>>5367066You give King Kai a look, and the conversation ends. “Well, that was nice. Got anyone else you need to talk to?”
Hrmn. Could be mom and dad, or Pantea, but… one comes to mind. “Think you can get me in contact with Fu?”
He smiles nervously. “I… can try. Gimme a moment.” King Kai’s antenna move around for a bit, finally locating him.
“Hello Fu.”
‘Oho! Gohan! And hello King Kai!’ he greets, causing King Kai to mumble nervously. ‘To what do I owe the occasion?’
“Fu. I have something I need to ask you, and I want your most sincere and honest answer. The implications of this situation have potentially heavens-shaking consequences, so I need to know you're being straight with me, and not answering to further the goals of anyone else or serving any sneaky schemes, okay?”
‘I’m listening.’ he says nonchalantly.
Your brow furrows. “Fu, I mean it. Give me an honest answer here.”
‘Fine, fine. I’ll answer as honestly as possible.’
“You mean it?” Need to be absolutely sure.
‘On my honor as a scientist!’ he declares.
…Good enough. “Good. Fu. Can you shred some rock and roll?”
You at first hear a squeal of excitement. But then it dies down. And… his tone becomes much more honest. ‘You want me to join you in in some cool rock band, yeah? …Sigh. I can’t lie to you about this, Gohan. As fun as it’d be, I can’t do this. …Well, at least not currently. Got the Promised Day to help out with, got my mission here, got DOZENS of projects I want to work on, then there’s gramps and- OW OW OW OW! Basilea! Come on! I wasn’t spilling any secrets, jeeze! Let go of my ear, that’s annoying!’
You stifle a chuckle. “Okay, so that’s a no.”
‘I meeeaaaan, it’s not something I can join in on YET. Maybe after things have… settled down, y’know?’
>A. So, when might that be?>B. Hi Basilea. I heard about what you were gonna wish for>C. Can you at least promise to not mess around with the Dragon Balls tomorrow?>D. Something else?