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[saiyanhybrid]

Posted: September 2
From: Wenchang Wang

[Hello, Far Shore.

What greets you today are the wonderful faces of these dinosaurs. They both look livid.]

Hey! Don't scare people off if you want answers!

[The dinosaurs seem to huff but back off as Gohan appears on the screen.

The god rubs the back of his head, looking sheepish.]

Uh, sorry about that, but I was wondering if anyone's seen a couple of eggs. They look like this. [He directs the screen to the nest of eggs.] It's not anywhere around my temple grounds so if anyone sees them around, mind bringing them back?

[A brief pause as Gohan looks back at the dinosaurs before looking back at the screen.]

They're supposed to hatch soon so it'd be good if the eggs are returned safely. Thank you.

[And before the feed ends, the one of the left releases a deafening roar.]

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[saiyanhybrid]

It came with it.

[And they're all dinosaurs he's seen, too, so he's not bothered.]

You haven't seen any of the eggs, have you?

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[waitingforhope]

[Mai still remembered a time when dinosaurs roamed the world she used to live in, so when Gohan offered his explanation, she immediately wondered if these were creatures from his timeline. It...would have been a stretch to say she relaxed at the thought, but at least things were starting to make a little more sense to her.]

No, I'm afraid I haven't seen any eggs since our last adventure together.

But if they're dinosaur eggs, they must be quite large. I'm sure they can't have gotten very far on their own.

[saiyanhybrid]

[Gohan looks just a bit resigned.]

No, definitely not on their own.

[His tone suggests that he does know who might have taken them. Honestly, he's not sure if Archer has the strength to carry an egg - two, no less - but there is another person he knows who is aware of the dinosaurs being on the Far Shore.]

[waitingforhope]

[Poor Gohan.]

Not on their own. [She echoed. That left only one possible scenario.] Who else knew about them? That might narrow things down a bit.

[saiyanhybrid]

Goten and another guy who decided to hang out on the mountains.

[Also, look, Mai. You get to know about Goten.]

[waitingforhope]

[Yay!]

[Hmm...her first instinct, of course, was to question more about this other guy. If only because she had met Goten and he didn't immediately strike her as an egg thief. However, she also knew from experience that things were not always what they seemed, and to never rule out the possibility of anything.]

Oh. So you have met Goten. [Coincidentally enough, she'd been meaning to ask about him for some time now, although this...was probably not the best place to do it. Too public.] He's a good kid. Reminds me a little bit of you, actually.

[That should be a safe enough hint.]

[saiyanhybrid]

[........

Gohan simply smiles. He's not sure if Goten likes to go on the BBS, but it can't hurt to be safe. Not to mention, Goten has some friends here who can probably connect the dots quick enough if they see him and know what he can do.]

Does he? I'm surprised.

[There's something in his tone that suggests they really shouldn't be talking about this, not on the network, anyway.]

If you're not busy, mind helping me find the eggs? [It's an excuse to simply talk to Mai about this in private personally and he hopes she can catch onto it quick enough to agree.]

[waitingforhope]

[Message received. She gave a nod in response.]

I have some time.

I'm guessing you'll be at your Temple?

[saiyanhybrid]

Yup. I do need to comfort these moms before they go on a rampage.

[So he'll be here.

With dino moms.]

[waitingforhope]

[That was...a little less reassuring, but hopefully dino moms wouldn't take their current predicament out on her any.]

Alright. I'll be there as soon as I can.

[Though, when she does eventually arrive, she won't exactly be knocking on the front door. Lingering back as a means of being ware of dinosaurs seemed like the smartest options. She was pretty sure Gohan would either be able to sense her or see her soon enough, anyway.]

[saiyanhybrid]

[He does sense Mai the moment she arrives.

After managing to calm the dinosaurs, he comes to greet her, coming down to land in front of her.]

Glad you can make it.

[waitingforhope]

[She did relax when Gohan appeared, smiling as he touched ground.]

Happy to help.

Have there been any developments in the meantime?

[saiyanhybrid]

Yeah, there's an egg at Aymeric's temple and Sharak's temple.

[Two people who are important to Goten. Go figure.]

[waitingforhope]

[What a coincidence.]

I know the name Aymeric. [Two guess from whom] But I'm not sure I recognize Sharak.

[saiyanhybrid]

Sharak is another goddess here. She's a good friend of Goten's.

[And reminds him a bit of his mother and Bulma.]

[waitingforhope]

[And there goes just about any lingering doubt to the culprit. The circumstantial evidence was a bit too overwhelming.]

Are you certain it was him?

[She wasn't mad or sad or even disappointed. If anything, her expression betrayed confusion.]

We only spoke a couple of times, but he doesn't strike me as the kind of kid who would go around taking people's dinosaur eggs without asking.

[saiyanhybrid]

It was him. Traces of his ki was left behind from here.

[Along with the fact that Emizel admitted it was Goten.]

He probably did it with good intentions, but he did pretty much commit a kidnapping.

[waitingforhope]

You have a point.

[Heaving a sigh, she folded her arms across her chest and tried to think.]

A kid kidnapping anyone is a little different than an adult doing it, though. I'm not saying he shouldn't face any consequences, but...I do kind of hope they go easy on him.

Did he ever do anything like this back home?

[Yeah she wasn't even going to pretend she didn't know they were family by now.]

[saiyanhybrid]

I asked Aymeric to talk to him.

[He laughs sheepishly.]

Kidnapping? No. But he and Trunks did get into a lot of trouble together.

[Those were the good old times.]

[waitingforhope]

[That...was probably a best and worst case scenario. Appropriate for the crime, but poor Goten adored his god, as anyone who spent ten seconds listening to him speak about Aymeric could tell, and to get a verbal lashing over this...]

[Of course, because Mai could think more on that, Gohan's response to her question processed, and she did a double take.]

...they did?

[It wasn't the trouble part that surprised her. It was the part about them causing trouble together.]

I had no idea they knew each other before.

[saiyanhybrid]

Goten and Trunks are best friends.

[But this confirms his own suspicions.

He eyes her.]

You're from a different timeline, right? Just about the same timeline Trunks is from?

[waitingforhope]

[He wasn't here now, so there was no point in hiding things. She didn't even flinch at Gohan's realization.]

I am.

[saiyanhybrid]

[That confirms it.

Gohan frowns, arms crossed.]

It's not my place to ask this, but can I ask what happened? The last time I've seen that Trunks was a long time ago, after all.

[waitingforhope]

[Because it was Gohan, Mai felt like she couldn't deny the request. Except it was a bit of a loaded question. What happened? Where did she even begin during the last 29 years of her life?]

The last time...

[Trunks had told her about that. Not the whole story, of course, but it was enough to give her a timeline to work with. Gohan would have been young. The Androids would have only just been awaken, if even then. And...something about a creature named Cell.]

How much were you told about the Future?

[There was little point in rehashing something if he already knew. Better to focus on the details he didn't.]

[saiyanhybrid]

The last thing I've heard about it was Trunks still having to fight against the Androids.

[Is that clue enough?]