>>5377436“So, try some combo moves next. Buu, you can be Onox, the strong one.”
He pumps his arms in the air. “Buu strong!”
You give him a double thumb’s up, then turn to your taller friend. “Pantea, you’re the smart one, so think up some of Zelda’s moves.”
“Right.” she says with a nod.
“And this means I’m… Linkle?” Wait. Crap, did you think this through? …No, no, that fits best. “Yeah, I’ll play the role of Linkle.”
Pantea giggles a bit. “Well then, oh Hero of Courage, oh Hero of Beasts, what skills shall we focus on?” she intones in a way very similar to how Queen Zelda’s dialogue had been written.
First up is you and Buu. Both of you leap up and kick down at a training dummy. At first it’s a little awkward due to the Majin’s smaller frame, but Buu rectifies that by just stretching his leg out a bit to match you, and it connects! Yes! Perfect! You and Pantea try it next, with you knocking a target forward and her snapping her fingers to create an explosion where it lands… and that doesn’t go quite as well. You overshoot knocking the dummy away and that causes her to miss. You try it again, with her snapping her fingers quicker, and while the target does get hit by the explosion, it also nearly singes you. You fall back on your butt, and awkwardly landing on your tail first. “Ow!”
“Oof, you okay Gohan?” Pantea questions as she moves over to you.
Getting off your tail, you rub it gently, then nod, noticing a strange smell. “Yeah, yeah, just gotta… work on that timing.”
“Also the collateral.” a voice calls out to you both. The three of you turn to see Yamcha in his baseball uniform… and just not realize he’s been watching you the whole time. Wait what was that about collateral? …Seemingly knowing what you were asking in your head without even reading your mind, Yamcha points a bit forward. Where there is some singed grass… and currently BURNING grass.
“Crap!” you swear, you and Pantea leaping up and stomping it out.
Yamcha laughs a bit. “Haha, well, good to see things are back to normal for ya, Gohan. Even if I still need to remind a certain daughter of mine about setting things on fire.”
“Hey, this one was completely accidental!” Pantea protests. “…And not related to science projects this time.” she adds in a lower voice. And then in an even lower and quieter voice, adds, “…Or game testing.”
>A. Hey Yamcha! Sorry about that, we just had a bunch of ideas we wanted to test out>B. Wait what was that about game testing?>C. Did you want to join us, sir?>D. Something else?Sorry about the delay again, but things settled now. We might wrap the thread up tonight depending on how things go.
