>>5532809“You’re just mad you didn’t think of it first.” you tell her with the smuggest grin you can manage. Because you’re right. She is.
“You ARE going to pay for that.” Oh she soooo is.
“Hey, come on, meme aside the chord progression totally fits your transformation! Sped up, it has just the right amount of energy to really get you pumped up. And besides, references like that are a musical tradition. Pieces, sneaky influences, obvious covers, what matters is the end result, not how silly the original is.” You give a bit of a righteous indignation with that. It DID have the intended effect.
She crosses her arms and grumbles. “Fine. It worked.”
“More to the point, this high-energy Royal Road seems like it had a restorative effect on you in addition to the energy boost. Maybe we can get other effects out of different keys and tones? Perhaps movements and poses can bring it out too.”
“Potentially, but let’s try to take this one step at a time.” She taps her chin, the glances over to Pantea. “Sooo, partner! Wanna be part of that? Testing some other effects?”
“I… guess?” she hesitates.
“Good, good. Okay, Gohan, let’s hear some music. What do you propose?”
>A. Same song, but something with a more… electronic beat to it>B. Perhaps something more upbeat and joyful, yet fits her better>C. Hmm… who not something slightly more foreboding, like she’s facing down a powerful game boss>D. Well… you’ve got a certain game on your mind, you can sample from that!>E. You could keep with the Royal Road, but change it up. Something more… solid, strong, bulletproof, wouldn’t fall, titanium, even…>F. Something else?Write-ins encouraged!