"Yeah..." You confirmed her question. "But... we're strong enough to avenge our people, Parzlee. I won't allow the person who destroyed the Saiyan race to get away with his crimes." With the power you now had available to you, there was simply no way that Freeza was going to survive an encounter with you. Right now, you were one of the most powerful beings in the entire universe, and you were only going to get stronger! Or at least, you would... but thanks to Kachi-Kachi's help, you wouldn't be growing your base level of strength for a while yet... a whole year of training taken forward in time meant that you'd need to catch up on training in order to right the difference.

"I... know." With that, Parzlee fell unconscious once again, and you descended back towards the ground leaving you in the now open topped cabin with the two sleeping sisters.

"What a mess." You shook your head, and three Ki Signatures suddenly appeared out of nowhere, Magus, Mayonne and Euca appearing through some form of teleportation, it looked like. Good to know that your allies weren't too far behind.

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"Well, considering what could have happened, I'd say that things went quite well here." Magus gave his assessment of the situation, and you couldn't argue with him. "I was planning on assisting you with Mayonne and Euca here, but it was far too difficult to keep up with the two of you even though I was teleporting ahead of where you were racing towards. Euca filled me in on what happened while we tried to catch up. Blonde hair... black and red aura... massive power spikes... you Saiyans are an interesting bunch." Magus looked around the destroyed cabin, noticing that the roof was entirely gone and raising an eyebrow. "Good thing you managed to calm her down, I was planning on putting her to sleep with one of my spells, but... there was a good chance it would've ended up failing." So that was his plan? Made sense, though he'd have had to hit her with the magic for anything to happen in the first place, and that's quite difficult when somebody is quite literally hundreds of times faster than you.

"Well, I'm glad you came anyway." You nodded. Now that Magus was here with Mayonne and Euca, getting Khive and Parzlee some place better to rest in than this now destroyed little cabin would be far easier. You didn't want to disturb either of them too much, and trying to lift both of them at once would be difficult... unless... you recalled lifting the ship last night when you prevented it from crashing. In order to properly distribute the weight of the ship on you so that you didn't just crash straight through the thing when you tried to catch it, you formed a solid disk of your own Ki in order to catch it! So... what if you did the same thing here, on a smaller scale? Two smaller disks of Ki to accommodate both Khive and Parzlee laying down comfortably instead of having to move them about physically yourself? You didn't need Magus or the others to help at all!

Magus simply nodded in return to your appreciative gesture, but it was surprisingly Mayonne who came forwards now. "Uh... Magus... he might not be aware of this, considering he's not a real demon like I am... but I recognized that power... just a little."

"You did, Mayonne?" Mayonne's face brightened up a little upon you referring to them by their true name instead of the derogatory nickname you had forced upon them because you considered them annoying at the time.

"That's right... it felt... similar to the power that seeps into every corner of the Demon Realm... the power of the imprisoned originator of demons."

"The... originator of demons?"

"Right... old demon legends speak of a great war in the heavens that happened millions of years ago, a war between the gods over the fate of the multiverse. A split between those gods who wanted to remain a non-interventionist guiding force, and those who were tired of the mistakes of mortals, and wished to directly take positions of leadership over them." Mayonne began to explain. "The leader of the interventionist faction grew more and more desperate, and soon found himself with very few allies when the other gods began to realize that his true motive wasn't the betterment of the multiverse for the sake of mortals and that his only goal was to amass power for himself, instead. But by then it was too late... their leader had already cast a ritual to sacrifice all of his divine allies to create a new reality... a corrupted reality that exists below this layer of reality. Makai... the Demon Realm, a realm over which he had sole dominion as the Dark King. The Makai was filled with life drawn in from the true reality and corrupted by the dark power of the Makai." Mayonne shook his head before continuing. "The remaining gods were outraged by this, and they each called upon their God of Destruction to seal the Dark King... a twelve layered seal that was utterly impossible even for somebody of the Dark King's power to break... but... his power can still be felt seeping through the Demon Realm every now and then... that power... is what feels similar to the energy that Parzlee was giving off.. not entirely the same... but similar." The power of the Dark King...? But what does that have to with Parzlee?

Magus looked slightly annoyed by something, and turned towards his ex-general "Mayonne... you never told me this story before, why?" It was a reasonable question for him to ask, why did Mayonne wait to only tell you this story?

"Because I didn't really want you to do something stupid like try to unleash the Dark King to destroy Lavos. It was bad enough when you tried summoning Lavos without an actual definitive way to stop it." Mayonne's answer was quick and to the point, and Magus crossed his arms and turned away, speechless and unable to prove Mayonne wrong at all.

"Well... thanks for telling me what you know about Parzlee's energy, Mayonne." You thanked the demon, and got to thinking... was the Evil Saiyan of your race's ancient mythology somehow connected to this Dark King too? No... there was no telling for certain right now, you just needed more information. "But we should probably get these two to the others now." You stated with certainty as you started trying to track Glenn's Ki signature, as the strongest of your allies, his would be the easiest to find... of course, you found him in no time at all, and it appeared that they were all at the castle... for some reason. They must've hurried there in order to gather Crono and Marle in case things ended up going south... admittedly, Marle was an excellent healer, so you would've been able to rely on her healing you even if seeing Khive didn't snap Parzlee out of it and things turned into a proper battle... fortunately, it didn't come to that.

"No problem, Rettace!" Mayonne smiled at you and gave you a thumbs up while you got to work on trying to do what you did last night with your Ki and created two disks of energy to place both Khive and Parzlee on... and then you realized that there was really no point in making two individual disks, so you focused on creating a single large disk underneath everyone, projecting the Ki from the base of your feet and causing a giant disk to appear underneath everyone in the cabin. "W-woah!?" Mayonne nearly fell flat on his back as Euca and Magus were also caught off guard by the platform of energy you had created, it was about 5 meters in diameter, more than large enough to accommodate everyone as it took to the sky.

"Neat trick, boss." Euca was quick to regain her senses, and it didn't take long for her to decide to sit with her legs hanging off the side of the disk as you brought it towards the castle. You weren't moving even close to as fast as you'd be able to go if you flew, but it's not like you were really in that much of a hurry anymore, and you had more than enough energy to keep this technique up for hours thanks to Kachi-Kachi increasing your power. "So... that golden hair... what was that all about...? It reminded me of what happened back against Lavos, too." You had yet to explain your part of the story, so you crossed your arms and began an explanation as you flew everyone to the castle.

"I think it's something that our people, the Saiyans spoke of in legends. It's a state called a Super Saiyan... they're meant to be something like an unstoppable warrior that can defeat anything they come across... but it turns out that when you pit legends against legends... one legend is going to come out on top... and that was what Parzlee was... from a legend even more ancient than the Super Saiyan... but... thanks to Kachi-Kachi, I was strong enough to stop her with the power of a Super Saiyan."

"A Super Saiyan...? Do you think that I can reach that form...? Even though I'm only half-Saiyan?" Euca sounded hopeful that she too would be able to reach the state you had attained, and you didn't know if she could on account of her genetic make-up.

"I don't know. You might be able to, but... then again, you might not... I'll try my best to train you into being able to do it as well, but... even I'm not all that familiar with the transformation right now... at a push I'd be able to force myself to enter that state again, but... it's gonna be tough teaching somebody else to access that power." It was like a strange tingling that suffused your entire body, it couldn't be described as a single feeling, really.

"Thanks, Rettace." Euca sighed. "It's funny... before trying to fight Parzlee in that state... I was confident in my power. I thought I was strong enough to deal with anything... but... compared to you and Parzlee back then, even my best wasn't even close to good enough. I felt like an ant being swept away by a tsunami." It wasn't wrong for her to think that, during your battle against Parzlee, it was true that both of you were hundreds of times more powerful than she was, but you couldn't leave it at that.

"Power isn't everything, Euca." You were quick to reply. "In many cases, a more powerful opponent can be defeated through quick thinking or a greater technique. Even if you are more powerful than your opponent, you should always prioritize fighting with skill and strategy over just running in and trying to crush them." You took a moment to stop talking and pointed to your skull. "Your brain is your most dangerous weapon in a fight, you shouldn't forget that. You've got the makings of a talented warrior, Euca... so hone that talent. You managed to get a grip on your own power despite having both of your horns out, it's clear to me that your true worth as a fighter doesn't lie in going berserk and attacking indiscriminately." You reassured the girl, and she nodded with determination.

"Right! I'll endeavor to be more like you from now on, Rettace!" Wait... no that wasn't what you were...! you know what? Never mind, if she feels like emulating you will be good for her own strength, you aren't about to stop her. It'll be better than what she currently does in battles.

"Looks like we're here." Magus crossed his arms as you soared over the forest and approached the castle. Even from here you could see the obviously startled guards on the wall pointing at you as you approached, clearly it was like nothing they had ever seen in their life.

Setting the disk down in the courtyard, you were quick to be approached by the guards, and their reaction was... less than helpful.

"My god! He's... he's defeated the Hero of Guardia... and... is that a demon!?" One of the guards drew his sword at you, and you sighed. "Men... defend the castle! Stop the intruder!" A group of six men charged you with blades... their Power Levels were... totally non-threatening.

>>What will Rettace do?
>Let them destroy their swords on your body, then knock them out.
>Use a Kiai to knock out the guards and go find Schala and the others.
>Knock out each of the guards with a chop to the neck and move on.
>Ask Magus if he can use his magic to deal with the guards.
>Ask Mayonne if he can use his magic to deal with the guards.
>Other(Write-in)

>>5086626
>Move faster than they can blink and take away their weapons, then tell them that you're Chrono and Marlee's friend, and the Demon is also an ally, "so calm down already, you damn weaklings."

>>5086626
>Use a Kiai to knock out the guards and go find Schala and the others.
Not worth our time to try reasoning with them.

>>5086626
>Let them destroy their swords on your body, then knock them out.

>>5086626
>Knock them out, find the others.
>Mayonne, adopt a more settling guise if you can.

We dont have time for these Weaklings.

>>5086626
>>Knock out each of the guards with a chop to the neck and move on.
I hope they charge single file.

>>5086679
Support
Also glad that Euca is getting an inkling of an idea that throwing wild punches and having a bigger number isn't the way to go. Hopefully she'll start to try and use her head more, now that we've reached the super saiyan event horizon so soon

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Calling the vote in 10 minutes, and here's a little sprite of Rettace in Chrono Trigger's artstyle

>>5086626
>>Ask Mayonne if he can use his magic to deal with the guards.

>>5086738
Adorable

You took a long deep breath as you stared at the guards rushing forwards to meet you in battle, and you just shook your head as you used a tiny amount of of power to generate a Kiai in order to blow them away, causing all six of the guards to crash against the wall of the courtyard in a comically loud display. You could still sense their pitifully low Ki signatures though, so they weren't dead... it probably wasn't fair to talk like that about people with no knowledge of Ki though... it wasn't exactly fair on them, Crono's group, and Glenn especially, had shown you just how powerful that humans could become if they did have knowledge of such concepts... you'd be able to defeat Glenn now thanks to your newfound transformation and your boosted strength on Kachi-Kachi's part... but that didn't mean his level of strength wasn't extraordinary all the same.

"Was that really necessary?" Euca asked with a smirk, knowing the irony of the question, and taking some small pleasure at you being the one to just immediately solve a problem with violence. Of course, it was about the only way to resolve things there quickly, and you didn't want them possibly scratching the coloration of your armor with their swords.

"Yes, completely." You looked at the pile of unconscious guards on the other side of the outside area, before you turned to Mayonne. "And can you please take on a normal form for the moment? I don't need any more repeats of that... I don't really intend to make a habit of this." Really, as convenient as it was to just blow anything that tried getting in your way away was, you'd still have preferred not having to do it in the first place. Oh well, violence might not be the only answer, but you didn't want to waste the time it would take to explain things out to the guards here. Marle would clear things up.

"Of course." Just like that, Mayonne's pointed ears rounded out and he immediately looked more human... "Don't expect Magus to be able to get rid of his own ears though, what was it he said... 'Shapeshifting-magic is far too weak for me, I'm looking for real power!' or something." Mayonne did a mock impression of Magus' deep voice, and you could see out of the corner of your eye that the ex-demon lord was getting quite irritated with his once general.

"It's probably fine. They seemed more focused on you anyway." It's funny that they seemed to focus entirely on Mayonne instead of Magus... maybe Mayonne just appeared more demonic to them? You had no clue.

"Well, I am beautiful after all, so it's only natural that they'd focus on me." Mayonne happily declared, confident in his appearance... though it was pretty easy to be confident in how you looked when you could quite literally take on any form you wanted with magic.

"I'm not changing my appearance." Magus stated calmly and precisely. "I'm not going to change my appearance for the sake of appeasing some weakling guards. That's just a waste of time." How very stubborn, and also entirely expected of Magus with what you knew about him.

"Well, just so you know that you're going to be the one dealing with the next group of guards if we run into trouble, that's fine." You immediately responded, he could just put everyone to sleep if he was going to be like that about it... could Mayonne have perhaps have slighted his pride by mentioning his failure to ever learn shapeshifting magic? It did sound like a useful form of magic to be able to use... but probably not something that Magus ever thought would really allow him to defeat something like Lavos, so it's obvious why he never bothered.

"Fine by me." Magus crossed his arms. "Can we just go and find Schala now?" Magus clearly didn't really care about the rest of your allies in the castle all that much, especially not compared to his sister, but again, entirely expected of him.

"Right. I can sense their energy anyway, they seem to be in the throne room." It wasn't far, so you created a disk for Khive and Parzlee and had it follow behind you as you started to walk through the castle. There was no need to hurry at this point, the situation had calmed down... so long as you didn't blunder into any more patrols... thankfully, you managed to avoid being seen by any more guards as you made your way into the throne room, where you found everyone standing around waiting for you.

"Oh! Rettace! Janus! You're both here! Are... Khive and Parzlee alright?" Schala didn't bother addressing either Euca or Mayonne... then again, it's not like she knew any of them to any degree, and she only knew Parzlee from association with Khive... you didn't think she'd actually even met Parzlee a single time in reality. "Is everyone safe?"

"Yeah, thankfully, nobody got hurt..." You intended to keep talking, but Euca started to talk over you.

"She broke your leg and my ribs still hurt." Euca stared at you, clearly annoyed at the fact that you were ignoring the fact that Parzlee actually did manage to do some pretty insane damage to you, if not for Kachi-Kachi reverting your wound, you'd probably be in agony right about now. There's only so long that adrenaline can dampen the pain from something like that after all.

"I got better! And... wait, didn't you buy any potions?" You were confused at her lack of initiative, the medicine on this planet was top grade, so not taking the opportunity to buy any potions was probably pretty foolish on her part.

"We didn't have any money! We had to beat up that dumb singing robot in the clearing like 30 god damn times in order for it to give us enough points to buy even two doses of Panacea!" She sounded even more annoyed now, as if being reminded of having to beat up a robot was so some sort of traumatic experience for her. "I was off trying to get some more silver points, and when I got back, Parzlee was kicking your ass!"

"Hey, let it be known that I won that fight." You gave Euca an irritated glance, but she was clearly enjoying being able to tease you over how you dealt with Parzlee. You knew that she was only playing around, so you decided to play along.

"Oh yeah sure. If you can call running away until your enemy falls asleep winning, that's true." She looked smug as she was acting as if your victory over Parzlee didn't count... though to be fair, it didn't really count at all. If not for Khive's presence, you would've had to come up with another strategy to defeat her, and... really, nothing truly came to mind.

"At least I wasn't the one who tried to negotiate with her when she was in a mindless rampage. Seriously, what were you expecting?" Euca looked stunned for a moment as she had no actual comeback for that one, she had a long way to go when it came to stuff like this, but you enjoyed the brief verbal spar with the girl. Unfortunately for her, you were almost never at a loss for words, and when it came to a taunts and comebacks, you were second to none... even if you didn't exactly have much to use against Euca for that battle in particular, she was... a very small part of things, in truth.

"I'm glad you're in high-spirits at least." Marle took a step forwards. "I can always heal you if you'd like, Euca." The princess happily offered to heal the half-Saiyan, though from how things looked, it didn't appear to you that her injuries were severe enough to warrant becoming stronger from her Saiyan DNA though. She'd really only received one hit from that entire fight, and that was being thrown against the ground.

"Thanks Marle." She quickly approached the Princess of Guardia for healing, and finally decided to get out of your hair... in the figurative sense, of course. The only thing in your hair in the literal sense was Kachi-Kachi, who only infrequently left what it had seemingly deemed as a suitable nest for now. Well, it suited you to have Kachi-Kachi so close to you, if he hadn't been with you when Parzlee rampaged, this entire planet may well not have existed anymore!

"Uhm... right, anyway, I'm happy that all three of you are doing well." Schala tried to ignore the brief heated joking exchange that you had shared with Euca. "I was worried about Khive being left behind, as well as about you and Parzlee fighting... I wanted to help, but... Sycam said I wasn't strong enough, and with my current level of strength, I'd have only ended up distracting you." Schala sounded disappointed in herself for not being able to help, but Sycam shook his head.

"Hey, in my defense, I freely acknowledged that the same was true for both me and Glenn too. The level of power on display there was far too much for anybody to be able to deal with." Sycam didn't sound happy with what he was saying even if it was true. "If you're going to get that much more powerful without warning, I can't slouch any more on my training."

"Yes, unfortunately, even if I had called upon the full power of the Grandleon to increase my strength, I would not have been able to have stood up to the levels of energy on display back there." Wait... does that mean he can get stronger than he already is thanks to that sword? You'd have called that unfair, had you not accessed the power of the Super Saiyan just a few minutes ago. "You Saiyans hide a terrifying level of power, don't you?" Glenn asked you, and you could only shrug in response.

"Honestly, until recently, I didn't even know that such power truly existed outside of myths and legends." You answered truthfully. You couldn't really say much about the transformation, outside of the general power of the form and the realization as to what it actually was, it was still mostly a mystery to you. "And Schala... I'm glad that you stayed safe... I don't want you thrusting yourself into dangerous situations for my sake, OK?" While a part of you seemed to like the idea that Schala was willing to put herself into danger for your sake, the pragmatic part of you rallied against, outside of her powerful magic, which she needed you to help her cast anyway, right now, she'd only serve as a liability on the battlefield. Somebody you'd need to focus on protecting instead of focusing on attacking the enemy.

"R-right... well, I guess... I'll just have to get stronger then." Schala nodded with a burning determination in her eyes, and you were caught off guard for a moment. "If I'm not strong enough to stand by your side... I'll have to remedy that." You really weren't expecting such a confident declaration from the girl.

"So... what's up with those two anyway?" Crono suddenly pointed at your unconscious squadmates sleeping on the floating disk, finally making his presence in the conversation known. "Shouldn't they be in a bed resting?" It was an obvious suggestion, but you were glad that somebody made it.

"I'm not quite sure right now. I think Parzlee is just out of energy... and I hope the same is true for Khive also." Parzlee ran out of energy as a result of her transformation into that ludicrously powerful state, while Khive's condition was still an unknown.

"Oh! Good idea, Crono. Rettace, would you mind following me upstairs? I think it's only right to have Lady Parzlee and her sister sleep in a high quality bed, and... from what I hear from the soldiers, the ones in the barracks aren't exactly very high quality. I'll take a look at the two of them when they're properly resting.

Doing as Marle asked, you took the two girls up to the top floor of one of the castle's tower, to Marle's room no less. After setting them down in her large four poster bed which was clearly fit for a princess, you left Marle to examine them in peace... as you headed back downstairs, you realized that you had gathered almost all of your allies with the exception of Robo and Lucca... as well as Ayla, who had apparently wandered off somewhere earlier.

>>What will Rettace do?
>Go and find where Ayla wandered off to.
>Go check in on Robo and Lucca, see how they're getting on.
>Go find Melchior, may as well ask about that weapon now.
>Take one/multiple of your allies to go with you on your way to your location. (Who and to where?)
>Other(Write-in)

>>5087180
>>Go find Melchior, may as well ask about that weapon now.
>>Take one/multiple of your allies to go with you on your way to your location. (Who and to where?)
I wanna hang out with Mayonne for a bit.
He just dropped big lore bombs so he may be able to tell us nice things in the meanwhile.

>>5087180
>>5087189
Eh, why not, supporting.

>>5087180
>Go find Melchior, may as well ask about that weapon now.
>Take one/multiple of your allies to go with you on your way to your location. (Who and to where?)
Schala, Magus and Mayonne. It'll be nice to spend more time with Schala. Melchior didn't see Magus and didn't want to interrupt our date yesterday, all three would appreciate the chance to catch up properly. And Mayonne won't hesitate to tell them some more embarrassing stories that Magus would otherwise want to hide.

Nice to see that Schala is so motivated to get /fit/ and stand by our side too. The next ten months will be fun.

>>5087180
>>5087194
>>5087319
Changing my vote to this, Magus and Schala also being around as we talk weapons with Melchior seems good, Magus would probably have good suggestions, and Schala being around is just good, because having the Waifu around is never a bad thing, especially when she wants to become more badass to support us.

So, venture into a nightmare realm episode for Khive?

>>5087180
>>5087319
Supporting this

>>5087180
>>5087319 +1

Now that things with Khive and Parzlee were pretty much sorted... or well, as sorted as much as it can be right now anyway, you decided it would be a good idea to move on with the rest of your day, you still had to find Ayla... wherever she'd gotten off to, and you also needed to go check in on Lucca and Robo to find out about their plans for the ship as well as actually send Ayla and Glenn back to their native time periods... seeing as both of them were from the past and were still needed there for the sake of time's stability... if neither of them ever returned... things could get a little hairy. Best not to let things get to that point.

But even though you still needed to do that, you decided instead that for now, you'd go and check in with Melchior, he did offer you a weapon last night, and now that the festival was winding down, it was the perfect time to go ask him about what exactly he could make for you. You weren't really somebody who favored using weapons over any other form of fighting, but that didn't mean you wouldn't use an especially high quality weapon.

Leaving Marle to tend to your two friends by herself, you returned downstairs and approached Schala... who was conveniently speaking with Magus. "Hey, Schala... do you want to go and see Melchior with me again? You can come too, Magus" Schala quickly nodded and walked towards you with Magus following close behind. "And also..." You turned towards the demon leaning against a wall, who looked surprised at the attention. "Mayonne, would you mind coming as well? You revealed a lot of... interesting stuff earlier, and I feel like you might have more to tell me about it... more about the Demon Realm." You were interested to know more about the place, and Mayonne seemed to be something of an expert.

"Sure, I only lived there for a few thousand years, so you can call me something of an expert when it comes to Demon Realm lore." Mayonne sounded proud of the knowledge he had of his own home, but that wasn't something you were expecting... How old was Mayonne?!

"You're... thousands of years old?" You were stunned at the idea of Mayonne somehow being that old.

"More like twenty five thousand, actually, but... who's asking? Vinegar, Soiso and I were young for demons when we got into this realm. It was thanks to the efforts of a desperate magic user a few years after Zeal collapsed who attempted to open a portal to another dimension in order to escape the current state of the world... of course, it's not like he would've fared any better in the Makai." Mayonne shook his head as you started to leave the castle with Schala and Magus following along. "But I'm getting distracted, what do you want to know about the Makai?"

"Well... I suppose I want to know how powerful the average uh... demon is."

"Honestly... it depends... I know that the Demon King Dabura would've been able to crush both you and Parzlee with utmost ease even when you were using those transformations and that the other demons would also prove to be a challenge to your current state too... but... well, the demon realm also has legends about... demon gods... far beyond the power of any normal demon, with power that would make even the Demon King himself tremble with fear."

"Demon Gods? And... wait, if you're saying that there are demons in the Makai that could be a match for me now, how come you're so weak?" It was a fair question, but Mayonne didn't seem to appreciate it.

"Hey! I wasn't weak! I... was just young when I left the Makai!" Ah, so it's a matter of age. Makes sense. Calming down a little, Mayonne went on to explain about the demon gods. "Anyway, Demon Gods... they were apparently created through the power of the Dark King of Makai... though with his sealing, they too vanished." Mayonne nodded. "A good thing too, with that level of strength being thrown about, the Makai would've been even more chaotic than it already is! At least Dabura manages to keep the place running in at least some sort of orderly fashion." The Demon King Dabura, huh... you started to wonder just how powerful this King of Demons really was...

"So, why didn't you tell me about this King of Demons either, Mayonne?" Magus interrupted, and Mayonne looked mischievous.

"You would've done something like tried to open a portal to the Makai in order to summon him in an attempt to use his power to destroy Lavos, well, let me tell you that the King of Demons wouldn't kneel to any mortal magician! His power is unmatched among demons, and there's no way he'd listen to what you asked him to do! He'd have conquered this entire planet... and have made me go back to the Makai." Mayonne revealed that there was something of an ulterior motive towards his actions.

"I'm starting to feel as if my underlings weren't exactly as loyal as I hoped they were." Magus frowned, clearly annoyed by the fact that his so called generals were so quick to hide information from him that might've been vital to defeating Lavos.

"I think they were just trying to protect you, Janus." Schala said with a concerned smile. "I'm glad that they managed to keep you from doing something like summoning the real demon king... Lavos was a threat that needed to be stopped, but trading the fate of the future for one just as terrible wouldn't have been worth it." Schala shook her head, and you couldn't really argue with that. If Mayonne was right, and this Dabura was powerful enough that even that incredible power you and Parzlee had used would be nothing compared to him, it was certainly for the best that he remained in the realm of the demons.

You ended up simply walking through the forest that linked the castle to the rest of the town without bothering to fly this time, it wasn't exactly a long walk, and at this point, the creatures of the forest knew better than to mess with you this time. Most of the stuff that Mayonne still knew about the Demon Realm was stuff like the environments of the place, it was no surprise that some of the demons were as powerful as Mayonne said they were though, with conditions as harsh as what he mentioned... acidic rain, twisting gravity wells, hostile wildlife the size of castles and flames that could incinerate anything with a single touch. It sounded like a place where you either got strong fast or you died faster.

Eventually, you made it to the fair once again, and swiftly sought out Melchior, who was attending his stall apparently doing nothing, the man brightened up upon seeing your group approaching, and started trying to look busy, polishing some random sword he had with him.

"Rettace! Schala and..." He hesitated as he stared at Magus for a long time, before he decided on his next words. "Janus too! I'm glad you came, Rettace. I saw some of your battle with your friend, and I must say that I'm impressed, never have I seen such speed or power from anybody in my life!" The swordsmith praised your power, before he set the sword down. "I suppose you're here to talk about the weapon I offered, well... I have a few ideas over what I can create you... I understand that... you might not wish for it to be a sword, so I have... prepared some alternates."

>>What will Rettace pick?
>Second Dream: A Two-Handed Blade constructed with the highest grade of materials in order to increase cutting power to the point where it can slash through steel with only a light swing as well as be unbreakable. In addition, the sword has the ability to absorb energy through a fragment of the Sun Stone in the hilt, allowing for the absorption of enemy attacks up to the limit of the Sun Stone.
>Sun's Grasp: A set of gauntlets constructed with the highest grade of materials in order to increase striking power and be unbreakable. There is a fragment of the Sun Stone set in each digit, allowing for the amplification of physical strikes as well as the absorption of enemy attacks up to the limit of the Sun Stone.
>Cosmic Aegis: A shield the size of your torso constructed to be unbreakable, coated with powdered Prismatic Shell, this shield can reflect beam and wave based attacks back onto an opponent if it is used to block them.
>Elemental Blades: A set of six throwing knives that are each imbued with a magical element. Flame, Ice, Electricity, Darkness, Earth and Wind. After being thrown, each blade will be destroyed but will magically return to its holster after an hour. The Flame Blade sets an opponent ablaze, the Ice Blade freezes an opponent, the Electricity Blade sends lightning coursing through the struck target, the Darkness Blade robs the target of their vision, the Earth Blade slowly begins to petrify the target as long as it isn't pulled out and the Wind Blade causes the atmosphere itself to turn on the target, robbing them of breathable air.
>Other(Ask QM)

>>5087682
>>Sun's Grasp: A set of gauntlets constructed with the highest grade of materials in order to increase striking power and be unbreakable. There is a fragment of the Sun Stone set in each digit, allowing for the amplification of physical strikes as well as the absorption of enemy attacks up to the limit of the Sun Stone.
Harder to disarm, doesn't impede the hands and can absorb energy. Top tier artifact right here.

>>5087681
>Elemental Blades: A set of six throwing knives that are each imbued with a magical element. Flame, Ice, Electricity, Darkness, Earth and Wind. After being thrown, each blade will be destroyed but will magically return to its holster after an hour. The Flame Blade sets an opponent ablaze, the Ice Blade freezes an opponent, the Electricity Blade sends lightning coursing through the struck target, the Darkness Blade robs the target of their vision, the Earth Blade slowly begins to petrify the target as long as it isn't pulled out and the Wind Blade causes the atmosphere itself to turn on the target, robbing them of breathable air.
Coolest powers, best addition to our bag of tricks. Most fitting for our fighting style.

>>5087682
I just want to check, can you use the absorbed energy for magic?

Because if so
>Suns grasp for Schala

If not
>Elemental knives.

>>5087719
It'll be difficult for anybody to use the absorbed energy for anything at first.

>>5087719
>>Suns grasp for Schala
We can train schala later, let's not give her upgrades meant for Rettace.

>>5087736
At first? So it can be done, even if not immediately. But maybe a staff with those qualities would suit her better?
>Other(Ask QM)

>>5087741
Anon has a point. Schala needs the upgrade more than we do.

>>5087743
I suppose Melchior could create Schala a staff in addition to whatever he makes you.

>>5087752
In addition? That's awesome! I'm gonna change my vote >>5087702
to
>>5087682
>Elemental Blades for Rettace
>Ask Melchior to create Schala a staff, or something else that would suit her, in addition to whatever he makes you.

Khivesisters...

>>5087741
She and Sycam and Mayyo need more upgrades than we do.

But yeah, I'll toss my weight behind >>5087753

>>5087682
>Something like Second Dream, but in Lance/Spear form instead.

>>5087682
>Sun's Grasp: A set of gauntlets constructed with the highest grade of materials in order to increase striking power and be unbreakable. There is a fragment of the Sun Stone set in each digit, allowing for the amplification of physical strikes as well as the absorption of enemy attacks up to the limit of the Sun Stone.

This is the best upgrade, IMO, the daggers are single use items with an hour cooldown, if it was maybe two of each, I'd be down, but only one use of each thing is no good when we can just learn that stuff as actual spells later, or have other items made that can do that stuff as Consumable Items.
The only way I'd want the Daggers is if we could come back at a later date and get them upgraded with more, better magic shit so we have more uses, and so they're stronger.

>>5088020
While I recognise that suns grasp is the superior option, as the other anon mentioned that a small bag of tricks, is more fun to strategic around.

>>5087682
>>5087753
+1

>>5088020
Agreed. The daggers feel way too gimmicky. Anyone strong enough would be able to simply resist or even outright ignore any of it's effects.
I also support the Gauntlets. Though, instead of gauntlets I'd rather them be integrated into our Saiyan spandex or something of the sort. Prism Shadow Saiyan Armor.
Also supporting a thingy for Schala.
Honestly, I'd rather a full thing for Schala. We really don't need weapons and Schala is never gonna go full Ki unlike us so the harder she can magic the better.

>>5088027
that's a point actually. Is there a garrentee that shit like the "rob vision" effect will always go off?

Since that seems like a really shitty thing to have be denied by the latest super strong guy we face.

>>5088027
Wukong said in addition, so I assume Melchior will make something equally strong for her anyway. Otherwise yes, I'd prefer that she gets a better one over us getting a weapon at all.

>>5087682

>>5088027
>Agreed. The daggers feel way too gimmicky. Anyone strong enough would be able to simply resist or even outright ignore any of it's effects.
Precisely my point, yeah.
And yeah, good point, adding:
>Ask Melchior to create Schala a staff, or something else that would suit her, in addition to whatever he makes you.
-to my vote here: >>5088020

>>5088029
Exactly, what guarantee do we have that ANY of that stuff will actually work later on as things go? Better to have Unbreakable Equipment that can absorb energy, as opposed to something that can be deflected away by a stray ki blast, and neutralized entirely.

>>5088035
The gauntlets aren't completely limitless either. Up to the limit of the Sun Stone. The strongest attacks will go right through, just when we need them absorbed the most. Though honestly, my biggest concern is how they look. I'd much prefer it if the effect could be incorporated into our armor.

>>5087682
I'll support >>5087753 as well.
Even if enemies get a "saving throw" of sorts, I'd say having immediate access to every elemental damage type should come in handy, especially if we can find out which one might be "super effective" against a given enemy.
I doubt we're going to meet anyone in the near future who's going to be fully immune to ALL of the effects.
Also Wukong, do they explicitly have to be thrown to active their effect? Because I'd imagine if we're grappling an enemy and get a free hand, wouldn't slipping one out and stabbing the opponent also work to activate them?

>>5088043
Oh, of course there's a Limit, but we can always have Melchior upgrade that limit later with more materials, hell, we could Wish for materials to upgrade our Gauntlets if we ever have a spare wish, or whatever. I mean, considering how wishes are tossed around like candy later on, why not?

>>5088064
You can stab them into enemies to activate their effect, yes.
They're just weighted to be thrown at an enemy.

>>5088065
I wouldn't bet on the gauntlets being upgradeable anymore than the daggers. If we can fix the limitations of one, so will we be able to for the other.

>>5088074
Yeah, everything can be upgraded, but I'd rather have the thing that STARTS Unbreakable, the Daggers can probably be upgraded to just activate then teleport to us and recharge faster while still being able to stab shit, and not break, but I'd rather Gauntlets that can block any Melee attack with no damage to us.

>>5088082
You did say
>>5088020
>if it was maybe two of each, I'd be down, but only one use of each thing is no good when we can just learn that stuff as actual spells later, or have other items made that can do that stuff as Consumable Items.
>The only way I'd want the Daggers is if we could come back at a later date and get them upgraded with more, better magic shit so we have more uses, and so they're stronger.
If they can be upgraded, all your concerns will be addressed. I still think that having their various effects in our toolbox will be more useful than just more raw power, and more compatible with the way we've been fighting. And if you want something unbreakable to block attacks with, the shield would work better.

>>5088099
>If they can be upgraded, all your concerns will be addressed. I still think that having their various effects in our toolbox will be more useful than just more raw power, and more compatible with the way we've been fighting. And if you want something unbreakable to block attacks with, the shield would work better.
Maybe, maybe, but I generally prefer the Gauntlets, Daggers are winning anyway, so it's not really that big a deal, lol

I'm changing/expanding my vote on something for Schala.
>I don't need a weapon, I'm probably one of the strongest beings in the universe right now and instead I should probably try to focus on mastering the power of the Super Saiyan and teaching Schala.
>I should instead ask Melchior to create something for Schala to use alongside her Magic so she can take it to even greater levels

>>5087682
>>5088170
Support. Humans gift jewels. A Saiyan gifts weapons.

>>5088572
A thoughtful saiyan gifts weights.

"I have a question... actually." You were actually wondering about the weapons that Melchior could create for you, you were going to be on the planet for a while, so the swordsmith should probably have enough time to take care of two requests for you, instead of just making a single weapon... it might've been pushing things a little, bit you didn't think that Melchior would really mind too much... especially with who your request concerned.

"Go ahead." Melchior was quick to give you the go-ahead, and you paused for a moment as you wondered just how best to phrase what you wanted to ask, you didn't exactly want to sound rude towards Melchior, but... you did have an idea over somebody who could use a weapon far more than you... Schala. With her current level of strength, something that could allow her to defend herself from enemy energy attacks without needing to rely on her magic would be tremendously useful for her.

"Do you think you could create something for Schala? I think that she needs a weapon more than I do, I'm strong enough to take care of myself as is, yet if Schala had something that could absorb Ki, she'd be much safer in the future." You told Melchior straight just what you wanted him to create. A weapon for Schala, you aren't always going to be around to make sure that she doesn't find herself in danger, and a weapon that could protect her from attacks would always be useful.

"Something for the princess...?" Melchior paused, losing himself in his thoughts as he looked at you and then at the princess standing behind you. "Princess Schala... do you really wish to battle on the front lines?" It seemed as if Melchior was trying to determine how much Schala truly wished to fight, rather than remain on the back-lines and use her powers to support, but... even if she did wish to remain on the back-lines, that was no excuse for allowing her to stay weak. A group is only as strong as its weakest link, just because Schala's magical abilities were tremendously powerful, it didn't mean that she could really fight against a tough enemy. It was pretty clear that Schala had never been in a single actual fight in her entire life, and that was one of the reasons it was so easy for Queen Zeal to manipulate Schala into following along with her nefarious plans.

"I do." Schala was quick to respond to Melchior's doubts, as determined as ever. "I don't want to be weak for my entire life, Melchior. I don't want to ever be in the position I was in while I lived in Zeal ever again, Melchior. I want to get strong enough to defend the people I care about, and not have to rely on being rescued anymore." Schala told Melchior herself, she still appeared to be determined, and Melchior paused for a moment after her declaration.

"Then... very well, I shall create you a staff imbued with such abilities... are you OK with such a thing?" Melchior stopped for a moment. "Though I am a swordsmith first and foremost, so... my skill at creating a staff like that may be... more lacking than if I were to create you a sword... but I cannot see you wielding a sword... you do not have the proper personality to become a wielder of a blade." Melchior shook his head, well... he was the expert when it came to stuff like sword form... you'd really only trust Glenn more when it came to analyzing whether somebody had talent with a sword or not.

"I agree... a sword would not suit me either. While... any weapon will take some getting used to... a staff which I can use to focus my power through... as well as defend myself with from attacks... I think that would be the best weapon I could use." Schala confirmed that it was a staff that she wanted, and Melchior started looking at the materials he had on hand with him at the festival.

"Well... it'll take a few months before it is ready... I will get started the moment I return to my forge... that is where I left the majority of my equipment, after all." Melchior confirmed that he would make Schala's staff for her, but then he turned back towards you. "However... it was not the princess who I offered to create a weapon for, was it... I believe you should still choose just what sort of a weapon you wish for me to create as well, Rettace." The swordsmith still seem to be determined to create a weapon for you as well. "I do not consider creating a weapon for Schala to have fulfilled that condition, so... what will it be?" Melchior was doing you a favor here, so you started thinking just which of the weapons he had offered you would be the best, they all had merit as either offensive or defensive tools, but... there was one weapon that stood out to you.

"Can you... make me a set of the Elemental Blades?" While each blade was a one-use attack in a fight, with a chance to miss, it gave you access to six new attacks that you otherwise wouldn't have. A way to surprise your enemy that couldn't possibly be predicted. After all, who expects to be frozen in ice from being hit with a thrown dagger? "But... a question, will they also work if I use them in close combat, or do they have to be thrown?" It was important to know this, because it would totally change how the weapons could be used in a fight. They would be far more situational if you could only use them as throwing weapons, rather than use them in close quarters if you felt the need to.

"So long as the edge of the blade touches the target, the effect will activate, though... their magic will be less potent unless they are stabbed into a target, and they will still disappear for the same time either way." Melchior elaborated on the abilities of the daggers, but that they still worked was enough information for you. They wouldn't be nearly as situational as you had perhaps feared, so you saw no issue in asking for the set. Of course, the other pieces of equipment that Melchior had offered you sounded incredibly useful as well, but you just thought that the set of daggers fit with your fighting style the best. After all, you always did like to keep an enemy guessing. Being predictable is a great way to get your moves read by an enemy and getting whatever you're throwing out dodged or otherwise overpowered by a counter-attack.

"Interesting... so... between the staff and the daggers... how long should it take you to create both?" You may as well confirm the time that it'll take with Melchior now. After all, if it was going to take years, which you doubted, there was no point in even having this discussion. Of course, it was unlikely to take that long, but... it was a matter of the creation of magic weaponry, and you were far from an expert in the subject.

"Well... forging new weapons from scratch is... a time consuming process... especially weapons imbued with magic like this... so it should take... hmmph... for both? Let's say... six months?" Melchior did the calculations in his head and came up with a number. Six months? That was hardly any time at all in the grand scheme of things!

"Six months? That's great! We'll be staying on this planet for the best part of a year anyway, so it's not like we're going anywhere." You more wanted the weapon for Schala's sake than you wanted the Elemental Blades for yourself, but that didn't mean you weren't going to use the Blades. They sounded like incredibly powerful weapons, and you'd be a fool not to use them to their fullest potential. All six of the daggers sounded like they could turn the tide of a battle by themselves, if they actually took effect.

"Excellent then... did you perhaps have another request for me? Janus... perhaps you would like an actual weapon?" Melchior was eyeing the large scythe strapped to Magus' back, seemingly disapproving of the weapon... for obvious reasons. Though Magus could use it with some skill, it was clear to everyone that a scythe was a horribly balanced weapon when it came to the design. It was overly light on one end, and immensely heavy towards the blade.

"An... actual weapon?" Magus took an alarmed step back at suddenly being addressed, clearly he didn't appreciate being addressed like this at all. Magus was obviously used to being treated with more respect, but... now that he was with Schala once again, more and more people had taken to referring to him by his true name.

"Yes, my boy. While it may have some... intimidation factor, a scythe is not a weapon that you should be using in combat. It is a farming tool... for harvesting wheat." Melchior tried to explain to Magus why a scythe wasn't exactly a very good weapon to fight with, but you doubted he'd be able to change any minds.

Magus frowned at being called out on his use of a farming tool instead of an actual weapon designed to fight with. "So what? It works for what I want it for. Besides, this scythe was constructed with demonic forging techniques, it can cut through metal as easily as it can cut through wheat." Magus defended his usage of a scythe, while you wouldn't ever use a scythe yourself unless you were desperate for a weapon for whatever reason, there was no denying that Magus did wield his scythe with a great deal of skill.

"Well, if that's what you prefer, I will not attempt to change your mind." Melchior shrugged. "If you ever wish for a spear or a sword of some sort though, you do know where to find me." The swordsmith reminded Magus. "Now... if you'll excuse me, I must return to my home. I have a weapon to get started on." Melchior quickly began to pack up his stall before racing off to his home. Magus looked miserable at having had his choice of a weapon talked poorly about, but you decided it would be best if you ignored his sulking.

As you were about to return to the castle, you noticed a familiar feeling Ki nearby, and you soon spotted the reason for it approaching, Lucca and Robo had arrived. "Oh! Rettace! There you are, I've been looking for you, but... you're not an easy man to find." The purple haired genius quickly greeted you. "I actually need to ask you a few questions about the ship... if you're not busy can you come to my house?"

>>What will Rettace say?
>"I'm not busy, let's go."
>"I'm returning to the castle first, you're more than willing to come."
>"Sure, I'm not busy, Schala, Magus and Mayonne... can you go back to the Castle without me? This might take a while."
>Other(Write-in)

>>5089941
>"I'm not busy, let's go."

>>5089941
>"I'm not busy, let's go."

>>5089941
>"I'm not busy, let's go."
Perfect timing!

>>5089941
>"I'm not busy, let's go."

I'm tempted to offer constructive criticism on Magus' scythe (see if he can rotate the blade outward a bit to have it function more like a glaive), but he seems a bit salty at the moment so maybe later.

>>5089941
>I'm not. Do you guys want to go to the castle? or stick with me?

>>5089941
>Cannot appreciate the wonderfulness of being chuuni
>Muh realism
>Muh utility
Melchior's a fag

>>5089941
>"I'm not busy, let's go."
>"I Will be looking for Ayla soon enough though, she seems to have completely wandered off, and no-one knows where she is."

>>5090499
Supporting this one.

"Yeah sure, I'm not busy. Let's go." You weren't exactly planning on doing much today anyway, it's either you go see Lucca and Robo to discuss the ship now, or you'd just end up doing it later on anyway, so you may as well get it out of the way first. Besides, discussing just how the ship would be designed and constructed was fairly important to your future. This was the stage in which you'd get to have input in just how you wanted the ship to be designed, of course, you did have a few preferences, so hopefully Lucca could accommodate those requests... you had no doubt that she'd be able to do so though. The girl was a certifiable genius.

"I'll be heading back to the castle, I think." Magus didn't sound as if he had any interest whatsoever in hanging out with Lucca and Robo. "I need to take care of a few things around the world anyway." With that, the once lord of demons took to the skies and flew away. You didn't know why Magus didn't feel like sticking around, but you supposed that it didn't really matter much, you didn't really think that Magus would have many good suggestions to make for the creation of a ship anyway.

"Huh. Wonder what got into him?" Lucca remarked on Magus' departure with a curious expression. Obviously she wasn't expecting Magus to fly off somewhere, but she didn't seem all that bothered by his decision not to come with you either.

"Oh, he just gets like that sometimes." Schala answered for the now absentee Magus. "He's never got along well with other people, really. So I imagine he just felt like being alone... or he actually did have something he needed to get on with. Not even I can tell with Janus, sometimes." Schala admitted that she wasn't entirely certain whether Magus actually was going just for the sake of leaving, or if he had something he needed to do... but what could he possibly have to get on with in this era anyway? Unless he was planning on taking a quick trip to the past for something, there shouldn't be anything around in this era that was important to him, right?

"Anyway... I take it the rest of you are all fine to come along?" Lucca offered once again, and you nodded.

"Right. We also need to find Ayla at one point later today, but... that can wait. It's not like Ayla and Glenn have to go back immediately anyway, is it?" You confirmed with Lucca, she was sort of the expert when it came to time travel here. You also liked having Ayla and Glenn around, Glenn was also incredibly helpful for Sycam's progress as a fighter too, so it would be a shame to have him return to his home time.

"Not especially... they can stay around for basically as long as they want to, so long as they end up going back to their own time period and staying there in the end." Lucca answered you, confirming what you already thought. "Though there is a very very slim chance that them being in the future rather than their rightful place in time will end up causing problems if they aren't around for an important event in their own time... but it's probably fine. Even if the time gates all shut off, we still have the Epoch that we can use to travel through time." Lucca happily reminded you that there was still a functioning time machine just... usable... wasn't it terribly dangerous to just have it lying around? What if somebody else got their hands on it and tried to change time for their own nefarious ends?

Deciding against thinking about potentials like somebody managing to steal the Epoch, you focused on the matter at hand, besides, Lucca was probably keeping the Epoch safe enough so that there was no risk that it would be stolen. You hoped. "Alright then, shall we get going? I might not be busy right now, but... I do still have some things I need to get done with today."

"Alright then, follow me!" Lucca started to walk towards her house, you wondered why she didn't just choose to fly, but the fact that she had a bunch of delicate looking components in her arms may have colored her decision to not rush things. After all, it was only about a twenty minute walk to get back to her house from the center of the fair, and before long, you found yourself sitting around a table with Schala, Mayonne, and Lucca. Robo was apparently too heavy to sit down on one of the wooden chairs, so he remained standing... though being a robotic lifeform, it's not like he could ever really suffer from fatigue, so he was perfectly fine with standing.

"So... you've made a few designs then?" You asked Lucca, who nodded before she started to reveal blueprint after blueprint she had worked on, each showing a system or addition to the ship that was more advanced than the last. You didn't even know what half of the blueprints were attempting to suggest adding to the ship.

"Well... after a brief analysis of the ship, and through combing over the data that Robo collected, the basic shell of the ship will be far better than the ship that you used to get here on. I'm thinking of using Sun Stones to power the ship, allowing for an inexhaustible supply of fuel which-" Lucca got cut off from her explanation.

"Sun Stones? But... there's only one Sun Stone!" Schala was alarmed by Lucca's flippant attitude towards the Sun Stone. "It's... a legendary artifact that at the peak of its power was enough to power the entire City of Zeal for generations!" Schala's confusion was entirely expected, from what little you knew of the Sun Stone, it was a tremendously powerful magical artifact, and Lucca was talking about using multiple to power the ship.

"Yeah, well... I may have... used Time Travel to create a few spares as I needed." Lucca reached into her pocket and pulled out two identical glowing yellow rocks, and Schala was stunned into silence by Lucca's blatant abuse of time in order to copy the Sun Stone. Just... how many of the damn things did she end up creating, anyway? "Regardless, with Sun Stones as the power source instead of a conventional fuel source, I predict that the ship will be able to travel at least ten times faster than the ship you used to get here with! Not to mention that the excess power of the Sun Stones can be used in order to further reinforce the ship's durability through the creation of an energy shield that by my calculations should be able to theoretically shrug off blows from something like Lavos itself! Or I could even make on-board weaponry with enough power that it could destroy Lavos... if it still existed!" Lucca finished her brief but excited explanation of the power of the Sun Stone powered ship, and you started to realize that the ship that she wanted to create would be like no other ship ever designed in the universe. The speed alone would put your ship on a level far beyond anything else that was around in space, and the energy shields would practically render the ship invincible to basically everything in existence.

"That's.... very impressive, Lucca." You praised the girl, who looked smug about her scientific prowess.

"Well... I can't take all the credit, Robo did do a lot of the helping when it came to creating the design. But... the Sun-Stone powered engine aside... I do still need your input. I've got a lot of systems here... but I won't be able to finish working on all of them in the time-frame I've got... so I want you to decide on what you want me to focus on... I should be able to get three finished by the deadline." Lucca then pushed the blueprints over to you, and you started to scan through them.

>>Pick Three

>Variable Gravity Chamber - A Gravity Chamber room that goes up to 1000x the Gravity of Planet Temperus... that is to say, 100x the Gravity of Planet Vegeta.
>Advanced Medical Facilities - Medical facilities including healing chambers and Enertrons, allowing for rapid recovery from even the worst of wounds as well as ability to go without food, sleep or other basic needs thanks to the Enertrons.
>Teleportation Control Center - A main control center for Lucca's teleportation project. The Control Center will be able to manufacture and store the details of new teleporters, in addition, the Control Center can be used for short-range teleportation from orbit to surface.
>On-Board AI Control - An advanced Artificial Intelligence designed to pilot the ship when no organic pilot is available, also takes care of all on-board automation.
>Tablet Creation Facilities - Extremely advanced magic and science combine to create a semi-automated creation facility for Tablets. Creating a tablet at a rate of one a day, Lucca seems to believe that the efficiency of the Tablets can be enhanced further.
>Cloaking Device - A powerful addition to the ship that not only cloaks the physical image of the ship, but also hides the Ki Energy of those within the ship. May be possible to shrink down to use on a personal level with enough time.
>Time Travel Capabilities - By stripping out all the parts of the Epoch and recreating them as a sort of time-engine, it is possible for the ship to have the capability to travel back and forth in time. Of course, this is an extremely powerful ability and abusing it could spell disaster for the entire universe.
>Extreme Range Scanners - Scanners that have a maximum range of an entire galaxy. While they are usually used for analyzing and recording planets, thanks to Lucca's study of the Scouter, they can also detect Ki Energy from a great distance.
>Other(Write-in)

>>5091186
>Variable Gravity Chamber - A Gravity Chamber room that goes up to 1000x the Gravity of Planet Temperus... that is to say, 100x the Gravity of Planet Vegeta.
>Tablet Creation Facilities - Extremely advanced magic and science combine to create a semi-automated creation facility for Tablets. Creating a tablet at a rate of one a day, Lucca seems to believe that the efficiency of the Tablets can be enhanced further.
Time Travel Capabilities - By stripping out all the parts of the Epoch and recreating them as a sort of time-engine, it is possible for the ship to have the capability to travel back and forth in time. Of course, this is an extremely powerful ability and abusing it could spell disaster for the entire universe.

>>5091186
>Variable Gravity Chamber - A Gravity Chamber room that goes up to 1000x the Gravity of Planet Temperus... that is to say, 100x the Gravity of Planet Vegeta.
Jesus fucking christ, getting that will probably MASSIVELY reduce the amount of time we need to spend training to catch up to what Kachi Kachi gave us, so that's more than likely getting in.

>Advanced Medical Facilities - Medical facilities including healing chambers and Enertrons, allowing for rapid recovery from even the worst of wounds as well as ability to go without food, sleep or other basic needs thanks to the Enertrons.
Damn, that's a good upgrade, and helps a ton with any food shortages that may occur depending on Crew size, and makes Emergency Zenkai much more attainable.

>Teleportation Control Center - A main control center for Lucca's teleportation project. The Control Center will be able to manufacture and store the details of new teleporters, in addition, the Control Center can be used for short-range teleportation from orbit to surface.
Shit, getting Lucca's actual invention on here early is probably a good idea, but as it's her own invention it's probably the easiest to apply, so it can probably be left for later safely.

>On-Board AI Control - An advanced Artificial Intelligence designed to pilot the ship when no organic pilot is available, also takes care of all on-board automation.
This one is great, especially for if the pilots pass out, but it can also be manipulated by hackers using special bullshit that can twist it's functions, best left for later, IMO.

>Tablet Creation Facilities - Extremely advanced magic and science combine to create a semi-automated creation facility for Tablets. Creating a tablet at a rate of one a day, Lucca seems to believe that the efficiency of the Tablets can be enhanced further.
Getting Tablets production started now is only going to make EVERYONE stronger REALLY goddamn fast, especially as production scales up, so that *100% NEEDS* to get in.

>Cloaking Device - A powerful addition to the ship that not only cloaks the physical image of the ship, but also hides the Ki Energy of those within the ship. May be possible to shrink down to use on a personal level with enough time.
This is great, but can be covered simply by having the crew learn energy suppression, and start suppressing a ways away from whatever planet we land on.

>Time Travel Capabilities - By stripping out all the parts of the Epoch and recreating them as a sort of time-engine, it is possible for the ship to have the capability to travel back and forth in time. Of course, this is an extremely powerful ability and abusing it could spell disaster for the entire universe.
HELL. NO. The Epoch is already dangerous enough to have around, giving the GODDAMN REMADE BLACK OMEN Time Travel is just ASKING for some asshole to end the world.

(I shall finish my observations/opinions in my next post, and put my actual vote there)

>>5091200
>>Cloaking Device - A powerful addition to the ship that not only cloaks the physical image of the ship, but also hides the Ki Energy of those within the ship. May be possible to shrink down to use on a personal level with enough time.
>This is great, but can be covered simply by having the crew learn energy suppression, and start suppressing a ways away from whatever planet we land on.
ah, wait, it also cloaks the massive, multi-kilometer spaceship from normal vision, glossed over that part, nice, but still, not super needed.

>Extreme Range Scanners - Scanners that have a maximum range of an entire galaxy. While they are usually used for analyzing and recording planets, thanks to Lucca's study of the Scouter, they can also detect Ki Energy from a great distance.
This is a great addition for finding specific planets and suspiciously large energy signatures, but, eh, med ranged scanners that can 'Only' scan a few solar systems away (as that's what I assume she'll satisfy herself with, no way she doesn't add scanners at all) is still more than good, even if it doesn't scan ki, or just isn't as accurate.


And as for what I'm picking....

>Variable Gravity Chamber
It's just too damn good, One Thousand times Earth's gravity is fucking nuts for future training, that's more than is EVER used ANYWHERE else, so we'll barely need to ever use weights for training.
Of course, I now remember we'll have 10 months before it can even be used, but it should hopefully reduce those last two months to just one Month of Training needed to start growing again.

>Tablet Creation Facilities
Having tablets made for the crew is too damn good, one Magic tab, and BAM, we have a new Crewmate that can start learning to use Magic and increase their reserves through training, and it can increase Speed for anyone who's lacking it, Strength, and hell, she'll probably figure out MORE Tab types, like maybe a Defense Tab, with Schala's assistance, as she MADE The Tabs in the first place!

>Advanced Medical Facilities
Yeah, I think Healing All Wounds near instantly, as well as removing the need for Sleep, (Ignoring not needing food and Water, maybe for most races, but no way it fully supplements for a Saiyan, maybe it'd just reduce that need somewhat) is just too damn good when we need to train for a year to start getting any gains again, and having Healing chambers that work faster than the ones Frieza's ship had, that also do MORE is just plain worth it.

>>5091186
>Variable Gravity Chamber
>Tablet Creation Facilities
>Teleportation Control Center

>>5091211
I support that.

Going without sleep is super amazing for our time management.
We can organise a training rota and those hours spent sleeping can be put elsewhere

>>5091186
>Advanced Medical Facilities
>Teleportation Control Center
>Cloaking Device

Stronger upgrades that I'm intentionally NOT picking and reasoning behind it:
>Variable Gravity Chamber
Too lazy of a way to get more powerful. Goku came up with this method after training with King Kai, so good on him for doing that. It was a logical progression of his training methods. Aping it (like Vegeta did) just because of the "meta" seems cheap to me.
>Tablet Creation Facility
Narratively speaking, I'm not a big fan of Lucca being able to fabricate buff Tablets just like that. I was hoping there would be some kind of scare material (related to divine or magical energy) that would need to be collected through some kind of trial of character in order to make them, which would explain why Spekkio needed to spar with Rettace before he could fork over the items. Getting a steady stream of them with no effort on our part cheapens the payoff of Rettace's fight with Spekkio. If we needed to collect materials in some kind of character-driven sideplot before Lucca could get the tablet-printer fired up then I'd be totally on board and would swap this in place of the Cloaking device.

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I'm not sure what to vote for. I generally agree with the points brought up, especially those here >>5091366, but there's also a glaring flaw with the Enertrons: They give you a full night's sleep but leave you hungry. And we all know that hunger is a terrible thing for a Saiyan. I'm not sure the trade-off is worth it.
https://mp4.mega64.net/ct/07/024.mp4

>>5091372
Oh dear. That's going to doom several stockpiles.

>>5091366
And perhaps you've a point. But I've a different contention for you, that the spar with Spekkio isn't actually cheapened because Spekkio was bound by rules of fair play. We found other tablets than the one's given by him, they are produced by someone else in the past of the planet.

Though it's fair to say that a sideplot to print this shit out may be nice, with Luuca it's unlikely to be needed. On the counter point hwoever, refining it can probably need a sideplot of some manner.

>>5091379
>they are produced by someone else in the past of the planet
Ok, but for the purposes of characterization I had hoped Lucca would figure out the structure and then say something like "Alright guys I know how to make them the only problem is [ingredient X] which I actually can't conjure into existence via superscience/alchemy. I've checked around on where it comes from and found that legend says it was generated via [process Y], which you might be able to try by going to [location Z] and undergoing [ritual A]." Or something to that effect.

>>5091397
Which is fair.
Not too late for it to shift to that one, but I hold that if we request it of the QM we can probably hit something off of it with refining them rather than replicating.

I don't think it's worth the hill dying on for trying to get Lucca to stop being bullshit for her time period. Reproduction of none really rare materials is basically a given for her.

>>5091366
Dude, i can understand not taking the Gravity chamber and leaving it for later, when we visit Earth maybe and Lucca can work with Bulma, but not taking the Tabs is simple insanity.
Not only is Lucca herself a genius who damn well knows how powerful those tabs are, even if they drop off later on, but we also have SCHALA who is the one to create the tabs in the first place, and I'm fairly certain she wanted Tabs to become commonplace, mostly to assist people with Degenerative Muscle diseases, or general illness shit that having a stronger body would help with fighting off. Schala would 100% support making it, and what the Waifu would want, she GETS. :V
Also, Spekkio could only give us the items if we beat him because that's just how things are for most Gods, they can't interfere without VERY explicit reasons, like needing to be beaten in order to reward us for our progress, in his case, and again, we have the Original Creator of the Tabs, Schala, in this very room.
>>5091397
>>5091412

I say this one final time, just so you don't miss it in my wall of text because you don't care about it, The Creator Of The Tabs Is Schala.

>>5091438
Oh shit, really?

Yeah, that clears up the several concerns about production but doesn't address the nature/desire of the anons proposal.
He'd like some manner of effort excerted and characterisation met before such a reward.

>>5091186
>Tablet Creation Facility
>Teleportation Control Center
>Extreme Range Scanners

As anon said, the Gravity Chamber is too cheap, though it'll probably win anyway. I'm voting for the Tablets in the hope that we'll have to go through a sidequest to make it work and I'll be disappointed if we don't. At the very least we should see Schala and Lucca working together for this, Schala did dream of making them mass-producible for the normies. The Teleportation network is Lucca's dream, and it seems cruel to deny it to her after all she's done and when she's making everything practically by herself. It will also be extremely useful to have an instant way back to Temperus and any other planet we visit and leave a teleporter on. For supplies, if nothing else, since we'll be going through them at an alarming rate. Especially if we also decide to use Enertrons. Leaving the Saiyans ravenously hungry and also being unable to easily resupply sounds like a recipe for famine and disaster. Scanners to make sure we don't miss Freeza.

>>5091460
Fair enough.

>>5091350
I will change my vote from this one to
>Tablet creation facilities
>Teleportation control
>Grav chamber

>>5091460
.....That is a very fair point, I will also change my vote from what's here: >>5091211
To
>Tablet Creation Facility
>Teleportation Control Center
>Extreme Range Scanners

Having teleporters to go back to a planet to resupply instantly from anywhere in he universe is INSANELY good, and I suppose we can just take Frieza's Healing pods and upgrade those with Enertron stuff so it both heals, AND doesn't leave you starving.
And we can get the Grav Chamber from Bulma, and upgrade both our own, AND Earth's Grav Chambers to above what we'd get here, thanks to the two greatest natural geniuses in the Universe working together.

So, yeah, leaving those for later isn't really putting them back all that far, especially if Lucca apes some of Gero's Infinite Ki generators and uses a shitton of them to power the Black Omen 2.0 she creates even further, so everything is ever better a few years down the line.

>>5091186
>Tablet Creation Facilities - Extremely advanced magic and science combine to create a semi-automated creation facility for Tablets. Creating a tablet at a rate of one a day, Lucca seems to believe that the efficiency of the Tablets can be enhanced further.
>Teleportation Control Center - A main control center for Lucca's teleportation project. The Control Center will be able to manufacture and store the details of new teleporters, in addition, the Control Center can be used for short-range teleportation from orbit to surface.
>Time Travel Capabilities - By stripping out all the parts of the Epoch and recreating them as a sort of time-engine, it is possible for the ship to have the capability to travel back and forth in time. Of course, this is an extremely powerful ability and abusing it could spell disaster for the entire universe.

>>5091476
>and I suppose we can just take Frieza's Healing pods
Good point. We just have to make sure neither his ship nor Namek blow up and we'll be able to cannibalize it for parts and upgrades as well. It's not like his minions will be able to prevent us from commandeering it. Getting a Gravity Chamber of our own after seeing Bulma's is also a more natural progression.

>Black Omen 2.0
We really need to come up for a better name for the ship. Or ask Lucca to name it, it's her baby after all.

>>5091480
>New name
The rising star? Ascending wanderer? The intrepid chronicler?

Something that is really connecting with her mission of setting teleportation pads on each world we encounter.

>>5091478
>Time Travel Capabilities - By stripping out all the parts of the Epoch and recreating them as a sort of time-engine, it is possible for the ship to have the capability to travel back and forth in time. Of course, this is an extremely powerful ability and abusing it could spell disaster for the entire universe.

Dude, NO! That shit is a BAD IDEA, better to stick to the Epoch for small groups only, instead of letting anyone who steals the Black Omen 2. do whatever the fuck they want, WHENEVER the fuck they want, with as many minions as they want to bring! Holy SHIT is that nothing but a BAD IDEA!

>>5091480
I have no idea what to name it for now, so Black Omen 2.0 it shall be, for now, in my mind.

>>5091186
>>Teleportation Control Center - A main control center for Lucca's teleportation project. The Control Center will be able to manufacture and store the details of new teleporters, in addition, the Control Center can be used for short-range teleportation from orbit to surface.
>>Tablet Creation Facilities - Extremely advanced magic and science combine to create a semi-automated creation facility for Tablets. Creating a tablet at a rate of one a day, Lucca seems to believe that the efficiency of the Tablets can be enhanced further.
>>Time Travel Capabilities - By stripping out all the parts of the Epoch and recreating them as a sort of time-engine, it is possible for the ship to have the capability to travel back and forth in time. Of course, this is an extremely powerful ability and abusing it could spell disaster for the entire universe.

>>5091774
WHY ARE YOU RETARDS VOTING FOR TIME TRAVEL?!
It's the SINGULAR most USELESS upgrade it could possible fucking get, because then we lose the Epoch, and if ANY ENEMY, EVER, boards the Black Omen 2.0 while it has that, literally EVERYTHING IS FUCKED, UNIVERSE WIDE

>>5091783
Should really not let that happen anyway.

I hope lucca makes a room for it with gene seals.

>>5091783
Agreed holy shit. The thought of some backwater Who or that bitch Towa getting their disgusting, filthy PAWS on our ship fills me with rage. They could just snap in and out of our plane of reality, or wipe out Rettace from existence (and Kachi-Kachi along with the universe by proxy).

>>5091822
Security like that sounds nice, but I'm afraid of someone getting our genetic DNA fuckin Gero... and being able to use the time travel engine.

>>5091186
>Advanced Medical Facilities
>Tablet Creation Facilities
Two that we need immediately. We're definitely going to need the medical facilities if we're going to be training nonstop to kick Frieza's ass. And as for the tablets, those are an excellent pick-me-up for anyone falling behind or needs a head start to train with the crew. Plus, waifu wants it.

>Teleportation Control Center
Very powerful utility tool, teleporting to home base on the flip of a switch is underrated. Plus, Lucca deserves something nice for making us a brand new ship FOR FREE. Letting her install her invention is the least we can do to repay her genius.

I'm skipping out on most of the other upgrades because we can either do it ourselves (scanners, cloaking, etc.) or a massive security hazard (AI control). As for my argument against the gravity chamber, that massive 1000x multiplier sounds nice, but it takes TIME to use that kind of gravity and not instantly die. we have only 2 months, lets not waste it just yet on gravity mastery (And if we're going meta, Prince Vegeta, who was born and raised on Planet Vegeta, was turning his bones into toothpaste at 400x Earth gravity / 40x Planet Vegeta's gravity during the 3 year timeskip into the beginning of the android saga.)

>>5091783
Because I'd rather consolidate it into one ship to keep track of instead of having to keep track of the Epoch AND lucca's ship.
And lucca's ship will be able to defend itself infinitely better than the Epoch.

>>5091887
...Dude, we can just have the Epoch docked on the New ship, and when we do need it, we can just put it in a capsule, once we reach Bulma and Lucca copies them.

>>5091942
No thanks

>>5091186

>Variable Gravity Chamber - A Gravity Chamber room that goes up to 1000x the Gravity of Planet Temperus... that is to say, 100x the Gravity of Planet Vegeta.
>Advanced Medical Facilities - Medical facilities including healing chambers and Enertrons, allowing for rapid recovery from even the worst of wounds as well as ability to go without food, sleep or other basic needs thanks to the Enertrons.
>Tablet Creation Facilities - Extremely advanced magic and science combine to create a semi-automated creation facility for Tablets. Creating a tablet at a rate of one a day, Lucca seems to believe that the efficiency of the Tablets can be enhanced further.

Everything else is a "would be nice to have but not 100% needed right now" thing.

>>5092017
The Grav chamber and Enertrons are something we can get by meeting Bulma on Namek, when we arrive there, and stealing Frieza's Healing pods and upgrading them, the Radar makes missing him on Namek impossible, and the Teleporters are better for constant resupplies because we have so many damn saiyans that Food WILL be an issue unless we get a Farming section eventually.

>>5091366 and >>5091476 have some good points. Changing my vote >>5091198 to
>Advanced Medical Facilities
>Teleportation Control Center
>Cloaking Device

>>5091186
>Tablet Creation Facilities - Extremely advanced magic and science combine to create a semi-automated creation facility for Tablets. Creating a tablet at a rate of one a day, Lucca seems to believe that the efficiency of the Tablets can be enhanced further.
Something for Schala
>Teleportation Control Center - A main control center for Lucca's teleportation project. The Control Center will be able to manufacture and store the details of new teleporters, in addition, the Control Center can be used for short-range teleportation from orbit to surface.
Something for Lucca
>Variable Gravity Chamber - A Gravity Chamber room that goes up to 1000x the Gravity of Planet Temperus... that is to say, 100x the Gravity of Planet Vegeta.
And something for us

>>5092206
You double-posted dude.
The Cloaking is kinda useless, it's only real use is to avoid accidentally intimidating the planets we land on, Tablets are MUCH more usful, and it's Schala's dream to have them become commonplace, so not having them made is a dick move against Schala.

And if you're saying we have good points, *WHY ARE YOU GETTING THE MEDICAL FACILITIES?!* Those are something we DON'T want because we can just take Frieza's and Upgrade them post-Namek!

I believe there's a tie between the grav chamber and the medical facilities.

>>5092668
Then I'm gonna switch my third vote in >>5091460 from scanners to grav. Of the two, I prefer this one.

>>5092668
What are the other two winning options?

>>5092683
By my count, Tablet Creation and Teleporters.

>>5092688
OK, good, those two are more important than anything else.

>>5092668
If it's a choice between those two, I'd honestly go for the medical facilities over the grav chamber.
Hey, quick question Wukong, would the enertrons restore Magical Energy?

>>5092698
>would the enertrons restore Magical Energy?
They would, yes.

>>5092701
In that case, swapping my Scanner vote here:>>5091476
To the Medical Facilities

>>5092631
>And if you're saying we have good points, *WHY ARE YOU GETTING THE MEDICAL FACILITIES?!* Those are something we DON'T want because we can just take Frieza's and Upgrade them post-Namek!
>>5092713
>In that case, swapping my Scanner vote here:>>5091476
>To the Medical Facilities
I'm sorry, what?

>>5092715
If we can only pick between Grav Chamber and Medical Facilities as our third option, the Medical Facilities are better, because it lets us train for longer.
There's really nothing that confusing there, dude.
I was against your thing because you replaced both the Tablet Creation and Scanners.

>>5092701
Holy shit how could we NOT choose it, then
>Heal faster
>Don't have to sleep
>Instantly restore magical energy, meaning magical training doesn't have to wait for natural recharging
ALL IN ON MEDICAL FACILITY LADS

>>5092718
>I was against your thing
I think you're mixing me up, dude.

>>5092722
Ah, my bad, lol, but still, my point stands.

>>5092733
We can just upgrade the Enertrons with Frieza's shit once we get there and Lucca sees them, and it'll take less time to upgrade them because we'll already have the base Enertrons set up.

>>5092738
I really doubt Freeza's tech will be advanced enough to offer an upgrade over what Lucca makes herself.

>>5092741
Frieza's pods don't leave the person healed in it hungry, that's all we really care about upgrading.

>>5092744
They also don't do any of the other things that the Enertrons do, like replace the need to sleep. They just accelerate healing. I don't see why you'd expect this property to be transferable.

>>5092755
It's LUCCA, she'll be able to make it work. She can probably combine the Healing Fluid with the Enertrons for a somewhat slower healing process, but also not being stuck with the Hunger, making it overall more effective.

>>5092741
Also, just because they're not as good as Enertrons at healing and restoring energy, doesn't mean it's useless, examples of different technology will enhance what she has, simply because she now knows of another way she can Upgrade things, it doesn't need to be as good, because Lucca will make literally anything she touches better, she's like fucking King Midas, but with Technology.

I'm not entirely sure, but I think it's still a tie between Grav and Med.

>>5093036
Honestly, at this point, either break the tie yourself, or roll a D2 to see which wins. They're both great, so whichever wins doesn't really matter, though I'd hope for the Med, of course.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

See what we got then...
Grav 1 Med 2

>>5093088
Fuck yeah medbay
So thats the medical facility, teleporters, and tablets, right?

>>5093114
That is correct.

>>5093115
>>5093114
Yesssssss~! Would have preferred Scanners so we made sure we don't miss Namek, but I suppose we should be fine with the ship being as fast as it is, and asking for directions along the way, and the Med-bay will be good for extending training as long as our stomachs can allow

>>5093119
Cant we just ask the average space joe where the empire's main HQ is? Frieza doesnt seem to be the type of person to hide, so all we have to do is fly to his house and have lizard for dinner

>>5093137
Wait, continuing on from this, once we kill frieza, what's next? Do we wipe out his empire and any remaining loyalists from existence, or are we just going to seize control? Or maybe we can take what we want from his empire and leave it to collapse. Can Rettace even run an empire?

>>5093137
Nah, he's already gonna be on his way to Namek I'm pretty sure. If we ask for directions to Frieza, we'd probably be told he's "on a trip of some sort."

>>5093138
.....That... Is something to decide later, but we'd probably do something, at least.

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I can't stop thinking about how god damn good the medical facility is as an option, for the SINGULAR fact that it restores MP. The physical healing just makes it even better.
We're going to have a real easy time expanding our magical repitoir and creating Dual Techs, Triple Techs, and maybe more with our allies.
And hunger? Hunger just counts as mental fortitude training. Conquer your most base of instincts.

>>5093137
>ask the average space joe where the empire's main HQ is?
You want to run into King Cold first? Unlike Freeza he's stable at close to his full power. I'd estimate at least 100M, probably closer to 110M.

>>5093139
Wait, maybe Kami would know where Frieza is. When our ship is ready to fly, we should take a pit stop to Onisthena II and ask him where the emperor could be. And also tell him that we killed the ugly space barnacle.

>>5093170
Shit, Cold's gonna be PISSED when we kill his son. Hopefully if we ever meet him, we could take him out too.

>>5093154
Good points, and we can always use the Teleporters to go to Ayla's time and kill the same dinosaur multiple times with the Epoch for food, like Lucca did for Sun Stones.

>>5093137
iirc, the location of Freeza's homeworld is not widely known. Turles has been looking for it for a long time. Freeza is constantly on the move with his spaceship.

>>5093138
Why would we want an Empire? It's just boring busywork if you're not a villain. We'll be much better off spending our time with our waifu, our friends, and training to beat the next threat that's gonna threaten what we want to protect.

We should just let the Empire collapse after Cooler and King Cold come to avenge Freeza and die. The universe doesn't need an Emperor.

>>5093183
Yeah, we should visit Onisthena and leave a teleporter there too. It's only an 18 day trip with Lucca's new ship. Kami would also be able to help Schala with her powers, probably even more than he helped us. And the Queen will be happy to see the progress of her children, even if Sycam still doesn't have a girlfriend.

>>5093188
Or we could just buy our food like normal people. The kingdom of Guardia is prospering, we won't cause a famine or anything.

Wait, we don't actually have any money. And I don't think there's anything left on the planet we can beat up for spare cash like proper murderhobo adventurers. Maybe we should ask Schala if Zeal had a treasury in the Ocean Palace that we can loot. We'll be visiting it anyway for spare parts.

>>5093224
>>5093188
Step 1: Learn Magic Materialization.
Step 2: Materialize food by converting Magical Energy into physical food.
Step 3: Recover mana with the Enertron.
Step 4: Eat.

>>5093486
.....I assume that having an affinity for Creation Magic makes that easier, so Khive is probably gonna become a Food Dispenser/Vending Machine. :V

Scanning through the blueprints for a while before you finally come to a decision, you weigh your options carefully... the two things you absolutely know you need to get were the facilities that would allow you to manufacture more of the tablets that originated from the Kingdom of Zeal... while your own power level wouldn't really see much of an impact from the Strength Tablets at this point, that didn't mean that the Speed or Magic Tablets were any less useful to you... and it might just be possible to improve the efficiency of the Strength Tablets so that you'd see more of an effect from ingesting the damn things... though even as they were, the ability to immediately raise somebody's power by an entire four thousand points was incredible. While you had grown strong enough that such a raise wasn't the massive increase in power to you anymore that it would have once been, just taking a few of them would put even the weakest of people on the same level as what you once believed to be an elite Saiyan!

Of course, it wasn't just the facilities to create tablets that intrigued you, no, you were also interested in Lucca's design for a central control area for her teleporters. Not only would that contain the tools that Lucca would need to effectively automate the creation of new teleporters, but it would also contain the ability to have the ship use short-range teleporters to move people to and from the ship without requiring two-way teleportation. Something like that would completely remove the ship's requirement for something like shuttles or otherwise small craft in order to land on planets without... well, needing to land the entire ship on the planet... and when you saw just how large that Lucca's designs for the ship were making it out to be, it was obvious that landing was going to be incredibly impractical in most situations... unless you find a sufficiently advanced planet with good enough facilities to land a colossal ship at.

Of course, that just led you to the last of the optional additions... and you found yourself at something of an impasse. You could choose either the variable gravity chamber, and see just how much of an effect that training at a higher gravity than normal would have on the growth of you and your allies' strength... or you could have Lucca focus her efforts on the creation and installation of a higher grade of medical facilities for the ship, notably, the inclusion of Enertrons, which... according to the plans, enabled for the body to recover from fatigue as well as most injuries rapidly by exciting cellular activity in the body of the person within the Enertron through exterior electrical currents... unfortunately, even if this would theoretically allow somebody to last an indefinite amount of time without food, the body would still suffer from the illusion that it did all the work on itself that the Enertron did. This of course had the terrible effect of tricking the body into thinking that it was actually starving, and while it was only a psychological effect, it was still apparently horrible to experience... you hoped that Lucca will be able to remove that particular side-effect from the device, for a normal person, going hungry was bad... but for a Saiyan? A Saiyan lost a tremendous amount of their battle power if they were hungry. Of course, this could probably be offset by having a large supply of food for the people using the Enertrons to eat, but... you'd definitely need a massive amount of food if the resting and medical facilities were enough to drive anybody using them to a false sense of starvation!

"Alright Lucca, I've made up my mind, I'd like for you to include the Medical Facilities, as well as the Teleportation Control Center and the Tablet Creation Facilities." You pushed the blueprints back towards the engineer girl, and she scanned over them in silence for a moment.

"Oh? You want to make more Tablets?" Schala was the one to speak now. "But... do you have the right ingredients for that? I know that as a base, Tablets need the blossom of a special flower that I only remember growing in high magic environments... like back on Zeal." That... could be a problem, but surely Lucca's already got a solution to that?

"That's not a worry, I've already got an ingredient list for the tablets... though we might need a few seeds for those flowers... I've been looking around for them in the current era... but I've not been having much luck." The girl shrugged. "I was planning on using an artificially created substitute for the base though." Lucca sounded as if she had something of an alternative, but Schala shook her head.

"An alternate base wouldn't work... nobody was ever able to substitute out the Zeal Blossoms... and the Queen had something of a monopoly on them... You've not been able to find them because the magic density of this era... well, it's not high enough for the seeds to flourish, and they probably all died out... you can make Panacea from what's around in this era with the available plant-life, but without Zeal Blossoms, you're not going to be able to make Tablets... and the only place I can think that might have the Blossoms is... well, it fell into the ocean already... or... well..." Schala seemed to lose herself in her own thoughts.

"Well...?" Lucca asked with a raised eyebrow.

"The Black Omen should still have a botany area... and with any luck, we'd be able to find the seeds there... though after thousands of years without being unattended... I dread to think of just what sort of things would've ended up growing within that area." Schala suddenly clenched her fist. "But... I'm sure that together, no matter what's lurking inside the Black Omen, we'll be able to defeat it!"

"Well, that's basically a guarantee. Unless there's a plant stronger than Lavos lurking in Zeal's greenhouse, I'm pretty confident in my ability to handle anything that could be in the Black Omen." Honestly, what's the worst that could be down there anyway? A few mutants? Maybe a few robotic defense systems that are still active?

"I know that you're strong, Rettace... but... it's best not to get complacent. For as strong as you are, there are some magical traps that'll ignore just how strong you are if you get hit by them... so it's still dangerous." Well, even if they were theoretically dangerous to you if you got hit, you were hundreds of times faster than you'd need to be in order to dodge whatever the automated defenses might have in store for you.

"I'll keep that in mind, of course... but I think you're just worrying too much." You decided it might be an idea to keep up something like a small barrier of energy around yourself... just in case. Better to be safe than sorry, after all.

"Well... if you're really certain about the fact that we're going to need to get this plant from the Black Omen... should I start making preparations for us to go there now? Robo and I need to get back there in order to salvage some parts anyway... though we can always do it later in the year, the construction of the ship is gonna take quite some time, after all." Lucca asked you, and you quickly decided.

>>What will Rettace decide?
>To go now, better to get it out of the way.
>To go later in the year (Timeskip Choices)
>Other(Write-in)

>>5093738
>To go now, better to get it out of the way

Wukong, if we vote for the timeskip now, do we start skipping time immediately? We still have to track down Ayla, say goodbye to her and Glenn, see how Parzlee and Khive are doing when they wake up and maybe more things that I can't think of right now. Also, will we be seeing scenes from those ten months in Temperus, other than the dungeon crawl, or will it be just a straight skip to the end like the previous ones?

>>5093776
This'll just be the choices for the time skip, then I'll write a longer update to tie up the current loose ends.

>>5093738
>>To go now, better to get it out of the way.

>>5093738
>>Other(Write-in)
>>To go later in the year (No Timeskip yet)
As Lucca said, there's no reason to rush to the sunken Black Omen, and we don't know where it is anyway. But I don't want to start timeskipping yet. We still have some things to do today, and I don't think one long update will be enough.

>>5093738
>Get it out of the way

>>5093738
>Other(Write-in)
>We still need to go find Ayla, let's get her, then tell the others, so we can all go together, no point risking getting caught in a trap with so few of us.
>To go later in the year (Timeskip Choices)

>>5093738
>>5093885 +1

>>5093738
>To go later in the year (Timeskip Choices)

"You know what? Why don't we just go there now? It could be fun!" You weren't exactly doing much else right now, and now that Lucca's plans for the spaceship had been discussed and you'd decided on which of her plans you wanted to go for, you were in truth... kind of bored. After the earlier adrenaline pumping action of the fight against Parzlee and the thrill of unlocking a power greater than you would've once thought possible... you found yourself craving an opportunity to test your abilities against an opponent not so monstrously strong that your newfound power was barely enough to even the odds. It was a little petty, you supposed, to want to fight against enemies far weaker than you were in order to truly put your new power to the test, but... what good was having incredible strength if it didn't feel like you were strong?

"W-what? Right now? But... do you even have a good way to get into the Black Omen? Surely you're not just planning on... holding your breath, I hope? I haven't even made any respirators yet!" Lucca shook her head, seems like she was against the idea. "You're going to have to wait a few weeks before we go through with any expeditions to the sunken Omen, OK? That'll give me enough time to formulate an entrance plan, as well as create the equipment you'll need to actually succeed on going down there. I doubt that there's going to be much in the way of breathable oxygen..."

"Actually..." Schala joined the conversation, and Lucca gave her a look that could only be summed up as 'Oh no, not again' though Schala was unperturbed by Lucca's reaction to her intrusion to the conversation. "The Black Omen should actually still have a breathable atmosphere, it was created with the idea of traveling the stars for thousands of years... and the atmospheric composition was taken care of by automated magic systems... crystals that produce breathable air passively, if I remember correctly." Schala's knowledge of the magical technology of Zeal was coming in incredibly helpful at this point... you imagined that Magus would only have a small amount of knowledge when it came to the functioning of Zeal's technology, he was only a boy when Zeal fell, after all. Of course, Melchior, Gaspar and... whoever the third Guru was would have a massive amount of knowledge too, but it's clear that Schala has been privy to a good deal of secrets that are beyond even the Gurus.

"Oh...? That's... very useful..." Lucca looked at her plans, and began scrawling something down and muttering to herself as she did. "Life Support Systems... may be supplemented with... magical crystals..." She was more interested in the existence of such magic crystals than she was with the topic at hand, but Schala coughed in order to regain the genius girl's attention, which was swiftly being drained into the dozens of plans she had laid out in front of her. "Oh... you weren't finished?"

"As a matter of fact, I wasn't. Getting into the Black Omen... it might be just a little bit easier than you think." Schala seemed pleased with herself about something, but the genius sitting opposite her seemed kind of stumped.

"Huh? What are you talking about, Schala? Do you know of a remaining way within the Black Omen that has lasted into this era?" It quickly dawned on you just what Schala was getting at, if her abilities could only be used to visit a place that she had seen before, then... didn't that mean...?

"Yes. Me." The girl answered with a certain amount of restrained smugness, and Lucca tilted her head for a moment before Schala held out one of her hands and started to gather her magic energy. "I pray you don't forget the power of Time-Space Magic in the future, Miss Lucca." The energy gathered into the palm of her hand started to take form, before she threw it forwards and shouted the name of the spell. "Portal!"

On her command, a circular disk of energy opened up in space, creating an opaque passageway between Lucca's house and what you presumed to be the Black Omen, deep underneath the ocean, and Lucca was startled for a moment before regaining her cool.

"Ah. I had forgotten you had the ability to create openings between points in space... but are you sure that this portal is safe? It has been thousands of years since anybody has set foot in the Black Omen." The girl was quick to ponder on the safety of such a portal, and Schala sighed. There was of course no harm in being cautious... and it was quite clear that Lucca was the sort of person who wasn't entirely trusting of concepts that she couldn't both understand and replicate, and leaping straight into a many thousands of years old super weapon was of course dangerous.

"All diagnostics indicate that the portal is safe." Robo answered Lucca instead. "For one, we haven't suddenly been flooded, and I can also detect that the flow of air from this opening is... similar to the atmospheric composition of the room we currently occupy... even if the air from beyond the portal is a little... stale." Robo gave the all clear before he stepped towards the portal himself. "However, in order to make sure that my analysis is correct, I will enter the portal first. I do not believe anybody will argue with my superior survival capabilities." Of course, arguing that would be ridiculous, Robo didn't need oxygen at all, and was immune to a good deal of things that could easily incapacitate a living being, gas, poison, extreme temperatures, drowning... being a mechanical lifeform clearly had its advantages. Robo didn't hesitate or wait for Lucca's go-ahead, and simply stepped through the portal without waiting a moment more.

"Well... I suppose that this does give me a chance to get some good information on the Black Omen. Proper schematics and plans will only serve to make the ship I'm designing better." Lucca admitted that going to the Black Omen this early was beneficial after all. "That's not even mentioning the fact that with any luck, we'll be able to get these Zeal Blossoms." She was really coming round to the idea now. "I just hope... that we don't run into anything that we can't deal with."

"I'm hundreds of times more powerful than the last time you saw what I was capable of, Lucca. As I am right now, I doubt that even Lavos himself would've been able to defeat me in single battle." You wouldn't even need to rely on Kachi-Kachi's power to destroy Lavos, you'd likely be able to wipe out the monster in a single blast now! Well... perhaps not thanks to that indestructible shell... It was kind of a shame that you didn't get any samples of Lavos' shell, you were certain that the wondrous material would be perfect for the construction of a ship... but considering just how dangerous Lavos was when it came to the manipulation of DNA, it was perhaps a good thing that the beast was entirely obliterated. You didn't doubt that Lavos would be capable of something like keeping its own sense of self contained within a small fragment of its body.

"Still... strength alone... it's not everything. As strong as you are, you'd still end up succumbing to a powerful poison, or a disease." Lucca warned you, but you just shrugged. You were already well aware that just because you had gained a large amount of physical power, it didn't make you invincible. You weren't going to start fighting carelessly now that you were capable of overpowering the majority of your foes. Such a style of fighting completely disregarded the philosophy with which you approached battle. Power was something to control, to use as a tool, it was not something to be controlled by. You were the master of your own power! Which was why that power of hatred you had felt was such a terrifying one, it took your own control away, subverting it with... something else. While you had sworn off that power... if you were truly desperate... and it was the difference between you and all that you cared for disappearing... you could see yourself being forced to rely on using it. Though you hoped that the power of a Super Saiyan would be enough that it wasn't necessary to rely on that power hidden within you.

"I know that. Complacency in battle is a good way to be defeated." Even if you do overpower an enemy, you knew that if you let power go to your head, you'd end up getting sloppy, and that would lead to mistakes, and mistakes... well, they could lead to losing battles that you should win.

Before you could say any more on the matter, Robo returned from the portal. "It is... clear. In fact, the lighting even still functions!" Unexpected, but... a boon, to be sure. If the ship still managed to maintain at least some semblance of functionality after all this time, it meant that Lucca's analysis of the vessel would only serve to make the one she is designing even better!

"Excellent. Then let's not waste any time." But... as you looked at the portal, you wondered just how you ought to go about exploring the Black Omen. Between you, Schala, Mayonne, Lucca and Robo... you weren't exactly at full power right now, but... at the same time, you believed that with the exception of Schala, everyone was more than powerful enough to look after themselves. So... you got to thinking whether it might be a good idea to split up and look individually...

>>What will Rettace do?
>Split up into 4 groups, but stay with Schala.
>Don't split up, it's not like this is time sensitive or anything.
>Other(Write-in)

>>5095585
>Don't split up, it's not like this is time sensitive or anything.
Don't split the party

>>5095597
Support.

Together we are at our most powerful

>>5095585
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waa2ucfgVgQ

>>5095585
>Don't split up, it's not like this is time sensitive or anything.
Kind of a shame we got here immediately, it would be a good opportunity for Schala to get some experience and show off her new moves after she gets /fit/. Maybe we should have a date on an easier dungeon in a few months?

>>5095585
>Don't split up, it's not like this is time sensitive or anything.
>While you're here, take the time to ask Mayonne about the details of their shapeshifting. Do they gain all of the physical abilities of what they shapeshift to? A bat's echolocation, a snake's venom, or maybe even a Saiyan's innate abilities? Or is it merely a shell that changes appearance?

>>5095585
>Don't split up, it's not like this is time sensitive or anything

>>5095585
>Don't split up, it's not like this is time sensitive or anything.
>>5095655
And this is why the party is NEVER split unless it's solid, pre-planned groups.

Sorry about not updating that much over the past few days, the run-up to Christmas is very busy for me.
Also, did you know that Goku defeats Freeza on Christmas Eve, so the spacefaring people of the Dragonball Universe likely celebrate the 24th/25th?

>>5096757
I understand completely. Spend as much time as you need with your folks for Christmas.
>Goku defeats Frieza on Christmas Eve
Huh. The more you know.

>>5096757
No worries, no worries! Perfectly reasonable!
>Also, did you know that Goku defeats Freeza on Christmas Eve
...I did not. I was probably told that before, and promptly forgot it, as it didn't register then. Neat.

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>>5096757
>Goku defeats Freeza on Christmas Eve
Oh. That's neat.
Merry Christmas, and happy Death to Tyrants Day!

Your fortune: Your heart is two sizes too small.

May as well find out what my Christmas Fortune is.

Your fortune: You're getting a lump of coal in your stocking!

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>>5096980
I demand you reconsider, Santa.

Your fortune: Blessed Yule!

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>>5096980
You better not run
You better not hide
Santa's coming for you tonight

>>5096981
Huh, that was easy. Now, let's try rerolling mine.

Your fortune: It's going to be a white Christmas!

>>5096980
Oh my. Fortunes?

>>5096996
Christmas thing,
Type "fortune" in the options box.

Your fortune: Happy Kwanzaa!

>>5096996

>>5097041
Looks like it needs some text.

Your fortune: Bah! Humbug.

>>5097042
. . . Yeah. Sounds about right.

"There's not much point in us splitting up, we don't exactly know what could be in stock for us in this place, but we do have a great deal of time to explore the ship. Besides, I'm sure that Schala has a good enough idea as to the layout of the ship." It made sense that Schala would know about the general floor plan of Zeal's greatest invention, but judging from her relatively uncertain expression... it looked like the opposite might be true.

Schala sighed, clearly disappointed in herself for not knowing more. "Well... I didn't exactly explore the Ocean Palace a great deal... my mother did try to keep me out, in case I attempted to meddle in it to some degree. I'm aware of... some of the ship from the time I was here... but I was purposely kept unaware of anything like a blueprint of the ship, as well as anything more than the more basic security measures... while I doubt there's anything here on this ship that could prove to be a threat to Rettace if he's on his guard... I don't actually know what my mother has in store for us." It wasn't too much of a loss that Schala wasn't a true authority on the Black Omen, but... it could prove troublesome if you were blindsided by some unexpected trap. The fact that the Black Omen was still apparently powered after so long was a bad omen... you could even call it a black omen, if you were feeling whimsical.

Wiping the idiotic grin from your face at your private joke, you refocused. "It's not a problem, if we just stick together, I'm sure that we won't have too much difficulty, I'm not exactly expecting much competition when it comes to a direct contest of power, and I'll just dodge any traps. Speed is sort of my specialty at this point." Well, speed and fighting with trickery, but... there wasn't much use for fighting with trickery against an inanimate foe like an automated defense system, perhaps if a true artificial intelligence ran the place, but... as far as you could tell, things in the Black Omen were all taken care of by the traps on an autonomous individual basis. You briefly wondered how the security measures were supposed to differentiate friend from foe, but it was likely through some sort of magical attunement to the vessel. You imagined that people like Queen Zeal or Dalton would be fine if they were wandering through the halls of the Omen, but it was a very different story for unknowns and people who the queen clearly considered a potential threat like Schala... though there was a chance that Robo's lack of any true life sign would allow him not to actually register to the security at all! It depended on whether or not it determined threat based on motion or through life-detection... but again, it probably didn't matter.

"You're probably right. Splitting up is always a bad idea, sticking together always worked out well enough for us when we were trying to save the future, so I'm not exactly sure why we'd start now." Lucca shrugged, happy to stick together as you explored the Omen. It was definitely for the best that you stuck together, even if you were powerful enough to deal with whatever might be in the Omen all by yourself, it was possible, but unlikely, that Robo, Lucca or Mayonne alone could find themselves overpowered by some wayward Zeal science project that had been left in the Omen for thousands of years. There was really no telling just what might be found down here in the remnants of what was meant to be Queen Zeal's ultimate masterpiece.

"Then it's settled. Let's go." Not wanting to spend any more time just standing around and discussing things, you took a step through Schala's portal, swiftly finding yourself standing in a somewhat dimly lit room, the floor seemed to be made out of some reflective dark substance. If it was metal, it was truly remarkable that it had not only not decayed at all in so long, but it had also retained a luster as if it had only just been polished a few hours ago. The ship was quite cold, oddly enough, a bitter wind was blowing through the ship's large corridors... how was that possible? Was the ship exposed to the wind somehow? But... weren't you deep under the ocean? Odd, to be sure.

As you ignored the chill of the wind, you saw Mayonne come through the portal, followed by Lucca, then Robo, and finally Schala. The portal snapped shut behind the girl when she came through, apparently no longer seeing a need to keep it open now that everyone had come through... or maybe she was unable to keep a portal open after she had traveled through it? It... probably didn't matter, really. You could always ask her later. "Alright, Robo. Don't forget to scan as much as you're able. This could get us some pretty great data to look through later!" Lucca reminded her robotic ally, who nodded.

"Of course. The data from this construct will be vital to the creation of our own ship, that much is clear. Even the material composition of the floor is incredible! It's as if it has been woven out of magic itself..." The Black Omen was seemingly amazing enough to even give a robotic being like Robo a true sense of wonder. To you though, the floor was just a floor. Shiny it might be, you didn't think that it was strong enough to withstand a full strength blow from your maximum power... though you might need to rely on becoming a Super Saiyan if you truly wanted to do a lot of damage... at least that's what you thought based on testing the floor by trying to exert your power downwards upon the metallic floor.

"Come on, you can get all the data you need later, right now, we're looking for... the botany department, right?" You looked at Schala for confirmation, and she nodded. May as well get looking, seeing as Schala wasn't aware of the ship's actual design... but wait... "Hold on, this ship definitely has a botany department, right?" You just wanted to make sure that Schala wasn't just leading you on a wild chase looking for something that didn't exist.

"That I know for certain. I'm not entirely clueless of this place, I know some of what's within it, and my mother didn't exactly feel the need to hide something so basic from me." Made sense, though it was quite worrying that Schala didn't know about the true secrets the ship might have in stock for you.

"Alright, then let's keep moving." You had already managed to cover some ground, and though you hadn't encountered anything yet... you were sensing something... strange. As if there was a huge Ki Signature ahead that... also felt small. You held out your hand, stopping anybody from going any further. "I... feel something strange."

"You do?" Lucca tilted her head, before she raised a hand up to her helmet, pressed a button on the side of it, and... it made a characteristic beeping noise as the half visor she had attached to her helmet lit up... her own scouter design, you were sure. "Huh... that is strange... I'm getting... what feels like tens of thousands... or maybe hundreds of thousands of readings of power levels!" You activated your own scouter, and found what she was saying to be accurate. "Ranging from... 50-500 each... but why are they so small? It's almost like..." Lucca didn't get to finish speaking as Robo suddenly clanked forwards.

"Warning! Unknown Lifeform approaching!" Robo suddenly alerted you to the approach of something, and you prepared for a fight as... a strange slime substance crawled towards you.

"What the hell...?" You were shocked to see the odd goo crawling forwards, but nowhere near as shocked as Lucca, who gasped in almost gleeful surprise.

"Oh! It's... it's some sort of hive-mind based lifeform! I don't know what could've formed it, but... it's like a colony of lifeforms, each counting as an individual... but at the same time part of a single whole!" She sounded very happy to see something like this, even if it looked kind of disgusting.

"So you're saying that... that slime is alive!?" Well, you already knew that based on your own ability to sense energy, as well as your Scouter's readout, but... it was still a bizarre creature... and... could such a comparatively tiny being really have such power?

"Well... sort of. I can't really tell. It might not even be hostile! Maybe... we should try talking to it?" Lucca sounded as if she was allowing herself to get carried away with her own scientific curiosity.

"Can't we just get rid of it? I've never met anything that crawled towards me ominously that ended up just wanting a chat." Mayonne shook his head, clearly prepared to attack the odd slime-like creature.

>>What will Rettace say?
>"Yeah, screw it. I'm not gonna try talking to some magic slime."
>"I'll give it a warning, if it doesn't stop approaching, I'm gonna blast it."
>"You know what? Let's try talking I'll let you take care of uh... trying to talk to it, Lucca.."
>Other (Write-in)

>>5097101
>>"You know what? Let's try talking I'll let you take care of uh... trying to talk to it, Lucca.."
>Make sure it understands that we won't accept any hostile actions, I guess? You'll need to translate whatever it speaks before anything.

>>5097101
>Use your future vision to determine its intentions. Blast it first if it plans to attack. Let Lucca do the talking if it's not hostile.

Oh yeah, what's my fortune?

Your fortune: Happy Festivus!

>>5097124
+1

>>5097124
Sure. We have 5 seconds future sight, so when Lucca talks to it, we can determine its intentions before leaping to her aid.

>>5097124
Supportin'.

>>5097101
>"I'll give it a warning, if it doesn't stop approaching, I'm gonna blast it."

Your fortune: You're getting a lump of coal in your stocking!

You had an... idea. You still had the ability to peer about 5 seconds into the future at will, so... if you just used that... it'll be fine to at least let Lucca experiment with this strange being, right? There's no harm in letting her at least attempt to communicate with the creature, and... as unlikely as it might feel, there was a slim chance that whatever this thing was, it wasn't hostile! But... considering where exactly it was right now, you highly doubted that this odd being wasn't an enemy, so you prepared yourself to blast it away the moment you foresaw it making any sort of move against Lucca.

"Alright Lucca, go ahead... I think it's safe... just don't be careless, alright?" You didn't want to alert anybody to the fact that you were planning to use your foresight abilities to observe the future before it happened, it might be a bit of a pain to explain things if you suddenly blew the creature away without warning, but... it was better than potentially allowing Lucca to get hurt by the odd hivemind-like being. After all, even if it was weak individually, together, it was theoretically even more powerful than you! But... for that to be true it would need to know about Ki, and considering that the people of this world seemed to have no knowledge of Ki, you really doubted that it would use anything more than its natural power.

"You can't be serious." Mayonne was less than pleased with your choice, but he just shrugged. "Well, whatever. You do what you think is best... but I'm telling you, this thing gives me the creeps, and I used to hang around with a bunch of guys who thought that skeletons and flaking paint were the peak of decor." Mayonne decided to hang back, clearly just as ready to blast the slime creature as you were... of course, seeing as you planned on observing its response to Lucca, you'd have an advantage in reaction time... by a massive amount.

"Ah... alright then. Here goes nothing..." Lucca took a step forwards, moving closer to the slime creature while trying not to appear as a threat. "Good uh... morning." She addressed the slime-like substance, which turned from a colorless translucent texture to a deep crimson red, before it started to wobble. "You... you might not be able to understand me, but... my name is Lucca, my friends and I haven't come here to be your enemy." You kept peering into the future, five seconds at a time, but... over and over again, nothing was happening, the slime seemed content to just... wobble and change color, though it did seem to be gathering together, so, at the expense of your own health, you kept peering into the future. By the 6th time you peered five seconds into the future, you were really starting to get a migraine. It was alright for one or two uses, or even three at a push, but... continually forcing your ability to see into the future over and over again was... really not good for you. "Can you understand me?" Lucca asked the creature again, and... unexpectedly... she received a response.

"Can you understand me?" Her own voice echoed around the room, though it clearly wasn't her voice's echo, it was... louder, for one, wait was that the slime? This thing is... really damn strange. You were still guarded, but... you were really starting to get a headache from abusing your ability to view the future now.

"Incredible... it's... mimicking me!" Lucca was very much impressed by the apparently not entirely mindless creature. "It must've been down here for all this time... devoid of a way of learning..." Spending thousands of years as a barely aware blob of matter sounded pretty damn nightmarish to you, but... was it really so bad if you weren't aware of anything else? At least this confirmed that there weren't exactly any more denizens still living aboard the Black Omen... or at least that there wasn't anything living in an area that this slime substance could access.

"Pfft, so what? Shapeshifting isn't hard, and..." Mayonne coughed, clearing his throat. "Impersonating a voice is even easier." Mayonne for some reason chose your voice to impersonate, and... you had to admit, it was a pretty spot on imitation... even if you found yourself kind of annoyed at being impersonated.

"Shut up for a second..." Lucca spoke quickly to Mayonne, before she refocused on the slime, which was now moving to form a singular lump, slowly shifting away from the walls to form a singular blob of mass. You really didn't like whatever it was doing, but... after the tenth attempt at looking into the future, it still hadn't made any outright hostile moves, so... you stopped peering into what has yet to come, you had hit your limit when it came to that particular ability... so your limit was about ten uses before it started becoming too much for you to cope with.

The slime started to rise up, taking a new form as it seemingly faced Lucca, until after a few seconds, it... changed entirely. Becoming a red figure that was oddly enough in Lucca's shape... had it taken umbrage towards Mayonne's comment about shapeshifting? Or was it entirely coincidental? "You... Royal?" It looked at Lucca, taking a step towards the girl, who you could tell was just a little scared now. Clearly, not even Lucca had been expecting the situation to develop in a matter like this, the creature had perfectly mimicked her shape, but... the texture of its body was uniform, shining translucent red. You were strongly considering attacking, but... you left things up to Lucca.

"Uh..." Lucca didn't seem to understand what she was meant to do now, her previous theories about the creature had likely been proven wrong by its sudden change of form... was this thing a part of the defenses after all? Or just some science experiment that had gone wrong over thousands of years of captivity? It was... seemingly intelligent enough to understand speech though.

"Then... if not royal... destroy?" The creature suddenly took another step forwards, and Lucca took a few steps back now. Looks like this was going to turn into a fight after all, and despite the creature's individual lack of strength per glob that made it up, together, its physical strength was likely even greater than yours! Good thing it doesn't seem to be able to use Ki.

>>What will Rettace do?
>Cut it in half with a Ki Blade.
>Blast it away with a Mirror Wave.
>Tear it to pieces with a Spacial Warp Punch.
>Go Super Saiyan and pulverize it in close quarters.
>See if it has a different reaction to Schala, but remain on your guard.
>Other (Write-in)

>>5097964
>"We are with royalty. Schala."
>Power up mirror wave

Being a hivemind, you need to destroy the constituent parts rather than cut it in half.

>>5097964
>>5097968
Supporting this.

>>5097964
>See if it has a different reaction to Schala, but remain on your guard.
Be prepared to Mirror Wave it if it even looks at Schala wrong.

>>5097964
>See if it has a different reaction to Schala, but remain on your guard.

>>5097964
>See if it has a different reaction to Schala, but remain on your guard.

>>5097964
>>See if it has a different reaction to Schala, but remain on your guard.

"Schala... if it's interested in royalty... could it perhaps be referring to you?" It was a long shot when you thought about it, but considering that Schala, Magus and Queen Zeal herself were likely the only royals that could possibly be recognized by this creature, it was at least a possibility. Of course, that would imply that this creature was somehow thousands of years old, and had managed to survive down here in the inactive Black Omen for all that time! Perhaps it was sustained by the ambient magic of the surrounding area? It's not as if there was likely to be all too much in the way of food to eat... not unless the botanical part of the Omen was far larger and more advanced than you were imagining right now.

"Mmmm... maybe. But... what exactly should I say to it?" Schala sounded a little unsure about confronting the slime-like creature. It was obviously dangerous, that much was clear to even people who couldn't sense Ki like Schala, and it seemed like the sort of being that could turn violent in an instant. Even if it did have some semblance of higher intelligence to it, right now, it had shown itself to be terribly primitive regardless... though if you were correct in your theory, that was likely a result of the thousands of years of isolation.

"I don't know, tell it that you're the princess? It might recognize you?" You didn't really know yourself, in fact, you didn't even really think that this was going to work in the first place, but you may as well attempt to go for a solution other than basic violence. For one thing, acting rashly and fighting with your full power in the interior of the vessel could endanger the structural integrity of the entire Black Omen, and that would completely ruin any future attempts at salvage. You also didn't want to race into every challenge by attempting to just attempt to overpower an enemy and force it into submission. While you were still a Saiyan, and you did enjoy a good fight, you also understood that sometimes, a simple fight was not the best solution for a problem... this strange being is likely quite familiar with the layout of the ship, and it might be beneficial to ally yourself with it.

"Why would it recognize me? I've never seen this thing in my life!" Schala argued, the red silhouette of Lucca was tilting its head in you and Schala's direction as you spoke about it, and Schala was clearly getting just as creeped out by the creature as Lucca was. There was just something... terribly off-putting about the appearance of the slime, the fact that it had taken Lucca's form but in an imperfect manner was something that unnerved even you.

"Just... try, alright? It must've been made by somebody from Zeal, right? It might recognize you from some... imprinted memory?" You just made that up, but if it was looking for royalty, Schala was really your best bet. Unless you had missed something seriously important about Robo and he was actually the prince of robots or something... but you doubted that.

"Alright, fine..." Schala didn't sound convinced at all as she stepped forwards to approach the strange creature, and she stared at the Lucca silhouette where its eyes would be... if it actually had any. "Hello... odd creature... I am Princess Schala, first Princess of Zeal and first in line to the Throne of the Floating Kingdom. You wish to see a Royal? Then your request has been granted." She put on a regal sounding voice as she addressed the slime. Clearly the result of a good deal of etiquette training being put to use. "What is it you wish of me?"

"Princess... Schala?" The slime started to shift again, before it took her form, and it startled her enough to make her take a step backwards. The shape it had taken was far more accurate than the shape it had taken when it copied Lucca, though it was still colorless and without proper form, the replication of her body even had her hair appear to be correct, strands of pure red hair instead of the goopy simulacrum that made up its 'hair' when it was transformed into Lucca.

"You know, if this thing wasn't so intriguing, I'd probably be insulted." Lucca shook her head as she compared the quality of her duplicate to Schala's own. You didn't blame her, compared to what the creature had done for Schala, the copy of Lucca's form it had taken was simplistic and fake-looking... like some sort of figurine that had been left near a flame for too long.

"That's right. I am Princess Schala... are you familiar with me?" Schala had a weak smile on her face as she attempted to project confidence at the bizarre creature, though if it really cared about the emotions she was attempting to project, it wasn't showing it.

"Familiar... Familiar..." The creature's vocabulary was still simplistic, but it was seemingly growing more and more coherent by the moment. Perhaps the interaction with actual stimulating surroundings was responsible for this apparent rapid growth in its intelligence? You couldn't exactly feel any other life signature on the ruins of the vessel besides this being, so... maybe it was simply dormant? It could be that it is waking up slowly. "Have heard... Zeal... Schala... Zeal..." It almost appeared that it was trying to remember something. "You... follow. Princess!" The slime creature demanded, and it began to move rapidly down the corridor with a slithering sound, it wasn't actually even bothering to move its legs to walk, instead simply sliding down the halls.

"Well... looks like we have a lead at least." You sighed as you took a step forwards, patting Schala on the shoulder reassuringly before taking off after the slime creature. It was moving fast, but not fast enough that it was difficult for even Schala to keep up with it.

A few minutes of running after the slime later, and you started to truly appreciate just how large the Black Omen was, you hadn't turned a single corridor in all the time that you were racing after the slime, yet you still couldn't really see an end to the hall. Queen Zeal clearly had something of a taste for needless grandeur... though that much was obvious simply from the layout of the Kingdom she once ruled. The kingdom was incredibly impractical... which now that you thought about things, was probably true of the Omen itself. Queen Zeal was clearly no spaceship designer, and while there was no doubt that the ship was of the highest quality despite that, it would be less thanks to a good design, and more through just being huge and powered by a source of limitless energy, like Lavos. Of course, if you did end up having Lucca renovate the ship, you can't help but imagine that she'd have done her best to remove the design flaws in the ship.

You took a quick look at Schala, who was running behind you, in order to determine that she was still doing alright. She might have a naturally high power level, but there was unfortunately no real way to deny the fact the she wasn't exactly in shape... at all. Her potential level of strength may have been immense as a result of her natural level of power, but natural power alone didn't specifically mean that you'd have the stamina to go with it... which Schala clearly didn't... though at least right now she didn't seem all too bothered by the run.

Lucca and Robo meanwhile were performing perfectly, as was Mayonne. All three of them were more than powerful enough that such a comparatively slow pace wasn't exactly enough to even begin to fatigue any of them... of course Robo couldn't feel fatigue in the first place, but you already knew that.

Soon enough, you came to a stop in front of a large set of doors, the technology of the Black Omen was... strangely advanced, you'd noticed. While the Kingdom of Zeal itself had clearly invested fully into magic, there were some clear technological influences scattered about the Black Omen... perhaps Lavos lent some of his tremendous knowledge to the construction of the vessel? A fusion of magic and technology... though the technology that you were used to from space was far more advanced than what made up the Black Omen, the Black Omen bridged the gap and then some through the applications of magic throughout the ship. Magic was something that even the technology you were aware of was seemingly completely incapable of competing with... well... usually at least. Robo was fully technological and he was more than capable of facing off against all sorts of magic without much difficulty.

The slime creature was waiting for you at the large door, and... you still didn't know what to make of it. As you approached the door, it waited for Schala before it addressed anybody once again. "You... princess..." It repeated what Schala had told it, before it turned to the door's control panel and just... slammed into it at high speed. losing form for just a moment as it splashed against the wall before the control panel suddenly lit-up with a green color and the door begun to open. It quickly retook Schala's normal form as it headed into the room, which... unlike the rest of the dimly lit ship, was illuminated in a shining blue light, almost blindingly bright, in fact!

The red slime quickly moved inside the room, and both you and Schala hesitated for a moment before following, Robo, Lucca and Mayonne still following close behind. Mayonne just seemed uncomfortable in general, and Lucca and Robo were clearly both taking notes of the ship's interior design. "I... this was supposed to be the place the Mammon Machine was meant to be used in..." Schala observed, seemingly familiar with the room... and you realized that the room was indeed familiar to you as well! The current appearance of the room had thrown you off though, as it had thrown off Schala. "But..." she gestured all around her, and there was only one thing she could be referring to.

The room itself had been overgrown with odd crystals that jutted out of the walls at every angel, large crystalline structures that glowed with a fierce blue light, there was clearly a tremendous amount of power within the crystal... but... where had it all come from? "Schala... what is this?" She was sort of your expert when it came to magical subjects... and though Mayonne might also have a good deal of knowledge about magic, it was obvious that Schala would be better suited for the job here.

"It's... magic energy... but it's been crystallized!" She looked at the blue glowing substance. "But this much... there's far too much!" She was observing the crystals with great awe. "This much power... this amount should've taken even the Mammon Machine over a hundred years to create this much!" That was the machine that drew power from Lavos, if you remembered correctly... but that was destroyed! So where did all of this power come from?

"Uhmmm... guys? I think... you might want to take a look at this." Lucca pointed to the brightest part of the crystal structure and drew your attention away, as you looked through the shining light of the crystal, you could barely make out the silhouette of a figure within it. The source of all this magic power?

The slime took a step forwards now, staring at Schala, even copying her face now, her voice echoing from the creature with perfect clarity. "You... break crystal. Free... creator... too much magic. Made me... not break." The creature was clearly making some sort of request now, and Schala sighed.

"Break it...? This... there's only one person this could be. Only one person I know who could even create this much power in the first place!" Schala placed her palm against the crystal, sending a pulse of energy though it that caused the glow to cease momentarily, and gave you a clear view of the person within the Crystal. Queen Zeal!? She... didn't die during your attack on Lavos?! But why would she have seemingly sealed herself away like this?

>>What will Rettace do?
>Tell Schala to wait for a moment before making a choice, look around for clues as to what might have lead to this.
>Tell Schala that with Lavos gone, her mother's sanity may have been restored to some degree.
>Tell Schala that she shouldn't free Zeal from this crystal prison. She was a possible threat to everything.
>Say nothing, let Schala decide alone.
>Other(Write-in)

>>5102131
>Assess the situation, what caused this. Does she seem to still be alive? What happens when we break open a crystal? What use do said Crystal's have?

>>5102131
>Tell Schala to wait for a moment before making a choice, look around for clues as to what might have lead to this.

>>5102131
>Say nothing, let Schala decide alone.

>>5102131
>Tell Schala to wait for a moment before making a choice, look around for clues as to what might have lead to this.
What to do with her mother has to be Schala's choice. We should tell her to take a moment to think about this.

But seriously, didn't we kill her when we first fought Lavos?

>>5102131
>Tell Schala to wait for a moment before making a choice, look around for clues as to what might have lead to this.

>>5102318
Yep

>Tell Schala to wait for a moment before making a choice, look around for clues as to what might have lead to this.
Great quest wukong. shame it died

>>5102131
>Tell Schala to wait for a moment before making a choice, look around for clues as to what might have lead to this.
Fuck i am retarded and forgot to mark the post

>>5102318
>didn't we kill her when we first fought Lavos?
Rettace stomped on her as an Oozaru then Lavos shielded her broken body with a cage of spikes from his own body.
After that I had assumed her cast her aside in favor of her daughter and that would be the last we’d see of her. Glad the loose end got picked up again though.

>>5103553
Oh, cool. I remembered the stomp but not Lavos shielding her. I agree, seeing Schala confront her mother now, after she was saved, is far better than if the Queen had died back then.

And happy new year everyone!

>>5102131
>Both you and schala have powers over time, and visions of what could be or what has been. Maybe by working together you can try to induce a vision intentionally that would tell you more about how Zeal ended up like this, and/or what she might do if released right now.

"Schala... before we do anything, I think we ought to look around for clues as to how this could have happened. I could've sworn that she died during the battle against Lavos..." Though now that you think clearly on the matter, you only stomped on her and assumed she was dead... but Lavos did put some sort of protective cocoon around her... you had been caught up in the moment, so you had simply assumed that her survival was an impossibility. Looking now though, that was probably a little too naive, especially after what Dalton pulled off already. Wait... this doesn't mean that Dalton was still alive and lurking somewhere too, right? Because you were totally certain that you turned that asshole to dust... or at least that's what you hoped. You hit him with enough power to turn him to dust, you were sure of that much.

"That's probably for the best... I don't know how my mother might've survived this, but... we'd be foolish if we were to just act without knowing the whole story right now. It's been... thousands of years... but I can feel that she's somehow still alive."

"Lavos' doing, perhaps?" You crossed your arms as you suggested that Zeal's current state may have been thanks to Lavos in some manner, despite having been erased from time, that annoying space bug was still finding a way to be a pain in your ass.

"No... this sort of process... it's one that requires the person casting it to willingly undergo it. It... depends on the amount of magic crystal that you can generate, the spell becomes more costly as it goes on, and even my mother shouldn't have enough power to have kept this spell active for more than half a century..." Even according to the expert, this didn't make any sense at all.

"Interesting... according to my sensors, this woman... her time isn't flowing properly. It's as if she's... trapped herself in a loop of time, constantly refreshing herself to the point she was at a minute ago. I have witnessed three such loops, and though the crystal is obscuring my vision somewhat, this pattern could only mean she has caused some sort of temporal distortion upon herself."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi1AAOjRxVc

Schala's eyes widened as she heard what Robo said, and she placed a palm against the surface of the large crystal structure, before shaking her head sadly."A form of immortality, but... not a true form. This is a curse, through and through." Schala shook her head as she looked at her mother, trapped in the crystal. "Lavos must've cursed her with this false form of immortality as some sort of punishment for failing it. Her memories... her body... I think she must've realized what had happened to her, and... being unable to even take her own life... she chose to end her suffering in the only way that she had left... an active ritual that used her own body as the continuing focus. One that would keep her unthinking, unfeeling... unliving." Schala sounded truly upset for the fate that had befallen her mother. It was clear that despite everything that Zeal had done, Schala did not blame her mother.

"Better to sleep forever than suffer a living nightmare." Mayonne crossed his arms as he looked at the queen in the crystal. "Any progress that she might've made towards ending her suffering through breaking the spell would have been pointless too. A spell like this would take far too long to think of a counter for, and if you were limited to a single minute of thinking, you'd not even be able to properly comprehend the situation you were in... much less break the spell."

"So... unable to break her spell, she trapped herself like this?" Lucca frowned. "What a terrible thing to happen, I wouldn't wish something like this on even my worst enemy..." The genius girl observed the situation, keeping mostly calm about things. "But... is the spell reversible?"

"You'd free her?" Mayonne turned to Lucca in surprise. Obviously, despite clearly having something of a better nature than you'd expect of... well, a demon, Mayonne was still somewhat unforgiving towards his own enemies.

"I just said I wouldn't even wish something like this on my worst enemy, didn't I? Queen Zeal... she might've done terrible things when she was being controlled by Lavos, but..." Lucca didn't seem to know what to say about the woman, but it was Schala who spoke in the defense of her mother.

"What she did... her actions... they weren't her own. Not truly. To be controlled by Lavos... to be his herald... or whatever role it had given my mother... it is to allow Lavos' influence into your own mind. All of your negative traits are amplified and brought to the surface, Lavos uses your own mind against you, plays on your insecurities while promising power... immortality. My mother became obsessed with immortality after my father died. She grew to become terrified of death herself... that... I think that must've been Lavos' doing." The same thing happened to Schala... or at least had until Lavos' attempt to control her was undone thanks to the Chrono Trigger.

You sighed, you didn't really know if you could truly blame Zeal if she was just being manipulated by Lavos as her daughter was... "If that's the case... I don't think she can truly be blamed... I've... felt what a power like that can do to you..." It was only a brief experience with such power, but... to let yourself be fully controlled by your negative emotions, it was unlike the rage of a Super Saiyan that you had unlocked... that strange feeling you first felt upon discovering the fate of your people... in a way, it might've even been similar to the chaotic feeling power that had caused Parzlee to rampage out of control... and you wouldn't dare have blamed Parzlee for the rampage she went on either... it was clear that it wasn't something she wanted to do.

"So we're just... going to let her go free?" Mayonne asked, questioning you.

"It's... not that simple, I'm afraid. This magic crystal... it is... a dangerous resource. Usually, as a result of undergoing a crystal stasis spell, you would eventually run out of magic energy when enough time passed, and the built-up crystal would naturally be used up as a source of magic energy until you thawed out, so to speak." Schala gave an explanation. "But... the crystal itself is power solidified. Breaking my mother out of this much... could be dangerous, especially if it is still linked to her spell of stasis."

"Then... just unlink her from the spell then? It shouldn't be difficult for somebody like you, right?" The genius girl asked Schala as she looked at the princess and then to the queen. "Besides, if this stuff really is crystallized magic energy... then shouldn't that mean that all we need to do is learn how to manipulate it? We can all already use magic... except you, Robo." Lucca corrected herself as she turned to the robotic lifeform, who didn't seem to mind. "So... what's to stop us from just manipulating this crystal?" Lucca's question was a good one, but Schala just shook her head.

"It's extremely dangerous to handle. Even a single fragment of these crystals contains more magic power than a normal magic user would be able to produce in a lifetime! If we're careless, the entire planet could be destroyed from the crystal's destabilization!" Schala informed Lucca of the risks of just acting reckless around the crystals. "Stasis magic was a form of magic that was forbidden to learn about by order of my mother. The only person who is truly proficient in how it works... is her." Schala leaned against a pillar. "Not to mention that bringing her out of her self-made crystal prison is only one half of the problem, we'll also need to find a way to break the lingering curse of Lavos too... and I might not be able to manage that alone." Schala admitted.

"You... free queen?" The red slime creature asked Schala, who didn't seem to know how to respond to the question. You were wondering just what this thing was... had Zeal managed to create this during the time she spent looping upon herself temporally... or was it some other science project that she had unleashed upon the world as an act of desperation? If it has acted for thousands of years, then there is clearly no doubting the loyalty of the creature.

"I want to... but..." Schala shook her head. "It's going to take time. I can't free her immediately. But... I want to." The slime creature seemed to be mollified by that answer, and didn't seem to want to press the issue.

"So... how long is it going to take to get her out of the crystal?" You asked now, you did still have another goal in mind in coming to the Black Omen, but if anybody knew where to find the flower you were after, it would be Queen Zeal herself... that is, if she was willing to help at all... though if Schala was right, and with Lavos' influence gone, she had come to her senses, that shouldn't be an issue.

"The crystal... so long as we're careful... we should be able to manipulate it around my mother in... a few hours? But the spell itself... resetting her in time over and over again..." Schala shook her head. "The counter would need to be one that could take complete effect in the minute or so of time we would have before the curse reset her again. I have no idea if such a thing is even possible... for a curse as advanced as this one, a simple dispel won't work. You'd need a ritual." Schala sounded like she was losing hope, but you stepped forwards now, reaching into your hair and extracting the sleeping bird chick that had taken a liking to nesting in your hair.

"Why not just see if Kachi-Kachi will free her from the spell?" You suggested, and Schala's eyes widened once again, she had seemingly forgotten about the time bird that had taken a liking to nesting in your hair. "As far as I can tell, any sort of time manipulation is kind of second-rate to what he can manage." Kachi-Kachi's power was absolutely incredible when you thought about it, it was through his power that you were able to become powerful enough to stop Parzlee, and through his power that Lavos was defeated once and for all. It's just unfortunate that Lavos' actions weren't erased from history along with it. Though no matter what schemes the beast's machinations may have included, nothing could've prepared it for such a complete and total erasure as it had undergone.

"You're right! We could do that!" Schala, now remembering the existence of the Bird of Time and the tremendous power that it held regained her hope nigh-instantly. "But... even so, getting her out of the crystal will... take quite a long time."

"Hours, right? That's not too long, is it?" Lucca shrugged. "It's not like we're actually doing anything right now. Besides, I was planning on staying here for some time anyway. I can just go around the ship with Robo and analyze more of it while you uh... do your thing." Lucca didn't seem to mind the delay. "So long as slimy here doesn't try and attack us or something." It wasn't exactly a very flattering name, and the red silhouette of Schala vibrated a bit at the name, as if it was displeased by the choice of name.

"Hours... at best. Days is more likely." Schala corrected her previous assessment. "It all depends on how unstable the power in the crystal is. That alone determines how fast this is going to be. So... it might make more sense if we were to get Janus here to help me... he's grown into a fine magic user himself... perhaps even my superior." Perhaps in quantity of spells that he knows, but it was clear to you that Schala's magical abilities were superior to her brother's spells in power. All you need to remember to confirm that is the battle against Lavos. "I will be able to free my mother from this crystal by myself, but... with Janus here, things will be far quicker, I'm sure of that."

>>What will Rettace do?
>Agree with Schala, go and get Magus to help before returning.
>Disagree, have Schala just free Zeal herself.
>Other(Write-in)

>>5104783
>You realise your brother may not like that. Perhaps even oppose it completely.

>If she won't be dissuaded, then get him.

>>5104783
>Agree with Schala, go and get Magus to help before returning.
He won't like it very much, but he can't say no to his big sister.

>>5104783
>Agree with Schala, go and get Magus to help before returning.

>>5103892
happy new year to you too anon
>>5104783
>Agree with Schala, go and get Magus to help before returning.
btw, wukong great quest, but are you going to follow the thing with dragon ball super transformations or will you allow us to become a ssj4? i always like the design for the 4 form, it seemed more primal and stronger than the new stuff that is ssb

>>5105465
For transformations... Really it will be up to what route you players want to go down.
4 isn't impossible though.

"Alright, getting Magus would probably be for the best... though he might raise some objections in getting Zeal out of this prison in the first place." Magus... was far less of a forgiving person than Schala was, as somebody who had been raised by demons for the majority of his life, it was difficult not to see him sharing the same viewpoint that Mayonne did when it comes to people he considers his enemies. Would he be able to look past his hatred for his mother if he understood that her actions were not her own, and that she was nothing but another pawn of Lavos, to be used and discarded at the monster's whim? That... remained to be seen.

"OK... then... I'll create a portal that'll lead back to Lucca's house." Schala started to gather the magic that she needed in order to cast the spell, a blue glow appearing around her right hand as she started casting.

"Alright... I shouldn't need more than a few minutes to find him, so long as he's..." You were about to keep talking, but out of nowhere, you felt a fairly large Ki presence appear!

"There's no need for that." A familiar voice sounded out behind you, and an image of Magus flickered into existence. "What a coincidence that you'd also choose to investigate the Black Omen right now. I hadn't expected you'd come here." Did he use his magic to turn himself invisible? No... he'd done more than that, he'd used that power in combination with his Ki in order to completely suppress his presence!

"Janus? What are you doing here?" Schala turned to face her brother.

"I said I had something to take care of, didn't I? I was intending to investigate the Black Omen, but it looks like you had the same idea, Schala." Not quite, Magus... more importantly, what the hell was he planning on doing down here anyway?

"Oh... no, we're actually here looking for some seeds for Zeal Blossoms... it was only through coincidence that we ended up finding Queen Zeal trapped here, she's..." Schala was about to continue talking, but she was cut off.

"You don't need to tell me the story. I heard everything." Magus revealed that he hadn't just been hiding his presence, he had been hiding his presence for a fair amount of time.

"Wait a second... Magus, how long have you been following us for?" You asked with a frown. Had he just been stalking you since the moment you stepped foot on the omen?

"Long enough. I must admit, I was surprised with how you dealt with the Crimson Shade." Magus sounded intrigued by the red creature, which was staring at him now.

"Crimson... Shade?" You repeated in confusion, the name wasn't familiar to you, but Magus must've been referring to the creature you had... partially befriended? It was seemingly acting on commands from Zeal though.

"I did some research while I was here, entered an old alchemy lab and found some records. That thing there is the culmination of an alchemist's life's work. He wished to create an artificial lifeform that combined the resilience and durability of a Nu with a self-replicating hive-intelligence... in addition to giving it the ability to survive through nothing but raw magic alone... the thing basically eats magic.

"But... the crystal surrounding our mother was... somehow too much for it?" Schala asked Magus, and the man shrugged.

"Doubtful, I imagine the thing didn't attempt to consume the crystal for much the same reason that you were hesitant about attempting to manipulate it. It's incredibly unstable, and the Crimson Shade understands that.

The red-tinged doppelganger of Schala turned to Magus, before crossing its arms. "Zi... Name is Crimson Shade... Zi." You didn't know if that was a name that the creature had been given by its creator, or if it was a name that it had picked for itself... and you didn't really care all too much either.

"Oh, you have a name beyond your race?" Magus turned to the slime-like creature. "I'm surprised at your continuing loyalty to my mother. Over ten thousand years, and here you are, still loyally trying to serve her." Magus didn't sound all too pleased about this whole situation. You were still annoyed that he had disguised his presence in order to follow you though.

"Queen... set me free. Queen told me free her... couldn't free her. You free her?" Zi looked at Magus, then at Schala and you.

"Unlike my sister, I'm not nearly so forgiving. Controlled by Lavos or not, my mother's crimes can't be ignored. If she is to be freed, she ought to face a punishment for her crimes." Magus clearly hadn't forgiven Zeal as his sister did, but just as Schala was about to retaliate to her brother's words, Lucca took the initiative instead.

"Coming from you, Mr. Demon King." Lucca looked at Magus with annoyance. "At least Zeal had the excuse that she was being manipulated by Lavos as a puppet. You just tried to use everyone to fulfill your mad gambit for revenge against Lavos!" Lucca raised her voice now, clearly irritated at Magus' resistance to freeing his mother from the crystal. "You heard what Lavos did to her, you were watching!"

"That might be the case, but... consider that she may have already lost her mind from the constant fear of being reset. My mother... even at her best, when I was very young... she was always a somewhat unstable person. Though she was kind and loving back then, looking back on those memories now, I can see that she was truthfully a very mentally fragile person. This sort of suffering would have shattered my mother." Magus gave his reasoning, but Robo simply slammed his foot against the floor loudly as he decided to get all eyes on him.

"Doubtful." Robo crossed his arms now, leveling a glance at the spellcaster. "Though the circumstantial dread of the situation would be enough to drive any living being psychotically insane, this would not be the case for Queen Zeal. Her mind was reset along with her body, after all. Without the ability to form memories of her situation, she would not have the ability to truly comprehend the awfulness of her situation. Only a minute would have passed for her, no matter how many years she suffered the effects of the curse."

"Robo is right. While Queen Zeal's punishment might've been cruel and full of suffering, the suffering would come mostly from the fear of knowing that she would be unable to stop herself from being brought back to how she was a minute in the past. It's a curse that is truly only awful when you realize that you've been cursed in the first place. A delay long enough to realize just what was happening to you, but never enough time to find a solution to it." Lucca sighed, clearly not knowing just how to deal with the situation herself. "Hasn't she suffered enough?"

"Well..." Magus started, realizing that he was quickly losing ground.

"She's our mother, Janus. Once, she was being controlled by Lavos, and had been twisted to evil. Her actions back then weren't her own fault... but as I keep hearing, what you got up to when you were attempting to claim revenge on Lavos was entirely down to you." Schala scolded her brother and he shrunk back at her words.

"You're sorta being a massive hypocrite here, ex-boss." Mayonne warned Magus, who glared at the demon for a moment. Looks like even the demon had a more favorable opinion of Zeal than Magus did... though Magus was the sort of person who had based his entire identity around both getting revenge and his hatred for both Lavos and his mother... so this reaction wasn't exactly unexpected.

"You should at least reserve your judgment of the woman until she's out of her prison." You offered Magus a way out now. "That way you'll be able to determine if what she did was her fault, or if she can be forgiven."

Magus made a frustrated noise, before he looked at Queen Zeal for a few seconds, finally making his mind up as he turned to look at Schala "...Fine." He finally conceded to Schala's argument, agreeing to her plan. "You knew our mother better than I did anyway, Schala. I just hope that you're not wrong in your assessment here...

"Trust me... I'm really not." Schala said with a sad voice. "Now... should we get started?" Schala didn't sound like she wanted to hang around the Ocean Palace for any longer than she had to.

"Very well." Magus and Schala both stepped towards the crystal, and the two of them started to chant some sort of magic language that you weren't familiar with. Was it somehow unique to these crystals? Whatever it was, it was obvious that you weren't going to be much help here.

"Oh! Demon language!" Mayonne seemed to know what they were talking about, so you looked at the demon general, and he shrugged. "It's a form of language that allows magic to flow better for ritual casting. I guess that the Kingdom of Zeal knew about it too... It's not exactly useful for a fighter like you though, it's specifically only really useful for ritual magic... not the sort of stuff you'd be able to pull off in a fight unless you had a whole lot of time." Mayonne revealed, you were interested in the language nonetheless though... it might be an idea to try learning it in the year of time in which you couldn't raise your strength through training alone. Of course... you'd still need to actually train, even if you wouldn't get stronger... that was going to be an annoyance you could do without.

"Well... those two look pretty busy right now... so how about the four of us go exploring?" Lucca suggested.

"Five." Suddenly, Zi stepped forwards, switching back to Lucca's appearance, though it was of higher quality than the last time it had taken her form. "Zi go with." It was clearly growing in intelligence the more it interacted with other people..

"Why?" You asked the red slime-like being, and it just tilted its head in your direction.

"I want to." Zi quickly responded

...Fair enough.

>>What will Rettace do?
>Have Mayonne, Lucca, Robo and Zi go but remain here with Schala and Magus.
>Go with the four of them and continue to explore.
>Other(Write-in)

>>5105557
>Have Mayonne, Lucca, Robo and Zi go but remain here with Schala and Magus.
>I'd rather not leave them alone, just in case something goes wrong, or some defense mechanism tries to sneak it's way in here and attack them from behind. And it's not like we all need to search around, you have Zi with you to guide you, and it's not like any of you are in any danger with how strong we've all become.

>>5105557
>Have Mayonne, Lucca, Robo and Zi go but remain here with Schala and Magus.
>Offer to feed Zi a mana unit before it goes, just in case it's hungry. A bit of generosity might go a long way towards endearing it to you and your group and garnering at least a little bit more loyalty.

>>5105557
>>5105690
Support. Schala's safety is paramount and offering to feed Zi is a good idea.

>>5105690
+1

>>5105628
Support.

Let's not feed Zi until we are sure of his loyalty

>>5105628
>>5105557
Supporting.

Also, what are our inmediata plans after chrono trigger and namek? there is still buu out there and the time stuff. also funny though but we skipped 11 years to the future, so the demon sibling´s homeworld must have changed a lot since then.

>>5105951
I think Mechikabura, Towa and all the other time niggers will probably be the endgame bosses. The Androids and Cell come before Buu, but in any case we have a few years were nothing really important happens. I see two basic options on what we could do in those years:
>A) Settle down on a planet, keep training, marry Schala, have kids.
>B) Travel the universe, expand Lucca's teleportation network, look for Shin to learn how exactly Schala will become this history's Supreme Kai of Time, marry Schala, have kids.

>demon sibling´s homeworld
>"a decade and you're still not married? What am I going to do with you?"
I can practically hear the Queen scolding Sycam and Euca when we next visit.

>>5105994
i would prefer the B option, if mostly so lucca can travel and use the tech of gero to create more powerfull stuff, also so we can have schala and magus learn some techni with godly ki. After that i dont know what to do, maybe another planet will need our help, but unless the demon king of dragon quest is upped to dabura lvls, it would be really hard to find any challenge

>>5106015
I'm leaning towards that as well, though Lucca might want to spend some time upgrading the ship after Namek. Especially if we end up capturing Freeza's flagship to loot for tech. I know nothing about Dragon Quest, but I wouldn't worry that much. Onisthena was an OC planet, and Chrono Trigger was handled with great care. I trust Wukong to make it interesting.

>>5106048
yeah, also sorry but i wasn't in past threads, but do we plan to learn kaioken and teach it to the other characters like crono and marlet? while not as powerful as a saiyan they still have magic and other abilities

>>5106070
Oh, a newfag? Welcome! How do you like the quest now that you, I assume, read the archives and caught up?

The kaioken has been mentioned exactly as you said as a way to help other characters catch up. Crono and Marle specifically won't be following us in our travels and so probably won't get much use out of it but they're not the only ones it would be useful to. I don't think there were any firm plans of it, but that doesn't mean much. It's a quest, long-term plans are extremely easy to get derailed as the situation changes, new things and ideas come up and anons just vote for whatever.

I mean, if you'd asked on thread 1 who's gonna end up being Rettace's waifu, absolutely no one would have said Schala.

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>>5106101
its great, i am kinda sad crono and marlet won't be coming with us, because while they didn't have as much screen time as others, i thought maybe they would still come with us too some adventures, but its understable since they will be kings of their world, aside from that, thanks to lucca´s array of teleportation we could still stay in contact.

Also i thought the chrono trigger´s world would be our earth base, like we could set a teleportation array between dragon ball earth, chrono´s world and the demon sibling for ease of transportation so we could be a teleport away from help. wich we will need for later endgame or when timeniggers come after us.

Also wukong quick question, but does this saiyan look like rettace?

>>5106119
A little, but Rettace has metal bracers around his wrists instead of fingerless gloves, he doesn't have a headband or scars, and his eyes are black.

>>5106133
well, i am bad at editing, but i can always try to, if you want me?

>>5106119
Yeah, if and when we decide to settle somewhere I'll definitely be voting for planet Temperus. It's very comfy. In the meantime the teleportation network will come in handy in keeping contact with the friends who stay behind. And who knows? It's very possibly Crono and Marle will get bored with their princely duties and sneak out to join us in an adventure or two.

btw, what did you mean by this?
>>5103399
>Great quest wukong. shame it died

>>5105994
Option B, no question. Training is our biological imperative.

Teleportation network is the concession we make to Lucca for her works, as well as provide materials and contact between our allies.

>>5106144
I'd like that.

>>5106149
well, don't laugh but at first i thought qm stopped posting, since qst is a dead board since the 2019, less people are playing in the quest and less qm are staying. so now they either go for shittier forums or to akun, wich while there are some good quest, and there is a higher player base, if you don't put your foot down you will get flooded with degenerates

Funnily enough, i even tried to run a quest in there, it died soon after, so i can appreciate qms who stick around to finnish their quest more

>>5106183
No, you're absolutely right. /qst/ is a dying board, good quests are few and far between and akun is full of coomers. I don't blame you for briefly thinking the qm left either, since qms just ghosting is the norm around here and there was a slowdown around Christmas.

>>5106204
yeah but the problem is that i confused the month and the day from the last post, kinda retarded now that i think about it

>>5105557
Support >>5105690

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well, i managed to change eye colour and take out the scar, but i can't see how to remove the gloves, i will need to experiment a little more with edition.
For starters, tell me if you like how it is going wukong.

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>>5106605
and i think i managed, kinda shitty, but it was my first time doing anything creative for a quest.

>>5106676
Wow that's pretty great!

>>5106676
The forehead is kinda wonky, but the Bracers look pretty good! Nice going

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>>5106676
Great work with the face and with removing the gloves, but I edited the forehead and the bracers a bit more. I hope you don't mind.

>>5106741
No, i would even thank you, i was going to fix it tomorrow. But thanks anon, what did you use to edit it?
Also, wukong if you want i can try and also make the other saiyans

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>>5106766
Having the other saiyans with actual images would be nice too.
You have the sprite references, right?

>>5106741
Wow, that's even better!

>>5106766
>>5106780
Thanks! I use GIMP 2.

>>5106741
Looks good!

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>>5106797
>using gimp

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>>5106902

>>5106797
uh, i used paint so that is why is so shit, i think gimp might be a better option

"You four go off and explore, I'll stay here, just in case something ends up going wrong and my strength is needed." Last time you saw her, Queen Zeal was technically more powerful than Magus was, and you couldn't really rely on him having a greater knowledge of the magical arts than his mother either. Even if he had devoted his life to learning more about magic in his quest to defeat Lavos, it was still quite unlikely that he managed to learn more in an era millennia after the downfall of magic than the woman who ruled when the Kingdom of Zeal was at its peak of strength. Now... knowing what you did, it wasn't entirely likely that the queen would attack her two children upon being freed from the crystal, but... you didn't exactly feel like discounting the possibility was a good idea either. While it was unlikely as a result of her curse's parameters... there was a chance that the queen would be hostile upon awakening... and what's worse, she'd be almost impossible to stop, if not completely impossible. If she was reset in time roughly every minute, then no damage would be enough to put her down for very long, a form of true temporal immortality that made her genuinely impossible to kill. In fact, she likely already attempted to take her own life in the past before coming up with this crystal prison...

"Alright, Rettace. Do you really think there's a chance that Queen Zeal might attack?" Lucca asked, concern in her voice, she was clearly already reconsidering her decision to go exploring if you thought that there was a tangible threat that Queen Zeal might be hostile upon waking up, but you just shook your head.

"I'm not sure, but I want to be here to stop her in case she does." You were now a hilarious deal more powerful than she was, and even her magic wouldn't serve as any sort of protection against you, you were simply too strong and too fast for her. You'd be able to defeat her with a single blow before she could even utter a word of whatever spell she might attempt to use to defeat you with. It would simply be impossible for her to overcome your power when the difference was as great as it was... so long as you didn't get careless and allow her to actually cast her magic, as there was always a chance that whatever she ended up casting would be able to ignore the difference in power... not that you'd give her such an opportunity. You might be more powerful than you were before, and some of that strength might've started going to your head, but you weren't an idiot. Underestimating opponents who were weaker than you even though they had esoteric and nearly impossible to explain abilities like the magic users of this planet was absolutely idiotic. You really hoped that you never got so powerful that you started feeling confident enough to feel no danger around such foes.