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[ { "text": "The Queen was miffed with her son, to say the least, and made it known immediately. Seeing a lack of medical personnel around the prince told her he was relatively okay, meaning a good smack in the head wouldn't cause any harm. For a moment she loomed over him, simmering down a little after having gotten her frustration out on both the guilty party and a rather unfortunate L'esta. With a sigh she knelt before her child, gently brushing debris away from his body to clean him up. While she was still agitated it was difficult to be angry seeing him so crushed, so she lightened up a bit. \"I know you're strong, T'charrl, you are my son after all,\" she answered, lowering her head and resting her forehead upon his, closing her eyes. \"Just don't you do anything stupid like that again, understood? Even the greatest warrior has their limits, one person can't do it all.\" There was a reason they had an army, after all. As proficient as their tribe might be in combat they were too few in number to do anything, they needed the support of others to help.\n\n\"And I suppose I have you two to thank for my son's return?\" Getting to her feet the Queen turned to look at Shu and Yumi, being taller than both of them. Lifting a hand she watched the alien woman cringe slightly, blinking before starting to laugh. \"I wasn't going to strike you!\" the Queen laughed, relieving an itch beside one of her antennae, \"But I'm glad to see you understand who is in charge here already! I must thank you for bringing my son home to us, it saves us having to send a search party.\" Curious, she wondered just how they'd come across the prince. They really did not seem much like fighters, but looks could be deceiving. Looking back down to her child she helped him back onto the bed carefully, giving his head a motherly stroke before peering through the drawn curtains at the doctor hiding behind them. \"Renthal! He still has some open wounds, bandage them!\" she screamed, surprising the elderly Kaesstrian. The clatter of some metallic objects could be heard as they fell again, and tentatively the doctor came out with a roll of bandages to do as he was told.\n\nYumi wasn't too sure what to make of this woman, other than she had a no nonsense attitude about her. She could understand how she was leading these people, the very thought of opposing someone like this was unnerving, regardless of gap in strength. When the Queen went back to chewing out Renthal the Beastman released a sigh of relief, slumping and giving her forehead a rub. Hearing Shu speak up she looked down at him, smiling reassuringly and giving a shake of her head. \"No, not all mothers...\" she whispered, leaning down with a nervous smile, \"Just the crazy ones...\"\n\n\"You two! What are you doing?\" the Queen butted in, nearly shouting at the aliens.\n\n\"J-Just talking, Your Majesty!\" Yumi replied, straightening up and awkwardly hiding Shu behind her, managing a nervous smile. When the Kaesstrian came closer to them she shirked back, expecting to be hit yet again. When no fists went flying she looked up, noting the confused look on her face. \"Uh... Is something wrong?\"\nThe Queen smiled in amusement at the effect she had on these travelers, biting back a laugh as she shook her head. \"Nothing is wrong, quite the contrary. I'd like to reward you two for helping T'charrl. I'll need some time to get the arrangements, but if you wouldn't mind staying for a little while you'll be paid your dues. Captain!\" she yelled, turning to L'esta who was still lifting himself up off the floor. \"I want you to remain with these two until I send for them! I don't want any of my guards getting a funny idea and trying to lock them up!\"\n\n\"Y-Yes Your Highness!\" The Queen lingered for a moment longer, giving the Prince a small hug before shooting a warning glance at Renthal and departing. As the sound of her footsteps faded the room became palpably more relaxed, the captain groaning faintly as he gave his head a rub. \"That's our Queen for you...\" L'esta mused, chuckling as he nursed a bump. \"She is a good woman, really, but hard too. Keeps everyone in line though, so I guess that's good.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "T'charrl didn't know what he was supposed to do to please her, there was nothing left for him to stand up against and try to make her feel happy regarding his actions. Giving her a pretty sad looking frown, he closed his eyes for a moment before he let out a sigh as she pulled away from his head. He knew she was just trying to be caring, he had been gone for a long time and like the Captain said, people thought he might had been dead. Slowly shaking his head, he slowly rubbed his face, \"I won't for a long time…I promise\", he spoke, not even too sure whether he'd be able to hold off when there was so much going on in the world right now. He was one of the few who could do what he did, he had to contribute somehow. Watching as his mother moved to speak to the aliens first, he was soon picked up by her and placed back onto the soft bed with the place he had landed all sparkly because of his wings. He probably wouldn't be able to fly for a short time, his wings may as well had been discoloured sheets by the time he's through with all this punishment he was receiving.\n\nShu really didn't know how he was supposed to handle this Queen of theirs, his eyes staring at her curiously before he was forced back when Yumi flinched. She was definitely scary, she was huge compared to him with that strange fur and long arms appearing fairly intimidated. Looking to Yumi, his understanding of mothers was immediately cut off when the Queen spun back around to them, pulling back and hiding behind Yumi. He didn't want to get hurt like they did, he didn't know what would happen if that happened so he would do everything to prevent it, even if it meant dodging the Queen and making her angrier. Frowning, he slowly peered out from behind Yumi, staring at the Queen as she took charge of the situation with Shu giving a nod when the Queen turned back to them. He didn't know how to handle this woman, but the others didn't appear to either as he looked around slowly, just watching as the room became lively again as the Queen gave her son a hug before going, \"…R-Really…? She scares me…\" he muttered, frowning a little, \"We weren't looking for anything for helping him, I just accidentally found him…\"\n\nAs the world slowly came together once more, Viral was slowly coming to again and seeing just how close he was to the ground once again. He was knocked completely out with his fall, it seemed, even if it was so minor and barely made the ground move out of his way for it. Dirty and feeling fairly light-headed, he slowly moved his head off the ground, groaning in pain. That had hurt quite a bit, his hand going to the back of his neck as he slowly pushed his chest off the ground and went into a sitting position. He wasn't too sure to where he was, but he knew how to get back just through pure instinct. He appeared to be a good deal of distance away from the house, it was definitely rather strange but he wasn't going to fret over it. He just needed to recover his energy a bit more, it was a long time before he had managed to do something like that nevermind with such a badly damaged body.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"She can be scary, I'll admit it,\" L'esta said, laughing to himself softly as he closed the door. \"But don't take her the wrong way, she really is a nice person. Just no one would listen to a softie, so she's learned to be kind only when needed. That goes for you too,\" the Captain paused, leaning against the wall and looking to the Prince. \"She really does love and care about you, but she's always been like this. Don't mistake it for hate. You're alive, she doesn't hate you.\" While even the Queen was normally benevolent, those she legitimately had a strong distaste for often were killed... Usually by her. That was incredibly rare though, and probably the only person who would fit that bill currently was the one behind this ridiculous war. Smiling in Shu and Yumi's direction L'esta raised his arms over his head in a stretch, making an odd yawning noise. \"Do you two plan on staying for this reward of yours? Whether you found him on purpose or not she just wants to thank you.\"\n\nYumi was with Shu on this one, she wasn't expecting a reward for this either. If the alternative was refusing it and possibly angering the Queen though then she was all for accepting whatever gifts came their way. \"We'll stay around, for a little while anyways. Haven't said anything to our friends, and they might worry if we're gone for too long.\" Assuming Viral and Vegeta were still training they might not be concerned yet, being too busy. Takeshi was looking into what the general had wanted, so he wouldn't be a problem for a little while. Still, it would be nice to get back before they were missed and not cause any issues for anyone. Glancing at Shu who was still hidden by her side the Beastman wrapped an arm around his shoulders, smiling reassuringly as she did so. \"Maybe if we're lucky they'll give us fruit as a reward. Wouldn't that be good?\" she asked, hoping to get her little energetic playmate back. \"Or another gift for you, like the staff.\"\n\n\"Her Majesty will probably give you some food and send you on your way,\" Renthal interjected, busy working on T'charrl. \"She'll hold some dinner for you and that'll be that. Shame, a ton of wasted potential here...\" Making sure that the bandage in his grasp was secure he carefully cut them with some shears, grabbing a pin and securing them. With all of the wounds dressed he gave the boy's chest a pat, helping him sit up slowly. \"Now boy, both your mother and I said it already, but I'm going to say it again. DON'T go running around looking for fights. If I find out you got hurt again I'll hurt you myself, never mind what your mother might do.\" Chuckling to himself the doctor gathered up his tools in his arms, looking over the Prince at the two aliens sternly. \"Now, I can't say that I'm not grateful for bringing the boy home to us, but I can say that this isn't a gathering hall. So move on out the lot of you, T'charrl has to get some rest. He'll be at your little dinner party, I promise.\"\n\n\"Just see that he's taken care of doctor. If he has so much as an ache come that time then all of our hides will be roasted.\" For all of her confrontational appearance the Queen deeply cared for her son, and anyone who might inhibit him in anyway answered to her. Shuddering at the very notion L'esta grabbed the door and pulled it open, gesturing for Yumi and Shu to follow him. \"Would you two like to see around the city while we wait? It'll be a while yet until anything is done, meal or no meal, so we've got some time to kill.\" Looking to T'charrl the captain bowed his head, offering an apologetic smile. \"I do hope you can forgive our leaving you alone. I look forward to seeing you again though, Prince T'charrl.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu had no idea how to take any of this, it was all so confusing but he was just trying to follow along and hope for the best out of everyone especially. Looking up at Yumi before to the Captain from behind Yumi, he frowned at his words before his attention was taken elsewhere at the thought of what kind of reward they would get from such a scary big-lady. From how the Captain spoke of her, she must had been nice somewhere inside her, but whether that would apply to somebody who wasn't of the same race was very confusing. He wondered what it would be like if the Queen found their friends or his brother, he didn't know whether they would end up hurting her through some sort of misunderstanding. Looking up to Yumi as her arm moved around him, he stared at her before giving an immediate nod, \"I'd like that, I'd like that a lot, I would!\" he spoke, smiling to her before Renthal butted in, looking to him instead. He didn't mind a dinner, he was enjoying the fruit enough in this world to appreciate a good feast of fruit.\n\nT'charrl was a little demoralised after all that, he would had done well on his own if he hadn't got caught and wouldn't need to go through the entire problem that he did already. He could had easily taken on those scouts if he wasn't ambushed, it was like they were waiting for him. Looking to L'esta before looking away elsewhere, he let out a sigh as he rubbed his face, \"I know she does…I just can't please her, that's all\", he spoke, frowning a little. He needed to prove himself, but the methods needed to do that were all proving to be disastrous. He didn't feel like he was getting stronger at all, he just felt like he was in the middle of wanting to be something but never getting there in the end. Looking to the doctor, he didn't take much of a reaction to it, \"I know, I know…I've heard it all before\", he frowned, watching him carefully, \"This has just been the worst of it, is all, not like I lost an arm…\" With L'esta going to take his leave with the aliens, he looked to him, giving him a quick nod, \"I don't mind, please take care of them…\"\n\nViral had little to bother him all the way out here; it was pretty great despite how much pain he was in right now. He probably could have been unconscious for a whole day and nobody or nothing would have been there to disturb him. Slowly looking up into the sky, he held his neck as he stared at the swirling mass of cloud that was just passing by him. There was so much freedom in this world, it was peaceful with so much space to move around in, it barely seemed as if there was any predators here too considering what the brothers had managed to catch the day before. If there was something he was missing right now it was the ability to eat, fight and do everything he enjoyed doing. Despite the optimum oxygen levels needed to survive on such a planet and the surprisingly lighter gravity, the upside of living here was probably not in his favour if he was to ever decide to settle on this planet. There was no battles, nothing to keep him occupied and even less for him to do. It was a little miserable, to say the least, but then again being so weak and without company was probably worse.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "'Buildings made of stone? Must be like the surface...\" L'esta mused, giving his chin a thoughtful scratch. An entire race of people that were unable to fly too, how peculiar. It seemed strange that anyone would be bound to the ground, rather unusual to be certain. Giving both the travelers a curious glance he stepped closer to Shu, scrutinizing the boy for a second. \"Do you two fly...? Neither of you have wings, so are you amongst those who are bound to walk?\" Every Kaesstrian could fly, from a fairly early age too. To emphasize his point the captain spread his wings, smiling at the Saiyan amused. \"Your world sounds very interesting, I think I would like to see it some day if I ever get the chance. Maybe I will visit you there as well, if you wouldn't mind.\"\n\nKabocha knew full well what Viral was capable of, and as such wasn't going to take any chances. He had been counted amongst the Elite on merit alone, his strength had gotten him there. Simply put that even if he looked hurt this was not a fight that they wanted to walk into blindly. Keeping hs distance the Saiyan smiled amused, placing his hands on his hips. \"We're looking for someone, commander, and I'm willing to bet you know exactly where to find her.\" If both this girl and the Beastman were on the same world and neither were from it then it couldn't be mere coincidence, they HAD to be traveling together. Squatting down Kabocha looked eye to eye with Viral, lips curling back in a grin. \"A girl named Yumi, you probably know her. We've got orders to bring her back with us, and none of us plan on going home empty handed. So why don't we go ahead and skip the fight and you just tell us where she is?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu nodded, smiling happily at the man. Even he found it hard to understand such a concept, it was completely strange to him still but he was getting used to it after seeing it so many times on many different planets now. It was nice to see that this world had its own little twist, especially with the glowing that was going on, \"I thought it was weird, but now it's pretty normal, I think…maybe? Maybe only on some planets\". He was fair contemplating the subject, but upon the question about flying he frowned a little, giving a little nod, \"Umm…yeah, we can fly…but we trained to fly\", he said with a sigh, \"I don't know how to explain it, but we used energy to do it so not everybody can…just don't ask me to fly…\" Scratching his head slowly, he looked away for a moment before quickly looking back to the Captain, giving him a smile instead, \"I'd like that! You'd have to be careful, though…I mean, people there don't see aliens and there's a lot of mean creatures there too, but many nice ones too\".\n\nViral just wanted them to go away, they didn't need to be on this planet and shouldn't had been too considering what he had seen by how the aliens reacted to foreigners. If Saiyans had been here, then the planet probably would had been taken over. Slowly moving his feet, he tried to get into a position incase he needed to react. Giving Kabocha a good hard stare as he spoke up, he growled at him lowly before slowly pushing at his feet just incase he had to get up quickly, \"What's that…?\" he spoke, slowly looking up to him. He was exhausted, his body sore but he was trying his best to stand up to these kids. Listening to what he had to say, the very mention of Yumi had his blood suddenly boiling, baring his teeth at him, \"I'm telling you NOTHING!\" he snarled, immediately taking advantage of Kabocha's position and immediately tried to claw Kabocha's face open.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "L'esta tried to wrap his mind around what Shu was telling him, to get some kind of grasp on what he was explaining. Energy, did he mean like the kind that their planet emitted? For the life of him the captain couldn't see how that was possible, which meant he had to be talking about a different kind. \"That's very strange... I'd love to see it some time.\" he replied, though immediately shot down when the Saiyan deferred that idea. Well that was disappointing, he'd hoped to see an example of it.\n\"I can show you, if you want,\" Yumi interjected, smiling politely. Placing her hands behind her back she stepped backwards a few feet to give herself room, putting her hands at her sides and exhaling. Hopefully she still could do this, she hadn't really tried since this change brought upon her. Concentrating on her Ki she focused it down towards the ground, and ever so slowly began to rise into the air. With a triumphant grin she rose well up to near the top of the roofs, looking down at the stunned captain and onlookers as she waved cheerfully. \"See? Like that! It's all about using your Ki to fly! It's really easy once you get the hang of it!\"\n\n\"Ki, hm?\" L'esta mused, really too astonished by the display to say much else. It was peculiar seeing something without wings take flight, he'd thought it was previously impossible. Certainly so did the other denizens, and soon cheers and shouts of amazement filled the streets. Seeing Yumi land just as effortlessly the captain was beaming, clapping his hands in unison with the group that had gathered to watch the demonstration. \"That was amazing! I never thought something like that was possible. And all from Ki you say?\"\n\nYumi was a faint pink from embarrassment, not quite used to being applauded like that. Looking to the captain as he spoke she nodded her head curtly, grinning sheepishly. \"Yes, it's using your natural energy to fly.\" Getting a perplexed look from more than one person she cupped her chin thoughtfully, craning her head to the side as she thought on the subject a bit more. \"It's an energy that all living things have inside of them. You, me, all of us have it. When you learn to control it you can fly, among other things. It's really neat actually!\"\n\n\"Oh ho, looks like I hit a nerve there!\" Kabocha laughed, grinning as he watched the Beastman get to his feet. So he did know where she was, judging by his reaction, that was a good start. Watching Viral jump into action the Saiyan sprung back swiftly, easily quicker in his good health. Well out of the man's reach he danced on his feet a bit, gesturing for Viral to come after him smugly. \"You'll tell us one way or another, so come off of it and spill the beans! Either we hear it from you or we find her on our own, and trust me, if we have to look it'll be worse for her.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu nodded but shied away of actually wanting to show him how he could do it, knowing that he could definitely in a lot of trouble if he did try to show it all off. He was not doing too well in the training department with it ever since they had arrived; in fact he had done none at all to achieve harmony with his abilities again. Looking down for a moment, he soon managed to bring his attention towards Yumi as she immediately cut into their little talk. Letting out a sigh of relief, he turned to her, watching her demonstrate her Ki abilities by showing she could fly, his eyes soon turning to the Captain to see his reaction. He smiled a little, feeling a little embarrassed that he couldn't quite do such a thing and instead began to jump up and down on the spot, \"Uh huh! I can do it too but I don't wanna because she's better at me with it anyway\", he said quickly, ceasing his jumping and pressed his fingers together instead. Watching Yumi, he tilted his head a little before he began to look around a little more at the citizens before to the Captain, holding his hands behind his back, \"Not that flying with your wings isn't already neat, because it is\", he said quickly, giving him a nod, \"I don't know if it's best to maybe not say what the other things are, though…I-I mean, I'm not a big fan of using them with other people around for a reason…\"\n\nThe twins were keeping well away from the Beastman and Kabocha, keeping to the back just incase they had to interject with Choi keeping a hold of his brother's arm just incase. Seeing his hit miss, Viral growled angrily with his eyes focused on Kabocha still, already feeling tired from trying just that one attack. He didn't want to have to resort to this, he probably couldn't win if he tried to fight them with what energy he had to use but he was still willing to try and resist. Holding up his weary claws, he kept his stance as strong as he could manage as the boy taunted him, \"I'm not telling you anything…\" he growled lowly, giving him a good glaring at, \"It's funny…they send little message boys to collect something well out of the King's reach…just to have them killed? I don't care who you were with before your King's plans broke apart…I'll kill you before you can run your little errand!\" With a sudden dash for Kabocha, he swung his claws repeatedly, his body pushing itself forward with every step just so he could try and spill some blood even in his weakened state.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "The discussion of Ki could wait for now, they were supposed to be enjoying themselves. If the hesitation on Shu's part hinted at anything he was doing anything but. Seeing the boy clearly be uneasy about the idea the Captain let it go, opting for a change in discussion instead. \"It's a surprise, but I promise you'll like it.\" Also a useful excuse to get away from the prying eyes of the populous, for now anyways. If the general public knew they had aliens in their midst, a Saiyan no less, then reactions might be... Sketchy. It was best then to keep everything under the radar so to speak, at least until the Queen deemed it okay. To avoid larger groups L'esta took them down several side roads, ushering away the few curious folk who followed regardless. After some critical words they got rid of their final 'fans', though he was sure they would come back. Keeping to themselves the Captain managed to bring them to the outskirts of a large arched courtyard. The pillars surrounding the area were made of a polished stone, though these having more of a brass color in contrast to the white-washed stone above. What he had hoped to show the others lay inside.\n\nStepping through the arches Shu and Yumi would see a massive tree in the middle of the area, easily the most prominent feature due to its gigantic proportions. Around it were smaller trees, saplings by the looks of them, and various beds of flowers. The centerpiece was outstanding, both in its size and looks. The bark was a soft brown color, almost like fur, but if one touched it they would be surprised by the coarseness of the material. Branches spanned out in every which direction, each bearing lime-green leaves. What would probably delight Shu most of all were the yellow fruits that the tree bore, nearly as plentiful as the leaves themselves. \"It's a lovely plant, isn't it?\" L'esta mused, turning to the others and smiling happily. \"This tree, believe it or not, gives life to every other tree in this cave. Any tree you see sprouts from the roots of this one, which run under the ground everywhere. And the fruit above is among the richest on our world, since so many nutrients are made to use it.\" Looking up at the tree the captain chuckled, folding his hands behind his back. \"Perhaps this is something you might want, Shu?\"\n\nKabocha gave Viral a funny look before beginning to laugh, shaking his head in disbelief. \"Honor? You're seriously going to prattle on about that tired old ideal?\" he asked, straightening out his expression as he applied a little pressure to Viral's wrists. \"Let me tell you about honor. Doing something that you completely despise to keep your loved ones safe, isn't that honor? Isn't it HONORABLE to suffer for the ones you care about? Because that's what we do.\" Smirking the Saiyan tried to turn the Beastman around, pushing him to the ground with his arms behind his back to secure him. \"We don't want to do this. We couldn't give a damn about Yumi, or you, or this war really. We just want to see our parents and friends alive when we go home, so we keep doing this. Are we really without honor then? If we've got no choice then does that make us bad?\" Hardly here to be philosophical Kabocha crammed his knee against Viral's back, looking between the twins hopefully. \"Got something we can tie his arms together with? I don't want to have to drag him around with me.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu was certainly fairly excited over the thought of a surprise, he liked being shown things that were most likely brand new to him considering this was an alien world to him and the display of Ki was something that was definitely completely out of their world. Whatever he was going to be shown was most definitely the same thing as the Ki was to the aliens, just it would be completely new to him. Watching the people come and go every so often, he looked to them as they tried to follow only for them to give up when they began to wander away from the general public. He didn't really like being a spectacle, it was difficult enough having a tail that everyone wanted to pull on. Following along while taking in everything he was passing, he looked around the courtyard curiously, giving Yumi a smile before they stepped through the arches.\n\nThe sight of the huge tree was definitely some sort of marvel to behold, but the sight of it just made Shu want to climb it and see how high he could get and how far he could see. Bouncing a little, he looked all around him with great interest to the surroundings, his eyes going to the flowers and the tiny trees that were growing all around. It was so strange, he hadn't seen something like this before but it was definitely a once in a lifetime thing. Looking to L'esta, he smiled in delight, \"Uh huh! It's lovely! It's so pretty…\" he spoke before he was told just what exactly it was. It was definitely something phenomenal, he had never heard anything like it and could only look to its roots to try and come to an understanding to how it all worked. Staring at the strange organism, he slowly looked back to the Captain and quickly nodded, \"I'd like some of that fruit! Uh huh! I love fruit, I want fruit, please fruit, please. Am I allowed some fruit…?\"\n\nViral looked between his wrists as they were giving just that little bit more pressure before he looked back at Kabocha with a determined glare, baring his sharp pointed teeth. He didn't know what he was supposed to do, he was fair stuck right now and there was nothing that could be done to get Kabocha off him. Forced to listen to the Saiyan prattle on about his pathetic little existence as a slave, he tried to move before he was suddenly spun around and pushed down to the ground with quite the painful thump. He was determined not to show any pain, but his expression was not making it easy for him to hide it. Trying to make a brief struggle out of the hold, the Saiyan's knee being pressed into his back was proving to be a little harder for him to handle as he was beginning to snap under the pressure of it. As one of the twins cautiously threw Kabocha a pair of energized handcuffs suitable for any size of wrist, Viral growled angrily and immediately tried to struggle out of the hold, \"Do you feel a sense of honour in all that?? You say things but you don't even know what they mean! You're still pathetic; you can't even stand up for yourself and leave with your family while you have the chance! It's because you're not strong enough…you never wanted to be strong enough just so you could live in your cosy little luxury home! You just moan and groan about it…you don't actually do anything about it!\"\n\nBefore Viral could say anymore, Choi immediately kicked him in the side of the head, \"What do you know about family?? You're artificial, you don't even have a family!\" he shouted back at him before Kai pulled him away. There was no way Viral would ever know what he was talking about, they had the worst of the struggle when they had a hard time gaining any strength under the rule they were stuck in with even the rich kids managing to gain strength quicker than they could. It was the biggest pain, everything he did would only serve to cease the King's antics for a little bit before they had to do something else to save their father who was forever trapped under the lowest job known to Saiyan kind.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "L'esta smiled proudly at seeing the satisfied reaction of their guests. It was nice to know that all of their hard work in maintaining that tree was paying off, especially if some aliens appreciated the fruit as well. Shaking his head the Captain bit into his fruit again, gesturing to the tree behind him idly. \"It's a secret as far as I know. Even if they knew though I can't imagine a reason that they would attack us for it. It does help clean the air down here, but aside from that there's nothing special.\" There was the fact it bore a unique fruit, but that was hardly worth fighting over. Hell, if the two peoples were on better terms he was willing to bet they would share with the people above ground. \"It wasn't hard to do really, in fact we had very little influence in it at all. This tree came up on its own, and we were going to cut it down initially. When we found out how unique it was though we just couldn't do it, and so we built this structure around it to keep it safe. Then more and more plants sprouted up, and you can see how the rest turned out.\"\n\"It really is amazing. I never would have thought a tree like that would be able to grow...\" Yumi mused, biting into the fruit again. The amount of nutrients a plant that size would need would be incredible, not to mention in order to share it with the other plants in its system. Maybe that weird energy they kept seeing had something to do with it. There was so much mystery on this world, she wanted to learn more about it so badly. Polishing off the last of her fruit she glanced down at the core in her hand, not too sure what to do with it. Looking up and seeing L'esta simply toss it into the bush she did the same, smiling happily. \"Thank you for that, it was delicious.\" Maybe they could get a few to bring back to their friends, if allowed. Though if these people didn't want anyone stealing their fruit she could understand why not.\n\n\"You're very welcome, I'm glad I could share some with you. It's the least that can be done after all.\" L'esta wanted to wait for Shu to finish before leaving the gardens, but through one of the doorways he could see a number of the royal guard approaching them. Accompanying them was none other than the general, T'charrl's father. Getting a touch nervous for bringing the guests into the garden he went ahead to meet the other soldiers, kneeling down before the general politely. \"Garesh! To what do I owe the personal visit of the general himself?\"\n\nGeneral Garesh looked down at the guard captain with a steady expression, arms folded behind his back. \"I came to find these two on my wife's request, not to see you.\" he answered plainly, watching L'esta lift his head curiously. For a moment the two looked at one another before the general laughed, the Captain joining in a moment later as the two embraced briefly. \"I do hate to interrupt, but Eslaria wants to see them, and I don't intend on keeping her waiting for very long. Mind if I steal them for a moment?\" A shake of the head from L'esta told him not, and gesturing for his escort to wait a moment he walked towards Shu and Yumi, arms once more behind his back. \"You two are the ones who saved my son then?\"\n\n\"Call it what you want, you're wrong. You don't know what we have to deal with, so don't you dare try to label us.\" This Beastman was ridiculous, he was far easier to deal with when sedated and under someone else's command. Frustrated Kabocha grabbed Viral by his arms, slinging the faintly larger man over his shoulder and looking at the twins. They were going to have to find where Yumi was on their own, much easier said than done. \"Ready to fly guys? Time to keep hunting.\" Until they had that damn girl they couldn't afford to leave, otherwise they would be paying for a failure. Sighing the Saiyan rose up into the air, scanning the horizon for some sign of civilization. They would just hit every town until they found where she was, if it had to go that way. It took a few seconds for them to locate anything, but finally Kabocha managed to spot a series of white structures off in the distance, standing well against the trees. Grinning he looked over his shoulder at Viral, nodding towards the place in question. \"How about we start there, hm?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu was greatly enjoying his fruit, taking his time to eat it rather than just to chow it all down without savouring the flavour. He didn't know how this tree functioned or how it even managed to live down here. He thought trees needed the sun, he always knew trees that were in sunlight grew faster than ones that weren't; it was something you learn when growing up in the jungle and observing the world around you. Finishing off his fruit, he looked between the two seeing they had finished theirs only for him to throw his off far. He hoped what was left would grow again, it would be nice to know that he had succeeded with keeping the tree's lineage alive even if it was something tiny.\n\nLicking his fingers quite happily, he soon quickly moved to keep up with L'esta and Yumi, he looked around curiously before being alerted by the sound of others approaching, moving closer to Yumi to feel safe. It seemed the Captain knew who this was, a General of some kind. Staring at the strange alien, he looked between them all before he let out a sigh when they didn't seem hostile, giving him a little smile as the General approached them. Giving a little nod, he looked up to Yumi before back to the General again, slowly moving behind Yumi a little more, \"Uh huh…w-we found him, Mister\", he spoke, giving a nervous smile, \"Why…? What's wrong? Is he okay…?\"\n\nChoi was only just beginning to calm down a little more as Kai kept a hold of him with a sigh finally ending his little hissy fit, Kai letting go of him. Kabocha was always good at doing the talking and showing off, Choi and Kai were suited to being the extra muscle just incase he ever got into trouble with their victim. Looking between each other before back to Kabocha, Kai nodded and flew up with him as Choi followed on just a few seconds after. If they could keep a hold of Viral then that would at least keep Yamate happy, it wasn't as if Yumi was particularly strong and was still an experiment in herself. Looking all around them, Choi let out a sigh, clicking his scouter a few times, \"Man…finding him was just pure luck…\"\n\nViral was getting rather annoyed with these dismissals he was constantly put under, he couldn't ever catch a break even when he was being brutally honest. Trying to move despite the pain and confusion he was under, he suddenly felt himself being lifted off the ground and over the shoulder of Kabocha. This was just getting humiliating now, he didn't deserve to be treated like this and it was only causing him greater discomfort. He was being brought up into the air, his eyes staring at the ground as it slowly moved away. With Kabocha giving only a glance to Viral, Viral immediately looked towards him, letting out a growl, \"You're wasting your time…incompetent little whelp!\" he snarled, trying to kick out immediately and trying hard to use his remaining strength to get out of the Saiyan's grasp.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi was disappointed that L'esta had to leave, he had been a properly nice companion in the city. The General didn't seem bad though, certainly not if he was on friendly terms with the Captain anyways. Besides, they could likely leave whenever they wanted to, so even if this went south getting out shouldn't be much an issue. At her side it seemed that Shu wasn't nearly as confident about this, constantly grabbing her hand and hiding against her. To settle his nerves she squeezed his hand in her grasp, smiling down at him gently. \"I don't think they HATE us,\" she whispered back, referring to what L'esta had said about the Queen earlier. \"And even if it's just in the moment T'charrl doesn't seem to hate us either. We did something good Shu, so it's normal for people to want to thank someone. If anything happens though we'll leave, I promise.\"\n\n\"Yeah yeah... Bite my face off...\" Kabocha mumbled, already tired of Viral's heroics. Seriously, he could barely move, let alone fight. Just who was he trying to protect in that sorry state? Part of him wished they had knocked the Beastman out, but then again they needed him in case they couldn't find Yumi anywhere. Sighing at Kai's complaint he smiled faintly, nodding his head in agreement. \"Cut our losses and run for the time being, yeah?\" It wasn't the best plan of action, but it would have to do. Better than risking going home with no one at all, that was for sure. \"And give up on that stupid thing will you?\" Kabocha snapped, referring to the scouters they all carrried, \"It's jamming our signals down here, it won't do us any good.\"\n\n\"From what I've heard of you two, you're quite the unusual pair,\" Garesh spoke up, walking along with his gaze right ahead. Unlike with their trip with L'esta the crowds cleared rather quickly for this new entourage, though many still lingered to catch a glimpse of the curious aliens. \"A Saiyan boy and a woman of unknown origin, definitely an oddity on our world. I'd ask what you're doing on our world, but I can assume that you stopped here with no ill will, seeing as our cities still stand, so it bothers me little.\" Saiyans were notorious in the universe, and even a secluded planet such as Kaesstra caught wind of the atrocities those people had carried out. To have one of those people turn into a pseudo-hero was an unlikely but welcome turn. Looking over his shoulder Garesh smiled slightly, coming to a stop gradually as they neared the bridge to the palace. \"I'm sure you've heard it before by now, but as commander of my city's defences I have to stress that you be on your best behavior while here. I won't make a foolish claim that I could fight you if you struck out against us, but while we're on good terms let's please keep it that way, yes?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Looking up to Yumi, Shu could only trust her judgement and hope that everything was going to be okay. It was hard to say that she was helping him feel a little more relaxed because he wasn't, but maybe he just had to give it time to trust people who held ranks like some of the Saiyans had. They appeared to have good intentions, but he still found himself struggling to find trust in strangers. Looking to the General, he nodded a little but let out a squeak in response to the man suspicions, frowning a little, \"I-I don't destroy things like other Saiyans…and Yumi is from Earth which is like your world\", he spoke, giving a little nod before looking down a little, \"We came here to find a planet that our friend could recover on from a really bad condition. He's not very well, he's awfully sad about it. I would never fight innocent people…I swear…\"\n\nKai was having a hard time doing anything that could count as handy when his scouter was having a hard time getting through to working correctly, seeing as how that was the only thing that was going to help them find the girl. The Beastman wasn't going to provide them with any help, that much was way too obvious as he rolled around trying to get off Kabocha with his occasional moments where he'd stop out of exhaustion. Grumbling a little when Kabocha snapped at him, he turned away from him and continued to fly onwards, \"And how else are we supposed to find the girl, then? I'm sure your passenger will tell us everything, huh…\"\n\nChoi didn't know what the big deal was, they should had just taken the Beastman back instead of searching for the girl too when they had managed to successfully capture him. The others would surely try and get him back, so there should had been no problem when it came to using what they had as bait. Thinking it was way too late to talk about it, Choi let out a sigh and turned to look at them, \"Can you guys not fight right now? We just got the easiest to catch prisoner in ages…a former Elite! And you two are bickering over gadgets?\" he spoke, smirking, \"You two should be married, always fighting…sometimes I swear I'm the one looking after you two! Which is ironic consideri-ah!\" A energy shot suddenly whizzed by him, missing him by mere inches as it flew off into the distance, fading as it continued. He was almost hit, but by what exactly, \"Hey! Did one of you fire at me??\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "It really was a shame to be leaving this city so soon. While above ground was nice it just didn't have the same mystical charm that this one did, it was utterly absent of the glowing veins of energy and the grand tree as its centerpiece. Worse still was that they probably couldn't say a word about this while back in the stone-washed city. If these two factions were at war with one another then giving away the location of one's home was obviously not a very good idea. Nearing the doors at the forefront of the city Yumi smiled at Shu as he asked what she had ment, it wavering slightly as he seemed to become disappointed. \"It's when you don't have to do anything but have fun and play games,\" she explained gently, giving his arm a playful swing to try and cheer him up. \"If you miss Master Roshi and Earth then we'd best hurry up and get home, huh? Don't want that old man taking on new students now do we?\" She had hoped to bid farewell to L'esta as well, but as they passed through the main gates to the city it was clear he wasn't around any longer. Disappointed, Yumi kept pulling Shu along with her, gradually making their way up to the brightness of the ground above.\n\nTakeshi didn't get what these three were trying to hide from him, or why Choi was freaking out so much. It was unusual seeing the normally vibrant Saiyan panicking like that, it meant they were really in one hell of a situation then. Opening his mouth to speak he paused when a curious bit came up in the other boy's rambling. \"Wait... One of the experiments...?\" he mirrored, frowning as he gave the trio a puzzled look. The only other one that had been experimented on was Shu. That wasn't right though, because there was one more person in their group who had fallen into the Saiyan's clutches. Almost afraid to hear the answer Takeshi looked at Viral for a moment before his former squad, his body slumping slightly in realization. \"You're talking about Yumi... Aren't you? She's the one you came here for?\"\n\n\"It's not like we want to be doing this, you know!\" Kabocha said, butting into the conversation. \"What else can we do? Like Choi said, our hands are tied here Takeshi, you know that! And I don't see any way for you to get us out of this, so we've got to do something to keep our families safe!\" The very deal they'd made initially was bogus in hindsight. After all, how was anyone going to successfully get away from their king, especially while on their home world? Those who had gotten away so far had already been off planet, but being the king's personal servants their families had no such hopes. That meant they had to be taken directly from Kortal, which was a suicide mission. Things were hardly looking ideal for them, they were just getting into a deeper and deeper pit here. Just to make matters worse another power had suddenly come to attention, and it was approaching disconcertingly fast. \"Oh man... Now what?!\"\n\nVegeta could really sense the powers now, four distinct energies straight ahead. As he raced across the forest the group finally began to come into view, first as small dots until they quickly began to take shape. To his surprise not only was Takeshi there, but Viral as well, the latter in the grasp of some Saiyan brat. Coming to a halt well behind the trio he glared at the one holding the Beastman angrily, looking over them to his friend perplexed. \"What's going on here? And why are you just standing there shooting the breeze with them? They've got Viral!\"\n\n\"I know Vegeta!\" Takeshi shouted back, groaning as he lifted his hands and ran them back through his hair with a soft exhale. \"It's complicated, okay? There's a lot going on here, and I'm really not getting any answers here.\" He didn't like it, but if these three weren't going to talk willingly then they'd have to be made to answer. With little reason to conceal himself the prince let his energy rise up a bit, the air around him gusting as his Ki fired out, a small aura dancing around him as a result before disappearing again. \"I'm not going to ask again, put Viral down. I can't let you take him or Yumi back to my father, you know what will happen to them if you do!\"\n\n\"Wait, they're after Yumi too...?\" That changed things quite a bit, as if it wasn't an affront already to be trying to make off with Viral. Giving the trio a nasty glare Vegeta tightened up a bit, his own power rising out of sheer distaste for the three before him. \"She's already had enough of your damned king, I'll sooner go there myself in her place than let you bring her back.\" he said harshly, and with no signal of any sort he dashed forward, striking out at Choi with a punch as he was the nearest to him.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Shu hoped they could come back pretty soon, it was a very nice place to be considering the city was like an entirely new world and didn't appear so similar to Earth like the surface did. The people were fairly interesting, they were definitely odd looking but they were from a completely different branch of beings. He did wonder how long it would take one of them to recover, he did hope to see the Prince again even if their time with him was fairly brief. Looking up to Yumi, he nodded a little, giving a small smile in confirmation, \"I'd like that, I'd like that a lot\", he spoke, nodding a bit, \"If that's what that is, then it's vacation a lot of the time already! I have a lot of fun a lot of the time, it's really all I do in my spare time. Why do I need a special word for that time when I could have fun with you any time?\" Approaching the outside was pretty startling, the sunshine hitting him pretty hard when he emerged into the opening, \"Ah! That's bright…\"\n\nChoi didn't mean to spill everything like that, he was just feeling terribly anxious and it was eating away at him everytime Takeshi questioned their motives. Looking to Kabocha nervously before he let out a sigh, feeling as if he failed them by blabbing. It seemed that Takeshi had gotten the picture pretty quickly, but that also confirmed that she was on the planet after all and the energy here wasn't interfering with their devices too much. Wondering if Takeshi was going to end up coming to a compromise with them, he looked to Kabocha who had lost his cool before there was a strange sort of energy approaching with all of them immediately needing to go on guard. Pulling back in the air a little, sure enough it was Vegeta who had arrived, someone who had been a problem before. Letting out a little yell he immediately pulled his hands up, not feeling completely confident right now.\n\nViral wasn't feeling too good at this point, his arms being behind his back and restrained was definitely proving to be uncomfortable while his head wasn't letting his eyes focus. The small dose of punishment he had put up with being was getting to him and he was gradually losing his bearings, the sound of Vegeta only wakening him up just enough to understand how bad of a situation this was. Trying to turn to look at him, he soon decided it wasn't going to happen and looked down to the ground again, not exactly enjoying this outlook all too much. Something bad was eventually going to happen, he just wouldn't be able to do anything about it unless he tried to fight too somehow.\n\nThings were looking a bit dodgy, but Kai was on his guard. He didn't think he could drop it when there was now another warrior looking fairly hot and bothered not to mention there had been a rather terrible encounter with him before, but that wasn't going to discourage Kai. If anything, this was going to prove to be harder to control and not something they should be scared over, even if Choi was proving to be just a little bit too nervous to control. Watching the angry adult cautiously, he kept his guard up right to the point where things immediately went from bad to worse. Choi had become a target due to his close range and Kai had sensed that pretty quickly, especially when it was his own twin who was being made the target. Choi had barely been able to do anything about it, but seeing Vegeta move and hit his brother it was definitely Kai's turn to intervene. With little hesitation, the moment the attack hit Kai had dashed straight to Vegeta, aiming to ram him away and punch him down to the ground.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"You're right, Goku can't fight for us, but who said he would have to fight?\" Takeshi smiled as he held up a finger to keep Shu silent, wanting to get his thoughts out before they were derailed again. \"Our father knows who Goku is and what he's done. So does everyone else I would bet. Do you really think anyone would want to fight him? Especially if he can't die, that'd be crazy. And with his instant transmission he could get their parents out before anyone even knew what was going on.\" To him it seemed like a foolproof plan. Goku would be the only one who could feasibly make it out alive with the king so close, and he was the only one strong enough to protect the parents, at least until they were somewhere safe. It was kind of an underhanded move, but Takeshi was positive that if he brought up saving people then the since-passed Saiyan wouldn't possibly be able to refuse. \"What do you think? Sound like a good plan guys?\"\n\nKabocha listened closely to the hair-brained scheme, it sounding more ludicrous by the second. Sure he knew who Goku was, as did the twins probably, but how was he supposed to help them? \"How in the hell do you even get in touch with a dead person? Aren't they, you know, dead?\" Dead was as far gone as you could get, that was it. For all he knew there wasn't a single way he could think of to get in touch with someone deceased. Clearly the princes knew something he didn't, though even with their confidence the whole plan seemed insane. \"Let me get this straight, you want us to trust our parent's lives to some dead guy who may or may not be willing to help? And just where are we going to send them?\"\n\n\"Goku will help us, I know he will,\" Takeshi answered firmly. He had before in the past after all, so why wouldn't he now? Before it had just been Earth that was in jeopardy, now it was the entire galaxy, certainly that couldn't have gone unnoticed. It was a little worrying that Goku hadn't done anything yet himself, but maybe that was because he needed an invitation of sorts to come back. It had to work, as there was no other feasible way for it to. \"There is one problem though...\" Takeshi mumbled, cupping his chin as he looked up into the sky puzzled. \"How the heck to we talk to him out here...? And where would we even bring them after they're saved...? Here maybe?\"\n\n\"Here sounds like a good idea as any.\" Vegeta spoke up, looking to the trio a bit sternly. \"Don't get the wrong idea guys, I'm opting to help out so we can get on with more important things. But think about it...\" he paused, looking to his friends this time. \"This world doesn't seem to be one that the Saiyans are after, and it's big enough to hide people. I'm willing to bet that the people in the city would be willing to take in a few more if we asked. I mean, they put us up after all didn't they?\"\n\nYumi cringed slightly at hearing Vegeta's plan, if only because of what she knew. Looking at her friend she sighed, giving a shake of her head. \"The city won't work... Trust me. Shu and I know a place that we can find help, but we'd have to see to settling this civil war first. After we do that I bet we can get them a safe place to live for the time being.\" The Beastman looked to the twins and Kabocha disdainfully, folding her arms across her chest. \"You're just soldiers after all, so think you can help finish a war?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Shu really did want to see Goku again, but even if it was going to be for a few moments he still didn't know how they were going to do that. Contacting Goku had been a bit of a chance encounter and he could barely remember how they managed to get a hold of the guy in the first place, feeling a little lost in that aspect. He would like to meet the guy again for a little longer than a few moments, but he was dead so that might be a little difficult anyway. Listening to what Takeshi had to say and looking to Vegeta when he added his own quick thought too, he smiled a little before Yumi interjected, almost putting down the idea but instead just thought they'd go with a different one altogether. The city they were just at would be a lot better, if a little darker but that shouldn't be a problem if the war they had going on would be over eventually. Giving his head a little scratch he looked away, smiling a little at the thought of doing good in a rather unique way.\n\nThe twins didn't look too impressed, but they had heard of Goku if only as part of the staff's stories amongst each other. It was something they weren't allowed to talk about, but they still did in encouragement to try and keep their spirits up. The plan sounded pretty stupid, they didn't know that you could talk to the dead and certainly didn't know what happened after you died either. Looking between each other for a second before back to Takeshi, Kai gave him a suspicious stare while Choi looked to Yumi, giving her a frown when she spoke up, \"What? That'd be unfair, don't you think?\" Choi spoke up, folding his arms, \"We're way stronger than these people are! It wouldn't feel right to hit around weaklings who can't put up a fair fight, you know…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral gave Yumi a quick look before letting out a grumble at her words, not exactly pleased that she was being stubborn. If she wanted to go on out and about by herself then she could, he didn't understand why she had to stick around doing something she obviously didn't want to do just because someone told her to do it. She was definitely weird, that much was certain, \"This is why I don't understand humans…I'm practically giving you freedom and you don't accept it\", he grumbled, shaking his head a little, \"Those Saiyans wouldn't even think about taking me without everyone else knowing about it, you already know that\". It was tough trying to figure out how to make her the tiniest bit happy, he really had no idea how he was supposed to without having her moan and groan around the house just because she wasn't getting out and being able to beat up the Saiyans herself. Looking up to the house as they approached it he gave his head a rub, he stared at her suspiciously before he looked away again, \"What now?\" he questioned her, feeling a little confused, \"Time with me? You've had plenty of time with me and everytime you've just grown annoyed, I don't think I could withstand whatever you might dish out because you're frustrated with the Saiyans…\"\n\nShu didn't know how he was supposed to help himself when it came to bad memories, he was not at all confident with that since he had been trying to fend them off for so long. He was often left trying to figure out how to get rid of such memories with him trying hard when he was still all locked up, banging his head on the walls when it got too much. Frowning at the thought and giving his head a rub upon remembering it, he let out a sigh before looking up to Takeshi as he too questioned what they should be doing. It really was a curious thing, he didn't know what they were after or what was being defended exactly. He didn't feel much energy; it was only the Prince that spoke of energy and that was his own. Giving his head a scratch he bounced forward, looking up to Takeshi curiously, \"What did he tell you to do? Did you do it? Would you get in trouble if you didn't do it? The Queen was really scary but nice…she slapped her son right off the bed he was resting on! But then she gave him a hug, so I guess that was nice\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"I have freedom, whether I'm in the house or not. It's what is best for everyone though, I guess...\" Yumi replied dejectedly, shrugging it off. It was worth noting how Viral seemed to be getting impatient with her, or at least annoyed, and she didn't want that. It was hard though, seeing the people responsible for your misery and being incapable of doing anything about it. Stepping over some low brush and into the back yard she made a beeline for the door, swinging it open and having it nearly snap off the hinges from the force. Yumi made it halfway inside when Viral questioned their spending time together, or more precisely how she behaved with him. Frowning she turned to look at him sternly, placing her hands on her hips. \"What do you mean annoyed? I wasn't annoyed with you.\" Yumi huffed and turned round again, storming towards the kitchen and dropping herself into a chair. She didn't get annoyed with Viral... Did she? It was hard seeing him like that, and harder still to help it, but she didn't think it had come across as her being annoyed by him. Hearing him come into the room behind her the Beastman laid her arms across the table, her head down across them with a heavy sigh. \"How do you do it...?\" she mumbled, closing her eyes, \"How do you deal with what they did to you? It's driving me insane...\"\n\nTakeshi hesitated for a moment as Shu asked his questions, not entirely sure how truthful he wanted to be here. The orders were not the kindest in nature, he had known that when receiving them, but was willing in order to keep his friend in good graces to heal. \"My orders were to find the city and whoever was in charge and bring them to the General...\" he said, frowning as he looked straight ahead, tensing slightly. \"I was also told to eliminate anyone who tried to stop me, as they were responsible for attacking towns. They were all supposed to be the bad guys, you know? But from what you're telling me they might be the victims here... Wow, dodged a bullet there...\" The Queen sounded like someone who could handle herself, and definitely not a pushover. That might be why whoever had been given orders had asked a Saiyan to do the job, maybe by Kaesstrian standards she was really powerful. It made sense, in a way, seeing as no one had yet tried to fight her themselves. Hearing the sounds of the city starting to fill the woods as they drew closer Takeshi smiled a bit, trying to get into an act that wouldn't show he was snooping. \"Figure we'll be on a tour of the city, yeah? That's our excuse for walking around.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral felt the tension straight off and didn't actually know how he was going to deal with it if she got really angry at him; instead, she went straight for the house before he had even managed to get by the bushes. Grumbling away to himself as he forced his way through the shrubs as he stumbled away towards the house, just going inside when Yumi suddenly stopped him. All he could do was stare at her; it wasn't exactly a question he could answer. Watching as she stormed off once again this time to the kitchen, he had set his mind on retreating to his room or at least somewhere else that wasn't burdened with having to get angry glares from her. Moving off towards the room, he made a stop when she spoke up again, this time looking a little calmer but with a question that stung a little. Scratching his claws through his hair, he let out a sigh and looked away, shaking his head, \"You're probably feeling fear more than the pain they may had caused you, even if it was only for a few days\", he spoke, looking back at her, \"They didn't want you dead, they didn't care whether I died or not. You'll get over your fears eventually\".\n\nShu frowned a little and lowered his head, figuring they were looking to get the Prince back and take in the Queen. They sounded as if they had been awfully cruel to the Prince and killing anyone who got in their way was just pure evil, \"Well, I'm glad you didn't do it. Killing people is really, really bad…\" he sighed, pressing his fingers together, \"At least you know they're not bad guys, they're really nice people and really curious and with glowy stuff down there! They gave us gifts, even something worth a lot of money…\" He didn't like any of this, who knew how many people had died because of this conflict and the civilians barely knew what was happening either. Upon approaching the city Shu was sure enough feeling a little nervous, looking up to Takeshi for some support. Walking around on a tour sounded alright to him, a little smile appearing on his face before he nodded, \"Okay…okay! Maybe we can see the people for what they're really like…I mean, the people underground were really nice, maybe these people are nice too?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"I'm sure it was buddy, and you can tell me more when we get back home.\" Takeshi was curious to see this city for himself, and this Queen that Shu and Yumi spoke of. He'd give it that it didn't take much to unnerve his sibling, but if the Beastman seemed timid as well then the woman had definitely left an impression. Focusing more on the matter at hand he kept an arm around his brother, starting to glance around at various structures and the people around them for some kind of clues as to what was important. There were military personnel every few dozen meters or so, mostly just gathered around chatting with one another, hardly reason to raise red flags. With the city being so militaristic it might be tricky to move around freely, depending on what kind of clearance if any the general had given them. Putting on a false smile Takeshi leaned down to whisper in Shu's ear, gesturing to a building vaguely to feign pointing it out. \"Keep an eye out for anyone who looks important. We know what the regular people look like. Someone with colorful clothes seems to be powerful, so that's who we want, got it?\"\n\nYumi couldn't settle for a \"it will pass\" reply. It wasn't what she wanted to hear, and she also knew it wouldn't work well. Telling someone that an issue will go away was the most passive-aggressive thing you could do when reassuring somebody. It didn't help at all and ultimately it made the issue fester, becoming worse gradually. As these thoughts passed through her mind she had somewhat of an epiphany, coming out of her moping to look at Viral concerned. Wordlessly she went to him, taking up a paw in her grasp and trying to ask him once more how he felt. \"You keep saying artificial... But you're still a person. You laugh, you cry, you get angry. Everyone but you considers yourself a person. You're not human, sure, but you are a person.\" How absurd to say he had no emotions, he was displaying some now even. Looking up at him Yumi held the Beastman's gaze in her own for a moment, searching for something in his eyes that might elude to how he was truly feeling.\n\n\"Don't apologize, please stop that. You have nothing to apologize for.\" Shaking her head dismally Yumi then abruptly wrapped her arms around Viral in a hug, hiding her face against his chest as she held him. He had it all completely wrong and backwards, and thus far they hadn't really addressed that. \"It DOES matter what happened to you, Viral. What is going on now certainly does matter too, don't say it doesn't. Please, don't act like you're unimportant, because you ARE important. To me, to Vegeta, to Shu and Takeshi, to so many people.\" Tearing her face from his person Yumi looked up at his eyes again, her own starting to tear up as she shook her head. \"You just what? Viral... Talk to me. I know you can't be okay after all you went through. I care about you, we all do, and we want to help. But we don't know how if you don't talk to us. Please... You can tell me, I won't think any less of you for it, I swear.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "It felt weird being back in this city again as opposed to the underground one, probably because the glowing veins and massive tree had left an impression on Shu more than this place ever did. It was fantastic looking, but it lacked that unique quality that came with the underground city. Giving a little nod to Takeshi, he looked around a little cautiously, giving the citizens as well a staring at just incase they were under suspicion too. He didn't like moving like this, he barely knew what he was looking for, \"Umm...if there was someone who was bad...would they be outside?\" he asked curiously, looking around before up to Takeshi, \"I just don't know what I am supposed to be looking for, is all. These people look kind of the same to me, maybe this was a bad idea...\"\n\nViral had little need to look at Yumi, knowing she'd drastically change her expression to something a lot sadder if she did take a look at him like everyone else did. He wasn't someone they should waste their time pitying; if he couldn't fight then that should had been that and move on with their lives, if he couldn't extinguish what had happened in the past then there was no reason to continue either. He felt so weak as Yumi continued to press on with it, even forcing her gaze upon his to try and get an answer out of him. He didn't want to revisit those memories, he didn't want them to bother him but the longer he was existing the worse they became. He had already managed to unlock a rather nasty part of him he previously had control over before when he let his past experiences get to him, he didn't need for it to happen again. Looking to her at her denial of his physical existence, he looked away again, slowly shaking his head, \"Only four out of hundreds...\" he mumbled, trying to pull his paw away, \"You would call a pet rock a living creature...\"\n\nBefore he could get anywhere without her clinging onto him, she suddenly moved in and embraced him in a hug, his arms moving up when she did. There was no way he was getting away from her now, she had him in a lock and struggling would only make it worse. He felt stuck, everything was beginning to press down on him hard and he was struggling to do anything about it to make her feel better. All she was doing as she tried to press on with the subject was bring the horrible memories back to him, pulling in all he had tried to bury deep inside. Lowering his head, he almost struggled to breathe, his chest tightening as the memories were just forcing their way back. Staring at Yumi as she spoke just made it worse, he could barely stand it and all he could do in response was take her by the shoulders and move so he was at arm's length as she became an immovable object, \"Just-...just please stop. I can't do this, I can't reveal all when all that does is tear me to shreds! I am not weak...but I can't-...I can't do it. The voices, over and over...the burning and tearing; are these scars mine or artificial? These memories, are they artificial too?? Forgetting all and then bringing it back, just...what did I do? They always knew, didn't they?? Tearing it out of me...just who the hell do they think they are?? What are you doing...? Just-...stop it, will you...? Go lay down, make everything better...\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu felt confused, he didn't know what to make of the situation right now and was just glad to be heading on out without anybody watching him anymore. He felt uneasy when someone stared at him, especially when he had no idea what they were thinking or whether they really were friendly. Letting out a sigh, he kept his head low until Takeshi spoke up, giving his reassurance over the blast and what had caused it. Tilting his head a little he looked away, scratching his chin, \"Ooohhh, it's only because we were far away and we didn't know why the fighting started\", he sighed, shaking his head, \"What will happen when they find out about the others…?\" Shu didn't have it all sussed out at all, there was so much that was still confusing to him and having that visit was probably the least helpful thing to happen right now. Letting out a sigh, he eventually nodded, giving a little smile to Takeshi, \"What's a politician? Maybe we should look for those people?\"\n\nWhile it probably would have been better and probably delicious eating the fruit, Viral just couldn't put his mind towards trying to take a bite. All thoughts of eating was just getting to him and it was hard not to upset Yumi right now, especially when he had probably managed to do that several times already. Groaning a little, he looked to Yumi, giving a fair sharp look before he looked away again. He saw no reason to think about such a thing, he didn't exactly know how he was supposed to enjoy living either so he wasn't going to bother responding to that. Letting out a sigh he instead placed the fruit on top of Yumi's head, moving slightly away from his spot on the chair, \"It's alright, I'd rather you didn't waste effort trying to make something that I'll probably not eat in the first place\", he spoke, giving his head a shake, \"I'm used to not eating, anyway. They didn't exactly feed me much in custody and I'm still here\".\n\nViral was feeling completely stuck now and all he could do was feel reminded over everything he had experienced over the last year and a bit, it was just circulating over and over again at this point. Even if he had told her, opening up was just causing him to remember it all over again and definitely not for the better. He didn't know why people bothered opening up like that, it was definitely doing him more damage than good as he was now feeling just as bad as ever for opening up. He was just going to end up making Yumi upset and that was definitely something he wasn't prepared for. Giving Yumi a quick look before he let out a groan, turning away, \"You are trying, I get it, but you don't have to make an effort. You wanted to go out and do some investigation work, you don't need me to lower your mood some more\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"A politician is someone who is voted to lead people... Usually...\" Takeshi mumbled, chewing on the inside of his cheek thoughtfully. That was democracy anyways, going into all the different types would only leave Shu even more puzzled than now, so he'd leave it at that. Nodding his head in agreement with his brother the elder brother motioned for him to tag along as they trekked back into the main part of the city. \"Good idea, they'll probably be able to point us in the right direction, or at least we can see who looks guilty.\" Politcians and rich people, they had to have big houses right? There were some large buildings around, but judging by the number of people coming in and out of them they weren't houses. It would help a bit more if they knew whether or not the city was broken into districts, then they could find the wealthy sect and go from there. \"We can probably ask people about this... I don't imagine that asking about their leaders is going to seem funny. I just don't know what people exactly to ask.\"\n\nYumi watched Viral hopefully with the fruit, half expecting him to finally eat after so long. Rather than do as she wanted though he had another idea in mind, placing it on her head carefully. Blinking in confusion at that she looked up at the item on her head, frowning confused. He was a bit averted to food, sure, but after a while he must feel hungry, right? So why was he handing over a perfectly good piece of food? \"But having a full stomach would help you feel better...\" she mumbled, pouting as she snagged the fruit off of herself and rolled it in her hands. \"It'll help give you some energy... And that will help healing too... Right?\" She figured it was a moot effort to try arguing further, but it was worth a try.\n\n\"I know I don't have to make an effort... But I want to. There's enough people working on the investigation anyways, they don't need me helping them.\" Six people were out and about, and if she was out there too she'd be alone. Without a partner helping her it'd take even longer to cover ground and get anything done. Yumi wanted to denounce what Viral said about her mood, but she'd be lying if she said her spirits were high at the moment. Not sure for a moment as what to do she finally looked back to her friend, a small smile on her face. \"If you won't eat then I won't make you, but maybe you'll help me cook?\" A change of pace might do the trick, at the very least it would get their mind off of things. Getting up from the couch she set the fruit on the coffee table, giving her friend a hopeful smile as she extended a hand. \"We should get the boys something to eat when they get back, I bet they'll be hungry.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu stared at Takeshi, not exactly too sure what he meant by that \"Voted? Ooohhh, sounds complicated\", he sighed, looking around as they finally got a little more room to breathe without worrying over being eavesdropped upon. They would have to look through this pretty thoroughly, maybe they would eventually have to leave the house and find somewhere else to live just so they weren't under the guilt trip that the General would probably bring up if they were to start doing their own things. That guy couldn't have been the head of the planet, there was a royal family on the other side after all. Bouncing a little around Takeshi as he looked around for clues, his mind was gradually beginning to wander to the thought of the other Saiyans before Takeshi spoke again, his head tilting into his direction, \"Really? And they won't get suspicious? Okay! We can talk to people! I like normal people more than people with swords and other pointy things…maybe we can look for some food too?\"\n\nViral looked back to Yumi before he let out a sigh, giving his head a little shake, \"Not unless I just throw it up again, then I'll just be put off fruit for good as well\", he spoke, scratching his stomach, \"You wouldn't want to have to deal with that, I'm sure\". He didn't know what else to do about that, he just had to wait until he would stop feeling so sick when it came to food and hope that it would pass if he was to ever enjoy eating again. He could eat as much as a Saiyan any day and not gain weight, but the most he had eaten in a month or so was a fish steak that he wasn't too fanciful on eating anyway when it belonged to the rebels, the last thing he had tried eating being an Elite. He had gotten used to the hunger, but the very thought that his hunger nearly had him eating his opponent disgusted him to the point of feeling sick.\n\nViral didn't want to think about it, everything was just making things worse for everyone else the longer he talked and groaned about it. He didn't want to talk and groan about it, however, it was everyone else who wanted him to and that was just making everyone upset with him or springing up memories he wanted to avoid. Hearing Yumi refusing to go and do her own investigation work just made him feel just that little bit annoyed, but the suggestion that she'd cook instead confused him a little, \"What? Help you cook even after I said I don't want to go near food?\" he questioned her, but found it hard to put down that suggestion. Groaning as he slowly reached out for her hand, he pulled himself up before looking to the kitchen only to feel a little bitter, \"Tch, sure…to feed them…sure, I'll help you stuff their faces with food I can barely look at. It's just the thing I need to do\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Yeah... It will be nice...\" Takeshi mumbled, smiling slightly. Leaning back against the stone he glanced up above them, staring at the crack of sky visible to them from the alleyway. If their plan worked then his squad would be perfectly safe from their father's wrath. But what about everyone else they had met and helped so far? There was a lot that needed to be done, and it all seemed to be far too much for them to take on. Sighing to himself he finished the final few bites of his bread, wiping his mouth with his hand as Shu spoke up again. \"Trap who, the politicians? Don't you think that'd end badly though, especially if they end up being innocent? If we trap a good guy then it might make things worse for us, and we'll need friends if we're going to find whoever is responsible. Though... Maybe we can find someone that isn't supporting the war.\" Takeshi got to his feet, a partial smile tugging on the corners of his lips. \"What if we found someone higher up who was against the war? They might know names and could point us in the right direction. We can definitely ask who is against it.\"\n\nYumi expected Viral to let her have her fun, but was very quickly rejected instead. Yelping as he dodged to the side she landed flat on her front, her face sliding slightly along the grass in the process. For a moment she laid like that before pushing herself off the ground and into a sitting position, blinking confused through some grass that hung to her visage. \"I was trying to give you a hug! Why is that so bad?\" Lifting a hand to wipe her face clean she quirked an eyebrow in reply to Viral, not getting his aversion. Sighing to herself she got up onto her feet, helping Viral to his by grabbing his arm and giving a small tug. \"Sorry, I won't try that again, I promise,\" Yumi apologized, smiling meekly as she dusted herself off. Exhaling a bit to relax hereself she straightened out her posture, looking at her friend curiously as they simply stood there. \"Do you want to keep training? I got that out of my system, I'm really ready now.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Shu finished off his food quite happily and wiped down his front, feeling pretty content with their stolen food haul. He didn't mind it if the food came from somewhere that could be easily replaced, but if Takeshi took the food from somebody who was needing it or didn't deserve it to be taken then he was going to oppose the actions taken. Feeling pretty content except for the fact of where they were, Shu looked up to Takeshi curiously as he talked about the plan but his side of the plan, tilting his head as he tried to think to where he might end up finding somebody who opposed the war. It seemed as if the citizens weren't exactly aware with how they walked along without a care, they would need to search pretty deep for someone who might oppose the war, \"Okay…how do we find them? I don't know anybody who would be…then again, I don't know anybody here\", he said quickly, shaking his head, \"Except you-know-who and his family…and the Captain…and the doctor, sorta…\"\n\nViral let out a groan as he lay on the ground, his hand going to his ribs for a moment as he stared up into the sky. He didn't know why she had decided to do that, all it did was put his health in danger. He was fairly worn down already just from those frights, it's as if she wanted him to be too worn down. Looking up to her as she approached and pulled him up by the arm, he grumbled as he was brought back to his feet, shifting them slightly as he gave his head a rub, \"You're too big for that stuff! If you rammed into me like that, you probably would had knocked me out\", he grumbled, rubbing the back of his neck, \"I would rather I kept training…but now you're just making me really dizzy…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"Then I guess we're going back there, aren't we?\" Or rather, Shu was going back. They needed to find a means of learning who took what side without arousing suspicion. If this Prince or the Queen could direct them then that'd bypass a whole load of troubles, and they could possily get off of this planet sooner than they thought. He didn't know who the Captain or doctor were, someone else that his brother had met earlier most likely. \"Do you remember how to get back to that place? Or should we go back and ask Yumi for directions?\" It might be a long shot, but it seemed reasonable to think there was at least one spy in the city working for the other side, that's just how war tended to go. Either way they had to get out of the alleyway, and so grabbing Shu's hand in his he lead his brother out onto the street, releasing it now that the kid wouldn't feel quite so claustrophobic. \"And I'm going to let you do the talking when we do get there,\" Takeshi whispered, keeping close to be heard over the crowd. \"They don't know me, so it's probably best you ask.\"\n\n\"Sorry... I just figured it'd be funny...\" Yumi mumbled, pressing her fingers together and glancing down at her feet. It had been quite a while since that had been done, she supposed, years in fact. She could clearly recall doing it before though as a child, and how happy Viral had been when she did it. Clearly that idea wasn't going to work anymore, which was a sore disappointment. She had hoped to spark some of that joy he used to have and cheer him up when all it did was surprise and anger him. \"If you want to take a breather for a few seconds we can keep training? I can go get you a glass of water or something and we could sit for a few minutes. U-Unless of course you just want to start right away?\" So long as he wasn't trying to go off and hide somewhere she figured they were making good progress. Yumi would gladly keep this up all day if it meant soon having their friend back to the way he was.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu tilted his head, not entirely sure to what Takeshi meant when he said that, \"Ooh? Back? Where?\" he questioned him, eventually looking away and giving his head a scratch, \"Oohhh, I guess you mean back to where I was before…? I-I guess…\" He wasn't too sure as to whether the people there would accept his brother, he had been working for the city here and they might had met him at one time or saw him flying around. Slowly standing with Takeshi, he took hold of his hand as they moved out of the alleyway, Shu keeping close to him as he made a quick rush onto the street. He really didn't like that at all, but at least his brother was there to comfort him. As he let go of his brother's hand, he looked up to him for answers to what they might end up doing, moving closer to him so he could hear what he was saying, \"Oooh? Uh huh…uhhh, I might know the way, but maybe Yumi knows better?\" he asked up, moving away a little, \"Are you sure that would be okay? They might not like you going anywhere near them because they don't know you\".\n\nViral looked to Yumi but looked away again, slowly folding his arms. He had only managed to make Yumi upset again, it seemed to be something he often did lately. He seemed to manage to do that all the time lately, everybody was just getting angry or fed up with him and all he felt he was doing was managing to pull down everybody's moods. He didn't know if he wanted to train anymore, he'd probably just upset her some more and through the tone of voice she was giving him it was all sounding a little forced. Looking back to her with a quick glance, he let out a sigh and just rubbed his wrists, \"We can stop now, I don't think I can progress anymore, anyway\", he spoke calmly, not letting her get any wrong ideas, \"If you want, you can get something to eat. You've been out most of the morning doing who knows what and all I've done is manage to get lost and be picked up by Saiyans instead\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu tilted his head, not entirely sure to what Takeshi meant when he said that, \"Ooh? Back? Where?\" he questioned him, eventually looking away and giving his head a scratch, \"Oohhh, I guess you mean back to where I was before…? I-I guess…\" He wasn't too sure as to whether the people there would accept his brother, he had been working for the city here and they might had met him at one time or saw him flying around. Slowly standing with Takeshi, he took hold of his hand as they moved out of the alleyway, Shu keeping close to him as he made a quick rush onto the street. He really didn't like that at all, but at least his brother was there to comfort him. As he let go of his brother's hand, he looked up to him for answers to what they might end up doing, moving closer to him so he could hear what he was saying, \"Oooh? Uh huh…uhhh, I might know the way, but maybe Yumi knows better?\" he asked up, moving away a little, \"Are you sure that would be okay? They might not like you going anywhere near them because they don't know you\".\n\nViral looked to Yumi but looked away again, slowly folding his arms. He had only managed to make Yumi upset again, it seemed to be something he often did lately. He seemed to manage to do that all the time lately, everybody was just getting angry or fed up with him and all he felt he was doing was managing to pull down everybody's moods. He didn't know if he wanted to train anymore, he'd probably just upset her some more and through the tone of voice she was giving him it was all sounding a little forced. Looking back to her with a quick glance, he let out a sigh and just rubbed his wrists, \"We can stop now, I don't think I can progress anymore, anyway\", he spoke calmly, not letting her get any wrong ideas, \"If you want, you can get something to eat. You've been out most of the morning doing who knows what and all I've done is manage to get lost and be picked up by Saiyans instead\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "The best course of action seemed to be going to the Queen and asking for her help. Takeshi thought so at least, but clearly Shu wasn't entirely sure himself. As they stood at the edge of the street discussing their next move his sibling was proving to be a little difficult. \"They're probably our best bet for finding who we can trust in this place,\" the elder boy stated plainly, frowning a bit as he thought hard over what Shu had to say. \"But if you think I won't be welcome, what if you and Yumi go back? I'll stay with Viral while you two go, and then if it's not too late you and I can go meet whoever they have here, how does that sound?\" It was certainly something he'd rather do with Shu than without, but if the Queen wasn't going to have him then pushing himself wasn't doing them any good. Starting to walk back towards the house he made certain his brother was close, not wanting to raise his voice too much. \"Whoever is going we should do it sooner rather than later, yeah?\"\n\nYumi frowned when Viral opted out of training, confused as to why he was keeping their session so short. \"If you insist on stopping... I'm not tired or hungry, not much anyways. If you want to keep going we can.\" Worried that her hugging had ruined the training session her ears folded back sadly, keeping her eyes down as she sulked towards the house. \"I'm sorry for trying to hug you. Maybe if you're not too mad with me we can do something inside? Something relaxing if you want.\" It wasn't so much pity for his condition driving her to want to be with him anymore. Rather Yumi was just having fun with Viral, enough so that she was hopeful to stay with him for a bit longer. \"I was... Well, that was fun, even if it was brief,\" Yumi mumbled, smiling as she opened up the door and held it for the Beastman. \"So I want to keep having fun, if it's okay.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu didn't know whether it would work but it was worth trying, they probably weren't going to find much here anyway. While the city was interesting and packed with people, he still didn't see who they would be looking for and what type of person they had to keep an eye out for. Looking to Takeshi as he brought up suggestions, he'd probably need a little guidance if they were going to do that, \"If Yumi and I went…how will I know who to look for? What if she didn't know what to look for? Maybe if we all went…uhhh, then again, Mister Viral would be by himself until the others got back. I don't think he'd like meeting people\", he sighed, scratching his ear, \"I guess we should, I mean…we really should do it now, maybe it would be okay if it was just us two who went. Maybe I can remember where we came from, but there were people who were out there too guarding the place. Maybe we should ask Yumi what to do?\"\n\nViral had completely blown it, it seemed. Yumi was upset again and it was his fault, he didn't mean to either. Everything was just going to pot for him, he was probably going to lose everyone eventually. Maybe that would be for the better; after all he had been forgotten about completely by Takeshi until it was too late for him. Letting out a sigh he looked elsewhere, off down into the forests for a moment before he made his way towards Yumi as she walked along, his legs feeling particularly wobbly and drained as he pressed onwards. Shaking his head a little, he looked back at her with a fairly neutral expression, \"I don't see why you have to be sorry for simply trying to show affection, anybody else wouldn't had moved away\", he spoke, not feeling entirely sure to what he wanted to do now. He felt it was probably best to be left alone at this stage, he didn't want to upset Yumi more and ruin her entire day. Scratching at his chest, he stared at the door calmly, only taking it himself as he moved into the house, \"Maybe Shu will be back soon with Takeshi, then I'm sure you two can play and hug all you want to your heart's desire\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu was barely understanding, he didn't get why anybody would want to talk about eating a boot. Tilting his head a little, he smiled at Takeshi to try and understand him better before he let out a squeak as he pushed a little, \"Eww nooo! I groom my tail, you probably don't groom at all!\" he smiled cheekily, holding his tail behind his back. Shu did hope that Yumi did get them some food, he'd love some that he didn't need to catch unless it involved catching fruit falling out of trees. He didn't think fruit was something he'd want to replace with meat, but meat was still pretty filling and wouldn't dump it just because there was fruit on the menu. Bouncing a little in his steps, he watched Takeshi carefully as he spoke, tilting his head as he tried to come to an understanding, \"Ooohhh…home, home…?\" he questioned, thinking it through. He didn't see the house as 'home', but then again he was sure enough struggling to see Earth as 'home'. He was just on a continuous adventure right now, he didn't see anywhere as a home. Thinking about it for a moment , he was suddenly pulled immediately out of that thought process as Takeshi whisked him off his feet, \"Aaahh! No! Noooo!\" he squealed, laughing away as he was placed upon Takeshi's shoulders, \"I was having many deep thoughts! I don't often think in the deep end…\"\n\nT'charrl didn't know how to respond to his father when he questioned his spirit pals, feeling that he shouldn't speak of them too much. He didn't want to betray anyone by talking about them too much, especially when the others couldn't see them. Looking away a little, he spun the sword around in his hand a little, frowning a little before he looked to his father again, \"Maybe we shouldn't talk about them…I mean, people are already freaked out when someone talks to themselves…\" Moving his sword up again into a ready position, he stared at his father before giving a quick nod, \"Yeah…yeah, I still want to spar. I'm not letting myself to get distracted, I swear\", he spoke quickly before immediately going into attack his father again, smiling a little, \"I swear I won't do that much now, I've got a feeling people are already a little bit suspicious about it…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "A lot had happened yesterday, that was for sure. From meeting the other half of the Kaesstrian race to reuniting with some old friends life was pretty busy for a supposed \"escape\" from it all. It hadn't been pretty initially, there was some conflict between the groups members as was to be expected. After some initial venting though everyone was able to be civil with one another, enough so anyways that no one had to worry while they slept. Dinner the night of had been a little tense, but eventually conversation broke out and the atmosphere lightened up a little. Thanks to that rock they had been given, which turned out just to be a fancy gem, everyone had their fill and then some. After that and a fair bit of debate rooms were picked and everyone made their way to bed. Tomorrow would be the busiest day yet, so everyone was certain to get some rest.\n\nAt the crack of dawn the group woke up, one by one filing into the kitchen for some leftover food as breakfast. Since there was little else to do really most of them would stay in the house today until matters were seen to. Shu and Takeshi however would be looking into the leads given to them by the Queen, as soon as they'd gotten some more food in their stomachs. Once their apetites were sated the brothers left the house once more, this time heading into the heart of the city in search of Katas.\n\n\"So a big white building on the... West side of town...\" Takeshi mumbled to himself. \"Nice directions if it wasn't for the fact every building is white. How should we know what ones to look into?\" They all looked the same, sans for their sizes. There were small and large structures, though neither seemed to be the right one. Given they still had to go a ways to get into the western section of the city, but he figured if it was large enough to stand out they could spot it from here. Clearly not being the case Takeshi zipped his trap and kept walking, also a little bothered at how much of that they had to do on this world. Every single Kaesstrian could fly, just because they didn't meant they shouldn't? It was silly, but a handful of annoyances was making him grumpy this morning, and now that they had to go play on a political roundabout he wasn't feeling too keen. \"What was the guy's name again...? Oh crap... Kato?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Despite the difficulties of being accepted by people who you tried to kidnap with one successfully, the twins were still trying to fit in as much as they could without fearing that they might be stabbed in the middle of the night. Coming from a family who were bound to kitchen duties, they did try to help out in the kitchen with cooking the food much to Yumi's reluctance to have anything to do with them, but there was no doubt that the twins were great chefs and knew their way around the kitchen. With the next day rolling around and tensions probably not as bad as they could had been, their biggest concern being over their father. It was going to be a tough day, one that would require quite a bit of waiting just for an answer.\n\nViral still didn't want to eat or talk to people much, but he was recovering fairly well considering what he was like not too long ago. It seemed the cells were working for the most part, he was still weak in strength and stamina with his visions and memories taking over his previous enjoyment over eating. He didn't much want to be around the others, it was just annoying to be around anyone now. He wanted to remain outside for now, relaxing out in the sun with little worries when compared to the Saiyans.\n\nShu was a little nervous about all of this, he knew the dangers of going to this alien and knew they'd be killed if somebody knew they wanted him. Frowning a little as he moved along with his head down low, he nodded slightly when Takeshi spoke before looking up to him. There was definitely a few things that bothered Shu about all this, but hopefully things would go okay and Takeshi would know what to do; however, after hearing him stumble on his words a little Shu got a bit panicky, staring at Takeshi, \"You don't remember…? Oooh, maybe this was a bad idea, I don't want them getting killed because of that\", he frowned, shaking his head, \"M-Maybe we should find out our own way?? Do you even remember what she told us to say when we got to the building…?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu watched Takeshi curiously, just seeing if he had all the answers they needed and didn't forget anything as soon as they had left. He didn't find the guy to be too much, just a little worrying that he might had been talking way too loud. If everything was to go wrong at this stage then it would definitely be because of that. Letting out a sigh when Takeshi got all defensive, he frowned a little before looking away, giving his head a shake. If they were going to go straight for the people then the guy might end up getting into trouble considering they would end up going straight from his place to the apparent bad person's place. Scratching his chin a little when they finally made it outside before looking back to Takeshi, giving his head a shake, \"I don't think it's very good to go right there, though…I mean, wouldn't someone notice?\" he asked him, looking away again, \"If we just got here then went to find someone else, then wouldn't someone notice…? Maybe we shouldn't go straight away…\"\n\nKai didn't really like how he phrased their arrival there, it wasn't as if they had caused that much damage around the planet considering it was large. Folding his arms and giving Vegeta a fair strong look, he eventually looked away and let out a sigh, shaking his head, \"If that's the case then I guess I've got to wait for the good to happen\", he sighed, looking elsewhere. It was all still a dream, even with freedom on the horizon it still didn't mean he knew what to do with himself. Looking to Vegeta as he spoke about his own life, he frowned a little at the very thought of the future and immediately found himself struggling to think to that point. Looking back to Yumi and Choi, he scratched at his side before he let out a sigh, \"Maybe, it's a case of actually knowing what to do and finding out whether I would lose myself in the process. What do you do when you're free?\"\n\nChoi was fair alright with what was to happen next , he'd fight for hours if he could. It was just in his blood, but whether it was in Yumi's to fight for fun like this was definitely something to figure out. Smiling away, he raised his hands into an attacking stance, giving Yumi a nod, \"I'm sure you are! I wanna see, though\", he said quickly, but was taken aback by what she said, \"Heyyy now, I don't bruise easily….that's my brother who does!\" With Yumi teasing pretty hard and Choi completely falling for it, he nodded immediately and went straight at Yumi, throwing a couple of quick shots at her to get them started, \"But Kai and I are the exact same! I'm only younger by a few minutes, you know!\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"Well what do we do then Shu...?\" Takeshi asked, giving his brother a curious look over. \"Do you have some plan in mind? Because I'm just winging things here, I've got no idea what I'm doing. But if you've got something in mind I'd love to hear it.\" His brother had a point, maybe, but there wasn't a whole lot of options given to them. The alternative was to sit on the information for a bit then track these people down, and while it could work they were racing against time. He figured the longer they sat on the information and didn't act the better chance they had of being found out. It wasn't so much that he wanted to avoid a fight, he knew they'd win easily, but the whole point of this was to prevent conflict. If they caused the fighting to escalate by waiting then the whole effort would be moot. \"I don't want to just sit around, not until I know everyone is safe. So you tell me, what should we do other than this?\"\n\nVegeta had to admit he was a touch taken aback by how alien the idea of freedom seemed to Kai. They were in the king's rule but they were alive, and that in itself was a small freedom. Granted they were soldiers and made to follow orders, but even under their durress they still had their families regardless. Shaking his head as he began to feel a bit jealous the Saiyan smiled slightly in regards to Kai's question. \"Well... I love to build things. Technology in any shape or form is interesting to me. So when there's nothing holding me back or keeping me busy, I'm usually in my lab.\" In fact he was rather missing that right about now. The best he could do at the moment was go back to the ship and look that over, he still hadn't figured out precisely how it worked. \"What about you...? You'll all be able to do what you want soon. Anything you've always wanted to do?\"\n\nYumi was ecstatic to be able to vent some excess energy, as for the life of her she could scarcely stand still right now. To get things really rolling she tried to tease Choi into acting first, and delightfully it worked. He had said he was fast, now it was time to see if he could hold up to that. The Saiyan rushed across the short gap to get to the Beastman, throwing a succession of quick hits at her almost immediately. He was definitely fast, as she was having to do her best to either avoid or block his blows. \"Wow, not bad!\" she chimed, underplaying his speed with a smile. When a straight jab came her way Yumi latched onto his arm if only for a second, using it as a spring as she launched herself up and over to behind Choi. As soon as her feet hit the ground she tried to drive an elbow into his back, hoping to knock him over or make him stumble. \"But still too slow!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu felt a little frightened when Takeshi turned quickly to ask him about the situation, feeling as if he pressure was suddenly put on him. He didn't know what they were supposed to do, he just thought it was too soon to try and find this person they shouldn't know anything about. Feeling a little taken back by Takeshi, he let out a groan and looked away, shrugging a little with a frown. He didn't know how he was supposed to answer such a thing, he was never good at that kind of stuff so all it managed to do was make him feel uncomfortable and a little bit dumb. Remaining fairly silent, he looked up again when Takeshi spoke before letting out a groan, \"I don't know! Stop pressuring me! I want to help but it doesn't seem like a good idea to go straight in and to the people who want all of this to happen…\", he spoke quickly, frowning soon after as he rubbed his head, \"You're stressing me out…that was already very stressful. What are we supposed to even do…? I don't want that guy to die either…\"\n\nKai was fair ready to hear what Vegeta had to say, trying to understand just what the concept could possibly be. Listening to him, he felt a little confused to what his point was supposed to be. He seemed to have a hobby, that was for sure, but he wasn't making his point very clear to him, \"So…you're a scientist, huh? A mechanic or inventor?\" he asked him, trying to pinpoint just what kind of person he was. Contemplating it for a moment, he looked back at him when he spoke up again, not looking entirely sure to what he was getting at with this, \"What? That's a rather hard question to ask, I mean…how do you answer something like that? What do I want? There's always…something. All I've wanted is to survive with my brother from one day to the next, the likes of Kabocha would have higher dreams because his family is posh. I don't want to be stuck in the job I grew up doing if that's what you mean\".\n\nChoi had to be running on a high right now, probably because of his general lack of worries when it comes to having to conserve his energy to do the King's duties. He had a way to blow it off with only the worry of his father to have and the high of having proven Kabocha wrong; it'll definitely make him even happier when Takeshi sees he's not such an idiot with people too. Throwing his punches out in an attempt to test her, he was caught off-guard for a moment before having to turn around, his hand barely catching the elbow as he stumbled back, \"Woah! Nahh, I'm just too used to having my brother watch my back!\" he spoke quickly before jumping back around, going back into a stance, \"I've gotta learn to do that myself when he's busy!\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Use your head means to think about it,\" Takeshi explained, smiling as he reached over and ruffled Shu's hair. \"Katas told us to do that so I did. And married means... Well it means... When two people like each other a lot and they want to be together, they get married. They wear rings and have a family, you know... Stuff like that.\" Takeshi was becoming red in the face a bit as it dawned on him he wasn't too sure what marriage entailed either. He knew what it was, but the intricacies of the whole business were lost on him. \"Yeah, we'll get some real food after we talk to Ka'shra, whatever you want. And save the sweets for now, yeah? If you eat all of those you're not going to have room for anything else!\" Turning his back to Shu the older boy glanced over his shoulder, gesturing for him to come over. \"Want a piggy back ride there? It'll give you a break for a bit and a chance to relax.\"\n\n\"Like I said, I speak my mind whenever something comes up. But... Maybe I'll censor it just a little bit from now on.\" Figuring that Yumi, Takeshi, Viral and Vegeta would all more than willingly smack him for an off-comment he certainly had it going against him. Smiling nervously Kabocha stepped into the house, almost immediately being greeted with the smell of something sweet being cooked. Salivating slightly he looked over at Kai curiously, quirking an eyebrow before heading towards the kitchen. His surprise was tangible when he poked his head through the door, spotting Choi and Yumi working together on making their next meal. Blinking in disbelief he yanked himself back into the hallway, looking at Kai in silent amazement and pointing in the direction of the pair. \"Holy crap... Yumi isn't killing him!\" he whispered, suppressing a playful grin. \"Looks like your brother's got a girlfriiiiiend.\"\n\n\"It's not my place to talk to Shu about it. The difference is that Shu has Takeshi constantly with him, he's got someone to talk to if need be. You don't, besides Yumi and I. That's why we're trying to be around you, so we can be there if you want to talk. And even if the memories are painful recounting and facing them is the best way to get better. Just tucking them away or suppressing them means they'll always be coming back, and when they do it'll only hurt more.\" Viral seemed rather against having any sort of support system, as much as he did simply talking in the first place. Vegeta had a fair difficult time figuring just why that was honestly, it wasn't his pride keeping him from talking, or was it? Perhaps it was fear too, fear over what had been done to him and fear over having to recount it. Whatever the case the things holding the Beastman back were fairly strong. \"It doesn't matter how old you are, what happened can bother anyone. Yumi's talked to me in private about her time there already, and you're about the same age. Viral... Really, if you're afraid over something then you can say it, no one is going to think any less of you. This is the last chance I'm giving you for now though, if you don't want to say anything then fine, I'll leave you be for the rest of the day.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu lowered his head when Takeshi ruffled his hair, smiling up at him. It was definitely something that was pretty strange to do, but marrying sounded pretty nice apart from needing to wear rings. Looking up at Takeshi curiously at his expression, he let out a sigh as he scratched his stomach a little, \"I will keep them…they're only little though! I don't know how it would fill up my stomach\", he smiled, looking down at himself before back to Takeshi. He was feeling fair happy again now that he was out in the open, but he still felt that odd nerve spark up when he had to think about the whole investigation and the possibility that something bad might happen if S'uma discovers what they were looking for or the next guy ends up discovering it instead. Letting out a sigh, he hiccupped when Takeshi spoke again, tilting his head a little before he smiled, reaching his arms up at him, \"Okay! I'd like that very much!\"\n\nKai shook his head a little, hardly seeing Kabocha as someone who would ever hold back. Upon entering the house as well, the smell of food cooking did get him feeling pretty hungry quickly. It must had been either Yumi or Choi cooking, feeling pretty curious to who might be cooking and who was home. Following after Kabocha, he came to a halt when he pulled back into the hallway, stepping back as he almost tripped up. Giving Kabocha an angry glare, he suddenly felt a bit put off when Kabocha spoke, \"What? Don't say that…\" he muttered, pushing passed Kabocha to take a look in the kitchen. Sure enough Choi was in there with Yumi, his body language showing he was relaxed and quite happily working with Yumi. It definitely made Kai feel curious, he didn't think their little training session had sparked anything but it definitely did show there was something going on in Choi's mind that was making him unusually happy.\n\nViral was already feeling fairly defeated, he couldn't catch a break and now all that was happening was his mind was just collapsing in on itself. He didn't want to moan about his problems and he had valid reasons behind it, just everyone was trying to stick their nose into them. Rubbing his forehead slowly, he kept quiet as he tried to kill the pain himself, all of it just forcing a headache to the surface and making it very uncomfortable to sit there and get angry at everything that was going on. Letting out a groan, he looked to Vegeta again, his annoyance sparking up just a little bit more at what he was saying, \"I'm not afraid! It's only when I don't keep them at bay is when they bother me…and all this is doing is making me wonder why they bother me so much when they're supposed to be just memories of the past! I'm not hurting anyone I know again…now, if you're going, just go! I'm sure Yumi is wondering where you are, hoping you didn't get lost…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu was getting right back to his usual self, that was a huge relief. \"I was kidding, there's no way that stomach could ever be filled,\" Takeshi joked, patting Shu's stomach. Come to think of it his biggest worry wasn't his brother getting full. What would happen if a little kid like him ingested all of that sugar though? He might go from timid and quiet to insatiable and loud in a few minutes, and goodness knows how long he'd be hyperactive for. The picture that gave him got a little chuckle, it was definitely amusing. Grinning at his brother's readiness Takeshi squatted down slightly, letting Shu hop up onto his back and linking his arms under the little boy's legs carefully. \"There we go little man! Just be careful you don't smoosh the candy in your pocket, 'cuz I'm not sharing mine!\" Playfully he stuck out his tongue before starting to head on out, mentally mapping out what he knew of the city. They shouldn't be too far away from this place, hopefully only a few minutes walk. \"I was just thinking... If Katas can handle things after we pay Ka'shra a visit... Want to go say hi to you-know-who again? After we eat of course.\"\n\n\"Something about them has to be bothering you... And the fact that you don't know either is worrisome...\" Vegeta sighed, slumping his posture a bit. He really wasn't cut out for this whole mental inspection deal, they needed a proper doctor for this. Giving Viral a sidelong glance when he told the Saiyan to scram the boy paused for a moment, shaking his head. \"I'm going, I'm going, but you're coming too. If I came back empty handed and left you in the woods you know darn well how she'd react.\" Already he could hear the screams ringing in his ears, though thankfully he wasn't really ever struck like some of the others. While Vegeta may not think it bad letting the Beastman linger here their friend may think differently. Smiling slightly he motioned for Viral to follow, heading towards the house. \"Go relax on the roof again or something, just come closer is all I ask. If Yumi tears me a new one for you slinking off then I'm passing it on to you, and neither of us want that.\"\n\nKabocha had to cover his mouth with both hands to stifle a bit of laughter. What they were seeing could just well be some friends making a meal, but his perverted way of thinking told him otherwise. They were going to end up a couple, and Kai... Well Kai would be the third wheel to his twin's relationship. He might be an only child and not have a girlfriend, but at least he wouldn't be playing tag-along with Choi. \"Oh man... They're so going to date!\" Kabocha teased, playfully punching Kai's shoulder. In the midst of the tease the Saiyan sniffed at the air, catching a wiff of something rather delicious. Licking his lips he put a finger to his lips, trying to tip-toe into the kitchen to get a peek of the food. Whatever they were cooking it smelled really tasty... And he wasn't going to get a look at it. In a slight lapse in judgment Kabocha knocked into a chair, his eyes darting to Yumi and yelping as he toppled back onto his backside in alarm as she spun around, paling and exhaling inaudibly when a knife was thrown his way, imbedding itself in the floor mere inches from some sensitive spots.\n\n\"Why are you sneaking around in the kitchen?\" Yumi asked, frowning as she looked down at Kabocha. With a sigh she closed her eyes, giving a shake of her head and turning back around. \"I swear you're such a weirdo...\" Placing a few diced bits of fruit along a platter she sent a smile Choi's way before going to the oven, craking it open and grabbing a thick cloth. Carefully taking out a tray inside to reveal a large roast of sorts she carried it over to the platter, sliding it off and in between the slices of fruit. Once the meat was in place she then grabbed a small glass container filled with a orange-ish liquid. Humming happily she drizzled it over the top of the roast, using near all of it before setting the glass in the sink. With that out of the way Yumi turned back around to the two boys, giving Kai a curious look. \"You can come in you know...? I'm not going to throw anything at you, if you're worried about that.\" Kabocha had since picked himself up off the floor and was now sitting at the table, the knife set a few centimeters away as he gave it a good staring at.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu let out a squeal as he was suddenly picked up, his hands grabbing hold of Takeshi's clothes as he moved to balance. He was having a fair deal of fun at the moment, he didn't want to feel too stressed out at the moment so this was all for his own enjoyment now, \"I won't! It's all safe!\" he squeaked happily, pushing at Takeshi's head playfully when he stuck out his tongue, \"You're so greedy!\" He was having a fun time side-tracking his way, he knew he couldn't let it get to him too much since Takeshi didn't like it when he got sad. Looking over Takeshi, he looked down to him before pulling at his clothes, \"Okay! I'd like that…very much!\" he said quickly before stopping his pulling, \"You going to ask about the whole thing with Mister Goku, or something?\"\n\nViral just let out an aggravated sigh, shifting his position again. He was ready to just settle in with his own thoughts until Vegeta mentioned coming back with him. Turning to look at him again, he gave him an angry glare before slowly standing up, \"So you're afraid of her reaction?? Tch, I bet that's the only reason you came out here\", he grunted, shaking his head, \"She's going to be angry at you for accomplishing nothing, anyway! You annoying kid…as usual…\" He couldn't really protest to Vegeta giving him an order like that, but he wasn't going to go into the house if he thought that much. Letting out a huff he turned around, slowly moving after Vegeta, \"I don't care if Yumi gets angry at me, she can get angry at me if she wants. I don't even know what I'm supposed to do there\".\n\nKai didn't know what was going on and was fairly lost right now, he was rather worried as well. He didn't exactly want Choi getting together with Yumi, it was like someone taking your own family member away. Keeping his distance, he glared at Kabocha with his teasing comment, raising his fist to threaten him with a hit of his own before he looked back to the kitchen. With Kabocha making his little daring walk into the kitchen, he stared at him cautiously before everything suddenly went to pot as Kabocha made one error in his movement and was almost castrated. Looking over to see Yumi and Choi, Choi was just preparing the food for the cooker as Yumi spoke without much of a care in the world, his curious glance at Kabocha as he struggled to get back to his feet. He didn't know what to make of it, he was still feeling concerned over what he was seeing only to gasp when Yumi took notice of him, \"Uhh huh…? O-Oh…sorry\", he spoke, slowly moving into the kitchen as he stared at Kabocha for a moment, looking to Choi quickly with a concerned look, \"You two just cooking or…\"\n\nChoi felt a little confused, he was just happily cooking with Yumi when they came in acting all suspicious. Kai seemed pretty nervous for some reason while Kabocha was just an idiot by default, giving them a quick glance as he placed his own knife down on his chopping board, \"Uhhh yeah! Yeah, we're just cooking…and talking, but mainly cooking\", he said quickly, pointing to the oven, \"Just thought after Kabocha's tantrum that we'd get some food prepared. Smells good, huh?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"We'll solve the problem by wearing it down gradually. We know exacty what the issue is, it's PTSD, we're all certain of that much. It's only a matter of finding a solution that leaves us stumped right now. We're going to help by finding a solution that'll help you recover, that's all I can say. There are ways to help it, I know some people who have been through it. We just need to figure out what they did.\" Kabocha was earnestly frustrated he couldn't do more. The fact he was incapable at anything was a blow to his own ego, and he did suppose that some part of him, however small it may be, sympathized with Viral. They'd seen him prior to this, a proud and strong warrior. He was now a shadow of his former self, and as a Saiyan he could definitely understand the feelings that must bring.\n\nYumi kept to the side during most of the conversation, still mulling over what exactly PTSD was. It was stress, she understood that much, and that it had to stem from what was done to Viral. Thinking about it that way the answer seemed rather obvious, a small and hopeful smile creeping to her lips. \" Viral...? Remember what we talked about? It has to be what happened to you during captivity that's causing this, it's got to be. So...\" She stepped forward, trying to snatch up one of her friend's paws whilst looking up to him hopefully. \"Well if the thoughts are bothering you so much... Don't think about them?\" Yumi wasn't too sure how else to word that, averting her gaze for a moment as she fought for the words. \"When something bad comes to mind... Think about something else? Something happier? If you drown out the bad thoughts then they can't bother you, right?\"\n\nTakeshi knew he'd be slower, but as soon as Shu went to all fours the rate he was pulling away was a bit surprising. Nonetheless he was determined to catch his brother, pushing himself as quickly as he could. \"Am too! Come here you!\" It was great, feeling like just two kids having fun again, it had definitely been too long. Racing through the streets as blurs the house was coming up rather quickly now, and Shu was very much in the lead. Groaning at the realization he'd not catch up he slowed a bit, watching as Shu very easily bounded into the yard, coming in a few seconds after the younger boy. Panting slightly from exertion Takeshi smiled to himself, putting his hands on his hips whilst trying to catch his breath. \"No fair... You got a head start...\" he whined playfully, moving his arms to stretch up over his head. With a breathless chuckle he sniffed at the air, smiling widely at the scent of food coming from the house. \"Oh boy...! It smells like they just finished cooking!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral was not understanding the entirety of what was supposed to be happening right now, all they were doing was talking to him and it was fair making him uneasy as they barely gave him any room at all. With a lowered gaze, he tried to understand just what they were planning on doing to get rid of the problem before it became too drastic; however, it didn't sound like they even knew how to deal with it. It was a rather depressing, his mind not finding an easy solution either considering he didn't even think there was a name for it other than his mind being completely damaged, \"I don't think you actually know how to get rid of it\", he muttered, giving him a fair blank stare, \"There has been many things done to me that could easily be the problem. Saying what they are doesn't help, so what are you getting at…\"\n\nThis whole thing seemed just a bit all over the place, the guy didn't actually know how he was supposed to help him so that was going to be a problem definitely. If he didn't know how to get rid of it and Viral himself had no idea how to fix his own problems, then there was probably no real solution to it all. Looking away for a moment, he looked back when Yumi spoke, giving her a blank stare. Looking down to her hands as she grabbed one of his, he looked back up at her only to sigh at what she said. It was awfully naïve to think of it like that, it wasn't as if he purposely thought of them just to make him miserable. Lowering his head, he gave it a little shake as he tried to think of something happy to make her happy; however, it was fair difficult when absolutely nothing was coming to mind. He couldn't say that he was unhappy raising them; he was content when he was raising them but that was about as much happiness he could think of. Letting out a groan he shook his head, his eyes not looking terribly focused, \"…I can't. I don't even know what you want me to do with that instruction. Besides, you've told me what it is, now go back to the house…get your food…\"\n\nShu was determined right now, but he did hope that he could keep it up without something absolutely terrible happening like he fell over and Takeshi caught up with him that way. It was quite scary yet fun, like being chased by a wild animal and being able to outrun it if only slightly. Looking back as he panted away, he raced onwards before coming to a halt once he finally arrived, nearly flipping over accidentally onto his back as Takeshi came running in as well. Smiling up at Takeshi, he slowly pushed himself back up. As he gradually yet fairly quickly got his breath back, he turned to look at Takeshi with a smile, shaking his head, \"You said race me first! So I win!\" he said quickly bouncing around before turning his head towards the house, sniffing out the food, \"Oooohhhh…yes! Are they all inside? What if they're already having food…?\" he asked as he slowly made his way to the house, sniffing the air, \"It smells really good…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi looked to Viral sadly, a pained expression playing out on her features as he spoke. It was hard even to get him to think of happy thoughts, she knew they were there. He looked to be getting panicked, the exact opposite of what she'd hope to come of this conversation. Feeling partly responsible she lowered her gaze for a moment, twisting her fingers together before sighing sadly. \"But... You can only get better? You're already improving, we all see it. And... You'll get back to yourself soon enough, you have to...\" There was posed a serious question though... What if he didn't improve? Something terrible could come of this if he continued to deteriorate, and soon he may be beyond their help entirely. Feeling herself now becoming a little panicked Yumi leaned over against Viral, wrapping her arms around him and hiding her face in his shoulder. \"The future can always be better... It will be. We'll help you Viral, I promise. We're going to do everything we can to get you better.\" she mumbled, lifting her head and smiling meekly. \"And don't think of yourself as a burden, because you're not holding us back or anything. We're doing this because we want to and can, not because it's an obligation. So please don't feel guilty.\"\n\n\"Wait... We're showing off our ship now?\" Vegeta asked, feeling a little possessive. Technology was his thing, and that ship still had mysteries for him to learn. Someone else taking peeks and prodding at it didn't sit well with him, not in the slightest. If the boys had made the promise though, and they wanted to stay in good graces he'd have to bite back his complaints. \"If they want to go into space then they'll have to wait. We've barely got room for everyone now as it is, especially if everyone else comes with us too,\" he pointed out, refering to the squad and their families. The latter part of Shu's question had Vegeta stumped, embarrasingly enough. He had never looked into it personally and only vaguely knew of some of Goku's abilities. Pulling his brow together he tried to come up with an answer, surprised to hear Takeshi speak up instead.\n\n\"Instant transmission Shu. He can move from place to place really fast by basically teleporting everywhere.\" Takeshi explained, smiling proudly.\n\n\"How the heck do you know that and he doesn't?\" Kabocha asked, gesturing to Vegeta. \"I mean... No offense, but he seems like the smart one here. Where's a guy like you figure something like that out?\"\n\nTakeshi's smile wavered at Kabocha's question, turning his head to address the other Saiyan. \"I'm going to pretend that didn't sound like an insult. And I know because I read about it,\" he stated, narrowing his eyes at a surprised look. \"Yes, I DO read Kabocha, just not that often. Seriously... It's like you think I'm a moron or something...\" Sighing softly he placed a chunk of seared fruit in his mouth, letting it sit and melt for a second before beginning to chew it up. He knew a fair bit thanks to Gohan's writing, it was just never brought up. \"We might even be able to learn it Shu, if it's not too difficult. Then you could visit here whenever you wanted.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral couldn't take it, everything was just collapsing on him and it was becoming unbearable. Knowing that there was nothing he could do about it was the worst part, he had been trying to tell Vegeta to do something about it with his expertise but it was obvious that he just couldn't do it when it wasn't a defect in his genealogy. He just wanted to be left alone right now, he couldn't understand just why absolutely nothing was going his way. Slowly shaking his head at her words, he kept his eyes off her as he let out a sigh, \"I don't understand how you can be so optimistic…\" He wanted to see his recovery as a possibility, but with everything that was happening he was possibly going to get worse before he could recover. He would probably end up going into battle and getting destroyed because of some flashback, knowing his luck.\n\nViral wasn't beyond thinking this was his lowest point and that there was no way to pull him up from this, especially if his brain was beyond repair. Vegeta already said he couldn't repair his mind and wouldn't wipe it, he would have to either try and get over it or just accept that he was damaged. Feeling lost and somewhat distraught, he gasped slightly when Yumi held him in a hug, his gaze going down to her before he let out a sigh. Looking off again, he held a heavy frown on his face, \"We'll have to wait until we enter battle before that judgement is made\", he muttered, \"You can't tell now…and it was my fault everyone had to leave the rebels. They all see me as a monster, so there is definitely fault to be made on my part for losing my mind. I'd wish you wouldn't sugarcoat things when it's the truth\".\n\nShu gave a little nod, wondering what the big deal was about showing the ship to someone. He thought it would be pretty nice to let him see it, seeing as how things had progressed pretty well thanks to Katas, \"They want to make their own spaceships! Not want to take ours; that'd be silly, you're silly\", he smiled, taking some of the fruit for himself, \"I wonder if Humans would ever want to go out into space like this…but why don't they…?\" Feeling concerned over what Humans actually thought, he shifted his attention to Takeshi as he explained what it was that Goku could do. Tilting his head slightly, he looked to Kabocha when he spoke up before Takeshi gave his rebuttal. Smiling, he picked up some fruit off his plate, \"I don't know how to read!\" he spoke as if it was something to be proud about, looking back to Takeshi, \"Is it really…? I'd like to learn! I would! I like learning about new things…like Kamehameha! Where do you learn how to do that Mister Goku thing…?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Kai and Choi just remained in silence as Vegeta and Kabocha spoke, not seeing any reason to interject at all. They were on a good path with this, but from the sounds of it Kabocha was planning on getting rid of all the soldiers from the ship. It was a large ship, near enough an entire base encased in tough armour and weapons with speed higher than their pods; if they spotted suspicions with their pods, then the ship would likely leave very quickly. It all sounded fairly risky, they'd only get one chance at such a thing and even then where exactly were they going to send so many soldiers. Kai scratched as his head as Choi looked off towards his brother, giving him a fairly curious look before Kai eventually spoke up again, \"There's an awful lot of them, but it might be possible. Where would you want them sent, though?\" he asked Kabocha, walking on back to the table and sitting down, \"The ship has everything that's needed, sure, but how do we pull off something like that…? Are any of you tacticians? You've got to think before you simply decide to commandeer a ship like that\".\n\nViral didn't really have any clue what Takeshi was going to ask him, it could be related to Yumi being upset or someone had spoken about his problem. He didn't want either to had happened, he was already angry that he had succumbed to something so simple and extremely pissed off that he had upset Yumi to such a degree. Emerging from his place, he gave Takeshi a hard staring at, spotting Shu around behind him as Takeshi spoke, sounding as if he was oblivious to what all the problems were. Giving him a good staring at before looking away with a quick glance, giving a very brief thought over the proposal, \"…Fine. I'll go. It was getting boring here, anyway\", he spoke, looking elsewhere completely, \"I am not sure if I'll fight. I highly doubt I am allowed to 'bash some skulls' without supervision…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"How the heck should I know?\" Kabocha asked, shrugging his shoulders. It was a hefty order, getting rid of a few dozen bodies. Ideally the only person they'd need to keep on the ship would be the doctor, the rest were expendable. A big downside of not killing them too was the chance of one running off to send word to the king of the hijacked ship. Though finding out was probably inevitable they were better off the longer they could fly under the radar. \"And no, I'm really not a tactician. I'd say just bust into the hangar and fight our way in, we can probably overpower everyone inside easily enough. I don't see there really being anything on there as an obstacle, we were the strongest there after all.\" Hell, a single one of them might be able to take it on their own, though it'd certainly take quite some time. Not only that, but doors and corridors could be sealed off, the only solution without hacking being to blast them. Causing damage to the ship was bad for obvious reasons, as breaching the hull by accident could make it completely useless. \"What if we have Takeshi and Viral come up with a strategy?\" Kabocha mused, looking at the rest of the group. \"I mean come on guys, he wasn't that bad of a leader when we had him, he knew his stuff. Between him and the Beastman we ought to be able to get something going.\"\n\nViral didn't seem terribly enthusiastic about having visitors, not even Shu. Happy about it or not he heard out what had to be said, even offering an agreeable reply in exchange. \"Wait... Really?\" Takeshi asked dumbfounded, for a second not believing he'd been given a yes by the Beastman. Once it set in he grinned, clasping his hands together and giving a nod of his head. \"It won't get boring there, I promise. Nothing can be worse than just sitting here.\" Well plenty could be worse, the Saiyan mused. Looking back at Shu he flashed his brother a smile before walking over in Viral's direction to lead him off. \"Supervision? What the hell would you need that for? If there's someone to fight you fight them, its as simple as that.\" Were Yumi and Vegeta keeping this guy on a leash or something? Seriously, having ask permission to fight was just absurd, he wondered where Viral got that idea. Fighting may even be good for the guy, Takeshi hoped so anyways. It'd restore some of his confidence in himself if he knocked a few heads together. \"Ready to get moving then?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Kai didn't expect anything less from Kabocha with that statement, the guy always showing he preferred to use his brawn over his brains. It was probably not that difficult to think it through, there was little they needed to do but they just needed to get onto the ship to do it and complete it without destroying anything. If there was a fool proof way to do all of this it would be not letting Kabocha decide what they were going to do and rather coming up with a plan themselves, seeing as how all he wanted to do was fire his way through and cause a complete mess of everything. Letting out a sigh, he scratched his head as his eyes moved to look at Kabocha, \"Maybe, if the Beastman doesn't go crazy and Takeshi can actually use his head for once. It really shouldn't be too difficult\".\n\nChoi was sitting thinking it through, trying to come up with something that would give him an actual clue to what he should really do to help with coming up with a plan. It was all so bothersome, it didn't need to be this difficult. If they could just get to the control room then they'd have control of the ship, but first they needed somebody who knew how to take control of the ship. Scratching through his hair slowly, he looked between them all, \"If we could just sneak in…I mean, we're already authorised to come aboard, we just need to get a hacker. Wasn't Commander Viral good with mechanics? Whatabout one of you lot?\"\n\nViral kept focused on Takeshi, not all that surprised that the kid was taken a little bit by surprise over his agreement to follow along. It wasn't that he wanted to go or cared much about going, but anything was better than sitting around doing nothing while Yumi was upset and Vegeta probably mad at him for causing it. Grumbling, he looked away for a moment to shake off the annoyance Takeshi was causing before glancing back at him, giving him an angry glare, \"And what's it to you? Think it's worse than me tearing people apart?\" he spoke before he sighed, turning in the direction Takeshi was hoping to lead him in, \"I'm fine to go. Just what are you planning on doing? And why are you so happy about it…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Kai didn't really find this whole plan to be very good to say the least, it was already extremely loose and there really was no actual plan to what they were actually going to do. If they couldn't kill the guy, then what exactly were they supposed to do to him when they found him? Feeling a little confused by the sudden demand, he followed Kabocha on out and let out a sigh, shaking his head, \"It's not as if we have a choice; besides, it's hardly a big deal\", he spoke, looking to the door, \"Aren't these guys supposed to help us with our parent problem, anyway? Might as well go ahead with it\". Upon arriving outside, Kai looked to Choi calmly before turning around to see the Queen, watching her curiously before smirking a little when Kabocha was hit by her. It was about time somebody hit him, but it wasn't helping all that well when they still needed to hear the plan from the Queen herself.\n\nT'charrl was unsure how to approach his mother as he headed on out to the open world, trying to keep off his cane as much as he could to try and act strong and able. He was a little nervous, but hopefully he wouldn't be put into something that would mean life or death for him as was the case for a lot of things. Slowly approaching the door, he stepped outside only to spot Kabocha being hit by his mother and an immediate complaint coming out of it. Letting out a sigh, he slowly approached his mother with his eyes focused on her, coming to a halt just before her. He was rather nervous, his eyes staring at her until she finally spoke of the plan and immediately put him in charge over the Saiyans, \"…What? Me?\" he questioned her, not exactly sure what the plan of action was. By 'him', he could only assume it was the General she was talking about, something he had hoped one of the others would take care of instead. As his mind suddenly became awash with worry, he stared at her before frowning at the word hero, \"I am…? Are you sure about this, Mother? I-I mean…how do I face up against a guy like that? He's a lot stronger than me…\" he spoke quickly, only to let out a sigh and lower his head, \"And what if I fail…? And what if they find out about my…'differences'. I'd be a disgrace to the family name, everything would be ruined…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Eslaria had waited until her son was present to explain the plan, seeing as he would be at the precipice of it all. It just made sense to her to have one of the future rulers be there to take down this tyrant, it built his credibility and gained him favor. To her it was perfectly reasonable, and yet the prince sounded to have some concerns with it. \"You won't have to face him alone T'charrl, these three will be accompanying you,\" the Queen explained, gesturing to the Saiyans. \"No matter how strong he is he cannot compare to Saiyans, I'm confident of that. Regardless of any tricks or however many troops he might hide behind he'll not triumph over us.\" They had the element of surprise so long as they moved quickly, and so it was their turn to ambush their enemy. For someone who was going to be leading people some day soon he needed to build his confidence, otherwise it would be hard for anyone to look up to him. \"And I know you'll do fine, I'd not have picked you for the task otherwise,\" she continued, smiling gently. \"Your friends will be with you, you won't fail as long as they're at your side. As for your differences or disgracing us...\" Eslaria paused, stepping beyond the Saiyans to place a hand on her son's head, giving it a gentle rubbing. \"Nothing you could ever do would disgrace us, I promise you that. And your 'differences' may just be what you'll need to make the general submit. They're a gift T'charrl, don't think of yourself badly because you're different.\"\n\nOnce certain the air was cleared and everyone was prepared the unlikely team left the house in search of their target. No doubt the Saiyans might have mixed feelings about what was going on, chief amongst which were hesitation over following an alien. If what they had been promised was to be done though they had to comply, whether they necessarily agreed with it or not. Kabocha was probably the only one really with inhibitions, and that was in part due to his enjoying having temporary leadership over the squad. It was no small secret he had a pride and some ego, and having his command stripped even temporarily bruised it a bit. A little condolence came in the form of a chance to fight, provided that whatever troops they encountered were dim enough to even try that. After they had left the view of the house Kabocha figured it was safe to voice something he had on his mind, and for good reason. \"Do we even know where to look for this guy...?\" he asked, glancing sidelong to T'charrl. \"I mean your mom didn't exactly tell us where, and I can't remember the princes or anyone else ever saying anything. Are we going to search this whole city for the guy?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "T'charrl was completely unsure to how he was supposed to handle such a mission, especially when it meant their whole life on the planet would completely change forever. The pressure would probably be enough to kill him if he had a weak heart, but thankfully he was fair healthy and could only think of the impending doom that would most likely come later. Looking to the Saiyans for a moment, he let out a sigh and nodded, hoping it was okay that they were going with him rather than simply being dragged along because his mother said so. Nodding a little, he looked up at her with a frown, \"His soldiers managed to defeat three of my friends. That's what I'm worried about the most…\" He didn't want what happened to his friends to happen to these people, they were innocent as far as he was concerned.\n\nLowering his head a little, he leaned against his cane as she spoke, not completely looking sure to how he was supposed to feel about her attempted confidence boosts. She was definitely confident in him, he just couldn't find that confidence in himself when he had never been pushed into something as daring as this; soldiers he could handle fine, but when he was captured the General was simply terrifying. He'd threaten the existence of his mother and talk about what he would do to his family, but even then he didn't think it would ever be him behind all of it and thought he was answering to a higher calling. Looking up at her at her encouragement over his powers, he smiled a little as she petted his head, \"…R-Really…? Maybe…I'll try not to…\"\n\nIf he was going to use his abilities, it would have to be to protect rather than to attack. He wouldn't want any witnesses to think he was deadly and seeing him using his power to destroy would definitely not be the wisest thing to do. Smiling up at his mother, he turned to Kabocha when he spoke up his concerns, frowning a little before looking away for a moment, \"Uhh well, I've been there before…when I was captured\", he spoke, fluttering his wings a little before lifting off into the air, \"I know where the military base is, it's likely where he'd be. We have to go to the city, if you're ready\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Takeshi narrowed his eyes slightly at Kai's comment, not overly fond of it. Suggesting Viral might be dying was beyond okay, he refused to even consider that. \"Just because he's artifical doesn't mean he's going to expire,\" he retorted, rolling his eyes as he folded his arms across his chest. \"I mean... He can't die that easily. He's said before he'll live long past when we'll die, so he's got to be like... Immortal or something. There's no way this is going to kill him.\" It certainly was not going to be the end of him, not if the pod did its job properly. Hearing it kick to life and seeing the liquids begin to pour in was a promising sign, it meant his vitals were strong enough to warrant saving.\n\n\"Yeah, you can send something, that would probably be best.\" Takeshi commented, taking a seat in one of the chairs by the computer and leaning back in it lazily. \"Go get something to eat for yourselves first, I'll get food if you bring it down, or I'll find something later.\" For now he'd sit and keep an eye over Viral, whether it was needed or not. \"And... You really should tell the others that he's in here, just so they're not worrying. Let them know he's going to be fine and all that, please? I don't want anyone to have to worry too much.\" Now that they were for the most part free it was high time to sit back and enjoy themselves, not be stressed out incessantly.\n\n\"Whatever you say boss man, I'm not going to say no to a meal.\" Kabocha said cheerfully, giving his stomach a patting. \"And sure thing, we'll let everyone know. Don't blame us if Yumi comes running though! I'm not getting in that chick's way, she can be really nasty when she wants to be.\" Flashing Kai a smile he gestured for his friend to follow, hurrying out of the healing room and into the corridor, impatiently waiting for Kai to follow suit. Anything at this point was going to be a tasty meal, he could hardly care what they fed him. With the buildup of food it would be a darn shame if they didn't have anything on board.\n\nThere went Choi again, babbling on about goodness knows what. As silly as it might be Yumi couldn't help but find it amusing, flashing a small smile as she giggled breathlessly. Still didn't answer her question about what had gone on, but she'd let it slide for now. Giving him a playful shove over it she then folded her hands behind her back again, humming softly. So he'd never had s'mores before then? Neither had Shu, and Takeshi probably hadn't either. All the more reason to do that when they got back to Earth then, that and smoothies. It was curious how much she found herself missing simple little things now that they were away from home. Perhaps they could find fruit on board this ship, then she'd make everyone a smoothie to enjoy.\n\n\"What...? Eeeew, really?\" Yumi covered her mouth with her hands quickly as she snickered, looking back at Kabocha's parents amused. There had to be something about the relationship keeping them together, it only made sense. Definitely not looks, that was for sure. Kabocha's dad was a bit on the big side, and not exactly the most attractive looking Saiyan. His mother wasn't bad looking, and had a fiery behavior that would probably make her suited for another guy. Maybe there was some romance in that pairing that she just wasn't seeing. Once more her thoughts turned to herself and Choi, glancing at the boy before looking away, hiding her face with her hair to try and conceal a blush. Would she and Choi end up becoming romantically involved?", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Kai stared at Takeshi, frowning a little at his comment. That was probably one of the things the King tried to obtain from Viral during his experimentation stages but probably couldn't, but whether all that experimenting had worn out whatever the Beastman's lifespan relied on was definitely something to be concerned about. Maybe it would be a pretty good thing to get him some scientific attention too now that they had equipment to do it. If anything, Kai was more afraid of the ex-Commander waking up and sporting brain damage, turning into a killer and using those freaky arms to rip them all apart.\n\nKai gave Takeshi's food suggestion a quick nod, giving him a little wave as he moved to the door, \"Sure, just don't get food in the tank once we bring some down. Just hopefully your friend has gotten this ship flying because I'd hate to go to the food hall and find a bunch of Saiyans in there. They can't party all the time, you know\", he spoke, looking to Kabocha, \"If that happens, you're taking the lead on getting rid of them. I ain't going near no bunch of soldiers without my brother, okay?\"\n\nWalking on out after Kabocha, he gave one look back before letting out a sigh, moving along with Kabocha, \"I bugsy telling Vegeta that we got him in the healing tank. You can tell Yumi\", he spoke quickly, raising his hand, \"There's no way I'm telling her what happened and I doubt Choi would either, seeing as how completely gaga he is over her…\" It was a bit of a hit and miss when trying to figure out what he should say to Vegeta. He knew what to ask him, but to describe what happened to Viral was a little confusing to him. He couldn't really describe what it was, whether it was a fit or a haemorrhage of some kind.\n\nChoi snickered a little, scratching his cheek, \"I know, right? Somehow I can't say I pity him\", he chuckled a little, giving her a little nudge, \"Don't tell him I said that, though\". While it was funny talking about things like that, he couldn't say it was giving him a good feeling knowing what Kabocha might do if he found out he was talking about his parents. Letting out a sigh, he lowered his head for a moment before peaking up again, bouncing on over to a sign on the wall, \"Oh! This might help\", he spoke, giving a quick point to the sign and to various parts of the ship, \"I guess it's easier to say you can go left to get to the food and right to get to the beds\".\n\nChoi was feeling pretty proud, being able to lead a bunch of people to where they needed to go so long as the ship was safe and moving. He wasn't really good at reading, but recognising symbols was definitely something he could be proud with and feel happy about. Smiling, he soon ran off to the right before stopping again, nodding a little, \"I hope nobody fights over where they're sleeping…because that'd be really awkward when there are a lot of beds here. It's a flying fortress! Neat, huh?\" he nodded, smiling, \"There's rooms ranging from having about twelve beds all the way up to one where the Captain of the vessel would sleep, the bed quality getting better as it goes along but still comfy. Maybe the ones with the many beds would be better if we ever saved anyone and transported them…that'd be cool…saving people…instead of blowing them to bits…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Well... The real you is talking... Or the part of you that we know better. Because wouldn't the other part be trying to eat me?\" Yumi suggested hopefully, trying to help calm things. Viral himself had said his other half would try to devour her, and obviously that wasn't happening right now, meaning he was in control. \"And maybe it wasn't that long, I don't really know. After all I've only been around for a short while haven't I? So it's kind of a guess I suppose.\" Even when he had changed it hadn't been all that difficult to bring him down from that high and get him back to normal. It had been her fault for being hit that caused the change in the first place, and it had been her that Viral had seen and transformed back. That put a terrible weight on her shoulders, it meant she could both cause his pain and stop it, and the latter wasn't proving to be nearly as easy as she might have liked.\n\nYumi let out a soft sigh as Viral rose, putting her hands on her hips and giving him an incredulous look. \"Well of course I'm not going to make fun of you Viral. You're already not happy, I'm not going to kick you when you're down, that would be just plain mean. And besides, you don't deserve it. I've usually got Takeshi or someone to do something stupid that deserve it much more, so you don't have to worry about that.\" She wanted to contest the idea that there was nothing out here and it was a waste of time, but it was sure looking that way. The direction they were moving into were more or less endless plains, hardly anything worth noting in sight. With a slightly sneaky smirk Yumi turned to Viral, gesturing behind him towards where the ships were. \"Well the way I see it we've got two options. We can go back there with the rebels, and Korian, and help them out. Or we can wander around a bit more and see if there's really not anything out here.\" Given those choices she was sure what Viral was going to choose, and it was what she wanted. A bit underhanded, but being out and about may just do the Beastman some good.\n\nT'charrl had a fair point, Shu flying was probably not the best option. How were they to get him out of the hole then? Blowing it apart was too risky, and neither of them could easily fit down there. Even if Takeshi did manage to get in it wasn't like both he and his brother would fit on the way up anyways. Looking around the area he bit his lip, trying to find something that might give them a hand here. If they just had some kind of rope or something then they could help Shu out of there, but there wasn't a single thing up here that would do the trick. Looking back down the hole at his brother's news Takeshi blinked a bit, surprised that something else was down there. There was a little worry it could be dangerous, yet judging by the Saiyan's tone he wasn't exactly feeling in danger, more curious than anything. Kneeling before the hole he scratched at his head, debating on how to save his sibling. \"Just be careful, you don't know what it is yet!\"\n\nThis strange visitor smelled very strongly of fruit, making the little critter's stomach grumble in response. In its mind it had to have some kind of fruit on it, which meant a meal if this thing was nice enough. Sniffling at Shu for a moment the alien again shirked back when he moved, watching tensely as he crouched down and got closer. Curious still was when it was sniffed, lifting its small head and returning the sniffing in turn at the Saiyan. Again it made some strange noises, not readily recognizing them at all. He... Sounded nice though, if this thing was indeed male. He certainly didn't come across as a threat, even if he was strange. After scratching at itself for a moment it turned around, padding into the darkness for a moment and checking the tunnel that led out of its home. It was larger than the one it used itself, and wider than what this alien had fallen through, seeing as its parents were roughly his size. Squeaking softly to try and get Shu's attention he got up on his hind legs, trying to make the alien follow. Maybe if he helped it get out then the visitor would get him food.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral still didn't know whether that was the truth, especially considering how many changes he had gone through and so many different personas that were everything but his own. The control the collar held over him was pretty intense, it took a lot more to get him under control than Shu. Shu was easier, his mind could be eliminated and his brain put under full command, but Viral had to be tested constantly to try and keep his consciousness while keeping him loyal to the King. He still had those voices in his head sometimes, the ones that would try and force him into believing in the King. Yumi would never know what it's like, her collar was already fully tested and it was a lot easier to get her equipped, but he had to go through all the testing phases and have his brain battered and beaten with all these strange thoughts and problems, \"I could be simply be masking my true self from you. The collar could have easily changed me enough to turn me into a sleeper agent for the King\".\n\nViral was pretty fed up with himself, he could understand why the others would be too considering he complained a lot. It felt like the only thing he could do now while everything was on his mind in an attempt to clear his mind, but everyone was bothered by it and not wanting to hear about it too much without just telling him it was okay. He was increasingly unsettled and it wasn't fair, his body and mind all becoming worse for wear. Looking back towards the ships with Yumi's signal, he let out a grumble and turned away again, preferring to continue onwards than even think about going anywhere near that bunch, \"This place is just empty, that's all there is to it. I barely feel like going back to that ship at all\", he spoke, looking to the ground as if contemplating on stopping altogether, \"This whole place is entirely pointless, anyway. Stupid creature could had easily been some mutant fungus gone out of control with the way it vanished like that. If there was even a tiny bit of sense with coming out here, I would gladly welcome it about now before I go back and punch Vegeta in the mouth…\"\n\nShu wasn't sure what he was supposed to do at this point. He could easily bounce back up the hole, Takeshi was really doubting him on that part and T'charrl just didn't know better. Falling down a hole was no big deal for him and meeting someone down there that appeared pretty friendly was just another plus. Giving the creature a sniff to try and figure out what he was, he tilted his head a little to try and understand what they were wanting from him. He didn't have much of a clue, the creature was strange enough without him coming along and making it interested in him. Squeaking a little as he sniffed, he moved up a little to look around. He didn't know where he had fallen, but as his attention went elsewhere he missed the part where the little creature moved a little more, signalling for him to come along. Smiling a little, he looked back to the hole, \"I'm going to follow it, okay!\" he called up before making a quick bounce towards it, moving after it curiously.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi felt awfully self conscious right now, having things brought up that she would just as soon forget. Holding herself a bit she looked down at her feet, biting her lip as her ears folded flat against her hair, trying to hide a little better how unsettled she was. Thinking about just how different she could be now terrified her, she didn't want to be something entirely new. She wanted to be her, that was that. The ears were a big enough change as it was and were still taking some getting used to, and that wasn't even mentioning how most of her senses were now heightened as well. Coupled with her apparently razor sharp nails now she was pretty much a new being in her entirety, even if she didn't look that different. There was very much the worry that she could now transform herself and become a creature like Viral, something she couldn't properly control. Not being able to handle her own powers was a terrifying concept indeed.\n\n\"You're not a monster Viral... And neither am I. We're Beastman...\" Yumi mumbled, frowning deeper as she fought with that concept. She wasn't a human anymore, no matter how she might think of herself as such. She was a Beastman now, the same thing that Viral was. Not that there was anything inherently wrong with being a Beastman, she had even mused over the very thing once or twice before. Being forcibly changed into one however was much too sudden, and the realizations that her life was now different as a result hit her hard. \"If I thought I was a monster then I'd think you were one too, because we're the same now. Can we please just drop this though...? I don't want to talk about it...\" Were Vegeta here he'd be very much trying to get them to talk it out. She could almost hear him chiding that keeping it in was only going to make things worse, and it was a good thing he was absent, otherwise she was liable to smack him silly for saying that.\n\nTakeshi hadn't seen mountains either, Shu wasn't alone there. According to this alien however there were some near where they landed, only off in the other direction. While they could certainly go travel back it seemed a little redundant, going all the way there only to return here. So he figured that Viral and Yumi may want a little bit of action. Viral had been complaining about exploring this world anyways, so a battle should be just the thing to brighten up his day. The call went through instantaneously, and on the other hand was a hardly thrilled sounding Beastman. \"Just bear with me, because this is going to sound kind of nuts. We found some of the natives here, a bunch of armadillo looking people. And turns out that they're worshiping some kind of god here, and the thing doesn't sound super friendly. We were going to go see it at first to show we can be trusted, some trial or something probably. But now we might be fighting whatever it is, save some kid from being sacrificed. They say its back in your direction, the mountain range that is, and we're kind of far off here. So... If you two are up to it maybe you want to go look into this? It's bound to be interesting at least.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was pretty annoyed right now, his mind hardly finding it easy to settle on the thought that he wasn't a monster when the thought of becoming something like him freaked her out. If there was nothing to be freaked out about when it came to something like that then he wouldn't be regarded as a monster. She wouldn't have what he can do, her modifications wouldn't be able to go that far in just a few days. It took a long time to get his body stable with such a devastating power inside him, it wouldn't be possible to give her the exact same function in such a short time. Such a thing would make his existence meaningless if it could be recreated so easily with a more updated 'model' as it were, he wouldn't have much of an existence anymore.\n\nLooking to Yumi as she grumbled at what he said before, he huffed and turned away from her, feeling fair annoyed at her concepts. If she didn't want to talk about it and yet tried to say it wasn't a bad thing then all she was doing was contradicting herself, especially when it was freaking her out so much. If it wasn't such a bad thing to be like him then she'd have no reason to freak out, \"Howabout you don't tell me what to do\", he told Yumi, giving her a quick look before his attention went back to the scouter. There was something about a god and sacrificing, knowing all too well that a god would never exist on a planet like this. He would think they were a powerful creature, more so than the primitive natives here so they would naturally be seen as gods. Letting out a grumble, he looked off towards the horizon, seeing the mountains, \"Fine. I'll check it out and get rid of it\".\n\nShutting off the connection for now he gave Yumi a quick glance, narrowing his gaze before he looked away again off towards the mountains, \"Go back to the ship, I'll deal with the problem\", he spoke, rubbing his wound, \"You don't need to be getting hurt, so leave it to me, will you? You'll be better off not being near me if you don't want to get freaked out any more or questioning your existence…\" As soon as he finished talking he immediately began to run towards the mountains, not wanting to keep going with the discussion. She would only end up hurting herself around him if he was going to have to fight against a god-like entity who demanded sacrifices of all things.\n\nShu stared at Takeshi as he spoke through the scouter, tilting his head a little before he smiled. If all went to plan then Viral or Yumi would take care of it and the kid would be saved from whatever a sacrifice was. Looking to T'charrl a moment, he looked away again before he pressed his fingers together, shifting his foot a little, \"I hope this goes okay…I mean, I don't want anyone getting hurt and I don't want this to happen more when we leave the planet. If they can't be killed, how do we get rid of them…? Are they one of those monsters, maybe?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Maybe Yumi was being a touch irrational. Viral clung onto his cleaver for dear life most of the time, the notion of him ever misplacing it was a tad farfetched. Still, she couldn't help but try to find reason for her to come along, grasping at straws now for reasons. All of her pleading was proving to be for naught, yet she wasn't just going to back down, she wasn't able to. The idea of Viral going off on his own and dying terrified her, she refused to have it be that way. Why was he so stubborn in allowing her to come along? She ultimately could do so anyways against his wishes, but it just wasn't the same if she was forcing herself.\n\n\"Well maybe I don't want you to die!\" Yumi said loudly, staring up at Viral tearfully. What did she have to say to get her message through? Rubbing at her eyes with the heels of her hands she began to tremble a bit, lowering her head to try and hide her sad expression. Twice in just the last few moments, she was going soft. \"It's selfish, I know... But I don't want you to die! I want you to live, and be with us, and be happy!\" Looking up again she bit her lip, sniffling a little as she brushed away a few tears once more. \"You can't die... I don't want to be alive without you. If it killed you... Well... Then it'll kill me too! Because I refuse to be alive when you're not!\" Overwhelmed by her own emotions Yumi stepped forward, latching onto Viral in spite of his issues with personal space and hiding her face into his shoulder yet again. \"Please just let me come. We... We can help eachother out... N-no one has to die. Please Viral... I'm scared what might happen if you go...!\"\n\nThey had lucked out again as far as planets went, what with Shu and T'charrl both getting some fruit to eat. Takeshi couldn't imagine his brother without fruit, it was like fish without water, one needed the other. He'd seen it in part before with the year of servitude, and while a lack of fruit was hardly the only problem it had certainly had an effect on the young Saiyan. Every time he got a hold of some goodies now he'd light up like a Christmas tree before chowing down, clearly ecstatic to have some again. It was nice, seeing Shu so happy. When Takeshi looked over his sibling didn't look quite as happy as he'd imagined, instead puzzled that he was looking fair nervous. Noting the shuffling in the grass then he turned immediately towards the noise, readying himself for a possible predator. Nope, just another one of the aliens.\n\nQuite a bit of information was being shared with the group, least of which was the mention of \"Dural\". Some creature on the planet, and apparently the henchmen of this god of theirs. Immediately Takeshi wondered if they might possibly be related to the thing they had encountered on the ship. Whatever they were, these Dural didn't sound very nice. At the very least they worked for the god, meaning they were probably not going to be reasoned with or take no for an answer when they showed up. \"Sounds like they are Shu... I hope you're ready to fight then. We're going to have to keep your new friend safe.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral couldn't understand why Yumi was so defiant of him and the levels of frustration were reaching beyond measurement with him. He was completely stressed out at this point and just wanted to shut her out at this point and continue on, but he couldn't. He was left there standing around instead of doing anything, feeling completely stuck to what he was supposed to do or say. All she ever got was upset whenever he expressed his feelings and desires, no matter how self-destructive they were. Getting his way was never going to be a thing for him, not with Yumi and Vegeta always standing in the way of everything. They shouldn't had been too surprised that he wanted to fight and die on his own terms.\n\nFeeling like he would be better off going his own way, he looked to her as she in turn began to get upset over what he was saying. He was not happy with this, he had hoped that she would back off and leave him be before things got even more heated, only instead getting upset over his words. He wasn't used to this, he shouldn't be here causing this to happen. He had nowhere to go, she had cornered him with this confrontation. Slowly moving his foot backwards he glanced behind him, shaking his head, \"You…shouldn't wish to die because of me, that's illogical!\" he spoke only for Yumi to latch onto him despite everything. He couldn't understand, she shouldn't feel this way about him especially when dying was just another part of life, \"It's pathetic to die just because another has…and you have your whole life ahead of you! Why would you want to throw it all away over me…\"\n\nWhile Shu was fairly nice and filled up with food, he was still worried to his stomach over the natives they had just met just incase something might happen and end up with the kid being taken away by the creatures. This whole thing made it sound as if the creatures weren't simple animals after all, that they had a whole organisation and were determined to do what they could to get sacrifices. Looking up to Takeshi as he tried to assess the situation himself, he frowned a little as he nodded, looking back towards the cave system, \"Ooohhh, if there's going to be many, how do we fight and keep my new friend safe?\" he asked, pressing his fingers together, \"I'm worried for them incase one sneaks in and takes him…\"\n\nT'charrl wasn't sure what to make of the situation, but it sounded as if he had a fight on his hands soon and had to get ready for it fairly soon. Looking between the two before towards the aliens, he frowned a little before looking to the cave system. They would probably need protecting themselves and he couldn't fit into the cave and Takeshi might have a problem doing so too. Slowly rubbing his neck, he stepped forward slightly, \"Uhh, m-maybe I should help fight them and Shu protects them in the caves…?\" he spoke up before looking away again, \"I mean…even though I'm probably not ready, at least I'll get some practice if the natives are somewhere I can't get to, right?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Takeshi could take pride in that, knowing he was able to alleviate Shu's worries and fears. In truth he hadn't the faintest idea how he would go about it, but damned if he wasn't going to try. He supposed just being supportive and hearing things out was the best he could do for now, until they saw this doctor back on Earth. Hopefully that guy would be able to more accurately point out the problem and fix it. Shrugging his shoulders over the top of Bills the older boy opened his mouth to reply but stopped hearing the commotion at the end of the table. Curious he leaned forward to see past everyone, watching while Yumi seemed to be hand feeding Viral. So he was finally going to eat, that was good. Of course he didn't look incredibly thrilled by it, and for whatever reason he closed his eyes. Funny, Takeshi didn't think seeing the food was the problem, but what did he know? He kept watching right up to the point where the Beastman choked, and bashfully he looked away from his friend, idly going about prodding at his plate to try and play off his staring.\n\nYumi pouted for a moment when Viral rejected more food, hoping to have convinced him to eat more. Yet in swallowing just the one piece she had an idea, and a smile spread across her lips as she raised an eyebrow. \"Viral? You didn't change, and you ate something. Food didn't trigger a transformation like you worried,\" she said happily, almost singing it. While it wasn't nice to be ecstatic for his being wrong in this case she had to be delighted, it meant it was safe to eat. Intent on persisting she moved the plate so it sat right in front of the Beastman, crouching down slightly so she could fold her arms on the table, keeping her eyes on Viral. \"Plus, didn't it taste good? Unless suddenly your taste buds don't work I'm willing to bet you liked the taste. You don't have to eat the entire fish, but if you can stomach one piece then you can have a few, right?\" Looking over at the others she made a motion for them to join in, hoping a group effort would be more convincing.\n\n\"If you can do it Viral you really should, eating will only help you,\" Vegeta offered, smiling kindly at Viral. \"It doesn't even have to be a lot like Yumi said too, anything is better than nothing.\"\n\n\"If you don't eat it I will!\" Gobo rang out, chuckling as he eyed the fish, then hissing when his wife slapped him.\n\n\"Honestly Gobo, you've had more than enough!\" Mizuna chided, narrowing her eyes at her husband. Looking at Viral she crossed her arms, not quite willing to be as gentle as everyone else. \"What kind of warrior only has a light meal like that? Eat man, eat!\"\n\nAt this point Kabocha had his head laid on the table, trying to hide the embarrassment he was showing over his parents. Groaning as his mother shouted he lifted his head up, looking at both Saiyans abashed. \"Mother... Father... Please shut the hell up...\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "While fully appreciative over what was being given to them in terms of thanks, the twins were definitely more concerned with filling themselves up and simply gave Takeshi a little wave of acknowledgement as they continued to chow down, that was until the sound of Viral choking made them look away with confusion. It was pretty odd, but if they were to guess it was Yumi who had given him the fish and oddly enough Viral was rejecting it. Not much attention was given towards the pair at first, but now they were definitely showing some level of concern when it meant everyone was now looking at the pair. Choi simply frowned a little, giving a quick look to Yumi before lowering himself away, knowing Yumi wouldn't want him to be nosy and curious to what she was doing. It was easy to see that Viral was still struggling with a lot of everyday tasks, but why his aversion to eating over something about a transformation definitely made him a little confused.\n\nViral was still struggling with the last piece, hoping that nothing would happen when the probability that something might was still there. He shouldn't be struggling like this, it was unnatural and he was supposed to be a natural born killer at heart; a little meat shouldn't stand in his way. Holding his chest for a moment, he stared downward before looking up at Yumi, his expression dropping a fair bit, \"What? No I-…it's not that!\" he snapped, feeling a little panicked, \"I just-…panic attack…\" Trying to recover from his momentary panic, he quickly looked up to Yumi again, giving her a frown at the thought of it tasting like anything, \"…It…did taste…good…\"\n\nFeeling slightly worried still that there was just a break from bad memories before they came at full blast, he looked up to Vegeta before down to the fish in front of him only to snap up quickly when a voice rang out from the side. It was that Saiyan they picked up, the parent of the larger kid. Staring at him, he growled a little before his eyes went to the woman after the slap, curling his lip a little before he growled at her, \"You've got a problem with me or something? I'll take my time if I damn well want to and I don't feel like eating all that fast! Howabout you just watch your husband and I'll eat when I want to…\"\n\nLooking between the pair, Kai immediately looked towards his father, seeing him direct his attention towards the Beastman too. It was certainly unwise, but seeing how his father had pretty much finished like he had. Seeing as how Choi still had food on his plate, he cleared his throat to get his attention, pointing a thumb towards his father. He knew it was a bad idea to be around Kabocha's parents and the Beastman right now with their father, so it was about high time he got out of there before anything started. Walking on over to his father, he tapped his shoulder, \"Father? If you're finished, we should get cleaning up and activating the cleaners around the place\", he spoke, smiling down at him as his father gave a nod of approval, feeling the need to leave as well since the situation was heating up a little. Leaving the table, they went off to the kitchen and closed the door in an almost retreat away from the heat.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Bringing Yumi along wasn't such a bad idea really, Takeshi certainly didn't mind her being there. But being smacked whenever he said a slightly foolish thing sort of put him off, he could do without the abuse for a day. When they got to the door he had to opt for Shu to knock, rubbing at his head reflexively as he recounted the numerous smacks he'd received. \"There is a training room, but it's all empty and the devices are turned off. Though I guess we could still spar if we wanted to.\" Of course their idea of sparring often ended up more in a game, with one trying to get on top of the other or tackling each other. Not exactly the battle-hardened practice of a soldier, but it was sure a ton of fun. As Shu went up the door Takeshi stood against the opposite wall, folding his hands behind his back as he leaned against it, waiting patiently for their friend. When the younger boy assaulted the door and shouted through it almost he cringed, figuring that was probably slightly overkill. Smiling meekly he stepped closer to Shu, tapping his brother on the shoulder. \"Um... Maybe try not shouting? If she gets angry she's going to-\" And in mid sentence, when the door opened, Takeshi instantly stepped back, putting his hands up defensively with a nervous smile on his face. Thankfully for him Yumi didn't seem annoyed, albeit she did look like she had just woken up.\n\nYumi blinked away the sleep from her eyes, staring at Takeshi confused for a moment. Why did he look so nervous? Registering that Shu had been there as well she looked down, smiling at the young Saiyan kindly. \"Hey Shu... Hey Takeshi... What were you yelling about...?\" Stretching her arms up over her head she gave a yawn, squeaking slightly as she did so before rubbing at one of her eyes. \"Oh... Right... Explore the ship. Uh... Sure, sounds fun. Just give me a moment.\" That was kind of a bummer, she had just been taking a rather nice nap until they had shown up. She was curious about the ship she supposed, and now was a good a time as any to take a look around. Shuffling to the desk where she'd left her shoes Yumi dropped into the seat, carefully slipping each on before getting back up. Scratching behind one ear she went back to the brothers, stepping out of the room and letting the door shut behind her. It was probably for the best they woke her up, otherwise she'd be awake probably for most of this trip and be quite bored. \"Right... Uh... Lead the way I guess?\"\n\n\"Your mother was right, you're doing very well for someone whose never spoken a word of it. Either that or I'm even a better teacher than I thought.\" Vegeta would allow himself that little treat, even if it was a jest. Now that he had all of the sounds it was only a matter of piecing them together to form the entire word. After giving it a few tries he left it to T'charrl to chance, hoping he'd get it pretty quick. The first one was a little off, but rather quickly he got it down. There was a curious hard 'h' sound at the end, and there was still the matter of pitch, but the word was plenty clear enough that it could be understood. Beaming proudly he gave another nod, resisting the urge to clap. There was a curious elation that came with seeing your instruction pan out, one that he didn't quite get but found great pride in. \"There, that's it. And don't worry if you don't sound exactly like the others when you say it, everyone has their own inflection when speaking. What do you think...?\" Before he finished Vegeta leaned over, fixing the scouter back on his ear, \"Do you think you can learn the language? Doesn't seem too difficult does it?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Waiting for Yumi to respond, he turned back to Takeshi, staring at him for a moment before smiling away at him, \"Really?? Ooohhhh that sounds like fun\", he squeaked, bouncing on his feet a little, \"We could go in there and fight together and train together and be really strong when we come out! Right??\" Just when he was about done with his bouncing and jumping around, he turned quickly back to the door as it was opened, seeing Yumi standing there. Smiling at her, he slowly tilted his head as he noticed how tired she was, hoping she had managed to get some shuteye. Giving her a quick nod in response, he looked inside the room passed her for a second before up to her again as she moved away, \"Uh huh! There should be a lot of things around we haven't seen yet and there's no monsters so it should be interesting especially now that this place is ours… and we get to train somewhere! Is it not nice?\" Once she came back, he smiled at her before nodding, grabbing hold of Takeshi's hand before bouncing away, \"Takeshi! Where we go? Where we go? Is there something up here? Or down here? Which way is up and down?\"\n\nT'charrl felt a little strange talking like this, their noises were very precise and used the tongue a lot, something he wasn't really sure he could accomplish all that well without trying exceptionally hard. It was strange, but maybe he just needed to build up his tongue muscles a little more. Looking to Vegeta, he smiled slightly as he rubbed his throat a little, \"…Really…? Maybe our languages are sort of similar?\" he asked only to frown a little, \"Then again maybe not…\" He didn't really know much of the language, but he was going to practice with that a little more and try and get that sound right. Looking down at himself, his eyes soon quickly went to Vegeta again. He definitely wondered how much there was to this language and how he'd get it, he just hoped his voice wasn't too annoying, \"You think it'll be okay? I'm probably worrying over other things too much\", he spoke, smiling nervously, \"Like my voice and how I speak. I think…I think I can learn the language, I'm hoping I can...I mean, I'd suspect this scouter can break and fall off pretty easily, huh? Then I wouldn't be able to speak to others without it! It's a little hard…but possible\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu gave Takeshi a quick look when he went to pick up some of the food, rubbing it before suddenly deciding it was too nasty to touch. That was certainly a strange action he took, but maybe he was planning on eating it instead, \"Why would you pick it up? Are you hungry?\" he asked curiously, tilting his head a little. It was an awfully strange action to take, but he probably shouldn't be going into the subject too much if that was how Takeshi liked to do things. Feeling a little more curious to what it could be, he scratched his chest before looking up to Yumi, giving a little smile. She should know what to do, seeing as how she was the one who was more determined to find the one leaving the mess. Maybe she was annoyed that they were essentially stealing food, especially when they had just eaten some.\n\nYumi certainly looked a lot more awake now than she did a few minutes ago upon seeing the mess, making Shu feel pretty happy. She was able to function better now and that was good, seeing as how he was feeling bad for dragging her out of bed just because he thought it would be nice to go adventuring around the place with her. The ship was absolutely huge and even though he didn't like being along in the corridors, he was fair excited to see what was in and around the area. Staring up at her, he gave a quick nod and looked away, \"I know, I just don't like being on my own in this place\", he spoke quickly, \"I'm scared of the tight spaces, but I shouldn't be because I'm just having a bad time\".\n\nStanding just at the elevator, he listened to it slowly rising up, tilting his head at the changing symbols above it. It was certainly a strange machine, shame he couldn't read too. Watching as it opened up, it certainly seemed like the person who took the food went down in it, his eyes quickly going to Yumi before to Takeshi. He felt a little nervous at first, but once Yumi had gone in and Takeshi stepped to the side, he hesitated at first before slowly moving in only to dash to Yumi and make a sudden grasp for her waist. Feeling a little better just from doing that, he looked to Takeshi quickly, frowning, \"Well…if it was, wouldn't we feel bad?\" he asked, looking to the buttons on the wall. It appeared as if one of the very bottom buttons had food stuck to it, probably saying where they went, \"Would one be able to use those things too…?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"I was just trying to figure out what it was. Not like I tasted it or anything...\" Takeshi replied, pouting slightly. Curiosity killed the cat, or in this case led to picking up some pre-chewed food. Wiping his hand once more on his pant leg for good measure he followed alongside Yumi to the elevator, following the trail all the way. Chalk up the scratches on the door and they had a proper mystery on their hands. Neat, they never really had anything like this before, it was kind of fun. Not so much if one of those monsters turned out to be on board, but for now it was an interesting little caper. \"The curious case of the missing food...\" he mumbled, smiling amused. Now all they needed was a trench coat, a funny hat and a pipe and they'd be real detectives. Letting Yumi take the lead he stepped into the elevator after her, sliding to the side so Shu had room to get in. Knowing how his brother handled tight quarters Takeshi smiled sympathetically, not enjoying putting him in this position. Instantly when he came inside he latched onto Yumi for dear life, clearly not wanting to be in here. At least it was only going to be a brief trip.\n\nYumi looked down at Shu surprised when he latched onto her, smiling sympathetically. \"It's okay, everyone has something they're afraid of.\" she assured, giving the little boy's hair a gentle rubbing. \"Like your brother for instance, he's afraid of bugs, right Takeshi?\"\n\n\"A-Am not!\" Takeshi retorted, blushing before crossing his arms and sulking. \"I just don't want one crawling on me...\"\n\n\"Riiiight... Or anywhere near you for that matter.\" Laughing lightly Yumi looked over at the buttons, noticing the one covered in food as well. So whatever or whoever was wandering around went down then, at least they were on its trail. \"I don't know if they could use it, I'd think their hands are too big...\" Thinking about the creatures and their bulky hands there was no way they could have hit such a tiny button. Wrinkling her nose in disgust when she pressed the call button again she kept a secure arm around Shu, wanting to ease the kid's worries as much she could. The elevator began to descend, jutting a little initially and probably near throwing Shu into a panic attack. The rest of the way was smooth, and in no time the doors slid back open, revealing more of the food trail. Ushering Shu out of the cramped quarters Yumi looked down both ends of the hallway, finding the trail continued on to the right, towards the middle of the ship. Huh... Where was this thing going?", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu was definitely feeling scared of the cramped space, but with Takeshi and Yumi there to keep him safe there was nothing he couldn't handle, hopefully. He was definitely a little more than worried, but if he could keep them close to him then he should be completely fine. This room was similar to the one from the place Korian came from, but even then it freaked him out when he went in it. Looking up to Takeshi, his tail curled around his own tail, a frown on his face for a moment, \"I hope they didn't take too much…or anything that might had been possibly fruit\", he squeaked, watching as the doors closed on the elevator before he squeezed onto Yumi a little tighter. Being in a box was scary, he had been in one way too many times and every other time it had been a bad thing.\n\nLooking up to Yumi, he smiled a little when she petted his head, feeling a little better upon looking at someone instead of completely shutting everything out. Looking to Takeshi at the bug comment, he squeaked a laugh, finding it still amusing that he was scared of bugs. He couldn't understand it, most of them were harmless and if they did hurt then it was just a sting or a nip, \"All crawly crawling everywhere…and tasty too!\" He definitely found it pretty amusing, looking back to Yumi as if wondering if she might be afraid of them too. Tilting his head a little, he soon looked to the buttons and watched as she pressed it only for him to yelp when it suddenly moved. Lifting his feet off the ground, he stood on his tail instead, staring down at the floor before letting out a sigh, \"It's not falling…it's okay!\"\n\nKeeping a tight hold of Yumi was definitely helping, the weird feeling of light-headedness while going down was definitely pretty interesting too. Pressing himself against Yumi, the moment the elevator stopped the doors opened up, the food looking pretty dominant here. He did wonder whether they were going backwards, but then again the food hall was up near where they came from and this was definitely elsewhere. It was a little dark down the hallway, but the food wasn't hard to see. Slowly moving off Yumi, he jumped out after Yumi directed him, looking back to them quickly before down at the food, \"Thing? So maybe it's not someone we know?\" he asked, watching his feet with the crumbs everywhere, \"What is down here, anyway…? Adventure!\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu couldn't see in the dark, it was just nothingness out beyond the orb and his eyes were definitely having a hard time adjusting; now, the only problem was whatever the noise was. It sounded like a creature of some kind, but that would be weird considering it used the elevator and not even Shu knew how to do that. He was pretty scared, hugging onto Yumi all while she held onto him just as hard as they both stared into the darkness. It could easily jump on them and try to eat them if they separated, he learned that from being told during his childhood how to stay safe and not end up being prey to something else. Looking up to Yumi, he gave a quick nod, \"Uh huh…I'll try not to worry…\" he spoke lowly, his eyes going into the darkness once more.\n\nThe smell of food was strange, it wasn't exactly new food and was just leftover stuff. It was definitely an odd choice to go for when there was so much more that would probably be tastier. Gasping as all noise seemed to cease, he looked quickly to Yumi only to look to Takeshi when he was directed towards the creature. He felt pretty scared, but so long as he was strong then he could beat whatever it was. Slowly walking along with Takeshi, he frowned as they moved further into the room in search of this beast. They could be walking right into its trap for all he knew, but Yumi and Takeshi seemed confident enough to follow on all while trying to guess what it was. As Yumi let go of him, he watched her as she walked into the darkness, immediately moving close to Takeshi and his ball of light. It was very risky for Yumi to go out that way, but if she was confident then he was going to have to trust she was making the right decision.\n\nDespite the group struggling to see where they were, the mysterious creature could see them perfectly despite the bright shining ball almost masking their forms. They were after the food, they wouldn't had come down here if it wasn't for the food. There was a lot of discomfort in his body, a mysterious instinct controlling him and strange forces unknown at work. The group were merely being seen as aggressors upon his food pile, a great hunger driving the need to attack them and fight them off. Slowly moving around the group, eyes trained on them all he watched as the girl moved out of the light. Crouching lowly in response, he moved slightly to the side before suddenly pouncing straight for Yumi, trying to knock her down and claw her and drag her away. The flash of shadow that passed certainly looked like Viral, but with longer claws and protruding fluffy ears. Pretty aggressive and quick, there was loud growling and hissing but sure enough a jump straight for the food after the brief attack towards Yumi.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Yumi was definitely putting herself at risk and she knew it. Sure, it smelled like Viral, but that didn't guarantee it was him. Albeit he did have a pretty distinctive odor, so if something else smelled similar then it would be one heck of a surprise. Leaving Shu in his brother's care she carefully crept into the darkness, biting back her fear as she squatted down and held open her arms, wanting to seem as friendly as possible. There was a low growl that emanated from the dark, more or less directly ahead of her. Tuning her own sensitive ears and nose on the sound she was able to hear Viral approach even if she couldn't see him. A little stunned she had been turned on Yumi vanished from her spot, moving as quickly as she could to avoid being struck. If any of them got hurt it would only make him feel worse later, they had to be careful. Reappearing a few meters away she honed back in on Viral, able to \"see\" him through his scent and the movement of his sounds. He began to back off, heading towards where the food was if she was correct. He'd changed again, no question about it. The very faint glimpse she had gotten of him made her rather curious, she'd never seen this side of him before. Yumi figured he only had that one other version, and yet here was another that looked... Decidedly feline. Hm...\n\nTakeshi could just see Yumi from where they were, watching tensely as she tempted the beast. Viral, she did say Viral right? So it was him, but then that still didn't make a ton of sense. The guy would hardly touch his food at dinner, so why was he lurking about in the dark now eating leftovers? The Saiyan noticed the attack a moment after Yumi had, taking a quick step forward to help as he expected to be injured, only to dash away at the last second. Biting back a shout he looked around, trying to find their friend once again. When she reappeared he slowly moved towards her, keeping Shu more or less attached to his side as he moved. \"Yumi...? That's Viral, isn't it...?\" he asked in a hushed tone, looking too towards the sound of scraping claws. Frowning a little bit he stopped when Yumi put up her hand, looking at her puzzled. \"What... What is it...?\"\n\n\"Shhhh! You'll scare him!\" Yumi whispered, putting a finger to her lips. If Viral was feral right now then they had to treat him almost like a wild animal. Last time he changed he'd lost sense of reason, and it was a safe assumption he had again this time. If they could appeal to his sensible side then he'd turn back, it had been done before. She had done it in fact, and so she intended on doing it again, without the help of the boys. But how was she going to get anywhere near close enough to do something? An idea occurred to her, one that made her face heat up a bit in embarrassment. Viral was more like a feline now, and she was partly feline too. Well... Felines liked other felines... Right? Biting her lip uncertainly Yumi got down on all fours, scarcely believing what she was trying to do. Keeping herself well aware of where Viral was she slowly moved forward, letting out a soft growling noise to try and show she was friendly. It was surprisingly easy to make animal like noises, which kind of worried her. Hopefully it would be handy now though.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "The attack had missed, claws scraping on the ground as he made a sudden scamper away from the danger and towards the food. How dare they try to take his food and then try to attack him. Claws scratching on the floor, he turned himself around and kept in front of the pile, his arms raised slightly. It was definitely Viral, but a strange change in him had caused his mind to revert to a more maddened state as something tried to force its way out. His own energy that they couldn't sense was running high, fuelled with the desire to eat all he could to fill the pit in his stomach. With golden pointed furry ears folded back, he couldn't help but feel threatened during this time and yet didn't show any signs of attacking madly, just moving fast and fending them off whenever he could.\n\nShu had got a fright when the figure almost flew passed them with Yumi disappearing off into the darkness apparently unharmed. He didn't know what was happening or what it was but that moment when it got very close he wrapped his arms around his brother and held onto him, staring out with both fear and concern. Upon hearing that it was Viral, he quickly looked up before gasping a little at the sound of claws scratching metal, feeling scared to what was going on, \"V-Viral…?\" he muttered, but Yumi quickly told them to hush as she thought up a new plan to bring to the table. His biggest fear would be that Viral would change into the killing machine he was before, but this time he seemed hissy and withdrawn, not willing to attack blindly.\n\nWith his body slightly shaking with Yumi now elsewhere, Viral's strong senses pierced through the darkness as he let out a growl of a hiss when they spoke, slowly backing off. It wasn't so much a pain he was feeling, more itchy and tight than pain and it was making him feel anxious. With claws ready to attack, he slowly dropped down again, moving over the pile of leftovers protectively when Yumi moved the same way. Immediately seeing her as a feline, he stared at her for a moment before he jerked suddenly, making a sudden high bounce away from the food, his arms angling down more than his legs as if he had made the leap while forgetting his position, landing on his face with a thump elsewhere before turning around again. He had practically submitted his food to her, but then again he just hissed louder with a strong growl following inbetween, watching her carefully.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral was definitely unsure about her or what was going on, his mindset stuck between two polar opposites with one in particular struggling to gain dominance. There was nothing he could do to prevent it, his mind had changed through what felt like a headache before to animal-like since finding a retreat. He would have to give into it if he wasn't going to suffer anymore and Yumi was helping him with that, his genes needing to find a place to settle so that they wouldn't be so aggressive; however, he was very stubborn and with each uneasy shake the longer he was holding it in, trying to keep it at bay like a big nasty hairball. He was back on only his feet again as Yumi turned in his direction once more, his claws flexing as they slowly changed from pointed sharp claws to hooked retractable ones. He was getting curious at this point, but still he felt threatened as he stared at her from beyond the darkness.\n\nLowering his head a little, he stared at her uneasily all while thinking about leaping at her again if she got too close. She was the only one of them acting like this, acting in a way that he was recognising fairly well. Slowly lowering down again, his eye twitched slightly as he slowly moved around her again, stalking her all while watching her actions. She looked submissive, his claws slowly scratching against the floor as he twitched slightly, his ear flapping as if something suddenly snapped in his mind. She was a coward, the signals she was sending all being too obvious. Growling lowly, he slowly raised up again, jumping back towards his food and instead sat down, picking up a half-eaten fish and slowly eating it with his eyes well off Yumi.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "It actually was working, holy crap. Yumi couldn't believe her hair-brained idea to act like a cat was actually getting through to Viral. He still seemed wary of her, but at least he wasn't trying to attack her any longer. It was up there with the most humiliating things she had ever done in her life, yet if it worked she'd keep it up. Watching Viral carefully as he pace around her she held perfectly still, feeling quite embarrassed at being scrutinized like that. She really hoped he wasn't going to remember any of this, how absurd she must look right now. When he stopped moving she figured she'd try to make a move, smiling innocently as she attempted to get closer. However he then jumped away, leaving her sitting there awfully confused. Ah, so he went back to his food. Well, strange as this all was she supposed it was a good thing he was eating. Judging by how much he had with him too it should make a decent meal, hopefully enough to get rid of his hunger pangs. That was one problem solved, now they just had to figure out how to keep him from going primal. Glancing over her shoulder at Shu and Takeshi she sighed, almost wanting to just ask them to help restrain the Beastman and save what little shreds of her dignity were left. They didn't seem to be able to see her though, meaning she wasn't going to be found out, hopefully.\n\nRight, back to whatever the hell it was she was doing. Sighing softly Yumi followed after where Viral had gone, her face heating up again as she crawled towards him. She was a full grown woman damn it, what was she doing this for anyways? The implications of something like this served to make her even further embarrassed, making her want to back out now just because it was so weird. Once she had reached Viral however she remained as she was, smiling bashfully. He seemed plenty content in his meal, so that was good. Now... What the heck did cats do to greet one another? Oh... That... She was already committed to it, and now that she'd established herself backing out now might cause more problems than it would fix. Moving up alongside Viral then she inhaled deeply, feeling awfully awkward right now. Leaning up against him then she rubbed herself against her side, tilting her head to rest it on his shoulder. Oh thank gods the lights were out right now, otherwise she'd have a stroke from embarrassment. Not even trying to do it herself a soft, happy purr escaped from her throat, making her eyes widen in surprise. Oh crap, she was actually enjoying this?", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral had completely lost it, his mind gone into full feral with his own personality and mind being near enough lost. It was locked away behind a big wall of feline fur as if he ditched his misery for something a whole lot simpler. Feeling pretty content with where he was right now, he certainly seemed a lot better when his memories weren't plaguing him so much, despite the fact he was slowly turning into a feline. He still had his shark teeth and those would likely stay, but his body was taking on a whole new look. Food was definitely the thing on his mind just now, his attention completely off the other two as they seemed less than threatening from where he was. He didn't want to come out of the dark as if his dignity was still intact, his final thoughts before his mind changed being his desire to not want to be seen by anyone.\n\nShu was feeling a little worried, the sounds almost imitating the large cats he encountered in the jungle. It made him pretty nervous and curious to what had happened to his friend, especially when he seemed scared in return with how he was hiding away in the darkness. Looking to Takeshi, he frowned a little, hearing all the noises being made by both Yumi and Viral, \"Umm…Takeshi…?\" he whispered, trying to keep his voice low enough as to not disturb Viral and send him leaping at them, \"Shouldn't we…go and find Vegeta…? We should tell him about this…but we should be careful…\" He didn't want to alert Viral and rushing away and Vegeta possibly running in might spook Viral enough for him to attack or run off.\n\nViral continued to tear into the fish, his eyes pointing downwards the entire time he was feasting. He was definitely trying to get as much in his mouth as he could, his hunger beyond any that a predator should have. With Yumi not being much of a threat and definitely not strong enough to take his food, he didn't even look at her as she slowly approached him once more. With one ear twitching, he tensed up slightly when she leaned against him, deciding to purr away. Almost twitching in response to that, something inside him immediately triggering as he leaned against her, letting out a low groaning noise instead of a purr. Slowly rubbing his head against her, he felt all warm inside but soon quickly jerked to the side, staring down at his paws.\n\nWatching as they shook, fur slowly grew out from the back of his hands as his hands expanded in size, growing larger than what they already used to be. With his skin also growing thicker, his fingers soon looked like they conjoined like a paw with the ends of his fingers being free moving, but even they grew large as his claws formed larger. He wasn't alarmed by it, but groaned as the wraps around his forearms became uncomfortable, his claws tearing them apart with one stroke. With thick padded skin on the underside of his paws, he suddenly playfully slapped out at Yumi, the slap feeling more like being hit by a big fluffy club with them near enough being bigger than Yumi's head.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Takeshi wasn't sure what to make of all the noises they were hearing. At first they had sounded pretty angry, coming from Viral at least. Yumi made a few of her own however and by the sounds of it things simmered down a little. This was really weird, hearing them both purring and meowing like cats. It was funny too, seeing as Yumi was in her right state of mind. So she was playing with the Beastman right now, which in a way was good, it kept him under control. Goodness knows she was going to get an awful lot of flak later on for this. Giving Shu a curious look when he spoke up he nodded his head in agreement, \"Yeah... Probably best we find out what's going on. And Vegeta can fix it I bet.\" Either that or maybe it would just wear itself out. Viral never stayed changed for long, and at least right now Yumi had him occupied. It was probably safe to leave them alone for the time being, and it wasn't as if they had all that far to go anyways. Keeping a hold of Shu's hand Takeshi led him out of the room, ridding himself of the Ki as they left, making the room utterly pitch dark. He could have sworn he heard a frightened squeak from Yumi when they left her alone, but she'd have to tough it out for now. \"There's a ramp further on that can take us up if you want to skip the elevator, should we take that?\"\n\nYumi scrunched up her shoulders when the little light in the room had abandoned her. Having Viral at her side wasn't as comforting as she would have liked, and there was a slight tremble in her moves now too. In part out of reflex and again for comfort she pressed against her friend's side, emitting a random purring sound as she did so. She also found herself laying her head on his shoulder, another action she wasn't entirely sure of why she was doing it. It did feel a bit nicer in doing so however, and to her surprise Viral began to return the affections. At this point her heart was beating madly and her face felt like it was on fire, she could scarcely believe what they were doing. Sure, Viral wasn't in the right state of mind, but for all intents and purposes they were snuggling right now. She hadn't even done this with Choi yet, and he was supposed to be her boyfriend. Then as abruptly as the affections had began her friend hastily pulled away again, leaving a rather meek Yumi sitting there in the dark fairly concerned.\n\nAs Viral began to start groaning suddenly she frowned, not knowing what was going on. Even having been in the dark for some time now her eyes wouldn't adjust, she hadn't inherited feline sight apparently. But her ears picked up every little noise, and the groaning had her concerned. Then there was the curious sound of some material being ripped up, and she wondered if Viral was ridding himself of his clothing. Oh no... Please don't let that be the case, this whole situation was awkward enough as it was already. After the tearing noise ended there was a pause, making her awfully worried that something might have happened. Moving closer towards her friend Yumi gasped when she was abruptly hit, freezing where she was and blinking in confusion. It hadn't been a strong swipe at all, and had been awfully fluffy, but it took her by surprise. Why the heck was Viral doing that all of a sudden? Gods, this was so weird! Looking at where she thought Viral would be she hesitantly reached out, blindly feeling around for him in the dark. When she found him she tentatively moved her fingers up to one of his new feline ears, her eyes widening in surprise. Holy cow, so he was changing, and becoming more of a cat by the minute. Smiling meekly she began to scratch behind said ear, hoping to placate him until someone came to help.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu was probably a lot more worried by the situation than Takeshi was, seeing as how he had his fair share of wild encounters and he knew how bad it was when someone went so out of their mind they went feral. When he lived in the jungle, anybody in his clan who went vicious had to be either kicked out or killed and that was never pleasant to witness. Looking up at Takeshi, he frowned a little before looking towards the door, holding onto Takeshi's hand as he got rid of the Ki and lead them out of the room, \"Maybe somehow get light too when Mister Viral is all calm again\", he nodded, looking up at him again, \"He sounded like a big kitty that eats big creatures…\" Looking up and down the corridor, he tilted his head a little before squeaking, \"Ooh! Ramp! Adventure?\" he asked, pointing down the corridor, \"Everything should be fine if we do, right? We were already far away from him, so maybe that way will bring us closer?\"\n\nViral wasn't distraught over the additional large paws, but knowing Yumi was pretty close to him when it happened made him lash out. She shouldn't be near his food, not while all this was happening to him and he was as hungry as he was just now. He was still changing on the inside, his genes switching on a different set of lights as it were. It was a good thing they were on the last leg of their journey, otherwise this would had been a very bad predicament Viral had landed himself in. After hitting Yumi, he growled lowly, pressing his large paws on the floor as his claws practically carved into it as he stared straight at her, sensing her fear from the dark.\n\nHe didn't have any problem with the dark, he could see her as clear as day and yet he wanted to stay in it to hide himself from the others, his mind recognising that as the last thought he had before it reverted to its feral state. Raising his claws slowly again, he watched her carefully as she reached out to him only to touch his ear instead, twitching it at first before groaning as she scratched behind him. Leaning towards her hand, his other ear flicked a few times before he closed his eyes, finding it oddly relaxing. Slowly leaning towards her some more, his large paw slowly moved up to her hand, almost holding it in place for a moment before suddenly, making a quick backpedal he immediately stumbled to his feet. Growling lowly, his paws moved to his head as he stumbled around a little, his paws now a lot heavier than before and making him feel unbalanced. He was struggling to fight against the possible aggressor that was Yumi, his thought process immediately going to the possibility that she was just wanting his food and yet she was hard to resist.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu was fairly excited about growing his own fruit, knowing how much it was a hassle hunting fruit in the jungle and having to wait until it grew and have to move around everywhere to get the fruit. If he had some trees where he could find the fruit he would have no problem until they ran out for the season. All excited by the thought, he quickly went through trying to find Vegeta so he could help Viral and so they would go on a straight course home. Knowing they were going to Earth for his health, getting Viral all calmed down and better would definitely work better when it came to having a relatively good journey. Giving quick knocks on the doors and calling his name, he moved towards another door when there was no response only for one of them to open, the sound of Vegeta calling to him in response. Turning around immediately, Shu ran straight up to him, bouncing on his feet in anticipation, \"Umm, Mister Vegeta! I do, yes, I do need something\", he spoke quickly, looking to Takeshi as he pulled at his fingers, \"Umm, uhhh…w-well, it's Mister Viral and he's all with Friend Yumi and she's all purring and stuff a-and Mister Viral isn't himself and eating lots of food but we can't see why and he's all acting like a kitty or something…\"\n\nViral was feeling pretty uncomfortable at this point, the aching feeling spreading further across his body and making him tingle uncomfortably all over. Rubbing against Yumi's leg was certainly helping to calm him down, but the food was definitely a lot more tantalising right now too. Slowly looking towards the pile carefully, he tried to stand up but found the weight to be too difficult to move around comfortably without hurting his shoulders. Letting out a groan as Yumi rubbed his back, he stared down at the floor, pressing his paws against the floor a little after the other, padding it lightly. He didn't appear to sound like he could purr quite yet, but he was still finding it fairly relaxing. Yumi didn't appear to be acting the same way as she did before, there was something about it that was making him feel uneasy now that she wasn't acting the same way as she did before. Lowering his head a little, he slapped at his own ear as it wiggled around. Finding her particularly boring right now, he soon jumped off, landing carefully in front of his food on his front paws before he sat down, chomping back into the pile messily and hastily.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "A shame the lessons were going to be coming to an end now, but Vegeta was curious as to what Shu wanted. Upon answering the door he was greeted by a rather jumpy little boy, looking like he really needed to get something off of his chest. Waiting until Takeshi had joined them he gave Shu the go ahead to speak and explain himself. Thank goodness he was familiar with the little Saiyan's speech patterns, otherwise that rapid stream of words would have sounded incomprehensible to him. Even still it took a second to register, carefully piecing all of the words together. \"Viral and Yumi are doing what...?\" he repeated, frowning a bit. Normally he'd be happy to hear Viral was eating, yet the situation didn't sound right. Viral not being himself, that could only mean he had changed again. But what in the world was Yumi doing purring? Now that he couldn't offer any explanation for whatsoever. Sighing softly Vegeta reached into his pocket, grabbing a small device before looking at Takeshi. \"What room are they in right now?\"\n\n\"The uh... Training room.\" Vegeta gave him an accusing look then, and Takeshi folded his arms and turned his head to the side. \"What? We weren't going to train in there,\" he lied, shifting his weight on his feet. \"We were going for a walk and found a bunch of food crumbs so we followed it. When the trail ended there we went inside and that's where we found Viral. And yeah, he's all purring and acting like a cat, like Shu said, and we don't know why.\"\n\nThat didn't make a single lick of sense. Viral shouldn't be changing into a cat, he*couldn't*change into a cat. He only had that one form, didn't he? The lizard one, his form that appeared when he was under extreme duress. So this meant he had missed something, or somewhere along the line his friend had acquired a new transformation. Worrying a little Vegeta pressed a few buttons on his device, putting a few commands through the ship and to the training room. \"The lights should be coming online, and the doors will be locked until we get down there. We can't let Viral out of that room, not until I know what's going on, understood? Do your best not to agitate him either, he might be dangerous.\" Looking back at T'charrl he smiled apologetically, shrugging his shoulders and stepping out of the room. \"We'll continue your lessons later, I promise. Right now I'm needed elsewhere.\"\n\nViral was all sorts of back and forth with his behavior. One minute he was enjoying himself and the next he seemed to be annoyed, and it was over the exact same thing. Yumi couldn't understand it, his erratic behavior was throwing her through a loop. Feeling Viral scamper off once more she rolled her eyes, truly getting annoyed at this point. Either stay and let me help or run off, make up your mind she thought to herself. He hadn't minded her company or affections before, so what changed in the few moments that had passed? Starting to walk after him again she was surprised once more when a low humming sound echoed through the room, followed by the lights simultaneously turning on. The brightness of them made her cover her eyes hastily, and once uncovering them she had to blink a couple of times to be able to see clearly. Seeing Viral now she was stunned, his upper half looking decidedly feline while his lower half was much the same. Were she not so shocked by the sight she might laugh at how odd it looked. Slowly walking towards him she held out a hand, smiling sheepishly as she tried to pet him. \"V-Viral...? Uh... You might not want to eat so much, you'll get sick.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Vegeta" }, { "text": "Shu couldn't think of any other way to explain it, but it was definitely not a good thing when it all came down to it. Viral could easily be in pain or something awful happened to his mind, losing it completely before they could help him. He was a little worried that they had lost their friend and was left with essentially a big cat, despite how fluffy he might possibly be after all was said and done. Shifting his feet a little, he stared at Vegeta hoping he'd understand him before making a quick glance towards Takeshi when it didn't sound like he did, \"Cat noises…and all nom-nom on food and scratchy…\" he muttered, moving away from the door a little as Vegeta pulled out a little computer from his pocket. Looking between Takeshi and Vegeta, he imitated his brother and held his hands behind his back, smiling a little with worry in his eyes. It appeared that Vegeta was able to do something, but he had no idea what when he pressed some of the buttons, \"Lights and doors? But Yumi is with him…\"\n\nT'charrl had no idea what was happening or what was going on, but if there was something wrong with Viral he didn't know if he wanted to go near him. He already practically roared at him before when he had been injured and being snarled at instead was not what he had in mind. Frowning a little, he gave a quick nod, hoping everything would be okay, \"S-Sure! I'll practice with the noises and stuff\", he said quickly, remaining in his seat as he gave a little wave at the others beyond the door, \"I'll be fine here, just, uhh…think positive, right?\"\n\nViral saw little threat in her with the way she was acting, but he certainly was feeling a little bored of her antics and just wanted to be left with his food. Maybe she would eventually go away, or maybe not and just stare at him as he gorged himself on leftover. Chomping it down hastily, he soon stopped when the lights slowly activated, his head quickly turning towards them before he raised a paw, hissing horribly. He looked pretty stressed out, bags practically under his eyes that resembled coal as if he had been punched while his pupils were thin slits. Shielding his eyes for a moment, he looked up to Yumi when she held out a hand to him, not looking like he was understanding what she was saying before his eyes went to the door. It was closing, Viral immediately recognising that it was going to shut him in causing him to immediately make a frantic leap for it resulting in him face planting the door and sliding down to the ground, groaning as he rubbed his head sorely.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Of course Doctor Ikura was going to know what was happening. He had to, no one else did, not even Vegeta. The best they could help right now was just find a way to keep Viral calm and hope he didn't stay this way the entire trip back. That would be quite bad, they would have no option but to keep him locked up in that room, for his own sake as well as everyone else's. If anything was going to make the guy feel worse it was being caged like a common animal at a zoo. Poor Shu too, he seemed to be pretty nervous over this whole ordeal. Little guy was worrying his head off over their friend, expressing a good few nervous habits he often did. Takeshi smiled sympathetically as he wrapped an arm around his brother, pulling him against his side in a hug before letting go and patting his head. \"Hey, I'm serious buddy, Viral will be okay. They'll figure it out and help him, they always do. It might take a little while but don't you worry, they'll fix things.\"\n\nWatching Viral gorge on food like that was a tad worrisome, he shouldn't be eating so much after essentially fasting. Yet the entire pile of pilfered goods were devoured in record time, and soon there was nothing left for him to eat. What followed proved to be far more worrisome than his having a few too many bites. Yumi watched wide eyed as Viral began to tremble, looking like he was in pain as he started to change again, more rapidly than before. Masses of fur burst out all over his body, and rather hastily he was tearing off the remains of his clothes, leaving him only covered in the thick white fur that now covered his body. He grew quite a bit in size as well, easily being larger than a tiger by the time the sudden growth spurt had ended. Curiously enough he still resembled himself despite all the changes, yet it was evident he had changed again. This was an entirely new side of him, and it was honestly pretty intimidating. Yumi wasn't sure how to respond to it, finding herself stuck where she stood for the longest time. Exchanging looks with the Beastman she swallowed back nerves, slowly approaching him as she held out a hand to touch his muzzle. They had to keep him calm, otherwise things could go south very quickly. \"Viral...? I'm not going to hurt you,\" she said, speaking in a deliberately soft tone, \"I'm your friend, remember? I just want to help.\"\n\nWhat was this form anyways? Viral had assumed his other form a few times now, they were fairly familiar with that one. So what was it that had prompted an entirely new one to appear then? This entire situation didn't make a lick of sense, it all seemed much too sudden. Somewhere along the lines something had changed, and the fact that Vegeta didn't know what it was infuriated him. Damn it all, he was supposed to be the one caring for his friend. How in the world was he supposed to do that if he didn't even know what was wrong? Turning to watch Yumi approach he frowned, not wanting to shout at her to stop in risk of frightening Viral. If he tried to attack her then he'd step in, but for the moment he would stay back. No reason to agitate Viral, certainly not when they were risking a fight. Looking back at his PDA he scowled, further frustrated that he had absolutely no information to use for this. He didn't even have the proper tools on him to examine the Beastman's vitals, then maybe he would know at least if he was okay or not. \"Yumi... Just be careful, we don't know what kind of mindset he's in right now...\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu hoped things were going to go well in there, but not being able to hear anything from the other side was definitely making him feel restless. He wanted to see what was happening or hear what was going on, but it was too difficult to tell and communicating with them through a solid door was not going to work. He wanted to use a scouter to call in, but obviously couldn't when nobody had theirs. Looking up to his brother when he gave him a one armed hug, he smiled a little before lowering his head as it was patted, \"You think so? I guess Mister Vegeta is good at fixing things…\" he spoke, letting out a sigh, \"I guess it was good that we went exploring. Mister Viral would had been all alone down here…even if he likes to be alone, he still would had been lonely and kitty-catty and that doesn't sound like much fun\".\n\nViral was still dazed from his change, the growth spurt having taken a lot of it out of him and made him feel a little dizzy and vulnerable. It felt like he had been whacked in the head pretty hard and he was still conscious, but recovering from the damage left. Staring at Yumi and Vegeta was a fairly dizzying experience, their images moving around like nobody's business but slowly settling as he began to recover. He didn't want to lie down even though he was pretty desperate to just now, just incase the other two decided to attack him. Watching as one group of the double-figures approached him, he kept his ground as he watched a soon forming hand reach out to his face, touching his nose as she spoke to him.\n\nHe didn't fully understand what she was saying to him, his ears twitching in response as he tried to make it out. That was pretty difficult just now, only really recognising the name and her scent as she insisted on taking it close to his nose. Letting out a groan, he pulled back, raising his paw to his face and scratched down several times before he gave a shook of his head as he tried to restore his vision. It was all feeling a little more whole now, but he still had no clue what was happening or what she was doing. With everything coming together fairly rapidly, he looked up and around the room, trying to figure out how to get out before he pulled back, crouched down before bursting off with a great jump up towards the wall, his claws unsheathing to get a hold of it. The other two were merely a distraction right now; he was bigger than them and they weren't going to keep him locked away if he could help it.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu didn't know how they were supposed to do anything to help Viral if everyone seemed so clueless over it, the Beastman becoming quite the large question that hung over their heads. There was very little they could do about it, it seemed. Frowning a little, he looked back to Viral only to get a fright when Vegeta raised his voice. Looking to him quickly, he lowered his head a little when his hair was ruffled, only feeling confused to what it was for and what he had said to get a response. Tilting his head a little, he looked to Yumi before to Vegeta again, finding it curious that he had found a spark in his ramblings, \"His cleaver…? Ooohhh…\"\n\nLooking around, he tried to see if his cleaver was anywhere near them, thinking maybe Viral had left it lying around here, but Vegeta's question soon debunked that theory of his with Shu quickly agreeing, \"Okay! Mister Viral's room!\" he squeaked, turning around quickly and making a brief jump away only to turn around and stare at him clueless. Yumi was right; he had no idea where Viral had been resting since getting on the ship, feeling thankful that Yumi wanted to go with him. Letting out a squeak, he turned around and bounced on after her, giving her a smile when she spoke to him, \"Huh? I don't know…was it really that bad? Maybe it kinda was\", he spoke, feeling a little confused, \"You're not going to tell him if he doesn't remember that he ate all that, right…?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"You*couldn't*smell all of that?\" Yumi repeated, giving Shu a look of disbelief before sighing. \"Lucky you, my stupid nose was picking up everything. I could do without this sense of smell sometimes.\" Turns out there were an awful lot of unpleasant odors that went unnoticed by her before that now were clear as day. Like body odor, for instance. One thing she really loathed about Gobo was the man sweated profusely, and absolutely reeked as a result. Every time they were in the same room she felt she might retch just at the stench. \"I won't tell him, and I doubt your brother or Vegeta will too. He'd be so sick if we told him how much he ate, don't you think?\" He had barely gone through a single filet of fish on his own at dinner, and that was before engorging himself on more at Mizuna's taunts. If he knew he'd eaten half a dozen whole fish and a few steaks in a single sitting he would turn a veritable shade of green... And they'd probably see all the food make a second appearance. Definitely not in their best interest to tell him about it.\n\nSeeing as she spent more time in Viral's room than her own Yumi knew exactly where to go for his. It was a ways beyond the cafe and around the other side of the ship, but just barely. It was pretty much the same as any other room on board, though there were bits of medical supplies strewn throughout the room here and there, as well as clothes. A particular garment, one she had left there unknowingly, caught her eye like a sore thumb. Flushing a deep red she hastily stuck it under the pillow on the bed, remembering to get it later on. Laughing nervously she patted down the bed, making it look like she was making it before turning to grab the cleaver. It was rested alongside the desk in the room, laid up between it and the wall. Because of its sheer weight she lifted it with two hands, just to be safe that it didn't swing anywhere. Yumi debated on letting Shu carry it for a moment before thinking better, figuring the weapon was about half his size. If he could actually hold it then that would be fairly comical, seeing the little Saiyan with a giant blade. But that was neither here or there, they had to get back and hope this worked. \"Can you think of anything else of his that might help? A shirt? Gloves?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu gave Yumi a little smile, \"I'm used to funny smells so I don't mind, but it didn't smell that strong\", he spoke, trying to think about it, \"It was Takeshi's fingers that smelled the worst! Why didn't he wipe his fingers if he didn't like the smell…?\" It was a little unusual to be smelling meat like that, the smell of it being pretty generally soggy rather than stinky. He was used to the smell of fresh meat, but to smell it in a different form like that made him pulled back a little bit. It would be a shame to tell Viral what he did with the meat too, Shu only hoping he didn't feel ill for eating so much at once when he previously had barely eaten anything. Probably the feeling if he ever got back to normal might end up instead causing him to be put off food even more than before, \"Yeah…I wouldn't like that either! I was careful with how I ate when Takeshi first saved me; I hadn't had food in so long…\"\n\nTrying to make sense of where he just might be able to find Viral's room again incase he had to go back there sometime, he followed Yumi in the room and looked around curiously, feeling a little curious about it. There wasn't any real sign of damage in his room when compared to the kitchen, so he thought maybe Viral was still himself by the time he headed out the room. It was a little sad, especially if he could had been going to the showers then suddenly hunger struck and turned him into a big kitty. Looking around with a sigh, he turned to Yumi again when she spoke up, seeing her having taken his blade, \"Ooohhh…something else?\" he repeated, trying to think for a moment before looking around, \"Ooh! He always wore his red thing around his neck, maybe that would help?\" he asked up, running on around the room in search of it, \"Mister Viral doesn't wear gloves…ooh! Found it!\" Pulling up the covers, he yanked out Viral's long tattered scarf from underneath having only seen the end of it poking out, \"He really likes this, don't know why\".\n\nViral was about finished his meal already, feeling pretty satisfied with what he had eaten. He barely looked like he had filled his stomach; the only sign that he had been eaten was the blood around his face from the steak and his paws where he had been holding them. Licking his lips before giving his paws a quick groom, his eyes soon turned to the door again, seeing that as his point of interest. At the door, Vegeta was the only one he recognised as having been able to overpower him, but however Takeshi would fair he didn't know or care much. Slowly moving along the wall, he slowly stalked his way towards the door, trying to be sneaky about getting out of the door.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral was highly interested in what the smell was, not finding it really interesting what Takeshi was trying to tell him. There was the smell of the meat on his clothes and he was looking to see if there was more of it somewhere. Finding it to be a little intriguing, he managed to taste Takeshi's hand before moving his attention to Takeshi's clothes, managing to grab hold of Takeshi's trousers and giving them a fair tug. He wanted whatever Takeshi was hiding, surely something more and he was just kidding on about it, he could smell it. Letting out a hiss, he gave them one final yank which really managed to anger Takeshi. Turning immediately, he ran off from him, his trousers still in his mouth as he darted off around the room away from him.\n\nShu was pretty happy right now, hoping it would get their friend back to his normal state of mind so he could talk to them and tell them how he felt. Maybe he felt a little lonely being the only big cat there, he didn't know. Looking to Yumi, he smiled a little, feeling confident in her words, \"Yeah, I feel as though you're right\", he nodded, looking back to his scarf and lifting it a little with his fingers, \"Hopefully he doesn't smell this and come running to us; that would be bad…plus that weapon looks really heavy and if he jumped on you, it would hurt\". He was feeling a little more optimistic now, hoping that the food had managed to calm Viral down as well, but the sounds of Takeshi yelling was definitely a concern right now. Taking hold of Yumi's hand as well, he moved along with her quickly, trying to see what was happening with his eyes going to Vegeta at first before promptly being covered by Yumi, \"Huh? Why? What's going on…?\"\n\nViral wasn't going to give Takeshi a chance, he wasn't even sure what he was chasing after; it wasn't as if he needed these things. Growling as he ran away, he kept darting around to avoid Takeshi so he could get a good enough look at these things, finally ending up being cornered. Turning towards him with his chest close to the ground, he growled lowly still with the trousers in his mouth before immediately jumping up when Takeshi bounced right for him, his feet kicking off the wall to project himself forward and landing on his feet steadily. Standing up again, he pawed at the trousers before pulling them into his mouth, chewing on them only briefly before immediately turning around and spitting them back to Takeshi, giving his arm a lick several times before he ended up bouncing away again, deciding to go on off towards the door to make his leave casually.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"Somehow I don't think he'll react to these the same way he did food,\" Yumi remarked, smiling amused. Getting tackled right now by Viral would be rather inconveient, but it seemed like he was busy anyways. If Takeshi's shouting meant Viral was up to something then they probably weren't going to have to worry about him attacking them. Expecting the Beastman to be making a break for it when they arrived instead she was greeted by a sight she'd just as soon forget. Staring wide eyed as Takeshi darted about in his underwear Yumi hastily covered Shu's eyes, thinking perhaps foolishly he'd never seen his brother in just that before. \"Takeshi is uh... Well almost kind of naked.\" And running around like a chicken with his head cut off she might add. When he missed a tackle and slammed to the floor she couldn't help herself, bursting out into laughter alongside Vegeta. Covering her mouth quickly with an open hand she shook her head, beaming at the Saiyan in amusement. \"Nope, didn't know you were going to be streaking when we got back,\" she teased, grinning as Takeshi pouted. Forgetting for a moment Shu could now see just fine she looked over at Viral, wondering what it was he was up to. A bit surprised that he was coming towards them Yumi got fairly worried, not sure how well they'd be able to stop him. Smiling sheepishly she held out the cleaver, hoping Viral would take note and slow down. \"Look what we've got! I have your cleaver, and Shu your scarf!\"\n\nThe items might make a difference if Viral weren't making a break for it right now. Vegeta quickly moved to block off the Beastman for a second time, though he kept his hands off while instead just placing himself in his friend's way. \"Viral, you're not leaving this room, stop!\" If they could just get him to look at his things for a second it may trigger something in him and bring him out of this change of his. Takeshi was moving in to help as well, putting aside his temporary, rather strong embarrassment to try and restrain Viral. Rather than passively try to block their friend Takeshi went for a tackle again, attempting to grab a hold of Viral's rear legs. Sighing softly Vegeta jumped out as well, moving to grab a hold of whatever he could really, hoping the two of them could wrestle the Beastman to the ground and keep him there. \"Don't let him out of the room!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Shu had no idea what was going on or how he was supposed to react to being blinded like this, finding it quite unusual really. Simply holding the scarf out in front of him, he hoped maybe Viral would see it while he couldn't see where Viral was. Tilting his head slightly when Yumi spoke, he frowned a little, feeling confused, \"Takeshi is almost naked…? Why did he take off his clothes?\" he asked up, feeling a little confused, \"He's not wanting to be a cat too, is he? That wouldn't be very good, he doesn't even have a tail yet…\" It was all completely confusing, the fact that Viral had transformed surely being the height of the confusion right now. Feeling as if he should just keep his eyes averted, he closed his eyes and pulled away from Yumi a little, just to show that he was keeping his eyes closed.\n\nViral didn't like the taste of the trousers and there was nothing in them for him despite the smell that came from them. Now, he wanted to get out and passed them all, feeling a little constricted with all these people constantly watching over him and trying to restrain him. Not really taking much note of Yumi or Shu standing at the door, he continued to try and make his way out, just about to jump up when Vegeta got in his way; however, instead of jumping, Takeshi grabbed hold of his legs and prevented such movement. Turning around quickly, he stared down at him for a moment before Vegeta decided to jump on him as well, grabbing his neck and shoulder. Letting out a groan, he shook himself, not exactly enjoying how he was constantly being yelled around. He was certainly a lot more docile than before now that he had ate food, just gradually dropping to the ground and rolling around, kicking his legs irritably in response whenever he stopped.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral wanted to move around and get out of the room, but right now being unable to find the will to get up he was probably going to be stuck there. He wanted a lot of things right now, but he was completely oppressed and not letting him do anything he wanted. Shifting around and trying to get his limbs free, he kicked around in annoyance while waving his tail to try and get balance again as Yumi decided to approach him with something. Letting out a groan, he licked his nose a few times before letting out a snort. He didn't know what she wanted from him, but he was already defeated again and constrained so whatever she wanted to do he would rather she got it over with. Letting out a snort when his limbs were restrained more, he stared at her before his attention was taken to the object in her hands. Staring at it, his ears twitched a little before they just drooped as if something was clicking but not quite getting there, confusing him pretty well with thoughts that he couldn't pin down as being his.\n\nShu didn't know what was going on since his eyes were still closed, feeling a little lost when Yumi decided to go away and off towards Viral. Sniffing around a little, he slowly moved one foot in front of the other, trying to find his way until Takeshi told him he could open up his eyes, \"Oh…okay!\" Giving his eyes a quick rub, he blinked a few times before staring down at the pile on the floor, finding it to be a little off-putting. He wondered if they would do such a thing if he ever went Oozaru, but then again he had no idea if that would be possible for them. Frowning a little, he slowly moved towards Viral, looking to Vegeta when he gave his reassurances. Shuffling a little as he moved, he soon slowly bent down in front of Viral too, giving Yumi a quick look before he held the scarf out in front of him, \"Look, Mister Viral…it's your…favourite…\"\n\nViral was definitely feeling confused and a little lost, his mind unable to cope with what was happening or why he recognised the object in front of him; however, that was all made worse when the scarf was introduced to him. Sniffing at it, he soon let out a prolonged groan, slowly shaking his head. He didn't know what was happening or how it was made possible to retrieve these new thoughts and feelings towards things he would have never thought of looking at before. Wriggling around again in an attempt to get free, he growled angrily while trying to rid himself of the images and the smells before he simply let out a groan, his face ending up pressed against the floor with his eyes closed in an apparent collapse.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Yumi smiled sympathetically when Viral appeared to struggle. He looked to recognize his cleaver, but there were no vocalizations or gestures that made it obvious. Chances were he probably couldn't even speak in this state anyways, otherwise he would have by now. Even in the other form he had managed to do it, this one then seemed a bit more animal like. The weapon alone wasn't cutting it, so Shu was called over to present the scarf as well. Hopefully a garment that carried a scent with it would serve to do a little more for their friend. Or... it could render him unconscious. Yumi's eyes widened in surprise when, after showing a bit of distaste towards the scarf Viral abruptly collapsed. Why did that happen, it shouldn't have happened. These things were supposed to help him remember who he was and bring him back to himself, not knock him out. \"Get off him you idiots, get off!\" she said quickly, setting down the cleaver. Waving off Vegeta and Takeshi she scooched closer to Viral, biting her lip worriedly as she looked down at him. Reaching down slowly she rubbed his side and shoulder, hoping to gently rouse him awake. \"Viral...? Hellooooo?\"\n\nA lot of good that had just done them. Takeshi had lost his clothes so Viral could what, go and fall asleep or something? Bah, really not a worthwhile endeavor. After getting up off of Viral the older boy moved to Shu's side, holding himself as he walked over and shivering slightly. Turned out that being inside of a room in a space ship with no heat was pretty cold when you were nearly naked, who knew? His pants were not all that far off from where they were, but with several tears in the material and not to mention all of the drool he could probably do without them. \"So what... He's out cold now...?\" he grumbled, frowning as he shifted about. Well at least that meant he wasn't going to go running around, that was nice. More likely than not however they were going to have to move him now, and goodness knows where to. In the state he was Takeshi wasn't exactly keen on transporting somebody around right now. Sitting down next to Shu he looked over, eying the shirt on his brother before shaking his head, rubbing at his arms. Nah, way too small for him, it would probably tear if he even attempted to put it on. Maybe the kid wouldn't mind making one last trip upstairs.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Viral was just conked right out of it with all that mental stress, seeing his items becoming way too much for him to handle mentally. He wasn't really able to breathe properly with Vegeta and Takeshi squashing him like they were, so it was just as well that Yumi shooed them off. His mind had just collapsed with the smells and memories those items gave him, the stress of it not doing his head any favours. While he did appear completely out of it, as Yumi gave his side and shoulder a rub he let out a groan, shifting his head a little before he rested his head on his chin, his eyes still somewhat closed. The smells from his scarf sure did bring back memories while his cleaver managed to bring in feelings of lost identity, both which were too overwhelming.\n\nShu stared at Viral's reaction to the scarf and cleaver, ending with him seemingly blacking out from all the stress; his sense of smell must have been really strong if it bothered him that much. Laying the scarf down in front of him, he backed off quickly and rubbed his hands together, looking to Yumi quickly, \"Did it smell that bad?\" he asked up, frowning a little before looking to Takeshi. He did wonder why Takeshi didn't have his trousers on, but with Viral down on the ground like this looking a little depressive he did wonder whether he was going to be okay now, \"He didn't look like angry kitty when we came back, does that mean he'll be okay now?\" he asked up only to squeak when Viral began to make noises, shifting behind Takeshi quickly just incase he would suddenly jump.\n\nViral was more than a little dizzy after that blast of memories, his head burning with confusion. Letting out a pained groan, he shifted his paw around and pressed it against his head. It was as if he had just woken up, but he couldn't quite piece together what had happened or how he was feeling right now. Feeling pretty terrible, he rolled onto his side, his paw to his face still before he removed it, simply laying it to the side as he stared with confusion at his cleaver and scarf. Giving the situation and how he was feeling, something had definitely gone wrong or he drank something really strong before.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "T'charrl scratched his chin, feeling a little puzzled over the predicament. Master Roshi didn't know if he was male or female, in fact differences between a male and female Kaesstrian wasn't something an alien would be able to understand apart from height and size. Females were a lot larger than the males while he was an exception just now, but there were other things that made them different too. Feeling a little confused by it all, he smiled a little and gave a nod, \"I'll soon understand your ways, but maybe I shouldn't try to understand something like that\". He was fair enjoying himself despite everything that seemed to be coming to light, feeling refreshed by everything. The drinks were delicious and he couldn't feel embarrassed about the sheet when it gave him just that little bit more security. Staring at Yumi as he drank up, he still felt a little sad that she confirmed it too. Shifting a little uncomfortably, he looked around at the other aliens around him, feeling a little nervous, \"Ehhh I don't know, I mean…I'm really big too, like real big compared to your kind and wouldn't I be called out for some kind of monster? I'm just worried about people freaking out over me, I guess\".\n\nViral definitely had a short term memory thing going on, his mind wandering away as he drifted into a slumber. Leaning on his hand, he hardly seemed to be able to keep his mind together and was allowing it to settle in a pool of mud where he didn't want to move from. Snoring a little as he rested his head on his hand, he gasped a little when he was bumped, his eyes glancing over to Yumi. He didn't really know what she was saying or why she was saying such things, but he knew who Master Roshi was as if listening to their conversation and in response he let out a groan and tried to shove her at arm's length. He wasn't saying yes or no to it, his unwillingness to do anything and yet was being lead around just made him look submissive. Grabbing hold of the smoothie, he slowly inched it towards him and simply gave it a sniff before slowly sipping at it, any sort of protest hardly looking obvious.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Mmm... These smoothies were really yummy. Even though she had been on Earth much more recently Yumi still hadn't had one in quite a while, she was quite enjoying them. Being caught out in the middle of a sip she glanced up at T'charrl, listening to his worries curiously. \"Ah... Tasty...\" she mumbled, taking one last sip with a smile. \"Then you don't have to take it off, no worries! You do what makes you comfortable, I just want you to know that people will warm up to you if you give them a chance.\" And those that didn't? Well they weren't worth the effort anyways, any half decent person would accept someone who didn't quite look like them. It was a waste of breath trying to make friends with everyone, no reason to worry oneself over it. Today was pretty open as far as plans went, if that wasn't evident enough in her and Viral's meandering around the city aimlessly. So maybe visiting Roshi would be a nice idea, she could go for a visit. Bringing the idea up to Viral she didn't exactly get a reply, unless a shove counted as one. Smiling amused Yumi watched as Viral went back to his smoothie, kind of enjoying how easy he was to handle today.\n\n\"Sure, we'll come along once we're done here. No way I'm letting these smoothies go to waste!\" There were still a good few left after all, she couldn't walk away in good conscience knowing these were here. Grabbing herself a final one she started to nurse it gingerly, not wanting to miss single drop. Hopefully visiting the old hermit didn't turn out to be a total nightmare, she was already bracing herself for some overly friendly hugs from Roshi. She'd do her best to be polite about it, but there was only so much a girl could take before she had to smack someone. Looking across at Shu thoughtfully she reached under the table with her foot, giving his a playful kick before smiling. \"Shu, are we still going to have a play day while we're here? I know you asked for one a while ago.\" So long as she wasn't preoccupied with Viral she wouldn't well mind playing with the little Saiyan. She could go for some good old fashioned goofing off, it would help relieve the stress of everything that had been going on as of late.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral couldn't care less whether he wanted to go and see Roshi in the end, his mind not quite finding that level of annoyance and grouchiness to respond in a bad way. Despite not really caring for fruit much, he continued to drink the smoothie without much of a care in the world or even understanding why he was here. His mind was more than a little out there, he wasn't used to what he was taking and it all had a pretty strong effect on him considering he had been off food and sleep for the longest time. His body was failing him before so this recovery stuff was definitely difficult, but his mind was finding it even harder when chemicals were so easily absorbed with greater effects than intended. Nursing over the smoothie, he soon let out a groan and stuck his elbow out in Yumi's direction, \"…This doesn't even have milk in it…\" he grumbled, pushing it away momentarily before pulling it back to himself again, \"How do you sleep at night…\"\n\nShu had a good meal with those smoothies, really enjoying them considering he missed them for so long. He loved them and enjoyed the flavours that came with them, filling him up and making him feel satisfied. Letting out a sigh, he looked over to T'charrl and Yumi, smiling a little before looking to Viral as he managed to draw attention to himself again by actually speaking. Shu was a little concerned, probably because he knew Viral wasn't like this and there didn't appear to be a reason for it to happen, \"Did Mister Vegeta probe his brain like the Saiyans?\" he asked, feeling a little concerned as he lowered his head, \"He sounds weird…\" Sure enough, he was distracted again by Yumi again after giving him a kick, his eyes quickly snapping to her as he tilted his head. Feeling a little confused at first, he soon smiled and bounced on his seat a little, \"I wanna play! I wanna play!\" he squeaked, feeling all energetic, \"I really want to! Where will we go and play? In the stone jungle? Somewhere else? I hope Master Roshi doesn't mind us doing that…I do miss playing…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Volleyball is fun. It's... Well you hit a ball up in the air, over a net, and you try to make it land on the other team's side.\" That was about as simple as it could be explained, for Shu's case anyways. \"Hide and seek is a lot easier to play, though I don't know how many spots there will be to hide at Roshi's house.\" Seeing paws swiping at air out of the corner of her eye Yumi glanced over confused, tilting her head seeing Viral swatting at the air. Looking around she couldn't spot a single thing that he might be after, was he really that out of it? Hm... Maybe bringing him out in public was a bad idea. \"Of course you can play with everyone Shu, no one is going to make you pick favorites,\" she added, smiling kindly. Suddenly the bench felt a little bit lighter, Yumi wondered why. Looking at her side she saw the discernibly empty seat beside her, eyes widening in surprise as she got up and looked around confused. It was then she spotted the Beastman, having wandered off and currently chasing down some man and swatting at his back mindlessly. \"Heh... If you'll excuse me!\" she said hastily, running off after her friend.\n\nTakeshi didn't know why he was worried so much, he knew Shu wouldn't up and leave him like that. Watching alongside his brother as Viral wandered off in what appeared a drunken haze the older boy climbed out of his seat, rubbing at his head confused. Definitely loopy, that guy, but he still didn't know why. On a whim he reached over and grabbed the last smoothie, the one the Beastman had been sipping from. Snipping at the contents through a crack in the lid he shrugged his shoulders, definitely no alcohol or anything in there. Had to be whatever medicine that doctor had him propped up on, was it supposed to do that? \"Remind me never to let you take medicine...\" Takeshi mumbled, watching as Yumi tried to drag their friend back over to the table. Well, if they were heading back then they might as well get a move on, drugged out Viral included! Smiling the Saiyan reached down and gave his sibling a pat on the back, sliding both his hands into his pockets as he started to walk off. \"Wanna grab the suitcase buddy? We'll stop by the house on our way there and drop it off, how's that sound?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu didn't know where Viral was going, but he was more than happy to listen to what Yumi had to say about what these strange activities were, immediately finding something fun in them, \"Oooh! Ball? Ball! Hit the ball! Net? Nets are bad, though…\" he spoke, feeling a little unsure about that game; however, the other sounded pretty good too, \"Ooohhh hide away all sneaky…I can do that! Never find me\". Slowly lowering himself behind the table, he looked over it when Yumi sure enough spotted Viral disappearing off into the crowd, coming close to attacking someone as they wandered away unnoticed. Watching her go off and away, he smiled nervously before looking to the table again, \"I don't have any favourites…I like everyone the same…\"\n\nShu didn't know what was wrong with Viral, but it was awfully reminiscent to what he had seen before from the Beastman when they were in captivity. Sometimes after certain treatments Viral would be pretty out of it and disorientated, almost the same as this but with less drooling and actual speaking sometimes. Frowning a little, he looked up to Takeshi, \"Medicine? Oooohhh, that's what's wrong with him…?\" he repeated, lowering a little, \"So Mister Vegeta didn't cut his head open and poke him?\" Feeling a little less worried yet still concerned, he stood up straight again and quickly nodded, bouncing around, \"Okay! Okay! Friend T'charrl can come too! I hope Mister Viral will be okay too; maybe he will like the beach…\"\n\nViral was pretty distracted, trying to attack the strange glowing moving image that followed behind these people. It was as if he was grabbing their soul everytime and yet they didn't seem to notice. Following this fellow away, he was unaware that Yumi was chasing after him up until she grabbed hold of him, his claws just missing the man as he was pulled away. Continuing to stare as he was dragged off, he slowly looked off towards her without a word or question to what she was doing. He didn't need to be saved from that, he was doing just fine on his own. He didn't know how to feel about everything that was happening around him or what he was doing, but he wasn't capable of thinking about much and just seemed to go with her dragging him away, his feet almost dragging as he went away with her.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Spending the night at Roshi's had been all well and fine, surprisingly enough. Dinner had been more than filling and everyone had a comfortable place to rest, and once morning rolled around they were ready to get going. Shu, T'charrl and Takeshi had all been filled in by Yumi as to what the plan was for today, they all had to keep it a secret however. It wouldn't be much of a surprise party after all if the Beastman were to find out beforehand. Since the celebration itself was relatively isolated, just within Capsule Corp's building it wasn't terribly difficult to hide it once in the city. They were, however, taking an obscenely long time returning there. Under the guise of having to run errands Yumi dragged the group, Roshi included, all over the city, picking up food, clothing, a gadget Vegeta had wanted. Supposedly she was going to be reimbursed for all of this, she certainly hoped so. Unlike Mr. Business she didn't have terribly deep pockets and this small spree was making her wallet ache.\n\n\"Ah, that ought to be the last of it!\" Yumi announced cheerfully. At this point in time she had accrued quite the number of bags, all of which Takeshi had been begrudgingly made to carry. She glanced back with a small smirk in the others direction, hardly able to see the aforementioned boy beyond his pile of luggage. Well he had agreed to do whatever he had to in order to help, he shouldn't have been so eager. Looking down at her now sparsely filled wallet she let out a light sigh, tucking it back in her pant pocket. Then glancing at her watch she made not of the time, twenty minutes until they were supposed to show up. Well, if they walked there at a regular pace they'd arrive just on time. Viral was just to her side, and with a smile she reached over and prodded his shoulder to grab his attention. \"After we get back to Capsule Corp you can take your medicine if you need it, alright? I just hope you're up for eating, can't take it on an empty stomach.\"\n\nTakeshi could hardly see where he was walking, only having a slight peephole through the bags to navigate by. Ugh... When he said he was happy to help this wasn't quite what he'd had in mind. In spite of trying to delegate bag duty to his brother and friend Yumi had been determined to have him do it, and that had obviously turned out in her favor. Ah well, not like they were heavy or anything, just really awkward to carry. Balancing them was a real pain, and he swore someone put a bag of food on the very top. Lifting his head slightly to peer up he saw the very bag swaying slightly, swallowing as he returned to peeking through his little porthole. So long as he didn't have to stop suddenly or didn't walk into anything he was fine. Turning his head just slightly to see Shu the older boy smiled, nodding towards the load in his arms. \"Hey Shu... Don't suppose you want to take one or two of these... Do you...?\" he whispered, hopefully. \"I'd really appreciate it if you did.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "The night spent at Roshi's had been a pretty indifferent one for T'charrl who was currently flying up high with some of the items apparently needed for their little outing. The reason he was flying high in the air was he wanted to see what the city was like up above and didn't feel so insecure doing so. Seeing the flying 'ships' that was apparently used in everyday life for the people here was truly fascinating, but he wasn't going to get lost as he hovered above everything. He could see the others just fine, his eyesight was good enough; however, he couldn't hear them and would just need to guess if something drastic changed and he needed to pay more attention to them. He was in proper tourist mode right now with all his sightseeing, something he probably wouldn't get much of in the future.\n\nViral was pretty irritable, his lack of sleep last night making him feel pretty impatient with what they were having to do. He didn't know why they needed to go out shopping and didn't much like it, especially when he was supposed to take his medicine. He was pretty hungry, but he didn't know whether it was a good thing that he was or whether he should feel concerned. He was feeling fine even after his episode yesterday, but he was definitely concerned that he was disobeying his Doctor. Even if he didn't like the man much, he still was trying to get rid of the horrible condition that was his mentality crashing down. Keeping his head down low, he felt very uncomfortable being out in the public when compared to yesterday, especially when he was now aware of being out. Frowning as he walked along, he kept his head low and only giving a little side glance, frowning slightly, \"Fine…I know\", he grumbled, rubbing his stomach, \"When am I supposed to see the man again? Stupid short time…why did we have to go for your shopping too…\"\n\nShu was acting pretty happily after a good night's sleep, feeling a lot more confident than the day before about his abilities and what he was able to do with them. He didn't mind being back in the city even if he didn't know why, but he was happy enough to do flips and play around as he walked along. Doing handstands and bounces every so often, he stopped and looked to Takeshi curiously when he asked out for him, giving him a smile before snatching some of the items off the top of the pile, \"Okay! I'm helping!\" he squeaked happily, bouncing along still but not doing tumbles and jumping on his hands as he went. He was certainly confused as to why they were in the city and not training, feeling pretty confused to why they needed so much stuff, \"What are these for, anyway? So much stuff and not for me…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Nope, no more surprises like that for today, I promise. We don't want to give you a heart attack on your birthday!\" It would be pretty fun to do it again though, except for the fact Viral probably wouldn't enjoy himself very much. And since today was all about him they couldn't have that, they wanted to do whatever made*him*happy. So far not so good, they had to do more to have him be happy. \"If you don't want people touching you then say so. No one is going to be mad at you if you tell them not to, so don't hesitate, okay?\" Yumi chimed, smiling. \"Hah... And I'm being cryptic because it's fun! If I was straightforward and told you what to do then it'd be boring, don't you think? You're not supposed to be told what to do at your birthday party, you decide that for yourself.\" Letting out a small laugh she smiled up at Viral, shrugging her shoulders as she looked off elsewhere innocently. \"Well... Food's about ready, I can smell it. So we'll eat first, then we do presents or cake, whatever you want to do, and theeeeen...\" she paused, looking up at him and winking, \"We're going to fight!\"\n\nEh, there was no simple way for Takeshi to spin his response, unfortunately. He didn't want to make Shu feel inadequate, but there was an awful lot that he didn't know. \"I guess what you actually need isn't that much, and it's not too hard to teach. We'll get to it, don't worry, you'll learn it all eventually.\" Hm... Counting, numbers in general, maybe directions, and goodness knows what else, those were only what came to mind that second. Itching at his nose as Shu continued the older boy smirked, \"Baking is kind of lame... I'm not really a huge fan of sweets anyways... Plus I kind of stink at it...\" he admitted, shrugging his shoulders and glancing back at Shu. \"I don't know if either of them can bake... I've never asked either. If you want then you can ask them yourself though.\" There were more important matters right now, chief amongst those the smell of freshly cooked foods entering the room. Sniffing at the air Takeshi shifted about excitedly, grinning as he watched a good many carts be wheeled out, each bearing two or three platters of goodies. As they were laid out and the covers removed he saw all sorts of things, from meats and fish to fruits, appetizers, little desserts and snacks. And boy did it all smell really tasty! \"Food's ready Shu!\" he declared, marching over excitedly.\n\nYumi had perked up pretty quickly too smelling the food, her own stomach grumbling eagerly. Watching intently as each dish was set out she smiled, refraining from hurrying over like Takeshi and some other guests in favor of waiting for Viral. \"Oooooh, that all smells really yummy, don't you think? My mouth is watering just smelling all of it!\"\n\nVegeta couldn't well wait any longer, his guests probably wanted food. Sushi hadn't arrived yet and the dumplings weren't finished, but he sent out the rest anyways. How bothersome, and he'd paid top dollar to get all this on time. Sighing as the last cart went out the door he followed en suite, smiling seeing a crowd beginning to steadily converge on the tables. At least people were hungry, he'd hope so with how much food they had. Joining Viral and Yumi just off to the side he looked up at the Beastman, giving him a small pat on the back. \"Hungry? I've got a couple of your favorites over there, take whatever you want,\" he said, \"Sushi hasn't shown up yet unfortunately, so there's none of that. Or dumplings, so... Sorry Yumi.\" She gave a pout at that, obviously disappointed. Smiling apologetically Vegeta folded his hands behind his back, looking to Viral again. \"Enjoying yourself yet?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral didn't sound so sure, his trust in Yumi kind of dwindling and getting a little difficult to keep up any sort of trust he might otherwise have. She could easily say one thing and actually end up trying to surprise him. Feeling just that little bit worried that she would end up trying to scare him again, he rubbed his arms defensively, letting out a low groan as she spoke, \"You find everything fun, like watching someone struggle with simple tasks from a distance\", he spoke quickly, shaking his head, \"And how am I supposed to decide what to do during this when I don't generally do things with people?? I am not going to know what to do, plain and simple…\" He was pretty annoyed by that fact and wouldn't mind some guidance for once, especially when he wasn't one for asking for guidance. Frowning a little, he looked off again at the sound of food being ready, \"Great, hopefully I can eat while not under the influence of a drug\", he spoke, sighing a little, \"Fighting also depends on whether I'm up for it after if I don't turn this into an utter disaster…\"\n\nShu was definitely concerned, but he was pretty happy to try and understand what he was missing and if he really needed to know everything Takeshi knew. The things Takeshi must know would definitely make him a wiseman among his clan, probably something that Takeshi might like the sound of being called if he ever felt dumb, \"Ooh, okay! I wish to learn everything you want me to learn about, so long as you want to teach me\", he smiled at Takeshi, slowly tilting his head to the side, \"Do you think Miss Yumi can bake…? Ooh! Maybe your friends! Do Saiyans eat sweet things or is it only me…?\" Feeling concerned for a moment, he let out a little sigh before suddenly getting really excited when food suddenly began to get carted out, \"Ooh! Food! Yummy food!\" he bounced around, watching it all excitedly, \"I'm going to eat as much as I'm allowed to!\"\n\nViral didn't know what to make of the food, but with his appetite getting a little better he was certainly going to have to try and eat, especially if he didn't want to turn into a giant cat in front of everyone. It all was a little concerning; he didn't want to freak out in front of everyone and that was highly likely that he would do that too, especially without his medicine. He did hate his medicine, but when it meant he wasn't going to act like a pain around everyone and making people upset with his attitude then he would take it. Looking to Yumi, he sighed and walked towards the tables, his eyes on the food before noticing Vegeta. There was certainly a lot of food available, but it seemed Yumi was the one a little disappointed that there wasn't a certain food item selection. Scratching at his side as the pat made his back tingle a little, he looked to Vegeta before shrugging, \"I don't know, I've not done anything\", he spoke, shaking his head, \"I met this older couple though…people who knew me when I was still small…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "T'charrl needed a shower badly if he was dusting this much, at least Yumi figured as much. Was it normal for their friend to be doing this or did it mean he was dirty? She couldn't remember, he might have well been this way the whole time and she just hadn't noticed before. If they were going to lug him around he couldn't be doing this, it was making her nose itch like mad and it just felt odd having all of this on her. Setting T'charrl on the floor she gently patted at his cheek, hoping to get him to come to by doing so. \"Yes Choi... He died on the way up here,\" she replied, looking over at her boyfriend with an annoyed glance before sighing. \"I swear... You ask the dopiest questions some times.\" If T'charrl was in fact dead then why would they have brought him to the showers? She liked the boy but sometimes Choi should really think before he spoke. Just to humor him they should check for a pulse, or rather he should. Snatching up one of his hands he placed it on the pulse on T'charrl's neck, holding it for a moment before letting him go. \"See? He's alive, he probably just passed out from exhaustion. Now then...\" Moving to the Kaesstrian's side she leaned in close, clearing her throat before inhaling sharply and yelling, \"WAKE UP T'CHARRL!\"\n\nKai's theory was anything but sound, yet Takeshi appreciated what he was trying to do. Give even the slightest bit of reason to worry and Shu would be all in a panic for some time. Not that the older boy wasn't himself worried, he could hide it if it meant keeping his brother calm. As though he was reading his thoughts Kai voiced exactly what Takeshi had been thinking, making him frown disdainfully. \"That brat better not have done anything or I swear I'll throw him out one of the windows.\" So far since taking in that Saiyan he'd been nothing but a headache for all of them. At times he looked like he wanted to belong and then he went and pulled stunts that made him a punk. Not the best way to go about befriending people, and if he was guilty here then that was just another strike on his record. Nothing seemed amiss at the showers thus far, albeit they hadn't even seen what was inside yet. Letting Kai do the liberty of opening the door they had barely gone inside when Yumi abruptly screamed, rather loudly at that. Gasping softly Takeshi's hands shot up to cover his ears, his eyes wide in surprise as he did so. \"The hell was that for!?\"\n\nFor someone who wasn't stressed Viral was awfully close to breaking before Vegeta. This was not at all fun to see, Vegeta took no pleasure in having to do this to his friend in the least, but it was necessary. Rushing things would only end badly, and simply put Viral couldn't handle any accelerated training in his current state. \"I never said you can't do anything for yourself, I'm just saying we have to move at a steady pace with this, or you do. That's all I've been trying to say, be patient and don't rush through your training and recovery.\" The sooner Viral accepted that the sooner they could make some earnest headway. Now it fell to the Saiyan to see that his friend improve, no pressure there. Smiling exasperatedly Vegeta gave a small nod of his head, looking down the hallway thoughtfully for a moment. \"I have no intention of falling behind, believe me. Selfishly it's a matter of pride that you do well, so I will give this my all. More than that however I just want to see you be the best you can be, and I am willing to invest whatever time and resources needed to help you get there. And... I suppose if you feel some solitary training will help then I can give you that as well. If I let you decide now, for example, what would you want to be doing at this moment? Take the reigns.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Choi smiled nervously, slowly looking away from her and sighing. He was just saying what could possibly happen, but he really didn't know if he was just joking when it could very well happen. Looking to Yumi, he took in some reassurance that the alien was alright when she found a pulse. So the alien really was just unconscious, but it wasn't as if he could help worry over him when he didn't know where the guy's lungs were to check if he was breathing. Pulling at his collar a little, he backed off a little before gasping when Yumi suddenly shouted in what was presumably T'charrl's ear, the sound of Takeshi also coming from the door as well.\n\nT'charrl hadn't made a move since he was taken to the shower, nor did he look all that well. He barely had any energy and was running on fumes, but he was still alive and that was all that counted right now. With no awareness to Yumi's plans, when she suddenly shouted in his ear he woke up with a start, looking very disorientated before he made a grab for Yumi with an angry hiss. He didn't seem to be in his right mind, especially considering his large eyes were not fully open and he looked positively out of it with even his attempted grab at Yumi being weak.\n\nShu hoped Kai was incorrect; his friend didn't need to be tortured even further by that guy with his nasty remarks and attempts of causing him pain. He didn't want T'charrl to have to be bullied again, but the guy was already on edge about everything, but for him to get hurt was definitely something to be worried about. Looking up at Takeshi, he squeaked when Yumi suddenly shouted, his eyes quickly going up to him before he made a quick dash, \"Yumi! Friend T'charrl!\" he squeaked, rushing over immediately before letting out a sudden yell, \"Ah! Miss Yumi!\" He hadn't seen T'charrl like this before, but whatever happened he was taken aback by T'charrl's actions more so than his strange form.\n\nViral didn't mean to snap at Vegeta, but he had a whole lot on his mind and having to make deals when he had other plans wasn't what he wanted to do at all. He wanted freedom and to not carry the burden of a mental problem either, but that obviously wasn't going to happen. Rubbing his head slowly, he let out a sigh and looked back to Vegeta with a frown, \"Sometimes I wish I wasn't given all of these emotions, then maybe I would still be the most powerful\", he huffed, not too pleased with the thought itself but found it better than having to worry or get stressed out and all those things. He didn't feel like eating, he wasn't so keen on sleeping either so he would had been better just skipping those and try to control his hunger where it mattered, \"Just now? I'd kick whoever is in the training room out and use that! I know how to program that place and I won't make it easy for myself either! The limit is the ship itself…and I hate enclosed spaces with no control…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi had scarcely used any energy in training today so she figured she could lend some of hers. She had never done it before and had no idea what it would be like, but if it was what T'charrl needed she'd do her best to provide. Extending a hand out to him she watched as he laid a claw on it, nothing noticeable happening at first. When she could actually feel her Ki being sapped she nearly pulled away, a bit deterred by the unusual feeling. It passed fairly quick and was over within seconds, leaving her no worse for wear. Smiling a bit warily Yumi glanced down at her hand, making sure nothing weird had happened to her before looking back at T'charrl. \"Don't mention it, happy to help,\" she answered, her smile warming. \"What doesn't feel well? Do you need food? Or medicine?\" They were all willing to help but nothing could be done if they didn't know what was wrong. Granted with how 'well' T'charrl was speaking it was a challenge and a half just for him to tell them.\n\nTakeshi watched curiously as Yumi and T'charrl carried out that transfer of power. It was a bit weird taking other people's energy like that, handy, but weird. If nothing else it woke up their friend a little but he still seemed to be pretty out of it. Eh... Why was there that weird tone to the Kaesstrian's voice? It sounded kind of like a bug speaking, funny thing to notice considering that's basically what he was. It could be just him but the way T'charrl spoke was a bit off. Looking down at Shu he smiled slightly, nodding in agreement. They should get him some food, but then again hadn't that kid brought the Kaesstrian some earlier? Eh, he couldn't remember right now. \"We can get him clean now and then bring him back to his room,\" Takeshi said, speaking to everyone in the room. Since he and Shu were arguably the closest to him it only seemed fair that they take care of him. Being called out by his brother for his fear the older boy's cheeks reddened slightly, and with a tight smile he placed a hand on Shu's head, rubbing it a bit annoyed. \"What are you talking about? I'm not afraid,\" he mumbled, trying to convey the 'shut up' look to his brother.\n\nVegeta was skeptical about where loyalties lied for the King's armies, even with Viral's rebuttal. Most of his forces weren't even Saiyans but men and women likely conscripted from other planets. Sure, as time progressed some may have actually become loyal, but he doubted the vast majority were. \"I still doubt most of them are as loyal as you think...\" he retorted, shaking his head. \"Most of the soldiers are too weak to fight against their commanders, let alone the King. They probably use threats and force or instill fear to ensure cooperation. I just can't see so many people whose homes have been taken over willingly pledging allegiance to someone like that.\" The Saiyans he didn't doubt for a second would be loyal, he expected that of them. Those were the ones that Vegeta was not thrilled to be fighting, especially the likes of Elites and whoever the King kept by his side personally. There were probably all sorts of different sides to this conflict, the world wasn't as black and white as he might like sometimes. All he knew was who their enemy was and that they had to be stopped. \"You think I'm going to give someone who is struggling with depression and stress alcohol...?\" Not a very good chance of that unfortunately for Viral. Sighing softly Vegeta rubbed at his head, \"I packed a fair bit, for occasions, not for casual drinking. Besides, if you begin drinking now then what, I'll be training with an intoxicated Beastman? Later, okay?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "T'charrl didn't like taking energy from other people, especially his friends. It was alright when he had to do it, he had to take the General's energy for example, but to have to take it just because he was weak and unable to move was just a little mentally painful for him to complete. He didn't want to have to end up becoming a parasite. Shifting onto other concerns, he gave Yumi a weak smile back before looking down again, finding it hard to get his point across. He still needed a scouter to talk, it seemed. He wasn't smart enough to use their language on his own but he was definitely improving, just not enough. Trying to think of a way to word it, he groaned as he struggled to search for it like a kid getting stuck on a hard maths question, \"Hurting! Hurting many here…\" he spoke, lifting his claw towards the orb on his shoulder before to his chest and moving it down his abdomen. He was trying to make it simple by pointing to the worst part, but he really didn't know if Yumi understood, but he sure was trying his best. Letting out a few clicking sounds, he soon rubbed his forearms sorely, feeling pretty uncomfortable, \"Head funny! Maybe better later…but lot hurting…\"\n\nShu couldn't help but feel sympathetic towards T'charrl's struggles, especially when he had the exact same struggle when he was taken in by that old couple. He had zero knowledge over the language, but after intense teaching and constant tutoring he was soon able to speak on a comprehensive level. T'charrl had only been trying to speak it for just over a week with a little bit of Vegeta's help, so it was lucky that he had managed to pick up this much before their time together was over. Frowning a little, he looked to Takeshi before giving a nod, bouncing slightly on his feet, \"Yeah! Friend T'charrl get all clean and…umm, dusty friends can get clean too\", he spoke, looking to Yumi and Choi; both of them were powdery, probably after carrying T'charrl from his room. Smiling a little, he lowered his head slightly when Takeshi placed his hand on his head, his eyes staring up at him before he smiled a little, \"Are you sure…? Really-really?\"\n\nViral knew what it was like being a part of the King's army and even with his collar controlling his thoughts, everyone else around him were willing to say their feelings about the Empire and how much they enjoyed killing things; of course, he was around Elites a lot but even the soldiers would say sometimes. Looking to Vegeta, he grunted at his doubt, \"Hmph, you'd think that, being an outsider\", he muttered, \"Saiyans are natural killers, they even eat other races…\" He was surprised they still managed to believe that he didn't miss anything from his services for the King, but after all that torture and experimenting he was in his natural element and able to do what his natural instincts told him to do. He could fight, kill and terrorise and be praised for it, but now that he was away from all that he was in a depression where he could barely do anything. He didn't know what he thought about his services with the King anymore, whether he actually liked it or was just lying to himself. Feeling pretty down just from his confusion and thinking that, he looked to Vegeta when he was denied his drink, frowning in annoyance, \"You'd probably deny me some for whatever occasions we'll have too\", he grumbled, looking away, \"One drink wouldn't intoxicate me, anyway…it'd just soften the blow…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"True... But you could also transform if you're somehow unstable, which considering your current state that isn't that much of a stretch.\" There was no doubt that Viral was unstable, the question therein was where exactly did his instability lie? That was the reason for all of these mundane tests, and they would keep at them until the cause was found. Only then could they work on a solution. \"I don't think Takeshi would have stayed away for long. His pride kept him away if anything, but even he should know you're the only one that can train him. As for the strategy, perhaps that's right. But these new events notwithstanding I believe your strategy, simple or not would have led the rebels to victory.\" Plus, it had been a good enough strategy for Korian, so that ought to be indicative that it was a good idea. Something had been bugging Vegeta though about that. The rebels, particularly Korian and Sayomi should be brilliant tacticians by now. So why rely on Viral's plans? Either they really were out of ideas or they were trying something new, either way it was a bit odd. Glancing at the centrifuge, Vegeta leaned over slightly to peer at the display on top. \"Though now I suppose any strategy is null, seeing as we're not fighting right now...\"\n\nHaving all of their friends at the table might be nice, they hadn't done that in some time now. Really none of them had spent much time together at all, and since they were supposed to be a team of sorts it only seemed right that they should be. There was a sound of almost unanimous displeasure at the idea, to his chagrin. Well at least they were finally agreeing on something, Takeshi mused. \"Alright, so not everyone. As long as you guys are fine with me cooking. I'm no Kai or Choi, so my food isn't going to be some fancy, five star cuisine.\" He wasn't trained to cook for a king, not like the twins. Evidently his method of cooking over an open fire wasn't good enough for their standards, or was so simplistic it was looked down on. Hmph... He could cook just fine without their kind of training, he'd prove it. Preparing fruit would be easy enough to do, though he wasn't sure just what they had left in the way of it. \"Ah... I don't even know if someone brought it in, or if it's still in the shuttle,\" Takeshi mumbled, frowning as he rubbed at his chin, \"Well.... Even if it's still in there, I would guess there's a bit left. If we cook plenty of other stuff too then we'll have a big enough meal for the four of us.\"\n\n---\n\n\"There has to be something in here... There's nowhere else it could be...\" Blood work had been fruitless, a routine physical had proved to be ineffective. There were no anomalies as far as energy was concerned, though that was difficult to measure. The only thing that could be wrong now was something at the basic level, genetic. Whether it was bodily or mental Vegeta didn't know yet, but he was certain he was cornering the issue now. Compared to everything else he had done thus far, this was where the real work began. Studying genetic coding meant pouring over countless strands of DNA, examining every individual piece and comparing them to find any irregularities. Most likely it was going to turn out to be a few day project, and he had only just begun now. Well, no one said helping Viral was going to be easy. Both sheets were copied and then displayed on a monitor, blown up to size so that the naked eye could detect discrepancies. Side by side, he should be able to spot anything, given enough time. Viral was back in the medical ward with him, and likely getting impatient already. \"Have you tried any training lately?\" Vegeta asked, not taking his eyes from his work. \"I know I've neglected training you in favor of helping T'charrl, but that doesn't mean you can't do it on your own.\"\n\nNot killing one another sort of made you friends, right? At this point it was about the only sign that this might work which Takeshi could see. The meal the other day had turned into a mess, with Haku flinging food at Shu, the young Saiyan reciprocating and then a food fight breaking out. Now they were trying to train as a group, T'charrl and Haku included. The former had been busy with speaking lessons as of late, he hadn't had a chance to train with the brothers in a few days now. And rather than work solely on combat, today was aimed a bit at tempering Shu's anger as well. Not that Takeshi knew how to go about that really, he was still flying in the dark on that one. \"Maybe if we try agitating you... And you do your best to stay calm, that could work?\" he suggested, glancing over at Shu. They had been bouncing ideas around for a bit, trying to come up with anything that could make some progress. Much easier said than done, unfortunately.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Viral frowned at Vegeta's revelation, not exactly finding it encouraging, \"You make it sound as if it is a good thing that happened…\" Everything was completely discouraging for him to experience and he was not seeing how anything he was going through was better than what lay ahead for him, his only hope that he could last long enough before his body gave up. Despite how he looked everything was painful so hope was dwindling by a lot now. Anything positive was feeling distant and while Vegeta was trying hard to bring that forward it just wasn't happening for him mentally, his mind feeling damaged and unable to accept the positivity, \"He wanted to use a warrior's weapon to show off…not even looking at it until then. You say it was pride, but he didn't seem to want or care for it other than as a tool for his own personality boost\". Letting out a sigh he rubbed his face, exhausted already just from trying to sit up. He needed to wait until his energy recovered before starting heated discussions. Laying back down again he grumbled, trying to shift his head, \"I hate this…\"\n\n---\n\nThe whole time Vegeta had been trying to figure everything out there wasn't much for Viral to do, even if he did want to. He wanted to do a lot of things like train or fight, but he was left hiding away in his room a lot of the time or elsewhere by his own desire. There was little for him to do even if it was all available to him still; he just didn't want to do it. Watching as Vegeta could only grow confused over an answer his eyes soon strayed away from him, his paw going to his head and slowly rubbing it. He wouldn't be able to find the answer either, he knew that much, but it still didn't annoy him that there was nothing that was coming up yet. It all seemed fruitless. There was little point on getting angry at Vegeta for not finding anything yet, especially when he was the only one who could help him, \"Training? No…I have not\", he spoke, grumbling lowly, \"It's nothing to do with the fact that I have not had you around, but rather…everything else. Anything I do could make it worse…so I'm back to square one until you fix it\".\n\nShu didn't mean to make a mess at dinner or to make everybody else really messy, but he tried hard to get on with Haku and in the end it wasn't going to work. It was Haku's fault he was set off and made a mess, but that was all in the past and he just wanted to move on and see what else he could do to take his mind off it and get on with what he needed to do. He didn't need to be around Haku, it was Takeshi who wanted to be around Haku and make friends with him. For now he was going to have time with Takeshi, but it wasn't exactly something he was looking forward to doing. Staring up at Takeshi he tapped his fingers together, finding it a little daunting what he needed to do, \"Huh…? You mean make me angry on purpose…? I-I don't know…\" he spoke, looking down, \"What if I can't? How is this the best place to try that…? Shouldn't Yumi help me too…?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "The medicine looked to be taking an awfully quick effect on Viral this time. He was passive and near immobile, his body probably not agreeing with him too much right now. Vegeta wasn't a fan, but the Beastman wanted his medicine and far be it from him to make Viral continue to suffer. Besides, the medicine would only be necessary for a little while longer, they were on the verge of fixing things after all. Having made sizable headway into the matter he now felt they could take a break to eat, get some much needed nourishment before continuing. Viral might be opposed to that but it was one topic Vegeta wasn't going to bend on. In moderation eating should be okay, just no big meals just yet. \"The needles only come if you refuse to eat solid foods,\" Vegeta stated, coming around the desk, \"You've got to keep getting proteins and nutrients, otherwise a lot of good this will do you.\" Even Viral couldn't go forever without eating, and if he was trying to recover then it was counter intuitive to be fasting. \"Bookworm, hm?\" Vegeta mirrored, raising an eyebrow before smiling. \"That's a new one, I'll remember that. Especially when this bookworm is the one who restores you to your prime. Now come on,\" he added, leaning down and taking Viral by the arm, helping him to his feet, \"Let's go get some food.\"\n\nTakeshi couldn't answer even half of Shu's questions, he didn't know everything. All the more reason to start teaching the little guy soon, the more he knew the less he'd have to ask. Of course what the little guy did know were things that weren't super useful, either that or a bit annoying. \"Who told you not to say what I say?\" he asked, flushing red as he glanced over at Shu, \"Was it Yumi? Or Vegeta? T-They say bad words too, you know! I'm not the only one!\" Hmph, demonizing him like that, wonderful. Crossing his arms over his chest Takeshi sulked a bit as they continued on, looking back ahead. People said bad things all the time, it wasn't fair to say he was the only one. Shu wasn't done talking and for a second he thought the conversation was going to go on, but instead they were on about pointy things now. \"Hm... Hers aren't that sharp, I don't think so. Maybe she just can't help it? I mean our father did change her, you know. Not her fault she's like that. Either way you know she won't scratch you. Her hurting you is like me hurting you, it wouldn't ever happen, yeah?\" Or T'charrl hurting Shu, that was just as much an absurd notion. Speaking of T'charrl, they were already at his room, nearly having walked by it. Stopping suddenly in his tracks, Takeshi glanced at the door, smiling as he banged against it with his hand. \"Hey T'charrl? Wakey wakey, come on out!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Vegeta" }, { "text": "Viral couldn't much care if he wasn't looking good right now, nor could he be bothered thinking about how he was feeling. He wasn't feeling all that depressed anymore, plus he had that slight moment of calm now that the medicine was taking effect so he couldn't feel all that bad anymore even if it was crippling him with severe weakness. Usually if someone took this much they'd be out cold for hours, but Viral had too much to do to have to go to sleep and be trapped with nightmares for hours on end. Not in the mood to be talking about needles or force-feeding he let out a groan in protest, waving his paw around dismissively, \"A lot of good many things will do…but I am still doomed\", he grumbled, finding the thought of it all being counter-productive. Growling as Vegeta teased him he gasped as he was pulled up to his feet, his hand going to his head when the horns proved to be too heavy again, \"Prime? More like…primal because my mind would be gone completely…\" he spoke, sighing heavily, \"Where's that wheelie-thing I had before…\"\n\nShu found it funny when Takeshi got all flustered, but it was true that he said a lot of bad words. Yumi had told him what not to copy what Takeshi said after saying a few things Takeshi had said before, \"I'm not telling! They didn't say those words first, though\", he squeaked, bouncing as he walked, \"You say bad things because you think it's funny, right? Funny bad words of angriness…you have a lot\". Finding it amusing to tease Takeshi Shu gave him a little smile, shaking his head at the stuff about Yumi, \"Nooo she had sharp nails before too! But now are more sharp and scary\". He didn't like it, getting cut by anything sharp. It was scary and he was going to always feel pain when touched by them so he couldn't help but feel bad whenever he changed and nearly sliced people up with his own claws. Pulling at his nails a bit he let out a sigh, squeaking in fright when Takeshi banged on T'charrl's door, \"Careful! Banging loud…\"\n\nT'charrl had been training by himself by the time Takeshi tried to thump down his door, his energy completely being thrown off and his concentration lost. He was trying to hone his energy and pull in more around him, the residue that was left over from others and collecting it for himself; however, with the banging he probably lost a good burst of it before he could absorb it himself. Gasping and hastily looking around his eyes soon rested on the door when he realised what was happening, his claws going to his head. It sounded like Takeshi, but why he was here he didn't really know. It wasn't dinnertime yet and he had only started his training so it couldn't be that he had finished already. Standing up and moving to the door he casually opened it, tilting his head a little, \"Huh? What is…? H-Hello?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Saying goodbye is a waste of breath, you're not going anywhere anytime soon,\" Vegeta said, \"And mind who you call a halfbreed. Nearly everyone within our friends are a halfbreed in some manner or another. In fact... You're even more than just two halves.\" There he went being overly explanatory per usual. Little boy, was it? Chuckling faintly beneath his breath he shook his head, glancing at the unsteady Beastman. \"Why don't we just focus on walking right now, hm? You can argue with me all you want after we get to the mess hall.\" Given a bit of time the medicine would wear off and Viral was likely to forget this conversation anyways, Vegeta wasn't too concerned over it. All they had to do was entertain their friend for the time being and keep him from wandering off in his lucid state. A walk in silence might be the best thing for now, the Beastman was scarcely in the state of mind to hold a full conversation. Yumi had a question for Viral however, and not an easy one at that. Vegeta opened his mouth to answer but found himself cut off and beat to the punch.\n\nYumi tried not to think about her ears too much, and had gotten fairly good at ignoring them. Viral bringing them up reminded her of her self-consciousness towards them, which in turn made her abashed. They were a hassle, even if they were handy. Showering and brushing her hair was such a mess now, she constantly got water or shampoo in her ears and would poke and tug on them when she was brushing. Maybe she should start putting sandwich baggies or something over them, just something to keep them safe. Discussing her new appearance wasn't any fun, so instead she asked a burning question, wanting to know more about what was going on with the rebels. Since Viral had the military expertise here he seemed the best to answer, even in his state. Normally yes, he would be the best person to go to about this. After hearing out his explanation she was left even more confused than she was to begin with. \"I.. Uh... No, I don't hate you?\" Yumi said, sounding properly confused. Looking at Vegeta for help she glanced back at Viral, scratching at her cheek, \"Uh... The stars getting revenge? I don't think that works... Or makes any sense...\"\n\n\"Viral is just saying it wouldn't be beyond the Saiyans to do that,\" Vegeta explained, smiling slightly amused, \"At least, I think that's the gist of it. With the rebels on their doorstep though I can't see the King diminishing his own ranks, even if they are grunts. If the war turns into one of attrition then lessening his numbers isn't going to do him any favors.\" Viral could give a more concise answer were he not struggling simply to walk right now. More on topic, Vegeta wasn't going to put too much stock into the war right now. If the rebels needed aid they would ask, and unless the flagship was destroyed they would be able to establish contact. So the fact things had been silent was indicative that the situation had either died down completely or was under control.\n\nIf T'charrl was coming along then they could teach him to talk too. Not that Vegeta wasn't already doing so, but Takeshi figured he and Shu could help the process along. Takeshi could teach their friend all sorts of words, like some of those bad words that Shu was so abhorrently against. Stepping over and prodding the Kaesstrian he suggested that very idea, only to have it immediately shot down by his brother. \"Eh? Spoilsport...\" he mumbled, sticking out his tongue. \"Vegeta's not the boss of me, if I want to do it then I could, you know.\" Except Yumi would probably find out as well. Vegeta he didn't mind, but Yumi had that knack for scaring him. If he was going to do this, it would have to be sneakily. Giving T'charrl room to come out, Takeshi glanced at Shu for a moment before cocking his head, giving it a thoughtful scratching. \"Hm... I guess the usual training hall would work. It should be all fixed up and I doubt anyone is down there training, so we can probably go use it for as long as we want.\" That also meant they could get as serious as they wanted or goof off as much as they wanted. Somehow he and Shu always ended up just playing while they were training, and T'charrl likely wouldn't hate being involved in some games of theirs.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Vegeta" }, { "text": "Viral wasn't in the mood to be arguing with Vegeta, especially over matters like that. It was rude to call someone a half-breed if you respected them in the first place, but luckily he was allowed to bite back because Vegeta wasn't behaving himself. Growling lowly at Vegeta's rebuttal he pulled back as if purposely trying to make himself fall and get Vegeta in trouble with Yumi, \"Don't youuuu…call me a mongrel!\" While Vegeta was being annoying, Yumi was just being confusing when he had very little mental capacity to begin with. To be quite frank he didn't want to talk about that kind of stuff, but if Yumi insisted then he would give an answer. She certainly seemed confused over it, but it wasn't as if he wasn't speaking the truth to what he might do. Throwing lesser troops at large forces was something that had already been done when he was under control. Large bases would get weakened and allow the stronger soldiers to completely wreck the place. Looking to Vegeta when he tried to explain what he was saying, Viral frowned slightly before looking away. It was awfully difficult to think right now and all he could think of was sitting down again, even if it meant he was going to be forced to eat. If he swiped at their faces then it was going to be their own fault and even in his deteriorated state he would still be able to react fast enough to do something like that. Feeling fairly dazed he reached out in front of him, his head lowering a little, \"I want to…just…forget either exist…\"\n\nT'charrl didn't know what any of this meant, his mind not quite able to get around what Takeshi or Shu was talking about, but he would be quite alright to let it slide. Feeling pretty concerned, T'charrl frowned a little before sighing, shifting around on his feet. It must had been an inside joke or something, but it wasn't something he could understand. Smiling at the pair he slowly moved from them, giving his fur a quick brush down, \"Training hall? Okay! Yesss\", he spoke quickly, feeling accomplished that he knew what that was. If they could train quietly in there then it would be fairly okay, he wouldn't have to worry about anything going wrong with him. He was pretty cautious about training with Takeshi mainly because he was pretty scared of him when he changed, \"Are you…okay with, umm, me? Me being all, uhhh…don't know the word…but yes? Right?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi saw nothing wrong with bringing some toys with her onboard, it gave them something to kill time when nothing was going on. Plus they were genuinely fun, just not quite as fun as training or visiting new worlds. \"Have you ever known me to wear makeup?\" Yumi asked, making a face at Viral before smiling, \"Of course I didn't bring any, silly. I wouldn't even know what to do with it if I did, I haven't put any on since I was a little girl.\" That and dresses, it just never appealed to her. Anything super 'girly' had never been her cup of tea, she was more of a boy in some regards. Well... Aside from liking boys. Then again boys could like boys, though that was... Okay, her mind was running away from her now, back on topic! Shaking her head she smiled at Viral, reaching up and trying to flick the tip of his nose playfully. \"If you can be so precise with those claws to just get my eyes then my hat's off to you,\" she joked, giggling a bit. \"If I was concerned about this going bad then I wouldn't risk it. I mean, I'm not stupid, I've seen what happens when you change. But I don't think that will happen, we'll take it nice and easy to make sure it doesn't.\"\n\nChoi was being a real pain, and all because he'd just gotten a little boost of speed. Takeshi was trying to level the playing field to begin with, now it was just back to the way it was before. It was easy for him to get angry over it as he did, but he reminded himself to relax unless he wanted to go all wild over being miffed. Point made anyways, he wouldn't use Ki in any shape or form during their match, even if he still saw nothing inherently wrong with what he did. \"If you were both fighting me then Shu would be with me,\" he pointed out, playing on Choi's fear of the younger boy. Shu was basically attached at his hip, he'd be right there whether he wanted the little guy to be or not. Taking another fighting stance to get ready, a blood vessel on Takeshi's forehead pulsed at Choi's teasing, making him close his eyes and grit his teeth. \"Shu doesn't have to give himself boosts with me,\" he replied, smiling tightly as he stared at Choi, \"Because he's faster than me, and almost as strong. So it's fine when I do it with him.\" Since he wasn't going to be using speed he might as well play to his own advantages and just try clobbering Choi. Darting in he jumped off and forward, twisting around and trying to slam his leg into Choi's side.\n\nT'charrl was really strong, it was kind of like sparring with Takeshi. The best way around that then was to use speed, try and confuse his opponent and put him on guard. But how should he go about that... Fast as he could be Kabocha knew darting straight in was a bad idea, it would only take one solid hit from the Kaesstrian to send him flying. If he could throw his friend off somehow then he'd get an opening, and that's how he'd fight this. Beginning to circle around T'charrl he made use of the afterimage technique, leaving fading silhouettes of himself all over. His plan was to come up behind T'charrl and try knocking him down, immobilize him so he couldn't hit back. Once directly behind the alien, Kabocha jumped in, tackling with his shoulder to try knocking his opponent down. It worked, perhaps a bit too well. Feeling himself connect with a solid figure he shot right over T'charrl's falling form, catching himself on his feet as he skid slightly. The sound of the Kaesstrian hitting the floor carried fairly well, and with an inward wince he looked over, smiling nervously as he scratched his cheek. \"Uh... You okay? I hit an orb again didn't I?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Viral felt confused, unsure as to whether she was being truthful or just trying to cover up her odd habits. Staring at her with tired yet concerned eyes he slowly looked away again, \"If you say so…like I would know, anyway\". He didn't understand humans, but a lot of them did put makeup of themselves for some reason. It had a funny smell and texture to it so it was obviously something that was trying to upgrade probably something to do with those elements. Grumbling a little as he rested his head he growled when she flicked his nose, glaring at her with a frown. He didn't know how she could doubt him, she had seen the way he fought before so it shouldn't be something surprising. He was pretty precise with his claws and she should know that, especially considering they were his main weapon when he didn't use his weapons or energy, \"Hmph, if you're so confident…then fine, we'll spar…but it's going to hurt\".\n\nChoi was pretty pleased with himself, but knowing that Shu would join in if Kai fought alongside him made him cringe a little, looking off to the side, \"Ehhh…I don't think that would be fair on Shu…\" he spoke, looking back to Takeshi, \"He's so small compared to you! Can't cover you completely, eh?\" Hearing Takeshi speak highly of his brother both made him feel smug and concerned, especially considering the history of the little guy. Even if Shu got mad while he was little he would still do some damage, probably bite people too and give them some sort of disease. Who knew if the kid had been immunised when he was with the King. Getting ready he waited for Takeshi to come at him, throwing his fists up and going into the defensive before having to immediately get to blocking his attacks, twisting around to prevent a blow to the side which could had potentially done a lot of damage. With things getting serious again he tried to use the blow to get back into the flow again, throwing out his own kick before tossing out his own attacks to loosen out his arm after that kick.\n\nT'charrl may had been strong but when it came to blows from behind they were fairly crippling, especially when he had no way to defend against it. Falling on the floor like that sure did hurt, but on the other hand once his brain stopped rattling he felt pretty pleased with himself. He managed to put up quite the fight and his experience had grown incredibly well, but his sense of power and strength wasn't so quick to stop and take a break. While his intelligence gave him the ability to understand why it was such a weak spot, something else told him he needed to develop defence there and grow in strength to prevent something like that from happening again. Slowly pushing himself up into a sitting position he slowly rubbed his face, \"No orb…but, that was great\", he spoke, feeling fairly positive, \"I see it as bad for me, as thinking and learning. No need for worry…\" If there was one thing he was concerned about was he didn't feel too normal, his mind still buzzing and his muscles feeling oddly strained. Slowly sitting down again he pulled his feet in towards himself, pressing his claws against the orb on his chest, \"Best to stop now…is that okay?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"I know you don't have trouble all the time, just right now!\" Yumi said cheerily, finishing filling Viral's plate. She kept it light, a portion of what she had gotten for herself. It wasn't too much she didn't think, even Viral with his abysmal appetite could finish this. Hoping to be even further helpful she grabbed the fork and skewered a piece of fish, offering it up to her friend playfully. Might as well have some fun with this, Viral might even crack a smile. Or maybe he'd try to knock the food away from himself. Pulling back to avoid that she smiled sadly, letting out a sigh as she lowered the fork. \"I'm just trying to be helpful, you don't have to be so picky. But if you want to feed yourself...\" Placing the fork back on Viral's plate she turned back to her own food, beginning to eat again. How Viral was going to eat she wasn't sure, so she watched out of the corner of her eyes for him to start. He had the alcohol he'd wanted, and could only drink under the stipulation he had some food too, so he was bound to eat. Odd that Yumi almost found that exciting. Curious, Yumi looked at her own glass and brought it to her lips, giving the liquid inside a smell. It was a bit sweet, maybe like juice. Taking a small sip of it then she made a face, her lips puckering before she placed her drink back down. \"Wow, that's tart!\"\n\nA bead of sweat dripped down Takeshi's forehead while he listened to Shu's justification. He thought the tail was food, huh? What had he mistaken it for anyways, a hairy hotdog perhaps? Was that more of the little guy's anger acting up? Then again, thinking back to when he had grabbed Shu before, the younger boy had flailed around quite a lot then too. Weird, he had no idea why grabbing Shu would cause him to spaz out like that, maybe he ought to ask. Before that though, where was T'charrl running off to? Calling after their friend he tried to convince him to stay to no avail, getting a very nervous reply in turn. Looking quite confused Takeshi just let it go, making no effort as he stared at the empty door for a moment. \"Ooookay... That was weird...\" he mumbled, clicking his tongue thoughtfully, \"Anyways, let's go get some food guys, I'm starving!\" Putting one arm around Shu's shoulders and his other hand on his own stomach, Takeshi started out of the room as well. Waiting until they got a slight distance from the others he turned his head slightly, looking down at his sibling. \"We need to talk, now...\" he whispered, pulling Shu closer to convey he wasn't getting out of this, \"You freaked when Kai grabbed you, just like I did. What gives?\"\n\n\"Well that was fun! More exciting than fighting you two, that's for sure!\" Kabocha mused, walking alongside Kai and Choi. He'd had a fair amount of fun with that, but he had noticed the twins getting a bit frustrated now and again. Hah, they had been worried about T'charrl and it turned out the Kaesstrian was the one enjoyable person to spar with. Peering over at Kai he smiled, raising an eyebrow as he reached around and playfully tried plucking at his tail. \"So what did Shu do anyway, eh? Took a chomp out of your tail?\" he asked, laughing before stepping away slightly just for good measure. \"Hey, all things considered you got off light! Imagine if he went and changed!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral was a little fed up with being treated like a child, but his act of making a quick swipe at the fork, almost getting it with the end of his claws. He didn't know what got over him there, but as he pulled back his claws he stared at them for a second and frowned, letting out a sigh, \"…I know…but don't do that…\" he muttered, slowly deciding to reach out for the fork himself. He didn't appear to be able to hold it very well or at least knew how to, grasping it as if it was a stick and pulling it forward to try and get at the fish that was on the very end. He was still feeling nervous about eating, but the thought of being allowed a drink was good as well for getting him to try. Picking at the fish on the fork for a second he gradually reached out to try and eat it, struggling to get anywhere near it as he kept pulling away incase he got stabbed by it. Trying to use his tongue as an alternative he soon managed to get the fish, but as he managed to try and pull it towards his mouth it fell off, plopping down onto his plate.\n\nShu stared at T'charrl as he decided to run out, tilting his head a little before frowning. He was a little sad that their friend didn't want to join them for a meal, but he seemed awfully nervous about something and had made up his decision. He wondered if something else was going on, but he wasn't done quite yet with Takeshi. Looking to him when he placed his arm around his shoulders, Shu stared down at his stomach before letting out a groan as he was lead towards the door, looking back at the others. He didn't really want to talk about it, but Takeshi seemed pretty set on it. Whispering probably wasn't the best way to talk to him since it made him uncomfortable, rubbing his ear as he turned away from Takeshi, \"I-I just got…scared, is all…\" he mumbled, pulling his fingers, \"It was all squishy and I got mad and I just-…didn't mean to. I said I was sorry…\"\n\nWhile Kai was pretty annoyed, Choi was finding it all sorts of amusing. At least he didn't need to deal with that, definitely the biggest advantage he had so far. With Kabocha all hyped up over his fight with the Kaesstrian, Kai gave him a quick look before grumbling, rubbing his head, \"Glad you had fun. That little squirt beat me with his shenanigans…\" he grumbled before letting out a sigh. Shaking his head in annoyance, Kabocha reaching out to his tail had Kai grabbing it, holding it close to him and giving him a glare; nobody was going to touch his tail again, especially after that, \"You're just happy you didn't need to fight him!\" he snapped, looking ready to throw a punch, \"Him changing was what I was wanting to avoid! Little squirt was getting all mad that I was hitting him a lot or something…imagine if the Kaesstrian went and changed instead! Bet he would eat you first…\"\n\nT'charrl had done his best to make up a valid excuse and it seemed to work, especially when he managed to give one last look up the corridor before entering the room. He couldn't be too sure and he sure was panicking, all of his worries being piled up with each passing second. Entering the room, T'charrl pressed the manual override and shut it hastily, just incase someone saw him enter. He must had accidentally stolen Kabocha's energy, either that or the others in the room were all using a lot of Ki while he didn't notice and he accidentally absorbed that too; either way, he didn't want to harm his friends by being around them right now. In full blown panic mode he locked the door, slowly backing away from it but quickly grabbed onto his chest as a horrible grumbling noise sounded from his body. Gasping, he slowly made his way to the back of the room, his claws going to his gut before he eventually sat down beside some storage boxes, sighing heavily as he tried to find calm.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral thought if he could concentrate on this everything should be fine, his mind already tired so there was no danger of anything erratic happening. He was the complete opposite of fired up, just trying to hit her and block whatever came his way. He had little faith in his ability to do anything complicated and even Yumi was being calm and collected just to keep the pace and not completely destroy him. Watching her movements he looked to her again at her delight of fighting like this again, \"...You miss doing what everyone else can do...\" he muttered, \"Nothing was stopping you from fighting like this with someone else...\" It made him feel a little inadequate to hear that from her, his style of fighting being treated as a relic and something done for fun. With everyone else flying around and blowing things up then he was completely outdated on the battlefield. Guarding himself from her hits he soon threw his arms out once more, trying to get her to back off with some heavy punches.\n\nShu had no idea what Takeshi was talking about but he probably knew and wasn't making up such an animal, but who really knew whether he'd ever be able to see such an animal when it came down to it. He felt he had been away from Earth for a very long time and it did manage to upset him a little that he was nowhere near home, even if space was exciting. Being out in space all the time made him feel tired and not as happy as he could had been on Earth. Finding it difficult to understand what a zoo meant he tilted his head at its explanation, finding it odd that people would want to do such a thing with animals, \"Really? That's weird...\" he spoke, lowering his head for a second as he played with his food, \"Would they have people from my clan there?\" He certainly had a lot to learn about the world, but he was also concerned that he was just annoying the others by sounding so stupid. Nibbling at his food he frowned a little at Takeshi's suggestion, \"There's so much to do and everything changing! First one then another, then another...ooh, what is best? No play for reading?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"I miss simple fights! Everyone else is always trying to be flashy and use Ki, no one fights like this,\" Yumi retorted, smiling as she blocked another of Viral's punches, \"You're the only person that fights like this regularly, that's why you're the best person for it.\" Takeshi would get tired of it, Shu was a bit too erratic, the twins just weren't the most used to it far as she could tell. And with Vegeta working all the time, being too busy to breathe let alone train that left Viral as her only viable option. That wasn't the only reason she wanted to spar with him, fighting with him was just fun and certainly different than everyone else. Blocking an incoming punch with her forearm she blinked in surprise with how hard that punch was, stumbling back slightly. Blocking a second one her feet slid back a little, and she had to duck down to avoid a third. \"Wow, you've still got plenty of fight in you!\" Yumi said, smiling up at Viral. Standing back up she began to move back and forth a bit, throwing her own punches both high and low, trying to see how well he could keep up with her.\n\nThe best way to teach Shu anything was probably by showing him, explanations didn't seem to work whatsoever. \"Uh... I doubt there's anyone from your clan there. I mean they were pretty far away, right?\" Come to think of it though Walruses weren't exactly native to East City, nor were most of the animals. It was possible then someone from Shu's clan could be in the zoo, however it was unlikely. Biting down on another sausage he wondered what the chances were even of finding his brother's family, regardless of where they might be. Reasonable to think they would still be in the jungle, if Shu even remembered how to get back there. If they weren't there then they might be captive somewhere, or dead. Takeshi really hoped it wasn't the latter, that would utterly ruin his little brother. \"Eh? We can play if you wanna. Whatever you want to do buddy,\" he replied, biting down on another curry bun and gasping as a bit of filling trickled down on his chin. Catching it with a finger he licked it off, smiling happily at how tasty the food was. \"We've had a busy day, so if you just want to play before we sleep then that's cool, anything you want to do is fine by me.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral was not happy that Yumi was telling him this, as if he didn't feel simple enough already now his way of fighting was being more of a relic than anything else. He wanted to be treated as a respectful fighter, not just someone who could be fought against for fun, \"The only one...the last one!\" he spoke, feeling particularly angry at that even with the pills. To be told he was the only one to have this particular fight style made him feel outdated, but maybe that was just going to be his fate even if he did get better. He was doomed to be stuck in the past and unable to compete against all these Ki users and if that was how it had to be then he was going to have to accept it. He didn't want to be used as some sort of toy to play around when someone was bored of fighting. Throwing in a few punches himself he managed to get Yumi making desperate blocks to stop his attacks, watching her before having to block some of hers. He didn't manage that very well with each block having a little less strength behind it as if he used up what he could with those punches. Growling a little he tried to retaliate after her punches, lunging his fists forward carelessly as he tried to push her back.\n\nShu was pretty embarrassed that he knew so little, knowing the others would see him as stupid just because he didn't know most of the things they all knew. He didn't mean to have this sort of understanding of the world because of his background, but of course Takeshi's friends wouldn't understand that aspect. Hoping that one of his clan wasn't in the zoo he let out a sigh, looking elsewhere, \"That would be good. Wouldn't want them not with family...\" he muttered, giving his head a quick shake, \"Even if they not want to be my family\". He wasn't upset by that too much since he had received that treatment throughout growing up typically because he was hairless and weird looking, but he didn't hold any grudges against them when he understood hierarchy. Feeling confused over what their plans were supposed to be after food he stared at his brother, frowning a little at his indecisiveness, \"I would like to play...but learning is needed too. I want to feel happy again so that come first, yes?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi could only see things ending one of two ways now, and one of them was really bad. Either she somehow managed to get Viral to calm down, which seemed far off, and they avoided anyone getting hurt. Or... She had to hurt him to make him stop, which for plenty of reasons was bad. If push came to shove though she'd do it, both to protect herself and Viral as well. If he changed again and went on a rampage there was no telling what might happen, she needed to do something to prevent that. Out of a bit of desperation she tried again just calling out to her friend in hopes her voice would be familiar, that it might do something. The Beastman didn't appear to acknowledge her however and perhaps even aggravated him, as seconds later he was coming back for another attack. Yumi wasn't quite certain, but she swore she could*see*his energy right now. It was so out of control and erratic it seemed to be spouting off of him in sharp bursts, like electrical discharge almost. It was probably no good at this point, she needed to do something to stop her friend. Holding out both hands she gathered Ki in both, placing them together at the wrists to form a singular, large Ki ball. As Viral leaped up in the air she watched with a pained expression, mouthing the words 'I'm sorry' before letting her energy release in one singular, concentrated blast aimed at knocking her friend away and hopefully out of this fight.\n\n\"I really doubt Ki control is doing it, Shu. Wouldn't I have gone and changed too then when I was learning? I mean... We're brothers, so if it happened to you then it would happen to me, don't you think?\" They weren't exactly the same, mind you, not like Kai and Choi were. Really unless you knew better then you probably wouldn't guess he and Shu were siblings. They looked and acted completely different, scarcely sharing any traits whatsoever. But even so they shared their Father's genes, so if one thing triggered a transformation for one it should for the other too. \"Nah... Goku wasn't mean, yeah? And he was the strongest out of all of those guys before us, so that wouldn't be it. People can be strong and not be mean.\" Neither of those sounded like they fit, it had to be something to do with emotions. That was about all Takeshi could come up with as an explanation and Vegeta might be able to back it up if he had some time for Shu. Frowning to himself he pushed back from the table a bit, running a hand through his hair, \"I don't know... Vegeta can do that therapy stuff with you though, he can figure out why you're changing. I'll try too, but he's better at this mental stuff than I am.\" Turning to Shu, Takeshi smiled sadly and gave a nod of his head, \"I know buddy... I know. We'll make it so you don't have to worry about that anymore, I promise.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral couldn't see beyond the manic energy or his mind crumbling away as it refused to see Yumi as Yumi. She was an external threat while his true consciousness was being crushed under the weight of animal instinct and his erratic energy. He was trying to prevent himself from flailing out at her but with every strain and struggle he was off like a bullet at her to try and destroy her. Throwing his claws down at her with one quick leap his irrational actions and mind was completely caught off-guard by the charging ball of energy, his eyes only catching it before it was fired straight at him. The attack practically hit point blank and with a massive force exploded against him, knocking him a great deal through the air and sending him against the wall. His energy practically forcing its way out of him upon impact and continued to do so when he hit the floor, struggling to contain it. Shaking as he pushed up off the ground his paw went to his head again, ignoring the fact that the Ki blast was strong enough to cause injury. He was losing it but had been long before this happened, but his usual ability to use injury to his advantage was damaged and causing a lot of problems both mentally and physically. Trying desperately to control it the energy was soon creating violent flashes and very quickly he was changing, his feline form emerging with the same mutations from his other forms present but fully formed. Swinging his paws around he let out a roar into them as he went to hold his face, trying to find some sense in what was going on before trying to make his way towards Yumi, his paw going to his head every so often.\n\nEverything was fairly quiet where T'charrl was as he remained secluded, trying to rest up as his head buzzed and he was left fairly dizzy. The anxieties and energy he had taken in from the training session had left him feeling mentally drained as he tried to fight off the inevitable whether he wanted it to come or not. His body was in a state of rest as his mind continued to buzz with goals and ideals for what may happen next, but even with all these urges for more power and solutions to pretty big weaknesses he still went for the idea of holding it off for another day; however, soon he was feeling the need to prepare once more as he was taken out of his rested state. He was once again taken in energy, he could feel it like a hot dense mist flowing into him as fast as it was being expelled. He thought everyone had finished training while the only other people who hadn't trained were supposed to be busy, not down here near him. Moving a claw to his chest he could feel the warmth gathering inside him, the energy giving off a particularly fearful aura to it. This wasn't good for him, especially when he was down here and during this time before he even had time to filter the energy he had gathered from before.\n\nShu hoped Takeshi was right otherwise there would need to be a call for action, but luckily so far his transformations had been fairly spread out and not often. If he was completely out of control he probably would had transformed now because he was so angry at himself, but luckily for him he was able to remain normal while still being angry at himself. \"Umm, maybe…? I don't know; you get pretty angry and tough without needing to change\", he spoke, frowning a little, \"I don't mean in a bad way…I-I mean in a way where you protect others too…but hurt a lot of bad people too…\" He didn't want Takeshi to feel bad and was hoping he wasn't making him feel as such, especially when he was already feeling pretty bad himself. Sighing a little Shu scratched his ear, looking away a little, \"I do like Goku…he's my idol…\" Mumbling a little, he did think about Vegeta trying to figure out his reasons for changing but he was worried that he might be loading Vegeta up with too high a workload, especially when he was trying to figure Viral out, \"Really promise? It's an awfully big promise, though\", he spoke, thinking about its complexity, \"I'll be happy enough with you being there for me\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "It may well be a moot effort, but Yumi was going to try to plead with Viral one last time. Even if he was able to recognize her it might not do any good, but right now she had no other plans. For a moment or two it appeared as though she'd managed to do it, the Beastman stopped his assault and appeared to be struggling with himself. \"That's right Viral, I know you can hear me!\" she said hopefully, managing a small smile, \"You need to relax, one of us could get hurt if you don't!\" No sooner had those last few words left her lips did her friend snap again, coming back after her again ferociously. Their intention of having a simple sparring session was far out the window now and she was just trying to stay safe, so there wasn't much reason any longer to hold back. She wouldn't fight Viral, that wasn't what she had in mind. There was a way she could hopefully avoid him and buy some time to think things through. Waiting until he was nearly close enough to grab her, Yumi jumped up in the air and took to flying, going up far as close to the ceiling as she could get. Then, using her speed she tried to dart around the room and confuse Viral, hiding off in the far corner to get a moment's reprieve. Once she was situated she closed her eyes, inhaling deeply then exhaling in the same manner, trying to almost meditate as Geoffrey had shown her back on Earth. She had to be calm, relax and be careful about what she would do next. With no immediate incoming danger she managed to slowly get her breathing back under control, and with it her heightened state became more calm and relaxed too. Right... Now what was she going to do about Viral?\n\nThis sure was a lot of dishes, considering that Yumi and Viral's mess was in the sink as well. So it would be a little more work than Takeshi had bargained for, both cleaning and packing away whatever was left over. Good thing he didn't mind getting a bit messy because there was a ton to throw away too. Placing the plates to the side of the sink he rolled up his sleeves, pointing out a spot for Shu to set his load as well. \"Want me to show you how? It's easy to do, you can probably do it.\" Grabbing the nearest sponge he dumped a fair bit of soap into it, giving it a squeeze to get it in there. Next he grabbed the plates that had food left on them, starting to dump what they weren't saving in the trash and placing those that they were saving off to the side; wrapping up the plates in their entirety would be much quicker than finding containers for them. \"I guess it's kind of the same? Though I don't use a sponge on you... That would be weird... Just watch me, I'll show you how it's done,\" he added, pausing to peer out the window at Kai and Choi, \"I'll try not having too much fun! Thanks for the food!\" he called back. \"Now then, first thing you want to do is get the water on, and you gotta use warm water, otherwise the food might not come off. When you do that, hold the plate or whatever you're cleaning under the water and start scrubbing.\" Since he knew words were a bit lost on Shu he opted to show as well, grabbing the first plate and getting a stream of water going. Using the sponge, Takeshi carefully got every little crumb off before rinsing the suds off, placing the wet plate in a strainer. \"Easy, right? Want to try?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral needed to get a hold of her right now, his paws making quick attempts to snatch her with rapid succession. He didn't feel the need to claw her apart but instead was trying to desperately take hold of her before she got away again. Jumping to the sides to try and get her, leaping out at her simply made Yumi take to the air instead and out of his reach. Letting out an angry snarl he watched her in the air, chasing after her on the ground and even trying to jump up at her where she moved every time. He didn't know what was happening and was trying to catch her, but surely enough she was too quick for him in the air and was throwing him off fast. Snarling and hissing when he struggled to find her again he hastily looked around, finally finding her in the corner of the room. Hissing angrily he made his way towards her, his eyes on her at all times before he strangely started to slow down, eventually completely stopping in his run. Huffing and panting his energy died down slightly, buzzing a little but hardly enough to be too hot to come close to him. Letting out a loud groan he moved his paws to his head, slowly rubbing it as he attempted to help ease the overall pain.\n\nT'charrl wasn't having such an easy time trying to ease his own troubles, the energy concentration instead getting a lot worse. He couldn't stop it now as much as he tried, already feeling his body tense up and everything feel tight. The energy within was a ferocious animalistic type, hardly the fearful energy from before that made him this or the artificial mutated energy from the General that started all of it. Nevermind worrying about his largest form, but then again his largest form took on the new features of his new forms so whatever happens it was going to appear much more ferocious. He could only keep wishing he was going to finally be settled and find his true form, trying to think of that primarily beyond the fury and powerful energy. Soon he was beginning to hiss and gasp, his body shaking as everything felt like it was squashing him.\n\nShu wanted to know how this was done if only to feel better about possibly being seen as normal. Slowly raising up on his tail and watching Takeshi his eyes followed his every move, tilting his head when the food was dumped before letting out a sigh, \"I still don't know why you do that…even if you said earlier…\" he mumbled, feeling a little lost as to why the food was bad enough to throw away. It didn't seem too hard to do all of that, just scrape it away, but a lot of the food was also spared, \"Is that for later? I hope so\", he spoke up, pointing to it before looking back to the sink. It was an odd ritual to get everything clean, watching as he made sure every bit of food was off while the plate got soaked and bubbly, \"Scrubbing? Strange word, funny word…\" he spoke, tilting his head the other way as he was offered to try. Bouncing a little closer to the sink he stared into it, picking up a plate and giving a little nod, \"O-Okay…I won't break things either! I'll be good, I will be\". Making a grab for the sponge he moved the plate over to the tap, letting it sit underneath it before hastily rubbing the sponge against the plate, not quite understanding what he was trying to do.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral was calming down, he was actually starting to calm down. Yumi hadn't a clue as to why that was or how it came about, not that she cared. All that mattered was it looked like his rampage was coming to an end, somehow they had avoided a worst case scenario. Even if her friend was stopped for the moment she still moved forward with caution, slowly descending and not quite landing as she hovered just before the Beastman. When their gaze met she could tell that Viral was very much there, struggling but there. \"Oh thank goodness... That was really bad for a second there...\" she mumbled, setting herself down just before her friend. Breathing a sigh of relief she wiped her forehead on her arm, releasing an uneasy laugh as she looked around the room. Some scratches on the floor here and there, not to mention parts of the mat were now shredded. Pretty obvious what had happened here, though the floor and mats were easily replaced and fixed. \"I think we're done for now, sorry. After that I'm not really up for sparring at the moment.\" Smiling she sat herself down on the floor, draping her arms over her knees as she leaned back slightly. Okay, so maybe they ought to have listened to Vegeta, he knew more about Viral's condition than she did. Couldn't blame a girl for trying to have some fun though; You could, but Vegeta had better not try. The only reason Viral even agreed was he was always being cooped up, he probably needed this even if it had gone sour. \"Let's uh... Let's rest for a minute, then we'll try getting you to change back. I don't think we should be going anywhere just yet.\"\n\nGiving Shu a nervous look, Takeshi smiled a bit before reaching over and giving his brother a pat on the back. \"H-Hey now, let's just leave what we talk about between us, alright? Yumi doesn't need to know the kind of language I use.\" She'd probably kill him if she knew half of the words that came out of his mouth. He didn't get why, Shu might be a bit naive but he was hardly a little kid; Takeshi and Shu were nearly the same age if he remembered right. The spectacle of his little brother trying to hold dishes distracted the both of them, and he couldn't help but chuckle at the display. What was so difficult about holding plates was beyond him, even if they were dirty. He did notice how strangely Shu was trying to grip them, pretty odd considering a plate wasn't the most technical thing to get a hold of. A bit of work later and the little guy had nearly finished his first plate, albeit missing a few spots here and there. Smiling encouragingly Takeshi stood behind Shu, grabbing his arms and helping him through the motions to clean away the rest of the grime. \"Alright, no surprising T'charrl, you made your point,\" he replied, taking the now clean plate and setting it aside, offering Shu another. \"I'm sure he's fine. He did seem sort of nervous though after training, maybe he wasn't feeling well? Hm... Think we should bring him a bit of fruit? Could be that he's hungry.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Viral was slowly coming back to his senses, his whole world coming back into motion as he was brought back into the realms of consciousness. He didn't know what he had been doing, his mind had gone off on its own and he was left confused to where he was and what was happening now. Letting out a groan as Yumi mumbled away he grabbed hold of his head, slowly bending forward before eventually sitting down as his eyes came back into focus. She was definitely there but her voice was giving him a headache, or rather an even worse headache than he had before. She was not exactly helping by speaking at the moment, but it wasn't as if he could tell her off when he was only finding his mind again. Looking back at her he found it slightly easier to focus now that everything seemed to calm down, his energy still sparking off a few times but it just seemed to be leaking but it was nothing alarming. He was soon realising what had happened and could only be left confused by it, not feeling entirely aware to how he managed to transform. He shouldn't had gone through with this session, all he had managed to do was scare Yumi and endanger her greatly. Feeling the pains of the transformation now and be able to fill his head with rational thoughts he was willing to think through the madness and actually give her a response, \"I…am sorry…\" he hissed, \"I disobeyed him…and put you in danger…\"\n\nT'charrl felt like he was floating on a cloud, his body completely numbed and his mind misty. He wasn't fully aware of what he was or how he looked, he had only been aware of what was happening to him from what he could see and feel. He was feeling drained and was probably not entirely well in the head to be trying to think through everything. He felt he had more mobility if anything, even if he was probably rivalling the size of a Narbu while looking more like a beast. Slowly he was coming back to his senses, his eyes opening up again with a bright glow. His insides were still changing and his muscles strengthening, but he was still able to move as his eyes immediately went to the boxes. He had one instinct to consume energy right now and the sugar he collected was his main source even if it brought him no nutrition. Slowly pushing his mass of a body up off the floor he turned towards the boxes, his claws reaching out and snatching one up, taking it close to his maw and yanking it open with his teeth before consuming the contents inside. His previous wings were all but gone at this point, but as he consumed the sugar bags there were a few growths forming on the mass on his back as his wings got ready to sprout or at least they should be new wings.\n\nShu didn't know how he was supposed to get the rest of the grime off, his eyes staring down at the plate before he looked to his brother, \"Ooh, she still no like you teaching me bad things…\" Shu knew there were certain things Yumi didn't want him to know when he was supposed to be the innocent pure one, not anything like Takeshi. The teaching of washing up was another distraction altogether and something Yumi probably wouldn't want him to go near, probably because he'd break something if these plates weren't made for handling warriors. Staring down at it he quizzed over what he was supposed to do about the grime only for Takeshi to start helping him, moving his hands into the right position to clean the plate. Staring at his hands he tilted his head a little, his eyes soon going to Takeshi again when he removed the plate from him, \"Maybe, wouldn't want him getting fright if he isn't feeling well\", he spoke, lowering his head a little, \"We should, yeah. I hope he's okay…I hope fruit makes him happy! If he was hungry then he should have come with us…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi felt as though everything which had just happened was her fault, however rightly or unjustly so. Vegeta had been abundantly clear about Viral not doing anything extensive and yet she had dragged him down her regardless. As a result of that he had not only changed but gone on a brief rampage, some random miracle being the only thing that kept it from getting any worse. In spite of apologizing and taking blame the Beastman didn't agree, blaming himself instead. Even if he disagreed that didn't change her mind, they wouldn't have come down if she hadn't suggested it. Whether Viral was trying to make her feel better or truly felt responsible she didn't know, it was hard to say with him. Lifting her head she watched him wander towards the door unsteadily, getting up to her feet as well. \"I guess it doesn't matter whose fault it is, what happened can't be changed,\" Yumi mumbled, frowning as she rubbed one of her arms, \"I guess now we just worry about getting you to change back, however that works. Think we should go see Vegeta?\" Realistically they weren't going to keep this from him, Vegeta was bound to find out one way or another. It was best then they just go face up to it now and have him fix things. If she was going to get chewed out for dragging Viral along then fine, she didn't much care. The Beastman was in pain and struggling and she much more worried about how he'd fare than herself.\n\n\"Fine... But when someone does something bad don't come to me with questions, because I shouldn't tell you,\" Takeshi retorted, sticking out his tongue before snatching away the sponge from his brother. He would take care of washing dishes, otherwise they might be here for an hour or more. The sooner they were done here, the sooner they could get to T'charrl and try getting him to play a little. Even in his bulky form the Kaesstrian ought to be able to play some simple games, tag definitely. Hide and seek though was likely out of the question, there were only so many places a big, burlesque bug could hide. Whilst finishing off the dishes he left Shu in charge of fetching fruit, figuring their friend might want some as he hadn't joined them for a meal. He had to be hungry after sparring, the rest of them had been and they weren't as big as T'charrl was. Getting through the dishes was fairly quick for the most part, and by the time Shu had finished his task Takeshi was setting the last of the silverware aside to dry. The sound of the walk in cupboard squeaking drew his attention across the room, and he smiled amused seeing Shu's latest haul. The little guy really needed to learn how to carry things aside from just loading up his arms, though that did work. \"Steal some for yourself?\" he asked, referring to the apple hanging out of Shu's mouth. Rolling his eyes with a smile he went to the door, holding it open for Shu, \"Come on buddy, let's go see T'charrl.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Vegeta" }, { "text": "Viral should had been more careful and now all he was going to get punished, training being a definite forbidden sport for him to partake in until he's better. He was quite alright training right up until a certain point for some reason, his mind completely overwhelmed and everything was suddenly gone from his senses. He wished he could remember what happened but it was too difficult right now, especially when he was in constant pain. It wasn't her fault, she didn't know any better while he did and as a result he nearly sliced her right open. She was put in danger just from getting close to him. Feeling annoyed at himself and what he did he slowly stood up again to reach the lock on the door, finding it a little difficult to use when he had big paws. \"I don't want to see Vegeta\", he grumbled, not wanting to disturb him mainly, \"He'd be furious. I just…want to go to my room…\"\n\nT'charrl felt like he could sleep, but that would be pretty dangerous given the circumstances. He was still forming and sleeping would mean getting startled and possibly hurting himself even more than he might. His skin was still hardening up and his fur was still forming patterns, the hardened mass on his back now disguised by fur. If it wasn't for his orbs he probably looked like some sort of weremoth to some. He just needed to hold out a little bit longer to be out of the danger zone, but he was finding that to be a lot more difficult when there was nothing but silence around him. Last time there was that kid to talk to him and keep his mind off it, but he was all alone this time. Slowly moving his arms around he tried to push his body off the floor, trying to gain strength in his legs so that he may support his new weight and try to concentrate on that instead. He was able to hold himself up and even with his shape he was no bigger than a Narbu and not wide enough to not be able to fit through a door. Hissing, he strained his body to try and keep up, taking a step forward before he bent forward and held his head as his body shook, letting out a nasty snarl.\n\nShu didn't know if they had to go all the way up to find their friend or all the way down, knowing they found him once in a large empty room. If they went all the way up to his room and found him there then it meant he really was tired, but if he wasn't there then that meant he had retreated to transform again. He worried about his friend sometimes; that General guy really messed him up and his body was doing all sorts of things to him that couldn't be at all pleasant. He was somewhat glad that he wasn't like that or that his father hadn't gone far enough to do that to him, feeling pretty sure he would be unable to handle it like his strong willed friend. Wandering over to Takeshi he looked up at him, staring at him for a second before shaking his head in denial that he had stolen anything. If he wanted an apple and it was just lying there then it was his now so that wasn't exactly stealing. Looking to the door he bounced out of it once he could, watching Takeshi as he wandered out before looking up and down the corridor. Whatever way they went was for Takeshi to decide, feeling that he didn't know where his friend might be.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Though she wanted to get Viral some help right now Yumi eventually relented, letting Vegeta get the rest he needed. So long as they kept to Viral's room and she did what she could to keep him calm they ought to be alright. \"Okay, we'll just go relax in your room then, that's fine by me,\" she replied, smiling slightly, \"Maybe we can find something to pass the time... I don't know, a game or something.\" Maybe what she really needed to do was keep the Beastman's mind preoccupied, not give him a chance to focus on anything that might make him change. Unless it was his energy doing that, in which case she hadn't a clue how to help. Best to just play things as they went along and help where she could rather than try to find a single solution she supposed. Turning her head back to Viral she frowned, giving her head a shake before looking straightforward again. \"What happened isn't your fault, you know that right?\" Yumi asked, smiling slightly, \"You would never do that to any of us on purpose, I know that. So don't feel like you're wrong, because you're not, it's whatever is making you do this that's wrong.\" Now Viral was going to be all guilt ridden, and it really wasn't his fault. Sigh... If Vegeta really did have the answer to all of this then he needed to get around to administering it pretty darn quickly.\n\nFor something to make one of the Princes scream like that... Haku must be insane running towards it. Heck, he was already insane siding with the rebels anyways, once the King found them he was as good as cooked. He tried using the rationalization that if he helped somehow now he might get in good with these people though and maybe not be cast out like he had been, like he was back with the Saiyans. Fanciful thinking perhaps but it was worth a shot. In spite of his rather powerful urge to turn tail and run away he forged ahead and kept running into Gods only knew what awaited him. At his pace it didn't take long to find what he was looking for, knowing he'd gotten the right spot by recognizing Shu's wild mane of hair from a ways off. There appeared to be something on the ground beside Shu too, but from here it was difficult to make out just what it was. It wasn't until he had come much closer that he realized it was Takeshi lying there and seemingly out cold, but how? Shu was just sitting there prodding his brother's side, so maybe it wasn't all bad if Shu wasn't freaking out. Skidding to a gradual stop he looked at the brothers rather confused, staring at Shu for answers, \"What happened? Why's he on the ground like that?\" he asked, speaking rather quickly. Out of the corner of his eye he managed to catch something else, and slowly he turned his head to see what it was as he felt a chill run down his spine. What he saw sitting there in the storage room was... Well even he could recognize that it was T'charrl. But what in the hell had he turned into?! Staring wide eyed he froze up a bit, reaching down blindly to try and grab Shu, \"Uh... W-We should probably g-go....\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"A game…? I'm not familiar with games, or care for them\", Viral mumbled, not exactly understanding how that would cheer him up, make his mind better and help him in this particular time. She could play something if she had something to play with, but he wasn't confident that such a thing would help. The very suggestion made him feel as if such a thing was just for Yumi to stop her from getting bored or to distract her from the truth, but either way it made him feel uneasy and a little bit like a burden. If it was okay for him to be left in his room and left to cool down then maybe that would be okay, but then again if he didn't cool down and just got worse in his room then anybody who decided to come into his room was probably pretty doomed. There was just so much negativity flowing through his mind, but then again staring at the floor as he walked didn't give him much to distract his mind. Feeling a little lost in thought it was Yumi to break that train of thought and bring him back, but instead was trying to make him feel better. Letting out a grumble he slowly shook his head, \"It's part of me. It's always been a part of me, just…the switch is broken\", he spoke, sighing as he looked up, \"…And it's breaking down further. I can't do anything about it\". Everything was just unsettling, even the walls of the ship made him feel on edge. They were like a hospital, or rather as close to what he could understand a hospital being like when compared to the laboratories of the Saiyans and Capsule Corp. Everything felt like it was closing in around him all the time, even now. Coming to a crawl he slowly looked around, remaining crouched like a feline as he stared at the walls with a feeling of unease.\n\nShu had no idea what he was getting himself into or knew how to react, but his hiccups were sure gone and he wasn't going to be bugged by those anymore; however, the biggest bug he had to deal with right now was their friend. He had never seen this before, as if his largest form had become all bloated, covered in spines and extra orbs too. His face was especially scary to look at and it was no wonder Takeshi had screamed like that, seeing how it was a lot more bug-like than before. Poking Takeshi to get up he frowned when that wasn't working, his eyes turning up to whatever was speaking to him now. The Spirit wasn't glowing but was instead a mist in the darkness, but he could see it whenever T'charrl moved his head and the light from his eyes and orbs managed to show it off. Frowning, he slowly stood up again, backing off a little, \"Uhhh…u-umm…how do I-\" Squeaking, Shu didn't think there was anyone else there until they spoke up, his eyes immediately going to Haku before back to T'charrl. His friend was in a lot of pain, he could tell just by looking at him and yet here Haku was, trying to drag him away, \"No! Friend needs help!\" he squeaked, pulling at his arm, \"We have to help him!\"\n\nThe Spirit had a little doubt when Shu didn't seem to know what to do, but when Haku turned up there was a sudden realisation that maybe this could all get better. He was the one who managed to reverse it just by talking to him, so maybe he was here to do it again; however, the flush of fear that went through Haku suddenly told it otherwise, especially when he was trying to drag Shu away, \"*No! Don't! Your fear is making it worse!*\" it spoke up, but a sudden cry from T'charrl told it things were definitely getting worse already. T'charrl was trying to resist something from happening to him, but the Spirit couldn't pinpoint what until large daggers emerged from his lower arms, his upper arm's set growing ever larger and causing his claws to grow with them, creating long daggering arms with huge muscles to support his swollen body. Letting out a snarl he was soon able to push himself off the ground, trying to break free from the Spirit's hold, \"*Do what you did before! He can hear you!*\" it spoke up in a panic, looking back to Shu and Haku, \"*Wake him up! He needs positive energy…even if it is your Ki!*\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu gave a quick smile to T'charrl, seeing him all retreating into his fur to hide from the surprise. Despite the size of his friend he was still pretty shy around the others, but he couldn't blame the guy. Even he was still shy over his own looks and T'charrl was constantly changing so it was no wonder the guy was a little shy at this point. He wondered how his mother might react upon seeing her son again, knowing he wasn't going to be completely the same considering what they saw earlier. If Yumi could help him then that would be great, so long as she wasn't all busy with Viral with something. Tilting his head a little as if trying to see passed her he soon bounced a little on his toes, smiling when she gave him the answer, \"Ooh! You're in his room. You got lost!\" he bounced happily, not seeing anything strange about it. If Viral wasn't in his room then that was okay, he was just curious to his location since he was expecting him to be in his own room.\n\nT'charrl didn't know whether it was safe to come out of his little retreat until Yumi sounded like she had calmed down after her little kick, but luckily that happened pretty quickly and she seemed generally pretty happy to see them. Slowly lowering his claws as Shu chatted to her he looked between the pair curiously, frowning a little when Shu ran his mouth off to Yumi. He didn't want to interrupt anything and it wasn't as if he couldn't smell something funny from the room, or rather the smell that had rubbed off onto Yumi. She was lying about Viral for some reason, but he wasn't going to say anything about it when he knew the Beastman could be dangerous if he got angry. Slowly brushing his antennae back he decided to stand up a little, keeping to a crouch with his claws close to him, \"U-Umm, well uhh…i-it's hard to explain\", he spoke, lowering his head a little, \"I have found my true form, but I need to remember what I look like and, umm, they did try, but…umm…\" Looking to Takeshi, it seemed he was going to be his saviour in all of this and give a clearer explanation to his problem, looking back to her and giving her a smile and a nod. It was hard to describe such a specific amnesia, especially when understanding it right away was a problem, \"The General's energy really hates me, so I can't remember\", he smiled a little, \"I want to be able to remember again\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Getting lost wasn't exactly what Yumi was getting at, but if Shu bought that then she wouldn't say otherwise. Whether the others bought her story or not she didn't particularly care, T'charrl was polite enough to not intrude and Takeshi was probably still edgy over getting a foot to the face as a greeting. Even with the younger boy buying her story he still tried to take a peek, making Yumi in turn lean over slightly to block his view. There really wasn't a discreet way of hiding Viral without completely ignoring him and leaving him be, but she couldn't do that. Hoping for a bit more of an explanation from someone she looked between the group, finally getting some semblance of what the request was from Takeshi. What an odd thing to come to her about, she wasn't so knowledgeable on transformations, that was more Vegeta's kind of thing. If it was just trying to remember what T'charrl had looked like before though then maybe she could help with that. \"So you need to remember what you looked like... Okay, shouldn't be too hard,\" Yumi replied, smiling confidently and nodding her head, \"I don't know how describing how you looked will help, but I'll do my best.\"\n\nTo be doubly sure that Viral wasn't going to be disturbed Yumi slowly closed the door, inwardly praying that the Beastman wouldn't do anything in this brief moment with the others. \"Let's see, what you looked like before...\" she began, folding her hands in front of her and stepping closer to T'charrl. \"Well you were definitely smaller, but that's a given. And your fur was lighter. Almost like... Shu's hair light, but more brown than orange. What else...\" Recalling something like that from so long ago was a little tricky, she had known T'charrl in his other forms longer than she did her original. Wanting to help still Yumi closed her eyes, tapping her foot as she furrowed her brow in thought. \"You were thin, probably about as thin as we are. There were no spikes like there are now, and your eyes were smaller. Your antennae hung down over your face a bit, your arms weren't as long... Uh... And your wings tucked up all nice and neat on your back.\" Was there anything else she was missing then? She wracked her brain for more details but the rest was either probably too minor to mention or were superficial, being clothes or items he had with him at the time. Opening her eyes again she glanced up at T'charrl, smiling hopefully, \"Did that help at all? Or even a bit? I can try thinking of some more if you need it.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "T'charrl felt like he was intruding by asking her this, seeing how she was obviously wanting to be with her friend but was reduced to seeing to him and about his appearance. He always felt bad when someone was more concerned with him than what they were actually doing before, knowing he was supposed to be patient regarding others. It was difficult to keep out of other people's business when everyone seemed concerned about him, but then again it wasn't as if he could blame them when he was essentially a monster. \"Umm, i-it's just an idea. Something to try and see if it works first\", he spoke lowly, looking passed her a little as she closed the door. He didn't know if this was a good idea, he felt pretty guilty now knowing that Viral was in there all alone now while he was taking up her attention. Giving his cheek a little scratch he looked down at himself when Yumi tried to describe him instead, not really giving him much of a clue beyond colour and size so far, \"Umm, okay…smaller, different fur…\" he mumbled, not really imagining that too well. Looking back up to Yumi when she continued he smiled a little, knowing he was getting a little bit more information but was trying to be polite in saying he still didn't have much of a clue. He could imagine it, but all he did was manage to get the image of other Kaesstrians rather than himself. \"Umm, it helped…a little. Only thing is…all I'm seeing as my own people in that colour\", he spoke with a smile before sighing, \"It's always been a problem. Always someone else in my place. I can't remember what I'm supposed to be. I can remember everyone else around me, my friends and family…but…well, you see my problem, right? It's like a block I can't get around\".\n\nViral continued to listen into the conversation, finding it a little annoying that they decided to come to his room in the first place for something like this. There was plenty others who could tell him these things so he didn't know the logic of coming to his room or waiting for Vegeta to wake up. Slowly moving around from his spot to get listen better he soon heard Yumi closing the door instead. Growling a little he jumped up and around towards it, sitting in front of it before pressing his ear against it to try and continue listening. He didn't want to lose his mind in his own room because there was nothing to distract him from everything else, finding it all to be a little worrying when it was so easy to lose it. This was probably the most difficult part of keeping his mind together, especially when everything that was going on was unclear to him right from the very start.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "T'charrl felt like he was intruding by asking her this, seeing how she was obviously wanting to be with her friend but was reduced to seeing to him and about his appearance. He always felt bad when someone was more concerned with him than what they were actually doing before, knowing he was supposed to be patient regarding others. It was difficult to keep out of other people's business when everyone seemed concerned about him, but then again it wasn't as if he could blame them when he was essentially a monster. \"Umm, i-it's just an idea. Something to try and see if it works first\", he spoke lowly, looking passed her a little as she closed the door. He didn't know if this was a good idea, he felt pretty guilty now knowing that Viral was in there all alone now while he was taking up her attention. Giving his cheek a little scratch he looked down at himself when Yumi tried to describe him instead, not really giving him much of a clue beyond colour and size so far, \"Umm, okay…smaller, different fur…\" he mumbled, not really imagining that too well. Looking back up to Yumi when she continued he smiled a little, knowing he was getting a little bit more information but was trying to be polite in saying he still didn't have much of a clue. He could imagine it, but all he did was manage to get the image of other Kaesstrians rather than himself. \"Umm, it helped…a little. Only thing is…all I'm seeing as my own people in that colour\", he spoke with a smile before sighing, \"It's always been a problem. Always someone else in my place. I can't remember what I'm supposed to be. I can remember everyone else around me, my friends and family…but…well, you see my problem, right? It's like a block I can't get around\".\n\nViral continued to listen into the conversation, finding it a little annoying that they decided to come to his room in the first place for something like this. There was plenty others who could tell him these things so he didn't know the logic of coming to his room or waiting for Vegeta to wake up. Slowly moving around from his spot to get listen better he soon heard Yumi closing the door instead. Growling a little he jumped up and around towards it, sitting in front of it before pressing his ear against it to try and continue listening. He didn't want to lose his mind in his own room because there was nothing to distract him from everything else, finding it all to be a little worrying when it was so easy to lose it. This was probably the most difficult part of keeping his mind together, especially when everything that was going on was unclear to him right from the very start.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "It was a bit hard to really describe T'charrl on the spot like this. She hadn't given her friend much thought in terms of his appearance and a lot of the detail was hard to grasp at off the bat. Still Yumi did try, yet it sounded vague even with her best attempts. If she had a little more time to herself to mull it over she could probably get it a lot more detailed, maybe even draw something to help illustrate her point. All her attempts sounded to do thus far was remind T'charrl of his own people, fine if the problem was he didn't know where he had come from. Smiling apologetically she nodded her head, \"Okay, I'll work on that then, no problem! There's got to be another way I can help though...\" Hm, describing didn't really help at the moment, she would need time for that, and the same could be said for drawing. \"I can picture you perfectly fine in my mind, that's the thing. I remember when we first met too, when Shu tripped over you in the forest. You were all covered in twigs and leaves and looked beat up, remember? We took you to see your mother, and she was happy... I think. Kind of hard to tell since she hit you when she saw you. But everyone there seemed nice... The Captain, your mother, the Doctor...\" Yumi was rambling a little and realized that, laughing lightly as she folded her hands together again. \"Sorry, I kind of got carried away there. I can see you in all those events, but it's a bit difficult to describe you right now. Do you think there's anything else I can do to help?\"\n\nHuh, that's right, Yumi had actually known T'charrl longer than he had. Yet Takeshi found himself around the guy more than she was, not that it was her fault, she had other people to be with. Come to think of it though he should really be better able to describe it himself, he'd known T'charrl for a fair while in his normal form too. \"So she said you were smaller, thinner, had different fur and all that, right? Maybe there's something else we can add...\" Eh... Like Yumi though he wasn't able to come up with any more descriptions no matter how much he wracked his brain for words. Yumi going on and rambling a bit about what they did together sidetracked him a little and got him thinking about what he'd been a part of himself, which honestly there weren't very many good ones that came to mind at first. \"Or like when you, Shu and I went back to see your mother, you know? And that General, your dad I mean, he was there. And the lady hit me for saying something, I don't even remember what...\" Takeshi mumbled, trailing off a bit at the end, \"Why do all the women slap me...?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "T'charrl was alright with her having a bit of time to think over it, it wasn't as if she was being demanded her time and could decline if she wanted to. He was pretty nervous about all of this and wasn't feeling all that confident that he'd be able to remember fully, even with her help. It was a lot to demand from him and he was feeling pretty guilty, especially when he hadn't done much for her lately. It could be either quick and there would be no real difference or anything, or it could be long and she would continue until he finally found what he was looking for. He didn't even know if he wanted to change back anymore, he was considerably weaker in his normal form and it would probably hurt them more to have a little weakling on their side; then again, he didn't know the nature of his change. He was mutated which meant his body would react differently to other members of his race with similar talents, or at least his ancestors who used it for battle frequently so of course there might be differences. Staring at her as she described his past experiences with her he smiled a little, scratching his claws together, \"I remember…I was, uhh, hiding with my eyes closed\", he smiled, giving a nod before sighing, \"I'm not sure what else can help. I know I was there and I see them too, but there's just a darkness around me that I can't see through. A deep hatred for me existed before this happened and it's clouding my vision\".\n\nT'charrl was trying to remember all of that and if he could get passed the block then things would be so much better. This must had been hurting his friends too with their frustrations building over their lack of understanding to what he needed to remember. He didn't know what he needed to do either and that frustrated him greatly so he could understand if they were as well. Sighing a little he looked to Takeshi, frowning a little as he gave his head a quick scratch, \"I do miss Mother and Father\", he sighed, giving Takeshi a little smile, \"My mother hits me all the time. Maybe you're just unlucky when it comes to women, or maybe you take the hit for someone else\". He didn't know why Takeshi always got beaten down by the opposite gender and had seen it a few times, but he did notice that it was fairly isolated. \"If it's anything, she will probably hit both of us if I don't see her back in my normal form. Hmm, I wonder how they are getting on…I mean, they're probably doing good, but would I be making them upset if I have no control at all to the point where they don't believe I can do what they want me to do?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"You can't go and fight the King singlehandedly though, none of us can. That's the whole reason we're gathering support for the rebels is so we all can go fight as a group. If one person could beat him do you think Korian would have spent so much time plodding around like he has? Or if that was the case why not just send us all in? After all we're stronger than they are.\" It was all about revenge, Yumi surmised, and Viral wasn't the only one that wanted it. She acknowledged though that if they were going to get back at the Saiyans then it had to be with some support, otherwise it was just a suicide run. She didn't like the idea of any one of them going in alone, it wouldn't work. The Beastman wasn't picking his words very carefully with how he was upsetting Yumi, enough so to the point she stopped and turned on him. No way was she going to let him talk like he was just a weapon, that was ridiculous! \"You can be a warrior and still have people care for you! All of Earth's warriors before us did, I don't get why you think these two things have to be exclusive. You've got people all around you who care about you, and all you can do is turn us away and say we're mad for even considering caring!\" She was getting all kinds of flustered over all of this, she absolutely hated when Viral demeaned himself. He was better than anything he said but wouldn't accept that as the truth, he had to be bad in his own eyes. \"Even the androids were people, we consider them people. I don't understand... We're trying to include you, to count you among everyone else. So you're different, that's not bad, and it doesn't mean you're not one of us. Why can't you just accept that?\"\n\nTakeshi gave small nods of his head as T'charrl spoke, making an earnest attempt to drink in what was being said and commit it to memory. So essentially you had to care for the weapon for it to be useful, and then there was the whole extension of oneself bit too. Okay, that sort of cleared up the extra limb analogy, but it didn't guarantee he'd get it still. Having that in mind was easy enough, it was hard to actually imagine it as such and use it like he might an arm. It would come with time, he figured, and plenty of effort to get there. It wouldn't be unlike his learning Ki from his master all those years ago, it would just require patience. It was easier to understand the concepts of weaponry than it was to explain his stance on Viral, something that had Takeshi tripping over himself in an attempt to share. \"Well... You could say Yumi and Vegeta are his family, but not me or Shu... I mean I guess he's kind of like family? We've known him for a long time, and I sort of consider all my friends family, so yeah. But... I don't know, it's complicated,\" he mumbled, pulling his legs up and laying his head on his knees with a groan. How the heck was he supposed to say anything without T'charrl turning it back on him? Sure he respected Viral and thought of him as more than just someone he fought with, but the Kaesstrian made it sound like they were as close as he was with Shu almost. Throwing out a mock attempt at personifying Viral the Saiyan smiled slightly amused, sticking out his tongue childishly at T'charrl, \"As if I'd tell you if I did or not,\" Takeshi joked, waving a hand dismissively, \"Nah, I don't. I guess the easiest way to put this is I respect the guy, and I want him to get better because it's awesome fighting with him, you know? It's kind of like a rivalry thing, I guess.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral thought near to nothing of group fighting, finding it all to be the sure-fire way that he was going to never be able to fight. They would all end up fighting in the air and using Ki all over the place while he would be left on the ground wondering why he wasn't able to fight when everything so far mattered on this. He couldn't battle like the others and he knew that, meaning all he could do was hang around and hope for someone to drop so he could maul them or something. It wasn't something he wanted to do, his mind unable to comprehend that he wouldn't be able to hold his own against someone who could fly and use Ki. \"Korian has no say in my ability to fight the King! Without his weapons that destroy my energy he has no chance against me! It's the reason he had them made…he fears me! The coward…the same reason the RRA had those weapons…\" He wasn't acknowledging the fact he was making Yumi upset, he was too worked up over his differences and difficulties. It was hard to see passed anything else and he was growing even more frustrated each time, struggling to see through his own problems. \"When I was made I was made with a purpose and if I can't fulfil that purpose then what? I don't understand how you can…how anyone can! Look at me! I can't even protect myself nevermind protect you or anyone else! Abomination and freak and-…just makes me furious! It confuses me…you all confuse me with this!\" he ranted, his hands going to his head, \"I can't do anything like this and it's only going to get worse!\"\n\nT'charrl enjoyed swordplay when he could do it but now he had his own blades in his arms, something that confused him when it came to thinking about his future. He didn't see much reason to use a sword if that was the case, but then again if they weren't as strong as actual swords then it was definitely going to hurt if one of them broke. He knew they would recover eventually, but the thought made him uneasy. Maybe he got them because he had a great love for weapons, but who knew how this metamorphosis thing truly worked without consulting the Spirit. That part was a little more difficult, especially when the Spirit and his current consciousness couldn't both be active. Looking to the other fruits he took one of the pomegranate as Shu chewed on the bananas, staring at it curiously before picking at its top. \"I see. Strange family. How long? You all seem to know each other well, though. Uhh…what is this?\" he asked, holding the pomegranate up, \"Family but not family sounds pretty nice. But you are a strange family, yes? Uhhh, so like a big brother but not a brother. I don't have any brothers or anything like that so it's hard to know what it's like, that's all\". Takeshi making fun of Viral in such a manner was pretty silly and Takeshi knew it, smiling at his own reaction. He was certainly finding it funny, even if Takeshi's own feelings towards his friend was confusing themselves. \"Rivalry? I don't know that word. What do you mean? If he doesn't have Ki then how does he fight with you if you use Ki a lot? With those horns and tail he has now?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi cringed slightly when Viral snapped again, her ears folding flat in disappointment as she looked down at her feet. Yeah, they all were trying but none of it was working. It was a bit upsetting that all of their efforts so far were for naught, and everyone was pretty much banking on Vegeta coming through in the clutch with a cure. She kept trying but didn't appear to make any real progress, not unless she could forcibly change Viral as she had done before. She could give him what he wanted, that breathing room, and it might just do some good. Having to focus on this issue constantly could wear anyone down, especially the person who was experiencing it. Okay, so maybe she'd been about this all wrong and she should be trying to distract Viral, not help him cope. Looking up at Viral she frowned seeing more blood trickling, thinking he'd only just pierced the skin before. She needed to do something about that first, but he'd probably kill her if they turned around and went back to Vegeta. \"Beating them with my fists is a lot more satisfying though,\" Yumi replied, smiling slightly as she grabbed the Beastman's paw. Pulling him aside quickly she tugged him into the nearest room they could find open, another small supply closet. Her face already reddening from what she was about to do she reached down and took off her long shirt, wearing only a camisole underneath as she began tearing the sleeves into shreds. She was going to put it back on after she was done, but it was easier to work with it like this. \"Lean down, please? I want to cover up those wounds of yours,\" she said, blushing quite a bit at having taken off the shirt. \"We can't be doing anything when you're bleeding.\"\n\n\"Tch... Friends because they were told to... Those aren't friends, those are creeps who want something,\" Takeshi scoffed, frowning disdainfully. Like he had said he knew just how that was, nobles had done it to him with their children on Kortal. It was a smaller part of the reason he'd been so depressed on there, to think he was only being sought after because of who he was as the King's son and nothing else. Wanting to leave the whole Viral discussion alone now he mostly brushed off what was said, only offering a slight \"Yeah\" to confirm what T'charrl had asked. That wasn't wholly wrong, he and Viral were both friends and rivals, in his eyes at least. Still finding some juices on his fingers the Saiyan narrowed his eyes, giving the tips a quick licking to try and clean them off more thoroughly before asking Shu about playing on Kaesstra. He doubted he had to ask, knowing the little guy that was pretty much the only thing on his mind at the moment. His brother wouldn't be the only one wanting to play and have fun though, there was one other person in the room who probably did as well. \"Yeah I'm sure, I wouldn't be asking if I weren't,\" Takeshi responded, grinning as he laid his head back against the wall. \"If you don't know any places then we'll find one, no sweat. I mean look how big your planet is, and how much of it isn't all developed. We can find a neat place no problem, I'm sure. Somewhere maybe where no one else is, then we can do whatever we want.\" Shame that T'charrl hated water, they could look for a lake or something to go swimming in. Racing around in the trees might be their best option, there were certainly no shortages of those above ground. \"If you can't find us a place then whatever, we'll find a place. No problem, you know? Just come have fun with us!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral wasn't going to be able to see any good until there was some result, but whether that would happen anytime soon wasn't something he was aware of. It could take weeks and if his condition got worse during that time then he might need to get Vegeta to renew his research and change it all completely just to keep up. It was tough trying to last through it all and he already didn't know how he was supposed to manage the rest of the journey, even if he had been afflicted by this condition for a while now. It was still maddening how painful it was and how much it changed his attitude. Finding his head still bleeding made him feel pretty annoyed, knowing it was a combination between stress and lack of nutrition that kept the wound open and his blood thin. \"Hmph, as if punching would stop you from using Ki…\" he mumbled, trying to wipe the blood away before Yumi suddenly snatched his paw. Stumbling as he was suddenly taken away from the corridor he gasped when he nearly fell over his feet, not exactly happy with where he was taken. \"What are we doing??\" he growled, looking away in embarrassment and awkwardness, \"What if someone sees you damnit!\" This was really awkward and Yumi wasn't making it any better, his first thought going to why she didn't just leave it until they got to the kitchen; he was wanting his medicine, not for her to strip for no real reason. Growling lowly he lowered down a little, feeling pretty awkward about all this, \"I really don't care if I'm bleeding, you know…I've never cared…\"\n\nT'charrl smiled a little, giving a nod before he looked down again, sighing heavily. It was a little pathetic that he never managed to make any real friends despite being a Prince and well known, the hope that somebody might had liked him had always been pretty low. Takeshi had an excuse, he was out on his own for a long time by the sounds of it but T'charrl was always around people. Maybe if he knew that talking to spirits wasn't normal when he was young he might had been able to avoid scaring all his peers away. There was a lot in his past that he could do without remembering, the silence he experienced often being pretty hard to take as well when he did want to talk to people as well. Eating the rest of his pineapple he sighed, looking to his claws. \"Remember I live underground and going to the surface often meant trouble for my clan\", he spoke, looking back to Takeshi, \"You have to watch out for places of high energy if you want to travel, though. A lot of that energy can blast you out of the sky if you're not careful. There's also predators out in the further reaches and the plains. It isn't all forest; that much I know\". He didn't know what Takeshi might find to be fun, especially when he wasn't one for travelling to other places and trying to meet other tribes. \"Find a place? I hope we don't get lost if we do go somewhere far…I mean, I may be good at tracking, but that's in the forest and going above the trees was dangerous for me in the past\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi was sure being able to medicate himself would make Viral happy, and yet he was still as gloomy as ever. This was hard, she hadn't any idea what she could do to make him feel better. Words were hollow, any promises might as well be empty and any distraction she tried fail to grab his attention. If she stopped though then that was the same as giving up on Viral and she refused to do that. So long as he needed help she was going to keep trying, even if she ran out of ideas. \"Remember, I'm here to make sure the medicine doesn't do that,\" she reminded, wagging her finger a bit, \"I'm letting you handle when you take it because you can tell better than I can when you need it, but that doesn't mean I won't sit back and watch you take one after another. We'll figure out the best way to sort out your doses to keep your mood at least a bit better, enough that you don't feel bummed out. The only way we'll know whether I can stop you or not is if it happens again, and the point of medicine and my being here is to see that it doesn't.\" Right, she had panicked when she saw Viral's head bleeding, but not for the reasons he might think. The smell of blood, something that never really did anything to Yumi had her feeling awfully weird. It almost made her hungry, which left her both confused and disgusted. Since when did blood equate to food for her? When she'd smelled the blood the first thing that she wanted to do was find a nice steak or something and sink her teeth into it, be it raw or cooked. So did she have some kind of bloodlust now? That didn't make much sense seeing as they ate earlier and she had no problems, so why was she randomly feeling it there? Looking back at Viral she forced a smile, her eyes closed as she waved a hand dismissively, \"I was just worried about you bleeding, that's all. Losing blood isn't exactly a good thing, even in small amounts!\"\n\nTakeshi really didn't know why they were discussing the rebels, he didn't particularly care for them right now. It wasn't that he hated them really, he thought of quite a few of them as friends, but at the moment they weren't important. They had their thing going on and the rebels had theirs, they shouldn't be worrying about those guys at the moment. Their concerns were here on the ship, with their own group and trying to get everyone back into fighting shape. Viral was being taken care of by Vegeta and Yumi so he ought to be fine, that left T'charrl and Shu to him then. Hmph, sure, no sweat. Let the Saiyan who barely could handle himself take care of two other people, no problems there. \"Well... Things will work themselves out, we just need to figure out what is missing, that's all. Don't go getting all nervous, it's going to work out just fine.\" Was being made to try and change back really freaking out T'charrl so much? He figured that the Kaesstrian would be eager to get back to his old self, that was why they were sort of pushing it. Maybe that was the reason T'charrl was stressing though, it could be a ton of pressure. Jeez, so in trying to fix this they were actually making it worse then, what a headache. Smiling slightly Takeshi went over and gave his friend's back a small patting, trying to assure him things would be okay. \"Things will work out, Shu and I are going to make sure of that, right buddy?\"\n\nShu of course agreed without hesitation, always the one to be on board with stuff like this. Smiling approvingly Takeshi took his hand from T'charrl, using the moment the others were distracted to discretely wipe it on the back of his pants. He was getting a bit better at touching T'charrl and all, but it was still a long way from being totally relaxed about it. Baby steps, he'd get there, maybe. \"If things go wrong then we'll fix that too! We'll keep fixing things until everything is all better,\" the older boy agreed, nodding his head as he looked at his brother. Huh, the little guy was actually making a good bit of sense with what he was saying, maybe it would do their friend some good. Looking back at T'charrl he put a hand on his hip, giving a thumbs up with the other. \"Like Shu said, it's not a race to get better. We'll take as much time as we need if that's what will help, no sweat. In fact how about we go ahead and take a break for a while? And I don't mean sitting around like we have been, let's do something else.\" What could they do on the ship, he wondered. Their usual business of playing tag, or hide-and-seek, or going for a walk didn't quite work as well when confined to a ship. Maybe they could go down to one of the rec rooms and find a ball, just play with that or something. \"Let's go find something to do, a game or whatever, you know? We'll get to helping you later, whenever you're feeling up for it again, how's that?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral was certainly wondering why she was so hasty to baby him all the time like this, his head not exactly feeling horribly sore and definitely not sore enough to have him needing bandages. He didn't like being treated like a kid or some sickly creature, he was strong enough to not end up collapsed on the floor because of a few wounds. He just wanted to take his medicine and leave the thought behind at this point, knowing it would probably mellow out his mind and allow him to think without his thoughts resorting to complete depression. It may had been annoying for them but for him it was pretty painful. He barely remembered what a clear thought was like and it was even more disturbing that he became zombie-like and responsive to everything when his mind was cleared of those thoughts. Yumi was probably getting depressed just from speaking to him all this time, making him wonder whether he should encourage some alone time for her. He didn't care about his own health at this point and she should care for hers more when she was going to survive better than he might. \"If I was to take medicine when I felt I needed it I would probably lose track of time over anything…\" he sighed, rubbing his head, \"I don't know why there's such a need to worry about me. I am not going to start worrying about myself any time soon, especially over a little bit of blood. If you are ever going to force me into a room like that over a little bit of blood again, at least give me a chance to resist your crazy plans and we can both risk embarrassment. What if someone was out there?? Imagine if your 'boyfriend' was out there…\"\n\nShu was certainly enthusiastic over the situation. T'charrl thought he was just being polite about the situation, but it seemed he wasn't going to ever know when the kid was excited about everything anyway. He did want to be excited over getting to play, but he definitely felt too stressed out to feel happy about that stuff. If he could change soon then that would be great, but there was very little excitement in regards to that task. He didn't know what it involved and was only guessing it had something to do with his energy, but what direction it had to go in he didn't know. Staring at Shu he sighed, his eyes going up to Takeshi soon after. \"You can keep trying, but we'll see what happens\", he nodded, looking away again, \"It is there somewhere if I did it before…\" Feeling a little more hopeful with his friend's reassurances he looked back to Takeshi as he encouraged a break, but the plans for that break were rather unclear, \"Huh? Something else?\" he questioned him, slowly standing up, \"A…game? You should show me, but uhh…let's not train. I think that's what caused me to change again. I didn't mean to take that energy, really! Maybe that's my problem: I can't control my energy as much as I want to be able to\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "It came as minor relief that Viral's arm and leg had ceased bleeding, likely having clotted up at this point in time. His nose still bled but the shirt held to his face ought to stifle that some, hopefully at least until they reached the doctor. Yumi was hard pressed to think of how his nose ended up bloodied, unless it was as simple as just getting hit in the face earlier. \"Okay, you can stay like that then, I'm sure the doctor can work either way,\" Yumi replied with a shrug of her shoulders. Casting a curious glance at Viral she put a finger to her chin, silently deliberating for a moment before smiling, \"I want to do whatever you want to do! It's your choice, I'm just along for the ride. And I won't let him keep us, we're just here to get you bandaged up and take your medicine, that's all.\" The doctor wasn't nearly as stubborn as Vegeta in her experience, mostly because the alien almost seemed afraid of her and Viral. Bit weird, but at least they weren't going to be kept. \n\n\"I used my hands, but they were full!\" Takeshi whined, giving Shu a look before lifting up his load of food, \"I didn't have any hands left! What else am I supposed to use, my feet?\" Shu could, being a little monkey-child and all, but that was a luxury the older boy didn't have. Plus he was a bit more civilized anyways; a basket or some kind of container would be his choice if he could have it his way. Not that it mattered at this point, they had what they came for and should be doubling back to deliver the fruit soon as they could. Jumping out of the tree he was in to Shu, Takeshi smirked amused as his brother became confused, rolling his eyes before jumping on ahead, \"We're aliens to him remember, so how do you think he feels? Not fair to call him an alien then is it?\" If you wanted to be technical about it even he and Shu were aliens to humans despite Saiyans having been on Earth for some time now. It was like the Namekians, who while were known on Earth were anything but common and certainly still considered alien by near everyone. \n\n\"No, please don't apologize Prince. You prevented a far greater catastrophe by doing what you did, and I'm sure most of the people see it that way now. Nothing would have been worse than Garesh getting his way.\" No one died during the battle with the General, and the few injures that were sustained had long since been dealt with. Homes had been destroyed, yes, but already those people had been relocated and repairs were being carried out. In all the battle with the General hadn't been all that bad, and people were grateful for the trouble being brought to a quick end. \"The General still has supporters as I said before, so we need to root them out before they can cause harm. In addition to that we are trying to figure out a way to reverse his work, so that we can help you fully return to your former self. Until he shares all of his secrets however I'm afraid we've not had very much luck in that regard.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral just wanted to sit down now, the blood leaving his head a little too much at this point. He didn't think Yumi realised how much of a problem this was, especially when he usually fainted when this happened. He felt like he was on the verge of fainting but was raring to keep going and keep his mind focused on getting to the doctor so he could be given medicine. Holding out his hand momentarily as if looking for the door his eyes soon drifted towards Yumi again, finding her submissive behaviour to be most unlike her. To do everything he wanted to do would only bore her, especially when he wanted to rest in the sun for a while. He really wanted to do normal things like fight and hunt, but he was proving to be way too unstable for any of that stuff. She was just going along with everything and it was a wonder that she wasn't pushing him to do stuff she wanted to do. \"Are you even enjoying yourself or are you just doing it because of my condition…\" he spoke up, frowning before he let out a sigh, \"I'd rather you weren't stuck in one place because of me, you know. I'm not even used to all this crowding! It's just a bloody nose. No big deal…\"\n\nShu giggled, turning to face Takeshi. \"You no catch if you can't catch in first place! Why try to get more than you can catch?\" he asked him, tilting his head a little before spinning around again, \"You silly! Probably better at catching other things, but not things falling!\" Right now there was more important business to think about, especially when it came to elements he couldn't quite understand. He didn't know how different aliens were to him and that really confused him. He didn't know what T'charrl meant when he said his stomach was sore or whatever, but he would still try to help his friend out whatever way he could. \"Ooh! What? Really? Ooh! I'm an alien!\" he squeaked, finding that to be rather interesting himself, \"I don't know how he feels…I remember him saying he's an alien before! What would that even mean, though? Is it a good thing to say you are?\"\n\nT'charrl didn't know if he could trust L'esta's words, especially when he hadn't seen or spoken to the public yet. If there was people out there who didn't know what happened and were readily going to blame him for it then he was going to be upset even if they tried to stop him from being as such. \"But…wouldn't a lot of them be angry knowing the Prince of those who fought against their army was the one who caused all of this?\" he frowned, feeling rather confused, \"They might think of it as a forced movement and me establishing territory with that destruction…\" He was certainly confused; a lot had happened while he was gone and there was still questions to what was really happening, even if they had been explained before. Sighing, he gave a nod, his eyes looking back around to see if Takeshi and Shu were coming. \"He won't share anything. He wants me to suffer as much as possible. He's jealous of what I can do and always wanted that power. It would be no wonder if he made some of these people believe they could have that power too…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "The wounds were the quickest part of this visit, now they had to deal with the bloody nose and any other problems. The one thing the Doctor could think of immediately was a stress related bloody nose, just going alone by how Viral and Yumi had just tussled with a wild animal. The best thing to do in that case was to see the Beastman relaxed and try to keep him hydrated as well. What better way to relax than to lie back and take a load off? \"I didn't mean the whole way back... Sorry for being unclear,\" the Doctor said, bowing his head uncomfortably, \"Just... Do whatever makes you feel comfortable, Viral. I'll get you another glass of water to sip on and we'll wait for your nose to stop on its own accord.\" Either that or they could stuff his nose with cotton balls, or cauterize it shut, neither of which were going to be very plausible when even getting near the Beastman was unsettling. What the Doctor could do however was provide a little something to help clean Viral up, which he did in the form of a few wet cloths and a towel. \"Here, go ahead and clean yourself off, then use the rag. I'll dispose of the shirt for you so you don't have to keep using it.\"\n\nThat little sneaky devil... Shu had snuck off with fruit after all! It didn't much matter seeing as T'charrl had gotten his fill but Takeshi was still going to give his brother a hard time of it. Looming over the younger boy he smirked amused, placing his hands on his hips as he leaned over a bit. In his usual blissfully unaware way Shu was hardly phased, giggling as he scarfed down the last of his fruit without a care. Even if the older boy did try to chastise his brother he was sure the little guy would simply laugh it off and go about his business, just as he was now. \"Guessing huh? You've got juice all over your face!\" Takeshi said, shaking his head in amusement, \"I don't know what you think you're hiding squirt, but it's not working.\" They had bigger things to focus on than some stolen fruit though, like going to see the Queen again. Confident as he was trying to come across as the Saiyan was particularly worried about getting smacked around; given his track record with women even the slightest wrong step would get him a good wallop. \n\n\"I understand your point of view, and believe me, you're not alone on it. Until we can ensure that there's no longer any threat from the General's people however we have no choice but to patrol, even if we don't catch anyone. It's our hope that our continued presence is enough of a deterrent to keep them from doing any harm. Whether the common populace understands that or not isn't my duty, that falls to your mother and father to share.\" It wasn't as though anyone was even being aggressive during these patrols either; soldiers were armed, yes, but went about their day as normal. Even L'esta typically spent a patrol just walking around the city, chatting with the locals and enjoying himself, he just happened to be keeping an eye out for trouble as well. In reality he saw it as very similar to the city's own law enforcement, only they were aiding them as an outside force. \"The majority of people from the city have had no problem with us, and those I've spoken with are grateful we're here, so I can't be led to believe we're harming anyone.\" Offering T'charrl a hand to move the Captain let the boy do it on his own as he wanted, but remained close at his side. Seeing him hunching over as he walked was hardly reassuring, and more than once L'esta made a move to help. \"Are you certain you don't want aid...? After what you just went through it's not wrong to accept some help.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Viral was feeling fair out of it already, but not because he took his medicine. The medicine was rather fast acting because he didn't eat, but the blood loss didn't help him much. He needed to clear his head and the medicine was going to do just that for a little while, even if it wasn't going to be enough to send him to sleep. It was rare that he didn't go unconscious after one of these nose bleeds so he was definitely spared embarrassment on that part. Sighing at the Doctor's words he shifted slightly. \"I did…and this makes me feel comfortable\", he spoke lowly, moving onto his front a little more, \"I can't get this far and fall off this thing…\" He probably wasn't going to get much done now and would have to rest up for the rest of the day probably much to Yumi's disappointment. She probably wanted to do loads, but it wasn't like it was his fault. Taking the cloths he grumbled as he moved the bloodied clothing, using the cloths to soothe his nose instead. It was definitely calming down as he relaxed a little more, but he still couldn't help but complain. \"Would've been fine if Yumi didn't decide to bite me…\"\n\nShu really thought he was going to get away with it right up until Takeshi sneaked up on him, bouncing a little away from Takeshi all excited. Even if he had juice on his face he was still determined to hide the fact that he was sneaking fruit, turning it into a game. Letting out a squeal he bounced around, eventually stopping as he tried to chow down on the fruit a little bit better before swallowing it down, his hands to his face until it was gone. \"…No can prove anything! Nope, nope!\" he giggled, bouncing in a few spins on the spot, \"I don't hide, nope! Nothing sure was yummy, though!\" That piece of fruit wasn't going to be enough to satisfy him even if he did manage to take more, but thankfully he was going to get some more a little later. He couldn't wait for that, especially with the quality of food they had on this planet being so high.\n\nT'charrl could've waited a little longer before trying to move on his own but he knew everyone was wanting to get him back to his family. Maybe once he got going he'd be able to get back to walking normally, but it really was hard just as any sort of change was. He was so used to being hunched over and supporting his weight on his secondary set of claws, none of this standing up straight and walking like a normal person. He just had to remember he was normal now and not whatever he was before. \"Uhh…I-I'll get it eventually, just need to try and find my feet again…\" he muttered, keeping his eyes to the ground as he took another step forward, almost stumbling forward but instead stumbled towards L'esta, making a grab for him, \"Uhh! M-Maybe it's best if I got a little help! I mean, umm, it's weak legs! That's all…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "There may well be some chiding later for T'charrl, particularly over never getting in touch with them, but that could wait. Even Eslaria knew when to hold back her aggression, especially in the face of her son, and she would try not doing it before his friends. They must be awfully important to him given he'd always had trouble making friends of his own, so the last thing she wished to do was scare them off. That being said she was sure a little fright wouldn't deter them too much; scaring the Saiyans may even do some good, keep them in line. But that was later, for now he should be getting off to see Renthal for a check-up. \"I would hardly say what you've done is stupid, T'charrl. And tell me... Do you honestly think that every adult here has never made poor choices before?\" the Queen asked, smirking as she leaned down and whispered, \"While I was still a princess I drank too much fermented juice, and the next day I woke up in another city-state with my friends, having no recollection of how I got there. So believe me, you've done nothing wrong.\" Let that be a tidbit on how to really mess up, though she hoped he wouldn't recreate her past. Waving off T'charrl she watched him slowly move to the door, cringing slightly when he nearly toppled over. \n\nThe doctor wasn't anywhere near as intimidating as the Queen was, so Takeshi was actually looking forward to this. There was the little bit about getting their friend help too, that certainly made this a worthwhile trip. Moving to the side to let T'charrl through the doors he paled a bit when the guy nearly fell over, looking at him worriedly. Shu was quick to act, and the older boy hardly needed to be told twice to help. Nodding his head Takeshi moved over as well, getting an arm around T'charrl and straightening him out. Unfortunately for him there was a brief second when his arm brushed against the wings of his friend, causing his body to shudder slightly and break out in goosebumps. Hiding the disdain on his face quite well Takeshi smiled encouragingly, helping to get their friend moving back to the hallway. Behind them he heard L'esta give out directions, throwing a hand up appreciatively as they disappeared from view. \"Your mom seemed pretty happy about you being home, I don't know what you were so worried for,\" he said, \"Must be nice, huh? When do you think your dad's going to be around? I'd figure the guy is probably going to find out pretty soon, huh?\"\n\nVegeta had no idea why Viral was acting so unreasonable, running off as he was. Surely whatever his wish was couldn't be that bad, could it? He was in the same position as Yumi where he couldn't imagine Viral wishing for anything bad, and even if he tried they could stop him. It just had him so confused, he couldn't figure out what would be so embarrassing that the Beastman would rather run away than speak up; Viral never ran from anything, much less a simple conversation. Chasing after their friend Vegeta watched Viral land up ahead, cutting around a tree quickly to try and lose them. Following the same path he rounded the trunk at a high speed, frowning when he immediately noticed Viral was missing. Stopping hard in his tracks he looked around the area, trying to find any trace of the Beastman. It was possible that he had gone and hid behind a tree, there was no way he could have gotten all too far away. \"Yumi...? Do you see him?\"\n\n\"No! Not yet!\" Yumi called back, a little ways behind up in the trees. Neither of them could see Viral, this was true, but maybe she didn't need to. She had other ways of finding someone, like tracking their scent. As it just so happened she'd spent quite a lot of time with her friend as of late so sniffing him out shouldn't be all that difficult, even for someone still learning the ropes. Stopping on a nearby tree branch she squatted down, lifting up her head and closing her eyes as she took long-winded sniffs of the air. Almost immediately she could smell Viral, but actually pinpointing him was going to take a second. Turning her head slightly to try and guess where the smell was strongest she finally settled on the large tree, opening her eyes and looking at it curiously. Vegeta was on the ground and he didn't see Viral, meaning the only place the Beastman could have gone was up. Smirking Yumi jumped across the gap, landing on a lower branch before jumping up off of it to a higher point. Not seeing Viral on this side she edged her way around, finally spotting him not far off on another spot. \"Found you! Told you we'd catch you!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "T'charrl couldn't see his mother doing anything wrong in his eyes, knowing she was never the kind of person to do something she knew was reckless and wrong. She was the wisest person he knew next to his father. Hearing her speak of recklessness in her younger years was definitely a bit much for him to try and understand, finding it to be near impossible. The difference between her endeavours and his was she probably didn't have a war raging on around her and couldn't had been endangering her own life as much as he did. Even walking along was going to endanger his life as he nearly faceplanted into the door just on his way to the doctor. Trying to pick himself up he had to instead reach out and hope that someone was going to support him, letting out a sigh when Takeshi offered to do it. Looking to Takeshi he did feel him shiver when he touched him, frowning as he turned his head away from him and eventually turning it back with a nervous smile. He didn't mean to make Takeshi act all funny over touching him, he didn't need to help him if he didn't want to. Looking back to L'esta his eyes soon moved back to Takeshi, giving him a little smile, \"I was worried because I said I'd keep in touch…but I didn't. I was too scared of what I looked like and her seeing me\", he spoke, letting out a sigh and lowering his head, \"Father is probably going to come soon now that Mother knows I'm here. He would be with the other soldiers doing work. I wonder how much work he has to do now that the General is in jail\".\n\nShu was pretty happy either way, hoping for a nice little family reunion to happen at dinner. He did wonder why T'charrl had so much trouble walking, especially when he should be able to do so by now. Shu didn't have much trouble going from bouncing around on all fours to walking on just his legs if he bounced around for too long, but then again it was probably a whole different case for T'charrl when he had been so different for so long. He wondered why he didn't feel all that great either, but maybe the doctor might know what was wrong with his friend. Maybe it was the shock of changing back still getting to him; after all, he knew what it was like and how terrible it always made one feel. \"Ooh! I wonder if Mister Doctor would want to have food too. It will be nice too unless there's people to help. Ooh! I wonder if others will want to come to dinner! Miss Yumi and friends\".\n\nViral didn't want or need to confront them about his wish, they had no right to try and get him to open up when he didn't want to. All it was to him was a sign of weakness, one where he couldn't find nothing but pity. He could easily make something up but they'd probably see through that. There was two wishes he had and both were pretty personal and supposed to improve his life, but one he soon found to be impossible to make even if he did ask the Dragon and the other would probably be more of a weakness than a benefit. Anything to improve his life would be seen as weakness or evil in other people's eyes, but then again they probably don't consider him to be strong anymore. Staring down from his post he almost got distracted by his own self-pity, rubbing his head momentarily before looking around, looking for where Yumi might had gone before gasping as Yumi sounded out, turning his head immediately towards her as he still held onto his head. Giving her an angry glare he immediately tried to jump away again, going for a long bounce away for the shrubs in an attempt to lose them again. \"No you have not caught me!\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Takeshi loved his little brother to death, but that didn't mean he was wholly confident in the younger boy playing doctor. This was someone who had trouble dressing himself for goodness' sake, and now he was supposed to be applying first aid? If Shu didn't appear so eager to be useful he might have said something, yet seeing how eager he was Takeshi didn't have the heart. Ah well, he'd had worse, nothing his sibling could do would make this as bad. \"That's great buddy, but pulling things out of people isn't exactly a puzzle.\" he explained, lying down in the cot with a sigh. Pretty quickly once the first rock was pulled he let out a wince, tensing up as Shu fair casually just took each offending object right out, not expecting him to be so direct and quick about it. At least the gel offered a little comfort, though it hardly made everything a hundred percent. Smiling tightly as he was given medical attention, Takeshi glanced back at his brother, amused by how happy the little guy seemed. \"No, rocks in your face would suck. I guess it's better than that, huh?\" he asked, chuckling before grinning, \"Or rocks in your butt, right buddy?\"\n\nThe monster had eaten one of the fighters, now if it could just get this other one! They were inside the giant machine, they had to be, and all it needed to do was break it open to get to its prey. Easier said than done however, as losing three of its six limbs could attest Viral wasn't going to go down easily. Roaring furiously at being injured it reached out with its talons again, trying and managing to grab hold of the Beastman, trying to drag him in close to get a bite out of him. Unfortunately for the monster its strength was waning due to blood loss, and it was unable to so much as budge Enki as the machine fought against it. What's more, an unexpected ranged attack caught it quite off guard, unable to do anything to protect itself as it was occupied struggling with Viral. Howls erupted from the monter's throat as knives imbedded themselves into its body, everywhere from its sternum to its neck and even a few to the face. Finding it impossible to retain its grip the monster released Viral, swaying slightly before lashing out again with its remaining three limbs, trying to aim for the cockpit where the Beastman was sat. At the same time it began to gather energy once more in its maw, hoping to blow apart the machine with one shot now that the other fighter was nowhere to help.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Shu wasn't one for caring what wounds looked like or touching them so long as they weren't big and nasty and with Takeshi there wasn't much to worry about when a lot of them weren't deep. Sure, there was rocks in them, but he didn't care much about that either. He had received plenty of wounds in his time regarding his limbs so it wasn't as if it was anything different when it was on someone else. \"It is so! I could make it worse if I didn't pull right, silly\", he squeaked, removing all the rocks he could, \"Why you no think I am smart when it comes to how to survive? Can't live in the wild with a rock in your butt!\" Fixing up Takeshi was proving to be fairly okay, finding it not too hard but definitely a little strange when he had never done it before. He was only hoping he was doing it right after all of this and wasn't getting it all wrong like he was prone to doing sometimes. Placing the gel down he unravelled the bandages, wrapping them around Takeshi's leg happily. \"Rocks anywhere is bad! You silly for getting rocks in your butt if you mean that! How you sit down and walk around now? Too hard to for a while, huh?\"\n\nViral was not holding any punches with this thing, his determination to kill it coming at the anger over what it's done. Everything they were trying to do had been ruined by this creature and time was running out so quickly for him especially. He was probably in the final stages of his disorder and any further would be when he would be lost to madness. Throwing out several shots of his hidden blades he pulled away from the monster once it had released him, dropping his blades as the monster suddenly threw its limbs forward for Enki's face. Immediately grabbing what he could he held the beast steady, glaring at it as he noticed the build-up of energy with its aim firmly held on him he only looked down a second before cackling. \"Imbecile! You're already dead!\"\n\nT'charrl wasn't dead, he was far from it. Being eaten was merely a minor inconvenience but it sure was stressful and what came with stress and dire situations was something the monster should've been aware of, but then again T'charrl had kept it hidden well by only showing speed and being low of energy. Even if he had full energy this wouldn't had been a good idea. What Viral had noticed was a steady swelling in the beast's gut, the swelling being unnoticed at first before getting larger quickly. As it continued to grow a large point started to form before forcing itself out of the beast's gut in the form of a giant boney blade. Slicing its way open T'charrl in his monstrous form emerged from the beast covered in goop, letting out a screeching roar as he emerged and continued to grow to his full height to half of Enki's size as he forcefully tore his way out.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Takeshi didn't know if he could handle Shu right now, but he had to get the little guy away from the others at least. With his brother firing erratic blasts every which way it was only a matter of time until someone got hit, and with most everyone out for the count it'd only make things infinitely worse. Taking a gamble he had managed to grab onto one of Shu's arms, and with that he took off back into the air to distance themselves from the others. In hindsight perhaps grabbing an arm wasn't the best idea, it hardly limited Shu's mobility and left him plenty to attack with. The first sign that things were going wrong was when Takeshi felt the tail wrap around his midsection, unable to fend it off as he instead had to awkwardly reach back and hold Shu's other arm as well at bay. With all of this tossing about he was struggling to keep them steady, and once one of his brother's feet racked along his leg they plummeted a fair bit, Takeshi barely catching them as he fought to keep them from crashing. \"Agh... Damn it Shu! It's me, stop!\"\n\n\"That amongst other reasons. His unpredictable nature warranted the need for control, otherwise this will happen. Was it the kindest of methods? Admittedly no, but it made everyone around him far safer. Shu is too unpredictable, and he'll need your training and guidance to hone this strength of his. We need both of them for this war, and that means both have to be ready and able to fight.\" Takeshi wasn't so much difficult to control as he was a bit unpredictable, as he almost seemed to go off on random tangents at times. Both boys were going to require a fair bit of work, and the King was confident Krom was the right man for the job. \"I highly doubt any of them will recover in due time, but it shouldn't be that difficult to handle. None of the others' wounds are serious, so moving them shouldn't be an issue. Don't let me down Krom, there's a lot riding on this.\" Clasping the man on the shoulder he turned to leave, taking one glance back when he heard a pained scream from Takeshi. Just as he'd thought, even his dear brother wasn't safe from Shu's fury. That boy was a hazard to everyone around him, this temper of his had to be brought under control. Shaking his head in disapproval he started away, taking off at a high speed back towards his own ship.\n\nThings were looking pretty bad, and if being mauled by Shu wasn't terrifying enough now it looked like Krom was coming back into the fray. Hoping to get just a second's reprieve from it all Takeshi released one of his brother's arms and tried to aim at the Elite, watching in surprise as Shu was the target instead. Despite being attacked by him he was still determined to protect his little sibling, trying and failing to fend off the Elite from his odd position. Struggling between the wounds he now had and the awkwardness of supporting someone as big as Shu, Takeshi was ready for the worst when his brother suddenly stopped, and shortly thereafter began changing to his regular form. Wait what, what had Krom just done to him? Looking at the older man bewildered and accusingly he struggled to keep Shu in his arms, falling down to a nearby rooftop with a thud, dropping Shu as he slammed into the surface and let out a pained groan. \"Ack! Damn it... Don't you touch him...\" Takeshi growled, sitting up and promptly charging Ki in his injured arm but losing focus when pain shot through the limb, quickly grabbing his shoulder, \"Leave him alone!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Shu had been completely out of control and was probably on his way to permanently scarring Takeshi before Krom came around. Krom was fairly alright with taking care of Shu now that he knew how to and with the kid properly distracted it wasn't hard grabbing hold of him and disabling him safely. Holding Shu's head as he changed back he frowned when Takeshi decided it was best to instead drop down with the kid and get all defensive. This was just typical of Takeshi and what was worse was he was barely able to hold his brother and make sure he was okay after such a strenuous change. Lowering down to the rooftop with him he folded his arms as he watched him attempt an attack, staring at the Ki charging before dying away as Takeshi only proved to be too stupid to realise it wasn't going to work.\n\n\"Are you seriously going to start this now? Really?\" Krom sighed, shaking his head before pointing down at his half-naked unconscious brother, \"I just saved you from your own kin and you're going to try and attack me? You're bleeding and your friends are all over the place. You want to get your priorities straight before you start endangering your friend's lives?\" Moving closer to Shu he kneeled down and picked him up, not caring for Takeshi's protests as he rested Shu over his shoulder. Everything else other than Takeshi's petty little anger issues mattered right now if he was going to fulfil his mission. \"You want to wrap yourself up and help your friends? They're probably going to need attention too considering the state your father and brother left them in…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Tch... You expect me to believe that crap? Like hell Viral went to you willingly! Look what you did to him, who would want that?!\" Takeshi snapped, glaring at Krom's back, \"I remember you kidnapping him, I wouldn't call that willingly.\" Where did this guy get off trying to shrug blame? Okay, so maybe he wasn't the only one at fault, but he'd played a damn big part in it all. The one person who really had to answer for their crimes was his father, but with the guy having for whatever reason fled the scene there was only his lackey to vent to. Angry as he was Takeshi knew sitting here shouting at the man wasn't going to help them any, and his friends were in need of help right now. Though he was reluctant to leave Shu in Krom's care he didn't have much choice at the moment, and with that in mind he got off of the rooftop and began his search. With Yumi already about he could focus on getting T'charrl safe, and then the others in turn. It hadn't been pretty, but after a fair bit of trouble they managed to get everyone back to the shuttle, ready to get back to Uuonoe. There was going to be a lot of need for hospitals once they returned, albeit everyone save Shu and T'charrl were conscious by now.\n\nTakeshi was finally bandaged up thanks to Krom, whom he didn't so much as look at during the process let alone thank afterwards. He still didn't buy this, he couldn't think of any reason why someone so close to his father had just suddenly defected like that, or why his father had let it happen. There had to be something more going on here, and until the Elite opened up and told them he wasn't going to give the guy so much as the time of day. Ignoring the guy was perfectly fine until Krom came over to speak with him, the Prince lifting his head and looking at the man with an emotionless glance. \"You're not flying, this is our ship,\" he replied stiffly, looking over at his friends. No one else seemed really up to the task however, and he couldn't do it if he was going to be watching Shu. Though he loathed to do as asked he gave a stiff nod after a moment, looking over at his younger sibling as he moved closer. No sooner had he sat down did he let out a gasp, the briefest of images flashing through his mind; on the top of a cold mountain he could see Shu having changed again, and the sensation of being helplessly trapped and having his tail torn off came flooding back all at once. Why? He couldn't say, but it hit him quite abruptly and quite hard. \n\n\"N-No!\" Falling off of the cot he moved away from Shu, a thin sheen on his face as he looked at the unconscious boys, eyes wide with fear, \"H-He'll attack me again if I get too close!\" He couldn't risk it, he'd probably lose something more than just a tail if Shu was to transform again on him. Despite the fact that the little guy was utterly harmless right now he found himself terrified of the kid, not wanting to be anywhere near him right now. Feeling several pairs of eyes on him, Takeshi slowly turned his head to see everyone else looking at him confused, with Yumi looking actually angry with him.\n\n\"That's your brother! What do you mean 'no'?\" she asked annoyed, frowning as she walked over and pointed to Shu, \"He's out anyways, you should be keeping an eye on him. Everyone else is exhausted, and I'm busy trying to help that, so that just leaves you.\" Honestly, why was she having to tell him to watch after his own brother? They were close as anything, something like this shouldn't be changing that, it didn't before. Reaching down to grab Takeshi and try moving him closer she raised her eyebrows when he pulled away from her, getting up and going to the back of the shuttle before sitting down alone. Unbelievable, was he actually that frightened by Shu? Someone had to look after the young boy, and with everyone else recuperating that just left her. Letting out a soft sigh she sat down on the cot by Shu, reaching out and lightly stroking his hair, glancing up at Krom. \"I don't trust you either, but right now we don't have any other choice. I think the coordinates are in already, all you need to do is follow them.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "Krom let out a groan, looking away for a second before back to Takeshi. \"Say what you want, but Viral stepped into that capsule willingly\", he sighed, shrugging lightly, \"He saw no future on Earth. You act as if I'm one of the scientists or something! Isn't that just a bit silly…\" He saw no reason to argue on the subject: if Takeshi wanted answers then he would have to go to Viral for them, not himself. There was little reason for Takeshi to get all angry at him when he was the one that oversaw the King's actions and decisions. For now, there was more important stuff to get done and one of those things was getting to Uunoue even if it was going to be bad news for him.\n\nGiving Takeshi a long staring at when he tried to make the decision to who would fly, he waited until Taskeshi figured out he was the only one capable of flying while everyone else looked tired and injured. Rolling his eyes he soon let Shu down only to watch as Takeshi instead took a fit at the sight of his brother, staring at him in disbelief before rolling his eyes. The kid was both completely out and normal, it wasn't as if he was suddenly going to change and start mauling him. Staring at him and Yumi he only watched as Takeshi retreated to the back of the ship instead, snickering lightly before sighing. So much for this kid and his brother being best friends, what a shame too when the youngest didn't even know he had done wrong yet.\n\nFolding his arms momentarily he stared at Yumi and Shu, watching her try and be there for Shu while Takeshi coward away like an idiot. If he was going to be acting like this then training this bunch was going to be a massive pain in the neck. Laughing lightly at his misfortune he soon sighed and looked to Yumi, staring at her before shrugging. \"I get that a lot. If it makes you feel better, I'll tell you everything once we get to your base\", he spoke, letting out a sigh as he moved around to the captain's chair, waving his hand, \"Don't worry about it! Besides, we've known where the base has been for years. It's not like I'm going to single-handedly invade it like that idiot Yulian you recruited…\" Moving into the chair he looked over the controls calmly, flipping a few switches and locking the doors now that everyone was settled and strapped in. Sure enough the coordinates were already in there and he was ready to go. Pulling at the controls he moved the ship into launch, the only thing going through his mind now how he might be able to upgrade this vehicle if this was one of their best for travelling short distances.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Aito wasn't playing for the rebels, but he sure was trying to back Krom into a corner with how he was speaking. It wasn't to paint the man in a bad light however, as he was more seeking to agitate the man and get information out through a slip-up of frustration. Sadly it didn't appear as though the Elite was going to lose his cool, a notable feat for a normally hotblooded peoples. \"No, I suppose the Saiyans aren't facing extinction. But then again, if this threat comes to and we've not the forces to combat it...\" He let that thought sit, not feeling the need to finish it. If the people of the universe couldn't come together and cooperate then everything that had been done by either side may be for naught, and everyone would be worse for it. It was a fine mess these two parties had made, and now he had a feeling it might fall to them to clean it up. \"They are children, not warriors. I understand we're all Saiyan by heritage, but the culture in which they were raised promotes a different idea. May it some day come down to them for the sake of the universe? Maybe, who can say? But we should not be robbing them of living life as they please just so we may secure our own lives and futures. If they choose to train then they do so of their own volition, that must be made clear. Children forced into doing things often do so halfheartedly, and given how much weight you're putting into them, I should think we'd only want their utmost effort.\" Ah yes, Aito had most certainly heard of Korian's treatment of his son, a fact that was going to need to be discussed when he finally did meet the man. He was done with Krom at this point anyways, leaving the man to go and check in on everyone who had fought with him and the King.\n\n\"Your brother will come back, or at least he'd better. He still has a few checkups he has to go through, and he really should apologize to the nurse he threatened...\" the woman mumbled, looking at Shu sadly when he sounded a bit dismissive about how he'd ended up in such state. It was probably traumatic whatever it was, so she couldn't exactly make him share it. Hoping to try and give the little Saiyan something to ease his pains, the nurse was confused when Yumi came into the room, expecting her to be resting as well. These children... Did anyone actually rest and try to recover like they were told?\n\nIt was painful seeing Shu so upset like this, particularly knowing that it was mostly due to his own actions too. Yumi couldn't help but feel the smallest twinge of disdain towards Takeshi right now for having run off earlier, having seen him pass by her room prior to her coming over herself. For a brother who claimed to care an awful lot he was missing at an important time, kind of flew in the face of everything he said he stood for. Taking a seat at Shu's side she placed an arm around him, holding the child to her side as she gently stroked his hair with her other hand. \"You didn't do anything bad, your father and Krom did. Everyone's okay now anyways, you didn't really hurt anybody,\" Yumi said gently, smiling as she playfully tried to boop Shu on the nose with a finger, \"Come on now, where's my usually peppy little friend? All of our friends are healthy and going to recover, there's nothing to be upset about. And besides... If you don't cheer up,\" she added, attempting to tickle at Shu's stomach, \"I'll tickle you until you do!\"\n\nSeemed like Viral was missing the point with that story, how people often experienced troubles and then rose above them. Maybe in his current state of mind it was hard to see things that way or appreciate it as such, that he could get, he just wished his brother was a bit more receptive to positivity. Reminiscing probably wasn't going to help him any, best to try another approach then; what if they could keep Viral busy enough to distract him from his problems? Ideally if they could help him keep his mind off of things long enough then his mood may improve, or at the very least they could develop proper treatment until then. It couldn't be anything too strenuous, maybe just something akin to volunteering then. \"Yes, I think a little bit of light labor would be good for you. Something to keep you busy and your mind off things, and you can get out of this place for a while and get some sun,\" Vegeta responded, smiling as he crossed his arms, \"I'll help you with whatever they ask of you, since I'm sure there's plenty of work that needs to be done still. We won't undertake any really intensive tasks until you're feeling well again, but in the meantime I'm positive we can get something. So what do you say, are you in?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Krom wasn't falling for anything at this rate and was trying to play it cool, even if the man was getting on his nerves a lot. He stood by his decision to remain on the King's side even with all of his power and his potential ability to change things. He didn't see how he could make even more of a difference than what he already was doing, at least not anything that would be positive. His people counted on him and he wasn't about to let them down. \"That is nothing to do with me or the King. If the rebels want to start removing more of our own and dividing them up like this then we're all going to be weak on all fronts\". He saw no reason to take any of the blame when he wasn't the one who was defecting on all sides and making the bond weaker by removing links. Sitting back as Aito decided to give him a rant about clashing cultures, sighing lightly instead. \"They're in a war, they even came to us willingly and wanted to fight us. They wanted to kill their father and you're saying they didn't deserve to be tested? Look, if they did that to a real opponent, they would be dead! We didn't force them to come to us or fight us…\"\n\nShu really did hope so, he didn't want to have ruined the bond he had with his brother. Takeshi was his only family left that cared about him and if he made him upset or angry at him then he didn't know who he was going to have left. He had his friends, but he wanted his family. Sighing as he moved back a little he didn't feel what Yumi was saying was helping him much, but he still leaned into Yumi as he tried to find some support after everything that happened. \"B-But…I changed…and…\" Gasping when she poked his nose he raised a hand to his face, hiding behind it momentarily before looking up at Yumi. He didn't know how to feel happy, even if Yumi was trying to help him through it. Looking to her briefly he gasped when she reached over to tickle him, his hands flailing at first before his tail came around to try and grab her. \"Please no…I-I don't deserve fun! It hurts…\"\n\nViral didn't know how he'd do when it meant going out and doing what was going to be practically slave labour just so he'd forget he was hearing things, but he didn't know what else to do. If he went anywhere else to work he'd probably end up creating some weapon or something or find himself too frustrated to continue trying to work if it was too quiet. He didn't know how he'd react in a builder's environment or how they might do things on this planet since it probably wouldn't be very good if he had to use machinery. There was probably better options out there that he could do instead of all of this but he didn't know what that was yet, if anything would be good at all. \"That's if I get well again. Remember it's my genes that are being slowly destroyed, not just my mental health\", he spoke, glancing to Vegeta before away again, \"I'll be fine with it so long as I don't end up killing someone because they looked at me. I nearly chopped Takeshi's head off because he decided to look at me a little too personally and that was nothing to do with my mental state. I don't know how long I have left to get everything else I need fixed…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Shu, it's okay, really. No one here is blaming you for what had happened, you're not bad because of it,\" Yumi repeated, smiling sadly as she looked back at him, \"Just you showing up and checking in on your friends is enough, if you're worried about making things better. The people here know how to take care of someone who's hurt, so everyone's just going to be fine. All that means is people have to rest for a bit, and that includes you.\" Her too probably, but she was finding that her body wasn't near as beaten up as she'd expect. That aside, shy of some lightheadedness and soreness she couldn't even tell she'd just been tossed about like a ragdoll, not to mention her arms were totally fine from taking a blow from the King of Saiyans. Coming up upon T'charrl's room now the pair stopped just outside, making sure there were no doctors at work before knocking and heading in. Their friend was still laid out in bed and fast asleep, bandaged up fair heavily albeit not in a full-body cast. \"It looks worse than it is, I'm sure,\" Yumi said softly, not wanting to wake T'charrl, \"Do you want to see if he's awake? Or should we just let him rest?\"\n\n\"Hey, just trying to keep your options open. Figured I'd give you the chance,\" Vegeta responded, casually shrugging before leaving the atrium. Ah well, he was sure there was ample choice as far as work was concerned out here anyways, especially given the sheer degree of buildings and structures that still needed repair. Figuring to take the easiest and closest task on hand he opted to bring Viral to a group handling the replanting of trees and flowers; if Viral didn't want to do something so mundane then he'd quickly say so and they could move on, but he'd try for now. His brother could do something else if he really wanted to, but in hopes to set an example Vegeta went ahead and grabbed some saplings, helping an older Uuonian with her work as he followed her to a small plot. This kind of work was something he didn't normally do, yet compared to sitting at a desk and filing papers it was like a visit to a theme park for him. Following the directions given to him closely he dug two identical holes along the side of the walkway, placing a sapling in each and beginning to cover them up meticulously, careful to keep it even.\n\nThe young Uuonian was excited to have someone helping him, especially one of the warriors who had been helping the rebels. It might not be the most exciting work like his grandmother had said, yet the fact they were helping out anyways was really cool to him. \"We need to make everything pretty again, that's the point! The city needs to look nice,\" the boy replied, smiling happily as he hurried along the sidewalk, stopping at a small stretch along the road. Kneeling down he started to take the flowers from their pots as he'd been shown, easing each one down into holes already dug. Hearing Viral speak again he glanced up, tilting his head a bit curiously at how the man was talking. \"I guess they might, yeah...\" he mumbled, looking at the flower in his hands before smiling again, \"But then we just plant another! Grandma says that if we do this then everyone feels better! That it's important not to feel sad after bad things, because then you can't go on. So I'm going to plant all the flowers we have and make the city pretty again, then everyone will be happy!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"But…I can't rest! I can't rest, bad things will happen…\" He really didn't want to go back to sleep and go through the same series of dreams all over again. He was terrified of sleeping and having nobody around made it even harder. He could only hope Takeshi would come back to him, but he was scared that he ruined their friendship somehow by him transforming. He was completely terrified and didn't know what to do other than hope everything was going to be okay for him and everything will return to normal. Right now, he was recognising he was dangerous and without the support he needed he was not going to be able to shake this fear off. Everyone around him was in danger because of him. Holding onto Yumi he pressed himself against her and peered over to see his friend, frowning at how beaten up he looked. It could've been a whole lot worse but luckily it wasn't; shame his friend was awfully tired too. \"Ooh…I don't know. He looks really tired…\" he muttered, looking to Yumi, \"Not seen Friend sleepy before like this…\"\n\nViral didn't understand the point in any of this when there was more important things to do over plant some trees and flowers. They could be building homes instead of doing this when the rest of the city wasn't exactly in the greatest condition. There was no real reason to do this other than the kid saying to 'make the area look nice'. He hadn't done any of this gardening stuff before, but it really felt like there was no point. \"Sounds like a waste of time to me. Not everyone's going to care about a place looking 'nice'…\" Walking over with the kid he stared at the place where they must be planted, finding this whole ritual to be most strange. Shifting the trees he waited with them for a place he might be able to plant them in, not seeing quite where he was supposed to plant them as he looked over to Vegeta. The area he was planting them in hadn't already been dug up like this one so all it managed to do was confuse him. \"How do plants make you happy when not all of you have your own homes yet? It's just colours and leaves and…strange scents. There's still going to be homeless people and those who know no peace…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Why was Viral so insistent on fighting wildly? If he was careful with his strikes not only would he hit more but they would be more effective and direct. Instead of pacing himself however he saw fit to throw as many strikes as he could muster, getting one or two at most to land out of a dozen. Flipping him over to try and make a point he sighed when the Beastman only continued on his fury streak, weaving again to avoid being hit in the head. \"Viral, you're not listening to me. If you can't bring yourself down and relax then I won't bother training you.\" Aito threatened, albeit halfheartedly. He knew how important this matter was and it shouldn't be dismissed, yet if he continued going like this he'd end up the equivalent of a berserker, nothing more. However, wanting Viral to not end up utterly disheartened he stopped moving thereafter, taking a solid strike to the mouth and being knocked on his rear, groaning as his lip was split and blood trickled out of his mouth. \"You hit hard, we've already established that...\" Aito continued as he looked up at Viral, smiling slightly before turning his head to spit, \"But were this a real battle you'd be at a disadvantage. Take a moment and collect your thoughts, then we'll continue.\"\n\n\"You could get presents for your birthday, for starters, and we'd owe you a lot of them at this point,\" Yumi explained, munching on the last of her fruit, \"Mmm... Or for a lot of holidays on Earth people give presents too. But we'd probably just give you birthday presents, I don't know what holidays people celebrate.\" Giving gifts just for the sake of giving gifts was fine too, nothing wrong in a little generosity now and again. Really she'd buy Shu something any time if he wanted it, especially if it made him happy. Seeing the young boy smiling, Yumi got back to her feet and threw the core of the fruit off into the trees, licking her fingers to clean them before clasping her hands together. \"There, now we can practice swinging in the trees, right? And you'll teach us how?\" she asked, hoping Shu would perk up some more at getting to do something he liked, \"You're going to need to be patient, I've never done this before, might take a while to get it.\" Glancing up at the trees she tried to figure out exactly how it would even work, never having attempted as much before. Did they just swing like monkey bars from branch to branch?\n\nTakeshi would be happy to see his gift for Shu finally being used, even if he himself had forgotten about it. Considering how much fighting with those creatures was coming up it was all the more reason to learn too; having the staff would keep Shu from having to get too close, maybe he'd be more comfortable with the extra reach. This was too all dependent on whether the little guy could learn to use it or not, and with Yumi offering to help he was hopeful his brother would. Just learning to use a staff however wasn't Shu's only concern, there were other things his sibling needed as well, more book-oriented things. \"Huh... I guess that's a good way to do it, Vegeta's a smart guy...\" Takeshi said thoughtfully with a nod, \"How're you liking that stuff by the way? I mean is it hard? You like learning it? I never really did a whole lot you know, just enough to know what stuff is. Heh... You'll probably know more than I do before long.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral didn't take a breather during his entire onslaught of attacks, looking like he just wanted to hit Aito. He didn't have much on his mind as he continued to try and attack Aito, growling in response to his threat. Looking a little unfocused even after he had been told off for attacking so wildly he continued to go in and try to hit Aito, only managing to get in a punch once Aito stopped moving. Growling lowly at Aito he moved closer to him, his claws bared before he made a sudden stop when Aito looked up at him. Staring down at him his fingers twitched but eventually he growled again, turning away for a moment and walking away and eventually sitting down by himself. He didn't know how to feel right now, everything was causing him to have much more of a problem than it should had. He felt confused and angry, like everything was attacking him. He would wait out Aito's little 'moment' though, seeing how he didn't have anything better to do like 'collect his thoughts' when they were already scrambled in the first place.\n\nShu didn't know what to say to such offers or how to feel about the thought of getting more presents, probably because it was just such a new concept for him but he still experienced it a little before, especially with Viral's birthday party. It seemed like an exciting time for everyone involved and it was rather nice seeing Viral get so many things, even if he couldn't really remember what he got. He remembered something like some kind of polish, but it had been so long ago. Maybe he wouldn't remember all the presents he would get if that was the case, but then again it was probably different if he was on the receiving end. \"Oooohhhh! Birthday presents? When my birthday? Ooh! Holidays? Is that nice time too? What you do on holidays?\" Not really understanding what the word 'holidays' meant he was still excited. \"Practice swinging? Ooh! Tree! Tree swing!\" Bouncing onto his feet he made a quick jump to a tree, grabbing onto its trunk before jumping again to a branch, hanging from it and swinging gently. \"Swing in tree!\"\n\nT'charrl didn't really like how much was expected of him just because he was doing something somebody else was needing to do. He knew he wasn't very good at it and would be a bad teacher and he didn't like that, he would just be wasting everyone's time. Frowning at Takeshi as he spoke he let out a sigh, looking down at the fruit again. \"It's really hard, but I'm still glad I'm trying. I'm only good at talking because everyone always talked around me. Writing and reading is something I've never really had to do. I don't know about knowing more, though. I mean…you've been around it all your life. Or most of your life, I don't know. I'm a fast learner, but even that can be hard\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Something was amiss here, otherwise Viral would not have heightened levels of aggression. His genes should have been repaired so it couldn't be that, suggesting it was more of a mental problem than a physical one. Finding it just as easy to take a hit and be done with it he left himself wide open for a strike and was floored as a result, his lip split from the strike. The power was there, as was his endurance and speed, certainly not a physical problem. Calling for a brief reprieve he watched the Beastman storm off by himself and take a seat, very strange that he was insistent on being alone too. Wiping a bit of blood away with his thumb the doctor got to his feet and went to join Viral, smiling slightly as he placed a hand on his hip. \"Good, now that we're seated maybe we can talk. How does your body feel after that, are you tired at all?\" Ease their way into the conversation he supposed, asking outright if he was mentally sound was only going to spark more anger no doubt. \n\n\"Well... We celebrated one of your birthdays back on Earth, but that was only one. I think we still owe you... Fourteen more?\" Was that how old Shu was? Yumi was abashed to admit she didn't remember her friend's actual age, and perhaps no one here really knew. He seemed like he was a young teenager physically yet acted younger, and without knowing from his parents it was almost impossible to say one way or another. Come to think of it she didn't wholly remember Takeshi's age either, only that he was the older of the two. \"Yeah, holidays are fun! They're special days when you celebrate something big happening, but you don't get presents on all of them,\" Yumi explained as she listed off a few on her hand, \"There's New Years where you celebrate the start of the new year. There's Earth Day where you celebrate the planet and you go out and do good things for it, stuff like that.\" She knew there were all sorts of special days around the world, it would be impossible for her to list every single one though. Thinking about it for a second she figured she'd gotten her point across enough, not that Shu appeared to care a whole lot either way. Watching as he darted up a tree Yumi grinned in amusement, getting to her feet before scurrying up after him and grabbing onto an adjacent branch easily enough. \"Let's do it! Go ahead and teach me Shu, I'm watching.\"\n\nThere went Shu and Yumi, which meant Takeshi supposed he should get moving soon too. He'd only just started talking to T'charrl though so he hoped his friend wouldn't be too sore about his leaving. \"Well you're doing a good job buddy, I mean it. Compared to before you're speaking perfectly, you know? And you're only gonna get better,\" the Saiyan said with a smile, glancing up as he watched the others getting ready to move, turning his attention back to the Kaesstrian. \"I've been around food all my life too but I can't cook. I've been around cars and homes too, but I can't drive or build a home, you know? Just because you're around something doesn't mean you know how to do it,\" Takeshi pointed out, pushing himself to his feet and dusting some dirt off of himself, \"Well you keep working like you have been and you'll be one of the smartest guys here, that's for sure. I really think you could get it all down.\" They would have to continue this conversation though, he'd promised Shu he'd give swinging in trees another go and had no plans on going back on that. \"Be back in a bit, plenty of food left so take whatever you want,\" he added with a smile, waving before turning and flying up to where Shu was perched, squatting down beside him and giving a thumbs up.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral didn't want to be around anyone right now, accounting of his failures. He didn't know what he was supposed to do with absolutely everything troubling him right now. The threat to have no more training was just too much for him. How dare he get denied training from him just because his fighting style wasn't what he would call 'proper' like his. He wasn't the one who was bad and Aito had no right to tell him that he had a problem with fighting. It wasn't as if he had changed in fighting style since he got ill. Not wanting to be near Aito right now he sat by himself, feeling rather sickly in his anger which only got worse when Aito decided to come on over to him and start talking to him. Growling lowly he kept his eyes off Aito, slowly rubbing the sides of his head. \"Why do you assume I want to talk to you? You've done enough\", he growled lowly, \"I don't care about my body and neither should you! You know I'm not good enough for battle, you made sure I'd know that too. Just call me a crap warrior already and get it over with\".\n\nShu didn't know what he was supposed to understand about birthdays other than people certainly liked to be happy on them and give stuff to the person who had the birthday. It seemed like such an exciting time and if he was given the chance he would try and celebrate someone else's birthday, so long as he knew what to do that is. Squeaking happily as he swung back and forth on the branch he listened to Yumi explaining the holidays, staring at her curiously before having a bounce. \"Ooh! Earth Day! Do good things! Good things like-…like-…umm, things! Right? I don't know what things are good for people. Sounds hard to think of!\" There was a lot he didn't really know even though he had been taught much by the folks who taught him how to speak and act properly around people, even if he wasn't very good at acting normal still. Watching as Yumi and Takeshi decided to join him up in the tree he smiled happily, swinging a little at first before letting go and suddenly going flying off towards another branch, swinging using one arm at a time. \"Swing, swing, swing! Need speed! Need to go forward! Can't stop! Don't stop! Will fall if stop!\"\n\nT'charrl gave Takeshi a smile at his compliments, feeling a little embarrassed. He didn't know how well he was doing but there were still a lot of words he didn't understand that made him particularly nervous when he did hear them. They were big words and understanding them was always going to be a complex situation. Sighing lightly he shook his head when Takeshi decided to try for some examples as to why he was doing a good job, coming back with examples that sounded like they would take a completely different skill altogether. \"Uhh, hearing and seeing to learn is different from learning a skill. Those things sound so much more complicated than the last\". Staring at Takeshi when he decided to go and join Shu in the trees he made a quick glance up before back to Takeshi, his eyes soon going down to the fruit. \"Oh, uhh okay. I'll be here. I mean, I can't go anywhere else, I guess…so…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"What do you mean? This is exactly what I want to be doing, there is nothing else,\" June answered back as they walked, \"Like I said, I haven't had a chance to see you and I wanted to change that, that's why I'm here. I want to spend time with you Viral.\" She supposed it wasn't fair to blame him for not understanding a mother's desire to see her children, he hadn't exactly grown up with that. Vegeta hadn't either really yet he'd been more surrounded by loving figures it seems, whereas Viral was left on his own, no small wonder he didn't open up like she'd hope. \"You're not hungry then? Well I'm not going to eat if you won't, that would be rude. I'm not that hungry anyways, it can wait until later,\" June responded with a smile as she changed her path, circling instead around the house and out towards the front of it. There had to be something that Viral would like to do, anything really. They had a whole alien world to explore and could do whatever they wanted, within reason, surely there was something that came to mind. \"Is there anything else you want to do? We have the whole city to look at, or the forests, or there's a massive lake we could go visit and go for a swim. I'm here to do what you want to do.\"\n\nShu definitely seemed to be in better spirits now that he'd had some fun, she hadn't seen him so excited in weeks. Just how long had it been since he'd been allowed to play like this? It wouldn't make him feel better entirely yet Yumi was confident it was helping, anyone could see as much that it was. All the more reason to keep playing then if they could, it would only make Shu happier and happier! \"That's right, all that yummy fruit! And don't worry, we're going to go see him now!\" She hadn't meant to leave T'charrl so quickly but she couldn't refuse Shu either, hopefully their friend would forgive them for running off like that. Hurrying back to where T'charrl was waiting she smiled apologetically as they entered the area, bowing to him with her hands on her thighs as she made her apology known. \"Sorry about running off, I shouldn't have done that to you! But we're here now, no more running around for now,\" Yumi explained as she eased herself into a sitting position, smiling as she rubbed her hands together, \"How's the fruit, do you like it? It's probably very different from what you're used to right?\"\n\nIt had been a long time since Shu had seemed this happy and Takeshi was grateful for as much. There was a part of him too though that couldn't help but feel inadequate at the fact he hadn't gotten is brother to this point, that it took Yumi to come along and do something to make it happen. Even after he'd been told by Krom it was up to him to help he'd still screwed it up. Sighing under his breath he put on a smile when Shu looked his way, rolling his eyes at the mention of a bounty of fruit. \"The King's going to have to try harder than that, I'm not going to just hand over a pile of fruit willingly,\" he joked as he placed his hands in his pockets, starting to follow the others back to T'charrl, \"But... Maybe I'll see if I can get my brother something tasty for a snack later, they must have some good stuff here.\" Back on Earth they had candied fruit, almost any you could think of covered in some sugary stuff almost like a shell. He'd only ever had it once but it sure was tasty, and Shu would probably like it a lot if he tried it. Or even T'charrl could try it he figured, seeing his friend at the tail end of his meal now. Yeah, he'd have to hit town later and see what he could find, hopefully something good.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was feeling a little frustrated with June already, if only because she was just starting to sound like everyone else around him. He didn't believe they just all wanted to spend time with him after doing something for a long time that was very different to what they wished to do with him now. \"It was your decision to keep going out to help them\", he sighed, not really accepting doing charity work as an excuse, \"Whatever. I'm already sick of Aito…\" He didn't know why he had to be bitter towards June too, but maybe it was because after so many years she just decided to bugger off after being revived, making the effort feel almost pointless towards the original plans. Then there was Aito who was obnoxious and proud, making him wonder why he wanted him back so much. There was just so much hate inside him for everything right now and all of it was being redirected on the people he thought he lost forever, even if technically he had lost them mentally after suffering from amnesia. Feeling disappointed that June chose to ignore lunch just because he didn't want it he sighed heavily and looked away, feeling like he could end up making June upset with him eventually with how things were going. \"I don't have plans, I never needed plans for 'days off' or anything like that. My entire life's been at risk this entire time so thinking about leisurely stuff like that hasn't exactly been on my mind\".\n\nShu was getting all excited over future prospects, even if the prospects were just imaginary. He was still having fun with it and was still all excited after his playtime. Smiling happily at Yumi he bounced along with her, wondering if his friend was okay with them going off for a bit like that. T'charrl seemed alright by himself, but he still knew how it felt to have everyone run off after just arriving. T'charrl didn't look like the type of person to be swinging through the trees anyway even if he was better, seeing how his kind were probably the type to stick to trees rather than swing from them. Feeling all excited he made a quick bounce out to see T'charrl, sitting by his lonesome. \"Ooh! Friend! Friend is okay? Didn't mean to run away so far…\"\n\nT'charrl had just been staring into the leftover food by the time the others came back, looking up at them as if surprised they even returned at all. He had his alone time there and was pretty content, but he still did think they would happily abandon him and he would have to make his way home. He knew Shu could be forgetful when having fun, but he didn't know how forgetful the others were concerning him. He wouldn't mind it if they did forget about him, seeing how it was just him they would be forgetting about and they would remember later anyway. Staring at them as Yumi asked him about the fruit he looked back to it, giving a little smile. \"It is nice. I've not tasted fruit like this before. I don't think I can eat anymore, though\", he spoke, sighing lightly, \"It can be a struggle eating something you're not used to, you know? Especially when it hurts to eat again\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral still wasn't convinced that Takeshi really thought of him as a friend when it was obvious he was fairly well set on only admiring him for his strength. It was rather discouraging and definitely managed to make him annoyed, but at least Takeshi was trying. He didn't think much of his strength, he was highly aware that just because he was strong didn't mean he would always win. He would lose when he was blasted away and unable to fight or stabbed and incapacitated. There was literally no need to tell him that he would win because he was strong, he knew he had never won a fight because of it. To have Takeshi think that was the reason he should be winning certainly made him feel inadequate, like the fact his strength continued to fail him in battle.\n\nNot feeling convinced that he was going to be able to get beyond seeing his strength as something better than it actually was he did ask Takeshi if there was anything else he might find to be the appeal behind wanting to be his friend. There had to be something other than admiring him for his strength. It wasn't only him trying to understand how Takeshi functioned, it was also trying to understand what friendship meant to one another when it wasn't something he was already fully aware of in the first place. He wasn't feeling convinced so far though, hearing how Takeshi even sounded confused over his own wording. \"So there's not that many qualities that would regard me as a friend? Do Humans really need that little a reason to be friends with someone? Hmph, a hasty decision…\"\n\nWhile he wasn't feeling entirely convinced he continued to let Takeshi continue to try and explain himself, further questioning his intentions and why he felt this way. Thinking of him as the same was a little strange, but there was probably more than that. Hearing him out he stared at him before narrowing his eyes, disliking what he was calling him before he let out a sigh. \"Good guys? Bad guys? Like that sort of crap exists! I've killed my fair share in the past, I levelled entire settlements in the past. For all those years I spent forgotten at Capsule Corps all I could do was watch and listen to the news of people killing one another and the atrocities that they continued to commit! I wanted to kill them so badly and make them suffer for their actions. Is that what you would call a good guy for wanting to kill without a care? Even I don't know. They're not the same as me, so I feel no empathy for them. Hmph, I don't even know the meaning of friendship and here I am demanding the answer from you…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"Well... Technically I'm not human, so...\" Takeshi began, not wholly sure where he was going with that. Finishing off the sentence with a shrug he gave Viral a sheepish grin, rubbing the back of his neck as they fell into an awkward silence. What more could he honestly say? And why did he have to explain why he thought of someone as a friend? He didn't want to keep going back to fighting or strength but that was a big part of it, as was what had been done for him in the past. Trying a different approach he tried to praise what Viral had done since their meeting, figuring maybe bringing up some high points would cheer him up. Or it could piss him off, that too. Though it wasn't a total bust, maybe he could work with that.\n\n\"I've killed people too, more recently than you have even. I've stolen and I've killed and lied and cheated all through my life, but I'm a good guy now, you know? And it's different, wanting to kill an awful person, they deserve it. It's one thing if you want to kill some innocent person, its another thing if its a criminal or a murderer.\" Shu of course disagreed and thought anyone could be changed regardless of what they had done. Takeshi still wasn't completely convinced of that yet, but he was proof enough of how someone could turn themselves around. \"Look... Maybe sometimes the stuff we do isn't the best, but we do it for the right reasons, yeah? We want to protect someone, or something, or we feel like we're threatened, I don't know. My point is that sometimes good people do bad things, but that doesn't make them a bad person.\" He certainly couldn't offer a definition of what friendship was, he still didn't know entirely himself. Far as Takeshi was concerned you couldn't do that anyways as friendships were so different; everyone in their group was his friend, they were just friends for different reasons.\n\nYumi wanted to try and offer a meaning of friendship herself, but she couldn't come up with much of an answer either. When you thought about it friendship wasn't the easiest thing to explain as it meant so many different things to different people, there was no one right answer really. \"Friendship is whatever you decide it is...\" she finally spoke thoughtfully, looking over at Viral and smiling at him, \"You can be friends because you have the same hobby, or like the same things, or believe in the same things, it doesn't matter. Friends are going to have things in common and things that are different, but they can look past differences and get along anyways. I guess... If you need an answer then that's what I'd say.\" Maybe it wasn't the definitive answer either as Viral and Takeshi had a history of butting heads, but they were making headway here for a change and perhaps that could change.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "If there was one thing that annoyed Viral it was when Takeshi decided to twist the subject onto himself, trying to come up with the right way to approach his issues by making it all about him instead. It made him pretty angry but he wasn't going to blow up about it during a time like this. He was trying to give Takeshi a chance to explain himself and find out if he was being honest, not just spewing out words to try and make everything better. Staring at him as he continued to blab about himself he soon frowned and folded his arms. Takeshi was an idiot, that much didn't really change. If any of it was supposed to make him feel better then Takeshi certainly didn't know much about making it up to someone. Oh well, if Takeshi didn't want to learn anything about him only to turn the topic around so it was about him then he wasn't going to bother talking about himself anymore.\n\nLooking away for a moment he only decided to look back to Takeshi when he went ahead and try to make everything better, but it only managed to confuse him. He didn't think he wanted to do any of that for a right reason or to protect himself, he just wanted them gone for being a disgrace. The only times he was thinking about others when battling was by throwing himself into the fire completely, sacrificing himself for them all even if it didn't work. Doing such a thing didn't make him a good person either and what was worse was he didn't even know what he was going to do with himself after his treatment was done with. \"Protecting someone or something…hmph, that'll certainly be a change. Everyone can protect themselves nowadays\".\n\nFeeling like he was getting nowhere at this point it was Yumi who decided to speak up about the matter, turning to her with a frown. She certainly defined it better than Takeshi did, but even then he still felt confused over it. So someone could hate the other, but so long as they had something in common they could be friends? \"Such a complicated matter, it seems. If that's the case then I don't know what friendship means to me\", he spoke as he folded his arms, staring down at the ground, \"I don't have hobbies, I don't care for much and believing in something isn't anything I can think of. You would think after all those years I would find a hobby. Even when I was allowed to do very little, I still could had found a hobby…\" Just getting annoyed at himself now he tried to stop thinking about the pointless waste that was his life, unable to understand why he was so concerned about it. Maybe he had spent too much time being around these people instead of battling, it was only ruining whatever personality he might've had before without thinking up unnecessary concerns. Growling lowly he soon huffed, waving his paw. \"Why am I even having this pointless talk with you people?? Are you trying to get me to go soft?? Just typical…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi wasn't certain what she was trying to do here with Shu, what could be said or done to help ease his discomfort any more. They had told him that there was nothing bad happening here and that no one was being hurt, yet he was still a little panicked over it. Even covering his ears didn't wholly block out the noise and he was still tense; at this point she was hoping Viral and Takeshi would finish soon so their young friend could relax. \"Maybe we'll take some time to actually relax once we finish here? You did just get out, we can take it easy for a little while, I'm sure no one will mind.\" He had taken perhaps the worst of the beatings on the other world, it was just expected that he would take the longest to recover. Glancing to the building as the destruction continued Yumi was surprised to see Takeshi leaving to join them, raising an eyebrow curiously as he landed and came over to greet Shu. So it was just Viral working then?\n\nHe'd only just gotten down and he was floored by Yumi, what the heck? Evidently it was for ditching Shu and running off with Viral, how was that fair? Rubbing at his cheek he collected himself and went to check on Shu, giving him an apologetic smile and ruffling his hair. \"A gun huh...? You hear a lot of guns before?\" he asked curiously, tilting his head for an answer. Expecting an answer he cringed when there was a loud crumbling sound, looking over his shoulder and watching wide eyed as the building began to come down. Turning away while dust was kicked up he blinked a few times as the noise settled, finally glancing back and trying to peer through the cloud of dust, missing as a plume hit the Uuonians that had ditched their job and getting covered in it. \"I'm sure he's fine buddy, it was just a... Collapsing building,\" Takeshi muttered, still trying to see through the clouds.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral had managed to completely tear down the building in what was effectively the equivalent of taking a hammer to chalk, destroying most of its structure all while managing to remain unharmed. Despite being unharmed, Viral was covered in debris from the building as he stood on top, staring down at the rubble as the dust began to settle. It was this sort of thing that he was supposed to specialise in, the destruction of everything around him. In any other instance he would be called a monster for being able to cause such a massive amount of damage with little effort in such a short amount of time, but the people he knew would of course praise him for it. That was the reality of it all, that he was going to end up having to go down the destructive path no matter what.\n\nDespite feeling worn down after that he didn't quite know where to go now, only feeling the need to continue his destruction. Raising the hammer as the dust began to settle he lazily started throwing the hammer down at various piles, watching as the rubble shifted and crumbled under the most minor force. He wasn't feeling angry anymore, he was just disappointed that his fate was obviously leading to the destructive path. Everything he knew had to do with destroying, he knew he had been made for the destruction of others so it only made sense. With his weariness settling in and his anger disappearing the constant swinging of his hammer became lazy, showing little effort and yet he was still managing to pummel the rocks into dust.\n\nShu didn't understand much of what was going on, only that he knew Takeshi had taken Viral to a collapsing building. He didn't want it to end up with one of them getting crushed like T'charrl and while Takeshi was out the fact that the building collapsed while Viral was still over there only made him even more worried. Squeaking lightly he covered his ears momentarily, frowning as he looked up at Takeshi. \"Ooohhh…I-I've heard many guns before, many after me and my clan…\" he mumbled, lowering his head and raising his shoulders, \"B-But that's not important! Is Mister Viral okay? He might hurt himself!\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"You should try it T'charrl, it's good!\" Yumi urged gently, smiling as she offered up a piece of fish. He hadn't eaten much earlier had he, just some fruit and not much else. Surely by now he was feeling hungry and ready for some real food, not the puree food they gave in hospitals. Watching as he accepted the piece she awaited his response, giggling when he commented on how strange it tasted. \"It's a good weird though isn't it? We call that taste buttery, it melts in your mouth right?\" she asked, slicing half of her serving up and placing it on T'charrl's plate for him, \"It's good for you too! At least fish back home was really good for you, I'm not sure about the ones here though. I always try to eat some just because it's healthy though!\" \n\n\"I just eat it because it's delicious!\" Takeshi laughed, placing another big slice in his mouth and sighing happily at the flavor, \"Fish was super cheap back home too, you could find it almost anywhere. Its softer and tastier than beef, its better for you than a lot of fruits and vegetables and there's a lot you can do with it!\" He'd seen all sorts of ways which fish could be prepared in East City: fried, grilled, broiled, sauteed, breaded. He still didn't know what most of those meant but he remembered the tastes, and boy had they been good! \n\n\"But you need a balanced diet Takeshi, otherwise you're not getting everything you need,\" Yumi chided before taking up some of her vegetables, \"Especially us where we're fighting and training all the time, it's especially important. A good diet, plenty of rest and a good regiment, it's not just a matter of eating steaks all day and lifting weights.\" Though to be fair she knew some people who did that, and sure they were muscle-bound but not much else. And being healthy was more than just being strong too, you had to take care of your immune system too. Pausing in her meal to sip at her drink, something which reminded her of a slightly bitter tea, Yumi smiled at Shu across the table and playfully kicked his foot beneath it. \"That goes for you too Shu, I know you like fruit but you need to be sure to eat protein too!\" she added, winking as she spoke, \"Not as much as Takeshi though, he eats too much.\" \n\nTakeshi might eat too much but Viral wasn't eating enough. While the rest of them enjoyed the meal he was just sitting there, staring blankly at the food but never making a move for it. Did he think he couldn't eat? Frowning in concern June grabbed a free plate and placed some fish and vegetables onto it, getting up from her seat and bringing it to the other end where Viral sat. \"You should try and eat a little Viral, even if it's only a few bites,\" she suggested as she set the plate down, wearing a kind smile. It was only fair to him that he got to enjoy the food while everyone else was. And seeing how forlorn he was looking she simply couldn't sit by and watch him sulk. Placing a hand on his head without even thinking she gently stroked his hair back, going even as far to take his fork and slice the fish up into smaller pieces for him. \"Sorry... I know you don't like when you get attention like this, but it's my job,\" June admitted with a laugh, setting down the fork and taking back her hand, instead sitting down beside Viral. \"Are you tired? You can take a nap you know.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "T'charrl didn't initially know what to think of the fish but after savouring it he certainly found it to be within his tastes. He was still trying to adjust to his meat-heavy diet, his kind didn't really eat all that much meat to begin with but his changes had made it so he had a much higher craving than normal. He had managed to control the craving, but he was still worried if in the future he'd go savage and try to eat someone. Their heavy meat diet certainly did help him a lot so he was thankful for that, but he never really knew in the end. Trying the fish did prove to expand his tastes somewhat, a smile appearing on his face as Yumi asked what he thought about the fish. \"Food melts in my mouth anyway\", he spoke before pausing, looking a little embarrassed as he looked down again, \"I mean, umm…my kind can-I mean…uhh, buttery?\" Getting all embarrassed he sighed heavily, looking down at his plate before smiling again, \"Fish live in water, right? There's not much water on the surface of my planet, but there's lots of it underground. We don't really eat them…\"\n\nShu was happily eating his food without much of a second thought regarding what he was eating or how he was eating it, preferring to use his fingers and pick it apart before shoving it in his mouth. He didn't really make a mess and seemed to eat in a very polite way about it without wasting food. Keeping quiet to himself he smiled quite happily away before squeaking when his food was suddenly kicked, causing him to raise off his seat a little. Staring at Yumi as she told him about eating a balanced diet he looked down to his food before to the rest that was sitting out waiting for him. \"I don't want to get all muscly!\" he squeaked, grabbing a piece of fish before eating at it flake by flake. He was quite happy to eat no matter what food he was given but when there was colourful stuff he wanted to eat that first. He never really saw meat to be that colourful, but he still enjoyed eating it when told to.\n\nViral wasn't paying attention to what the others were all talking about, their sounds and voices just passing him by. He was in his own world for a little while as he tried to decide on what he should be focusing on, whether it would be trying to stay awake or actually try eating for once. Feeling conflicted over his own state of health he barely noticed June there until the food had been placed in front of him, staring at it for only a moment before he turned to look at her. She didn't have to get him some food, he wasn't bothering anyone by sitting in silence like this. Turning back to the plate he froze up as she decided to stroke his hair, his eyes staring down at the food she was cutting up for him as his face went slightly red. He didn't understand why she was doing all this for him or why he was so embarrassed by it all, but either way it felt like a really tense moment. Groaning when she stopped he hunted his shoulders, taking a piece of fish in his claws as he stared down at it. \"I'm not tired! I'm just…thinking\", he spoke, tensing up again in an effort to appear more awake, \"It's too early to be sleeping, it's too soon for a nap. It's barely the afternoon on this planet…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Well you certainly don't annoy me, you never have. I really enjoy talking to you actually. Everyone has their own... Unique way of talking, it's a quirk that makes us who we are! Takeshi has that tick, Shu talks... Well he talks kind of like a little kid, and I always pause whenever I'm talking. It's little things like that which you notice after a while, everyone has it. A certain tone, words people use a lot, those sorts of things.\" It was similar to how T'charrl said he looked different, which he did. If everyone was exactly the same, spoke and looked the same, the world would be a terribly boring place. The only way a difference annoyed her in any regard was if someone was bothersome with it, or if they lauded it over you or played it up to get sympathy. Expecting everyone to be humble or happy with themselves was asking a lot and she understood that, but it would certainly make things a little easier. \"But when you think about it... Where is Otherworld? How far away is that from everything?\" Yumi asked thoughtfully, tapping the butt of her fork on the table, \"It could be further than we've even traveled and still you made a portal there. How would that make sense though? You can open one far, far away, but not next door?\"\n\nJune pursed her lips when Viral again refused her idea, looking down at the table as she then bit down on her lower lip in thought. There had to be something she could say to get him to rest, some way he would be okay with it. So he didn't want to sleep in public, okay, what if they went back to the house then? Granted the yard there wasn't all that big for these kids, but they didn't have to keep to the house anyways. If they went off to have fun then she could stay home while Viral slept, give him privacy all the while. \"There's always a way, you just haven't found it yet,\" she suggested optimistically, \"Maybe... Before you try to train and get strong again you need to be comfortable with the simple things? Eating, sleeping, you can't do a whole lot if those are giving you trouble right?\" Sitting upright in her seat June slammed her fist into her hand, a determined smile on her face as she looked at Viral brightly. \"That's what we'll do! We'll go back to the house, I'll keep everyone out of the back yard and you can sleep outside, we'll even set up a hammock!\"\n\nWho knew watching someone try to use a fork could be so nerve wracking? Maybe nerve wracking wasn't the right word, but seeing Shu try to eat with the utensil definitely strung Takeshi up a bit. The little guy was trying no doubt but he was about as capable at it as he himself was at swinging in trees. \"I mean... Yeah, yeah you did it, but it's... I don't know, could use some work, you know?\" the older boy asked before shaking his head, smiling and giving a dismissive wave, \"You can eat how you were buddy, it's fine. I just wanted to see if you remembered how to do it was all, good job.\" No sense in forcing him into doing something he clearly wasn't comfortable with, probably only going to make even more of a mess if they did that.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "T'charrl smiled as he looked away, feeling somewhat embarrassed by this kind of talk. \"You do? Oh, uhh, thanks. I think it's interesting how other beings talk, I mean, you all have so many more, uhh…uhh…vowels than my language\", he spoke slowly, trying to think as to whether it was the right word out of the two he was taught for a second, \"My voice is okay too, right? I've been practising how to talk better\". He really did like to learn how to improve himself but he sometimes wondered if he was annoying people by asking for feedback on his speaking skills and if they really did like talking to him. He didn't know if he was fine or if they were just being polite, but Yumi sounded sincere so hopefully he was getting better. He tried practising Takeshi's way of speaking at first, but that seemed to annoy him so trying to imitate others seemed like the better option.\n\nSmiling happily at his improvements in both speech and social skills T'charrl got confused when Yumi instead asked how far away the Otherworld was rather than how he might be able to communicate with it. He didn't really know how to explain it to her other than go with the plan of saying how he did it rather than how far away it must be. \"Uhh, I don't know. I pull my spirit out of my body and use it as an image…talking…thing\", he spoke, trying to explain what he meant with hand gestures around his eyes, \"I guess in that sense I would have to…pull my spirit out and make it go to another place. I only know how to do the afterlife because spirits go there when you die sometimes so I guess I force death on myself to do it…except I can still move my body because of my abilities. I-It's hard to explain, I mean…I don't know where Otherworld is either\".\n\nViral didn't know what to do about June's constant attention whether he should just go with it or if there really was a reason for him to try and ignore her pushing to get him to do stuff he wasn't comfortable with. He knew he had to do these things, but now wasn't the time or place to be sleeping. He had much more on his mind and to be sleeping now was probably just going to give him some pretty bad nightmares. Slowly rubbing his chest he kept his eyes off June, sighing tiredly as he tried to focus on staying awake. He disliked the idea of putting everything off just to get eating and sleeping properly again, he could do those things at any point in his life but if he stopped training he would just get lazy and remain subpar. Gasping lightly when June slammed her fist into her hand he glanced over to her, staring at her before letting out a groan. \"You're way too enthusiastic about the thought of me sleeping. With my luck it'll probably start pouring with rain by the time all that's set up…\"\n\nShu didn't mind if he wasn't completely getting the hang of it, he did use his hands differently than everyone else so adjusting was going to take time. He did try to please Takeshi at least, even if he wasn't comfortable with the notion of using cutlery. Smiling up at Takeshi he tilted his head before sighing, looking back to his plate. \"I've only used them a few times and all the times was with you\", he spoke, tilting his head a little bit as he looked back to his food before proceeding to shovel his food again. If he was going to do anything with the fork he was going to do what he was comfortable doing and that was using it like a spoon. The food was fairly tasty and after today he felt he could use it as a distraction. Making a stop after getting a look at Viral Shu slowly inched closer to Takeshi, mumbling. \"Mister Viral no look too good. What we do after food now?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Why... Why had Viral taken that hit? Had he put any more strength behind that and struck his son he could be seriously injured from it. Immediately Aito's will to fight vanished, his energy receding as he looked at Viral in confusion. Moreover his son even seemed angry with him for some reason, was it for trying to attack Krom? That made absolutely no sense as the Elite should be their enemy, even with his change in allegiances as of late. Being called a monster as well certainly was strange, what had he done to deserve such a malicious title? \"Even if we cannot reverse it, we must prevent further experimentation!\" the doctor argued his case strongly, looking to Yumi as he spoke, \"They are conducting tests like they did on you, tests to turn more people into their weapons! We cannot allow this to continue!\" It was unethical, it was dangerous, it flew in the face of everything that a scientist and doctor should respect. Turning his gaze back onto Krom it hardened again, his mouth pulling in a thin line before he scoffed. \"This man is trying to defend his King and his pet project despite the damage its causing, its disgusting that-\" \n\nYumi wasn't here to listen to arguments, she wanted to know why everyone was fighting. They were supposed to be here relaxing for everyone's sake, Viral's especially. Storming over to Aito as he yelled at Krom she reached up and smacked his cheek hard with the flat of her hand, staring up at him in disapproval as he reeled slightly from the unexpected hit. \"And how is pummeling him going to help those people? I understand you're angry about it, I went through it, I'd want to stop it all too. But beating answers out of him isn't the way to do it.\" Letting out a sigh she shook her head before looking up at Aito again, then to Krom disapprovingly. \"Men, always eager to fight over every little thing, you're unbelievable sometimes...\" Now then, if these two boys were quite through with their fight there were other things she wanted to see to as well. Looking over at Viral and seeing his bloodied nose she frowned worriedly, walking over and easing her shirt off, having just a plain black camisole beneath it. \"Sorry they woke you Viral, here, use this for your nose,\" Yumi offered as she held up her shirt for him to take, \"I want to ask... What do you think about all of this? It concerns you too, and I've made my position clear.\"\n\nMaybe some nice music or television would help distract everyone from the nonsense outside. Yeah, that would be nice, as everyone was still a bit agitated from the scene. After fiddling with the television for a bit Takeshi finally managed to find a channel with some music and even a cartoon to boot, just what Shu might need. It only lasted a few seconds though before a power surge knocked out the station, sighing when Shu commented on it vanishing. \"It was just here though! Hang on a second...\" Banging on the top of the television seemed to do nothing, nor did wiggling the wires or pressing the power button repeatedly. Huffing in frustration Takeshi watched Yumi storm outside before shrugging it off, more engrossed in this task now. \"Come on you damn thing, work!\" Pressing the power button a few more times on the remote it finally turned back on, a few seconds later than before but onto the same channel. Smiling triumphantly he tossed the remote onto an empty seat, dusting his hands off as though he'd worked hard and taking a seat back beside his brother. \"There you go buddy, enjoy the show!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was furious at Aito for acting so dismissively about the whole ordeal, seeing it as nothing better than what Yamate would dish out to their own subjects. Krom was the one who was just trying to protect the fate of his own people with these experiments and it was Aito who saw the only way to change the man's mind and see that it was bad for those involved was to beat the hell out of the man. He knew that would never change his mind and yet he did it anyway. Giving Aito a fair spitting at with anger in his voice he glared at him when he only furthered his excuses for such behaviour, flexing his claws when Aito only got mad about it. It was as if more of what he was running around the galaxy was disgusting to him. Aito always seemed to be concerned with preserving his research for only himself and when somebody else did it the project had to be shut down by his own hands. Viral didn't know what to make of it himself, but he knew he was furious at Aito for how he treated the subject without knowing much about it.\n\nThen there was Yumi who immediately stepped in and slapped Aito right across the face, his eyes staring at her for a moment before he looked away. She didn't have to do that, she could had just left him to rant since he 'always knew what he was talking about'. Aito didn't even care about anything else otherwise, he just wanted to always believe he was in the right all the time. Already feeling much worse for wear compared to how he felt when he woke up, he slowly raised his paw up to his chest before turning his hand over as blood dripped across his palm. Only having a moment to contemplate over it Yumi soon came over to him and stripped herself of her shirt, causing him to feel rather confused for a moment before realising what it was for. Sighing, Viral took the shirt from her and held it up to his face, turning red as he looked away. This was incredibly awkward and it wasn't as if the blood was blocking the smell of her clothes, but he didn't appear to be able to do much about that for now. \"I…don't have a say in any of this. I am one-sided with this…and to know it actually worked…I just-…\"\n\n\"He wanted it to exist, is what he's saying\". Krom spoke up finally, rubbing his ribs momentarily before sighing. \"Viral was the one collecting DNA for the experiments when he was still with us, even if he was doing it with that collar on. All that testing and pulling him apart that Yamate had done was to see how his genes and body was constructed and how durable it actually was. You would think he would be much more furious and unruly for what was happening during the experiments, but he just took it knowing what it would lead to. It wasn't until his genetic makeup was showing signs of becoming unstable did we have to install a collar, it also helped to make sure he would loyally follow commands when collecting 'volunteers', so there was that aspect…\" Krom so no reason to keep quiet over it. A whole year of experimenting, torture and enslavement couldn't be kept out of focus for too long. Sighing lightly he rolled his shoulder, looking to Yumi. \"There's only a few others like you, the rest are completely artificial beings. It wasn't possible to create one like Viral, but the ones that are closest to him are just like you acting as commanding officials\".\n\nShu didn't get what television was all that much, all he knew was sometimes it was real and sometimes it was not. He was pretty fascinated by this kind of entertainment that appeared on the box, but when it disappeared like that he did get a little confused and started wondering why it happened. Looking to Takeshi as he decided to abuse the television he tilted his head, wondering if doing any of that was going to help before he squeaked when everything came back to life. \"Yay! You did it!\" he giggled, clapping his hands together. He wondered if it had something to do with the energy that was happening outside and since it seemed to had calmed down everything had returned. \"This nice. This what everyone watch?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Maybe it was naive, but then what was the point of trying if you didn't have a little optimism or naivete? If you always thought it was a moot effort you'd never give it a try, Yumi had to try and be hopeful at whatever she approached. \"We'll give it our best, I know it sounds cheesy but we have to do that much. If these people are given a chance they might take it, and we're the best ones to give them that chance.\" It was nice hearing Takeshi and Shu would be accompanying them down to the planet below; hearing Takeshi spout nonsense and sound overconfident was, as ever, tiresome and annoying. It wasn't just as simple as kicking the bad guys butts here, though it would certainly be some nice vindication after what had been done. A little gentleness might be more important in getting the Beastmen to join them than a show of force. \n\n\"Well, you know... Talk to them too I guess, maybe first. And then if they don't want to listen? Then we kick their butts!\" Takeshi declared, smiling before rubbing at his arm, \"Uh... I mean the Elites of course, we won't be fighting the Beastmen.\" Would be fairly ridiculous to get into a battle with the very people they were trying to save. Though they had done that before too hadn't they, back when they were saving Sasha and Ricken. Weird to think of how recently that was, lots had happened then. Talking wasn't quite any of their strong points save maybe for Yumi, and she had that weird thing where she made people feel things so there was that too. Aito seemed to have thought this through too but then it was impossible to understand the majority of what that guy was on about. Something about finding them a new leader or something, which Vegeta didn't seem to like when he said it. Hmph, hypocrites.\n\nThey had some semblance of a plan now, so were they good to get going? Yumi was admittedly nervous about all of this yet she had to try and keep confident, especially with Shu now getting uneasy too. \"But you know what its like too to be free, even if you have us hounding at your heels every step of the way,\" she said to Viral, \"And... Maybe this can be your purpose? At least for now, to help guide the other Beastmen. I can't think of anyone better than you to do it, any Saiyan can't really understand them like you can.\" He had a perspective no one else here had, and while she might argue to be one of them Yumi knew she was really just a knock-off at best. Seeing how disdainful Viral was becoming over this she reached out and placed a hand on his shoulder, smiling reassuringly as she gave it a small rub. \"Hey... You can explain it too, like I said you've got more experience in this than anyone. I'll definitely try, but I think you're much more qualified to do it than anyone else.\"\n\n\"Yes, well... Qualifications aside, I imagine it's going to take input from each of you in order to ensure this works, so be prepared to put yourselves out there,\" Aito added, \"They should be finished preparing the shuttle by now as well, if you four want to head down there. We've taken the added liberty of sending off some food as well as some items of clothing, think of them as gifts for the Beastmen, a way to show we don't mean them any harm. A very simplistic way of showing one's friendship, but it might just do you some good.\" It was as much as they could offer the Beastmen in the way of goods, and really anything more complex than clothes or food might be lost on them anyways. Once on the ship, assuming everything went well, they would have to be introduced to any number of objects likely for the first time in their lives. \"Do be careful, and use the scouters provided should things take a turn for the worse. We'll be just above the facility and ready to come to your aid should the need arise.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was pretty annoyed at them all, seeing how they were being made out to be simpletons and will probably go with them because of the offers. He didn't know what the Beastmen were going to be like but he knew they were going to be angry and confused when they knew nothing else in life. He was the same and understanding what the Human world was like through the television he had access to only made him angry enough to understand they were all terrible and selfish creatures. If they approached the Beastmen who had only been told the Saiyans were good and everyone else was evil they were going to have the same reaction he had in the past. He still didn't know what to make of Humans, they were pretty awful in his eyes still but he hadn't been around them enough other than Yumi to know if it was just a biased thought. He knew he didn't want Earth to be taken over by any external force and for the planet to survive, but the people had been complete jerks to him apart from that one party.\n\nLooking to Yumi as she spoke to him he sighed heavily, looking quite tired of such an argument against his own thoughts on the matter. \"I can lead soldiers, but you don't want them to be soldiers, do you?\" he spoke, looking away. If he had a great instinct to fight and if they were the same then that would be a considerable problem for everyone. It was highly likely that they wouldn't be seeing them with caution, but rather with a lot of anger under that belief they were the enemy. Glancing at his shoulder as she placed her hand on it he frowned, looking back to her as she only expressed her faith in his ability to compromise with them. As Aito decided to interject as well he could only believe Aito had very little faith in him. Instead offering the Beastmen some supplies seemed to be his way of thinking, something he felt was a little silly for him to believe would work. \"Clothing? Nothing's going to beat the Saiyan armour until they can be individually fitted. Not even I fit into your kind of clothing properly\", he sighed in annoyance before turning to leave, just wanting to get out of the same room as Aito more than anything.\n\nShu didn't know what they were going to find down there but he did hope that it wasn't going to be too difficult or scary, not that he thought of himself as a weak coward all the time. Sure he thought of himself as weaker than the others and scared a lot, but he still had some pride for himself even if it was a tiny bit. Slowly rubbing his hand nervously he smiled up at Takeshi, not feeling too confident with Viral sending his doubts. He knew where the guy was coming from, he found it hard to believe that someone who spent their life away from civilisation was going to believe everything they said. Even he didn't believe everything the people who took him in told him, not until he saw it for himself. He was also curious enough to see what they were talking about, but he didn't know how curious these people were going to be. Squeaking when he noticed Viral was already heading off he gave Takeshi's hand a quick tug for them to leave too, hoping they could get this done quickly without too much problem.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Well we'll just work around that. If we know they're going to try using their weapons on you, we know what we're up against. They probably have some too for keeping the other Beastmen in line,\" Yumi said thoughtfully, nodding to herself, \"So if we get rid of those weapons they lose their only advantage, which shouldn't be hard.\" Sure they had a counter for Viral and even their own creations, but when that didn't effect either Takeshi or Shu there was good chance they'd fight someone it was useless against. What about her? Being only a fraction of a Beastman she couldn't say how they'd fare against her, and she preferred not to find out if possible. \"We should get it back to you after this is done, I don't even know why he took it away. Seems kind of ridiculous honestly.\" It was obvious by now Viral was healthy enough and not going to go berserk or anything, it was time they stopped tiptoeing around trying to make sure not to accidentally set him off. Watching as the hull of the ship split open and the vacuum of space revealed to them Yumi eased back in her seat as they moved out, cutting through the void and heading down towards the atmosphere. \"I mean... They could probably make you one, if you really wanted,\" she mused, glancing over with a smile, \"Or... What if you learn to use that suit of yours? Maybe that can fly?\"\n\nSettling in his seat as the shuttle bounced on take off, Takeshi leaned his head back against the cushions and let out a low sigh. This was probably going to be one heck of a fight even if he was confident they could win, given the numbers they were probably going up against. The last fight they'd had was against some mindless monsters and that giant freak of nature, he almost forgot what it was like to fight an actual Saiyan. It would be even worse if they somehow ended up having to fight the Beastmen, he didn't know what they would do if it came to that. Hopefully Yumi and Viral had a way to stop that from happening because he was completely out of ideas. \"Well... I mean you get in a crappy place and it's hard to think of it being better, right? I mean we've both been there you know? But you just gotta give them a little hope, kinda... I don't know, show them a glimpse of what's in store for them. If they have a reason to want to leave then they will,\" Takeshi explained, smiling thoughtfully as he looked up at the ceiling, \"It's like the doc said, they need to know what else there is to want to leave. So... I don't know, we'll think of something to show them, yeah?\"\n\nWhatever they were going to say or do should be decided on quickly, because it wasn't that far of a trip to the facilities. After breaking through the atmosphere the group was greeted with a seemingly endless ocean, broken up occasionally by a cropping of islands or mountains peeking out from the ocean floor. From high above it was impossible to tell what might be below the surface, though Takeshi found himself thinking of the giant fish from Uuonoe. At the very least they might get a decent meal while here, he thought with a smirk. Of course there would be no eating until they went and kicked the Saiyans out, and then handled whatever fallout came from releasing the Beastmen. Maybe that was a way they could get their trust, give them a nice big meal to snack on. After all it always helped calm them down by snacking on some tasty food, it would probably work for these people too.\n\nIt was awfully nice that the shuttle came equipped with a radar, shame Yumi hadn't a clue how it worked or how to operate it. There was an occasional blip on it as they flew along yet she couldn't make heads or tails of what it was, guessing by the shapes though it was the islands being picked up. \"This world is huge, I really hope we're not on the completely wrong side,\" she muttered, leaning forward in her seat as though it would help seeing better, \"I guess we're moving fast enough it's not such a big deal though. I wonder if there's something in here that we can use to help find the place...\" Plenty of buttons and yet she hadn't a clue what any of them did, now was a good a time as any to find out. Tilting her head curiously she reached forward and flipped one switch, her ears perking up as flaps on the wings outside opened up, creating slight drag that slowed them down. Smiling apologetically she hastily flipped it back, leaning into her chair and folding her hands across her lap. \"I won't touch anymore, sorry.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"You say that like they're just going to have a few weapons. You might as well think an army only has one gun per soldier\", Viral sighed, flipping a few of the controls, \"I just have to be wary at all times. If they have them built into the facility itself, then I'll just have to find a way to deal with that myself\". He didn't want to be dragging Yumi into the way of all these things, he didn't know if she might end up being affected or end up getting hurt because of his poor judgement. Looking to her when she complained about Vegeta's actions he sighed and looked back out the windshield. \"He didn't want me killing someone accidentally if I blanked out again\", he spoke calmly, shaking his head, \"He also didn't want me killing myself with it. Being in that much constant pain easily gives you that urge no matter how dishonourable the action may be\". Moving out on their way Viral spent very little time looking at the guidance systems, his attention being on the planet below as if trying to spot the island without it. \"'That suit'? You mean Enki? I only know how to repair it, I've never tried changing it…\"\n\nShu didn't really know how to handle the shuttle being all bouncy and moving around just before take-off, but once it settled down he slowly started to ease off while still feeling pretty unsettled about the actual mission instead of only the trip down. He didn't mind fighting, but it was who they were fighting and where that was the problem. The place was probably giant too which made it all the more unsettling for him, knowing it was going to end with them all trying to find their way through a massive laboratory. Hopefully the Beastmen won't be a problem, at least while they deal with the Saiyan soldiers. \"A little hope…and everything be okay? Oooohhhh, I don't have anything to show them. Have to just tell them it all good and hope they think so too…\"\n\nAs the ship continued its descent Viral kept a careful lookout for what might be on the horizon, scouring it carefully for any signs of something that might appear out of the ordinary. The radar wasn't showing off much that was strange, just the islands that they continued to pass and nothing was really showing up on the horizon. Side glancing at Yumi when she spoke he frowned, disliking her lack of faith in his navigation skills. Passing it off as her being bored he concentrated more on the horizon, watching it carefully before becoming alerted when the ship suddenly bore more weight and started to slow, his eyes quickly going to the console before to Yumi in annoyance. \"You're lucky that wasn't the emergency hatch…\" he mumbled, taking the ship a little closer to the water, \"I'm going to land this soon so get ready to leave. It's too hazardous to go any closer to the larger landmasses without them potentially being dummy islands. A few of these islands are not naturally shaped so I'm guessing there was some upheaval in the area which could be the Saiyans trying to create land large enough for this place. I'm guessing a lot of it will be underwater too\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral didn't know how he could change Enki or if it was even possible. It was already impressive enough he was able to form a machine using his own energy and for it to actually exist as it did with functioning machinery. Sometimes he wondered how much Yumi expected from him, whether she thought he was more impressive than he actually was or she was just trying to be flattering. Even if he had Enki he knew it was still going to suffer when it came to attacking those with powerful Ki, seeing how quickly Takeshi took it out when they were enemies. He was still going to try and improve, but it still felt pretty difficult and might possibly be near impossible if he wasn't built to improve. \"We'll know we're close by when we start getting attacked\", he sighed, hoping it was obvious to her, \"It's not like dropping me is going to do me harm if you have to fight, anyway. I can swim, of course…\" Since Yumi seemed to be a little fidgety giving her the task to look for a suitable island to land on seemed like a good idea, even if he could do that himself, simply making sure they weren't going to be ambushed at all he looked in the direction Yumi pointed to before turning the ship in the island's direction. \"Fair enough, I suppose…\" Flying on over he soon slowed the ship down into a hover, staring out the window as he tried to figure out the best way to land the ship. \"Clear a tree or two for me, will you? And don't use Ki to do it or you'll blow our cover…\"\n\nShu smiled up at Takeshi, not looking completely sure if he knew what Takeshi meant or not. \"I am not very lucky…I mean many bad things happen to me\", he mumbled, feeling a little unsure about Takeshi's mood, \"I am pretty new to fighting! Fighting only done umm…I don't know how many, I don't count very well…but not that many times! You done all the fighting when I was no around, remember?\" He could probably count how many times he had fought on his hands a few times, but he didn't know what the number for it was. He had trained a lot, but fighting seriously like they all did was something he wasn't really used to yet. \"Truce? Like…not fighting?\" he questioned him, feeling confused, \"Rebels and Father not fighting…we no rebels. That how I see. Or maybe he want this to happen, I dunno. Ooooh! Father confuse me! What even he think of me? Do I disappoint? Why he keep me for so long if I am bad at being a warrior?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"Hopefully we find it without having to be attacked though, I'd prefer if our ride back isn't ruined by this,\" Yumi commented with a slight smile, \"And I won't drop you, don't be ridiculous. We don't know what's in the ocean here either, for all we know its filled to the brim with sharks. Or... Alien-shark... Things.\" What even lived on this planet anyways? Considering it seemed to be mostly water she could assume there were loads of big fish, and some of those fish were liable to eat them if given the chance. Yeah, swimming wasn't the safest idea then. It made more sense of them to land the ship and then fly towards the facility, provided they could even find it. In order to land though they needed an island for it, and after a brief search they spotted a dense island not far off, perfect for concealing their shuttle. \"You want me to go clear some trees? Sure, easy enough,\" Yumi agreed as she undid her harness and slid out of her chair. Winking at Viral she stepped into the back of the ship, pulling the door wide open and giving the brothers a wave before jumping out to do her work.\n\nIt wasn't super easy convincing Shu that things were going to be alright, especially when there were little voices of doubt in his own mind. \"Bad things happen to everyone buddy, and good things happen to everyone. I mean you gotta take the good with the bad, you know? That's life,\" Takeshi answered back, \"And doing more fighting isn't always a good thing Shu. Just means I piss off more people than you do,\" the older boy added with a laugh, rubbing at his neck, \"And what's it matter what dad thinks? He's a jerk, you shouldn't worry about what he thinks about you. Uh... And Krom said something about that before, why he kept you. He said it was because they were trying to get you to control your Oozaru. But know what? They did it in a really shitty way, there's other ways to help that other than doing what they did. We'll do it ourselves, right? And it won't be half as bad as what they did.\" They didn't need their father or any of those scientists, they had Vegeta and Aito, and Shu had him and all his friends. Speaking of why was Yumi coming back here? Glancing at her curiously he furrowed his brow as she threw the door open, raising them slightly then when she simply dropped out of the ship. \"Uh... Okay then...\"\n\nSo Viral just needed some trees cleared right? No problem, she could manage that much! Landing on the forest floor she was surprised by just how cool it was down here, expecting it to be a bit more like a jungle, hot and humid. The air was pleasantly crisp and untainted by smells that came with civilization though, it was shockingly refreshing. She wasn't here to sight see or appreciate the wilderness however and had to snap to the task at hand. Waving to Viral in the shuttle above she gave her knuckles a crack before sizing up the trees immediately around her. Most were fairly tall and thick, and it wasn't like knocking down saplings would do any good anyways. Taking stock of her first tree she cocked her arm back and threw a punch, splitting it on the point of impact and causing it to topple over with a resounding crash. Kicking the stump into bits she proceeded to do the same thing to another tree, and another, until there was a landing site large enough for the shuttle. With a triumphant smile she looked up again, waving to Viral to signal it was clear.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "\"I'm part shark! I don't need to worry about other sharks!\" Viral grunted, eventually letting out a groan, \"Just concentrate on staying alive and don't worry about me if you have to drop me. I can look after myself\". He wasn't too fussed about his own health and was more concerned with getting the mission over with so. He knew there was going to be dangers within the facility and what was worse was they were going to be incredibly outnumbered unless they got everything together and done pretty quickly. He didn't see that happening, especially when the people inside likely knew how to handle him and could neutralise him very quickly. Since Yumi wanted to find a way to keep herself busy he gave her instructions to go and see to the landing area, watching as she exited the ship before letting out a sigh. She was certainly enthusiastic about this given how unknown everything was right now but maybe this was just her way of coping. Looking back out the front he simply watched as she cleared some of the larger trees with little effort, not feeling entirely sure as to whether he should be concerned or not before she finally gave him the signal to land. Looking back to the console again he flipped some switches before slowly easing down the ship, making sure to land it without causing too much damage to the shuttle itself.\n\nShu let out a groan, slowly shaking his head before shrugging. \"Fighting not a good thing, fighting a bad thing sometimes. Still would like to do good over the bad and get a lot of good in the end too, right?\" He didn't really know how to conquer his inability to see the good when so much could go wrong at once, seeing how it was pretty common for such things to happen. He was concerned that he was going to screw up so badly one time that it affected everything with nothing turning out good for a very long time after that. Glancing up at Takeshi when he tried to put down their father's opinions he sighed lightly, shaking his head. \"More wonder why he wanted to have me, is all. Could had ignored me or not had me at all, right? Then no problems after that\". When Yumi passed them he looked up and stared at her for the moment she was there for, curious to what she was doing until the sounds outside said it all. Covering his ears at the initial strike, he soon eased off and let out a sigh. \"Ohhh…maybe those were someone's home…wonder where they go live now…", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral was having none of Yumi's snark, it was a case of either her shutting up on her own or having to put up with it all and just ignore her in time. Just having her carry on with what she had to do he soon started to send the ship down, landing it carefully to try and not keep the ship suspended in plain sight for too long. Shutting down the engine and locking the controls he looked up to see Yumi hovering around, giving her an annoyed glare before he stood up and started walking out. \"Just start covering it, and don't bang on the window again\". Heading on out the door he looked around slowly, feeling rather relieved that he was out here without Aito or Vegeta but also taking in the strange scented air and the cool forest air. It certainly smelled like freedom alright, but the sound of the others talking reminded him that freedom was something he wasn't going to have for very long. Turning to look to them briefly he soon huffed and headed on towards one of the fallen trees, standing over the branches before he started to pull them off the tree and throwing them onto a pile.\n\n\"Got to fight to stop the bad people! Got to be strong, yes?\" Shu spoke quickly, shaking his fists but still looking a little unsure of himself. He knew he had to fight to protect others, but everyone else did the fighting so much better than him so all it managed to do was make him feel terrible when he couldn't do anything helpful. He never really had his own fight that didn't end with him changing and tearing stuff up so it was pretty discouraging when he had little he could do to help save people when everyone else was just better at what he did. \"But why have me if I was just going to be hard to control? I don't know…\" While he was confused over his own existence he probably shouldn't focus on that just now. Once the ship was landed he frowned as he watched Viral get up and exit the ship, knowing that was their signal to leave it now. \"There may be many trees but only one tree gets called home! I had a tree sometimes, but we moved a lot too because bad animals always wanting to kill us. It was really scary sometimes, sometimes people no surviving\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"Sorry about that, I'll be nice to the windows,\" Yumi said with a smile, floating down and beginning to tear limbs free from the trees. She wasn't sure how well this would work either, it would be pretty obvious after all it was just a pile of branches on the ground. Their only hope was no one would bother coming to investigate it thoroughly and discover the ship buried beneath them. With Viral piling up branches as well she began taking from his pile too, doing her best to make their obvious pile seem as natural as possible. \"So do you have any idea how we're going to find this place? I never saw anything while we were flying,\" Yumi mentioned as she set down a branch and dusted her hands free of chips, \"I'd say let's try that signal thing now, it's maybe our best chance. And they're only going to find us if they're looking for us right? Maybe we can do it quick enough they don't notice?\" Otherwise she didn't know how they found find it save for flying all over the whole planet. That would work, but it would mean using loads of Ki just moving around trying to find the building. If it was under water too they might never find it, hopefully Viral had some other plan in mind. \n\nShu was going to have to get comfortable with the idea of fighting pretty quick here, they weren't going to be able to put it off forever. Of course to fight they were going to need to find the damn place first and so far they hadn't a clue where to look. With the ship setting down Takeshi got himself out of his harness before beginning to do Shu's as well, sighing when he continued to press the subject of their father. \"I don't know buddy, you'd have to ask him yourself, I can't tell you why he did what he did,\" the older boy answered, throwing the straps aside for his brother to get out, \"Anyone else I'd say he was trying to help you, but I mean... This is our old man, he's not exactly the nicest guy around, you know? If he wanted to help he picked a really crappy way of doing it.\" Waving Shu along to get out of the shuttle as well he shut the door behind them, raising an eyebrow as he saw Yumi and Viral covering their ship up in branches. \"Well... Maybe there was nothing living in these ones then. Maybe they left because of that reason, because some predator wanted to eat them. So who knows, we might have just done them a favor,\" Takeshi mused, shrugging his shoulders before giving Shu a smile and ruffling his hair, \"Don't worry too much, okay buddy? There's loads of trees here, I doubt we took away the only home they could have.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was sure the ship wouldn't be detected with cover like this, finding it to be much more effective than simply lifting the tree up and placing it over the ship. That would look too obvious whereas having it covered in the same colour as the natural flora it would appear as an optical illusion to the normal viewer who didn't know what shape to look for. Snapping the branches and throwing them to the pile he looked over to Yumi when she questioned his navigation skills, frowning before he shook his head. \"Do you just not trust my navigation skills? It shouldn't even be a question if I decided this area was fine for making a landing\", he grumbled before standing up straight, rubbing his paws, \"It's somewhere in this area. The coordinates were an estimate but it still doesn't mean they were going to be very incorrect, especially with so many fake islands. The moment they know it's us, they'll pop out, okay? I just don't want them popping out near the ship! Send out a signal if you want, so long as we're not near the ship when they find us…\"\n\nShu wanted to get into gear, he really did, but he found it hard to find confidence in his abilities versus a real opponent. He was fine with fighting for fun and to protect himself, but when trying to fight for other people he felt he was causing great disappointment otherwise and might end up causing more harm than good with his unstable transformation. Takeshi's suggestions were making him feel very uncomfortable too, especially when it was a suggestion that his father was probably his best bet when finding help right now. Staring down at the ground as he got off he gasped at the sound of breaking branches, looking between Yumi and Viral before he sighed, squeaking when his hair was suddenly ruffled up. \"Ah! I no worry! Try not to worry! Just maybe thinking and such and maybe just…someone might miss the trees…\" he squeaked before sighing, giving Takeshi a smile back, \"You no know much about trees! Trees home to many and give food sometimes! These trees no look like they have food, though…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral gave Yumi a glaring at before he groaned, rolling his eyes. \"What part of trusting me is so hard to do? If you didn't trust me then you could had easily flown the ship…\"He wasn't having any of the nonsense today, he was much more concerned with getting this done and getting moving so that he might go back without any problems. He would be fine with never finding this place, but he wasn't going to lie about the possible location and hide the possibility that they might end up finding Beastmen. He didn't want such a place to be found, it would be his shame that the place even existed simply because he knew it existed thanks to him existing in the first place. Throwing the remaining branches up and over he turned to Yumi, staring at her as she approached him before twitching when she took hold of his arm. Staring down at her with slight embarrassment he soon groaned and looked away. \"It's going to look awkward no matter what you do! I'm still going to be hanging in the air from someone who is shorter than me! I'll be fine once we get this over with or until you drop me in the water…\"\n\nShu didn't know where he might find all the information he needed, especially when nobody else was like him. He was pretty scared of himself and he found it hard to think he might be able to fix himself up and get rid of his problems, seeing how it was all a part of who he was. Trying to put on a brave face despite his fears he gave Takeshi a smile, trying to change the subject by directing it to the trees. \"They grow back?? Ooh! That good, and grow big again? Must take a long time, not seen them grow without Friend T'charrl. Friend very good at growing trees!\" Seeing Yumi getting all close to Viral he wondered if it was time for them to go, his eyes quickly looking up to Takeshi. \"Ooh! Time to go?? We fly and fight like we did on Namek, yes? Bang, bang! No tried to fly and attack at same time so we do that together, yes?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Yumi was just trying to keep the mood light with a little joking around, but clearly Viral wasn't having any of it. Being all stern and overly serious was just exhausting, you had to know when to laugh or relax. She supposed though carelessness was bad here too given what they might be getting themselves into, but still cracking a smile wouldn't be awful. With the shuttle properly concealed they should be on their way with their search as the longer they stuck around the greater chance they might be spotted. But where did they go? Other than vague coordinates they had nothing do go on, and with islands so sparsely spread out it wasn't as though there were many markers to go off of. They would find it though, Viral would somehow pick it up even if it was hidden. \"What does my height have to do with any of this? That's awfully rude you know,\" Yumi teased, adopting a faux-offended expression as she released Viral's arm. \"Or is it because you're humiliated to be helped by a woman? I get it, you don't want my help because of that.\" Huffing she turned around briefly and folded her arms, suppressing a giggle before turning back and grabbing hold of her friend by his sides, slowly lifting them up into the air. \"You're coming with me no matter what, unless you want to fly with Shu or Takeshi?\"\n\nIf Shu wanted answers he'd have to talk to someone a bit smarter than he was, all he could do was try to dismiss problems or distract him. Doing just that Takeshi tried making trees the big topic for them and was relieved when Shu bought into it. \"Yeah they take a while, but they'll grow back and that's what's important, you know? And who knows how the trees grow here, maybe they grow really fast!\" Whatever helped Shu sleep better at night, though of all the things to fret over why did it have to be a handful of trees? Talk about some weird priorities. Seeing Viral and Yumi preparing to get a move on he figured they should as well, getting ready to piggyback his brother until the little guy brought up another idea. \"Huh, you wanna do that again? Sure, I mean it worked really well and all so why not?\" Made it a bit easier on the both of them and if nothing else it was practice for Shu. Copying what Yumi was doing he linked his arms beneath Shu's and held him against his chest before slowly flying up, smirking as he met their friends in the air. \"Alright, let's go kick some Saiyan ass!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was feeling pretty agitated and Yumi wasn't helping in the slightest with her little banter, only making him feel pretty terrible about having to do all of this with any of them. He might end up being a much harsher fighter with a lot less mercy when it came to how he might deal with the people who worked there, but a lot of that would be out of anger and the stress they've caused to him personally. He didn't know if he would be able to hold back, he might end up going off the rails and becoming uncontrollable. Yumi wouldn't be able to understand that as evident by her lack of understanding from how much stress he was under as she tried to joke around. Staring at her as she tried to make a big deal out of what he said he only grew confused when she brought gender into it. \"What is 'that' exactly?? Gender makes no difference in anything!\" he spoke quickly, not quite understanding Humans and their strange obsession with gender. Feeling more confused than anything he looked to her again when she decided to cooperate and pick him up, already disliking the journey he was going to undertake. \"How would flying with them better suit me?? One can barely fly and the other is an idiot!\"\n\nShu was not entirely sure about the concept of copping down a tree but he was still going to try and understand from a point where he might understand why people did it without a care in the first place. It certainly made him feel pretty annoyed that people didn't really care much for trees, but that seemed to be what life was going to be like if he was going to be part of this civilisation with the rest of them. \"I care about trees without much care to how they become trees! They good trees because they always give\", he smiled, bouncing on his toes as he got ready for leaving. Nodding quickly when Takeshi thought it was also going to be a good idea he raised his arms quickly, waiting until he was held before wrapping his tail around him as they prepared to leave. \"Yeah! Kick some Saiyan ass? What that again?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral was feeling pretty agitated and Yumi wasn't helping in the slightest with her little banter, only making him feel pretty terrible about having to do all of this with any of them. He might end up being a much harsher fighter with a lot less mercy when it came to how he might deal with the people who worked there, but a lot of that would be out of anger and the stress they've caused to him personally. He didn't know if he would be able to hold back, he might end up going off the rails and becoming uncontrollable. Yumi wouldn't be able to understand that as evident by her lack of understanding from how much stress he was under as she tried to joke around. Staring at her as she tried to make a big deal out of what he said he only grew confused when she brought gender into it. \"What is 'that' exactly?? Gender makes no difference in anything!\" he spoke quickly, not quite understanding Humans and their strange obsession with gender. Feeling more confused than anything he looked to her again when she decided to cooperate and pick him up, already disliking the journey he was going to undertake. \"How would flying with them better suit me?? One can barely fly and the other is an idiot!\"\n\nShu was not entirely sure about the concept of copping down a tree but he was still going to try and understand from a point where he might understand why people did it without a care in the first place. It certainly made him feel pretty annoyed that people didn't really care much for trees, but that seemed to be what life was going to be like if he was going to be part of this civilisation with the rest of them. \"I care about trees without much care to how they become trees! They good trees because they always give\", he smiled, bouncing on his toes as he got ready for leaving. Nodding quickly when Takeshi thought it was also going to be a good idea he raised his arms quickly, waiting until he was held before wrapping his tail around him as they prepared to leave. \"Yeah! Kick some Saiyan ass? What that again?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Clearly her joking around and light-hearted banter wasn't calming Viral quite as she'd hoped. Everyone was stressed over this mission but they should really try to laugh or smile, it made things less stressful. Still she should try to joke around a little to help everyone relax even if it wasn't working out initially. \"Uh... Actually gender makes a difference in a lot, now that you mention it,\" Yumi retorted, holding up a hand and counting off her fingers, \"Body shape, plus I guess women and men are better at some things than the other, like oh I don't know... Having kids?\" Suppressing laughter as she no doubt just disturbed Viral to no end she grabbed hold of him beneath his arms and lifted him up, getting well over the trees so they could pick a direction to head in. \"I never said it was better, I said you could do it if you'd prefer. I can't know what it is you want,\" she answered back before looking over at the brothers. Seeing them in the air as well she smiled and glanced at her passenger curiously, \"Well, which way do we go? Just point it out and I'll get moving.\" \n\n\"Well... But what about folks who don't use trees, you know? Just saying buddy, because you like trees doesn't mean everybody does. They're not like smoothies, everyone loves smoothies.\" Takeshi didn't mind trees as long as they weren't in the way of his house, which he figured was probably the reason anyone got rid of a tree, to make room. There were probably loads of trees back where East City was ages ago, now it was all buildings and roads, that was just how things worked really. Not every planet could be like T'charrl's and overflowing with trees. Grabbing Shu as Yumi and Viral took to the air he waited for his brother to get a secure hold, smiling amused when he used a curse word. \"Heh, uh well kicking Saiyan ass means-\"\n\n\"TAKESHI! Don't teach him that word!\" Yumi screamed across the way, narrowing her eyes at the eldest brother, \"I'll come over there if you keep talking like that!\"\n\n\"And do what, your hands are full!\" Takeshi shot back, feeling somewhat bold today. That bravery was quickly washed away when Yumi started coming over, quickly clamming himself up and shaking his head which to his relief staved off her fury. Exhaling as she turned away from them he smiled in exasperation before looking down at Shu, his eyebrow twitching in mild irritation. \"Ah... Saiyan butt buddy, don't use that word. Just because I use a word doesn't always mean you should,\" he pointed out dutifully, though there was no small degree of annoyance towards Yumi in his voice, \"It means we're going to go fight them and make them pay for the people they hurt and all that, you know? And it doesn't mean we'll actually kick their butt, it's uh... Something you say when you're going to fight someone.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral stared at Yumi for a moment before letting out a groan, waving his paw quickly. \"All Humans look the same to me. I don't need you talking to me about reproduction either so don't bother getting into that!\" Despite finding himself increasingly annoyed at Yumi he had no choice but to let her take off with him, holding him in a pretty uncomfortable fashion but it was going to be the only way he'd have more freedom of movement. Looking down at the trees briefly before back to Yumi he let out an annoyed sigh, already starting to wonder why he was bothering to talk to her at all if she was going to be this annoying. Somewhat wishing that he went for the idea of a jetpack device at this point he simply sighed, pointing in the direction he had been flying the ship in originally. \"Just keep going in that direction before it's decided I might as well swim by myself\".\n\nShu didn't like the thought of people not liking trees as much as he did, especially when his idea of liking trees stemmed from the fact that they were necessary to live for many. The others didn't want to have them to live so they built ones using stone, but still kept them around so they must've liked them. \"But everybody does like trees! There always tree somewhere where people live if planet has trees! That mean people like trees\". He saw no reason to not like trees if everybody typically had trees somewhere. Asking Takeshi what he meant by a certain string of words he squeaked when Yumi suddenly yelled out, looking over to her quickly before up to Takeshi who tried to retaliate. He didn't know what was meant by any of it but Takeshi sure did get in trouble. Tilting his head a little he turned his attention back to Takeshi, still feeling confused but otherwise okay with what was being said. \"Not a good word? Teach me good words then!\" Having little problem with not saying a particular word he gave Takeshi a little smile. \"That a weird thing to say when you not going to do it! Kick their butt anyway! Yes?\" he smiled, kicking his legs a little, \"What we do if some Saiyans are like Miss Yumi, though? Do we still kick their butt? What that make them, anyway?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Okay, maybe saying Shu was all three wasn't exactly correct. Takeshi didn't know much about the whole baby making business but he knew it took two parents; a Saiyan and a human had made him, just as a Saiyan and a human had made Shu. Only difference between them was Shu spent his life living with monkeys, so he was more monkey-like. Otherwise things got really complicated and disturbing if you tried to describe how Shu somehow had different pieces of three peoples all together. Shuddering inwardly at the very idea of it Takeshi pushed that into the darkest recesses of his mind where he'd never think about it again, hopefully. \"No, I don't mean I'm a bad person buddy, that's not it. I mean like I behave bad, you know?\" the older boy said, sighing before looking ahead at Yumi, \"At least she thinks I do, get it? Bad boys use bad language, good boys don't. You're a good boy, I'm a bad boy.\" Didn't get much more simplified than that, if Shu still didn't get it then he didn't know what the hell he could say. Laughing when his brother called him bad Takeshi freed one hand just enough to poke Shu in the side, sticking his tongue out for good measure. \"I mean I know what we gotta do, I just don't know that stuff, you know? We'll find out what's going on when we get there, for now we just gotta find the place.\"\n\nThough Yumi had stopped cracking jokes and being arguably crude she was still giggling, trying her best to suppress it and not agitate Viral further. Commenting on his lack of amusement at her antics she pursed her lips when he began arguing back, letting out a sigh before smiling slightly at her friend. \"I'm not trying to distract you, I'm trying to help you and the boys keep relaxed. Being alert is fine, but there is such a thing as being too wound up.\" They were like a wire sometimes, too taught and ready to snap at the slightest move. While it wasn't such a bad idea to be aware of your surroundings when going into a fight too much caution could make you paranoid. Geoffrey had said something to that effect ages ago, about finding a balance between caution and relaxation, shame she couldn't recall the exact words now. How was he doing, she wondered to herself? Or the others they had met? Maybe once they were finished here a tour of their former battle sites wasn't a half bad idea, she missed some of those goofballs.\n\nAs Viral had requested she cut her antics and for a few minutes the group flew in relative silence. Aside from the wind rushing around her ears Yumi couldn't hear anything at all, even the ocean and forests below proving to be silent. What she initially took for being peaceful she now found a bit eerie, perhaps due to expecting a fight. Yet there was nothing. No animals calling out, no waves, the lack of any kind of vehicles was something unusual for them at this point too. For all her hypersensitive senses there wasn't a single thing she could pick out. For a few moments Yumi began to doubt the accuracy of their coordinates, worrying they might in fact be moving away from the facility. Should they double back? It would be a real hassle, but it'd be even more of a hassle to travel halfway across the world only to have to turn around. \n\n\"Hey Viral... Maybe we should try a different direction?\" Yumi asked as she voiced her thoughts, \"I don't mean to say you were wrong, just... It could be anywhere really.\" Glancing down at her friend for an answer she missed a sudden flash from an island ahead, only looking up when she noticed a sudden energy flying towards them. Gasping at the beam coming their way Yumi hoisted herself and her friend higher into the air to evade the attack, darting then to the right to avoid yet another. So much for not finding anyone! Drawing closer to the island she could see a handful of troops moving into the air, and what looked like cannons on the ground. So that's what was firing at them, just lovely. \"Hang on, we need to get down there!\" Lowering their altitude quickly she darted by a group of soldiers, looking back over her shoulder at Shu and Takeshi, \"We got the cannons, get those guys!\"\n\nTakeshi was becoming fairly bored, flying about without a single thing to do. It must be equally boring for Shu who couldn't do anything other than watch the water race by, in fact he swore he could feel his brother's restlessness. Like Yumi he had begun to question their path right up until the first beam was fired, veering down closer to the water to avoid being knocked out of the sky. Cursing as another was fired at them he used his Ki to dash away, reappearing where they originally had been in the air. Well they found the bad guys anyways, though there was a serious lack of buildings on the island. \"Ready buddy? Let's go kick some ass!\" he exclaimed, taking Yumi's orders and flying up towards the soldiers. \"Hang on one second buddy, this might scare ya a bit.\" Meeting the soldiers in mid-flight he threw Shu suddenly up over his head, taking the surprise to kick the nearest enemy away before catching Shu on his back, quickly placing his arms under his brother's legs. \"Like before, I fly and you shoot!\" Takeshi called, backing off a bit to distance themselves from the soldiers.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu didn't particularly know what he was supposed to be making out of all this other than the fact that Takeshi was making him out to be much more complicated than he thought he was. To be part of three different types of people just sounded incredibly strange and not possible and he was the one who knew basically nothing about how people are born. He knew two people were involved but he didn't understand how they came about to be babies. Listening to Takeshi try to explain and justify why saying such words was alright for him he only grew further confused, not seeing him as a bad boy at all or any different when considering his stance as a good boy. \"Ooh! Not always good! Sometimes do bad and you no do as bad! You just silly and strange\", he giggled, \"We find out what we do when we get there then! Will try to be good and hit the baddies but not too mean too, yes?\"\n\nViral saw no benefit in trying to joke around the situation, they could easily be shot out of the sky at any time just because they were talking too much. They may end up having the same problems that often came when a team of soldiers were distracted by nonsense only to get ambushed, especially when Viral was hoping they would be ambushed out in the open like this. They had to eventually attack them, it was all the people the Saiyans wanted after all so they could end up popping up at any time. \"I'm not wound up, I'm just cautious considering I'm hanging in the air above deep water right now…\" They had nothing to worry about, they could fly. If Yumi so much as got hit she would probably drop him and he would be placed in an even more vulnerable spot than he currently was.\n\nFeeling pretty fed up he looked up when Yumi decided to give her doubts about his decisions, frowning before looking ahead again. \"I'm positive this is the right direction, just…just pay attention!\" He could see the attack happening before Yumi with her variety of concerns could, trying to make her move. Luckily she did move but that was too close. Growling in annoyance he stared ahead, counting how many were attacking and just what they had to attack. He would have to wait until they got closer to the base before he could do anything and for that he had to hope Yumi was good at flying.\n\nShu didn't know how much longer they were going to go until they found someone, luckily they did eventually but it was the enemy that made the first attack. Squeaking, his tail quickly tightened around Takeshi and soon he was getting himself ready to start attacking. \"Ah! You said a bad word again!\" Making sure he was going to be holding on tight he watched the water below for a moment before gasping as he was thrown into the air, waving his arms around a bit before he was caught again in a brief moment of confusion. That was confusing, but now that he was back with Takeshi he looked around quickly before nodding, giggling as he charged up his Ki. \"Shoot shoot! Bang bang!\" Throwing little Ki blasts out in front of him he was getting all excited about being useful for once, even if he was just blindly shooting and hoping he might hit the cannons Yumi called out at.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Right in the face! He never saw it coming!\" Takeshi laughed as he reveled in Shu's enthusiasm, finding enjoyment in it as much as his own. He didn't know why the little guy all of a sudden enjoyed fighting but he wasn't going to knock it. After swatting the flies that were the soldiers in the air they could move to the ground where more troops were mobilizing, trying to reach Yumi and Viral. Opting to cut them off instead the brothers landed before them and cut off access, unnerving the lowly soldiers with just their presence. At least Takeshi thought it as much, and he couldn't help but feel smug for it. Trying to, as usual, make it a competition with Shu he sighed when his brother questioned it, turning to him and pointing at the soldiers. \"I'm just trying to make this a game buddy, you know? See who can beat up more bad guys, that's all!\" Takeshi argued, \"And being tall has nothing to do with it. Little guys like you can beat anyone if you try, it's not about size. You're probably stronger than each of them put together!\" That incited a few shouts of dissidence and some angry glares but he ignored them, they weren't important right now. \"Come on, let's make a game of it, whadda ya say?\"\n\nJust plowing through a bunch of fodder would be too easy, of course there was an Elite present. Just her luck too that she ran into him, but she wouldn't back down from it. Yumi had been playing the support role for much too longer and she wanted to be on the front lines again, and what better way than to fight an Elite? That was the idea anyways, she was finding doing so was more difficult than she'd imagined. After failing to hit him a few times she watched as a Ki blast was batted away like nothing, frowning and charging back in to keep fighting. Ducking beneath a swinging arm she spun on a heel and kicked the man in the back, making him stumble but hardly knocking him over. Jumping up she delivered another kick but instead found her leg grabbed and her body yanked hard, being thrown away and rolling a few times before catching herself, her hand digging into the ground to stop her momentum. He was just too solid for her to strike down, at least how she was going about it. Maybe a different technique? Figuring she'd try more pressure point oriented attacks she got to her feet and prepared to assault the man again... Instead watching as seemingly out of nowhere Viral came charging in, his foot colliding hard with the man's head, knocking him clean off his feet and several meters away before hitting the ground.\n\n\"Agh!\" One second he'd been facing off against the small woman and the next he was face down in the dirt, head throbbing and having absolutely no idea how or why he was in such a state. Growling in frustration the Elite pushed himself to his knees, giving his head a shake before rising to his feet. \"Who's the pipsqueak that hit me...? I'll crush you!\" he shouted as he turned to face Yumi, stopping short when his eyes settled on Viral. Him? Here? But why?! He was supposed to be long gone, this didn't make sense. Come to think of it there were two powers nearby too, powers that seemed fairly strong in their own rights as well. Casting his gaze away briefly the Elite's eyes widened spotting the crowned Princes as well, realizing the gravity of the situation now. Not only was a former Commander here but so were the King's own sons, he couldn't beat all three of them. He had to get back to the facility and raise the alarm, prepare for an attack. \"Men, hold them off! Your sacrifices will be remembered!\" he shouted as he rose into the air, looking somewhat panicked before turning and trying to fly off.\n\n\"Hey, get back here! Don't run away from us!\" Yumi hollered after him, almost taking off right after him before remembering herself. Instead of darting into the air immediately she rushed over to Viral, placing her hands once more on his sides before promptly shooting off and giving chase to the Elite. Hopefully Shu and Takeshi realized what was going on, she hadn't the time to yell to them lest they lose this man. \"Where does he think he's going? We'll find him no matter what!\" If he wasn't staying there then there was no way that... The facility! That had to be where the man was heading, he would never have left if their target was back there. But then he had to know they were following him too right, so why was he doing that? What was waiting for them there?\n\nAw jeez, Takeshi had just been getting cozy with the idea of him and Shu competing for most butts kicked when Yumi and Viral flew off. It took a second for him to realize why that was, and when he noticed another power running away he figured they were chasing someone. Not wanting to be left behind and get totally lost he rolled his eyes, grabbing Shu by the hand and slowly rising up into the air. \"You guys uh... Sit tight, we'll be back to kick your butts later!\" he declared with a laugh, waving slightly before hurrying after their friends, adjusting Shu so one arm was wrapped around his sides. No one chased them, big surprise, they seemed to lose their fighting spirit pretty quick after their boss left. They could just barely see Yumi and Viral up ahead once they were going, and whoever they were chasing was still a ways off, but this had to lead them somewhere, right?", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was not going to have anybody harassing Yumi while he was able to stop it. The soldiers trying to shoot at him were pointless targets when Yumi was in trouble. It was a bad thing Viral had no regards of whether they were an Elite or normal soldier, otherwise he may as well had knocked the head right off a normal soldier with his kick. Falling to the floor again he glared at the temporarily downed man, his eyes going to the other soldiers who backed away from him fearfully before his attention moved back to the man. Flexing his claws as the man got up and turned towards him he delivered a strong glare, staring at the switch from anger to panic in his eyes. Grinning lightly upon seeing his expression change so quickly he gasped when the man decided to bail, glaring at him as he flew away before his eyes quickly went to Yumi. Grunting when she lifted him into the air he looked back down to the ground, letting out a groan before looking to Yumi. \"Can you not think of this like a revenge tactic and think of it as finding the base?? We're still going to have those soldiers after us and that cannon, by the way! Why didn't you just leave me down there to deal with them??\"\n\n\"Ah! But you would win! You always wanna win!\" Shu squeaked, finding it hard to believe he might win at a game like this against Takeshi, \"Size mean everything! It hard to hit the head when they really tall…\" He felt he was at a disadvantage with this game but he was going to have to play it, it seemed. Already wondering how he might end up winning this game he raised his fists only for one of them to be grabbed as Takeshi took off again, wondering what was going on as he was now being carried away like luggage. \"That game didn't last long! What happening now?\" He was pretty confused and a little worried that he might be missing out on something important, but upon looking ahead he noticed they seemed to be following some soldier. Well that was certainly different but it must've been what they needed to do, even if they were now at the mercy of the soldiers they left behind and the remaining cannon that might be used against them. \"What we gonna do about all them?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"So we should try to overwhelm them then? If that's what you think is best...\" Yumi said with uncertainty, it not making too much sense to her. They could try that if her method didn't work, she didn't want to be aggressive right off the bat and possibly alienate them. Besides for some people it was easier to be nice than it was mean and she happened to be one of them. Kicking away the door to get out of the first room she cringed inwardly when seeing two men knocked out and pinned behind it, looking to Viral with a sheepish smile. \"I didn't know they were there! I-I'm sure they're fine,\" she laughed weakly with a wave of her hand, \"Come on, let's keep moving!\" \n\nTakeshi didn't need to be told twice as he surged ahead to attack the group of soldiers incoming, making short work of them. If this was all the base had then they'd be out of this place in no time, where were the real fighters? Sending the last guy through the wall he dusted his hands off and grinned at Shu, flashing him a thumbs up before watching Yumi run ahead yet again with Viral on her heels. \"Sheesh, we're going to run out of people to pummel at this rate,\" he mumbled with a shake of his head, chasing after the others with Shu in tow. On to a side room next that joined with an adjacent corridor, and several troops were stood around blocking off the door. This had to be something important with all these troops here, and if not then at least they could have some fun while in the room. Watching as Yumi and Viral went right on in he rolled his eyes, seeing Shu throw a blast out of the corner of his eye before laughing. \"Nice shot!\"\n\nSomething felt a bit odd, why were they only fighting regular soldiers? Sure they only just broke into the building but they should be responding faster than this so what gives? Blocking an incoming punch Yumi pushed the fist away and slammed her own into the soldier's gut, punching him then in the jaw and knocking him off his feet and onto his back. She couldn't feel any powers coming that might suggest an Elite, yet there were clearly troops coming to fight them. Knocking away another blast from a weapon she yelped as her hair was grabbed from behind, being yanked to the ground by it forcibly and glaring up at the woman responsible. Ignoring the tearing on her scalp she lifted her legs up and wrapped them around the woman's neck and pulled, yanking her and flipping her over onto her back, keeping her legs around the woman's neck until she passed out. Nursing at her head as she got up she examined the tufts of hair in her hand and grew red in the face, turning to the soldier charging her and punching him square in the face, growling as she ignored him crumpling to the floor. \"That witch pulled my hair out!\"\n\n\"Come on Shu, kick some butt! These guys are pushovers!\" Takeshi encouraged, slapping Shu on the back before going in to join the fray. Not having nearly the finesse of Yumi he simply reached out and grabbed the nearest soldier, giving him a single good hook to the jaw and releasing him at the same time to put them down. A few more soldiers were coming into the room now and several were armed with different looking weapons, nothing like the blasters he was used to seeing. New versions maybe? Seeing one of the men take aim at Viral, Takeshi flitted across the room and grabbed the man's arm, wrenching it upward as the shot went off and put a hole in the ceiling. Kicking one of their legs out from under them then he grabbed the arm and spun the man around, using him as a bat of sorts to hit another soldier, letting him go and sending both flying off.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu didn't know if what he was doing was correct but when Takeshi gave him a good response he figured it was good, now he just had to try and figure out how to enter the fray himself properly instead of from a distance. If he got close they would probably kick him away before he could get any closer, but if he flew he might be able to get one; although, if he flew too quick he might end up overshooting and just fly into a wall. He really needed to work on flight control and until that happened the whole flying part was completely out of the question, he was going to have to do what he knew and hopefully get into fighting like the rest of them could. Squeaking when Takeshi broke his thought process by slapping him on the back he quickly looked to him before watching as he quickly went to work on the soldiers, even going after another group. Looking around quickly for another good target he gasped at the blaster shot that Takeshi diverted before he finally decided to move. Running up to the soldiers Yumi was fighting off he threw his fist back before making one quick punch, managing to land a fair punch right in the crotch of a soldier and sending him flying back into one behind.\n\nViral wasn't pulling any punches and was trying to quickly dispatch them as soon as they were within his reach. While he didn't know what he was supposed to do once he had taken care of them, he knew once they were down he could figure out where to go and how to move on from the room to find these Beastmen. He desperately wanted to find them, but not for their safety. He wanted to see them existing himself and to finally feel like he was a part of something rather than just the by-product of some idea, even if it was the Saiyans who had created them. If they were anything like him then that was fine by him, but he needed to find them first. Kicking one completely out of the fight he turned when a shot was fired, seeing it create a fair puncture in the ceiling. Seems like they were going to try and ambush him with those weapons just when he thought they might, but he wasn't going to have to contemplate over how he might deal with people shooting from afar. Making a quick glance to Yumi he grunted, not really in the mood for her whining at this particular time as he decided to try and push his way through, trying to get to the door of the next room just so he might find where the Beastmen were being held. \"Try not to humour them too much! We still need to figure out where the hell we are!\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu was hoping his attack would be effective and by the looks of the man on the ground it had very much been, his eyes quickly going to Takeshi for approval. He somewhat sounded like he approved at least, although it sounded like he was a little uncomfortable as well. Hoping that was an approval at least he tried to move in Yumi's direction but with Viral now moving he was soon trying to follow after her, stumbling behind a little bit until he saw Takeshi was also now following. Well just as he hoped he wasn't going to fall behind Takeshi was there to accompany him, pushing through the soldiers as they came. He hoped there was going to be some progress made soon, everything so far just seemed to be too easy. \"Ooh! Are we real strong or are they not trying?\" he asked quickly, trying to keep close to Takeshi, \"Can't see any Elites or really tough people yet!\"\n\nViral had about enough of this fighting through meaningless soldiers business, he knew they had to get moving before everything was moved and the Beastmen were no longer here. These soldiers were no better than rookies so maybe they had been training soldiers here too in an effort to teach both groups at the same time. That was annoying because if they were sending rookies then the Beastmen were probably being led away with these guys being used as a distraction. Managing to make it through the fray he continued through the facility, watching where he was going while keeping an eye on their openings to make sure they weren't going to be cornered and overrun. It was getting tricky to tell what may be coming and without a map they could end up wandering this place for hours. Getting quite impatient he turned a corner, but almost immediately he was tackled not by an attacker but by Yumi instead and immediately sent to the floor.\n\nThe tackle had been to avoid an oncoming Ki attack and as he lifted his head he raised an arm as the attack exploded the building open. That was hardly what he thought he would be greeted with around that corner, but he wasn't going to give their attacker the last laugh. Looking to Yumi as she finally decided to get off him he sighed lightly, staring ahead as he pushed himself off the ground he made a quick glance at her suggestion. \"Considerably less than he can? Unless you're talking about yourself, I just do what I can…\" Without wasting any time Viral immediately pushed himself forward, moving at some speed to get to the Elite to give him no chance to charge up another attack like that before he tried to get in close range, a fist aiming for his head before turning around to try and kick him down.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Clearing out that room had been no problem at all and the few troops left knew better than to fight. Normally an Elite would discipline cowardly soldiers, at least in Takeshi's experience, but if the Elite was all battered and bruised he'd be a bit too busy to do that. In a way then they were doing these guys a favor even if they didn't know it. \"Eh? Uh... A little bit of both I guess. I mean they're regular troops, you know? We're more like Elites,\" the older boy explained as they ran, \"They only probably fought us because they had to, otherwise they'd get in trouble.\" Lucky for them they weren't out for blood too, that would be loads of dead people. Shu seemed to be feeling pretty good about it too which was always a plus. While running after Yumi and Viral Takeshi noticed the same thing she did, a sudden burst of energy further on ahead. As soon as he caught sight of the blast incoming he turned and grabbed Shu, pulling him to the ground to avoid the attack entirely. It tore through the air around them and howled loudly, erasing the building above and to the sides. When the attack passed they were left in what was now a much larger, open room, the sound of the wind outside hissing as it passed through the walls.\n\nAfter a sneak attack like that Yumi was feeling a little cross and ready to pummel some bad guys. They were so proud of their Beastmen? Well then it could be Beastmen that would take them out too. Smiling slightly as Viral immediately went on the offensive she got to her feet and chased after him, letting her friend take the Saiyan as she attacked the man from before. Weaving to the side to avoid a fist that caved in the floor she jumped up and kicked him in the head, watching him stumble but hardly budge otherwise from the attack. Gritting her teeth she began bouncing back and forth on the balls of her feet, fists raised as she tried to change up her style on the fly. Ducking under a punch she quickly threw one of her own into the man's ribs, then dodged again as he swunblastg a wide arc toward her head, punching him in the jaw. No matter how hard she hit him though he didn't want to go down, and she swore she was putting a lot into it. Throwing another punch at his side Yumi gasped when her arm was grabbed, though instead of letting herself be thrown she swung her body up and got onto the man's shoulders, pulling him backwards with the momentum and finally getting him onto his back, wrenching his arm in an attempt to break it.\n\n\"So the Commander returns a traitor, what a surprise,\" the Saiyan taunted with a grin, watching as Viral charged right for him. Raising a hand to block the incoming punch he absorbed it nicely enough, air pushing out from the impact with an audible blast that almost sounded like breaking the barrier. Throwing Viral's hand down the Elite nimbly dodged backwards to avoid a kick as well, stepping back in and trying to drop his leg down on Viral only to slam his foot into the ground instead. \"Our orders are to protect the facility against any and all intruders, and that includes you and those brats. You picked the wrong place to invade, traitor!\" Dashing at Viral he lifted both hands up over his head, holding them together and trying to swing them at the Beastman's head in hopes of bludgeoning him into the ground.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu didn't really understand what was going on with these people but it probably didn't matter anyway since it didn't appear as if they were wanting to stick around for much longer. They had either been knocked down or had fled so they were in the clear for now. Continuing on ahead he felt confused about the notion that they were like Elites, feeling like there was nothing 'elite' about him. \"Oooh, maybe you but not me! I am not very strong like them!\" He didn't think he would be having that kind of power anytime soon, it was just too unrealistic for him. Carrying on through the corridor he squeaked when he was suddenly tackled to the ground by Takeshi as a Ki blast flew overhead and blew up the wall behind. That was surprising to say the least and even though he was safe he didn't know how to feel about it. Looking to Takeshi he slowly crawled back, gasping when Viral and Yumi quickly went to battle the attackers. \"Ooh! That the guy we chasing before? I can't tell…\"\n\nViral threw himself at the Elite with ferocity, throwing in a strong punch at the man as he tried to take his anger out he found it was quickly blocked. With the frustration still raised high on his bar he quickly threw a kick around but had that blocked too. Growling in annoyance he looked to the Elite quickly before backing off as he had to move to avoid a counter attack, moving back on his toes in light steps. \"You think I would just forget about a project like this?? You should've long been expecting me!\" Growling as the Saiyan moved in for an attack he dashed in as well but was forced to immediately raise his arms to avoid a severe hammering to the head. Bracing for the attack he grunted as the was forced down as his arms clashed with the fists, his knees barely able to hold as he tried to regain his ground before trying to throw a vicious kick to the side as he swung himself out from under the fists. \"Where are the Beastmen??\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu didn't really understand what was going on with these people but it probably didn't matter anyway since it didn't appear as if they were wanting to stick around for much longer. They had either been knocked down or had fled so they were in the clear for now. Continuing on ahead he felt confused about the notion that they were like Elites, feeling like there was nothing 'elite' about him. \"Oooh, maybe you but not me! I am not very strong like them!\" He didn't think he would be having that kind of power anytime soon, it was just too unrealistic for him. Carrying on through the corridor he squeaked when he was suddenly tackled to the ground by Takeshi as a Ki blast flew overhead and blew up the wall behind. That was surprising to say the least and even though he was safe he didn't know how to feel about it. Looking to Takeshi he slowly crawled back, gasping when Viral and Yumi quickly went to battle the attackers. \"Ooh! That the guy we chasing before? I can't tell…\"\n\nViral threw himself at the Elite with ferocity, throwing in a strong punch at the man as he tried to take his anger out he found it was quickly blocked. With the frustration still raised high on his bar he quickly threw a kick around but had that blocked too. Growling in annoyance he looked to the Elite quickly before backing off as he had to move to avoid a counter attack, moving back on his toes in light steps. \"You think I would just forget about a project like this?? You should've long been expecting me!\" Growling as the Saiyan moved in for an attack he dashed in as well but was forced to immediately raise his arms to avoid a severe hammering to the head. Bracing for the attack he grunted as the was forced down as his arms clashed with the fists, his knees barely able to hold as he tried to regain his ground before trying to throw a vicious kick to the side as he swung himself out from under the fists. \"Where are the Beastmen??\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"You're right... We just didn't think you were so stupid as to come here!\" the Elite taunted as he took another swing, missing by just a hair. Throwing another strike he slammed into the Beastman's arms and nearly toppled him over, though frustratingly Viral managed to stay upright. Raising an arm then to block an incoming kick he caught the blow with his forearm, gritting his teeth from the force as he slid backwards on the soles of his boots. \"Beat us and just maybe you'll get your answer!\" the Saiyan retorted with a grin, dashing back in to attack, \"I doubt that will happen!\" In his dash he reeled back a fist and threw an uppercut Viral's way, and should it miss he'd spin his body around completely and swing a leg at Viral's side to try and knock him into the shattered wall. \"You never should have returned, traitor!\"\n\nYumi was trying to disable the man in some way, any way that could give her an advantage. He was far larger physically and built sturdy enough most of her blows did nothing. In trying to fix that she was wrenching his arm to tear it from its socket yet even that had no effect. Gasping as the man lifted her up and slammed her back down onto the floor she released him, scrambling away as he slammed a fist down at her and rose to his feet. It wasn't her first time fighting a larger opponent, she'd just have to get a little more creative with her attacks, that was all. Frowning as he sneered at her she waited for the Elite to charge in, flipping backwards onto her hands a few times to avoid swinging limbs then ducking as a fist punched through the wall at her back. Using two fingers she hit the underside of his bicep with a quick jab, then the side and one on his shoulder, pushing off of him to get away from a swing of the arm. While it didn't seem to do much at first he moved that limb now, his right arm, with notably less fervor and speed. It hadn't numbed it completely but she'd managed to slow him down some, and with that she could smile proudly. She had a way to deal with him, it was just a matter of hitting the right spots.\n\n\"Sure you are bud, you just gotta see it for yourself,\" Takeshi answered back, giving Shu a small smile before hastily turning and tackling him. It might seem unreasonable to do such a thing, but as a massive Ki blast ripped through the space they'd been standing in surely the little guy got it. Once the blast had subsided Yumi and Viral wasted no time going on the offensive, leaving him and Shu to watch them fight. Getting off his brother he got to his feet, helping Shu up and glancing at the destroyed building. \"Yeah, same guy, and I don't know who that Saiyan is...\" he muttered as he inspected the damage, not terribly impressed by it. A blast like that wouldn't have taken them out, it was more a reaction than anything, he was certain. Scoffing he heard the clatter of boots behind them, looking back to see a small group of soldiers coming up from the rear, armed with blasters and blades alike. Furrowing his brow in annoyance he turned around and cracked his knuckles, glancing to the side at Shu and nodding to the troops. \"Well we'll let them handle the Elites, let's swat some flies,\" he said with a smirk, turning back before darting ahead, tackling the nearest soldier to the ground with a shoulder charge before kicking another past everyone else, sending him flying down the corridor.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral didn't know if he could keep up with the Elite as well as he might be able to if he was at full health, even if he could hit hard and block fairly well. He could feel the strain his body was going through when he blocked the pound. He was trying hard to keep up already but his problem was he didn't know how to find his fighting edge again. He had been out of commission for so long that he was incredibly rusty and what was worse was Aito had done a fairly good demonstration of that. Managing to stay on his feet he was starting to show his frustration very quickly, demanding the location of the other Beastmen. \"You're a disgrace, being so juvenile!\" he snarled, \"I was a part of this project more than a lowlife like you were!\" Trying to keep up with the Elite he managed to keep up with the man's movements, his fist punching the uppercut away as he pulled his other fist around again to counter; however, he was quickly put in a bad position as the Elite caught him off centre and he was quickly kicked into the remainder of the broken wall. Crashing into the ruined metal he was dazed, his body burning for a moment before he managed to push himself up with an angry growl. \"Was that it?? The wall hurt more than you did!\" Throwing himself in again to try and get on top of the fight again he went in fists first, trying to throw a flurry of punches in retaliation.\n\nShu was pretty concerned and was starting to wonder just how many Elites there might be in this place if there was these two guys who had a fair sized power behind them. It was hard to tell what the Beastmen's power might be, he couldn't even try to understand the strength of Viral even if he tried so the rest of them would be pretty unknown too. He wasn't very good at sensing power but he could tell these two were pretty strong. Staring at the fight he gasped at the sound of soldiers coming from behind, his feet quickly moving in response to get on the floor and get back to standing. Seems they were having to get into a fight of their own, his eyes quickly going to Takeshi before he smiled. \"Ooh! Okay! Don't see flies, but I see people!\" Running after Takeshi he was quick to get into the fray as well, throwing himself forward and kicking his feet into a soldier's chest, forcing him into another behind him before both dropped to the ground underneath his small frame.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral had been hit hard against the wall but other than being temporary stunned he wasn't badly hurt. Once he slid to the floor he looked to Yumi with a dazed glare, still appearing to be focusing on her for attack. As he slowly raised his paw up he pressed his claws into the dented metal, pulling himself up as he remained focused on Yumi. He looked like he was going to try to kill her no matter what he might try, but a hit like that meant the scientist was going to get frustrated over his failure to get close to her. He could sense the man's frustrations as if it mattered above all else, even over his own health. If the man was unhappy with his actions then he was doing a poor job and had to do better, even if he had no will of his own or concern over his own health. He was going to take down everyone that opposed the scientist without any feeling or moral to what he was doing, he just knew he had to kill Yumi first because he was told to.\n\nAs Yumi approached him he was back on his feet, his eyes continuing to stare at her as his senses came back together. Despite all that she was saying he wasn't processing any of it, her words coming out empty and meaningless to him. Just when he was about ready to go after Yumi again there was definitely a pause, but not because of what Yumi had tried to approach him in her familiar way. The scientist was familiar with his most powerful form and why not destroy them all as a near unstoppable monster? That would make tearing them apart so much more satisfying to watch. Unfortunately for Viral and the rest of them he was going to have to comply with it, even if he hadn't transformed since he lost control of its power.\n\nFreezing for a second his claws started to twitch as his energy rolled over him like electricity, raising his claws up to his head as the energy output grew rapidly. While he had a dull and sullen look before this time he looked like he was in a great deal of pain and anger, his eyes sharp and glowing lightly. Letting out a pained growl it very quickly turned vicious as the large horns started sprouting from his head, his claws pulling away from his head as they lengthened. Just as his energy was beginning to reach its peak he let out a sudden roar as it consumed his body in light, his body growing large and changing before finally the energy broke him free to reveal his monstrous form. Still buzzing with energy he let out a vicious snarl, his sharp eyes focusing on Yumi as he slowly moved around her as if acknowledging no matter what they did they were going to die at his claws.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"Viral...? We don't have to fight. Please, listen to us,\" Yumi urged again, stopping as she held out a hand to her friend, \"I know you can hear us, don't let this man order you around.\" The fact he'd listened at all up until now was certainly disconcerting, yet she hoped that Shu's blast had managed to knock some sense into him. Watching as Viral rose to her feet she put on a brave smile though she could feel her skin crawl and her heart race, knowing things could go badly very quickly. She had to trust Viral had himself under control, he was strong enough to do it. Seeing him pause she though perhaps they had finally gotten through to him and took another step forward, her nervous smile becoming one of relief. \"I knew you'd come around to us, that stupid scientist doesn't know what he's talking about,\" she commented, trying to reach Viral and comfort him somehow. Before she ever got a finger on him however she stepped away hastily, watching with alarm as his energy began to spiral out of control. \"No!\"\n\nShit this wasn't good! It was one thing for Viral to attack him, he almost felt that was normal, but Yumi? Had Shu not blasted the guy like he had then she might be injured right now, and they still could be in the thick of it. Watching as Viral's energy began to surge Takeshi gritted his teeth angrily, desperately trying to think of a way to diffuse the situation. As the Beastman transformed he gathered Ki in one hand and lobbed it at his friend, watching dejected as it smashed into his back and didn't even leave a scratch. His attack had done nothing and didn't even get the attention of Viral who was now circling Yumi, this was going to end so badly. \"Yumi, move already! He's not listening!\" Takeshi shouted as he began charging Ki again, a great deal more than what he'd just thrown. He didn't want to have to blast Viral, but if the guy wasn't listening to reason then they might have no choice. \"Move dammit!\"\n\n\"Oh what's this? He's transformed all on his own, how delightful! And I thought he was going to destroy you before! Splendid, this will be a show for the ages!\" It would be so gruesome, he couldn't wait! That damned Prince was trying to be such a pest and ruin the spectacle though, he wouldn't allow for it! Grabbing his blaster back he took a few shots at Takeshi, missing them all but doing enough to disrupt his would-be blast. With a smug smile he then redirected his gaze onto Yumi and Viral again, practically squirming in his spot he was so eager to watch the attack. \"On with it already you puppet, kill her! Tear her limb from limb, then those stupid Princes! Kill them all!\"\n\nYumi remained where she was despite every fiber of her being screaming otherwise, and ignoring Takeshi's protests as well. Viral was their friend, he wasn't going to attack her. He was getting healthy again and he was strong, no simple serum was going to turn him into a cold-blooded killer. While trying to reassure herself she kept her eyes straight ahead, not looking up to meet Viral's as she felt sweat forming on her face. \"You don't have to listen to him Viral, you know who you are. I won't fight you,\" she repeated, tightening her hands into fists and closing her eyes, \"Please... Don't listen to him, don't ruin everything you've accomplished up until now...\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral had gone into overdrive as his energy went through the roof, his body completely transformed into what might as well had been a death sentence to the others. He didn't even give Takeshi a look when he was blasted in the back. He had orders to destroy Yumi first so even if the blast gave him a little bit of an itch he remained focused on her. All signs that it was still him in there was only visible by the style of hair, otherwise he was acting like an animal with all intentions to kill. The scientist getting all giddy in the corner over his transformation was ignored mostly, his eyes only going to him when he gave the prompt to kill everyone before turning back to Yumi as he slowly stood up to his full height.\n\nViral approached Yumi slowly as she remained still, snarling at her defiance. She continued to try and talk him out of it despite reeking of fear. He barely looked phased by it and continued, his claws flexing calmly. She may as well had been wasting her time with all this pleading and trying to get through to him with useless words, she should've just fled while she had the chance. Snarling as she closed her eyes he moved his claws down to her, slowing down as if appearing to simply savour her distress before his eyes widened and with no warning he suddenly darted away from her. Moving quickly on all fours he suddenly darted straight for the scientist and grabbed him instead, pinning him down to the ground and roaring in his face. The control that the scientist had on him had waned and Viral was absolutely pissed off, definitely rather upset at what he had to go through. Ceasing his roaring he eventually let go of the scientist only to bat him to the side.\n\nShu felt like he couldn't move throughout the entire thing, even though he had managed to hit Viral away. Seeing him transform not only terrified him but the power he gave off made him feel useless to help Takeshi and Yumi any longer. They were going to die by the hands of their own friend, or at least that's how it appeared right up until Viral ran straight for the scientist. Staring at Viral as he let out a startling roar he remained frozen, his knees shaking as he tried to control his own emotions. All this anxiety and fear building up inside him certainly made him feel terrible, his whole body feeling like it was in pain. Trying to remain composed and get over it all himself he found it was increasingly difficult, but was trying to suffer quietly as he tried to deal with it himself before anything happened.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Every fiber in Yumi's being told her to run, to fight, to do anything other than just stand there. She wanted to be confident in Viral not attacking her yet she knew his history and the very real chance she was in harm's way. If she did flee or fight back now then he'd feel bad later and she wanted to avoid that at all costs; recovery was finally happening for Viral, she didn't want to undo it by giving him a reason to be depressed later. For her own sake he had to close her eyes while it all happened and her body tensed up considerably when she felt his claws on her shoulders. Was he actually going to attack her? Sighing shakily Yumi began to amass Ki in her right hand behind her back, prepared to at least push Viral away if the need came to pass. Yes he'd feel bad if she fought him, she figured, but he'd feel even worse if she just took it for refusing to fight him. Swallowing uneasily she frowned when the weight of her friend's hands left her shoulders, opening her eyes at the roar and gasping seeing him set upon the scientist. What in the world was going on?\n\nYes, this was going to be excellent! These children would pay for ruining his program and making him a laughing stock among his peers! Watching with baited breath as Viral loomed over Yumi he expected an attack that would never come, anticipating her to be slain in one fell swoop. What he got instead was thrown onto his back, followed by emitting a frightened scream as Viral roared at his face. \"Get off of me! You're my tool, you obey ME!\" he shouted, his voice breaking on the last words. When Viral did back off slightly the scientist curled up and covered his head just in time to be smacked away, sliding across the floor and hitting a shelf that toppled over on top of him. Groaning in pain he tried to push it off of himself, finding it heavier than he'd like and unable to do so. \"S-Stand down you stupid beast! OBEY ME!\" he shouted in frustration and panic, \"Get this damned shelf off of me and KILL THEM!\"\n\nWell things had taken a turn for the interesting, at least now it seemed like they weren't in any real danger. Viral couldn't be under that guy's control if he was attacking him like that so with luck this was all over with. While he probably should try and stop his friend from mauling that asshole to death there was a small issue with Shu, being he looked like he was borderline going to have a panic attack if someone didn't help. Rushing over to his brother's side Takeshi grabbed him up in a hug, shocked by how much the younger boy was shaking even while in his arms. Was all of this really that bad for him? \"Shu, you're okay, I'm here,\" he reassured with an uncertain smile, \"Your big bro's here and he's not going to let anything hurt you, okay? Viral's okay, Yumi's okay, you're okay, everything is okay.\" He sure as hell hoped so, fighting Viral now would really suck.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was definitely the least bit happy with being used by this man in such a drastic fashion and his out of control nature was definitely showing how he felt about it. He was sounding close to tearing the man's head right off but was managing to restrain himself by batting him away as if he was a toy if also managing to cause some damage as the man had the misfortune of having a shelf drop down on him. He was incredibly angry and quite frankly looked like he was ready for spilling some blood. Staring down at the man as he continued to try and appear to be the superior party he growled as he started to walk towards him. With fierce eyes he watched as the man struggled to get out from his predicament, his head slightly tilting as he came to a stop a mere foot away from him. Slowly reaching down he picked the shelf off the man with ease, looking oddly like he was obeying him before he simply snatched the man up by his clothes and forced him against the wall where the shelf had previously been as he moved his face closer to the man's own. \"…I…am…not a tool to be used…\" he snarled lowly before roaring, \"Release the Beastmen or I'll start picking you apart! Limb by limb…or your eyeballs first, you decide what's more important to you!\"\n\nShu was trying his best to calm down but everything was overwhelming him, even as everything started to turn in their favour. The noises Viral was making was as startling as the man who continued to shout at him, but even then he didn't know how to see them as something positive now that Viral appeared to be back on their side. He was trying his hardest to calm himself down but everything was overwhelming and disappearing into a black void. The more troubled he felt the worse his fears became until all that was left was a shivering stunned kid that was trying his hardest to calm down for the good of everyone else. Borderline on the verge of losing it he gasped when Takeshi took him into a hug, his eyes shutting quickly momentarily before opening wide as he continued to shake. As Takeshi spoke to him to try and calm him down his irises threatened to turn from green to red, his shivering threatening to turn into something even worse; however, as Shu slowly reached around to hug back the moment he managed he let out a sigh, closing his eyes as his shivering ceased for now. \"…Takeshi here…everything okay…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Better late than never?\" Vegeta offered lamely, sighing as he rubbed at his head, \"I was wrong and I was ignorant. Nothing I do or say now will make up for that or change how you feel. All I'm doing is acknowledging it, hoping I can improve for you.\" It was a sorry excuse and it sounded like he was only trying to defend himself with that, he knew that much. Offering anything more now would only be excuses and making promises would fall on empty ears, the only way to make amends was through his actions. He could at least start with a hot meal for Viral, he figured, help replenish his brother's strength after the battle. \"I'll see what her take is on this, after you eat. You know as well as I do that she'll probably say you did most of it,\" Vegeta retorted, smiling slightly, \"If you don't wake then I'll refrigerate the food until later, that's all. For now though rest up.\" With that he went off to the kitchen to prepare the meal, figuring Viral might enjoy some kebabs for a change. \n\n\"F-Fight? You call this fighting?\" Takeshi asked between laughs, rolling to try and get Shu off of him, \"You're crazy buddy if you think this is fighting, you know!\" Unable to just get Shu away outright he did the only thing he could at this point, grab him by the shirt and try to pry him off. While he managed to partially separate his brother his tail had a vice-like grip on his foot, and after some clambering he grabbed an arm again. \"You don't wear shoes, so why wear shirts?\" Takeshi teased, finding himself unable to free himself like this. Giving up promptly on that he rolled again and tried to pin Shu under him, using his free hand to try and tickle at his brother's sides. \"I'm gonna make you regret holding onto me! You're gonna pee your pants!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"Acknowledging it doesn't help. I don't see how having thoughts about something and possibly thinking up some things in the future is going to make everything better…\" Vegeta was probably right about that, even he didn't know how Vegeta was going to make up for all those years be spent ignoring him and thinking he was an inconvenience and money sink to have around. He was someone who was constantly eating and sleeping around at most times because he had nothing better to do, probably bugging Vegeta to no end relating him to some sort of freeloader. Vegeta knew all those years that he was an experiment, he was the one who let him out after all. He wondered how many years Vegeta spent regretting letting him out again and how many more he hated him for possibly being the reason his parents were gone. Deep down inside Vegeta probably knew all along he was the one who did it, it was the reason he kept his ultimate form hidden for so long and even going to the length of threatening Takeshi if he told anyone. His own abilities had been suppressed and locked away for so long because of Vegeta and his worry as to how Vegeta would act, even if he didn't fully understand where his worry came from himself. It wasn't as if he remembered he killed his parents, it was just an instinct that rested within him for so long. Trying to rest off the headache until food was ready he sighed lightly, closing his eyes. \"I already told you what I did. Hit some guys around, got lucky with an Elite and hit my teammates around…hmph, she would only say I did more because she pities how weak I am in reality…\" Shifting to a different side because of the discomfort in his head he sighed heavily, his paw slowly rubbing his head. \"I have physical strength, I get it, but I can't ever compare to a Ki user. That Elite went down because he got cocky…nothing else\".\n\nShu was pretty close to wriggling around if Takeshi didn't let go of him and it certainly didn't seem as if Takeshi was going to even if he tried to move around. Making a grab for Takeshi in retaliation he let out a squeal, not really getting a good hold of him but still trying. \"I gots you still! I still gots you and you no get away! Would be fight if you no flee!\" he squealed, giggling inbetween, \"People would get mad if run around without clothes! It also cold too!\" Keeping a hold of Takeshi he gasped when he was suddenly rolled over onto his back, looking to him at first before squeaking as he was pinned down. Trying to get out of it he pulled quickly before squealing as he was suddenly tickled, wriggling around as he tried to get out. \"Nooo! That bad! Bad Takeshi!\" he squealed, giggling away before he started kicking out to try and get Takeshi away.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral felt he couldn't believe Aito even if he wanted to try, he just saw him as using this time to think up answers that he couldn't answer quite yet. The longer it was going to take him to say something about it the less of a chance he'll believe him. It had been years since he was able to come to a conclusion to the purpose of his life and being told he was in part created to be a weapon against these things just made him think of Aito chaining his limbs and forcing him to fight those creatures. It probably would've turned into a case of him being forced into complete servitude if those creatures actually appeared on Earth. Giving Aito a distasteful glaring at he exited the vehicle he wondered how long it would take after this outing to come up with a reason, whether he would end up coming up with something that was convoluted or something he read out of a fictional book.\n\nOnce he was out and on his feet again he was immediately annoyed by Aito, offering to take up the responsibility of doing all the scientific stuff; however, Aito making up the excuse that he was joking was only sounding like Aito was trying to avoid humiliating him with such a simple task after taking him out so far away. Lowly growling he narrowed his gaze. \"Doesn't stop you from punching them for a while, you know…\" He didn't see how him punching the things would be any different than himself punching them. Just what makes him more capable, anyway?\n\nLooking to Yumi he stared at her as she spoke, not looking like he was understanding the wrong in what he said. Staring at her as she walked off, frowning momentarily before Aito decided to butt in as usual. Glaring at him he gasped when he was slapped in the back, finding that to be too much unwanted physical contact already. \"You're really overstepping your boundaries, old man! And I've got nothing to prove! I'm still capable of fighting, just because I'm a Beastman doesn't make me a lesser warrior!\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"I suppose not, but then why should I get to have all of the fun? I'll take on the boring work, you and Yumi can have fun.\" There were ulterior motives to his decision of course, but where was the fun in sharing those? If he were to test his hypothesis then best to do so blindly, lest he skew the results. Smiling in mild amusement as Yumi grew bothered over Viral's choice of words the two watched her storm off, the doctor unable to not comment on the situation. Even if it hadn't been explicitly stated by either of them, Viral and Yumi were both wanting to gain something from this, he was certain of it. His only hope was they got what they were after here. \n\nAn innocent enough slap on the back for good luck and still it wasn't taken well by Viral? Aito blinked when he was yelled at for it. \"I never said you were lesser, not for a second. In fact I think I've suggested quite the opposite,\" he responded, frowning before hanging his head, \"And I'm not old. I mean... If you account for my time in Otherworld, and combined with my age prior to passing, then I suppose I am old. I don't feel old though, I mean I'm still physically the same age. But then aren't I older? Oh...\" Of all the things to bog down his mind now his age was weighing heavily. This meant he was nearly fifty, technically, right? On top of owing numerous birthday gifts, anniversary gifts, he should probably consider retirement. Well, he should probably consider getting back to work first, then retirement.\n\n\"But retirement sounds so dull...\" Aito spoke aloud, sighing to himself, \"But if I'm nearly fifty years old, that is a bit up there...\" In the midst of his self-conscious ramblings they had made it down to the fence surrounding the filtration systems, a large purifier and several pipes leading into the dam itself. Nearly bumping into the gate he smiled sheepishly, nodding as Yumi pulled it open to let him inside. \"Ah... Right, the job at hand! It should be near enough a quick job, I've simply got to flush the system, get some new water flowing through and then add the chemicals to purify the water. Shouldn't take long, you two ready?\"\n\n\"Ready as ever, nothing's going to get to you while you work,\" Yumi answered, punching her fist into her palm and glancing over at Viral, \"I'm sure we'll do fine, even if this is practice.\" As if she'd let that little comment go so quickly. She had pride too even if she was normally good at keeping it under wraps, but that one had been a little much for her. Putting on a smile she walked back through the gate, reaching out and poking Viral teasingly in the chest. \"Try to keep up with me? I'd hate to show you up while I'm still learning.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was just growing annoyed with Aito the more he hanged around with him, finding it hard to relate to him with anything. The man was essentially a stranger to him despite having a sense of familiarity around him which wasn't enough to make him feel comfortable around him. He couldn't understand why he felt such a way towards him, maybe there was some old instinct where he might see him as a father, but mostly he was a simple stranger who was too attached to him for his own good. Having him trying to show him encouragement by slapping him on the back was definitely not helping that feeling and only sent a chill down his spine as his boundaries were invaded. Snapping at Aito he gave him a glaring at when he ranted about his age, letting out an annoyed sigh he shook his head and looked away. \"I don't know how an idiot like you could possibly be smart enough to create life…\" he groaned, \"I wouldn't be surprised if you're just deploying someone else's experiment here…\"\n\nLooking to the gate as it was held open he looked to Yumi as he passed through, frowning at her words as if he didn't understand what she was saying. He didn't need practice so there was no 'we' really, just her. Looking away as he carried on he stopped and looked quickly to her finger as she poke him, looking back at her as he went to backhand her finger. \"Are you calling me incapable? You may be a capable Ki fighter, but as a Beastman you've got plenty to learn!\" he snapped back at her, waving his paw in dismissal as he walked on, \"But whatever, if you're not willing to accept you need practice then keep doing what you do if that's what you think is best. If you think trying to focus on Beastman abilities will leave you at a disadvantage then don't try and do whatever you do best…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Viral was not having any of it from Aito, how he was trying to be so casual about everything was just annoying him over and over again. Giving him a glaring at he let out an annoyed sigh as Aito tried to make up excuses for himself, looking away and shaking his head. \"Who the hell cares if you're a Super Saiyan. Practically every Saiyan on Earth that's connected to Capsule Corp before you was a Super Saiyan…\" he grumbled, shaking his head, \"You think it's something amazing to be a dumb Saiyan with yellow hair…because that's what matters out of all your traits…\" Aito was certainly full of himself, typical really. If he was always going to be like this then he would be pretty happy to get away from him once he was better. It felt like everyone he knew was just a vast distance away from him and Yumi being big-headed and way too proud of herself where it bordered on Takeshi levels.\n\n\"If you're not willing to get over the fact you're needing to practice on your Beastman abilities then fine, keep doing what you do!\" The problem was she was capable of fighting like every other warrior out there, but she knew nothing about being a Beastman or if she could even fight like him either. Feeling overall annoyed at everything, coming down to the shore was hardly anything he cared about other than where any possible threats might be. He knew there was large creatures, he could still remember the leviathan Takeshi and Shu killed, but he wasn't seeing any of that here. Looking over the water he folded his arms, giving Yumi a quick glance before looking away again. \"Not everything is quick and easy. I'm not putting this down as just some dumb monster screwing around with the water! Besides, Mister 'Super Saiyan' over there feels he's incapable of protecting himself, meaning it won't be as easy as you think it is. Never think an opponent is easy just because you've won so many times before\".", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"I never said it was all that matters. I'm simply implying that looks can be deceiving, that's all,\" Aito answered back, \"And really my power pales in comparison to that of my grandfather, or my father. I haven't quite reached the level they did.\" Nor was he certain he ever would. In a generation past there were so many powerful warriors, even the meekest of the bunch boasted immense strength. Now however he might just well stand among the strongest, something which felt quite odd. Watching Viral and Yumi head off to the waterfront Aito went to the filters himself, having gotten a brief glimpse at them the day prior. While the machinery wasn't identical to anything on Earth its function was much the same, all he needed to do was figure out what component did what and work from there. Just putting the chemicals into the machine could do it, but to be safe he'd best flush the entire system.\n\nYumi knew she needed improvement on her Beastman abilities, if she had any. \"Other than better senses I've not gotten any abilities, that's the point. There's nothing for me to even practice,\" she pointed out, sighing as she rolled her eyes, \"I'll fight how I fight, you fight how you fight. I don't have to practice anything.\" She wasn't a fully fledged Beastman, she couldn't do the things Viral could do. Nor was she human anymore, she was something in between. Yumi wouldn't waste time trying to be something she wasn't, no matter how she might look. Stopping at the edge of the water she looked down at her reflection, her mouth pulling into a slight frown as her fingers rubbed at the tips of her ears. Still not used to the change in appearance, she didn't know if she ever really would be.\n\n\"What's wrong with being optimistic? And maybe he just wants to focus on working, that's why we're here. Either way I'm not going to worry about it too much. And believe me, I'm not thinking there's no way we can lose here, we've been through enough to know that. I just refuse to think we don't have a chance.\" It was a lot easier thinking their ability as fighters meant something, that they had the potential to really do something great today. Whatever was in this lake right now was probably going to not like Aito's work and try to stop them, she and Viral had to stop it in turn. Giving her knuckles a crack Yumi lifted her arms up over her head, smiling as she glanced sidelong at her friend. \"Who knows, we might just be here for no reason too, we could be standing around and nothing will happen. Sounds pretty dull, doesn't it?\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral didn't care about what Aito had to say, it was all pathetic anyway. There was little to brag about when it came to being a Super Saiyan in his side of the family, not to mention he had someone train him to that level when he was very young. All this 'Super Saiyan' nonsense was just bragging rights over being a Saiyan and having access to that power, it was the same thing when he tried to threaten Krom with it. He didn't know how he might do it but he wanted to grow to become more powerful than a Super Saiyan, if that was possible at all. He didn't know the limits of someone like him, he also had the limitation where he couldn't fly after his opponent or blast them out of the air with little care towards energy levels. He was really quite a flawed being, it was hardly fair in reality.\n\nYumi, on the other hand, was making him feel pretty annoyed. She wasn't wanting to do anything or try anything new, she was more concerned with doing what she already knew. \"The point of you coming was for practicing…otherwise Aito would've not taken you after what he found out about this situation! You can obviously do something, you're just being stubborn…\" He was probably wasting his words. Maybe she thought there was no point in seeing if she could do anything he could do because what he could do was inferior to what she already knew. It was probably a case of her not really liking what he was and just wanted to pretend she didn't have that part of her. Sighing, Viral folded his arms and gazed off elsewhere. \"I would rather something happened, I've been too lucky lately…even with that Elite, the bastard…\" he grunted before shaking his head, \"…Either way, the water here…I doubt that it's just a simple case of nothing happening here. It already feels strange here…like I really don't want to be here…\"\n\nThe lake was quiet other than the sound of the water and the sound of the wind. Everything seemed normal, however, the sound of nature was fairly absent. There was no animals or whatever bird-like creatures making any noise. There was nothing going on, it was as if all the animals had fled. As Aito continued to work there was nothing happening, the lake seemingly quiet and void of sound for a simple moment before there was not even the sound of the water or wind. Within the few seconds that all sound seemed to vanish there was a sudden yank from an external force. A large mass of barely solid darkness reached out to grab Aito to lift him into the air, aiming to bind him and stop him from trying to clean the water.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi tried desperately to pull the goo from Aito, yet it was about as successful as grasping at water. There was nothing to it and despite somehow holding the doctor down when she tried it slipped right through her fingers. A Ki blast didn't do anything either and she was left hovering over the man trying to figure out how to free him. Hopes of freeing him any time soon were quickly squandered when the creature took a swing at her, with Yumi barely reacting in time as she raised her arms and tried to block the strike, being smacked away from a surprisingly powerful blow. Struggling to find her footing she dug her heels into the dirt, sliding along the ground for a few meters before finally coming to a halt. Her arms were stinging from that one blow and she was pretty sure her shoulder nearly popped from its socket from the force, giving it a roll gingerly to see if it was alright.\n\n\"Viral, Ki doesn't hurt it at all!\" Which meant as far as energy attacks went she was useless. When she tried to tear it apart too she'd been unable to do so, meaning physical attacks could do nothing as well. She couldn't blast it and couldn't hit it, what could she do? If Viral's attacks did nothing either than they were in some real trouble here. Still determined to fight and save Aito regardless Yumi ran back towards her friend, ducking as a limb swung out at her and jumping up onto the fence, using it as a platform to propel herself up towards the creature, using Ki to propel herself even faster as she threw a punch aimed for center mass. Surely moving this fast and striking this hard would do something right?", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was trying to get around the mass but it was proving difficult when it was determined to cut off his paths around and try to kill him at the same time. The mass continued to sway around and try to swipe him out of the air whenever he tried to make a jump or pierce him from below whenever he stopped for just a moment. He was trying his hardest to work his way around and as he swiped his claws it simply disassembled itself and conjoined back together to lash out at him. He was definitely at a disadvantage as he tried to destroy it, the mass was simply too slick and shifted too quickly for his short ranged attacks. Looking briefly in Yumi's direction he stared at her when she called out about the Ki, but in the brief moment it took to look at her the mass immediately threw itself at him. Moving his paws to try and stop the mass it instead rammed him into the ground with such blunt force that it knocked the wind right out of him.\n\nDespite being completely rammed down Viral continued to fight against it, the mass trying to squash him from both sides. Despite turning into what could only be described as tar before, the mass was in a physical state so tough that it felt like rubber. Pressing down hard as it tried to crush Viral the fact that it constantly missed Yumi had brought its attention back to he, trying one last time to grab her; however, with one quick movement she slipped right through its grasp and hit it with such force that it shook under the shockwave and released Viral as it fell into a pure liquid state again, allowing Viral to scamper away.\n\nWell this was an interesting development, seems the girl wasn't totally useless after all. She had power in there and it was interesting to see her combine it with her life energy. When the liquid retreated away there was another laugh, followed by a sigh. \"How cute…it seems one of you can fight, after all…\" sounded out an echoed tone as a mass formed and bubbled on the water. As the mass's bubbling grew more violent out of it a more solid form rose out, growing tall and lanky with large spines protruding out the top of it. The brief moment it took for the solid mass to show itself there was a sudden burst of light as its head and chest seemingly lit itself in purple fire as more than several purple bright eyes opened, illuminating the creature to show just how disgusting it actually was. Its body continued to warp yet kept its shape, as if it was bubbling away in a whole different realm. \"Now I remember you two…you were the ones who destroyed the experiment! Fancy meeting you here…can't say the same about the Saiyan, though. His life force and face isn't familiar to me…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Yumi tried not to be too disturbed by the fact this creature was laughing, or the fact she swore it talked earlier. This was unlike anything they had fought before, it almost seemed to be intelligent. Smashing into it she'd caused the creature to collapse and lose its shape temporarily, smiling as she lowered herself onto the ground. \"Cute? Call it what you want, I suppose. You won't be thinking its cute for long.\" She was only just getting started and if one punch did that much then this... Whatever it was wouldn't be too hard to dispatch. That was thr sentiment right up until the creature began to take form, growing from a non-uniform mess of goo into something more humanoid, something right out of a nightmare. \n\nYumi's smile wavered slightly at the sight of the creature, a look of disgust conflicting with it as she couldn't tear her eyes from the grotesque being. \"Experiment...? What are you talking about?\" What experiment? Who knows, they had disrupted loads of experiments as of late, and who particularly cared where this creature came from? He was threatening the people of Uuonoe and that's all that she needed to know, it had to be dealt with. \"It won't matter for long, Viral and I are going to take care of you here and now,\" Yumi threatened, assuming a fighting stance as she got ready for another attack. Aito just had to hang in there, they couldn't help him until this thing was beaten. Strong enough attacks could hurt it, she just had to pound away until it was no more. With the creature up in the air she used Ki to propel herself again, twisting her body around on approach and swinging out a hard kick, trying to knock it down towards Viral.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "The creature was all too amused by Yumi's exploits, seeing how she was now trying to stand up for herself as it called out. After forming all of its eyes remained on Yumi, its expressionless face giving no indication as to what it could possibly be feeling. The eyes were barely an indication, especially when they were so cold and glass-like. Staring at her as she questioned its out loud thoughts it chuckled, shaking its head a little. There was no time to bother with these creatures, it was best to get rid of them before they caught out too much. There was a lot more of them last time so this should be no problem, seeing how the tailless Saiyan was restrained pretty quickly. Watching her carefully it narrowed its eyes before hissing a laugh, watching as she came right at it before it dissolved into gas as she attempted to kick it. \"I don't think so! I'm not so easily taken down…\" So they were both quick to act before thinking out a plan: this was going to be easy.\n\nViral didn't know what to do about this thing when it constantly came out of the ground and now that the creature that was controlling this gunk had appeared he was lost and confused about his next possible attack. He couldn't fly like Yumi and the more stayed on the ground the more he was forced to watch where he was standing all of the time. That thing was eventually going to attack in rapid succession, he knew from experience that it would take advantage on him being grounded. Growling in anger he stared up at the creature, clenching his fists angrily before noticing it had disappeared. The moment it spoke out again his angry glare widened, his fists momentarily shaking briefly before he let out an angry yell. In a fit of anger and frustration Viral immediately began pounding at the ground wildly, throwing punches so strong that they blew the rough beach sand away with each one. \"Don't touch me, you disgusting creature!! I will tear you apart!!\" he shouted before finishing off with a hammer attack, the entire area around him being blown away by the sheer force. Growing in anger while puffing in temporarily exhaustion he stared at the ground, trying to listen out for the creature before he immediately rose up only to uppercutted by a sudden tar-like tentacle and grabbed at by the leg and slammed down into his own crater.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Just what was this thing? It seemed sentient despite being some form of liquid, and he swore it was speaking. This was vastly different than other creatures encountered, was it evolving? They would have to share this with the rebels later, this had to be known. Damn it all that he was incapable of fighting right now however being bound like this, the material was surprisingly strong and it felt as though it was sapping his strength by the second. Watching as Yumi threw herself over to protect him he tried shouting at her to leave it be, not wanting her to be harmed for his sake. Furious, Aito managed to adjust his hand just enough to reach into his pocket, finding a vial of the solution he'd use to purify the lake. Just one vial, would it be enough? Struggling to turn it over in his hand he managed to do so, and with a few attempts he pushed off the cap, feeling the liquid drain out and trickle down his leg. For a moment nothing happened, yet a second later and the liquid began to quiver. With a hissing sound steam began to pour off of it as its grip loosened and soon it collapsed, dropping the doctor to the ground gasping for breath. He was free now, this was good, but he felt utterly exhausted. He couldn't fight even now, it was still up to those two.\n\n\"Just try it, you freak,\" Yumi retorted, getting ready for an impending attack. It never came as Viral threw himself into the fray, smashing the creature against the wall and causing it to fall apart. Wait... So they could strike it? Maybe she was right! Watching as it began to form again she glanced briefly to Aito, noting he was free but looking rather in a sorry state, he wasn't going to be fighting then. Now that Aito was safe for the moment they could focus on fighting this thing, and just as well. Viral was now in danger of being smothered and they may not be able to break him free, she had to do something quickly. \"We don't need energy you freak!\" Yumi shouted as she took off again, not bothering with Ki as she tried to make use of after-images for a change, circling around the creature fast enough that when she kicked it would appear as though four of her were doing so, just trying to keep the creature from attacking her friend.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Viral was trying to make himself useful but he couldn't sit around and wait for the charge up while Yumi was in trouble. He didn't know what to do in this battle and was acting on instinct rather than tactic which was probably going to ruin everything. All the needed to do was sit still for a short time and fire off his attack, but at the same time he needed to protect Yumi whenever she got struck down as to not have her end up being used as a shield. He was being completely reckless, but he didn't want to screw up and have to deal with killing Yumi accidentally. Running in with a flying punch he managed to catch the creature when it was mostly solid, sending it splattering across the surface. Growling at it he threw another punch when it tried to hit him, managing to stop it but soon became engulfed by it. Being forced to the ground he tried to throw his limbs at it but nothing was working, instead he was being forced closer to the ground with near crushing force and unable to breathe. Trying hard to break free he found himself panicking slightly through a combination of the suffocating darkness and the toxins this stuff was made from.\n\nThe creature had just about enough of this one always interrupting it, always trying to stop it from doing its job. Trying to smother the annoying creature with its tar it pressed down hard on Viral and hardened, attempting to crush him as well before Yumi started throwing insults again as well as attacking once more. The tar substance was slapped away gradually by the multiple attacks, forcing it to become less solid before spiking its form out. Now this one was becoming more annoying, probably the one to slap around for a bit since the other one was all punch while she was instead firing all sorts of stuff at it. \"Is 'freak' all you lower beings can come up with for an insult? How cute…\" it spoke, grabbing Viral and lifting him up, \"Since you're not worried about your energy, howabout using it instead you go use it elsewhere, away from here!\" Even while Viral struggled in its grasp it threw back its form before throwing him hard, aiming to throw him over the dam and off the other side.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "If they continued pressing the attack then the creature couldn't fight back, that was how they would win. Keep up the pressure, give it no openings, sooner or later it would leave itself open and they could land a decisive blow. While a sound plan on paper it wasn't a guaranteed succes, and doubtless there would be bumps. All the same it was all Yumi had going right now and she'd try it until something else came up. Making rare use of the after-image technique she darted at the monster and threw a kick, managing to strike it but not deal any real damage. Wanting to keep on the offensive Yumi halted in mid-air and was about to strike again when Viral was lifted up, eyes widening seeing what was about to happen. \n\n\"Viral!\" Reaching out towards her friend she watched in shock as he was thrown over the side of the dam, racing over and trying to grab him, finding only air between her fingers as she missed. Helpless as he rocketed towards the water Yumi watched in horror, lowering herself down to the dam itself and peering over it in shock. That fall wouldn't kill him, it couldn't. He had to be okay, he was strong enough to survive that. Trembling at the sight as he hit the water she turned around to face the creature, her eyes burrowing into it as her pupils turned to slits. Letting out a snarl she stretched out her hands, her canines growing larger as she hunched over. \"I'll kill you for that! I'LL TEAR YOU TO SHREDS!\" The ground at her feet cracked and caved in, her energy spiking as she began to go rampant. Letting out a shout the water seemed to almost part at the sound itself, waves crashing to the sides as the sound raced towards the creature. As soon as the sound hit it she was upon the beast, slashing down with her claws to try and tear it apart. She'd send it to the same demise it had sent Viral, she'd send it careening over the edge and chase it down, she'd kill it!", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was trying hard to release himself from the consuming tar-like substance but he couldn't get a grip on it. He tried his hardest but he could barely move his arms under the weight. He couldn't breathe but that was hardly a problem for him; however, the toxins were certainly getting to him when they were right in his face. His natural instincts were being kicked into high gear, all of them telling him to get out or face death so concentrating on a plan was out of his understanding. Panicking and using way too much energy than he should he soon found himself being pulled out of the mass by the creature itself, barely managing to get a breath in before he was suddenly thrown through the air. Still panicking he flailed his limbs, the world spun around him but the sight of Yumi remaining focused. Reaching out to her he found that she wasn't fast enough as the dam wall soon passed him and very quickly he was heading down towards the shallow depths below. There was no way to stop this, he couldn't fly like the others and Aito wasn't coming to save him so he was as good as doomed. Trying to do his best to brace for impact he landed in the water with a hard smack, sinking straight to the bottom with a solid thump against the shallow lake bed.\n\nThe creature watched as Yumi ultimately failed to catch her friend, watching as she instead watched as he fell to what would be certain death for any other creature. How horrible that must be, to watch your friend suffer. Hissing a laugh as it watched her stare down at her friend's possible demise it watched as she instead turned around, looking like she was trying to threaten it. Staring at her as she came speeding towards it in an odd fashion it let out a hiss, moving immediately to attack her but when the soundwave hit it instead shook and became unable to move before it was once again slashed at. The goop was torn away at the longer it remained unable to move, its hisses soon turning into growls as it decided to instead drop into a liquid state and go underground. \"You annoying little creature! You should never had come!!\" Immediately it started to throw itself up in spikes at Yumi on the spot, its form solid as to try and pierce Yumi.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Yumi wasn't moving an inch with Viral staring her down like that, she couldn't. The animal instincts in her screamed to stand her ground and don't run away, that was a show of weakness. Yet her common sensibilities told her not to fight her friend, that he needed to be kept at arm's length so he didn't do anything he'd regret. When he lunged for her she prepared to dart away, watching instead as a few spikes found themselves into his side. Gasping she looked at the creature in disgust, turning to try and attack it instead. Before she could even lift her hand however it was pulled off the ground by Viral, being yanked as he dove beneath the ground, snapping the tentacles binding him. When it turned on her again Yumi was ready, having come back to her senses somewhat by now. Again Viral got in the first blow, grabbing the creature up and throwing it aside with his jaws, leaving her sitting there stunned in silence. From all of the goo emerged a humanoid figure, apparently the source of all of those attacks. So was that the real enemy then? Seeing it distracted by Viral temporarily she took the chance and dashed over, moving as quickly as she could with the aid of Ki and coming up behind it, trying to smash it down with an overhead kick. \n\nThere was the second vial, now for the last two. Gods did he feel lightheaded, just what in the hell had that creature done to him? It didn't feel like a poison, there was fatigue and a lack of accessibility to his own Ki, so had it sapped his energy? No matter, his job here was to get the system running and purify the reservoir, he could do that much still. Placing in the final two vials he sealed up the pipes again, restarting the machine and watching as the solutions were pumped out and sent down into the filtration systems. Taking a glance back at the fighting to see if everyone was okay he turned to the machine again, watching as the last few drops of the solution drained through before turning valves to let everything empty into the water below the dam. It would be some time until they knew for certain it worked, but with the creature out of the water he was confident it would do the trick. Now for Yumi and Viral to bring it down, then everything would fall into place thereafter.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "The creature needed to get back to its many feet after being tossed like that, treated like it was just pure scum. Feeling quite angry at Viral for finding its hiding place it seemed that would have to wait as Yumi came running at it now that its location had been revealed. Hissing in anger as she closed in it raised a wall to guard itself only for her to move around it and slam a kick into its back, sending it back to the ground with a hard thump. It was way too vulnerable now that it was out of its hiding place and what was worse was it probably wouldn't be able to recover from this. As the flames on its head flickered briefly it soon noticed how close Viral was getting to the pair, its eyes on him only briefly before it lowered its head again. The kick had certainly worked to disorientate it but with the threat of Viral looming over it was a case of either dying to him or pretending to be dead and hoping it didn't meet that fate too.\n\nViral had since climbed out of the tunnel he had created and was soon wandering towards Yumi and the creature, paying no heed to the attacks the creature had been conducting and Yumi's retaliation. There was no reason for him to be intimidated by those movements, he was the one who was in control here and remaining in control was how he was going to stay. Hissing through his teeth he stared at Yumi, not taking notice of the creature that was now back on the ground. She was the one who bled, the one with the strongest scent and even though he held a grudge against the creature it wasn't moving anymore. Soon snarling at her he made a heavy lunge at her, swiping his claws at her before throwing himself forward to bite at her, his foot standing on the creature's back to get to her.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "There was nothing more satisfying than landing a solid hit like that on an enemy. Watching as the creature tried to put up its defenses she circled around, smashing the back of its head with a kick and sending it into the ground. Smirking at her handiwork she figured the creature was down for the moment, and here came Viral to put a nail in the coffin. Landing on the other side of the beast Yumi flexed her hands, letting out a sigh as she came back to her senses. So Viral had changed again, luckily he appeared to be still fighting the right people. \"Not so smug now, are you...?\" she muttered, looking at the motionless creature disdainfully. Trying to poison all of the innocent citizens of Uuonoe, it deserved way worse than what it was getting. Viral should kill it quickly, there was no redeeming a monster like this.\n\nPlacing a hand over one of the wounds on her side Yumi smiled when Viral came over towards them, assuming he was going to strike down the creature once and for all. Feeling a set of eyes boring down on her however she lifted her head to meet his gaze, eyes widening in surprise at his stare. Was he... Really going to attack her? Putting both hands up defensively she smiled, taking a small step back to try and ward him off. \"Easy Viral... You know who I am, just try to remember.\" Little good that did, here he came! Ducking under the first swipe she rolled aside to avoid the second, the ground being torn up and flung as he tore apart the earth. Moving like that irritated her side further and made it bleed, wincing as she reflexively covered it with her hand. Seeing him try to bite her she jumped up, placing a hand on his head and spring-boarding off of it, kicking off with her legs on his back to get further away. Was he losing his senses again? \"Viral, it's me! Attack the monster!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral kept his eyes on Yumi, staring at her as if she was the only thing that mattered to him. She smelled like dinner and was the only one who was moving around and still breathing. To her she was the perfect target, what with her all injured and still wriggling around. As if following along with a shortened attention span he had completely forgotten about the creature that he had been chasing before, either that or he had acknowledged it and was thinking it was now dead. While it was probably dead to him it was Yumi who most definitely wasn't and was even making noises of pain as the smell of blood still emanated from her. Lunging forward with a quick couple of swipes he snarled when he missed before trying to bite her, instead missing as she instead lightly bounced off him. Standing on the spot for a moment he soon slowly turned around, staring at her as she blabbed on about something that didn't really hold his attention. Hissing and sniffing in her direction he soon opened his mouth and raised his claws, letting out a vicious snarl before stomping for her again, lunging to try and catch her in his claws just so he could pin her down and hopefully get his meal.\n\nThe creature couldn't meld into the ground in the position it was in so Viral standing on it was just adding to the pain it was already feeling, but it still tried to keep out of Viral's way as he decided to go on a rampage against Yumi. Hearing Viral go after Yumi and her trying to talk to him it couldn't help but feel amusement in this situation, trying to push itself up a little it hissed when she called it a monster without actually thinking about the idea of using the insult to anger it. \"I am not the monster here! He-!\" Viral had stepped on it again when he spun around, the energy coming from him being a big factor in the pain and inability to meld with the ground. It didn't know what was up with Viral and this form, but the fact that he was able to grab it and even use his weight to injure it was causing it to worry that its existence may be coming to an end.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "There was nothing more satisfying than landing a solid hit like that on an enemy. Watching as the creature tried to put up its defenses she circled around, smashing the back of its head with a kick and sending it into the ground. Smirking at her handiwork she figured the creature was down for the moment, and here came Viral to put a nail in the coffin. Landing on the other side of the beast Yumi flexed her hands, letting out a sigh as she came back to her senses. So Viral had changed again, luckily he appeared to be still fighting the right people. \"Not so smug now, are you...?\" she muttered, looking at the motionless creature disdainfully. Trying to poison all of the innocent citizens of Uuonoe, it deserved way worse than what it was getting. Viral should kill it quickly, there was no redeeming a monster like this.\n\nPlacing a hand over one of the wounds on her side Yumi smiled when Viral came over towards them, assuming he was going to strike down the creature once and for all. Feeling a set of eyes boring down on her however she lifted her head to meet his gaze, eyes widening in surprise at his stare. Was he... Really going to attack her? Putting both hands up defensively she smiled, taking a small step back to try and ward him off. \"Easy Viral... You know who I am, just try to remember.\" Little good that did, here he came! Ducking under the first swipe she rolled aside to avoid the second, the ground being torn up and flung as he tore apart the earth. Moving like that irritated her side further and made it bleed, wincing as she reflexively covered it with her hand. Seeing him try to bite her she jumped up, placing a hand on his head and spring-boarding off of it, kicking off with her legs on his back to get further away. Was he losing his senses again? \"Viral, it's me! Attack the monster!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral kept his eyes on Yumi, staring at her as if she was the only thing that mattered to him. She smelled like dinner and was the only one who was moving around and still breathing. To her she was the perfect target, what with her all injured and still wriggling around. As if following along with a shortened attention span he had completely forgotten about the creature that he had been chasing before, either that or he had acknowledged it and was thinking it was now dead. While it was probably dead to him it was Yumi who most definitely wasn't and was even making noises of pain as the smell of blood still emanated from her. Lunging forward with a quick couple of swipes he snarled when he missed before trying to bite her, instead missing as she instead lightly bounced off him. Standing on the spot for a moment he soon slowly turned around, staring at her as she blabbed on about something that didn't really hold his attention. Hissing and sniffing in her direction he soon opened his mouth and raised his claws, letting out a vicious snarl before stomping for her again, lunging to try and catch her in his claws just so he could pin her down and hopefully get his meal.\n\nThe creature couldn't meld into the ground in the position it was in so Viral standing on it was just adding to the pain it was already feeling, but it still tried to keep out of Viral's way as he decided to go on a rampage against Yumi. Hearing Viral go after Yumi and her trying to talk to him it couldn't help but feel amusement in this situation, trying to push itself up a little it hissed when she called it a monster without actually thinking about the idea of using the insult to anger it. \"I am not the monster here! He-!\" Viral had stepped on it again when he spun around, the energy coming from him being a big factor in the pain and inability to meld with the ground. It didn't know what was up with Viral and this form, but the fact that he was able to grab it and even use his weight to injure it was causing it to worry that its existence may be coming to an end.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Crap, why was Viral after her? Things had been going so well too and now this was happening! Yumi had never seen this form of Viral's before either and had no idea how he'd changed, only knowing it was bad news that he had. He didn't even recognize her and now they were fighting, with the enemy literally under their feet. Having to evade a series of attacks on her friend's behalf she used him as a launch to jump over his gaping maw, refusing per usual to strike him despite being attacked. Trying to break through to him with words she gasped when he swiped at her again, darting in closer to eliminate his further reach and jumping up through his arms, again using him as a spring as she leapt away. This time however she used her Ki to keep airborne, growling in annoyance at the pains in her body from the gashes she'd suffered. \"Viral, we have to kill that thing! We have to protect the people!\"\n\nWas killing it really the best option to take here? It was a threat and no one would argue that, leaving it as it was posed a great threat. Yet it was the first sentient monster they had encountered, the first which could speak and apparently had independent thoughts. If they could somehow contain this thing, question it to learn more of what they were fighting... \"Yumi! Do not kill it! We need this creature alive!\" Aito shouted, pulling himself again to his feet as he used the fence for support. Viral posed the greatest threat to that plan, his carelessness in this form could spell trouble for everyone if it wasn't brought under control. They had no medicines to soothe him however, and he was much too weak in this state to try and subdue him. It would fall to Yumi then, she'd have to find a way to coax him into relaxing. \"You must help Viral, we can't be fighting like this!\"\n\n\"I know that, it's easier said than done!\" Yumi shouted back, sighing as she looked down at her friend and the beast below. Much easier said than done, Viral was after her now and she couldn't do much to stop that. Could she... Could she trick him into attacking the creature? Aito didn't want it dead, but if they could beat it still then she could focus on Viral, maybe wear him down until he changed back. It was risky and could backfire though if he struck it too hard, maybe she shouldn't do that. The alternative? Calm her friend down first, somehow, and then try it again. Swallowing nervously she looked at Viral's furious visage before vanishing, reappearing behind him and smiling meekly as she put her arms around his neck, loosely, and embraced him in perhaps childish hopes a gentle gesture would calm him. \"I'm right here Viral... Everything's okay...\" she whispered, resting her forehead on the back of his, \"Help me beat this thing, we need you.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Viral was pretty much having the worst time possible with Yumi being so floaty, she could see exactly where he was and his instincts were telling him it would be no use going after her underground to ambush her. Frustrating her pretty quickly he tried to go after her once again, trying to make a grab for her but found that she had gone over him again. Hissing in anger he turned around, but she wasn't there. Looking around for any signs he didn't understand what happened to her, hissing lowly before hearing something from right behind, his upper back feeling strangely numbed by some strange force. The fins on the side of his head twitched, turning out to be his ears as he listened out for what that was and where it was coming from. Turning his head he couldn't quite see where she was, snarling in frustration as he tried to reach back but couldn't get his arms over his head. Snarling and hissing in frustration he stumbled around, swiping his tail as if it'd help to get her off.\n\nThe creature had already found frustration in being crushed so many times, now they were talking about capturing it rather than killing it. While it certainly didn't want to die it didn't want to be captured either, that would be the worst outcome. They would only wish to torture it and tear it apart for information, prolonging its suffering until they had no longer a need for it. That was even worse than death as far as it was concerned, it meant there would never be relief from a painful life full of suffering. The options were limited and from the looks of it that girl couldn't control her friend. Taking that as a suitable opportunity to get out of here it slowly pushed itself off the ground, holding its shaking claws to its chest as it tried to use its regenerating abilities to recover enough health so it could gain the energy needed to go underground again.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Humans? Hm... They're a lot like Saiyans, though they lack the power we have, and tails. They're a resilient species though despite that, always somehow making it through tough times.\" Humans weren't necessarily weak either, plenty of humans in the past had achieved great levels of power. Many of those whom had fought alongside Goku years past could likely be among the strongest fighters now, if not the strongest. To say they lacked power then wasn't wholly correct, they had their own power. \"That is precisely what I am doing. It's fine to be given direction in life, but ultimately what one does with their life is their own decision. You can spend your life doing as you're told, sure, but some autonomy is well too. And I cannot answer that for you, it's not my life to dictate,\" Aito replied with a shrug, casting a glance over at the creature, \"Your decisions will effect how you're treated though. Continue to cause problems for innocents and we're enemies, and we will not be so merciful next time. Or, fight your brethren, betray your Master and try making your own choices.\" Those weren't the only options either, there were other things available to the creature too. \"Or... Find another world, where you won't be harming anyone else. Find more of your kind, live your life as you wish. So long as you don't harm others doing so then we have no problems, there's no need to terminate you.\" \n\nBringing Viral a meal was probably not the best idea, but what else was she supposed to do right now? Keeping him content by giving him morsels looked to be about the only thing keeping him at bay right now and she'd keep doing that until she thought of a better plan. After handing over the small animal she'd found she smiled tentatively, a smile which quickly vanished when he snarled at her. Well he wasn't attacking which was good but he was still hungry, meaning she had to be quick and find something more for him to eat. A quick glance around didn't prove to show anything around, and she doubted she could wander off too far to find another meal. Biting her lip Yumi glanced once at Viral and slowly began walking away, making a gesture to try and prompt him to follow along. She would double back to the water then, he could go into the lake and find some fish there to fill himself up with, that should do the trick. Goodness knows it was easier than trying to hunt down a dozen animals with him on her heels.", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "The creature hissed, contemplating what Aito was saying. \"…So they are not a threat. Probably why I was never granted knowledge about them…\" it spoke lowly, contemplating their existence, \"You should feel grateful that I do not know about them and I'm sure you're intelligent enough to know why…\" When it was brought down to it the creature didn't know what it was supposed to do to avoid death, especially when the guy was practically suggesting exile. Staring at Aito when he tried to advise it and tell it what it should do it only grew confused and concerned. \"My abilities cannot harm my kin, it would only empower them. I would need to go through modifications…but your kind don't know much about my kind, anyway…\" it hissed lowly, disliking the very thought, \"To live alone for all eternity would only drive me insane, even more than the fact that you're granting me mercy. It's so strange that you're perfectly fine with that despite what I did…even if you're sitting on me during the process…\"\n\nViral was fine with the whole eating a little critter but he wanted more than that, his attention remaining on Yumi as he expected more food. Staring down at her as he grew impatient he let out an angry snarl, approaching her to see if there might be something for him he stopped when she started walking away from him. Staring at her as he could only wonder what she was doing he hissed lowly when she gestured for him to come with her. Maybe now she was going to get some more food for him which hopefully wouldn't take too long. If there was going to be food on the way he was going to follow her and see, hissing as he wandered after her with heavy steps he watched her closely, his patience pretty thin with the only thing preventing him from attacking her being the thought that he wouldn't need to hunt for food so long as she knew what she was doing.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "\"Humans not a threat? Human and Saiyan interbreeding led to the most powerful warriors the universe has ever known. Maybe by themselves they're not terribly imposing, but they're a key to power unimaginable. I'd advise against underestimating humans. That woman you were fighting earlier? She may not look it now but she is truly human, and she's quite powerful.\" Of course he knew why the creature's lack of knowledge was a good thing: if humanity was deemed a threat they would be attacked as well, yet Earth remained untouched from all this conflict, solely because humans were underestimated. Perhaps it was best the creature believed Yumi to be an exception to the rule, no sense in putting Earth in the crosshairs. \"Well then we're only left with one option left -- You remain here under our supervision. We'll develop a room to contain you, question you and then decide what to do with you. I'm personally indifferent, my stake has ended once I finished this job. The rebels may be more inclined to see you killed however, so I'd advise against causing more damage,\" Aito chided, smiling slightly as he gazed back to the forest, \"Where in the world are those two? I'm famished, all this talking is making me hungry...\"\n\n\"That's right, right this way Viral...\" Yumi cooed with the wave forward, relieved Viral was taking after her. The lake should more than give him what he'd need and, with luck, he would change back afterwards. Hopefully too he'd not be terribly worn down from having changed either, they had to get Aito and that thing back to be looked at. Keeping on high alert as she full knew she might be attacked they managed to make it to the lake without incident, pausing at the shore as she turned and smiled at her friend. \"Fish in the water for you, eat as much as you want,\" Yumi explained with a sweeping gesture over the lake. To drive the idea home in case words fell on deaf ears she rubbed her stomach, opening her mouth and pointing to it then to the water again. Viral seemed to be able to recognize simple gestures still at the very least, perhaps he'd get that too. Just to be safe and get herself out of harm's way Yumi put herself a ways up in the air, not terribly high but just enough to avoid becoming a collateral snack. \"Go on, go eat Viral, it's all yours!\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "The creature remained silent for a moment, thinking through the concept of a Human and what they were according to Aito and what their possibilities were. Eventually letting out a hiss it felt it came to a suitable conclusion. \"Humans are not a theat. The Saiyan is what makes the hybrid and that female is the only one I have heard of. Since she is the only one, there is no threat\". Since there was no other Humans around it didn't feel worried, there was the feeling that the rest of its kind wouldn't be worried over them either. If Yumi was the only Human that this man knew other than the hybrids that may exist then the Humans were hardly a threat. They weren't a part of the war unless the Saiyans inserted them into it and right now there was no other Humans to be seen. Listening to the offer Aito was giving it there was definitely some hesitation, the offer sounding like solitary confinement with a possibility of death upon arrival. \"I suppose I have little choice. I don't want to die. This whole struggle has been my fight for survival…\" it spoke lowly, disliking the fact that it had been reduced to this. \"I can only sense one of their energies nearby. I haven't been able to sense the transformed one ever since they arrived…\"\n\nViral continued to lumber after Yumi, watching her the entire time as they made their way through the forest. He was very quickly losing patience the longer he went on with her, seeing how she wasn't getting him any food and continued to take him somewhere. He didn't know where he was going, he was growing even more confused by the minute and Yumi speaking to him was something he wasn't fully understanding. Hissing lowly as they continued to move he made a stop when they both emerged from the forest, finding themselves at the lake again. Staring at the water quietly he soon grunted when Yumi spoke to him, making a gesture as well as she again pointed to the water. Hissing lowly as he slowly walked towards the water he sniffed out at it, recognising the strange foreign smells as toxins and one that was removing the toxins. It was confusing, but it wasn't something that would harm him. Quickly turning around to see where Yumi went he snarled when he didn't find her on the ground, looking around quickly before finding the water more appealing and taking an immediate dive into the water, swimming close to the surface at first before diving down into the deeper water to investigate the lake.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "Shu raised his hands when Takeshi ruffled his hair, shaking his head quickly after. He could handle if things got messy, he didn't see any reason why he couldn't and shouldn't try to act stronger than he was thought to be by fighting challenging battles. At least now he was going to be able to show how good at fighting he was to everyone with this next battle, especially when he wasn't very good at Ki control in the first place. He wasn't going to have to use Ki for this battle, so it would be the perfect opportunity to show Takeshi he was strong. Squeaking, he shook his fists in anticipation and frustration. \"Ooh! Yoooouuuu just wait and I show how good I am! Very good now! Very good!\" He was going to be brave and strong and Takeshi was going to be proud, he just knew it.\n\nViral knew what to do if the desert was their only option, he just didn't know how the others would handle it. He never had any problem with the desert before or desert planets, probably why he was often sent to them to deal with civilians and rebellions. He didn't know how good the others would be, but judging by the Beastmen's animal genetics they could handle it pretty well, the rest could fly over the desert if they had to. Looking to Vegeta first he soon glanced back down to the land below, looking to see if there was any dangers ahead first. \"Well, we'll see how long it takes him to take over again…\" he spoke to Eris before sliding down the incline as well, jumping at the last step to get ahead of everyone else. Looking back to make sure the others had made it down he soon marched on ahead, simply going straight ahead. \"I need some people flying above the trees to scout for danger\".\n\nT'charrl continued to fly even when he arrived down at the bottom of the cliff, his eyes staring down at the grass for a moment before he gasped at the mention of scouting. That was what he was good at so it would be great for him. Fluttering over to Haku quickly he quickly poked his shoulder before looking to Viral. \"Haku and I will! We'll be right up above\", he spoke quickly before fluttering up, looking to Haku quickly before looking around at the trees. He had great eyesight and could use his antennae to sense shifts in the weather and environment, several traits that made his race great scouts and hunters. He was going to keep everyone safe, him and Haku if Haku wanted to help him too.", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Crossing a desert... This whole mission was just going to be unpleasant wasn't it? The heat and the dirt and the potential to be ambushed at any moment, suddenly Haku was rather missing the barren wasteland he and T'charrl had been at before. When Viral brought up the idea of having scouts he tried to shirk away from such a responsibility, gasping when he was volunteered to do the job. Opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water he stared at his friend before watching T'charrl take to the air. No one else had offered to do it yet and T'charrl seemed to want him there, so like it or not he was in. Sighing to himself Haku floated up to join T'charrl, the spirit moving around to settle on his back as he leveled out and flew alongside T'charrl. \"I don't know what good I'll be here, it's not like I can see all that far or anything,\" he pointed out, frowning as he glanced around the area, \"I can kind of sense some creatures though, little ones, they have some Ki. Other than that... Nothing.\"\n\n\"I know you're good buddy, I've been training with ya. But you're still a little behind and you shouldn't rush in, ya know? Take it slow and you'll get better, just listen to me, I know what I'm talking about.\" Weird, the little guy was usually so compliant with what he had to say, what was he getting all in a fit for now? It wasn't like he was asking Shu to not fight or to stack back, he was just saying don't be reckless and be back up; until Shu was more comfortable fighting on his own, which he hadn't really seen, he shouldn't be out front. Seemed reasonable right? Not having caught what Viral had said at all Takeshi watched T'charrl take to the air, mentioning something about keeping them all safe as Haku followed suit. Maybe not the perfect scouting party with Haku involved but hey, if they wanted to do it then let them knock themselves out. \"By the way... How's this grass not driving your feet crazy? It's tickling the hell out of me,\" he mumbled as he swatted away a few blades, growling as they recoiled back and smacked him in the face, \"Stupid stuff...\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Takeshi" }, { "text": "T'charrl did hope they wouldn't end up going through the desert, that would be the worst thing for him overall but he didn't know if the others were very aware about his reason why. It would be unfortunate if those creatures were out there for all of them, but especially for himself. Hoping Haku would go up in the air with him he flew up over the trees, looking down to see if he was following only to smile lightly when he did. It would help him a great deal to have Haku up here with him even if he could had handled it himself, it meant he would have familiar company up in the air. He wouldn't be alone at least, even if it sounded as if Haku didn't much care to be up in the air with him. Frowning, he looked off elsewhere and around the area, sighing lightly. \"Does it matter? Why can't I have company up here too? Nobody else would want to be up here with me\", he spoke, shaking his head, \"Only the Beastmen would be able to match my eyes, I think…so what difference does it make? They can't fly and I Yumi doesn't really talk to me…\"\n\nShu frowned, not feeling like he was that far behind. It would probably take Takeshi one slip up and that was it for him, he would be back on Shu's level. \"Ooh! I no rush in! Go in slow and steady, win good! It no be hard\", he spoke quickly, bouncing around in the grass, \"I am very good at fighting now! You watch me and see me!\" He had spent a long time training and playing around so there was no way Takeshi couldn't say he was his equal by now. Sure he had a little problem with his transformation, but it wasn't like anybody actually knew how to help him or knew what it was. It still made him a little sad and confused when nobody knew what was wrong with him or even what he was, but he still pushed that into the back of his mind and continued to go on about his own ways. Bouncing around as they continued on their walk he squeaked when Takeshi asked him a strange question, looking to his feet before be bounced around again. \"I'm used to walking in places like this! It's hard walking on hot and cold, though\", he spoke, looking to his feet before he began to bounce forward again, \"Only you made me wear shoes when I needed it! Long time to no wear shoes. Friend T'charrl no wear shoes either so it no weird, right?\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"They're of a hive mind it seems, so yes, individually they are simple creatures,\" Vegeta reiterated, watching the scouts as they prepared for departure. \"I'm simply stating from experience that the drones aren't too terribly difficult to deal with on their own. Of course we'll be approaching a rift and we have no idea what to expect there, so we'll still be cautious. And don't worry, we'll handle our end just fine.\" Provided no bugs appeared and scared Takeshi or Shu didn't unexpectedly transform, or T'charrl either for that matter. There was plenty that could go awry during this mission yet very little had to do with the beasts themselves and more their own number, or the rift behaving unexpectedly. Worrying about potential outcomes wasn't going to help them any though and they could only forge ahead and take whatever came their way in stride. With the scouts now ready to depart Viral's group took the lead, Vegeta and his team taking up the rear. Sending the Beastmen ahead simply made most sense to the Saiyan as they could easily dispatch the creatures, something that they as Ki users didn't have the luxury of.\n\nClearly something was bothering Shu and Takeshi's first thought was he was afraid of the fight ahead. Yet he thought back to what Viral and Vegeta had told him before and second guessed himself, becoming lost as he tried to find an alternative. The little guy did his nervous habits while they talked, pulling at his fingers and stammering a bit, so what was bothering him? Without a clue he smiled slightly, watching the others begin moving and patting Shu on the back to get him along as well. \"Hey buddy? Uh... Thanks for yesterday, by the way... You were pretty awesome, you know?\" Takeshi let out a sigh before smiling again, giving Shu a thumbs up and a nod of approval, \"I kinda messed up huge but you helped and saved Viral, so uh... Nice job.\" He should give credit to his brother for that one, Viral had already gotten pretty cut up before Shu had gone and slammed the thing for the kill. Being afraid of their enemy shouldn't be an issue today, he was used to these things by now and had no problem fighting them, he wouldn't let himself freak out again over anything. More importantly too he'd do whatever he could to make sure no one ended up hurt, though given those in his group he doubted he'd be needed much.\n\n\"I mean, the l-last one we fought was that big one... And I haven't really fought any before. F-First experience was really lousy,\" Haku stammered with an uneasy laugh, rubbing at one of his arms, \"I'm sure it will work out okay th-though...\" It had to, they had plenty of strong people and this fight shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as the last time. Heck he probably wouldn't even have to do much fighting since he was paired with T'charrl, his friend was very strong and could easily handle the monsters himself. He would be there to help still, for whatever it was worth, and he'd protect the scouts too if he had to. \"Uh... Your power by the way... I mean not the Ki stuff, is that good for killing these things?\" Haku asked curiously, \"Because uh... Ki doesn't do much to them right? S-So... I mean that makes you pretty lucky right?\"\n\nYumi was keeping her head on a swivel as they ran, looking back and forth to make sure nothing was trying to get a jump on them. She doubted the rift would be so close to the village but better to be safe, didn't want to go running blindly into an ambush. With her ears turning to keep alert she looked to her side and to Viral, wondering what his thoughts on this was. \"You're feeling okay after yesterday? Not too sore?\" she asked in obvious concern, her eyes going to a few spots on his body where he had been struck. Now was hardly the time to be asking anyways, it wasn't like Viral would double back and not fight if he was still in pain. Glancing briefly back at everyone else she refocused her eyes on the space ahead, still not seeing anything that might suggest they were anywhere close. \"When we do get through... We should probably stick together, huh? Until we know what we're facing over there. Just an idea, you're the one in charge here.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": null }, { "text": "Shu gasped when Takeshi patted his back to get him moving, looking back before carrying on with his way. Takeshi wasted no time in talking to him and was quick to compliment on his work yesterday, his eyes looking up to him and then to his thumbs up. He didn't know if he was just trying to make him feel better or if he was being genuine about it, giving him a quick look back away from his thumb before giving a nod. \"I guess it was good, because Mister Viral didn't get bad damaged too bad\", he spoke before he shook his head, \"No quick enough, though. Mister Viral still got hurt, so that's a bad. Need to be faster, but no very fast like other people\". When he thought about it he was definitely pretty slow compared to the others, especially when he wasn't very good at flying. He wasn't very good at a lot of things compared to the others and it constantly showed. \"You sure I be good partner in battle? Might be bad and things happen that be bad! Then you get hurt…what if you were Mister Vegeta's partner? He really strong, so that be good choice for keeping watch\".\n\nT'charrl tilted his head a little, finding it slightly harder to pick up on the language when Haku wasn't really speaking clearly. He was trying to understand, but it was difficult when he needed clear words to understand what he was supposed to be hearing. \"Umm, well…I think it will be okay. We are stronger than we were when we killed the other one, I guess. At least I feel stronger…\" He didn't have a way to check whether he actually was stronger, but he felt healthy meaning his blades were going to be healthy too and should accomplish a lot of slicing up and general killing. Frowning slightly when Haku asked about his power working on those creatures he looked up momentarily as he scratched his cheek. \"I don't know, but I wouldn't want to use it. It's bad that I use it for attacking, anyway. It's too dangerous and can hurt someone…\"\n\nKeeping mostly quiet Viral kept his eyes forward, focusing on what was ahead before he looked to Yumi when she spoke to him, eventually groaning as he looked away again. \"Feels like daggers…but I'll still be able to fight. I've had worse and could still fight before\". So long as he didn't get caught out he would be able to do what he needed to and kill these creatures. He could ignore the pain while he was fighting so that was no problem, it was just the loss of blood he experienced that might mess with his head a bit. So long as there was no large temperature change he should be able to deal with it, but he definitely didn't want to get to the point where he would end up struggling and having to call for assistance. Going over his various thoughts about the battle he tried to keep his mind off it, eventually giving Yumi a glance at her suggested battle tactic. \"We'll need to keep to a position where we can see everybody and not have anyone deviate from the group. We can't keep too close, we may get ambushed from below by a larger entity, so watch your surroundings and don't be afraid to run. We can easily chase those things down while they're distracted…I have my doubts that they're intelligent enough to see we're obviously playing with it…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"You're right, you're excellent at talking to dead people. Fortunately for us our friends are not dead, though unfortunately that presents a unique challenge for you. One you may or may not be up to, and we won't know unless we try.\" Vegeta didn't expect it to work on the first try, if it were that easy they would have done it ages ago. Nor did he expect it to work on the second try or even the third, there was nothing to suggest that they themselves could open a door to the other side. Offering to lend a hand Vegeta stepped up alongside the boy and placed a hand on his shoulder, acting as a source of energy if needed and a guide if he could. Opening one eye when Haku moved over and copied his gesture he smiled slightly, trying to focus on any traces of their friends who had passed through. He could sense the brothers easily enough and pinpoint their location, now they simply had to do that for the rest. Trying to search for even the faintest hint of some Ki Vegeta went silent for a good minute before slightly turning his head, brow furrowing as his grip on T'charrl's shoulder tightened slightly. \"Just to your left... Feel that...? I don't know if it's residual, but I can sense a bit of Yumi's energy there... Do you feel it?\"\n\n\"You'll get better the more you do it though, even if you might crash once or twice. Like I said I fell plenty, and that was only flying. You don't even wanna know how bad I was when I tried using blasts,\" Takeshi recalled with a roll of his eyes. It was a miracle he hadn't ever blown a hand off or something with how dumb he was about it, always trying to make as big a blast as possible. Compared to the stuff was doing even now he was actually leagues better than he'd been when he started. \"Wanna know how not to be afraid? I'll tell you. You're fast right? Faster than me, and even I was faster than they were. So all you gotta do is be faster and they can't catch you,\" Takeshi explained with a smirk, \"But... If they do catch you then blast them, you know how to. And if Ki doesn't work then what? Well... Grab their mouth, if they're trying to bite you then you just gotta hold them.\" Making a gesture with his hands like snapping jaws to drive him his point he then pretended to reach out and grab hold of it. \"You kind of push on its jaw, you know? Hold it open so it can't bite down, then give it a blast or a kick to knock it away!\"\n\nEris and Orion should be fine on their own, they had worked together a lot and probably did better without her or Viral tagging along. They would wait here in the meantime, just on the off chance the rift might reopen while they were around. Besides Viral needed someone around right now and she had to be the one to do that, or she felt like it. \"No, it wasn't just you. And you're right, you shouldn't have tried to do it all, and what you did was definitely reckless,\" she agreed with a nod before giving him a patient smile, \"But because you did all of that we're all safe. And because of that we might be able to save the people who were taken and get back, with no one being seriously hurt, including you. We wouldn't have been able to do this without your leading us. Heck you almost killed three of the big ones yourself, there's no way we could have done that without getting seriously hurt. Duty or not, I'm really glad you were here. And I know when we see the others they'll be glad for it too.\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Vegeta" }, { "text": "\"Oh…I sure do hope they're not dead too. That would be awful…\" T'charrl frowned, staring down for a moment at the base of the flames. If he couldn't find them then it might mean that they could be dead, then there was the possibility of finding them too late. He shouldn't be thinking about this right now, he was not supposed to be thinking about doom and gloom when he was supposed to be finding the other half of their group. Trying to concentrate once more he gasped when he was given another source of power, his glowing eyes going to what turned out to be Haku lending him his energy as well. Quickly looking forward again he smiled a little, feeling better already now that both of them were helping him. Closing his eyes once more he decided to put a little more energy into it he gasped when Vegeta mentioned feeling Yumi's energy, trying to go back to that again and focus where it had been felt. \"I-I…think I do feel it…I think I have it…\" he spoke, trying to follow the trail. It was definitely her energy, but now it was his duty to try and pull it to his portal or rather trying to link his portal to its strongest connection. \"There must be a link to this path…it must exist. She can't be too far through the streams…\"\n\nShu waited to see if Takeshi was going to tell him how bad he was at blasts but it didn't seem as if that was even coming, instead he lowered his gaze again and pressed his fingers together. He was worried over how erratic his energy seemed to be and how little control he had over the output. He could end up destroying a lot in his path to just get one enemy only to miss. He was fairly worried over his destructive possibilities, just like what his father wanted to use him for. Sighing lightly, he stared at the ground before slowly looking up, staring at him as he spoke about how to combat the beasts and not become prey. Frowning when one of the solutions was to grab the biting jaws he frowned deeply, raising his shoulders in a rather strong show of fear over that idea. \"Touching the mouth?? Holding the mouth…oh noooo…\" he spoke as he grabbed his head, slowly shaking it from side to side, \"Miss and hand goes in mouth…bite then hand gone…don't want to lost hand! Can't do that…just can't…\"\n\nViral didn't know how long it was going to take for him to recover, but he knew he needed to recover soon. He needed to be able to protect Yumi and himself if something was going to ambush them which was highly likely, seeing how they were sitting in the middle of a massacre populated by the monsters that resided here. It was awful too, the smell of blood and flesh was everywhere and while he would normally be able to ignore it, his control over his beast forms was amateurish compared to the new Beastmen. That thought disgusted him, it really made him hate how inferior a creation he was. Feeling ashamed of himself and his actions he kept his eyes off Yumi, sighing. \"There are many factors that will prevent that…\" he spoke lowly, trying to move but wasn't having much luck, \"We're…not in our world. We're in the middle of a battlefield…stranded. You are without Ki here, I see…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Alright, alright buddy, I get it. I won't complain about my food,\" Takeshi said in hasty defense, rolling his eyes as he picked up another fruit, \"You're right, I won't complain, it's free food anyways.\" Who knew the little guy would get so damn offended by giving up a piece of fruit, he was acting like he'd just insulted their mother or something. Whatever, they would only be on this planet a bit longer anyways before they got back to Uuonoe, then he could have whatever he wanted to eat. Wiping juice as it dribbled down his chin Takeshi nearly spit out his food when Shu brought up telling Yumi what he was doing, coughing before smiling and giving his brother a pat on the back. \"L-Let's not tell Yumi, okay? I mean she's tired and trying to rest with Viral, you know? We don't want to bother her do we?\" Or more importantly he didn't want her to smack him around for acting... Well, like him. Awfully hard to not be himself but any time he even spoke out he had a smack with his name on it. By now he wouldn't be terribly surprised if there was an impression of his face on one of her palms even! \n\nYumi just wished that Viral could appreciate for once what he had done for them. If not for his efforts they could have ended up seriously hurt or worse. The villagers may not have gotten out, or if they did it may have been fewer and they could have been hurt. Everything had worked out because yes, he had over done it, but doing so is why everything had gone so well. Frowning when he continued to lament his situation she forced herself to her feet, keeping pressure off of her leg as she hobbled to his bed. \"You're not the only one here, you keep forgetting that,\" Yumi said as she sat on the edge of his bed, reaching over and placing a hand on his shoulder, \"You've done your part, you protected us while we were trapped and helped get everyone back home. You earned some rest, let everyone else carry things the rest of the way home. You don't have to do it all alone, we're here to make sure of that.\" \n\nHaku didn't know what to say on receiving a gift, he'd never received anything like that before in his life. All it was really was a simple strip of cloth, a nice looking piece but still just cloth. It meant so much more to him however and it showed as he hugged it against himself, his lower lip trembling as his eyes welled up. Sniffling and rubbing at his eyes with his arm he smiled again as he rolled it out to look at it in all of its entirety, finding the design in it to be unique to the others and very nice. \"It l-looks like they made them for us... I mean... I don't see any others around,\" he muttered happily, hugging it again and placing it in his lap, \"That makes two of us... This is my first gift, s-so... I like it, I don't care if its special or rare, it's a gift...\" He'd have to keep this in very good condition, probably wrap it up or put it in a box and store it somewhere away in his room on the ship. It wasn't as many gifts as T'charrl had gotten but that was fine, this was all he needed. Vegeta didn't seem terribly moved by the gesture he'd noticed, just folding up the piece and setting it to his side, but then he supposed he was probably just trying not to blubber like he was. \"H-Hey T-T'charrl?\" Haku asked, smiling tearfully as he looked up at his friend, \"Thanks, for what you did today. I'm glad everyone is okay...\"", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu let out a huff, shifting on his spot. \"Would bite you if you be bad and rude\", Shu spoke quickly, letting out a squeak, \"Ooohhh! They nice people, they have a hard time living in forest\". Shu could relate to these people, especially their way of life. It was very much in the middle of the wilds and they were all getting on as best as they could away from anything that was technological. He could find some connection to these people, so Takeshi criticising them for not having something he considered to be common and should be provided really ticked him off. If it wasn't in their diet then it wasn't in their diet, they had seen what other creatures on this planet could be like after all. \"I cooouuuuld…bother her later! You need to be nice!\" he spoke as he pointed at him, \"It easy for you to find food, but no easy when you out in a place like this! Imagine be like Shu, out in wild all the time. Big animals try to eat you! Easy to grab fruit and run than try to find things that move all the time. Easy finding fruit because it no move anywhere…\"\n\nAito was probably going to tell him off for using so much energy unnecessarily when there was other solutions to the fight, probably all ending in him being told he should had trained harder to control his energy output better. Viral didn't know what kind of reception he was going to end up getting truly, but it was most likely going to be something like that when he got back. It was just going to be a 'you did well but you could had done better if you followed my training'. He couldn't be proud of himself when he knew he had made so many mistakes that could had endangered everyone. Staring at Yumi as she sat beside him he frowned lightly, closing his eyes. \"Hm…home is certainly somewhere I haven't been in a long time…\" he muttered, not too sure whether he was simply reminiscing or actually missing the planet, \"If I had done more, your leg would be fine. I can sense shifts in the earth…but I still couldn't act. I know I'm not the only one…but I was the only one there with the power to act. You know that…\"\n\nT'charrl really liked the texture of the cloth, even if he didn't know what it was exactly. His kind were very fond of soft textures, their fashion sense consisting mostly of fine materials much like this. It was the main reason his kind wore clothing in the first place when they could manage without, because it made them feel happier, calmer and overall better about themselves. He hadn't been able to wear clothing for a long time because of his condition so feeling the soft texture made him feel quite comfortable. \"First gift? Oh, it is special if it's that, then\", he smiled, looking down at it before placing it down with his other gifts. He didn't know what materials it was made from but he figured it would need to be kept somewhere safe. Looking back to the food briefly he glanced back at Haku again, tilting his head a little before he looked away again. \"Oh uhh i-it's okay! I mean…I really am happy everything worked out alright. There's a lot I don't know about my abilities but I guess I can do such a thing. I just wonder what would had happened if it wasn't possible…or if I have to do it again…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]

[ { "text": "\"Well I ain't gonna lie to you, I don't know what's wrong. That's why I haven't been helping,\" Takeshi admitted lamely as he cast his eyes downward, smiling ruefully and shaking his head, \"Nah, I didn't know how so I didn't try, you know? I kinda hoped if we just kept doing our thing, played a bit, that it'd go away, you know? But it didn't.\" He couldn't keep putting it off, not if Shu wasn't getting any better. They needed help though, they needed Aito. No more avoiding the issue then, he'd take Shu to see the doctor as soon as they got back and try and figure out what they could do. He owed Shu at least that much. Ruffling Shu's hair he smiled at his brother and gave a little nod, looking at the crowd beginning to gather near Viral. \"He'll see us buddy, or we can see Sayomi about it, or Vegeta. Hell even Korian might be able to help even if I don't wanna talk to that jerk. We'll find somebody to help.\" \n\nYumi wasn't sure if someone had overheard their conversation but she was glad for this, glad that Viral was getting some attention now that was very much deserved. It wasn't just some small gesture either that they were giving, music stopped and near everyone present turned to cheer for Viral's efforts, several of the children coming forward with similar gifts given to the others, presenting them to him with smiles aplenty. If she didn't know any better she saw Viral's face turning red and she had to bite her tongue to stifle a laugh, finding it adorable he was trying not to seem so bashful. \"Hey, you're being celebrated now, you should smile and wave,\" Yumi teased as she moved in closer, pausing briefly to smile at some children and wave to them as they rushed over to say hello. The village certainly was a lot more lively since their rescue mission, it was obvious people were much more relaxed now that those things had been dealt with. As the music picked up once again and people returned to their celebrations she leaned over across the log and smiled cheekily, giving Viral a quick kiss on his cheek and patting his back. \"They're all having a good time and happy, and it's because of you.\"\n\n\"W-Well... If you can open the portal then you can close it, r-right? So if some monsters did c-come through you just have to close it again,\" Haku said, shrugging as he tried to make sense of T'charrl's unique ability still, \"And you'll figure it out if t-there's a way, it was your first time. No one expects you t-to be perfect the first time.\" That of course implied that there would be a next time, something he was not terribly fond of looking forward to. When it did happen T'charrl would have another chance to try and master his powers and Haku could try and help, even if right now he had no idea of what that help might entail. \"Uh... W-When we get back do you want to try w-working on it? I don't know how we can, but... M-maybe we should try?\" Or go to someone for help, even if he didn't know who. There had to be plenty of smart people who could help T'charrl figure out what was going on with his energy, people way smarter than Haku himself. Would they even want to help T'charrl? Could they?", "username": "Vena Sera", "char_name": "Yumi" }, { "text": "Shu frowned, staring at Takeshi as he spoke. Telling him that didn't help at all, especially when it was his biggest fear. He could had at least told him he didn't know what he could do to help, otherwise he would have a better time accepting that he needed to try and find the help on his own rather than rely on Takeshi who said he could help but really didn't know what could be done about it. He probably just didn't want him to run off because of his problems, leaving him to it for so long without trying to tackle it had him anxious every single fight that came their way after all. Groaning, he raised his shoulders and shut his eyes when Takeshi ruffled his hair, seemingly to try and make him feel better. \"…Why no ask them earlier? It been so long since you said you help…\" he muttered, slowly shaking his head, \"It easy for you when you no have the problem! But it always there for me…\"\n\nViral was a little annoyed that he didn't have any attention at first, but after receiving it he kind of wished that he didn't. He was fine with a thank you or something, but not to have all the attention put on him like this. There was such a thing as asking before announcing such a thing to see whether he was okay with it, but it didn't appear as if this lot knew what it meant to be considerate. Looking to Yumi he was already annoyed at her, disliking how she appeared to be enjoying every minute of it. \"I'm not doing such a thing…\" he grumbled before giving a glance to a couple of kids who insisted on seeing him. Staring at them for a moment he soon sighed, turning his head only to be ambushed by Yumi who once again did something without his permission. Growling, he simply became flustered and raised a shaky paw again to put a barrier between her and his face. \"What was that for, in front of everyone…\" he grumbled, letting out a sigh, \"I really don't know what to do on top of all of this. I've never had this happen…especially with you adding to it…\"\n\nT'charrl frowned, disliking the thought of being the one to let them through unwillingly because he wasn't quick enough. He couldn't see what was on the other side so wasn't able to tell whether there was something coming through, it was all just a big gamble for him and his ability to know when to close it without getting something trapped going halfway through. That would be a big cause for concern, if he managed to cut the portal off just as one of those monsters were coming through. Not only would it half-exist here but the cut would damage his spirit and do much more harm to him than to the monster. \"Not perfect the first time…meaning everybody will want me to do it again, anyway. I don't know how I'm going to manage at all…\" He had so much to work on, nevermind things like that. He still wanted to give the spirit inside him a chance to exist properly rather than feeling trapped and tainting his body. Sighing lightly, he looked to Haku when he suggested working on it. \"I would have to try. I can't put this off when it's so important\", he spoke, frowning lightly, \"I just can't relax until I have this sorted. It's so hard when I have to try teaching myself. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do…I wish I knew someone who knew something about this…\"", "username": "Mogtaki", "char_name": null } ]