Call Me Out!

[escaliers]

【the ❝CALL ME OUT❞ meme】
a roleplay meme to inspire muses.

♛ refer to the list above for active muses. Second row are ones I'm not used to playing but would like to try! ♛ post "calling" one of them out — you can do so by putting their name in the subject line! ♛ can be informal/formal/comment spam/crosscanon/explicit/whatever tickles your fancy! ♛ feel free to make up a scenario at the start, or wait to see where things go. ♛ Some memes for ideas: Random Scenario, Soulmate Fuck Up, Secret Agents Maiden and Monster, Kinda Stuck, Should Never Be Together Morning After, or basically any AU you've ever seen. meme code.

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[fatherofalegend]

[ Bardock looks at the hands enveloping his own, and there is some comfort to be found in that. Heartbreak and sorrow are alien feelings to a race of warriors, and so most of what he does feel is tied to a deep-seated rage and sense of helplessness. He understands better than ever now why he was given psychic powers -- it was a punishment, not a gift, to see a future he couldn't change no matter how hard he tried.

He sits quietly, lets Gi-ne piece things together for herself before he finally says anything. ]

It is the past, Gi-ne. I don't know how or why, but it is.

I didn't believe it at first, but I ran into someone the other day who looked just like Frieza - his ancestor, I would guess.

[ He rests his forehead against their hands and just...stays like that for a while. ]

This isn't something I know how to fight.

[meatery]

The past? For real?

[OF ALL THE ASININE BULLSHIT no but seriously what the fuck. What a cheap plot device. It's not that she doubts Bardock, of course. She's always followed his lead and believed in him with only the occasional protest. Plus... Even if he had gone mad, would this really be the story he'd come up with?

But for real, what the fuck.] ... No wonder you're freaking out.

[Gi-ne leans her head on Bardock's shoulder, still holding his hands. Man, now she could use some comfort too.]

[fatherofalegend]

[ It really is asinine bullshit, and it certainly doesn't help that he was already dealing with a lot of garbage before the destruction of planet Vegeta. Witnessing the genocide of your own race is bad enough; seeing it in bizarre visions of the future beforehand is arguably even worse.

Part of him feels like he has gone mad. If he could somehow use his rage to accomplish something productive, that would probably be helpful, but as it is, he's stuck.

Gi-ne says he's freaking out, and part of him (the stubborn, proud part) wants to deny it. He's strong than that, he's a Saiyan, dammit... but even Saiyans can reach their limits.

He lets out an angry, frustrated sigh. ]

It's been a really bad couple of weeks.

[ That's really all he knows to say about it. ]

[meatery]

Yeah, it... it has. [And it sounds like it's been even rougher on Bardock than on her.]

Maybe... Maybe there's a reason for all this.

[It sounds like nearly their entire species has been wiped out and that isn't even the strangest thing to happen (she's seen it happen to so many others) but-]

Time travel doesn't just happen, right? Maybe we're supposed to do something.

[Anything to distract her from thinking about all the friends who are probably burning in hell right now.]

[fatherofalegend]

[ Strange how wiping out other species doesn't hit so close to home until it happens to you, isn't it?

Bardock shakes his head. ]

If we're supposed to "do" something, like hell if I know what it is.

[ He looks up at her again, finally, and he just...looks tired. He hasn't even had the time to cope with his planet and his people being gone, let along being thrown into the past. It's all a bit much, and it's wearing on him as much as he tries not to show it. ]

It'd be just our luck if the freak had a power he didn't even know he had.

[ The "freak" being Frieza, of course. ]

[meatery]

If he does, it's probably for the best that he doesn't know.

[The universe does not need Frieza with the power to travel through time. Enough people are dead because of him as it is.

Gi-ne kind of wants to keep desperately trying to figure out solutions but with Bardock acting like this... Maybe it will have to wait. She's used to him being the strong one, the one with a plan no matter the situation, and it's odd to see him so tired and defeated like this.]

... At least the boys should be okay. [For now. Kakarrot should be safe at least and... She can hope that Raditz will escape.]

[fatherofalegend]

[ It is true. The universe really doesn't need Frieza with any power to travel through time. Or to read minds.

Solutions, unfortunately, will have to wait. They both need some time to breath and figure out what the hell is going on. Until then, they'll have to sit tight and try to make the best of things as they are.

After a moment, he lets out a sigh and closes his eyes. ]

The boys are the one thing I'm not worried about.

[ Kakarot, at least, will be fine. He's seen it already. As for Raditz...well. The idiot had better survive. ]

...Kakarot got away.

[meatery]

Easy for you to say. [Huffs a bit.] After all the work I put into them they better be okay.

[Bardock just got the fun bit, Gi-ne had to be pregnant (twice!!) and raised Raditz at least a little bit! So she can't help but worry and be relieved that out of all the saiyans who died, neither of her sons was likely to be one of them.

She nods at that second part though. She'd gone to see him off, so at least she knew he was off planet, even without Bardock confirming it.]

It'll probably be years before he even realises that anything's wrong.