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Dragon Ball: After the End

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PoptartProdigy said:
"...what even are these things?" you ask, patting the rock.

He twitches as you do. "...my memories."

You jerk up into the air. "What?!"

"I touch them and I see the memory," he says, shrugging. "I don't know why it works that way. You can sit down. I feel it if you touch it, but I can ignore it if I know it's coming."

"...so can we destroy these if we're not careful?" you asks, setting down.

"Sure we can," he says. "New ones pop up after a while to replace them."

You nod, and silence falls for a moment. "...wait, you tested this?"

He gives you a sardonic look. "Wondering why?"

You wince. "No."
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Did Jaffur untraumatize himself or is that repression? I have no idea how to think about this from a mental health perspective.
 
Andres110 said:
@PoptartProdigy, what was the story behind Mum learning Frieza Style?
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I don't actually think there is a story there.
fictionfan said:
Did Jaffur untraumatize himself or is that repression? I have no idea how to think about this from a mental health perspective.
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This was meant to be vague, to be fair. The passage is Jaffur saying he tested his memories to destruction because he wouldn't mind losing them (thus, "Wondering why?" having a sardonic twist). What that means? Open to speculation.
Andres110 said:
@PoptartProdigy, does the soul generate ki? If so, are we tapping into it for power?
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-->That question.






-->My pay grade.
 
Seriously, the combat prodigy with a talent for speed was about to tell us how to improve golden ape before she interrupted him, and that might come in real handy during the imminent interstellar war of annihilation. Let's finish that before the human shows up and we have to start talking in code.

After that (or before!), explain that he needs to try to make contact with Dandalor.

Like, seriously people. Eyes on the prize here.
 
Lailoken said:
Seriously, the combat prodigy with a talent for speed was about to tell us how to improve golden ape before she interrupted him, and that might come in real handy during the imminent interstellar war of annihilation. Let's finish that before the human shows up and we have to start talking in code.
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Teasing
Jaron
Golden Ape

Priorities have been set.
 
Gore17 said:
Fairly sure that's the subject of a future visit, when we actually provide instruction.
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Why? He seemed to think that it consisted of a single-sentence insight.



Andres110 said:
Teasing
Jaron
Golden Ape

Priorities have been set.
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Again, he has exactly zero experience with "friendly" teasing. To him, mockery is mockery, and usually accompanied by broken bones. Teasing is not how you handle a child abuse victim.
 
Andres110 said:
He seemed pretty alright. Laughed when we called him cheeky and little.
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In the only context he is at all comfortable with: combat.

Seriously, I was in my twenties before I figured out that people making fun of me didn't necessarily mean that they were out to get me, and I didn't go through half the crap this kid did. When the first person teased me before insisting that I take their number and call them after finding out that I was single I tore it up and threw it out the first chance I got because I just couldn't conceive of it being anything but some convoluted scheme to humiliate me. The GM's comments on the omakes make clear that this kid considers an unprovoked lethal attack and challenge to a duel the proper method of initiating a relationship. He won't see teasing as anything but evidence that he has a new enemy to contend with, and his natural resort is going to be the only field he feels competent in.

Teasing is absolutely not how you deal with a child abuse victim, especially in the early stages of the relationship.
 
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[X] Hug. It's never too late.
[X] Jaffur! Explain!
[X] Hug. It's never too late.
[X] Chat (Golden Ape).
[X] Hug. It's never too late.
 
[X] Jaffur! Explain!
[X] Chat (Jaffurs style).
[X] Chat (Golden Ape).
[X] Chat (Brothers relationship).
[X] Chat (How he spent the last couple years).
[X] Chat (That weird sorcery he taught Jaron).
[X] Chat (How does he feel about his mom).
[X] Chat (His plan after gaining freedom)[X] Chat (What happened that night)
 
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Lailoken said:
PM as a lot of players are conceiving it is overpowered, and certainly something hundreds of thousands of saiyans with hundreds of years to work on it would have figured out if it were just, "There are now four of you, no downsides". Even Cell didn't use it after he stopped playing around, and there have been other geniuses since then. If anything, the power limits would incentivize its investigation.
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Even if Perfect Multiform should have been found by now by your estimation (I disagree, see below) the fact that it hasn't doesn't mean that there's reason think it has any horrible downsides. The Exiles only know it as "that technique Cell used one time" - they have no reason to think it has huge downsides either, so if they exist they wouldn't prevent any Exiles from investigating it.

Also, several reasons it wouldn't have been found before now:
  • There are comparatively few Tien Style users.
  • Multiform is thought of as "not a combat technique", so very few of those already few users will bother training it up to exceptional.
  • It's not actually a technique used by a Z Fighter, but is instead invented by a villain - cultural reasons to focus on Tien's other stuff.
  • OOC, Poptart mentioned that Shin Kikoho was only comparatively recently rediscovered - any innovative Tien Stylists would surely have focused on this, it being an important part of Tien's skillset.
  • Finally, I would be surprised if being a Ki Prodigy of our level is very common - it's possible (and even likely) we're the first of our skill level to investigate PM.
So no, we don't have any reason to believe it has a secret crippling downside. Honestly, Poptart might not even give it the theorised downside of eating up our stamina four times as fast - it's an entirely new technique to the Exiles, and one we're practically inventing out of whole cloth, with only a story to go off of. It would "balance" the talent somewhat, but there's no reason to assume that's necessary - sometimes in real life a new innovation is just really really good.


Also I love everything about this update.

[X] Jaffur! Explain!
[X] Chat (Golden Ape).
 
[X] Jaffur! Explain!
[X] Chat (His plan after gaining freedom)
[X] Hug. It's never too late.

Edit: minor vote edit.
 
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[X] Jaffur! Explain!
[X] Chat (His activities the past years)
[X] Chat (His plan after gaining freedom)
[X] Chat (The Sealing)
[X] Chat (The Invasion)

[X] Chat (Golden Ape)
[X] Chat (Jaffur Style)
[X] Chat (Sparring Practise as a regular thing)

EDIT: Wait, what are the chances the aura trick Jaffur uses is an Elite Talent?:o
 
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I don't get what the big deal is about Golden Ape, honestly. The power level difference isn't that big and it's just the same old Great Ape except yellow.
 
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