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>>5991914
You, the Doting Aspect of Maple or the Maple Aspect "Dot" are fluent in many love languages and celebrate every holiday there is to show your affection!

And so, when you consider the question, How does the incident on Valentine's Day relate to the one on March 14th? Well, you consider how you had a husband around to celebrate these days with... ack, none of that! Anyhoo, it's an easy answer!

"White Day!" you shout from within the trenchcoat's torso,, to the confusion of Scolding and Inquiring.

"What about it?" Inquiring asks.

Doting explains, "White Day is on March 14th, and that's when Gohan was found..." She grimaces. "...Brutally injured, at Orange Star High School. So there's a link between that incident, and the theft on Valentine's Day!"

Scolding, atop Doting's shoulders, shakes her head. "I'm sure on some planet your reasoning checks out, but we've been on Earth for some time now."

"What's wrong with my reasoning?" Doting asks.

Inquiring trudges through the nondescript and dark city streets with the other two on her shoulders, and says, "Well, how is what happened to Gohan a traditional White Day?"

>Gohan was found burned, cut up, lashed, and maimed. He is in a coma.

Doting scrunches her brows. The dates match up, but that does raise further questions. How does the theft of a risqué chocolate from Peppa correlate with the maiming of Peppa's brother on the day return chocolate is gifted?

Pick one.
>A. Maybe the culprit behind torturing Gohan is a real villainous freak?
>B. Maybe the culprit behind stealing the chocolate has a crush on Peppa?
>C. Roll Insight to ask a better question, 1d100 DC 66 (I will ask for rolls after the vote.)
>D. Write-in your own better question.

>>5991995
>B. Maybe the culprit behind stealing the chocolate has a crush on Peppa?

>>5991995
>>5992039
Support

>>5991995
>C. Roll Insight to ask a better question, 1d100 DC 66 (I will ask for rolls after the vote.)

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>>5992039
>>5992080
>>5992086
Thanks for playing, y'all! Will update tomorrow.

For any newcomers joining in, this quest is slow-paced, and by that I mean I update once per day, usually.

pic not related in the slightest

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“Maybe the culprit behind stealing the chocolate has a crush on Peppa?”

…

After a long pause, Inquiring pipes up, “Dottie? Let’s say that’s true or not. In either case, how would that factor into what happened on White Day?”

“...hrm.”

Scolding shrugs, which sorta throws off the balance of their totem a smidge. “Eh, Dottie did figure out something to link the dates together. By like, a hair. But it is something.”

Inquiring scuffs her shoe against pavement as she mulls it over. “How is it helpful though?”

Doting thinks for a bit. “...hm, hm!” She raises a finger, which jostles the crank on the mechanism for their arms. “It is something else to talk about!”

Inquiring compensates with some quick steps to the side, and asks, “Why would we talk about something else?”

Scolding ceases gripping onto Doting’s head like a lifeline, and replies, “C’mon, Inky, you saw how glum Peppa was, talking about Gohan. Any more of that, and she’d snap!”

Inquiring grumbles, “But we do need to hear more. Lots more, and we’re only halfway through it.”

Doting hums. “I would say we’ve only gotten through half of Peppa’s first meetings with Gohan’s girlfriends, and that’s like, what? Four afternoons out of a whole month?”

Scolding winces, and Inquiring huffs.

“I still think we should press on with the circumstances surrounding Gohan,” Inquiring motions.

“Peppa’s in a bad headspace right now, we need to tread carefully!” Doting objects.

“Gohan’s in a coma!” Inquiring stomps her foot. “We need answers, and wasting our time talking about unrelated… crap! It means that whoever did it goes free and unpunished another, stinking, instant!”

Doting trembles, and shouts, “Our kids need help right now! Vengeance on randos can wait!”

You, the Scolding aspect, meant to strike at immorality and be hard when needed, flail around as the other two argue with each other, and you start to feel a bit redundant. But, as the current head, it’s up to you to decide on which route to take.

>A. Go on a trip down Filler Lane, this business about Valentine’s is unrelated but it should have less bumps in the road.
>B. Go hard, go ham, go hear about Gohan. Doting will have to pull double duty, but it should be worth it. Peppa wants her brother’s torturer to be punished after all.
>C. You have gleaned new info about Izzy, what with these odd reactions to her name. Ask Peppa if she saw anything else like that.
>D. Something else? Write-in
>E. Update Notes

>>5992801
>C. You have gleaned new info about Izzy, what with these odd reactions to her name. Ask Peppa if she saw anything else like that.

>>5992801
>B. Go hard, go ham, go hear about Gohan. Doting will have to pull double duty, but it should be worth it. Peppa wants her brother’s torturer to be punished after all.

>>5992801
>>5992812
And also
>D. Put the other two of us in timeout, have both of them wear a sign that says "We Get Along"

>>5992801
>A. Go on a trip down Filler Lane, this business about Valentine’s is unrelated but it should have less bumps in the road.
>>5992829
And this D

OP ?

This quest is also run on akun, so that will figure into votes.

4 votes for "Go on a trip down Filler Lane"
2 votes for "You have gleaned new info about Izzy"
1 vote for "Go hear about Gohan"
And the write-in, makes it.


>>5997694
I will do my best tomorrow. Please look forward to it!

>>5997964
alright then

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You have spotted some odd behavior from Izumi, so that could be something to look into... but, asking Peppa to focus on weird things with her cousin could affect her cognition, either leaving certain events out or inventing new ones whole cloth. Still, you can keep an eye out.

You straighten your hat, "I've decided, I'm going to have a chat with Peppa. About trivial things."

"Yay!" Doting cheers, pumping the big arm's fist.

Inquiring grumbles, "You mean 'We're going to have a chat with Peppa,' right?"

You smirk. "Nah!"

---

Now clapped in handcuffs and forced to wear a sign saying "We Get Along," you have the two of them march three-legged back to Ruban Rouge.

"I'm sorry I got mad and made you feel like we don't get along, Inky!" cries Doting, as she rubs her wet cheek against Inquiring's squirming face.

"I just wanted to focus on the important stuff, why this?" Inquiring laments.

You shake your head tiredly, and briefly pick them both up to hop all of you down the steps to the speakeasy.

Entering the bar again, you greet Peppa, who you see is no longer tending a bar, but finishing set-up on a private movie theater.

"Oh hi, Inspecter!" Peppa waves, walking over. "Sorry for before, I'll try to get through what I saw of Gohan-"

"Actually, I think focusing on your brother so much will have us miss the forest for the trees."

"Oh?"

You briefly look over the scribbles and question marks in your notepad, and nod. "It is my belief that there is a link between the incidents on February 14th and March 14th, as they are Valentines Day and White Day."

Peppa squints. "Huh? I mean, I guess?"

You nod knowingly. "I will elaborate on this connection at a later time. For now, I wish to peer into the activities that occurred between then."

"Okay, I'll share what I can- heyyy," Peppa cuts off, looking you up and down. "Why are you shorter, and when did you get a dumpy?"

You swat her with the notepad. "Never you mind, young lady."

Handcuffs rattle as you feel Doting tug on your shoe.

You close your eyes, and subtly exhale from your nose. You smile, and say, "One thing I wish for us to consider going forward, the culprit behind the theft on Valentine's..."

"Yeah?" Peppa asks, rubbing a bump on her noggin.

"They may have a crush on you."

Peppa sputters. "What? Why would you say that?"

You look back to your notes. "It was specifically your chocolate that went missing, from your top shelf locker. Despite its extreme look, which could spell trouble for you if revealed to the class, the chocolate never made an appearance, implying it was kept or eaten. A package forged to look like your original unique one was found by you, containing another chocolate intended to make you mad, really meant to sabotage your gift for Cocoa."

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Though, for all of Peppa's caginess before Valentines (which lead to the trashing of your kitchen), you really wish you could have caught wind of what she had planned so you could go over how many ways that plan could go wrong... but in the end, bullet dodged, she already learned the lessons from this.

Peppa hums. "...yeah, yeah. Those are good points! So, someone was trying to sabotage my gift for Cocoa because they had a crush on me?"

"It's a strong possibility," you say. Of course, the theft of her clothes before then also raises a bunch of alarm bells, so you put apprehending the thief at a strong Number 3 in the list of priorities, behind finding out what's wrong with your niece and finding out who maimed your angel boy. You walk over to the theater seats. "Let's look over the footage and see if any suspects jump out."

"Suspects?" Peppa takes a seat next to you. "Like, girls who are blushing, yearning for me from afar?"

'Or boys who are horny, stalking you from a distance,' but you suspect she'd find that less fun. "Sure, why not!"

Peppa thinks a bit. "Well, honestly I don't pay much attention to other girl's faces, having a girlfriend and all. But let me know if it comes up!"

She then gets out a stack of reels, and they all have labels.

>A. Shower Thoughts
>B. Medicine Ball
>C. Clothes Found
>D. Dizzyingly Busy
>E. No Riches?
>F. A Girl and her Pig
>G. Pen Pals in Paradiso
>H. Metal Melon Matron
>I. PeppaVision, Pep-PeppaVision- nah, this is just Peppa watching some TV with her mom
>J. Peachy Keen
>K. Snapshots
>L. Mardi Gras

M. Gohan part trois (0/1) - You need to watch more before this unlocks.
N. Gohan part quatre (0/3) - You need to watch more and M before this unlocks.
O. Gohan part cinq (0/7) - You need to watch more and N before this unlocks.
P. Kafka - You need to watch A, B, C, D, and E before this unlocks.
Q. Clubbing - You need to watch K and L before this unlocks
R. Chateau Papillon - You need to watch L, M, H and J before this unlocks.
S. Back to Basic (0/13)
T. Dark Cloud - You need to watch K, O, and R before this unlocks.
U. Rideau Rouge - You need to watch everything else before this unlocks.

https://youtu.be/BUX_JNixxZQ

You look up at all that. "What the heck."

"It was a month, lots of things happened," Peppa says. "What do you wanna watch first?"

Pick three, please, will go with top three for now.
>A. Shower Thoughts
>B. Medicine Ball
>C. Clothes Found
>D. Dizzyingly Busy
>E. No Riches?
>F. A Girl and her Pig
>G. Pen Pals in Paradiso
>H. Metal Melon Matron
>I. PeppaVision, Pep-PeppaVision- nah, just regular TV
>J. Peachy Keen!
>K. Snapshots
>L. Mardi Gras

>>5999234
ABC

>>5999234
>>5999346
Backing, I do not have context for any of these

>>5999346
>+1
I’m surprised Peppa didn’t find out it’s her mom

>>5999234
>A. Shower Thoughts
>B. Medicine Ball
>C. Clothes Found

>>5999889
Our disguise is perfect!

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>>5999234
>C. Clothes Found
>D. Dizzyingly Busy
>F. A Girl and her Pig

Rolled 2 (1d3)

Vote Tally
AAAA - 4 votes for Shower Thoughts
BBBBBBB - 7 votes for Medicine Ball
CCCCCC - 6 votes for Clothes Found
D - 1 vote for Dizzyingly Busy
F - 1 vote for a Girl and her Pig
JJJJ - 4 votes for Peachy Keen
LLLL - 4 votes for Mardi Gras

A, J, and L have tied, rolling 1d3.

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>>6000146
Peachy Keen wins!

will do tomorrow, my work will kick my ass if I do another all nighter and show up late again

Night, y'all!

>>6000151
See you tomorrow

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You pick up a reel, and read the label, "Medicine Ball?"

Peppa's eyes narrow at the sight of the reel, but she nods. "Yup."

She puts the reel in the projector, and the doohickey starts revolving on the whatsit, shining light onto the canvas.

===

In the high school locker room, Peppa finishes getting changed, and takes her normal clothes and zips them into her bag. When she puts her bag away, she does a quick side-to-side to see if anyone's looking at her and her locker. She didn't see anyone looking at her. Her tail twitches.

She whips her head around, and sees a pair of swirly glasses. The girl attached to them yelps in surprise, backing up a step.

"Hey, you! ...you!" Peppa snaps, pointing a finger toward the glasses, and tracing a swirl in the air as she tries to recall this girl's name. She wants to say Polly Whirl? Anyway, "Did you take anything from my locker?"

"N, no?" the girl says, starting to sweat even before the PE starts.

Peppa leans in closer. "Did that have a question mark at the end?"

The girl gulps. "No, it didn't, I didn't take anything! I was just wondering, why you would ask me, I guess?"

Peppa squints. "Why indeed..." For a moment, she reaches for a reason, and comes up with, "You're standing behind me, looking over my shoulder!"

The girl presses her glasses up, her eyes shifting down and aside. "My locker's below yours."

Peppa wags a finger, about to refute that- aaand she can't. "...so it is."

Cringing, she apologizes, turning back to close her locker. She hears the glasses girl sniff, and Peppa focuses on setting up the new padlock for her locker, letting out a breath when she hears the girl's retreating footsteps.

"Just so you know," a voice chimes in. Peppa turns to see Erasa standing beside her. "Videl was watching you like a hawk just then."

"Oh?" Peppa asks. "Why?"

Erasa shrugs. "If I had to say, she probably was going to step in if anything got physical?"

"..." Peppa scowls. "Why is everybody assuming the worst of me?"

Erasa pats Peppa on the back. "Videl's mad at you. But the thing with Videl being mad at you? It means she cares. She'll come around, but just give it some time."

Peppa nods, and hops down to the bench, walking out beside Erasa. "Still, I wouldn't get physical with random people, that'd be what an unstable person does, and I am very stable."

"Mmhmm?" Erasa hums. "So you just get physical with cous-" she cuts herself off.

"Hm?" Peppa looks up at Erasa who is looking away. "What?"

Erasa coughs. "Sorry, thought of something. Anyway, you just get physical with cause, then?"

"Uhhh, yeah?" Weird phrase, but okay. "Lasers work too. Can even do some telekinesis!"

"Telekinesis, huh?" Erasa nods solemnly. "If any balls hit me today, I shall blame you."

Peppa snickers. "Don't worry, I'll put up a forcefield around you, an invisible one that is totally there!"

Erasa grins. "Wow, sooo glad to have you on my side today!"

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Then she tilts her head, thinking. "And with Izzy still gone, Videl would have to be on the other team to balance things out."

"Mm." Peppa walks along, silent.

Erasa considers for a bit, then snaps her fingers. "Or if it's boys too, there's Gohan."

"MM."

Erasa looks at Peppa. "Do you want to play with, or against your bro?"

Peppa's eye twitches, and sports a rueful smile. "MM, MM, MM."

Erasa nods. "Ooh, kay. Good talk, Peppa!"

Peppa blinks, then looks up at Erasa, and says, "Actually, it's fun talking with you. Thanks for taking the time to check in on me! I hope we can do it again sometime."

Erasa nearly trips. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" She looks at Peppa incredulously. With a slight blush to her cheeks, she asks, "You... like talking with me?"

...Peppa scratches her head. Then, she smiles, and says, "Yeah, why wouldn't I? We're friends. I mean sure, we don't have all the same hobbies, but who does?"

Erasa looks away, her blush intensifying. "Riiiiiight, I'm... gonna see you in gym, gotta go, bye!" She runs off.

Peppa watches her go. "Uh... huh." She has never seen Erasa get that pink before.

Going down the hall, she spots Coach Freddy. "Hey Coach! You spot any thieves lately?"

"Hey Peppa! Can't say I have- actually, just saw Paru run past. She steal anything?"

"Paru? Oh, you mean that girl with the glasses?"

"Eh? No, I don't think she was wearing glasses. Did Paru take your glasses?"

"No, I don't wear glasses, only goggles."

"I see. Oh yeah, did you check in with Mahogany?"

"Mahogany? Oh right, my cousin."

>COMMON KNOWLEDGE: Coaches call all students except siblings by their surnames. Source: real life

Peppa does the (ﺧ益ﺨ) face. "Kinda, it's complicated. She does have a medical reason to not show up for PE tho."

He nods. "Thanks, kid! One more thing, do you know the phone number for Castle Frypan? I have to call her parents now."

Peppa's (ﺧ益ﺨ) face intensifies. "Yeah..." Sorry Cuz, could only do so much.

---

But as a game of Volleyball starts up, Peppa feels as if a weight's been lifted! Seriously, once her aunt and uncle learn of what her cousin is up to, she'll get the help she needs, and then the others will know that she was only looking out for her cousin! Videl will stop being mad, and Gohan will have to admit he's been a huge buttface, and everything will go back to norm-

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BAYUM!

Everything goes topsy turvy when a volleyball strikes Peppa in the face!

The tiny girl falls back on her tailbone, making her clench up since Saiyan Tails are sensitive! "aaaaaaaaaaaagh," she rasps.

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A whistle is blown, and the game is paused. Videl runs under the net, and kneels down beside Peppa.

"Peppa, you okay?" The first words Videl has said to her in a while!

Peppa works her jaw. "I'm okay, it just surprised the heck out of me."

Videl smiles. "Well, keep your eye on the ball!" She holds out a hand.

Peppa takes it, "Will do, let's get back to it!"

Alright then, that was a bit embarrassing, Peppa's definitely keeping track of the ball now. But strangely enough, getting walloped seems to have improved Videl's mood towards her.

Huh, maybe there's something to that? Like on Valentine's, instead of looking good in a girl's eyes, maybe looking a bit pathetic is what wins their favor-

WHA-BOOSH!

Where'd that one come from?!?

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She gets knocked down, again, she gets back up, again. Whistle blows, again.

Videl walks over. "Peppa, you good?"

Peppa blinks till the seven stars flying around her head go away, then she holds up a hand. "Uh, who put all the spin on that truck? That trajectory was insane!"

"Come on." Videl runs back to her side.

"Yeah, yeah." Peppa picks herself back up.

Time to get your head in the game, Peppa! Well, it's been in the game twice now, but still!

She will hit that ball, and it will go anywhere but her face!

As she goes to return the ball, some unnoticeable particle or gust of air brushes against her eyelashes, causing her to blink.

BWOOOOMMMMMpsh.

She looks down at the ball at the floor, in total disbelief.

She can catch bullets. She can jump to the ceiling. She can fistfight at the speed of sound while having a dialogue on opposing philosophies.

And she can't volley the ball???

>A. That's it, play Hard!
>B. Don't go crazy, it's just a game.
>C. PK SHIELD!
>D. Write-in something to say, you will need to pick A B or C tho
>E. Update Notes

>>6001269
>B. Don't go crazy, it's just a game.
Videl won't like us when we're angry

>>6001269
>C. PK SHIELD!

>>6001269
>C. PK SHIELD!
the middle approach. wtf is going on ?

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>>6001269
>A. That's it, play Hard!
>D. "DODGE!"

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4 votes for PK Shield.
---

The game doesn't pause this time, play resuming as it would after a player simply botches a return, as opposed to the other two times when that player had been knocked to the floor.

Peppa supposes this meant they thought she would be injured the first two times. She wasn't. Once was luck, twice was carelessness... but three times? By then, her pride had been injured.

And a thing about Saiyans, their pride was as much a part of them as their appetites.

===

Beside you, Peppa blows some air up into her bangs. "Okay, so this is gonna sound, not great. My reasoning here was that there was no way for me to suck at volleyball that badly, so something had to have been up."

"I see," you say, tone tinged with dread. Did she let that pride boil over into anger and lash out? "So what did you do then?"

Peppa frowns, admitting, "I tried to prove my feelings correct by doing a little trick with telekinesis."

"Oh, that's not that bad!" you say, relief flooding your body. "I thought you were gonna do way worse!"

...

Peppa turns away from you, crossing her arms. "Hmph!"

"..." Ah, you've stepped in it now. "What I mean is, it would be understandable if you did something worse, but you should never lash out like that, and using your powers to test a theory is a much better alternative, even though you shouldn't take a game too seriously, and," you gasp in some air, "I, am gonna be quiet for the rest of the movie." Really could not have dug yourself in deeper. Serves you right trying to fill in for Doting and Inquiring

Peppa side-eyes you, then shakes her head. "...the thought did cross my mind, just going apeshit and giving the other team a taste of how it is to get spiked in the face."

You nod. "But you didn't."

She shrugs. "Eh. Let's finish this one."

===

Her other teammates give her some light admonishments and pep talk to inspire her to do better, or just to stop sucking, and she laughs it off sheepishly. Outwardly, she smiles as her teeth grind together.

Then, she spots Erasa, and thinks back to their talk from before, and gets an idea that puts a grin on her face, one that shows off her canines.

"Trying out a new face-to-ball style-" Erasa starts, intending to tease Peppa a little, but she pauses at the sight of Peppa's face. She turns away, letting out a meek, "Nnnnnnope."

The game resumes, and Peppa focuses, not on the ball, but on herself.

Then, she casually observes the game. Even when the ball is on the other side of the court, even when its trajectory has sent it down a definite path, even when it's the last ditch effort to return it from the back of their court, she keeps her guard up.

Then Videl spikes the ball, and Peppa makes no move to return it, the ball zipping past her zone of control.

She hears a girl behind her make a return and Peppa feels a slight breeze in her ponytail. She turns her head to see the ball spinning in the air, stymied by her telekinetic barrier.

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Erasa apologizes, "Heh, my bad, Peppa! My aim's bad." Erasa laughs, rubbing the back of her neck. "Looks like that barrier came in handy, though!"

Peppa regards Erasa with a confusion, and then she shifts her gaze to the ball-

-FWEEEEET!-

All players turn to the Coach. Coach Freddy points at Peppa, and unenthusiastically announces, "Blatant use of supernatural powers. Peppa... sit this one out."

Peppa blinks. "Huh? Oh!" She points at the ball, "The thing is, this ball has been acting supernatural the whole game, I was just trying to prove it. See, it was fixing to brain me again if I didn't-"

Videl cuts in with a tired, "Peppa, go sit down."

Feeling betrayed, Peppa sends a glare her way. "Why? Why, whywhywhwhwy- WHY don't you listen to me, for once? Now let's do the math, I got hit three times, but I'm a genetic freak, and I'm not normal-"

"Oh, get over yourself!" Videl returns the glare, crossing her arms. "You attribute maliciousness to what is simply bad luck and you letting your guard down! And then you go and cheat at the game to prove otherwise! Tell me Peppa, from what you've uncovered with this stunt, can you honestly tell me that Erasa, of all people, is out to get you?"

Sparks fly in the air between the two, each of their gazes locked on the other's.

...but eventually, Peppa's eyes well up with too much tears for her to continue.

"...ki, hic, hhn!" Her chest heaves as sobs escape her body, and she runs out the gym.

>>6003205
not erasa, but who the fuck is doing it ?

>>6003356
My guess is glasses girl.

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>>6003760
Paru?

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>>6003919
Nah, coach said Paru wasn't glasses girl, so that leaves Erasa as Paru. Why is her surname Paru, OP?

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She fights down the tears, just enough till she gets to the water fountain and douses herself with water. There, just worked up a sweat, is all. And she's out of breath, which is why she's doing all this gasping for air, so she's gotta drink some water now!

Ha, Ha! There, perfectly fine!

Her face still burns with betrayal, and her nose is runny. She magics up a cloth, and dries her face off.

===

You point out, "You cried."

"No kidding? Thanks, Inspecter!"

"Hrm..." Alright Scolding, you know the score, it's time to switch. With your arm, you hold a bucket of popcorn in front of your face, and sink down.

After some rustling, you pop your head up and take in a breath of fresh air- koff, koff, some smoggy air. Then, you pat Peppa on the head. "There, there!"

Peppa blushes, and growls, "I'm not a kid." She doesn't swat your hand away though.

"I see, I see," you say soothingly as you finish tousling her hair. "Wanna wear my hat, then?"

The frowning Peppa eyes your hat, and looks away. "...sure."

You remove your hat, revealing a second hat on your head, and place the first one atop Peppa. "You really value your friendships with Videl."

Peppa pulls the tip of the hat down to cover her face. "Yeah."

"That's good. My advice for a situation like that, though?"

Peppa lets an eye peek through the brim of her hat.

You smile at her, and explain, "You can't take your friends for granted. You have to let them know about your plans before you spring them, and if they tell you 'No' even if it sounds good to you, well, then you'll have to decide whose judgment you truly do value more, yours or theirs."

Her frown deepens. "But why can't my friend trust that I have good judgment?"

"Everyone thinks they have a good head on their shoulders. But when they get stubborn, they are inflated things filled with hot air. You have to let go of your own ego and let other people in before you explode at someone."

She huffs. "But if they don't trust me, why should I care what they think?"

"Peppa?"

She looks up to see your loving smile.

"You do care about what others think of you. Sure, it hurts when they're mad at you, but, when Videl helped you up, how did you feel then?"

"..." She squirms. "...better."

Hooray, you didn't raise a sociopath! Golden Rule in place! "Just keep that in mind, and treat your friends right, and you'll get over these scuffles. I promise."

"You mean it?" Peppa looks up at you... then looks over towards the tower of film reels. She sighs. "Never mind, I'm afraid we've only scratched the surface, so no need to jump the gun with a promise like that.

"Oh?" What else happens in those other reels that has her so defeatist? "Well, let's see then!"

"There is one bit of this left."

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School is out for the day, and Peppa walks out into the courtyard alone, having managed to evade bro and his new squeeze.

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She wipes some sweat off, and puts on her tinted goggles. She scowls up at the hazy sky, the humid summer air assaulting her as relentlessly as a ki barrage.

Then, she hears a voice call out to her!

"Hey Son Peppa, think fast!"

"Hm?" She looks around, and doesn't see nor sense anyone around her, then she realizes that the voice came from above, so she looks up-

A Medicine Ball comes down upon her head.

Thunk.

>Common Knowledge! SUCKER-PUNCHING: Everyone has moments when they're vulnerable. A sleeping saiyan will feel much pain if you throw a rock at their head, and a strong fighter not expecting to get shot will indeed get shot by a bullet they didn't see coming.

Laid flat on the ground, Peppa's vision is blurry. The hazy air and summer sun do her no favors, and she blinks frantically to get a handle on things.

Fortunately, one eye out of two gets focusable, and she peers with it up at the window she heard that voice come from.

...

Ah, Erasa's peering out the window, down at her. Maybe she saw something?

Peppa waves, "Hey! Ergh, Erasa, did you see who threw that-"

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A smile.

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>>6003356
>>6003760
>>6003919
>>6004172
Thanks for playing, y'all! Will move onto the "Clothes Found" part next.

>>6004172
And you figure right, her name is Paru Erasa. As for why I gave her that surname, see pic. Also, mind her initials.

>>6004305
Woop.

Have a good night!

>>6004295
>Common Knowledge! SUCKER-PUNCHING
so that thing about Goku getting hit by a rock thrown by Krillin. But still who the fuck is doing this ?
>>6004305
>And you figure right, her name is Paru Erasa. As for why I gave her that surname, see pic.
alright, that was funny

>Also, mind her initials.
what about P.E. ? wait, is that her gimmick ? and why is this bitch trying to catch us by surprise ?

>>6004480
>what about P.E. ? wait, is that her gimmick ?
I don't think Erasa ever had PE superpowers but OP also called the detective "Three Maples" and she was Three Maples? Maybe it's ESP, she has a middle name somewhere, something that begins with S

>why is this bitch trying to catch us by surprise ?
I don't get why she would go through the trouble to set that up and then stick around