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All in all, the morning kitchen shift with three pairs of hands was going well. After some teething problems this week both Hasa and Eshi had come to an agreement to split duties rather than share; she focussed on her intricate icing designs and he with the monotonous but zen-like job of the dishes.

Goten had supervised them pretty much in silence the past two hours, only needing to guide them a few times. His clone - born of the Multiform technique and the third pair of hands in this instance - so bored at not being called on to help, worked on an extra treat himself. Maybe next week Goten could leave Hasa and Eshi to train the part timers.

A beep sounded, and Goten’s clone answered the oven’s call. He slid out the muffin tray and decanted the contents next to Hasa ready to smother with icing, the almond and raspberry adding to the sweet mix of caramels and chocolates already in the air.

“Thanks...”

“‘Welcome.” The clone wandered back to layering up his traybake, and the little bubble of malcontent Hasa was carrying popped.

“Boss, I don’t see why you can’t teach us that, then we could cover more shifts.”

Goten’s clone rolled his eyes at Hasa’s accidental dismissal of him, a rarer expression for Goten to see on his own face in such sincerity - he hoped at least.

“I can, but I won’t. You couldn’t take the strain.”

“We totally could!” The nozzle on her icing bag jumped three inches in her indignation and she scrambled to recover.

“Oh really?” Goten sauntered over to the sink, taking the towel from a silent but attentive Eshi. He may have been pretending to be engrossed in the dishes but his turned, fluffy ears gave him away. “Both of you - stand in the middle.”

Hasa near enough threw the icing bag on the counter in her rush, leaping round to stand tall. Eshi backed up and slouched next to her arms folded, exuding dubiousness. He was right to be suspicious.

“Okay. First - cut your power level in half.”

They set to work, Hasa with the greater enthusiasm. Goten had to turn to the sink to suppress a snigger, their faces a picture. Not as horrific as when they first started learning of course, but Hasa’s puffed, reddening cheeks and the twitching eye an otherwise stiff Eshi couldn’t hide made the game worth it. Goten couldn’t blame his clone for dropping the traybake to come around to watch - he too biting a knuckle.

Their ki wavered, then crashed within a moment of each other, halving in intensity.

“Good. Now do it again.”

“What…” Eshi muttered. Hasa’s eyes bulged.

“Just once more, I promise.”

And to their credit they persevered and saw it through, taking them a comparative age with ki alarmed and protesting.

The clone clapped at their efforts, though broke off to intervene just as Goten saw Hasa’s face, too. “Breathe, Hasa!”

Eyes squeezed tight she shook her head, then realising breathing wasn’t optional gasped, her ki snapping back to full. She panted. “It’s so hard…”

Goten laughed. “It would help if you learnt not to use your breath like that, but sure.”

They all turned to Eshi, his breath steady but jaw tight. “What next.” His words were as rigid as his shoulders.

Goten didn’t anticipate Eshi’d be able to hold himself so steady - still, he was happy to be proven wrong. “Keep your ki like this all day. If you do all your work and /don’t/ die, I’ll think about multiform.”

Eshi nodded, and shuffled to the sink to relieve Goten without questioning further.

Well, there was not too much else to prep this morning. Reading the same conclusion Goten’s clone stepped into him and his centre returned to its comfortable and easy whole, potential energy flooding back. Memories merged, and Goten returned to his counter to finish his toffee traybakes.

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@roof-guard hehe ok fair

@quarterpint I wish *my* Mom was as slow as you... Auntie Bulma got to her first

@princess-eschalot I KNEW IT

“I present to you an extremely cheeky song written by my brother about Vegeta to entertain Pan and Bra, when they were aged seven and six respectively, I believe. Children are sponges and Goten knew that - I don’t know what he was expecting to happen when Bra went home that afternoon but he did receive the beating of his life not long after (or at any rate, the worst I’ve ever seen from ‘friendly’-fire).”

Goten said he would only expend the effort to write this all down on one condition - that it gets presented “without all the other crap” and uncensored. Well, I did make a promise…

Gather round kith, kin (and clowns) to listen to my story   (Of a) man you know, a prince - although his line a faded glory. Sold a slave to try and save his race from demolition (He) flew to Earth for secrets worth the compromise of mission…

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Well excuuuuse me for not being Mr Moneybags with my fancypants music lessons! How am I supposed to know what all the squiggles mean? You said you were happy to help, what changed? 

“I present to you an extremely cheeky song written by my brother about Vegeta to entertain Pan and Bra, when they were aged seven and six respectively, I believe. Children are sponges and Goten knew that - I don’t know what he was expecting to happen when Bra went home that afternoon but he did receive the beating of his life not long after (or at any rate, the worst I’ve ever seen from ‘friendly’-fire).”

Goten said he would only expend the effort to write this all down on one condition - that it gets presented “without all the other crap” and uncensored. Well, I did make a promise…

Gather round kith, kin (and clowns) to listen to my story   (Of a) man you know, a prince - although his line a faded glory. Sold a slave to try and save his race from demolition (He) flew to Earth for secrets worth the compromise of mission…

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Hey, I was only half serious! Thanks though, bro. This took way too long to remember, but what can I say? I’m a genius 

“I present to you an extremely cheeky song written by my brother about Vegeta to entertain Pan and Bra, when they were aged seven and six respectively, I believe. Children are sponges and Goten knew that - I don’t know what he was expecting to happen when Bra went home that afternoon but he did receive the beating of his life not long after (or at any rate, the worst I’ve ever seen from ‘friendly’-fire).”

Goten said he would only expend the effort to write this all down on one condition - that it gets presented “without all the other crap” and uncensored. Well, I did make a promise…

Gather round kith, kin (and clowns) to listen to my story   (Of a) man you know, a prince - although his line a faded glory. Sold a slave to try and save his race from demolition (He) flew to Earth for secrets worth the compromise of mission…

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My bad... 😬

"If you have skipped any of the previous exercises that enhance the above abilities you will you will flounder." You repeated you will twice, Professor Gohan! :)

My editor would like to apologise for the (possibly many) slip ups. They’ve been overworked recently dealing with my brother, who is not known for working steadily towards deadlines.

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Now now don’t be unraisinable... 

Well it’s official! A day to remember for a long time to come. It took a lot of planning and arguing with myself (and then Pilaf of course), vetting, more arguing and quibbling on prerequisites but…

*deep breath*

We let the first new person into The Lair today! ^_^

(It’s now called Ki-Lab and officially on the layout. Has a room number and everything!)

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Adding people?!

I doughnut believe it!

Well it’s official! A day to remember for a long time to come. It took a lot of planning and arguing with myself (and then Pilaf of course), vetting, more arguing and quibbling on prerequisites but…

*deep breath*

We let the first new person into The Lair today! ^_^

(It’s now called Ki-Lab and officially on the layout. Has a room number and everything!)

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They got a castle, we got a farm.

I know that’s kind of true but he could have at least said Trunks lived in a hovel or a cauldron or something that would have been great for my little brain

rather than witches in castles

Trunks gets everything even in make believe...

IMPORTANT QUESTION PLEASE ANSWER: At the start, Trunks was said to live in a castle. But it was the Good Witches, not the Prince's. Witches don't own castles. Is anything about this story even real????

This has been plaguing you for years, hasn’t it…

Don’t pick his cute story apart! It’s not like Dad’s publishing a book or anyth– wait. 

;) 

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I didn’t think about that

that sounds AMAZING.

That was really Trunks? Holy shit... so with time travel you can touch yourself and not explode?

From a different timeline, so not CC Trunks. But still looked the same, Auntie Bulma knew what our Trunks would look like when he grew up! And they both really like swords. Our Trunks swears he liked swords too before meeting him in his teens but no one else is sure…

And yeah you can! Doesn’t cause problems at all (apart from it being against the law to time travel). Timelines split it seems so no bootstrap paradoxes?

I’ve even met the Cell Games Trunks!  I was around a year old when he came back to ask for help in his own timeline, supposedly we played together. We know he went to a peaceful timeline but that’s all.(PS Trunks and Mai are fated ^^ they were together in the other timeline too

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You don’t need time travel to do that 😏

That was really Trunks? Holy shit... so with time travel you can touch yourself and not explode?

From a different timeline, so not CC Trunks. But still looked the same, Auntie Bulma knew what our Trunks would look like when he grew up! And they both really like swords. Our Trunks swears he liked swords too before meeting him in his teens but no one else is sure…

And yeah you can! Doesn’t cause problems at all (apart from it being against the law to time travel). Timelines split it seems so no bootstrap paradoxes?

I’ve even met the Cell Games Trunks!  I was around a year old when he came back to ask for help in his own timeline, supposedly we played together. We know he went to a peaceful timeline but that’s all.(PS Trunks and Mai are fated ^^ they were together in the other timeline too

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@roof-guard  

Why does your first actual post have to be sensible and informative so I can’t mock it?

you are infuriating 😤

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Aaaaaaaand this is why we don’t let any of you see the schedule 😑

@quarterpint not that I’m complaining but what happened to diplomacy? You said yesterday you wouldn’t ban people?

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After EVERYTHING going on Squiggle got a page?

Can’t believe I’ll be crossing ten timezones Tuesday morning so someone can spend half an hour picking fonts and obsessing over colour schemes.

@quarterpint not that I’m complaining but what happened to diplomacy? You said yesterday you wouldn’t ban people?

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Do you want help in the comments? You can come over if you like. 

My inbox is slammed with Cell Games questions. I need to answer a few before it gets worse. 

The hot takes are beyond ridiculous now.

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"I don't like to add drama..." Okay Great Saiyaman whatever you say.

That final absolutely-not-dramatic line wasn't in the last draft. @quarterpint?

1-10 - Breaking Down the Power Level

From the start of my patchy teaching career, beginning as a brother then a parent, my general ethos towards explaining the world has been to never patronise. I have developed some semblance of self-awareness over the years and so may at times simplify or reign in tangents - not everyone needs to know the minutiae to gain a broad understanding of a topic. My aim though is to never shy away from trying to provide a full answer to a question posed, no matter the age or background of the poser. An earnest and enthusiastic question deserves a considered answer with all the nuance one’s expertise can provide in the situation. I trust those listening to instead communicate where clarification would be helpful, or sift through what they need in the moment and chew over the rest later.

In contrast there’s a trend in wider media to cling to ‘consumers’ of scientific content by ratcheting up the the sensational, the over-simplified, the drama that may or may not be manufactured for entertainment. Narratives within popular science help guide and contain the message within (no one wants to be subjected to a list of facts, even regarding ki) but often the science is so watered down the only substance of the piece is the fluff. Those with a genuine palate for science (or history, or literature, or…) are left underwhelmed on repeated readings and sometimes even mistrusting of the expertise involved.

It is for those reasons I decided to include this section, a hat tip to the insatiably curious; though for those among you with little appetite for a smattering of mathematics I first bring you a tangential (and completely true) offering in the form of a fish.

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I know you don’t think about these things much Absolutely-Not-Uuby but the standard of physique is preeeeeetty good in our group. If I’m gonna get beaten to a pulp I want people to know I was at least by ‘hot’ once upon a time.

@quarterpint Uh, hardly punishment Squirt I did say I’d help if you need it.

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Okay but either I get one free hit or I get to take my shirt off. Can’t have my niece destroying me without retaining some dignity.

@quarterpint Uh, hardly punishment Squirt I did say I’d help if you need it.