the_brightest_sun | 005th Meatbun ☼ Voice / Drawings?

[So guess which kid woke up veeeery early in the morning due nature's call... Only to freak out about the recent experiment. Or rather than freak out, get terrified by it. Guess who gets out of Ukyo's apartment as fast and silently as possible -and for a monkey that's easy- to run away to the forest.

Later in the day, much later, in the early afternoon, after most of the village has gotten out of their "wtf" and such reactions... People flipping pages in the journals may come across an entry with someone doodling in there. They are pretty simple drawings, it's not as if Goku has his color pencils with him or whatever.

There's a girl, with long hair and a bow in the head, she holds what could be from a paint brush to a cooking tool. In fact for some it may be recognizable if they have visited a certain okonomiyaki stall. Her other hand holds the hand of a child, with messy hair and what seems like a hairband or a crown on his head, who looks very, very, happy. And he is holding the hand of a boy, who also has a hairband on his shorter hair and who has lots of interrogations above his head as if he's not sure where he is. On the girl's other side there's another man, older and taller and accompanied by a black dog. The drawing also has a happy sun and happy clouds and happy trees and everyone looks happy there.

There's a record accompanying this piece of art, but it has nothing of interest unless you like to listen to a child crying and sobbing. At any rate, the beautiful drawing is soon destroyed by lots of lines striking it almost angrily. At this point there's a voice being recorded but it sounds far, as if not talking to the journal.]

You guys are lucky... Whenever you get out of there you will have a mom and a dad... I don't have those...

I had them but it was a lie... I also had a grandad...

[Moar drawings, this time it's different though yet a bit similar, there are three "adults" but they are different from before, they are all boys, one has what one could assume is light hair and dresses like a girl and has a dot in the forehead. Another has short dark hair and seems to be smoking -or throwing smoke from his mouth- and holds what is a bottle that has "wine" scribbled on it messily because he almost ran out of space on the bottle. There's another one, with short hair and a monocle and with a kind of dragon or bird on his shoulder. The kid from before he here too, the only one unchanged and still looking happy. Everyone looks happy here.

It gets covered in strikes soon enough as well.]

I want my family back... Both of them.

[And that's all there's to see and hear. Yeah, here's one of the people who's taking this change sadly.]

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[Shadow is unsure what to say, if anything. He's even worse with emotions than his counterpart, and just as bad with kids. Since he'd never raised his. They just confuse him. But... it's not like it was such a bad thing. He'd had something he'd turned away from long ago. And doesn't know what to think about it.]

I'm not that old.

[The only think he can think to say to start things.]

[Families confuse Goku. He only really learned about the term and such upon arriving to Luceti. Only now he has come to understand that Konzen and the others are his family, not just his friends, or at least he wants them to be... But they aren't, no one is his family. He doesn't get it.]

I don't get it... I don't understand ages, they don't make any sense.

[No, really, they don't, for him at least. So he has no idea what you mean by "I'm not that old".]

Not old enough to be your grandfather.

[His father, sure... Shadow isn't too sure what he means by it not making sense, but he figures he'd clarify somewhat anyway.]

Aaah. Is there a set age to be a grandfather?

I can't have a grandfather anyway, I don't have a mama or a papa.

[He would love to, specially after tasting how it's like for ten days but...]

It was still fun, spending time with you and Interceptor and all. I liked it a lot.

No set age, but they're a lot older than I am. [He can't help but think of Strago, which in turn brings his thoughts back to Relm... Sigh. And this kid here, he seems to be in the same place he basically left Relm in. He's not sure how to feel about that. But he's never sure how to feel.]

...He liked being around you too.

[And so did Shadow in some weird way.]

I really don't get that... Many kids here are far older than me but look the same as I do.

[Ages are confusing, but honestly he doesn't care.]

I want to do it more. I want to still spend time together and have fun... I'm sorry.

You do? You're sure about that?

[Shadow is definitely surprised by that. And is even more surprised in himself for not minding the idea too much.]

[That confuses Goku.]

Yeah, I do. It was fun and I like you and Interceptor, even if you're not my grandpa... It's not bad to want it, is it?

[He gives it a little thought. He's already lost a lot when it comes to having a regular family, this experiment in many ways showed him what could have been if he hadn't spent so much time running away...]

No. It's not such a bad thing. Not at all.

[Well, that's a relief. With everyone seeming so upset Goku really thought it was wrong to want it. He's still not entirely convinced, honestly but he wants to trust.]

... So it's okay if I want it? Can I still spend time with you?

...

[Shadow's got no idea. He'd wanted to try the family thing when Relm had appeared here but then the Malnosso had just taken her away, so quickly...]

I wouldn't mind. Interceptor wouldn't, either.

[The dog's tolerance for 'family only' has extended a little, in some weird way.]

[That makes Goky smile brightly again. He's happy to at least be able to have this, he would want a family but if he can't get one at least he can have friends, right? Friends that want to be with him and aren't just because they were told to.]

Great! Thank you... Uh... How should I call you now?

The name is Shadow.

[He's hoping the tone conveys a certain sense of 'please don't call me grandpa.']

Okay, thank you Shadow-nii!!

[He already said he's not old enough to be a grandpa, even if Goku doesn't get it much. Older brother is okay, right?]

Right.

[Shadow won't mind that... too much.]

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