Test Dragon Ball

PICTURE THE SCENE

A violet sky opens inside Whis’s staff. On a tiny planet, Goku, halo above his head, tries to catch Bubbles and lands on the grass. King Kai laughs, then waves to you through the image. You remain at Kame House: gravity over there is ten times Earth’s. On this invented day, different times in the series can meet, and even Grandpa Gohan has come to sit on the porch. You are here to begin something, rather than enter a tournament. You and Lia, another adult learner, have chosen three pieces of bamboo, some cord and a shell to make a wind chime for the house. You found the shell. Its edge is chipped, and you like the small sound it makes against wood. There is room at the table beside Roshi, Korin and Piccolo; Whis sets his staff near the lunch bowls. You haven’t brought a finished piece of work to show. Part of you hoped a great master would let you begin again without feeling you were already late.