>>5664300Okay, you know what you’re gonna do next. Team meeting! You get in touch with Piccolo and Basilea, and tell them to head to Fortuneteller Baba’s Palace, next getting your gang to head there too. Piccolo is actually the first there, with you arriving shortly after after getting some help setting up some scouting drones with Capsule Corp. You take a moment to first check up on the snow grub… fragmented god thing, and it seems to still be doing okay. It coos at you cheerfully, reaching up with its grubby little face. Kinda hard to believe this thing was ever part of an ancient force of evil and destruction and whatever… but then again, Bucket Demon was Majin Ozotto, and you’ve seen Majin Buu as a nice lil’ guy himself, rather than the chaotic monster he supposedly was.
The Shapeless on the other hand stays quiet, taking notice of you and Piccolo, even producing a number of bubbling eyes to glare at Piccolo directly, but otherwise not responding to anything asked of it. “It is sealed in there quite well.” Baba notes, floating beside you. “It would take considerable outside effort to get it free, and much moreso inside effort. Neither of my Monster groups have been able to get much out of it, but that is probably for the best.”
“Probably.” you agree. “We can try talking whenever you’re ready. Otherwise, you can stay in there.” Aaaaand nothing. Okay, be that way.
Not long after you check up on them, Basilea and her goo girl pals, and finally Cheelai on Icarus and the Para Para bros. flying over. You share most of what you’ve learned from your chat with Jaki, Piccolo nodding once you’re finished. “I had a hunch there was more going on with them than he was trying to let on. Still, he was willing to share that much, so we can thank him for that.”
“Why does this planet have so many cursed, ancient, esoteric crap on it? How far back does it go…?” Cheelai asks no one in particular.
“You’d be surprised.” Basilea answers without actually answering.
“I figure it’d be smart to send in some ROVs or Drones or something, and since we’re headed here…” You bring out the map again and point out the rumored site of the ruins. “Should be getting something relatively soon. Cheelai, get your Scouter to this frequency…”
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