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

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi shot Shu a dirty look when he brought up bugs, sticking his tongue out before sulking again. So bugs were gross, it didn't mean he was afraid of them. Sheesh, they were treating it like he had a phobia or something. They weren't for eating, and they definitely weren't something one was supposed to have crawling around in their hair, that didn't make him afraid of them. Keeping quiet as the elevator descended he watched over Shu, glad to see he wasn't full on panicking for being inside here. He was still clung to Yumi like a fly to flypaper, but at least he wasn't freaking out or anything. When the lift stopped and the doors opened Yumi was the first out followed by a bounding Shu. So the food was out here too, and the trail looked bigger. Weird, so whatever was making it had started upstairs and come down here? Takeshi couldn't figure why anyone would bother leaving the food hall if they were hungry, it seemed silly to get food than just up and leave. Watching both Shu and Yumi inspect the trail he looked down the other end of the hall, frowning while trying to pick anything out. There wasn't any energy, and the feeling of uneasiness the creature's brought with them wasn't there either. So whoever or whatever was doing this either had no energy, or wasn't even organic. Hm... No energy...

"I don't know Shu, it might be and it might not be..." Yumi frowned as she began to follow the trail, fairly lost as to why it led to the training hall. Like Takeshi she couldn't quite understand someone's reason for leaving the dining area, and certainly less so than bringing it down here. Taking food to your room was one thing, but this just seemed silly and random. Could be a waste of time, but if nothing else at least this mystery of theirs had them doing something right now. "There's a lot down here, and adventure is probably one of them," Yumi commented, smiling back at Shu. Now, if only they could get more clues. Lifting her head a bit she closed her eyes, sniffing at the air as she walked to try and pick out anything irregular. The ship was pretty clean itself so there weren't very many odors to speak of. Shu and Takeshi were there, she could smell them, and she could even note the bits of food. Further down the corridor there was another faint smell, one that confused her quite a bit. It was familiar... And yet not at the same time. Opening her eyes Yumi furrowed her brow in confusion, picking up the pace a bit as she walked until she arrived at the end of the trail. Sure enough it led to the training room, and like the elevator the pad for this door was scratched up. Okay... So whatever they were following apparently knew how to use buttons. Maybe it was T'charrl, changing again?

"So whatever we're after is in there, huh...?" Unless it just passed through the room, seeing as there were doors on the other side as well. Hard to tell, there was still no energy to sense. Yumi looked like she had picked up on something, yet if she knew what it was she wasn't saying. While she stood at the doors Takeshi went over to the panel, running a finger along one of the deep grooves on the panel, wondering what could have made it. There were only two people in this entire ship who had claws, and one of them should be with Vegeta. But thinking that Viral had done this didn't seem right. For starters he didn't eat by himself, so why would he have food, much less go run off with it? And he couldn't imagine him pretty much attacking the panels to get them open, that seemed a bit silly. "Only one way to find out what's doing this..." Pressing the keys for the combination the doors slowly slid open, revealing on the other side a dark room. Ah great, so Vegeta had cut the power to the room as well. Exchanging a confused look with Yumi he walked just beyond the threshold of the door, looking around for any signs of... Well, anything. Lifting up a hand Takeshi then gathered Ki, making a sort of lantern as he began to shine it around the room, hoping to pick out whatever may be in here.

[Mogtaki]

Shu grinned at Takeshi, finding it fairly amusing that he was reacting in such a way. He was totally afraid of them, but he didn’t see how that was anything that he should be ashamed of. Shu was afraid of a lot of things, it wasn’t a bad thing and he was still the happy kid he always was; maybe Takeshi just needed to let loose sometimes and not need to show how serious he could be to all the others. Either way, this was a pretty interesting adventure; the case of the missing food and who might have been stealing it. They could easily have someone from the Saiyan army who got left behind, he did know there was some other aliens wandering around since he saw one near Vegeta when he woke up but it didn’t seem like it was one of them. It was so mysterious, but he was a little worried of what they might find.

Looking up to Yumi, he let out a sigh and looked around curiously, bouncing slightly to avoid the mess on the floor. He didn’t know where they lead to, he didn’t even know where this place was or why it was quite dark. Maybe there was a reason it was a little dark, but he guessed that was where Vegeta’s decision came in. He wasn’t afraid of it, but maybe Yumi was a little uncomfortable with it. Giving her a quick look, he soon tried to imitate her by closing his eyes and sniffing around, even though his nose wasn’t as good as hers. While Saiyans had strong noses too, they were definitely not as good as Yumi’s or Viral’s, “Lots of stuff…uh huh…” he spoke, looking up to Yumi again, “I can’t smell much along here…”

It was definitely pretty difficult understanding what was going on, but it was definitely something out there and it was probably not anything good at all. He didn’t know where he was at all, but as they made it to the end they were confronted with a room of some kind. Whatever had gone into the room sure did make a mess of the panel for opening it, the marks in it damaging it but apparently not removing its function. Frowning a little, he looked up to Yumi and Takeshi, slowly moving behind them, “Did something sneak on the ship…?” Frowning a little, he watched as the door was slowly opened. There was a strange smell inside, like a mix of food and metal. Looking around slowly, he gasped a little when Takeshi summoned up some Ki, the light hardly lighting up a fraction of the massive room.

On the floor there were remnants of food, but at some point along the way there was also a few scratches here and there that were mending slowly thanks to some technology that Shu had never seen. With bits and pieces of food and even some material lying around, within the room there was a faint hissing noise, the sounds of something dropping before skittering away further into the darkness. It sounded like some sort of animal, but it was keeping away from the Ki glow completely. Gasping, Shu quickly moved close to Yumi, “Uhh…t-there’s something in there…” he muttered, keeping his voice low.

[GambolMuse]

"We've got no idea Shu, that's what we're going to find out." Something had to be just beyond this door, the only question was what. Between the three of them Takeshi wasn't all that worried, whatever this thing was they could take it. They should just probably be ready for a nice surprise. Putting in the combination to unlock the room he stood at Yumi's side, disappointed to see the room was utterly black inside, no power. Well that was lovely, it's not like they needed to see what they were chasing. To help the situation he ignited one of his hands with Ki, making a small makeshift lantern to use for help. It dawned on him how silly it was that he should be doing this then, the room was massive and his lantern gave perhaps three meters visibility. The only thing it might serve to do now was to attract whatever was in here, most likely to him. Lovely. The stench of food in here was much more powerful, it smelled cooked but a bit old, whatever it might be. There was a lot of it too, that might explain why so much had been dropped on the way here. It would be awfully nice to see just what was going on. "Just keep close guys, if it comes to us then it's best we stick together."

Rather quickly Yumi had lost her enthusiasm for this search of theirs. Going into an utterly dark room with some creature prowling about was not on her list of fun things to do, and she very nearly backed out. When Shu moved to her for comfort however she remained where she was, clinging onto him probably as tightly as he was her. She'd heard it too, the sound of claws scraping against the metal. Not a very exciting sign, but they were here and might as well see it through. "Don't worry Shu... You're with us... You'll be fine..." She tried to sound reassuring, but her own voice had a rather distinctive uneasiness to it because of the darkness. With Shu at her hip she moved closer to Takeshi, holding onto the back of his shirt and swallowing back her nerves. They couldn't see anything, but maybe she could smell it, wherever it was. Closing her eyes once again she sniffed at the air, scrunching up her nose. There was a fair bit of food down here, making it tricky to pick out the creature. After some more effort however she managed to locate it, nudging Takeshi in the direction it was. It seemed to be... Prowling, as it was moving around slowly in one spot. Was it watching them? Shivering in fright Yumi opened up her eyes, almost pressing against Takeshi's side as she clung Shu to her as well. "It's... Uh... O-over there..." she mumbled, nodding in the direction of the smell.

Great... Both Yumi and Shu were panicked, and now he was starting to feel it too. Mostly because they were worried, leaving him to think this might be a bit more serious than he'd thought. Smiling tightly Takeshi started to walk in the direction he'd been directed, practically dragging his brother and friend along with him. "What is it Yumi? Can you tell what it is?" Raising his hand a bit more he tried to focus the light ahead, only barely managing to extend the area it covered. Well this was just fine, they were walking into goodness knows what and it had them all worried, this was very comforting.

"No... It's strange... It smells like something, but I can't put my finger on it..." It was definitely familiar though, and yet mixed with another scent that threw her off. Wracking her brain for an explanation she finally managed to put two and two together. She almost couldn't believe it, but she placed the scent she was picking up. It didn't make a whole lot of sense though, where was the other part coming from? That was completely new, she'd never noticed that one before. Releasing both boys and leaving Shu with his brother she walked forward, just beyond the edge of the light. He was still just ahead of her, and while her eyes were poor in the dark she could swear she saw a silhouette of something. Smiling nervously she crouched down, sniffing at the air before holding her arms to her sides openly. "Viral...? Is that you...?"

[Mogtaki]

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.

The 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.

Despite 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.

[GambolMuse]

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...

Takeshi 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...?"

"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.

[Mogtaki]

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.

Shu 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.

With 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.

[GambolMuse]

This was a very delicate situation, Viral could very well attack them if they weren't careful. Knowing how guilty he'd feel later Yumi took it upon herself to help him, figuring she had the best chance to being useful. She'd brought him down from one of these manic highs before, she could do it again. Only this time hugging him probably wasn't going to work out too well, she probably couldn't even get close enough. She needed a means to appease Viral and have him relax, and she figured she knew the way. It was utterly humiliating, but what do felines typically enjoy? Well, yarn and fish, but she couldn't physically be either of those. Other felines however, she might just be able to pull that one off. She wasn't sure if it would even work, but it was the first thing that came to mind. Maybe if he could relate with her he'd not be so aggressive, letting her get near enough to try and soothe him. Crouched down on all fours she emitted a soft growl, sounding fairly feline to her surprise. It came with her new changes, she supposed. Normally a burden she was finding it quite useful now however as Viral seemed to calm down a bit.

Or maybe not calm down, but it did something. She couldn't see him still, but she heard him move and then the thump, cocking her head to the side in confusion. She wasn't quite certain what that had been, but she figured it was progress. Viral had moved closer to her at this point, away from his food, so at least he wasn't being so possessive. Still he sounded uneasy, giving her a warning noise in the form of hisses and growls. Oh this was just weird, but now she was moving herself closer slowly, keeping herself low to try and seem submissive. She'd seen cats do this before, amongst other things... Other things she really hoped weren't going to come of this. All she had to do was play nice and make Viral warm up to her, then they could help him. When she got a little closer Yumi stopped where she was, crouched near low enough to be against the floor. Her face was a bright red at this point and she felt utterly ridiculous, but it looked to be working. Letting out another soft growl followed by a purr she lifted her head a bit, smiling at Viral in hopes he'd take the bait and come over.

[Mogtaki]

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.

Lowering 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.

[GambolMuse]

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.

Right, 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?

[Mogtaki]

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.

Shu 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.

Viral 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.

Watching 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.

[GambolMuse]

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?"

Yumi 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.

As 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.

[Mogtaki]

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?”

Viral 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.

He 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.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi wasn't quite sure how they were supposed to change Viral back. Yumi had done it before, that much he knew, but even then he wasn't sure how. Surely Vegeta had something in mind once they asked him, he knew how Viral worked better than anyone else. Hopefully this wasn't some berserk change and they hadn't just left Yumi in danger, she seemed to be handling it well so far. Once out of the room Shu was given the choice to go to the ramp instead, it would take a bit longer but then they wouldn't agitate his claustrophobia. Quirking an eyebrow Takeshi smiled slightly, starting to pull his sibling along, "So Viral sounds like a tiger? Or a lion, something like that?" He'd never heard one personally, it definitely did sound like a big cat though. Had their friend gone and changed into one then? Weird, he knew Viral could change, but not into a kitty. "Yeah, everything is going to be just fine. Vegeta will fix this and then we'll be back home before you know it, and we can play and eat all the fruit you want." Hopefully it was going to be okay. If this was a new form for Viral then something might be wrong, and he may need to be locked up or bound for everyone's safety. No one wanted to see him caged, but if he went nuts then that was a possibility.

Yumi hadn't shirked back after being struck, the dark was doing that to her. Being hit was nothing compared to the pitch black that surrounded them, and her heightened senses did nothing to alleviate it. She wanted to be close to Viral if nothing else for her own sanity, but he seemed intent on keeping away. Perhaps if she did something to keep him around then he'd stay, so she tried scratching his ear. For a moment he was quite content, even going as far to place one of his hands on hers and holding it there. Then yet again he moved away, seeming startled as he backed off. She couldn't see him at all but heard him well enough, and was able to keep an eye on him that way. Frowning she rose to her feet, standing where she was for a moment while listening for any signs of danger. He wasn't really growling angrily, it sounded more confused if she had to put a name to it. Slowly she approached Viral, reaching out blindly until her hand found his arm. With a meek smile Yumi moved closer, opting now instead to try the same thing she had before. Wrapping her arms around Viral's torso she rested her head upon his chest, relaxing herself now that she was in contact with someone. Another purr escaped from her throat but she didn't care as much, just glad not to be as frightened. "It's okay Viral, I'm not going to hurt you, I'm your friend."

[Mogtaki]

Shu hoped Viral wasn’t becoming something like he did when under stress, seeing as how everybody was afraid of him doing that and this could be the same deal. He couldn’t quite understand why it happened but knew it was a bad thing and definitely something nobody should let happen. He was scared that they might lose their friend forever, especially when they were told his illness might get worse overtime. This was definitely at a bad point, seeing him forget who he was essentially. Walking along with Takeshi in hand, he looked up to him and nodded, “Big striped kitty”, he spoke, scratching his ribs with his free hand. If Viral had changed into one of those kitties then Vegeta was going to have a hard time on his hands. Who knew how to change someone from a cat back into a person, especially when Viral was not like other people he’d met, “I hope you’re right…and I hope I get fruit! I miss fruit already, even if it’s only been a little while!”

Viral wanted things his own way, not some female’s way with her getting close to him and trying to please him. He didn’t want to be seduced by her, he just wanted to eat and be by himself. Keeping away from her, he slowly lowered his paws before passively licking at his claws, deciding to groom himself with the fishy smell still on them. Despite them being a lot bigger, he didn’t take much notice apart from the weight to which he wasn’t really used to. Taking his time to groom himself, he grunted when Yumi opted to grasp onto him. He heard her putting on a purring sound again, but with her holding onto him like that it didn’t really matter; she was still grasping onto him and invading his personal space. Ears twitching at what she was saying, he raised his paws before trying to push her down to the ground in a sort of tackle. He didn’t sound aggressive as he growled, but he was frustrated and even went to trying to bat her a few times, hissing.

[GambolMuse]

"Yeah, so a tiger. Oh but now you're so strong they wouldn't be any problem for you. You'd probably just have to poke them and they'd back off, that's how strong you are!" Smiling amused Takeshi released his brother's hand, grabbing at his bicep and giving it a squeeze. "Look at the muscles on you, you're super strong. You really think some overgrown cat on Earth could hurt you now?" Poor Shu, he looked to be pretty worried over Viral, and admittedly his brother was too. Each time the guy changed there was a chance it could do some damage, and at the very least it usually made him feel bad. Nothing that could be helped unfortunately, not until they got him back home to see the good doctor. Climbing up the ramp to the upper deck Takeshi placed his hands into his pockets, smiling at Shu as they walked along. "If we can't find fruit we'll buy it. Heck, maybe we should even plant some fruit trees outside my house!" He had plenty of land after all, and not like anyone else was using it. They could have an orchard if they really wanted, and then Shu would only need to walk outside to get himself some fruit. He did wonder though if having so much fruit always available might be a bit much for the little guy.

Now... Which room were they using as the classroom again? Ah crud, Takeshi couldn't remember. He knew it was on the upper level and on the eastern side of the ship, but the exact room had slipped his mind. Stopping just at the top of the ramp he scratched at his head, frowning while looking at the doors. So there were probably thirty rooms here, a few too many to check. Still, they needed to find Vegeta. Sighing softly he began walking down the corridor, stopping at each door as they reached them and knocking before waiting for a second. "He's gotta be in one of these rooms... Unless they finished and went somewhere else." Damn shame they didn't bring their scouters, they could just call him and have him come down. Unless he didn't have his either. "Shu, how about running ahead and checking some of the rooms?"

Hugs worked last time, so they ought to work this time, right? Apparently not, Yumi gave an inaudible almost squeak as she felt the paws on top of her head, being pushed away and onto her backside as she was nearly toppled over. Getting swiped at a few times too she looked up at Viral, frowning as she tried not to get annoyed with him. So much for him being like a cat and easy to handle, he was proving to be a touch too jumpy. Sighing softly she got back to her feet, putting her hands on her hips as she stared ahead, presumably where Viral was. Okay, talking didn't work, he didn't really seem to be able to understand her right now. That meant going back to the absurd behavior she had been doing a moment ago, hooray. Managing a small smile she let out a soft purr, trying to be a little persistent and show she wasn't going anywhere. How in the world was she supposed to show affection without it being weird though? Stepping closer to Viral she reached out again, this time placing a hand on his cheek and gently stroking it. This was normal enough, right? So why then did she feel totally awkward? Viral would probably go mental right now if he had any idea what was going on.

[Mogtaki]

Shu stared up at Takeshi, giving him a curious look when he let go of him and gave his arm a squeeze. Looking down at it curiously, he soon squeaked happily, looking up at Takeshi with a smile, “Maybe, but hopefully that overgrown cat won’t be Mister Viral”, he nodded quickly, rubbing his arm a little, “Everybody else is really strong too, so maybe you all can protect me!” He didn’t mind it if he had to be saved once in a while, he knew he was a little dumb when it came to tactics when compared to everyone else. Smiling at Takeshi, he soon looked to the ramp and slowly climbed up it, almost getting down onto his hands to bounce up it. Feeling pretty happy, he gasped at the thought of planting fruit, understanding what that meant, “Grow our own fruit?? Ooohhhhh…growing things! Make things sprout and all happy trees!”

Feeling pretty excited already, he almost completely forgot about the problem they were facing when it came to their friend Viral and how he thought he was a cat. Looking up and around, he tilted his head wondering what they were supposed to do now. He didn’t know where Vegeta was and if he was teaching T’charrl then he probably would only use his scouter for teaching. Letting out a sigh after Takeshi, he wandered along with him too, looking at the doors before up to Takeshi, staring at him curiously, “Running ahead? Okay!” Bouncing a little, he jumped off onto the doors, giving a knock and calling Vegeta’s name each time, bouncing along and trying to see if he could find Vegeta and get him out of his room, whichever room that might be.

Viral was definitely weary over her, barely know whether she could see him properly or not. He was fairly sharp when it came to strange beings, but the way he was handling her probably was anything but sharp. Batting at her, he withdrew a little, pressing his paws down on the ground and causing his claws to protrude and dig against the floor. Staring at her, he growled lowly at her, slowly pushing himself up a little off the ground before she decided it was best to touch his cheek, giving it a gentle stroke. Ears going back at first, he soon let out a groan and rubbed against her hand, closing his eyes with his arms drooping down in front of him.

Viral was certainly enjoying that, moving slowly towards her hand before he lowered his head. Stepping back from her slowly, he stared downwards his hands shaking again as he held them out in front of him. The coverage of the fur was slowly moving upwards and getting thicker, building up as healthy long curls at his elbows. He was certainly curious about that, but even more so his forearms were beginning to enlarge, even lengthening a bit. With both his forearms and paws now larger, he slowly dropped into a crouch, his paws easily sitting flat against the floor in a simple crouch. He didn’t have the strength quite yet to hold them up comfortably, causing him to be bound all fours for now. Letting out a groan, he slowly moved towards Yumi again, wanting to rub his head against her leg.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi gave a little shrug at that, certainly not going to argue it. Shu was right, every one of them would come to his aid if need be. The fact that he was so willing to accept help too made it insurmountably easier to offer it. The elder boy was a bit more stubborn than that, he'd try it alone as long as he could. Probably part of the reason everyone seemed to adore the little guy a bit more. "Yeah, and we can grow all sorts of things too probably. Apples, peaches, uh... Bananas maybe. Oranges, all kinds of things!" He had no clue how to even go about growing anything, or if it even would grow, but it was worth a shot. And buying all of those seeds was at least something worth using their money for. Seeing as there were so many damned doors to search he opted for them to split up, sending Shu off to check some while he did the others. Sooner or later they were bound to stumble across the right room, hopefully. Watching as Shu sped from door to door Takeshi laughed lightly, shaking his head and continuing on as he was. The little guy sure knew how to make the dullest of tasks exciting, that was for sure.

Vegeta was more than pleased with the progress they were making here. While a full sentence was a little ways away T'charrl now knew a fair amount of phrases, and thanks to the scouter understood what context to use them in. This was turning out really well, he was pleasantly surprised by how efficient they were being. Maybe if they took on some other aliens onto their ship he could instruct them too just to better hone his teaching skills. As it was the whole process, while going well, was a bit awkward. The banging on the door distracted him for a moment, and the sound of Shu's voice carrying through prompted him to get up off of his desk. Holding up a finger for T'charrl to wait he went to the door, sliding it open and looking at Shu puzzled. "Yes? Need something Shu? I thought I heard someone shouting my name, glad to see I'm not crazy..." Curious, where was his brother? Poking his head out of the room he spotted Takeshi coming over, not the most reassuring expressions on his face. A nervous smile coming from that one never bode well unfortunately. With a sigh he stepped out of the doorway so the brothers could come in, folding his arms over his chest. "What's going on?"

Yumi smiled as she stroked Viral's cheek, glad to see it was having some effect. So the gentle touches weren't going to cure things this time, but at least it was enough to keep him calm. So long as she didn't give too much at once, like a hug, he seemed perfectly fine with it. Again Viral backed off, and this time she remained where she was, not wanting to chase him again. If he wanted her here then Viral would come back, no point in forcing herself on him any longer. Curse it all, she really wished there were some lights on, she could see what was happening. Aside from the faint noise of shuffling there was no sound, not until the Beastman groaned once more. Following that noise something brushed up against Yumi's leg, making her jump at first and look down bewildered. No way, was that Viral doing that? He was really out of his mind if he was being this openly affectionate. Even before this entire matter began he had never been this comfortable around her like this. Smiling sheepishly she reached down, not entirely sure what to do before starting to rub his back. Oh hurry up boys...

[Mogtaki]

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…”

Viral 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.

[GambolMuse]

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?"

"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."

That 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."

Viral 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."

[Mogtaki]

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…”

T’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?”

Viral 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.