>>5456841“Now, just to be on the safe side, we ask that you all rely on two things: your vehicles, and your teamwork in using the items spread around the course! Whiiiich means, no outside tricks this time, like, say… spreading an ice sheet across the track, either ahead of you or especially behind you.” You give Izzy a pointed look. She just smugly smirks. “Now, what items will those be? Well, there are boosts, flying turtle shells, and most importantly of all THE GLITTER GOATS!~”
Izzy’s smug look slowly vanishes as you conjure one up. It floats forward and after a moment, you have Minotia pop it from afar. The glitter inside is thankfully much larger particles (a request from Dream Land staff), but it’s still enough to be annoying. “I have it on good authority that those goats could cause some real problems.” Minotia comments with a grin. “So you better use your items carefully!”
“Contestants, get your karts ready!” Cocoa calls out, and everyone start to move towards the karts, Minotia handing out the magnetic grapples.
But you also make sure to check in with a couple people before this gets started. Namely… ‘Sala, Hado, it’s Peppa. Communicating telepathically at the moment. You two okay? Anything going on?’
Sala glances back at you, then at Hado. They nod and get into the karts, Hado opting to handle items for Erasa while Sala decides to be driver for Zarid. Hado then replies to you, ‘Our associate Jaki noticed something unusual just a bit ago. Wasn’t anyone we know of. The brief appearance of some… person with blue hair in a kind of armor? Vanished the moment he was aware of ‘em.’
That’s… different. Blue hair and armor? There are a number of folks that could fit that description. That’s when you get contacted by someone different, new. A stern voice, vaguely reminding you of Piccolo’s, but with a different tone. ‘I have been requested to share what I have seen to you, Son Peppa.’
‘Jaki, I presume?’
‘Correct.’ You get the image in your head of a man, older than Hado or Sala, in a blue outfit with gold trimmings. Long, silver-ish hair, a flowing cape, and wearing what looks like the combination of a mage’s outfit and some kind of soldier’s tunic. You also notice he has some cool goggles atop his head. Nice. ‘If you contacted them, you must be expecting something.’
Straight to business huh? ‘Not so much expecting as just staying on the lookout for certain troublemakers. Also neat trick, usually don’t try to project an image in someone’s mind with telepathy.’
‘I’m doing so to prep you for what I am about to send.’
Another image appears in your mind, of a person with spiky blue hair that’s mostly pointed upwards, wearing a kind of odd armor. Black in color with an emerald cloak flowing down from it. You… have no idea who this might be. It’s no one you actually RECOGNIZE but… ‘What was this guy doing?’
(cont.)
