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[fashionably_strong]

[Bulla is walking throughout Balamb Garden and being particularly alert. Time Compression has brought the Garden a new surprise lately - people who appear for a couple of hours at a time and then vanish again. She's had a few experiences with it, but there are particular people she's looking for. Trunks had found a younger version of their father, and she's on the look out for anyone who might be from her world. There are some people she'd like to see, and others that she and Trunks would have to protect most other people here from.

There are a few she not only would trust to have her back, but also wouldn't worry too much about. As for everyone else...they are best kept away from some of the dangerous people of her world. Bulla knows that she probably isn't strong enough yet to take on many of the enemies her family and friends have - but she is stronger than before, and far more focused and determined.

The expression on her face as she walks around is uncharacteristically serious. Not angry or stern. Just very serious. She feels a responsibility to Balamb Garden that she didn't feel when she first arrived here nearly two years ago.]

Comments

[elementofloyalty]

Hey, you okay?

[The question is posed from midair and is followed a moment later by a pony dropping out of the sky and landing in front of her.]

You look... really stern.

[fashionably_strong]

[Bulla blinks for all of a second at the arrival of the pony. She's encountered Rarity and Espio is her friend, so a talking pegasus isn't that shocking to her.]

With all the new arrivals coming and going lately, I'm just a little worried someone bad from my world might show up and cause some major trouble. I'm trying to keep an eye out so I'm not caught by surprise later.

[She'd rather be prepared for the ensuing chaos so at least the youngest cadets could be evacuated if need be.]

[elementofloyalty]

Major trouble, huh? Ha! I live to handle major trouble! Just tell me who I should be keeping an eye out for, and if I see them, they'll regret any trouble they might be making!

[fashionably_strong]

[She's skeptical, but she doesn't want to insult someone who's offering to help.]

Well...some of them are the kind of trouble that it takes a whole group of really strong people to fight. So if you see a guy named Cell or a guy named Bebi, please don't try fighting them alone. Bebi has this really nasty power where he can take over your body if he even gets in a little cut on you, and then make you attack your friends.

He's a creep who tried to take control over the whole world and almost succeeded.

[elementofloyalty]

That's kind of weird. Any cut, huh?

...Actually, now that I think about it, that's not as bad as Discord, but still, point taken. So a guy named Sell and a guy named Baby are bad. Anyone else? [This is how she's spelling them in her head...]

[saiyan_prince]

[Vegeta has been phasing in and out of this place at random, and he doesn't like it one bit. None of the terminals allow him access, either! He's staring at one right now. Maybe if he glares hard enough, it will let him use it.

Or he could smash it.]

[fashionably_strong]

[It was hard to imagine her father with even more of a scowl than the ones she'd seen him face down opponents he was serious about...but there it was. He's noticably younger and far more volatile here. The only good news is that she's here to intercept him, and if memory serves, this Vegeta can't turn into a super saiyan yet.]

Hi. You look a little frustrated.

[A little is an understatement, but she's trying to start off on neutral ground. It's like dad in an extra bad mood, only he doesn't know she's his daughter.]

[saiyan_prince]

[Vegeta glances over his shoulder, tail lashing with irritation like a cat's. His scowl softens ever so slightly - this girl is cute. Cute, but something about her scent is off-putting so he won't attempt anything.]

This thing won't work. I need to find out what planet I'm on, and I need to call a ship.

[Trunks's explanation from earlier? Totally ignored because it was ridiculous!]

[fashionably_strong]

There aren't any spaceships here...just aircrafts.

[He probably won't like that news, but she'll do her best to be informative.]

This is a military academy called Balamb Garden. I can help you find your way around, if you like. If you're hungry, we can go to the cafeteria first.

[She's fairly sure he'll still have a saiyan appetite, no matter what age he is.]

[saiyan_prince]

[His initial reaction is to snap at her for telling him the same useless things that other boy did, but then she mentions food.

Well then.]

Let's go to the cafeteria.

[redcinemareel]

Bulla, dear, you look awfully tense. [Grell strides over to her, simply walking around Garden. Taking in the sights and sounds of new visitors.] A penny for your thoughts?

[fashionably_strong]

[Bulla blinks, facial expression snapping out of its tense and serious one for a moment.]

With more people than normal randomly showing up and disappearing...I'm just worried that someone bad from my world will show up. There's also a younger version of my dad here. Trunks ran into him before.

[redcinemareel]

I think those entities should be more worried about themselves while here.

Your father is here? [She laughs] How young is he?

[fashionably_strong]

Um...late teens to early twenties. In his time, Trunks and I haven't been born yet.

[Then there's the attitude he used to have toward Earth. The saiyans didn't exactly have kind views toward other planets, traditionally.]

[redcinemareel]

So you both are just a twinkle in his eye~? [Sorry, but Grell thinks this is rich.]

[gunkonmyboot]

[Have a cyborg wondering around the garden. Probably bored.]

[fashionably_strong]

[Bulla hasn't met 17 in person, but it's hard to miss his resemblance to 18. She's a little worried. Still, better that she deal with him than someone who had no idea what he could do, or than someone who knew and was extremely impulsive.

When she does approach, she does so in a friendly manner. No need to start fights unnecessarily.]

Hi there. Are you lost?

[gunkonmyboot]

[Bulla may not be familiar to 17, but at least she is offering to help. May as well take the offer.]

Not really, I'm just wondering around. Perhaps you could tell me about this place.

[fashionably_strong]

[She's glad the friendly approach is working.]

Well, my name is Bulla, first of all. This is Balamb Garden and it's a military school. Graduates become SeeDs and live in a different area of Garden than the cadets.

[gunkonmyboot]

17. Thank you Bulla. [Long as she's answering, all is good. No hate reason. Compared where he was last time, he doesn't mind the place.]

At least it's better.

1/2 I am so very deeply sorry for this

[neededahand]

[Tall guy in a tattered orange gi and missing one (1) arm. Happens to catch sight of a very familiar, yet oddly compact-sized, sight.]

Bulma? Where's Trunks? When did you get so... young?

2/2

[neededahand]

[Pausepausepausepausepause--

Oh, damn it-- His face is a tad more flaily than the icon would suggest sob.]

Not that you weren't young before!!

[fashionably_strong]

Trunks is here and he's fine...wait.

[She's well aware of just how much she resembles her mother, but this just punctuates it. Gohan's also looking much younger, which means she probably hasn't been born yet.]

I'm not my mom, Gohan. I'm Bulla, not Bulma.

[This is the most awkward thing to try to explain when it's someone you know personally.]

Time Compression can pull people from different times.

[And now that she notices Gohan's missing arm, she wonders if he's from the same alternate timeline as Trunks. Last she saw Gohan, he had two arms and was older.]

...and alternate timelines, too.

[neededahand]

[Beat. Process that. He's glad he's smart.]

Just what I'd expect from Bulma's daughter, figuring that out so quickly.

[fashionably_strong]

Well...I've been here for a while. Time Compression causes all sorts of weird things.

[She's not stupid, but she isn't a genius like her mom.]

In my timeline, you're married and your daughter is one of my best friends.