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Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

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Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

Post from me is going to wait until tomorrow, working a 17 hour day today and no means can I make a post right now xD

Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

"Yeah, like a trim, you know? Maybe so its short like mine," Takeshi said as he grabbed a lock and pulled it for Shu to see, "I got plenty of hair still, but mine doesn't clump up or get stuff in it like yours." If the little guy was always saying how different he felt then maybe that would make him feel more like them. Then again Aito had said something about making Shu more comfortable and maybe getting his brother to change himself wasn't the way to do that. Damn it, why did this stuff have to be so hard? Problems you could just punch were a lot easier to deal with than this. "Even if you were by yourself you would have helped him, I know you would have buddy. And you know... Maybe after this we can try and work on that? I... Don't know how we're gonna do it yet, but we can give it a shot. That way if you do change it won't be a problem anymore." Takeshi figured he needed to speak to someone else for that, he'd been able to control his Oozaru the one time he'd changed, albeit after a bit of a fit, and now he no longer had a tail to transform with.

Yumi frowned and shook her head, casting her gaze downward with a sigh. "That's not what I meant and you know it. It just annoys me, feeling like I'm somehow inferior to all of you," she explained, "With how amazing you all are it almost feels like all the years I've trained are amounting to nothing. I just wish you wouldn't think of me as some helpless person is all, I'm perfectly capable of fighting too." Suggesting she could spar with Viral was more meant as a compliment to him too, it meant she thought he was strong and hoped to improve by practicing with him. Given how he'd reacted to her idea though Yumi didn't even bother explaining further, not wanting to agitate him any more. Besides Eris and Orion were here now, and with them came quite a few villagers too. That was an awful lot of lives to be responsible for and Yumi felt the pressure of it, not wanting to let even a single one of them be harmed. She'd like to be optimistic that things would work out but, as Viral said, they had no way of getting back still.

Astonishing, it looked like they were actually going to pull this off! Impressive that Haku had managed to track the energy source so keenly and even more impressive was T'charrl's ability to get a rift open. Vegeta watched as the air began to shimmer before there was an audible tearing noise, and what he could only describe as a window to another world began to form. It was small at first, barely a peephole, but soon it had expanded to a size large enough to fit a person. Feeling that more energy was needed he committed even more Ki to the process, watching as the opening grew in size until it was certainly large enough for a few people to fit through. "Great... Fantastic work..." Vegeta panted, smiling through the exertion as he scanned their limited view for any signs of their friends. Unable to spot anything he looked over to Takeshi and Shu for help, calling out for them to come over.

Takeshi wasn't sure what Vegeta wanted until he noticed the portal before them, having wondered what in the world the noise he'd heard had been. So they had really done it huh? And now the guy was wanting him and Shu to head over and help out... Why did he not love that idea? Still their friends needed them and like it or not he and Shu were the only ones not currently tied up with something else. Walking over to the portal he peered into it as if to get a better look, scratching his head as he tried wrapping his mind around how it worked. "So you want us to go get them huh...? I mean sure, no problem as long as you keep the portal open yeah?"

Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

"I see... Well then we'd best pray they're still nearby, otherwise this is going to become far more complicated." Even now Vegeta was thinking, trying to come up with some alternative method of tracking their friends. Without Yumi's Ki signature to follow he didn't know what other means they might have, none of the Beastmen had any energy they could detect and he doubted any of the villagers would either, not that they could recognize them anyways. It was disconcerting, if they couldn't succeed here then it could be some time until they found another option. Furrowing his brow when asked if he noticed anything more Vegeta tried to reach out further, still only managing to find faint traces of Yumi's energy, nothing concrete. Looking even further he still was unable to detect anything, gritting his teeth in frustration before letting out a sigh. "Nothing... There's traces but I can't sense her, no matter how far I dig," he remarked, opening his eyes slightly and glancing towards the energy trail itself, "This is very bothersome..."

"I-I think I found her..." Haku spoke up, eyes still closed and his head turned slightly towards the right now, "It's... Far, but I can kind of sense her... She's moving too..." Could he dig even further than this? Already he was straining just to get the slight sense he had OF HER. When trying to focus more intensely on her he was able to begin and get a picture of her in his mind, and with a bit more effort he even had some kind of sense of the area she was in. Sweat was visibly trickling down his face now as he tried to maintain the image that he had, biting his lip and reflexively tightening his grip a little on T'charrl's shoulders. "I found her, she's t-there..." he mumbled, hoping the others could pick up the Ki like he had, "I t-think that's her..."

"Alright, alright, no haircut buddy, you got it," Takeshi said quickly, putting up his hands with a slight smile, "And I mean... It wouldn't be super weird if you had a little shorter hair, it's not like I wanna shave you bald, you know?" It would certainly make cleaning Shu a lot easier and make his head a LOT less likely to be home for creepy crawlies. Plus he couldn't force the little guy to get one if he didn't want one either much as he might like it to happen. "Oh really? So you keeping Viral from getting even more hurt was... Just an accident then, huh?" Takeshi asked with an arched brow, smirking as he reached over and prodded Shu in the arm, "Or back when we were on New Namek, you didn't help set Viral up to kill that thing, did you? Seems to me like you're way more helpful than you think buddy. And hell I feel safe around you, I wanted you to fight with me didn't I? It's because I know I can trust you and rely on you, and everything worked out just fine. So I don't get what you mean we're not safe around you?"

Yumi had a good idea of how Viral must be feeling right now and was slightly bothered when he tried to walk on his own. He could try and play it off all he wanted but she knew he was worn out and exhausted, the look on his face gave it all away. Why couldn't he just rely on her a little bit? She didn't mind, in fact she minded more that he wasn't letting her help. "Defenseless? When we get home I'll kick your butt without Ki if you want to see how 'defenseless' I really am," Yumi taunted with a wink and smile, becoming a little more serious at Viral's uneasy expression. "There's security as long as you're with friends you can trust. You don't have to worry, if one of those things come after us I'll take care of it." Nothing else was going to harm Viral, she'd tear anything to pieces that tried to so much as lay a claw on him. Just to be sure they weren't being followed she lifted her head and sniffed at the air, smiling when a familiar scent was found nearby. Just around a bend came Orion, followed closely behind by quite a few of the villagers and Eris bringing up the rear. Apparently they hadn't been all that far off at all!

"Ah... And there's our commander and his woman," Orion pointed out with a smile, ignoring the shout of discontent from Eris as he waved to Yumi and Viral. Indeed the villagers hadn't been too far off, merely a moment's walk from the battlefield stashed away in the cave. He wondered if perhaps they had been meant as bait and to lure them into an enclosed space, somewhere that the overwhelming number of beasts they had fought would have been impossible to deal with. Thankfully they had come along before that had happened otherwise they may not be celebrating their victory right now. Stopping before Viral he nodded before gesturing back to the near two dozen villagers they had with them, smiling slightly at their find. "They say only two were killed in a fight when they were taken, otherwise this is everyone. We've good fortune finding so many still alive, have we had any luck on opening the portal?"

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

The timer is ticking boy, do not fail us >:o

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

I hear it's fatal 100% of the time :o Nasty disease.

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

Had time, made a post :O

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

"Of course, it's the best course of action for us, "And grass whistle...? What do you.." Nymira let it go when Zander and Geoffrey left ahead of them, shrugging off the comment and looking at the others still left. "It appears Amuné should be in this area, so finding each other shouldn't be terribly hard. Try avoiding going in on your own, we don't know the strength of our enemy yet." Or if there were Magi with them. Prior to her journey she had been in the understanding that Magi were rare among people even in the more populous areas but somehow she'd managed to come across near every one it seemed.

Splitting up to search seemed like a fine idea, more eyes in more places meant finding Amuné faster. Having Cecil along for his group would be nice too, the guard wouldn't know what Amuné looked like even if he did see her. "You got it, no fighting until everyone's there," Ethan agreed with a nod, casting a glance in the direction of Zander and Geoffrey. They were already off but he figured they'd know as much, a bow and a staff probably weren't suited for taking on a bunch of armed slavers. Slapping Cecil on the back he grinned and gave him a thumbs up, ready to get started in earnest. "How about it then, let's go find her!"

"Don't do anything stupid, we don't need a second or third person to rescue," Nymira reiterated with a glare in Ethan's direction. Satisfied everyone knew what to do she sighed before motioning for Asta to follow her lead, leaving the rest to their own devices. Was it bad she could picture this going terribly wrong? She'd like to trust the ability of the others and their judgment, though Ethan's making friends with everything and Cecil's lack of knowledge on most matters troubled her. That wasn't even including Geoffrey and Zander, both who were largely unknowns still. And then there was Asta, a woman she had quite literally just met.

"I still do not understand why you're helping us," Nymira said bluntly while keeping her gaze forward, scanning nearby buildings for movement, "I understand Amuné is one of your people but you've no connection to her. I may have lied earlier when I said I'd do the same for one of my kind, why should I risk myself for a complete stranger? Just because we're of the same race?" Ethan had the same inclination to try and help wherever they could, it would be a damned miracle if no one died because of these jobs of his. It wasn't even like they were beneficial either as Nymira was still trying to meet with her first dignitary: the mayor would have counted if he hadn't come down with a sudden case of death. "If you're wondering why I wanted to keep you with me is because frankly I do not trust you, and I do not trust you with any of them."

Having an area to search instead of wandering was nice, it saved them the headache of trying to figure it out themselves. That being said it did little to alleviate Ethan's main problem: he still didn't know the area at all, hardly helping his lack of directional skills. Thankfully the guard had been sent along with his party just for that, and in retrospect now he understood why Nymira had grouped them up. Hardly a minute into their effort and he'd already been turned around once while almost leaving the area, acknowledging the favor with a bashful grin.

"She's got to be around here somewhere, it's killing me not knowing where though," Ethan said as he stopped at another building, wiping away grime and peering in through the windows. A rundown home with cobwebs over much of the furniture, no one was in there either. Stepping away from the glass he wiped off some smudge from his nose and looked to Cecil for some help. "Any ideas? I mean if there's more than one person then they'd have to have a big building, right? You can't cram a lot of people into a tiny house like this," Ethan mused, rubbing his head as he glanced back at the home again, "So... Maybe we should just look for big places?"

The guard glanced down at Wyth pacing nervously at their feet, assuming that this animal bust belong to the girl they were looking for. "Can he help us find the girl?" he asked, kneeling down and holding out a hand for Wyth to sniff, "I know moorcats don't usually track people but if he's the girl's pet then he'd recognize her scent, right? If we had some hounds this would be much easier..."

What were those bastards chattering about now? They were told to sit in the cell and be quiet so why were they talking? Grumbling incoherently a ragged looking man got out of his seat and took another hearty drink of his ale, belching as he approached the cell door. "Oi, shut yer traps in there, I can't relax with you lot yapping away," he shouted, banging his mug against the bars and spilling the liquor into the cell, "And quit your whining girl, you won't be in here forever. Nah, come morning we're grabbing ya'll and heading out of this town, gonna be selling you off to the highest bidder by this time tomorrow. So don't get too comfy, you'll be leaving soon!" Chortling with laughter he turned and went back to his seat, but not before leaning down to grab up a slip of paper that had come off the desk. If they looked close enough one of the Ydrans may notice a ring of keys on his back belt loop, shining dimly in the light of the lanterns before he sat back down. "Maybe if you're good I'll even get ya some water! Wouldn't that be a treat?"

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

If we're wondering who is posting next it's either myself or Scout. I'll see if he's available to do so, otherwise my turn :3

Edit: That being said expect a post either tonight after work or early tomorrow, gonna be busy this afternoon.

Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

"Er... Sorry, a bit of grim humor. And in all fairness they're likely fighting hordes of those creatures, it's a safe assumption they aren't having a good time," Vegeta pointed out, "But as I said I'm confident they're fine, they're plenty capable and work well together." Chatter aside they still had to try and locate Yumi and the others and thus far only the faintest of traces had been picked up. How detecting energy beyond the rift worked was anyone's guess as they had never done anything like this before, not with a living being. "Well yes, it's a guess. We've never done this before, nothing we're doing right now has any certainty, it's all theory. And you'll do fine, that I am certain of at least. If we can open the portal then everything that follows is easy." There was that factor though, the if: no one knew if they were even capable of opening their own portal to the other side. Given the inevitability of their being unable to then it fell to Yumi, Viral, Eris and Orion to find a means to get themselves back home, in enemy territory and possibly with an entire village to protect. Things did not bode well if they failed.

"We could always cut your hair if you wanted, you know. I was thinking of getting mine cut at some point, it's getting kind of long," Takeshi suggested, glancing up and tugging on one of his bangs with a frown before slicking it back into place, "I know you can do it buddy, and you know why? Because I'm faster than those things too and when we train together you run circles around me. If you can avoid me then you can definitely avoid those things, no problem. And you know... I'm not exactly not afraid of those things, I don't want to be their snack either. But you've gotta fight them you know? I've gotta keep myself safe, I gotta try keeping you safe and I've gotta try keeping my friends safe, and I know they're going to do that for me. I'm kinda used to thinking its just me on the field when we're fighting, and it's all on me, but... You gotta remember other people are there too, right? I don't know, I guess that makes me brave even when I'm scared." Aside from the fiasco with the big bug from before but Takeshi was hoping Shu wouldn't bring that up with him.

Viral likely needed the rest but Yumi couldn't stay here, it stunk too much of blood to be comfortable. Even without her heightened senses it would probably be awful and having sensitive smell made it even worse. Grabbing Viral to lend him support she lifted him to his feet again, trying to lead him in the direction Eris and Orion had traveled in search of villagers. "Yeah, my Ki doesn't work here, I don't get why. And why would it be inconvenient?" she questioned, giving her friend an earnestly perplexed look, "I just said I can fight just fine without it. It's nice to have sometimes but I'll survive without Ki. So it's not inconvenient, in fact I might even prefer it. I get lazy with Ki." It was easy to not have to dodge or fight up close when you could fly and blast away, yet that wasn't all there was to fighting and sooner or later it got up close and personal again. Taking it slow to now push Viral too hard she nodded at his comment about the stench, wrinkling her nose before smiling. "You're probably sore and almost burned out, I am too. My whole body hurts and without Ki I can't avoid having to move, but it's okay because we got through the worst of it," Yumi said as she looked at Viral cheerfully, "And we're all okay, even if we're exhausted."

Pushing through the open land with so many people to protect was a little nerve-wracking, especially after dealing with so many creatures. For extra precautionary measures Orion kept in the lead while Eris went to the back of the group, it being the best they could do between the two of them. Even Eris for all of her usual excitement around battle was being cautious now, not liking the lull that followed such a big fight. Something must have caught wind of what was happening and yet they were utterly alone out here, not a single one of those creatures in sight. Only once they were back in their world would she let her guard down, their job was to protect these people and she wouldn't forget that, not for a second. How did Viral and his people treat failure? With beatings? Days without food? Solitary confinement? She would rather not find out.