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Character: Bulma Briefs
Fandom: I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE BALLZ
Player Name: Mozart

[There is now a very wet, very confused woman sitting on the fountain staring down at the SFC in her hands.

What happened? Bulma was just talking to Krillin about who had to tell Chichi that Goku was dead and Gohan was now under Piccolo's "care" (hint: Krillin lost that game). Now she was...in a city? Under the ocean?

...Holding a device that piqued her curiosity but she had no tools to take it apart at the moment???]

Ughhh...what is this? Where is everyone? Did they just ditch me somewhere? [She scowls and pockets the SFC before snatching a towel being held out to her by a greeter and drying off her hair with it (or trying to).] Those jerks, how dare they! Leaving me alone in a weird place, without a blow-dryer?! This isn't the time to be messing around and playing games!

[That towel is now handed back to the greeter with a grumbled "thanks" as she stands and calls ~~bellows~~ ~~screams~~ ~~cries~~ out for anyone familiar.]

Krillin! Master Roshi! ...OOLONG! This isn't funny, stop hiding!!

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[Vegeta's on his way home from grabbing lunch when he hears Bulma's shrieking. His tail fluffs up in irritation at the high-pitched noise as he barks back at her.]

Be quiet!

[.................Tail.

Tail.

TAIL.

SORRY, NOT QUIET, SCREAMING LOUDER AND RETREATING NOW.

.......Backwards. Into the fountain. Yes, obviously the best hiding place.]

OH MY GOD--you're not supposed to be here yet! You're not supposed to be here yet!!!

[Her reaction almost makes him laugh - almost. That's how he should be treated! Finally, someone's doing it right.]

What are you going on about, woman? I've been here for months now. You're the one who has arrived somewhere, not me.

[Yes--good--the fountain's statue will protect her.]

D-don't you lie to me, you nasty alien! Goku's horrible brother said you'd be coming to Earth to kill us!

This isn't Earth.

[Vegeta gestures up at the dome.]

Unless Earth has suddenly become advanced enough to have underwater cities? You're all primitive little things, so I doubt that's the case.

Primitive?! How dare you even say that to a scientist! Just because you're a xenocidal monkey alien doesn't mean you get to be RUDE.

[Crossing arms mode is a go.]

I'm sure there are! I just haven't seen one firsthand! But...if this isn't Earth, what is it? Don't tell me I got abducted...

What did you call me?

[He bristles dangerously, but still answers her question.]

This place is called Vatheon. You've been abducted, congratulations. Try to not scream too loudly, you'll alert our captors and who knows what they'll do to you...

[Heh heh heh]

MONKEY.

M-O-N-K-E-Y.

[Hahaha...oh fuck, she's dead, where is help when you need it?]

So you can't even defend YOURSELF from being captured? H-hahahaha, what a joke!

Shall I introduce you to one of Vatheon's more entertaining features? If you die here, you'll come back five days later. I can give you a demonstration.

[And he's going to if she doesn't go back to being submissive, don't think for a moment that he won't. He's died here, he doesn't fear it anymore.]

Do it and you'll regret it. G-Goku would make you pay.

[Abnormalities of resurrection without any dragon balls aside, anyway. She could get an explanation about that from someone less insane later.

Nonetheless, Bulma shrinks back behind the statue again.]

Just go away!

Heh. If I leave are you going to start wailing for help again? There's no point, no "Goku" is here. See for yourself.

[Vegeta takes out his SFC, a regal blue color.]

You should have one of these. If you really are a "scientist" you can figure out how to use it and get your facts about this place straight.

If I start wailing again would it make you leave faster?

[If he really has a communicator like that, though...maybe he isn't being completely untruthful about what's going on. She doesn't trust him, no way, but it'd be practical to take a peek at who's here in any case...]

[Now she's muttering to herself as she scrolls through it.] Directory, okay, Goku...Goku...[SIGH, nope he's not here, but--] well there's Gohan, I guess he got away from Piccolo...Krillin's not here though...maybe Tien is, or Yamcha hopefully--

[K...L...M...god this thing scrolled slowly, she'd have to fix that up.]

[........T?

Tien isn't listed, but another name catches her eye.]

Trunks Briefs? Who the heck is Trunks Briefs? There's nobody in my family with that name!

[...Was the alien still there? She wasn't sure, so she guesses she raised her voice a little, whatever.]

[What? Oh no. Oh no. Now that she mentioned it, that smell... It can't be. This can't be the human he ends up with!]

...Briefs is your family name?!

Well you don't have to react like that, my family name happens to be a pretty big deal back on Earth! Ugh, aliens.

[Vegeta walks forward and sniffs Bulma. When he steps back, he looks absolutely dumbfounded. Yes, this woman was a relative of Trunks at the very least. But she couldn't be the one, could she? She was screechy and annoying and she had screamed at him like a coward and...

He just stares.]

[...Whaaat the heck is he doing now? Did he just smell her? What a creepy creep. But he seemed to have dropped the annoying smug asshole persona??]

Geez, if I'd known that just telling you my name would have shut you up...I guess it's more powerful than I thought. [That's clearly the problem.

The staring is getting awkward, though.]

Hey, freako, pick your jaw up off the ground and scram, would you? I need to get in touch with Gohan.

[And that's when Vegeta actually proceeds to close his mouth and walk away, just as directed.

What the fuck.]

[...Snort, he actually listened to her?]

Byeeee, spaceman~!

[Space...man?! Vegeta gapes at her before flying away at top speed. NO.]

[Don't mind me, just walkin' through the plaza with a basket of flower deliveries for Aya, derp derp.

...that's a familiar ki signature.

...that's a familiar voice.

Trunks' eyes go wide and he just barely keeps himself from dropping the basket in his hand. MOM?!]

[Is that a logo she recognizes? It might be a logo she recognizes.

Not a person she recognizes, though. He seems young, too, is he some intern? Maybe a delivery boy, he is carrying a basket.

...Why is he looking this way??]

Hey there...do you work for us? I don't remember dad installing an aquarium, so this isn't Capsule Corp. What's going on here?

[It totally is a logo she recognizes.

Oh god here we go again--deja vu. At least if he slips up and says something--or someone else does, which seems likely considering Vegeta knows exactly who he is--it won't impact the timeline at home. This is such a headache.]

Ah, no, not really...

[Sigh. Life is suffering. Time to put on his stepford smiler face.]

This is a city called Vatheon. It's not on Earth, we've all been pulled here. What's the last thing you remember?

[How much does he have to tell you about/avoid mentioning?]

[SIGH, oh well, probably a fan or something. Yet he seems to recognize her anyway? Not exactly in the "saw her on TV" way either...curious.]

My friend Goku got killed during a fight with his psycho brother and his son was abducted by a green demon. I was deciding what was happening next with who should tell his wife, but then I was here.

[Thinking...should she say this part?]

Also there are two more psycho aliens coming to kill us. [Better he knows now than later!]

[DAMMIT HE IS JUST NOT SNEAKY ENOUGH FOR THIS SHIT.]

Wow, that was...

[A long time ago. Huh. WHAT IS IT WITH BOTH HIS PARENTS BEING RIDICULOUSLY YOUNG?]

...anyway. Ah, Gohan is here as well, and...

Vegeta is here too, but he won't touch you if he knows what's good for him.

[Because seriously Gohan already killed him once and Trunks couldn't promise that he wouldn't follow suit if he tried something with Bulma. It'd be horrible, but he'd do it.]

[WOMAN'S INTUITION, BOY, SUCK IT.]

So...

[But this isn't really answering any questions either!!]

Gohan's okay, that's good. But, uh...who's Vegeta?

[Mother knows best? Even if she doesn't know she's mom. :D]

...I thought you might know his name. He's a Saiyan. One of the 'psycho aliens'.

[HE'S JUST MISUNDERSTOOOOOOOOD.]

He's HERE?!

[GOD NO, THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING, NOOOOOOOOOOO--]

But it hasn't--we were supposed to--ugh, no, this is AWFUL! What do you mean he won't touch me, OF COURSE HE WILL! The last one said upfront that they revel in destroying things!!

Gohan is stronger than him, and so am I. If it comes to it, there won't be a problem.

[Seriously if Vegeta wants to be on the wrong end of a double Super Saiyan beatdown he might try something.]

He hasn't been that bad. See...we're all from different timelines. Gohan and I are both from the future--that's why I asked you what the last thing you remembered was. Gohan's 23 now.

[If he remembers right, that mess with the Saiyans coming to Earth...he was only about 5.]

Vegeta's from the past, from both of our perspectives.

[...Timelines.

Time travel.

Time travel isn't even possible yet! ~~Well maybe it'd be a neat thing to work on but~~ The kid is on their team?

...Did their team even exist anymore in this hypothetical future???]

Ah...ah... [And Gohan's an adult now...she didn't even get to bond much with him as a five year old, now she has to see him as an adult? Feeling so old...]

...This is nuts. Who are you?

[Well in Trunks and Gohan's particular hypothetical future...no, no it doesn't. He's working on that though!]

Yeah, it gets...a little confusing.

[Trunks ducks his head, looking awkward and uncomfortable.]

My name is Trunks.

[Not even going there with the last name, though he hasn't quite placed that it's available for anyone to see on the contacts list. 8|]

[To Bulma it just looks like he's shy, which is a very adorable trait in a kid. Or a person in general. Whichever works. It doesn't help the weird affinity feelings.]

Trunks...that's a cute name, it's suitable~

[She giggles as she says that, even if she realizes she's still talking to a kid from the future. She could ask him all sorts of things!]

How old are you, Trunks? Aren't you worried about your parents noticing you're gone?

[Well...he is. Shy, that is.

This is so awkward for him you don't even know.]

I'm 17. As for my parents...

[They're both here I MEAN...]

Well, from what I understand, no time passes between when we're brought here and when we're sent back.

Hmmm...I guess it's no stranger than anything else I've been up against before. [But she had Goku at the time and now there's two kids and a psycho alien that's also a kid probably. Little lonely.]

Heh-heh, it's good to get away from your parents once in a while! You could consider this a vacation, I guess! Is there anything specific I should know about Vatheon?

[IT'S NO VACATION AT ALL. AT. ALL..]

Ah, well, everyone is pulled here from different times and worlds by that coral over there.

[He's pointing it out. So helpful, though really there's only one giant coral in sight and she's probably smart enough to pick it out.]

Every so often you have to touch it to restore your energy, and it heals you as well. There's a tattoo on your body somewhere as well, and if you show it at the shops, most things are free.

[Eeeeeeeeugh. Spine simultaneously stiffening and cringing.

He knows that screaming. Or crying. W/e. But he follows it.]

No one's hiding! Promise.

[Where would she get that idea, really... and...

He does not recognize that haircut.]

Bulma?

[That sure is a guy that looks really familiar.

Also really cute, too, but the familiarity is bothering her more at the moment.]

Goku?

[Once she says it, even as a mutter, she realizes it can't be possible. He doesn't sound like Goku at all, and his hair...well, his hair is decidedly tamer than her friend's.]

I know you. I know I know you, I've got to have met you before, it's on the tip of my tongue.

You have.

[God why is she looking at him. Being looked at is weird.]

I'm Goku's son. It's me, Gohan.

[Pleeease don't notice the missing arm, we're going to turn a little away now.]

[Did you say turn away?

Because to her that means "run up and hug now."]

Gohan! What happened? You--you're so tall now!

I grew? About... well, how big did you think I was?

[Just. Is hugged. Not drawing attention to the two limbs he's lost since you last saw him-- i.e., tail and arm.]

[Luckily Bulma generally does those quick half-assed hugs as a greeting, so she only vaguely notes that something feels a little off about one side of him before answering his question.]

Uhm...pretty small last time I saw you...you were five and we had just met. Then your caveman uncle had to come along and break up the party. Then after that Piccolo carried you off.

[This was all very dramatic at the time.]

Where is everyone, Gohan? What's going on?

[Oh wow.]

It's been... nearly twenty years since then. Not quite. But close. If it makes you feel better, we have gotten to be friends in that time.

[Obviously. You're like his cool big sister, even without making him cool costume changing device watches.]

I think... uh, as for everyone... I think I'm the only person here. Um, that you know.

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