001st Meatbun ☼ Action

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[Have a child running around the streets, Luceti. He's barefoot -which isn't new to him-, only dressed in the white New Feathers pants -not that different from what he's used to though he misses his shirt-, wearing shackles on his wrists, ankles and neck with the short chains on them clinging loudly as he moves -he's used to them now but they are

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[... When he left the house this morning, Jale has not planned on being accosted by random children. Brooding, yes. Occasionally being bothered, yes. Children, no. Which is probably why he'll be staring blankly at the little brunette before him.]

... It's called snow.

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Snow.

[Goku repeats the word blankly, rolling it on his tongue. He wasn't at mount Kaka long enough to see winter so this is his first time seeing it.]

The snow is cold.

[His point still holds, even knowing what this stuff is.]

Have you seen Konzen, Ken-niichan or Ten-chan?

[Whom you obviously know. Everyone knows them, totally.]

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[Konzen? Ken-niichan? Ten-chan? The Company may have had a lot of weird people with even weirder names, but...]

Never heard of 'em.

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No? But everyone always knows them... Ah! Of course, we are all new here! Uhm...

[Thinking.]

Maybe you'll know if I describe them? Konzen has a very pretty face but is always in a sour mood and has long blond hair, it shines like the sun! And Ken-niichan has short black hair and is always smoking and likes to drink. And Ten-chan smokes too but he prefers books to sake...

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[What's "sah-keh"?]

Not ringing any bells here. [A pause] You do know you're not on your world anymore, right?

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[Goku smiles brightly and nods at that.]

Yeah! I'm really happy to be finally back here! Even if it's not mount Kaka, it's great. I prefer it over Heaven already! But I have to find the others, we promised to come here and remain together. I don't understand why they are taking so long in coming back.

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[Let's ignore the whole "Heaven" part for now. This kid... wants to be here. Wat.]

... You realize there's no guarantee they'll show up, right?

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Of course they will come, we came here together! The door was right in front of us before I got knocked out, Ken-niichan and Ten-chan weren't there but Konzen will have got them already and brought them here.

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[...]

Where exactly do you think you are, anyways?

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In the world below, of course. The one under Heaven where humans live, where else?

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Did you have wings in "Heaven"?

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[Blink.]

No, I don't have wings... Why are you wearing those?

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Because Luceti forces everyone to grow them. Even you. Don't ask how.

[And just to prove his point, Jale will reach over Goku's head and lightly tap one of the kid's wings.]

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[Goku follows the motion with his eyes only to end looking over his shoulder at his own wings.]

Does everyone here have them, then? I didn't know there were places like that, that would force people have wings...

[He doesn't try to reach for them though, at least now he knows why his back bothers him a bit, but it's not as bad as the shackles and after those he's used to be given things to wear at all times without him wanting to.]

Hey, hey, can I fly with them?

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Yeah, everyone. Be careful with them- there supposedly tied to your life. And you can't really fly with them. A... friend of mine tried. It didn't work.

[Melancholy blind sides him for a minute, squeezing the air from his lungs. He really misses Sieg.]

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So all they do is be in the way? That's too bad.

[And here he had thought that for once he had gotten something neat to use forced on him. He notices something off in the other, but Goku has little experience and no subtlety.]

Are you hungry?

[He goes to guess with what could make himself a bit off like that.]