GambolMuse

Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

Clearing out that room had been no problem at all and the few troops left knew better than to fight. Normally an Elite would discipline cowardly soldiers, at least in Takeshi's experience, but if the Elite was all battered and bruised he'd be a bit too busy to do that. In a way then they were doing these guys a favor even if they didn't know it. "Eh? Uh... A little bit of both I guess. I mean they're regular troops, you know? We're more like Elites," the older boy explained as they ran, "They only probably fought us because they had to, otherwise they'd get in trouble." Lucky for them they weren't out for blood too, that would be loads of dead people. Shu seemed to be feeling pretty good about it too which was always a plus. While running after Yumi and Viral Takeshi noticed the same thing she did, a sudden burst of energy further on ahead. As soon as he caught sight of the blast incoming he turned and grabbed Shu, pulling him to the ground to avoid the attack entirely. It tore through the air around them and howled loudly, erasing the building above and to the sides. When the attack passed they were left in what was now a much larger, open room, the sound of the wind outside hissing as it passed through the walls.

After a sneak attack like that Yumi was feeling a little cross and ready to pummel some bad guys. They were so proud of their Beastmen? Well then it could be Beastmen that would take them out too. Smiling slightly as Viral immediately went on the offensive she got to her feet and chased after him, letting her friend take the Saiyan as she attacked the man from before. Weaving to the side to avoid a fist that caved in the floor she jumped up and kicked him in the head, watching him stumble but hardly budge otherwise from the attack. Gritting her teeth she began bouncing back and forth on the balls of her feet, fists raised as she tried to change up her style on the fly. Ducking under a punch she quickly threw one of her own into the man's ribs, then dodged again as he swunblastg a wide arc toward her head, punching him in the jaw. No matter how hard she hit him though he didn't want to go down, and she swore she was putting a lot into it. Throwing another punch at his side Yumi gasped when her arm was grabbed, though instead of letting herself be thrown she swung her body up and got onto the man's shoulders, pulling him backwards with the momentum and finally getting him onto his back, wrenching his arm in an attempt to break it.

"So the Commander returns a traitor, what a surprise," the Saiyan taunted with a grin, watching as Viral charged right for him. Raising a hand to block the incoming punch he absorbed it nicely enough, air pushing out from the impact with an audible blast that almost sounded like breaking the barrier. Throwing Viral's hand down the Elite nimbly dodged backwards to avoid a kick as well, stepping back in and trying to drop his leg down on Viral only to slam his foot into the ground instead. "Our orders are to protect the facility against any and all intruders, and that includes you and those brats. You picked the wrong place to invade, traitor!" Dashing at Viral he lifted both hands up over his head, holding them together and trying to swing them at the Beastman's head in hopes of bludgeoning him into the ground.

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They weren't terribly difficult to beat, these soldiers, but they sure were annoying. Throwing aside the tufts of hair ripped from her head Yumi frowned as she heard a man whimpering pitifully on the ground, glancing over briefly to see him with his hands between his legs and rolling on the floor. What in the world happened to him? Shrugging it off she then saw Viral pushing for the door, giving chase as she began putting down the few soldiers remaining. "Well... Maybe we go further into the building?" she suggested hopefully, pausing to grab a soldier's shirt and lift him up, swinging him around and throwing him across the room into a wall to get him out of the way. "They're probably further in where there's more soldiers, so we just keep going in." Made the most sense to her anyways, they would put something most important the farthest away they could from all the action, protected by more troops than anything.

Hard to say whether Takeshi was proud of Shu for that one or if he should admonish the little guy for it. There were a handful of things you never did in a battle: beating a man that was already down, using someone else as a shield, hurting an innocent person, oh and punching them right in the jewels. His own hurt just from seeing the man struck, cringing slightly before shaking his head. "Hehe... Good hit buddy," he laughed meekly, ignoring the whimpering to the side as he started after Viral and Yumi. The few soldiers that were left were easily dealt with and they left the room full of beaten troops, going into the next corridor. Taking a right seemed to loop back to the hall they were just in, so best to go left then! Making sure Shu was close by he hurried along with their friends, no one apparently too sure where to head. Further in as Yumi had said, but even that was hard to figure out. Part of him just wanted to keep blasting through walls to make it easier but that would probably be frowned upon, they'd have to use doors like normal people. So annoying...

Yumi hoped they were going deeper into the facility, it didn't look like they were retracing their steps. Aside from the occasional small pocket of soldiers they weren't encountering much resistance along the way either, both good and bad. By now everyone must have figured out the troops were somewhere else getting ready for them, only issue with that was they had no clue where that might be. Chatting wasn't exactly an option and she doubted the grunts would be told that information anyways, probably just sent out to buy time. "Where the heck are they? I don't get it..." she mumbled as they ran, looking at the various rooms on the sides, each proving to be either empty or not what they needed. Awfully quick of them to go into hiding considering they only broke in a few minutes ago, unless there really weren't as many troops here as they thought? She didn't like this, way too much left to question.

As they rounded another corner Yumi's eyes widened seeing a glowing light at the far end of the corridor, immediately recognizing it as Ki. With a gasp she turned and tackled Viral to the ground, with Takeshi doing the same to Shu as the blast narrowly missed them, tearing through the space and blowing apart the walls and the ceiling. When the blast subsided the roof was gone and they were exposed to the outside world, the walls being melted and blown back, curved from the high heat and force. A quick look to the far end showed there was a Saiyan Elite as well as that one from before, wearing a stupid grin on his face and looking mighty pleased with himself. Getting off of Viral she bit her lower lip, not exactly thrilled to be having to fight both of them. "Well... I guess we're going the right way," she said with a smile, glancing at Viral, "Want to show them what Beastmen can really do?"

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"So we should try to overwhelm them then? If that's what you think is best..." Yumi said with uncertainty, it not making too much sense to her. They could try that if her method didn't work, she didn't want to be aggressive right off the bat and possibly alienate them. Besides for some people it was easier to be nice than it was mean and she happened to be one of them. Kicking away the door to get out of the first room she cringed inwardly when seeing two men knocked out and pinned behind it, looking to Viral with a sheepish smile. "I didn't know they were there! I-I'm sure they're fine," she laughed weakly with a wave of her hand, "Come on, let's keep moving!"

Takeshi didn't need to be told twice as he surged ahead to attack the group of soldiers incoming, making short work of them. If this was all the base had then they'd be out of this place in no time, where were the real fighters? Sending the last guy through the wall he dusted his hands off and grinned at Shu, flashing him a thumbs up before watching Yumi run ahead yet again with Viral on her heels. "Sheesh, we're going to run out of people to pummel at this rate," he mumbled with a shake of his head, chasing after the others with Shu in tow. On to a side room next that joined with an adjacent corridor, and several troops were stood around blocking off the door. This had to be something important with all these troops here, and if not then at least they could have some fun while in the room. Watching as Yumi and Viral went right on in he rolled his eyes, seeing Shu throw a blast out of the corner of his eye before laughing. "Nice shot!"

Something felt a bit odd, why were they only fighting regular soldiers? Sure they only just broke into the building but they should be responding faster than this so what gives? Blocking an incoming punch Yumi pushed the fist away and slammed her own into the soldier's gut, punching him then in the jaw and knocking him off his feet and onto his back. She couldn't feel any powers coming that might suggest an Elite, yet there were clearly troops coming to fight them. Knocking away another blast from a weapon she yelped as her hair was grabbed from behind, being yanked to the ground by it forcibly and glaring up at the woman responsible. Ignoring the tearing on her scalp she lifted her legs up and wrapped them around the woman's neck and pulled, yanking her and flipping her over onto her back, keeping her legs around the woman's neck until she passed out. Nursing at her head as she got up she examined the tufts of hair in her hand and grew red in the face, turning to the soldier charging her and punching him square in the face, growling as she ignored him crumpling to the floor. "That witch pulled my hair out!"

"Come on Shu, kick some butt! These guys are pushovers!" Takeshi encouraged, slapping Shu on the back before going in to join the fray. Not having nearly the finesse of Yumi he simply reached out and grabbed the nearest soldier, giving him a single good hook to the jaw and releasing him at the same time to put them down. A few more soldiers were coming into the room now and several were armed with different looking weapons, nothing like the blasters he was used to seeing. New versions maybe? Seeing one of the men take aim at Viral, Takeshi flitted across the room and grabbed the man's arm, wrenching it upward as the shot went off and put a hole in the ceiling. Kicking one of their legs out from under them then he grabbed the arm and spun the man around, using him as a bat of sorts to hit another soldier, letting him go and sending both flying off.

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Takeshi wasted no time in blowing the wall wide open, always too happy to do such a task. Smiling satisfied as parts of the wall crumbled to the ground he dusted his hands off and looked at the others, giving Viral a thumbs up before looking at Shu. He sure didn't seem to be very ecstatic about this if hiding behind him was any indication. "We'll be careful of course buddy, it's not like we're rushing in blind," he explained, reaching back and patting Shu on the shoulder, "We'll fight if we have to, chances are we gotta work our way through to the Beastmen. And nah, I mean if we waited they might send people out, you know? Do it now before they have a chance to do anything." Hell the explosion probably confused them even more as they'd probably imagine the whole base was under attack. Troops would come running to the hole any moment now, it was best they go inside now before they had to fight their way in.

"If we have to fight them then we can't help it, but we'll fight to subdue them. I mean... We can try and reason with them, but I don't know how well that's going to work," Yumi admitted with a small smile. Her ability to soothe others may do some good in that regard, yet even once calmed down there was no guarantee their words would be taken for the truth. She loathed to fight the people they would be saving though sometimes you had to beat it into a person's head they weren't in danger. Looking at the hole in the wall she exchanged a silent look with Viral before nodding and taking the lead, running into the building and the apparent computer room they had broken into. Monitors lined the wall and several desks with displays and boards lined the room, several of which were broken or showing static from the blast. A door on the far side of the room was sealed closed, a red light pulsing silently just over it. Heading over to that Yumi gave it a good push and found it wouldn't budge, frowning before stepping back, leaning a bit and kicking out, knocking the door off its frame and slamming it into the wall on the outside, pinning two guards behind it subsequently.

Takeshi took the lead after that, being the first into the corridor as he rushed headlong out of the room. Aside from the two soldiers pinned and knocked out behind the door another four were fast approaching them, all of them carrying blasters or energy blades. Running right ahead to meet them he sidestepped a sword and grabbed the man's arm, twisting him around and using his own blade to parry another before pushing the man into his comrade, kicking the former in the back and causing them to tumble away. Swiping then at a blast he answered with a quick Ki shot of his own that destroyed the weapon, jumping up and kicking the man in the face to knock him out easily. The last man took a few panicked shots with his weapon but only managed to burn the wall, finding himself thrown through the wall, legs dangling idly from the hole he now found himself in and most likely seeing stars. "Jeez, wasting no time to come greet us!"

"We kind of broke into their base, are you surprised?" Yumi pointed out with a roll of her eyes, hurrying past Takeshi as he admired his handiwork. They couldn't just stand around and wait like this, the more time they wasted the harder this might be. Finding a room not too far away she found yet another group of guards trying to scramble together to form some defense. Another corridor lie beyond them and probably was where they wanted to go, meaning they had to get through them first. Smiling she ran at them and jumped well over the entire group, and as soon as she landed sprung backwards and tackled the nearest man, rolling once head over heels with him before throwing him into a wall with a thud. There were about 10 soldiers in the room in all, not terribly imposing but enough to be a nuisance. Backpeddling to avoid a larger man swinging at her she reached out and grabbed his arm, using her own body for leverage as she flipped him over onto his back, quickly leaning down to punch him across the bridge of his nose and send him off into dreamland as well.

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"N-No, I'm not mocking you! Just trying to keep the mood up, that's all. A little joke." Things were about to become tense again, nothing wrong with trying to laugh some of the tension away right? But then maybe now wasn't an appropriate time for it, they should stay focused and be prepared for anything. Glancing around the area Yumi took a few sniffs at the air, unable to pick up any scents other than those of her friends; some plants here had very strong odors, it was probably impossible for her to look past those anyways. Now that they had managed to find the place they had to come up with a plan of attack, something that Takeshi seemed more than ready to suggest. Barging right on in hardly sounded like the best idea though and she hoped Viral might have something better in mind. "Oh, you think we should barge in too...?" Yumi asked in slight surprise, perhaps expecting a different method from her friend. Glancing back at Takeshi and his smug smile she rolled her eyes before sighing, seeing no alternatives just now. If those two thought barging right in was best then they would do just that. "Alright, but we should be careful where we go in. We don't want to rush right into the thick of things do we?"

Fair question on Shu's part, was there a front door? Heck come to think of it Takeshi hadn't seen a single door on their way down. Plenty of black tinted windows sure yet not a single door. If they were indeed going with his and Viral's plans of simply barging on in though there wasn't much need for a door now was there? Blowing open a building, now there was something he could do! "Hey, if we find them all right away it just makes out job easier, you know? Less time looking for everyone," Takeshi said with a grin, rubbing his hands together as he approached the nearest building sat down among the trees. As expected there wasn't a single door anywhere on this side anyways and he was sure the other side was probably the same. That was fine, if there was no door then he just had to make one! Placing his hand on the wall he gave it a small push to test its strength, finding it was fairly thick and cold to the touch, probably metal? "Alright, well this shouldn't be too hard," he began as he stepped back, rubbing at his shoulder with a grin, "One door coming up!" Amassing a decent orb of Ki in his right hand he condensed it into a small ball, reeling back like he was throwing a ball before letting it loose. With a satisfying explosion the energy slammed into the building and split the wall in two, leaving a sizable hole where the steel once was. "And there you go, one door! You can thank me later."

Far From Home

Sounds like a plan! O7

Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

"How do we know he'll talk? We should see where he goes before we try taking him down, otherwise we might never find the place!" Though Viral could be right too and for all they knew this could be a wild goose chase. What if they tried evacuating the facility while they were chasing this man? There was no easy way for them to make a decision here yet she knew turning back at this point was the equivalent of just giving up. "Communicating isn't the problem Viral, you'd have to swim to catch up with us. Unless you have a bird form you haven't shown us yet?" Nothing against swimming but it paled in comparison to speed with flying, Ki assisted of course. Not wanting Viral to get the idea he was a burden or somehow useless Yumi put on a smile, reaching down to adjust her grip while keeping her eyes trained on the Elite. "Listen, as soon as he lands we'll fight him and get what we need. With how you were doing down there you can probably take down the facility on your own, but for now we just need to be patient, right? And besides..." she paused, glancing back at the sound of numerous explosions, "It looks like the cannons were taken care of for us."

Takeshi figured this might be slightly overkill but damn if it didn't look cool. On the count of three both boys released a blast and watched as the island was promptly shredded by it, soldiers avoiding the worst of it while being thrown about from the concussive waves, thrown each which way as a result. When the dust settled one would find two large craters and several cannons missing, water spilling into the gaping holes where earth used to be. "Hell yeah, nice shot buddy!" the older boy laughed, clutching Shu as he darted ahead to keep pace with their friends. No one was chasing them after that light show and they were hot on Yumi's trail, soon they'd find this place and spring the Beastmen free. As the island behind them vanished over the horizon and endless carpet of blue stretched out before them and the chase continued for what felt like an hour. Minutes had passed really, and spotting a large patch of green further along Takeshi swore he saw the Elite go for it, with Yumi and Viral stopping just short.

And when they reached the others he could finally see why. Not only was the island they arrived at larger than the others, by a wide margin, but this was what they were looking for. Several circular buildings stood on the surface, some precariously on high rises, others just barely poking out above the trees around them. There were several windows on each building but all seemed completely black from the outside, providing no visibility for them out here. "Jeez look at that place... There's gotta be at least a dozen buildings down there..." Takeshi mumbled as he drifted a bit closer, trying to spot out anyone down below. Not a single person was outdoors and the Elite was nowhere to be seen, by now he no doubt raised the alarm and everyone was getting ready. Putting his free hand on his hip he frowned with displeasure, itching to go right on inside and fight. "Man... Well there goes the chance of a surprise attack! Guess we just go in the front door."

"Or... We don't be idiots about it and we think of something else," Yumi pointed out with narrowed eyes, admonishing Takeshi for a moment. Slowly descending to the ground she set Viral back on his feet and waited for the brothers to join them, looking up and away at the building high above the hill. From down here they could move through the trees and be relatively hidden, but she'd bet anything there would be troops out here to greet them. "Just because they know we're here doesn't mean they know where we're coming from. We can still surprise them if we're smart about it." Which meant of all people here Takeshi was not making the plan for them. Looking instead to Viral she gave him an expectant glance, knowing he could come up with some way to do this.

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

There was too much going on right now and none of it was how Ethan envisioned it. He imagined their triumph over the bandits, securing the ship and managing to bring these men in for some proper punishment. What they got instead was a hollow victory, a handful of the enemy dead, others broken and Amuné and Cecil both having a nervous breakdown. He himself was flustered as well, not knowing whether he should continue on about how wrong things were or whether he should leave it and they move on. Looking between those in the group Ethan let out a silent sigh, running a hand through his hair and closing his eyes. They were done with this either way, now they could return to the mayor, give Lazlo his shipments back and get whatever information Nymira needed. Then they could leave Orosi and hopefully all of these memories behind them.

Looking to Cecil as he mumbled to himself Ethan's brow knitted together in concern, not realizing just how bad his friend was. Did his confrontation really upset him that much? Yes it was wrong what the Machina did yet it wasn't as if he was being condemned to death for it, he'd just gotten a talking to. Between Amuné's crying and Cecil's panicked mumbling and movements it was fairly evident they weren't going anywhere any time soon, not until everyone had a chance to calm down. Feeling rather guilty over bringing on this attack the Muran approached Cecil, and just as he reached out to his friend the Machina stumbled back, holding his head before crouching down. "Cecil... I... You're not a bad person, you aren't," Ethan began, not entirely sure why his friend was even having an episode, "You made a mistake, everyone does. We know for next time and so it won't happen next time, right? Please, don't beat yourself up over it, we'll move on from this."

While Ethan played the part of consoling Cecil, Nymira tried to give some attention to Amuné. Empathy was not her strong suit though and most instances if a child cried, at least a Dimuran child, they were made to "toughen up" and find some outlet for their anguish. Somehow though she had a feeling telling the Ydran girl to do such a thing wouldn't go over well. Putting on an awkward smile she slowly approached as not to alert Wyth, taking a knee at Amuné's side and placing a hand on her back. "There there little one, it's all over. Everyone is safe and we are victorious, there's nothing to worry about," Nymira said gently, moving closer and placing her arm around the child. Aside from this she wasn't sure what more could be done, she was hardly the best with words either. Hearing someone's voice calling out to them she tensed up, reaching back reflexively for her dagger and finding it absent. "Another bandit...? Damn it all..." she growled, keeping Amuné to her chest as she stood up and glanced over the side of the boat. Not bandits, but guards? From Orosi judging by their outfits, but why were guards here?

"Good, now all of you get off that ship! One at a time, down the gangplank!" the guard continued, gesturing to the long board with his sword, "Every one of you come down with your hands up, and be quick about it!"

Why were they being ordered about by the guard? They hadn't done anything wrong, they'd secured the ship as asked and were now about to leave, what was the problem here? Whatever it was it was apparent the guards were serious, as a quick glance showed each and every one of them was armed. Not just armed but wielding too, something that struck Ethan as highly unusual. Guards should never brandish their weapons against civilians, unless their lives were thought to be in danger. So then... Were these men afraid of them? Glancing between everyone again he slowly rose back to his feet and placed a hand on his sword, wondering just how serious the men were. Maybe they were just being careful, after all they had come out here without really any official word and were the only ones standing in a mess of bodies. Biting his lip in hesitation Ethan went ahead and took the lead, holding his hands up by his head as he slowly descended the gangplank. As soon as he reached the bottom a guard approached and grabbed his arm, wrenching it behind his back and pushing him along. Another took his sword away as well, examining it curiously in its retracted form before tucking it away in the band of his belt.

There wasn't any avoiding the guards then, and trying to do so was only going to cause problems. Following after Ethan, Nymira made her way down with Amuné tucked at her side securely, glaring up at a guard that approached them and moved to restrain her. "I am the crowned princess of the Rumia clan, you will not lay a hand on me," she asserted firmly, clutching the Ydran child to herself securely, "And I am holding this child, I will not allow any of you to lay a hand on her. I am unarmed, that's all you have to worry about." Standing as she was she waited until the man finally backed down, though she was ushered over to join Ethan by other men. As everyone descended the gangplank a handful of guards went onto the ship itself to inspect the damages, collect their weapons at Nymira's behest and check the bodies. What insolence, corralling them like this after all they had done. She'd have to remember to lay into the mayor when they returned for this poor treatment, it was inexcusable.

Moments later the remaining guards joined the group on the shoreline, notably lacking a certain Naga captive among their rank. Surprisingly both Lazlo and Bernadette were in attendance as well, the former seeming excited to have his wares and the latter thoroughly apologetic. As it happened the guard had caught wind of their business and intended to intervene, but had some trouble finding the ship itself. Bernadette had argued for the children's case and yet it was overridden, perhaps something to do with knocking out their mayor. The fact that somehow word of their being Magi had gotten to become knowledge as well missed her completely, even she hadn't been aware until the news was given. Seeing them now though, disheveled, distraught and worn down she couldn't see them as anything except children, that hardly deserved punishment.

"Oh my beauties, this is fantastic! I'm so relieved they are untouched!" Lazlo declared with glee as he approached some crates. Ignoring the bandit's corpse being dragged away he dusted some charred wooden chips from the first, cracking it open and beaming at his unharmed product. A small part of him suspected the children might run off with his goods if given the chance, so finding them still here and undisturbed was indeed a thrill. "Oh yes, you lovelies have done quite well! I'd reward you but I imagine the mayor has something in mind already, so I shall simply give my thanks!" he sang, spinning on his heel and facing the group. Finally realizing how distraught both Amuné and Cecil looked, not to mention the latter's notable head wound, Lazlo clasped his hands together and gave each a smile. "Don't look so glum, you've done well! Those crumpled faces are simply abhorrent, do try to smile! You've done a great thing today!"

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

I'll be posting later on today, we won't be doing a collab post after all ^^"

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There was a lot going on right now yet Yumi felt she was making the right decision. It was clear to anyone involved that most of the people they were fighting were your standard fare of soldiers, essentially just thrown at whoever to try and wear them down. If they wanted to find this facility, or even get some directions for that matter then they had to question the Elite. Grabbing hold of Viral again she made haste in taking off after the man, hoping the boys caught on and hurried after them. "I'm looking for answers, not revenge Viral! He'll lead us to the facility!" she answered back confidently, trying to speed up some to get closer. "And what, how will you join us if he flies away? If we all took off you'd be stranded, unless you want to swim. We broke most of the cannons, we should be fine." Now wasn't the time to question it anyways as they were speeding away and doubling back now would ruin everything. Regardless of where this man was heading he had to know where the place was, there could only be a handful of places on this world they could hide. One way or another he had their answers and Yumi was determined as anything to get them.

"Just cuz I wanna win doesn't mean I will, you know? You could just as easily win too," Takeshi continued, rolling his eyes as a soldier barked at them for ignoring the fight. "You can jump up high, just jump up and kick them, isn't too hard now is it? Here, I'll show you..." Or he would have until he noticed Yumi and Viral leaving them behind for some reason. When he figured out they were chasing someone he figured they ought to join as well, grabbing hold of his brother and taking off. "We're after some guy I think, looks like they found someone who knows something." Or someone really pissed off Yumi and now they were looking for blood, which was completely possible given how she could be. "Eh? Oh that stuff, yeah hang on." Stopping in mid-air Takeshi turned himself and Shu around, smirking as he began gathering Ki up in his hand. Two cannons left? They could easily level those. "I got the cannon on the left, you get the one on the right, ok? Fire on three. One... Two... Three!" Both he and his brother let loose large blasts towards the remaining fixtures, causing the soldiers down below to scramble for cover. As the cannons were erupting and falling to pieces Takeshi turned and hurried after their friends, not wanting to get too far behind.