I decided that I was just gonna put my house where Piccolo gets his house in the movie he was in. I grabbed on my previous sketches of the area and showed them to Bulma, hoping that she didn't think they were too close for someone who apparently doesn't know the area.
"Oh this actually looks a lot like this area," she said bringing up an aerial view of the exact area. Thankfully I didn't give her my aerial sketches. There would have been no way to explain that.
"Yeah that looks perfect," I replied, a smile on my face. "That's freshwater right?"
"Yup. The ground is actually pretty nice even though it's a mountainous area."
"Well, given the trees and other foliage, that seems pretty likely."
"The only thing is you'll need an airplane in order to get there since you can't fly."
"I think I would have wanted some sort of vehicle regardless of where it is. Wherever I would have chosen would be far enough out of the way that going on foot doesn't seem very fun."
"Well, now that you've chosen where you wanna go, I'm gonna finish your house and we'll go in a few days to drop you off."
"Alright, sounds good."
"Oh hey, are you done? Mr. Piccolo said he heard you chose somewhere," came Gohan from around the door frame. I spotted the tip of Piccolo's shoe, but he didn't come in.
"Yeah, do you wanna see," I motioned to the screen. Gohan stood next to me and took a look.
"Oh wow that's pretty. Mr. Piccolo come look," Gohan called out to Piccolo, outing him from his hiding spot. Piccolo took a second before walking in and seeing where I chose. I was really nervous, knowing that in the future he would have chosen this spot for his house. He just gently squinted his eyes and walked out of the room.
"I have a feeling Piccolo doesn't like me," I said sort of nonchalantly. It kinda hurt but I knew that he probably found me loud and annoying like the others.
"I think he just doesn't like talking to new people. He seems interested in you. I noticed he sometimes looks at you like he's thinking."
"Maybe he thinks I'm lying about being from a different dimension place? Not that I would have anything to gain but y'know, you guys seem to have pretty weird lives."
"I don't know, it's possible."
"It's okay, he can be suspicious of me, at least someone is looking out right?"
Me and Gohan left Bulma to finish constructing my house and it's capsule. We first went to my room to grab some art and bring it to the front desk. We made me a bank account at some point. Dr. Brief pulled some strings to get me some proper paperwork for the account. It's been odd seeing rich people pull strings firsthand. It feels like I've become the villain of the people, dodging the rules they have to follow. But I guess I haven't really had an option. And overall the Briefs are pretty generous with their money, they pay their employees incredibly well and donate a lot of money.
Then we went to the courtyard to do training. I've been learning how to fight from everyone too, they say it'll help with ki. I don't really know how that works but whatever. Piccolo was off to the side next to the small brook that flows in here. He was meditating, like he does.
After we were done training they made me go off in the corner and meditate. They had me sit near the brook, closer to where it enters the courtyard. That meant Piccolo was about 15 feet away on the other side, facing my side of the bank. I didn't want to get distracted thinking about him, so I faced away from him. I sat on the ground, set my hands in my lap in a comfortable position, and closed my eyes.
