WELCOME TO DREAMWIDTH, HERO...

Hey guys, I gotta question. This guy was real mad, but I don't know what I did wrong.

So I went to a store and got a whole bunch of food, and that was okay. But then I asked for some cigarettes and the guy suddenly got really mad. He kept pointing at a sign. I could sorta read the sign...something about 'born before'. I don't know if I was cause the years are all different.

He asked for ID, but got even more mad at the tag things. I thought those were ID. It's got my name on it. I don't got anything else.

[Frustrated whine]

He wouldn't even let me buy the other stuff anymore. And kept saying he was gonna call the cops! I'm not gonna get arrested am I? And don't they gotta at least tell ya why? The last time some guy arrested us it was really boring. The food was good but I wouldn't have wanted to stay longer than we did.

Now I'm really hungry cause I couldn't buy the food.

Uwah! I don’t like this. I haven’t been able to talk to anyone on the boxes because all anyone is talking about is if you’re really a badguy.

This box was awesome before cause it let me meet all these new people. Now everyone’s saying not to trust anyone it let me meet!

What’s the point of even talking to anyone if you can’t trust them? If you don’t trust anyone then you’re all alone.

That's stupid! If you really know someone you should be able to tell!

I’m going to trust everyone and if they turn out to be a skrull or whatever THEN I’ll kick their ass for being a liar!

[Goku is staring at the video in confusion. The black persian cat in his arms looks like he would be more comfortable if he had more support than just one arm under his front legs, but Goku needs his other hand to hold the comm]

... There've been lots of people talking about important people going home. Does it...Does it really just happen without warning? No one knows when their friends are gonna leave?

Why would the porter do that?

It...It's not fair.

I thought she asked for our help and then after we helped we got to go back! Are the people being sent back after they finish something? Doesn't she warn them it's gonna happen?

If she doesn't then...she's not a good person. Why hasn't anyone done anything about her yet?

I don't mind being here if I'm helping. I would like to go home when I'm done too but...do I really not to get to say goodbye first?

[tries to raise the cat up with one arm, which just causes the front paws to go higher and his head to get more squished] And what's gonna happen to Tama if I get sent home? He could be trapped in my room without food.

[His eyes suddenly get very wide and he shakes his head at the thought.]

T...That wouldn't happen right? There's gotta be some kind of warning before ya go home!

Right?

[The video shows a very worried looking monkey face in front of a large pile of food wrappers on the ground]

Naa…Is there a way to make the machine hand out more money? I thought the tags were like a gold card, where you just get the money you need. I already used up everything it gave me and now it won’t give me any more!

I’m hungry!

It didn’t even give me enough for lunch. Those food stands were really good too. I didn’t even get to try all of them! I only got to have the hot dogs, and the falafels, and the ice cream, and the soda, and the burgers, and the pretzels, and the pizza, and the tacos, and the eggrolls…

[ looks side to side instinctively as this is normally when a fan would hit his head or a gun shot would go off. However as nothing is stopping him he turns his pleading gaze back to the comm.]

I didn’t even get to try the burritos and the french fries and the corn dogs and the paninis. I don’t even know what they are but they smell so good!

If I beat up more bad guys and do more hero stuff will the machine give me more money for food?

[Plops down on the ground grasping his poor neglected belly]

What’s the point of giving me a place to stay if it’s not going to feed me? It can’t expect me to be a hero on an empty stomach!

I’m hungry. When do the tags refill?

I can get more food soon, right?

[The video turns on to a close up of Goku’s fingers as he pushes at buttons. His very confused face can be seen with every few movements. When it doesn’t do anything he lowers it, to look around instead.]

Naa…Sanzo! Hakkai! Pervy Kappa!

[The bouncing of the video shows that he’s currently walking. The sudden loud car horn and swerving headlights show that he’s currently walking in the middle of the street.]

Eh? Hey! Hakuryu!

[Faster bouncing as he runs, followed by still video of the monkey scratching his head]

That wasn’t Hakuryu.

[A whine followed by a loud stomach growl can be heard]

Aww. I’m starving. Figuring things out is hungry work.

Where is everyone? It’s like a ghost town.