Bouncing on your heels to make sure your blood is flowing properly for some high-intensity movement, you formulate a plan in your head while staring up at the colossal Golem. Going off of Azalea's knowledge, your two lightning-based techniques would be ineffective against something made of huge slabs of stone. Physically speaking, you can crack normal stone, but you somehow doubt that this is normal stone to begin with - and trying to overpower something that can move several tons of rock that just happen to make up the entirety of its body seems like a foolish idea. However, that last quality seems like something you can use against it - it's almost certainly guaranteed to be able to hit harder than you, and it has a lot more mass to throw around, so if you wanted to crush this stone menace...what better way to handle it than to make it crush itself?

With that in mind, you spring into action, dashing forward as soon as Baba announces the start of the fight. The golem winds up a heavy yet predictable smash, trying to crush you into the ground with its weight and strength immediately, but you easily outmaneuver the lumbering creation and let it slam its fists into nothing but the softer stone that comprises the arena. Its fists actually embed halfway into the rock, and the Golem proves slow to recover from it as you're already digging your claws into the crevices of its brickwork chest and bounding your way up to its head by the time it extracts itself from the rubble.

It immediately tries to follow up with similarly telegraphed swipes at you, trying to either grab you or brush you off of itself, but you scurry nimbly around its body and refuse to allow it to get anywhere close to contacting you - you can tell that the fight would be over if it could actually take hold of you. As though it was starting to get frustrated, it drives a fist towards you at startling speed, which you dodge by back-flipping over it and landing on its wrist in a handstand. The gigantic limb continues to fly forward, however, contacting its 'head' and shattering the less-sturdy head into what must be hundreds of pieces while cracking the somewhat sturdier fist that struck it. The Golem pauses for a moment, as though considering something, before both of its hands reach up to try to feel where its head used to be, somehow still standing despite the lack of what would be an important body-part for anything else.

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Immediately after realizing what it did, it stomps on the ground a few times in anger, prompting you to shove yourself off of its wrist and onto its chest. Its arms grab hold of its own waist and it suddenly dips its chest down as it raises a knee up rapidly, trying to smash you against its own chest in the act, but you're long gone by the time it makes contact - its own knee is driven with such force into its chest that it embeds itself halfway through it, spreading a spiderweb of cracks throughout the bulk of the Golem...before the chest loses cohesiveness entirely and starts to crumble.

You land on the ground nearby with an acrobatic flourish, and rub your thumb across your nose with a grin. "That was easier than the last one, if I'm being honest!" You boast, satisfied with how easily you dismantled the so-called invincible golem. "Hey, can we take a break before the last fight? I'm getting kind of hungry from these workouts." You ask, turning to the fuming Baba who appears to be in disbelief over her creation being destroyed.

"I...I suppose I can allow it. It may very well be the last meal you ever have, after all." She begrudgingly states, floating off towards the main building once more with you and your friends in tow. Deciding to keep things fairly light but still delicious, you opt to prepare some sushi for everyone's lunch, even making some for the previous fighters you crossed. Medusa doesn't really join you, but Fangs and Bandages surprisingly do.

"Eheheh, raw meat is always a treat. Not as good as blood, but its still bursting with flavour!" The still-charred Fangs comments over the lunch, proving to you that apparently vampires CAN eat things other than blood.

"This would pair well with some of the drinks from my time. Wine would be a classier choice, but beer seems like it'd suit the palette better." Bandages muses, and you try to consider it yourself.

"You know, I've never actually had alcohol before. I got drunk once, but that was just from fumes. Is it really that good?" You ask, curious as to the realm of spirits and booze.

"It's an acquired taste, but yeah, I think so. It's a great way to unwind, if you don't take it too far." Bandages confirms with a resolute nod, before pointing his chopsticks at you. "I even heard that drinking can make you a better fighter by making you unpredictable, you know. Some guy made a style revolving around it, the drunken monkey or something." He follows up, causing your eyebrows to shoot up in surprise.

"Woah, really? I should look into that some day, when I got drunk it just made it way harder to do anything! Maybe they have a way to train out a weakness like that..." You ponder, considering the idea of mastering a drunken state over the rest of lunch. When you all finally finish up, Baba takes you back out to the central arena, which hadn't suffered much damage other than a bit of ash accumulated on it.

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"I hope you have a will made, because this last fighter is nothing like the ones you faced before. He's a ruthless cold-blooded killer who won't hesitate to take your life. Even if you show him mercy, he won't give any in return. Prepare yourself, for you now fight...Spike, the Devil Man!" She says, lightning accenting her claim right after she announces her next fighter. On queue, a tall figure with batlike wings appears on the tallest point of Baba's palace and jumps off of it. Without bothering to use his wings, he jumps up what must be at least two hundred feet before tucking into a roll and landing right in front of you in the central arena, his arms crossed and a cocky grin on his face.

"It's about time I had some entertainment. So much trash gets filtered by my colleagues that I almost never get to have any fun myself. How about we draw out this execution a bit, so we can enjoy ourselves with it?" He offers, a sadistic aura emanating from him. He has a pretty similar feel to the three demons you faced years ago, but it also kind of feels like he's playing it up for some reason...regardless, you just bow politely at your next opponent, and assume a ready stance. You won't lose here, not with your winning streak.

>Bait him into thinking he has the upper hand by taking a few attacks intentionally, act like you're no match for him. Once his guard is down, you can deal a decisive blow that will give you a solid upper hand for the rest of the match, or possibly even win you the fight immediately.
>Go all-out, right away. If he's the type to toy with his opponents, you'll show him why that's a bad idea against you.
>Rely on unpredictable moves, attacks from unexpected angles. If he's a strong fighter, taking him on directly is a bad idea.
>Something else?

>>5610477
>Rely on unpredictable moves, attacks from unexpected angles. If he's a strong fighter, taking him on directly is a bad idea.

>>5610477
>Go all-out, right away. If he's the type to toy with his opponents, you'll show him why that's a bad idea against you.
Nice to see this return!

>>5610477

>Bait him into thinking he has the upper hand by taking a few attacks intentionally, act like you're no match for him. Once his guard is down, you can deal a decisive blow that will give you a solid upper hand for the rest of the match, or possibly even win you the fight immediately.

This is basically Barbra’s style and this guy seems overconfident

>>5610477
>Rely on unpredictable moves, attacks from unexpected angles. If he's a strong fighter, taking him on directly is a bad idea.
Call it "Virgin as in non-alcoholic Drunken Monkey".

>>5610597
The Sober Monkey

Is it possible Fang the vampire is actually just a bat-beastman?(it could explain is various non-vampire traits)

>>5610620
Hes actually just very in touch with his beast self that he can transform into a full bat at will.

>>5610477
>Rely on unpredictable moves, attacks from unexpected angles. If he's a strong fighter, taking him on directly is a bad idea.

>>5610609
See, that works, but doesn't double as something Azalea can tease us about.

>>5610477
>Go all-out, right away. If he's the type to toy with his opponents, you'll show him why that's a bad idea against you.

Currently tied between going all-out and relying on unpredictability.

>>5610477
>>5611355
I guess its up to me
>Go all-out, right away. If he's the type to toy with his opponents, you'll show him why that's a bad idea against you.

Rolled 1, 4, 19, 8 = 32 (4d20)

>>5611378
>>5610763
>>5610735
>>5610597
>>5610564
>>5610536
>>5610486
Alrighty! Four of you, roll me a d20! Lunch time restored some of your reserves for this one. And you may well need it against someone like Spike!

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>>5611492
SPIKE

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5611492
The only good roll there is the 19 kek

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5611492

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>5611492

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5611492

>>5611493
the jobberman

>>5611493
I think this is the third or fourth time an opponent that gets built up rolls bad in the first turn. If this keeps up King Piccolo will roll a 1 in a 1d100 when he appears

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The two of you stare each other down as it becomes clear that you won't be responding to his vague threats, Spike's grin turning into a tight frown from the lack of reaction. As soon as baba calls out the start of the battle, you tense every muscle in your body and burst forward into a sprint that cracks the tiles beneath your feet, zigzagging on your approach with your limbs tucked in closely as you always do when adopting the River Stance. Most people would have a great deal of trouble tracking you like this, but you notice Spike's eyes keeping locked squarely on you on your approach, and his own muscles flex in preparation for an intercepting blow.

Unfortunately for him, you know exactly where he thinks you're going to be thanks to your own 'predictable' approach, and right when he swipes out with a chop that would have caught you right in the neck you kick off an air-step to juke off to the side and duck low. Popping off of a second air step to gain forward momentum again, you slam your fist straight into his gut with a full force uppercut, knocking the air out of your opponent and flinging him into the air like a ragdoll. He suddenly suspends his motion after a few seconds, thrusting his hands and legs out with a burst of energy, and stares down at you hatefully.

"A lucky shot, brat! We'll see how- WAIT, WAIT, I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF TALKING-" He starts to say, growing suddenly panicked when he notices the fact that you're actually leaping up towards him by springing off of several air-steps to follow up on your first strike. Before he can really prepare much of a resistance, you're up in his face and swinging your body sideways so that you can put your all into a kick that catches the back of his neck and sends him hurtling back down towards the arena. With gravity assisting your effort, he embeds a good foot into the brickwork as soon as he impacts the ground, leaving you free to control your own descent to land with considerably more grace near his hole.

With a growl of anger, he pulls himself out of the stones and brushes off some of the pebbles clinging to his suit. It looks like he wants to monologue again, but the fact that you're already on the move to keep up the aggression seems to dissuade him from such - he instead starts to spark with electricity suddenly, as though he's getting ready to use a technique of his own. With a malicious grin, he thrusts his hands towards you to try to intercept you, only for you to duck down into an extremely low-down slide and leave the electrical orb to fly harmlessly overhead. While he tries to charge up a second blast to compensate, you surprise him with some lightning of your own you've been charging up on your fingers, thrusting to point your index and middle finger at him to unleash a shocking bolt right at him that lights him up brightly for a few moments.

To his credit, he's still not down from all the damage he's taken so far. While you're righting yourself after the slide, he not only manages to shake off the momentary stunning you gave him, but also seems to be charging up a a particularly vile feeling pink energy between his fingers, clearly seething with frustration at the moment that has him quite literally foaming at the mouth as he prepares this next attack. "That's it! I hope you're prepared to die, because nobody uses Spike the Devil Man as a punching bag and lives!" He shouts.

"Wait a minute, you can't use that! I forbid it! It's going too far!" Baba shouts out suddenly, from the sidelines. You get the feeling that whatever he's preparing, you should either make sure you can dodge it...or stop him from using it to begin with. And you have the perfect tool for that, gritting your teeth and tensing your muscles to make it seem like you're going to be intent on going with the first option. However...

"This next attack will amplify even the slightest evil in your heart until it explodes! Get ready, this is my ultimate attack, THE DEVILMITE BE-" He exclaims, starting the motion of thrusting his fingers towards you to try to release that energy...when a particularly powerful and well-charged bolt of lightning strikes him from the clouds, causing his own attack to implode before it can be released and sending him flying back from the accumulated energy. When he lands, it's with a telltale splash, meaning he's officially out of bounds...and meaning you've officially won, actually!

Baba whispers something to Bandages and Fangs, who go over to collect their greatest fighter while Baba approaches you. You think you can actually see Bandages wrapping up the fuming devil, perhaps to stop him from doing anything further now that he lost. "Well, I can't say I didn't see this coming. The only thing I didn't expect was the fact that you made me lose two fighters during this venture, so now I have to find replacements! Hmph." Baba complains to you, carefully slipping off of her floating crystal ball to stand on her own for a bit.

"Sorry about that!" You apologize bashfully, rubbing the back of your head. You glance to the rest of your friends for a moment, realizing something else. "O-Oh, and I'm sorry for taking all the fights! I just wanted to test my limits against all of them, you know?" You admit, bowing your head to them. Barbar just gives you a smirk and shakes his head, while Azalea and Harum say something to each other that you don't quite catch about how it's not surprising.

"Normally I would let you ask up to five things of me for completing my challenge...however, if we subtract one for the damages to my poor palace and another for the vacancies you opened in my team, then I'm afraid I can only afford to give you three fortunes. If you want my advice, make it a good one that'll help you become nice and rich - that way you can just pay the fee the normal way." She continues, ignoring your apology entirely. Admittedly, that does have you thinking now...what SHOULD you ask for?

>Ask where you can find that final pirate captain. You won't let any pirates roam free on your watch!
>Ask for a plan to become the greatest possible martial artist. You've only followed gut instinct and rumors so far, who knows what kind of masters you could find with an oracle able to guide you?
>Ask her how you could extend your lifespan, or possibly even become immortal. You don't like to think about it much, but it's true that you're probably going to die sooner than other humans with how quickly you age.
>Ask her how to acquire great wealth, her suggestion is honestly pretty sound!
>Ask her where to find powerful treasures of the magical variety. Hidden and lost artifacts sound like a LOT of fun to find, and they're bound to be extremely useful!
>Something else?
This one is bound to be contentious, so it'll be open a full day I reckon.

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>>5611989
No.

>>5611966
>>Ask for a plan to become the greatest possible martial artist. You've only followed gut instinct and rumors so far, who knows what kind of masters you could find with an oracle able to guide you?
>Ask her how you could extend your lifespan, or possibly even become immortal. You don't like to think about it much, but it's true that you're probably going to die sooner than other humans with how quickly you age.
>Ask her where to find powerful treasures of the magical variety. Hidden and lost artifacts sound like a LOT of fun to find, and they're bound to be extremely useful!

>>5611966
>Ask her how you could extend your lifespan, or possibly even become immortal. You don't like to think about it much, but it's true that you're probably going to die sooner than other humans with how quickly you age.
>Ask for a plan to become the greatest possible martial artist. You've only followed gut instinct and rumors so far, who knows what kind of masters you could find with an oracle able to guide you?
>Ask her where to find powerful treasures of the magical variety. Hidden and lost artifacts sound like a LOT of fun to find, and they're bound to be extremely useful!

>>5611966
>Ask where you can find that final pirate captain. You won't let any pirates roam free on your watch!
>Ask her where to find powerful treasures of the magical variety. Hidden and lost artifacts sound like a LOT of fun to find, and they're bound to be extremely useful!
>Ask for a plan to become the greatest possible martial artist. You've only followed gut instinct and rumors so far, who knows what kind of masters you could find with an oracle able to guide you?

>>5611966
>Ask for a plan to become the greatest possible martial artist. You've only followed gut instinct and rumors so far, who knows what kind of masters you could find with an oracle able to guide you?
>Ask her how you could extend your lifespan, or possibly even become immortal. You don't like to think about it much, but it's true that you're probably going to die sooner than other humans with how quickly you age.
>Ask her where to find powerful treasures of the magical variety. Hidden and lost artifacts sound like a LOT of fun to find, and they're bound to be extremely useful!

>>5611966
>Ask for a plan to become the greatest possible martial artist. You've only followed gut instinct and rumors so far, who knows what kind of masters you could find with an oracle able to guide you?
>Ask her how you could extend your lifespan, or possibly even become immortal. You don't like to think about it much, but it's true that you're probably going to die sooner than other humans with how quickly you age.
>Ask how to be able to master great magics like she uses.

Also, I have a bit of a question. Why is Baba described to be an old hag? I mean she's Roshi's sister, and I'm assuming she's pretty young like he is now (unless I'm missing or overlooking something here).

>>5612511
She was born a surprisingly long time before Roshi was. Her BUSINESS started around Age 250, while Roshi was born in Age 430. Their parents are shockingly active for their age...

>>5612521
Huh, interesting. The more you know I guess, thank you for clarifying man.

>Nobody else got to fight
Welp. Now we knoww hy Gomu's always late ro absent for the first bit of an arc.

>>5611966
We could give the fortunes to the others, to make up for it? Failing that,
>How extend lifespan?
>Where find Pirate Captain?
>D-do me and Love get married?

>>5612604
>Gomu
The legendary Suler Saiyam

>>5611966
>Ask her how you could extend your lifespan, or possibly even become immortal. You don't like to think about it much, but it's true that you're probably going to die sooner than other humans with how quickly you age.
>Ask for a plan to become the greatest possible martial artist. You've only followed gut instinct and rumors so far, who knows what kind of masters you could find with an oracle able to guide you?

>Something else?
Ask her about the mysterious alien visitor that may have lived in Yuzabit Heights

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>>5612879
The meme will never die.

>>5612893
"Hello it me Gomu!"

>>5611966
>Ask for a plan to become the greatest possible martial artist. You've only followed gut instinct and rumors so far, who knows what kind of masters you could find with an oracle able to guide you?
>Ask her how you could extend your lifespan, or possibly even become immortal. You don't like to think about it much, but it's true that you're probably going to die sooner than other humans with how quickly you age.
>Ask her where to find powerful treasures of the magical variety. Hidden and lost artifacts sound like a LOT of fun to find, and they're bound to be extremely useful!

>>5612072
>>5612153
>>5612204
>>5612494
>>5612511
>>5612604
>>5612890
>>5613245
Looks like we're going with
>Ask for a plan to become the greatest possible martial artist. You've only followed gut instinct and rumors so far, who knows what kind of masters you could find with an oracle able to guide you?
>Ask her how you could extend your lifespan, or possibly even become immortal. You don't like to think about it much, but it's true that you're probably going to die sooner than other humans with how quickly you age.
>Ask her where to find powerful treasures of the magical variety. Hidden and lost artifacts sound like a LOT of fun to find, and they're bound to be extremely useful!
Writing it up now!

You actually spend a solid minute thinking about exactly what you want to ask for, and considering the wording carefully. Baba doesn't seem to like you much, so you suspect she might try to fulfil the telling exactly as worded - you could be wrong of course, but it doesn't hurt to be careful and try to treat this like some kind of genie's wish. That does get you wondering if genies are real and if they can actually grant wishes, but you reel in your wandering thoughts rather quickly to stay on topic. Your first question is one that's been weighing on your heart since you were a child, seeing yourself grow up faster than all your friends.

"Tell me how I can extend my lifespan indefinitely, or possibly even become immortal." You ask, adopting a serious expression. Baba's expression shifts into a mysterious smile at that, perhaps approving of your choice.

"My my, you're actually planning ahead, are you? A wise choice, because time is so very difficult to get back once you've lost it. There's a few methods to obtaining what you seek - one would be to obtain the blessing of an Immortal Phoenix. Unfortunately, you won't find them anywhere at all on Earth - they're creatures native to the Otherworld. The closest one you could actually reach would be located at the Furnace of Eight Divisions on Mount Five Element - the forge is technically within the Otherworld, but it's quite the harrowing journey." She starts explaining, gesturing for you to follow her as she heads back inside her main palace.

"You said that would be one way. What are the other methods?" You ask while you walk beside her.

"Paradise herbs are a special kind of plant that grow in the Forest of Terror, on a hidden and secluded island. Eating just a bit of it can extend your lifespan by a thousand years, and this can be repeated as many times as you need...it's a useful way to make sure you can die naturally when you're ready to pass on." She admits, before continuing. "And the final method that I know of is to enter into a contract with King Yemma. He oversees all matters of death, and while he's quite a stickler for the rules, you may be able to spring some leniency with him if you can brave his bureaucracy and agree to help him out with matters that he's otherwise incapable of dealing with. It's not a path I would recommend treading lightly, the paperwork can crush lesser men quite literally." She advises, giving you some time to think.

"Alright, I'll have to think on how I want to go about it, then. Let's move on to the next thing for now...how can I become the best martial artist I could possibly be? I want a plan that can help me achieve this goal." You say, crossing your arms as Baba pours herself a cup of tea and takes a long and obnoxiously loud sip of it.

"Well, that's a more difficult one to answer. You've already done well by seeking out Mutaito and Korin. I would recommend seeking an audience with Kami someday, as he has access to training methods that surpass the ones available to mere mortals. Kami's two apprentices are both masters of martial arts and magic in their own right as well, but I would be wary of dealing with them - neither have a particularly friendly disposition, and..." She starts to explain, before trailing off.

"And...?" You prompt her, curious.

"Well, I cannot tell why, but I've had premonitions that suggest both will be responsible for an age of chaos and evil that will spread across the world. Yet, when I try to read into that future directly, it becomes fragmented and impossible to glean details of it. Perhaps there's simply too many possible futures involved that it hinders my magic..." She says with some reluctance, causing your eyebrows to shoot up in alarm.

"No way! Kami's own apprentices cause something like that? Is it on purpose, or an accident?" You ask, earning a shrug from her.

"I couldn't tell you. If you're that interested in it, though, then that's all the more reason to seek out Kami and his apprentices to learn from them...and about them." She replies, before clearing her throat. "To continue down the list, however...Martial Arts on Earth are woefully underdeveloped, all things said. You've already met the greatest ones of this age, and even greater ones won't appear for hundreds of years. However, if you were to somehow obtain permission to enter the Otherworld without dying, you would find masters from countless different worlds that have formed countless different styles and refined them to perfection over thousands of years. There's even some regional gods down there that have special techniques you'd be unable to learn anywhere else - the Kais of the otherworld. It would be an extraordinarily difficult accomplishment to be able to meet with them without dying first, but that's your best chance. Otherwise, you're going to have to refine your skills the longer and harder way - on Earth." She lays out the bad news.

"Aw man...I was hoping there were some hidden masters out there or something along those lines." You sulk, earning a chuckle from the old woman.

"There are, but they're nothing to write home about. Mutaito is the first mortal on earth to learn how to use Ki in thousands of years, it's only to be expected that lesser fighters simply wouldn't measure up." She says with a scoff, before raising a hand to poorly cover her mouth as she suddenly grins. "Of course, if you'd asked me about how to become the greatest mage on Earth, I'd have a lot more answers for you since there's a lot of hidden practitioners out there. Unfortunately, magic and martial arts are quite different, so you're out of luck for that unless you want to use your last request on it." She taunts, causing you to squint at her.

"Nah, I'm not going to take that bait. Azalea already told me how hard it is for most people to pick up magic - if you aren't born with talent for it, it usually takes a pretty long time to learn it. However, that does give me an idea...where can I find powerful magical treasures?" You ask, snapping your fingers at the thought.

"Hmph. Pretty smart workaround, I'll admit. There's a few things I can think of that may be worthwhile...the first and most obvious is one that you've been within spitting distance of before, the legendary Power Pole. It's the pillar that connects Korin's Tower to Kami's Lookout. It's capable of expanding any way you can think of out to hundreds of feet, and can contract into something the size of a hairpin. Besides that, there's the mythical Gourd of Mist that can be found among your friend Barbar's clan, which can entrap your enemies within and distil their essence down into water that can empower you if you drink it - it's a harsh tool to use, but nobody can deny how useful it is to gain strength from your enemies." She says, causing you to wince at the second one. It sounded a little too malevolent for you, but it might be worth looking into if only to make sure it doesn't get into the wrong hands...

"It does sound pretty messed up, yeah." You admit, before letting her continue.

"Continuing, there's an ancient and powerful dragon that lives beneath the waves near Papaya Island. As the tales would put it, if you can find and defeat this dragon in battle, they'll gift you with anything from their body as your reward - its claws, its fangs, its scales, you name it. These items would be imbued with powerful magic, and would be virtually indestructible unless faced with a source of magic magnitudes stronger than the dragon itself. Then we have the Universal Ring, which is a completely and utterly invincible ring that can adjust its size on command, regardless of if something is in the way or not - I don't need to mention how dangerous this would be to anyone wearing it, but it'd be a remarkable tool for defence as well. The ring currently serves as the foundation for a wizard's tower in the northern tundras, so it might take some convincing to take it off his hands." She goes on, making you wonder just how many magic items there ARE out in the world.

"Kami's lookout is a storehouse for the most dangerous and rare magic items, of course, so all the best ones are kept under lock and key by him. But one thing he never looked into was a source of incredibly rare mystic ore, currently hiding at the bottom of the sea between here and West City. In fact, this ore comes from a splinter of a colossal meteorite that an ancient god once sent towards Earth - it's extremely faint now, but small traces of that god's energy still resonate within the metals trapped within, giving them their mystical properties. Anything forged from that material would be a truly terrifying weapon, capable of damaging even the immaterial." She finally finishes, before tilting back the rest of her tea in one go.

"Now that sounds cool! So I could cut through ghosts if I made something with that?" You ask, jabbing at nonexistent enemies as an example, and earning a nod from her.

"I'll write up more detailed information on where exactly to find everything you've asked me about, of course. But I HATE putting effort into things that won't go anywhere - is there anything I told you about that you're not particularly interested in?" She asks, snapping her fingers to get the attention of her etherial attendant who brings over a fancy quill pen and notebook to her.

A few different things to consider, here!

>You would pursue Paradise Herbs to extend your lifespan.
>You'll go for the Phoenix to get immortality.
>You'll try to get an audience with King Yemma somehow and see if you can negotiate a contract with him.
and
>You're planning to attempt to go to the otherworld while still alive in the future, seeking masters of the non-mortal variety.
>You'll stick with the masters of Earth, as you'll eventually find yourself in the Otherworld one day anyways, whenever you expire.
and finally...
>You'll look into all of those treasures one day.
>You don't want to look into one or more of those treasures (write-in what).
Update getting too long, exposition heavy! Breaking it up with this minor vote on future planning, for now.

>>5614377
>You would pursue Paradise Herbs to extend your lifespan.
>You're planning to attempt to go to the otherworld while still alive in the future, seeking masters of the non-mortal variety.
>You'll look into all of those treasures one day.

>>5614377
>You would pursue Paradise Herbs to extend your lifespan.
>You'll stick with the masters of Earth, as you'll eventually find yourself in the Otherworld one day anyways, whenever you expire.
>You'll look into all of those treasures one day.
If we're going to live a thousand years, we might as well see EVERYTHING! We might not need it all, but it would be cool to learn about them.

>>5614377
>You would pursue Paradise Herbs to extend your lifespan.
>You're planning to attempt to go to the otherworld while still alive in the future, seeking masters of the non-mortal variety.
>You don't want to look into one or more of those treasures (write-in what). The powerpole, we already have a weapon and claws made from that meteorite fit us much better

>>5614377
>>5614393
Supporting.

>>5614377
>You'll try to get an audience with King Yemma somehow and see if you can negotiate a contract with him.
>You're planning to attempt to go to the otherworld while still alive in the future, seeking masters of the non-mortal variety.
Two birds in one stone, yeh?
>You don't want to look into one or more of those treasures (write-in what).
not really interested in the Ring

>>5614377
>You'll go for the Phoenix to get immortality.
>You're planning to attempt to go to the otherworld while still alive in the future, seeking masters of the non-mortal variety.
We can probably do both at the same time
>You don't want to look into one or more of those treasures (write-in what).
I want to challenge the dragon, and we could even meet the girl we saved while at it.
Also getting the gourd, not to use it, but keep it from the wrong hands. Also an opportunity to see Barbar's clan

>>5614555
Oh and I want to mine the meteor ore as well
So I'm voting to ignore the ring and the power pole

>>5614384
The others raise a good point. This is my vote, but the pole is least interesting to me. I also don't think the wizard would give us the foundation for his house (the ring) and it seems rude to ask unless he's evil.

>>5614377

I mean, we could always just stop by the wizard, do a favor for him or something if he's willing, if not leave.
I'd rather not skip by that entirely, although now that I think abut it yeah, may as well skip on the power pole.

>You'll go for the Phoenix to get immortality.
>You're planning to attempt to go to the otherworld while still alive in the future, seeking masters of the non-mortal variety.
>You don't want to look into one or more of those treasures (write-in what).

>>5614377
>You would pursue Paradise Herbs to extend your lifespan.
>You're planning to attempt to go to the otherworld while still alive in the future, seeking masters of the non-mortal variety.

>You don't want to look into one or more of those treasures (write-in what).
The ring (is a great excuse to go se love teal again not that we need one), The ore, The gourd

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>>5615084
It looks like the Paradise Herbs were the favored method of life extension, we are indeed planning to find some way to mess around in the otherworld BEFORE we die, and we're going to ignore the power pole and MAYBE the ring.
Writing, but today was a hell of a day for me so the update may come tomorrow.
Regardless, good to know that our boy has a solid plan for the future!

>>5615243
Not sure why we would want to ignore the power pole? I mean it is Kami's so it would be a case of only borrowing it in case of emergency or if we somehow need to fly that badly without spending the time to upgrade the air step into flight.
Same for the ring, if the wizard is a decent individual then we would be borrowing it in case of emergency only or buying it off them somehow.
Goku got good effect from the power pole alone for a long time so why would we handicap Honta?
I mean if we aren't dealing with insane dragonball enemy scaling then we can chill for more challenge but if say piccolo has a 90% chance of just erasing us why not have at least the option to grab everything before throwing down?

You consider your options quite carefully, before speaking up. "I think I'll try to find those Paradise Herbs you mentioned. I like the option of just not taking them if I ever decide I'm ready to pass on to the otherside full-time." You start, cupping your chin. "And uh, speaking of the otherside, if you could include some tips on how to get there while still mortal, I'd be grateful for it." You add, earning a grumble from Baba.

"And the items?" She asks, already starting to scribble furiously on the paper. She actually writes pretty quickly, at least...as far as you can tell. It could just be actual scribbles or chickenscratch for all you know.

"I'll check all of them out, although I don't think I'll be taking the pole you mentioned. I'm trained with their use, but it doesn't suit my preferred fighting style - I like to get in close and break into people's guards to deal some damage, but staffs are mostly used for the oppos-" You start.

"I know!" She interrupts, shooting you a glare before her irritated expression settles down a little. "I know. My annoying little brother only talks about Martial Arts and Women, his two great passions. It gets a little repetitive to talk about fighting styles all the time, so forgive my irritability on the subject. You've met him, I'm sure you understand where I'm coming from." She explains, causing your eyebrows to once more shoot up in surprise.

"I've met him? But...hmm..." You contemplate, thinking about every old person you've met. Ahl? He'd have the same magical inclination as Baba, but he didn't seem to know anything at all about martial arts. The only other person of advanced age you really know about would be Mutaito...it couldn't be that simple, could it?

"You're Mutaito's sister?" You ask, feeling confident in your educated guess. She barks out a laugh at that, before shaking her head.

"Completely off. I respect him, so you can tell we're not family. No, my little brother trained with you. Roshi." She reveals, causing your eyebrows to shoot so far up that they'd appear in the panel above this one if it were drawn in a manga.

"ROSHI? Your BROTHER is ROSHI?" You ask, in disbelief. "How does that even work? He's...he's the same age as me!"

"You see, when a man and a woman love each other very much, they-" She starts to say, and you lose memories of the next five minutes of your life for some mysterious reason. When you tune back in, you hear "And that's why they can still manage to have a kid at their age. Impressive, I know." as Baba finishes up her remarks. You turn to look at your trio of friends, dumbfounded, to find that their expressions mirror your own.

"But that little bit of trauma aside, I'll have every bit of information you'll need for your pursuits ready by tomorrow. For now, let's get the real reason why you're here over with already." She concludes, snapping her fingers once she's finished talking. With a sharp tone, a flickering image of someone's silhouette appears next to baba for about a second, before it solidifies into a familiar face that seems to be in the middle of watering something with a watering can. The water is now pouring out onto the floor, and it takes Yang a few moments to realize that she's been transported from whatever she was doing - she has an exhausted expression on her face, frankly.

"Oh, is it dinnertime already? It's easy to lose track of time when you're watering thousands of trees every day. Ha ha ha." She says, laughing in the dull monotone of someone that regrets getting into the line of work they did. Baba chuckles, shaking her head at the young girl, before gesturing to your group. "OH! It's you again, Honta and Barbar! And Azalea too! And..." Yang exclaims, life immediately reigniting in her eyes as she spots old friends. She does, however, take pause on trying to remember Harum. "...And someone I don't know!"

Harum rubs the back of his head bashfully, before extending his free hand in greeting. "Oh, I'm Harum Bae. I met Honta about a year after his time at Teal's Castle, so we don't really know each other. It's nice to meet you, though!" He says, and she shakes his hand while nodding in understanding. You see Baba starting to float off to a different part of the palace, no doubt to finish her documents for you.

"Well, you all look like you've grown quite a lot! Especially you, Honta. You must have packed on a hundred pounds of mass since back then, looking pretty beefy these days. Kind of like a Barbar Junior, huh?" She says, looking up at you thanks to your current height difference. She's got a point - you actually did grow out and up in the past five years of rigorous training. Azalea, of course, takes the opportunity to pump her fist into the air as though she came out of something victorious.

"Ahah! See, I told you someone would notice, Barbar! I totally DID have a growth spurt! I gained a full INCH since we met!" She taunts right in Barbar's face, hands on her hips and swaying them with sass. "And one day, I'll be the tallest fairy to ever live. It's in my genes!"

"Ok." Is his only response, causing the fairy to quite literally deflate from his lack of response to her gloating. Putting their shenanigans aside, you step in to give Yang a tight hug that pulls her off the ground, having missed one of your earlier friends greatly. For some reason, she seems to have quite the flushed face after you set her back down - you'll have to be careful not to hug people too tightly with your prodigious strength, you suppose.

"It's been too long since the last time we met! We heard you were training with baba, and we just finished up our training under Korin, so we thought we'd pay you a visit. See how things have been going, you know?" You excitedly blab, while Yang adjusts her hat to sit squarely on her head once more.

"Well, it's been...going..." She says, the life once more draining out of her voice as she recalls the time she spent here. "After I learned everything I possibly could from Ahl, he recommended me to Baba. She agreed to train me, but only if I found a way to draw in more customers. So I suggested planting some trees so that she's not situated in the middle of an inhospitable desert...but now I'm the one who has to take care of them. That means watering, pruning, and fertilizing over ten thousand trees..." She says, burying her face into her hands to restrain the regret. With a sigh, she drops her arms back down to her sides. "Even then, she's an insanely good teacher. These days I have more skill with magic than all three of those demons we fought, combined. She's harsh, but I'm pretty sure she uses her abilities to cheat and divine the best lesson plans for me each day."

"Just think of it as a little physical training in addition to your magic training! A strong body begets a strong mind, as Mutaito says! Heheh, I actually had to do a lot of studying in my training with the old man. He said I had to shore up my weakest point." You admit, interlacing your fingers behind your head in a relaxed pose. From there, you two exchange stories of everything you've been up to over the years for the next few hours, taking a brief break to make and eat dinner with everyone in the process.

You learned that she apparently encountered someone that was cursed to turn everything he touched into gold, and that she was able to free him from the curse by instead making it only trigger if he wanted it to...although, she did make it so that it only made things into food instead of gold, so that the economy wouldn't suffer from it. She also ended up meeting some crazy nudist that insisted he was wearing robes that only the wise could see, but she promptly called the cops on the pervert. Beyond that, she ultimately hadn't been up to much other than training - though she did apparently have a strong bond with the group of fighters here. She actually seems quite saddened at the loss of Medusa from the roster, as she was the only girl her age around here.

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As far as her reactions to your adventures goes, she seemed pretty interested in what you told her about Demons Will Weep and the Living Curse, but relatively unphased by the knowledge of aliens - apparently Baba already told her that Earth's had visitors from outer space before. She teases you a bit about your relationship with Love, questioning just how 'saucy' things got, but thankfully your inability to withstand that type of pressure worked to your advantage; clamming up and being unable to say anything intelligible works pretty great for getting someone to change the subject! You'll take the secret of that bathtime mishap to your grave.

Once everything is settling down, Baba ends up directing you to some guest rooms for the night. You spent about an hour talking to Love, as you often do, and she seems quite excited to hear about the progress of one of her old friends - she hadn't seen Yang in quite a while herself, and she was pretty much the only person remotely close to her age around the castle. Thankfully you don't find yourself flushing for too long from the memories of your conversation with Yang when talking to her, which spares you from most of your embarrassment on the matter. You do your best to disallow your mind from wandering to how saucy things COULD get, especially were you to visit the castle again. Regardless, after your last conversation has finally finished, you sleep like a baby that night thanks to how much the fights took out of you.

The next day, Baba has an entire journal filled out with details pertaining to the fortunes you asked of her, which she hands off to you unceremoniously. It looks like you've got everything you might need here for now, so it's time to decide on your next course of action.

>Kami's Lookout, without a doubt. A lot of Baba's predictions involved Kami, and the book she gave you even says that he has the power to take the living to the otherworld. Besides, you want to get a read on his two apprentices, too...
>Head to the Forest of Terror, you're not in any danger of dying of old age yet (and haven't even hit your PRIME!), but you want to harvest those Paradise Herbs sooner than later.
>The palace of Spice's Master, towards the Red Sea. Baba left a footnote that informs you that Spice's master is one of Kami's apprentices, it seems, so you might be able to get a good read on what the man is like based on the company he keeps...besides, Spice was cordial enough with you.
>Teal's Castle! Long-distance relationships are straining, you want to see how much Love's changed in-person.
>Head towards one of the magic items on the list. (Which?)
>Stay here for a while. You feel like you may be able to learn some more from Baba and her fighters, potentially...and if you and your group fill in for her missing fighters, she might be willing to tell you a few more fortunes!
>Something ELSE? (Write-in)

>>5616632
>Head towards one of the magic items on the list. (Which?)
Super metal time!

>>5616632
Could you post the map again? It would help

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>>5616638
Sure! Red square denotes ore, gray one on land is for kami's lookout, gray in the sea is Garlic's palace, pink on land is the rough area of barbar's clan, pink at sea is the dragon you can challenge, purple is the forest of terror, black is teal's castle, yellow is the wizard's tower. The pink STAR is baba's palace, where you're currently at!

>>5616641
>>Head towards one of the magic items on the list. (Which?)
The Ore
Then we can head towards the dragon, then the forest and Barbar's clan, ending with a visit home and Teal's castle

>>5616632
>Kami's Lookout, without a doubt. A lot of Baba's predictions involved Kami, and the book she gave you even says that he has the power to take the living to the otherworld. Besides, you want to get a read on his two apprentices, too...

Pre dragonball Kami is still alive but he won't be alive much longer and I want to get to know him and the nameless Namekian before they disappear forever. Hell maybe we will butterfly the plot somewhat.

>>5616632
>Teal's Castle! Long-distance relationships are straining, you want to see how much Love's changed in-person.
We changed a lot. Maybe, uh, she did too?

>>5616632
>Kami's Lookout, without a doubt. A lot of Baba's predictions involved Kami, and the book she gave you even says that he has the power to take the living to the otherworld. Besides, you want to get a read on his two apprentices, too...

>Teal's Castle! Long-distance relationships are straining, you want to see how much Love's changed in-person.
Several other points of interest are close by after that.

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Also i founda pic of Hontas cousin.

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>>5617205
A three-way tie so far! By Allah if you voters do not make up your minds I will make you taste my shoe.

>>5617225
I'll change my vote to Kami's castle then
I want the return home and teal to be after this adventure

>>5617227
Alhamdulillah we will meet him in his heavenly palace.
Writing!

Rolled 11, 17 = 28 (2d20)

Ignore this roll! It's not for you.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>5617459
And this one. This one is for the poor fairy trying to do some physical activities.

Ultimately, after a lengthy battle in your mind between opposing ideas of where you want to visit next, your desire to meet the Kami of Earth wins out over everything else. Baba's words on what his apprentices will end up causing sticks in your mind, a feeling of dread building up within you before the old witch snaps you out of your thoughts. "Thirteen years. I can tell what you're thinking about, and you only have a little over thirteen years to prepare, by my estimates. That's when the calamity will take place." Baba warns you gravely.

"I'll keep that in mind. The future isn't set in stone, so...maybe I can change things." You reply, earning a snort from the elderly woman.

"Fat chance of that! But good luck anyways, it'll save me a lot of trouble if I don't have to rebuild this place." She shoots back. You tuck the book she gave you into your pack and give her a nod, before you take a few minutes saying your goodbyes to Baba's fighters and your old friend Yang. With your business here finally over, you and Babar both call over your Nimbuses and climb aboard them. Harum joins Barbar atop the Dark Nimbus, and seems quite amazed with the qualities of the solid cloud - if a bit nervous about the idea of riding on it without any way to secure himself, despite the fact that he could easily save himself if he fell.

The four of you shoot off into the skies, your respective clouds leaving trails behind them as you head back towards Korin's tower. It honestly doesn't take you too long to return thanks to the incredible speeds that Nimbus can reach, and you're a good deal more confident in riding it than you were the first time you tried it, so you don't make any missteps that would otherwise result in it ejecting you mid-ride. Upon approaching the familiar spire, you try to urge the nimbus to ascend it for expediency's sake...but it actually refuses! Indeed, looking over at Barbar and Harum seems to reveal that both have phased through their cloud to land on the floor down below.

"Sorry, kids, but nobody gets a free ride up. Not even if they've already climbed up before. And one of you definitely hasn't done it before, so it goes especially for them." Korin's voice rings out in your mind, and judging by the reactions of your friends they seem to hear it too - his telepathy in action, it seems.

"Aww, come on! We're just heading up to Kami!" You try to reason as you think back at him, but you get a strong feeling of denial in return. With a sigh, you hope off the immobile nimbus, and ascend the tower swiftly due to your experience with it. Barbar is right behind you, but poor Harum hasn't endured Korin's conditioning before, so he ends up considerably slower. His progress isn't bad by any means, it's just not as effortless as what the two of you can accomplish. As for Azalea, a particularly small spark of electricity shoots out from the clouds and strikes her off your shoulder, only powerful enough to momentarily stun her.

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"I was lenient with it before, but I mean it! No free rides. You'll have to earn the climb too, and don't even think about trying to cheat by flying with those wings!" Korin follows up, directed primarily at the poor fairy. You can see her sniffle as she falls, and you think you heard something about hating hard work, but you merely wish her good luck with your telepathy and resume your climb after the momentary interruption. It'll be better for her if she does get physical training like this in, after all...

In barely any time at all, you flip yourself up past Korin's home and give him a wave as you soar past. With a quick application of the air-step, you redirect yourself towards the top of his tower, where you can see exactly what Baba's notes described: the Power Pole. It's embedded in some kind of receptacle clearly built just for it, so you and Barbar step forward to grab it near the top and focus your intent into it just as the instructions told you to: You will it to extend up until it hits something. Without any hesitation at all, it starts to lengthen at an incredible rate, propelling the two of you up even further into the sky.

Just a few moments before it would have felt impossible to breathe from how thin the atmosphere was, it breached some particularly high cloud cover and slides into place into a receptacle at the bottom of your destination - Kami's lookout, which from your perspective right now is a brightly painted half-sphere simply floating in the air, with a ladder built into it that you can use to make your way to the top. You and Barbar nod at each other and start to ascend it properly, noticing that the air is actually getting EASIER to breathe as you approach the surface of the lookout. Once you climb atop it, you're greeted with the sight of a beautiful and well-kept garden...although you can't say you expected palm trees in a place like this.

While the both of you look around the grounds in amazement, a voice speaks up from directly behind you. "Forgive me for not greeting you right away. I didn't notice that we had visitors, as my focus was on gardening." It says, causing the two of you to whirl around to see who it belongs to. The voice's owner is a rather portly looking man with jet-black skin, wide-open eyes that remind you of Spreen's, cherry red lips, and a rather exotic looking outfit. Plus a watering can, of course!

"Ah, no! Forgive us for not announcing ourselves, we were too busy admiring your work!" You reply, bowing your upper body immediately with Barbar following suit after a delay. The black man chuckles, before bowing in return, clearly pleased with your manners.

"That's quite fine, we love to have visitors. It's been quite a while since we've had anyone able to make it up here. You can call me Mr. Popo, I'm Kami's attendant." He introduces himself, and you take the opportunity to introduce yourselves as well.

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"I'm Honta! Wyald Honta." You say while pointing to yourself.

"Barbar. Just Barbar." Your more surly friend follows up, earning a nod from Popo.

"It's my pleasure to meet you, Wyald Honta and Just Barbar. I would take you to see Kami immediately under normal circumstances, but I'm afraid he's in the middle of an important counsel with his apprentices right now. It may take an hour or two for him to be free. If you'd like, I can entertain you until then - or perhaps you could lend me a hand with my work?" He offers with an apologetic smile, to which you give a nod in return.

"Of course we'll help! We're guests, so it's our responsibility to be unobtrusive and helpful." You say, Popo's smile widening into a more genuine one. Over the next two hours, you end up helping him tend to the various plants dotting the lookout and learn a surprising amount about botany in the process - he's clearly a master of the field, and he teaches you quite a few facts about the plants you're tending to and the best methods for taking care of them and ensuring they're as healthy as possible. In the middle of said work, Popo stands back up and wipes some non-existent sweat off his brow, gesturing to the entrance of Kami's palace afterwards.

"Lord Kami is free to see you now. Please show the utmost respect towards him - though, I have no fear that you'll do otherwise." He says, before snapping his fingers. In an instant, all of the dirt and sweat on you and Barbar's bodies evaporate into nothingness, leaving you both pristine...and faintly smelling of lavender, actually. It's a nice touch for whatever magic Popo used, you admit to yourself. The two of you bow once more to Popo, before proceeding towards the directed chamber. Your heart is pounding in your chest from the anticipation of standing before the God of Earth...

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When you step through the grand doors leading to his audience chamber, you're greeted by the sight of a human shrouded in robes sitting upon a strangely hostile looking throne. He gives off an unapproachable air, emanating an unseen power that you couldn't even call ki. There's no true force to it at all, but it feels harder to breathe in his presence - you'd equate it to the all-encompassing pressure of the deep sea that grows stronger with every step you take. His eyes raise to meet yours, before flickering briefly over to Barbar's.

"You've done well to reach this place, mortals. Not only did you prove your might against Korin, but you passed Popo's test by acting with kindness. As you're already well aware, I am the one known as Kami - Guardian of Earth. What have you come seeking?" He asks, tone carrying a regal and serious feel to it. You take a moment to consider it - you're here for a few different things actually, but the first among them would probably be:

>Training under the greatest of Earth, Kami himself.
>Asking for Kami's aid to enter the Otherworld.
>Discussing the matter of his apprentices...
>A fight. It may be sacrilegious, but you want to have a friendly spar with Kami, to see how you stand against the might of God.
>Something else...? (Write-in.)
Feel free to rank them in order of importance to you. Or not! It's up to you here. We'll likely get to everything, but the order of things does matter a bit here!

>>5617531
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>Training under the greatest of Earth, Kami himself.
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>Asking for Kami's aid to enter the Otherworld.
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>Discussing the matter of his apprentices...

As much as I would laugh if Kami rolled a 1 in a 1d500 or something, I would rather skip the pain from the beating we would get

>>5617544
I would be in immense psychological pain if that happened

>>5617531
>Discussing the matter of his apprentices...
Let's not get too cocky or pushy. This is, you know, GOD. We're here to help, not to try to bully the MOST POWERFUL BEING ON EARTH at age 16 or whatever.

>>5617531
>Discussing the matter of his apprentices...
>Training under the greatest of Earth, Kami himself.
>Asking for Kami's aid to enter the Otherworld.

>>5617531
>>Discussing the matter of his apprentices...

>>5617531
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>Training under the greatest of Earth, Kami himself.
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>Asking for Kami's aid to enter the Otherworld.
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>Discussing the matter of his apprentices...

If we train under Kami wouldn't we inevitably have to spar against him anyway? That seems to be the rule in dragonball though some like Korin turn it into something like tag.

>>5617531
>>Training under the greatest of Earth, Kami himself.
>A fight. It may be sacrilegious, but you want to have a friendly spar with Kami, to see how you stand against the might of God.
We don't need to head to the Otherworld before we get stronger and poking our nose into his business is a bit

>>5617531
>Training under the greatest of Earth, Kami himself.

>>5617531

supporting
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It looks like seeking a new master takes priority! Writing.

"We're here for a few different reasons, actually. But for the most part, we wanted to train under you." You admit, bowing your upper body to Kami at the same time as Barbar for once; it seems your mentor isn't blind to the gravitas of the situation. Kami sits back in his throne, raising a fist to support his head as he takes a long and hard look at the two of you. It's a tense few moments of silence before he finally speaks back up.

"Why?" Is all that he asks, causing you to blink in surprise.

"B-because we want to improve ourselves?" You ask, unsure how exactly to answer the question. That's the reason you've always had, right? You look to Barbar, who shakes his head and speaks up as well.

"That's just one part of it. We enjoy it. We find thrill in fighting our opponents, whether it's a friendly spar or a struggle for survival. It's in our blood, you could say." He admits, causing you to sweat a bit from how bloodthirsty he made it sound. Kami, however, seems to adopt a light smile at that.

"You have a lot in common with my apprentices, then. Perhaps you'd get along with them, though I'm afraid you would pose absolutely no challenge to either of them at your current level. Not even I do, in fact - they far surpass me in strength." Kami reveals, causing you to adopt a look of confusion.

"Huh? But aren't they training under you?" You ask for clarification, receiving a nod from him.

"Indeed. But they are training to take on my duties, which don't formally involve fighting in any way. The role of Guardian is more akin to an observer, one who watches over the development of their world. Some Guardians have taken it upon themselves to personally intervene in matters before, but generally we prefer a hands-off approach outside of the most dire of circumstances." He explains, lowering his arm back down and sitting forward now. "I would not be able to teach you any fighting styles, though I do know of esoteric techniques that may interest in. In the interest of honesty and transparency, were I to take you both on as my students, my focus would be on refining the purity and resolve of your hearts."

"Purity of our hearts...? Oh! So it'd be a lot of meditation to remove evil and wicked thoughts from us?" You respond, to which the Kami nods once more.

"Yes. It is something my current students struggle with greatly...though I sense you would have a much easier time of it than them." He says, gesturing to you, before he shifts to point at Barbar. "Although the darkness within you would be more stubborn than your younger friend's." He states as a matter of fact. Barbar's frown deepens at that, though he doesn't at all object to it - he already knows well his internal turmoil.

"That sounds useful, apparently there are attacks out there that can kill anyone with the slightest amount of evil in them!" You say, recalling what Spike told you prior to trying to unleash his ultimate attack on you. Kami, however, shakes his head a bit.

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"The true purpose of the training is not to withstand such things. It is to ensure that those who possess power have the wisdom to act accordingly with that power - and the wisdom to not act at all, sometimes. Guardians have access to a great number of things that could easily be abused if placed in the wrong hands, so purity of heart has always been an absolute requirement." He clarifies, before continuing on. "If you have no interest in such things, then I can assign you to train under my apprentices instead. I believe the exercise would teach them lessons in patience that would do them well. Piccolo! Garlic! Come to me." He calls out.

Two figures immediately flicker into existence in front of Kami's throne, bowed down before him on their knees - judging by the brief flare of energy you sensed and the gust of wind following them, their appearance must have been the result of extremely high-speed movement that even you couldn't track instead of teleportation. Both are wearing robes and hunched over at the moment such that you can't see them well, though they raise their heads to their master and speak in unison. "What do you need of us, Lord Kami?" They ask.

"Stand. We have two guests here, which seek to improve themselves. I have given them a choice: to train under me, as additional apprentices-" He starts, to which you can sense the sudden tension in both of their bodies before he continues "- or under one of you, as you are both stronger than I in the fields that interest them. Though I would be glad to have more students personally, I must admit that it would be a wonderful learning experience for the both of you, so if they choose as much I expect you to respect that and do your best to mentor them." He finishes, the two students standing up now as commanded.

They turn around, revealing their appearance to you. One has green skin, with bulging pink spots noticeable along his arms. His ears end in sharp points akin to an elf's, and two sluglike antennae seem to be jutting out of his head. There's no doubt about it, especially with the name that Kami uttered earlier - this 'Piccolo' person must be the alien that lived in Yunzabit Heights! You're honestly quite shocked to not only find him alive, but to find him HERE of all places.

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The one that must be Garlic, conversely, has light teal skin with no buglike antennae at all, though he does bear similar ears to Piccolo. His nose hooks downwards sharply and makes his expression seem more severe and judgemental, and judging by what glimpses you can catch during his grimace he seems to have fangs in his mouth that remind you of Fangs - the vampire, that is. You briefly wonder if the two might be loosely related at all, given the similar pallor...

"Piccolo is the stronger of the two, physically. Should you wish to master the physical arts, you would do well to practice under his instruction." Kami states, gesturing to the green one and earning a narrowing of the eyes from the other one. "Garlic, however, holds the sharper mind. I have no doubt that he may be able to start you on the path of magic despite your lack of innate talent, though he certainly knows well how to wield his Ki, if I'm remembering correctly." He shifts his hand to direct your gaze to the teal one, this time earning a clenched jaw from Piccolo. It seems that neither student is particularly fond of each other, from what you can tell. And neither are they fond of the possibility of more competition, should you elect to train under Kami...

>You chose Kami. Purity and resolve don't seem immediately useful, but...you can't help but feel like they'll be important someday. Besides, he did have a few techniques that may come in handy.
>You chose Piccolo. You knew his story, and...you can't help but feel like there's a loneliness in his heart. Maybe just having a friend could go a long way in helping stop his part in things.
>You chose Garlic. He was the unknown, and you needed to get to know him better to find out his role in the calamity before it happens. Besides, the idea of learning magic has always seemed appealing to you, despite your lack of talent with it.
>Mr. Popo! Never let them guess your next move. Besides, he was nice, and you can't help but feel he had hidden power.

>>5618462
>You chose Garlic. He was the unknown, and you needed to get to know him better to find out his role in the calamity before it happens. Besides, the idea of learning magic has always seemed appealing to you, despite your lack of talent with it.

>>5618462
>Mr. Popo! Never let them guess your next move. Besides, he was nice, and you can't help but feel he had hidden power.
I wonder if we could split our friends to train with the others

>>5618474
They'll each have preferences of their own, relative to their goals of personal growth!

>>5618462
>You chose Garlic. He was the unknown, and you needed to get to know him better to find out his role in the calamity before it happens. Besides, the idea of learning magic has always seemed appealing to you, despite your lack of talent with it.

>>5618462
>You chose Piccolo

>>5618462
>You chose Piccolo. You knew his story, and...you can't help but feel like there's a loneliness in his heart. Maybe just having a friend could go a long way in helping stop his part in things.

>>5618462
>You chose Garlic. He was the unknown, and you needed to get to know him better to find out his role in the calamity before it happens. Besides, the idea of learning magic has always seemed appealing to you, despite your lack of talent with it.

Hmmm, I have a feeling Harum will pick Piccolo assuming Korin doesn't filter him since he loves his spaceships and will make the connection instantly.
The others I am unsure who they would pick.
I suppose ideally each of the party would pick a different individual.
Picking Garlic is dangerous but I wager Kami would not have given him the time of day if he was already standard Z badguy levels of evil.

>>5618462
>You chose Garlic. He was the unknown, and you needed to get to know him better to find out his role in the calamity before it happens. Besides, the idea of learning magic has always seemed appealing to you, despite your lack of talent with it.

>>5618462
>Mr. Popo! Never let them guess your next move. Besides, he was nice, and you can't help but feel he had hidden power.

Rolled 9, 16, 18, 14, 11, 11, 20, 7 = 106 (8d20)

>>5618471
>>5618474
>>5618486
>>5618494
>>5618802
>>5618915
>>5618931
>>5619029
You've made your choice, and it's going to be Garlic! I'll need THREE of you to roll me a d20, with no critfails or crits active on it. Like with Korin, it's about seeing how well you take to the training, and how long it may take to complete what Garlic has in store for you.
For reference's sake, the first two of my dice are for Barbar, the next two are for Harum, and the final four are for Azalea.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

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Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>5619243

Rolled 16 (1d20)

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>>5619246
>>5619262
>>5619308
Not too shabby! Thank your lucky stars that this kind of roll doesn't have critfails enabled.

>>5619527
Time for the magic tiger man.

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You don't answer immediately, taking your time to consider not only the potential benefits you could render from training under any of them, but of the duty you tasked yourself with. Kami himself was almost guaranteed to not be directly involved in whatever would happen in the future, and you can tell both from talking with him and from how his energy feels that he's a deeply responsible individual who would never put the world in danger, intentionally or otherwise. Piccolo's energy is by far the most vast in the room, feeling overwhelmingly massive even as suppressed as it currently is, but that same energy is tainted with resentment and a hidden hatred. Garlic, however...Garlic is by far the one you know the least about, his energy concealed perfectly and not permitting you to get a read on his deepest intent. You know nothing of his personality, his history, or his goals. With that in mind...

"I would like to train under Garlic, Lord Kami. I hope that's alright with you all." You say, cracking a friendly smile to your future mentor. Garlic gives a wide smirk in return, one that shows off his fangs quite well, and you can hear cracking from Piccolo's fist as he clenches it harder off to the side. You glance to Barbar to see what his own decision would be, to find him still deep in thought for now.

"Very well then. I look forward to seeing progress from the both of you...and remember, this isn't a competition. This is simply for the betterment of the self and others, my apprentices." Kami speaks up, reminding Piccolo that your choice doesn't reflect upon him.

"We understand, Lord Kami." Both of them say in unison, though you still catch the smug look that Garlic shoots towards his rival. "There's no time to begin like the present, so let's get to it, shall we? Your stores of magical power are pitiful, but that will actually work to your advantage when starting out. Come with me." Garlic alone continues on to say, stepping forward to clasp a hand on your shoulder. As he's leading you out, you do happen to catch Barbar's decision as he finally speaks up on the matter.

"I'd like to train under you, Kami. To face the impurities within myself and conquer them." Your grizzled friend exclaimed, causing Garlic himself to momentarily pause and squeeze your shoulder a little bit harder than he clearly intended to, a spike of fury clear on his face. Moments later, it's gone like it was never there to begin with, and he continues to take you out to a different room of the Lookout.

The place you arrive at is strangely dark, with the most noticeable piece of decor being an arcane circle glowing a faint red in the center of the floor. Thanks to your decent low-light vision, you can make out the shapes of clocks dotting the walls, their pendulums swinging in precise timing to tick their hands forward in tiny increments - you can hear the clicks clearly, irritatingly enough. Garlic releases you here, and gestures towards the circle in the center.

"This, my dear student, is the Room of Time. By standing within the magic circle, I can project your consciousness anywhere through time - the past, the present, even the future. No dangers you encounter using this room will affect you physically, so I can assure you that you're going to be relatively safe while using it." Your new master explains, somehow managing to say it in a way that doesn't reassure you whatsoever.

"I can't help but notice that you specified physically, and relatively." You point out with a nervous chuckle, getting a chuckle from Garlic in return.

"Well, it can't protect from mental damage. If you die, you'll still suffer the stress that dying causes. So I would advise you to do your best to avoid that - it's unpleasant, to say the least." He explains, and you get the feeling that he might know from personal experience. You give him a nod, and go to stand in the center of the circle.

"Now, the reason why we're using this right away is because I'm almost certain that you're the kind of person that thrives under pressure. If we want you to learn how to tap into the miniscule reserves of Magic Power dwelling within you, then we need to do so by making your mind and body feel as though it has no other choice than to do so. 'Do or die', although without any risk of actually dying of course...the tricky part will be manufacturing a scenario where no amount of physical strength or life energy will be able to bail you out." He continues, moving over to one of the clocks while tapping a finger on his chin a few times in contemplation.

"Magic is about enforcing your will and belief on the world, right? Do you have any tips that might help me get it down quicker?" You ask, silently wondering just what he's about to pit you up against.

"Yes, that's right. You must know other magic users to know as much...although it goes a bit deeper than that. Desire, above all else, is necessary for magic - willpower and belief reinforce the attempt, certainly, but you have to want it to happen. You have to want it more than anything else at the singular moment of casting - that desire will draw forth the magical power within you, and use it to take form. From then on, willpower and belief alike are used to shape the resulting spell, to determine the specific details of how it influences the world." He explains, apparently quite a bit more knowledgeable about the minutiae of magic than Azalea was.

"I see! That actually explains a lot. Thanks, Master Garlic." You reply with a slight bow. Garlic seems to think nothing of the thanks, and he takes a few moments in silence to examine the clock faces before him. Finally, he snaps his fingers.

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"I know exactly where to send you. A tragic tale from over two hundred years ago on a planet far, far away. Kami once told me of it, as a warning of just how dangerous Sorcery can be in the wrong hands. Good luck, my protege." Garlic says, reaching out to turn the hands of one of the clocks backwards rapidly. The circle below you starts to glow more intensely, before a flash of light blinds you momentarily to the world. You hiss from the minor pain of your eyes having to adjust to the sudden light, blinking as your pupils vacillate between trying to contract and trying to dilate to get a clear picture of what's around you.

When you finally have sight again, you're certainly no longer on the lookout - you can smell ash and smoke in the air. Screaming people with pink skin and red hair move in a flurry past you, running away from something you can't quite see yet. Concrete buildings all around you show clear damage to them, some of them being entirely caved in or engulfed in flames, and the ground is shaking every few seconds for some reason. It's a chaos the likes of which you've never seen before, and your first instinct is to reach out to help an older man that stumbled from the crowd and fell over.

As you're helping him up, he looks up to you with confusion at your unusual features, before pointing behind you. "R-run! We have to run!" He shouts in a panic, and you follow his finger to a towering figure moving past the street. The creature is encased in a thick carapace that you're certain you wouldn't be able to even scratch with your full effort, and its head strongly resembles a skull - its existence practically screams that it's the incarnation of death itself, as evident by the positively overwhelming energy it gives off. Even Piccolo's humongous reserves feel like a drop in comparison to this creature, and it paralyses you in a moment of primal fear.

The giant stops where it is, turning to face you and the crowd of people fleeing from it. It opens its mouth up with a roar, and a blue ball of energy starts to form between its jaws. After just a few seconds, the energy lances out, swiping across the majority of the fleeing crowd and disintegrating everything caught in the blast in an instant. You move to dive for cover, but before you know it, the beam is upon you as well...

...And you find yourself standing in the middle of the circle of the Room of Time, covering yourself from a nonexistent blast and screaming from the residual pain. Garlic is looking at you with a frown, and he shakes his head with disappointment.

"That was less than a minute. We'll do it again, until we get it right. Remember, you don't have to defeat it...you just have to find a way to survive. Your desire to survive will draw the magic out of you." He advises, and while you're clutching your head and still trying to get your bearings straight, he starts to rewind the clock once more. This might take a while...

And indeed it does - for the first three months, you remember nothing but dying over and over and over and over to that wretched creature. You've tried everything you can think of to survive, only for it to meet with continual failure. At around the end of the first month, Harum and Azalea managed to join you up on the lookout, though your mind was too frazzled from facing constant death to hold proper conversations with them after your rigorous training sessions with Garlic. Somewhere in the back of your mind, you recall that Harum seems to have arranged to train under Piccolo, while Azalea is both learning and gardening with Mr. Popo every day.

Today is different, however. As you stand in front of the beast in front of you, knowing full well that even if you were to put your entire lifeforce into your strongest attacks that it would fail miserably, something clicks within you. A desire to survive, at all costs, no matter what stands in the way of doing so. Not even reality itself would stop this desire, and for the first time you feel an unfamiliar energy emerging from your body to manifest in this illusory world...but what form did this magical power take, on your first usage of it?

>Protection: You wanted to shield yourself from the overwhelming might of the creature.
>Transportation: You wanted to be somewhere else, out of the creature's current path of destruction.
>Alteration: You wanted to change your body, and make it impossible for the creature to bring harm to you.
>Something else? (Write-in).

And...

>You would stick through the training for a total of 6 months, so that you could at least get a better read on Garlic, and learn the ropes of Magic now that you could use it.
>You'd train for 18 months, or a year and a half, to learn some of Garlic's own spells...and more importantly, foster a bit of trust between the two of you.
>You trained under Garlic for 3 whole years, to learn all that Garlic was willing to teach you of magic. He's grown close to you, and you're all but guaranteed to know of his true nature...

>>5619801
>Protection: You wanted to shield yourself from the overwhelming might of the creature.
>You'd train for 18 months, or a year and a half, to learn some of Garlic's own spells...and more importantly, foster a bit of trust between the two of you.
We have a six years time limit, so we can use too much of it.

>>5619805
Thirteen years, my friend.

>>5619807
Oh shit, how did I get six years out of that?

>>5619814
Your guess is as good as mine!

>>5619801
>Alteration
>You'd train for 18 months, or a year and a half, to learn some of Garlic's own spells...and more importantly, foster a bit of trust between the two of you.
Sorry, Love

>>5619801
>Transportation: You wanted to be somewhere else, out of the creature's current path of destruction.
>You'd train for 18 months, or a year and a half, to learn some of Garlic's own spells...and more importantly, foster a bit of trust between the two of you.

>>5619801
>>Alteration: You wanted to change your body, and make it impossible for the creature to bring harm to you.
Sounds like body refinement

>You trained under Garlic for 3 whole years, to learn all that Garlic was willing to teach you of magic. He's grown close to you, and you're all but guaranteed to know of his true nature...

Magic in dragon ball is pretty interesting so why not.

>>5619801
>Protection: You wanted to shield yourself from the overwhelming might of the creature.
>You'd train for 18 months, or a year and a half, to learn some of Garlic's own spells...and more importantly, foster a bit of trust between the two of you.

>>5619801
>Alteration: You wanted to change your body, and make it impossible for the creature to bring harm to you.
>You trained under Garlic for 3 whole years, to learn all that Garlic was willing to teach you of magic. He's grown close to you, and you're all but guaranteed to know of his true nature...

We have 13 years and can spend like 3 years with Love after this before going back and training under piccolo and after 3 years of that we would still have 4 years.
Alteration seems the most interesting, there are tons of ki techniques to go places and protection can likely be cheated or be akin to retreating into a turtles shell.
It seems magic can let you outright ignore power level nonsense based on what we have seen so far, at least to a partial extent. So it strikes me as being very valuable.

>>5619801
>Alteration: You wanted to change your body, and make it impossible for the creature to bring harm to you.
I'd be willing to bet that Alteration is the most likely to net us a 'White Tiger' transformation way later down the line. I'll riot if it doesn't
>You'd train for 18 months, or a year and a half, to learn some of Garlic's own spells...and more importantly, foster a bit of trust between the two of you.
We can still find magic teachers over in the Otherworld. Though I'd like to at least visit Teal and find the metal at the sea floor before making that particular trip.

>>5619801
>Alteration: You wanted to change your body, and make it impossible for the creature to bring harm to you.

>You trained under Garlic for 3 whole years, to learn all that Garlic was willing to teach you of magic. He's grown close to you, and you're all but guaranteed to know of his true nature...

>>5619801
>Alteration: You wanted to change your body, and make it impossible for the creature to bring harm to you.
>You'd train for 18 months, or a year and a half, to learn some of Garlic's own spells...and more importantly, foster a bit of trust between the two of you.

>>5619805
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>>5620286
You've made your choice! Alteration is your magical affinity (not that you're unable to learn things outside of it), and you're training with him for a year and a half!

I'll need three anons to roll me a d20 again. This time, it's to preserve your long-distance relationship over this great length of time. The DC is high, but not as high as if you'd chosen 3 years!

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5620337

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5620337
Bo3?

>>5620347
Yes, though crits and critfails are enabled on it this time.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>5620337
Uh oh. Here's hoping Honta's heart don't break!

>>5620339
>>5620347
>>5620374
I think 14 might not be enough, but maybe we can still be friends

>>5620339
>>5620347
>>5620374
>>5620376
14! It's just barely not enough to meet the DC of 15, but yes, it's certainly close enough that you can stay friends.

Now, give me one final vote here, lads and lasses. I need you to pick only THREE of the following magic lessons to pick up from Garlic's personal repertoire. Also, congratulations on becoming a mid-level apprentice of Garlic, you have earned another point in Brains! Leaving you at 4/4/4.

>Magic Materialization - A magical ability used to create physical matter out of thin air.
>Sealed Light Beam - A spell that's somewhat slow to perform, which emits rings of energy that both paralyze and shrink the target to trap them within a crystalline sphere of magic.
>Mirror Image - A spell that creates multiple illusions of yourself, in order to make finding the real one difficult. They're made of little more than mist, so they fall apart easily!
>Life Alteration - A ritual more than a spell, that takes quite a while to cast if you don't want to mess anything up. It can permanently alter the properties of any creature you cast it on after 24 hours, though it requires intimate knowledge of the changes you're making to make sure the process goes smoothly.
>Enchantment - The art of creating magic items. For the most part, it's causing an item to hold a spell that you know within itself, which it casts under certain conditions. They typically require rare components if you don't want them to consume themselves upon use.
>Mist of Darkness - A spell to generate a black mist that spreads out exponentially as long as you keep supplying it with power. Your senses are completely unhindered by the mist, but anyone else would have all of their senses reduced by it.

I know this is a lot of voting and rolling, but you know how it goes when spending a long time training with someone.

>>5620400
>Magic Materialization - A magical ability used to create physical matter out of thin air.
>Enchantment - The art of creating magic items. For the most part, it's causing an item to hold a spell that you know within itself, which it casts under certain conditions. They typically require rare components if you don't want them to consume themselves upon use.
>Mist of Darkness - A spell to generate a black mist that spreads out exponentially as long as you keep supplying it with power. Your senses are completely unhindered by the mist, but anyone else would have all of their senses reduced by it.

>DC of 15
>14
Darn. Well hopefully we can still get another chick to mend our broken heart a certain tomboyish fairy girl comes to mind

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>It's over
Maan. I suppose it was inevitable, in a way. Honta's certainly not ready or willing to permanently settle down quite yet, and Love can't exactly up and leave her duties.
I gotta wonder how Honta's instincts will play into romance in the future. IIRC actual tigers mate for life so a bad breakup woulda potentially been real nasty.

>>5620400
>Mirror Image
>Enchantment
>Mist of Darkness

>>5620400
>Enchantment - The art of creating magic items. For the most part, it's causing an item to hold a spell that you know within itself, which it casts under certain conditions. They typically require rare components if you don't want them to consume themselves upon use.
>Magic Materialization - A magical ability used to create physical matter out of thin air.
>Mist of Darkness - A spell to generate a black mist that spreads out exponentially as long as you keep supplying it with power. Your senses are completely unhindered by the mist, but anyone else would have all of their senses reduced by it.

makes sense that it would end. We just have to find someone that also likes adventure.

>>5620400
>Life Alteration - A ritual more than a spell, that takes quite a while to cast if you don't want to mess anything up. It can permanently alter the properties of any creature you cast it on after 24 hours, though it requires intimate knowledge of the changes you're making to make sure the process goes smoothly.
>Magic Materialization - A magical ability used to create physical matter out of thin air.
>Mist of Darkness - A spell to generate a black mist that spreads out exponentially as long as you keep supplying it with power. Your senses are completely unhindered by the mist, but anyone else would have all of their senses reduced by it.

>>5620400
>Mist of Darkness
>Mirror Image
The dnd player in me tells me this is a dangerous combo

>Life Alteration - A ritual more than a spell, that takes quite a while to cast if you don't want to mess anything up. It can permanently alter the properties of any creature you cast it on after 24 hours, though it requires intimate knowledge of the changes you're making to make sure the process goes smoothly.
Could we use this to extend our lifespan?

>I gotta wonder how Honta's instincts will play into romance in the future. IIRC actual tigers mate for life so a bad breakup woulda potentially been real nasty.

i belive it doesnt have to be over completly. idk ig it comes down to how hard honta takes it.
Maybe we should call our parents and see how they're doing, i bet dad has had to deal with something simillar.

>>5620469
That's one potential use of it, yes! Although, as the description states, you'd need intimate knowledge of exactly what changes you'd need to make in order to do so without any hitches or unintended side-effects. For example, if you learned about telomere shortening and study a creature that lacks the issue, you could potentially alter yourself or another so that their telomeres remain intact - essentially extending your natural lifespan and slowing aging by doing so.

>>5620400
>>Life Alteration - A ritual more than a spell, that takes quite a while to cast if you don't want to mess anything up. It can permanently alter the properties of any creature you cast it on after 24 hours, though it requires intimate knowledge of the changes you're making to make sure the process goes smoothly.
>Mirror Image - A spell that creates multiple illusions of yourself, in order to make finding the real one difficult. They're made of little more than mist, so they fall apart easily!
>Mist of Darkness - A spell to generate a black mist that spreads out exponentially as long as you keep supplying it with power. Your senses are completely unhindered by the mist, but anyone else would have all of their senses reduced by it.

Changing vote.

https://pastebin.com/a6UWzH2p
Created a character sheet for our boy, by the way! Please remind me if I forgot anything. At the end of this vote, I'll add whatever wins to the sheet.
This way we don't have to trust in our memory to recall everything he can do!

>>5620400
>Magic Materialization - A magical ability used to create physical matter out of thin air.
>Enchantment - The art of creating magic items. For the most part, it's causing an item to hold a spell that you know within itself, which it casts under certain conditions. They typically require rare components if you don't want them to consume themselves upon use.
>Life Alteration - A ritual more than a spell, that takes quite a while to cast if you don't want to mess anything up. It can permanently alter the properties of any creature you cast it on after 24 hours, though it requires intimate knowledge of the changes you're making to make sure the process goes smoothly.
Well, time to flirt with Azalea. Now with life alteration, being able to live forever and some experience with relationships, it's no longer a risky realtionship.

>>5620400
>Magic Materialization
>Life Alteration
>Enchantment

Also... I warned you anons that we should actually spend time with Love. Oh well, though...

Azalea's time to shine!

>>5620557
Just to be clear, you don't actually need Life Alteration to be able to live on indefinitely! You know about the paradise herbs, after all.
Though it's still quite the useful spell, admittedly. If you were evil, you could make a supernatural pepper so spicy that it could bring the mightiest beings to their knees.

>>5620565
Life alteration was about the size difference. Easier then having to find a fairy circle.

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>>5620502
for items, the fairy dust could be worth noting down? i assume we always carry some around with us.
the nimbus, maybe something about our current wealth?

also
>Honta is 19
they grow up so fast

>>5620589
WE HAVENT CELEBRATED ANY BIRTHDAYS

>>5620593
The parents send cake sometimes.

>>5620593
Maybe this year we will. Maybe even have our first proper drink! We have a heartache to drown, after all.

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>>5620564
Here are the current counts!
Magic Materialization |||| (4)
Mirror Image ||| (3)
Life Alteration ||||| (5)
Enchantment |||| (4)
Mist of Darkness ||||| (5)

Life Alteration and Mist of Darkness are locked in. Decide between Enchantment or Magic Materialization!

>>5620709
>Magic Materialization
I already voted for it in my three, dunno if I'm supposed to again or if you're asking for those who didn't vote for either to choose one.
If it's the latter just ignore this.

>>5620709
I was hoping that Enchantment would win, mixing it with the dragon parts, the ore and our crafting skill feels like we could forge some power relics.
I'll go with Magic Materialization as my preference between the two, it sounds more useful with Mist of Darkness

>>5620710
Mostly for people to either switch if they want to or vote if they haven't.

>>5620714
Actually, I'll change my vote to drop both magic materialization and Enchantment for Mirror Image.
I'm a sucker for themes

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>>5620709
switching to
>Magic Materialization!

rip tiger storm tech

>>5620718
>>5620717
wait no if mirror image wins im staying on it

>>5620717
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>>5620720
Unexpected, but I'll take it! That means Mirror Image wins the vote. Adding to charsheet and writing!

>>5620722
i think its still
4 for magic mat
4 for mirror image

>>5620723
Nah, I voted for both Magic Mat and Enchant
>>5620557
So when I changed, both of them dropped to 3

>>5620723
Not quite, if TmGEcsYj drops magic mat and enchantment in favor of mirror image, they drop down to 3 and mirror image bumps up to 4.
>>5620724
As you explained!

>>5620727
>>5620724
Fair enough, Go illusion tiger!

>>5620727
Yeah, I wanted to use enchantment to apply materialization on the magic items we made. Having our armor summon a shield, our claws summon phantom blades, that kind of thing.
But since Mist of Darkness won, I think Mirror Image would work better with it. The both are made of mist, and MoD covers MI biggest weakness

>>5620564 was me, and I'll change to from Enchantment to
>Mirror Image

>>5620709

>>5620739
I think the vote is over.

The spell soon wrapped itself around your body after emerging, the idea of what you wanted helping to give it shape. In fact, you wanted nothing more than to make it impossible for the creature to hurt you as it brings its titanic fist down to try to smash you into the ground and turn you into little more than a meat paste. In the instant before it would contact you, everything goes momentarily dark as all of your senses shut off - but you can tell that it didn't hit you, or you would feel the all too familiar pain of dying from such a thing. A few seconds later, the haze on your mind lifts, and you find yourself standing atop its fist rather than under it. You blink in surprise while it glares hatefully down at you, and feel the illusion of this battle suddenly fading around you.

Once you register yourself standing within the Room of Time once more, you see Garlic standing in a victorious pose with his fist clenched and held aloft towards the sky. "Finally! After three months, we've finally managed to draw out your latent potential for magic." He proclaims, turning to you with a sharp grin. His intense facial features almost make it seem malicious, though you know that it's likely genuine given how frustrated he's been with how difficult it was to unlock your power to begin with. "And quite the useful affinity, as well. Your first spell is one I've seen few beginners manifest, which changes the body into an immaterial form...it shows that your inclination is towards altering the properties of things." He explains, and it clicks for you exactly what you did.

"Oh! Ohhhh! That's why I wasn't hurt even when it hit me!" You say, snapping your fingers and earning a nod from Garlic.

"That's right. Your spell briefly turned your body into mist, and that allowed you to flow around it, from what I could tell." He states, while he moves over to clasp you on either shoulder. "Your potential in this field may be greater than I initially thought. Your magic power may be miniscule, but we can always fix that through hard work now that you can utilize it. Perhaps I should have Nicky gather some ingredients for a potion that could accelerate things..." He says, adding the last part under his breath as he devolves into muttering to himself about ways to improve you.

"Nicky?" You ask, interrupting his mumbling. He pats your shoulders a few times in a way that makes you think he momentarily forgot you were still there, before lowering his hands back to his side, shaking his head at you.

"Nobody you need to worry about, just one of my loyal servants. I'm something of a royal, despite the fact that I'm up here training under Kami. My people support me wholeheartedly in my effort to become the next Kami, and that means they'll provide you any support I ask them to for your training." He reveals, which takes you by surprise. You didn't really expect that you were in the presence of royalty this whole time - though it does explain his apparent intelligence, since you expect most royals would be raised with a good education.

"Woah, no way! That's really cool, where are you from?" You ask, which has him smirk a little bit wider but wave it off.

"Way. But we can get into that some other time, because now comes the hard part of your training. Theory." He says with a grave tone, causing you to pale. Dying repeatedly to an illusion wasn't what he would consider the hard part...? You'd pray to Kami for mercy, but somehow you don't think Kami would bail you out when it comes to the terrible trials of studying.

Another six months of your life goes by in the blink of an eye, with your brain being completely fried at the end of each day from having to memorize countless theories and interactions in the field of Magic. It's clear that Garlic approaches it much like one would a science, rather than a mystical art, and to his credit it actually does make digesting the information and acting on it a little bit easier for you compared to trying it through gut instinct and unexplained nonsensical rituals. In addition, he would have you practice your magic until your reserves of magical power were completely empty every single day, to work them much like a muscle in order to grow it slowly but surely.

More than that, however, you learn about Garlic himself - how his people are actually not native to Earth and arrived from another world that approaches this one every five thousand years. They're called Makyans, and his ancestor created a castle where the few members of his people tend to stay out at the red sea...you have your suspicions that Garlic may be Spice's master at this point, but can't quite confirm it. Garlic seems to hold himself to a high standard, and whenever he isn't training you personally you can see that he puts a great deal of effort into his own training both with and without Kami.

Occasionally, he is tasked to spar with Piccolo, and he approaches the fights with a great degree of animosity and malice - usually trying to inflict pain to get Piccolo to yield, using his magic and physical combat skills in conjunction with one another. Sadly for him, Piccolo's overwhelming might tends to render his efforts useless, and Garlic loses far more often than the scarce times he wins. Kami always seems particularly disappointed in the two after these spars, with them failing some unspoken lesson for it. On such days, Garlic's mood is more sour than usual, and your training efforts tend to involve a practical application of magic; attempting to use them to defend yourself against him, which always ends poorly for you.

The days pass more and more, and your mental and physical exhaustion ultimately ends up taking a toll on your relationship with Love. Approximately two years after you first started dating, she tells you that she's unable to keep waiting for you forever - she loves you, but she has a duty to fulfil as the heir, and needs someone who will actually be there with her instead of adventuring about the world. She breaks it to you as gently as she can, and you do understand exactly where she's coming from with it, but it still makes your heart ache to think about nonetheless. You throw yourself deeper into training to take your mind off of it, though your friends and even Garlic himself all take the time to console you about it. It's actually soon after the breakup that you learn that Garlic himself once had a wife, though she's out of the picture now with only himself to raise the son they had together. You can't help but hope from the bottom of your heart that you're never put in the same scenario.

After eighteen full months of training with Garlic, you've managed to learn not only the fundamentals of magic, but you've picked up several spells of his own - many of which relate to the mist you find yourself at ease manipulating. You can generate a fast-spreading blanket of black mist that dulls the senses of all who are caught within it save yourself, whilst also creating illusory clones of yourself out of that same mist, which you've found to be a devastatingly effective combination for avoiding damage in your spars.

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He also managed to impart upon you a lengthy ritual, which can be used to permanently alter living beings when used upon them. In the process of learning that particular spell, he took you from Kami's Lookout to his impressive and daunting castle within the Red Sea, in order to show you an example of what such magic could produce. There, in the courtyard, he plucked a bright red apple from a tree growing there, and offered it to you. You accepted it graciously, of course, and upon eating it you found it to be not only exceptionally delicious...but quite intoxicating. The rest of that day was a blur, admittedly, but you do distinctly remember playing strange dice games with some of Garlic's peculiar looking people and losing quite terribly. Upon waking up in an unfamiliar bedroom, Garlic apparently had his personal attendant Spice - who you enthusiastically shook hands with, having suspected he might be here - assist you in becoming presentable once more before he took you back to the lookout.

That incident, at least, confirmed your suspicions of who Spice's master was. And indeed, just as Barbar said, Spice's energy had a distinctly malevolent tinge to it, despite his otherwise friendly and polite demeanour. In fact, every Makyan that you'd felt in the castle had a similar evil feel, leaving you with a heavy feeling on what Garlic's eventual role-to-be would be the result of. You didn't let your apprehension show, hiding your thoughts and feelings from your new master as you returned to Kami's.

Not long after such incident, you decided to conclude your training with the man, feeling as though you've learned a good amount of what you wanted to - both of magic, and of Garlic's true nature. You can't confirm it, but you strongly suspect that Garlic has evil intentions for pursuing Guardianship, and only seeks the betterment of himself and his people over the benefit of Earth. Through telepathy, you confide as much in your companions on the day that you decided to end the training, much to their concern.

As far as their own training goes, Barbar's energy feels significantly calmer than it used to. His rough edges and critical nature have softened into a diligent patience, though small cracks of his old ways do still show. Harum's physique has exploded even more than it did when he undertook Mutaito's training, as he's now larger and bulkier than Piccolo himself by a wide margin - and though his ki doesn't feel much stronger than yours, it definitely closed the gap in his favour, mostly due to the fact that you were refining an entirely different kind of energy within yourself. Azalea showed the most progress, as your newly-attuned magical senses show her absolutely brimming with magical power that grew in leaps and bounds over the course of her time with Popo. She keeps a tight lid on what she learned from him, apparently wanting it to be a surprise.

After your telepathic conversation ends, you approach Kami's throne in the afternoon, kneeling before him as you did a year and a half ago. "Lord Kami, it is my intention to end my training under Master Garlic now. I have not learned everything I possibly could under him, but there are other things I feel I must do for now. I hope you understand." You say to the elderly Guardian. He leans back in his throne, gaze piercing into you for a few seconds before he speaks up.

"Very well. If that is your choice, I shall respect it. We all have our reasons and goals in life, so I understand. However, I must ask...what is it you intend to do next, Wyald Honta? Will you ask for my aid to enter the Otherworld, as I know you've been planning to do? Will you seek training elsewhere, now that you've finished spying upon my student? Or will you continue to wander the world, seeking the thrills that your blood compels you to?" He asks, causing the very blood he mentioned to run cold. He's seen through you this entire time? Then why has he permitted it...? No, perhaps he was counting on you to do exactly what you've been doing? Does he, too, suspect his students? Your mind races for an answer.

>Tell him what you suspect about Garlic now. He deserves to know.
>Don't tell him yet. You can still investigate more, perhaps find some hard evidence of Garlic's plans.

And...

>You plan to train under someone else now. (Who? It doesn't have to be someone on the lookout.)
>You did indeed plan to go to the Otherworld now. You're sure that he knows why, since he knows what you're planning.
>You followed up on your investigation of Garlic, heading towards his castle in secret. You would tell Kami you simply had to look into something.
>You wanted to find some of the magic items you learned about from Baba. They shouldn't fall into the wrong hands if they're with you.
>Something else...? (Write-in)

>>5620885
>Don't tell him yet. You can still investigate more, perhaps find some hard evidence of Garlic's plans.
If saying "your disciple is probably kind of evil" was enough to solve the problem then it probably wouldn't happen in the first place.
>>You wanted to find some of the magic items you learned about from Baba. They shouldn't fall into the wrong hands if they're with you.
There's a few things I think we should do (like finally tying off that pirate issue), but I'll vote for this first.

>>5620885
>>Don't tell him yet. You can still investigate more, perhaps find some hard evidence of Garlic's plans.

>You wanted to find some of the magic items you learned about from Baba. They shouldn't fall into the wrong hands if they're with you.

>>5620885
>Don't tell him yet. You can still investigate more, perhaps find some hard evidence of Garlic's plans.
>You followed up on your investigation of Garlic, heading towards his castle in secret. You would tell Kami you simply had to look into something.
We have to expose Garlic and stop his ascebt, guys! This is our secret role to maintain the canon.

>>5620883
Huh. Wonder what weird (plant?) powers Azalea developed? Maybe she can hold her own in battle now?

>>5620885
>Don't tell him yet. You can still investigate more, perhaps find some hard evidence of Garlic's plans.
>You followed up on your investigation of Garlic, heading towards his castle in secret. You would tell Kami you simply had to look into something.

>"That's right. Your spell briefly turned your body into mist, and that allowed you to flow around it, from what I could tell."
I thought i saw that in the char sheet earlier. This is such a potentially gross combo combined with mirror image. we can double fake out people by pretending to be an illusion then actually being the real one.

>>5620885
>>Don't tell him yet. You can still investigate more, perhaps find some hard evidence of Garlic's plans.
>You followed up on your investigation of Garlic, heading towards his castle in secret. You would tell Kami you simply had to look into something.

ig since we arent going to visit Love now after all we might aswell se trough what we started, poor Honta. Praying we dont become the Tiger Hermit

>>5620974
Mistmaxxing.
If you’re wondering what the starting spells for the other options would have been, Protection would give you a deflection barrier to redirect force with, and Transportation would give you a short-ranged trade teleport to swap positions with a target.

>>5620885
>Don't tell him yet. You can still investigate more, perhaps find some hard evidence of Garlic's plans.
>You wanted to find some of the magic items you learned about from Baba. They shouldn't fall into the wrong hands if they're with you.

>>5620885
>Tell him what you suspect about Garlic now. He deserves to know.
>You did indeed plan to go to the Otherworld now. You're sure that he knows why, since he knows what you're planning.

>>5620885
>>Don't tell him yet. You can still investigate more, perhaps find some hard evidence of Garlic's plans.
>You followed up on your investigation of Garlic, heading towards his castle in secret. You would tell Kami you simply had to look into something.

changing vote.

>>5620892
>>5620931
>>5620965
>>5620975
>>5621138
>>5621226
>>5621243
It looks like we're not revealing our suspicions until we have hard evidence. And speaking of hard evidence, we're going to head to Garlic's Castle to try to sneak in and gather that evidence!
Remember, Tiger. This is a sneaking mission. Four of you, roll me 1d20! Your DC tonight will be 15

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5621458

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5621458

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5621458
But is stealth *optional*?

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5621458

>>5621478
>>5621582
Yesssss

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This update's taking a while to create! Today was quite busy as well, so the update will be out tomorrow. Gomenasorry, folks!
In the meanwhile, does this count as blackface for tiger people?

>>5622091
wearing a full body mascot costume of barack obamna, while inherently racist would be incredibly eery

>>5622155
This. It's not blackface. It's far worse. It's wearing an (immitation? hopefully?) Of the skinned and tanned hide of a black dude as a onesie. It's not just racist, it's the sort of thing likely to disgust and terrify even other racists.

(Though if tigers are to tigermen as great apes or monkeys are to humans, it may be slightly less creepy and awful, while still slightly off-putting)

>>5622091
I mean, unless tiger onesies have sort of historical context to it I don't see them caring.

Admittedly, it's hard not to wilt under the severity of Kami's gaze. Despite that, however, he's surprisingly patient in waiting for his answer, not rushing you at all as you compose your thoughts into a coherent manner even as your rising heartbeat tries to appeal to your fight or flight instinct. Pushing down your lesser instincts and straightening yourself up to look him in the eye, you finally compose your response. "None of the above, Lord Kami. I have a duty to complete, and that duty compels me to look into certain matters that require me to be elsewhere. I promise you, I only have good intentions." You say, earning another one of Kami's mysterious smiles.

"Your wisdom is growing with age, I see. Come to me when you've found what you seek, then. I suspect I already know what it may be, but it would be ill fitting for one in my position to act on suspicions alone. Action is far more important than intent or thought, after all...for what we do can never be undone, but our hearts can always grow better with time." He states, seeming a lot older than he usually looks as he imparts his own wisdom on you. You give a firm and resolute nod in return, before speaking up.

"Thank you for everything so far, Lord Kami." You return, bowing your head again. There's still much you don't know about the mysterious old man, but for as much as he intimidates you with his aura and presence, you can't help but feel he has a kind and soft spot within him. He wouldn't have been selected by the previous kami had he not carried everyone's best interests in mind, after all. But, pushing that aside, you turn around and proceed to walk out of the throne room, feeling far more certain that you're doing the right thing now.

On the courtyard of the lookout, you spy Azalea and Mr. Popo in the middle of tending to garden as usual. You had wanted to do this mission alone to reduce the odds of you being spotted as much as possible, but exactly as you're thinking such things your fairy friend glances up from her work and immediately perks up with one of her usual glowing smiles...and you mean that literally, she gives off a little bit of light whenever she grins like that. She flitters over to you, naturally, and immediately starts to pepper you with questions.

"Heya, Honta! Whatcha up to today? Taking the day off? Heading somewhere cool? Will there be sweets where you're going? Can I come and get some with you?" She asks in rapid succession, not leaving you much room to speak.

"I, uh, yeah! I just need a break from Master Garlic's training, it's as intense as always, you know. I'd be glad to have you join me." You say, turning away from her once more to find Popo standing right in front of you suddenly, a large picnic basket held in his hands. He offers it forward to you with his unsettlingly friendly smile.

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"Lord Kami wanted me to make sure you had everything you needed for your trip. You should find plenty of delicious provisions for you! I hope you enjoy them." the attendant says. You take it after a moment of hesitation, bowing your head to Popo this time as you thank him, and he wishes you well as you and Azalea both head back down to Korin's Tower - as you've come to find, the Nimbus simply can't go all the way up to Kami's lookout for some reason...then again, you suppose it is above all other clouds, so it may have something to do with that.

Once you've slid down the power pole and are back down at the tower proper, you put a finger up to your lips in a silent shushing motion towards Korin, who only raises an eyebrow at your shenanigans but otherwise doesn't question them. Per your telepathic request, he calls the Nimbus out for you, which you immediately hop on and pat - you didn't really get to use him all that much prior to starting your training, but you still missed the little guy. You briefly wonder if it has the capacity to miss people as well, but you suppose you'll never know just how much intelligence this mystical flying marshmallow bears. With Azalea on your shoulder, the two of you shoot off into the sky, heading towards the Red Sea that you briefly visited once before.

Even with the prodigious speeds afforded to you by the Nimbus, it takes a few hours to get there. You can tell you're getting close when the sky starts to shift colors towards a deep crimson and the clouds all adopt a yellow hue, as though the area was trapped in a perpetual sunset - it looked exactly the same the last time you were there, after all. The golden clouds work to your advantage, as you drop the Nimbus down into them on your approach in order to not be seen - honestly, with how closely the clouds cling to the sea in this particular area, it makes the castle look as though it's floating high in the sky as opposed to jutting out of the sea itself as it actually is.

Once you've finally closed the distance, you quickly and quietly spring off of the Nimbus and onto one of the lowest balconies of Garlic's castle, landing first on an air-step to bleed off the momentum in a silent manner before simply stepping down onto the stonework. Admittedly, you don't remember a significant amount regarding the layout of the structure, and you're sure that Garlic and his minions both kept you from wandering into areas that you're not supposed to be...you find it rather unfortunate that your drunken memories are so hazy, but you at least have the awesome might of the Far-Seeing arts to help you. You simply have to find a place to safely use it, now that you're in range, so you reach out to Azalea telepathically to go over the plan with her.

"We need to find a place to hide out for a bit, somewhere big enough to fit the both of us and unlikely to be used by anyone anytime soon. Help me look, alright?" you think at her, which she responds to with a thumbs up with her tongue sticking out in her usual goofy manner.

"You can count on me! Operation 'Crouching dragon, hidden tiger' is a go!" she thinks back, before she darts into the picnic basket that Popo had given you. Not exactly what you had in mind, but- "Here, we should wear these first!" She interrupts your thoughts as she pops back out with two sets of tags with what you can easily identify as arcane symbols scrawled upon them. You don't have much time to examine them, but you can tell they're supposed to invoke some of Kami's power to aid you somehow - regardless, Azalea slaps one on your forehead, and the other on her chest since otherwise it would completely obscure her view. Within moments of doing so, even while directly looking at Azalea, you find it harder than usual to focus on her - she grabs your attention no more than an ordinary table would, even if that table didn't quite belong here, it just didn't seem like something worth your time unless you had nothing better to do.

"Woah! That's so weird. Let's be careful not to lose track of each other with this...but still, it should help a lot! I'll have to thank Kami again when I see him." You think towards Azalea, earning an enthusiastic nod from her. The momentary distraction aside, the two of you set out to find an adequate hiding spot, and eventually settle on a simple closet near what you can only assume must be a sauna. The closet is only filled with towels, naturally, so you climb up into one of the cubbies carefully and set some towels in front of you just in case anyone decides that now of all times would be a great time for a steam bath. Now appropriately hidden, you retract your senses into yourself, entering a meditative state that should allow you to use the Far-Seeing Arts to their fullest.

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Soon enough, your senses then project outward as you've trained them to, your mind free to explore the compound with no risk at all. You wish you could say that your exploration of Garlic's castle in such a manner was a quick thing, but the architecture is truly labyrinthine and difficult to parse - not just for you, it seems, as you caught the only-slightly-familiar Vinegar trying and failing to find something several rooms in a row, as evident by the dull and confused look on his face. You search high and low throughout the castle for what must be at least half an hour before you finally stumble upon something different - a wall of the castle's extensive library that you can't move your sight through like you can all other matter. In fact, it seems there may be an entire room within there that's warded as such, based on your extrasensory technique poking and prodding at it from multiple directions and angles. If you're to find what he's hiding anywhere, it'd be there...

Of course, it couldn't possibly go that smoothly, as your search is interrupted when your body hears the door to the closet opening up. You're frozen stiff, not daring to move a single muscle as Vinegar grabs a towel from the same shelf you're hiding on. His eyes glaze over your form hidden behind them, apparently thinking nothing of your presence, before he shuts the door again. You can hear him loudly complaining "Finally! Why couldn't we put this damn Sauna next to the training room, how is anyone supposed to relax if you can't find the damn place?!" as he walks off into the steamroom, apparently having been looking forward to it this entire time. Thirty minutes to find a single room...you sympathize, kind of.

You climb out of your hiding spot soon after, flushing from yet ignoring Azalea's following mental quip about relaxing with her someday. Relying on the mental map you've made of Garlic's castle, coupled with your ability to feel out the comparatively huge lifeforce of the Makyans inhabiting the castle, you manage to make your way all the way to the library without any more close encounters. There, it's a relatively quick and simple matter to check every book for the shelf connected to the impenetrable wall you noted earlier, and you find one in particular that triggers a mechanism that has the shelf swing inward with the walls.

Pumping a fist victoriously, you make your way inside of the dimly lit room beyond, making sure to press a button on the wall that you accurately guess closes the secret entrance from within. The room is absolutely covered with arcane sigils, and the walls are lined with tables that are filled to the brim with various apparatus used for both Alchemy and the art of Enchantment - and, rather unfortunately, you note a pile of discarded bones in the corner, with human skulls that strangely enough tend to have elongated canines more often than not. Azalea flutters around to examine some of the room's contents, a look of disgust and shock plastered on her face, and you set yourself to do the same.

Ultimately, your attention is drawn to a single object in the room above all else, one which gives you an uneasy feeling just to look at. Although its appearance is rather unassuming, being a black bejeweled vase or gourd of some kind with a stopper on the top, the magical power emanating from it betrays the demonic nature of it - the feel of the energy from it reminds you of the demons you met at Teal's castle. Your fists clench as your face twists into a grimace, glancing over to the pile of human remains. There's no doubt in your mind - they had to have been test subjects for whatever this perversion of nature that Garlic crafted is. You carefully pick the jar up and examine it, tracing small and near-invisible sigils on it only visible to those versed with magic, to determine that it seems to contain at least two spells that you're personally familiar with: Life Alteration and Mist of Darkness. You don't know the exact manner in which they interact and combine with one another, but the idea of an exponentially-spreading mist that can change people permanently sounds especially terrifying...you are at least comforted by the fact that it's in your hands, now.

Tucking it into Popo's basket for safekeeping, you grab Azalea's attention again, and move to head back out.

>Four Anons, roll me 1d20. You got in just fine, but let's see how your way out fares!
Character limits of 3k suck!

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5623557

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5623557

>>5623568
Somebody call the cops, there's a new cat burglar in town.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>5623557
rolling

>>5623568
sweet

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5623557

You slip out of the secret room and make sure to close it behind you as quietly as the mechanisms will allow. You're quick to start making your way towards the exit of the library, but pause in your tracks as your sensitive ears pick up footsteps despite no energy signature being felt from the direction they're coming from. You hear the familiar voice of Spice speaking up as he opens the door to the room, and you dash behind one of the standing shelves.

"Master Garlic? Are you back already?" He calls out, calmly walking directly to the shelf that hides the entrance of the hidden area. You take the opportunity to exit the way he came without so much as the slightest creak of the floor, your presence suppressed to the absolute limit that you can manage. It seems to work, as once you're already down the subsequent hallway you can hear him follow up with "Hm. I suppose not. I'd better not catch Nikki rooting through the Master's things out of boredom again..."

The rest of your exit is thankfully clear of such close calls, as none of the others seem to have the desire to mask their energy levels enough to take you off guard like that. Once you're at the lowest level of the castle, and thus able to board the Nimbus with considerably less risk of being seen by anyone that might be on the outer walkways, you're quick to slip onto the loyal cloud that had been patiently waiting for you the whole time - an act you're quite thankful for, because otherwise you'd definitely have to draw attention by calling to it. From there, it's an incredibly simple matter of shooting through the cloud cover to make your way back to the Sacred Land of Korin.

This time around, you telepathically reach out to Korin moments before your arrival. "We're on our way back up to Kami's, but it's for something very important that could be time-sensitive. Do you mind if we skip the climb just this once?" You ask him, and you can sense him mull it over for a few moments.

"Alright, but just this once. And you owe me some fish the next time you're in!" He bargains, earning a mental chuckle from you. With his permission granted, you drive the nimbus straight up the side of the tower, ascending the massive fixture in a matter of seconds. Once the Nimbus can go no further up, you launch yourself from it towards the power pole, and start to rapidly ascend the already-extended tool with an impressive display of speed and dexterity. It's not too long before you're at the top, and you climb up onto Kami's Lookout once more, only taking the slightest of moments to straighten your clothes to be more presentable before marching towards Kami's Throneroom.

Your senses, however, alert you to the fact that Garlic and Piccolo both seem to be in audience with Kami right now, with Barbar standing off to the side of the other two apprentices from what you can tell. Harum, you think, may be in one of the private quarters of the lookout - if not, then he's at least roughly around the area. Your eyes glance over to Popo standing at the front door, whose expression is rather neutral for once, and the attendant raises a hand to you in greeting.

"Lord Kami is currently teaching an important lesson his disciples. He asks for your patience if the matter is either not urgent or one that requires privacy, as always." Mr. Popo explains, to which you nod in response to despite inwardly cursing at the timing. You'd wanted to march this right to Kami given the dangerous nature of the item, but it might be a bit riskier with Garlic right there. Then again, Piccolo is also there, and you know for a fact that Piccolo is more than strong enough to handle Garlic should he try anything due to the reveal. Would it be wiser to wait for a private moment, or to let everyone openly know of Garlic's terrible creation and experiments? Your thoughts are in conflict with one another, but ultimately you choose to...

>Wait until Kami is alone to present your evidence. He's the authority here, so how the situation is handled should be entirely up to him. He'll know the best way to handle Garlic's betrayal.
>Reveal your evidence to everyone, right now. Everyone that could handle Garlic is in one place, and every second potentially counts if anyone finds out the mist is gone and can communicate that to him somehow.
>Something else? (I don't know what, but you might surprise me with a write-in for an avenue I didn't consider.)

>>5625081
>Mr. Popo, Could you tell Kami to pause the lesson, and tell for his students to wait just a little? It is a matter that is both urgent and requires privacy, and involves one of them.

>>5625081
>Reveal your evidence to everyone, right now. Everyone that could handle Garlic is in one place, and every second potentially counts if anyone finds out the mist is gone and can communicate that to him somehow.

>>5625081
>Mr. Popo, Could you tell Kami to pause the lesson, and tell for his students to wait just a little? It is a matter that is both urgent and requires privacy, and involves one of them.

>>5625086
supporting

>>5625081
>Mr. Popo, Could you tell Kami to pause the lesson, and tell for his students to wait just a little? It is a matter that is both urgent and requires privacy, and involves one of them.

>>5625086
>>5625092
>>5625097
>>5625641
>>5625650
Pretty clear vote! I'll get to writing.

Rolled 2, 47, 8, 4, 44, 39, 14, 10, 36 = 204 (9d50)

Feel free to ignore these rolls, they're not for you.
The first five are for Kami though, and the next four are for Garlic.

>>5626114
Kami got way too close to being crit failing

"Mr. Popo, Could you tell Kami to pause the lesson, and have his students to wait just a little? It is a matter that is both urgent and requires privacy, as it involves one of them." You ask, hoping that the expedience and relative privacy on the matter would work to your favour, even if it might put his apprentices on edge or make them wonder what could be important enough for such an interruption. Popo nods in response to you, keeping his hand held up for the moment while he mentally communes with the Guardian of Earth. After a tense half a minute of silence, he lowers his hand to instead gesture to the doorway, permitting your entry. You give him a grateful smile and bow your head quickly, only for your attention to be stolen when the doorway from the inner chambers opens up.

Piccolo is the only one to step through it, and he comes to a stop a few feet from it to glare down at you with his arms crossed. You haven't had many interactions with the intense figure, admittedly, and the few interactions you have had with him have always been tainted by your decision to train under Garlic instead of him. You doubt that now will be any different, and are proven right when he speaks up.

"Whatever you're going to Kami about had better be good. He's been busy with important matters like training his successor, you know." He says with a critical tone, Popo glancing from the green man to you with a bit of a nervous expression. To your own credit, you stand straight and look him square in the eye as you reply.

"It is. I wouldn't waste Lord Kami's time on trivial matters, I know how important his duties are." You state, before glancing down briefly and extending your hand out to him. "Still, I'm sorry for interrupting your lesson. I'll make it up to you sometime, okay?" You follow up. He raises an eyebrow curiously, and taps the back of your hand with the back of his own, as though he was batting it away.

"I'm not a child that needs appeased, Honta. We're not friends, either, so don't try and act like it. Just don't waste Lord Kami's time - he doesn't have much of it left." He rejects your proposal, while revealing...something you actually didn't know.

"Doesn't have much left? What do you mean?" You probe, trying to keep your expression neutral to hide your mild shock.

"He didn't tell you? His lifeforce is reaching its end. He only has a decade at most left before he'll be gone forever, assuming he takes things lightly. Could be sooner if he doesn't. That's why every second matters - if nobody meets the requirements, Earth will be without a guardian once he passes on." He reveals, which explains a great deal of his animosity towards interruptions. You'd always assumed it was just part of his aggression, but if Kami's time truly is nearing its natural conclusion, then there's definitely a certain urgency to this. You file that information away in the back of your mind for now, though.

"I see...then I'll make this quick, yeah. Thanks for letting me no, Piccolo." You thank him, earning a scoff from the alien as he resumes his walk, heading over to the edge of the lookout to peer down at the planet below in order to occupy his time. You take the opportunity to slip through the door he opened and close it behind you, heading up to Kami's throne once more.

The venerable Guardian stands up upon seeing you and raises his hand up to the air with each finger stretched out as far as it could go. A wave of magic pulses out from his hand, settling upon the walls and doors as a thin translucent barrier that clings to all surfaces save for you and Kami. You don't know exactly what the spell he just cast does, but you can assume it's meant to isolate the room in some way from the other areas of the lookout - a wise move, considering how eavesdropping could otherwise reveal quite the sensitive information. "Speak." Is all he says to you, as he gestures to you with his opposite hand.

"Garlic isn't fit to be the next Guardian of Earth. He...he made something terrible and hid it within his castle." You say, producing the jar containing what would later be known as the Black Water Mist and presenting it to Kami. The older man hesitates for the first time that you've seen, before reaching for it to take it from you and examine it. "To make things worse, I believe he experimented on people while he was making it. I don't know how he intends to use it, but the energy from it-" You continue, before Kami interrupts.

"Is pure evil. Indeed...this is a wicked creation. A most devious one, too - a clever combination of spells. For as long as the bottle was opened, it would spew out an endless amount of corruptive mist, and would turn anything that inhales it into...well, it could be called nothing other than a Demon." He explains, face showing great concern for what he holds in his hand. "Oh, Garlic...I had hoped I could quell the darkness in your heart before things went too far, but I fear I have been too lenient with you. I should have crushed your foolish ambitions instead of hoping to change your mind..." He speaks like a man wounded, heading back over to his throne to sit upon it.

"I'm sorry you had to find out like this, Lord Kami. That being said...it's only a matter of time before Garlic's people find out that it's gone missing. If that happens, I don't know what they'll do." You say, feeling out of place in the face of the old man's regrets. Kami's expression shifts to a rather sorrowful one for a brief moment, before it hardens into the familiar regal one you saw when you first met him.

"The creation of this artifact is treason against Earth. You are right, Wyald Honta - Garlic cannot be allowed to ever become the Guardian of Earth. He must be punished accordingly. Your job here is done - you shall have a reward for your due diligence after I've settled the matter with Garlic. For now, please stand near the doorway. I shall have Mr. Popo bring my foolish apprentice in..." He states, having collected himself entirely, as he tucks the cursed jar into his robes.

You do as he asks, and in less than a minute Garlic is coming through one of the side doors to the audience chamber. He's bearing a cordial smile and clasps his hands together, bowing his upper body to his master diligently. "Mr. Popo told me that you wished to see me specifically about an important matter, Master Kami. I shall do everything in my power to be in your service." The Makyan speaks up, lying as easily as he breathes to try to stay, as he perceives himself to be, on Kami's good side. He doesn't even glance your way, his attention focused solely on Kami.

"You would dare to approach me, smiling, with such wicked intentions dwelling within your heart, Garlic?" Kami speaks up with a livid tone, grip cracking the throne he sits upon. Garlic's expression quickly shifts to one of confusion and apprehension, before Kami brings the jar out from his robes to show it to Garlic. That's when the Makyan's face adopts a bit of a panic to it.

"That's not what you think it is, Master! I...liberated it, from a-" Garlic starts to say, before Kami thrusts his hand out to strike Garlic with a continuous bolt of lightning, causing the teal man to cry out in pain as his muscles lock up.

"You would DARE to lie before God? Do you think me so dim-witted that I could not sense YOUR magic upon this?!" Kami roars at his pupil, though to your once-master's credit, Garlic flexes his muscles and his energy in a burst all around him to break the line of electricity keeping him paralyzed.

"Very well, have it your way, 'master'. Yes, it's true, I created the Black Water Mist! And I'll use it to turn every single man, woman, and child on this planet into a loyal slave, a demonic soldier that will follow my every command." Garlic reveals, baring his fangs menacingly at his former teacher. "After all, if you won't hand Earth over to my rule willingly, I'll have no choice but to take it by force!" He follows up, raising his hand and creating a sphere of energy within it that he flings towards Kami at blistering fast speed.

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Despite his apparent age, Kami launches himself from the throne swiftly, narrowly avoiding the attack by flipping over it and coming to a stop while hovering midair. The Guardian of Earth creates his own orb of energy, blue in color, and flings it towards Garlic - and though Garlic crosses his arms to block it, as soon as it makes contact with the Makyan, it phases out of existence and it appears to you that a massive hole appeared underneath him, Garlic slouching forward as though something struck him from above and gritting his teeth. Kami launches more and more of those orbs, each of them dissipating on Garlic and deepening the hole in the floor, some unseen force slamming into Garlic from above each and every time, opening up fissuring wounds on the Makyan that bleed profusely from how hard they're striking him. It clicks for you what's happening - Kami must be using a spell that increases gravity in a certain range around what it strikes, given how not only Garlic reacts to it, but everything else caught in the field such as his falling blood and the ground itself.

"I was merely going to Banish you from earth, wicked pupil of mine, but I will offer no forgiveness to those who try to attack me. You will surrender and kneel before me, or I will rend you apart." Kami threatens with a grave tone, continuing to pelt Garlic with his favored attack until Garlic is truly forced to a knee. Garlic and Kami both pant from the exchange, for different reasons, and Garlic raises a hand up to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth before grinning.

"Is that all you've got? I'm just getting started!" He bellows out, his energy concentrating within his body and starting to expand. Things are going well for Kami so far, but this could end badly! Should you help? Kami told you to let him handle this, but you don't like just how rapidly Garlic's energy is growing!

>Strike Garlic, he hasn't even noticed you yet! (If you have a preferred technique to strike him with, write it in!)
>Alert Popo or Piccolo, Kami needs help, and they're his best bet for that! The room is still warded, so they might not have noticed yet!
>Obey Kami - don't interfere. This is a matter between student and master.
>Something else? (Write-in!)

>>5626141
>Alert Popo or Piccolo, Kami needs help, and they're his best bet for that! The room is still warded, so they might not have noticed yet!
Tell Mr. Popo, he should know what to do!

>>5626141
>>Alert Popo or Piccolo, Kami needs help, and they're his best bet for that! The room is still warded, so they might not have noticed yet!

>>5626141
>Alert Popo or Piccolo, Kami needs help, and they're his best bet for that! The room is still warded, so they might not have noticed yet!
Popo is da man.

>>5626141
>Obey Kami - don't interfere. This is a matter between student and master.

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>>5626137
>Thanks for letting me no, Piccolo
>letting me no

>>5626141
>Alert Popo or Piccolo, Kami needs help, and they're his best bet for that! The room is still warded, so they might not have noticed yet!

>>5626141
>>Alert Popo, Kami needs help, and they're his best bet for that! The room is still warded, so they might not have noticed yet!

Mentally alert Popo

Rolled 10, 60, 35 = 105 (3d70)

>>5626145
>>5626146
>>5626173
>>5626188
>>5626329
>>5626376
Nearly unanimous! Looks like we'll be calling for Mr. Popo to come and help!
To keep it interesting, why don't you guys roll for Kami this time around? Five anons, 1d50!
Oh, and here's Garlic's roll, now that he's powered himself up.

Rolled 34 (1d50)

>>5626797
Well shit.

Rolled 5 (1d40)

>>5626797
Calling the Popo was the right move, Kami is going to need help

Rolled 10 (1d50)

>>5626797
Oh wow. I know Kami said that Garlic and Piccolo are more powerful than he, but this is pretty rough.

Rolled 19, 21, 1 = 41 (3d50)

>>5626804
Such is life when your pupils are the kind of people to go psycho mode. On the bright side, here's the assistance that Mr. Popo can provide! If the combined best rolls of Popo and Kami can exceed Garlic's 60, then it becomes a mutual exchange instead of a loss!
>>5626800
You rolled a d40 on accident!

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>>5626808
MR. POPO, WHY?!

Rolled 29 (1d50)

>>5626808
Seems I did
>>5626811
The jobbing curse continues.
We might have to call Piccolo too

Rolled 23 (1d50)

>>5626797
Oh no.

Only one roll more to save us.

Rolled 40 (1d50)

>>5626827
I'll pick up the last one since it's been a hot minute, and I want to get writing!

>>5626845
ah, to late to roll.

Not only is Garlic's energy growing at a rapid pace, but his body is beginning to swell up as well, darkening in color to a deep blue as every inch of muscle expands to be easily three times its previous size. His robes prove to be insufficient for containing his new physique, ripping open across the torso and falling into a tattered mess around his waist. You take a tentative step back, unable to help feeling intimidated at the waves of malevolent power radiating off of Garlic now, but you break out of the mental block in order to try to reach out to Mr. Popo for assistance. Your thoughts emanate from your ki to reach out and try to connect to the attendant, but the telepathy deflects off the shielded walls of the room rather than penetrating through them. The thoughts echo back towards you, causing you to squeeze your eyes shut and clutch your head from the sudden migraine that the feedback induces.

You curse under your breath and sprint towards the door, wrenching it open to poke your head outside. "Mr. Popo! Kami needs your help, now!" You shout, earning a surprised look from the djinn before he rushes to enter the audience chamber. You can see Piccolo's ears twitch in the distance as he still watches over the world below from the edge of the lookout, and though he glances your way with an eyebrow raised in curiosity, he doesn't approach - presumably because he wasn't the one that was called for. As soon as Mr. Popo is inside, you whirl around to check on the situation.

It seems as though Garlic has closed the gap between himself and Kami, slamming one of his gigantic fists into Kami's gut so fiercely that it flings the ancient guardian towards the wall, only for Garlic to flicker into Kami's path with blazing speed and slam his elbow straight back into Kami's spine. Kami has no time to recover from the devastating strike before Garlic spins around and delivers a brutal backhand that catches Kami's entire torso thanks to its size, sending him sailing straight into the ground with such force that Kami's body rips up stone and tile before he comes to a stop against one of the adjoining walls.

"S-Stop! Garlic, what are you doing?! This isn't what Lord Kami taught you!" Mr. Popo cries out, shaking in a combination of worry and fear. Garlic looks over his shoulder and away from his mentor for the first time since he entered the room, baring his fangs at the attendant.

"That's Lord Garlic to you, snivelling worm! As for this..." He says, turning to glance back at the bloodied Kami that's now struggling to get back up with a vicious grin. "I'm simply teaching Kami what happens to anyone that gets in my way. You would do well to stay on the sidelines unless you want to join him." He warns, before he glances back and finally seems to notice you, narrowing his eyes. Whatever he's about to say or do to you is interrupted however, as Mr. Popo manifests a golden staff into his hands with a puff of smoke. The portly attendant is still shaking in his boots, but he's at least courageous enough to stand up for his master.

Garlic growls and fires twin beams of energy from his eyes that rip through Mr. Popo then and there, only for the image of Popo to fade away - the real Popo flickers into existence behind Garlic, twirling his staff in his hands so rapidly that it'd surely allow him to fly even without the innate ability to, and he swings the staff down as hard as he can towards the back of Garlic's head to try to transfer all of the momentum built up from spinning it. Garlic reaches up to grasp the staff before it can land, however, and with one simple squeeze he breaks the magically manifested weapon like it was nothing more than a twig. His other arm pulls back sharply, digging his elbow straight into Popo's gut and sending him flying to embed within the same wall that Kami is struggling to free himself from.

Slowly and confidently, Garlic marches up to Mr. Popo while cracking his knuckles. Once in front of him, he reaches out to grasp the attendant by the neck, delivering punch after punch straight into his opponent's face while choking the life out of him. It's an act of brutality that makes your blood boil just to watch, knowing you completely lack the power to stop Garlic, and your former mentor only seems to be in glee with the violence he's inflicting. He pulls Mr. Popo from the wall, who can do nothing but mumble about in a daze and weakly try in vain to pry Garlic's hands off of himself, before Garlic squeezes...and you hear a snap. The Otherworlder's body suddenly stops struggling and goes slack, the friendly face that you've seen every day adopting a neutral expression as the life begins to fade from his eyes.

"Mr. Popo! How...dare you!" Kami shouts, finally recovered but just a moment too late. Kami's body suddenly liquefies and shoots towards Garlic, only solidifying as it wraps around all of Garlic's body below the head. You, however, are still entirely focused on Mr. Popo's body, limp on the floor and completely devoid of life. You clench your fists as thoughts race through your mind - he didn't deserve such a fate. He was only trying to help. He's been nothing but helpful to anyone and everyone on the lookout, from the very first day you got here! He was always happy to cook with you, or for you on the days when training was too much, and he always had the best advice to give whenever you needed it. Why did trying to stop a monster mean he had to die?!

A blazing hot fury burns within your gut, the loss of someone you would earnestly consider a friend making your heart feel like it was caught in a vice. It's the kind of rage that wants to consume you, to make you go wild and tear apart the son of a bitch that so callously killed him. Your energy is starting to spike, instincts screaming at you to rip into Garlic and taste his blood. You hate how powerless you felt, being too weak to stop it before it happened. Your blood calls for vengeance!

>Listen to your blood, give in to the animalistic fury. Attack Garlic with everything you have, and more!
>Temper your rage, get Piccolo. Before it's too late for Kami too.
>Something...else...? (Write-in...?)

>>5626935
>Temper your rage, get Piccolo. Before it's too late for Kami too.
POPO, NOOOOOOOO

>>5626935
>>Temper your rage, get Piccolo. Before it's too late for Kami too.
Piccolo you idiot.

>>5626935
>Temper your rage, get Piccolo. Before it's too late for Kami too.
Oh man.

I didn't want to get Piccolo involved because I was afraid that they would escalate the fight too much, and Popo + Kami would have been enough.
But now I'm filled with regret. Hope that there's still a way to save Mr. Popo, like reversing the life drain. Otherwise it's Dragon Ball time

>>5626946
A snapped neck, but who knows, it might be possible if things resolve quickly enough!
On a different note, I'm shocked people are going for the logical option over the shonen option. Both are viable here!

>>5626935
>>Temper your rage, get Piccolo. Before it's too late for Kami too.

>>5626949
Oh good, the completely devoid of life and Garlic's magic made me think he drained Popo's life energy as well.
We may be able to save him with Azalea, Senzu beans or even desperate Life Alteration

>>5626935
>>Listen to your blood, give in to the animalistic fury. Attack Garlic with everything you have, and more!

Mirror image mist RUSH!

>>5626935
>Listen to your blood, give in to the animalistic fury. Attack Garlic with everything you have, and more!
Taking the logical option every time is lame, when has Honta ever backed down from an impossible enemy?

>>5626949
Honestly same. if popo is truly dead like Honta is inclined to belive then this wouldbe his first major loss right? like in terms of friends/family

>>5626949
>Listen to your blood, give in to the animalistic fury. Attack Garlic with everything you have, and more!
Changing vote.

>>5626949
>Both are viable here!
But how? Are we getting a boost to allow us that let's us roll d70s instead of d20s, to be able to fight with Garlic without hoping for him to job?

>>5626980
everything is a gamble either way, i say either go big or go home.
FOR POPO!!

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>>5626980
A fleeting yet powerful boost is practically a staple of dragonball, especially when the chips are down.

>>5626989
>>5626987
Alright, fuck it. You convinced me
>>5626937
Changing to
>Listen to your blood, give in to the animalistic fury. Attack Garlic with everything you have, and more!
FOR POPO!
NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

Rolled 26, 17, 32, 22, 48 = 145 (5d50)

>>5626942
>>5626956
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>>5626991
Been about an hour, so I'm calling the vote now!
Getting MAD wins!
First off, here's Kami's roll, for a bit of suspension...

Rolled 38, 55, 46 = 139 (3d70)

>>5627020
And now for Garlic's roll.
I'll need FOUR of you anons to each roll me 1d100 for this round only.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>5627021
LETS GO