1st shopping trip [Video/Action]

[fashionably_strong]

[The blue haired girl who appears on the video feed is nothing short of irate.]

Bad enough that I get taken away just before I got to go home, but some creep changes my clothes while I'm unconscious and leaves me with this plain thing?!

[She looks disdainfully at the plain white sundress.]

Don't even get me started on surgical modification. Ugh. I want to know who's in charge of this sketchy operation so I can give them a piece of my mind!

[Bulla clenches a petite fist and looks like she wants to smack someone. Then she realizes that anyone else who has a little book device like this probably isn't in a much better situation.]

Sorry...this is just so not what I needed right now, so if anyone is listening and can tell me who I should go yell at, I'd appreciate it.

[Action]

[The teenager is a decidedly unhappy camper. She just wants to be home with her family where she belongs, but instead she's stuck here. She'd really like to slap the pervert who undressed her and took her clothes. Even discovering that she'd be able to get them back doesn't really make up for what's happened. She's tempted to fly in the air to get a better view of the area in the hopes of spotting an escape route...but she'll save that for later. There are priorities that need to be addressed. Namely this bland little sundress she's currently wearing.

She wanders along, exploring and doing her best to remember where she's going. A couple of times, she finds herself lost and begins marking where she's been with a stick on the ground. It helps, and after a while she reaches the town.

Bulla looks irritable right up until she spots a clothing shop with a cute shirt and skirt combination on display amongst other outfits. Her expression visibly brightens and she makes a beeline for the shop.]

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[fashionably_strong]

I'm not sure. He seems to have fun scaring them, though.

[She laughs a little at that, and at her mother's comment on Chi Chi's clothing.]

Chi Chi's fashion sense is...her own.

[That's the most diplomatic way Bulla can phrase it.]

[capsuleprincses]

Oh, I'm sure of that. Your father is a psychotic sadistic alien after all, I'm sure that he needs a certain cuota of scared people to even survive.

[Despite her timeline, despite how much of a mess she's right now regarding Vegeta, there's clearly something in her tone that speaks of affection for him. Unsure and confused affection but it's there nonetheless.]

Have I ever told you how people think that she's older than me when we're together? She had slightly better taste when she was a kid,though she didn't wear that many clothes back then so it's hard to mess up with that.

[It's good that Bulla is diplomatic. She can be the diplomatic one of the two, Bulma will just shake her head at the memories.]

You should have seen how she dressed Gohan when he was a kid.

[fashionably_strong]

I remember being surprised when I found out she was younger than you. But you age really well, Mom. You and dad, both. I'm not going to need wrinkle cream in my life until I'm like...sixty five.

[Bulla's pretty grateful for her genetics, all in all. She may not be a warrior like Trunks, but Saiyan DNA made gym class at school a breeze. She looks more like her mother, though, and she's grateful for that.]

I saw the pictures of Gohan...but he still dresses like a nerd.

[capsuleprincess]

Well, your father has it easy what with those saiyan genetics, I hope you have gotten that from him. I may age well but I do still take care of my skin, you know. I don't need wrinkle cream but every skin appreciates a good hydration and cleaning.

[That reminds her about her beauty salon. Did anyone take care of after she left? She can't see Goku doing so, but she has honest doubts to even if he still lives in the house or went to the forest. With that man it was hard to know.]

I can't say I'm very surprised, she got the poor kid right from the start. He was just four years old and claiming that he wanted to be a scholar.

[A sigh.]

I have nothing against studies, I would prefer if you and your brother were well educated both in manners and intelligence. But it seems rash to me to have a kid that small having those dreams... Please, darling, tell me I'm not the kind of mother that imposes a dream on her children.

Besides the part of one of you having to take care of the company, but that's not a dream, that's a job and trust me, it's better to have a sure job like that than to not have any.

[Money doesn't grow on trees, after all.]

[fashionably_strong]

No, you never did that whole "I regretted not doing this so now you have to do it" thing. I'd take care of the company if Trunks wasn't already doing it.

[She's never really given much thought to her future, though. She's never had to.]

Luckily, he is, because I don't think anyone would listen to a fifteen year old President.

[capsuleprincess]

[She sighs, relieved.]

Thank, God. Your grandparents never were the forcing kind either, I was always able to do whatever I wanted within reasonable limits. I would have hate to turn into someone like Chi Chi. She's not a bad person but... Well, to each their own.

[Bulma waves a hand dismissively. While she can get along with Chi Chi, there are many things they just don't match. Not to mention the jealousy and envy that always lays there, because Chi Chi was able to get married to a good man and get a family while Bulma was stuck with just Yamcha if she was lucky. That's not something to gossip with a daughter about, how sometimes she would find herself thinking that Chi Chi isn't that pretty and that the only reason she got married was because she basically forced Goku to do it. Those are pathetic and cruel thoughts that she quickly throws away but it's hard to not be jealous and cruel when the people around you get what you always wished for while you remind stuck behind.]

I don't know what to say, though. Even if you're not a genius like I am, I'm sure that with the character you must have inherited from both your father and me they would come to listen to you in no time.

[fashionably_strong]

Well, I am pretty good at getting my way.

[She's never really tried in a business context before, but if the need arose and there wasn't anyone more capable who could handle it, she'd take on the responsibility.]

Trunks is really smart so the company's in good hands.

[capsuleprincess]

I would be disappointed if you weren't. That is a very vital trait of me that any of my children need to have.

[No really, leading the company is a difficult thing even when ignoring the most technical aspects. Just talking to the stupid stockholders, investors, suppliers and even the clients is a taxing task and a hard battle in which everything goes down to her getting her way unless she wants the company to start being lead to bankrupt. It's a real curse that normally people with money aren't blessed with intelligence like her family is.]

You're making me wish he was here. I can imagine him dressed up in a suit like a good proper president, if his hair remains the way I remember the future him having it he will only be missing glasses to be just like your grandfather when he started the company!

[She hasn't even really met the kid and she's already blooming with pride. Yeah, she was pretty desperate to have a family so her adaptation to having kids is fast once the shock gets away.]