>>5300695“Thank goodness I found you. I was so worried, when I first got here an alarm just started blaring!” she explains, letting go of you and wrapping her arms around herself. As she does, you realize just how close you two are standing in this enclosed space, and can't help but feel your heart skip a beat. “Then I heard the alarm was a self-destruct, and thought I got sent here just to die. But then it stopped, and I saw you and Aqua walking this way.”
“Better you found me before any of Freeza's men.” you agree. “They just had two traitors get exposed. But how in the hell did you get here? We're in the middle of space, God knows how far away from your planet. And, more importantly, WHY ARE YOU HERE?”
The last bit you ask in a seething whisper, all this stress isn't good for your recently-deceased heart. If you have a heart attack, can Aqua even revive you from that? Or is her ability like the Dragonballs you're after, and can't resurrect someone who died of 'natural causes'? Something you should make a point of asking her later.
“The goddess Eris came to me in a vision, and told me she had a special mission that only I could complete.” she replies proudly, puffing out her board of a chest. “She told me that you will be visiting another world where a stolen divine relic resides, and she wants me to get it back for her.”
“The Namekians stole a divine relic from a god?” you ask, genuinely surprised. They all seemed like pacifists, except for the warriors Piccolo and Nail. You never would have thought them capable of doing such a thing.
“No no, I'm leaving before you ever get to that planet.” she replies, and you feel your heart sink into your toes as she continues. “Before you all go to Namek, Freeza is visiting another planet first. Where his-”
“ABSOLU-!!” you'd started shouting, Chris slapping her hand over your mouth to silence your sudden outburst. But there's no way in hell you're going along with that, not even enough to hear out that sentence.
“SHHH! Keep it down!” she scolds in a whisper, but you're not having it. And instead of trying to talk, you instead use your recently-acquired telepathy to continue 'talking' to her without opening your mouth.
“No way. Absolutely not. There is no way in hell I'm going to steal something from King Cold!” you inform her, calmly and rationally and totally not freaking out at the thought. “I will NOT do anything to antagonize him, under any circumstances! I want to live a long, happy life, not one of absolute suffering and torture. Count me out, you'll have to find someone else.”
“But Eris told me that you had already agreed to help out.” Chris pouts, grabbing you by the upper arms and pulling herself close to you. “C'mon, you're the only one out here I can rely on. Don't tell me you're not going to help a damsel in distress?”
