[C&C] A Friend In Need

[Belle Hibiki]

Dragonball

Months ago, Earth was assaulted by an alien force from beyond the stars. Known only as The Construct, it sought to assimilate all of Earth's peoples into itself and, in doing so, purge them from the planet. The short but brutal battle between the creature and Earth's defenders reduced a city to ash and, although they were victorious, it left an enduring scar upon mankind's battered psyche.

Into this anxious time Belle Hibiki has been thrust. Armed with little knowledge of the world outside the forests and mountains he calls home, Belle sets out on a quest to recover the fabled Dragonballs that have been scattered to the ends of the earth. Legend has it that if ever all the balls were to be gathered in one place, their owner could have their heart's desire granted...

Characters:

Belle Hibiki

Young, brash, and with a temper that would put an angry bear to shame, Belle has spent most of his life alone in the wild. Modern life is a mystery to him, as are women (who terrify him). He frequently lets his anger get the best of him, but usually does the right thing - eventually.

He is an accomplished martial artist with great natural talent and inhuman levels of strength.

Sayana

Even younger than Belle, Sayana joined his quest with the finding of the first Dragonball. Although she is not yet a woman, she has a tendency to act aggressively, inappropriately erotic for her age. Much to Belle's dismay, she also seems to have taken a liking to him. She is very protective of those she cares about, and is willing to use extreme measures to keep them safe.

Sayana acts as Belle's compass to the Dragonballs, possessing an heirloom that allows her to divine their location.


Doctor Edward "Cog" Cognivius

The other member of the team that joined after Belle's first Dragonball, Cognivius - "Cog" to his friends - is by all appearances an aging, eccentric inventor. He loves to play with machinery, particularly anything with gears (hence his nickname). He is kind but weak willed, often unable to stop Sayana from doing whatever she wants. Although he pens his full name as "Dr. Edward Cognivius," it is not clear what exactly he is a doctor of.

He is responsible for the creation and upkeep of Hibiki's transportation: a hybrid of boat and blimp that is as eccentric as its creator.

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Recap:

Belle started his quest in the dojo of Master Long, an aging man who is the adoptive father of Sayana, who had just returned from a trip. Sayana, not trusting Belle, eventually found a way to forge evidence of him molesting her and used it to blackmail him into doing what she wanted, though this didn't stop her from helping him locate the first Dragonball at the request of her father.

Long revealed that it was he that had hidden the Dragonball after his own failure to collect them, having planned to use his wish to save his now-deceased wife from illness. He wonders if Belle, who is essentially a good person, has the resolve to shatter other people's dreams to make his come true.

A week after setting off to collect the remaining Dragonballs, Belle and Co. landed to stock up on supplies. Sayana convinced Belle to accompany her to a nearby carnival, but their visit was cut short when bandits raided the camp kidnapped the ringmaster's son. Chasing them down, Belle eventually defeated the bandit leader Jun, barely managing to avoid dying from poison in the process, and rescued the ringmaster's son in addition to other children that were being held for ransom.

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