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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: 2013-08-24 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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Date: 2013-08-27 06:23 pm (UTC)All of which doesn't leave much to be said. What can she say, to that? Instead, she just awkwardly takes a sip of her water.]
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Date: 2013-08-29 02:36 am (UTC)[She starts to shrug and then remembers exactly why she's not supposed to be moving that shoulder. There's a slight wince before she offers a little smile.]
It was kind of cool getting to know firsthand what she was like before I was born.
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Date: 2013-08-29 07:32 pm (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2013-08-30 09:45 am (UTC)[She's wondering if he's a quiet person like Wanda is.]
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Date: 2013-08-30 07:51 pm (UTC)He's... ... Serious. And very busy. But-- he genuinely wants to make the world a better place. So I can't fault him for that. I don't really know if he does have hobbies, he's always working. Always. But I remember he used to read to us, when we were little. And we had little toys that he made for us to play with...
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Date: 2013-09-01 12:13 am (UTC)[Bulla smiles a bit.]
Are you close with your brother? Mine's a lot older than me, but we do get along pretty well.
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Date: 2013-09-01 08:03 pm (UTC)With Pietro? ... Yeah. I wish we were closer, but it's not really... possible. We're very different. He puts up with me really well, though, and I know he cares. He has super speed, so just day-to-day-- life, the things everyone does, every day, take forever for him, and... he gets annoyed, because of it. And then there's me, and I have to be cautious and slow-- because of my powers. [She smiles, at the contrast.] It's not a very good combination. But... I know he tries, more with me than with anyone else. ... I appreciate his effort, and I enjoy whatever time we can spend together. He's in charge of my homeschooling now, which is... [Different? New? Intimidating? ] nice.
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Date: 2013-09-04 02:17 am (UTC)It's nice that he puts in that extra effort for you. It sounds like powers are really varied in your world. Powers in mine mostly come from extensive martial arts training or from being full or partially alien. Or both.
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Date: 2013-09-05 03:47 am (UTC)Your world... sounds like it would be much easier to-- train in. Easier to find a teacher, and learn control. That must be nice.
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Date: 2013-09-06 01:16 am (UTC)[She can't imagine having powers that were completely different from even her own family members. Well, she can, but she has no idea how she'd have managed without the benefit of a teacher. Being possessed by Eferin gave her pretty good insight into what it would be like to suddenly manifest new powers.]
There aren't too many people in the world who can use ki...but anyone who has enough to be able to fly or use ki blasts will probably attract the attention of the people who can. Especially if it's because the person is a great martial artist rather than just born with an abnormally high amount of it. The annual world tournament is a pretty big deal in my world.
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Date: 2013-09-06 09:13 am (UTC)Is-- Ki something you can train to have? Or do people just have it or not? ... What's the Annual World Tournament? ... It sounds important.
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Date: 2013-09-07 09:45 pm (UTC)Well, technically everyone has at least a little ki. Unless they're an android or something. It's life force energy. It takes a lot of physical training for most people to have enough to fly or do anything else with. Having a lot of it is partially genetic for Saiyans, but it still takes training to learn how to use it, and it grows with training.
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Date: 2013-09-08 12:33 am (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2013-09-08 02:59 am (UTC)[It's that last inquiry that gets her thinking.]
There were these little devices called scouters that would give a reading on what someone's power level was at. They're not really in use anymore, though, since they weren't produced on Earth and they break if someone's power is over a certain level. Trained fighters can sense approximately how powerful someone is. That's...surprisingly hard, though. Learning to fly was way easier.
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Date: 2013-09-08 03:12 am (UTC)... I suppose if I had any ki worth noticing, I would have noticed by now. ... I'm glad to hear flying's easier than something though.
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Date: 2013-09-10 02:15 am (UTC)[In fact, Bulla's confident she'll be able to help with that, even if it would probably be better for her to learn from Gohan, Goten or Trunks if they were here. More knowledgable and yet patient enough to teach.]
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Date: 2013-09-10 06:50 am (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2013-09-11 02:42 am (UTC)You have to be able to feel your body's energy inside of you. It takes a bit to learn how to sense it, but once you can do that, the steps to learn how to fly aren't as hard.
[She's not going to encourage Wanda to try flying until she's certain that her arm's healed up enough to catch her friend if need be.]
It's...a little like meditating, actually.