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

[hegemonstratos]

There's no way anyone could have enough magical power to do that!

[returnmyrice]

But I'm not talking about magic. I'm talking about energy.

[hegemonstratos]

... That you shoot out of your hands.

[returnmyrice]

Um, yeah. The martial arts I learned are all about learning to control the flow of your body's energy.

[hegemonstratos]

... But you're claiming it's not magic?

[returnmyrice]

It's not. Magic is totally different. Magic does things like show the future and teleport people thousands of light-years in an instant.

[hegemonstratos]

... I've never heard of any magic that predict the future in any explicit way.

[returnmyrice]

It's like fortune-telling. There's an old witch who can peer into what the future will probably hold in a crystal ball, or watch something taking place on the other side of the world.

[hegemonstratos]

From what I've heard, things like that are vague to the point of barely being useful.

[returnmyrice]

Not Fortune Teller Baba, from what Dad's told me about her. In fact, she's so in demand that the only people who can get readings are either the wealthy or people strong enough to beat her five champions.

[hegemonstratos]

[Einhard's just going to stare. Again. At least before shaking her head.]

Still, that's not all there is of magic...

[returnmyrice]

I know. I just thought of the first two examples of magic from my world I could think of.

[hegemonstratos]

And yet what you claim to do isn't part of it?

[returnmyrice]

Nope. It's part of training the body.

[hegemonstratos]

[Einhard just shook her head. How could different worlds here be so different when the different worlds she was used to were all similar.]

That... doesn't make much sense to me at all. That there's a difference, I mean.

[returnmyrice]

Well, I can take you to my world and show you some time. Does that sound good?

[hegemonstratos]

I guess so...

[She blinked for a moment, before nodding.]

My name's Einhard Stratos. What's yours?

[returnmyrice]

I'm Gohan. It's nice to meet you.

[hegemonstratos]

It's... nice to meet you too.

[Even if it was a bit weird, to say the least.]

[returnmyrice]

Okay, I should get going. Thanks!

[hegemonstratos]

You're... you're welcome.