Zompania Draft - Draftees only, days 1-3.5

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: This is your death. Followed by your time-traveling life and desperate bomb hunting.
When: From May 22 to May 20 to early May 23 (days 1-4)
Where: Zompania
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post is for the draftee-only portion of the Zompania draft--the day 3 death, time travel to day 1, and then the events until the arrival of the reinforcements. Be sure to use the above info post for any plotting needs you might have. Enjoy!

Please note that there is a specific top-level comment thread for:

• The day 3 arrival of the draftees and the 6 hours that follow until the bomb is dropped
  
• Death--This thread can be treated as REFERENCE ONLY. Responding to it isn't necessary.
  
• Threads prior to departing for Zompania--post resurrection freak outs, arguments over how to proceed, etc.

All other threading, from day 1 until the reinforcements arrive, should be conducted as normal.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

Comments

[misterbrief]

So this is what it's like to go back in time and save this timeline, huh. [Never thought he'd end up with Trunks's job for a change.]

Two days. To get in there and find that darn bomb. [He looks at the enclosure, trying to see how large it is.] That's like finding a needle in a haystack!

[windandrain]

[She scowls over at the enclosure and looks back to Vegeta.]

...John's been planning for this.

[It's really all she can think to say, announcing what she worked out. She does tremble a little as he says it though...because he's right. It will be like that...and if they fail...]

[misterbrief]

...

If he knew we were to be destroyed, I'm going to have a word with him.

[That pisses him off. A lot.]

[windandrain]

How could he?

[She swallows...wondering if he could have.]

I don't...think that's important though. At least, not for the moment. We've got two days? Three? To stop all of this, we have to. I...don't want to...I refuse to let that happen again.

[misterbrief]

Right...

[She's got a point. They'd been given a second chance and they can't screw it up this time. Because if they do, he dies, his daughter, his friends, everyone. Anyone and everyone he knows or loves. Floating in that abyss, at the mercy of that abomination. It's enough to start to work up his temper, visibly shaking with anger.]

They're not going to do that to us again. I swear it.

[windandrain]

[She looks at him, right at him this time. Seeing his temper...hearing what he says...it's reassuring. But...]

Vegeta. Can I...ask you for something? Something else. Something more important than anything else I've ever asked.

[misterbrief]

[He raises his eyebrow because she's asked him some pretty important things in the past. He's not really sure how it could get more serious.]

Well? Go on then. What is it.

[windandrain]

[She swallows hard, keeping her eyes squarely on him. This is without a shadow of a doubt the most important thing she's ever asked anyone, in her mind.]

If...we don't manage it. If we fail. Will you...will you...

[It's hard to make the words come out, and when they do, they're a whisper.]

Will you use your sword, and kill me?

[misterbrief]

As long as you sever my wings from my body at the same time, you've got yourself a deal.

[He won't have any problems killing her if it means avoiding being sacrificed. And he's not ruling out failure.]

Let's just make sure we don't have to do that, alright?

[windandrain]

[She nods once, and reaches for his hand now, clasping it to hers and taking care to hide the motion from any onlookers. She's grateful and wants to show it.]

R-Right. I promise. I swear on my soul that if we fail, I'll strike you down with everything I have.

[Another squeeze and she lets go.]

The deal is made, the pact is formed.

[misterbrief]

[It's good to hear she'll kill him before he can be sacrificed. He'd rather that than give the Third Party what they want. Her hands are cool against his own, and it's really not so unpleasant. Maybe he's just used to it by now, it's not like she doesn't reach for his hand all the time, that's just how she expresses herself. He even manages not to blush this time, and it helps she's hiding it.]

It's time. Another moment wasted might spell doom for us all. Best to go our separate ways for now.

[windandrain]

[She nods, much more confident as she surveys the assembled Lucetians. Rolling her shoulder, Saori closes her eyes and offers a small smile.]

Yes. Best to see what we can learn. Let's meet this evening to share information.

[And to make sure they're still alive.]

Luck, Vegeta.

[misterbrief]

[He grins arrogantly.]

I won't need it. They'll all be dead by the end of the day. That will ensure that the bomb isn't deployed.

[And he heads off, Zompania as his destination. Unfortunately, the more he thinks about the bomb, the angrier he becomes. So he promises to keep his word and kill everything that moves if he doesn't recognize them.]