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

[GambolMuse]

Crap... This was much harder than he had anticipated. Not only could he not drive Viral back but he was losing ground. The only reason he wasn't going back any further is because a solid slab of steel in the form of a door was holding him where he was. Viral quickly improvised however, and since he couldn't push the Saiyan back he instead opted to push him down. Now with the combined weight of both the Beastman's raw strength and his mass bearing down on him Vegeta slipped to one knee, still barely holding up his friend's arms. Gritting his teeth he glared up at Viral, showing considerable strain in his features as he tried to fight back. Seeing no other option he began to bolster himself, gathering him Ki quickly to increase his own strength and hope to match it. The room whistled loudly as his energy smacked against the walls, his Ki rising quickly to a level that would hopefully give him the edge he needed. While he was focusing on raising his strength and trying to hold Viral back he didn't notice Yumi take to the air, and his eyes widened in surprise seeing her come down and grab Viral from behind. She could barely fit her arms around his sides much less his torso, but she began to pull back as he pushed, and yet they were still straining. This was just getting absurd, how strong was he?

"Viral...! Stop it! Someone's going to get hurt!" Yumi said, straining as she continued to tug at his hulking figure. Seeing no option as well she raised her own energy, hoping that between both her and Vegeta combined could deter him. It was those darn claws, they had him planted really firmly and he wasn't going to budge. Unless they maybe both tried to lift him up he wasn't bound to go anywhere. As fruitless as this little effort was looking at least he couldn't get out. Keeping this up for any extended period was questionable, the boys would really need to hurry up with that food, otherwise this could turn badly.

"Yeah, him eating them would be awfully bad... Obviously," Takeshi replied, glancing back over his shoulder. Go figure, the guy wouldn't touch his food at dinner and now he was going berserk not having food, he couldn't make up his mind. Cresting the top of the ramp the boys hurried towards the mess hall, the elder brother taking the lead since he knew where it was. A couple of steaks ought to do the trick, and maybe fish too. Cats liked fish didn't they? May be the safer bet since the Beastman seemed pretty put off at the idea of red meats, and feeding him that even now could make him ill. As if the situation weren't troublesome enough there was a sudden spike in energy, Vegeta was powering up. Confused Takeshi halted in his tracks, looking down through the floor in the direction of the room. Not long after that Yumi powered up as well, meaning whatever was going on they both needed to be stronger. Oh great, was a fight breaking out? That was exactly what they wanted to avoid, they needed to hurry up with this food. "Come on! We've gotta go!" he urged, grabbing Shu's arm and near dragging him along, racing right to the mess hall. No doubt everyone on the ship was aware of what was happening now, it was pretty hard to hide energy as big as Vegeta's and Yumi's. Hopefully no one else went to investigate, otherwise it could mean more problems.

The mess hall was all cleaned up and everything put away when they had finished eating. That was the state it had been in at any rate. Takeshi turned the lights on as they entered and was greeted by several pans and dishes strewn throughout the room, some clean and others with bits of food still in them. There were claw marks on the cabinets and floors, and it looked like someone had tried to get into the massive refrigerator too. Yep, Viral had definitely been in here. "Jeez... If he was this hungry he should have said something..." Hopefully there was something left, anything sizable that would help sate the Beastman's appetite. Undoing the latch Takeshi threw open the fridge, breathing a sigh of relief seeing the contents were all still there. Slabs of fish, meats and containers of fruits and vegetables lined the container from wall to wall, and it was a pretty deep container too. Even by feeding Viral they should have more than enough for later. Leaning over the edge he began to pull out sealed packages of fish, laying them on the counter hastily. "Grab as much as you can and we'll go, we've gotta be quick about this."

[Mogtaki]

Viral was completely unhinged and was just doing anything he wanted, finding it easy to overpower such a small creature. He was definitely trying to squash him down just so he could get through the door. It was obviously important to get out, it was something he was really wanting to accomplish because it was now a challenge to get out; nevermind the food, he could get that once he overcame this challenge. Snarling as he continued to force down Vegeta, he let out a roar before his ears flickered, noticing the rising power coming from Vegeta. Letting out a hiss, he moved to try and push Vegeta down some more with a forceful shove as he only got angry at the sight of the energy bouncing all over the place. It was a threat to him, he had to eliminate the threat.

However, before Viral could do any real damage, there was a sudden force on his back that was forcing him back. Standing up again, he swung his arms around in anger just trying to get her off in any way possible. He couldn’t get her off him, but in his anger he quickly decided to take another route if it meant he would be able to get her off. Snarling angrily, he immediately dropped to the floor and rolled around, hoping to get her off him.

Shu was pretty concerned, but he was sure he would be able to manage to keep faith that Yumi and Vegeta would know how to keep Viral quiet. It was something he was always going to be afraid of, like his friends hurting each other when they didn’t mean to. While he didn’t mind it if they accidentally hurt him, he didn’t like witnessing it himself. Keeping up with Takeshi, he hurried along towards the mess hall as well, looking back just incase someone spotted them rushing around everywhere. Feeling fairly cautious, he made an immediate halt when Takeshi suddenly came to a stop, going right up close to him and looking up and down the corridor, “What? What’s going on?” he questioned him, squeaking when Takeshi suddenly grabbed him instead and hurried along once more. This was pretty confusing, but something was telling him he was needing to move before things got worse.

Once arriving at the mess hall, Shu covered his eyes for a second as the lights blinked on, peeking out only when his eyes were settled again. Following him into the kitchen area, Shu squeaked at the sight of the mess, frowning when looking at the claw marks, “U-Umm…well, what if he couldn’t say anything…?” he asked him, wandering over to the fridge, “He could had lost his ability to speak by then…?” Feeling a little concerned over the markings, he soon came to his sense again and immediately started searching for food, finding a general good lot of steaks from various space creatures all packed. There was plenty of food everywhere, but obviously out of Viral’s reach considering they were all still there and what he had was leftovers, “I’m grabbing, I’m grabbing!” he squeaked, piling up the meat before making his way towards the door, barely being able to see, “I got meat! No fruit…I swear!”

[GambolMuse]

How was he so steady? With both her and Vegeta pushing and pulling surely Viral should budge at least a little bit. Aside from teetering however he wouldn't move from his spot, he was steadfast where he stood. Grunting a bit as she exerted some effort she soon followed the Saiyan's lead and raised her power, trying to make use of the extra strength to restrain the Beastman. Ah, there it was at last, a little movement. The small increase in power had given her the means to make Viral teeter at least, and just a little more should do the trick. Yet just as they seemed to be gaining ground their friend-turned-beast had another idea. Abruptly he began to move backwards, much too easily compared to before. It was then Yumi realized he meant to topple down on top of her, and with a sharp gasp of surprise she released him and bolted away, narrowly being flattened in the process. Keeping herself well up in the air she looked at Viral surprised, not quite believing he'd actually just tried that. If he was willing to hurt them to get out of here then all the reason to keep him locked inside. "Come on science geek, tell me you've got a plan!" she shouted, eying Viral nervously. If not they may just have to knock him out. Whatever that little errand Vegeta had sent them on, to get food, it wasn't going to work fast enough.

"I do, we've just got to keep him busy! Don't give him room to try and escape!" The boys had to bring that food, that was the best theory he had right now. Even if it was a silly one it was all they had to go off, they had to try it. Watching as Viral rolled over on the ground he gritted his teeth, stopping his rising energy at a moderately high point. Okay, so this was going to be a contest of raw strength then, was that it? Damn, he actually rather wished that bothersome Leto was here right now, that man could likely restrain Viral. With the Beastman on the ground Vegeta took a chance, jumping after him and trying to keep him pinned to the ground. Throwing himself on top wasn't going to do a whole lot, he didn't exactly way a sizable amount. Instead he grabbed hold of Viral's front shoulders, pushing down with assistance of his Ki to try and keep him pinned. Yumi picked up on the tactic and did the same, attempting to force down his hind legs to immobilize him completely.

They shouldn't be raising their powers, that couldn't solve anything. Fighting Viral was only going to make things worse, wasn't it? There was the chance they had no choice too, that it was being done in self defense. That was even more worrisome, it meant he was threatening them. If it were him and Shu down there then sure, he could understand Viral attacking them. Shu he tolerated for the most part, but Takeshi was well aware there was animosity towards him. The fact that Viral was attacking the two closest people to him meant he was in a really bad way, and all the more reason to hurry up. Grabbing Shu's arm then he nearly dragged Shu to the mess hall, letting go as soon as they were in and the lights were on. The place was a total disaster and the twins and their father would probably be ticked, but they would worry about that later. Paying little heed to the mess around them Takeshi went immediately to the large refrigerator, undoing the lock and throwing it open, beginning to remove everything he figured Viral would eat. "I don't know Shu... I still don't get it..." he remarked, frowning as he removed another slab of fish. He'd eaten a lot at dinner, he'd even seemed ill afterwards. So how the heck was the guy this hungry?

Shu could hardly see where he was going with how much he'd taken, Takeshi had a fair less amount off food himself. Closing the refrigerator he looked at his brother exasperatedly, reaching over and taking the topmost package off the top so he could see. Hurrying right out alongside the younger boy the brother's went back down towards the training hall. On the way there they had passed Kabocha returning from the library, Takeshi not even noticing him as they rushed past. "I hope this is enough... This is more than even I would eat," he mumbled, looking past his pile to see where the ramp was. When he got to it he slowed considerably, not wanting to slip and lose everything he was carrying. Up ahead he could still feel their friend's energies, and was relieved that they had plateaued. At least they weren't rising anymore, hopefully that meant the immediate threat was over. Now hopefully they could get in there with all this food before anything bad happened.

[Mogtaki]

Viral just wanted her off and managed to accomplish that eventually, hardly the kind of creature to settle after having someone unwillingly climb on his back. Rolling back onto his front and giving himself a good shake, he looked up at Yumi and let out a snarl at her, looking ready to jump up at her. He was definitely threatened now, they were willing to stand in his way and attack back. Looking just about ready to pounce straight for her before suddenly Vegeta made a move as well, he almost slashed him with his claws in surprise. At first trying to move to roll over again, he was suddenly forced down, his chin hitting the ground.

He definitely didn’t like the position he was left in now, his arms trying to reach back to grab him and allow his freedom. Snarling and hissing, he moved his feet to try and scratch him off but sure enough Yumi pushed down his back legs, his tail angrily sweeping across the ground as he snarled and roared, struggling to get free. He was in a very bad position right now; he couldn’t even move his head properly. Trying with one last struggle, he eventually gave up and growled lowly, his tail waving around in annoyance as he was basically left defeated by the pair.

Shu hoped he had enough to satisfy Viral and stop him from trying to eat the others or him in particular, seeing as how he was the smallest and probably weakest-looking out of all of them. Frowning a little, he tried to look passed the meat, his eyes looking up at Takeshi eventually to use him as guidance with Shu not even noticing Kabocha either, “Ooh! I hope so…I hope it’s my weight”, he spoke, looking back at the meat, “How do we get in? Do we just call? How will he know how to call? I don’t know, I don’t think I can shout loud enough to let Vegeta hear me…”

[GambolMuse]

"Good question... Hell if I know..." That part of the plan hadn't been covered exactly. Vegeta only told them to get some food, that had been it. Takeshi hoped the door might even be open for them once they returned, but sure enough it was still shut and locked. Stopping before the door he frowned, debating on how they should get inside. Shu was right, the door was much too thick to just shout through, especially if there was a lot going on just on the other side. Looking at the panel for a moment he wondered if he could guess the combination, then quickly dismissed the idea. The few he did know were ten characters long, and with 10 buttons on the pad that would take for absolute ever to guess the correct one. After a little bit of debate Takeshi carefully shifted his load into one arm and stepped over to the pad, biting his lip uncertainly. Well hopefully Vegeta wouldn't be too angry with him, he didn't see another way of opening the door. Drawing back a fist he punched through the console with ease, grabbing at the wires just inside and in one tug gave them a hard pull, stripping them from inside and throwing them onto the floor. After some sparking and a lot of uncertainty the doors slowly began to grind open, perhaps a response to having their wiring torn apart. Standing up against the wall as they opened Takeshi gestured for Shu to come over, not wanting either of them to be right in Viral's view.

Damn it all, why wouldn't Viral just stay still? It was such a handful trying to restrain him, albeit it became easier once Yumi caught on and joined in. Now the two of them had successfully gotten him forced to the ground they were more or less stuck until the boys showed up. Neither of them could move or the Beastman would break free again, and ideally they had to hold him furthest from the door as possible. After a moment of struggle Viral had at last set down, though the Saiyan didn't ease his grip on him. He felt at the first chance he'd break free and they couldn't afford that to happen. A short time was to pass before the doors finally began to open, something that rather confused Vegeta. He had locked them before restraining Viral, and he was fairly certain neither of the boys knew the combination. In fact the only ones who had an entire list of all combinations were himself, the head engineer and the doctor, for medical emergencies. Watching as the door opened entirely he raised an eyebrow not seeing either Shu or Takeshi, confused for a second before he rolled his eyes. "Come in you two! We've got him pinned, he's not going to attack you!"

Whew, that was a relief. They were both more or less stacked with plenty of goodies for Viral to eat, it was nice to know he wasn't going to spring up and attack them once they came in. Giving Shu a small smile Takeshi nodded his head, leading into the room first and letting his brother follow suit. Upon seeing Viral his eyes widened a little, not expecting a full blown, large cat to be sprawled out on the floor. Well the hair looked the same, and his face was kinda vaguely familiar. Otherwise he'd never have known it was their friend. Smiling awkwardly he stopped some distance away, shuffling off to the side and really not wanting to get in the way of things. "So uh... Where do you want the food? Figure this is going to be enough?"

"Plenty, put it over on the far wall." Vegeta said, nodding his head in the direction as his hands were occupied. "Then go back out and seal the door so he can't leave. I'll call over the intercom when it's all clear, alright?"

Takeshi flinched slightly when they were told to close the door. Not exactly possible now thanks to him, he thought, smiling bashfully. Laying out his selection in a pile he stepped away from the food, motioning for Shu to do the same. "Yeah... About the door..." he began, turning his head away as he scratched at his nose. "I might have kind of... Broken it... A little bit..." The lack of an immediate reply from Vegeta told him he had gone and goofed up, the guy had a tendency to go quiet when you made him mad. His smile became more nervous as he waited for Shu to set down his food, shifting his weight nervously on his feet. "Uh... It's probably not that bad. I mean I only tore out the wires..."

"Wonderful... Good quick thinking, as always..." Vegeta grumbled, closing his eyes and sighing. The food was on hand and the door couldn't close, this was a combination made in heaven if he'd ever seen one. "Right... Set the food down and you two stand by the door. On three we'll let Viral go and hope he goes for the food. You're to stay there until he's done, got it?"

[Mogtaki]

Shu frowned, feeling a little confused to what they were supposed to do if that was the case. He hoped Yumi or Vegeta weren’t too busy, otherwise it was going to be pretty difficult to get in with all this meat in hand. Wandering along down beside Takeshi, he stopped and waited behind him, giving him a good staring at in curiosity just to see if he was going to be able to open the door, he tilted his head a little as he raised a fist only to smash the door’s little computer. Pulling back a little, he frowned as the door slowly opened, wondering if that was even the right thing to do considering the noise it was making. Moving behind Takeshi, he shook his head a little, “I don’t think I should be seen much…”

Only giving a little peek inside, seeing Viral made him a little scared. The fact he was huge was one thing, but he was furry and essentially a large feline of some kind, one that could very much eat him. Frowning a little, he looked to Yumi and Vegeta, seeing what he was doing to Viral to keep him to the floor. Viral definitely didn’t look happy, his face almost the same as before and still able to show expressions. Hearing the noises he was making, he slowly looked up to Takeshi and kept fairly close to him, wandering over to where he should put down the food. Slowly laying it down, he spread it out a bit before frowning, pointing to it, “How do I get it out of this stretchy stuff to get to the meat?” he asked curiously, looking to Viral, “Unless…Mister Viral can do it…”

After that was all said and done, Shu made a sudden dash away from the food, hoping Viral was at least focusing on that and not the meat. Looking at him, he seemed to be showing interest in it, just hopefully enough that would mean the others would be able to get out of the way before he got too mad and decided to attack them. He hoped Viral was somewhere in there still to know it was them and wasn’t completely lost, his main worry just now being whether he really wouldn’t be able to return to normal and be stuck as a giant cat for the rest of his life.

[GambolMuse]

"Eh... Just let him eat the plastic too..." Takeshi said dismissively, not meaning to be hear by the others.

"Takeshi! You unwrap it! Shu go stand at the door!" Yumi shouted, not taking her eyes from Viral.

Sighing the older boy waved off his sibling, kneeling down as he began to undo all of the plastic and foil wrapping on the foods. Yuck... It was all either raw or hardly cooked, and slimy. Handling this stuff was nasty and his hands were beginning to reek of raw food. Awesome, so if Viral was still hungry after his feast he might well come over and eat Takeshi's hands too, just great. Grimacing as he undid the last few items he made it a point to lay out the bits of plastic and such, using it as a makeshift tray of sorts so the food wasn't on the floor. Not that Viral would probably mind even if he were to eat out of a toilet bowl at this point, his tastes probably weren't all too picky right now. With the last of it sorted Takeshi tried to clean his hands, eventually giving up and taking off his shirt, using it as a makeshift towel. It hardly got the stick or smell off, but at least all of the nasty juices were gone. That he dropped beside the food before going to join Shu, not really wanting to touch anything because his hands were so gross. Sulking slightly beside his brother he sighed, lifitng one hand and sniffing it before wrinkling his nose. "Eck... Ever wonder why we cook all of our food?" he asked, reaching over and holding a hand just under Shu's nose, smirking. "Here's why."

Okay, so things weren't going to go exactly as they had planned it. There was now potential for Viral to escape, what with the door having been busted open. Hopefully all of that food was enough incentive for him to remain here, for the time being anyways. Long enough at least for them to come up with an ulterior plan. "Alright... On three Yumi we let go and join them at the door. If he goes to the other one you and I can stop him. We can't let him out though." Not yet anyways. If they could ensure that he wouldn't rampage and attack the others then he might be more lenient. Otherwise Vegeta was intent on keeping his friend down here for the duration of the trip if need be, which certainly was no ideal. Picking his weight up off of the Beastman he continued to apply pressure with his hands, getting ready to draw back. "Okay... One... Two... Three!"

On three Yumi was more than ready to release Viral, darting away the second the word left Vegeta's lips. Racing over to the door immediately she took up a spot beside Takeshi, her eyes firmly locked on Viral to see what he would do. They might be were her nose not burning from the smell of the meats right now. It was part tempting and part sickening smelling them, she could really do without it. To try and alleviate the stench some she rested a hand beneath her nose, trying to block out the odors. The others didn't have any issue, even considering their enhanced Saiyan sense of smell. "So now what...? We just let him eat and hope it helps...?" she asked, her voice sounding slightly nasally.

"Either that... Or we knock him out to ensure he doesn't cause problems," Vegeta replied, landing over by Shu. "Which may happen anyways, so be ready to act if need be. I'm ashamed to admit I have no clue what this form is or how to help it, which I really should. I've let him down and now he might have to be caged because of my shortcoming."

[Mogtaki]

Shu frowned a little at Takeshi before Yumi shouted over, his eyes immediately darting to her before he rushed on over to the door. He didn’t want to be anywhere near the food when Viral was released, but even by the door he didn’t feel completely safe. He had no idea whether Viral was hostile or completely settled after everything was said and done. Watching as Takeshi slowly unwrapped the package and revealed the meat, he looked to Yumi again and watched her as she pressed Viral’s back end to the ground. He was definitely not happy about that and who knows if he would straight up attack them and ignore the meat altogether; otherwise, this adventure was definitely turning out to be pretty dangerous. Watching as Takeshi eventually returned, he tilted his head a little before looking to his hand, instead slapping at his wrist, “Eww…why does it not smell like fresh meat?” he asked up, frowning a little, “Is that even safe to eat…?”

Viral continued to growl lowly as he remained pressed against the floor, not exactly feeling calm while being held down like this. He was unable to move properly and that made him mad, making him feel as if he was in a cage with restraints on. The smell of the meat wasn’t lost to him, in fact he couldn’t help but lick his nose while under the constraints, but his first concern was getting loose before he would eventually get to the meat. With ears twitching, he clawed at the ground for a moment before Yumi and Vegeta finally released him. Letting out an angry snarl, he immediately got on all fours and swiped out at the fleeing pair, looking just about ready to leap at them before the meat distracted him. Looking off towards the meat, he couldn’t help but feel compelled to go to it.

Snorting and sniffing the air, he slowly rose up so he was standing on only his back legs and moved towards the smell, sniffing the air as he went. It was certainly curious, he didn’t know why it was brought to him at all, but it was still food he could eat. Growling lowly, he slowly crouched down, picked up a fish at first before he chomped into it hastily, taking large bites out of it hungrily. He didn’t care for the smell, the taste was fine for him and was definitely very appealing. He couldn’t deny his hunger over his need to get out, his drive for food being all too great for him to resist.

Shu watched Viral with some fear but did manage to hold his ground as well, hoping he wouldn’t come towards them; thankfully, Viral decided to turn towards the food instead, looking too interested in it to resist. It was a little sad; he saw how much Viral struggled with eating and now he was gorging himself on food. He couldn’t work out what the problem was, looking to Vegeta as he too struggled to comprehend what was happening to Viral, “Caged…? But, you can help him, right?” he asked up, frowning, “Maybe it just takes a little bit more guessing, right? I mean…can you see anything that might help him…? It’s like he’s forgotten everything, even how to talk…”

[GambolMuse]

"It was frozen so it would last longer, we do that to all of our food," Takeshi explained in a matter-of-fact manner. Shu had been eating pre-frozen food for quite some time, this was the first he'd probably ever seen it though. Granted this stuff was pretty thawed out as well, most likely going to be cooked had they not used it for this. Ah man, that probably meant they weren't going to have anything to cook with later. That stunk, now they were going to have to wait even longer to eat. At least it was going to a good cause. Whether or not it was safe to eat in its current state, well that was something else altogether. Viral was kind of a wild animal now, and they didn't cook their food, so Takeshi figured he'd be fine. Then again were he to change back with all that food in his stomach that might cause some problems. Not like they could cook it now anyways. He supposed blasting it may potentially solve that problem, but that also meant potentially blowing a hole in the floor... Viral could deal with uncooked meats.

Vegeta knew there was no certainty as to how Viral would act upon being released, but he had to have good faith that the Beastman would go for the food. If not there were four of them prepared to hold him back, so it was a safe bet he wasn't going anywhere. After Yumi had escaped to the door he followed in suit, having to tuck his leg up to avoid being caught by one of Viral's claws. Landing at Shu's side he watched silently as their friend stalked over to the food, thankfully not looking for a fight just yet. They had a few moments to catch their breath and collect their thoughts, hopefully it was long enough to come up with a real plan. "I don't know Shu... I really don't. This transformation is new to me too, I don't know what triggered it nor how to undo it." Vegeta scoffed at his own shortcoming, never pleased to be beaten by anything. If he could just discern the cause then he could remedy it in no time. Right now all he had to go off of was hunger, and that seemed too simplistic to be the case. "So long as he doesn't threaten anyone there's no reason for us to lock him up, so hope he's on his best behavior."

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t like worrying about his friends, especially considering Viral couldn’t talk about his problems. He didn’t know how Viral worked; it could had been extremely complicated or the reason this happened could had been very simple, but they didn’t know anything and it seemed to get them down a little bit. Grabbing his tail and giving it a squeeze, he looked to Vegeta before he sighed, “If you don’t know and the door isn’t working anymore, does that mean he has to go in a cage?” he asked him, looking back towards Viral, “He can’t live in there…there’s no cuddly bed and no water hole and nowhere to wash…and he’s already pretty angry. How do we get him out to get to Earth if he’s still like this? Does he not remember anything…?”

Viral had little to think about when he was feasting, his preferred meal at the moment being the fish over the steak. There was no doubt that he’d eat the steak too, he was pretty damn hungry and would definitely eat until he was full. Letting out a groan, he slowly lay down on his front, pulling the plastic forward with the meat on it and soon began to chew on the steaks. He was having no problem getting through it with his sharp teeth, he still chose to savour it despite the meaty taste being sub-par at best. There wasn’t much flavour in meat that had been thawed, but then again the leftovers he had weren’t desirable either. He knew where to find food if he wanted more, but for now he had plenty and would surely get through it in no time anyway.

[GambolMuse]

Vegeta wasn't anymore a fan of caging Viral than Shu was. If it had to be done however then so be it, he was concerned with the well being of everyone else on board too. That was an extreme resort and probably their last, there had to be another way. "Nothing is set in stone yet, we could avoid the cage altogether if I could just figure out how to help him..." Think, there had to be something to work with here. Viral had all the food he could possibly need and then some yet he wasn't changing. While it may be a source of discomfort it appeared that hunger was not in fact the trigger, nor was helping it the solution. "Remember... Shu, that's it!" Vegeta grinned broadly, having a stroke of genius thanks to the young Saiyan. Giving him a rather uncharacteristic hair ruffle the older Saiyan looked over at Yumi, "When he saw you he'd hesitate and let you close, so he recognizes you. If we can find something to remind him of himself, like his cleaver, then maybe that will help him reign in his power!" Agh, it was so simple and yet ingenious at the same time, Vegeta was rather embarrassed to not have considered it before. Seeing as Shu was rather timid around Viral right now he seemed like a good candidate to go out and fetch the weapon. "Shu, do you mind running another errand? Go to Viral's room and get his cleaver and bring it back. Be careful with it, it's heavy."

"He probably doesn't even know where it is, Vegeta. I'll take him then." Yumi figured that she was through here anyways, and both Vegeta and Takeshi could stop Viral if the need arose. The smell of the meats was making her uneasy still and she'd use this as an excuse to get away from it all. Walking around Takeshi to take Shu's hand she smiled encouragingly to him, giving his arm a small tug as she hastily beat a retreat from the room. Knowing too his phobia of tight spaces she made way for the ramp yet again, it was getting pretty well traveled at this point. When she could no longer pick up the smell of the food in the training hall she sighed in relief, rubbing at her nose before looking back. "Did you smell all of that...? It was so... Disgusting. I don't get how Viral is eating all of that now." She said disgusting, but Yumi found herself actually wanting some of the meat that her friend had been eating. It wasn't even cooked, not even rare and yet she was ready to sink her teeth into it.

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t know how they were supposed to do anything to help Viral if everyone seemed so clueless over it, the Beastman becoming quite the large question that hung over their heads. There was very little they could do about it, it seemed. Frowning a little, he looked back to Viral only to get a fright when Vegeta raised his voice. Looking to him quickly, he lowered his head a little when his hair was ruffled, only feeling confused to what it was for and what he had said to get a response. Tilting his head a little, he looked to Yumi before to Vegeta again, finding it curious that he had found a spark in his ramblings, “His cleaver…? Ooohhh…”

Looking around, he tried to see if his cleaver was anywhere near them, thinking maybe Viral had left it lying around here, but Vegeta’s question soon debunked that theory of his with Shu quickly agreeing, “Okay! Mister Viral’s room!” he squeaked, turning around quickly and making a brief jump away only to turn around and stare at him clueless. Yumi was right; he had no idea where Viral had been resting since getting on the ship, feeling thankful that Yumi wanted to go with him. Letting out a squeak, he turned around and bounced on after her, giving her a smile when she spoke to him, “Huh? I don’t know…was it really that bad? Maybe it kinda was”, he spoke, feeling a little confused, “You’re not going to tell him if he doesn’t remember that he ate all that, right…?”

[GambolMuse]

"You couldn't smell all of that?" Yumi repeated, giving Shu a look of disbelief before sighing. "Lucky you, my stupid nose was picking up everything. I could do without this sense of smell sometimes." Turns out there were an awful lot of unpleasant odors that went unnoticed by her before that now were clear as day. Like body odor, for instance. One thing she really loathed about Gobo was the man sweated profusely, and absolutely reeked as a result. Every time they were in the same room she felt she might retch just at the stench. "I won't tell him, and I doubt your brother or Vegeta will too. He'd be so sick if we told him how much he ate, don't you think?" He had barely gone through a single filet of fish on his own at dinner, and that was before engorging himself on more at Mizuna's taunts. If he knew he'd eaten half a dozen whole fish and a few steaks in a single sitting he would turn a veritable shade of green... And they'd probably see all the food make a second appearance. Definitely not in their best interest to tell him about it.

Seeing as she spent more time in Viral's room than her own Yumi knew exactly where to go for his. It was a ways beyond the cafe and around the other side of the ship, but just barely. It was pretty much the same as any other room on board, though there were bits of medical supplies strewn throughout the room here and there, as well as clothes. A particular garment, one she had left there unknowingly, caught her eye like a sore thumb. Flushing a deep red she hastily stuck it under the pillow on the bed, remembering to get it later on. Laughing nervously she patted down the bed, making it look like she was making it before turning to grab the cleaver. It was rested alongside the desk in the room, laid up between it and the wall. Because of its sheer weight she lifted it with two hands, just to be safe that it didn't swing anywhere. Yumi debated on letting Shu carry it for a moment before thinking better, figuring the weapon was about half his size. If he could actually hold it then that would be fairly comical, seeing the little Saiyan with a giant blade. But that was neither here or there, they had to get back and hope this worked. "Can you think of anything else of his that might help? A shirt? Gloves?"

[Mogtaki]

Shu gave Yumi a little smile, “I’m used to funny smells so I don’t mind, but it didn’t smell that strong”, he spoke, trying to think about it, “It was Takeshi’s fingers that smelled the worst! Why didn’t he wipe his fingers if he didn’t like the smell…?” It was a little unusual to be smelling meat like that, the smell of it being pretty generally soggy rather than stinky. He was used to the smell of fresh meat, but to smell it in a different form like that made him pulled back a little bit. It would be a shame to tell Viral what he did with the meat too, Shu only hoping he didn’t feel ill for eating so much at once when he previously had barely eaten anything. Probably the feeling if he ever got back to normal might end up instead causing him to be put off food even more than before, “Yeah…I wouldn’t like that either! I was careful with how I ate when Takeshi first saved me; I hadn’t had food in so long…”

Trying to make sense of where he just might be able to find Viral’s room again incase he had to go back there sometime, he followed Yumi in the room and looked around curiously, feeling a little curious about it. There wasn’t any real sign of damage in his room when compared to the kitchen, so he thought maybe Viral was still himself by the time he headed out the room. It was a little sad, especially if he could had been going to the showers then suddenly hunger struck and turned him into a big kitty. Looking around with a sigh, he turned to Yumi again when she spoke up, seeing her having taken his blade, “Ooohhh…something else?” he repeated, trying to think for a moment before looking around, “Ooh! He always wore his red thing around his neck, maybe that would help?” he asked up, running on around the room in search of it, “Mister Viral doesn’t wear gloves…ooh! Found it!” Pulling up the covers, he yanked out Viral’s long tattered scarf from underneath having only seen the end of it poking out, “He really likes this, don’t know why”.

Viral was about finished his meal already, feeling pretty satisfied with what he had eaten. He barely looked like he had filled his stomach; the only sign that he had been eaten was the blood around his face from the steak and his paws where he had been holding them. Licking his lips before giving his paws a quick groom, his eyes soon turned to the door again, seeing that as his point of interest. At the door, Vegeta was the only one he recognised as having been able to overpower him, but however Takeshi would fair he didn’t know or care much. Slowly moving along the wall, he slowly stalked his way towards the door, trying to be sneaky about getting out of the door.

[GambolMuse]

"Do you think he'd want his clothes smelling like that?" Yumi pointed out, smiling amused. Then again Takeshi had wiped his hands off on his shirt, and now that was possibly in Viral's belly along with the fish and steaks. Hopefully not, it would be one thing to explain how much he'd eaten and another to say he devoured a shirt. As Shu pointed out though they were rather unlikely to even say a word to him edgewise unless he remembered it all. It would likely to disgust him to no end knowing head eaten enough to feed probably two or three of them all on his own. On the bright side if he held all the food his energy should return, and being full may just help his mood improve a little bit. "You were smart to eat a little at a time, otherwise you'd get really sick. But clearly now your stomach is all better," she mused, reaching over and giving Shu's stomach a playful poke. He'd eaten an awful lot at supper, as they all had. Certainly no issues for him any longer in that regard. Grabbing up his cleaver from beside the desk Yumi carefully balanced it in both hands, always surprised by just how heavy the blade really was. To think that Viral swung it around effortlessly really was a testament to his strength, it was a pretty incredible feat.

Just the cleaver alone may not be enough to bring Viral out of his state, some more items could be needed. Prompting Shu to help her search they dug around a little more to find anything that would work. The little Saiyan quickly came across the blood red scarf, a garment that Viral never ever went without. Well, except for right now. "That's it, good job Shu!" Yumi said cheerfully, smiling at Shu. "I know he doesn't wear gloves, but never mind that. And I can't say either why he always has it, he just does. As long as I've known him he's kept it with him for whatever reason." If it wasn't a touchy subject then maybe she'd ask Viral once he was back to normal. That was provided he was even aware of the reason himself. There was an awful lot he didn't seem to recall, and seeing as he'd always had this scarf it could well be from before his freezing, so the knowledge of that would be lost to him. At any rate Yumi was satisfied they had what they needed, the two items being about as iconic as one could get when thinking of the Beastman. Carefully resting the cleaver on her shoulder she eased Shu out of the room, shutting the door behind them. "Right. Now let's just hope they've got everything under control."

Takeshi wasn't quite sure what it was Viral was trying to accomplish right now. He was slinking along the wall towards the door, perhaps trying to be stealthy about it. It would work all fine and well if the lights weren't on, they could see him as plain as day. At least he did, Vegeta looked to be buried in his PDA once more. Sighing softly he walked around his friend, keeping an eye on Viral and putting his hands on his hips once he stopped. "You're not leaving this room Viral, just sit down and wait for Yumi and Shu to get back." He was really hoping they weren't going to have to do anything, he wasn't exactly in the mood to wrestle with a pseud-wild animal. If Viral made a break for it though they had to restrain him. "Now come on, go sit down and wait," Takeshi continued, waving a hand to motion, "They're getting some of your things, they'll be right back."

[Mogtaki]

Shu gave Yumi a smile, giggling when he was poked and moved away from her quickly. He didn’t know how he managed to recover so quickly from his problems, but it was certainly feeling a lot better compared to how he did before. He couldn’t even remember how long it had been since he was saved by his brother, he had been bedridden for so long and was so weak too that it felt like forever; he didn’t even know how to count days anymore with all this travelling. His internal clock was everywhere right now; he didn’t even know when he was supposed to sleep when before he relied on it getting dark before the moon came out. It was always going to be a problem for him until they finally settled, but until then he would just go to sleep when everyone else was.

Holding onto Viral’s scarf, he stared at it curiously just wondering why he had gone without it before looking up to Yumi, giving her a smile at her acknowledgement, “I did it!” he squeaked happily, feeling some sort of accomplishment from it even though it was completely normal to find something in someone’s nest that belonged to them. He wondered why Viral had taken it off in the first place, not to mention leave his cleaver; even in his largest form he had his scarf around his neck, the garment receiving no damage otherwise. Folding it all up, he walked on out of the room after Yumi, giving her a quick smile as she closed the door, “Yeah, I think they’ll be fine; my brother is there”, he nodded, walking on back the way they came quickly, “I hope Mister Viral doesn’t go anywhere because my brother broke the door, though…”

Viral kept up his quiet stalking, lowering himself down a little as he moved around the room. He stared at Takeshi and Vegeta, trying to see if he could stalk them without them noticing. It was awfully hard, seeing as how Takeshi was staring at him the entire time. He was quiet though and did stop every so often to see if he was paying attention to him; unfortunately, he was and proceeded to make noises at him as he moved towards him with strange gestures. Halting in his path, he stared at Takeshi, his eyes focused on him before they moved to his hands. Giving a sniff, he slowly moved towards Takeshi, sniffing at him before he tried to lick at his hands, soon moving to his clothes and trying to snatch them off to get at the smell as well.

[GambolMuse]

"Come on Viral, sit down and relax, they'll be back." Takeshi urged, hoping he could at least talk his friend down. Viral didn't look like he was going to strike out right now, but that could change in an instant. "You shouldn't be up after eating so much anyways, so why don't you- Eh?" While gesturing to a spot for the Beastman to lie down he noticed Viral had started to sniff at his hand. Freezing for a second he pulled his brow together, not entirely sure what was going on until his hands ha d started to be licked. Making a funny face Takeshi drew his hands back, not at all thrilled with having his hands being snacked on. At least he hadn't tried to bite them, that was nice. Sighing softly he wiped the drool off on his pants, figuring if the shirt was already trashed he might as well be rid of the pants as well. There should be a laundry room right by the showers if he remembered right, he'd definitely have to take these up there once he'd fetched a change from his bedroom. "My hands are not food. I'd appreciate it if you didn't do that," Takeshi mumbled, looking down at Viral uncertainly. "Now seriously, go... Lie down or something and wait for the others. Wait... Ah!"

Vegeta was quite busy with his PDA, trying to figure out if he could set aside another room for Viral to be placed in. There were in fact holding cells on their ship, but placing a friend in there seemed a bit too cruel, even if he was changed like Viral was. There were plenty of spare bedrooms, surely they weren't going to need all of them. Just one of the slightly larger ones would do the trick for now, and that way at least the Beastman would be a little more comfortable during his stay. Glancing up briefly as he heard Takeshi complain about being licked he rolled his eyes, refocusing on his device. If he didn't want to be licked he ought to have used gloves, the fool. There were gloves up in small boxes everywhere in the kitchen, it probably hadn't even crossed his or Shu's mind to grab them earlier. Ah well, not that it mattered much now. Whilst scrolling through the ship's layout for a moderately large room Vegeta was distracted again, this time by the sound of tearing fabric. Confused he glanced up for but a second, and when he saw what it was he immediately buried his face back into his PDA, refusing to look. Oh thank goodness he had the mind to put on underwear at least.

Shu was just too adorable sometimes. She didn't quite understand why he was cheering for finding the scarf but it was quite fun to watch. Oh how nice it must be, she mused, to be able to take pride in the little things. Now that they were all equipped for Viral the two of them left his room, making steady pace back to the training hall. "Between your brother and Vegeta he won't get out, those two can handle him." Yumi said, smiling as she adjusted the cleaver on her shoulder. Wow this thing was heavy, she didn't understand how or why Viral wanted to lug something so bulky around. Really it wasn't so heavy she couldn't handle it, but it was heavy enough that even with her strength she noticed it. Descending the ramp she was a little bit confused when she heard Takeshi shouting indistinctly, worrying at first that something was going on with Viral. Grabbing Shu's hand with her free one she gave him a small tug, rushing over to the door and getting ready to help. When she saw Vegeta standing right inside the door, red and hiding behind his PDA she knew at least it wasn't an attack, otherwise he'd be in there helping. Looking further into the room her own eyes widened in surprise and she immediately released Shu's hand only to put it across his eyes. "Don't look Shu."

"Come on Viral, give them back!" Takeshi whined, hurrying after the Beastman. Damn cat, he probably thought this was pretty funny. It was a riot, him running about in just boxers, chasing after a soiled, torn set of pants. Why was he even after them when he wasn't going to put them on? Jeez, he was fast like this too, it was proving to be awfully difficult to catch his friend. Finally cornering him against a wall Takeshi made a lunge to grab him, missing by a wide margin when the Beastman moved. Landing on his face with his rear comically stuck up in the air he sighed, putting his hands flush against the floor and pushing himself into a sitting position. Over by the door he noticed Yumi and Shu had arrived, the former because she was laughing quite loudly at this point. Vegeta had started laughing too behind a closed hand, trying to hide it despite the noise. Sticking his tongue out Takeshi got back to his feet, crossing his arms over his chest and watching Viral testily. "Har har... Very funny. I don't suppose you brought extra clothes did you?"

[Mogtaki]

Viral was highly interested in what the smell was, not finding it really interesting what Takeshi was trying to tell him. There was the smell of the meat on his clothes and he was looking to see if there was more of it somewhere. Finding it to be a little intriguing, he managed to taste Takeshi’s hand before moving his attention to Takeshi’s clothes, managing to grab hold of Takeshi’s trousers and giving them a fair tug. He wanted whatever Takeshi was hiding, surely something more and he was just kidding on about it, he could smell it. Letting out a hiss, he gave them one final yank which really managed to anger Takeshi. Turning immediately, he ran off from him, his trousers still in his mouth as he darted off around the room away from him.

Shu was pretty happy right now, hoping it would get their friend back to his normal state of mind so he could talk to them and tell them how he felt. Maybe he felt a little lonely being the only big cat there, he didn’t know. Looking to Yumi, he smiled a little, feeling confident in her words, “Yeah, I feel as though you’re right”, he nodded, looking back to his scarf and lifting it a little with his fingers, “Hopefully he doesn’t smell this and come running to us; that would be bad…plus that weapon looks really heavy and if he jumped on you, it would hurt”. He was feeling a little more optimistic now, hoping that the food had managed to calm Viral down as well, but the sounds of Takeshi yelling was definitely a concern right now. Taking hold of Yumi’s hand as well, he moved along with her quickly, trying to see what was happening with his eyes going to Vegeta at first before promptly being covered by Yumi, “Huh? Why? What’s going on…?”

Viral wasn’t going to give Takeshi a chance, he wasn’t even sure what he was chasing after; it wasn’t as if he needed these things. Growling as he ran away, he kept darting around to avoid Takeshi so he could get a good enough look at these things, finally ending up being cornered. Turning towards him with his chest close to the ground, he growled lowly still with the trousers in his mouth before immediately jumping up when Takeshi bounced right for him, his feet kicking off the wall to project himself forward and landing on his feet steadily. Standing up again, he pawed at the trousers before pulling them into his mouth, chewing on them only briefly before immediately turning around and spitting them back to Takeshi, giving his arm a lick several times before he ended up bouncing away again, deciding to go on off towards the door to make his leave casually.

[GambolMuse]

"Somehow I don't think he'll react to these the same way he did food," Yumi remarked, smiling amused. Getting tackled right now by Viral would be rather inconveient, but it seemed like he was busy anyways. If Takeshi's shouting meant Viral was up to something then they probably weren't going to have to worry about him attacking them. Expecting the Beastman to be making a break for it when they arrived instead she was greeted by a sight she'd just as soon forget. Staring wide eyed as Takeshi darted about in his underwear Yumi hastily covered Shu's eyes, thinking perhaps foolishly he'd never seen his brother in just that before. "Takeshi is uh... Well almost kind of naked." And running around like a chicken with his head cut off she might add. When he missed a tackle and slammed to the floor she couldn't help herself, bursting out into laughter alongside Vegeta. Covering her mouth quickly with an open hand she shook her head, beaming at the Saiyan in amusement. "Nope, didn't know you were going to be streaking when we got back," she teased, grinning as Takeshi pouted. Forgetting for a moment Shu could now see just fine she looked over at Viral, wondering what it was he was up to. A bit surprised that he was coming towards them Yumi got fairly worried, not sure how well they'd be able to stop him. Smiling sheepishly she held out the cleaver, hoping Viral would take note and slow down. "Look what we've got! I have your cleaver, and Shu your scarf!"

The items might make a difference if Viral weren't making a break for it right now. Vegeta quickly moved to block off the Beastman for a second time, though he kept his hands off while instead just placing himself in his friend's way. "Viral, you're not leaving this room, stop!" If they could just get him to look at his things for a second it may trigger something in him and bring him out of this change of his. Takeshi was moving in to help as well, putting aside his temporary, rather strong embarrassment to try and restrain Viral. Rather than passively try to block their friend Takeshi went for a tackle again, attempting to grab a hold of Viral's rear legs. Sighing softly Vegeta jumped out as well, moving to grab a hold of whatever he could really, hoping the two of them could wrestle the Beastman to the ground and keep him there. "Don't let him out of the room!"

[Mogtaki]

Shu had no idea what was going on or how he was supposed to react to being blinded like this, finding it quite unusual really. Simply holding the scarf out in front of him, he hoped maybe Viral would see it while he couldn’t see where Viral was. Tilting his head slightly when Yumi spoke, he frowned a little, feeling confused, “Takeshi is almost naked…? Why did he take off his clothes?” he asked up, feeling a little confused, “He’s not wanting to be a cat too, is he? That wouldn’t be very good, he doesn’t even have a tail yet…” It was all completely confusing, the fact that Viral had transformed surely being the height of the confusion right now. Feeling as if he should just keep his eyes averted, he closed his eyes and pulled away from Yumi a little, just to show that he was keeping his eyes closed.

Viral didn’t like the taste of the trousers and there was nothing in them for him despite the smell that came from them. Now, he wanted to get out and passed them all, feeling a little constricted with all these people constantly watching over him and trying to restrain him. Not really taking much note of Yumi or Shu standing at the door, he continued to try and make his way out, just about to jump up when Vegeta got in his way; however, instead of jumping, Takeshi grabbed hold of his legs and prevented such movement. Turning around quickly, he stared down at him for a moment before Vegeta decided to jump on him as well, grabbing his neck and shoulder. Letting out a groan, he shook himself, not exactly enjoying how he was constantly being yelled around. He was certainly a lot more docile than before now that he had ate food, just gradually dropping to the ground and rolling around, kicking his legs irritably in response whenever he stopped.