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White condensation streaked behind the capsule car as it flew through the sky, its driver deep in thought.

(*ping*)

“Maybe I should’ve asked for the Nimbus...” the blue-haired girl said with a sigh to the empty cabin, “...it’s not like Goku or his friends really use it anymore.”

The normally-cheerful Launch slumped into the driver’s seat with a frown. She was at Bulma’s birthday party about to catch up with everyone when that purple cat-man that called himself a god showed up, and everyone got wrapped up in a big fight, again. No one even said hello to her.

She felt forgotten by everyone. If they did remember her, they also remembered the ‘other’ Launch that came out during the blackouts. Tears started to form out of the corner of her eyes as she remembered how embarrassed she was the first time Krillin told her about the ‘other’ her and what she did when Launch blacked out after a sneeze.

(*ping*)

Launch looked at the noise in the passenger seat. It was the Dragon Radar indicating where the last of the seven Dragon Balls was hidden.

Her frown lessened as she looked in the backseat at the six Dragon Balls. Launch couldn’t have gotten the Dragon Balls without the other her’s help, so she knew in her heart that they were both in agreement. They were going to summon Shenron, and she was going to wish for the other her to be a separate person. No more being embarrassed and no more being lonely.

(*ping* *ping*)

Launch wiped her tears on a sleeve and put on a brave face. Almost there.

***************

With a glassy *tink*, Launch placed the seventh Dragon Ball on the desert floor. Finished. It was time. Launch’s heart was beating fast.

Raising her hands hesitantly to the sunset, Launch shouted, “C-c-come forth, S-S-Shenron! And, uh, grant me m-m-my wish!”

The clouds darkened ominously in response. Boom! A light enveloped the Dragon Balls, and the giant dragon form of Shenron burst forth, filling the sky above! Shenron stared at Launch with bright red eyes.

Maybe this was a mistake, thought Launch for a second, before realizing she needed to do this not just for her, but the other her too!

“You have disturbed me from my slumber... Speak, and tell me your first wish!” Shenron said.

“Um, Mr. Shenron, I wish for no more blackouts but there’s another me t-t-t-that comes out when I b-b-blackout, and um, I don’t want her to go away but, um, I want to wish for her to be her own p-p-person and I wish that I wasn’t lonely,” stammered Launch, “Uh, please?”

Shenron stared at her for several long seconds, assessing her wishes and how to interpret them, before finally asking, “Is that what you wish?”

Launch bit her lip and gave a quick nod.

Shenron’s eyes glowed a deep, deep red, and a beam of light streaked down from the sky, bombarding Launch! Dust flew out in big clouds from the impact point, preventing Launch from seeing what was happening.

“Your wishes have been granted,” said Shenron.

The Dragon Balls flew up into the sky, and shot away to parts unknown. Launch could feel a sneeze coming on.

“Achoo!”

She looked at the sunset through the cloud of dust. She didn’t black out! It worked!

“Achoo!” came a sneeze from her left.

It was the other her, and she was close!
Launch tried to stand up and move around, but her left side felt oddly heavy.

Suddenly, she felt a tug...

*************

The saloon owner polished the bar for the last time before closing. It was late, and no customers had come in the whole night. Nothing interesting happened out in these parts anyway.

As he flung the bar towel over his shoulder, he heard voices coming across the desert.

“Wasn’t that nice of the bank teller, Big Sis? He just gave us all this money and you didn’t even have to fire that gun!” a bubbly voice said.

“He didn’t *give* it to us, we *robbed* him! And I didn’t have to fire ‘that gun’ because he was too busy staring at us to ring the alarm! And I’m not your ‘Big Sis’, we’re the same person!” an angry woman’s voice said in response.

“Whatever! I always wanted a big sister and now I have the bestest, coolest big sister ever!”

Before the barkeep could process the conversation—“we’re the same person”?—the saloon doors swung open.

Standing in the doorway was a happy-looking woman with puffy blue hair, and a stern-looking blonde woman holding a machine gun stepped in.

The barkeep blinked. No, he wasn’t seeing things, there were two heads... and, yes, definitely one body. And... were those three...?

“Hey! Eyes up here!” the blonde head shouted as she hefted the gun over her shoulder, “Quit staring at us and make me a whiskey on the rocks!”

She looked to her right at her blue-haired... bodymate? other head?... before blushing a bit. The barkeep’s mind reeled.

“And, uh, a root beer for my little sister,” she said, a little quieter.

(A request from Discord! Unfortunately, neither the requester nor I could find a higher resolution source pic, so the end result’s a little rough. When you work in a small resolution, erasing pixels tends to be hard, and the end result can be jaggy. I ran the final picture through a de-artifacter which improved the quality a little at the expense of detail.)

(Original is actually from the Dragon Ball Wikia for Launch.)

Description
White condensation streaked behind the capsule car as it flew through the sky, its driver deep in thought.

(*ping*)

“Maybe I should’ve asked for the Nimbus...” the blue-haired girl said with a sigh to the empty cabin, “...it’s not like Goku or his friends really use it anymore.”

The normally-cheerful Launch slumped into the driver’s seat with a frown. She was at Bulma’s birthday party about to catch up with everyone when that purple cat-man that called himself a god showed up, and everyone got wrapped up in a big fight, again. No one even said hello to her.

She felt forgotten by everyone. If they did remember her, they also remembered the ‘other’ Launch that came out during the blackouts. Tears started to form out of the corner of her eyes as she remembered how embarrassed she was the first time Krillin told her about the ‘other’ her and what she did when Launch blacked out after a sneeze.

(*ping*)

Launch looked at the noise in the passenger seat. It was the Dragon Radar indicating where the last of the seven Dragon Balls was hidden.

Her frown lessened as she looked in the backseat at the six Dragon Balls. Launch couldn’t have gotten the Dragon Balls without the other her’s help, so she knew in her heart that they were both in agreement. They were going to summon Shenron, and she was going to wish for the other her to be a separate person. No more being embarrassed and no more being lonely.

(*ping* *ping*)

Launch wiped her tears on a sleeve and put on a brave face. Almost there.

***************

With a glassy *tink*, Launch placed the seventh Dragon Ball on the desert floor. Finished. It was time. Launch’s heart was beating fast.

Raising her hands hesitantly to the sunset, Launch shouted, “C-c-come forth, S-S-Shenron! And, uh, grant me m-m-my wish!”

The clouds darkened ominously in response. Boom! A light enveloped the Dragon Balls, and the giant dragon form of Shenron burst forth, filling the sky above! Shenron stared at Launch with bright red eyes.

Maybe this was a mistake, thought Launch for a second, before realizing she needed to do this not just for her, but the other her too!

“You have disturbed me from my slumber... Speak, and tell me your first wish!” Shenron said.

“Um, Mr. Shenron, I wish for no more blackouts but there’s another me t-t-t-that comes out when I b-b-blackout, and um, I don’t want her to go away but, um, I want to wish for her to be her own p-p-person and I wish that I wasn’t lonely,” stammered Launch, “Uh, please?”

Shenron stared at her for several long seconds, assessing her wishes and how to interpret them, before finally asking, “Is that what you wish?”

Launch bit her lip and gave a quick nod.

Shenron’s eyes glowed a deep, deep red, and a beam of light streaked down from the sky, bombarding Launch! Dust flew out in big clouds from the impact point, preventing Launch from seeing what was happening.

“Your wishes have been granted,” said Shenron.

The Dragon Balls flew up into the sky, and shot away to parts unknown. Launch could feel a sneeze coming on.

“Achoo!”

She looked at the sunset through the cloud of dust. She didn’t black out! It worked!

“Achoo!” came a sneeze from her left.

It was the other her, and she was close!
Launch tried to stand up and move around, but her left side felt oddly heavy.

Suddenly, she felt a tug...

*************

The saloon owner polished the bar for the last time before closing. It was late, and no customers had come in the whole night. Nothing interesting happened out in these parts anyway.

As he flung the bar towel over his shoulder, he heard voices coming across the desert.

“Wasn’t that nice of the bank teller, Big Sis? He just gave us all this money and you didn’t even have to fire that gun!” a bubbly voice said.

“He didn’t *give* it to us, we *robbed* him! And I didn’t have to fire ‘that gun’ because he was too busy staring at us to ring the alarm! And I’m not your ‘Big Sis’, we’re the same person!” an angry woman’s voice said in response.

“Whatever! I always wanted a big sister and now I have the bestest, coolest big sister ever!”

Before the barkeep could process the conversation—“we’re the same person”?—the saloon doors swung open.

Standing in the doorway was a happy-looking woman with puffy blue hair, and a stern-looking blonde woman holding a machine gun stepped in.

The barkeep blinked. No, he wasn’t seeing things, there were two heads... and, yes, definitely one body. And... were those three...?

“Hey! Eyes up here!” the blonde head shouted as she hefted the gun over her shoulder, “Quit staring at us and make me a whiskey on the rocks!”

She looked to her right at her blue-haired... bodymate? other head?... before blushing a bit. The barkeep’s mind reeled.

“And, uh, a root beer for my little sister,” she said, a little quieter.

(A request from Discord! Unfortunately, neither the requester nor I could find a higher resolution source pic, so the end result’s a little rough. When you work in a small resolution, erasing pixels tends to be hard, and the end result can be jaggy. I ran the final picture through a de-artifacter which improved the quality a little at the expense of detail.)

(Original is actually from the Dragon Ball Wikia for Launch.)