For planar_crossroads

[returnmyrice]

[1]

[You appear to be struggling with something. Perhaps your guild asked you to do something special, or you're trying to set up for the guild fair. Or perhaps something else. Anyway, all of a sudden, some kid in a purple gi and with spiky black hair descends from the sky above.]

Hey there! Would you like some help?


[2]



[The library! It's big, innit? Well, this kid here is able to maneuver well enough to get around quickly. As for directions, though...]

Um, excuse me! Could you tell me where the exit is?


[3]



[You and Gohan are good friends. Right now, you're feeling down. Gohan notices, and plops into the empty seat beside you.]

Hey, you look down. Is everything OK?


[4]



[Uh-oh. Someone, whether it was you or someone else, has just angered Gohan. For some reason, his normally-black hair has turned gold, his black eyes have turned teal, and a golden aura now surrounds him.



...Or maybe that's just not enough. In which case, Gohan is now at full power.]

You disgusting creep... I'll make sure you can't do that ever again! This is going to end now!

Comments

[returnmyrice]

Um...not exactly? I just knew what I was looking for, so I hunted down the section. I was going a little too fast to catch any signs or anything.

[hegemonstratos]

You were going too fast to see anything? In a library?

[returnmyrice]

Um...yeah. There was room to fly, and in a library this huge, I did.

[hegemonstratos]

[Einhard just shakes her head at that.]

It might be a good idea to avoid doing that in the future.

[returnmyrice]

But with how big the library is, it might take all day to find something otherwise...!

[hegemonstratos]

Did you try asking one of the librarians for directions?

[returnmyrice]

Um, I...haven't seen any around.

[He's been managing to not find the reference desks.]

[hegemonstratos]

[Einhard managed to not sigh at that. Somehow.]

There's a few of them over that way.

[Pointing in the complete opposite direction of the exit now.]

[returnmyrice]

Oh, okay. Well, I'm on my way out, anyway.

[hegemonstratos]

[Einhard nods, and wasn't about to say anything else... though her curiosity got the better of her.]

What were you coming in here to find?

[returnmyrice]

Oh, I was looking for books about styles of martial arts unique to other worlds. I want to see if there's anything I can add to the way I fight.

[hegemonstratos]

You're a martial artist?

[That wasn't what she was expecting, but it did make a bit of sense.]

How long have you been training for?

[returnmyrice]

Yep! Just about all my life. I started when I was four.

[hegemonstratos]

[And people thought she started early.]

I've been training for a while myself, but I didn't start that early.

[returnmyrice]

It was an emergency situation. There were two really strong, evil men coming to Earth, and I got training because I had talent.

[hegemonstratos]

[Blink. Stare.]

You were... trained to fight, in actual combat, when you were four years old?

[returnmyrice]

Like I said, it was an emergency.

...Also, I'm half Saiyan. So fighting is kind of in the blood.

[hegemonstratos]

That really shouldn't matter, you were four years old. What could you do?

[She blinks at that last part.]

... What exactly is a Saiyan?

[returnmyrice]

Less than I should have, but I still helped when they arrived.

Oh, the Saiyans were a race of people from another planet. They were famous for being eager to fight and good at it.

[hegemonstratos]

... You were four. How much help could anyone expect you to be?

[returnmyrice]

Piccolo was counting on my hidden powers to work. And I went toe-to-toe with the stronger of the two attackers for a while.

[hegemonstratos]

[...How are you not dead?]

I see.

[Really, what else could she say to that?]

[returnmyrice]

...Are you sure? You seem kind of...startled?

[hegemonstratos]

... What am I really supposed to say after hearing about this?

[returnmyrice]

Um...I don't know. It just looks like you're having trouble swallowing it.