T’charrl felt pretty relieved over that, the thought of others knowing what he was and what happened to him made him very worried about making any public appearances; however, they will probably figure something was strange because of the strange additions on his body, prompting rumours about his endeavours and what he’s truly been up to. Frowning when she released him he stared up at her, feeling just that slight worry that she was hiding her true thoughts about his appearance. She was probably still concerned about his appearance, but he shouldn’t care about that right now; all that mattered was he was with his mother again and able to hug her, of course. Letting out a sigh as he slowly rubbed at his arms he felt pretty embarrassed being called a champion, feeling like he cheated to get to that title; the others could had easily done it instead of him considering they were Saiyans, after all. “I only travelled outside our world because I had to, otherwise I would bring shame to the family”, he muttered, looking away for a moment, “I only hope I don’t do that now that I’m back…”
Feeling like he might had spoken a little too much it was clearly evident when his mother suddenly turned her attention to the Captain, gasping a little under his breath. T’charrl immediately turned his attention towards L’esta, standing on his toes for a moment before slowly stepping back as L’esta tried to make excuses for his actions. While they were pretty valid excuses he didn’t think his mother would stand for them and evident enough she immediately slapped him before he could try and apologise. Feeling a little guilty about it he lowered his head, pulling at one of his antennae and slowly stroking it. Looking up at her as she gave him a half embrace, giving her a little smile before looking away again. So long as she didn’t find out about the injury L’esta gave him everything would be peachy, but as she gave the offering of dinner he gave a little raise of his claw. “Uhh M-Mother, while that’s being prepared is it okay if I get checked out by Doctor Renthal…? I don’t feel great even though I’m hungry so it’s just for a quick check…”
Shu was pretty happy that everything was working out and hopefully everything was going to be okay, but when L’esta was accidentally called out he could only watch curiously as he tried to validate his actions. Looking to Takeshi quickly he squeaked when he heard a slap, only giggling inappropriately at it instead. He didn’t mean to be rude but it was funny seeing a big tough guy like that getting slapped for talking too much. Smiling up at Takeshi cheekily he soon took his attention back to the Queen, hearing her mention a meal for them. Bouncing on his toes all happily he looked up at Takeshi again. “Yay! Food! Friend is very kind with nice Mother, yes? What might we get…?” he asked out before looking to T’charrl, hearing him ask about seeing the doctor first like planned. He did wonder if the doctor knew about his condition too, but it certainly would be something to ask about. “Does Doctor know? Maybe he know what might be wrong and why the funny feeling all the time…”
Viral didn’t want to be revealing too much to Vegeta and Yumi about what he wanted in the past and was quickly wishing he never mentioned it, finding it all to be a little too much pressure. He just wanted the subject to move on but they were now trying to show kindness to get him to say what he originally wanted. This was just embarrassing. Growling lowly he kept his eyes off Viral, trying to put it off. “You wouldn’t had helped me! You’re just trying to win my favour back by saying you would’ve, helped me…well it’s not working!” Getting annoyed at Vegeta probably wasn’t the correct thing to do but he really was rather angry that he was being called out for wanting a few wishes. Nothing was going to change now; he wasn’t getting any wishes. Folding his arms somewhat awkwardly he continued walking on, getting rather annoyed that Yumi was intent on joining in on this too. As far as he was concerned it was anything but special and was simply something he wanted when he was caught up in the moment, his freedom soon changing his wish into something incredibly focused for a creature such as himself. With the Dragon of Earth having the power to deliver two wishes he had two he wanted most even if one was a little selfish despite what the others thought. Getting all embarrassed and flustered over Yumi trying to convince him to tell them what he wanted he let out a groan, shaking his head. “Since when are you two so nosy?? You don’t need to know my wish or anything I might had wanted in my life! Besides…” he paused, looking around before suddenly making a dash into the trees, leaping away, “You can’t catch me to find out!”
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"It doesn't matter why you traveled really, only that you did it, and that took a lot of courage. I can't even begin to guess what you saw, T'charrl. I'm sure your father will be excited to hear from you as soon as he gets back. As for shaming... You've never done anything to shame us before, so why would I think you might now? You've made your father and I nothing but proud." She was not however wholly proud of L'esta, not in this moment. The vague details she had gotten about what had transpired earlier earned her Captain a good slap, and it was one that he accepted willingly, meaning he knew he had messed up. While it did not make her feel terribly much better she hoped it at least got her point across, that the Captain had to be more reserved in the future towards those he was confronting. Hostility would only lead to problems, things had to be solved peacefully to prevent chaos. Returning to T'charrl's side, Eslaria smiled down at him, nodding her head. "I was going to suggest the very same, so yes, you may. Just be sure to come back as soon as you are through, I would like to know what he said to you." Then, looking over to Takeshi when asked the Queen nodded her head, her smile waning slightly. She had no issue with more guests arriving as they were responsible for her son's return as well, but she would have preferred if they accompanied him too. "Your friends may come, yes, but be sure they are not late. I'm sure T'charrl is ready to eat and I do not want to keep him."
Takeshi almost thought they were going to get shot down there, but to his relief the Queen was okay with it. Calling everyone over to the Lower City would take a bit of time, especially since he wasn't sure who even knew where this place was. Yumi maybe, but she was likely the only one of the bunch. If she didn't remember how to get here then they'd have to go get everyone themselves, and goodness knows that might take a while. Either way it was going to take a little while seeing as they were going to see the Doctor about T'charrl's condition. Not a bad idea, just because he looked alright didn't mean he was, and there was that wound on his back to worry about. Just the gel that L'esta had used early looked to do wonders in healing it up already, but it never hurt to be safe. "I'm not sure if the Doctor will know or not, only one way to find out," Takeshi said with a nod, "We can hope he does, otherwise we'll be out of luck again." Speaking of, was Shu referring to himself, or to T'charrl? The little guy was a little vague, though whichever one he was asking Takeshi couldn't be sure regardless. He was much more optimistic when it came to Vegeta checking them out, or even that little doctor guy on their ship than he was of Renthal doing them some good.
Vegeta had never known Viral had a wish, and now he was adamant about finding out just what that was. It could well be out of his power, or it could be simple enough to grant, he had to know. Not only was it a chance to get a bit more personal with the Beastman, but also an opportunity to perhaps help his mood improve. If Viral were to learn others would help him attain his with then with luck his mood might improve some. "Don't be unreasonable... I chased you because I did not know your intentions, nothing more. Had you mentioned you were going to make a wish I'd have supported you, because I see no harm in that. It was a simple matter of asking a question, that's all you needed to do, Viral." There had been concern the Beastman might try to destroy the Dragonball, or even hide it from everyone else. Now that he knew the full story of what had transpired Vegeta couldn't help but wonder if some of his employees might be concerned Viral had been helping the RRA too, which thankfully were unfounded concerns now. In a bit of an unusual showing his friend became both embarrassed and flustered, something rarely seen out of Viral. Then, in an even more unusual display he took off, as though trying to run from having to answer such a simple question. Watching for a few seconds a bit baffled Vegeta snapped to when slapped on the arm by Yumi, quickly giving chase. "Viral! Come back!"
This was really weird, why was Viral being so defensive? Every single one of them had a wish, and most of them had made theirs known already so it wasn't like he was the only one with a wish. On top of that he wasn't the kind of person to seek to oppress others, nor was he selfish, so Yumi was confident his wish couldn't be a bad one. That in addition to being as close to him as she was made her all the more want to help in achieving his wish, whatever that may be. A bit disheartened when he went running off she quickly gave chase, bounding alongside Vegeta as they tried to keep close. "We will too catch you, and then I'm making you tell us!" Yumi called after him, smiling a bit amused. It was almost like they were playing a game of tag; Viral was never known for a playful side, so this was quite a bit different. Obviously there was more to it than a simple want to play as he was flustered, but she liked to think of it that way. With Vegeta taking the ground Yumi jumped up into the trees, bouncing across branches as she tried to find a way to pounce on the Beastman.
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T’charrl shook his head, not entirely certain if she was just sugar-coating the past with that claim. He had done a lot that wasn’t exactly ‘Princely’ like getting caught, coming home beaten to a pulp, sitting all by himself out in the gardens while all the other kids were playing. The most he had done was complete his training with the Captain and become a scout in the army, but other than that he was the weirdo kid that couldn’t make friends and chatted to himself in the gardens. “Mother…you don’t need to pretend I didn’t do lots of stupid things”, he sighed, scratching his cheek, “I’ve not exactly been the smartest kid in the city, after all”. Getting excused to go to the doctors was probably the best thing now that Takeshi and Shu had gotten talking to his mother too, worried that she might get annoyed at them for failing to help him properly. At least she seemed to be calm and still caught up in the happiness of his return, all except for hitting L’esta that is. He was hoping his wound was not visible anymore and had healed up pretty well, but there was no way of knowing until the doctor checked it out. Giving his mother a quick smile he slowly moved his feet towards the door, trying to look normal while remaining turned towards her giving a little bow before trying to walk to the door. While he did manage to get one foot in front of the other he soon found himself leaning forward, his arms waving in front of him to try and stop himself from falling over. Managing to catch the door he looked back to his sprawled feet, slowly moving them together before he let out a sigh, holding out his arm. “May I have some help, please…?”
Shu was pretty happy for his friend, especially when everything had gone a lot better than he had initially hoped. His friend was so worried over meeting his mother but turned out he didn’t need that extra help and was instead left to cuddle with his mother and retrieve good care from her, even getting the chance to go to the doctor like he wanted to before he got his food. It must’ve been exciting for him, but he’d never know what that was like when he was without a mother himself or any form of loving parents. The most he had was his friends and while he could say he was happy he had been reunited with them after being captured by his own father he couldn’t really remember the feeling, especially when he wasn’t well enough on one occasion to remember what it was like to see Takeshi again. It was probably a nice feeling when he got down to it, but it wasn’t something he’d be able to recall if he was asked about it. Smiling up at Takeshi he nodded, bouncing happily on his feet. “We can always ask if he doesn’t tell too much to others! It will make things better”, he smiled before squeaking when T’charrl suddenly came flying in from the side, managing to stop himself from falling but by looking at him he might as well had. Smiling a little at him his attention soon went back to Takeshi, giving a smile. “You should help friend! I’m too small”.
Viral was not up to telling them anything personal ever so what gave them the idea that he’d tell them something now? It was definitely one of the more embarrassing things he would have to say and he wasn’t exactly happy about talking about himself in general. Rather than going into it and telling them something he wanted to be special for himself he bolted it, not wanting to deal with this discussion. Maybe he could wear them both out so that they wouldn’t have the energy to ask him what he wanted out of the Dragonballs, hopefully causing them to forget this whole discussion. Jumping away with a quick bounce into the trees he moved quickly along the branches, making sure to take large leaps that they couldn’t possibly make without expending Ki or something to wear them down. Looking back when Yumi called out to him he grunted at her words, darting off in another direction. “You are both too nosy for your own good!” Taking another big leap he soon landed on the ground, darting off to the left and running around a large tree before climbing up it with several jumps, trying to use its large trunk as a method of hiding from sight and making them assume he continued running away. He was very quick at jumping up it, his claws certainly helping him with climbing compared to what it used to be like but to make sure his plan was correct he made it to one of the branches, looking down and around to see where they might be incase he had to make another quick escape.
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There may well be some chiding later for T'charrl, particularly over never getting in touch with them, but that could wait. Even Eslaria knew when to hold back her aggression, especially in the face of her son, and she would try not doing it before his friends. They must be awfully important to him given he'd always had trouble making friends of his own, so the last thing she wished to do was scare them off. That being said she was sure a little fright wouldn't deter them too much; scaring the Saiyans may even do some good, keep them in line. But that was later, for now he should be getting off to see Renthal for a check-up. "I would hardly say what you've done is stupid, T'charrl. And tell me... Do you honestly think that every adult here has never made poor choices before?" the Queen asked, smirking as she leaned down and whispered, "While I was still a princess I drank too much fermented juice, and the next day I woke up in another city-state with my friends, having no recollection of how I got there. So believe me, you've done nothing wrong." Let that be a tidbit on how to really mess up, though she hoped he wouldn't recreate her past. Waving off T'charrl she watched him slowly move to the door, cringing slightly when he nearly toppled over.
The doctor wasn't anywhere near as intimidating as the Queen was, so Takeshi was actually looking forward to this. There was the little bit about getting their friend help too, that certainly made this a worthwhile trip. Moving to the side to let T'charrl through the doors he paled a bit when the guy nearly fell over, looking at him worriedly. Shu was quick to act, and the older boy hardly needed to be told twice to help. Nodding his head Takeshi moved over as well, getting an arm around T'charrl and straightening him out. Unfortunately for him there was a brief second when his arm brushed against the wings of his friend, causing his body to shudder slightly and break out in goosebumps. Hiding the disdain on his face quite well Takeshi smiled encouragingly, helping to get their friend moving back to the hallway. Behind them he heard L'esta give out directions, throwing a hand up appreciatively as they disappeared from view. "Your mom seemed pretty happy about you being home, I don't know what you were so worried for," he said, "Must be nice, huh? When do you think your dad's going to be around? I'd figure the guy is probably going to find out pretty soon, huh?"
Vegeta had no idea why Viral was acting so unreasonable, running off as he was. Surely whatever his wish was couldn't be that bad, could it? He was in the same position as Yumi where he couldn't imagine Viral wishing for anything bad, and even if he tried they could stop him. It just had him so confused, he couldn't figure out what would be so embarrassing that the Beastman would rather run away than speak up; Viral never ran from anything, much less a simple conversation. Chasing after their friend Vegeta watched Viral land up ahead, cutting around a tree quickly to try and lose them. Following the same path he rounded the trunk at a high speed, frowning when he immediately noticed Viral was missing. Stopping hard in his tracks he looked around the area, trying to find any trace of the Beastman. It was possible that he had gone and hid behind a tree, there was no way he could have gotten all too far away. "Yumi...? Do you see him?"
"No! Not yet!" Yumi called back, a little ways behind up in the trees. Neither of them could see Viral, this was true, but maybe she didn't need to. She had other ways of finding someone, like tracking their scent. As it just so happened she'd spent quite a lot of time with her friend as of late so sniffing him out shouldn't be all that difficult, even for someone still learning the ropes. Stopping on a nearby tree branch she squatted down, lifting up her head and closing her eyes as she took long-winded sniffs of the air. Almost immediately she could smell Viral, but actually pinpointing him was going to take a second. Turning her head slightly to try and guess where the smell was strongest she finally settled on the large tree, opening her eyes and looking at it curiously. Vegeta was on the ground and he didn't see Viral, meaning the only place the Beastman could have gone was up. Smirking Yumi jumped across the gap, landing on a lower branch before jumping up off of it to a higher point. Not seeing Viral on this side she edged her way around, finally spotting him not far off on another spot. "Found you! Told you we'd catch you!"
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T’charrl couldn’t see his mother doing anything wrong in his eyes, knowing she was never the kind of person to do something she knew was reckless and wrong. She was the wisest person he knew next to his father. Hearing her speak of recklessness in her younger years was definitely a bit much for him to try and understand, finding it to be near impossible. The difference between her endeavours and his was she probably didn’t have a war raging on around her and couldn’t had been endangering her own life as much as he did. Even walking along was going to endanger his life as he nearly faceplanted into the door just on his way to the doctor. Trying to pick himself up he had to instead reach out and hope that someone was going to support him, letting out a sigh when Takeshi offered to do it. Looking to Takeshi he did feel him shiver when he touched him, frowning as he turned his head away from him and eventually turning it back with a nervous smile. He didn’t mean to make Takeshi act all funny over touching him, he didn’t need to help him if he didn’t want to. Looking back to L’esta his eyes soon moved back to Takeshi, giving him a little smile, “I was worried because I said I’d keep in touch…but I didn’t. I was too scared of what I looked like and her seeing me”, he spoke, letting out a sigh and lowering his head, “Father is probably going to come soon now that Mother knows I’m here. He would be with the other soldiers doing work. I wonder how much work he has to do now that the General is in jail”.
Shu was pretty happy either way, hoping for a nice little family reunion to happen at dinner. He did wonder why T’charrl had so much trouble walking, especially when he should be able to do so by now. Shu didn’t have much trouble going from bouncing around on all fours to walking on just his legs if he bounced around for too long, but then again it was probably a whole different case for T’charrl when he had been so different for so long. He wondered why he didn’t feel all that great either, but maybe the doctor might know what was wrong with his friend. Maybe it was the shock of changing back still getting to him; after all, he knew what it was like and how terrible it always made one feel. “Ooh! I wonder if Mister Doctor would want to have food too. It will be nice too unless there’s people to help. Ooh! I wonder if others will want to come to dinner! Miss Yumi and friends”.
Viral didn’t want or need to confront them about his wish, they had no right to try and get him to open up when he didn’t want to. All it was to him was a sign of weakness, one where he couldn’t find nothing but pity. He could easily make something up but they’d probably see through that. There was two wishes he had and both were pretty personal and supposed to improve his life, but one he soon found to be impossible to make even if he did ask the Dragon and the other would probably be more of a weakness than a benefit. Anything to improve his life would be seen as weakness or evil in other people’s eyes, but then again they probably don’t consider him to be strong anymore. Staring down from his post he almost got distracted by his own self-pity, rubbing his head momentarily before looking around, looking for where Yumi might had gone before gasping as Yumi sounded out, turning his head immediately towards her as he still held onto his head. Giving her an angry glare he immediately tried to jump away again, going for a long bounce away for the shrubs in an attempt to lose them again. “No you have not caught me!”
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"I doubt she cares all that much right now though, honest. You're back and you're doing much better, you know? I can't see any reason for her to be upset!" She'd taken a good bit of her anger out on L'esta, maybe, so they all should be safe for now. It would be a test to see that they don't go stepping on anyone's foot and ticking her off down the line, which Takeshi sure had a tendency to do. "The guy, er... Your dad is probably busy, but I'm sure he'll be around soon! I bet the minute he finds out he'll come back to pay you a visit. Let's just focus on getting you to the doc so we can get you looked at, yeah?" Hopefully it was nothing serious, it would be a big bummer to have T'charrl end up hurt after he had finally gone and changed back to his original self; being home would be pretty lousy if you couldn't enjoy it. Glancing at Shu he smiled, shrugging his free shoulder before scratching at his cheek. "I would think so... I can't see any of them wanting to turn down food. Maybe after you're all done we can give them a call, see what they're up to?" Takeshi asked, looking then to the Kaesstrian, "You wouldn't mind if Yumi and the others came along too, would you?"
Haku was kind of feeling completely out of the group again, like he really shouldn't be here. There wasn't a chance he was going to be able to find his own way back though, and given what they were doing he doubted anyone would want to take him back either. He didn't mind being here himself, but he got the impression no one wanted him around. Sighing to himself he lowered his eyes to the floor, twisting his fingers together uneasily as he walked behind the others. At the very least they weren't actually casting him out or sending him away, just not really interacting with him. That was fine, he supposed just being around someone else was a nice change of pace, even if he was in large ignored. Looking up as they spoke between themselves Haku felt a little lousy about that, about how easily they could talk about their friends because, well, they HAD some. Bah, why was he getting so sappy now? Giving a frustrated shake of his head he gave both his cheeks a smack, looking at the Princes and managing a faint smile. "Um... Is there anything I can do to help...?"
Viral could hide from Vegeta, but not from her. Using her nose Yumi should be able to not only figure out where Viral had gone but pinpoint where he was, and she managed to do just that pretty quick. With a knowing smile she jumped up into the tree that the Beastman was in, deliberating for a second before going around and stopping a little ways from him. So much for getting away, she could jump and grab him easily now! Or she might have been able to if he didn't yet again try running off, going low yet again. "Come on Viral! Get back here!" Yumi called, jumping down after him yet again. Seeing the bunch of bushes he had vanished into she let out a sigh, dashing straight on in and pushing aside branches as she went, snapping off plenty in the process. Nice as Kaesstra's forests were they were a real pain for chasing someone in, what with all the plants cluttered all over the place. "Just talk to us Viral! We won't make fun of you!" Yumi shouted as she ducked under a higher branch, jumping up to try and spot the Beastman.
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T’charrl didn’t think he could walk by himself quite yet but didn’t like the fact that he was making Takeshi feel uncomfortable. Maybe there was a way to save him some of the grief of having to touch him by asking L’esta to help him along, but the Captain was probably not going to come with them just to relieve Takeshi. He really did feel bad for putting Takeshi through all this nonsense with him when it could easily be prevented just by learning how to walk properly. He would soon get it but he still had balance issues and maybe the doctor could give him a cane to walk with instead. He needed to get his mind set on being normal and not the freakish creature he was before. He was so mad at himself for being stuck in that ‘slumping beast’ mentality for so long.
Staring down at the floor as he walked he let out a sigh before realising Takeshi asked him a question, his eyes turning to him quickly, “Huh? Uhh no, they should be here”, he spoke up, giving a little smile, “Yumi found me with Shu first and your other friend helped with setting up our communications. They should dine with my mother and father”. Truth was T’charrl didn’t know about their other friend, especially when he was such a reclusive. Maybe it would be okay if he had to come with the others, but if he didn’t want to then it would be okay for him to skip out. Feeling a little concerned over the possible outcome he lowered his head again, his eyes soon turning to Haku when he asked a question, giving him a little smile back. “You could try and contact the others and ask if they want to come over. I hope they say yes…”
Viral didn’t want to be caught, especially when they were still determined to get him to talk. He didn’t want to and he couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t leave it alone, only hoping all this chasing would wear them down before they could try and catch him. If he made them so fed up that they would get moody and forget he said anything about a wish then that would be fine by him. Leaping out of the tree he took quite a large leap, landing straight in some shrubs and immediately setting off again. She was certainly persistent unlike Vegeta who was quite happy to let her jump around after him. Not wanting to let her get the best of him he kept down low, getting down onto all fours eventually before twisting himself underneath a large shrub. He wasn’t willing to make himself completely obvious this time and hoped he could mask himself a bit better in the dense shrubs. He could see her from his position but did wonder if she could be able to see him, but of course with eyes like his she would have no chance of escaping his vision.
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Takeshi wasn't sure if they should invite the others or not, seeing as the Queen could get mad if a ton of people showed up. She more or less knew everyone but Viral and Vegeta, so maybe it wasn't going to be a bad thing if a handful of their friends suddenly showed up. T'charrl seemed to be of the same mindset, so hopefully it was alright then. "Yeah, alright then we'll invite them too. As long as Vegeta's not busy working, and Yumi's not running around with Viral that is." Not much they could do if the others were busy, though he wasn't sure what Kai, Choi and Kabocha were up to. Last he'd heard they went into the city and that was that so they were probably still wandering around doing gods know what. Takeshi was going to go ahead and make the call then and there, but hearing Haku ask about what he could do made him pause. The kid had been awfully quiet so far and now he was offering to help, go figure. T'charrl suggested doing the very thing he'd just been about to, meaning he didn't have to anymore. Shrugging his shoulder he lowered his hand again, smiling as he looked across at Shu. "You think Viral will come? I can't say I see the guy wanting to join us, you know? He'd be too grumpy for it."
Yumi was hard pressed not to let Viral get away, especially over something like this. Why he was so adamant about not sharing his wish she couldn't say, she certainly didn't see it as a big deal. While it could be something completely out of their power it wasn't impossible that they could somehow grant it either, or at the very least try to help him achieve his wish. None of that was possible however if he didn't share it with them, and right now that didn't appear to be happening anytime soon. Just as she had finally found Viral he ran off again, diving this time for the dense brush underneath. Groaning to herself Yumi looked over at Vegeta who at last was doing something, flying up over the bushes to try and spot out their friend. Figuring she would do her part as well she jumped out of the tree, landing right in the bushes as well. Crouching down in her spot she glanced back and forth, unsuccessfully trying to just spot him out before anything else. It was pretty evident he wasn't going to make this easy, even if she couldn't understand why that was. Frowning she let out a sigh, parting a few branches as she peered through them. "Viral? I'll stop asking, alright? Just stop running please?"
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Shu would be quite happy to have everyone over for dinner so long as they wanted to and everyone else was okay with it. Hearing T’charrl taking their idea into mind and offering to invite them all Shu couldn’t help but bounce on his feet, getting all excited over the thought of a possible dinner with everyone. Hopefully his parents would be okay with such a meeting, wondering if they would want to see how the others were getting on. Vegeta was already friends with the smart guy that they saw before leaving, especially considering he went away to see him specifically when they all decided to split up. He could imagine they would all be hungry too. Looking up to Takeshi he gave him a smile as he decided to ask about Viral, someone who T’charrl forgot to mention; then again, T’charrl and Viral did nearly nothing together so he could understand him forgetting about the Beastman. “Ooh, I don’t think he can be alone, can he?” he asked Takeshi, scratching his head, “If Mister Viral doesn’t come then Miss Yumi or Mister Vegeta won’t too. It would be nice if they all came to have some food and stuff, right? Poor Mister Viral never gets to hang out with us anymore because he’s all funny looking and stuff…”
Viral really hated talking about himself and talking about something as personal as a wish was just the height of annoyance for him. ‘Annoying’ probably wasn’t the correct term he’d use, but it was everything he hated having to do. He didn’t like talking about himself and he didn’t like it when people were so persistent about it either. It was something he never wanted to go through and until he got it himself then they were going to have to keep trying to figure out whether it was something they could find out themselves without asking him. Watching from the shrubs he kept fairly quiet, sitting calmly as he watched her scout for him. She wasn’t as good as she thought she was it turned out, obviously getting flustered at her inability to find him. Carefully watching her he waited silently to see if she’d find him this time, her back completely turned as she decided to check on the opposite side; however, before she could speak up in protest against his hiding skills and finding him she just gave up, deciding it wasn’t worth it. That was better, now he just needed to get out. Moving back a step he readied himself for standing, gently moving up but instead of simply standing his body instead decided to make a sudden leap straight for Yumi, trying to pounce at her instead.
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"Viral? I don't know really, that's for Vegeta to decide. I mean the guy seems grumpy and all, sure, but I don't see why he can't be alone." Takeshi responded, shrugging his shoulders again, "And to be fair he never exactly hung out with us before, you know? I'm pretty convinced he hates me and he just basically ignores you, so it's not like he's had a ton of reason to spend time with us. Even when I offer to train with him or something he doesn't want to do it." Getting Viral to do much of anything as of late was a real chore, though in a small way Takeshi could understand why. If it was anything like when he and Shu had been separated, all the anxiousness and distress that he'd felt, then it was easy to see why the Beastman didn't like doing much anything, even things he'd normally enjoy. "We can try all the same, but don't hold your breath for him to come along. I'm betting we won't see him until we actually get back to the ship." Which might be a while, probably past that curfew Vegeta had set. Not that Takeshi was paying much mind to that anyways, they had way too much they wanted to do to stick to some schedule. For instance, they should be coming up to the doctor any second now, and who knows how long that might take. "Say... T'charrl? Do you really think this guy can help you? We can always ask Vegeta, you know."
Haku wasn't sure when he should be calling the others, or if he was even the best one for it. If Shu or Takeshi were to call, or even T'charrl for that matter he could see someone answering, himself not so much. There wasn't much reason for anyone to hear him out, but he'd volunteered and been asked so he was going to give it a try. Reaching up and turning on his scouter he frowned for a moment as he tried to remember how to operate it; Vegeta designed his scouters differently than the Saiyans generally did, so it was like relearning the device all over again. Since everyone was on the same channel you couldn't really call just a single person, though it would only go through to those who had theirs active at the time. Praying that Viral and the others had theirs in use he pressed the call button, slowing his pace a bit so he wouldn't have to talk over the Princes. "Uh... Hello...? Vegeta? Yumi? Um... Viral? Anyone there?" There was a good chance he may just be outright ignored, especially since no one he was trying to call had any real reason to actually respond. If they didn't then someone else could call, he'd given it a try at least.
Yumi wasn't too certain where Viral had vanished to, only that he was still in the bushes. Had he run off Vegeta would have spotted him, meaning he was lurking somewhere down here with her. She tried to sniff her friend out again but found the bushes had a pretty strong odor to themselves, something with a mix between minty and bitter, if she was guessing right. Wrinkling her nose at the smell she let out a sigh, seeing no other way of getting Viral out other than by forfeiting the chase. She really wanted to know what his wish was, but if he was refusing to tell them then there was little that could be done in the way of changing his mind. She'd hoped that by calling it off Viral would come out, yet he was still not showing himself. Giving a frown she began to move out of the bushes only to freeze when she heard rustling, turning around to see if it was Viral. It was, but what in the world was he doing? Eyes widening upon realization Yumi lifted up her arms, giving a soft "oomph" when she was knocked to the ground, the Beastman on top of her. Squirming beneath the weight of her friend she looked up at him confused, trying to push him off of her. "Ugh... Viral! I said I was done! What are you doing?"
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Shu gave Takeshi a smile, shrugging his shoulders. “I don’t mind him ignoring me. He talked to me plenty when we were captured!” he nodded, bouncing a few times forward, “He’s all talked out with me! You don’t really like talking to him though, do you? You never talk to him! Maybe he doesn’t want to do it because he’s not feeling well? Do you know how he’s not feeling well? If I was not well, I wouldn’t want to do anything”. Shu knew how it felt to be bummed out and how it made you feel like doing nothing at all so he could imagine what his friend felt like, especially when he wasn’t getting the attention he had been getting himself. Maybe if Takeshi actually tried to talk to him more he wouldn’t have the problem of assuming he was wanting to be ignored. “It’s okay if he doesn’t want to go! I’m not going to be upset with him if he doesn’t want to, but still nice to ask, yes?”
T’charrl didn’t know what they were talking about when it came to their friend, but of course they never really talked much so he couldn’t try to defend either opinion. At most they could try and see if he wanted to come and if he didn’t then that’s fine, no fuss was needed. Maybe Takeshi really was insecure when it came to his friend, but in what way and why he didn’t know when he didn’t know their history. Hoping he wasn’t too far from Renthal’s office he looked to Takeshi when he was asked about his reason for seeing him, giving a quick glance down the corridor. “He’ll assess if I’m healthy as I am, but uhh…I-I’ll see Vegeta about everything else. I just don’t want to collapse in front of my parents because I have a fever or something else I can’t recognise”, he spoke before letting out a sigh, lowering his head slightly, “I did faint when I changed back. I don’t want to embarrass myself by fainting again”.
Viral didn’t mean to do what he did but by the time he realised he was already pretty in the zone, trying to pin her down after successfully pouncing at her. Throwing down his paws at her as they hit the ground he lifted one set of claws up but stopped when Yumi decided to shout at him and with one push he fell off her, landing on his arm. Grunting as he rubbed his forehead he moved backwards, pushing at the ground to sit up he looked around quickly, letting out a low growl as he moved to get back up to his feet. He didn’t know why he did that or what came over him, but he wasn’t going to draw attention to it and just ignore it completely. “Hmph! You’re such a baby…” he grumbled only to let out a gasp as a voice called through his scouter, instead immediately pulling it off and dropping it as if he had just picked up a snake. He was really on edge, he didn’t need something like that shouting in his ear.
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Takeshi couldn't answer Shu right away because he didn't really know how to answer him. Did he dislike talking to Viral? It was hard no doubt, but he'd be hard pressed to say he actually hated doing it. For the most part he didn't go out of his way to even try mostly because it was a moot effort, and the Beastman near always ignored him or dismissed him entirely. Frowning the older boy scratched at his head some, wondering if he should try given the others come down to join them. He didn't have anything to lose by doing so he supposed, and if it worked out then it would be okay. "I mean... I kind of get that? When you were away and I was being forced to do things even the smallest stuff was really hard to do, you know? And not just what father was telling me to do, but normal everyday things. If that's how he feels then I guess I can see why he's having problems." Of course knowing why there were problems and being able to do something about it were two totally different beasts entirely; Shu had issues, but Takeshi was utterly clueless as to help his brother. If he was incapable of helping his own little brother then what good could he do his friends?
"This doctor's pretty good then huh?" Takeshi asked, shifting his attention over to T'charrl. "I wonder if he can check something else out too while we're here..." Vegeta might be busy as of late, but with some luck Renthal wasn't. There was no way of knowing if the guy could do any of that mental stuff their friend did, but if he could then they should have Shu looked at. The little guy's problems hadn't just gone away overnight, and were perhaps just as bad as Viral's even if they were more concealed. His brother would never agree to going to see the doctor so they'd keep quiet on it for now, and hopefully the Kaesstrian wouldn't mind taking on another patient. Sending a smile Shu's way, Takeshi nodded to himself before coming to a slow, finally having reached the doctor's office. The door was slightly open and it was quiet inside, so he figured Renthal wasn't seeing anyone at the moment. Reaching out with his free hand to knock he paused when the small Kaesstrian came down to the door. Glancing downward he went to ask about T'charrl when he noticed the glasses the guy was wearing, and in particular how huge his eyes looked by comparison. Biting down on his lower lip Takeshi began laughing, really amused by how ridiculous it looked.
Huh, so these brats were back then, hm? And that meant that this peculiar looking boy with them was none other than their Prince; resemblance was close enough to T'charrl that it was easy to put that together. Narrowing his eyes at Takeshi as he laughed Renthal grabbed the clipboard from his hands and whacked the Saiyan in the shin, smirking satisfied as he promptly began hopping around nursing the bruise.
"Why if it isn't the young Prince! It was getting quiet around here, not seeing you every week," the doctor teased, pushing the door wide open and waving everyone inside. "I'd say what a pleasure it is to have you home but I'm sure that's worn itself out by now, so I'll save both of us the trouble. What are we here for today my boy, hm?"
Yumi was hard pressed not to hit Viral as she was tackled, simply on reaction alone. It was certainly startling, being attacked like that, and she couldn't help but think back to their time in the training room. In spite of her worries they were largely unfounded, as pretty quickly the Beastman got himself back under control. And here he was, calling her a baby and all after tackling her like that. Puffing up indignantly as a light hue spread across her cheeks Yumi managed to get Viral off of her, sitting up and pointing at him accusingly. "I didn't even know it was you at first! For all I knew that thing we attacked earlier could have come back for revenge!" she whined, folding her arms across her chest annoyed. Watching Viral to see what he might do next her eyes widened some when he tossed the scouter off in a panic, wondering what had been so alarming. She heard it as well but the voice was hardly threatening, or even loud for that matter. Reaching out and grabbing his scouter up she dusted it off, frowning as she offered it back to Viral. "What's wrong...? Why are you so on edge?"
Vegeta had caught most of what happened from above, and was ready to throw Viral off when he seemed to come to. They hadn't even been doing anything all that intense, unless a simple chase was enough to set the Beastman off, in which case he seriously had to reconsider the Beastman's treatment. If that was how Viral was going to react to someone he was close to then all the more reason to hasten the process of developing a cure too, unless they wanted things somehow getting worse. Sighing to himself Vegeta's eyes shifted to his scouter at the voice coming through, a little surprised to hear Haku speaking. "Yes...? What is it? We're busy," he said impatiently, glancing back down towards the ground. Hearing out the plan it took all of his willpower not to scoff at the suggestion, shaking his head instead though Haku could not see it. "We're busy, we won't be joining you unfortunately. You go ahead though, we'll figure out something up here in the meantime."
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Shu didn’t know why Takeshi wasn’t answering him quite yet, especially when it didn’t really take that much thought to assess how you feel about someone. Having Takeshi be a little hesitant over the condition of a friendship made him curious, but if Takeshi was going to be all like this then maybe he didn’t want to put in too much effort at all. They should really try and be friends if they were fighting together, especially when Shu didn’t like fighting going on within the group where tension was liable to get too high and they’d never win at anything. Takeshi sure did have a weird way of complaining when he couldn’t find a reason to why he was complaining in the first place. Tilting his head a little he smiled when he decided to answer, feeling a little confused over what his point was. “Ooh! Then maybe help with the problems if you want to talk to him? If you know then you can help, yes?”
T’charrl was fairly confident that Renthal would be able to give him something that’ll improve his quality of life temporarily, even if it was just a stick or something to help him focus on acting normal. He needed to try and figure out how to walk all over again apparently and he was somewhat managing, but he was also a little light-headed and figured that’s why he was having such a hard time with this. If he could clear his mind a little bit then maybe he’ll be able to properly present himself in front of everyone again. “He is a really good doctor. He’s been mine for a very long time”, he smiled, feeling pretty confident about seeing him, “Uhh, I’m sure if you have something to check up on he can do that too”. He didn’t know what Takeshi was talking about but it was his business so he wasn’t going to question him.
Finally arriving at the office he sighed upon seeing the door showed no sign of occupation by another patient. Giving a little smile to Takeshi he watched as he slowly opened the door, peering in as well as it moved from his vision. Sure enough there was Renthal looking as busy as usual, his relief that he was actually in there being pretty high. Giving Renthal a quick wave before looking to Takeshi in confusion when he suddenly started laughing. Not really sure how to take it he only watched as Renthal gave him a good knock, tilting his head as Takeshi hopped around before turning his attention back to Renthal. “I, uhh…I-I didn’t need help that much…” he mumbled before smiling a little, “I’m here for a check-up. Being in space for so long…I can’t seem to walk very well and I feel really weak. Maybe just a quick check-up and I’ll be on my way…?”
Viral felt he probably overreacted with the scouter, but it was a reaction he couldn’t help making and it happened so there wasn’t anything he could do about it. He felt fairly embarrassed very quickly after that and simply let out a groan, backing off and rubbing his ear. Too much was going on at once for him and all these overreactions was probably going to make them suspicious. Yumi complaining and acting like a child should probably distract her from his goings on; however, looking back at her after giving his ear a rub she was retrieving his scouter, cleaning it up before showing her suspicions. Giving an annoyed sigh he took the scouter off her, staring at it before simply letting out a grumble. “Hmph, nothing’s wrong”, he mumbled, looking away as he adjusted it onto his ear again, “I’m fine, I was just caught off-guard by this thing…” His mind really wasn’t clear enough to think up lies or reasons to why he was jumpy, but to him it was all due to reasons he didn’t want to discuss right now. Trying to bring himself down again he wiped down his hair, pulling out any leaves and twigs that might had got stuck.
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"Just because I know how he feels doesn't mean I can help him," Takeshi pointed out, sighing as he rubbed at the back of his head, "I got better when I got you back, but he doesn't have that, you know? He's got everyone he's ever been with, so he's not bummed because someone's gone. Unless he's upset about Vegeta's folks, but we're going to fix that." There was a nagging feeling that missing Vegeta's parents wasn't what had Viral this way, in fact he was sure of it. Maybe the same thing was wrong with Viral that was wrong with Shu, and certain things made him freak out or nervous. Vegeta had a name for the condition but for the life of him Takeshi couldn't remember it, only that it was pretty nasty. Unless he could figure out how to work with Shu there wasn't a chance in hell of him helping Viral any. All the reason to ask the doctor about it, the guy probably saw loads while working with soldiers. That was the plan, yet moments later during their first meeting in quite a while he was smacked with a clipboard, and pretty quickly the Kaesstrian went on Takeshi's crap list. Hey, it wasn't his fault the guy looked funny! Getting over the initial pain of being smacked he frowned at Renthal, folding his arms and huffing unamused.
Renthal only had to look at T'charrl to notice there was plenty bothering the boy. The way he carried himself, the fact that he seemed rather tired, everything about him was screaming worn out. Goodness knows what he had been through during their travels, and what was with his appearance? That was new, perhaps a side effect of traveling? Ech, suddenly he wasn't so keen on going out into space now. "You might as well have been here every week, hm! You were my number one patient!" the doctor said, "And I don't mean that in a good light boy. I'll give you the check up you want, but don't whine if I tell you to go lie down for a while, understand? I know your friends are here but what I say in this room is law, got it?" Despite his small stature he grabbed one of the Prince's hands and near dragged him to a bed, making the young Kaesstrian take a seat. Adjusting his glasses then Renthal went through the standard routine, checking blood pressure, heart rates and the likes. It only took a few minutes and when he was done the doctor nodded knowingly, giving his head a scratching. "Well... I'll be honest, everything checks out fine. I don't quite get why you're feeling weak. You've been eating, yes? Drinking plenty? Gotten sleep?"
"Uh... It could be he's still got his space legs..." Haku offered, having finally finished his talk with Vegeta. Getting a scrutinizing look from Renthal he shirked back some, frowning as he wrung his hands together nervously. "Well, you see... It's common in the Saiyan military, especially for those who don't do space travel a lot. Your body gets used to a different gravity or... I don't know, there's a ton of things that go into it and I don't remember. But basically his problem could be he just has to get used to being here again, that's all." It had happened to him his first few trips off of Kortal, and probably to most people in the military, Saiyan or otherwise. The really strong people tended to hold out better with changes in gravity, their bodies could handle it, his not so much. If that was the problem then really the only thing one could do was wait for your body to readjust, plain and simple. Being in lighter gravity made your bones lighter, really your body as a whole, and denser gravity had the opposite effect.
Renthal never really had dealt with space travel before, and certainly nothing called "space legs", but it made sense. It was akin almost to the pressure differences in the above ground cities and the below, namely at the highest and lowest points. There were definite differences between those two spots, and if you went from one to the other too quickly you could get disoriented quite a lot. That was altitude and not exactly the same thing, but in theory it sounded about the same. "So his body needs to acclimate to Kaesstra again... Interesting. I'd never have thought traveling in space would do that to you..." the doctor mused, scratching at his chin. Looking over at T'charrl thoughtfully he nodded his head, a small smile crossing his face. "I can offer some medicine to help rebuild muscle mass, unless you'd rather let yourself get used to it naturally. I should warn you it is experimental though, and the last patient I had take it ended up sick for a few days. But I'm pretty certain I've ironed out the formula."
"I don't think you're fine, Viral. People who are fine just don't tackle someone, unless you suddenly got a playful streak," Yumi said, raising an eyebrow accusingly. "You can tell me what's bothering you, you know that. If you want we can even send Vegeta away while you talk." Figuring there would be a fair bit of complaints from their friend she glanced up in his direction, narrowing her eyes when he almost looked like he wanted to speak before pointing up at him. "You. Away. Now," she added, "Uh... Uh... Away." He wouldn't go far, they just needed a brief moment of privacy was all so maybe Viral would feel more comfortable. Waiting until he was a good few meters away Yumi softened up some, looking at Viral and suppressing a giggle. He had leaves and twigs all stuck in his hair, and she likely did as well. Reaching up and running her fingers through her hair she found a couple, tossing them aside. "You know I won't make fun of you, or think less of you if you tell me," Yumi said gently, reaching up and plucking a twig out of Viral's hair, "So go on, talk to me. What's on your mind?"
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Shu didn’t pick up what Takeshi was hinting at with the doctor, only hearing him mention something else he might be able to get sorted and not thinking much about it. He was pretty happy that he was going to get T’charrl all sorted up and did hope that his friend would be better after all of this, especially when he seemed to be struggling a lot. It was probably pretty hard to fix something like a sudden walking problem due to a transformation, but from what he saw his friend just needed to get used to walking again and would hopefully be strong enough to go on by himself. It was so strange seeing his friend so weakened when he was so strong before, but hopefully with how quickly he managed to fix himself before he would be alright eventually as well. Finding Takeshi’s outburst to be most unusual he tilted his head when he was instead whacked by the alien, watching as he bounced around before giggling. “You silly! All jumpy-springy now!” he squeaked, bouncing a few times, “Maybe you shouldn’t laugh next time, silly”.
T’charrl didn’t know why Takeshi laughed, but then again he had been seeing Renthal all his life so saw nothing unusual about the glasses. He hoped he would be able to fix him up and not cause any further problems, but he did have a lot of faith in him as well despite his willingness to experiment with his treatments. Frowning as he was instead further put in his place, letting out a sigh. “I understand. I won’t disobey you. You know best”, he sighed, saying it as if it was routine to please Renthal. He really hoped he wasn’t going to get a lot of flack for whatever he had, but thankfully Renthal was more concerned with dragging him away than making fun of his ability to find himself here. Stumbling and near falling on his face he grabbed onto the bed as he was forced to sit on it, he watched Renthal as he checked over his vitals. Waiting until he finished he frowned when he found nothing wrong, opening his mouth to speak up until Haku immediately spoke up for him.
T’charrl hadn’t heard a thing about space legs before, his eyes instead going straight down to his legs as he gave them a little wiggle. It was an odd phrase but as Haku explained it a bit better he could see how that might be, finding the concept more believable. He did feel a massive difference with his weight depending on where he was but he didn’t think it would make a difference with how he walked. Maybe that’s why he was so top-heavy whenever he changed form, but that possibility just made him feel a little worried and wonder how he might had ended up if he wasn’t influenced by his space travels as much. Staring at the floor he soon looked to Renthal again, frowning at the offer of medicine. He knew it was coming and sure enough the fact that it was experimental arose again, frowning deeply. “Uhh, I-I don’t know. I can’t afford to be sick. Who else have you tested it on since altering it…?”
Viral was trying to not make a big deal out of it. He didn’t see why it had to be an urgent matter for them to sort out and not brush off. That annoyed him rather greatly since it usually meant he was in trouble. Letting out a grumble at Yumi’s suggestions he folded his arms and tried to ignore her, not thinking it was needing this much attention. Frowning when she decided to shoo Vegeta off he stared at her in anger. “It’s not that big a deal!” Getting all flustered at her insistence to talk about it he eventually let out a sigh, rubbing his head in mild annoyance at her. Seeing her copy his mild grooming too he frowned when she decided to help him, looking up to her hand before letting out an annoyed sigh, waving his hand at hers. “You’re always insisting I talk about everything, even if I ever sneeze…” he mumbled, looking away from her as he picked at his hair, “I just…went to stand up and pounced instead…no big deal…” He didn’t really want to tell her he immediately wanted to rip her face off once he was on top of her seeing how that would spoil her mood just that little bit more. He was already on thin ice when it came to his condition and if he told her something like that it would just cause unnecessary distress. “Is that all you wanted? Can I be left alone now?”
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Just because you were a Saiyan didn't mean being hit by mundane things like clipboards didn't smart, especially when someone struck you on the shin. Stupid doctor, if he didn't want to be laughed at he shouldn't look so ridiculous! Nursing his leg briefly Takeshi looked over at Shu, making a face at the fact his brother was amused at his misery. For a cheerful little guy he was awfully evil, always giggling and having a good time at his expense. Smiling tightly the older boy reached out and tried to tweak Shu's nose, certainly not amused by it himself. "Maybe you should stop bouncing before you slip or something," he warned, folding his arms again, "Didn't I tell you to stop bouncing earlier anyways? You're going to give yourself brain damage hopping around all the time, you squirt." Sooner or later Shu was going to have to stop, it was just silly. Maybe if he wasn't so sour right now over being smacked right now Takeshi wouldn't care, but Renthal had made him all moody and he was a bit snippy at the moment.
Renthal had absolutely no knowledge of how space worked, or what traveling through it might be like. Hearing it from someone who had been with the Prince and likely on quite a few journeys of their own put the matter into perspective, enough so that the doctor could even draw some comparisons. "Oh? Some handful of soldiers who were getting ill, going between the cities constantly day in and day out. The pressure difference was making them nauseous and their bodies were having trouble, so I offered some on a whim to see if it would help. Honestly the medicine started as something to help strengthen their body against the pressure, but I guess it worked as sort of a steroid... With side effects..." He couldn't be wholly at fault for that, it was an experimental drug after all. Truth be told as well it was work he was doing with some of Garesh's research, approved by Her Majesty and General Yusef for possible medicinal applications. Obviously they couldn't follow the formula to a tee as it was far too potent, and seemed to have a tendency to make the individual go berserk, but T'charrl wouldn't worry about that with such a low dosage. Seeing and hearing the uncertainty from the Prince, Renthal huffed and shook his head testily, "Never mind boy, it would be a shame to get you ill too. We'll just have to wait this out!"
"It is too a big deal. If it was nothing then you'd have no problem sharing it with me, or am I wrong?" Yumi asked, placing her hands on her hips sternly, "It's because something is wrong and you know it that you don't want to talk. Come on Viral, I might not be as smart as Vegeta but even I can tell something's eating at you." She wasn't being unreasonable in asking for an explanation here, especially not after being tackled like that. You didn't just randomly tackle someone unless you were Shu, it was normal for him to be weird like that. Raising an eyebrow as she awaited an answer the explanation she finally received was scarcely satisfying, if anything it was downright useless. Sighing to herself Yumi frowned, holding up a finger in Viral's face as she tapped a foot rhythmically. "Why did you pounce? There has to be a reason that you pounced. You don't usually do it just because, you're not random like Shu is. Were you having another one of those moments like before? I know it's not easy to talk about Viral, but we can't just ignore it when it happens. Unless you want to talk to Vegeta instead of me?"
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Shu found himself amused by anything that was unusual, getting all excitable at the expense of Takeshi’s pain. It was funny when the unusual happened like that, even if it was when Takeshi was getting hurt if just a little bit. Bouncing on his toes slightly he smiled happily squeaking when Takeshi took a grab for his nose. Pulling back and giving it a rub he giggled at Takeshi, instead slowly squatting into a waddle. “Okay! Okay, I won’t hop. I won’t”, he spoke quietly, giggling a little as he moved around on his knuckles before sitting on the floor. He was fine with not bouncing around but the only other thing he could think of doing was sitting down while his friend got assessed. Things sounded pretty good for their friend but there was certainly some problems from the sound of it. Their friend would need to be checked out properly or at least given a chance to rest before food.
T’charrl didn’t like making Renthal upset over denying him some experimenting, but T’charrl was also familiar with what some of the medicine did. Renthal was always concerned with advancing their current medicine which lead to these experiments of his. Whether he could withstand any side effects wasn’t the issue, but rather they were an unknown factor that made T’charrl a little nerves. Despite denying the medicine in a more dignified way it sounded like Renthal was really wanting to try it out still, even telling him what it was for and how it could benefit him. He was certainly trying to make him feel guilty over trying the new strain but T’charrl was still scared, trying to brush it off as he gave his neck a calming rub. He didn’t know how his body would handle medicine, especially when he wasn’t exactly like the typical normal Kaesstrian. Hearing Renthal finally give into his desires he frowned a little, looking down at the floor, “Umm…well, m-maybe after dinner…we can try the medicine…?” he muttered, half-hoping Renthal would forget about it after that length of time, “Maybe you can give me something temporary until then like uhh…like some crutches or something? I should eat before having medicine, right?”
Viral was certainly not wanting to talk about everything unusual that happened to him when it usually meant bad news and someone probably getting all upset over it. He knew a lot of bad things were happening and knew what was going to happen to him eventually so what was the point on fussing over everything. Being stubborn did have its downsides since it meant upsetting Yumi with it, but he really didn’t want to talk about this. Even though he was still on edge he was managing to direct it towards fixing his hair, his eyes remaining off her until she decided to force her finger into his vision. Giving her an annoyed glare as she continued to try and force it out of him he folded his arms tight, going a little red in the cheeks. It was certainly hard to keep quiet about it now that she was suspicious beyond all reason, simply making him feel guilty over not saying it. Trying to hold it off he soon let out a sigh, letting some of the built up pressure out but keeping his eyes off her. “I just…couldn’t stop myself. I wasn’t running a blank like I usually do and could feel myself going for you”, he muttered, raising his shoulders slightly, “I was…going to claw you, but you pushed me off…”
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It was a small wonder Takeshi actually managed to get Shu to settle down, normally the kid would be jumping every which direction right up until meal time. Of course just because Shu was done hopping didn't mean he was completely calm, as evident by the fact he was waddling about like he had soiled his pants. Rolling his eyes the older boy looked on in slight surprise when his sibling actually sat down, something that never happened. It was a miracle, Shu was cooperating for once! Grinning Takeshi walked over and reached down, ruffling Shu's hair teasingly as he did so. "See, was that so hard? Now I don't have to keep telling you to stop!" he said, placing his hands on his hips, "Try keeping the silliness to a minimum while we're here, okay? I don't want to give the Queen any reason to get mad at us." Or him, more likely than not. Wondering how things were coming along he ventured a look over at T'charrl and the doctor, glad to see their friend was getting a clean bill of health more or less. After all the trouble they had been through it was only right that T'charrl be healthy again, now if only Viral could have the same kind of luck.
Renthal really needed to test this medicine out, and T'charrl seemed the perfect candidate. If it worked in the way he hoped he would be able to supply their troops with it as a supplement, maybe make them able to carry out their duties longer without ever tiring! Sure there were a handful of substances which gave people energy, but that was superficial and wore off. Should this concoction of his work out the way he intended a soldier would be able to handle any kind of condition and not wear out, it was basically a super stimulant. Hearing that the Prince was not overly keen on the treatment left him a bit annoyed, turning sour as he shrugged it off. "Yes yes, after dinner. I'm happy to see your appetite is still there child," Renthal remarked, narrowing his eyes up at the Prince. Turning on his heel he moved across the room to a closet, grabbing a set of crutches out before delivering them to T'charrl's bedside. "I suppose you're right about the food, it will help circulate the medicine better. Yes, we'll do that instead, good idea! I've got a few appointments between now and then, but if I wedge in some time between them then maybe..."
"Er... After dinner we need to go back to the ship actually," Haku interjected, smiling slightly, "See, one of our group is sort of the boss, and he wants us back before long. We don't want to make him angry by not showing up, do we T'charrl?" None of them honestly planned to abide by the curfew, but damned if it didn't make a good excuse to get out of things. Hopefully the others didn't mind his lying to get the alien out of the pickle, it was plain as day that their friend did not want to take the medicine. Really who could blame him? Taking some tried and proven medication was one matter, but doing a trial run was nasty business, especially when the person taking it may have to fight or travel soon after. Some other poor sap was going to be stuck taking it then, but at least that person was local and wouldn't end up far away in some weird drug-induced state. Renthal looked to be quite annoyed with that tidbit but said nothing more on the matter, hopefully meaning they were clear. Haku looked over at T'charrl knowingly and gave a small nod of his head, placing a hand on his stomach, "What do we do before we eat then? Think we can get a tour of this palace?" He really did want to see it, the whole place just looked so nice and it was refreshing being in a palace that didn't make you feel like it was essentially a prison too.
Yumi had figured that Viral had another sudden lapse in control, and he only had confirmed just as much. It was hard to imagine what had caused him to attack, unless he maybe felt threatened over being chased. Odd, seeing as neither she nor Vegeta meant anything malicious by it, but that was the only thing she could imagine. Viral looked so bent out of shape over the whole matter, obviously not proud to be admitting it. Knowing full well that he'd hate for Vegeta to learn of it she had to call him back over, as this was something they really needed to address. "Viral... You keep trying to say you're fine but then these things happen. Look, I'm going to be straight with you, okay? You say you're fine but everyone else knows that you're not, the only person you're trying to fool is yourself. You can't keep rejecting us for trying to help when it's plain as day something is wrong. It just... It doesn't make sense!" This certainly wasn't her area of expertise, so after managing to flag Vegeta down she waited until he came back over, briefly filling him in on what had happened. In a way she felt rather bad, having betrayed Viral's confidence after just telling him she'd do no such thing, but this problem had to be dealt with.
"This is really getting out of hand... I don't want to count how many times this has happened now," Vegeta lamented, sighing as he rubbed at his head. The first thing he was thinking of now was returning to the ship and hurrying up on creating his cure, yet there was another matter plaguing him too. Haunted almost by the conversation he'd had with Choi he couldn't just leave Viral now, nor could he put the task on Yumi as he had been and hope it would work out. If this problem was ever going to be solved it would be by his hand, of that he had no doubt, but he couldn't be putting off the aspects of it he didn't want to undertake. "Viral, we're going to have a talk here and now. We can't keep dancing around the issue because you don't feel like talking about it, I'm sorry. We'll get everything out in the open and work from there, understood?" Glancing over at the Beastman he frowned, folding his arms sternly as he stepped closer. "And no excuses. If you want to know what I've really thought about all this I think you avoiding the subject is weakness. You're right, you are weak, but not in the way you imagine yourself to be. Look around you Viral, you've got nearly a dozen people all pushing to help you and yet you shut us all out. You have to learn to trust everyone around you and be comfortable with sharing what's on your mind, otherwise no medicine I make will be able to cure you. We're not here to hurt you, nor are we out to demean you or try to ruin you, we're only here to help. But until you get over this preconceived notion that we'll look down on you for opening up there will never be any progress made."
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Shu was going to settle down just this once just because of where he was and how Takeshi couldn’t actually talk to him more than telling him to calm down. Shu wanted to go and see his friend, but while he was getting checked out he would have to be patient. Giggling as Takeshi ruffled his hair he waved his hands around for a second, smiling up at Takeshi. “I’m not being silly! I’m being normal!” he nodded, wiggling his toes, “You mean not have her hit you too? I didn’t make Mister Doctor hurt your leg”. He was not to blame for what Takeshi got himself involved in or whether people hurt him, especially when he wasn’t talking or doing anything in the first place. Looking over to T’charrl he soon hopped along the floor, keeping seated most of the time and giving Takeshi a smile as if expecting him to be happy that he was still technically sitting down.
T’charrl wondered if Renthal would be happier with him making that decision and from the sounds of it he was, even sussing out that it was probably the best thing for him if he had food. Smiling nervously at Renthal as he rambled about the food he sighed as he took hold the crutches, letting out a sigh as he got comfortable with them before his eyes went to Haku, frowning a little at his words. Giving a glance to Takeshi and Shu he soon looked down at himself. “Well uhh, I was kind of hoping I could stay with my parents tonight. It’s my first time back home in a long time and I kind of want to be with them for now. Is that okay with you all? I think I have myself under control”.
Viral didn’t want to admit his weaknesses or what was possibly happening to him as things got worse, especially when things were going so well before. Everything he did just had to go wrong for him, there was never a time to be glad something turned out for the better anymore. Admitting what he had done and what he was going to do was just too much for him to admit but Yumi had managed to force it out of him even when he wanted to hide it. Glancing to Yumi momentarily he let out a sigh and looked away again, keeping his arms folded as she could only tell him how flawed his logic was that he was fine. Even when he tried he couldn’t try to be positive about what was happening to him and constantly he was having that drilled into him, but even after her telling him off she quickly decided to break her little private talk by telling Vegeta to come over. “What doesn’t make sense is you wanting a private talk but then letting Vegeta in on the whole thing! It’s always the same…”
Not feeling in the mood to be chastised by Vegeta right now his arms remained folded as he was once again spoken to like a child, finding the whole ‘this is getting out of hand’ to be getting really old now. Of course, it was already out of hand when it started getting worse and he didn’t need reminded of that over and over again. Eventually sighing as his mood could only drop he soon went back to rubbing his head, not enjoying this little talk even if it was important. He knew he was breaking down and getting worse but it was getting to the point of ridiculous how much it was starting to happen. Keeping his eyes off him he soon looked back only to have to step back as Vegeta took one forward almost as if he was seeing it as a threat. Giving Vegeta an angry glare before only looking away again he let out a low growl, clenching his fists. He didn’t want to have to tell people what was on his mind, especially if it meant he was only going to end up nowhere near better off because of it. There was always going to be a lot on his mind and he was always going to be embarrassed about telling anybody anything, but not much was going to change that even if he did speak up about it. “I know you’re trying to help. I see no reason to open up despite how easy it all sounds to you because why? Why should I say anything? What benefit is that going to give me? It’s not going to retract what’s happened to me or make my condition any better so what’s the point? Progress will be made when you figure out how to treat this and then that’ll be the end of it. If that’s how it must be then why am I out here when I’m putting you all in danger by having anyone near me? If you and everyone else is getting angry at me then just forget about me. It’s not that hard”.
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"Normal for you IS silly, that's my point Shu," Takeshi repeated, rolling his eyes, "There's a time and a place for being a goof, you know? Now isn't it." Okay, to be fair maybe he was only trying to protect his own rear here, but you couldn't really blame him. The Queen looked to hit anyone that so much thought something wrong, meaning she was pretty lenient with who she smacked. If he could just go a single day without being hit for something stupid that would be nice, though that had already been soiled by the doctor. Reddening when he was called out by Shu, Takeshi huffed and folded his arms tight, looking away briefly before back at his brother. "What? No! That's not why at all!" Takeshi replied, becoming a bit embarrassed, "I mean, what reason would she have for hitting me, you know? I've done nothing wrong! I'm innocent darn it!" Knowing his luck he could be innocent or guilty, it didn't matter, he'd get hit one way or another. The universe just loved using him as a slap bag it seemed, stupid universe. Hn, was T'charrl done yet? They could go find something to do that hopefully wouldn't get them in trouble. Hearing out T'charrl's request Takeshi gave a smile, nodding and flashing a thumbs up, "Go for it buddy, we don't mind. Just call us when you want to meet up again, yeah?"
Haku didn't care much for his own family, he could take them or leave them; T'charrl cared quite a lot for his and was happy to be home. He was both confused and somewhat envious of this fact, but he wasn't going to spend too much energy worrying about it right now. He'd not voiced being hungry as of yet but he certainly was, and the sooner they could get to eating the better. Looking over at the Princes it appeared that at least Takeshi was on board with the idea, so then too was Haku. Giving a nod of his head he smiled slightly, not wholly sure what his approval really counted for here. There was no harm in spending a day or two here with family far as he could see, even if he wasn't able to understand the desire. In the meantime he supposed they would return to the ship, unless one of the Princes had something in mind they wanted to do. He was only along for the ride really, not having any idea what he might do were he not tagging along with someone else. Kaesstra was a whole new experience and he wanted to explore a bit, but confidence to wander out on his own was something Haku sorely lacked.
Vegeta was borderline ready to tell Viral to suck it up and do as he was told, which for obvious reasons would be bad. Why couldn't the Beastman understand the simple fact that they needed to know how he felt to fix it? Sure, depressed was obvious, but there were any number of underlying feelings that they were unaware of, all because he refused to open up. In order to fix the issue they had to get right to the source, not dance around it and hope they might blindly stumble upon the right answer. "Why do you need to tell me? Because my cure isn't a cure for your depression, it will fix your physical ailments. We have to actually know the real roots of your problems before they can be addressed, and you're refusing to speak about it. How do you intend for us to help anything if you don't speak to us?" He really was not getting it, and Vegeta was becoming impatient by that fact. Letting out a sigh he closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his brow before looking at Viral sternly. "Once you open up your condition only can improve, why don't you understand that? If we know the exact details then we won't waste time on senseless treatments and running about, we can work on what exactly you need and figure this out far quicker."
Yumi was at her tipping point as well, almost unable to listen to what Viral was saying. Did he honestly think they could help him as things were now? And what was this about forgetting him? Clenching her hands into fists she frowned, finally having to react somehow. Reaching out she tried to smack Viral across the cheek, tears threatening to come out as she looked up at him. "Just forget you? Do you have any idea what you're asking of us, Viral?" she asked, shaking her head disdainfully, "We love you! We care about you and we want to help you, and you want us to just forget you? We can't do that, no matter how many times you say it or how much you might think you want it, we won't. If you put us in danger, or if this makes it hard on us then oh well, we'll tough it out. Nothing is going to keep us from being here for you, and I mean nothing." It wouldn't take anything less than being killed to make her or Vegeta stop trying, and she liked to think the same could be said for the rest of their friends. It wasn't just about making Viral healthy any more either, everyone else needed this as much as he did. Sniffling softly Yumi reached up and wiped at her eyes with the heels of her hands, reaching out once more and placing a hand on the Beastman's arm. "We're not angry at you, please understand that. We're frustrated, but only because we haven't been able to help. We just want you to feel better, that's all. We're going to keep trying to do that, no matter what happens."
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