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When we last left the Z Crew, Dende was just finishing explaining the rules of the roleplaying game. So, what will happen next? Will Chaotzu and Tien restrain their angers? What about Vegeta? Will he be able to not kill anyone? This and more, coming next!
"Ok," Dende said, "are there any questions?" Surprisingly, no one said anything. "Wow, that was easier than I thought. Ok, then, lets pick characters, shall we? Who wants to go first?"
"Oh, I will!" Goku said, filled with childlike exuberance. "I wanna be....VEGETA!"
"WHAT????" a chorus of voices sounded around the room.
"You wouldn't dare, Kakkarot!" Vegeta shouted. "There is NO way you can be me!"
"Yes, there is, Vegeta. I just said I was going to be you so I'm you, so NYAH!" Goku's taunting was about to get to him when Bulma put a hand on Vegeta's arm.
"Its ok, Vegeta, Goku will do fine, you know that..." she let her words taper off, not quite sure of her own statement. "Really," she said, much more assuredly.
"Oh, ok, but then I will play as you, Kakkarot," Vegeta replied with a smirk on his face, "So don't trash me unless you want to be trashed, too!"
"Trash?" Goku asked, mainly to himself, then shook his head. "Ok, Vegeta, if you say so...or should I say, 'Fine, Kakkarot!'" doing his best impression of the Saiyan prince. Everyone save Vegeta chuckled at that line.
"What? What is so funny? He didn't do half bad, for a third class Saiyan!" Vegeta said. More chuckles came out of that line.
"I don't mean to butt in, but can I go next?" Videl asked.
"Sure, Videl," Dende said. "Who do you want to be?"
Videl had a twinkle in her eye when she said "I'm going to play as Gohan."
"I shoulda guessed that one," Krillin said to his wife, who responded with her normal I-don't-care look. Krillin, on the other hand, saw the glimmer in her eye that said he had amused her, and he laughed quietly.
"What's so funny?" Gohan and Videl both asked simultaneously. They both then looked at each other, then Gohan blushed. Videl then looked away as if nothing had happened, and the entire Z crew (once again, except Vegeta) chuckled at their antics.
"Well, then, if something is so funny, Krillin, why don't you go next?" Gohan asked, almost back to his normal color.
"Oh, ok Gohan, I will. I'll play as...hmmm...well, I can't be Goku, so why don't I play as Trunks? Yeah, I think I'll be Trunks. I've always wanted to be a Super Saiyan," Krillin said. "What about you, dear? Who are you going to be?"
"Well, I think I'll be you, Krillin." This now caused Krillin to flush crimson, but much less than Gohan just had.
There was then a moment of silence before someone spoke up. It was Chi Chi. "I'm not used to being in the fights, and I think I'll stay that way, so I think I'll play as Dende."
"Why, thank you, Chi Chi. That was nice of you," Dende said, then he looked around. "What about you, Piccolo? Who will you play as?"
"I really don't want to play this game, Dende. Why don't you ask someone else?"
"Aw, Piccolo, c'mon! It'll be fun!" Gohan said, trying to press his friend and mentor into playing.
"Ok, kid, for you, I'll play. I'll be Hercule." At that, everyone (this time, save Hercule) face-faulted. When they regained their senses, the first thing they asked was if Piccolo had lost his (senses, that is). Piccolo assured them that he did want to play as Hercule, and Hercule just looked a little embarrassed that he would be picked at all.
"Well, I guess I should repay your kindness, Piccolo. I, Hercule, Martial Arts...oops, sorry, I was getting a little carried away... In any event, I will play as Piccolo," Hercule said.
"What about you, Gohan? You haven't chosen yet," Dende said.
"Oh, I was just letting everyone else take their turns. I think I'll play as Videl, though. She may not be quite as super powered as us, but she makes a much bigger mark on the world than any of us could with her power, and..." Gohan trailed off when he noticed that Videl was staring at him, speechless. This, of course, caused him to blush rather pronouncedly. And that, of course, drew a snide comment from Krillin and laughs all around.
Videl, on the other hand, wasn't sure if she should be happy or angry. Here Gohan was, saying she was so great and he wanted to play as her, but he was also saying she was a weakling, sort of. "Well, I guess, compared to the others here, I am," Videl thought. She then decided to take the remark as a complement and winked, just slightly, at Gohan. Again, Gohan turned bright red.
"Gohan," Goku said, repeating an oft forgotten line, "is that sunburn, or are you blushing...AGAIN?" Once more, chuckles passed around the room. Gohan just sat in his seat and looked at the table in front of him.
"Let's not forget about me, here!" Bulma said. "Isn't anyone going to ask who I want to be?"
"I'm sorry, Bulma, we thought you were just thinking, yeah! We thought you were thinking!" Goku said, displaying, for once, some quick thinking in a social situation.
"Well, then, ok... If that's how it is..." Bulma replied. "Anyway, I think that I'll play as Mr. Popo. That'll be fun, eh, Chi Chi? We get to play friends, so we will have it easy!"
"Ok, then," Dende said, "How about you two? Trunks, Goten, who do you want to play as?"
Trunks went first. "I wanna be Tien."
"And I wanna be Chaotzu!" Goten said. "Don't worry, though, Chaotzu, I will try to be like you, I promise." That seemed to keep Chaotzu from getting angry again, but Goten really couldn't tell, since he wore all that make-up.
Chaotzu went next. "I'm going to be Yamcha." "Payback time," Chaotzu thought. Yamcha, as if reading Chaotzu's mind, gulped.
Tien was up next. "Well, I think all that's left are Chi Chi and Bulma, am I right? Or are you playing, too, Marron?" Marron shook her head. "Ok, well, I guess I will be Bulma, and that makes Yamcha Chi Chi."
"Well, I think that takes care of picking characters," Dende said. "No one was forgotten, right?" At that, no one spoke up. "Alright then, now I'll start telling you your stats, so get out a pencil and some paper." With that, Dende started reading off stats to people. It was quite uneventful until he got to Vegeta. "Ok, Vegeta. Goku has a power level of 7,000,000 for this..." At that, Vegeta cut Dende off.
"What, 7 million? But you told Kakkarot my power level was only 6! That has to be wrong!" Vegeta said, obviously infuriated.
"Whoa, Vegeta, remember, its just a game!" Bulma said. "Its not like they were there with scouters or could sense your energies or anything. They just made up these numbers."
"Fine. Kakkarot has a power level of 7 million. Go on," Vegeta said, not quite amused. And so, Dende finished telling Vegeta what to write down, which he did, though he was not happy with most of it. Dende then went on and told others their stats, until he got to Videl.
"Ok, Videl. Gohan has a power level of 9 million..." Again, Dende was cut off, and, again, it was Vegeta.
"WHAT? Kakkarot's brat even has more power than me??? This is NOT FAIR!!!" he shouted, then he began to curse the makers of the game as well as their mothers, until Bulma stopped him (again).
"Vegeta! Calm yourself down! We don't need you accidentally going Super Saiyan in here, now do we?"
"Grr.....fine."
"Well, then, uh, Videl, where were we? Oh, yes, Gohan has a speed of..." Dende said and then continued to tell her the stats for Gohan while Vegeta murmured something about 'why do I always end up less powerful than these other weaklings?' or something like that. The rest of the process of making out character sheets was pretty uneventful.
Finally, after reading the stats for Tien to Trunks, Dende was finished. "Ok, everyone," the Guardian of Earth said, "Now that you know who you are playing and what you can do, lets get started with the game. This is all going to be fictional, we aren't going to do something you have already done, so, where do you all want to start?"
And that, fair reader (and reviewer, hopefully) is the question I leave for you to ponder as I end this chapter. If you have any ideas, drop them in your reviews, or don't, I don't really care, as long as you keep the reviews coming!
-htmLord
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When we last left the Z Crew, Dende was just finishing explaining the rules of the roleplaying game. So, what will happen next? Will Chaotzu and Tien restrain their angers? What about Vegeta? Will he be able to not kill anyone? This and more, coming next!
"Ok," Dende said, "are there any questions?" Surprisingly, no one said anything. "Wow, that was easier than I thought. Ok, then, lets pick characters, shall we? Who wants to go first?"
"Oh, I will!" Goku said, filled with childlike exuberance. "I wanna be....VEGETA!"
"WHAT????" a chorus of voices sounded around the room.
"You wouldn't dare, Kakkarot!" Vegeta shouted. "There is NO way you can be me!"
"Yes, there is, Vegeta. I just said I was going to be you so I'm you, so NYAH!" Goku's taunting was about to get to him when Bulma put a hand on Vegeta's arm.
"Its ok, Vegeta, Goku will do fine, you know that..." she let her words taper off, not quite sure of her own statement. "Really," she said, much more assuredly.
"Oh, ok, but then I will play as you, Kakkarot," Vegeta replied with a smirk on his face, "So don't trash me unless you want to be trashed, too!"
"Trash?" Goku asked, mainly to himself, then shook his head. "Ok, Vegeta, if you say so...or should I say, 'Fine, Kakkarot!'" doing his best impression of the Saiyan prince. Everyone save Vegeta chuckled at that line.
"What? What is so funny? He didn't do half bad, for a third class Saiyan!" Vegeta said. More chuckles came out of that line.
"I don't mean to butt in, but can I go next?" Videl asked.
"Sure, Videl," Dende said. "Who do you want to be?"
Videl had a twinkle in her eye when she said "I'm going to play as Gohan."
"I shoulda guessed that one," Krillin said to his wife, who responded with her normal I-don't-care look. Krillin, on the other hand, saw the glimmer in her eye that said he had amused her, and he laughed quietly.
"What's so funny?" Gohan and Videl both asked simultaneously. They both then looked at each other, then Gohan blushed. Videl then looked away as if nothing had happened, and the entire Z crew (once again, except Vegeta) chuckled at their antics.
"Well, then, if something is so funny, Krillin, why don't you go next?" Gohan asked, almost back to his normal color.
"Oh, ok Gohan, I will. I'll play as...hmmm...well, I can't be Goku, so why don't I play as Trunks? Yeah, I think I'll be Trunks. I've always wanted to be a Super Saiyan," Krillin said. "What about you, dear? Who are you going to be?"
"Well, I think I'll be you, Krillin." This now caused Krillin to flush crimson, but much less than Gohan just had.
There was then a moment of silence before someone spoke up. It was Chi Chi. "I'm not used to being in the fights, and I think I'll stay that way, so I think I'll play as Dende."
"Why, thank you, Chi Chi. That was nice of you," Dende said, then he looked around. "What about you, Piccolo? Who will you play as?"
"I really don't want to play this game, Dende. Why don't you ask someone else?"
"Aw, Piccolo, c'mon! It'll be fun!" Gohan said, trying to press his friend and mentor into playing.
"Ok, kid, for you, I'll play. I'll be Hercule." At that, everyone (this time, save Hercule) face-faulted. When they regained their senses, the first thing they asked was if Piccolo had lost his (senses, that is). Piccolo assured them that he did want to play as Hercule, and Hercule just looked a little embarrassed that he would be picked at all.
"Well, I guess I should repay your kindness, Piccolo. I, Hercule, Martial Arts...oops, sorry, I was getting a little carried away... In any event, I will play as Piccolo," Hercule said.
"What about you, Gohan? You haven't chosen yet," Dende said.
"Oh, I was just letting everyone else take their turns. I think I'll play as Videl, though. She may not be quite as super powered as us, but she makes a much bigger mark on the world than any of us could with her power, and..." Gohan trailed off when he noticed that Videl was staring at him, speechless. This, of course, caused him to blush rather pronouncedly. And that, of course, drew a snide comment from Krillin and laughs all around.
Videl, on the other hand, wasn't sure if she should be happy or angry. Here Gohan was, saying she was so great and he wanted to play as her, but he was also saying she was a weakling, sort of. "Well, I guess, compared to the others here, I am," Videl thought. She then decided to take the remark as a complement and winked, just slightly, at Gohan. Again, Gohan turned bright red.
"Gohan," Goku said, repeating an oft forgotten line, "is that sunburn, or are you blushing...AGAIN?" Once more, chuckles passed around the room. Gohan just sat in his seat and looked at the table in front of him.
"Let's not forget about me, here!" Bulma said. "Isn't anyone going to ask who I want to be?"
"I'm sorry, Bulma, we thought you were just thinking, yeah! We thought you were thinking!" Goku said, displaying, for once, some quick thinking in a social situation.
"Well, then, ok... If that's how it is..." Bulma replied. "Anyway, I think that I'll play as Mr. Popo. That'll be fun, eh, Chi Chi? We get to play friends, so we will have it easy!"
"Ok, then," Dende said, "How about you two? Trunks, Goten, who do you want to play as?"
Trunks went first. "I wanna be Tien."
"And I wanna be Chaotzu!" Goten said. "Don't worry, though, Chaotzu, I will try to be like you, I promise." That seemed to keep Chaotzu from getting angry again, but Goten really couldn't tell, since he wore all that make-up.
Chaotzu went next. "I'm going to be Yamcha." "Payback time," Chaotzu thought. Yamcha, as if reading Chaotzu's mind, gulped.
Tien was up next. "Well, I think all that's left are Chi Chi and Bulma, am I right? Or are you playing, too, Marron?" Marron shook her head. "Ok, well, I guess I will be Bulma, and that makes Yamcha Chi Chi."
"Well, I think that takes care of picking characters," Dende said. "No one was forgotten, right?" At that, no one spoke up. "Alright then, now I'll start telling you your stats, so get out a pencil and some paper." With that, Dende started reading off stats to people. It was quite uneventful until he got to Vegeta. "Ok, Vegeta. Goku has a power level of 7,000,000 for this..." At that, Vegeta cut Dende off.
"What, 7 million? But you told Kakkarot my power level was only 6! That has to be wrong!" Vegeta said, obviously infuriated.
"Whoa, Vegeta, remember, its just a game!" Bulma said. "Its not like they were there with scouters or could sense your energies or anything. They just made up these numbers."
"Fine. Kakkarot has a power level of 7 million. Go on," Vegeta said, not quite amused. And so, Dende finished telling Vegeta what to write down, which he did, though he was not happy with most of it. Dende then went on and told others their stats, until he got to Videl.
"Ok, Videl. Gohan has a power level of 9 million..." Again, Dende was cut off, and, again, it was Vegeta.
"WHAT? Kakkarot's brat even has more power than me??? This is NOT FAIR!!!" he shouted, then he began to curse the makers of the game as well as their mothers, until Bulma stopped him (again).
"Vegeta! Calm yourself down! We don't need you accidentally going Super Saiyan in here, now do we?"
"Grr.....fine."
"Well, then, uh, Videl, where were we? Oh, yes, Gohan has a speed of..." Dende said and then continued to tell her the stats for Gohan while Vegeta murmured something about 'why do I always end up less powerful than these other weaklings?' or something like that. The rest of the process of making out character sheets was pretty uneventful.
Finally, after reading the stats for Tien to Trunks, Dende was finished. "Ok, everyone," the Guardian of Earth said, "Now that you know who you are playing and what you can do, lets get started with the game. This is all going to be fictional, we aren't going to do something you have already done, so, where do you all want to start?"
And that, fair reader (and reviewer, hopefully) is the question I leave for you to ponder as I end this chapter. If you have any ideas, drop them in your reviews, or don't, I don't really care, as long as you keep the reviews coming!
-htmLord