The Reality Vortex: New Roads

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Gogeta turned his head a bit, his blunt and naive stare remaining plastered on his face throughout Bernkastel's explanation. His eyes slowly turned towards Panich and Lucifer, listening in and mostly ignoring the rest of Bernkastel's recommendation. His eyes narrowed a bit as they prepared to depart, turning his head towards Bernkastel with a cocked eyebrow.

"Hey? Do you think something bad's gonna happen to Panich?"

He didn't wait for a reply, his blank stare and naive expression contradicting the thought that clearly went into his next statement.

"I mean, we're all from different universes and stuff, so shouldn't Lucifer know that the Goku and Vegeta of this place probably don't know Panich? Seems kinda weird that he's gonna go out of his way to take her there this late at night when he knows that."
 
Cross says "I don't think you will worry about missing our food. The cantrip marked call shooed find us no matter were we are." 

Cross says looking at Lucifer "I cook but its mostly a way to improve my alchemy." There are roomers that do indicate that Cross is quite skilled at cooking.
 
Bernkastel turned around holding several wine glasses in her hand. She didn't notice Panich and Lucifer left until Gogeta pointed it out to her. With a blank stare, she spaced out running through what her ears picked up of the background conversations.

"Did... did she say Vegeta was her brother? But Detective didn't say anything abou--" Bernkastel stopped her sentence realizing what Gogeta meant. "HE'S GOING TO TAKE HER THERE?!" Her hands gripped the stalks of the glasses so hard they all snapped in half like twigs before shattering on the floor. "No no no, she mustn't! Those aren't the Goku and Vegeta from her world! She can't!" Bern raked her claws down her face as she jumped over furniture in her way. "That petulant little-- he KNOWS and took her anyway! I TOLD them, I TOLD them Detective Vegeta was gone forever when we were there earlier! He knew it! Aaaargh, this is bad! I should've KNOWN not to--!" She let out a frustrated grunt pacing back and forth around the table.

"That Broly guy is a giant! He might squish her like a grape! We have to stop them before something happens. Should we? No, we should-- or maybe..." Bernkastel stopped her pacing with her brows furrowed in confusion. What just possessed her so suddenly and intensely? She put a hand on her forehead to check her temperature, stunned at the sudden outburst coming from her.
 
"Of course! No time to waste." Panich tried to keep herself down to earth with her expectations, but her imagination got the better of her. To think she could actually find her Goku and Vegeta in this place. But was it really all that farfetched? They always seemed to turn up when least expected. Before all hope was lost... It had to be them. As she followed Lucifer, Panich's mind was far beyond that moment. Anything the other could say may as well pass through one ear and out the other. Finally she could reunite with her brother yet again.
 
Cuki barely moved much, even when Lucifer left with Panich. Her eyes drifted over to Bernkastel and her worried expression as well as Gogeta's concern about Panich. She appears to not show much of a reaction until she dug her nails into the sofa she was on. Biting her lip slightly she whispered something under her breath.

"Friendship, huh..?"

Cuki took a sharp breath and lifted her head to face the ceiling before letting out a small sigh. Her approach to the topic was odd, considering her normal stance on how deep her friendship was with the Breakers. Without much of a reaction from Cuki, she lifted herself from the sofa and calmly walked to the balcony but showed no intent on chasing down Lucifer or Panich. Sliding the door, she turned to the Breakers with a smile on her face.

"Well, I guess you should help your friend in need, huh? You guys can count me out on this one, I'm a bit woozy from the whole incident with Spina and Gogeta." Cuki giggled innocently. "I'll stick here and make sure to keep your meals warm should you decide to tail after Lucifer. I wouldn't be much help, not in my condition at least. Don't worry about me, I'll be meditating! Besides, what's the worst that can happen to her? She's pretty tough from what I've seen."

Cuki kept her smile before sliding the door shut behind her and leaning on the rail on the balcony. Her smile turned to a frown as she stared at the lights from the city (at least what was left of it) and then the stars as she gripped the rail as tightly as she could. The stars twinkled above her as she began to show less and less emotion in her face.

Soon...
 
Spina was watering the flowers, before turning around. “Huh? Panich and Lucifer going off somewhere?” He questioned. “Oh well, that’s none of my business.” He turned around and attend to the garden.



Lucifer flew across the terrain towards the Detective Agency. Since they were able to fly over there rather than walking, they managed to reach it within a couple of minutes. However, unlike the others, Lucifer knew his way towards the Detective Agency easily. The small angel stopped midair and pointed towards the building. “Alright…” Lucifer called out to Panich. “There. That’s where your “family” should be. Go and give your most gracious, heartwarming welcome. I’m sure, Panich, that they missed you. A lot. Make a grand entrance since it been three years.” He added onto her expectations, seeing that Panich was excited to see them. “They called themselves Detectives, so I guess they took on these jobs when they first appeared here. If I was…. A betting man. I bet they formed this agency to find information on you.” A warm smile lifted the corners of Lucifer’s mouth, as his eyes narrowed in anticipation of what Panich would do. “Oh?”

Detective Goku opened the door of the building, in plain sight, taking out the garbage bag to the trash bin. “What a rough day…”
 
Any other time, Panich may have noticed the suspicious act, but at the moment her heart filled to the brim after seeing the familiarly wild hair. What Lucifer would see from her would most certainly look out of character for how they had first met her. But to her it was a part of her she though she could never get back. The woman was smiling like a little kid again, barely able to contain herself as she rushed over.

"Goku? Goku! It's you!" She exclaimed grabbing hold of him like he would get away again. "I've finally found you after all this time!"
 
Gogeta grinned, suddenly balling his right hand into a fist and promptly punching it into his left palm, cracking his knuckles.

"Alright!! Let's get going; I can't wait to get a shot at that Lucifer guy! If he and Broly are working together, then that's gonna be a great fight!!"

The fusion happily jogged towards the door, doing various light stretches with his limbs along the way.

"C'mon guys! This is gonna be fun!"
 
"A... fight? With him involved?" Bernkastel mumbled, immediately rushing to the entrance and blocking it off with her body for fear that Gogeta would actually follow through with it. 

"Wuh, WAIT! Let's um, NOT do that! I-I'm not feeling very good, might be coming down delirious with the feline flu, you see," she laughed nervously with a hand on her forehead. "B-besides, Cuki's right, Panich is a tough girl, so she'll be fine! I-it isn't like they'd be crazy enough to take things out on some stranger, you know? They might even help her figure out if the Vegeta she knows is somewhere out there, right?" Despite all the objections she was rattling off, Bern was consciously forcing herself not to just swing open the door and go running, trying to forget all that she blurted out. "I-I can't remember where the building is anyway, so let's just wait for her with a big meal instead, okay?"

She started to nudge Gogeta back to the kitchen table while uncharacteristically laughing the entire time. "And you know what makes me feel better with a flu? Some wine! I'll come back to my senses after a glass or two, meep." Internally she kept repeating to herself that it was just a cruel prank, and that she was going to laugh because it's supposed to be funny. Even if it was the painful truth, it would be best for Panich and the detectives to not run around distracted by flimsy optimism. But she felt some strange invisible sensation opposing her train of thought more and more. 'Worry' wasn't a word she could parse, so it was better to deal with it by drinking until she wouldn't have to think about anything. So that the feeling of her body being possessed would go away.

"No use fighting on an empty stomach, you could get dizzy, you know?! Ahahaha..."
 
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