caughtinanetwork | Gohan // video // 001

[Communicator clicks on when Gohan, face down and groaning, grabs it and tosses it gently into a post. Except 'gently' for a half-Saiyan is pretty forceful for a communicator, so it snaps on without him realizing what it was.

He rolls his weight to his right side, using his remaining arm to force himself to his knees, unsteady. He looks around, this way and that, confusion plain to read, before he starts thinking out loud.]

I don't remember... I'm pretty sure Dad and the others said you were supposed to go straight to Judgment when you die. There shouldn't be so much... city around here, should there?

[He gets up, and catches sight of the coral. He frowns at it.]

They said there were clouds everywhere, not... Shouldn't that be underwater? [He glances up and winces.] That answers that. I don't recognize the species at all, but it's been a while since I really read up on it.

[Wait. He glances up again, but this time like he's looking for something specific. And frowns, deeply this time, eyebrows very accustomed to this wrinkling. He glances to his left, notices the arm still missing.]

That's even stranger. Tien said that his arm came back after he died, and I should at least have a halo... Where am I?

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[Well, he ruined 17's clothes, that was a good indicator...]

I just got in over my head, that's all. Bad fight.

[ Too bad Kuwabara doesn't know that. ]

....Ya got into a fight before gettin' herE?

[ Not that he's surprised. ]

Eh, but either way you're pretty alive.

[It is better this way. Gohan nods.]

It looks that way. Even if it is hard to believe.

[Glances upward.]

Especially with all that water pressure. I can't see much of any sunlight coming in, so we must be very deep.

[ probably. ]

Trust me, I was the same when I got here.

[ Kuwabara shakes his head. ]

We're in an underwater city, so yeah. We can't do much about water surrounding the whole damn place.

I'd be comforted, but I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

It's not the water I mind, it's the pressure. Only a heavy-duty submersible should be this deep. I suppose there's always magic, though.

Yeah I get what ya mean.

I ain't got an answer for that either, but stuff like that's a possibility. I don't get why we're all under water in the first place.

I suppose it's good protection. This would be a difficult location to attack. Oxygen supplies are finite, after all...

[Attack and defend are about the only context he can apply anymore; difficult habit to break.]

No one's taken credit for this, have they?

Yeah I guess if they need us for somethin' but I haven't got a clue on what they want from me.

[ Kuwabara can relate a little bit. ]

Not that I know of, then again I haven't been here that long...jus' long enough.

Still longer than me. Not much of an accomplishment, but you're free to hold it over me.

How long is 'long enough?'

Eh I don't hold anyone over stuff like that.

....I dunno man I dunno. Some people've been here for months ta years.

[Smiles at that. Likes that quality.]

Months to years?

[So much for 'rest in peace.' Happy as he is for a chance to see Trunks grown up, he can't help the slight twinge of disappointment at the delay of seeing the others.]

That's very disturbing. There are worse fates, I'm sure, but that's still very disturbing.

[ Kuwabara was trying his best to get along with the folks here. There's no need to make enemies. ]

Yeah I ain't joking. You can ask yourself.

[ Yeah right? Kuwabara can't believe he was stuck here. There was so much he had yet to finish. ]

It ain't a place for people ta be but ya got a point. There are probably places worse than this.

It's at least very pleasant-looking. I can't shake the idea that people aren't meant to be under water, but I've already seen a species of coral I'm not familiar with.

Eh I guess it ain't too bad once you give it a chance and all. It's nice. There's nice people but we gotta keep our guards up still.

Why? Do people attack here often?

Well most of th' people are pretty dandy. There are some not so much. They're pretty aggressive and ready ta start shit.

I guess asking the point is out of the question. There can't be anything to gain here.

Unless you just enjoy getting into fights...

[...liiiike a Saiyan. Okay, Gohan, why does this concept puzzle you?]

No, not that I know of.

Depends on the fights I guess. If it's fun then I guess it ain't too bad.

[ ahahah...Kuwabara is known for being pretty bad... but he's actually pretty good at controlling it right now. ]

Fun for everyone involved, sure. Otherwise, well...

I got ya there. Makes sense.