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fashionably_strong[Though she typically prefers video communication, Bulla deliberately selects voice. It's difficult to tell whether she sounds a little off because she's tired, depressed, or sick, but she's definitely not her usual upbeat and sociable self.]
Hi, everyone. I could use some suggestions for a distraction or three. Preferably something where you don't have to move around much.
[Truthfully, she's tired, depressed, and not feeling well, though it's due to an injury rather than illness. Her mother has vanished from Luceti, and she's recovering from the worst injury she's ever had in her life courtesy of a cultist.]
...and if you're suggesting reading, please suggest a specific book, because I've already read everything I have here in the house.
Hi, everyone. I could use some suggestions for a distraction or three. Preferably something where you don't have to move around much.
[Truthfully, she's tired, depressed, and not feeling well, though it's due to an injury rather than illness. Her mother has vanished from Luceti, and she's recovering from the worst injury she's ever had in her life courtesy of a cultist.]
...and if you're suggesting reading, please suggest a specific book, because I've already read everything I have here in the house.
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Date: 2013-08-18 08:26 pm (UTC)Hey Wanda. Thanks for dropping by.
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Date: 2013-08-18 08:30 pm (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2013-08-18 08:59 pm (UTC)[Who then went on to kill all of the cultists, thanks to recovering his super saiyan abilities.]
I'm actually doing a lot better than I was a couple of days ago.
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Date: 2013-08-18 09:04 pm (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2013-08-18 09:41 pm (UTC)It's okay. I knew what you meant.
[She takes the offered books.]
Thank you for bringing these. I've been too sore to really do much. Today's the first day I've been able to move around without it being a big problem.
[Which is part of why her father isn't home. She's functioning enough that she can get around the house.]
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Date: 2013-08-18 09:54 pm (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2013-08-18 10:33 pm (UTC)[Saiyans and half-saiyans did recover much faster than normal people, even if it wasn't instantaneous.]
Are you thirsty?
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Date: 2013-08-18 10:35 pm (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2013-08-18 10:41 pm (UTC)[She's probably less likely to make a mess of the kitchen this way. Though she is superhumanly strong, at the moment, it hurts carrying anything that weighs at least a few pounds with her left arm.
She flies to grab cups on an upper cupboard shelf rather than standing on her tip toes and stretching, or moving a chair over to stand on, and passes them down with her good hand one by one to Wanda.]
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Date: 2013-08-18 11:04 pm (UTC)Thank you...
[She takes the glasses to the sink to get water, more out of habit than anything else. ]
How long do you think you're going to be hurt?
[Action] ...and here's a good opportunity for Wanda to discover Bulla's not a mutant
Date: 2013-08-19 02:53 am (UTC)[In fact, in the few days she's spent recovering, the injury has healed up enough to the point that it looks more like a normal person's injury would after a week and a half to two weeks. She's still got plenty of healing to go, but with all the sleeping she's been doing, that ki of hers has been working hard to get her out of the danger stage.]
Re: [Action] ...and here's a good opportunity for Wanda to discover Bulla's not a mutant
Date: 2013-08-19 04:03 am (UTC)... It must be a good thing, at least? If it means you'll ...heal faster.
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Date: 2013-08-20 01:28 am (UTC)[She'll just avoid talking about the genocide of the Saiyan people at the moment.]
It is a good thing...that's why I've got the powers that I do. Although the strongest human martial artists can learn to use ki, too.
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Date: 2013-08-20 01:52 am (UTC)They're very cool powers. I-- do wish I could fly... like that. On purpose. ... It looks very useful. Do you ever get-- scared? Like you... might fall? Oh-- Yours? [She finally remembers to offer the glass of water to the other girl.]
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Date: 2013-08-22 01:02 am (UTC)[She takes the glass with her right hand and has a sip.]
I'd only worry if my powers suddenly got nullified in mid-air. I'm pretty durable, so unless my powers were nullified, if I fell, I'd probably survive.
[The injuries might suck big time, but she'd survive and recover.]
I'll tell you what - as soon as I'm better, I'll try and teach you how I use my ki to fly. I don't know if that'll help you control your magic the same way, but it might work.
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Date: 2013-08-22 07:13 pm (UTC)Anyway, falling still sounds scary. Even if you know you can survive it. But it just looks so amazing.
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Date: 2013-08-24 01:02 am (UTC)I wonder if maybe being scared of falling is what's holding you back from being able to fly, if your magic lets you do that while you're sleeping.
[Being scared of making a mistake was what made her poor at ki blasts, but she's begun gaining confidence in her abilities.]
Maybe if I'm flying right beside you, that might help you relax a little?
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Date: 2013-08-24 03:38 am (UTC)I-- wouldn't mind flying with you. You could at least help... slow my decent to earth if I did fall.
Ah. But-- I came over to help you... not see how you could help me. I-- can I help, at all?
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Date: 2013-08-24 07:23 pm (UTC)[Specifically to brood. He probably feels guilty that she got hurt trying to protect him, when he'd once said he wouldn't let anything hurt her. It was her choice, and she wouldn't take it back. The only thing she'd do over would be moving just a little quicker so that the cultist would miss them both.]
Probably in the mountains. Maybe the Battle Dome for some of the time.
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Date: 2013-08-24 07:44 pm (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2013-08-24 08:25 pm (UTC)[Bulla knows that the situation had consistently blown her mother's mind, even though she'd been happy to know that her dreams of finding someone who was right for her and having kids came true.]
I'm happy that she gets to go home where she belongs, but I'm also going to miss her.
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Date: 2013-08-24 08:53 pm (UTC)The way... time... exists here-- with people coming from different points-- It's beyond weird. Can you even imagine something like that?
[Wanda shakes her head.] I... admit, I'm jealous that you have your family here. I wouldn't wish this place on anyone, but-- if someone has to be here. Hm. ... At least you still have your father? [The more she spoke, the more awful she felt what she was saying was coming out as. "Hey, this place sucks! Glad your dad is still here." What?! Shut up, shut up, shut up!]
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Date: 2013-08-24 09:43 pm (UTC)[She'd rather that no one get drafted, but if she had to pick a family member or friend to get drafted, she'd pick someone powerful who's been training for decades.]
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Date: 2013-08-24 10:11 pm (UTC)... He sounds very capable. I'm glad you still have him. And-- your mom will be waiting for you, when you get to go home... right? [A bit of a risky assumption, she knows. After all, she herself doesn't have a mother waiting at home. But she doesn't get that impression from Bulla.]
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Date: 2013-08-27 09:45 am (UTC)It was just really bad timing. I'm glad she's free of this place, but I wish I could have had at least another couple of weeks with her.
[She suspects her father would be in a better place mentally if her mother had been around while Bulla recovered from her injuries. Selfish as it is, she knows she would have been, even though she knows there's nothing she could have done about this.]
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