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[returnmyrice]

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[When Gohan initially woke up, he was worried. He didn't know where he was, and didn't know what to expect. He immediately pushed his power level way down so as to avoid attracting unwanted attention while he figured things out.

Though if something had managed to bring him to an unfamiliar location without him realizing it until after it had happened, then it had to be more powerful than even he, a martial artist who had discovered a level even beyond that of Super Saiyan, was. As difficult as that was to believe.

When Gohan walks out of the bay, he's greeted by the hologram. After listening to what it says, he leaves the area, trying to find this welcoming agency. He's still not sure what to think, so rather than risk flying, he decides to walk. Best to look casual, even if you're wearing formal clothing.

He eventually arrives, and immediately begins trying to figure out what to do. If you happen to be there that day, you'll find a preteen boy walking around with a somewhat lost expression on his face and wearing a suit and tie, occasionally asking people for help.]

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[Later, after Gohan gets some info, he decides to try his luck asking people about what to do here. He turns on the video feed.]

Um, excuse me! Can anybody hear this? My name's Gohan, and I just got here, and I don't have a place to stay. Can anyone help me with that? I mean, I'm still a kid, so I can't live on my own or get a job, so I don't know what to do.

Comments

[thesacredheart]

... Mostly working. At least, as far as I can tell.

[ There was at least one person their age who had a job, after all, so it didn't even really seem like school was much of a thing here. ]

[returnmyrice]

What about school? I've gotta stay on top of my studies. And we're too young to be working.

[thesacredheart]

I haven't really seen or heard of them yet, but I'm sure they have to have them here somewhere. I mean, it's pretty important.

[ She'll... not comment on the too young to be working thing, since she had brought it up to other people herself. And well... had kinda sorta been a part time librarian sometimes back home. ]

[returnmyrice]

Maybe there's tutors?

[Which Gohan mainly thought of because he was homeschooled back home. A tutor would be more natural to him than going to an actual school.]

Still seems like something that would be mentioned.

[thesacredheart]

Yeah. I'll... have to ask around again.

[ She was kinda distracted by the whole monsters when she first showed up to really care about that too much. ]

[returnmyrice]

I'm surprised no one mentioned it already. Are there just places that don't have school?

[thesacredheart]

Well... I mean, this place did bring us here for no reason and sometimes people leave also for no reason. It might make getting those our age here in school pretty hard to do...

[returnmyrice]

Maybe, but it's a city, right? There has to be some schools somewhere.

Or at least tutors.

[thesacredheart]

Yeah. You're right. Getting a tutor here shouldn't be too hard...

[ Other than paying them but she's pretty sure Nanoha-mama could take care of that. It couldn't be that expensive, right? ]

[returnmyrice]

So, um. What other stuff is around here? This looks like a pretty big city.

[thesacredheart]

Well... I think I saw a place that sells candy a while ago, but... like I said, I haven't really been here all that long.

And there's a lot of other cities too, and I've been living in Nova City with my Mom the past couple of days, so I haven't really gotten that good of a look over here.

[returnmyrice]

Oh, yeah! I heard a bit about that already. What's Nova City like?

[thesacredheart]

... Honestly, like something out of a sci-fi story set in the far future.

And that's really saying something coming from me. I kinda come from a place where going to another world for a vacation is pretty normal.

[returnmyrice]

...Wait, what?!

[That was not something he was expecting to hear. What would be the point in taking anyone who could dimension hop at will? However, that brings up another question in Gohan's mind:]

Wait, does that mean you can get home?

[thesacredheart]

Umm... no. At least I don't think so.

[ She paused for a moment. ]

I mean, I don't know any spells that'd let me teleport to another world, but I'm pretty sure my Mom does and if that would work she wouldn't have been here when I showed up. Also, something weird seems to be going on with time here, so if we tried it there's no telling when we'd actually get where we were trying to go...

[returnmyrice]

Something weird going on with time? What do you mean?

[thesacredheart]

... Umm, well, according to my Mom, I'm a couple of years older here than what she last remembers.

[returnmyrice]

Really? Huh. I have to wonder how that works. I've never heard of any magic like that before.

[thesacredheart]

Yeah... I have no idea how that works either. It... really doesn't make much sense. Time travel's pretty much one of the first things we're told is impossible to do when we start learning about magic.

[returnmyrice]

Hm. I don't know about magic, but it's possible with technology back home. I've only ever seen a single time machine, though.

[thesacredheart]

... I think it's supposed to be even more impossible with technology that doesn't use magic.

[ Though she had to admit, hearing that it was possible was kinda... well, cool. ]

What was it like?

[returnmyrice]

[Well, there was no magic involved, that's for sure. Gohan might have questioned it if the person who had build it hadn't been Bulma.]

Um, I actually don't know. I never used the time machine. But I did know the person who did.

[thesacredheart]

... Oh.

[ She paused for a moment, thinking... ]

You have seen it before though, right? What'd it look like?

[returnmyrice]

Um...it was kind of like a pod, but with legs and boosters on the outside of it. Also the top half was the canopy, so it was completely clear.

[thesacredheart]

... I guess that type of design makes sense. I mean, if you're doing time travel, it'd probably take a lot of energy, so making something big wouldn't really work out that well.

[ Of course, there was the issue that time travel was supposed to be impossible, even if it obviously wasn't since Gohan had seen it. ]

So... umm... why'd he need to go back in time in the first place?