KillamriX88

Dragon Ball: Shattered Worlds

Have a post in the works but with the holidays fully upon me I might be hard pressed to sit down and finish writing it as soon as I'd like.

Royal Rumble!

@Hammerman

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Rurik shuffled off out of the main crowd once his dance with Christine finally came to an end. It... hadn't been much of a dance, and anyone who'd paid enough attention now though he was the scum of the earth. More so than they already had, anyway. Oh well, he hadn't cared about that kind of stuff before, and he certainly didn't now.

He watched as Christine went on to dance with others. There were those who might've glared at any men who managed to finagle a dance with their girlfriend, but Rurik wasn't terribly concerned. If anyone else thought it would be cute to let their hands slip, Rurik knew he wouldn't need to get involved.

They'd be fighting off a case of frostbite long before he would have a chance to do anything.

No, he was content to fade into the background for the rest of the ball. Well, as much as someone with five fake knives sticking out of their back could, anyway. Yes, he was perfectly fine riding it out alone and-

"Fuck me..." He swore under his breath as he saw Katherine walking in his direction. It was probably a coincidence. It wasn't like she knew he was over here. She'd just pass on by-

"Rurik," she spoke. To him.

"Fffff- What?" He grumbled through gritted teeth. Had she seen his slip-up? Did she want to give him a piece of her mind? "It was an accident. Piss off."

"Wh-? What was?"

". . . nothing. What do you want?" Bullet dodged, then.

"I've just... had a lot of time to think about things since that fight in the park."

"That's a lot of thinking." Rurik leaned against the wall, avoiding direct eye contact with her. "Let me guess. You got a headache?"

He watched Katherine take a deep breath, and then miraculously not bite his head off, "You did punch me pretty hard, but haha, no." She frowned. "I just... realized that even when I knew I was bleeding to death I couldn't stop myself from trying to break your kneecaps. I guess... I mean if that of all things couldn't stop me. Look, I just... I mean..."

"No, no, take your time, words are hard."

Another deep breath, "I'm sorry. I know I've been a bitch. Christine's tough enough to take care of herself. I don't need to be interfering all the time."

"Wow." Rurik nodded a few times, processing her words. "An apology?"

"Yes." Katherine fought to keep a straight face. "If Christine's happy, then... whatever I guess."

"An apology... after over a year of making my life hell." Rurik finally stared directly at her. "Well damn. Hey, maybe another few years and I'll actually give a shit."

"Wh-what?" Kath's eyes went wide and her jaw hung open. She'd swallowed her pride to say that! She'd even talked herself into accepting he was a decent fighter and not just some coward who was trying to leech off her sister!

"Fuck you, Kath," Rurik pushed off the wall. "I don't need your apologies. I don't want to be your friend. And I certainly don't want to see you around any more than I absolutely have to. Because you're right; me and Christine is our business, not yours." He made to walk away as Kath stood there, hand's clenched tightly and trembling as she tried to contain the pit of rage each word had fueled into existence. "Oh, and Kath?" She grit her teeth as she looked over to have. "Have a great night," he spoke with all the condescension he could muster, while her eyes quickly locked onto the solitary finger he held aloft.

With that, Rurik figured maybe the party was over for him.

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@AtomicNut@King Kindred@Chev@Double

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Velona felt a tiny smile tug at the corners of her mouth, "I see, well, yes... they... weren't all bad. I lived with-" But unfortunately her conversation with the saiyan woman would have to wait. The Supreme Kai had awoken and quickly she'd become at odds with the other saiyan who'd arrived. Rather than getting answers, it seemed they would first need to keep source of said answers from being obliterated.

Yaksha tried his hand first.

Velona really, really wished he hadn't. Her jaw dropped at his words. She was quickly getting the sense that he was someone with a short temper, or who at least was not taking their current situation terribly well. That was fine and all, she could relate, but this really wasn't the time for him to vent his frustrations!

"Um, you're very strong, yes? Um, if you don't mind..." She shot a pleading look at Maize, as well as tapping Ovaan's shoulder before hurriedly thrusting herself in the middle of the increasingly volatile situation. No one else wanted to keep their cool, so she would. For all of them.

Whether or not it worked remained to be seen, but Ovaan and Maize were hopefully on her side. She really didn't want her face to get melted off after all.

"Enough! Back off!" He furrowed her brow at Yaksha and even the Supreme Kai herself. It wasn't so much that they were in the wrong, but, especially up close, she could feel how dangerously close to perhaps literally exploding this woman was and if it took taking her side to prevent that, well, she would do it. She couldn't hope to challenge her, but maybe she could stop that from being an issue in the first place. She turned back to the angry saiyan, what was visible of her expression softening. "Please, there's been enough fighting already. I... I-I know what it's like to watch someone special to you disappear before your eyes... I know how much it hurts, but please don't take it out on them. I hate to say it, but... Yaksha here is right in a way. We've all... lost everything."

She tentatively held a hand out toward her, "You can... talk to me, if you'd like. Or we can put it all aside for now and just figure out why we're here. Just... please, no fighting." On the outside, she appeared remarkably calm, but it was taking everything she had not to tremble. Not from fear, but from the turmoil deep within as the act of empathizing with the saiyan threatened to bring to the forefront the memories she was trying to keep buried. "Perhaps you could tell me your name? I'm Velona."

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. . . OK yep, time for damage control XD

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<Snipped quote by KillamriX88>

I should have put comrade in arms xD Truth be told, I was in the best place mentally last night when I made that post. Got some very bad news last night that I'm not happy about.

@Chev

Oh. Sorry to hear that.

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@Chev That post is a little wonky not gonna lie.

Kai: She was your friend?
Tabaga: She wasn't just my comrade, she was my friend!

Kai: Bitch I just said that!

Got a bit of whiplash trying to figure out why Tabaga was getting so mad.

And I'm gonna see if Atom wants to post yet and then maybe we'll see if we can't avoid any more infighting for the time being. XD

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Humans are totally known in the Galaxy. I mean, what else could Recoome be? Or those orphan rebels that Gohan and Killin encountered on the way to Namek?

@Double

He's not human as far as we know. It's like in Star Wars or Star Trek. There are lots of humanoid races that might even look almost identical to humans, but they aren't. That's my assumption anyway.

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Well I like the name and it is a multi-verse soooo, my side of the multi-verse decided to name them that.

Prefer that non-canon name for the race then just calling them Freiza race all the time. As long as Chev has no problem with that of course in which case I can change that if needed.

@IceHeart

Admittedly "Freeza-race" is rather uninspired, yes.

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INHALE!

AAAAAKCHUALLY there is no official name for Freeza's race. Arcosians are a totally separate race, at best there being some speculation that they were of Freeza's race... but probably not.

Anyway, just my daily dose of "being that guy."

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@Double@PPQ Purple@King Kindred@Chev

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Not just a Kai but some sort of... supreme deity? Of all of time? If Velona's head hadn't been spinning already...

That wasn't even the worst of it. Rather, that part wasn't bad at all, so much as it was just difficult to comprehend. No, what really got to her was when the Saiyan woman mentioned "complete and utter annihilation." What exactly had become of her home, then?! Why her?! Why was she of all people brought here?!

A trembling began in her body as her mind began to drift off, but just in time she was once more pulled back to reality. Aforementioned woman was now speaking to her. Velona remained silent for a moment, refocusing her senses and honing them in on Maize specifically. While this power of hers was indeed on another level that Velona had never experienced before, she no longer had any doubts.

"Maize..." Velona repeated and then gave a small nod. "So, you really are a saiyan. I recognize that kind of name. Though, I must say, you are much more polite than the saiyans I'm used to. I appreciate that, considering I get the impression we may all be stuck with each other for quite some time. I am Velona, and my impromptu companion here is Ovaan, as well as... Err..." She looked over to the horned girl. "Actually, I never got her n-"

It was at that point that others joined them. Maize had mentioned as much, that others were in the area, so after a moment of surprise she was able to remain calm. Extending her senses out fully to encompass everyone, she was astonished to find that another one of them also appeared to be a saiyan. A saiyan who spoke in a rather cheerful tone, at that.

It was too soon to say for certain, even with regard to Maize, but... they were just so... different.

Yaksha had mentioned "timelines." Plural. Were these saiyans from some completely separate reality? Was that even a thing? Where she'd come from, the small group of saiyans she'd lived with had been effectively the only ones left as far as she knew, with the rest being destroyed along with their entire planet.

Hopefully this Kai would give them answers soon...

"Erm, something... like that, I suppose," she spoke to the newcomer, her voice just loud enough for her to hear. She was still doing her best not to think about it. She was barely holding it together as it was.