Eighteenth Wish -- Video + Text (Dated to about 45 minutes before sirens)

[hybrid_prodigy]

[Gohan's energy is very tighly controlled and pushed down when he returns. Only those particularly adept at sensing such things and also know him very well will be able to detect him that way.

[Overall, Gohan looks rather nonplussed, oddly blank for a kid that usually emotes so obviously. He blinks a little, as if disbelieving his current surroundings for a moment. Oh. So he's really back. Well, he should let people know.]

I guess there wasn't too much of a time discrepency this time, huh? What's it been here, a couple days? [A tight, forced smile that doesn't reach his eyes.] Anyway, I'm back, in case anyone was wondering about me.



Hey, it's Saiyaboy. Just letting you know, I've gotta think about a few things before I can get back in action. If I decide to, I mean.

[He's just not sure he can do this fighting thing, anymore. Not after what's just happened. And added tentatively:]

You wouldn't happen to know anyone who could help get a new level of power under control, would you?

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[voice;batcryption]

[hybrid_prodigy]

Wasn't even a long time . . . either here or at home, honestly.

[A heavy sigh.] It's a . . . massive upgrade to everything I was able to do before. But it affects my mind in a really [vicious] bad way.

[This is really the most he's said about the situation to anyone.]

[voice;batcryption]

[theshortestbird]

It's okay. At least you got to go home and see everyone, right?

[He pauses; maybe he should start writing this down.] How does it affect your mind? Is it better to not use it?

[voice;batcryption]

[hybrid_prodigy]

[There's a bit of a hitch before he speaks, but he's got himself under control. He's also not answering that first question.

[Not that the second question is any more fun.] I could end up pushed into it emotionally, so . . . it's not necessarily a choice to use it.

[He takes a moment to steel himself and think about a way to answer.] You know how non-violent I am, right? Only using necessary force and hating when things go beyond that? With this power . . . I go completely in the opposite direction.

[You have no idea how much it hurts to say that, Tim.]

[voice;batcryption]

[theshortestbird]

[Well, doesn't this sound familiar. He's quiet for a moment. He needs to help figure this out, and it's not like he can just let him deal with this on his own. That's not what the Titans are about.]

I know. So it's pretty much a complete change in personality, as soon as you start to use your power?