[IC] Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

[GambolMuse]

Yumi was fairly lost as to exactly what was going on. One moment she had been blasted out of the air, and the next thing she could recall was lying on the ground, feeling like she had been crushed. No way had an energy attack done that to her, which meant something else had gone on. Had she blacked out? It was the only thing that made sense. Seeing all of the wounds on the creature common sense told her that Viral had inflicted all of the damage while she was out, a fact she was rather happy to see. So he had been putting up a good fight, that was great. Right now wasn't a time to celebrate, they had to get moving. An impromptu avalanche would certainly spell the end of them if they didn't get out of the way, and so ignoring her own discomfort Yumi raced across the room, grabbing Viral out of his mech before flying off as swiftly as she could. Landing on a nearby flat peak she suggested they finish the battle now, only for Viral to push her away and tell her to do it herself. Seeing him holding his arm she frowned, stepping closer and reaching out to help.

"What happened? Is your arm broken...?" Yumi asked worriedly, frowning. She had no recollection of what had happened, or her botched attempt to fix her friend's dislocated shoulder. When had that happened? Looking back towards the temple she watched for a moment as the creature continued to blast away debris, making it seem easy with how it was clearing the mess. They had to do something, it was so close to being beaten. Looking back at Viral hopefully she bit her lip, trying to get him to his feet by grabbing his good arm. "Please, you've got to help. I don't have a lot of energy left in me either, I can't do it alone." For whatever reason she felt absolutely spent, like she had unleashed a good portion of her energy. "Maybe if I can give you some of my energy then you can use that mech again? Surely you'd be able to beat it if you can get off a good shot, right?"

Takeshi squirmed a bit where he sat, trying not to grimace in front of Shu for having eaten the bug. The thought of doing just that grossed him out, he couldn't help but imagine it wiggling down his throat, the little spindly legs poking and prodding as it slid down. Looking down at himself for a moment the Saiyan meticulously checked his clothes for any more bugs, exhaling in relief when he found none. When he glanced back up he was a bit surprised to find Shu so close to him, asking this time if he could be groomed. Glancing at his brother he made note of all the dirt and clutter that was on his person, not having the faintest idea even where to begin. He knew this entire thing was going to be a bad idea, and now here he was being put on the spot. After a moment of struggle Takeshi finally relented, breathing out through his nose before nodding and gesturing for Shu to sit down. "Fine, fine, I'll do it," he replied, immediately giving his little brother a stern glance. "But I am NOT eating anything, I don't care if I find even normal food on you. So long as we're cool with that then I'll do it, deal?"

"Earn, yours now," the father reaffirmed, smiling happily. Grabbing Tesuga he pulled the younger alien to his side, hugging him before looking back up at T'charrl. "Save son, more important, owe much. That small compared to Tesuga, so sure. Be happy if you take." It was a valuable item, and yet it still seemed like such an insignificant reward for what had been done. In a way too the father felt as though his entire community owed thanks, as sooner or later one of their children would have been whisked away as well. Their entire peoples owed debt to these three, and just one singular heirloom hardly was sufficient. Yet as uncertain as T'charrl was to take but one item he figured offering more wouldn't sit very well with the Kaesstrian. "Good luck, item is, charm. Help me and family, it bring you three. Now it help you."

Tesuga slipped out of his father's grip, and with a happy giggle toddled back over to T'charrl, hugging his leg again. "Papa like friend! Mama like friend! Friend happy!" he exclaimed, looking up with a bright, joyful gaze. "Friend get present! Friend show mama when home, yes?" He had to wonder how large his new friend's parents must be, all three of them. They were so tall, so much more so than any of his family or kin, so their own families must be massive. Maybe not as big as their god, but they had to be big anyways. The idea of seeing a ton of big aliens like T'charrl walking around excited Tesuga to no end. "Meet family sometime! See again, play! Friends play!"

[Mogtaki]

Viral was pretty angry, but he was also finding it a little difficult to circulate his energy around when it came to his arm. There was a huge block because of it and it was difficult to focus his energy anywhere. He was in constant pain and Yumi just didn’t understand why, even when she had made a quick snap attempt to pop his arm back in. He would need Vegeta to pull his arm out of its joint again and rotate it back in properly, that was if he lasted long enough. Feeling like he could collapse at any moment purely from pain, he turned to look back at Yumi, growling in frustration, “It WAS dislocated, now it’s just beyond useless! Thanks for that…” he spoke, looking away, “Why did you force it back in like that? It doesn’t matter if I am useless, I still can’t see straight…”

While he had managed to wipe the blood free from his eyes, he was still dizzy and generally in pain. Yumi just didn’t want to give him a break, he didn’t know why but she was completely overestimating his strength all despite telling him already to stop sitting around after only just regaining consciousness. He was in a lot of pain, but apparently that didn’t matter. With his Enki still needing to recover its parts so that idea was out of the window, but at most he could still try to fire something at the beast to throw it off. If Yumi wasn’t going to do anything then he would need to do it himself, trying to raise his energy up high as he managed to summon his ethereal arms before holding the hands over his head. Solar energy built up as usual, but it was painful trying to do so and only ending with a massive uncontrolled blast aimed down at the creature that almost knocked him off his feet.

Shu thought it was funny, but he did wonder why Takeshi hated the thought of bugs and eating them. Most bugs weren’t poisonous and some were essential to remove, so knowing that he was squeamish around something that was generally pretty tasty. Takeshi didn’t have a problem eating most other things, so bugs shouldn’t have been any different. Smiling shyly at Takeshi, he pressed his fingers together hoping he would say something, squealing happily when he finally agreed to groom him, “Yay! I’d really like that, I’d really like that very much”, he spoke, turning around quickly and sitting in front of his brother, scooching up closer to him, “I have a lot of hair so please be gentle. Maybe if you find anything I can get to eat it…?”

T’charrl was definitely going to take care of this with everything he could, his decision lying now on where to put it to keep it safe. The ship was the safest place of course, but he would need somewhere where he could grab everything he retrieved if he got into trouble. He could make a bag of some kind to hold it, he was good at that having been taught basic weaving for bandages so making a bag shouldn’t be any different. Smiling at the father, he looked between them both before giving a nod, “I’ll take good care of it. I don’t plan on ever letting it slip my mind”, he spoke, staring down at it for a moment before giving a smile again, “I am glad I could help”. Gasping a little when the child ran up to his leg and hugged it, he tilted his head a little before giving a smile, “I plan on telling everything to my mother! I don’t want to leave anything out”, he nodded, reaching over and giving Tesuga a little pat, “I hope I can see this world again and find you again, I mean…I don’t know how I will be able to do that, but I’m pretty good at finding someone so long as I’ve met them before through my own special ways”.

[GambolMuse]

"What do you mean? I didn't do anything," Yumi commented, frowning in confusion. She hadn't even touched Viral since coming to, not counting getting him out of the danger at least. She certainly didn't hurt him, that much she was positive of. Seeing the knock to his head she chalked it up perhaps as a little confusion, not understanding how else he could make that mistake. Nevertheless being snapped at like that made her feel bad, her ears folding flat as she looked at the ground. "You're not useless... You can still fight, I know you can," she urged gently, not wanting the Beastman to give up. He was still alive, so he could still fight. Whatever had happened to his arm didn't make him completely incapable of acting, and neither did the blow to his head. So long as he was conscious there was still a chance he could do something. In order to wipe out a creature that size they had to do something collective, it would take both their strengths to win. Viral wasn't very enthused with that suggestion, making it evident he wasn't in any mood to continue fighting, or that it wouldn't be easy anyways.

Regardless, Viral went into action yet again. Yumi watched as he used his energy in another curious way, growing a set of ethereal arms and then gathering energy in the hands. Even if she had seen it before it was still a wonder, nothing any of them could do compared to it in the slightest. Figuring now was the time to strike she turned back towards the creature, holding her arms out forward and cupping her hands together. She intended to gather up a good bit of Ki, whatever she could scrape together, and toss it right at the monster. Her own attack wasn't going to be needed apparently, Viral went right on ahead and let his off first. Watching the erratic shot fly through the air her eyes widened in surprise as it slammed into the back of the creature, clearly catching it off guard. From the distance they were at she couldn't make out the damage, in part too because of the dust kicked up. One thing was very much clear however, and that was the rubble was beginning to fall onto the beast. Even from this distance they could hear a furious roar as boulder after boulder tumbled down, striking the beast in succession. It didn't take long for the rock slide to overwhelm it, and within moments they lost sight of the monster as it was buried beneath the debris. The deafening tumbling carried on for a few seconds longer, until the mountain peak had quite literally melted away. When it was over it looked like someone had lopped off the top, and all of it was now strewn down one side of the mountain. Somewhere under all that rubble too was the creature, though she couldn't see so much a single strand of fur.

Yumi figured it was finally through, letting out an exhausted sigh before sagging in her stance slightly. She was sore and winded as all hell, Viral apparently had a broken or dislocated arm and some head trauma, but they had won. Not a very clean victory seeing as she'd been knocked out, but in the end it had worked in their favor. With a small smile she turned then to her friend, her eyes settling on his arm with concern. "I can fix that if you want..." she offered, looking up to Viral's face kindly. "And maybe find something to cover your head wound. Want to sit down and I can take care of those?" She wasn't sure if she could fly right now, so they would have to walk back. Obviously having any substantial wounds right now was going to make the already long trek quite uncomfortable.

"I'll be careful, don't worry," Takeshi said, smiling a little as Shu moved himself closer. Going to put his hands on his brother's head he paused when the younger boy spoke again, the color draining from his face a bit. "Er... Uh... I guess...?" Ugh, that was really nasty. If Shu wanted to do it though then who was he to say no? Suddenly the idea of simply picking bits and pieces off of his brother didn't seem so off putting by comparison. After settling his own stomach the Saiyan went about carefully combing his fingers through Shu's hair, surprised at how thick and knotted it was. After getting his fingers stuck once or twice he gave up on combing through, just parting it with his fingers instead. This was just odd, he couldn't find a single bit of attraction to this activity. Must be a monkey thing, he mused, wrinkling his nose as he pulled a small leaf from his sibling's dirty mane. "Didn't you have a lot of fruit...? Why do you need bugs too...?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "Still that hungry?"

With everything pretty much having gone their way the family was elated at this point. Tesuga was going to live, their home was safe, and to a lesser extent they had repaid those who had helped them. It was evident that the youngest of the family was quite enamored with the travelers, focusing namely on the largest one for now. The other two, the father noted, seemed to be cleaning themselves. A little odd, he'd never seen any other species do it. The elder of the two looked rather discomforted by what he was doing, but the younger was about as happy as his son right now. Hearing T'charrl speak the alien looked back over to him, smiling proudly at the fact he enjoyed his reward. "Keep safe, yes? Keep safe, it keep you safe. Lucky charm," he said again, giving a nod of his head.

Tesuga was all giggles and cheer right now, and for good reason. It hadn't been said directly, or even at all, but his friend would be returning some day. All of them, he hoped, and maybe even more. They were so strong, and nice, he couldn't wait to spend more time with them. Getting a patting the little creature giggled, releasing the leg and patting his own head before beaming up at T'charrl. "Wait for friend! Long time, maybe, but wait! Show other friends too!" All of their tribe should get to meet these three. Now THEY deserved to be called gods, they had certainly done enough to earn it. Not that Tesuga even really knew what a god was anyways, aside from someone that was big and strong, and thus these three fit the bill. Of course he couldn't well imagine any of them taking control of anything, they didn't seem to want any of that. Which made them very good people. "When back, we play! Food too, and explore! Show everyone nice people!"

[Mogtaki]

Viral’s attack had left him disorientated momentarily, but he was able to keep standing even after legging out a massive attack like that. He didn’t mean to make it so uncontrolled, he was still currently having the problem of controlling his abilities when he was so injured. He could barely fight, that blast was just so he could distract the creature long enough to bury it. He wouldn’t be able to do that if he was down there, it was even a struggle aiming at such a large target. With his arm slowly moving to hold his bad one, he stared down at the creature in disappointment as the mountain buried it with knowledge that he didn’t do much when fighting that thing. Yumi had done a great deal of the work, the creature was barely able to function after dealing with her and considering he had managed to be knocked unconscious and injured terribly told him he had done barely anything to it.

Viral should had felt relieved that it was finally gone, but he probably would had been even more if he actually conquered it. He couldn’t manage by himself, he had to have Yumi all the time to assist him and make it easier for him and even then he screwed up when he got caught out. He could only vaguely remember getting smacked with a giant fist in the air, a vulnerability that made him weaker than everyone else who could easily fly around. He had so many disadvantages under his belt that made every other fighter superior to him with the only way around his weaknesses to have new abilities to counter them. It was pretty depressing, being a sub-par warrior while everyone advanced around him.

Not bringing in his spare arms when it essentially gave him extra balance and the ability to stop himself from falling over, he looked to Yumi with a frown before sighing, looking away again, “And how do you suggest you do that when you were the one to force it back in?” he spoke, slowly sitting down with a fed up look on his face, “We need to call in the others, eventually…ask for help, as usual. I don’t care what you do to me”. He really had no care, the pain was just adding to his lack of caring for himself when it was becoming a normal occurrence to him. He didn’t even know what he wanted to do anymore; if he had the strength and no busted arm he would blast the rocks open to see if the creature had actually perished, but with all this going on it was difficult to tell or sense any kind of energy like the other creatures before.

Shu pressed up against Takeshi a little more, giggling a little at the thought. He really did like being groomed and did miss it a lot, finding it a little sad that people generally groomed themselves with tools rather than getting a friend or family member to do it for you. It was always nice getting this sort of treatment and meant a lot to Shu and his confidence, not to mention it meant everything to him in a social sense. He always saw grooming another as something you had to earn and having Takeshi do it to him in return made him all sorts of happy. Smiling away even with Takeshi pulling his hair a couple of times, he squeaked a little when asked about the bugs, ”Ooh? Bugs are a treat to eat! Added goodness and crunchy”, he spoke, smiling a little, “Don’t know why you don’t like bugs, I thought you ate anything?”

T’charrl gave the little creature a nod, smiling a little. He would need all the luck he could get, whether through superstition or actual magic. With everything that had been happening to him some extra luck was a must, giving him the mental support he needed to get through everything. Letting out a sigh, he pulled his hand back and stared down at the trinket, giving a nod, “Yeah…I-I mean, I’m the first of my kind to travel to another world, but it might be possible to see each other again”, he spoke, looking back, “I may not look this way, though, but you’ll recognise my scent, just as I’ll recognise yours. I would definitely love to explore more…and eat. I really do like food too, especially eating with friends. I hope your species are able to grow now too without that god, I mean…what I’m saying is I hope you get more friends and live life to its fullest”.

[GambolMuse]

"What are you talking about, I never touched anything," Yumi retorted, frowning in earnest puzzlement. She hadn't laid a hand on Viral, so why was he blaming her for that? He had to be confused by something, she hadn't done a single thing to him all day that could have caused that to happen. Not at all understanding her friend's anger towards her she shrank back a little, clasping her hands at her waist and averting her gaze. "I... I won't touch you then..." Clearly all that would do would be to anger Viral further, and she didn't want that. Vegeta would be more than capable of setting his arm back, and she was almost positive the Beastman would rather it that way too. "I'll call the others for help..." Looking at Viral for a moment she almost wanted to ask for his forgiveness, even not knowing what she had done wrong by him. He was angry with her, after they had technically won, so it was beyond him why he should feel this way. When no clear sign came that she'd be forgiven Yumi finally turned and walked off, going to the edge of the cliff and sitting down at it, draping her legs over the edge. Leaning forward and scrunching herself up a little she pressed her scouter, hoping to get in touch with someone. "Hello...? Anyone free?"

They were definitely going to need to find a brush or something later on, Shu's hair was an utter mess. A lot of good the showers had done for him, his hair was knotted beyond belief. Takeshi gave up on trying to comb through in favor of simply plucking free any clutter. Aside from a small twig or leaf and the occasional pebble there wasn't a whole ton in his brother's mass of hair, thank goodness. "I eat anything that people eat..." he said plainly, frowning as he tugged free a small bristly object, flicking it aside. "Most people I know don't eat bugs. Doesn't mean it's bad, it just means I don't do it." Nor would he ever try. There were plenty of things that Takeshi was willing to do to accommodate his sibling. Hell, he'd more or less changed his person over the last year or so just to be more likeable by Shu. Frankly the changes he had gone through thus far he didn't mind so much, even if sometimes it did feel like a front he was putting on just for his brother's sake. Pulling apart a few strands of hair he came across a little black speck on Shu's head, and indifferently he reached down and grabbed it up between his thumb and forefinger, pulling it free. As he did the little item expanded a bit, and then unfurled to reveal a centipede like creature now wriggling in his grip. "What the?!" Takeshi exclaimed, jumping a bit as he tossed the bug away. He wasn't afraid of bugs, but finding one like that was just... Eugh.

Mercifully there was an excuse to end the grooming session as Yumi's voice came through on the scouter. Taking the chance Takeshi patted Shu on the head before moving away, getting to his feet thankfully now that he didn't have to deal with that any longer. "We're done here, what do you need...?" he asked, watching Shu warily to see if he was going to try and munch on the insect. The other one was bad enough, he could just imagine his brother slurping up this one like a noodle, legs and all. The very thought near made Takeshi's gag reflex go off, he hated the idea.

"We found the god, or whatever it was. It's dead now... We beat it," Yumi explained, sounding a bit drained in her tone. Looking back at Viral for a second she sighed, slumping her shoulders as she looked back towards the temple. "But we're both pretty tired, and he's hurt. Can someone come by and help us?"

Takeshi had to clear out his ear for a second, thinking he had heard incorrectly. Yet sure enough Yumi and Viral were asking for help, or Yumi was anyways. It was a pretty rare occurrence, one that he was going to enjoy and perhaps rub in a little bit. He might have an least if she didn't sound rather upset, meaning that now was definitely not a good time to joke around. Coming off that idea the Saiyan nodded to himself, looking back over towards Shu and T'charrl. "Yeah, we can be there in a bit. Just hang tight." Time to get going then, which meant Shu couldn't keep being cleaned, and T'charrl couldn't keep chatting with his new friends. They had good cause to get moving though, and helping their friends frankly took precedence over being buddy buddy with some aliens. "Shu? T'charrl? You guys hear that? We should get going."

Tesuga didn't quite understand what all was being said, but his parents seemed happy and so he was too. What he could gather was that T'charrl would indeed return someday, and that in of itself had him giddy with excitement. All the things they would be able to do, the places they could go, he couldn't wait to experience it all. That time however was not going to be any time soon, and now too it seemed that they had to be leaving. Hearing one of the other aliens mention departing the little native was a bit bummed out by that fact. Knowing that they had things to do though he nodded as if giving them permission to go, smiling at everyone. "Back later, play! Safe then, yes?" Tesuga made it a point then to go to each and every alien, giving them each a hug wherever he could reach, be it a leg or some other limb. Once he had done that he scurried back to his parents, nuzzling up against his mother and waving to the trio. "Friends bye! See later!"

"Need anything, we have," the father added, smiling up at their visitors. "Always welcome, friends of Tesuga. Be safe, see again soon maybe." Hopefully they would return, there was so much that they could learn from these visitors, and their people could become all the better for it. With their god apparently gone now they were under their own power, for better or worse. Hopefully by the time these people returned they would be in a better state than they are now.

[Mogtaki]

Viral let out a huff as he looked away, his hand on his shoulder in quiet contemplation. She wouldn’t know what to do anyway, especially after popping it in like that. His muscles and nerves would be damaged, not to mention his bone would be sitting in the socket incorrectly but he would eventually heal, as usual. While it was an advantage when a dislocation would take a human three months to heal, having it in incorrectly meant it wouldn’t heal and he would have to put up with it a whole lot longer. He wasn’t trusting Yumi, all of this not remembering didn’t make sense to him. He couldn’t understand why she wouldn’t, just because he was blinded didn’t mean he missed anything except for her angry tone of voice. With his ethereal hands moving to his head, he let out a sigh as Yumi made the call, his ears still ringing and not really enjoying the feedback it was giving him.

Shu didn’t mind the pulling too much when it meant he was being groomed by his brother, finding it to be pretty relaxing and nice that his brother was doing this for him. He did like the fact that he was actually pulling things out of his hair, it meant he was being properly groomed and that aspect did make him feel a lot better. He had a lot in his hair that he couldn’t get out by himself, so this was giving him some relief. Feeling fairly comfortable sitting there, when Takeshi suddenly shouted out and threw something, Shu let out a squeak and immediately went for a pounce, trying to find whatever that was that he tossed aside, “Ooh! Ooh! Where it go??” he spoke, looking around quickly before looking up and around before his attention went straight up again, looking around before realising it was the scouter that was speaking.

T’charrl gave Tesuga a little nod, hoping he could fulfil that promise to the little guy. He really didn’t know what was going to happen in the future, anything could and yet here he was promising things he had no idea whether he could do. If he had any understanding of space, it was that it was vast and often pretty empty, making it difficult to come back to certain planets once you were gone. Letting out a sigh, he looked up a little before gasping, staring down at the little creature grasping his leg in a hug. Reaching over and giving him a little hug with his large claws, he let go and slowly stood up when the kid went back to his parents. Turning to look to Takeshi after a brief wave, he let out a sigh, “Hear…? Uhh, o-okay”, he spoke, looking back to the family and gave a little wave again before spreading his wings, flying up into the air as he turned to wait for Takeshi and Shu.

Shu didn’t know what was happening but he hadn’t been paying much attention to the call wholly, only that there was something wrong with the others and they needed to get him. He was more curious about the location of the bug, looking all over the place for it before squeaking when Takeshi spoke his name, his head tilting a little in curiosity, “Oooh? Okay, I had fun kind of”, he spoke, moving over towards Takeshi again and standing up straight, staring up at him curiously, “Carry me, please…? Yes? I won’t put bugs in your hair”, he spoke, looking to the aliens quickly and giving them a wave, “Bye, friends! See later maybe, yes?”

[GambolMuse]

With no small degree of relief did Takeshi watch his brother not eat the insect, smiling graciously at that fact. Seeing T'charrl then take off into the air he looked back to Shu, already expecting to be asked to carry him. "You'd better not..." he remarked, narrowing his eyes slightly before turning around. Waiting until the last goodbyes had been shared the older boy helped Shu up onto his back, slipping his arms under the Saiyan's legs and flying off after their friend. Hopefully between himself and T'charrl they had the means to carry everybody back after the ordeal. By the sounds of it both Yumi and Viral were hurt, so extra care would be needed when transporting them. They would have to carry their friends in such a way to not hurt them further, which if they had to transport two people at once that was no easy task. "Maybe we should stop by the ship and get someone to help...?" Takeshi suggested, looking off in the direction of their ships. No reason to make their friends be in any more pain than they were already. Though the more he figured that the worse an idea it seemed. The longer they sat there the more potential danger they'd be in, injuries or otherwise. Best then to keep moving along to try and help them then.

Once the channel was closed Yumi removed the scouter from her ear, sighing abysmally as she held it in her lap. This hadn't turned out anywhere near how she'd wanted, it was an utter failure. Yes they had won, but she'd hoped that Viral would be happy by the end, having triumphed over a foe. Instead he just seemed even more upset than before about things, the exact opposite of what she had hoped to gain. After staring down the cliff for a moment she finally moved herself from the ledge, looking at Viral as she sat a little ways from him. "What did I do...? How did I hurt your arm...?" she asked, finally having to voice her confusion. "I... I don't think I did anything, did I? I remember seeing you get hit, then I was hit, and when I woke up everything was collapsing. What else happened...?" Viral was firmly holding to his claim that she had done him wrong, and yet there wasn't anything she could recall that may make that even remotely true. Perhaps before passing out she had inadvertently hurt him, she didn't know. Frankly not knowing was making her rather uneasy too, wanting desperately to know just what her friend was talking about.

The creature was trying to make its way back to its master, desperate to be healed so it could continue its fighting. While its partner might be dead it could always get another, and they would be able to take down the pesky aliens. Maybe two partners, just to be safe. There was strength in numbers after all, and they had barely been able to conquer just two. The impromptu retreat had the beast finding itself in an open field surrounded by hills and valleys, a little exposed for its liking. Sliding along as it was however it should stay well out of sight of anybody and return to the temple in one piece. Just as it crossed over a smaller crest its plans changed, the smell of flesh rousing its senses and making it stop where it was. Easing just its head out of the ground it looked ahead curiously, surprised to see ships landed in a loose cluster and many people wandering about. Surely it could slip in and get just one, then it would be healed and ready to fight again. Looking between those it could spot they all seemed fair weak, either the standard soldier or small, unimposing beings dressed in jumpsuits. Growling excitedly at the prospect of an easy meal it slid back into the dirt, moving along steadily to the ships.

Progress on modifying the Saiyan ship was going pleasantly fast. With so many hands working both on the interior and exterior the job would be done in no time, and the Princes would have a vessel all their own... With some rebel adjustments as well. On the outside the crew was busily working on both repainting the hull and removing the insignia, wanting the ship to be recognizable only in shape. The craft itself was to be painted a dark red, not quite crimson but fairly dark still. The actual application of paint was a little impromptu, they were thick liquids and red dyes to substitute for paint, and at least it seemed to be working. Several small vats were filled with the substance, and the empty ones were beginning to pile up steadily as a result. As one of said vats was emptied an engineer working with a small forklift-like vehicle grabbed hold of it, dropping it off in the pile before heading to the full containers by the edge of the encampment for another. Lowering the lift itself he slipped the platform right underneath, but had to get out to settle it properly before actually picking it up. Climbing out of his vehicle the engineer placed his hands on the bin, carefully pushing it towards the back of the platform to make sure it was steady. So engrossed in his work the alien failed to notice a black sludge coming towards him, sliding across the grassy ground noiselessly.

[Mogtaki]

Shu smiled away at Takeshi, shifting his feet a little on the spot and gave a nod, “Really! You’re scared of bugs, anyway”, he spoke before giggling, giving Takeshi a little smile before he jumped on Takeshi’s back. Grabbing hold of Takeshi’s shoulders, he looked over him before back again, curious to what was happening with the other group for them to need help. They must had been really hurt and tired to get to that point, it must had been a fairly big battle for something like that to happen. Feeling a little curious to what might had happened, he looked to Takeshi before giving a nod, “Uh huh…ooohhh, maybe get the little box flying thing that’s really squishy and I don’t like?” he asked, pulling at Takeshi’s shoulders a little, “Mister Vegeta should be able to help! If Mister Viral is hurt, I don’t think he’d want us touching him…”

Viral was feeling somewhat tired at this point, but that was all mostly due to him banging his head and the pain from his arm. He didn’t want to go to sleep at all, at most if he was forced to go to sleep he would rather the tank where he didn’t need to be tortured by those terrible dreams. Keeping the ethereal hands on him for a moment, he sighed when Yumi spoke, looking to her in slight annoyance. He figured she must had banged her head as well, probably a weakness humans had when it came to hitting their heads, “…I asked if you could put my arm back in its socket, but you just forced it right in without a second thought”, he spoke, slowly rubbing his shoulder, “Then you went off and started beating the creature to hell! Right up until you got grabbed and I had to save you…” It was somewhat annoying, but it was more his damaged pride as a result of his arm hurting like hell. If his Enki could fly then he wouldn’t have any problems, but until he got back to Earth he would have no idea how his powers worked or what Enki even was and how the King managed to unlock it.

T’charrl was a little distracted, his eyes down at his present in wonder and happiness. He had forgotten all about his moment of worry, the little stress that had been plaguing his mind for a while was gone for now and a little ray of hope was given to him instead. He looked forward to meeting more friends even if the underlying threat that was himself was still there, he knew he could get over it with his friend’s help. He was definitely still concerned with that, he was afraid his primal urges would take over and he’d try to kill his friend, but if his friends could help him through it maybe there was hope he would be able to return to his original form. Letting out a sigh for a moment, he twitched a little when he remembered Takeshi and Shu, looking between the two, “Uhh, I could take one, definitely, but…not two people. Maybe it would be best to get that carrier?”

[GambolMuse]

Shu raised a fair point, it was probably not wise to try and handle Viral on their own. Depending on the injuries only someone who was medically trained should do it, and that fell to Vegeta. No doubt there were rebels who could do it, but considering the state of relationships that was a path best avoided. For the sake of everyone's own sanity it was best they keep to themselves, which with Korian around again was easier said than done. "We'll see if Vegeta is done playing with his new toys, maybe he can give us a hand," Takeshi joked, smiling faintly. Truth be told he was a bit eager to see what was done to the ship, excited at the very prospect of it actually being theirs now. It likely wouldn't change too much, a few tweaks here and there and a fresh coat of paint, but still, it would be theirs. Looking across to T'charrl for his input the decision seemed to be obvious, they had to head back to camp. Hopefully they could get what they needed and get out without too much distraction. And hopefully Vegeta wasn't going to freak out at having both Yumi and Viral laying off somewhere injured. "And I am not afraid of bugs!" Takeshi added suddenly, picking up just now on what his brother had said. Frowning he looked down at the ground, wrinkling his nose before grimacing. "I just don't want to eat them... I'll stick to normal food."

Even with Viral's assistance Yumi had no recollection of what he was describing. Everything between those two points was blank, and she swore she was passed out the entire time. If she wasn't though then why in the world couldn't she recall any of it? That was a terrifying prospect, one that made her skin crawl uncomfortably. So did she transform like the others, did she have a new side to her? If she weren't so unsettled by it she might think to ask, but would prefer not to know now. Spending a few distressing moments in silence she finally looked back at Viral, moving closer and eying his shoulder. "I do know how to fix it... If you'll let me..." she said gently, keeping their eyes from meeting shamefully. "If I'm the one that did it then please let me make it right? Then Vegeta can fix you up the rest when we get back. I swear I'll do it as gently as I can." Right about now she just wanted to slink off into a hole somewhere and curl up. Faced with the potential other side of her, a side she couldn't even remember and that had apparently hurt Viral and she was all in a panic. It was all Yumi could do right now not to freak out on the spot, her heart racing frantically inside her chest.

After securing the barrel onto the cart the engineer climbed back into the driver's seat. With one final check to make sure it was good he lifted the platform up slowly, swinging the vehicle around to head back towards the ships. In the process of doing so he managed to clip something that made the vehicle bounce a little, and out of confusion he looked around, having sworn he heard a noise as well. Seeing nothing present however he shrugged it off, starting to drive merrily towards his job. Unbeknownst to him the creature was still lingering where it had surfaced, only now it was nursing a fairly sore head. Getting smacked in the face gave it a moment to recuperate, and with senses back it slid around once more, following the vehicle operator. Closing in on the alien it was very clear that attacking him alone wasn't going to be an option any longer, there were far too many others around now. Well, not a complete loss, they all looked like easy prey. Deciding to hell with it then the beast sprung up out of the ground, a bit awkwardly as it was still missing a leg and its vision a little blurred. With a roar it began to charge after the vehicle, grabbing the attention of those in the area. Startled the driver climbed out of the vehicle, diving away just as it was rammed by the monster. Startled the engineer turned over, crawling backwards away as the beast moved towards him. Watching it open its mouth and being faced with the pit that was its maw all the color drained from the alien's face, and he quickly covered his head with his arms in a feeble attempt to hide himself.

Just one bite and it would heal, that's all it needed. Not that it intended to stop there, no, it wanted to devour the entire crew. With its meal at last in sight the creature leaned down, just barely getting the engineer's head in its wide open mouth. One second it was about to take a bite, and the next it was flat on its back, having a rather sore head to boot. Baffled it looked up, making out the figure of a rather massive, and shirtless, man. Getting over its confusion it let out an angry roar, only to whine when its snout was punched, alarmingly hard. Rolling over on its back it scampered away a little, turning to face the large being, crouching low and growling angrily.

Leto watched the creature skit away, keeping himself firmly in place between it and the retreating crew. "How dare you attack defenseless people! That is a most cowardly thing to do!" he exclaimed, flexing as he did so. "Beast or not, I'd like to think you have SOME honor, but it seems I was mistaken! You're nothing but a coward and a monster! And now I must put you down in the name of all that is good in this world!" Up to his usual antics Leto was painfully unaware of the crew behind him, which had stopped to watch his display with a mixture of befuddlement and amusement. Even the creature had a confused look on its face, not quite understanding what was going on anymore. "I will give you one chance to atone, foul beast! Leave here and never come back!" At that cue the monster began to charge forward, growling furiously as it opened its mouth again. Trying to grab a bite it was instead punched away once more, getting knocked back and tumbling over and over a few times before finally settling. "Fine then, I'll let my fists show you out!"

[Mogtaki]

Shu smiled at Takeshi, resting his head against his back. He knew Viral didn’t like being touched or flown around so having both of those things go on was probably not the best thing to do. He wondered how Yumi was too, she was a little easier to handle and didn’t mind being taken around places like he did. Looking down at the ground momentarily, he let out a sigh, “I wonder what the big ship will look like when it’s all fixed up…Vegeta would be happy, I hope!” he spoke, scratching his head a little with his tail, “Will we live on it? Are we really going back to Earth? I do miss it…and the plants and the animals and the bugs…” Letting out a sigh, he squeaked when Takeshi suddenly spoke again, tilting his head at his words before he giggled, “Bugs are normal food! Maybe not to you because you don’t eat them, but what if I said fish wasn’t normal food because I never ate fish…? But I eat fish…but you know what I mean! Uh huh”.

T’charrl was keeping pretty quiet, feeling fairly concerned with a number of things himself. He did hope the two would be okay and that the other creature that got away wasn’t stalking them in any way, but he knew he would be hunting it down himself before they left. Looking to the others momentarily, he felt thankful that they weren’t asking him to heal whatever wounds they had when none of them had much energy to spare except for Shu, but even then it would be cruel to take all his energy to heal the other two. It wouldn’t cure their exhaustion and all it would do was fix the wounds themselves and not the pain so that wouldn’t help them either. Letting out a sigh as he flew along, he soon lifted his head and looked around, his antennae twitched as he flew. There was something odd nearby, his senses sparking up interest but also worry, “…Uhh, what’s that? Can you smell that…?”

Viral just wanted to sit in the quiet and wait for the help to arrive, not feeling entirely up to being around anyone just now. It was the type of pain that animals would snarl and bite to get anyone away from them. Feeling the tiredness all too well right now, he kept quiet before letting out a sigh when Yumi spoke again, trying to redeem what she did to him before. He didn’t know if he could trust her with something like that, but hearing her mope about it he let out a sigh, shaking his head a little, “…Fine. If you think you can, then you adjust it”, he grumbled, slowly removing his hand from his shoulder, “If you rip my arm off, I won’t be happy”.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi just shook his head, refusing to be swayed into considering bugs as a normal food. Ignorance on his part, he wouldn't even buy into Shu's logic of it being normal for some people, like the little Saiyan for instance. There wasn't a single way, be it barbecued, raw, candied, whatever you could think of couldn't make eating a bug appealing. He'd sooner cook up his own clothes and eat those... Probably. "But it's not even as if you cook them, Shu," the older boy continued, looking back at his brother over his shoulder. "You eat them raw, while they're all wriggly and stuff. Doesn't it feel... Weird? Gross? Having them go in like that? And they must wriggle while they go down too... Ugh... I think I'm gonna retch..." Takeshi looked to T'charrl a bit puzzled when he mentioned a smell, having not even remotely noticed anything as of yet. Sniffing at the air as they flew to try and pick something up he frowned at the absence of noticing anything, wondering why that might be. "What are you talking about...? I can't smell anything, can you Shu?"

Yumi wanted to make amends for what she had done, even if she didn't exactly know what that was. If she'd wronged Viral in any way though she had to make it right, lest her guilt drive her insane later on. When he agreed then to let her help she was elated, a smile creeping across her lips as she nodded, moving closer to him. "I know I can do it, I had to a couple of times on my classmates..." she pointed out, smiling sheepishly. Quite a few students in schools had come to avoid her during sparring sessions, a kick or punch from her could potentially have meant a dislocated or even broken arm or leg if she didn't mind herself. Placing one hand on Viral's shoulder and the other on his arm she looked at him gently, giving a shake of her head. "I'm not going to rip your arm off, don't be silly. Why would I do something like that?" Yumi asked, looking back at the shoulder, "Now this is going to sting a bit, I'll try to be quick." Running her hand over the shoulder first she felt a definite bump, no doubt the bone was out of place. Grabbing hold of Viral's arm then she counted down from three, giving it a yank and slipping it back out of the socket. Then, carefully lining it up as best she could she eased it back into place, hearing a faint pop almost as it settled in. It probably hurt like sin, but it should be set now. Exhaling softly Yumi sat back onto her backside, giving Viral a hopeful smile. "Better...? Sorry if it hurt a lot."

The engineers really weren't too certain how they should be taking the display Leto was putting on. Rebels and members of the Princes' crew alike were now gathered around the large Yulian, watching as he meticulously pounded the creature into the ground time and time again. Even with his impressive strength Leto didn't seem to be able to kill it no matter how much he struck the thing, albeit he definitely was hurting it. Each time it got up it was slower than before, and even once or twice it tried to slip off, only to be grabbed and dragged back. In a way it was almost comical, seeing the beast flounder about. It was definitely odd, save for the engineers no one had seen one before and figured it to be a native creature of this world.

"Had enough yet, foul beast?!" Leto shouted, sending the creature flying once more with a great punch. At this point his hands were becoming fairly sore, his knuckles reddening from the continual strikes. His skin was tough enough not to tear from the beast's skin, but it was still awfully abrasive. Not willing to back down just from some slight discomfort the Yulian was determined to finish this brawl, one way or another. Watching the creature struggle to get up yet again he began to throw some shadow punches, keeping his body limber and ready to go on. Whilst doing so he got a little bit of a surprise in that the creature was gathering energy in its mouth, and by the time he noticed it was already fired at him. Doing the only thing he could to help it he braced himself, holding his hands out to try and catch the blast. When it hit his hands it exploded, covering him in a cloud of dust as those gathered behind him scrambled for cover. Leto couldn't see a thing inside the dust cloud, and his ears rang slightly from the explosion that had gone off. He couldn't see the monster charging up at him either, only knowing where it was when it punched onto him, knocking the Yulian to the ground. A bit caught off guard Leto quickly reached up, catching the monster by the neck as it reached down, its mouth snapping furiously to try and get a bite of him.

Once more the monster was primed to get a meal, and a bit one at that. And once more it was to be denied any sort of food. Intent on eating this large man it was utterly clueless to another figure approaching, which considering the casual nature of their approach it was a huge oversight. Only when it was quite literally smacked upside the head and knocked off onto its back did it realize someone else had joined the fight. Looking up it spotted another Saiyan, standing over him and not looking at all pleased. Starting to growl the creature instead yelped as it was kicked quite hard in the side, being launched up into the air as a result. Tumbling around helplessly it only just managed to see the Saiyan race up after it, flailing about haplessly to try and keep him at bay. Just as easily as it had been knocked up was the creature knocked back down, being kicked straight into the dirt below and creating a small pit on impact. The force of the strikes and impact alone left it in a daze, not knowing where in the world it was. It would get a wake up call however in the form of a pipe being thrust into its chest, courtesy of Leto. Roaring angrily the creature squirmed in its place, beginning to disintegrate at a quick pace with such a mortal wound. It only took mere seconds for it to vanish entirely, the faint sound of it growling carrying off with the wind.

"The wildlife here is very unmanly!" Leto declared, grabbing the pipe and yanking it back out of the ground. Examining it carefully he was surprised by the lack of any bodily fluids, and even more so by the lack of them in the hole. Coupled with the fact the creature had literally vanished and he had utterly no clue as what had happened. Shaking his head in bewilderment Leto handed over the pipe to one of the nearby workers, ignoring the fact that it was probably too heavy for him as he looked to Korian. "With all due respect sir I had that under control. I appreciate the assistance, but I was just finishing up with the beast."

"You were just about to become its snack, if I saw rightly," Korian pointed out, taking a turn too at looking at the hole. "And we've got a schedule to keep, Leto. I don't doubt you could have handled that, but we can't afford to spend too much time here. As it stands we're wasting too much just helping the Princes..." If they planned on making it to the next planet today they would have to wrap things up quickly. The longer they were helping the boys the longer people were in trouble, and that bothered him to no end. Walking back towards the flagship he sent one last curious glance to the crater, a good few questions coming to mind about that beast. Korian would look into it later, right now he had a ship to build.

"Er... So I'll just... Do what sir?" Leto called, watching as his commander simply went back to the Princes' ship to work. Letting out a soft sigh he dusted his hands off, looking around for some work to do. Seeing all the workers still standing there the Yulian frowned, clapping his hands together and pointing to the ships. "You heard Korian men, we're on a schedule! Let's finish up here so we can go help people!"

[Mogtaki]

Shu found it pretty funny that Takeshi was so put off by the thought of eating bugs when everything else was perfectly fine for him to consume. It was so strange to him, but also amusing when it meant he could gross out Takeshi if he didn’t get his way. Staring at him as he spoke, he giggled a little when he expressed his disgust, “You’re funny! What’s wrong with a little wriggle?” he spoke, wriggling a little on Takeshi’s back, “It makes it fun! You don’t feel it unless you don’t crunch them and all yummy and juicy…my antie said bugs are best for making me big and strong…plus I don’t want them in my hair because they bite and tingle and make me itchy”. Feeling pretty curious when T’charrl spoke up, he tilted his head a little before looking up and around, sniffing the air, “…I don’t know what I’m trying to smell. I smell all sorts of things…even smelly Takeshi…”

T’charrl didn’t like it, his flight pattern swaying a little as he tried to find what the smell was. It was vaguely familiar, the momentary confusion he was feeling making him fairly worried. It was definitely something and whatever it was it was fresh, something pretty close. Looking to Takeshi and Shu when they didn’t detect it like he could, he looked away and flipped his antennae forward to try and detect it, lifting his claws for a second before looking around, “It’s like the blood from those creatures, a lingering smell…maybe it was around here? You know, the injured one…the one we missed. I don’t want to let it live before we leave.”

Viral wasn’t fully confident in Yumi’s ability to help such a thing, seeing as how she was the one who messed it up in the first place. He wasn’t at all looking forward to her fixing it knowing it was going to be even worse than what it was now, “You realise my skeleton isn’t the same as your classmates…” he spoke, not feeling entirely encouraged by that claim. Watching her come around and touch his shoulder, his eyes wandering over to the other as she took hold of his arm. He really wasn’t sure about this, but he had to give her a chance to try and fix it, “Because my arm already feels like it’s going to fall off…” Looking away from her with one ethereal arm grabbing hold of her for support, he gasped in silent pain when she simply gave it a hard yank and pulled it right out again, the pain being excruciating before settling it back in its socket. Moving his ethereal arm away before he gradually caused them to disappear, his working arm took hold of his shoulder, the muscle and nerve damage being the worst part of it still. Looking to Yumi momentarily, he growled a little and lowered his head, looking away from her, “…Sure”, he muttered, closing his eyes, “I just…can’t feel my fingers…”

[GambolMuse]

When Shu wriggled on his brother's back it did a fair good job of emulating a bug. As a result Takeshi's skin crawled quite a bit, and his face paled considerably as she scrunched up his shoulders a bit on reflex. "Food... Shouldn't... Wriggle!" he answered through clenched teeth. His brother just had to continue to talk about bugs, to the point where the elder boy actually had to stave off a little bit of bile that threatened to come up. Nothing he had ever eaten was as off putting as the idea of eating bugs, and he had eaten some properly strange foods over the years. Nothing he had eaten would squirm in his mouth though, or while going down. At T'charrl's behest the Saiyan sniffed the air around them, trying to pick up any odors that might have gotten his friend's attention. There was definitely the smell of fuel, probably from one of the rebel ships, and plenty of other smells that were native to this world. Aside from that however there was nothing that really needed too much attention. They were nearing the encampment now, it was finally in view, so they were liable to find out just what it was soon enough anyways. "Smelly? Says the kid with dirt and muck all over him!" Takeshi snapped, getting red in the face out of embarrassment.

Hearing that it was the creature who had slipped away made Takeshi worry some. If it was this close to their ships then it could well be on board one without anyone's knowledge. If that was the case then they had to search for it. As T'charrl said well enough they didn't want to leave it alive, it was too dangerous. In agreement Takeshi began to steadily descend, coming to a landing just outside the area where the ships were landed. Almost dropping Shu off of his back then he turned around, leaning over and poking his brother in the nose, his eyebrows pulling together. "When we're done here YOU are taking a shower Shu. I don't care if someone needs to scrub you clean, but we're making sure there's nothing else crawling around on you." If they were going to continue sleeping together than his brother absolutely had to be clean. Takeshi wondered how many bugs had crawled around while they were sharing a bed as they had done so many times before. Shuddering at the idea he turned around, stalking off towards the ships hastily.

"I know... But wouldn't you rather at least have me try instead of leaving it like this?" Yumi retorted, frowning a bit. It was worth a try if nothing else, and she didn't feasibly see how she could make it worse. With the go ahead from Viral then she went about remedying the problem, or trying to anyways. After dislocating the shoulder she carefully maneuvered the bone, managing to pop it back into its socket properly this time around. Obviously it had caused some discomfort for Viral, and continued to do so right up until it was finished. Smiling a little proudly at what should be a job well done she moved her hands back, giving Viral a hopeful look. Well the arm was back in place, but there was a slight hiccup in her help. "What do you mean you can't feel your fingers?" Yumi repeated, her eyes widening a bit as she looked at Viral's arm. Hesitantly she reached out, grabbing his paw and prodding at it with her finger, hardly the doctor. "Can you not feel that? At all?" Okay, she might have completely messed up then. Now Vegeta was going to be properly pissed when he found out. Biting her lip she set Viral's arm down, entwining her fingers nervously and looking at him. "Sorry... I guess I didn't help much did I?"

[Mogtaki]

Shu thought it was pretty funny that Takeshi was completely unable to comprehend eating bugs, seeing as how he would probably bite into a fish that was still wriggling around trying to get free just because it was a fish and not a bug. He was fairly amused, the bug didn’t even taste bad and instead tasted like berries. He was fairly used to bugs tasting like sweetness or like bird, he thought Takeshi would like something like that, “What if we got a really big bug and cooked it? Yummy yummy”, he sighed, finding it somewhat appealing. When he was snapped out of the thought and brought back into reality, he squeaked a little when T’charrl mentioned what the smell was, he frowned a little as his eyes went to the ground, watching as it came closer before squeaking when he was finally dropped off, looking to the ground before he was booped in the nose. Giggling a little, he looked up to Takeshi and smiled, wiggling his tail a little, “Okayyy…I’ll wash! How do I scrub? Sounds like a bird…”

T’charrl certainly didn’t like the smell, seeing as how it was making him want to have a good wash and it wasn’t as if the blood had been left behind. The smell just carried despite the blood already having disappeared, definitely changing into something that resembled a scent track of some sort. He certainly didn’t like it and knowing it had come this way was certainly worrying. Coming into land with Takeshi, he looked around and giving his antennae a twitch before flipping them back again, “You don’t think there will be more around on this planet, do you?” he asked up, feeling pretty confused about their situation, “How do we know those two were the only ones? I don’t even know how we’re supposed to find them all if there is more out there.

Viral wasn’t worried about his arm or being unable to move it all that well, he’d get over it eventually and it was his own fault that he had been injured like that. His whole body ached after getting his shoulder fixed in with it centralising in the most obvious place, the pain hardly being anything new and it was definitely a lot better than being impaled. Holding up his arm somewhat pathetically, he looked to Yumi only to let out a groan, shaking his head, “Means I can’t feel them, what else?” he spoke, watching as she took hold of his paw and gave it an annoying prod or two. Narrowing his gaze at her, he sighed and looked away as he held his arm, “I was punched by a colossus; just what else could happen after my arm popping out over that?” he spoke, grumbling, “Unless you’re a magic healer, I don’t see anything else you could do! Unless you do?”

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi really didn't want to talk about bugs any longer, it was grossing him out. Eating them, playing with them, he didn't care what it was, he didn't want to do it. From now on they would eat regular food stuffs, the only way Shu would get a bug was by sneaking it. Upon landing on the ground the older boy promptly let his sibling go, a shiver crawling up his spine reflexively as he wondered if any bugs had crept onto him at this point. Turning then and admonishing Shu for being dirty he was ultimately just left exasperated as words were lost on the young boy. Letting out a soft sigh Takeshi rubbed at his head, pondering how best to explain scrubbing to Shu before abandoning it altogether. "We just need to get you clean, plain and simple. Once we do that then you won't have any more bugs crawling around on you!" That's just how it should be after all, they didn't need critters in their bed while they slept.

"I don't know T'charrl... Maybe?" Takeshi shrugged his shoulders, not having the faintest idea how to answer their friend. "We really don't know where they all are, or if there are more. Considering what they can do we could be standing on one right now," he added, shrugging and scuffing his foot along the dirt to make a point. "I guess all we can do is get rid of the ones we find, yeah? Since we know nothing about them we can't really hunt them down." They still didn't even know what the creatures were for that matter. All they had was a name that the natives here had given them, and goodness knows what it meant in their language, no one had thought to ask. All they had were some loose ideas on abilities and an appearance, not a ton to go off of. "Not for nothing too, but we've gotta get Viral and Yumi back here, so let's worry about them first." Glancing across the area towards their ship Takeshi was a bit disappointed to see rebels everywhere, really not wanting anything to do with them at the moment. Luckily Vegeta was inside, all they would have to do is get a hold of him and then they could be off. "Vegeta?" he asked, pressing the button of his scouter, "You there?"

Vegeta tossed aside another wrench, sliding himself out from beneath the control panel he'd been tinkering with. While the bulk of the workers were busily refacing the ship he and Sayomi were handling rewiring. Rigging all the systems to one on a single, unified interface would definitely be handy, it meant one didn't have to run across the craft just to open a door. Putting in a new set of programs too, courtesy of the rebels, gave them some useful tools that would no doubt benefit them, such as a radar jammer. All in all he was having a blast, this was just the kind of work he enjoyed doing. Learning the ins and outs of these machines gave him plenty of ideas for Capsule Corps as well once they finally got home. There were some genuinely intuitive and unique bits here that he could definitely... Borrow, from the Saiyans. Grabbing a cloth off the console he dabbed his face dry, and as he was doing so he heard his scouter chime to life. Looking over at it lying on the far end of the room Vegeta sighed, walking over and picking it up, holding it to his ear. "I'm here, what is it?"

Yumi shrugged her shoulders, figuring she was being a little silly over the whole thing. It only made sense that Viral's shoulder had popped out, it must have been a nasty hit after all. Actually, the sheer fact that only his shoulder had been dislocated was a testament to how well he was healing, it was definitely an improvement. Shaking her head then she managed a small smile, folding her own hands across her lap. "If I could do anything else I would, believe me. I can see I've done all I can though." Who knows though, maybe she did have some weird new Beastman healing powers. Turning her hands over she stared intently down at her palms for a moment, trying to draw forth energy that might work for such a purpose. The only thing she had was Ki though, and in such short order she decided it was best not to use it for anything. "Yeah... Definitely don't have healing powers..." she mumbled, giving a shake of her head. Shame, that could be awfully handy if she had them.

[Mogtaki]

Shu giggled a little, finding everything to be pretty amusing when it came to Takeshi and his reactions. He saw it as a way to tease Takeshi and have a bit of a laugh himself, but he wouldn’t do that too much incase Takeshi actually threw up and that would be unpleasant for everyone. Smiling a little at Takeshi despite what he wanted to do, he let out a squeaky sigh and pressed his fingers together, “I don’t like how they make me itchy…” he spoke, giving a little nod, “Bugs also make cuts all nasty and don’t heal, which is why grooming is important and stuff…a-and how I want you to help me with it cause I get a lot of bugs”. Giving a little smile, he was soon scratching his head, sitting down on the ground for a second and using his foot to remedy the problem.

T’charrl thought the antics of Shu were odd, but also pretty amusing. Takeshi having such a dislike towards bugs made him wonder why he liked him and didn’t see him as a ‘giant bug’ like his friends said he was. Feeling only the tiniest big of concern towards that fact over the subject, he looked down a little as he brushed through his fur, “Does that mean we’ll be here for longer? How will we know where to find them if there are any left?” he asked out, feeling a little unsure before he lowered his head, “But you’re right, they come first. We can’t fight without them. I hope they’re okay…” Feeling a little worried, he was sure that he was going to be able to keep it together if he had to fight some more. Nobody needed to know that he had even greater difficulties than what was seen before, only the twins and the larger individual knew about it on the flight and that was all he needed.

Viral was definitely having a hard time adjusting to the fact that he had managed to take such a huge hit and yet he was still alive, despite having no real nourishment to keep his body healthy. He hadn’t experienced those healing tanks before, but it had done him a ton of good. He still couldn’t bring himself to eating, yet he missed doing so. Almost tempted to lie down instead of sitting up all the time, he looked to Yumi before grumbling, his paw holding his sore arm up, “The only one that does so far is the bug, but taking energy to heal…I don’t like the sound of that at all”, he spoke, looking down into the canyon, “I don’t need alien powers…I could had just avoided taking the damage…but, whatever. My energy was too weak to withstand that attack, the metal was too brittle. I have no defence…”

[GambolMuse]

As if Takeshi needed to hear some kind of justification from Shu. There may well be plenty good reasons to groom, but the actual act of doing so just put him off a little much. Of course the younger boy just had to twist his arm, making it clear that he wanted the older boy's help in doing things. Caught between his own personal dislike for bugs and his wanting to help Shu the Saiyan decided to change the subject, removing himself from the conversation as he tried to get in touch with Vegeta. "They sounded tired, but that's it. Knowing them they've got to be fine," Takeshi remarked, looking in the direction of their ship. "Both of them are stubborn if nothing else, so it'll take a ton to really do them in." Or, as memory served, a protruding piece of metal, or an angry Saiyan rebel. Those were random circumstances, Viral could definitely handle more than those situations showed. Takeshi then wasn't all that concerned with their well being, knowing that even if they were tired it meant they were probably fine.

It took a second to hear back from Vegeta, which was a bit curious seeing as what the matter was. "Yeah, uh... Now don't be mad but we kind of need to borrow the shuttle." Takeshi frowned when there was silence on the other end, looking between T'charrl and Shu confused to see if maybe the line was dead. Hearing Vegeta clear his throat he then knew to go on. "Yumi and Viral went out to fight, and they might be kind of... Sorta hurt. So if you can be a pal and bring the shuttle out we'll go get them and bring them back. I promise it's nothing bad, they're just tired!" He added the last bit quickly, more or less to save his own skin. There was a simple sigh on the other side before the line was cut, and Takeshi was left standing there with a puzzled look on his face. Vegeta had sounded fairly reluctant to help out, heaven knows why. He'd figure the guy would jump at a chance to help out Yumi and Viral, must be busy with something big then. Either way the ship was going to be brought out, and the three of them could get a move on.

"Princes! I knew I had seen you earlier!"

Takeshi jumped a bit as they were suddenly yelled at, not knowing where in the world that had come from. It took him a second to realize who had shouted, and when he turned around to look he was abruptly lifted off his feet and into a rather tight hug. Gasping in surprise he squirmed a little in Leto's grasp, trying to wriggle free with his arms being pinned to his side and all. "L-Leto... Nice to see you too..." he managed out, looking up at the massive man. "Air... Need air..."

Leto smiled apologetically as he set Takeshi on his feet, not having meant to compact the boy like that. He was just rather happy to see the two he owed his new life to, as he always probably would be. "Apologies, Prince! I was just so ecstatic to see my saviors and I just had to come over and say hello! And what better than a manly bear hug to do it?" Chuckling to himself for a moment the Yulian then at last noticed a rather large bug standing fair close to him. For a second he simply stared at T'charrl, not sure what to make of him. Then, in perhaps a slight misjudgement he slammed his fists together, going to punch the Kaesstrian. "Look out young sirs, one of the natives have slipped into our base!" Throwing said punch then he was surprised when he hit Takeshi, stopping immediately and getting a fairly worried look as he stared at the boy laid out on the ground. "Are you alright Takeshi...?"

"Eh... Yeah... Totally fine..." Takeshi grumbled, still splayed out idly. He'd managed to take that hit right to the noggin, and as a result he was seeing plenty of stars at the moment. Laughing weakly he pushed himself into a sitting position, rubbing his head with a wince before looking up at Leto. "And what did you try hitting him for?! He's a friend!"

Leto blinked in surprise, giving T'charrl another look before immediately kneeling down and bowing before him. "Oh! Forgive me then, I was wrong! A man always admits his mistakes, and I'll do so right this instant! Forgive me stranger, I did not know you were an ally! A thousand pardons!"

"Your body isn't too weak. You took a huge hit and all you have is a dislocated shoulder. That's some pretty good defense if you ask me." Yumi then paused a moment, eying the cut on Viral's forehead before gesturing to it with a small smile. "And... That. But considering how strong that thing was it's amazing this is all that happened. And you're already conscious, so... That's something right?" Back to trying to find the bright side of an unfortunate event, this wasn't bound to go well. When they finally got back to the ship Viral was going to need to get his arm properly fixed and his head looked at. Using a tank for those seemed a little extreme, so it was probably bandages and a sling for him then. Not knowing where his mind was at the present Yumi gave her friend a hopeful smile, leaning forward a little bit. "How about when we get back we get you patched up and then we can eat something? I mean you've got to be hungry at this point, and we've got food to spare right now. I can cook whatever you want, that much I can definitely do!" Yumi was determined to make things up for lousing up the shoulder business, and this seemed like a safe way to do it... If Viral was going to eat yet.

[Mogtaki]

Shu was pretty itchy just thinking about being groomed, already missing it even though it was not that long ago that Takeshi did groom him. Looking up a little when Takeshi spoke again, he moved on up to his feet again and smiled at him, swaying a little on the spot. He did hope they were okay out there and weren’t in any danger, he was definitely concerned that they might had been cold and hungry out where they were. Scratching his arm a little, he looked around calmly as Takeshi took up a conversation over his scouter. He did wonder what was being said but what he could hear didn’t exactly sound like anything at all, he couldn’t hear Vegeta on the other line make so much as a peep. Frowning a little, he looked back to Takeshi, “Was that a yes…?” he asked only to squeak when there was a sudden shout followed by Takeshi being lifted up by a certain large alien.

T’charrl was a little frightened by the sudden appearance by the large alien giving Takeshi a good squeeze, raising his hands to his chest in brief confusion. He really didn’t know what to make of this large man, but apparently his name was Leto and he was a friend to the brothers. Tilting his head a little at him, he wondered what he was thinking when he stared at only to gasp when the man slammed his fists together in an aggressive show before throwing one straight at him with some sort of false claim. Letting out a high pitched squeak, raising his hands to protect himself only for Takeshi to take the punch for him and end up on the ground.

Frightened for a moment, he stared at Takeshi for a moment before his eyes went to the alien as he expressed his apologies. He didn’t know why he thought he was a native without asking or the fact that he was willing to hit a native over talking to them. Looking between Takeshi and Leto, he frowned a little as he tapped his claws together, “I-I’m not a native, I’m from another planet”, he spoke, giving a nervous nod, “I’m T’charrl and uhhh, it’s nice to meet you…?” He was really rather confused by this guy, his large body certainly looking strong and definitely something he’d not like to be hugged by.

Viral sighed, looking down a little and shaking his head. He should had been able to put up with it, he really should had managed to hold his own and blocked some of the attack to lessen the blow, especially when he does have shields he can use. Giving her a quick glance, he soon frowned and looked away again, his hand momentarily going to his head, “I just had to put power behind my block, then my arm never would had dislodged”, he spoke, his hand going back to his arm, “I would had been fine with a broken arm, but if I put more strength into taking the attack…” Just giving up with that, he let out a sigh and kept his arm supported with a quick look towards Yumi again at the mention of food. He kept silent for a moment as if contemplating the question, but letting out a groan as he looked away, looking a little disappointed, “The very thought of food makes me feel ill. I don’t know how much longer I can keep this up without it, though. I have the genes of Earth’s greatest predators on land and sea and yet…I can’t stomach anything”.

[GambolMuse]

Leto stared up at the alien curiously, a bit perplexed by what he was saying. Since he had a scouter it all came through just fine, but the whole "from another planet" had him wondering. The Yulian too was from another world, but he'd been picked up back on Uuonoe, as a prisoner essentially. He didn't see the Princes as the type to keep prisoners, meaning this was as Takeshi said, a friend. Smiling cheerfully then he picked himself up off of the ground, refraining from hugging the potentially bristly alien in favor of giving him a very manly thumbs up. "Splendid! A friend of the boys is a friend of ours! I do apologize for trying to bludgeoning you a moment ago! Had I known better I would never have dreamt of such a transgression." Allies were valuable of course, and he would never dream of doing anything that would jeopardize their allegiance with another fighter. After his apology was over Leto looked at the trio again, smiling brilliantly as he flexed his muscles. "Now that you children are here you can help with your ship! And we've much to discuss, it's been a while!"

Having a lengthy discussion of any kind with Leto was somehow... Off putting. Takeshi really didn't think he could handle the man's eccentric behavior, however good-willed it may be. Graciously it seemed like they weren't going to have to either, as soon enough their shuttle was rolling on out of the back of their larger craft. Smiling gratefully he got up to his feet, looking at T'charrl and giving him a small slap on the back. "So here's the plan then. I'm going to fly the ship, and Shu will come with me to help get Yumi and Viral on board. I figure that way you can relax here, maybe grab some food, chat with some people," he said, looking at Leto for a moment and barely suppressing a smirk. "You can keep him company for a few minutes, right? We just need to go pick up our friends is all, we'll be back before you know it."

"But of course, anything for you boys! I will gladly see to it that your friend is well kept!" Smiling at T'charrl and reaching out to grab one of his arms Leto began to pull him away, heading towards their own ship where the work was being done. If the Kaesstrian was to look then he'd see the tears streaming down the Yulian's face, a fist clenched and held at chest-level. "You are so fortunate to know a group like this. You are among the greatest souls in the universe, they would do anything for one another! Truly you have been blessed!" he declared, much to the chagrin of workers around him. "Tell me... T'charrl... What brings you into our fold?"

Takeshi felt fairly bad for sticking T'charrl with Leto, but they really did need to get moving. Waving sympathetically to their friend as he was dragged off the Saiyan went to his brother, getting him to his feet and gesturing to the ship. Taking hold of Shu's hand then he tugged him along, going right up to the pilot's hatch where Vegeta was just climbing out. Noting the grease and other bits all over their friend he raised an eyebrow in question, finally releasing Shu's hand once they were at the door.

"What, never seen someone covered in grease before?" Vegeta asked, raising an eyebrow as he dusted his hands off his shirt. "When you get back call me, I'll get a room set up for them and we'll see what's wrong with them, okay?"

Yumi frowned at the failed attempt to get Viral to eat, though she wasn't terribly surprised by it. Were it that easy then he'd not be in the predicament that he was in now. Sighing softly she gave a small nod of her head, moving to her friend's side and sitting, tucking her legs to one side. "But... It's not like you're hurting anything by eating. Especially if you eat fruit, or bread or something. Plus, maybe just take it slowly? A small portion, a few bites even. Then see how that sits, and if it's okay then maybe a bit more," she suggested, smiling hopefully. "You definitely don't have to go right in and have a whole feast, we can work up to that. Small steps at a time." Maybe that was in part the problem, trying to find instant fixes or solving things in one go. It had to be a process, Yumi figured. Unfortunately even if that were the case she was still clueless as to what the process actually was.

[Mogtaki]

T’charrl was a little worried, he didn’t know what he was supposed to do around this guy and all he could feel right now was nervousness. Pressing his claws together a little, he smiled nervously as the guy gave him a strange gesture. He didn’t know what to make of this guy, he was definitely worried over his safety around him and could only hope that the guy won’t get too aggressive with him. Giving a little nod and a nervous chuckle, he yelped a little in fright when his back was gently slapped before his eyes went to Takeshi. Antennae twitching, he let out a sigh as he went over the plan, giving him a little frown, “O-Okay…food sounds good”, he spoke, looking down for a moment. He didn’t know how good he’d be with the talking thing, he was never good with strangers after they try to hit him.

Feeling a little nervous, T’charrl was soon grabbed and off he was taken by the big guy, stumbling slightly as he was dragged away to the ship. This was definitely making him feel a little less than comfortable right now, he didn’t even know why Takeshi decided to leave him with this strange alien who was now crying over the thought of something that was completely left unknown to him; maybe this guy was just always completely passionate, who knew. Looking back a little, he frowned once Takeshi and Shu were out of his sight before looking back to the crying man, “Uhh, I guess umm…what?” he spoke, looking behind himself for a second, “I-I’m here to fight and to explore…and other reasons. I help them because they helped me, but I travel with them because I like them too. Do I need anything else…?”

Shu gave T’charrl a wave as he went off with his brother, being pulled along in the hastiest way possible without causing him to trip up. Looking up at his brother as he was lead onto the ship and to the smaller one, he nearly fell forward when Takeshi let go of him, his eyes going straight to Vegeta. He was certainly messy looking, all covered in something that was fairly nasty smelling. Frowning a little, he looked to Takeshi before back to Vegeta, giving a little smile, “Maybe they’re not too bad; they went after a god!” he spoke, bouncing a little, “I was brave and protected a family of natives”.

Viral didn’t like how he couldn’t eat either, it was just a good list of things that made him both sickened by it and put off from going anywhere near it. Watching as she moved beside him, he looked away again while keeping his arm close and supported as she tried to compromise with his difficulty. He didn’t like the sound of eating fruit or bread either, especially considering the fact it wasn’t commonly in his diet either. Looking elsewhere, he slowly rubbed his arm before he let out a sigh, shaking his head, “I don’t know. It’s the taste of blood, Saiyan blood…my own blood. How do I know my gene switch is repaired? It could be deactivated completely, food might set me off”.