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

[GambolMuse]

Viral turning into a cat, certainly not what he had expected to hear. This was a completely new development, one he hadn't forseen. Now more than ever they had to hurry back to Earth, they needed Doctor Ikura's help quite badly. Using his personal computer to turn the lights on and lock the doors he looked to Shu, smiling reassuringly. "Even in his other form Viral never truly assaulted Yumi, she's the one person I know that can handle him once he's changed. Don't worry, have some faith in her." Someone needed to keep an eye on him after all, and Yumi was conveniently in the same room, so she drew the short straw. Not that he thought she would mind all that much, chances were she'd want to be in there anyways if she was hearing about it just now anyways. Giving T'charrl a thumbs up Vegeta smiled, stepping out past Shu and Takeshi. "That's right, positive. Just think of how much you'll be able to help your people when you return, you're going to be a great leader." He didn't want to seem rude, but there were more pressing matters to attend to at the moment. Motioning for the brothers to follow him he began to make his way in the direction they had come, automatically ruling out elevators because of Shu. "Tell me everything that you saw, I need to know what's happened to him."

"We didn't actually see a whole lot of anything really. The room was pitch black when we went in there, and he was in the light I made for maybe all of a second. He's definitely turned into some kind of cat, he was purring and making growling noises like a tiger or something. Yumi was too, but she didn't go feral or anything. Kind of funny actually." He did wish they could be more helpful, but there wasn't anything more to go on. Now that the room was lit up however it would be a simple enough matter to see, albeit he did wonder if there was more danger now. Viral had been nervous even in the dark, who knows how he'd behave in the light.

Yumi was fairly confused when the lights suddenly turned on, getting pretty disoriented by it. If she was surprised then Viral was probably startled, so she immediately went to try and comfort him. Bad idea, he bolted the moment she moved towards him. Or maybe it was because the doors were shutting, she wasn't sure. Either way he darted away, trying to throw himself through the opening... And slamming head first into the steel door instead. Wincing when he collided she watched as he comically slid down against it, nursing at his no doubt forming bump. Smiling worriedly she got back down on all fours, sighing exasperatedly. This was the only way he was going to warm up to her then, just great. Padding over to him she crouched at his side, leaning down and gently nuzzling her cheek against his head as if to nurse the wound, her face heating up again as a result.

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t know whether he wanted to go back there or not if it wasn’t for the fact that Yumi was back there with a possibly very angry cat-Viral now that he was probably locked away. Hopefully he didn’t get out the door when it was left open, he did manage to operate the lift and get into the room before they came down to the training room so he probably still knew how to. Even if he might be crazy, he still seemed to know how to do certain things like get food and where to go with it while knowing exactly how to get there. Looking up to Takeshi, he sighed a little and looked back into the room behind Vegeta, giving a little wave to T’charrl who decided to remain put. It wasn’t a big deal that he did, in fact it would probably be better that he was there and not near Viral who might attack him. Looking up to Vegeta, he gave a nod and followed off after him, trotting behind at a steady pace. Listening to Takeshi’s description, he nodded before bouncing forward, “She was the one purring! Mister Viral kept hissing and growling and snarling”, he spoke quickly, “It was funny but also scary cause I didn’t know if he’d jump out and try to claw us or something…”

Viral was feeling pretty sore and dazed after that, thinking for sure the door would open. The noises it made definitely indicated that it was locking and that much he remembered from his memories. Groaning as a large paw covered his head, he slowly looked up at the door and pawed it a little before noticing Yumi come out at the corner of his eye, seeing her come right over to him and nuzzle his head gently. Only frowning a little, he closed his eyes and tilted his head towards her for a moment, remaining like that before he slowly pushed himself up, pressing a paw at each time against the door before unsheathing his claws and slowly drag them down the door, tearing the metal off with an intense screeching being caused by it as he tried to carve the solid door open.

[GambolMuse]

This was very strange, Vegeta never know that Viral was capable of this. He'd need to find a way to bring the Beastman down and take a look at him, see if something had somehow been introduced to his system. Then again for all he knew this could be normal, he wasn't as versed in his friend's inner workings as he might like. There were a lot of things he didn't quite know, only barely having an understanding of his first form at this point in time. It was a wonder he'd known anything at all, most of his knowledge came from observations and accounts of other scientists. Ikura would prove to be invaluable in enlightening him... He hoped. "And Yumi was purring... That is just strange..." Very, very strange. This entire matter had him confused, must be a full moon or something. Rather quickly they had gotten back downstairs and soon stood just at the doors once more. They were securely shut just as he'd hoped, nothing was coming in or out of there. Yet that didn't mean something wasn't going to try to anyways. It was faint, but carrying through the large steel door there was a distinctive scraping noise, likely Viral trying to get out. Unless Yumi had gone feral as well, which he really hoped wasn't the case. Just one person was hard enough to handle, let alone two. Standing at the door he tucked away his device, near shouting to be heard in the room. "Yumi? Is everything okay in there? What's going on?"

Bah, nothing was keeping Viral content anymore. He wasn't being violent and he wasn't letting her placate him either, it looked like he just wanted to get out. The sound of his scraping against the door was piercing to her new ears, making her shirk back and covering them painfully. He really needed to not be doing that, it was an awful noise. Stepping forward again she gently tried to get his arms to stop him, "Come on Viral... Stop... That hurts my ears!" she grumbled, wincing as another loud noise blasted her ears. Over the sound of the door being shredded she could hear Vegeta shouting to them, a quite welcome relief considering how unsuccessful she had been at this point. Smiling gratefully she again tried to ease Viral away, hoping to lead him towards his food. "Viral's uh... Well he changed again! He's a cat now I guess, which is new," she called back, looking at the Beastman puzzled. "He's not exactly violent, but he's a handful. I don't suppose you have a fix for this do you?"

"Sorry, but no! I wasn't even aware he had this form!" That was quite embarrassing to admit, he was supposed to know everything about Viral to help keep him safe. Just not fair that he was trying as hard as he was only for something completely new to come at them. Sighing Vegeta went over to the panel, hesitating as he looked at the door. The scraping had stopped for the moment, though it was impossible to know where Viral was, or what he would do when they went in there. Panic, most likely, if he was even remotely acting like a wild animal. They would have to somehow demonstrate they weren't enemies, however that would work, and hope he would relax enough to be dealt with. "I want you two to wait outside, let us deal with Viral, okay?" After punching in the combination the doors slid open, and Vegeta hastily hit the shut command once more, they had only opened part way before he had slipped through, leaving both himself and Yumi now stuck in the room with Viral. Seeing the Beastman now surprised him quite a bit, this was most definitely a new side of him. Since when could he do this?

[Mogtaki]

Shu was a little worried for his friend, but he was confident that Vegeta had a good idea to what he should do for Viral. If this was happening to him and he wasn’t able to go back, he would never be able to talk or fight with them again. That was pretty depressing, but he really hoped that it wasn’t true; besides, he thought Viral was part-something else too, remembering that was a piece of information with him as well. Looking to Takeshi, he frowned a little, giving a nod to what he said, “I hope everything is okay in there, it was definitely very loud when we were in there before”, he spoke, shaking his head a little, “Mister Viral would be awfully upset if he accidentally hurt Friend Yumi…” Hearing the noise from coming down the corridor, he let out a bit of a groan as he rubbed his ears, finding it pretty annoying despite it not being too loud through the thick door, “Ooohhh, is he mad?” he asked up as they stopped at the door, frowning, “He won’t get through, will he…?”

Viral was pretty desperate to get out of the room, the noise being pretty dreadful especially with so many claws tearing into the metal. His expression was desperate too, his emotions that he could show hadn’t changed if only his way of thinking altering. Feeling pretty enclosed and scared, he gasped when Yumi held onto him and wouldn’t let go. Raising a paw as if threatening to bat her with it, he growled lowly when he was instead slowly moved away from the door, pointed towards his food instead. He did still have his food, maybe he would be able to have that first before he got out while he was still feeling weak. Sniffing a little, he slowly crawled towards it, looking fairly inquisitive.

With each paw walking him forward, slowly as he reached out towards the food he suddenly stopped and turned around again, a strange noise coming from outside before noticing the doors opening if just a little; however, before any reaction could be made there was suddenly Vegeta there and immediately the doors closed. He could possibly be a new threat to his lunch and even though there was not a lack of room in here, he still felt cornered by Vegeta staring at him. Growling and hissing, he slowly reared himself up again, wobbling unsteadily under the weight as he held his claws out before his knees buckled. Letting out a snarl, he looked down and grabbed his leg as they both began to change, his legs being forced to stand like an animal’s as his heels rose up from the base of his feet, the toe sections swelling up before a sudden protrusion of claws tore the shoe apart, his feet growing large and fluffy as well. Letting out an angry roar he suddenly fell onto his front again, his paws hitting the ground pretty hard as he nearly fell on his face.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi was trying not to worry too, but hearing Viral it was definitely worth concern. He sounded like he was worse than before, meaning that Yumi and Vegeta would both be in danger. He almost wanted to follow the latter inside to try and help but they had been told to wait, probably for the best. "They're going to be fine, don't worry buddy," the older boy said, smiling as he gave Shu a pat on the back. "Yumi and Vegeta know Viral better than anyone, if anyone can calm him down it's them." That was only when they knew what they were facing though. From what their friend had been saying on the way down this wasn't something he had ever dealt with before, this was an entirely new beast. Even Vegeta then had absolutely no clue what was going on, and he was the only one that really ever did. The scratching at the doors was very unpleasant to hear, he couldn't well imagine how it must sound inside the room. The scratching made Takeshi reflexively step in front of Shu a bit, though certain they were safe where they were. "Even if he's got sharp claws these doors are really thick. You'd have to blast through it just to make a dent, never mind break it open. As long as Vegeta doesn't open the doors Viral isn't going anywhere." Neither were their friends, meaning they had to help the Beastman now or they would be spending a very long few days trapped inside that room.

Just what in the world had Viral become? This wasn't right, he shouldn't be changing into this. Father had never mentioned another transformation, and yet here he was changing into something new. If this were possible he'd think it would have been mentioned by someone, it was a pretty big oversight not to after all. Keeping a careful eye on the Beastman Vegeta wasn't sure what to do, how he was supposed to help. Genes were activating, that's what was causing this, but he didn't know what ones. It wasn't as though he had tools on him to suppress it either, all he had was his small PDA that was linked to the ship. Unless he wanted to try using the fire system to douse Viral and make him mope for being wet a lot of good it was going to do. Being roared at suddenly made him tense up, expecting to be attacked any second now. Then, almost comically Viral toppled forward, just barely catching himself before his head hit the ground. Alright, so he was still in the process of changing, his movements were very awkward. What would he be capable of once he was finished though? Crap, there had to be something he could do, but what? Something even more puzzling than Viral's change caught his eye, and he turned his head slightly to see Yumi crawling towards their friend. Blinking owlishly he cocked his head, opening his mouth a few times dumbfounded before finally finding his voice. "Yumi...? Uh... What are you doing?"

If she just played nice then no one was going to get hurt, plain and simple. Of course Vegeta just had to be in the room now, go figure, now she had an audience for this ridiculous farce that was her behavior. He called her out on it as soon as she dropped down, and she looked back at him with a gaze that screamed 'Talk and I'll kill you'. Her face had reassumed a deep red hue and she was feeling awfully nervous now, Viral seemed to be getting more violent. Nonetheless she moved ahead until she was at his side again, really not having any clue how to approach this. If only she could channel her inner cat, whatever the hell that meant, then maybe she'd have some idea. Instead she awkwardly came up alongside Viral and rubbed herself up along him, nuzzling his head at his shoulder. Hardly able to smile she gave a soft purr, tentatively reaching out and pawing at his head. Behind them she swore she heard Vegeta snickering, and it was all she could do to not scream at him. If this worked then Vegeta was so going to get it when they were done.

[Mogtaki]

Shu wasn’t sure what to make of Viral and Vegeta being in there together, seeing as how Vegeta was actually the one who was in charge of his health and this was definitely a health problem. Hopefully he wouldn’t put him to sleep and look at him that might make Viral really mad knowing he had been cut up again. Frowning, he looked up to Takeshi, wondering what they were supposed to do if anything went wrong. He was quite curious to what was happening or what Viral looked like, hoping he wasn’t too different compared to everyone else. Moving closer to Takeshi, he looked up at him, giving a nod, “I hope you’re right, he didn’t really like them being around him sometimes”. Hopefully they could open the doors if there was ever any trouble and hearing the roar on the other side definitely wasn’t encouraging, “I don’t want getting clawed, that would be painful. I hope none of them get clawed too! We can’t keep him in there…”

Viral wasn’t used to standing on these feet with this sort of body even though he had no problem with it in his other form, having trouble finding his balance. He was beginning to feel a little exhausted as well through the stresses of the changes and definitely didn’t feel strong enough to handle it or to figure out how to cope with it. His expression was getting a lot wilder, the fur crawling across his face a little more as well. Pushing himself up slowly, he hissed away as he tried to find balance before noticing Yumi was approaching him again. Staring at her, he showed his teeth and growled through them, watching her carefully as she came even closer.

Not fully knowing what she was up to, he tilted his head a little as his ears flicked a little before she came right up to him and nuzzled her head into his shoulder. Staring at her for a moment, he growled lowly before twitching, turning slightly and rubbing against her as well. Closing his eyes, his inner cat settled once more and he sat down, his paws pressing on the floor and padding it softly. He seemed pretty settled while giving her a nuzzle back, forgetting that Vegeta was even there or just completely ignoring him. He was still anxious that he was stuck in the room, but he was feeling a little better already. Almost sounding like he could purr, it was instead a slight chuffing as he gave Yumi a good nuzzle.

[GambolMuse]

The roaring was definitely worrying, but there wasn't much they could do. Going in was only going to make things worse, especially considering how much Viral tended to dislike Takeshi normally. He well imagined becoming kitty food if he even tried to enter the room, and he had no such plans on doing that. "They're gonna be fine... I mean they know him the best, so they can work it out, just gotta be positive." Not horribly convincing since he was frowning, things really didn't sound like they were going all too well inside. Sighing softly Takeshi moved over to the panel, examining the keys and scratching his head. He didn't know the code for this door unfortunately, and he doubted Vegeta was going to tell him what it was. "I know Shu... I don't want to leave them in there, but what can we do? We've just got to wait..."

Things were settling down once more, thank goodness. It meant Yumi was all but forsaking her dignity, but if it kept anyone from getting hurt then she'd do it. Hopefully Vegeta was working on a solution, the longer she did this the more uncomfortable she felt. Her skin was crawling with goosebumps as she and Viral brushed against eachother, and more than once she wanted to pull away. It was just so... Weird, doing this to her friend. Even if he wasn't in the right state of mind it was still him, and he would go mental if she ever did this. If it did the trick however, demeaning as it was, she'd keep it up. Feeling Viral's head nestle into the crook of her head Yumi gasped faintly, pulling away a little and looking at the Beastman warily. He was pretty much just a cat, nothing was going to come of this, but she felt fairly panicked. They should never do anything like this, and yet here they were... Rubbing up against each other. Clearing her throat nervously she moved back, giving Viral's shoulder a gentle nudge with her nose before looking back at Vegeta. "Please tell me you've got a plan..."

"Er... Yeah... Of course..." Who was he kidding, he was totally lost? It didn't help that there was this absurdly strange scene playing out before him, he could scarcely think. This change was definitely still progressing, no question about that. In spite of their presence Viral was becoming more and more of a feline, nearly completely altered by now. Yet Yumi's being there did seem to keep him settled, which was a relief. Now if only he could figure out a way to reverse the changes. As with his other form this one was presumably caused by a trigger of some genes, and said genes had to have a way to be turned off. If his other form was triggered by great physical duress then this had to have it's own means of coming to as well. What that might be however was well beyond his knowledge at this point, meaning they were stuck in here until he could find out. Taking out his PDA once more he began to access the ship's database, trying to pull up Viral's medical records. Perhaps there would be something in those that would help them.

[Mogtaki]

Shu stared up at Takeshi, giving a little frown on the subject. If they knew him best then it was taking an awfully long time for them already to sort it out and maybe get him out of the room all fine and dandy, even if he was a big kitty. He didn’t want to lose his friend, even if Viral didn’t think much of him, “What if he stays as a kitty? What if he’s a kitty because he got too sad of everything? If I was really sad, I would want to be a kitty”, he spoke, giving a little nod, “Kitty climbing trees all meow-meow and bouncing around. Letting out roars and purrs are just part of it…but he did seem hungry with all the food, maybe he’s really hungry kitty and all roaring because he’s all ‘I want food! Feed me food!’ because he’s also angry kitty…”

Viral was feeling a little better, unable to help himself against all this cuddling and relaxation. Yumi was fair distracting him by quite a bit, he couldn’t really focus on what he wanted to do himself and was just finding it better to keep rubbing his head against Yumi. His thought process had gone near enough down the drain at this point and even though he was stuck in a room, he wasn’t thinking much of it right now. Letting out a groan, he lowered his head a little before noticing Yumi had pulled away a bit, his eyes immediately going to her with an annoyed expression. Staring at her curiously, he watched her give him a gentle nudge and just stared at her only to raise a paw and try to bat her away before he suddenly made an awkward jump back.

He was definitely a little more than confused by her actions; first she wanted him there and then she didn’t, so now he was going to do something else. Giving Vegeta an angry look, he let out a snarling hiss at him as he slowly lowered down, staring at him before making a sudden jump. He didn’t jump towards Vegeta, but rather towards his leftover food again and sat down in front of it, his awkwardly large feet sat out in front of him as he immediately went back to gorging himself on the food, trying to finish it all off before Vegeta or Yumi tried to take it away from him.

[GambolMuse]

"Shu... There is no arguing your logic..." Takeshi mumbled, a baffled look on his face. It was quite adorable when his brother tried to explain things, even if he wasn't intentionally doing it that way. But the little guy's way of speaking just made things fun, and admittedly a little hard to take him seriously. Being serious and saying things like "meow meow" and "angry kitty" didn't convey seriousness all too well. The Saiyan boy raised a few fair points though, and made a bit of cause for worry. If Viral did get stuck like this, which didn't seem super likely, they would have to do more than just bring him to Doctor Iruka. With his other form though he'd never gotten stuck, so Takeshi didn't really think that was going to be an issue. What had him more worried was, as Shu pointed out, it was taking a while to help him. Not for nothing but he was fair certain Yumi knew nothing in the way of helping Viral, and Vegeta was even clueless. It might take quite a bit for them to solve this then, which made keeping it from everyone else a little difficult. "He's got food, so maybe if he eats he'll calm down? Hopefully those two let him do that, otherwise he's going to keep being grumpy."

Yumi couldn't keep doing this, it was just too weird. After calming Viral yet again she backed off a bit, hoping Vegeta had some random breakthrough during her... Display. When he said otherwise she let out a sigh, turning back to Viral with a strained smile. She wanted to help, but crawling around and playing kitty with him wasn't the way to do it. He had been enjoying it before, yet when she went to try and resume affections he bound away, going back over to his food. That wasn't before he took another swipe at her, ducking her head to avoid being smacked. Seeing him go back to eating she rolled her eyes, getting up to her feet and dusting herself off, plucking a few hairs off of her person as well. "A lot of good that did..." she remarked, turning and going over to Vegeta. Seeing the smirk on his face she covered his mouth with a hand, narrowing her gaze as she pointed at him with her free hand. "Tell anyone and I swear you're going to be awfully sore. Now... Do you have anything we can use here?"

"Not quite yet... I've only been here for a few minutes Yumi. I don't have a solution, but I have a theory at least." Plucking her hand from his mouth Vegeta gestured to Viral, watching him completely focus in on his meal. "If he's turned more feral then he'll be running on instinct, and if he's hungry what's he going to want to do? Instead of trying to cozy up to him let's have him eat until he's full. He may be sick later on from it... But for now it's out best option for calming him down." Plus it bought them more time to think over things rather than trying to handle the Beastman at the same time. Cupping his chin with one hand Vegeta started to pace back and forth, staring at his PDA as it gathered Viral's information. Darn it all, there didn't seem to be any information whatsoever on the ship's database. Nothing that he wasn't aware of already, which made sense, he'd compiled the medical records. Nothing that he had recorded previously suggested this might happen however, it was a completely unaccounted for situation. Which mean he'd have to work from the ground up and find out what was going on, which considering the need for a quick solution wasn't going to be simple.

[Mogtaki]

Shu gave Takeshi a little smile before looking away, pressing his fingers together. He didn’t mean to confuse Takeshi, but he didn’t know how else to explain it. Wondering whether he got his point across, he looked up to Takeshi and gave a little smile again, trying to be pretty confident that it was going to be okay, “Maybe that doctor will know what to do, I mean…he must be a really smart guy if Mister Vegeta wants to see him and take Mister Viral all the way over to him too”, he nodded, giving Takeshi a little poke in the side, “He could feel all better and not feel sad anymore and we can have fun on Earth and it will be nice! I don’t know about him having food, though. I didn’t feel good eating again after not having much food for ages”. He was certainly nervous and his constant talking was probably the only way he could express that he was, his fingers being pulled at and his head lowered. He didn’t know what Viral looked like, but he did hope it wasn’t anything like a monster, especially since Viral might get more upset if found out he had horns and spikes again.

Viral had turned to completely ignoring Yumi and Vegeta, his primary concern not being them but rather gaining energy and removing this awful feeling in his stomach. He was feeling stronger by the minute, but even that wasn’t his main concern and rather what was making his ears itch over something like strength. He hunched over his meal, but was quickly finishing it as he chomped down on all he could before the others came around. Growling lowly, he lowered himself slightly and sniffed around only to give his paws a lick. The thought for getting out had gone a little, but even with the food on offer he still wasn’t finding it completely distracting from something else. Letting out a groan, he lowered his head a little, his paw going to his face a moment as he tensed up and shook a little.

Forcing his paw down, he was soon snarling as his body strained with new muscle mass forming, especially around his hips and legs. Slowly being forced to stand, his body grew larger and his limbs longer, his calf muscles expanding into powerful muscles until it became too much for his sword’s belt which forcefully unbuckled and fell right off him. Gasping a moment, his claws went to his chest as he tore at his shirt, ripping it right off as his body covered itself in a thick coat with a reasonable muscle mass as his shoulders widened. With one final strain, his mouth developed into a cat-like muzzle, his feet shifting as a lump formed at his lower back only to burst out into a long flowing tail that became thick and covered in fur. When the transformation came to a halt, he stood higher than he did before, his body becoming the size of a full-grown liger with only his scars imitating stripes. Letting out a few exhausted snarls before dropping onto all fours, his new limb length gave him a steady stance as he slowly turned, his wide gaze focusing on Vegeta and Yumi. At least he didn’t look like a tiger for Shu’s sake, but a liger with its own hybrid genes while still baring a face and hair-style much like his own before.

[GambolMuse]

Of course Doctor Ikura was going to know what was happening. He had to, no one else did, not even Vegeta. The best they could help right now was just find a way to keep Viral calm and hope he didn't stay this way the entire trip back. That would be quite bad, they would have no option but to keep him locked up in that room, for his own sake as well as everyone else's. If anything was going to make the guy feel worse it was being caged like a common animal at a zoo. Poor Shu too, he seemed to be pretty nervous over this whole ordeal. Little guy was worrying his head off over their friend, expressing a good few nervous habits he often did. Takeshi smiled sympathetically as he wrapped an arm around his brother, pulling him against his side in a hug before letting go and patting his head. "Hey, I'm serious buddy, Viral will be okay. They'll figure it out and help him, they always do. It might take a little while but don't you worry, they'll fix things."

Watching Viral gorge on food like that was a tad worrisome, he shouldn't be eating so much after essentially fasting. Yet the entire pile of pilfered goods were devoured in record time, and soon there was nothing left for him to eat. What followed proved to be far more worrisome than his having a few too many bites. Yumi watched wide eyed as Viral began to tremble, looking like he was in pain as he started to change again, more rapidly than before. Masses of fur burst out all over his body, and rather hastily he was tearing off the remains of his clothes, leaving him only covered in the thick white fur that now covered his body. He grew quite a bit in size as well, easily being larger than a tiger by the time the sudden growth spurt had ended. Curiously enough he still resembled himself despite all the changes, yet it was evident he had changed again. This was an entirely new side of him, and it was honestly pretty intimidating. Yumi wasn't sure how to respond to it, finding herself stuck where she stood for the longest time. Exchanging looks with the Beastman she swallowed back nerves, slowly approaching him as she held out a hand to touch his muzzle. They had to keep him calm, otherwise things could go south very quickly. "Viral...? I'm not going to hurt you," she said, speaking in a deliberately soft tone, "I'm your friend, remember? I just want to help."

What was this form anyways? Viral had assumed his other form a few times now, they were fairly familiar with that one. So what was it that had prompted an entirely new one to appear then? This entire situation didn't make a lick of sense, it all seemed much too sudden. Somewhere along the lines something had changed, and the fact that Vegeta didn't know what it was infuriated him. Damn it all, he was supposed to be the one caring for his friend. How in the world was he supposed to do that if he didn't even know what was wrong? Turning to watch Yumi approach he frowned, not wanting to shout at her to stop in risk of frightening Viral. If he tried to attack her then he'd step in, but for the moment he would stay back. No reason to agitate Viral, certainly not when they were risking a fight. Looking back at his PDA he scowled, further frustrated that he had absolutely no information to use for this. He didn't even have the proper tools on him to examine the Beastman's vitals, then maybe he would know at least if he was okay or not. "Yumi... Just be careful, we don't know what kind of mindset he's in right now..."

[Mogtaki]

Shu hoped things were going to go well in there, but not being able to hear anything from the other side was definitely making him feel restless. He wanted to see what was happening or hear what was going on, but it was too difficult to tell and communicating with them through a solid door was not going to work. He wanted to use a scouter to call in, but obviously couldn’t when nobody had theirs. Looking up to his brother when he gave him a one armed hug, he smiled a little before lowering his head as it was patted, “You think so? I guess Mister Vegeta is good at fixing things…” he spoke, letting out a sigh, “I guess it was good that we went exploring. Mister Viral would had been all alone down here…even if he likes to be alone, he still would had been lonely and kitty-catty and that doesn’t sound like much fun”.

Viral was still dazed from his change, the growth spurt having taken a lot of it out of him and made him feel a little dizzy and vulnerable. It felt like he had been whacked in the head pretty hard and he was still conscious, but recovering from the damage left. Staring at Yumi and Vegeta was a fairly dizzying experience, their images moving around like nobody’s business but slowly settling as he began to recover. He didn’t want to lie down even though he was pretty desperate to just now, just incase the other two decided to attack him. Watching as one group of the double-figures approached him, he kept his ground as he watched a soon forming hand reach out to his face, touching his nose as she spoke to him.

He didn’t fully understand what she was saying to him, his ears twitching in response as he tried to make it out. That was pretty difficult just now, only really recognising the name and her scent as she insisted on taking it close to his nose. Letting out a groan, he pulled back, raising his paw to his face and scratched down several times before he gave a shook of his head as he tried to restore his vision. It was all feeling a little more whole now, but he still had no clue what was happening or what she was doing. With everything coming together fairly rapidly, he looked up and around the room, trying to figure out how to get out before he pulled back, crouched down before bursting off with a great jump up towards the wall, his claws unsheathing to get a hold of it. The other two were merely a distraction right now; he was bigger than them and they weren’t going to keep him locked away if he could help it.

[GambolMuse]

Viral was getting too unpredictable, this wasn't good. He seemed quite defensive in spite of being in no real danger, and he hardly looked to recognize even Yumi any longer. If he had any bit of mental capacity for what was going on before it had vanished at this point it seemed. If that was the case then he was more animal than man at this point, reasoning him would be a waste of breath. Unless they could find out what had triggered the change and reverse it he was going to have to remain locked up in the room for now, not an ideal scenario. Worried when Yumi approached the Beastman he very nearly jumped in when Viral sprang away, thinking for a brief moment there might be an attack. Instead the snow white feline latched onto the wall, to what end he wasn't sure. If he couldn't get through the doors then the walls were even a harder obstacle, they were about three meters thick each. Still his claws did manage to pierce the outer layer of steel, a testament to just how sharp and strong his claws were. If allowed out of this room he could cause some very grievous wounds with those, or worse. Viral had to remain in this room until he calmed down, there was no helping it. The question then was did they remain here as well to try and help him cope, or leave and hope he would burn out?

Vegeta was very good at fixing things, that was why Takeshi put so much stock in their friend. Even if he was unfamiliar with it most of the time the guy had a way of solving problems. Heck, he'd managed to set up a space-relay on a planet that was totally isolated so they could talk to their prince several light-years away, that was pretty darn ingenious. A guy that could do that surely could help his friend come down from a sort of primal high. "I don't even want to think about what would have happened if we hadn't found him... Someone could have gotten hurt." And there were plenty of people on board the ship who wouldn't think twice about attacking Viral to defend themselves, and that could only end badly for them. Whenever he changed the Beastman had some serious power, and Takeshi was sure this form wasn't any different. Looking back at the control panel he placed a hand on the casing, biting his lip as he debated on chancing a combination to get inside. Maybe if they got in they could all restrain him and figure something out. As it was he could hear the claws scraping against the wall, meaning Viral was very much on the move and dangerous. "Shu...? What do you think, should we go in?" he asked, glancing over at his sibling. "Figure they need help?"

"Viral, we're not going to hurt you!" Yumi called, watching as their friend darted over to a far wall. If slow and gentle approaches didn't cut it then how were they supposed to get to him? Vegeta was still at a total loss as well, not offering any words of advice whatsoever. By now Viral was more or less an animal, there seemed to be very little reasoning going on with him. Talking to him or trying to comfort him probably wouldn't cut it any longer, leaving Yumi well at the end of her rope. Sighing softly she glanced back at the door, wondering if they should leave and let him burn himself out. It wasn't a very nice way to go about it, but this form had to take energy to maintain, all transformations did as she understood them. So even with a belly full of food sooner or later he would run out and revert back to himself. Then they could keep a careful eye on him, make sure this didn't happen again. So long as they could get back to Earth without incident everything would turn out fine. Even if it might be a bad idea she couldn't keep herself from trying one last time, quite wanting to help out. Yumi walked towards Viral again, holding her arms out to the side and smiling sweetly at him. "Come on, just relax and come over here. Vegeta and I are going to help you, Viral. We'll help you get back to normal."

[Mogtaki]

Shu had little clue to how he was supposed to deal with such a situation, but he did know it was probably best that he remained with Takeshi just incase anything happened and he was able to escape. He didn’t want other people getting hurt, that would be something that would only make things a lot worse. Gasping at the sound of something large hitting the wall, he frowned a little as he looked up to Takeshi only to shake his head, “I-I don’t know, I mean…they could need help, but if we go in and the door’s open and he gets out then what do we do?” he asked up, frowning, “I don’t even know if we should be standing here incase he opens the door himself. Are we safe here? They’re okay in there, right…? I don’t know how to tell anything…”

While Viral did manage to get a grip on the wall, it was a lot heavier and thicker than he thought and had only really managed to leave a mark on it than actually let him through. Growling angrily, he let go with one paw and swiped at it, managing to tear through the metal but not what lay underneath that without some considerate digging and even then he was slowly sliding down it. With his slow descent, he let go and fell to the ground, landing on his paws as he turned towards the wall again and snarled. He didn’t like being stuck, even though the room was big enough he still wanted to know he could freely roam around the place and get what he wanted. The fur down his back stuck up, his form slowly rising onto just his powerful back legs, his tail swinging angrily around.

Feeling conflicted to what he should do, once again he heard Yumi once again approaching him, his eyes immediately turning to stare at her with mild curiosity and a little bit of frustration towards his predicament. He didn’t feel any superiority over her ever since his change, her small form hardly any worry to him but he was still seeing her for what she was before; an annoying little obstacle. Slowly turning towards her, he growled lowly as he tried to figure out what she was saying to him. Feeling confused and slightly conflicted, he looked down at himself and turned over his paws, staring at them before his eyes snapped back at her. Taking one step forward, it soon turned into a hunched walk towards her, his eyes staring down at her as he growled, all before lowering down onto all fours and stopping right in front of her. It was her familiar scent again that was throwing him off, giving her more of a curious look by the end before letting out a groan as he sat down instead of outright attacking her.

[GambolMuse]

"If he gets out then we get him back in. Sure he changed, but it's still Viral, we can handle him." Unless the guy experienced an absolutely absurd spike in power they should be okay. It was more the sharp claws and fangs that worried Takeshi rather than his raw strength. Shu didn't seem terribly fond of going in there, it was probably rekindling some fear he had of big jungle cats back home. Exposing him to Viral now would probably not be the best of moves. If they were to help then they would have to do it from out here, keeping well out of Viral's view and hopefully not be antagonizing him. Sighing softly the Saiyan sat down along the wall, crossing his legs and folding his arms over his chest. So they were just going sit here, because for the life of him he had no clue what they were going to do. "You need to believe they're going to be okay Shu, honestly. It's not like it's just anyone that is going to go inside. Viral had never attacked them before, right? So I doubt he'll start now."

Viral wasn't going anywhere, part of him had to have realized that by now. No matter how much he tried to claw his way out all he was doing was scraping up the walls. Yumi was doing her best to keep him where he was, long enough so Vegeta could do his part anyways. She had managed to bring him down from the wall and now he was coming over, in a moderately threatening way too. Smiling nervously she held her ground, For a brief instance she could have sworn there was a flash of recognition, like Viral had realized who she was. Or maybe she was just being optimistic, there very well may have not been anything at all. She liked to think so as the Beastman sat down before her, no longer seeming like he was willing to eat her face off. Yumi looked back at Vegeta once more before stepping forward, reaching out to stroke Viral's neck and back in the most soothing way she could muster. Being smaller than him by a bit now she couldn't quite look him in the eye, so instead she nestled her head just below his, giving him a small nudge. "Viral, I know you can hear me, somewhere in there. You're not in danger, and you're not in trouble. Vegeta and I are here to help, understand?" Lifting her head she moved a hand to his muzzle, gently trying to get him to look down at her. "Can you change back?"

"Music might soothe the savage beast... But I doubt words will..." Vegeta mumbled, shaking his head. It may be keeping Viral under wraps but it wasn't a solution. Looking at the Beastman for a good moment he furrowed his brow together, starting at last to get some pieces of what he thought was the answer. What did they know? Viral had come down here and apparently had a lot of food with him, he had been hungry. While he wasn't willing to eat normally this form was all too happy to, and did so in gusto. The more he seemed to eat as well the more this side came out, suggesting perhaps he needed to be properly fed to initiate and maintain this form. Okay, so that may be what caused it, but how to undo it? If nutrition was the start then the opposite should be the key to stopping it. They wouldn't go as far as malnutrition, but making him hungry by having him wait a while should do the trick. "Yumi? We need to keep him in here as long as we can. I think once his body can't maintain that form any longer he'll change back on his own." He wished there was a more elaborate plan to this, but without knowing the exact details of the transformation he couldn't offer any more advice.

[Mogtaki]

Shu was a little hopeful that it was still Viral and not some big angry kitty that was in there instead, like some sort of cat taking over his body. He knew that Viral was part cat, but what cat he didn’t know. Letting out a sigh, he gave a little nod, smiling at Takeshi, “I hope you’re right about that”, he spoke, tilting his head a little, “Are you saying Mister Viral is weaker than us?” While he didn’t know that, it was possible that they should be fine and be able to keep Viral at bay and not let him get too out of hand if he did escape. At most, he hoped Viral would go for the food which could be probably easily restored once they get to Earth through hunting. Moving towards Takeshi, he sat down as well, “I know…it’s just…big kitty…” he sighed, scratching his ribs, “And he’s hungry big kitty, so that’s even scarier; you know big kitties like eating little monkeys?”

Viral didn’t know what to make of Yumi or figure out what was drawing him towards this strange female, especially when he didn’t have much interest in her at all anyway. She was curious and strangely drawing, his eyes staring down at her with mild interest as he tried to figure out what she was all about. Watching her closely, he growled lowly when she reached out to her only for her to stroke his neck instead. Letting out a groan, he tilted his head slowly to the side. He didn’t understand her all that well, her actions and words something he couldn’t get his head around. There had to be something up with that, but right now he just didn’t know what was up. Lowering his head a little to stare at her, he narrowed his gaze a little at her before he looked towards Vegeta, hearing him pretty plainly.

Of course Vegeta was still there, he nearly forgot about the boy. Whatever he was doing in the sidelines was making him feel a little intimidated, his mind not comprehending what he was being said about him to understand the situation. Staring at him, he soon quickly looked around again, his eyes going to every other side of the room instead. He didn’t want these two observing him like this, looking as if he was watching him as prey and trying to get the better of him. He didn’t want to be trapped, he wanted freedom to roam and find more food without having to deal with these creatures. Moving around quickly, he decided to try where Vegeta had come into the room from and immediately dashed for it, his aim to claw it open and understand how it worked if he ever hoped to get out and find more food.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi offered a little shrug in reply, not really wanting to get into that conversation. Was Viral weaker than them right now? Most probably, he was suffering from so many different things his strength had to be stunted. Were he healthy than that was another matter entirely. Of course too there was a little bit of pride that went into that, and admittedly or not Takeshi wanted to think he was stronger. It would be fairly disappointing if after all they had done Viral would get better and be stronger as well, they had worked their tails off and risked a lot to get where they were. Looking at Shu as he sat down the older boy smiled, nudging his brother's shoulder with his own gently. "No one is going to eat you, don't worry. Especially not Viral," he replied, nodding his head towards the door. "Besides, you're so hairy, he'd get a nasty hairball if he tried eating you. I doubt he's that hungry." It was tricky making a joke out of it, but this was the only way Takeshi knew how to try and simmer things down. Smiling sympathetically he shook his head at Shu's question, not being aware of that at all. He wasn't too sure how the jungle worked either way, he was more or less a city kid compared to his brother. "Like I said, no one is going to eat you, I promise. They'll have to go through me if they want to try."

Starving Viral felt like a lowly thing to do, but it might be their only option. If hunger spurred the transformation and food finished it then perhaps a lack thereof would make him unable to sustain the change. Or... Maybe if he ate more then he'd be sated and there would be no need for the form... It was a fine line and Vegeta didn't know what side they should stand on. If they could keep him in here and get more food then he could eat, it was at least worth a try. And that would certainly take less time than waiting for him to go hungry again. Looking back at his PDA he turned on the intercom out in the corridor, speaking into the device so the brothers could hear him. "Shu? Takeshi? Listen, I need you two to go get food. I've got a theory and we'll need more food for Viral to test it. He's a cat now, so don't be bringing fruits or vegetables, only meats, understand?" Hopefully this didn't backfire, as it was handling the Beastman was proving difficult. In a second it was about to become even more so.

The low growl was the first sign that something was amiss. Looking up from the PDA the Saiyan noticed Viral now circumventing Yumi, looking at him rather angrily. So he wasn't held in as fond regard as she was, shame. Vegeta stuffed away his tool for now, keeping a steady gaze on the Beastman to see what he would do. Rather than attack him Viral made a dart for the door, likely with the intent of breaking free. With his new size and strength that may actually be possible, the doors weren't nearly as reinforced as the walls were. Cussing beneath his breath he dashed over to the door, placing himself in between it and Viral. When a large paw reached up and swiped at the steel he reached out and caught it, surprised by the strain that came with halting the blow. Skidding back slightly from the impact he strained to try and push Viral back, placing his free hand on the Beastman's chest. "Viral... No. The boys are getting food, just wait!" he grunted, looking up at his friend. "Just sit down and relax."

[Mogtaki]

Viral wanted to get out so badly, knowing what he would find beyond making it all the more exciting when it could be so close to being free. The fact that he was enclosed made it all the more stressful with anxiety running fairly high that they would try and do something to him if he was to let them gawk at him and say strange words to him. With a sudden dash towards the door, Vegeta’s figure immediately appeared in front of him and managed to grab hold of his paw before it could get to the door. How infuriating, his eyes looking straight to the other hand that pressed against his chest. Now this was most definitely a threat and one he couldn’t stand for. Snarling, he glared down at Vegeta with little understanding to what he was saying before trying to push himself forward, his feet scratching across the floor to press forward and try to overpower Vegeta.

Shu stared at Takeshi, frowning a little at his words. While he was trying to be encouraging, he couldn’t quite get himself feeling a little better by that, “Hairball…? But, that’s just a little thing when you want to eat first”, he spoke, letting out a sigh, “I still don’t know why I’m really hairy now, though…I mean, did you ever get hairy at my age…?” With his question, there was suddenly a voice calling out, his eyes looking up and around to try and find where it was coming from before he pinpointed it, tilting his head at the little intercom. Tilting his head, he stared at it curiously, silently trying to figure out what was being said before he looked to Takeshi, “Ooh! Food? For kitty?” he asked up, looking to Takeshi before trying to yank him by the arm, “We should go find food! Maybe I can have the fruit that we might find, yum yum fruit and no eating of Shu tonight…”

[GambolMuse]

Holding back Viral like this wasn't easy. Despite being rather ragged and malnourished in his normal state he was quite powerful now, giving Vegeta a run for his money. They couldn't let him out of the room, he was too much of a danger to be let loose. Unfortunately for the Saiyan his friend had much better lower body strength right now, and his claws gave him far better grip than Vegeta's boots did him. Sliding all the way back until he was pressed against the door he looked up at Viral, still straining to hold his arms away from the door. He was now gripping his other arm too, attempting to use the door to push himself away. Flying was always an option, he could easily lift off and drag the Beastman with him, there was no way he could do anything once in the air. That seemed like a low blow however, even if the situation would be easily resolved by that. Grunting as he pushed back Vegeta looked over at Yumi, seeing her standing there watching uncertainly. There really wasn't any place for her in this right now, all she would do was complicate things and she knew it. Back to Viral he tired to prop a foot up against the door, pushing back as best he could to force Viral away. "Viral.... Agh, dammit. This is an order, back off, now!"

"No, I... What? No! I didn't get that hairy. I mean I got harrier in..." Takeshi trailed off, really not wanting to discuss that with Shu. The little guy didn't seem like he'd gone through puberty himself yet, which was odd, so talking to him about it was likely well above him. Plus it would just be plain awkward. Thank goodness the conversation was derailed by Vegeta, that almost went places he really didn't want it to. So they wanted food for Viral, that seemed a bit weird. The guy had gone all feral because of food and they wanted to give him more? Before Takeshi could even say a word on the matter he was pulled up to his feet by Shu, being led back yet again towards the ramp as he was tugged along. "Wait... We're feeding him more?" the older boy called, hoping for a reply. There was silence on the other side, Vegeta was apparently too busy to answer. Sighing softly he kept after Shu, looking at his brother curiously. "We've got our friend possibly eating another friend and you're still thinking about fruit?"

[Mogtaki]

Viral had power over Vegeta at this point, his superior form granting him a healthy grip and great strength against him. He was simply managing to move him forward, but that’s all he needed to do when Vegeta was pushing forward with nowhere else to go. He wanted to get out the door and beyond, that’s all that mattered right now. Growling as he moved forward, he stared down at Vegeta and just snarled at what he had to say to him before he started lowering himself, trying to press down on Vegeta before forcing his paws forward to knock him down to the ground. He didn’t need to hurt him to get to the door and hitting him down seemed like a good option, especially if it got the annoying kid out of the way. He didn’t know what he was screaming about, but quite frankly he couldn’t care when it was just noise to him.

Shu didn’t know what Takeshi was saying, but it didn’t sound like something he wanted to discuss anyway considering he just ended the conversation. Staring at him confused, he continued on with his tugging and tried to get Takeshi to follow. If Vegeta wanted to get more food for Viral then they should get more food, especially incase it might be able to help and end up being a positive thing in the end. Staring at him as he tried to call back to Vegeta, he squeaked a little as he moved towards the ramp, feeling pretty glad to have his mind on something else, “I really really like fruit and Mister Viral seems to really really like to eat right now, so wouldn’t it be nice if he could get something to eat?” he asked, looking back, “You know, something that’s not Mister Vegeta and Friend Yumi…”