10 - [Video/Action]

[winds_voice]

[Video]

[It's late afternoon and Eley appears to be sitting outside somewhere on an incline just outside the village, with a full view of the sky. It's at this time that he decides to address his journal. It's been a while and a lot has happened recently that he feels he should mention...]

I would like to say a general 'welcome back' to those who have returned from the draft. To those who were injured... I hope for a swift recovery. To those who lost friends and loved ones, I hope that they will find you well when they return. They will need your aid again.

[He pauses a moment, shifting tone slightly to something more serious, slightly sad.]

While I understand the necessity of this conflict, the threat of violence still makes me uneasy. I... must ask, is war something that is common across all worlds? Have you too seen great battles and the destruction they can cause? I would like to hear your stories, if they are not too painful for you to share. I would especially like to know if you believe it possible to live in a world free from conflict.

[Action]

[Eley won't be moving much from his spot today. He's in a thoughtful, almost melancholy kind of mood and finds himself watching the sky as it succumbs to darkness, the stars his only company. At least unless someone finds him sitting out here at night on their travels.

Or hears him. Because sometime during the night he'll start playing on the harmonica Rudy gave him. He's been trying to practice as best he can and while he can at least make a sound on the thing, he hasn't quite managed to string together a melody. You won't hear a particularly beautiful song then, just a series of notes that seem to be played to fit his mood. Whether or not you find it annoying or endearing is entirely up to you!]

Comments

[4starsavior]

I dunno - I'm sure it could happen in some places, but where I come from, when the bad guys on our planet were beaten, people showed up from other planets to try an' take it over or blow it up. [Not that he minds, of course.]

[winds_voice]

...your conflict came from other worlds? I suppose it is possible. Before I came here, I was not aware of other worlds at all. Knowing it now, perhaps we should all try to safeguard our planets from outsiders.

May I ask what reason they had to invade your planet? What did they want? Why did they want to destroy it?

[4starsavior]

That kinda depends. There were some people who wanted these things that we have called Dragon Balls - when all of 'em are brought together, they summon a dragon that grants wishes! Other people wanted revenge for stuff we did when we went to other worlds, and there were a few guys who just showed up 'cause there were powerful people on our planet.

[winds_voice]

Ah, a dragon? [That catches his attention.] Is this dragon some kind of god? I am sure gods can grant wishes, at least in some capacity. And what of these balls? What connection do they have with the dragon to encourage it to appear?

Hmm, then you are saying that some outsiders came to your world to test themselves against the strong? Then they fight for the sake of fighting. Why? To help them feel better about themselves?

[4starsavior]

Don't think so, though he was made by God! I dunno how the Dragon Balls make him appear, though - I guess it's magic or something. [He never really asked during the couple of years that he spent training with God and Mr. Popo.]

Some of 'em just want to puff themselves up, I guess, and there's other people who wanna see if there's someone out there who can beat 'em! [He understands the second mentality a lot more than the first, though for most people it would be the other way around.]