Sure enough, there it was. Your scouter. In nearly perfect condition too! You don't know how it managed to survive such a fight, but you just supposed that it must be a feature of it being Tuffle technology. The thing is built to last, after all. They weren't cheap to create and they weren't easy to fix at all. Of course, it could be easily broken if you just crushed it yourself, but why would you do that? It's a useful piece of equipment, and you'd have to be a complete idiot to take out your frustrations about an enemy having a high battle power on the device itself... which of course, you'd heard about a few squads of Saiyans doing. It was an incredibly primitive and idiotic thing to do, and was the reason that only Squad Leaders were allowed their own Scouters now.

Fitting your Scouter to your face, you flew back out of the pit and landed next to Crono, Ayla, Marle and Lucca. "Alright, I found it. Let's get going." You were kind of relying on Crono's group to be able to lead you to the Time Rift, it was quite obvious that nobody else in your squad had found themselves in this era, and with any luck you'd be able to find them in the other eras you visit with these time travelers.

It was a relatively quick journey to the time rift, and... it was actually in the exact same place where you woke up after the crash, though it was high up in the sky. It would normally require a leap of faith off of a cliff in order to go through it... not that any of them were weak enough that such a fall would be deadly at all, but just as you were about to offer to fly them up to the rift, Ayla suddenly looked as if she remembered something.

"Oh! Ayla can't go yet!" She shook her head. "Ayla have to make sure Ioka ok!" She must've been worried about her tribe, that's understandable. "Reptite angry. Ioka need Ayla to help protect!" She crossed her arms. "Come back for Ayla when safe, OK?" Looks like your group just lost a member. Kind of a shame, but you couldn't really argue with her about this.

"OK, Ayla. We'll come back. Don't worry!" Lucca smiled at the woman, and the group quickly came to a consensus to come back and get Ayla in a day or so. You still didn't get how their method of time traveling even worked. Was time flowing everywhere at the same time? Did that even make sense? Your head hurt.

"So we just need to fly through that glowing blue rift?" You pointed upwards at the time-space anomaly, it was kind of... small.

"Right! So long as somebody has the Gate Key, it'll become large enough and safe enough for all of us to travel through!" Lucca looked like self-satisfied as she looked at the key.

"Great! Let's go then! Crono, I'm going to need you to grab Marle's hand! I'm going to grab two of you and take us all through the rift at once!" You asked the red haired boy and the blonde-ish girl to hold hands with each other, you didn't really get why the girl blushed so much at being asked to do something so simple, but it didn't matter. You grabbed Crono's hand when he and Marle finally managed to cooperate with your request before you grabbed Lucca's hand too. "Alright everyone! Hold on tight!" You instructed them as you flew upwards and towards the rift. There were noises of surprise from the girls even though they knew exactly what you were going to do.

The rift expanded as you approached, just as Lucca said it would, and you flew through it.

The world became an amazing display of color as you flew through the rift in time, but before long you were standing on a platform with the rest of Crono's group. This place... it was strange. A single raised platform with a set of stairs leading towards a singular lamp post with a man leaning against it. There was also a large robot waiting near the cast-iron fence surrounding the platform. Finally, there was an arch that seemed to lead nowhere.

"Welcome to the End of Time, Rettace!" Marle informed you of what this place actually was. The End of Time? Sounds kind of counter-productive to be here if you want to save the world. "This is where all the Time Rifts are connected to in addition to another point in time." That would explain what the glowing rings of light were at least. "Come on, I'll introduce you to the others!" Marle suddenly dragged you down to meet the other members of their group, and you found yourself face-to-face with a large robot.

"Interesting... did they really have such advanced technology in the year 65000000 BCE?" The Robot had clearly taken an interest in your scouter.

"Actually, Robo, he's an alien." Marle said with a slight smirk, and you saw something you never thought you'd see. You saw a robot getting flustered.

"P-pardon?! Alien Life?! But... there are no records within my system of aliens ever visiting this planet!" Robo sounded alarmed, but somehow, the talking behemoth of metal wasn't the most intriguing member of their group, no... that would be the humanoid frog. Wait a second... isn't he an alien too? Or are frog people native to this planet?

"So, Crono hath succeeded in his quest to retrieve the dreamstone? Very well, we must make haste to restore the Grandleon to it's former glory...! Ah, my apologies, I got a little carried away there. I didn't even ask for the name of who I can only assume is to be a comrade. I am... Frog." He sighed, and you knew that his name was almost certainly an alias, so you weren't going to bring that up.

"I'm Rettace. I've come to help you defeat Lavos." You revealed, and the man leaning against the lamp post finally took notice of you.

"How... interesting... that something like this... would occur. Rettace... I have seen where your friends ended up." The mysterious man suddenly spoke something that interested you quite a bit. "Your pilot... and the ship you traveled here upon are in 2300CE. The ones with the power of demons found themselves in the era of 600CE. The destructive warrior found herself in the year 1000CE... and the healer... she is... currently outside of your reach. Though you will find her in time... I am sure."

"1000CE is the place that we're going next, Rettace! So if we go there, we might be able to find your friend!" Marle had a smile on her face, Parzlee was almost certainly the one in 1000CE, it couldn't really be anybody else. "You're welcome to come with us! We'll have to do a little bit of messing around with the time rift, but it shouldn't be too difficult to have more than three people come along!"

"Huh? What do you mean by that?" You were curious, and Lucca stepped in.

"It's a strange quirk of the Time Portals, whenever more than three people go through a portal at once, they'll invariably end up here, at the End of Time. So if more than three people want to visit an era, we'd need to ferry people through the rift two at a time." Lucca adjusts her glasses. "Or we can see if Spekkio can unlock your ability to use magic!" Wait, what?

"...Spekkio?" You needed to ask, you'd already seen how powerful Marle's magic was, and if this Spekkio could teach you how to do something similar, it was well worth at least going to see if your ability to use magic could be unlocked, right?

>>What will Rettace do?
>Go see this Spekkio about magic.
>You can't waste any time. Go through the time rift to find Parzlee as soon as possible.
>Other(Write-in)

>>4943222
>You can't waste any time. Go through the time rift to find Parzlee as soon as possible.
We're powerful enough... For now.

>>4943222
>>Go see this Spekkio about magic.
I want to see what form Spekkio takes when Rettace talks to him.

>>4943222
>>Go see this Spekkio about magic.
Trips when we get the option to try learning magic? Oh, you KNOW it's on. Besides, I feel like Magic fits Rettace's whole 'unconventional, varied effects' deal.

>>4943222
>>Go see this Spekkio about magic.

>>4943222
>We can't waste time, reunite with our team.

>>4943222
>Go see this Spekkio about magic.

>>4943222
>Go see this Spekkio about magic.
We were already given the option to learn some basic Magic earlier, getting an even Better version here is 100% worth it

>>4943222
>Go see this Spekkio about magic.

>>4943222
>Go see this Spekkio about magic.

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"Let's go meet this Spekkio, I want to see if I can learn how to use that magic you used. It'll make me quite a bit stronger if I can use that healing ability you used, Marle." You thought it unlikely that your ability to use this magic would manifest in the same way as it manifested for her, but it was always a nice thought to have.

"Alright, then follow me!" Marle seemed to decide to take the lead here, and she just... walked through the archway that lead nowhere? Huh? She didn't fall or anything, it was more like she just... disappeared? Strange, but even if it did lead to a drop, which you somehow doubted, you'd just be able to fly anyway. You didn't hesitate any longer.

As you walked through the archway, you soon found that it was some sort of portal after all, and you found yourself standing in a somewhat large arena-like structure. In the middle of the arena stood a small alien looking creature, with two horns protruding from its head, pink arms, and... battle armor? Wait a minute... this alien looks familiar! You remember having visions about this alien! Or... you suppose it can't be an alien, could it? Not with how everyone reacted to you, it wouldn't make sense.

Then, as if reading your mind, the alien looking creature began to speak. "I'm Spekkio! If you appear strong, then I appear strong! If you appear weak, then I appear weak!" So... a shapeshifter? But... he didn't exactly look very strong in that form. You didn't really know what to make of his current form, so you decided to just ignore it for now. "If you want me to grant you the power to wield magic, then I'm afraid that's impossible!"

"What? Why?" Immediately being given a denial as to learning magic, you at least wanted to know why.

"It's because you weren't born on this planet where magic exists! There's a specific genetic development that all life on this planet has that allows them to wield the primordial energy of the universe that surrounds them! You don't have that development, and I don't have the power to grant it to you!" Spekkio crosses his arms. "So learning how to use magic instantly like Crono and everyone else is impossible for you! However, with your Ki... it might be possible to learn how to use your own Ki as a personal resource for Light element magic!" Spekkio revealed that learning magic wasn't as impossible as he initially made it sound. "Of course, that's a time consuming process, and it's not as simple as me just unlocking a switch in you that allows you to do it..." Then Spekkio smirked at you. "Or, if you don't feel like you want to spend the time learning how to wield magic, we can spar instead!" A spar? Well... you suppose that if you sparred him, you could always see how strong that he actually was. For some reason, it was impossible to tune your scouter to him, you'd already tried.

>>What will Rettace do?
>Try to learn how to use your Ki as a resource for magic.
>Spar with Spekkio, see how strong he actually is.
>Ask if you can do this later, you need to find your squad.
>Write-in...

>>4943708
>Spar
Gather our energy reserves then let's smash the fucker.
He probably mirrors our force and matches it to keep things interesting, so genki power ups demand that we go full out. But if we wished to be clever then we hit softly so that his rebound cant hurt us.

>>4943708
>Try to learn how to use your Ki as a resource for magic.

>>4943713
Spekkio is straight forwards.
He appears stronger as you get stronger.
The fact he's appeared as Frieza might be taking our Oozaru into account.
That said, he also never kills you.
>>4943708
>Spar.
Easy Zenkai.

>>4943708
>Try to learn how to use your Ki as a resource for magic.
>Ask if he could teach us with in Spar, Saiyans tend to learn better that way anyway.

When we do meet Freiza for real can we just kill him in his first form?

>>4943732
You can certainly try.

Anyway, seeing as there's not really a consensus, I'll just combine the two.
roll 2d100 Best of 4
First Dice:
Low DC 40 Mid DC 60 High DC 90
Second Dice:
Low DC 60 Mid DC 80 High DC 95

Rolled 13, 31 = 44 (2d100)

>>4943805

Rolled 34, 36 = 70 (2d100)

>>4943805

Rolled 44, 7 = 51 (2d100)

>>4943805

Rolled 33, 59 = 92 (2d100)

>>4943805

Spekkio-sama... I kneel...

Rolled 85, 50 = 135 (2d100)

>>4943805

"Hmmph... how about you teach me how to use magic during a spar? My species is the sort to learn fastest if we do something in battle. We're... something of a warrior race, I'm not sure if you're aware of that." You didn't know just how much Spekkio was aware of about you, considering that he knew about your Ki somehow, which was clearly something that nobody else on this planet that you'd met so far knew about, even those with gigantic levels of strength.

"Teach you... during a spar...? Well, I suppose I could... Very well, let's see how you do at multi-tasking, Rettace! Marle! No helping, this is a battle that Rettace must partake in alone." Spekkio's tail whipped against the floor, cracking one of the tiles. "Now, first lesson, I want you to generate a ball of Ki, the unaligned energy of life." You did as Spekkio asked, and formed a floating orb of Ki which was completely colorless, your Ki Mines and other techniques usually took on a green coloration, though that was mostly due to the destructive nature that you infused them with... of course, you didn't exactly know why your techniques took that coloration, but you supposed it must've just been an innate thing. It was the same when you charged your energy, a faint green coloration. It wasn't unique to you of course, you recall seeing a few Saiyans with a variety of different colors when they charged their Ki, and green wasn't something unique to you alone. It was a rarer coloration of course, but you'd seen a few Saiyans with that color of Ki. You wondered if there was some sort of way to change the natural coloration of Ki... but you were getting sidetracked. It was irrelevant at the end of the day. It wasn't like the color of Ki actually changed anything about it, and you weren't really the sort of person to get hung up on the aesthetics of your own techniques.

"Very good. That right there is a ball of Ki, or what is more accurately described as 'life energy' it is a source of power different to the magic wielded by the humans of this planet. What you are holding in your hand is a ball of condensed energy made of your own life force. The same life force that all mortal creatures have. Magic however is... different. It doesn't function through the use of your own energy, and though it is initiated through using your own energy, it is... of a different quality to Ki. One can use all of their Ki and they would die immediately, though the same is not true of... well, we shall call it Magic Energy, or perhaps Mana. Those beings with access to this Mana effectively have a secondary reservoir of energy that their body normally has no ability to interact with, it's a special form of energy that is more in tune with the power of Gods like myself than it is the mortal energy that is Ki... though that isn't to say it's the energy of a God that allows Magic to function..." Spekkio started droning on, but you followed along quite well... interesting to note that this being is a God, at least. "Effectively, by calling upon the power of Mana held within them, it is possible for Crono, Marle and any other user of Magic to create miracles that would normally be restricted to Gods."

"I see..." So the power of magic was like using a source of energy to create miracles as gods do then? Could that have perhaps been what Kami was teaching Khive to do back on the Lookout? It was clear that Marle's form of healing was much more effective though.

"Now, try to convert that ball of energy into... let's start simple. Try to envision that ball of energy shrinking but remaining as powerful as it currently." Huh...? How is that starting simple? Compressing an attack like that wasn't exactly simple! "Just... close your eyes and try to focus upon that result occurring. Right now, you are wielding unaligned energy, and it is... far less power dense than is required for it to be converted into a substitute for Mana." You close your eyes and start to condense the ball into a smaller form, you manage to shrink it from the size of your head to the size of your fist before you lose your concentration and the energy dissipates.

"Damn it!" You yell in frustration, but Spekkio simply shakes his head.

"It's nothing to worry about, though I can't teach you the next step until you manage to condense that ball from the size of your head to the size of a fingernail. Only then would it be power dense enough to allow the conversion into Mana to be meaningful..." Spekkio sounded a little bit disappointed, but also looked as if he sort of expected this to occur. "This is by no means a simple technique to learn. Even for a race as talented when it comes to learning new techniques like your own... now though, I believe you wanted to spar with me? If you had been able to pass the first stage of condensing your energy, then I would've had you test it against me in the spar... though I suppose that's quite pointless now." He got into a fighting posture, and it looked kind of ridiculous to see the small alien creature that Spekkio had the form of to take such a pose. "Even so, I will still test you in a spar. I shall allow you the first attack." Spekkio said with a smirk, and you stared at him for a few seconds before you attempted to roundhouse kick him.

Spekkio just swayed backwards enough to avoid your attack. "Faster than you look, aren't you?" You were a little annoyed by the speed of this apparent God, but you were more frustrated with your lack of success in learning how to wield your Ki in a different way. Learning an ability like that one would be tremendously useful, after all.

"Maybe a little." Spekkio didn't attempt to counter-attack, and goaded you into attacking him once again. You unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks at the short alien, only for him to dodge every single one of them with practiced ease. "Come on! Are you even trying? Stop trying to hit me and hit me!" You gritted your teeth in frustration and yelled in irritation as you threw a fierce punch square at Spekkio's face, and this time he didn't look like he was going to attempt to dodge it!

Then he raised his hand and caught your punch with ease before sighing. "What the?!" You couldn't believe how powerful that Spekkio actually was, and thanks to your inability to sense his energy through either your scouter or your own abilities, you couldn't determine how truly powerful he was right now either!

"It's not really very fun for me if you're having to hold back your full strength..." Spekkio sounded disappointed as he eyed your tail before he suddenly twisted his hand around and caused you to start rapidly spinning in the air before he released you, jumped upwards and slammed you into the ground with a single kick. Knocking the wind out of you and immediately allowing the difference between your two powers to be made clear. "I was expecting a little more, honestly, but... I suppose I could've taken it a little easier." Spekkio frowned. "Marle, please heal him."

"Uh... umm... right away!" The girl immediately rushed to your side and started to heal your injuries. With just that one strike, you'd managed to have a few of your bones broken. It was clear to you that this Spekkio was not somebody to be trifled with lightly, for whatever reason, it was clear that he was at least as powerful as you were as a Great Ape, so you had little chance of actually beating him without using that form.

>4 Players roll 6d100
>3 Players roll 1d4 (Average of 3)

Rolled 36, 75, 17, 71, 39, 70 = 308 (6d100)

>>4943902

Rolled 5, 34, 41, 10, 6, 86 = 182 (6d100)

>>4943902

Rolled 9, 69, 4, 62, 10, 10 = 164 (6d100)

>>4943902
Wrecked

Rolled 19, 9, 48, 4, 36, 42 = 158 (6d100)

>>4943902

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>4943902
Our pride hurts more than the body.

The same players who rolled d100s can roll the d4, btw.

Rolled 2 (1d4)

>>4943939
oh

Rolled 2 (1d4)

>>4943902
>>4943939

Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>4943902

>>4943944
?????
wat.

>>4943945
>>4943942
>>4943925
3 eh. Not bad.

Could always try to ignore the magic and beat him down without Ozaru.

>>4943947
sorry got wrong monke quest

You felt new power flow through your body as a result of the effortless beatdown that Spekkio just gave you, and while you certainly weren't ready to face him again, even after being healed, you knew you were quite a bit more powerful now. You supposed that you could keep fighting him and being healed, but... you still had your pride as a warrior, and while you considered yourself more pragmatic than most, you weren't about to subject yourself to the humiliation of suffering countless losses against Spekkio just to gain enough strength to defeat the God. Your pride as a warrior simply wouldn't allow you to do such a thing.

"That... could've gone better, Rettace. But... if you intend to defeat Lavos, truly... you will need to become even more powerful than I as I am now. You have come from beyond the stars on the request of another like me. Another who goes by the title of 'Kami' I am aware of this much. But... Lavos' full power is superior to even me at my most powerful." Spekkio looked at you with a wise gaze. "There is a reason I have not simply taken care of things myself by transforming myself into Lavos' form." The God revealed the limit to his shapeshifting ability. If Lavos was beyond even Spekkio... then you clearly had no chance against him as you were right now. Even if you became a Great Ape, you somehow doubted you'd be able to bridge the gap in strength between yourself and Spekkio, and Lavos is apparently stronger.

"Yeah... I know, as a... well, you know what I am, it's my natural drive to become more powerful." Spekkio clearly knew just what race you hailed from, and though you didn't want to inform Marle about what you were, Spekkio just scoffed.

"You can call yourself a Saiyan here you know. There's no point in hiding your race from those who would ally with you." Spekkio just shrugged as his form changed when he looked at Marle, turning from the short but terrifyingly powerful horned alien into what looked like a fluffy bipedal sheep creature. "Marle, you haven't know Rettace for long, but you wouldn't betray him, would you?" He asked her with a bored tone.

"H-huh? Of course I wouldn't! What sort of a question is that?!" The girl looked annoyed at Spekkio, who didn't change his form when he looked at you once again. You were surprised at Marle's indignation at being asked such a question, she was surprisingly loyal to somebody she barely even knew.

"See? There's nothing to worry about in telling your allies that you're a Saiyan, Rettace. None of them are even aware of what your race is." It was clear that Spekkio was trying to get you to trust Crono and his friends more, and though you did trust them somewhat, you didn't really want your race to be revealed, it was Kami's request that it be kept secret, though... now you think about it, he may have simply meant not to reveal it to anybody who may have known what a Saiyan was. "You are not among company who would betray you, Rettace." Spekkio was just lecturing you at this point, he must be aware of the warlike nature of the Saiyans and some of them having bad backstabbing tendencies, but you thought yourself more intelligent than that. Only the worst scum would betray their own comrades. Even among the Saiyans, if somebody killed another member of their Squad without good reason, then they would be exiled from Saiyan Society. Even with the Saiyan's mindset of only respecting strength, it was these rules that kept society functioning to at least some degree.

"Alright, fine. Marle. You probably heard already, but I'm a Saiyan." You shrugged. You didn't really care anymore anyway. Better to get that revelation out of the way now rather than in the future. Especially because you might need to rely on the Oozaru transformation in front of them in the future in order to defeat a foe like Nizbel once more... then again, you weren't telling her you were the giant ape she saw either... "Though I am here to help you defeat Lavos... or at least that's what I think I'm here for." Kami wasn't exactly specific on the details. "Though if I can't get my ship back, then... well it might be a problem." A big problem. You didn't exactly relish the idea of being trapped on this planet. at all. Well... it might be possible to get a new ship made for you in the future of this planet if the apocalypse was averted or something, but you weren't counting on it. You'd need to get your ship back, that much was obvious. Hopefully Tahiin survived too. You do sort of need a pilot for the ship. You weren't exactly familiar with the mechanics of the ship you got here on, and trying to figure out how to fly a ship from scratch... wasn't exactly your idea of a fun time.

"A... Saiyan? OK. I'll remember that! It's nice to know that we're not alone out there, and that there are benevolent people scattered among the stars!" That was an... overly optimistic interpretation of Saiyans. You wouldn't call Saiyans benevolent by any stretch of the imagination... but there were benevolent races out there. The Tuffles were one such race, after all.

"Yeah... let's get back to the others, Marle." You turn to Spekkio. "When we fight again, you won't beat me so easily, Spekkio." You were going to get stronger. You had to get stronger. Your Saiyan blood demanded you get stronger.

"I'm sure that I won't." Spekkio seemed to be looking forward to your next match, and you meant what you said. You wanted to be at least twice as strong as you were right now before you challenged the God once again.

You left the arena and returned back to the central area of the End of Time, and you find yourself face to face with Lucca. "Oh good! You're back, I actually wanted to ask you if I could uhm.... take a look at that scouter of yours... it's not uhm... it's not often that I, heh... I get the opportunity to examine tech from a real... alien... well, I mean, I've never had the opportunity but..." She fidgeted slightly. "Do you mind if I examined your uh... Scouter... did you call it?"

>>What will Rettace do?
>"Sorry, but I'd rather not."
>"Sure, why not?"
>"Only if you give it back after you've had a look."
>Other(Write-in...)

>>4944386
>>"Sure, why not?"
You know, Spekkio has a point. We should trust Crono and friends more and try to team up with them instead of running around by ourselves, even if it's slightly slower.

>>4944386
>"Sure, why not?"
>"Don't mess with it too much though, I intend to sell it to a Museum so I can buy a higher grade one later, but feel free to try and make a copy if you like."

>>4944386
>Sure, why not.
>But don't you dare break it if you can't put it back together.

>>4944386
>Sure, why not.
>But don't you dare break it if you can't put it back together.

>>4944391
Oh, I'm sure they'll understand. Saiyans are just a little... rough around the edges. He'll warm up to them eventually!

>>4944386
>"Sure, why not? It might be about 80-100 years out of date by now though. I've had some temporal displacement issues myself before I arrived on this planet."

>>4944386
Swappong my vote from This: >>4944396 To This: >>4944448

>>4944448
Supporting.

>>4944386
>>4944448
Support

>>4944386
>"Sure, why not?"
>"Don't mess with it too much though, I intend to sell it to a Museum so I can buy a higher grade one later, but feel free to try and make a copy if you like."

Rolled 86, 60, 99, 89 = 334 (4d100)

Let's see how Lucca's examination of your scouter goes...
>Doing a Tech Roll for Lucca...
>Sum of 4

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>>4945204
As expected from Bulmarale here.

"Sure... just... don't break it, alright? Scouters aren't exactly easy to come by." Not to mention they were terribly expensive too. But that was to be expected, top of the range battle equipment like a scouter was incredibly useful in the field, especially if you couldn't sense energy yourself. They'd be even more useful if an entire squad had them, considering their long range communication abilities, but... unfortunately, that wasn't an option given how most Saiyans tended to treat their Scouters.

"I promise I won't break it... or if I do, I promise I can put it back together!" Lucca sounded excited as you handed over your scouter to her and she immediately began to twiddle with the dial before adjusting it to fit herself. She pulled off her bronze metal helmet and instead slotted your scouter on over one of her eyes. "Interesting language... it'll take me a while to decode this..." You could offer to help, but... you didn't exactly know what sort of system that this world used for numbers and letters, unlike spoken language across worlds, written language tended to vary vastly. "Would you mind if I kept it on for a while? I want to study your language, I should have it cracked in a few... hours? Yeah... that ought to be enough." Hours...? Was she really confident that she could learn the entire galactic standard alphabet in a few hours?

"Alright, then go ahead. I don't exactly need it on me right now, just keep it safe, alright? It's expensive and rare." You really didn't want it broken. Though somehow you felt this girl was such a prodigal genius that her actually breaking the device wasn't just an impossibility, but that if she did manage to break it, her attempt at repairing it might even end up upgrading the device!

"You have my word that you'll receive your Scouter back in tip-top condition!" The girl continued fiddling with the dial on the side of the device, and you just shrugged.

"Hey... you two? Are you coming?" Marle suddenly appeared, you'd lost track of everyone else while you talked with Lucca, and it looked like Crono and Frog were missing. Had they already gone through the Time Portal then? "And... Robo? What about you?"

"Negative. I shall remain at the End of Time for the moment, I am running an... algorithm still, and would be too distracted to be of much assistance in a combat scenario." The Robot shook his head, and Marle just shrugged.

"Alright then you two... let's go. Frog and Crono are already on the other side..."

"Actually! Crono has the Dreamstone right now, right? Frog has the fragments of the Grandleon... So there's not much point in us heading to Melchior with them, is there? The two of them can handle that... I sort of... want to head to my workshop so I can pick up some things to help me examine Rettace's Scouter..."

"I don't know, Lucca... what do you think, Rettace? It's your scouter, and... well, you can always fly us over to Medina Village if we don't want to use the Time Gates." It looked like Marle disagreed with Lucca about going to her workshop, so the final decision rested with you.

>>What will Rettace do?
>Go meet up with Crono and Frog.
>Go to Lucca's Workshop instead.
>Other(Write-in)

>>4945413
>>Go meet up with Crono and Frog.
We still have friends scattered through time on this damn planet to find.

>>4945413
>>Go to Lucca's Workshop instead.

>>4945413
>Go to Lucca's Workshop instead.

>>4945413
>Go to Lucca's Workshop instead.
>"I'd like to fly over to Chrono and Frog afterwards, if it isn't too far away, I want to meet this Melchior."

>>4945413
>Go meet up with Crono and Frog.
I’d like to begin recovering the companions who were lost in time

"We'll go to your Workshop, Lucca. You're right. Crono and Frog don't need us around when they're doing something as simple as getting a sword reforged, do they?" You decide that you might as well go along with the girl's request, it's not exactly like you'd really be able to do much other than stand around and watch a blacksmith make a sword, and that wasn't exactly your idea of a good way to spend your time. Especially not when your squadmates were still missing.

You didn't exactly think that accompanying Lucca to her workshop was that much more productive, but it sure beat just watching a blacksmith reforge some sword.

"Alright! Then it's settled! We'll go to my workshop and then we'll meet up with Crono! Let's go!" Lucca and Marle led you over to the glowing rings on the elevated platform, and when all three of you were standing inside the ring, Marle raised the Gate Key into the air and a Time Gate appeared around the three of you, taking you on yet another trip through time.

When the transportation was complete, you find yourself standing atop an odd looking machine along with Marle and Lucca, and you were intrigued by it. There was clearly some sort of celebration or party going on judging by the way that the area was decorated, but outside of a fairly distant noise of commotion, the area where the machine was placed was completely devoid of people. "What... is this machine, Lucca? Do you know?"

"Oh! These are the teleport pads I made! It... well, it worked, but... well, there are a few issues I found with it that I intend to look into when all of this is over. You aliens probably already mastered stuff like this..." Lucca explained, and you were dumbfounded. Time Travel through naturally occurring rifts was one thing, but... a working teleporter too? Just what the hell was this girl? Even the Tuffles couldn't figure out teleportation! You felt a lot better about giving you her scouter now, if she was really this technologically inclined, she might've even been greater with technology than the Tuffles who constructed your Scouter!

"Actually, this is the first time I've ever seen a teleporter." Lucca was stunned for a moment at your words, before she scratched the back of her head awkwardly as she looked away from you, apparently seeing your words as some kind of praise. "W-well it's nothing special, I just uh..." She shook her head. "Let's just get to my workshop, OK?" You nodded, and the three of you quickly made your way through the fair, there were a few people wandering around, though the level of technology on display was... well, it was still relatively primitive, at least compared to some of the stuff you'd seen in the past. Saiyans themselves lived in primitive dwellings mostly by choice, though they did integrate technology into their homes despite that.

You left the fair and kept following Lucca until you arrived at her home, and her home was clearly many times more advanced then all of the houses around it. With multiple obvious engines and machines visible even from the outside of the house, this was clearly Lucca's workshop. Upon entering the house, you were greeted by a man around your height dressed in all sorts of gear that was similar to Lucca's own.

"Hey dad! I won't be sticking around for long, I just need to use the workshop to look at something real quick!" She quickly greeted her father before she immediately started to use the variety of tools on display to examine the scouter. Her father simply shrugged and went back to doing whatever it was he was doing before, his daughter was clearly the eccentric sort, so he just allowed her to get on with whatever she was doing, she started to poke at the Scouter with all sorts of different tools as well as lenses to magnify it. "Fascinating..." She continued to observe the design of the Scouter before turning to you. "Would you mind if I disassembled it? I promise I can put it back together!"

"...Alright." Normally, you'd have said no, but you were still far too impressed by her technological prowess to refuse her. If she could build a functioning teleporter when her world was still effectively primitive in comparison to other races who had attempted to create one, then she could put a scouter back together. This girl might just be the most intelligent person in the entire universe! Well, when it came to technological design at least. You feared to imagine just what sort of world shaking creations would be invented if this girl had access to a Tuffle Workshop or Lab. She had already shown herself to have an intellect that was at least on the level of the greatest minds of the Tuffles, and she wasn't even aware of it!

"Thank you so much for letting me take a look at this! I thought the technology I saw in 2300CE was incredible, but... this is even better!" She rapidly took the scouter apart and began to observe each and every one of the parts in great detail, and then she turned to you with a smile on her face. "I... I actually think I could make this work better, if you wanted!"

"W-what do you mean?" There was no way she'd be able to upgrade something she was unfamiliar with immediately after taking it apart, right?

"Well, I managed to decode the language used in it on the way over to my house, and... I can see a few flaws with this device." Lucca revealed with a smile. "So with your permission, I think I can upgrade it!"

>>Pick 3
>Global Range Scanning and Mapping Capabilities.
>Automatic Power Tracking.
>Near Unbreakable Design.
>Retracting Lens.
>200x Zoom Capability.
>High Readout Capacity.

>>4945834
>Near unbreakability
HEADBUTT WITH MORE POWER!

>Global range scanning and mapping
>Automatic power tracking
This combo gives us the readout on everything when we step onto a world. That's gonna be dead useful.

>>4945892
Also, rettice reaction

>What in the name of Plant are you? Some sort of polymath? How did you even decode it while we were walking?
Because this is insane

>>4945834
>Global Range Scanning and Mapping Capabilities.
>Near Unbreakable Design.
>200x Zoom Capability.

>>4945834
>>Global Range Scanning and Mapping Capabilities.
>>Automatic Power Tracking.
>>Near Unbreakable Design.

>>4945834
>Global Range Scanning and Mapping Capabilities.
>Near Unbreakable Design.
>High Readout Capacity.
That last one is because before long I imagine we'll begin encountering entities that hit the limit of what our current hardware can read. Be a shame to get NaN readings soon.

In character shouldn't we have an idea of the current maximum reading capacity from its specifications?

>>4945925
The absolute max current Readout you can get is 500k
Lucca would likely be able to increase the max by... about 10-100x

>>4945834
>Global Range Scanning and Mapping Capabilities.
>Automatic Power Tracking.
>Near Unbreakable Design.

>>4945834
>Global Range Scanning and Mapping Capabilities.
>Near Unbreakable Design.
>High Readout Capacity.
>>4945927
Holy SHIT, so she'll increase it to 5-50 Mil Max detectable PL?! Goddamn!

>>4945834
>Global Range Scanning and Mapping Capabilities.
>Near Unbreakable Design.
>High Readout Capacity.
Plan Long-Term Holism is a go go

>>4945834
>Near Unbreakable Design
>Global Range Scanning and Mapping Capabilities
>Automatic Power Tracking

>>4945834
>Near Unbreakable Design.
>High Readout Capacity.
>Automatic Power Tracking.

>>4945834
>Global Range Scanning and Mapping Capabilities.
>200x Zoom Capability.
>High Readout Capacity.

>>4945834
>Global Range Scanning and Mapping Capabilities.
>Near Unbreakable Design.
>High Readout Capacity.
We're recruiting Lucca to take on Space Adventures right?
She's way too smart not to have as our chief engineer or whatever.
Also I want her to eventually meet Bulma.

>>4946399
I definitely want to take her along, maybe Frog as well if only because in space his curse won't be obvious

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>>4946402
We can always have Magus just break the fucking curse himself.
Or we can just kill Magus.
Then he can turn back into Gohan.

>>4946402
She is exceptionally useful but I think we should probably spend some time getting to know our squad better. Actually characterise them beyond first impressions in most cases.

>>4946408
I, too, am more invested in our OC teammates than in our Chrono Trigger guest stars.

>>4946408
Yeah, would be good to know our team better.
Worried about Khive getting sent to Antiquity though.

Place your bets.
When does Rettace go Super Saiyan?
And why does he do it?

>>4946408
Yeah, I agree. Too many characters far too fast
were one of the issues I had with Saiyan conqurer and a few other non-dragonball quests. Waifu wars may be an obvious quest killer but character bloat is a slow and insidious one.

Don't they kill Lavos at the end of Trigger?
Why are we here anyway?

>>4946481
We are here because Kami demanded it in exchange for knowledge. We have received the knowledge and hence we are here to slay Lavos.

>>4946484
Yeah but narratively what purpose does us being here play?

>>4946488
I havent the faintest idea.
We have no personal stake in any of these shinanigence. I think the best choice I could make of it is giving each individual team member a time and chance to shine before we get there and after we rejoin them.

>>4946488
Goku and the gang kill Freeza and every other villain on their own anyway. How is this different?

>>4946499
I'm also not intereated in going to Earth or Namek, necessarily.

>>4946564
So you want to skip the main plot? Everything important happens there. What is even the point of a dragonball quest?

I'm glad I'm not playing your quest, at least.

>>4946575
I mean I ain't much of a fan of earth shit either. Every dragon ball quest goes there and you just end up being new goku.
But then, we're in a dragon ball quest so running into the main plot is practically inevitable.

Near Unbreakable
>>4945892
>>4945900
>>4945923
>>4945925
>>4945935
>>4945952
>>4946011
>>4946051
>>4946122
>>4946399

Global Range Scanning and Mapping
>>4945892
>>4945900
>>4945923
>>4945925
>>4945935
>>4945952
>>4946011
>>4946051
>>4946247
>>4946399

>Automatic Tracking
>>4945892
>>4945923
>>4945935
>>4946051
>>4946122

>High Readout Capacity
>>4945925
>>4945952
>>4946122
>>4946247
>>4946399

>200x zoom
>>4945900

If my counting is right, it looks like there's a tie between High Readout Capacity and Automatic Tracking? (As in, press a button instead of manually having to tune to your opponent's level.)
I guess I could just give you both?

>>4946575
Don't be rude to other people for no reason, I don't want that sort of attitude to be in my quest.

>>4946481
The thing is... they do kill Lavos at the end of Trigger, but if you know about Chrono Cross, that doesn't exactly go very well for certain reasons.
Also, I've already figured out a way to tie in Lavos' origin to Dragonball lore properly, so look forward to that.

>>4946575
>reee how dare you be somewhat original in a fanfic quest, I wanna read the same shit over and over!
that's you anon

>>4946602
I might make a few... nudges to the plot that happens on Earth in order to make things more interesting for when you eventually do end up meeting the Z Warriors.

>>4946604
What the hell? Anon found a way to clone himse

oh he's just mocking him. Damn he's good.

"Now let's see what I can do..." Lucca started to examine the parts of the scouter, taking care not to damage anything, though occasionally using tools that were far more advanced in appearance than what it looked like should be in her workshop, and she smirked when she noticed you staring at the tools as she took them out of cupboards. "Impressive, aren't they?" She seemed to notice you looking at the tools she was relying upon. "I actually took some of this stuff from 2300CE in order to better help me create things." She then shrugged. "It's probably not good for the continuity of time, but... I figure we're already trying to avert the future and change the world, so it's not like it's really that big a deal that I took some things from the future! Besides, we took Robo from 2300CE too!" It seemed a little reckless that she was using tools from the future of her own race, but you supposed that she probably understood how to use all the tools she had managed to gather.

"How did you manage to decipher the Galactic Standard alphabet so quickly, anyway?" You were still confused as to how anybody could learn a written language so quickly, it wasn't exactly an easy language to learn, most Saiyans took years learning how to read it! Well... you learned it in a few months, but the point still stands that learning a language in a few minutes should be an outright impossibility.

"Oh, it was quite simple, after I cracked the cipher for common sounds and made some allowances for different letters, filling in the blanks was as simple as putting two and two together!" ...Right. Of course it was. This girl was some sort of polymath or something, clearly. She was just tremendously talented at whatever she put her mind to, and considering her power level was on the level of a Saiyan Elite too? It wasn't just in her intelligence that she excelled.

You watched her for a few more minutes as she started to reassemble the scouter, adding a few new pieces to it and replacing some of the parts with similar parts of different material, and then when it was back in one piece, she smiled at you. "There we go! All done! I've made a few changes to it, I've made it so that the design is far more rugged now, you could drop a boulder on it and it should be OK! Oh! I also upgraded the scanning functionality too! Now you don't need to use that dial on the side to record things! I replaced the dial with three buttons to scroll and confirm options! Ah... I also improved the range it operates at! Now it should be able to determine strength levels across the entire planet and at far higher number ranges too! It'd probably have capped out at about 500,000 or so judging from the internal composition of the power reader, and any higher than that would've caused it to fail to get a reading... or worse, explode!" You examined the device in your hands with a stunned expression. "I also changed the color of the lens! I think Purple is a much nicer color!" You could tell that the changed color of the lens was just a vanity change on her part. It's funny, you now likely held in your hands the most advanced scouter in the galaxy... unless scouter development had accelerated tremendously in the time since you had been frozen. "Let's go test it out, I want to see how it works!" Lucca was clearly excited to be able to have you test her new invention... or rather improvement. She looked desperate for validation from you... probably because you're an alien, when you think about it.

"Alright, let's see what this thing can do!" You head outside, press the large button on the side of your Scouter, and it flashes to life. In a few seconds you receive a few readouts. First to come to attention are the readouts from across the ocean. 17,540 and 18,031... Frog and Crono, without a doubt. That left one last readout that was actually quite a bit closer, at... "23,430?!" The number was much higher than you were expecting. Could this be... Parzlee?! You were about to reach out with your own ability to sense energy to see if you could determine if it was truly her, but...

Suddenly, almost as if to answer your attempt to sense the energy yourself, a large explosion caused the ground to shake, and a plume of smoke rapidly began to rise from... a Castle overlooking the town?

"Oh no!" Marle suddenly pointed at the pillar of smoke. "Something's happened at the Castle! We need to get there as quickly as we can!" Marle sounded really panicked for whatever reason. Could Parzlee be the one behind the explosion too? What was going on?!

>>What will Rettace do?
>Ask Marle why she cares about the Castle so much.
>Just fly the two girls there.
>Flare your energy, try to attract their attention.
>Other(Write-in...)

>>4946782
>Flare your energy to try to attract their attention, while flying the girls there, and ask what the big deal is, on the way over.

I guess nobody wants to vote?
No more updates today then?
Damn.

>>4946851
Sure, why not.

>>4946406
F-F-Froghan Verde! My legs... they've moving on their own! I -AAAAAAUUUUUUGGGHH! I KNEEL!

>>4946608
Happy to hear it! I like your quest, so I'm interested to see where it goes.

>>4946575
I like the lore, races, cosmology, and magic system. Shruuuug.

>>4946782
>Ask Marle why she cares about the castle so much

"Surely on a world that produces such warriors, your kings and queens can handle themselves?"

>>4946782
Yeah, this is fine., >>4946851

>>4946782
>Just fly the two girls there.

>>4946782
>Ask Marle why she cares about the Castle so much.
>Just fly the two girls there.

>>4946782
>>4946851
This'll do.

We should probably look into getting some of the equipment pieces lying around.
Haste Helm would be nice to have.

"Come on then! I'll fly you over to the castle! Would you prefer to hang on to me, or would you like me to carry you?" You asked the girls, who looked at you for a moment before you suddenly felt a wave of regret wash over you. Why are they looking at you like that?

A few minutes later

"Woooahhhh!" The girl who demanded to ride on your back as you flew whooped in excitement, while Lucca, who you were carrying in your arms, looked far more subdued.

"To think... flight without any prosthesis or floatation devices is possible for your race... truly fascinating..." It seemed that despite her apparent subdued reaction, she was just as excited to be flying as Marle, who you were kind of worried about slipping off of your back by the way she was acting right now. Of course, you could always catch her if she fell, and she'd survive anyway, but... it would've been a bit of a waste of time.

As you flew you flared up your power in order to try to gain the attention of the other high power level. It was most likely Parzlee, after all. It would only take about a minute or so to reach the castle while traveling at a speed that allowed your passengers to stay on you without falling off, and you decided to ask a question before you arrived. "Why do you care about this castle so much anyway, Marle?"

"Yeah, why don't you tell him why you care so much, Nadia?" Nadia? But... wasn't her name...?

"Yes, the name Marle is... well, it's an alias. It's not my real name." Marle revealed immediately. "My real name is Princess Nadia Leene Guardia, and as the only child of my father and my late mother, I am the heir to the throne of Guardia." Oh, that sure explains why she cares so much. "Marle is a name I chose to avoid people treating me differently just because who I am! Though... I don't imagine that matters at all to you, does it?"

"Not at all, I won't treat you differently just because you're a princess, why would I?" Seriously, as far as you could tell, Guardia was just the largest landmass on this planet. This girl wasn't even set to inherit the entire planet like Sycam and Euca were for Onisthena, though considering that the average power level for the people of this era were anywhere from 20-400, it really wouldn't be hard for her as she was now to take over the rest of the planet. She certainly had the power for it, though you somehow doubt that she had the ruthlessness one would need to actually go through with conquering a planet... She seemed to be far too kind hearted for that.

"I guess being an alien and all, the concept of royalty and princesses must be foreign and primitive to you, huh?" Lucca mused, and you nearly grimaced. Both the Tuffles and the Saiyans had Royal Families... funnily enough, King Vegeta clearly tried to style himself in the manner that the Tuffles styled their own royalty in order to better secure his place among the Saiyans as their ruler instead of just as a chieftain.

"Ha... yeah." You didn't really want to let Lucca down by going against her perceived vision of what Alien Culture was like. You kind of owed both of the girls with you right now. Marle for healing you, and Lucca for doing you a huge favor and upgrading your scouter for you. Luckily, you didn't have to keep talking because you had arrived at the castle, and you set down on the floor before the two girls got off of you and Marle started to run into the castle without waiting any further upon noticing that there weren't any guards posted at the main gate of the castle.

"Marle! Wait!" Lucca immediately ran off after the princess, and you shook your head in exasperation before you raced off to catch up with the girls racing towards the Throne Room and getting there at the same time that the girls did, but what awaited you was something you weren't expecting at all.

The throne room itself was a scene of carnage, the king was nowhere in sight, but the room was coated in blood as all sorts of different monsters had been butchered, the largest being this strange leathery blue-skinned beast that had huge claws. Its head had been crushed and the culprit of all this carnage made herself very clear to you. Reclining on the throne itself sat Parzlee, her Power Level had indeed raised quite a bit since you last saw her.

"E-explain yourself! What is all this! Where's my father?!" Marle pointed at the Saiyan sitting in the throne, who ignored her in favor of looking at you instead.

"There you are boss! I was starting to get worried!" Your second-in-command was happy to see you at least, but you frowned. You wanted an explanation for this carnage, and though none of the corpses here were from humans, you wanted to know what the hell had happened.

>>What will Rettace say?
>"Parzlee. Explain. Now."
>"Parzlee... what happened here?"
>"I really hope you haven't done anything rash, Parzlee..."
>"What the hell is that thing?" (Point at the monster corpse)
>Other(Write-in)

>>4947829
>>"What the hell is that thing?" (Point at the monster corpse)
>>"Parzlee. Explain. Now."
Do we still get rewards and EXP for this?

>>4947829
>"Good to see you again, Parzlee."
>"What happened here?"
>also, introduce her with our friends.

>>4947829
>"Parzlee... what happened here?"

>>4947829
Yeah, this works. >>4947830

>>4947829
>Parzlee fantastic. Report, what's gone on here and since you woke up?

>>4947829
>Parzlee fantastic. Report, what's gone on here and since you woke up?

>>4947960
I think acting happy to see her and then reverting to squad leader mode is the approach here. We are in charge after all, we should act like it.

>>4948158
>acting happy to see her
Are you not happy that one of our squaddies is found and not dead? Why not just you know, be actually happy?

>>4947829
>>4947960

>>4948166
I will elaborate. "Acting happy" is not being stoic or professional about it, it wasn't meant to imply any feelings of falsehood.

>>4948166
>>4948191
Also please. What here could kill her without us knowing about it? Old age and little else.

>>4947829
This >>4947960
>>4948193
>What here could kill her without us knowing about it?
A raid boss that she tried to solo on her first day.
No wait that was us.

>>4947960
Supporting this one.

>>4948191
Oh. Well alrighty then.

>>4947960
Supporting this one.
She's completely destroyed a side quest.
Based Parzlee.

"Parzlee, fantastic." You step forwards to face your second-in-command properly. You were of course glad to see she was alright, and also happy... if a little worried, to see how her Power Level had grown to such a degree since you last saw her. Then again, your own Power Level had experienced a period of meteoric growth itself, so you supposed that you couldn't really be that surprised that Parzlee had achieved similar results in this time. Of course, you wondered what could've driven her to increase her strength to such a degree, though judging from the corpses all over the room, you felt like you were about to find out. "Now, report. What's gone on here since you woke up?"

"Since I woke up...?" Parzlee put a hand to her chin. "Well, it hasn't been long, I was pretty hurt from the crash, and I found myself in a forest, it didn't take me long to drag myself to civilization where I managed to find a seller of medicine... pretty wonderful stuff, actually... he didn't even notice me swipe a couple bottles of his... what did he call it? A potion? No idea what sort of materials go into it, but the effect on my body was nearly instant, the first one I drank stopped my wounds bleeding, the second one closed them, and the third removed all traces of them!" Parzlee revealed that she resorted to theft in order to heal her wounds, though that was likely also the reason behind her growth in power. "Here!" She tossed you a glass sphere full of the stuff, and the language on the sphere was illegible to you... or at least it was until your scouter blared to life and automatically translated the language for you!

"High Potion...?" You were surprised at your ability to read the sphere, but it looks like Lucca might've added in a few extra upgrades she failed to mention before. Of course, it was likely limited only to the language on this planet, but the fact that she managed to create such a program at all, only minutes after first comprehending the language herself was ridiculous! The level of intelligence that she so frivolously displayed was just ridiculous! No doubt that she'd end up being the catalyst for this world to become the technologically advanced world that you first saw when entering the planet from space.

"Something like that... anyway, after I finished healing myself, I tried sensing the highest Power Level nearby, and... well, that ended up taking me here. I expected that it was the King who was the most powerful thing I could sense, but... weirdly, he wasn't any stronger than the normal people wandering around!" Parzlee held her chin contemplatively.

"Yes, and where is the King right now?!" Marle kept an accusatory finger pointed at your squad mate as she sat in the throne, who just shrugged.

"He took off when I asked him why his chancellor had a higher level of strength than any of the people I'd met in this world, and that was when the chancellor suddenly transformed into that big monster thing, and so did a few of the guards too!" She sounded amused. "Of course, the fight was a long and dangerous one, but... well, you can see just how it ended up going for the monster when he tried to attack me." She stretched in the throne, though from the condition of her armor, it was clear that she must've taken at least a few wounds which she ended up simply healing with those potions she'd picked up.

"Wait a minute!" Lucca suddenly started to speak. "I know what that monster is! It's Yakra!" Everyone looked at the glasses wearing girl with curiosity, and the girl adjusted her glasses before speaking. "Or at least a monster related to Yakra! Back in 600CE, Crono, Frog and I fought him and he was disguised as the chancellor there too! He was the monster who kidnapped your ancestor and temporarily caused you to be erased from the timestream, Marle!" Wait... she was... temporarily erased from the timestream? As in she ceased to exist?! Time Travel might just be even more dangerous than you gave it credit for! "This must be his descendant, trying to once again cause chaos for the kingdom of Guardia!" Lucca gave her analysis of the situation. "That means that Parzlee here saved the kingdom! She's a hero!"

"She... is?"
"I... am?"

Marle and Parzlee spoke at the same time, before looking at each other. "Well, that doesn't change the fact that she's sitting in my father's throne!" Marle harrumphed, she was clearly annoyed about the situation, but upon finding out that Parzlee had actually saved the kingdom, she didn't seem to be that annoyed, it was more like a request more than anything else.

"You're a lot stronger than your father, girl. Are you sure you shouldn't be the one ruling the kingdom?" Parzlee asked Marle with curiosity in her voice. There was no hostility at all, but Marle obviously took it the wrong way.

"W-what are you trying to suggest?! Don't be stupid!" Marle shouted at Parzlee, who looked irritated.

"Calm down, Marle. Parzlee doesn't understand the customs of this planet. That was how it was on the last planet we went to, and it's also how Saiyan leadership works too. Those with the most power rule." You turn to look at Parzlee. "The difference on this planet, Parzlee, is that power is in the form of loyalty from the people." It was a simple explanation, but this form of leadership was more like the Tuffle leadership than it was like Saiyan Leadership, even if they had a king, it wasn't through the King's own physical power that he ruled.

Your explanation seems to calm the two girls down a little bit, and Parzlee hopped off the throne. "I only needed to sit somewhere while my injuries healed up anyway. A chair is a chair, and I needed to rest." She just shrugged, not really caring about having sat on the throne of the king. You really doubt that anybody would be able to find fault with her for this either, she did just save the Kingdom from being infiltrated by monsters that would seek to obliterate it.

Thankfully, a regal robe wearing crowned old man entered the Throne Room, speaking to Parzlee, who stood near the throne. "You have saved the kingdom, warrior, and you sh-..." The King suddenly stopped and turned to his daughter, realizing that there were new people in the room. "Marle! You're back! I feared for the worst when the chancellor was revealed to be that foul beast! But I was fortunately able to find the actual chancellor locked hidden in a crate when I was uh... retreating from the battle." More like cowering in fear, you bet, but then again, he had no place near a battlefield with his level of strength. "And you are...?" The king noticed you next.

"I'm Rettace. Me and Parzlee here are comrades. I'm her superior officer. I'm happy that she was of service." You decide to try to at least act polite to the king. For Marle's sake more than anything else. Besides, mercenary work wasn't rare for Saiyans to do. Though it was almost always for Tuffles, you were technically on a mercenary mission right now! Of course, killing this Lavos was more doing a service to the galaxy as a whole than it was true merc work, but you accepted a task in exchange for something. That makes it a job, loosely, at least.

"Excellent, then I shall declare this day a national holiday in the honor of the two saviors of Guardia!" You... didn't really do anything. You looked at Marle, who just shrugged.

"Alright. I thank you for your kindness, King... Guardia?" You guessed as to his last name from the clue of Marle's real name, and it seemed that you managed to get things right too! "I'm a very busy man, so while I appreciate your gratitude, Parzlee and myself must depart."

"Nonsense!" The king laughed merrily. "I would not be much of a king if I allowed two heroes to go without a feast in their honor! Besides, you do not even have a shirt! Do you not feel the chill in the air?" The king questioned the fact that you weren't bothered by the cooler temperature of the air despite being bare chested. Saiyans were hardy like that, they could survive more extreme levels of temperature than most quite comfortably. "I will have the royal tailor create an outfit for you." The king nodded sagely. You kind of felt like you were being rewarded for nothing here, and more annoyingly, the reward was getting in the way of your mission. Though it was difficult to turn down the idea of a feast...

>>What will Rettace do?
>Insist on leaving.
>Have everyone stay for the feast.
>Have Parzlee fetch Crono and Frog with Marle and Lucca while you have an outfit made.
>Other(Write-in)

>>4948793
>Have Parzlee fetch Crono and Frog with Marle while you have an outfit made.
>Ask for Lucca's assistance on the outfit, offer the remains of our Suit for her and the Tailor to examine, and try to replicate while they do their thing. Lucca's likely smart enough to easily replicate it.

>>4948793
>Insist on leaving.
We still gave three comrades to find.

>>4948793
Supporting this >>4948793
This is a good idea, honestly. We should remember to tell Parzlee to be on her best behavior though.

>>4948793
>>4948811
+1

>>4948910
Whoops, mean to support this >>4948811

>>4948818
I support. We have comrades to find and they are more valuable than the shirt.

>>4948818
>>4948985
Gaspar told us where they're at. Why rush? We're heading that way anyways.

>>4949016
Time is passing for them as well as us. And each hour we are divided, we are weakened.

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>>4949273
I mean, we have to wait for Melchior to reforge the sword anyways.

"Parzlee, would you go with Marle to fetch the others in my newly formed group while I have an outfit made?" You ask your second, who just shrugs. You didn't really want to split everyone up like this, especially after just finding Parzlee again, but it won't be for long. Besides, you can always just keep an eye on her with your newly upgraded Scouter should you wish. "They're assisting us in destroying the beast we were sent here to deal with."

"Alright." Parzlee keeps her answer simple. She always kept things simple when it came to your orders, hardly ever questioning them unless she thought she had something to add to them. For a Saiyan, she was more loyal than most, though your entire squad did have something of an emphasis on loyalty. It was one of the reasons you had originally hoped to go far with them. With the three people you called friends. Unfortunately, it seemed like fate had other things in store for the four of you. Especially for Scalli.

"W-wait! Why is Nadia going with you?" The king sounds suddenly worried for his daughter, but you can't really tell why. The girl is far stronger than practically everyone else you've ever met in your life with some exceptions. She's more powerful than even King Vegeta! Surely he can't truly believe that there is anything upon this planet that

"Oh, it's because..." You're about to answer for Marle, but the princess steps forwards with a smile and answers her father herself.

"It's because I need to give them a royal invitation myself, obviously!" The girl quickly thought up a lie, and the king seemed to accept it.

"Very well then Nadia. But do not take too long to give these other brave heroes that have uncovered a terrible conspiracy to take over the country their invitations, I worry about you, after all." The king admitted worry for his daughter, who shook her head.

"Don't worry, Father. I'll be fine. I'll have... Lady Parzlee with me, won't I?" Wait a second... Lady? Isn't that a noble title? Did... did Marle just give Parzlee a title on the spot? Of course, Marle and Parzlee probably still didn't really like each other very much thanks to their initial impressions of one another, but now they knew that they were comrades, things might change.

"Yeah, I won't let any harm come to an ally." Parzlee crossed her arms. Still, her personal opinion aside, you knew that she wouldn't actually allow any harm to come to Marle, she wasn't the sort of person to ever betray one of her comrades like that.

"Well... if that is the case, I shall allow it." The king made his decree before he sat upon his throne and sighed. Marle seemed to be fairly rebellious as far as daughters went, so could that possibly be the source of his worry and exasperation? She didn't... exactly dress like one would expect a princess to dress... but then again, neither did Euca...

Lucca suddenly took a step forwards and pitched something at Marle who caught it out of the air. The... Gate Key? "Use that to get to Medina and back, Princess Nadia! It'll be faster than even flying across the ocean!" She chuckled a bit. "Besides, with our group growing as it is... and after the crisis we had before, I've decided to make another Gate Key!" Lucca reached into her pocket to reveal a half finished scepter in the style of the first key. Once again, her genius was on full display.

"Actually, Lucca... I wanted to ask you if you could help the tailor with my suit." You reached into one of your pockets, pulling out a few fragments of your Saiyan Armor. "My armor was destroyed in that battle with Nizbel, but it's one of the most advanced and protective materials that I know of. I was wondering if you could replicate it." You're really hoping that she can do more than just replicate the armor. You're sort of hoping she'll be able to do something with it.

"Hmm?" She quickly rushed over to inspect the armor fragments before using a magnifier that was seemingly built into her helmet to take a closer look at the remains of your armor. "What a strange composition... I think I can replicate it though, but... I'll have to substitute one of the metals used in the creation with elemental plate."

"Elemental plate?" You question her, and she smiles.

That's right! I have some left at my workshop, but basically, it's metal that has been finely attuned to a certain elemental disposition! It's very rare stuff, but... being given the opportunity to analyze space armor s even rarer! Of course, I have four varieties of the stuff right now, so... you're going to need to pick which one you'd like me to include into your armor..."

>>What will Rettace choose?
>Red Plate (Immunity to all Fire Magic attacks as well as the ability to resist extreme heat.)
>Blue Plate (Immunity to all Water and Ice Magic attacks as well as the ability to resist extreme cold and breathe longer underwater)
>White Plate (Immunity to all Light Magic attacks as well as immunity to electrocution and increased resistance to attacks from divine sources.)
>Black Plate (Immunity to all Shadow Magic attacks as well as increased resistance against attacks from demonic sources.)
>Other(Write-in)

>>4949772
>Water plate

Water plus ice? Sign us up

>>4949772
>>Black Plate (Immunity to all Shadow Magic attacks as well as increased resistance against attacks from demonic sources.)

I feel like this is best for if either of the Onis ever rampage too hard and start friendly firing, or if we end up fighting the mom after we've taken care of Lavos.

>>4949772
>White Plate (Immunity to all Light Magic attacks as well as immunity to electrocution and increased resistance to attacks from divine sources.)

>>4949772
>Red Plate (Immunity to all Fire Magic attacks as well as the ability to resist extreme heat.)

>>4949772
>Black Plate (Immunity to all Shadow Magic attacks as well as increased resistance against attacks from demonic sources.)

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>>4949772
>Black Plate (Immunity to all Shadow Magic attacks as well as increased resistance against attacks from demonic sources.)

Imagine the team strats we can set up, locking enemies down for our half-Sayain half-demon allies to finish off by nuking our location with dark magic?

You know, I might have suggested that we should consider taking Frog along with us but on second thought he would make a pretty good Kami. He is noble and strong enough for the job

"The Black Plate sounds interesting, Lucca. If you can recreate my armor using that, I'd be most appreciative." You didn't know whether or not the increased resistance to demonic sources would apply to Sycam and Euca or not, but it really couldn't hurt to at least see if it did. Besides, while you didn't really know what Shadow Magic entailed all that well, it was apparently a Darkness aligned magic, and according to Lucca, what the Demon Lord Magus would most likely be wielding against everyone.

"Fantastic! Then let me just head home real quick and I'll grab some things! It shouldn't take me more than a few minutes to get there and back!" Lucca suddenly took off out of the castle and left you alone with the king and his chancellor, with Marle and Parzlee gone to grab Frog and Crono, there really wasn't much that you could do in the castle. So you decided to spend some time learning to compress your Ki into a smaller ball after excusing yourself from the throne room to wait for Lucca's return.

Of course, there wasn't even much time for that, as before you had managed to even make any progress at all, a flustered red-faced Lucca returned to the castle with the equipment and resources she needed from her workshop.

She was panting for oxygen when she returned, but she quickly regained her usual composure. "Oh good, the tailor isn't here yet!" She seemed relieved to know that she had managed to get to her workshop and back before the royal tailor had even arrived. Eventually though the tailor did arrive, and you were led to his workshop in the castle, which was full of all sorts of expensive looking fabrics. He did seem quite displeased by Lucca deciding to claim a corner of his workshop, but he didn't say anything about it.

So there, while the tailor was busy creating you a tunic to fit your body that matched the color of your pants, Lucca was busy with the remnants of your armor as well as her own provided black plates, melting down both of them into a composite before pouring the composite metal into a mold that she had prepared, it had clearly taken the typical Saiyan chest-plate design into account too, the mold itself was almost a perfect replication of your old set of armor!

You kept watching Lucca as she started to finish working on your armor, and though the tailor finished long before she did, he didn't dare say anything about her continuing to use his workshop as a forge.

Finally, it was done, and Lucca was putting the finishing touches on the armor with a smile on her face. "And done!" She held the armor out to you, it was almost pure black, but it was trimmed with silver. You aren't sure if the silver trim held any purpose, or if it was just for decorative purposes. Lucca seemed immensely pleased with the creation though. "It's a masterpiece, if I do say so myself. I managed to keep the elastic nature and durability of the space metal you gave me in addition to perfectly incorporating the mystical properties of the Black Plate into the armor! It's a miracle of a composite metal, and without your help, it might've never been invented!" You looked at the armor for a few more seconds before slipping it on over your head, and it was just as elastic as normal Saiyan Armor felt. Perfect.

You did a few stretches in your new outfit. Your white underclothes weren't constrictive at all, you purposely had the tailor keep them relatively baggy so that you weren't constrained by your own outfit in a fight. Meanwhile, the Black Armor you wore was a perfect fit thanks to the elasticity. "Fantastic, Lucca. This is just what I needed." This type of armor should be useful for going up against the Demon Lord Magus too, and any other demon that you might encounter in 600CE. Apparently, this Magus not only created Lavos, but he also led an army of demons.

"I'm glad that you like it... I uh... I wanted to..." Before Lucca could finish her question, a man suddenly burst into the tailor's workshop.

"Ah, there you are Sir Rettace. The King wishes to inform you that the rest of your companions have arrived, there was a brief period of confusion for a moment, but it appears that things have all been cleared up now that the King has been made aware that Sir Crono was a member of your company." Huh? Did something happen? You looked at Lucca, who just shrugged.

"Crono was almost executed not too long ago, but he managed to break himself out. Turns out that the Chancellor was trying to have him executed for... well actually I'm not quite sure why Yakra's descendant tried to have him executed, actually." Lucca shrugged. "Eventually, we ended up escaping from the Castle through a Time Gate and that was how we ended up visiting 2300CE, seeing all the destruction and finding out about Lavos."

"I see..." Nearly being executed wrongfully? It's something of a surprise that Crono isn't more upset with the kingdom for this, but... despite being quiet, the kid did seem good at heart. So did everyone who had set out to save the world with him, actually. It was odd seeing such good hearted people setting out to save a world. What would a Saiyan who had foreseen destruction do? You wonder that for a moment, would they set out to save the future? Would they flee and save their own life? You didn't really know what you'd do yourself... well, you were going out of your way to save a world that wasn't your own right now. You could've just gone against Kami's request, but... you're a man of your word. You couldn't just turn your back on this world when you had agreed to save it. You still had your pride and honor as a warrior to keep. Saiyans were a race of mercenaries, if they were manipulative with the truth, then nobody would ever trust them enough to hire them. "Well, let's get going then, we wouldn't want to miss the feast, would we?"

Lucca follows you out of the workshop as you in turn follow the chauffeur to the hall of the castle. He takes you near the front of the table with the rest of your group. Marle is wearing clothing that is more suited to her true identity as Princess Nadia, much to her chagrin. She's seated the closest to her farther at the head of the table. Next to her is Crono, then Parzlee... oddly though, there's no Frog in sight. You take a seat next to Parzlee, and Lucca takes her seat next to you.

A few seconds after you take your seat, Crono speaks. "Frog said he'd be staying outside, he doesn't want to cause a scene with his appearance. Even if they didn't mistake him for a monster, he said he didn't wish to explain to everyone why he looked like a frog." Why... did he look like a frog? You kind of felt it rude to ask.

"Understood. After this feast, we'll go and take care of the Demon Lord. I take it the reforging of the Grandleon was successful?" You ask Crono, who nods.

"It was. I've never seen a blade like it either. It... radiates energy." Crono seemed to have only praise for the Grandleon. Though you weren't a swordsman yourself, you did kind of want to see what this blade was like. Would it increase Frog's power? Or was it simply a high quality blade? You supposed finding out would have to wait.

Eventually, the feast started to be served, as dozens of servers came out with all manner of dishes, your felt your stomach growl at the sight of all the food...

>>What will Rettace do?
>Restrain yourself, do not eat too fast.
>Restrain yourself and tell Parzlee to do the same, you're both honored guests.
>Eat like a Saiyan does. You're starving.
>Try to find a reasonable balance between eating like a Saiyan and eating with some dignity.
>Other(Write-in)

>>4950010
>>Eat like a Saiyan does. You're starving.
Gobble...Snarf...Smack...

>>4950010
>>Try to find a reasonable balance between eating like a Saiyan and eating with some dignity.

>>4950010
>Try to find a reasonable balance between eating like a Saiyan and eating with some dignity.

>>4950010
>Eat like a Saiyan does. You're starving.
We will not betray our heritage

>>4950010
>Eat like a Saiyan does. You're starving.

GLORIOUS TRADITION

>>4950010
>Restrain yourself and tell Parzlee to do the same, you're both honored guests.

Gonna call the vote and start writing in 10 minutes.
In fact, for today, the vote will be called automatically an hour after the update.

You really should hold back, but... you haven't eaten for quite some time, and you simply can't resist the feast laid out before you. Your Saiyan blood demands you feed your body, and do so as quickly as possible. It's clear that Parzlee isn't even facing the same dilemma you are though, as almost immediately as there is food in reach, she starts stuffing her face. You sigh at the display or your squad-mate, and realize that there was never going to be a chance that two Saiyans being given a feast weren't going to take full advantage of things, so why even bother trying to hold yourself back?

You grabbed a leg of meat and ate it as quickly as you possibly could, not even really chewing it as you tore the tender meat from the bone. After eating the leg of meat, you claimed an entire pie for yourself, then some variety of meat tart, then a large fish, then another large cut of meat...

-Some time later-

"What do you mean that we're out of food?!" The king was yelling at the royal cook, who looked worried. Instead of more dishes being brought out, the cook himself had come.

"W-well my liege, you see... we only keep enough food in stock for maybe two or three feasts, but... between those two, they've eaten all that!" The cook explained things to the king, who held his head in his hands. At some point, Crono, Marle and Lucca had finished eating in favor of just staring at you and Parzlee, you had both eaten at least two dozen people's worth of food each... a Saiyan's metabolism wasn't something to be underestimated at all.

"Don't worry about it! I'm full now anyway." You wouldn't need to eat for some time now that you were fully satiated by the feast, and Saiyans did tend to fight at their best on full stomachs. In fact, while it hadn't happened to you so far, you'd even heard stories that a Saiyan who was starving would be barely half of his usual strength! You however knew that this was something to be avoided, so you made a habit of eating where and when you could, even if it wasn't a tremendous amount like you ate here. "What about you, Parzlee?" You ask your second in command, who looks at you with a smirk.

"Yeah... pretty much... hey boss, now that we've reunited and we've both gotten a little stronger, how about a friendly spar? I have these potions to heal us now too!" Suddenly, you find yourself being challenged to a match by your second in command, and you had to admit that you were at least a little interested in how her power might've grown. She wouldn't be a foe as insurmountably difficult to defeat as Spekkio at least, in fact her power was actually lower than your own right now!

>>What will Rettace do?
>Accept Parzlee's request to spar.
>Refuse Parzlee, you still have missing allies to find.
>Other(Write-in)

>>4950095
>Accept Parzlee's request to spar.

>>4950095
>Refuse Parzlee, you still have missing allies to find.
Absolutely!... After we've got our allies back. There are some adversaries on this planet even stronger than an Oozaru, after all. Khive could be in serious danger.

>>4950095
>On one condition. Loser has to do the Tuffle Dance.

>>4950124
Wait fuck i should call it the tuffle shuffle

>>4950095
Fuck it, supporting this, it's too good, kek >>4950124

>>4950095
>>4950124
+1

>>4950124
Support.

>>4950095
Supporting>>4950124

>>4950124
>>4950126
The fuck is a tuffle dance/shuffle?

>>4950146
I assume This, lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5whaRkuipU

>>4950146
It’s a mystery, my friend. But i know one thing for sure:
It’s definitely embarassing.

Ok then, let's get this party started
>1d100 best of 4
>Low DC 35 Mid DC 50 High DC 75

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>4950151
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yCehRYA6oXg It could even be this monstrosity!
>>4950155

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>4950155

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>4950155

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>4950155
fail

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>>4950168
>>4950162
>>4950161
>>4950156

"Alright then, Parzlee, I'll spar you... on one condition..." You smirked at the girl. Once, when you were kids, you, Scalli, Parzlee and Khive all visited a Tuffle City together. One thing led to another, and the four of you ended up swept into some sort of Tuffle stage play accidentally... or... well, it was Parzlee's idea to sneak in, and for whatever reason, the rest of you just indulged her back then. Of course, when you were actually inside the theater, no amount of Saiyan training could've prepared you for what you saw.

Tuffle men and women pranced about the stage with practiced grace that you thought impossible for Tuffles, twisting, turning and pirouetting all the while. The women wore short pink dresses while the men wore full black near skintight suits. It was only later that you discovered that the dance you saw was something called 'Ballet' and it was something of a favorite of the Tuffles. It was safe to say that none of you enjoyed the experience, yet at the same time, the four of you watched the performance to the end. You don't know if it was because your young minds were enraptured by the Ballet or if you had all simply at the time decided that whoever looked away first was a wimp, but it remains that you all watched the entire show, and it had become a popular forfeit among your original squad back in the training camp to do the 'Tuffle Dance', which involved usually dressing up as accurately as you could as one of the performers and prancing around like one of them. The performance was usually terrible, but at the same time, it was hilarious to the three not doing the forfeit... it was a personal point of pride that you had never been forced to go through with the Tuffle Dance yourself in all of your training.

"The condition is that the loser has to do the Tuffle Dance." You smile at Parzlee, and the smile on her own face swiftly disappears.

"So much for a friendly competition, boss..." The smile returns to her face with almost a savage fierceness. "But if you want me to beat your ass, then I'll be more than happy to teach you a lesson!" She cracks her knuckles. "Oi! King! There a training arena around here we can practice against each other in?"

"Y-you can't possibly be prepared to train when you have just eaten so much!" The Chancellor voiced his concerns, but the king simply shook his head at the chancellor before answering, even though you had eaten far too much, he still had to be polite to his guests, you did save the kingdom after all... well, Parzlee did, but she technically works for you... of course, you'd be the first to give her the credit. Even if she does work for you, stealing the credit for something you didn't do just rubs you up the wrong way.

"Yes, there is a training area that is usually reserved for the guards!" He pointed out of the throne room and towards a downwards facing set of stairs. "Just descend those and turn right before heading down a set of stairs. The area is... quite small, as it's usually used for the knights to train their swordplay." The King explains, and Parzlee shrugs.

"Fine by me." She started to walk in the direction the king pointed before turning back to look at you. "Oi, boss. No Ki attacks, alright? Wouldn't want to damage the place... this building clearly ain't rated for that level of power to be thrown around. Physical strikes and grabs only... and it'll be ring out."

"Fine by me, Parzlee." Parzlee be it through luck or planning... probably luck, had managed to have things set up to be more beneficial to her. The sparring arena being small would mean that your normal fighting style of trickery and deceit wouldn't work altogether very well. Your best plans usually allow you to get some breathing space from your opponent. Being up close and personal at all times with somebody like Parzlee was terribly dangerous for that reason. Especially for somebody like you, and especially with the restriction on Ki Attacks not being allowed. Still, you were confident that you could defeat her.

It didn't take long for you and your second-in-command to make it down to the guard's training arena, and Lucca, Marle and Crono had decided to come with you to watch the spar too! Lucca and Marle were clearly still gobsmacked at you and Parzlee's ability to eat such incredible volumes of food, and you thought you heard Lucca mumbling something to herself about extreme alien metabolism at one point.

Soon enough, you were both standing on one side of a small arena, a circle of sand with a thick circle of rope surrounding the border to show the limits of the arena. One step outside of the arena would be an immediate forfeit. There were barely ten meters between you and Parzlee, and the girl stretched as she prepared herself for the fight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rT2lrnY1Go

"OK you two... get ready... and fight!" Marle had taken it upon herself to be the referee of the fight, and almost as soon as the word 'fight' left her mouth, Parzlee sprang into action, charging towards you with a tackle meant to knock you straight out of the arena! You saw the tackle in time and managed to dodge out of the way, but you committed too much to your dodge and were unable to take advantage of Parzlee being off balance near the edge of the arena from her failed attempt at a tackle, so you simply rolled away and got back to your feet.

"Not bad, Parzlee. Trying to take me by surprise?" You looked at your second-in-command with serious eyes. Parzlee was an incredibly dangerous foe, no doubt about it, but you still had a power advantage against her... or at least that's what your scouter said...

>>What will Rettace do?
>Goad her into a direct clash of power.
>Trick her into another tackle and then trip her up and push her out of the arena.
>Strike at her limbs and weaken her so you can throw her out the normal way.
>Try to throw her upwards into the ceiling, win by technicality.
>Other(Write-in)

>>4950215
>>Other(Write-in)
Taunt her into attacking directly, but hide energy mines under our feet, and move to dodge and blow her out of the arena with the mines when she attacks.

>>4950228
>and move to dodge and blow her out of the arena with the mines when she attacks.
We agreed on no ki.

>>4950230
Oh shit, this is what I get for skimming.

>>4950215
>>4950228
So uh, scratch that, pardon my dumbassery.

>Trick her into another tackle and then trip her up and push her out of the arena.

She's better with striking limbs and pressure points than us, so that's probably gonna end badly if we pick it, and since she's more of a physical build, outright throwing her or using a direct clash would probably be bad for us.

>>4950228
Can't do that. Those are Ki attacks, hence illegal in this match.

Hmm, >>4950213
I think we should play with a double feint. Going for a high hit, side hit, then opposite low trip to get her out of the arena.

>>4950215
>Try to throw her upwards into the ceiling, win by technicality.
Just the right amount of trickery

>>4950215
>Trick her into another tackle and then trip her up and push her out of the arena.

>>4950215
>Try to throw her upwards into the ceiling, win by technicality.

think the vote is tied, come on guys.

>>4950356
fine, I change to support throw up.>>4950241


still think we should feignt though

Alright
1d100 bo4.
DC 75

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>4950499

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>4950499
Let's go!

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>4950499
prepare to dance, parzlee

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>4950499

>>4950516
>>4950507
DANCE, PARZLEE, DANCE

"You know me, and I know you. You'd have to be stupid if you thought I was going to give you any time to think of a plan to beat me." Your second-in-command once again got into position to charge at you, and you responded by getting into your own fighting position, though... you used the momentary lull in the combat in order to glimpse briefly into the future in order to perfectly predict her next move. She'd charge forwards and then attempt a feint before following up on the feint with a powerful roundhouse kick that would send you spiralling out of the arena. If you didn't see it coming, it would be a strategy that would be sure to grant her victory, however...

"Oh Parzlee... you've already given me all the time I need." You smirk at the girl in order to taunt her into attacking, and of course, she acts exactly as you would expect her too. You've known Parzlee for far too long, and because of that, your specific brand of fighting by playing on your opponent's weaknesses shone. While Parzlee attempted to fight in order to mitigate your strengths, you could fight in an attempt to exacerbate her weaknesses. Namely, she was quite hot-heated when she was taunted, and it was fairly easy to bait her into attacking, even now, when she should realize that caution would be necessary, she charged at you, preparing her feint and her follow-up.

"We'll see about that, boss!" The girl zipped towards you, acting exactly as your vision had foreseen her acting. While you couldn't rely on your ability to glimpse the future that much in a normal fight, as it was really only something you could use once or twice before the pain from the ensuing headache and temporary moment of distraction in a fight from using it would spell your undoing, it was still a tremendously powerful tool in your arsenal that allowed for the effortless dismantling of a Trump Card, if one were predicted. Of course, against opponents that you were unfamiliar with, it was... almost certainly going to be far more dangerous to use the ability effectively. For the best results, it had to be used in the exact moment before they would make their attack, otherwise you'd likely have your vision cut off half-way through an attack and be just as vulnerable to feints if not more than usual because of it.

As she attempted her feint, you pretended to be startled, though when her follow-up roundhouse kick came, you blocked it effortlessly with one arm before using both of your arms to grab her leg and start to spin the girl, who made noises of confusion at the sudden choice of disorienting movements on your part. "Sorry, Parzlee! But this is one more win for me!" Instead of launching her out of the ring with your spin though, you instead launched the girl upwards to crash into the ceiling.

Even despite the spinning, Parzlee managed to recover from her disorientation in time to try to cancel her vertical momentum and stop herself in the air. Almost managing to stop herself entirely while upside down, but unfortunately, it simply wasn't enough, because just as she manages to stop herself in the air, her boots click softly against the ceiling and Marle steps forwards.

"That's it! Ring Out! The match is over! Rettace wins!" Marle announces your victory only a moments after Parzlee managed to get herself a ring-out through touching the ceiling. Then again, you doubt that it would've helped her much even if she was actually taking the ring-out rule into account for the roof. You threw her upwards with such velocity that it was simply impossible for her to slow herself fast enough to avoid crashing into the ceiling.

"W-what?!" Parzlee sounded reasonably frustrated at Marle's keen eye noticing that she lost, but the girl only crosses her arms. Marle's face is one of an unbiased impassive judge. A perfect face for one who may in the future be ruling a country. Parzlee couldn't argue against such a solemn declaration of her loss, and had no choice but to peacefully accept her loss to you.

"You heard me, Parzlee. You lost. Your feet touched an area outside the battle ring, so therefore that means that Rettace is the winner. Even if you weren't thrown against a wall or the floor. The ceiling still counts as a surface." Parzlee looks shocked for a moment at having forgotten such a simple fact of the battle, and realizes that she took her movement options for granted at that very moment in the battle.

"Then... damn it! No way, I can't lose this... I can't... Boss... Rettace... you... you're not actually going to force me to do that dance in front of everyone, are you?" She already had a faint blush of embarrassment on her face at the very idea of being forced to perform the Tuffle Dance, and you crossed your arms as you looked at her, expression unchanging.

"You knew what you were sparring with on the line, Parzlee. This is the traditional forfeit of our squad." You weren't having much mercy for the woman, who looked desperate now.

"But... that was when we were kids! You can't expect me to do something so... embarrassing now! Aren't we supposed to be trained warriors? The Elite of the Saiyans? Would you... really have me act as a dancing jester for your amusement?" She sounded like she really didn't want to do the dance. She must've thought that she was going to be able to defeat you, and you do feel a little bit bad about how things ended up... maybe you should let her off this time? It was embarrassing to reduce an Elite Saiyan to a dancing clown for your own amusement, and it wasn't like the rest of the squad were around to laugh about it either...

>>What will Rettace do?
>Tell Parzlee she has to do it in front of everyone.
>Tell Parzlee that she can do the dance in private if that would make her feel better.
>Tell Parzlee that you'll let her off, but she owes you a favor.
>Tell Parzlee that you'll just let her off. You just wanted to motivate her.
>Other(Write-In)

Oh and 4 anons roll me 2d200.
A very small PL boost for winning a non-serious fight
That was the last update for the night.
See ya, thread.

Rolled 170, 51 = 221 (2d200)

>>4950571
>Tell Parzlee that you'll just let her off. You just wanted to motivate her.
>>4950573
Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'~!

>>4950571
>Tell Parzlee that you'll let her off, but she owes you a favor.

Rolled 21, 15 = 36 (2d200)

>>4950573

Rolled 105, 14 = 119 (2d200)

>>4950571
>>Tell Parzlee that you'll let her off, but she owes you a favor.

>>4950573
Big dice

Rolled 167, 151 = 318 (2d200)

>>4950573
YEAAAAAAAAAAART!

>Tell Parzlee that you'll let her off, but she owes you a favor.

>>4950571
>Tell Parzlee she has to do it in front of everyone.
A deal's a deal, Parzlee! And a Saiyan always honors a deal.

>>4950732
Might make her do it in front of the squad later. Just seems mean to humiliate her in front of these humans who think her a great hero.

>>4950571
>Tell Parzlee that you'll let her off, but she owes you a favor.

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>>4950738
Jokes on you, tuffle ballet is probably what these people are into.

>>4950571
>Tell Parzlee that you'll let her off, but she owes you a favor.

>>4950571
>Tell Parzlee that you'll just let her off. You just wanted to motivate her.
I like Rettace's interactions with his squad.

Hey Wukong, can we get an Equipment page?
And maybe a page to track squadmates abilities?

>>4950571
>Of course not. We will just have to wait until your sister is here to enjoy it too.

Deal is a deal, but I am contented to wait until we are more private.

>>4950571
>>4950977
This is acceptable

>>4950977
>>4951129
We should probably let her sweat for a few seconds, a shit eating grin will strike more fear into her than staring down Freeza

>>4950969
Well, when there's more to track, I might make an Equipment sheet for Rettace and his squad.
Squadmate abilities, I might work on that page.

"Alright, fine. You don't have to do the dance, Parzlee..." You decide you may as well be merciful to the girl after all. It would be far too embarrassing to have her prance around like one of those Tuffle dancers in front of people that consider her a hero. You're not nearly cruel enough to do something like that, especially not to one of your best friends like Parzlee. Saiyans might've been ruthless in actual combat against their enemies, but in general, they would fiercely protect that which they cared for... if they found something they cared about, at least. While it might be momentarily amusing to make Parzlee prance around and do a silly dance as the forfeit, you really don't see it as necessary. "But you owe me a favor, alright?"

The tension seems to sink out of Parzlee's body as she realizes that you weren't going to make her go through with the dance after all. "Oh... for a moment there, I really thought you were going to make me go through with it, boss..." She looks to the side and away from you for a moment. "Thanks for uh.... thanks for not following through with making me go through with it."

"Don't think anything of it, Parzlee. It was mostly just to get you to fight at your best." While you may have actually made her go through with it if she hadn't raised her issues with it, as she really didn't want to do the dance, you had no problem in changing the forfeit into her just owing you a favor... then again, as you were her Squad Leader, she'd really have to do basically whatever you ended up asking her to do anyway, so having a favor wasn't really that crucial. Still, you supposed that when the three of you... or well... five, now, you supposed. But when you all returned to Planet Vegeta, it wasn't like the Squad Dynamic was actually going to be in effect there. You might've been their superior officer, but you didn't just get to order them to do anything you wanted whenever you wanted, that would be ridiculous.

"Well... the fight wasn't nearly as long as I was hoping it would be, but I want to hear if you have any feedback for me... where do you think I went wrong?" Clearly she was looking to patch the holes in her fighting style with your advice, but you didn't really have all that much to offer her... though you supposed...

"Well, for one, I'd suggest being just a little less predictable with your attacks. I know that might be an unfair thing to say when I have the ability Kami gave me to view the future for a brief period, but it's only thanks to knowing you and being able to predict when to use that power that I am able to get any real usage out of it." Really, if she managed to trick your future sight by running out the clock with feints or tricking you into thinking she was going to attack and then pulling back, you'd fast bring your ability to temporarily glimpse the future to its limits and be prevented from using it further. "Especially against me, while it might seem that the best way to defeat somebody like me would be a frantic rush to defeat me, that was actually the opposite of what you should've done... I'm not saying not to charge in, but charging in without a solid plan to defeat me was what led to your defeat." If she had more of a plan, your opportunity to grab her and throw her into the air would likely have never come.

"So... you're saying that I should just... plan out my attacks a little better?" It was about the best advice that you could give her. She had a lot of raw power, but power needs a direction to truly be dangerous. Of course, that wasn't just a metaphor. Ki projected outwards all around you in an omnidirectional fashion was not only incredibly costly as an attack, but also practically guaranteed to be less effective than just wiping out your foe with a beam of energy instead. That was the suggestion you were trying to give Parzlee. To better make use of her natural physical strength required her not to just charge in when it came to a fight... of course, she was getting there slowly, as evidenced by her usage of feints in your battle with her, but there was always room for improvement. Her inability to knock you out of the ring was proof enough of that.

"Pretty much, Parzlee... I'm not saying that you should prepare the follow-up attack in advance just in case things don't go to plan, but you should have at least two or three possible follow-ups in mind for every attack you make. Of course, you're a good fighter, so you already knew that, but... if you can do more than just think of your next moves, and instead think of both your own moves and your opponent's moves, you can set your opponents up to fall for a trap where they are left defenseless!" That was usually your philosophy in battle, at least, and one of the reasons why your ability to temporarily glimpse the future was such a useful ability to you. The ability to perfectly predict your opponent's next move had a power that wasn't to be understated, especially for somebody like you. The ability to glimpse the future was simply one that was terrifyingly powerful for a fighter like you, and there was really no telling how deadly you might end up becoming if you ended up finding a way to extend the time you could glimpse the future for.

"Well... now that that's over. Should we get going to 600CE? We still need to beat Magus and stop Lavos." Crono spoke up, he seemed just slightly impatient as he brought up the fact that your group was technically wasting time, seeing as you still needed to defeat Magus. Personally, you were a little disappointed in the idea of killing Lavos' creator in order to avoid doing battle with the beast itself, but that was the plan that the group of Time Travelers had agreed on. Your Saiyan blood kind of wanted to see what sort of strength Lavos itself held, but perhaps it really was as insurmountably powerful as they feared and fighting against it was just impossible. Perhaps it was a legendary sort of strength possessed only by something like the Super Saiyan of Legend? You just didn't know right now, and likely wouldn't know unless the opportunity to scan Lavos with your Scouter appeared.

>>What will Rettace say?
>"Right, there's nothing else I need to do here. Let's go fight Magus, The sooner he's defeated, the sooner I can reunite with the rest of my allies."
>"Are you all sure that you're ready? I think we all ought to do a little bit of training before taking on Magus. I think I can teach you three a few things... Frog too!"
>"Actually... Lucca... do you have any more of those plates? With just the remnants of my armor, you managed to make an entire new suit for me... so do you think you can use Parzlee's Saiyan Armor to make armor for two or maybe three more people?"
>"Actually... how about we train a little? Me and Parzlee vs you three. We'll find some place to make it a proper spar too! Last one standing wins!"
>Other(Write-in...)

>>4951167
>I wish to reach my ally before taking on this demon lord magnus. She is the final member of my squad we can reach and shall be exceedingly useful, much as Parzlee is.

Lets not forget, team reuninted then magnus murdering.

>>4951173
same time period of course, but we must find her.

>>4951167
>>"Are you all sure that you're ready? I think we all ought to do a little bit of training before taking on Magus. I think I can teach you three a few things... Frog too!"

>>4951167
>"Are you all sure that you're ready? I think we all ought to do a little bit of training before taking on Magus. I think I can teach you three a few things... Frog too!"

OK
1d100 Best of 4
Low DC 40 Mid DC 75 High DC 90

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>4951229

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>4951229

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>4951229
Check my crit.

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>4951229
uh oh

Rolled 86, 90 = 176 (2d100)

Let's see if Parzlee is any better as a teacher than you are.

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>>4951173
Wouldnhave supported this, and after training I still thinkw e should do this.

Sorry about the delay for the update, it's 5 posts long.

>>4951453
Ok I lied, it's 7 posts long and over 3000 words.

"Are you all sure that you're ready? I think we all ought to do a little bit of training before taking on Magus. I think I can teach you three a few things... Frog too!" It was in everyone's best interests if they were all as powerful as they could possibly be before you went off to fight a Demon Lord... you didn't quite know how powerful Magus was supposed to be, but after your first battle against Nizbel, you couldn't afford to become complacent. That was a fight that you only won through relying upon an experimental technique that allowed you to wield the power of an Oozaru without using a Full Moon, though now that you knew that your Power Ball technique worked, you, Parzlee, Khive and even Euca and Sycam would be far more powerful than normal... of course, with non-Saiyans like Crono and his friends around, it was unsafe for anybody but your or Parzlee to utilize the form of the Oozaru. Khive, Euca and Sycam had yet to receive the training that would allow them to control themselves in the form, and they'd almost certainly target the non-Saiyans.

"Huh, you're offering to train us?" Crono looked at you in surprise, and you crossed your arms.

"Well... it's more like teaching you, actually. You all have access to that magic of yours, and I'm sure that it's very powerful, but I can teach you another means to attack your opponents, and hopefully, another means to defeat Magus." You were planning to teach the group how to use their Ki, of course, they were powerful enough already that just knowing how to manipulate their Ki ought to give them a great boost in strength alone.

"Then... Oh! I know! Why don't we train in Spekkio's arena! I'm sure he won't be that bothered by us using his arena as a training ground, it's what it exists for after all!" Marle suddenly brought up Spekkio again, and you briefly recalled the horrible beatdown you had received from the shapeshifting deity. He was far too powerful for you to handle, but that did beg the question of why he didn't go and defeat Magus himself... he mentioned that he wasn't as powerful as Lavos, but from what you've gathered so far, the summoner is far weaker than the beast of his creation... if the option to travel in time exists, why does Spekkio not simply just go to the time before Magus has created Lavos you were heading to and defeat him there? It doesn't make sense!

"Alright. Then let's head to the Time Gate everyone." You did a few stretches, still pumped-up from your fight with Parzlee. "Lucca, how is work on that second Gate Key? Is it still unfinished? I thought I saw you tinkering with something at the Feast Table." You had spied her working on something advanced looking on the table, and you found yourself once again marveling at the technological ingenuity of the girl. What sort of machines would the girl be able to create with the resources of the Tuffles, you wondered? It was almost worth making an offer to her to come with you just so you could see such a thing. Her skill was to such an extreme that even you had taken a great interest in it, and you were a Saiyan! While you considered yourself a step above most of your kinsmen when it came to your intellect, the fact that her prowess was great enough that even a Saiyan was impressed with her intelligence was amazing indeed!

Lucca fetched something from her pocket before adjusting her glasses and smirking. "Of course! I've already invented a single gate-key, after all! All I needed to build another one was the resources in my workshop and a little bit of time!" She then passed the key to you. "Keep it safe, OK? It's quite delicate, and... no offense, but I don't think you'll be able to repair it if it gets broken." Lucca made an accurate observation. You very much would not be able to fix a broken Gate Key. In fact, you didn't even really understand the mechanics behind how the wondrous piece of technology functioned. Other than the fact that they could open and stabilize existing rifts in time into Time Gates to allow safe travel through, you didn't really know what else the Gate Keys could do... that is if they actually had any other functions built into them. Lucca did seem like the sort of girl who enjoyed putting... quite a few too many features into her inventions, not that you were complaining at all. Her upgrades to your scouter have been fantastic.

"I'll keep that in mind, now... let's head to the End of Time, shall we?" You pocketed the Gate Key, making sure that it was kept secure in one of your pockets and that it wasn't going to fall out during combat, you all set off following Crono towards the nearest Time Gate.

"The... where?" Parzlee sounded reasonably concerned about being the End of Time being mentioned, and you turned to her with a neutral expression.

"Don't worry Parzlee, I'll get you up to speed on what the End of Time actually is on the way, alright?"

-A few minutes later-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGY0E2Za2Fg

"So... you want to use my Arena to train these four in then?" Spekkio, in the form of a small furry creature asked with a curious sounding voice, and you nodded.

"I would've liked to have taught Robo too, but... it's a simple matter of reality that machinery can't manipulate Ki like living people can." Unfortunately, Robo had been required to sit this one out. While you had been ensured of the Robot's strength by Lucca herself, it would appear as if he would require upgrades from the aforementioned genius girl in order to become more powerful... not that you doubted Lucca's ability to strengthen the robotic warrior. Even if he was technology taken from a millennium in the future of her own race's technological development, she easily took care of the maintenance, repairs and upgrades on Robo without issue.

"So, thou art teaching us how to wield a power like but unlike magic?" Frog asked you in a strangely cryptic manner. You... didn't really know why he was talking like that, but you nodded.

"That's right, I'm going to be teaching you how to use the same power that Parzlee and myself wield. Your magic is exclusive to you as a result of this planet, however... in the rest of the universe, a great deal of people like myself and Parzlee rely on another source of energy." You generate a ball of Ki in your hand to help illustrate your point. "It's called Ki. It's the life energy of all living things, and in general, the more powerful you are, the greater your reserves of Ki, and the greater your reserves of Ki, the more powerful you are." Of course, there were exceptions to this rule, but it was a solid rule of thumb to follow. Those without the ability to manipulate their Ki would be far weaker than they should be, for that reason.

"Oh! Fantastic!" Lucca suddenly sounded excited at the prospect of learning. "So, the power source used by many aliens is life-force manifested into energy... and this is something that anybody can learn how to do? I should be taking notes..." She looked around for a pen and paper, but you shook your heads.

"You'll just have to commit this to memory, Lucca." You formed another ball of Ki in your hand. "Because next up I'm going to try to have you learn how to wield Ki for yourselves."

"R-really? Is learning how to use it really as simple as just being taught how to do it?" Marle questioned you, and you shrugged.

"As far as I can tell, aptitude depends on race. Some races like Saiyans are born with it almost intrinsic to them. Able to manipulate their Ki from a very young age and with very little training, while for other races..." Well, namely the Tuffles... "While for other races, it is far more difficult to actually learn how to wield their Ki as a source of power. Because of that, I can't really tell how the four of you are going to get on. I want to at least make sure that the four of you can fly before we're done here though." Flight is an incredibly useful skill to have, and it also means that you and Parzlee won't be reduced to a flying taxi service for the group... though you supposed it wouldn't be quite as bad when you got Euca and Sycam back on side, at least.

"So... how do we use our Ki then?" Crono kept his words short, and you turned to the red haired youth.

"Well... first off, I want you all to close your eyes and try to reach deep into yourselves... to find the core of your being and then take grasp of it. When you've found that, I want you to try to flood it with as much power as you possibly can!" It was a simple method to try to get somebody unfamiliar with Ki able to use it, but... as you looked at the struggling faces of the four Time Travelers, you realized that you might need to change your choice of technique. "Alright! That's not working so let's-"

"Rettace, that's not going to work! You need passion to wield Ki! Obviously." Parzlee suddenly took lead, and you were totally stunned as the girl looked at the four concentrating students before she crossed her arms. "Alright you four! Open your eyes!" She commanded the four of them and they did as the female Saiyan warrior asked them to, looking at her in confusion. Then she pointed at Frog. "You! Focus on something that infuriates you and then reach into yourself once more!" Then she pointed at Crono. "Focus on something you want to protect!" Then at Marle. "Focus on something you don't want to lose!" Then finally at Lucca. "And you... focus on something that you desperately want." You didn't know what Parzlee was doing, but the girl just looked at you. "You can't just think everyone is able to be as methodological as you are when it comes to stuff like this, Boss. Learning how use Ki is... well, for most people it's a very personal thing, y'know? You might've had an easy time of it, but I can remember first manifesting my Ki back when a couple of bullies tried picking on Khive. How did you first do it?"

"Huh? I... I saw a Saiyan Warrior use a Ki Blast and I thought it would be cool if I could also do that, so I tried to and... well, I could." It was actually surprising with just how little you struggled back then to learn how to use your Ki, and you had assumed at the time that it must've just been that easy for everyone. Looks like you were wrong.

"Well... that's... not how most people learn, boss..." Parzlee seemed surprised. Did you never tell that to her when you were in the training camps? It never really came up, you guessed. It wasn't really something that you had much interest in talking about as kids. "You normally need to focus on something that sparks a great emotion in you... sometimes, frustration about not being able to do it is enough, but other people might need to focus on something else to give them the spark they need.

"Well, if you believe you can teach them better than I can, I'll happily watch as you do." With that said, you went to stand next to Spekkio, who was clearly enjoying himself as he watched things proceed.

Surprisingly enough, Parzlee was absolutely fantastic at teaching the four of them how to wield their Ki, and in just half an hour of practice, the four of them had successfully managed to form a ball of Ki each. While the Ki Balls weren't exactly very powerful, it was still great progress, but... that wasn't all that Parzlee was teaching them.

"Now then... you've got access to that power within you, so I want you to force that power... downwards, towards and out the soles of your feet." She instructed the group as they continued focusing on their newly gained power. Suddenly Lucca began to float! Followed swiftly by Crono, Frog and finally Marle! "There we go! You're all flying now!" Parzlee smiled at her four students as they suddenly realized just what they were doing and each crashed into the ground in a heap, causing the female Saiyan to scratch the back of her head awkwardly. "Or... you were all flying. But... you lost focus. Losing focus like that in the air is a surefire way to plummet to the ground, especially if you aren't familiar with flying." Parzlee gave the four of them a warning about flight, and then clapped her hands together. "Alright, I think that'll do it for now. I taught you all you need to know to hone your skills by yourselves." Out of relative boredom, you clicked the button on the side of your Scouter to examine everyone, only to find yourself blinking in surprise at the fact that all of them had increased their Power Levels by 5000 points simply from learning how to wield Ki!

"Right. With that out of the way, let's head off then, shall we?" You gave the suggestion to leave the end of Time and head towards the year 600CE, though you did need Lucca to point out which Gate you needed to head through in order to get to the year you needed to reach, with your key, you had Lucca and Parzlee come with you. Meanwhile Crono, Marle, Robo and Frog needed two trips in order to get everyone else through with them. Already, it looked as if Lucca would need to start working on another Gate Key in order to prevent situations like this one from occurring in the future... or the past, you supposed.

You stood in the same forest that you had been in just an hour ago, but... it was subtly different. The coloration on the trees was slightly off, and the trees themselves appeared slightly different. As if the trees were thinner and less dense than they were before. Of course, this was the past, so the ancient grove that this Gate had formed in would of course be less developed back then.

As the seven of you stood in the forest, you looked at Robo with a frown. You hadn't spoken much to the robot yet, but... one thing was pretty certain. He couldn't possibly have learned how to fly with everybody else, so... what exactly was he going to do if everyone else just flew away? "Oi. Robo. Are you sure you don't want to head back? Everyone else can fly, and you... well, you can't right?"

"Incorrect assumption. I was designed with emergency flight capabilities, although, I had not realized that there was a... more efficient means of propulsion that would allow me to make good use of it." Suddenly, Robo started to float upwards as small jets of purple flame emerged from his feet. "I shall not have any difficulties with keeping up with you. So do not worry about me." Robo sounded proud of himself... itself? Himself. Robo sounded proud of himself as he revealed his success in figuring out how to fly more efficiently, and you nodded your head.

"Well that settles it, I guess. Come on, let's get going." As you said that, you pressed the button on the side of your scouter, instructing it to search for any high power levels it could detect though... other than a fluctuating energy reading in the direction of Magus' Castle, you couldn't get a readout. It was almost as if... something was blocking your scouter in that location!

The seven of you flew across the skies for some time before you set down on a small cape overlooking the distant island that Magus' Castle was built upon. The Castle itself was an imposing building, and it was clearly visible even from this far away. "Alright... so are we just going to bust in or what?" You didn't want to waste much time, especially because it seemed like your allies might've been kept within that location. There was almost... some form of barrier around it, though your Scouter couldn't pick up on the barrier properly... it must be magic!

"Frog... I'm getting a reading of a barrier around the castle, do you know anything about it?" You decide that it would probably be for the best that you asked the expert on the time period, and Frog ribbeted involuntarily before answering.

"I do. That is a powerful magic barrier that has been erected around Magus' entire demon castle. It is impossible to break and none can enter or exit it." Impossible to break? Somehow you kind of doubted that, but... you decided to continue listening to Frog's explanation. "There is a path that we can take to sneak through, 'tis the same path used by Magus' armies to enter and exit through the barrier. But... it is usually kept sealed behind an entire mountain that Magus has used to conceal it." Frog revealed. "If we are to get to Magus, we must breach this path and use it to reach him!" The swordsman put a hand on his blade proudly. "I would like to put the Grandleon to use in order to open the blocked path. Mine blade has a special affinity against Magus and the foul evil that he wields, it should cleave through whatever protective enchantments he has weaved upon the mountain." Frog revealed that he did have a plan, but you weren't entirely certain if it was the best plan to go for.

You didn't know if the barrier was truly impassable, after all, and it might just be possible to break through the barrier with your strength... or you supposed that you could see about relying upon the armor that Lucca gave you to break through yourself... Of course, without knowing how powerful Magus actually was, it would be terribly foolish to go and confront him alone. Still, you had a few options...

>>What attack plan will you go for?
>Attempt to break through the magical barrier by force, your armor should assist you.
>Have Frog cut open the path to Magus' castle and follow his original plan.
>Just blow Magus' castle away with your most powerful beam attack and have everyone else assist you.
>Open the cave pathway to Magus' Castle yourself.
>Other(Write-in)

>>4951532
>>Have Frog cut open the path to Magus' castle and follow his original plan.
Best to move as a unit.

Also I don't want to miss out on one of the coolest moments from CT.

>>4951532
>Have Frog cut open the path to Magus' castle and follow his original plan.

>>4951532
>Have Frog cut open the path to Magus' castle and follow his original plan.

>>4951532
>Have them cut open a path.
>Once inside, burn them death.

>>4951532
>Have Frog cut open the path to Magus' castle and follow his original plan.

>>4951532
>>Have Frog cut open the path to Magus' castle and follow his original plan.
Frog's plan is good enough, no need to do fancy shit that we dunno will work.

>>4951532
>Have Frog cut open the path to Magus' castle and follow his original plan.

"Well, I don't see any problem with your plan, Frog. We'll go with that. You're sure you can destroy the obstacle in our way without help?" You don't know just how much power it's going to need to break through, after all. Of course, at your level of strength you could likely create an attack powerful enough to destabilize a planet's core and destroy the entire planet from the ensuing reaction, but with magic involved as it is, it's more than possible that even somebody with as much strength as you would be unable to break through whatever defenses that Magus may have created for his castle. Up until you get a good look at Magus, you just won't know how powerful he is... or at least up until you're no longer being blocked by that magic barrier, anyway.

"Right! Then let us make haste to the mountain!" Frog suddenly took to the sky once again and sped towards a nearby mountain, and everyone else quickly followed him to his destination, the foot of a large gray mountain. The wind was blowing fiercely around the seven of you when you reached the foot of the mountain, and Frog, upon setting down once more, walked up to a part of the mountain and held a hand out to touch it.

Everyone else set down around Frog, who stood in silence for some time. You didn't know what he must've been thinking about as he stared at the mountain, his eyes betrayed no emotion... but that was probably because he had the outward appearance of a frog-man. His eyes weren't exactly very... emotive, at the best of times. Suddenly, Frog stopped staring at the mountain, turned around, and plunged the Grandleon into the floor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr_hIrWmHAQ

"Mine name is Glenn!" He suddenly reveals he does in fact have an actual name beyond a description of his physical appearance. "Long have I carried Cyrus's hopes and dreams, and now I bear the Grandleon as well!" Frog raised his arms upwards. "Henceforth, I claim them as my own! I shall slay the Demon Lord Magus and restore our honor both!" Frog took hold of the blade in the ground and pulled it out, raising it high to the sky, and at that moment, a tremendous amount of energy radiated from the blade, and your scouter started going haywire... 50,000, 100,000... 200,000!? The amount of energy radiating from the blade was ridiculous as it began to crackle with sparks of electricity and sent a flaring beam of light shining into the sky before it settled down a bit, and the power held within the sword settled down to around the 50,000 mark again.

You kept watching as Frog stopped holding the blade aloft and lowered it to a posture in which it could actually be used. Finally, after staring in stoic silence for a few more seconds, he raised the blade one last time and brought it down rapidly in front of the mountain, a fair distance away. You're about to question why he didn't slash the mountain itself, but before you can, your question is answered.

A line of light suddenly manifests upon the entire mountain from top to bottom, and the entire mountain begins to pull itself apart, rocks crumble down the mountainside as the entire once-proud formation is slashed in half, and it isn't long after that that you manage to see what Frog was talking about. In the center of the base that the slashed mountain once sat is a set of stairs that lead downwards, likely the path to Magus. "Let us make haste, the final battle is upon us!" Frog suddenly sprinted into the cave, and everyone else quickly followed the enthusiastic swordsfrog.

>Roll 1d1000 Best of 4 for random encounters.

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>>4952232

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>>4952232

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>>4952232

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>>4952232

The group of seven makes swift progress as you all wander through the cave system, it's quiet aside from the occasional drip of water from a stalactite falling onto the rocky floor of the cave. Frog and Crono both have torches they're using to light their way, but... that's not necessary for you. You just press a button on the side of your scouter and set it to night-vision mode so that you can still see exactly where you're going even despite the complete darkness... or well, the near complete darkness that isn't illuminated by the torches of Crono and Frog.

The seven of you are attacked a group of three huge bats at one point, but the fight against them was easily resolved. Crono and Frog ended up slashing one in half, and the last one was annihilated by a beam from Robo before you even got to do anything yourself. It was a slight nuisance at best. With the creatures dead, you kept moving, it didn't take long until a shining light in the distance showed the exit from the cave, and you stopped for a moment as you saw something shining out of the corner of your eye. You doubt you would've seen anything had you not been wearing your scouter, but you definitely saw it. Illuminated with a very brief glint of light was something stuck in one of the walls of the cave.

"Hold on for a second, I just want to check something." You called out to the rest of the group as you approached the glint you saw and you reached out to touch it... there was no response. Could it have just been a outcropping of reflective metal? No, it was far too uniform in shape for that. It was almost a perfect rectangle of metal that had been nearly completely embedded in the wall. With a shrug, you dug your fingers into the wall, the solid rock of the cave being ground away by your tremendous power as if it were chalk. When you had a good grip on the thing, you pulled it loose of the wall and found yourself holding a strange looking metal tablet with a blade engraved upon it... the blade looked a lot like the Grandleon, oddly.

"What did you find, Rettace?" Lucca approaches, pulling out a small device from her pocket and using it to illuminate the area around her. You... aren't going to question why she let Crono and Frog use torches to go through the cave if she had that.

"I don't know... it looks like some sort of... tablet?" It seemed to be worthless at first glance, but Lucca suddenly shook her head.

"That's a Strength Capsule!" Lucca seemed to recognize the object in your hands, revealing the name, but not anything else about what it actually was as she took it off of you and opened it up, revealing that it wasn't a tablet at all, but a metal case for a single blue and white pill.

"A... what?"

"A Strength Capsule. It's an ancient piece of magical medicine. Nobody knows where they came from or who invented them, but, they... well, when they are eaten, they fill the person who ate them with the magic that was contained within them! There are a few different varieties of them, but this one is able to increase the physical power of whoever eats it." She explained that the object in your hand was one that would allow you to become stronger, and all you had to do was eat it! You looked at the case again with a contemplative face as you looked at the pill.

>>What will Rettace do?
>Eat the Capsule, see if Lucca is right
>Give the Capsule to somebody else to break. (Who?)
>Save the Capsule for later, you don't need to use it now.
>Other(Write-in)

>>4952305
>Eat the Capsule, see if Lucca is right

>>4952305
>Save the Capsule for later, you don't need to use it now.

>>4952305
>>Save the Capsule for later, you don't need to use it now.
Save it for trying to replicate it later, OR for our weakest squadmate.

>>4952305
>For later

>>4952325
Eh, I really, genuinely, don't think we should bother trying to up the power levels of Khive. Chemical substants to get her a 100 increase could give someone else 1000, instead she should focus on her techniques to bridge the gaps.

>>4952334
I don't think strength capsules are percentage increases.
Ingame it raises Power by 1, not 1%.
It's most substantial for weaker people.

>>4952380
She isn't weak by any means, but in comparison to us she most certainly is.

And her power levels are a dead end to her progression. Focus on what she can weaponise.

>>4952305
>Save the Capsule for later, you don't need to use it now.
Khive needs it more

>>4952305
>Save it for later
For Khive or for someone else. Even Parzlee would make better use of it, being a melee combatant.

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>>4952389
>her power levels are a dead end to her progression
Cope.

>>4952389
>keep the weak weak
>never even try to make them strong
>give up
Ouch. Poor girlie.