The Kai nods, casting a quizzical glance at the ball-riding jester herself. "Ummm... yeah, that was me, I'm a Kai. I had picked up on a timespace hole and decided to force it open with my power to see what was on the other side, but, uh... Now I'm here."
"So if you're a Kai, and you have your own pair of Potara... you must be very strong!" says Cabba excitedly.
"Wrong."
"Oh."
"I mean... I'm strong, but I've got a long ways to go. So, uh... My name is Rhea. What all is there to do here?"
Edited by KiriK on Oct 23rd 2018 at 12:54:22 PM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Niko turns to GE!Thor, and has never been this thankful before that he showed up.
"No, I'm alright.", he says, relieved.
BE!Tobajas then nods at GE!Thor.
"You read my mind, I was about to bring it up.", he says. He then glances back to Niko, his eyes narrowed again. With GE!Thor present though, Niko has the courage to talk.
"Um... is... something wrong?"
"Wrong, no. But you look familiar. ... Demo?"
Niko looks surprised. He'd always felt like the odd one out in his family, at least until after the Missingno incident. The time they'd spent together then really did assure him that he was a part of it. However, for his grandfather to immediately see a similarity between him and his father actually makes him feel really good inside, while also making him feel even sillier that he ever thought he wasn't like anyone in his family in any way.
He smiles at him.
"I'm... actually his son. From the future."
BE!Tobajas pauses, blinks.
"He has a son? O-or rather, he'll have a son?"
"A-and a daughter. I have an older si-"
Cue BE!Tobajas surprising Niko with a very happy hug.
"Oh, you have no idea how happy it makes me to know that he and Argo will have a real family someday!"
Niko, while somewhat in an awkward position due to the hug, can't help but feel happy at his grandfather's reaction, which GE!Thor'll also probably notice.
"Hey, hey, hey, I dunno. Just got here myself.", the little guy suddenly replies to Rhea, balancing on his ball. "So I've got no clue."
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In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."Easy, Cabba, not everyone who's strong is gonna wanna fight you for the hell of it just because you asked nicely," Nicole reprimands Cabba, shaking her head in annoyance. How she managed to keep her sanity intact despite having to deal with the reckless antics of Sisters and Saiyans alike was a mystery even to her.
Her gaze shifts to Rhea.
"You want the short answer or the long one? I'm Nicole, by the way."
Then she glances at the newcomer, a little surprised that he could actually talk.
"Alright, your turn, Harley Quinn. You got a name?"
Despite his initial surprise at both how quickly BE!Tobjas had worked things out and the hug he just gave Niko, GE!Thor nonetheless smiles at the scene playing out before his eyes.
"Careful now, you wouldn't want to accidentally crush your own grandson."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Oct 23rd 2018 at 11:18:33 AM
"... I was just thinking she could help us with some of our problems."
Cabba and Rhea also turn to look at Marx.
Then Rhea stops spacing out, looks back at Nicole, and says, "However you feel most comfortable telling it."
Floating City
The cyborg Time Patroller, Topaz, happens to overhear part of the conversation while flying through the area.
She immediately drops down to the nearest available hiding spot.
Well that puts a damper in my plans for today, she thinks. Although, since this isn't our own timeline, I don't have to get involved...
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"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Far up in the sky of the Arena, a large ship appears out of a warp-hole. It straight up goes into stealth mode and flies up though, seemingly being aware that it could be seen.
Inside of its throne room, a towering figure sits, holding up an empty cube of some kind. Most of his body is covered in darkness but the light of his suit somewhat lights him up, revealing a large, purple chin.
Do not even bother coming back if you fail in your quest. he informs several figures. And be quiet. We may enjoy the carnage once we have gathered the tools to dominate this realm.
One of the figures steps out in particular, revealing a lanky, Squidward-like alien.
My lord ! Infinity shall soon be at your fingertips ! You will not need to disgrace yourself and sully your hands !
Mere praises shall not earn my approval, Ebony Maw.
Then I shall come back with more praises... and the tool to truly conquer all !
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Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterBE!Tobajas lets him go, then smiles as he puts his hands on Niko's shoulders.
"It hadn't even registered with me, but that's right. You're my grandson. I never even considered the possibility before."
"S-so, you're happy?"
"Haha, do you even need to ask?"
He then looks at GE!Thor for a moment.
"You said his name's Niko, right?"
Then back at Niko, letting go of his shoulders and ruffling his hair.
"That sounds like a name I'd have chosen myself!"
At this point, Niko's starting to blush a bit from how proud BE!Tobajas is just of him being here. He starts to ponder why he and Sandra never met him when they were growing up.
He does snap out of his ruse though.
"So, um... grandpa... can I call you grandpa?"
BE!Tobajas pauses and ponders.
"Well, I'm only 21 physically, so it might be a little weird."
"Probably.", Niko agrees.
His ball, with him stepping around on it, rolls over to Nicole, rolling all around her until he's circled her once, then stops in front of her and smiles excitedly. He is noticably smaller than her, only coming up to her middle while he's standing on the ball. Without it, he'd probably only just reach her knees at most.
"I'm Marx."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Laurent's eyes widen and he looks briefly shocked, perhaps more than when he was actually bitten.
"Grima is... the Fell Dragon. He laid waste to my future and nearly burnt the world of the past to ashes before my father took his life to kill him off for good. Risen are corpses corrupted by his presence."
"Great, dragons and zombie apocalypses." says Stark, though he sounds somewhat more serious.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"Oh... now how the hell was I supposed to know that?"
Sighing, Nicole looks back to Rhea.
"Alright, here's everything you oughta know about this place..."
She proceeds to inform the Supreme Kai about everything a newcomer should know about the Arena, adding that the revival system isn't a 100% guarantee just to be safe, before her gaze flickers to Marx.
"Huh... I'm just gonna assume there's no relation to a certain German philosopher and sociologist, then."
GE!Thor simply looks on at Niko and BE!Tobajas' conversation for now.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Oct 23rd 2018 at 11:53:00 AM
"Yes but it took a complex ritual to resurrect the fell dragon. And his size and power would make him obvious to everyone within the Arena...perhaps these Risen were brought here and cut off from Grima thanks to the dimensional wall ? But how would they still be active..."
"Maybe someone hijacked them?"
"Hm... I heard that a woman managed to summon some and got them to attack specific targets in a tragic encounter..."
"Good, so is there a way to go back to the signal and find whoever is bringing them back ? Is there some kind of evil wizard dressed in all black who keeps ranting about death and life ?"
"I could perhaps create such a spell... but I cannot leave my wife stranded while those disgusting creatures are running rampant." says Laurent, as he begins to walk towards the barracks.
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Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterStark follows and the trio soon head for the barracks, with Laurent tightly gripping his tome.
"Huh... you should think of some cheesy one-liner to say to your wife."
"Apologies sir Stark, but the circumstances are making me unreceptive to your quipping."
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterRhea silently takes in the information.
"... So what were you thinking I could help with, Saiyan?"
"Oh, right, that'd be - wait I never told you I was a Saiyan."
"My best friend Pinich is a Saiyan. I think I've got a good eye for it."
Topaz inches closer, keeping herself out of sight and her power suppressed as much as possible.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""Anyhow, um... just... Tobajas then?"
"Works for me."
"Right. Tobajas, I kinda sought you out because there's something I want to ask of you."
"Of course, anything."
Niko gulps.
"Could... you tell me about 0.02?"
BE!Tobajas' smile disappears so quickly, it's almost as if it were never there. That reaction definitely makes Niko nervous.
"0.02... that's... definitely not something I like to talk about."
"I-I understand, but I was hoping to learn more about them. They're the only family I know nothing about."
BE!Tobajas sighs.
"Your desire is understandable, but... I'm not sure..."
Marx just blinks.
"What's a German?"
He then looks at Cabba and Rhea.
"What's a Saiyan?"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."Someone from a country called Germany on Earth," Nicole simply explains before glancing at Rhea.
"If you've got any other questions about this place, don't be shy."
Despite his visible concern at BE!Tobajas' reaction to 0.02 being brought up, GE!Thor ultimately decides to let him choose whether or not he wants to explain that particular subject to Niko. Still, the former King's discomfort wasn't exactly reassuring...
Qualna suddenly stops.
"I..."
He looks up, before suddenly disappearing.
Someone new
stands in his place, dressed in similar robes but colored differently, black and brown instead of red and gold.
"Ah, sorry about borrowing your friend-he's been on vacation for too long, I'm afraid."

"Alright, first off, what exactly just happened? I heard what I'm assuming was you yelling in the distance, next thing I know, reality cracks open a little and you wound up smacking into Cabba here," Nicole says to the Supreme Kai. "Second, you got a name? Unless I'm misremembering what Vegeta told me during my training with him, you're a... Kai."
Cue the second newcomer popping up, whose unexpected arrival combined with his... strange appearance elicits a raised eyebrow from the Arcane half-dragon.
"Exactly what the hell am I even looking at here? It's like part of a clown's hat just came to life and started performing tricks on its own..."
The sound of Niko's fall, followed by his awkward meeting with BE!Tobajas, causes GE!Thor's attention to snap to the encounter. After a moment, he proceeds to approach the two.
"Not too badly injured, are you, Niko?"
His gaze flickers to BE!Tobajas, who he greets with a slight smile and a nod.
"Before you ask any questions or say anything about my drastically shorter hair, yes, I am the same Thor you're familiar with, albeit from a... different time."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Oct 23rd 2018 at 10:47:21 AM