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Who: Sharak and Konzen, Sharak and ~~the other hot blond~~ too many Sanzos just too many
What: Two grown ass adults at Capyper Land, both swear they have a good reason for being there. Also: Sanzo party without the party and with extra Sanzo flavouring
When: May 9th, May 8th late afternoon, May 10th evening
Where: Capyper Land, Kanzeon's temple, does Tokyo even have dive bars
Warnings: Because they're at an amusement park for children and the happiest place on Earth, we must include warnings for gun violence, swearing, mention of child death and reckless child endangerment. But like, in a fun way.

[It's a courtesy call, really. Genjo had been pretty worn out after their chat the other night and Sharak wants to see how he's doing. After their discussion, she's pretty sure she knows where to find him too... And so she walks up to Kanzeon's temple and lets herself into the front yard.

Even if she can't find the Genjo she's thinking of, she wouldn't mind speaking to the other one. It really depends on which one she finds first.]

[She'd been asked to look into a childish spirit wandering around a theme park looking miserable so... Here she is. Sharak still isn't keen on this "God" business, but the best way to learn what's going on is occasionally to play along. For now, anyway. "Aditi" is everyone's mother and so of course she cares for lost children in need of protection. Sharak, on the other hand, is certainly no mother... But she's not opposed to protecting children anyway.

For now Sharak is stood by the wall outside a restaurant opposite a particularly large rollercoaster, watching the children run around screaming with an indulgent look in her eye. Maybe this isn't so bad.]

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Haha, well, our Kougaiji was only a little boy, really... [And stole her staff like a little shit and was imprisoned in a crystal for the rest of the journey so that was fun.

The name brings Sanzang pause and she taps her fingers against the cups she's brought down] Nata...? [It's the closest approximation she can figure and she thinks about it a moment.]

I'm not sure if they're the same person, but they might be similar. We called him Prince Nezha, or the War Prince-- or jsut Nezha. He helped against Gyūmaō. [She thinks a moment again] He and Goku were-- Friends, I think. Of a sort. [She laughs and repeats herself] Well! Of a sort. They would bicker every time they saw each other. I think Goku said he used to bully Nezha in Heaven and they'd fight whenever they saw each other, but I think that's just their way of being friends.

[What else, what else? Sanzang shifts her weight back and forth anxiously, trying to think] He was killed though, but brought back. But he was...different. It was like he didn't have emotions anymore, he was so cold...

[Time for me to play the "How Much Does Sharak Know About Everyone" game, where I just make shit up and decide on the fly- but whatever she knows about Son Goku, it doesn't quite include this.]

Goku was in Heaven? [Shocked! Well, that doesn't necessarily mean their Goku... Though the way Sanzang is describing everything makes Sharak realise that she's serious about the whole "female AU" thing. Anyway, that all sounds kind of cute, and not hard to imagine until...

Sharak frowns. Now this is really starting to sound familiar.] Like he was empty inside.

Yeah... [Sanzang trails off, remembering when she saw Nezha again after his resurrection. He'd always been the arrogant sort who looked down on humanity a little, but it seemed to have gotten worse. The 'yeah' also answers both questions really, but she pauses the Q&A to finish making the tea and bring it to the table, sitting opposite Sharak.

She hesitates a moment and then carefully glances around and makes sure Sanzo isn't around anywhere to overhear.] 500 years ago, before Goku was trapped in his rock, he was in the Heavens. He got into all sorts of mischief though, haha... [She smiles fondly and sips her tea.] I don't know how much the Goku here remembers, or if the stories are the same, but I figure there's enough similarities, you know?

But Nezha-- Nataku.... Yeah. Empty is a good way to put it. [Sanzang glances at Sharak over the rim of the cup] I'm guessing he's causing trouble for you guys now?

[Huh. Maybe she's heard something about that. We don't know, but either way Sharak sits there thoughtfully in silence for a few moments. She also glances around to make sure Sanzo isn't too close- they can probably hear him in the distance shouting at the monkeys to give him his phone back- but she still hesitates. Is this something she should discuss with Sanzang? Well, Genjo did say to talk to her about anything she couldn't discuss with him.]

... After five hundred years, he suddenly reappeared recently. First at my castle while we were under attack and then again recently at a village under my protection. [...] Genjo and the others were instructed to return East and let him handle Gyuumaoh.

[So. Genjo is fired and doesn't know about it.]

[Sanzang doesn't show any outward reaction right away to that, just sipping her tea and running it through her head.]

That's... [She sets her cup down with a 'clink' that seems too loud in the oppressive silence of the kitchen (broken, yes, by Sanzo's yelling and maybe Sanzang would've smiled and giggled at that earlier but right now her mouth is a thin, hard line and her expression confused and irritated)] That can't be right. I mean-- That's not how it's supposed to go.

[She knows, logically, she can't expect everything to be the same, but she knows that story. She knows, ideally, about how it should end and being fired definitely wasn't on the agenda.] To get so far and then told to turn back? That doesn't make sense. And to send just Nez-- Nataku? [Sanzang's a little offended on their behalf, tone becoming a touch indignant] Something doesn't feel right about that at all.

...Five hundred years, though... The same time Goku woke up... [Her Goku and Nezha had known each other in Heaven. Maybe this version did too?]

[Look, Sharak agrees it's bullshit and she doubts the boys are going to listen anyway. For one thing, Genjo still has the Seiten sutra to consider. But she nods.]

It took them two years to get as far as India, now Genjo's been told to return to Chang'an immediately. [They're so fired.]

Apparently Nataku was injured during some calamity in Heaven five hundred years ago. He woke up with no warning. But he was the one to seal Gyuumaoh away in the first place, so him being brought in once he recovered isn't so strange as... [His behaviour in general. Sharak huffs, picks up her own cup of tea and takes a sip.]

... I don't know about any connection he has with Goku. If there is one, the Three Aspects didn't mention it. But there is definitely something wrong with that child.

[She makes a slight face.] Two years.... [She's fairly sure her journey didn't take nearly that long just to reach India itself. What the fuck guys.

Still looking disturbed, she continues to sip her tea as well as she listens.] Worrisome. [For lack of a better word. She sighs and sets her cup down, elbow on the table and chin in hand. Pouting and sighing isn't going to make the situation much clearer, but it makes her feel a little better to indulge in it.]

Jeez, what a mess! Sanzo and them can't make anything easy and straight-forward, can they? [The levity in her voice is almost certainly faked, but she smiles and laughs with a practiced ease] I'll sit and go over everything I remember sometime soon, and if I can think of any other connections to help, I'll let you know, okay? Nataku and Nezha might be pretty different, but I'm sure there's enough between them and our worlds that we could figure out something.

[Worrisome is one word for it. Sharak is tempted to indulge in pouting and sighing herself, but she refrains and instead just leans back in her chair.]

I'd appreciate it if you could. We're operating with very little information at the moment.

[And it's frustrating because her people are in the firing line right now. She thinks about the youkai villagers for a moment before she forces herself to stop- there's no point. Either this world traveling business works in such a way that she still has time to save them, Hassan and the rest of the Kouten Brigade miraculously managed to save them without her or...

Well, there's no point in thinking about it, that's all.]

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oh yay angry icon twice in one thread

Sharak is so special....

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