"How about we start with you," said the Supreme Kai of Time, gesturing to Quint. He cleared his throat.
"My name is Quint Randall. I trained on Earth for a while, then I traveled abroad in order to get stronger. That path led me here."
"That's some blade you got there," the bald Saiyan said.
Quint smiled. "Yeah, I've had it for nearly five years now. It's helped me out of some tough situations."
"How the heck do you use it?" asked the Majin. "It's super heavy!"
"I've trained with it. It's a bit like using weighted clothing."
"Where did you get it?" the Kai inquired. "That certainly doesn't look like a sword made on Earth."
Of course she'd be curious about it, Quint thought. She probably doesn't see a human with the Z-Sword every day.
"Someone had just left it in the ground," he replied. "I got it out and fixed it up."
"Right," she retorted, drawing out the word. The Kai obviously knew that he wasn't telling everything. "How about you, what's your story?"
"I'm Runa!" the Majin said. "I'm the strongest fighter in my village, Hoppakopa. I came here to learn more about fighting!" She blushed a bit. "I'm not that good with Ki."
Quint remembered her pitiful blast from their fight. She's right about that.
"Well Runa," Trunks said, "I'm sure you'll learn a lot while you're here." He smiled as he said it, but Quint noticed something else. His eyes looked uneasy, as if he was hesitant to trust Runa, but didn't want her to know that. The look left as he looked towards the two Saiyans. "What about you two? You're Saiyans, correct?"
"Correct," said the woman. "I'm Brusselle, and this is my unnecessary but lovable bodyguard, Samphire." She gestured to the bald Saiyan.
"Just call me Sam," he said. "And I assure you, I'm not lovable."
"I thought nearly all the Saiyans were extinct," said the Frost Demon.
"Heh," the Namekian said under his breath. "You would know." Quint only heard him because they stood next to each other on the far left of the rough line they were in.
"That's true," said Brusselle. "Very few of us escaped Planet Vegeta's destruction. But we're a bit of a special case." She cleared her throat. "Vegeta the First had a bit of a feud with my grandfather. After he led the Saiyan race in the extermination of the Tuffles and took the planet for himself, his first act as the new King was to banish my entire family. And as soon as he was able to acquire technology for space flight, courtesy of the Cold Empire, my grandfather left the planet with his entire family, as well as several others who were against King Vegeta. They settled on Zukon, and now there's a modest population there."
"I never realized there were so may left!" Trunks exclaimed. "My father will have to hear this."
"Your father is he a Saiyan?" asked Sam.
"Yeah," Trunks responded. "He's… well this is awkward. He's the son of the King that banished your family; Prince Vegeta."
"Are you saying you're… Saiyan Royalty?" questioned a shocked Samphire.
"Well," said Trunk, rubbing his head. "I never thought of it like that. I guess I am."
"We'll have to talk then," said Brusselle. "Sam and I wanted to investigate stories of more Saiyans besides us."
"You guys can catch up later," interrupted the Supreme Kai of Time. "What about you, Frost Demon?"
"I prefer Cryojin," he replied.
"Why?" Runa asked. There was no malice or sarcasm in her tone. She was simply curious.
"It's a slur used by other races," he explained. "It's like if I called Brusselle here a monkey, it's rude and derogatory."
"Oh, sorry," Runa apologized, her head dropping.
"What are you apologizing for?" asked the Cryojin. "You didn't do anything. Anyway, my name is Nitro. I came here to help people, and to try to right the wrongs that my people have done."
That caught Quint's interest. He claims to not be responsible for the atrocities the Cold Empire committed, yet he obviously feels guilty. Something doesn't add up.
The human girl spoke up. "You said that the savior of the Namekians sent you here. How do you know Son Goku?"
If Nitro had eyebrows, they probably would've raised. "I met him while he was traveling the stars looking for strong opponents to face. I didn't give him much of a challenge, but apparently he thought I had potential, and decided to train me. After he taught me all he could, Goku recommended that I join the Time Patrol."
"So that's how you know Kaio-ken."
Nitro nodded. "And the Kamehameha wave. How do you know about all this? Have you met Goku?"
The girl looked flustered. "I've never met him," she explained, "But my grandpa told me all about him while he trained me. I went to the New Turtle and Crane School."
"Wait a minute," Trunks interjected. "You grandfather taught you at the Turtle and Crane School… are you Krillin's granddaughter?"
She looked embarrassed. "Yeah. My mom was never much of a fighter, but when I showed interest, my grandparents taught me everything they know."
The Supreme Kai of Time cocked her head. "We still haven't gotten your name."
"Oh yeah," said the girl. "It's Alice. Alice Ras."
"They all turned towards the Namekian.
He grunted. "My name is Mallet. I'm a warrior. I joined to destroy evil. That's all there is."
