if I'll be able to write today so I'll leave the vote open for now in case anyone else wants to butt in.
>>6414789>”It’s a deal.” [Lie, you will get him later]Alright I'm just gonna say it because it's actually agonizing to think about. There is no world where Vegeta, after claiming the title of King of the Saiyans, after taking Bulma as his queen, after his people suffered a pretty bad ass whopping planetside because of this guy's dinosaur army, after unlocking a whole new level of power, and after promising Dr. Briefs that he would keep Bulma safe, would run back to Earth with his tail between his legs and let Bulma be a hostage for any extended period of time. The question on his mind would be "Do I kill this guy now, or do I kill him later?"And to me the answer is later, because the situation is too high risk. There are two hostages in play, Bulma and Goku. Goku is the second strongest Saiyan we know of. This Tuffle made his case for despising the Saiyan race, so even if Goku's body is of high value, the fact that the chance exists of us returning with a ship only to find Goku killed makes that option a non-starter (not that I think it would happen due to the dynamic between Veg and Goku being too juicy to pass up). But trying to restrain (not kill) TuffleGoku while he has a hostage is too dangerous even if we outnumber him, especially since I doubt Vegeta could go to his new form in an instant, but even then he hasn't practiced restraint in it.Clearly his body possession schtick is the reason the other Saiyan on Lagat went "mad" and tried to kill his family, he said so himself at the end. So when he was confronted for the last time he was either forced out (but they couldn't link up again with the other Saiyans due to masking their power level), or he succeeded in killing his attacker and then killed his host when he had no further use for him. Let him go, then decide whether to see if the other Saiyans are still alive or just ambush him in his mountain lair.
Just here to confirm I won't update today. Votes remain open
>>6414789>”It’s a deal.” [Lie, you will get him later]My vote is 'let KingQM cook'
Update will be coming later today so I'll close the vote.Clearly we're going for the deal with Lagat but there's a tie between actually doing it and getting him later. This is good enough for an update.
“It’s a deal.” You say.“You can’t be serious!” Horia loudly says behind you.You look to Horia. “Enough, obey me.” The Saiyan grits his teeth and moves.You step out of Lagat’s way. “You are free to leave. We’ll get you your ship.”Lagat smiles deviously and walks right past you. Your beloved is already unconscious in his hands. You would tear his head off if you could, but Kakarot is not to blame for what is happening, and Bulma’s life is still at risk. “It seems you’ve more reason than your father, little prince.” Lagat says. “Make sure to get me this ship as swiftly as possible, I can’t promise that my host will survive for long under my control.” He lets out a laugh as he walks through the halls towards the pods.Your lip is raised in irritation. “So he knows the way.” You start walking behind him, remaining out of earshot, Rasha and the rest follow you.“He must already have access to some of Kakarot’s short term memories.” Rasha says.“And he was able to use the Kaioken, an impressive feat for one occupying another’s body.” Olond continues.“Kakarot’s knowledge of the Kaioken has become almost instinctive.” Raditz says. “He’s been practicing the entire time we’ve been gone, he’s almost perfected the technique.”“What else could he know?”“That white beam, the kamehameha. He’s great it, he’s even making variations now. I’m sure this bastard will be able to fire it.”You all arrive at the attack pods’ hall. Lagat gives you one last look. “No tricks, King Vegeta, and your little mate will live through it all. I’m a Tuffle of my word.” He laughs again and enters the pod. You sense him lowering his ki, Bulma’s is also almost imperceptible now that she’s unconscious. The attack pod fires off.Raditz starts limping hurriedly towards the bridge. “Bulma set up tracking devices for all the pods.”Just in case, you head towards the bridge and check out the pod’s location. Of course, it simply landed on the crater you created. He’s going to fly to his base.“Shit!” Raditz punches the computer’s desk.“Don’t worry.” You say. “We know where his base is.” You deploy a spherical holo-map of the planet in the larger display in the room’s center. You scroll ever so slightly towards the lonely mountain on the planet surface, then press it. “Here.”The map zooms in, showing a simplistic 3D representation of the mountain. “Seems we won’t get a good map of the area.”“If Turles were here, maybe he’d be able to-“ You see Raditz clutch his side. “Ouch.”“Go rest, we’ll take care of this matter.”“No way!” Raditz raises his hand. “Bulma’s in danger, and-“You raise a hand. “Alright, stay, sit down at least. I’ll let you voice your opinion as to how we’ll proceed, but after that you will return to your bed.”Raditz nods, then takes a seat.“Let us analyze the situation.” Rasha says. “This ‘Lagat’ has taken over the body of Lord Goku, and he seems to have access to his techniques and now part of his memories.”
Olond nods. “I would expect him to unlock further memories as time passes.”“His use of the Kaioken was relatively limited right now.” Rasha continues. “I sensed his power level, while strong, he did not perform as well as Lord Goku did during your duel with you, King Vegeta. I would expect him to further master it if time passes.”“He didn’t care about blowing himself up.” Horia says. “So he either doesn’t care about his life, or he wouldn’t die if this Goku dies.”“Some sort of remote control?” You ask. Everyone else seems to agree.“Why risk revealing himself if not?” Horia continues.“Alright then. He has Kakarot, and he has access to a few memories and his most used techniques.” You say.Horia looks at you with a raised eyebrow. “I’m going to guess that Kakarot is his Saiyan name. I believe killing him would be pointless. We wouldn’t kill Lagat along with him.”“No one’s killing my brother!” Raditz says, trying to bring himself up, but his wounds hurt him again and he sits down.“That is something we must avoid at all costs.” You say. “Kakarot is a strong Saiyan and on our side, he has done much for us in the past two years.”“I didn’t mean to offend. I simply believe recovering the Queen should be our top priority.”You grimace. You wouldn’t want to put anybody over anyone else. They are both your comrades and friends. Even if Bulma is also your beloved, both have done much for you, you would hate to be put in a situation where you would have to decide.Yet, your mind agrees with Horia. Recovering Bulma is your top priority. You couldn’t bear to see her die.“He mentioned Lord Goku would die if we took too long. Perhaps his method of connection leads to death for the host body.” Rasha says.“Then Kafe is probably dead too…” Horia grips his fist. “That bastard…”“So that puts a time limit on our actions. We’ll have various weeks or months at the very least. He would expect us to take that long to bring him a ship.” You say.“Indeed.” Rasha nods.“He lowered his power level to avoid being detected by the behemoths…” Olond says. “That must mean he has no direct control over them or the beasts they have within, otherwise he’d simply order them not to follow him.” Rasha nods along again. “We could use his creations against him if push comes to shove.”“That is one more thing to consider then.” You say. “Alright, now to decide our next steps.”It’s hard for you to say this, but you knock some pragmatism into your head. “We could bring him a ship if that is all he wants. Frieza space isn’t so far away and stealing one ship would barely be noticeable.”“You’d make a deal with him?!” Horia’s frustrated. “He killed Ina and Kafe, and dozens of non-combatants!”Rasha backs you up. “Having a ship to give him could serve as a distraction, he’s not actually expecting us to go and get one for him.”
Raditz shakes his head. “The time it takes us to capture the ship will be time he’ll have to gain more control over my brother’s body. We don’t want to fight Goku at full power. Vegeta could take him, but the rest of us would bite the dust almost instantly.”Horia crosses his arms. “If I had to decide between the reduced surprise factor we’d get by bringing him a ship and not fighting this Kakarot at full power, I’d go right for not fighting Kakarot at full power.”Rasha continues defending his point. “More of our allies would be available to fight if we go for the Frieza ship. Nappa will wake soon and depending on how long we take, Calava and Zana could also join us according to Bulma’s latest calculations.”You can barely hide your own frustration at this decision. Everything within you screams that you must go down there and recover Bulma as swiftly as possible. The thought of leaving her with that insane Tuffle for any longer than necessary makes your golden energy swirl in rage.Both options have pros and cons. The more brazen Saiyans both clearly want to get down there and fight now using the information he doesn’t know you have. He doesn’t know that you know where he is and he doesn’t know you can lower your power levels (though he may suspect it, as Kakarot is able to lower his). The more access to Kakarot’s memories he has, the more information privilege you’ll lose.Your more patient alien allies are considering getting the ship, a weeks long project. Having the ship would allow you more opportunities to ambush him, or to just make the deal and ensure Bulma and Kakarot’s safety. You’d also have more allies to join in your fight against him if it were to come to that.Damn that Lagat! You have to calm your Golden Form down again. It is begging to kill.>”We will take him down now!”>”We will go get the ship and take this slow.”>Write-in.
>>6415734>”We will take him down now!”
We definitely need to move sooner than later. It wouldn't have been wise to make a move while Bulma was in immediate harm's way. How do we separate Lagat from her in order to gang up on him? Is there a way to get him planetside? Is anyone in our crew particularly stealthy? I am racking my brain for ideas. If we wait to get the ship, he will be a much tougher fight and require us to be much more lethal against Kakarot's body. If we try jumping him this minute, Bulma could still get killed or maimed. We need to be clever...
How TF do we find Lagat's REAL body?? Couldn't we just rush for that and kick the shit out of him while he's bluetoothing into Goku?
>>6415734>>”We will take him down now!”Perhaps we can drop via a pod powered down while the rest of the crew leaves with the ship? It would be risky, but perhaps he might lower his guard. We can fit three into a pod, correct? I'd say Horia for certain if we go this route. Olond is quite powerful on this world, but Rasha is so fast he might be more useful at a critical juncture.
>>6415734> Develop a technique with Raditz; telepathic abilities aren't foreign to you after seeing the white skinned midget use then, even if you aren't skilled in them you will create a means of freeing Kakarot with a new technique based on telepathy. So long as Raditz has learnt how to do so, nothing is beyond your grasp. (AKA Start creating a telepathic technique intended to combat Labat and free Kakarot, with Raditz and anyone else who might contribute)Long winded but we're still at a loss if we can't free Goku by the end of it. So, do what Vegeta has got real good at lately. Create a new tool for the job.
>>6415831I wrote some harder rules to learn telepathy, as it's a rather OP technique, over here: >>6408060>The restriction I'll slap on this is that you'll have to either be trained by King Kai OR become dedicated to training in one of the martial arts schools of Earth (like Turtle School) [to learn telepathy]. The former will probably be far less time consuming.Crane school counts too because they knew telepathy in one of the world tournaments, it'd probably disappoint poor ol' master Roshi though.
>>6415835>7tOYGTGwTrip might have dropped but I'm same guy. My question then, is Raditz considered a Turtle School student after training alongside Goku and learning his methods? Because if so, there is that.
>>6415838Indeed he is but he would need a long time focusing hard on training the technique in order to learn it. A month or more.
>>6415831>>6415835I am interested in this idea. QM, if Vegeta decided he wanted to develop a telepathic power that was EXTREMELY narrowly focused on disrupting the kind of control/influence that Lagat is using - say, to create mental static and stress on a target that is within line of sight and a relatively close distance like 100 yards, would that make the training quicker or easier? Or could we simply have Raditz be the one to develop the skill since he already has a base to work with? Then we would just need him close enough to Lagatkarot to slow him down and disorient his control enough that Vegeta can deliver a beat down.
>>6415845Even if he doesn't MASTER it and is only able to apply the pressure for a few minutes at a time! Which would be enough to grant the edge we need
>>6415845>>6415847Hmmm, since Raditz is technically turtle school as anon said, I'll allow a set of rolls for a one-off technique as you boys are doing some nice write-ins. It'll be hard though, DC 80, and you won't be able to use it again after this, you'll have to learn telepathy somehow.>Roll 1d100 best of three.
Rolled 87 (1d100)>>6415851*Kisses my dice with tongue* Mama needs a new prefrontal cortex
Feel free to keep doing write-ins btw. I'll likely have a vote coming where we finish the planning session by choosing what plan to go with.>>6415852Well there it is
>>6415852HAHAHHHH YA BABYYYYYY
Rolled 58 (1d100)>>6415851Rolling just to crit fish
>>6415924Crit would be learning telepathy btw. A critfail? Well, it's not gonna happen anyway.
Rolled 60 (1d100)>>6415854Yeah supporting the Raditz telepathy thing and getting Vegeta to learn it. Nat 1s stay away.
Leaving for the day, will probably close the vote in ~8-12 hours and write the update. We'll decide how to proceed tomorrow and then start cookin' a new battle.
Closing the vote for taking him down now! Already writing the update, I'm making a potpourri with the writein stuff. There will be just one more decision and then we're off.
“We will take him down now!” You proclaim. Your Saiyans celebrate with a ‘yeah’ and raised fists, while your alien comrades quietly nod.Horia zooms out on the holo-map, taking it to the newly formed crater after your intervention a week ago. “I suggest we land at the crater with our power levels lowered and fly towards the mountain. It’ll be slow going, but we should get there within a day.”“A whole day?” You ask.“Yes, if we fly too fast we will increase our power levels. Even if Lagat does not have scouters or other power level detectors, the behemoths along the way will activate. Lagat will see us coming and we will risk the Queen’s life.”Your crew nods in agreement.Raditz is next to speak. “We’ll have to descend with an attack pod. Couldn’t he detect those?”“Hrm.” Horia takes a hand to his chin. “Right.”Rasha steps up. “Since these are similar to Frieza attack pods, I believe I can jury rig one to ensure its energy readings and locators are disabled. My lack of specific knowledge on the matter will likely render it unusable, as soon as it crashes it will be nothing more than a piece of alloy.”Raditz likes the idea. “It will look like a falling meteorite to any radar. Lagat will find it peculiar, but I doubt he’ll hurt Bulma over something like that. She’s the only thing keeping him safe from Vegeta’s wrath.”“King Vegeta.” Horia corrects. Raditz gives him a weirded out look.“What do you mean…?” He then looks at you. “Oh, you’ve claimed the title already?”“Already?” You look at him half-offended.He brings up his hands and shakes them side to side. “No, no! I mean… I am really happy for you, King Vegeta!”You realize you’d taken off your Golden Form at some point. Maybe when you decided to let Lagat go. Raditz must not have seen it. “I’ll show you why I claimed it soon enough.” You say. “Returning to the discussion at hand. We land with our power levels lowered in a powered down attack pod, then make a day trip towards Lagat’s laboratory and ambush him.”Olond has been listening in and now gives his piece. “One of us should stay in the ship and leave in hyperspeed, that way Lagat will think we left to search for the ship he needs.”A short silence follows, no one wants to stay behind considering Bulma’s life is at risk. While Horia is more preoccupied by the fact that the Saiyan Queen was the one kidnapped, you’re kind of glad to see the rest appreciate her this much. Another odd feeling, you don’t need their appreciation, just their respect of your authority. You move your shoulders around in an effort to shrug off the feeling.“Raditz will come.” You say. “I have an idea for you.”He nods. “Of course, King Vegeta.”“Horia will also come.” You continue. “Without support from the ship we’ll be flying around half-blind. We need someone who knows the planet in and out.”Horia takes a fist to his chest. “Yes, King Vegeta.”
Rasha and Olond look at you. They are both determined to go, but will accept any order you give. The one factor that will determine who may be more useful is your willingness to use the behemoths against Lagat. If it is part of your plan to attract as many as possible to his base to cause havoc, Olond would be the better choice as he’lll synergize with the wind they generate, but if you’d rather try to do a lightning attack in order to avoid bringing in the wind behemoths, Rasha may be a good choice thanks to the absurd speeds he reaches with Unlock.>Your plan is to attract as many wind behemoths as possible and cause havoc. Bring Olond.>Your plan is to resolve this as swiftly as possible when the attack begins and avoid wind behemoths as much as possible. Bring Rasha.Whatever choice you made, everyone heads to their rooms to get ready for the trip. The one who remains will begin powering the ship for departure.“Raditz.” You stop your warrior as he was leaving. “Regarding the idea I have for you. Do you know telepathy?”“What? Uh… no.” He replies.“The one who spoke to me when I was at Tavovaz’ ship. It was the technique he used and he seemed intent on defending Earth… Could Goku and his crew know that technique?”“Yeah, they do, actually. But they learned it from a very powerful master.”A powerful master? “This… King Kai? The one who used it on me?” Impossible, you were told they’d need to have died in order to go and meet him, and they’re quite alive as far as you know.“No idea, they didn’t tell me and I didn’t ask.” He says.You shrug off any other theorizing. “Can you replicate it?”“Today?!” Raditz says utterly confused. “No way. It’s a very advanced and complex technique. We’d probably need years to learn it, or a master to teach us.”“You’ve seen them use it? They’ve used it on you?”“Yeah.”“There is clearly some sort of wireless link between Lagat and his hosts and I doubt it’s radar or any such thing. It must be related to telepathy. Is there a way to blot out telepathy?”“I… I have no idea.” Raditz replies. “I guess you do need to concentrate ever so slightly when someone establishes the link. Maybe if someone gets distracted…”“Your earth friends have a clever technique for such cases.”“Oh! You mean the Solar Flare?” Raditz says. He takes a fist up, ideas forming in his mind. “Right! Some sort of Solar Flare for the mind!”You put a hand on his one shoulder. “We need to make it, now.”“Well… The solar flare is just ki turned into light. We’d need to turn ki into… mind waves?”“Whatever they are, it doesn’t matter. The information taken from one mind to another must travel somehow, that’s what we must interrupt or overwhelm.” You nervously scratch your chin. “Do you remember what it felt like when you were spoken to in your mind?”“Yeah, it was kinda like… an off voice, like it was in the back of your head but not quite.”
“Exactly. So…” You take your open palm to your forehead, splaying your fingers. You just try screaming in that very part of your mind where you once heard the voice, then you blast forward some ki.“Ow!” Raditz takes his hand to his head. “Ouch.”“You heard that?” You look at him stupefied.“Yeah, damn. I think I get what you did.” He takes his one hand puts it on the same position as you. He closes his eyes and concentrates, his brow twitching from the effort.Then you feel it, it’s like radio noise but wavier, and it’s extremely, extremely loud. You instinctively take a hand to your head too. “Damn. It really does hurt.”“Sorry.” Raditz says with a worried puppy look.“No matter.” You shake off the unease the mind invasion left you with. Then you smile a big stupid smile as you realize your prowess. “Yes.” You raise a fist. “I can’t believe we actually did it!” You have a hard time hiding your joy. Raditz doesn’t hide his either. “Yeah!” Raditz lifts his hand and you high-five it. “We’re godsdamn masters!”You decide to stress test your newfound ability with Raditz. You do notice that as you use it multiple times, you can reduce or even outright cancel the effect. Your hype subsides ever so slightly to the point where your earlier joy feels somewhat awkward now. Raditz doesn’t seem to think so, or at least doesn’t show it. “So it’s not as good as we thought.” Raditz says, somewhat disappointed.“It’s better than nothing.” You comfort him. “We only need to use it against Kakarot anyway. If it breaks the link for long enough, we’ll be able to take him down.”“It needs a name… How about Mind Flare?”“Good enough.”“I’ll be the one to use it.” Raditz says. “You’re far stronger, so you’ll be able to take down Kakarot way better than me.”“Sounds logical.” You say. “Let’s get ready for our battle then.”“Oh uh… By the way.” Raditz says.“What?”“I didn’t mean to sound surprised when I heard you claimed the title of King. Sorry about that.”>”Don’t worry about it, Raditz. I consider you my friend, so you are free to call me however you want.”>”Try not to forget next time, we have to make sure the new Saiyans who join us in the future know who their King is and that they owe me respect, best if we get used to the royal titles now.”>Write-in.
>>6416147Remember to vote for the Olond/Rasha pick. It will also determine our initial approach.
>>6416147>Your plan is to attract as many wind behemoths as possible and cause havoc. Bring Olond.Let's boogie>>6416148>Write-in>"It's quite alright. Just keep it top of mind as we gather more of our kin, I think maintaining clear royal titles in their presence will help them acclimate for now. But you are my friend, whether you address me as your king or not in our conversations, I know I have your respect and loyalty. You have mine as well."
>>6416160This. But also bring Rasha.This is shock and awe, the guy still has Bulma hostage so don't windup a large attack. Sneak attack this fucker
>>6416147>>Your plan is to resolve this as swiftly as possible when the attack begins and avoid wind behemoths as much as possible. Bring Rasha.I think a surgical strike will be the better move.>>6416148>>"It's quite alright. Just keep it top of mind as we gather more of our kin, I think maintaining clear royal titles in their presence will help them acclimate for now. But you are my friend, whether you address me as your king or not in our conversations, I know I have your respect and loyalty. You have mine as well."Good write in.
>>6416171If you bring everyone the ship will remain in orbit for at least a full day until you reach the mountain. It will look suspicious along with the weird meteorite that just now fell onto the planet.
>>6416217Let me rephrase. Bring Rasha instead. 3 person job - Vegeta, Raditz and Rasha for a quick strike.
>>6416223Oooh OK, my bad.
>>6416160>>6416217I am down to change my vote to Rasha and bring us all into agreement
Alright, we're going to:>Bring Rasha with us and do a lightning attack.>And use the write-in from >>6416160Vote closed!
A while passes as Vegeta's crew prepares for a fateful landfall...Extra post 10 Bulma at Lagat’s laboratoryBulma woke up, she felt a strain on her neck and quickly saw she was tied down to some sort of pristine operating table with a light shining against her.“So you wake.” She heard Goku’s voice, twisted by Lagat’s influence.She looked to her right and saw Goku, the red rings in his eyes indicating Lagat still held full control over his body. “Where are we?”“My laboratory, of course.” Goku-Lagat replied. “I created the creatures that attacked your beloved Saiyans here, then came up with my body snatching virus. 30 years of constant, unending work to exact my revenge.”She noticed that his voice did not sound angry. “30 years here? By yourself?”“I was stuck in this accursed planet, Saiyans prowled the savannahs in their hunts. No Tuffles remained to save me. No one knew of me.” Lagat continued. “I was alone, completely alone…” Goku’s nails clawed at his own hands. “All because of those Saiyans.” Anger grew in his tone.Bulma looked at Lagat’s face, there was a sadness, a deep, terrible sadness. “You must’ve been really lonely.” She said.He nodded. “Indeed.” He went over to grab a framed picture, he brought it over to the table where Bulma lay and flipped it. It was a man, not so dissimilar from a human though far shorter, with a red mustache, he reminded Bulma of her father. There was also a woman and a young girl. “They were my everything. And the Saiyans took them away from me. Just as they will take your kind away from you.”“No!” Bulma swiftly replied. “You don’t understand! They’ve changed, they’re no longer like that!”Lagat scoffed. “We also thought that when we offered them a part of our planet. They promised us they’d changed, that they were no longer the savages that caused their own planet’s demise.” He shook his head. “How foolish we were.”“No… Vegeta is a friend to the earthlings, he’s a far better person than his father ever was!” Bulma continued.“Do not believe their lies!” She saw Goku throw his hand to a side. “You are a plaything to him! Your planet nothing more than a stepping stone in their evil plans. He would throw you away without a second thought! Some Saiyans also took Tuffles as lovers, and little did it matter when the time for our extermination came!”Bulma went wide-eyed. “Really?”“Yes.” Lagat went back to put the frame on the table nearby. “They are ruthless, genocidal maniacs. It’s in their blood. It will never stop being in their blood.”He looked at his own hands, well, the hands of Goku. “I can feel that this one is different. Something must’ve happened to him as there is some good in him. but he has been just as misled as you have. He has faith in King Vegeta, and that one… I saw that Saiyan rage in his eyes. That bloodlust… He’s a monster.”
“He did tell me he did terrible things before…” Bulma looked away for a moment, thinking of all those times Vegeta simply seemed… out of it. He always told her he was remembering the past, and his expression always seemed dour when he did.“Terrible?” Lagat said. He moved the light away and now Bulma could clearly see the cavernous roof above her. She looked around and saw an entire laboratory, pristine white alloys gleaming under artificial light. “You don’t know the half of it.” Lagat unbuckled Bulma from her restraints. First the neck, then her arms, then her legs. “Come.”She was surprised to see him do this, she sat on the table and got up, massaging her pained wrists. Those bindings had been tight. She looked around one more time and did see a large passage that may lead to the cavern’s exterior, but it was one of many. Even if she did try to run, she would likely get caught again, Lagat is far faster than her.Goku stood in front of a large computer, he pressed a few keys and the monitor showed a list of planets. “Over a dozen civilizations, destroyed by the Saiyans that remained under Frieza’s orders after Planet Vegeta’s fall. That includes your beloved King and two of his cronies.”Bulma watched in horror as he went through every planet, the civilizations’ names, and their numbers. Vegeta, Nappa and Raditz… They all did this?“Billions perished by their hand.” Lagat sighed. “The last one was a planet called Rekar. It was initially reported that the Saiyans died there after a particularly large explosion caused the planet to go unstable and blow up, but it seems that was not so.”“They came to Earth after that.” Bulma confirmed.“Wounded, I imagine? That must’ve been the only thing that kept them from destroying your civilization.” Lagat chuckled. “Lucky you.”Was he right? Bulma wondered. The sight of those planets, all those people… completely wiped out. How close was Earth to suffering that same fate?“I’ll be honest with you. I’m not telling you this out of kindness. I want you to help me destroy them.”“Huh?” Bulma looked at Lagat utterly confused.He pressed a button on a nearby alloy wall that covered a dug-out part of the cave’s rocky wall. A door slid to the side and Bulma took a hand to her mouth.Two Saiyans were within. A woman and a man. They were suspended in some sort of healing liquid in two separate machines, their mouth and nose covered by respirators. Those two Saiyans… They fit Horia’s description of Ina and Kafe, only perhaps older looking.Lagat took Goku’s hands and put them to his back. “More pawns of mine. Saiyans who were here on the planet, and my first test subjects for the mind snatching virus. Failures. The male lasted a day or two before succumbing to a coma, the female a week. If I were to remove them from their stasis, they would die.” Lagat shook his head. “The virus was too aggressive, I refined it over the past few years, so I’m hoping this host will last far longer.”
“So Goku… will suffer this same condition?” Bulma replied.“Indeed, unless I free him.”“Free him?”“Yes. I can order the virus to self-destruct, but then I wouldn’t be able to control the host again.”“Why tell me all of this?” Bulma asked. She took a risk, but Lagat seemed lonely, it’s as if he needed to talk to someone. Bulma imagined she would need to too, if she spent 30 years alone in some barren planet.“Considering the makeup of that ship’s crew, I would guess that you’re its pilot or technician, and considering its non-standard design and the fact that Earth was not catalogued among the spacefaring civilizations, I will also guess that you made it. Thus, you are some sort of scientist. And this host’s ingrained memories only confirm feeling.”He stepped up to Bulma, eyeing her from above. “If you help me kill Vegeta and his Saiyans, I’ll free this one. He seems nice enough. I could bring myself to spare one of their kind.”Bulma furrowed her brow and looked around herself. He was acting insane on the ship, and now he’s suddenly acting kind? Could Goku’s personality be… She made her decision. “You promise you’ll keep Goku safe?” “Yes, I’ll let you both return home.” Lagat seemed as honest as a crazed isolated genius scientist could be.“What do you need me to do?”“Help me fix them.” He pointed to the two Saiyans in stasis. “If we can send in some sort of ‘reinforcement’ to the virus within those two Saiyans, they would be able to reawaken and there would no longer be a risk for them to fall into a coma. They would be my hosts for as long as the virus holds inside them.”Bulma looked at the two comatose Saiyans.Lagat crossed his arms. “With these three hosts and a few of my behemoths side by side, I believe we could kill those monsters once and for all, and keep the galaxy safe from their ilk for good.”Bulma put a hand to the glass behind which the Saiyan woman floated. “Fine, I’ll help you.” She said with a determined look.
Rolled 70, 86, 75 = 231 (3d100)Rollin
"It's quite alright. Just keep it top of mind as we gather more of our kin, I think maintaining clear royal titles in their presence will help them acclimate for now.” Raditz nods and brings his fist to his chest. You put a hand to his shoulder. “But you are my friend, whether you address me as your king or not in our conversations, I know I have your respect and loyalty. You have mine as well." You offer him a smile, and he smiles back with confidence.“Of course, King Vegeta.” Raditz says. “Thank you for your trust, I consider you my friend as well.” It was relatively odd for two Saiyans to exchange such words, must be earthling influence. You offer one another a final nod and head to your duties.The preparations take a few hours. Backpacks were prepared with rations and sleeping bags. Rasha and Olond made sure the wounded in medbay were all stable. Horia traced a path through the bridge’s holomap. Raditz continued to practice the Mind Flare and stretched and trained a little, yet his body was clearly weak, you had to keep in mind that he would have a hard time fighting at full power. You spent most of your time memorizing the path Horia was tracing and then sparring with Raditz to help him acclimate after a week in bed.Olond stands by the entryway to the section of the ship that held the attack pods. You are all wearing cloaks, to keep the sand and dust from the winds off your face. “I wish you all good luck.” He says. “I will keep our allies safe.”“We will return, Lord Olond.” Rasha clasps Olond’s arm and the two give each other a brotherly hug. “It is a shame that we will not share this coming battle.”Olond laughs a quick laugh. “It was quite exhilarating to fight at full power! It reminded me of my homeworld. We shall visit it together one day, comrades.”“Indeed.” Rasha smiles.The small alien looks at you. “Be safe, King Vegeta. Remember what you represent, your life is invaluable.”You nod. “I’ll keep it in mind.”He then looks to Raditz. “I hope for another sparring session soon, Lord Raditz.”Raditz nods then shrugs. “I knew I should’ve learned your wind technique.” He shakes his head. “But not much I can do about it now.”He taps him on the remaining arm with the back of his fist. “Forget that and keep yourself safe. Your wounds are grievous, Saiyan or not.”He then looks at Horia and simply nods. Horia nods back.You enter the one attack pod. The door closes behind you and you hear Olond through the comms. “Ready to open the clasps?”Rasha types a few commands into the pod’s computer. The pod goes dark, only a small blue emergency light remains. “Ready now.”You hear the sound of a lever being pulled from Olond’s comms and the pod detaches from the ship.“Rasha, keep yourself seated. I want you at pod controls if things get out of hand.” You cross your arms in the middle of the pod. “Raditz, Horia, feel free to hold on to me if you need to.”
“Heh, I still got some pride.” Raditz says. Horia doesn’t look like he wants to debase himself either.As the pod burns into the atmosphere however, the pod begins to shake violently, the two Saiyans hold on to dear life using the safety bars Bulma installed at various points in the ship. You simply stand there, having to shift your weight around as pressure demanded. === At Lagat’s laboratory ===“Hm?” Goku uttered. He approached a beeping radar. “Oh.”Bulma approached the radar, taking off her gloves and lifting her safety goggles. “What’s up?”“The ship left.” Lagat seemed rather surprised at the fact.Bulma was also surprised. There’s no way Vegeta would have just left while thinking she was in danger, but she did not share the thought. “They must be heading off to find a ship for you. It’s what you asked for.”“I was almost certain they would be firing their attack pods straight into the planet to look for you.” Lagat took a hand to his confused mouth, trying to caress a mustache that isn’t there. “They must’ve learned a trick or two in the past two years.”Another thing that surprised Bulma was how calm Lagat was considering the situation. He returned to his work without giving it much thought.Bulma saw another blip, a small one, entering the planet’s atmosphere. Had it been an attack pod the radar would’ve detected it as a spacecraft. But it was quite the coincidence that a small object pierced through the atmosphere right as the ship left.She looked to Lagat, who was engrossed in his work, then returned to hers.=== At the landing site ===Your squad exits the pod, a strong wind flows around you, flapping your capes and forcing you to hold on to them. Your power levels are low, as was the plan. You nod to your warriors and lift off, they follow along swiftly.You look down as you slowly fly towards the mountain where Lagat’s headquarters must be, various creatures get spooked at the sight of you, the oxen herbivores flee in great packs, protecting the weak by placing them in the center of the herd, the carnivorous dinosaurs cower under the shadows of what few stones and trees stand in this planet.“You hunted these?” You ask Horia.“The dinosaurs? Mostly glory kills. The real meat was in the lagnus.”“Lagnus?”“The herbivores.” Horia says. “Rather tasty, we should have one for dinner.”“I’d rather not risk a power level spike from the hunt.” You reply.“True.” Horia does seem a bit disappointed. “We can have some after Lagat’s defeat.”“Haven’t you been eating them for the past twenty years?” You look back at him confused.“As I said, they are very tasty.”You hear Raditz’ belly growl to your right. “Stop talking about food!” He yells.The trip continues for hours and hours. There is little chitchat, focused as you are on maintaining a low profile. Eventually, night comes on this side of the planet, the system’s star hiding away in the sky.
“We should rest now.” Horia says. “I’d rather not risk losing our path in the darkness of the night.”The lack of a moon does make seeing anything at night rather hard. You point to a spot near a large lake, fly down and land, the rest land along.“Kinda cold.” Raditz tries to warm himself up as best he can with only one arm.“We can light fires, it never attracted the behemoths’ or Lagat’s attention.”You split up to find some firewood and kindle, this area has a few more trees thanks to the lake’s sweet water, so you’re able to gather enough for the night. Horia fires a small beam at the kindle and the fire lights up, crackling as it shines light and warmth on your small group.After a boring but filling dinner, everyone seems to be deep in thought as they watch the fire burn. You sit there, one knee up and an elbow on it. “You think this is how Saiyans were back in the day? Just a bunch of people sitting around fires?” Raditz asks.“Weren’t all species?” Rasha responds with a question. “It is quite calming anyhow.”“Terrible as our situation was.” Horia says. “I must say my time here had its good moments, and they were mostly in situations like this. A fire, a filled belly, and not much of a worry in the world.”“Not much of a worry? What about the behemoths?”“You get used to them after a while, much like anything else.”“Hm.” Raditz pushes the firewood around a bit with a big stick.You feel yourself nodding, sleep will be hard to come by, so you should probably use the opportunity.Day comes once more, and you resume your travels. You rest for lunch, then fly once more, passing over a sea, then through more savannahs and some sort of desert, finally, you see the mountain far in the distance.
Extra post 11 The end of his searchA young Saiyan crept up through a small formation of rocks, watching the looming mountain in front of him as the wind flew strong around him.He’d been looking for something, anything related to his parents for a long, long time now. Honestly, it had always been a wild goose chase, he could’ve scoured the whole planet all he wanted, he was still looking for a corpse that probably rotted away already, or for someone who was living a nomadic lifestyle much like him. Even if he spent his entire life looking, he likely wouldn’t have found anything, ever. Yet he refused to return to his loved ones, he was too proud to just show up without answers or results. He wondered if the old man was looking for him. The dinosaur chased the lagnu who chased the juicy flying leaf driven by the equatorial winds, and they all starved to death., he thought.At least that’s how things were. Then suddenly a huge explosion had rocked up an area near the old colony where he once lived. He spent the last week reaching and investigating the Saiyan colony, where he saw hundreds of corpses of the hairless monstrosities that pursued him, and the gigantic crater nearby. He had wondered if Horia or Zana had blown themselves up. Then, after a week of camping nearby, he heard something rock the atmosphere and a large metal ball fell straight into the crater, causing a crater within a crater. He hunkered down near the edge and saw a man who looked like a Saiyan but without a tail come out of it with an also tailless blue-haired woman in his arms. The man flew, and the young Saiyan followed along.Until he arrived at this place. This mountain. The man had gone in through some sort of fake rock door with the woman. The first two people he’d ever seen in five years, and the first two people he’d seen that weren’t his family or Horia in almost fifteen years.He slid down the rock and continued his approach of the mountain, making sure he maintained his ki level low.He arrived near the rock door. He felt it in his gut, whatever was going here, it was key to finding out what happened to his parents and to the Saiyan colony. He opened it, slowly but surely.
Extra post 12 Bulma at Lagat’s laboratory 2=== Back at the lab ===A while had passed since Bulma woke up at Lagat’s laboratory. She’d spent most of her time studying the virus Lagat had made. A true piece of genius. It used a strange mixture of technology and ki to link parasite and host. She was close to a breakthrough.Goku had been beside him, running calculations on the various computers littered around the laboratory and performing tests at the workstations. At one point, a test tube fell off his hand. “Ugh. These callused hands.” Lagat sighed. He looked over to Bulma. “Do… do not do anything rash. I still have control over this host’s body even if it doesn’t seem like it.”“What do you mean?” Bulma looked over to Goku, removing her safety glasses. The Saiyan seemed to turn himself off, he straightened up and looked forward, standing like a soldier.She heard the hissing of the hinges of a weighty automatic door. A large bunker-like door opened up at the end of the lab that had been haphazardly setup in one half of a cavernous hall.A small chair appeared with a darkened silhouette on it, lifted by simple thrusters. As it passed into the light, she saw a small, bald man sitting on the flying chair. He was old, wrinkled, his white hair had receded far, the top of his head was bald already, and he still sported that mustache, though now it was longer and not so well trimmed.The small man adjusted his glasses. “As I said, do not do anything rash, Bulma.” The Tuffle insisted.She raised her hands. “I won’t.”“Good.” Lagat, now the real Lagat, approached the workstation he was working at. Goku got off his way like a robot, and simply stood by the wall. The Tuffle began his work. “Please, do not make me shoot you. Goku is primed to fire a beam at your head if you were to attack me.”Bulma shook her head. “I already said I won’t do that.”The sad old man looked at her. “Why?” His mustache moved up and down as he spoke. He returned to his test tubes. “I threatened to kill you back at the ship.”“You remind me of my dad, in a way.” She said.He chuckled. “A silly reason.” He said. A short silence followed. “You remind me of my daughter. Then again, I haven’t seen a Tuffle-looking young female alien in a long, long time.”Their work continued tirelessly. Bulma felt strangely in tune with this Tuffle. She really did remind her of her father, she wasn’t just trying to get at him. He reached good conclusions with ease, they synergized on every experiment, gave each other ideas that led them to new and exciting theories on the relation between science and ki, a topic she’d been interested in since she met the Saiyans. The Tuffles were far more advanced than she thought, and this was just the knowledge of one old man who’d spent decades alone in a mountain.
“Why put all this effort into vengeance?” Bulma asked as she put her safety glasses on again and continued her work. “I mean… I understand why, but you could put your knowledge into projects that could help others.”“I will help others by murdering all of the Saiyans in the galaxy.” Lagat growled. “Billions of lives will be saved.”“Do you think your wife and daughter would be proud of what you’re doing?”That made Lagat’s brow twitch the wrong way. “Silence!” He yelled, pointing a test tube at Bulma with his frail hand. “How dare you mention them?!”She confronted the Tuffle. “Of course I’ll mention them, you told me all about them for the past few hours. How your wife cooked you your favorite meal at least once a week and delivered it with a kiss on your cheek, how your daughter brought you flowers she picked up from the fields when you returned home from work! The movies you saw, the fresh night walks, the hubbub and laughter of that fast food place you all went to on your off day!” Now she was the one pointing a test tube at Lagat. “I’ll repeat myself, do you think they would be proud of what their husband and father is doing?”The Tuffle grimaced as he looked at Bulma. “You don’t know what you’re talking about! You haven’t lost what I’ve lost! Seen what I’ve seen!” He yelled, then looked away. “Felt what I’ve felt.”“I haven’t.” Bulma continued. “But you would take that away from others without considering their situation.” She said.The Tuffle bared his teeth in raw frustration. “Again with this! The Saiyans are evil!”“I have seen Nappa smiling like an idiot while he tried my mother’s beef stew, devour it, say thanks and ask for more!” Bulma said. “I have seen Raditz run around with laughing children on his shoulder and take them to fly with him!” She continued. “I have seen Vegeta’s regretful face when he looked off to the stars and thought of his past! And… I’ve seen his real smile.” Lagat merely listened in disapproving silence.“You haven’t felt what I’ve felt either.” Tears bubbled up in her eyes. “And you’d make me lose all of that.” She approached Lagat angrily, the Tuffle’s eyes shone with numbers and code and Goku woke up for a moment, he didn’t want to do this, he really didn’t. But before he could bring the Saiyan inbetween them, she simply laid a test tube in front of him. “There it is.” She said. “If you want me to feel what you felt so badly. Then do it!”She took off her safety goggles and threw them to the floor with a spurt of angry ki, splitting them in two and sending the halves flying off. She then headed to a small room Lagat had assigned as her quarters. Lagat slammed the armrest of his flying chair, wobbling it a bit to a side. “Curses…” He muttered, his mustache twitched in a nervous tic. He lowered his chair to grab the tube. “Oh Anja… Oh my little darling Darina…” He gripped it hard and his hands shook. “I must do it. I must do it for you…”
Then, the Tuffle approached Goku and injected him with the new version of the parasite, and did the same to the other two through their healing liquids.He heard steps behind him, not like the steps of Bulma. He pressed a set of keys on the pod’s keypad and the liquids drained. The doors opened and the two Saiyans still lay dormant.His eyes ran bright with code, the red circles appeared within them. Then the two Saiyans opened their own eyes.He heard the steps get closer, but they stopped dead in their tracks. “Mother? Father?!”He looked behind himself, a scarred young Saiyan with a headband holding back a good head of hair stood astonished at the sight.Goku appeared behind him in one swift motion and grabbed that Saiyan by the shoulder. “No! Let go of me!” He yelled. “Mother, father, help!”His parents flew straight for him and pinned him down.Bulma ran out of her room and watched the scene. “Oh no.” She uttered.Lagat approached him with a needle in hand. The Saiyan squirmed as he tried to shake off the other three on top of him, but Bulma could tell their power levels were far above his, he had no chance. The Tuffle looked at the earthling, code ran through his eyes and Goku got up to stand between her and the unfolding events.“Stop!” She yelled. “Please, stop!”It was Goku who spoke, almost like a drone. “Why would I? Don’t you remember our objective here? I only promised to keep you and this host safe.”“Talk to me directly, Lagat!”“I am.” Goku said. Then Lagat, the real Lagat, shook his head. “I am!” He yelled as he looked at Bulma.His hosts almost lost hold of the young Saiyan, he had to run code to force them to push him down again.“Listen to me, please!” Bulma yelled.Lagat injected the young Saiyan with the virus. He struggled and squirmed, but soon, he fell asleep. Then he suddenly opened his eyes, the red rings were around their iris.“Enough!” Lagat and all of the drones yelled in unison as the young Saiyan got up. “I’ve had enough!” Goku grabbed Bulma by the shoulder.“Tell me now!” She heard all the drones and Lagat yell. The young Saiyan had joined their chorus. “Are you with me, or are you against me?!”“Tell me!” Now only Goku yelled straight at Bulma’s face. “I’m with you, yes! I am!” She yelled back. Goku let go of her, the hosts went blank. The real Lagat spoke with a nervous, maddened voice. “Good. Then we can finally commence…”“What?” She asked.“An object entered the atmosphere soon after Vegeta’s ship left.” Lagat said. “I saw it in one of the radars in my inner chamber. It is good that we finished this quickly…”Bulma stayed quiet. So he had seen it after all. She wondered if her own work would lead to the death of people she loved. “Using the hosts is hurting you, Lagat! Please…”“If I must die killing these Saiyans, then I will!” He slammed his flying chair again. “I’d die a thousand deaths to kill a thousand Saiyans!”
Bulma felt her entire body shaking. Lagat’s eyes had gone mad.
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=== Outside the mountain ===Finally, it’s in front of you.You cross your arms, leading your small crew of three warriors. Raditz is behind you, scouting around the mountain. Rasha is keeping an eye on your back. Horia watches the looming mountain by your side.“So this is the place… If I’d known…” Horia says.“The past is in the past, now is now.” You say. “And we are here to help.” You give him a look, he nods with a grateful smile.“Look!” Raditz says rather loudly. “A hole, there!”“What is that?” Horia asks.“Some sort of door.” Raditz replies. “It’s hanging open.”“Lagat forgot to shut his own door?” Rasha asks now looking along with the rest.“Probably not. Either something is going on or this is a trap. Get ready.”You slowly fly towards the rock door and stand near it.“It’s do or die now.” Raditz says.“Go.” You order. Your entire crew moves in.The cavern went deep into the mountain, but after a minute or two of walking, you finally arrive at the entrance to what looks like a huge natural cavern hall. At the end of it is a strange laboratory.You clench your fist and furrow your brow. Four Saiyans stand looking at you. “King Vegeta.” They drone on all together. “I believe I made my terms clear back at the ship.”“Where’s Bulma?!” You yell.“Here, with me.” The drones respond. “Enlightened!” They say. “They know of you, of your past.”A large screen appears in front of you and your warriors, a list of worlds you know well, too well. You go wide-eyed. “No…” You mutter to yourself.“Yes! As soon as she heard of your past as a genocidal maniac, she helped me refine the virus that will kill you!” The drones point forward in unison.“What?!” Raditz yells.“If it hadn’t been for her.” The drones continue. “I would only have had Goku and this runt to fight you. But now thanks to her, I have access to these failed hosts as well!”“Ina, Kafe, Teha…” Horia grits his teeth and takes a stance with his sword. “I’m sorry. I failed you… But at least I will grant you peace.”Rasha stands by your side. “King Vegeta. This fight may drag on for too long… Our lightning attack may not work.”You watch the four Saiyans. You think of Bulma. Your beloved, did she really do this? She must’ve been forced. You look back at the screen with all the planets whose civilizations you wiped out long ago. Your brow shakes. Your heart beats faster. You…You deserve it anyway. This pain, this hurt. You deserve it all.You close your palm into a fist. But this is no longer about you. Your life serves a greater purpose now. Whatever the truth behind all of this is, you have only once choice:You strike a pose. “Bring them down.”The battle begins…Raditz will target Kakarot with a Mind Flare!Rasha and Horia will engage Kafe, Ina and Teha!
You target…>Kakarot!>Kafe, Ina and Teha!Do you transform into your Golden Form? You will attract many behemoths to your position…>Transform into your Golden Form.>Remain in your normal form.What attack will you use?>Galick Gun. A supercharged concentrated blast fired from both hands. Even at a low power level, a good shot could pierce through and reach the core of a planet, causing it to explode.>Two-Finger Instant Explosion. A technique which ‘throws’ invisible ki wherever the two raised fingers are pointed, causing to explode on impact. >Tail Slicer. A faster, non-tracking version of destructo disc used to slice off body parts. It is relatively easy to dodge when aimed at the usual parts (limbs, head and torso), but is more effective against extra parts (such as Saiyan tails), it still has a high chance of missing though it compensates for that with its cutting power!>Ki Sword. By concentrating ki into the shape of a sword, you can create a weapon that can cut through even the most powerful of armors and skins.Martial Arts!>Absolute Focus. A style learned from your battles against Kakarot. Absolute focus allows you to understand the ki flows of the battle and use them to your advantage in future bouts. >Saiyan Martial Arts. This style favors quick and brunt hits to swiftly bring down a target. It may have a hard time hitting targets that are vastly faster than you.>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.>Calava’s Ki Boxing. A disciplined use of form and instinct causes ki to build up to your fists, making your punches far deadlier than they’d usually be. Great for overwhelming opponents.
>>6416344>Kakarot!And>Remain in your normal form.And>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.Bulma only did it to save the lives of the comatose Saiyan's, and I won't be surprised if there is some kind of secret failsafe in there that thwarts his plans... BUT EVEN IF NOT, SHE WAS RIGHT TO BELIEVE WE ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME ALL FOUR OF THEM! WE ARE THE KING OF THE SAIYANS HAHA! (^:
>>6416342Yeah I wrote up a storm today. I wanted to get to the next prompt vote but I just kept writing stuff that didn't lead to prompts because I wanted to leave every loose end tied up before the final confrontation (this Bulma/Lagat stuff had been in my mind basically all week and it NEEDED to come out).I even thought of doing a PoV section with Bulma just to provide a smaller update and some prompts, but I'm not so sure a Bulma PoV could work yet. Feels kinda weird to control the MC's lover in such a dire situation. Maybe at some other point in the future.In any case, I'm happy with this slight rush to the final confrontation because I don't want to leave half the cast out of commission for too long (I hear the Nappa loyalists screaming for more Nappa content). I wasn't coming up with any fun inbetweens anyway, so it's time for our boss battle!I'm actually going to bed since I've had a long day at work. Have fun voting and debating boys, I'll be back around here tomorrow to count votes. Maybe no update just to rest my weary fingers.
>>6416344>Kakarot!>Transform!>Way of the Crushing Wind.
>>6416344>>Kakarot!>>Transform into your Golden Form.>>Absolute Focus. A style learned from your battles against Kakarot. Absolute focus allows you to understand the ki flows of the battle and use themNo wind in a mountain!
>Kakarot!>Remain in your normal form.>Way of the Crushing Wind. The favored martial art style of Olond’s homeworld. Ki is delivered through strong and loud bursts of wind. The technique, while slow, has good range and can deliver powerful blows.
Vote's closed!>Kakarot>Transform>Way of the Crushing Wind>Roll 1d100, best of three
>>6416542My trip
Rolled 30 (1d100)>>6416542
Rolled 47 (1d100)>>6416542I'm doing this one for you Captain Yellow... Guide my hand!
Rolled 47 (1d100)>>6416542Let's see how this goes
>>6416591Um... hey QM. How do you handle dubs?
>>6416591>>6416598Congrats on the dubs!>>6416601I congratulate them!47/100 Average failure
>>6416601>>6416613KEK
Rolled 9, 22, 86 = 117 (3d100)Horia, Raditz, Rasha.
>>6416627AAAAAHHHGG
The eight warriors within the room fly forward at blistering against each other. The impacts sending shockwaves all across the cavern that make the halls of the mountain rumble.Kakarot’s clothes and hair flutters as he engages the Kaioken, he dashes straight for you while you were transforming, but Raditz interrupts him midway. “Brother! I know you’re in there!” Raditz desperately yells. “We don’t want to hurt you! Listen to me!”“Fool!” You yell. “Use the technique!”But before Raditz can do anything, he’s hit square in the jaw by a punch from an empowered Kakarot, he’s sent flying straight to the wall, his neck twisting in an unsightly manner.You look at Kakarot, hate blistering in your mind. “HAH!” A large explosion of golden ki spreads through the room as you enter your Golden Form, your muscles grow larger, your veins pop and your skin is colored gold. You enter the flowing stance of the Way of the Crushing Wind and send ki powered waves of golden wind straight towards your foe, but Kakarot dodges them and you’re forced to enter a short range melee that does not mix well with Olond’s arts.Horia grips his sword, but he feels his mind falter as he looks at Ina and Kafe. The alien is standing at his side ready to fight along with him. That gives him heart. But…He dashes forward with sword in hand once more. He slashes Kafe, who dodges and punches him in the gut. Ina appears behind him and slams him to the ground. Teha approaches him, lifting a palm and about to fire a beam that would surely kill him.The alien appears and delivers a powerful blow to the young Saiyan’s side that sends him flying to the cavern wall. Ina and Kafe try to engage him with their Saiyan Martial Arts, but Rasha activates his Unlock and uses the burst of ki to dash away to the wall, propel himself forward from it and ram against Ina, slamming the female against the wall and digging a hole into it. He pummels her twice in the head, leaving her stunned, and heads back to threaten Kafe who was about to ram his foot into Horia’s neck. Kafe sees him and retreats, watching him with a devious smile under his red-ringed eyes.Slowly but surely, Ina gets up again, blood falls from the Saiyan woman’s mouth, but she does not seem bothered in the slightest. Teha stands by her.Rasha offers a hand to Horia. “Your heart is heavy, Lord Horia. I will carry this load with you.”Horia looks at the alien wide-eyed. “I- I’m…”“Worry not. Together we can save them. I’m sure of it.”“Why?”“Because I believe in Lady Bulma.”Horia takes the alien’s hand and he is lifted up. They stand back to back. Their three foes approaching them once more with threatening gazes.Kakarot delivers a hefty blow to your gut. You feel the air leave your lungs. He then backhands you, throwing you to the wall.“What’s wrong, oh King of Saiyans?” Kakarot’s twisted voice says. “You look powerful in that strange form of yours, yet you cannot defeat this one? Surely you have it in you.”
Your brow shakes. It’s still Kakarot, you force yourself to think. If you let the rage that empowers this form take over your mind, you might not be able to stop yourself from killing Kakarot. Yet if you don’t, you can’t bring out its full strength.What consumes you now is doubt. Should you go all out? Should you risk killing Kakarot? Where is Bulma? What does she think of you now? Are your comrades alright?A dozen questions stream in your mind. It was easier to fight when you didn’t care about anything or anyone.Lagat is no longer willing to give you pause. He approaches you and he starts delivering fist and foot towards your chest and head. You parry most of it, and what little reaches you does not harm you too badly. “HAH!” You send out a wave of ki to take Kakarot off you and reengage your Way of the Golden Wind, sending blades of cutting ki towards the flying Saiyan. He’s able to stop himself mid flight and dodge or even deflect them.You take a few deep breaths. “Where is she?” You ask Kakarot, who remains in the air.“Where is she?!” You yell and golden ki bursts forth again, lifting the dust that accumulated with shaking earth of the battle. Kakarot lets out a twisted laugh as his red rings shine.=== At Lagat’s inner sanctum ===Lagat ran battle calculations through his cybernetic eyes, smiling with glee. He had prepared cameras outside to record the battle, Bulma watched the screens.“Can’t you see what you’re doing?” She said to him. “You forced Goku to hurt his brother! And the swordsman’s friends are hurting him!”“Silence, foolish girl.” Lagat replied. “This is nothing compared to what they did to us… It’s just retribution.”Bulma grimaced and continued to watch the terrible battle unfold. She saw Vegeta struggle and her palm tightened into a fist.
=== The battle continues, whether we want to or not ===Raditz will support you against Kakarot.Horia and Rasha will continue to hold back the other Saiyans.Your Golden Form begs to consume you. But can you risk the lives of your friends for the sake of your loved one? And what would she think if you did?>Do not let rage consume you. You won’t risk harming your friend.>You will not allow this disgrace. Unleash your power!Choose your next attack!>Golden Ki Sword. Your sword now made from the strongest of energies, no material will stop it from hewing your foe.>Golden Galick Gun. Your perfected technique empowered by your golden ki will cause destruction in an apocalyptic scale.>Golden Explosive Wave. A large sphere around you is engulfed in an explosion of your golden ki, destroying everything within it.>Golden Tail Slicer Volley. Spinning death will cover this entire room, your enemy will find no escape.>Perfected Melee.Choose:>Golden Ki Boxing. Swift motion and strong strikes, a perfect and unending flurry of blows.>Golden Saiyan Martial Arts. The primal instinct of the Saiyan race honed to its ultimate form.>Way of the Golden Wind. Olond’s lessons, brought to its most extreme version through infinite strength.>Golden Absolute Focus. Nothing will escape your grasp, you will shatter your foe with a single blow.
>>6416637It's me!
>>6416640>Do not let rage consume you. You won’t risk harming your friend.Let's hold out for now a bit >Golden Ki Boxing. Swift motion and strong strikes, a perfect and unending flurry of blows.We are in tight, let's do something Lagat probably doesn't see coming. If Raditz can disrupt the control for long enough, a golden haymaker might be enough to put him out or at least give us a big edge.
>>6416650Support
>>6416650>>6416666Quads are king.>Roll 1d100, best of three.
Rolled 24 (1d100)>>6416667Roll good
Rolled 71 (1d100)>>6416667FOR BULMAAAAAAAHHHHHGH
Rolled 7 (1d100)>>6416667
>>641667171/100. Good success!
Rolled 43, 3, 10 = 56 (3d100)Horia, Raditz, Rasha!
>>6416715
Rolled 9 (1d100)Rollin rollin rollin
“I’ve had enough of you brutes.” Lagat says through Kakarot. “Time to die.” Kakarot’s red ki bursts forth and you reply with your own burst. You see throw his hands forward, like the mouth of a dragon, then back. Wordlessly, a white beam begins to form in his hands.You bring your fists up stand your ground, putting one foot back and one forward. Suddenly, you feel a bit of ki, you dart your eyes to its source and see Raditz slowly getting closer to Kakarot. The plan remains intact then. You secure your footing. “Taking the loss, are we?!” Kakarot’s dark laugh fills the room. The white ball of ki is now larger, shining its light throughout the cavern.You continue standing your ground. Finally, the Kamehameha is ready, Raditz is almost there, only a few more meters… But you see Kakarot suddenly doubt. “What? What’s this feeling?” He looks straight at Raditz.They look at each other, both astonished. “I see… This one can sense energy.” His smile twists, he turns his upper body around towards Raditz and throws his hands forward. You desperately dash towards the two, but they’re too far, it’s too late.“HAAAAH!” Raditz puts his hand forward in the last moment, but the white beam engulfs him entirely.Oh no.Horia flies into a kick and splatters Teha against the wall. He bares his teeth in anguish. Try as he might, he just cannot bring himself to use his full power, and even if he did, he’s not sure he’d be able to take all of them on.Rasha had spent much of his energy when he saved Horia’s life, darting from one place to another and having to make his ki burst out explosively to send the possessed Saiyans flying off. It was the only way to gain any measure of respite.But now he clutched his bruised side and had to clean blood off his mouth with his fist. Ina and Kafe loom over him. Kafe throws a punch, Rasha blocks it but Ina is right at his other side, her eyes red with bloodlust, her foot hits him straight on the side. “GAH!” Rasha yells. Horia runs and charges the two Saiyans, he strikes Kafe, the threatened Saiyan jumps back. He tries to slash at Ina, but a look into her eyes sends him once more into doubt. She uses that moment to deliver a haymaker straight into his belly. Kafe grabs Rasha by the throat and brings his palm up, he powers it with ki and slashes a deep cut across his chest and belly. “RARGH!” Rasha yells. “UNLOCK!” His ki explodes out of him, sending the Saiyan flying against the rock, he looks at the terrible gash in his torso, blood streaming out of it like a soft cascade from his garden at Earth. Kafe gets himself unstuck from the crater he formed in the cavern wall. He flies down and lands in front of Rasha, his body is bruised and bloodied too, but a twisted smile appears on his visage anyway as more blood seeps out of his lips.
“It makes me terribly sad to do this.” A raspy voice comes out of Kafe, clearly hurt from a punctured lung, but the host does not seem to mind. “But you are in league with this filth, so you die.”Rasha clutches his fists and brings himself to a stance, breathing ragged and heavy. He looks to the side, Horia is barely able to hold back Ina and Teha, they’re hurting him with more and more blows, and he’s not getting anything in now.That burned man over there… Is it Raditz?You dash, your golden ki spurring you forward with all its wild might. The highways you formed are growing unstable. Rage seeps into your mind. You slam a fist against Kakarot’s face and he’s sent straight into a rocky pillar that shatters on contact and lands on the laboratory’s metallic floor. He gets up, but you’re right in his face, delivering blow after blow towards him. Any kick or punch he tries to hit you, you sidestep, weave or dodge out of the way and counterattack.You must control yourself, you must! You know it! But you feel your eyes going white. You bare your teeth like a wild animal at Kakarot as you pummel him again and again. You have to stop your Golden Form!=== At Lagat’s inner sanctum ===Bulma’s eyes grow wide as she sees Raditz engulfed in a ki beam, then Rasha’s blood flying out of his body after the nasty gash.“Soon, only Vegeta will remain…” Lagat says as his eyes continue to shine with calculations and code.She looks at Lagat, tears welling in her eyes. The man really did remind her of his father in some way.Bulma brings her open palm up. She looks at Lagat. She’s trying to generate ki, but it refuses to come out. Her arm begins to shake, she can’t bring herself to do it. Even though her friends are in danger… She’s a coward and an idiot. She does not deserve the title of queen. She never will.
=== Our battle continues, and things are not in our favor ===Raditz is down.Rasha is badly wounded, but will continue to fight his foes.Horia is holding on, but the battle is not going in his favor.You are hurting Kakarot far too much. Seeing Raditz fall is making you lose control of your Golden Form! Yet he’s so close to being beaten… Should you really let go of your winning card?>Continue in your Golden Form!>Return to your normal state.Would you like to switch your targets?>Go help Rasha and Horia!>Continue fighting Kakarot!>Write-in.In any case, your battle continues! Choose your move! (If you switch out of your Golden Form, the normal version of the move will be used instead).>Golden Ki Sword. Your sword now made from the strongest of energies, no material will stop it from hewing your foe.>Golden Galick Gun. Your perfected technique empowered by your golden ki will cause destruction in an apocalyptic scale.>Golden Explosive Wave. A large sphere around you is engulfed in an explosion of your golden ki, destroying everything within it.>Golden Tail Slicer Volley. Spinning death will cover this entire room, your enemy will find no escape.>Perfected Melee.Choose:>Golden Ki Boxing. Swift motion and strong strikes, a perfect and unending flurry of blows.>Golden Saiyan Martial Arts. The primal instinct of the Saiyan race honed to its ultimate form.>Way of the Golden Wind. Olond’s lessons, brought to its most extreme version through infinite strength.>Golden Absolute Focus. Nothing will escape your grasp, you will shatter your foe with a single blow.
>>6416725>Continue in your Golden Form!Fuq >Go help Rasha and Horia!And>Golden Galick Gun. Your perfected technique empowered by your golden ki will cause destruction in an apocalyptic scale. Create distance between us and Kakarot, triangulate so we can blast the ones beating our buddies from the side and keep an eye on Carrotcake. REALLY blows that Raditz got stomped so quick, he was kind of the lynchpin to this plan, and honestly idt we were ready for a boss rush without that card up our sleeve. Do any of the three of us have an ability to heal someone with Ki? Even just enough for him to stand up for a few seconds and flex the focus to do a Mind Flare? If not I think some kind of healing/mending technique for a pinch like this should be something we try to get in the collective arsenal.
>>6416725>Continue in your Golden Form!>Continue fighting Kakarot!>Golden Absolute Focus. Nothing will escape your grasp, you will shatter your foe with a single blow.Have you seen the rolls on this planet?! If Vegeta let's up he's dead! The dice want blood!
>>6416729If we get outnumbered we're DEFINITELY dead
>>6416729Full support 150%
>>6416729>>6416735Closing on this one to try and get another update out tonight.Time to roll!>Roll 1d100, best of three.
Rolled 8 (1d100)>>6416755
Rolled 88 (1d100)>>6416755Please...
Rolled 20 (1d100)>>6416755Jeez man, the dice gods are quite unhappy with our retainers.
Rolled 41, 43 = 84 (2d100)>>6416763>Jeez man, the dice gods are quite unhappy with our retainers.You think that was bad? Check this out.Horia, Rasha
>>641675988/100 Outstanding success!
Rolled 15 (1d100)Rollin
Rolled 44, 2 = 46 (2d100)>>6416776You get two more rolls goddammit
>>6416778Crazy work We really might get hosed and lose somebody, boss, it happens
Where is Mercenary Yellow and his stolen battle jacket when you need him...
One last punch sends a blocking Kakarot backwards, tearing through the tiles below him.You breathe in, then out. Once, twice. If you don’t want to let rage consume you, the one thing you must concentrate on is your ki. Bringing it back into order, taking control of your own body.The wobbling strings of golden ki that were drifting out of control are brought back to heel. Your eyes return to normal, one milky white, the other black. Your heaving breaths are reduced to a normal cadence. You strike your usual pose.Lagat-Kakarot cracks his neck. “Standing still? I believe your comrades are out of time…”You look at Kakarot’s body. You are growing weary of this battle. His features disappear, and he turns into a flow of red ki to your eye. “Indeed. I’m in a hurry.” You reply.“I can’t quite let you go yet, King Vegeta.” Kakarot dashes forward, hoping to keep you busy for only a little longer.You raise a palm near your head and bring golden ki into it. “There’s one flaw to your cowardly method of control.”“Huh?” Kakarot tries to hit you, but you jump up and let him pass under you.“You have no idea how to control their energy.” You slam your palm on Kakarot’s neck. Such an attack would do nothing to Kakarot normally, he would be able to maintain control of his own body and ki. But Lagat does not know how, and he cannot provide the correct commands to his host.The Kaioken peters out in a large red shockwave, Kakarot falls. You grab him by the collar before he hits the ground, then lay him down softly.You stand up and hear a familiar noise. Great wails from very far away, yet their combined strength are enough to make the ground shake. Your energy has attracted the behemoths.You look back to your warriors. Rasha rams against the cave wall after a kick by Ina. You see him spit blood and his cut and bruised body goes limp.Horia is fending off Kafe and Teha in a terrible melee, he’s able to deflect a beam before getting kicked and punched. He’s still standing though his legs shake from the exertion.Ina is already standing in your way after dealing with Rasha. She is not smiling, but rather sports a frustrated grimace.You cross your arms. “Kakarot’s gone. You’re done, Lagat. Make your minions stand down.”=== At Lagat’s inner sanctum ===“Curses…” Lagat says, frustration getting the better of him.Bulma smiles as she looks to the screens, then frowns at Lagat. “He’s right, Lagat! It’s over!”“It really is…” The old man says. He removes his glasses and presses his fingers against his eyes. “I’m sorry, Bulma.”“It’s fine!” Bulma says. “You’ll see, Vegeta isn’t a bad man! He won’t hurt you. He’ll understand why you did this.” She starts approaching him with her hands up. “Come on, let’s get out of this place.”“You don’t understand.” She sees him bring a device out of his doctor coat’s pocket. A red button looms on top of it. “I have to break my promise to you.” His thumb approaches the button.
“No!” Bulma gathers her ki and dashes forward, Lagat tries to move away upwards on his flying chair. She’s able to latch on to Lagat’s arm. “Drop it, Lagat! Please! Don’t make me hurt you!”=== Back at your battlefield ===Lagat’s drones suddenly stop moving and stand still like stone, their eyes no longer bright red. Horia looks at them utterly confused. “What’s this?”You feel a burst of energy behind you. Behind the large bunker door at the end of the laboratory. Bulma! She was this close all along?!“I’ll hold them back if they get up, King Vegeta! Go find the Queen!” Lagat yells.You nod, then dash towards the door and slam your fist against it, but it holds surprisingly well considering the ki you outpoured. It bent, curving to take on your blow and dissipate as much of its strength as possible. It feels as though it’s devouring the ki from your arm. How can it be?You remove your hand, it was made to keep Saiyans away, after all, and the strength of your Golden Form wanes as the battle subsides. You shake your head. There’s no time! You don’t want to fire a beam at it, you refuse to risk harming Bulma… You’ll have to tear through it the conventional way, your golden ki will allow you to hold against the door’s strange effects.Fate hangs on a thread. Only two people can make any difference. >Roll 1d100, best of three to get through the door.
Rolled 3 (1d100)>>6416788
Rolled 58 (1d100)>>6416788Fucking farting piss............
Rolled 18 (1d100)>>6416788Son of a bitch!
Rolled 48, 52, 5 = 105 (3d100)>>641679558! But do we get there before...
>>6416798Holy shit we do
God damn Lagat is a fucker and a half
Rolled 66 (1d100)>>6416798Rolling for Raditz to go SSJ :P
Rolled 89 (1d100)>>6416812I'm rollin for Goku to go SSJ
Bulma continues to struggle with Lagat, she hears Vegeta ramming the bunker door with blow after blow. But what if he’s too late?Think, Bulma, think! Subduing Lagat would be easy… But what if he lost his grip and the button fell and activated itself? Or what if one of the two pressed it by accident while she took hold of him? She doesn’t know what to do, so she simply maintains her strong grip on Lagat’s wrist.“Please!” She begs one last time. “Please listen to me!”“You idiot! You’re dooming billions to die at their hands!”Tears fall along her cheeks, a white light begins charging and emanating from her other hand. She aims at Lagat.He furrows his brow. “You’re just like those freaks.” He says.The door slams open, torn off its hinges, the great slabs of metal fall to the ground with loud thuds that send dust flying everywhere. They both look back at the bunker’s entrance out of pure instinct.“No! No!” Lagat yells. “I must do it. I have to!” He pulls out a pistol from his belt and aims it at a surprised Bulma. But a golden beam pierces straight through his chest, he spits blood and leans back on his chair, limp. Bulma snatches the detonator from his hand. She looks at the lifeless eyes of Lagat and takes a few, fearful steps back. When she feels a hand on her shoulder, she jumps forward and turns around.You see terror in her eyes. Terror as she looks at you. And the feeling seems to hold on to her for far too long. “Bulma, it’s me.” You say. Your Golden Form dissipates, and you feel the strain on your body take a toll, you stumble about before regaining full control of your body.“Vegeta…” She says. “I… I was going to kill him…”You look at her, unsure of what to say. “We have to return to the ship, Bulma.”“I let him do those terrible things… If I’d killed him from the very beginning, then Raditz and Rasha would be…”You hear the wails again, closer this time. The ground rumbles, and already you hear the skittering noises of the flying beasts approaching your position. You put your hands to her shoulders. “You have enough strength to carry Kakarot and Rasha. Help them.”She nods. You walk out of the bunker with one hand around her shoulder to make sure she does not balk. Outside, you see Horia on one knee, checking on the Saiyan hosts who seemingly slumped on the ground. “They’re alive.” He says as he gets up. He smiles as he looks towards you. “I am glad to see you well, Queen Bulma.”You feel her shake as she hears her royal title. “Horia, how many can you carry?”“I could bring them all of them with me if need be.” He replies. He puts a hand out and ki pours out of his hands, a large sphere of white ki begins to form. “This is a protective sphere that I can carry around. It’s a technique I learned as queen’s guard. We can put them inside it.”
The wounded are placed in the sphere. Horia seems to be struggling to hold it up due to exhaustion, but he comments that he won’t have any issue taking them to a far away spot at the very least.>”We’re leaving. I don’t want to see this place ever again.” [You will all leave safely.]>”Both of you go. I will make sure nothing remains of this place.” [You will risk being caught by the behemoths if you fail the next roll.]>Write-in.
>>6416798Spoilers for this roll. This was Bulma rolling. If she rolled higher than you, she would've killed Lagat before we got there. Worsening the spot she's in mentally.If she critfailed, she would've gotten shot.
>>6416817>”We’re leaving. I don’t want to see this place ever again.” [You will all leave safely.]Just blow it up from space. Geets has done that before.
I'm out for the night! Wanted to close off the battle today as I'm not sure if I'll be available on Saturday and most of Sunday. Depends on a few things.
>>6416818Didn’t bulma try to pop a cap in goku when they first met?
>>6416817>”We’re leaving. I don’t want to see this place ever again.” [You will all leave safely.]Let's bounce
>>6416822>Didn’t bulma try to pop a cap in goku when they first met?She was young and wild back then, regrets it now and is over it since everything went well and Goku forgave her.It was also a plot device to show how strong Goku was. I don't remember Bulma ever harming or trying to harm another person in the manga. Only this one time where she decides to cap a random child in the skull for having a tail in a world where furries exist. She's always been brazen and opportunistic, but not shoot a child to get what I want tier, so I'm keeping it under the rug to give her some character development.
>>6416817>>Write-inOk, so let's fuck off for now and let things calm down.ButThere has got to things that both we and Earth could use by salvaging this laboratory. So, let's salvage it.
>>6416847Agreed. But later. When we're all in a better headspace. For Vegeta I headcanon this as him knowing Lagat likely left notes and whatnot on shitSo Support.
We're leaving! No rolls needed for this decision.
“We’re leaving.” You say. “I’d rather not see this place ever again.”You approach Horia’s sphere and reinforce it with some of your ki, bringing the Saiyan some much needed respite that he will now use to lift it from the ground.You put your hands forward and blast an angled exit point through the mountainside. Horia and you fly off with the sphere connected to your hands through ki while Bulma tends to the wounded inside.As you exit the mountain, you look around and see multiple behemoths approaching from all sides, strong winds forming around them. Their host of flying creatures forming black clouds in the skies while armies of ground raptors rush towards the mountain’s foot below.“I fear nothing may remain of this place after their visit.” Horia says.“A shame.” You say. “Maybe there was something useful for Saiyans within.”You pick a direction without a behemoth, lower your power levels, and fly towards it. For what it’s worth, it seems your swift attack of Lagat’s laboratory allowed you to avoid their ire.You look within the sphere, it seems you can’t hear what’s going on in it, nor can Bulma hear what may be said outside. “King Vegeta.” Horia says. “You continued to conquer planets for Frieza?”“I did not know the truth about Planet Vegeta’s fate. We were told a meteor destroyed it.”“No matter. I imagined you had your reasons. But the Queen did not know?” He looks confused.“She knew, just not the extent of it.”“These… earthlings. They seem too soft for the Saiyan lifestyle.”You feel yourself tense up. “Where should we land?”Horia does not pursue the matter further. He points with his head towards a lake far off in the distance. After half an hour of flight, you find a good enough spot to land the sphere by its shore. You both touch ground and allow the ki to slowly dissipate, letting the wounded fall softly on the grass below them.Bulma stands in the middle of them. Her gloves bloodied. “I had to cauterize Rasha’s wound with ki.” She says. “It might increase infection risk, but it’s better than bleeding to death.”You watch the alien breathe softly as he rests. “Good work, Bulma.”She then approaches Raditz, who’s twisting in pain even as he sleeps. “He’s got really bad burn wounds.” She says. “He’ll need medical attention at the medbay just to survive.”It seems Lagat’s lack of proper control over his hosts’ ki allowed Raditz to survive that point blank Kamehameha. You let out a contented sigh. “Olond will be bringing the ship back soon. I told him to remain out of orbit for only a little over 24 hours.”“I know of some medicinal herbs that grow near the lakes of this planet.” Horia says. “I will go and find some, along with firewood.”You nod. “I’ll remain to protect the wounded.”Horia flies off towards what few trees found root around here.
You approach Bulma, who’s on her knees near Raditz, busy cleaning his burn wounds as well as she can. You keep a safe distance from her as you don’t want to spook her again like in the laboratory. “How are you feeling?”“How do you think?” She asks, irritated. “I was the weak link again. The damsel in distress.”You try to be conciliatory. “No one could’ve stood against Kakarot’s Kaioken, and he took you by surprise.” You say. She starts to shake, she makes sure not to touch Raditz wounds while she does so. The Saiyan continues to groan in pain as he dreams. “That’s not the point…” She says inbetween sobs. “The thing that infected Goku and the rest, it was a virus…”“Hm? A virus?”“Yes. It was flawed. It wound up putting the hosts into a coma. I saw Zana’s parents in some sort of stasis pods.” She says. “So I helped Lagat develop an improved version that would heal them. He had everything I needed in his laboratory. If I didn’t do it, then Goku and the Saiyans would’ve died…”You let her pause for a few seconds. “There was another failsafe I found out about… If Lagat died, then the hosts died too, the virus would kill them in a few hours with fevers.” She says. “So I modified it into a killswitch. When the virus detected Lagat’s death, they’d destroy themselves and the hosts would be safe…”Your mouth twists.“Lagat knew you were coming, so he didn’t even check the new virus I gave him. He just inoculated it in Goku and the others.”“Why did he allow you to help?” You ask.“Because I made him think I was on his side. We worked together the entire day to get this done. We spoke about everything. About him and his life, about mine, and he told me about… About the planets you, Nappa and Raditz destroyed.”You feel a trickle of sweat fall from your brow. A chill runs up your spine, but you stand strong, not letting your fear show. “That’s…” You can’t find the words, what could you even say? It was all true, all of it.“It really hurt me to see it. Just… the raw number of people. The images of the aftermaths.” You see her clutch bloodied tissues in her gloves. “I thought of the fact that you could’ve done that on Earth…”Your eyes dart around, looking for something to say.“But I had a lot of time to think about it while I worked. About how it made me feel towards you, about us.”Your heart beats faster, you feel even more cold sweat spread around your body. A wan, sad smile appears on her face. “I still love you.” She says, you couldn’t measure the relief you felt as you heard those words. “It might sound extremely stupid and unreasonable, but I guess that’s just how feelings are sometimes.”“Bulma…” You grit your teeth.“The thing that bugs me now is how stupid and irresponsible I was…” She says. “That decision I made to continue to trust and love you as I did until now, it cemented me into the role of the Queen of all Saiyans.”
She looks down at her bloody gloves, which lay on her knees. “I should’ve killed him as soon as he inoculated the new virus into the hosts. To keep you safe. To keep my people safe.”A soft laugh comes out of her mouth. “But you know what I remembered every time I pointed my hand at Lagat? The one time I shot Goku in the head when he was a kid.”“Huh?”“Yeah. Heh. I did.” She says. “I regretted it so much later on, it made me hurt. Then one day Goku forgave me for it, he didn’t even know it was stressing me out so much. That idiot.”Her hands turn into fists. “I guess I was just afraid of feeling that feeling again. That deep seated regret. And this time I really, truly would’ve killed someone. There would’ve been no one to forgive me for what I did.”“But look at them.” She points to the wounded around her. “This… It happened because I couldn’t face that fear. They could’ve died. Raditz might still die. Just because their Queen was unable to kill a single crazed lunatic.”You feel at a loss for words. Silence follows as a gust of wind ruffles hair, grass and clothes. It is so terribly unfair that your beloved has to feel this way, and that you are powerless to truly change it. What can words do to heal hurt like this? What can you say that could help?But you love her. So you had to try even if it is not your area of expertise…Pick what to say. You can proceed with one or more of the options available, mixing and matching as you wish and adding more through write-ins too. Bulma will remember your words and/or actions! >”Even if you are Queen, you are still Bulma. I love you as you are, and so does the rest of our crew.”>”You’ve done so much more than you think. You saved those who were infected by the virus from certain death.” >Hug Bulma.>Write-in.This will be my only post for today as I'll be out. Feel free to take your time to vote and do write-ins!
>>6416812>Rolling for Raditz to go SSJ :PConsidering homeboy is about to get another Zenkai, you're not too far off lol. Now I wish Nappa had woken up too, but the dice gods were not with him.>>6416780>>6416782>We really might get hosed and lose somebody, boss, it happensI'll only consider a definite death when someone rolls really badly while having no way to be saved or save themselves. Though even in salvageable situations a critfail could cause a death. Raditz was extremely close to just getting dusted.>Where is Mercenary Yellow and his stolen battle jacket when you need him...He's a little goblin in my mind palace waiting to come out at some point in the quest.=== QM post-arc word ===THANKS guys for being active yesterday. It really helped to do this final rush to defeat Lagat before weekend duties came up for me. I didn't want to leave it halfway there cuz I know it would've bugged me the whole day. Now that we're back to a more chill spot in the quest I can rest a little easier.Feel free to leave any feedback regarding the Lagat Arc! It technically started all the way back here >>6408478, so it's like half the thread! (or a whole ass thread if we consider old qst). I'll give you a nice, chill read when I get back to my computer if you do so and incorporate any feedback I get into my questing habits.You can also tell me what you'd like Vegeta and the crew to do next! Right now we'll likely have to go back to Earth to tend to our wounded in a proper hospital and resupply. But after that we'll pretty much be free to go anywhere and we'll have our Golden Form. I already have a few ideas, but any contribution will be deeply appreciated.Adios anons.
>>6416981>Write-in>"I did not choose you as my queen because of your ability to kill my enemies. I chose you to share this life with me... Because I love you. Even surrounded by danger, you saved Kakarot's life, and the lives of the others. You're an incredibly brilliant woman, Bulma, and very brave. I understand, I... I am sure looking at Raditz, now, you may regret your choice not to destroy Lagat. But look at Kafe, Ina, and Teha. You created an entirely new lease on life for them. Together... Together, the two of us will create an entirely new future for the Saiyan race. One where we also choose not to destroy! Can't you see... You're precisely the woman I need you to be." >>6416987>THANKS guys for being active yesterday.Don't mention it bub, was a total blast, very cool of you to be able to grind like that, especially with such dense material!
>>6416987>Feel free to leave any feedback regarding the Lagat Arc!Some brutal scraps. Very cool to see Olond get to flex. Clever to give Vegeta a problem he can't just brute force right as he is achieving a power that is underlined by a drive to destroy. Lots of thematic push and pull there and with Bulma's interactions with Lagat - having every reason to give in, but determining not to, the true test of will and power, right? >You can also tell me what you'd like Vegeta and the crew to do next!Hard to say... Maybe we should go see Master Roshi or King Kai, seeing as this whole fiasco would have Vegeta thinking about telepathy.
>>6417013I fully support Vegeta learning telepathy more earnestly - for one, being able to play mindgames at our enemies could be huge. Nobody uses Telepathy for attacks, so lets be the first.
>>6416981>Hug Bulma.
>>6416981>>”You’ve done so much more than you think. You saved those who were infected by the virus from certain death.”It was quite a nice ark, definitely more action packed than I thought it was going to be, and the perspective shifts and getting to see all of our crew fail and succeed in various ways was pretty sweet.As to our next move, I'll say we should go ahead and honor our word with Piccolo. As much as I'd like to go check out the warrior outpost, we did give our word.
Oh, and can we salvage the lab before we leave?
>>6417626We'll say Bulma already picked up stuff from the laboratory that wasn't nailed down. Mostly research data that she kept in datapads. A lot of stuff is encrypted and the author of the encryption now has a big whole in his chest.Mounting a proper operation to salvage what's in the lab will require equipment that's not in Vegeta's spaceship. Considering a whole bunch of behemoths and their posses are currently hugging the mountain, it may also require some sort of big machinery to clear out the way to the lab again and pick up anything else interesting in there. An interesting proposition since it was all mostly Tuffle designs and those guys were great scientists.Now writing the update!
“I did not choose you as my queen because of your ability to kill my enemies.” You say. Bulma lets out a sob. You approach her, take to a knee beside her and put your hand on top of hers. “I chose you to share this life with me because I love you.” She looks at you and gives you a wide, sad smile. “Even surrounded by danger, you saved Kakarot’s life and the lives of others. You’re a brilliant woman, and brave.”“But… Raditz and Rasha…”“I understand. You look at them now and you feel regret over your choices. But look at Kafe, Ina and Teha. You gave them a new lease on life. The three of them will see Zana and each other again after years of solitude.”She gives them a look. “It was the least I could do… Lagat had destroyed their lives…”You put a hand to her chin and make her look at you. “This was but one step towards the new future of the Saiyan race. We will make sure everyone will have the opportunity to choose a peaceful life, and protect that peace.”She takes your hand and brings it to her cheek. “That would be nice, wouldn’t it?”“You and I together will create this future, and I wouldn’t want to share my struggle with anyone else. You’re the woman I love and need.”“Idiot.” Bulma says, tears welling up in her eyes. “You’re gonna make me cry.”You hug Bulma, and listen to her struggling to keep the tears in, then fail.A little while passes, Horia returns and starts a fire, then brings the medicinal herbs to Bulma, who begins preparing a poultice with some simple medical gear she had on her in capsule form.The clouds threaten with rain. Horia uses his protective sphere ability to provide an umbrella. Finally, droplets begin to fall, soon turning into an outpour. You help Horia by granting some of your own ki to the sphere. The sound of the rain hitting the ki shield around you is all you can hear until Horia speaks.“King Vegeta.” He says, his hand to the sphere to ensure it remains stable. “Thank you for saving my kin.”“There is no need to thank me. It’s my duty.”“I cannot speak for my companions, but know you will have my loyalty. Now and forever. As will the queen.”“That’s good to hear. Our cause needs as many loyal and steadfast warriors as possible.”“So… what is your plan?”“First, I must gather as many Saiyans as possible.” You say. “Then, we’ll need to defeat the Cold Empire.”Horia is doubtful. “The Cold Empire? Do you think we can face them?”“I will give you more details of our findings later. But as you might have seen, Saiyans grow exponentially stronger very quickly.”He nods. “Your form is proof of that. Do you think it would be enough to face Frieza?”“Maybe…” You say. “But gambling everything on a ‘maybe’ does not seem like a good idea. Frieza is afraid of the power of a Super Saiyan. Yet I cannot confirm if this is it.”“I wish your mother were here so we could ask her. She knew much of the topic.” A sad look is drawn on his face. “If only she had lived instead of me.”
“Do not say that. Let the past remain in the past, we must focus on what’s ahead.”He shakes the thoughts off his head. “Yes, of course.”Your scouter’s commlink opens up, along with Horia’s, Bulma’s, and your two wounded warriors. “Olond reporting from the spacebase. Can anyone hear me?”You take a hand to your scouter. “It's me. We’re alive, Raditz and Rasha are grievously wounded. Lagat is defeated. Send attack pods to our current coordinates.”Olond takes a bit of time to answer. “Yes, King Vegeta.”The attack pods land nearby with loud crashes. Horia moves the sphere and you and Bulma do your best to transfer the wounded into the pods. Healing liquids begin to pool in to each one and they lift off to return to the ship. The three of you each enter one of the pods and blast off towards the skies as well.After your arrival, you get the wounded to medbay with the help of a rather worried Olond. When you enter the medbay, you see Nappa has woken up.“Well, well! If it isn’t the new King of Saiyans!” He says, though his sides clearly hurt after every word he utters. “Nappa.” You say. You make sure Raditz is well hooked up to his IV and well laid on his bed, then let Bulma do the rest. You approach your loyal warrior and he offers up a hand, which you firmly clasp. “You don’t know how glad I am to see you awake.”“And I’m glad to see you’re okay. Olond told me everything that happened with Kakarot.”You take the time to tell him about the operation to rescue Bulma. He listens intently to every word.“Damn… So Raditz took Kakarot’s technique straight to the face, huh? Tch. He’ll get ahead of me for sure after he recovers.” Try as he might to hide his worry with hurt pride, you can see him look towards Raditz’ bed and grit his teeth. “Bastard better not die.”“He won’t.” You say, though you were not sure of it yourself.Bulma approaches Nappa. “Alright, big boy. I’m going to put some more painkillers in your system to switch up your bandages. Time to get back to sleep.”“Of course, queen Bulma.” He gives her a mocking smile. She shows him her tongue and then switches his IV bag for a new one. Your warrior soon falls asleep once more.You get back to the hall of the medbay along with Bulma, letting Nappa peacefully fall back to sleep.“I’m glad I made the medbay relatively big, we almost filled up all the beds we got.” Bulma says.“We’ll need to expand it in the future.”“Yep. And I’m gonna need your help to nurse all of these people. Horia and Olond already said they would help, but four pair of hands would be far better than three.”“No problem. How are the wounded?”“Those who were already here are still stable and recovering well.” She says. “Kalabash might need surgery, but I’d rather give a good, long look at Raditz and Rasha first.”“Is Rasha’s life at risk?”“I don’t think so. He bled profusely, but his internal organs seemed to be okay. I’m no expert in his race’s physiology though. I’ll do what I can.”“And Raditz?”
“Burn wounds are really bad.” She says. “They can get infected really easily and need constant care, even if you do take care of them there’s always going to be a risk… I’ll do my best though.”Somber thoughts come in. “Kakarot and the other Saiyans?”“Cut up and beat up but it’s nothing we haven’t seen before. They’ll be alright.”“And the virus? Will it affect them somehow?”“The virus is all gone and according to my preliminary analysis it left no remnant effects, but I’ll have to run tests and all that jazz.”“Alright.” You hear a woman groan. It seems Zana is waking up too. Horia approaches her and takes her hand.“Zana.” He says. “Your brother is well, as are your parents.”“Horia…?” The confused woman seems to be drifting in and out of consciousness. “Am glad… you safe.”“Worry not, girl. I will remain by your side.”She falls asleep again.What would you like to do now?All things considered, it would perhaps be best to simply return to Earth in order to resupply and provide proper medical care to the wounded, but Vegeta might have other plans.>Go back to Earth.>Stay. [Do what?]
>>6417923>Go back to Earth.
>>6417923>Go back to Earth.Sayonara
>>6417923>>Go back to Earth.
>>6417923>Go back to Earth.Gotta keep our deal with Piccolo.
>>6417950>>6417995>>6418001>>6418006Going back to Earth.Gonna prepare training stuff
>>6418025Mmm yeah for one we should see if Bulma can work on a stronger gravity training room. I think without that it'll be near impossible to get our base high enough to fight Frieza. Did some math, if Frieza is 120,000,000 at Full Power, that means just to be his equal, we need to be at 4,800,000 to beat him with our current form. 2,400,000 if we get SSJ. That said, being able to out technique him would be helpful too.QM can we recommend to Goku that he starts teaching the Kaioken to people more? Like his people, Piccolo being the best example. Namekian physiology would pair super well with Kaioken especially given the regen to repair damage to the body.
This training won't have too many people actually training BUT since we have a lot of characters and training's getting complex. I have opened the excel gates and am formulating most of the stuff needed for it. >>6418033It's one of the projects that's being worked on, both back at Earth by Bulma's father and in the ship when Bulma has free time. It'll allow the gravity room to be useful in PL increases up to 100k.>QM can we recommend to Goku that he starts teaching the Kaioken to people more? Like his people, Piccolo being the best example. Namekian physiology would pair super well with Kaioken especially given the regen to repair damage to the body.Kaioken is an advanced technique and requires King Kai teaching you or years of training. This is not something that Vegeta knows though, might be fun to see Goku try to explain how he got to King Kai if you're supposed to die to get there. The Z-fighters used the dragon balls in thread 5 to teleport themselves to King Kai's planet and learn the techniques he teaches, but Piccolo came on a space adventure with us so he wasn't around to learn the technique.
Kaioken...
=== Training! ===The time has come to train!Sadly, most of our crew is out… Even if they wake up during the trip, they’d have to go through a recovery period. The ones who are currently able to train are:>Vegeta. 48.856 -> 58.856 | +4.000 base, +2.000 Earthling Training Technique, +4.000 Gravity Training>Horia. 10.000 -> 12.000 | +1.000 base, +1.000 Gravity Training>Olond. 11.500 -> 14.500 | +1.000 base, +1.000 Demon King Meditation Technique, +1.000 Gravity Training>Bulma. 1.000 -> 2.000 | +500 base, +500 Earthling Training Technique=VEGETA’S TRAINING PARTNER=Vegeta can choose a training partner. Due to his high power level and strict training regimen, he will double the amount of PL the trainee gains and add +1.000 to it. Compounds well with characters with lower Power Level, helping them boost up and increase their base gains. This will HALVE your training results to 53.856.Focus on…>Bulma. Double amount gained and +1.000 Total: 4.000>Horia. Double amount gained and +1.000 Total: 15.000>Olond. Double amount gained and +1.000 Total: 18.500=BULMA’S TUTOR (only if you don’t train her yourself)= As Queen of all Saiyans, Bulma is expected to train hard in order to reach a proper power level. If you do not choose Bulma as your training partner, would you like to assign someone to training her? It would increase her training results to 3.000 (doubling the amount gained)>Horia. Halve Horia training results. She may learn Queen’s Guard Sword Arts or Protective Sphere (diceroll if anons don’t choose which specifically)>Olond. Halve Olond training results. She will learn Way of the Crushing Wind.>No one.>Write-in.=WRITE-INS=If you’d like to mention something specific you’d like to be done during training, feel free to>Write-in.
>>6418137>Horia. Halve Horia training results. She may learn Protective Sphere>Refine Two-Finger Instant Explosion to make it more controlled.>Practice golden formI curious if Geets will eventually develop his skills into things like final flash, big bang attack, or final impact which he used against buu
>>6418137> Horia Trains Bulma> Have Vegeta practice staying in his Golden Form 24/7. Hey QM do we notice anything growing in Bulma by this point or did that pregnancy not happen?
>>6418140>Hey QM do we notice anything growing in Bulma by this point or did that pregnancy not happen?Nothing yet!
>>6418141Gotcha. Then additional goal is to have a lot of "fade to blacks" with Bulma. Gotta keep the bloodline moving along!
>>6418142>Then additional goal is to have a lot of "fade to blacks" with Bulma.No worries, they're rather active thanks to the relationship's initial honeymoon phase.
>>6418137>>Horia. Halve Horia training results. She may learn Queen’s Guard Sword Arts or Protective Sphere (diceroll if anons don’t choose which specifically)Sword arts. I imagine Capsule corp could make us some badass swords.Oh, and we need to learn the way of the sword ourselves.
Is there time to stop by a planet to try out golden great ape form?
>>6418146We should avoid it until we fully master our golden form because what if we rage out we arent sure how they interact>Horia teaches Bulma sword technique>Vegetta practices mastering golden form
>>6418146>golden great ape formYou're ambitious anon
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>>6418139=VEGETA=Vegeta trains alone, will focus on maintaining the Golden Form as much as possible.=BULMA TRAINER=>Horia. >Sword Arts
The Golden Form is a wild beast, it'll be hard to tame it,>Roll 1d100, best of three.to see how you perform!
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= Our trip back home begins =Bulma put the ship to hyperspeed with Earth as your destination. The bridge felt empty with only 4 people there, Nappa wanted to come too but Bulma refused to let him stand up.Routine set in rather quickly. You ordered Horia to train with Bulma for the whole month, getting a stoic nod in response, Bulma wanted to train with you, but she seemed to reluctantly accept your explanation that you needed to solely focus on finding out how to maintain your Golden Form.And it’s an arduous task. Though you may have obtained control of the form at Lagat, your body is almost unable to maintain the constant ki flow within your body. It remains wild and unpredictable at the best of times and requires constant concentration, a great tax on your mind and body that only your Absolute Focus allows you to maintain.The biggest issue to its potential is that it’s a form powered by rage. Try as you might to bring it out through sheer discipline: If there’s no anger behind it, the form loses a great deal of its strength. Then every time rage empowers you, you feel your energy drain far faster even with Absolute Focus. There’s simply no way to maintain that enraged form steadily through time.As for numbers. With your ki sense ability, you’d say the form without rage brings you to about five times your usual strength. It’s harder to know just how much your enraged form brings out, but the difference must be huge, you remember feeling far stronger than in your Oozaru form, perhaps over twice as strong.Even in your non-raging form, you’re pushing 250.000. Likely strong enough to destroy the Ginyu Force one on one. With your raging form, you’d be at around 1.250.000, you wonder if the enraged form would be enough to take on Frieza…You shrug off the thought. There’s much to do before that becomes a valid plan. Your warriors are still too weak, they have not yet mastered their Oozaru form, and Frieza has an elder brother and a father of his same strength or more.You hear a knock on the training room’s door. “Vegeta, it’s time to eat.” Bulma says.Already? You’ve been in the Golden Form for a few hours and you’re not feeling that exhausted. Ah well. You get up and turn it off for now, your body needs to rest and recuperate before you continue your training.
Extra post 13 Bulma trains with HoriaBulma fell on her ass after getting tripped by Horia’s sword again. She was feeling sore, the Saiyan had thrown her off at least a dozen times already.“You must defend your legs, my queen.” Horia offered Bulma a hand, she took it and he heaved her up.“I told you there’s no need to call me that.” Bulma said. “And yes, I get it. I’ve just never used a sword before.”“There is a need to call you that.” Horia struck his stance, Bulma imitated him, shuffling her feet to find the right position. “You are the Queen of all Saiyans, and you must get used to it.”They began their stance and attack practice. The wooden swords clashed with one another as Horia patiently blocked Bulma’s simple slashes and thrusts. “Well, I don’t want people to look at me as a figure of authority, I’d much rather have friends I can trust.” Bulma threw a side slash, Horia jumped over it and brought his sword down with great speed, but he slowed it and merely tapped an alarmed Bulma on the head, she’d messed up her stance too, so she fell over again.“Ow.”Horia returned to his regular stance. “You can be a figure of authority and someone’s friend, those are not mutually exclusive.”Bulma got up on her own this time. “Were you a friend of Vegeta’s mom?”He nodded, though the memories brought pain. “She was a good woman.”“What was she like?”“We are not here to gossip.” Horia said. “But… I’ll say that she was noble, headstrong, and capable. Everything one could ask of a Saiyan.”“I don’t think she would’ve approved of me…” Bulma said with a dumb smile.“Me neither.” Horia joked. “So you must prove us wrong.” He advanced towards Bulma, who started blocking a flurry of blows from the Saiyan. They aimed for all sides, legs, arms, head, torso. Eventually, a swipe got Bulma on her sword arm and she dropped her weapon and stepped back a few times.“Ow.” Bulma grunted.“Again, queen Bulma.” He kicked the sword towards her. Bulma picked it up and brought herself back to the stance. She felt her muscles ache. It hurt to even move the sword up to its regular spot, just keeping the stance made her legs tremble.But Horia did not care. He attacked again and again. And Bulma fell again and again.
Extra post 14 Ina wakes upIna woke up, she felt as though she was about to fall into a bottomless crevice. Her eyes darted around her. A medbay? Other wounded? There was a blue-haired woman taking notes with her back turned to her. All she remembered was Kafe holding her down and injecting her with something. She tried to move off her bed but felt pangs of pain all over her body. And over there in the other bed… Was that… It couldn’t be. That Saiyan is a woman grown, not her little Zana. And that other one… He looks just like Teha too.Her eyes grew bloodshot in primal rage. She saw Kafe, unconscious. Though his features seemed… tougher and more chiselled. Maybe if she got up for only a little moment, she could kill that treacherous rat and save her children.There was a hulking bald Saiyan between her and him. He was drooling on his bed, but his eyes started opening up when he heard Ina shuffle off her bed.“Huh?” Nappa uttered. “Oh shit! BULMA!”Bulma turned around and her eyes went wide. “Oh crap. Stay in your bed!”The Saiyan female let out a low growl. “You look like a Tuffle, scum.” She said. “I’ll rip your head off-“ She took a hand to her side. “Ow.”Bulma didn’t seem too scared. She took a hand to her scouter. “Ina’s awake.”Ina sat on her bed and tried to get up. Nappa tried brought himself up on the bed but couldn’t move much more. “Hey you idiot! Stay put! King Vegeta’s orders!”“King Vegeta?” Ina’s mouth went agape. “What are you talking about? He’s dead.”“His son isn’t.” Nappa said. “And he claimed his father’s title. He saved you from Lagat and took you under his care.”“Who the fuck is Lagat, you oaf?” She replied. She put her feet down on the cold medbay floor and felt herself grow dizzy. Bulma approached her with her hands raised, trying to calm her down. “Don’t touch me, Tuffle bitch!” She swiped her sharp fingernails towards Bulma, but to her surprise, the woman blocked her blow, grabbed her arm and twisted her around, slamming her back into the bed.“Sorry about that.” Bulma said, holding Ina down with a stern expression. Nappa watched the scene utterly confused. Did that just happen? The Saiyan woman’s ki is low due to her current state, but even then… Bulma shouldn’t have been able to do that alone.“Let go of me!” Ina yelled. “I’ll rip your head off!”“Quiet down you idiot!” Nappa replied, rather angry. “That’s the Queen of all Saiyans you’re talking to!”“Her?” Ina laughed mockingly. “She’s no Saiyan.”Bulma ignored them. Soon, the medbay’s door opened. It was Horia.“Ina!” The swordsman said, ecstatic at the sight. “Sadala be praised, you are well!”“Horia?!” Ina said. “You’re with these scumbags?”“They’re no scumbags.” Horia replied. “They are the warriors of King Vegeta, and Bulma is our queen. They saved us from a dire fate.”“This is one fucked up dream I’m having.” Ina sighed. “Let me go. I’ll behave.”
Bulma did so, walking backwards and away from the Saiyan. Horia approached Ina’s bed. “I have much to tell you, please listen to me.”It took a while, but Horia told her about everything that happened. The Saiyan woman listened, completely flabbergasted by the story. Her expression a mixture of disbelief, despair and hate.“That Tuffle…” Ina cursed. “He ruined our lives. Glad he’s dead.”Bulma grimaced for a moment.“So… I’ve been out for 7 years.” Ina took a hand to her eyes. “Damn it.”“Zana’s grown into a fine woman, she has your temper, that’s for sure.” Horia said.Ina chuckled. It was the first time she’d smiled since she woke up. “And Teha?”“I’m not sure, he’s been gone from my side for so long…”“He found us.” Bulma said. “When Lagat took me hostage. He was able to follow the host he was using at the time and enter the laboratory.” Bulma did not like remembering those moments. “He… He couldn’t take on you, your husband, and Kakarot.”“He tried, that’s what matters.” Ina replied. “Which means he’s grown into a fine Saiyan.”“So…” Horia looked at his friend. “Will you join King Vegeta’s cause?”“His bastard of a father got us all killed.” Ina spat. “But his son did save us. We’ll stay with you for now and we’ll repay our debt with our fists.”Horia nodded. “Good to hear.” Ina looked at her children, her expression turning from anger to melancholy. “Can I go see them?” Ina said.Bulma nodded. The Saiyan did need rest rather than any sort of physical effort, but the poor woman hadn’t seen her children in years. Horia offered Ina a shoulder, and the Saiyan painstakingly approached Zana’s bed first. She sat on a chair by the bed.“My fierce little girl…” She caressed Zana’s cheek. “I left you for so, so long…” Bulma saw tears welling in her eyes before she hid her face on the bed sheets. Horia also cried with her.She sat by her daughter for a few minutes, then she tapped Horia on the shoulder. Horia lifted her and brought her to her son’s bedside. “Teha…” She looked him over. “You’re a man grown.” She said to the unconscious Saiyan. “And you never stopped looking for us. Wake soon, my child.” She kissed him on the forehead. As Horia brought her back to her bed, they passed by Kafe. She gave him a nasty, confused look. She’d seen the man do terrible things to her children, but it wasn’t truly him… She wasn’t sure how to feel, so she simply tapped Horia so he would bring her to her bed.She looked at Bulma before laying down. “So, you took care of my children?”“As best as I could, yeah.” Bulma replied.“Then you’re okay on my book.” Ina said. “Queen.”Bulma sighed. She still didn’t like those pleasantries.
Extra post 15 Zana wakes upZana woke, she felt as though the raptors were about to gnaw her head off, she screamed in anger at the lights in the roof above her. Horia ran to her and held her down. “Zana! It’s me.”“Horia.” Zana said, her rage subsiding. “Where…?”“In King Vegeta’s ship. A lot happened since you were unconscious.”A woman stood behind Horia, swerving her tail around with glee. “Zana.”“Mother?!” Zana propped herself up on the bed and crawled back like she saw a ghost.“Easy, girl. It’s me.” Ina replied as she approached her.“But… Father…” She looked around.When she saw Kafe lying unconscious in the same room as her, her ki exploded and she jumped like a fearful cat, bolting for the door.“Zana!” Ina yelled, she wanted to grab her daughter, but she didn’t have the strength to hold down her legs. “It can’t be… She’s stronger than me?” Ina fell down and Zana darted through the door.Horia tried to help Ina get back up, but she swiped off his helping hand. “I can take care of myself! Go get my daughter!” Ina yelled at the Saiyan, maddened by the pain. Horia nodded, still worried for his friend, then ran off after the girl.Zana ran through the hall at full speed, almost on all fours. She turned corners at random and in one of those twists she rammed into someone.She looked up, a Saiyan with golden skin and an intimidating red-gold aura, his bloodshot eyes looking at her with a merciless stare.“What are you doing out of your bed?” You ask.She tries to run again but you grab her by the tail, an uncomfortable pain jolts through her entire body, then you grab her by the collar of her hospital gown. Horia soon arrives. “King Vegeta!”“What happened?”Horia holds onto Zana after you let go of her, the Saiyan girl recognizes him and brings him into an embrace. “She saw her father. It must have brought back bad memories.” Horia says as he pats her head.Oh. You “Have Bulma transfer her to a bedroom.” You order.Horia nods and walks off with the girl. That defiant look she gave you, even in your Golden Form it gave you a measure of pause. There was something to the way this one behaved… Something odd.
No prompt today, just a bit of filler on our way to Earth. Not much to do during this trip and it's a good time to introduce the new Saiyans. More tomorrow!
>>6418540Good filler though.Things are turning into a space opera of sorts.And just something I'd like to reiterate, once we're back at earth, let's try and avoid using our golden form while we are there unless the circumstances are dire.Consider the growing strength of our retainers and the Z fighters, with that on top of it. Strikes me as though that would be like lighting a beacon. I think we should try staying under the radar for a while yet.
>>6418546> Consider the growing strength of our retainers and the Z fighters, with that on top of it. Strikes me as though that would be like lighting a beacon. I think we should try staying under the radar for a while yet.I get it but I think it's a risk worth taking mostly because we otherwise won't be able to master the form the way we need to.
No update today! It's been really hot here and it killed me.
Extra post 16 Teha wakes upTeha shook in his bed then woke up. “Mother, father, no!” He yelled. He looked around himself. The place looked like the clinic back at the colony, but more advanced, cleaner. There were others there with him.“Damn you’re loud.” He saw a big hulking Saiyan at the other side of the room, hunched over some sort of hunting magazine.“Who are you?” Teha asked.“Name’s Nappa. King Vegeta’s strongest warrior!” He flexed an arm. “You’re Teha, right? Ina and Kafe’s kid?”“Huh? Yeah…” The confused Teha looked around the wounded, and he saw his father. “He’s alive?”“Yeah, hasn’t woken up yet though.” Nappa replied. “Heard you went through a whole bunch of crap to find him. ““Tell me about it.” Teha slumped back and wrapped his tail around his waist. “I looked for them for years, like looking for a needle in a haystack. Then one day, a huge explosion, and everything changed.”“Heh.” Nappa chuckled. “Sounds like the Saiyan way alright.”“Yeah…”“Your mother’s alive too, she’s up and about around the ship.”“My mom?” Teha smiled. “She’s okay?”“A bit beat up and with a mean temper, but yeah, she’s alright.”Teha let out a laugh. “That’s my mom alright.” Then the young man switched back to a more serious tone. “Shit… I can’t believe it. After seven years…”“Better believe it. That’s just how King Vegeta rolls.”“Horia told me King Vegeta died at Planet Vegeta.”Nappa shook a finger from side to side. “Not that one, his son. He’s gathering all the Saiyans to fight against Frieza.”“Count me in.” Teha replied.Nappa raised an interested eyebrow. “That easy, huh?”“I owe it all to him, don’t I?” Teha replied. “And that Frieza guy… If what my dad told me was right, he’s to blame for everything. So we kill him.”“Man!” Nappa laughed. “I was missing a Saiyan who thinks like a Saiyan!”Teha tilted his head in confusion. “Huh?”“Oh you’ll see. We’re going to a place called Earth. Since you’re just a kid, you’ll probably become a wuss like all the others.”“I’m no wuss!” Teha raised his fist. “Nor a kid, pretty sure I’m 22.”Nappa chuckled. “Prove it.” He said with a sarcastic smile. “Then maybe I’ll teach you my secret training technique…”The big Saiyan got the exact effect he wanted. Teha was going to train as soon as he got off his bed.
Extra post 17 Calava wakes upCalava woke up. Her eyes looked for foes, but there were none. She felt pain all over, but it was followed with respite when she saw Raditz by her bed, reading some blurry book. “Raditz.”Raditz looked back at Calava. “How are you?”“I’m okay, what about the rest?”“They’re okay too.” Raditz replied, looking at the medbay with a content smile.“Good.” Calava turned in her bed so she could look up, her back was aching and needed some rest.“Hey Calava.” Raditz called.“What?” Calava asked.“I’m sorry.”“Huh?” She furrowed her brow and turned to look at the Saiyan, but he was gone.“Who you talkin’ to?” Nappa raised his head from his hunting magazine.She raised herself to sit on the bed. “To Raditz.”Nappa looked at her like she was crazy. “What are you talking about? He’s getting surgery, he got some bad wounds while finishing things off at Lagat.”“But… He was right there.” She said, stupefied.“Bulma said you got concussed, so chill.” Nappa got back to his magazine, he was almost at the end of it.The door opened up. Vegeta entered in a hurry with the Swordsaiyan behind him, the Prince looked real weird, she used her ki sense and felt a huge wave of light coming from him.“What’s going on?” Nappa asked.You look at Nappa then back to door leading to the surgery room. A trickle of sweat runs down your face.Bulma comes out, removing her facemask and gloves. She looks crestfallen. “I’m sorry, Vegeta.”“Is he…?”“He’s in a coma.”You feel your heart thump. “Do you know when he’ll wake?”“I have to run tests, but so far there’s no evidence of brain activity.”“What…?” You hear Calava’s voice and look behind you. “You mean Raditz?”“You’re awake?!” Bulma says, surprised. She looks to you like she just messed up and you put a hand to her shoulder so she calms down.You look at Nappa who’s just sitting there with a bad look in his eyes, then approach Calava. “He fought against the creator of the raptors and was caught in a power beam.” You say. “He was valiant to the end.”“Don’t give me nice words.” Calava looks away. “Don’t need ‘em.” She then retreats back to her bed.You grip your fist and look at the still sleeping Kakarot nearby.“He’s not gonna like it when he wakes up.” Nappa says.“No, he won’t.” You say.“What about Kalabash?” You hear Calava mumble from her bed.“He’s fine.” Bulma answers. “He won’t wake up for a while though… Maybe when we reach Earth.”Calava grips her pillow, trembling in frustration.
Some more promptless updates I cooked up yesterday night, I'll see if I can do some more and reach a prompt today.
Extra post 18 Kakarot wakes up.Goku woke up, he felt bruised and hurt all over. He let out a big yawn and lifted himself up to look at the rest of the medbay. “Hey guys, you’re all awake already?”Rasha, Nappa and Bulma’s eyes darted back to him as if they’d seen a ghost. He also saw a very angry Calava and also another Saiyan woman that looked confused. “So we did save some Saiyans!” He said. “That’s awesome.”He pointed at himself with a thumb. “I’m Goku, the Saiyan raised on Earth! Too bad I got knocked out so early in the fight.” He scratched his head. “Man, Vegeta’s gonna be pissed.”Bulma approached her friend. “Goku.” Tears sprang up to her eyes. “I’m glad you’re okay.” She gave him a big long hug.“Hey now, it’s alright.” He tapped her back. “It wasn’t so bad, I think I just got hit in the head… Though it is weird that I feel this spent even though I barely did anything.”He saw Nappa cross his arms and look away. Rasha was just barely keeping Calava from lashing out. A confused Goku looked around himself some more. Kalabash was near him, knocked out and heavily wounded, then…“Raditz.” Goku’s face went somber. “His ki…”Bulma retreated from her hug. “We have a lot to talk about, Goku.” She said.And so they did, Bulma told the Earth-Saiyan everything that happened from the moment he woke up under the control of Lagat. Goku simply listened. All those things he’d done, just because he was careless in that warehouse…“I have to speak with Vegeta.” He said as soon as Bulma finished. “I think I might know a way to bring Raditz back.” Now he got looks from everyone at the medbay.Bulma was surprised at first, then nodded a determined nod. It was time.“What kind of way?” Nappa asked.“I have to tell Vegeta first, sorry guys.” Goku said. He struggled to get up from his bed.“Oh no you don’t!” Bulma held him. “You can’t get up now! Wait a day or two, it won't change anything!”“Don’t worry, Bulma.” Goku tried to calm his friend down. “I’ll just go talk to Vegeta and then come right back.”“Ugh.” Bulma grabbed a wheelchair and brought it to Goku. She knew it was pointless to say no.“Woah, thanks!” Goku happily sat on the chair, not without some ows from the pain of moving his body.“Let’s just go, the less time you spend out of bed, the better.” Bulma said, irked.“Right!”As they passed through the medbay, a half-recovered Calava stood in front of Goku. Rasha had not been able to hold her back. She was angry, infuriated at the sight of him. Goku felt Bulma’s hands grip the wheelchair harder, she was ready to intervene.“You…” Calava’s tail lashed about in anger.“Calava, stand down.” Nappa said, but there was little he could do to stop her. Ina was just looking at the scene with great interest.“You killed Raditz!” She pointed at Goku. “I’ll avenge him as soon as we can both stand! Get ready for our duel!”
Goku’s expression grew far more serious, his brow furrowed. “I’m sorry, Calava. I know he was really important to you.” He said. “He was important to me too. Even though I met him just two years ago, I considered him a friend and was glad to know I had a good brother.”He gave Calava a sharp look. “I’ll give you your duel someday, and I’ll also bring him back. I promise.”Calava grit her teeth at the Saiyan, she looked away and stomped back to her bed.They were now moving down the ship’s corridors. “Man, I have to get that girl some counselling back at Earth.”“She went through a lot, didn’t she?” Goku said. “And she’s a Saiyan, I guess that’s how they cope.”“With unnecessary honor duels, brooding and a dash of anger?” Bulma asked.“Yup.” Goku just nodded with a big smile. “Glad I hit my head as a kid.”
=== At the bridge ===You’re silently looking at space through the bridge’s front windows. You hear the sound of the door behind you and see Kakarot reflected in the glass. You turn around to meet him.“Kakarot.”“Vegeta.” Kakarot replies. He senses your ki. “I see that transformation Bulma mentioned wasn’t just for looks. You’re really strong.”“Yes.” You reply. “Many things have happened in Lagat.”The Saiyan shrugs. “Honestly… of all the things I’ve been told, Bulma becoming queen was the craziest part.” He jokes.“Oh shut up.” Bulma says.“You should refer to me as King Vegeta when we’re not in private.” You say. “We’ll need to keep up some sort of royal appearance in front of any new Saiyans we encounter.”“Right.” Goku nods. “Are the new Saiyans strong? That woman back at medbay looked pretty strong.”“The woman, Ina, is strong enough, as is her son Teha. But the strongest one is Zana, their redhaired relative.”“Can’t wait to spar with them.” Kakarot raised a fist.“I’m sure you didn’t ask to see me just to tell me about your future sparring partners.” You say. “Is this about your brother?”Kakarot’s smile fades. “Yes.” He says. “I know of a way to heal him.”You raise an eyebrow. “What way?”“Something called the dragon balls.”“Dragon balls?”“Yes, seven legendary balls from Earth.” Goku says. “When you gather them up, you can summon a dragon that will grant you a wish, his name is Shenron.”“A wish…?” You say surprised. “Like… Any wish?”“There’s some limitations. For example, you can’t say ‘Kill Frieza’ because Frieza is stronger than the dragon balls’ maker.” Kakarot says. “But you can wish for all kinds of wild stuff.”“Why didn’t you tell me this before?” Vegeta asks.“Well… Kami, their creator, told me not to tell you. We didn’t know if you were trustworthy back then, and there was no real need to use them, so I agreed.”You look at Bulma, who nervously looks away. She knew, and she didn’t tell you. You sigh, it is to be expected, she wouldn’t want to betray her friends’ trust. “We can use them to bring Raditz back?”“Yes, but there’s one issue.” Kakarot says. “We used a wish about six months ago. When a wish is made, the dragon balls spread out on Earth and can’t be used for another year. So we’ll need to wait six months.”“Six months…” It’s quite a while, but it’s better than nothing. “Very well, we will use them in six months to bring Raditz back to his body.”“But here’s the kicker!” Goku says, he raises an index finger. “Kami is a Namekian.”You open your eyes wide. “What? A Namekian?!”“Yup.” Goku says. “Just like Piccolo. In fact, they’re two halves of the same being.”“Two halves… Like twins?”“No, they literally used to be one really strong Namekian but he split his good and evil parts into two different people. Kami is his good half, Piccolo is his evil half.”“Piccolo, evil?” You chuckle.
“Piccolo’s dad used to be super evil! His name was Demon King Piccolo, he almost conquered Earth. Then I killed him with a headbutt when I was a kid.”His nonchalant tone when he said that last phrase makes you laugh. “So Piccolo is the son of the evil half of some ancient Namekian that created these dragon balls, am I getting this right?”“Exactly. But he’s also sort of a reincarnation of that evil half.”“Is that so?” You take a hand to your chin. What a complicated race the Namekians are… “Who’s his mother?”“No one, Demon King Piccolo vomited an egg and our Piccolo was born from it.”You can’t help but grimace in disgust at the imagined sight. “I see.”“Don’t get lost in the sauce, guys.” Bulma interrupts your elucidations of Piccolo’s parentage and the specifics of Namekian biology. “What Goku’s trying to point out is that the dragon balls were originally made by a Namekian.”“So!” Goku raises a victorious hand to the air. “If we go to Namek, they’ll probably have dragon balls too! We can use them to bring Raditz back even faster!”“How can we know for sure?” You ask.That seems to put a damper on Kakarot’s cheeriness. “Well, we don’t…”Bulma steps up to defend Kakarot’s plan. “With the upgraded engines we’ll install back at Earth, we would be at Namek in 10 days. We could bring Raditz back far faster and we’d also fulfil our promise to Piccolo.”“Our?” It was your promise.“Yes, our promise.” She insists. “Whatever you promise, I promise too. I’m your queen after all.” Her expression is strong, with a confident smile drawn on it.You feel yourself redden ever so slightly, which is thankfully disguised by the golden tone of your skin. “Very well, we will make our decision when we reach Earth.”They both nod and Bulma wheels back and turns around, leaving the bridge with Goku. He waves you goodbye with a big smile, what a fool. You raise your hand and get back to your brooding.“Dragon balls…” You say as you look out to space. If they can truly grant most wishes. Perhaps it’ll work as another tool to your arsenal.
>>6419406Forgot to put in the pic. I'll leave it here
Extra post 19 Raditz during his comaRaditz didn’t really know what he was doing. He was in a line, that’s for sure, waiting for something. There were all kinds of strange aliens here, races he’d never seen before and some he had seen. Most of them didn’t speak the language or weren’t keen on speaking to a Saiyan and by the time a day had passed, he decided to just stop trying to make small talk and instead just wait, as did everyone else. Time was turning into a haze, boredom taking over his mind.After a few days, he finally got his turn to enter a gigantic palace sitting in whole bunch of huge clouds. There was a gigantic, redskinned horned guy, sitting on a desk with a nice suit on and filling up paperwork. Raditz was ushered in to stand in front of him.He took up a huge piece of paper and gave it a look as he twirled a pen in his hands. “Woah buddy.” He said. “You got a pretty bad track record.”“What do you mean?” Raditz asked, perplexed.“You killed a lot of innocent people, didn’t you?”Raditz blinked twice. “Uh…” He held his side with his hand, feeling shame. “Yeah.”“Yeah?” The demon looking giant laid the paper down on his desk. “Is that all you have to say? You know you’re going to hell, right?”Raditz went wide-eyed. So this is what this place was… “So I died.”“If you’re here, you’re dead, yeah.” The giant looked through Raditz’ life sheet. “Oh no.” He said, frustrated.“What’s up?”“Grrr… You’re not dead. You’re in a coma!” He said. “Always the same with these people, I told them to send only the dead!”The Saiyan smiled, gleeful at the news. “So they can bring me back?!”“Well, if you got all the way here then you must be in a pretty bad spot. I wouldn’t count on it.”Raditz clutched his fist. “Damn. So what should I do?”“I dunno, go sit over there or something.” He pointed to a stupidly long bench to the side of the room. “Eventually, you’ll die and I’ll send you to hell.”“Alright.”“Alright?!” The giant said, offended. “That’s really all you’ve got to say? You don’t even care, do you?”“It’s not that I don’t care.” Said Raditz. “I just deserve it.”The giant blinked a few times, he looked over the paper again, wondering if something was up. “Oh, look at that. In your last two years you barely killed anyone, some sort of redemption arc?” He travelled further down the paper. “And…” This time the giant opened his eyes wide too. “You’re Goku’s brother?!”“Yeah, so?” Raditz wanted to cross his arms, but couldn’t, so he just put his hand to his waist.“Did you know that bastard tried to skip by me in order to reach King Kai’s planet?!”“King Kai’s planet?! Raditz yelled back. “You mean… I can reach it from this place?!”“Yup.” The giant nodded. He pointed to the back of the room with his pen. “Over there, through Snake Way. It’s a long trip though, and if you fall, you’ll die and go straight to hell.”
Raditz looked at the nameplate on the giant’s desk. “Alright uh… King Yemma!” He put a pleading hand to his chest. “Please, let me go to King Kai’s planet!”“Huh?!” The giant yelled. “King Kai is a very busy kai, why the hell would I do that?”“It’s uh…” Raditz looked side to side for an idea. “My redemption! I know my friends well, they could still bring me back from the coma, but I’ll risk it anyway and go through Snake Way!”“Hmph.” The giant looked at the young man, still perplexed. “You are Goku’s brother… And your track record in your last two years wasn’t so bad…”“And.” Raditz raised a finger. “I wouldn’t be sitting at the coma bench, a reminder of your underlings’ failure!”“Hrmm.” The giant continued to ponder.“And if I just fell to hell from snake road, that’s one less piece of paper work you’ll have to do, right?”The giant smiled deviously. “Right… You’re a clever one, little Saiyan. I’ll let you sneak by due to your good behaviour. But you best behave at King Kai’s or I’ll just throw you to hell directly!”“Yes!” Raditz threw his hand in the air. “Thank you, King Yemma, I’ll speak of your mercy to all my friends.”King Yemma blushed. “Don’t mention it! Praising me won’t get you anything!”Raditz then ran off to the back, passing into the door to Snake Way.
>>6419505>“I dunno, go sit over there or something.” He pointed to a stupidly long bench to the side of the room. “Eventually, you’ll die and I’ll send you to hell.”Holy fucking kek
>>6419407> If they can truly grant most wishesWish all the living Saiyans to one location. Restoring Raditz is cool, maybe Geets can get his eye back also.
>>6419550... we are not prepared for Broly yet lol. Even Super Broly we aren't quite ready if he goes rogue, and given we're Vegeta and Paragus has a hate boner for us still ... not the best plan.I vote that we keep limited use of the balls for now. Honestly we could wish for Planet Vegeta to exist in this solar system to keep close to Earth while also having our homeworld.
>>6419577I'm looking through the wish through vegeta's perspective, whose totally unaware of Broly and has just almost had the entirety of the saiyans he's found die trying to find more.I kinda want see the Vegeta's original immortality wish desire.
>>6419505>“I dunno, go sit over there or something.” He pointed to a stupidly long bench to the side of the room. “Eventually, you’ll die and I’ll send you to hell.”I chuckled, sensibly.
=== A few days later ===As your crew had more days to rest, you decided to have a meeting with the people who woke up. This time in the bridge, wheeling out whoever needed to be sitting in a wheelchair. Rasha was one, as was Ina, Nappa was standing around relatively well and Kakarot too.In the end, everyone gathered except for those who were unconscious, that is Raditz, Kalabash and Kafe.“We’ll be getting back to Earth soon and we have decisions to make.”Ina and Horia still seem relatively confused by the fact that this council of sorts was called. They were likely expecting a more tyrannical hand from you. The rest of your crew just listened intently.Bulma speaks, she was standing beside you as your Queen, facing the rest of your crew by the captain’s chair. “One first thing we have to bear in mind is that this Frieza guy has ways to track power levels.” She says. “You guys told us that the Cold Empire identified the power spikes caused by the entire Saiyan population turning into giant monk-“ She coughs into her hand. “Oozarus.”“Indeed.” Horia says, ignoring the giant monkey part. “It took them only a year to find Planet Vegeta after that.”“Then Vegeta’s a shining beacon, as are many in the crew.” She says. “What I’m proposing is that we keep the power level spikes to a minimum. Including transformations, while at Earth.”“But we have to train!” Nappa raises a hand, irritated at the thought. “We have to get stronger, we’re supposed to fight Frieza at some point.”“You guys are already treating your time at Earth more like vacations. We’re going to be away on mission almost constantly, aren’t we?” Bulma says. “Let’s just treat Earth as a R&R place, we can train on the way to and during our missions.”Calava raises a hand to speak. “What if only uh… King… Vegeta keeps his power level low?” She’s still a bit weirded out by your new position. “His ki looks like a yellow star. If he keeps out of his new transformation, we won’t attract as much attention.”“That would keep Frieza’s hounds at bay for a while.” Horia says. “There’s a lot of places around the galaxy with only a dozen strong warriors. Earth would remain a common sight.”“But it would still be a risk.” Bulma replies, though she seems ever so slightly convinced by the compromise.Everyone looks at you. You thought of the possibility of going to another planet to train, but from your time at Earth you know there’s no good spots nearby. Even if you did find a good spot or trained in your ship in the vicinity of Earth, Frieza’s forces could likely scour the whole area in only a few months. Earth would be the juiciest spot for them to attack in search of the strong power levels… Going any further than Earth’s sector to train might as well be considered a mission in and of itself.>We must maximize our training results. Do not lower your power levels while training at Earth.>I’ll keep out of my Golden Form back at Earth. We’ll all train in our base forms.
>No more training at Earth, we’ll keep it to our trips outside its galactic area.You leave your decision for the end, for now you’ll continue your meeting with your crew.Kakarot steps up to talk. “Alright guys, I think our next and most obvious target is going to Namek. That’s the place where someone could help us out with Raditz.”You hadn’t yet shared the news of the dragon balls with the rest of your crew. Right now, you’re thinking that keeping it to a select few might be the best idea, but you’ll get there when you get there. Everyone nods, rumors quickly spread in a spaceship, everyone already knew this would be your next main objective considering Raditz’ life is on the line.But, of course, you are the King, and you might be able to break expectations with some other plan. >Our main objective will be Namek.>State another main objective (which?)“There’s another thing we gotta look at. We’ll have two or three more ships when we get back to Earth.” Nappa says.Bulma provides further details. “Some of the ships were quite big, but they got torn up during the fighting and were in a poor state as it was. The finalized versions by Capsule Corp. will likely be way smaller than the originals. Good enough for a few dozen people each.”Rasha gives his insight too, backed by his time with the Frieza Force. “Ships give much operational flexibility. We can bring them in for support along with our main ship, giving our crew a way to move around space without depending on the spacebase. They could also go on independent missions of their own.”“I wouldn’t recommend independent missions myself.” Olond says. “Though we are individually powerful, there’s still only 13 of us with some sort of fighting skill. I would recommend operational support for our spacebase.” Rasha nods along with Olond’s statement.Calava raises a slightly ashamed hand. “I know this will sound silly when compared to our other objectives. But I’d still like to be allowed a chance to go visit my father’s grave. Not right now, of course, to me bringing Raditz back is far more important.”You nod.Horia goes next. “Personally, I would like to go search for the former queen.”Ina brings her hands to her waist. “And I’d go with him, along with my children.” Zana and Teha nod along their mother’s words.“My mother? Isn’t she most likely dead?” You ask.“Indeed. This may be a fool’s errand but I wouldn’t mind undertaking it nonetheless.”“No offense, but aren’t you guys basically going in blind?” Nappa says. “Seems like a waste to send a ship wandering around looking for clues.”“I have some points of interest I’d like to head to first. The queen had a few retreats in various planets. If she escaped, she would’ve gone there.” Horia continues. “We might find clues as to her whereabouts, or definite proof of her death.”
You rest your head on your fist. It does seem like a silly plan to just go running after old ghosts, but Horia speaks of your mother as though she was a wise woman. If anything, having her backing you up as King would increase your legitimacy. And if she was truly dead, then that’s simply another possible set of helping hands you’ll have to discard. As for Calava’s plan, you do think it’s a good idea for her to go visit her father’s grave and steel her mind a bit, she’s always had an erratic streak and ironing this out would make her a finer warrior, perhaps a worthy heir to Taliso’s legacy. Still, she’s adamant about coming with you to help heal Raditz, as you’d expect considering they were on the verge of becoming mates. Her trip will have to wait.In any case, expectations are that you’ll just keep the ships as operational support for the spacebase considering your crew is still rather small. >The new ships will provide operational support to the spacebase.>Give one of the new ships to Horia, Ina, Teha and Zana. They will go search for hints of the Queen’s whereabouts.>Write-in.“One more thing.” Bulma says. “We discussed the fact that Goku’s buddies should get back to training and start preparing more people to fight back at Earth.”“Right.” Kakarot says. “I asked them if they were training before leaving and they said they were, but it was hard for them to train and keep a job.”“So, Capsule Corp. is gonna be paying them a salary as defenders of the Earth. Their group will be called the Z-Fighters!” She raises a triumphant hand.“Why Z?” A confused Goku asks Bulma.“It sounds cool.” She says. “And they’re like, the last line of defence, right? So, Z-Fighters.”“I like it.” Rasha says. Olond nods along dubitatively. The rest does not seem willing to comment, considering Bulma is the queen.After a short and awkward silence, Bulma speaks again “Forget the name!” She says. “What’s important is that everyone will start training harder and training others along with them, including the turtle pervert and other masters of martial arts schools.”“Turtle pervert?!” Nappa says with a mocking laugh.“I’m not sure if I want one with such a name to be an ally of King Vegeta.” Horia comments.“It’s Master Roshi, actually.” Kakarot says. “He’s the one that trained me when I was a kid!”“Oh damn.” Nappa gets invested. “Then he must be good at teaching how to train people.”“I guess so.” Kakarot scratches the back of his head, some doubt seeping into his mind. Nappa is rubbing his hands at the thought of perfecting his Saiyan Training Technique.“These are good news.” You say. “But why bring it up in the meeting?”Bulma takes a finger to her chin. “I guess I’d like to know if you want to get involved directly with this stuff. At least meet and speak to them or something. You want them on your side, don’t you?”
Kakarot raises a hand. “I can take care of the little details, but the guys would be happy to know you’re actually nice and not gonna blow up Earth anytime soon!”>Fine, we’ll meet them when we reach Earth.>Delegate the Z-Fighters to Kakarot, you have other matters to attend to.>Write-in.
Pic of who's here.
>>6419833>No more training at Earth, we’ll keep it to our trips outside its galactic area.>PLUS write-in "We will be investing in the construction of a training ground, a structure, which is able to conceal the power levels of those within. Our training may be stalled somewhat between now and then, but discretion is of the essence at this juncture. Right now we are becoming powerful enough to draw their attention, but are still too weak to defend ourselves and our home from their best fighters. We can slow our ascent in the interest of long term success, and redouble our training when we have built this training ground to make up for some of the lost time." And>Our main objective will be Namek.
>>6419834>The new ships will provide operational support to the spacebaseWe'll keep playing it close to the chest, we barely made it out of that last scrape and we still have fighters out of commission. >Fine, we’ll meet them when we reach Earth.
>>6419838Agreed.Additionally> Have Bulma start plans to make a stealth field where it can scramble and hide power levels within. So that we can train discretely in the future.>Give one of the new ships to Horia, Ina, Teha and Zana. They will go search for hints of the Queen’s whereabouts.>Fine, we’ll meet them when we reach Earth.I also wanna learn earthling techniques
>>6419851>qZY5kGcqSupport
>>6419838>>6419839+1Goku no mention hyperbolic lion tamer
>>6419838>>6419839Supporting
>>6419838>>6419839>>6419999>>6420047Locked in to these picks.Write-ins:>Stealth training grounds.
“Alright, I’ve made my decisions.” You get up from the captain’s chair. “As per the queen’s wish, we will no longer train at Earth.” Disappointment draws itself on Nappa’s face. “But.” You look to Bulma, who looks back at you, curious. “I would ask Capsule Corp. to invest into some sort of training grounds or structure that may hide our power levels.”She rubs her chin. “Hmmm. Sounds impossible, but impossible is the Brief family’s middle name!”You then look to Nappa. “Our training may be stalled somewhat between now and then, but discretion is of the essence at this juncture. Right now, we are becoming powerful enough to draw their attention, but are still too weak to defend ourselves and our home from their best fighters.”He nods at your words, as do the rest of the Saiyans who have great interest in increasing their power.“We can slow our ascent in the interest of long term success, and redouble our training when we have built this training ground to make up for some of the lost time." You swipe a hand to a side. “This is my decision.”Everyone takes a fist to their chests, except for Bulma and Kakarot. “Yes, King Vegeta.” Ina’s words sound a little less convinced than the rest.“As for our next objective.” You say. “We will go to Namek and find a way to heal Raditz. The ships Turles built up back at Earth will be used as operational support, we barely made it out of Lagat as it is, I’d rather not risk any of my warriors dying because the rest wasn’t around to help.”Everyone nods. Horia does so dutifully, not showing any discontent with your decision.“As for these so-called Z-Fighters.” You say, looking at Bulma and Kakarot. “I will meet them when we reach Earth. I pressured you into asking them to train, so it’s only fair that I speak to them myself.”A happy smile appears on Kakarot’s face. “They’ll be real happy to see you!” He says. “Probably.” He mutters.“This concludes this meeting. Get back to your duties.” You wave a hand and the people in the bridge start streaming out through the door.Ina remains behind. Bulma sees it, but you wave for her to leave. It seems the Saiyan wants to speak to you privately. The last of your warriors leaves the bridge.“My mate is not waking up.” She crosses her arms.“Kafe? Have you asked Bulma?”“According to the queen, the man’s in a coma too. She said he might wake up on his own, but I have little hope of that. He’s been out for 7 years just like me.”“We will find a way to heal him in Namek.” You say. “Whatever will help Raditz will likely help him too.”“Very well.” Ina says, she maintains a stoic composure. A woman of few words, as one would expect of an experienced Saiyan. “Zana’s scared of him because of all that happened. She can’t bear to watch him even while he’s asleep. She’s constantly nervous and alert because she knows he’s in the ship.”“And what would you do about this?”
“Keep his body back at this ‘Earth’ place so she doesn’t have to see him. I don’t want this to affect our missions. We’ll heal him when we come back.” Ina says. “I’m afraid the method we’ll use might make him wake up instantly, even at long distances. Would him waking up at Earth pose a threat to the planet? He is a Saiyan after all, and unaware of our new methods.” You say.“The queen told me you have a clinic in some sort of Saiyan settlement, isolated from most human populations. We’ll leave him there, post some earthling guards, and I’ll leave him a written note.”“Why risk it? We could simply leave Zana back at Earth. If she needs company, either you or Teha could stay with her.”“No. We are Saiyans.” Ina’s tone grows a little more impatient. “We must fight, face danger. That’s the only way for us to grow. We grew too complacent back at Lagat.”“Considering Earth’s safety may be at risk, it is my decision to make.” You look at her straight in the eye, challenging her Saiyan pride. “Will you respect my decision?”Her fingers dig into her arms in frustration. “Yes. I owe you.”You take a moment to ponder your decision. Even if Kafe did try to make a mess back at Earth, you’re sure the Z-Fighters could take him down if they made a concerted effort. But, he’d likely cause some damage anyway. Zana will obey her mother, so leaving her at Earth would cause little risk. She’ll need someone to watch over her though, the young woman’s unstable. Her brother, her mother or Horia would be the best bets.>Ina’s plan. Kafe’s body will remain back at Earth.>Your plan. Zana will remain back at Earth with a companion to watch over her.>Write-in.= WARNING! =Last update before we reach Earth! If you'd like to do something else or interact with someone before we arrive at the planet and get to dealing with all the stuff we have to deal with over there, tell me now!
>>6420205>Your plan. Zana will remain back at Earth with a companion to watch over her.Ok Ina, if she isn't 'strong' and 'Saiyan' enough to operate around her comatose father, she can go back to Earth and chill. We need to be around when Kafe wakes up.
>>6420205>Your plan.
>>6420205>Your plan. Zana will remain back at Earth with a companion to watch over her.
>>6420205>>Your plan. Zana will remain back at Earth with a companion to watch over her.Considering all they have been through, a little rest and relaxation might do her and her brother some good.
