Kai was pretty bummed out about Choi and his relationship, knowing that either way it was not going to go well for him or Choi depending on what happened. If Choi ended up having Yumi dump him then that depression would come straight back to Kai as well and they would both be affected, or they’d still stay together and Kai would be left behind. He wanted Choi to be happy, but he didn’t know how he would cope himself. Frowning a little to himself, he looked to Takeshi and gave him a glaring at, not looking like he was enjoying that thought, “’Shop’?” he frowned. Feeling a little offended, “Are you suggesting I’m easy?” He didn’t want to have to pick up some random woman just because he was lonely, that made him sound extremely desperate. Feeling a little annoyed, he stared at Takeshi before he let out a sigh, “Look, I don’t know how you are with girls or whatever you might like, but I’d prefer I didn’t go out ‘shopping’ for girls just because I’m a little lonely. Have you ever done what you’re suggesting? Besides…I’d rather have my brother. Wouldn’t you say the same?”

Viral couldn’t say he cared much about being able to speak, especially when he wasn’t being listened to all that much; sure, Vegeta was responding to him, but everything he suggested he was shut down for it. It definitely made him annoyed at himself and Vegeta, but he was still trying to keep of sound mind when everything was coming down on him. He was struggling to hold his own mind together; he didn’t know what to do if he didn’t have distractions. Feeling annoyed at everything that was happening, he slowly shook his head before looking to Vegeta again, “What exactly could be worse? Fleas? I feel like an animal…a caged animal”, he grumbled, looking down again, “Have you ever wanted to do so many things but can’t because you’ll probably be put down? Because that’s how I feel right now!” He was definitely feeling a little stressed out; being unable to do anything was hard on his system and hurting him mentally. He felt contained and trapped, his mind and body unsettled. Grumbling, he looked to Vegeta before down at himself, his eyes gradually looking to his claws, “The thing about changing back…I don’t know how to do that without waiting for me to fall asleep, but that was only because I was so worn down last time after…whatever I did. I’m not tired! I’m stressed, and angry…and feel stupid…”

If Kai was so lonely without a girlfriend then they should just find him one! An odd thing coming from someone who had no luck with women, but it made perfect sense to Takeshi. With all the planets they were going to be visiting surely sooner or later they'd find someone that he might like. Or heck, maybe there was some girl on Kortal who could fall for him once this was over. He mentioned not being noticed before, but after being part of the rebellion and freeing everyone surely some girl would take note of Kai. "No, no I'm not suggesting you're easy! I'm suggesting we look, that's all. If you're dating and he's dating then you're both happy, right? I mean, you can hang out with your girlfriends together, so it's like you're still just with each other, only you've got girls." For the love of... They were hot-blooded teenage males, how was Kai NOT wanting to find a girlfriend? Sheesh, if Takeshi didn't know any better he'd say that his friend undressing before them was almost a sign of something. So maybe 'shopping around' hadn't been the best way to phrase things, but his plan was still the same nonetheless. Smiling knowingly at Kai he walked closer, slipping an arm around his shoulders and talking low so Shu couldn't overhear. "Kai... You can't kiss your brother. I mean you can, but not like that, you know? Plus..." he paused, making a squeezing motion with his free hand, waggling his eyebrows suggestively.

Vegeta tried not to smile at the flea comment, it was kind of funny. It helped that the following bit was a bit more somber, making him sigh softly as he shook his head in reply. "You won't be put down no matter what you do. But... I know what it's like to have your hands tied. It's frustrating, debilitating and daunting, believe me I sympathize with you Viral." He felt that way right now, he had for a while with this ongoing problem. Of course he wouldn't be put down, but the feeling of helplessness was one Vegeta was beginning to understand all too well. What good a scientist was he after all if he could solve a problem so close to home? They had at last reached Viral's room, thank goodness too because now they had to focus on getting him changed back. Accessing the panel and watching the door slide open he stood to the side, letting Viral go in first. "Exhaustion can't be the only way to do it though. You changed last time just because you didn't have the energy to maintain it, so that makes sense. It stands to reason though that for every way there is to induce the transformation there's one to undo it too." What that was had evaded them thus far, and probably would continue to do so. Rubbing at his head thoughtfully Vegeta glanced at Viral, "Well first things first, let's calm you down. I know easier said than done, but we've got to think this through. Just... Sit down and breathe, we'll work this out."

Kai couldn’t find any motivation beyond Takeshi’s to try and find a girl, finding it to be something generally undesirable. It wasn’t a desire he grew up with, everything he had done was more the desire to keep living. Neither Choi nor Kai had grown up to desire a mate, but Choi had got lucky and managed to find someone who liked him. Takeshi had the freedom of living before finding out who his father was so he had that advantage. The guy was certainly persistent with getting him the ideal partner, but he really wasn’t sure if he could be convinced not to find him someone even if he begged him not to do it. Feeling more than a little uncomfortable, he frowned slightly and shook his head, “I don’t think the girls would appreciate us dragging them along with us just because we want to hang out”, he sighed, looking to Takeshi, “You know how weird that would be?” Takeshi sounded as if he really didn’t know Saiyans all that well, but then again he probably didn’t know how a low class Saiyan was conditioned to not desire mates. Feeling uncomfortable, he folded his arms before tensing up as Takeshi got a little too close. Looking at him up and down, he frowned as he eyed his hand before he quickly forced his elbow out at Takeshi’s side, “I will break your hand if you touch me with it. I may also murder you for even saying that to me”.

Viral didn’t believe Vegeta too much, knowing he was going to end up dead if he stepped out of line and nearly killed someone. It would be only the right thing to do even if he tried to deny it would ever happen. He was going to have so many problems if this was going to be the norm or if that norm would shift into something worse, his state of mind crumbling and turning increasingly aggressive because he couldn’t do anything he desperately wanted to do. Finally reaching his room, he groaned as he stood up straight. There was no point on trying to use the panel, he would probably break it or end up destroying it like he apparently nearly destroyed the elevator. He didn’t want to be walking on all fours all the time either, he wanted to feel less like an animal and more like his old self, even if he felt like he was walking on stilts. With the door opened, he slowly moved into the room, trying to get used to walking upright before slowly turning to Vegeta, “I changed back from my strongest form through an exhaustion of power…also by regaining my mind. I can’t do either of those things just now, so whatever bright idea you have…” Slowly sitting down, he barely realised he was sitting like an animal before kicking out his legs, letting out a huff as he found sitting down was pretty difficult because of the shape of his legs, “Damnit…how am I supposed to do this??”

Kai would be happier if he had someone to keep him company, he obviously wasn't having a lot of fun being alone. Unless he and Shu started dragging the twin around with them Takeshi didn't know what else to even suggest to their friend. "Sure they would! They get to hang out with you and your brother, it's more fun being in a group anyways right? And it's not like the four of you would always be together. Ooooh, unless we can find you a set of twins! Of course that means getting rid of Yumi..." Hm, playing matchmaker was proving to be tricky. He didn't get it, why was Kai so averted to getting a girlfriend? Choi had already done it, so why didn't he do the same? Even more puzzling was the fact that Takeshi needed to elaborate and explain why it was Kai should be looking for someone. Along with a few words he made perhaps a crude gesture, grinning cheekily all the while. For that he got an annoyed look and an elbow to the ribs. "Ow! What was that for!" he grunted, moving his arm and rubbing at the spot he was struck. "Come on Kai, you mean to tell me you don't like... Those? Jeez, why so touchy about the girl subject? Unless..." Takeshi stared at his friend for a silent moment before grinning again, hiding a snicker behind his hand. "Holy crap, you like guys don't you? It makes sense! Undressing in front of us like that, always hanging around guys, it's got to be!" Of course he ignored the flaw in his logic, he was always around guys as well. Eh, logic, he was having fun now. "Just when you think you know a guy..."

Vegeta took the liberty of opening the door for Viral, not wanting a repeat of the elevator incident. Letting the Beastman in first he followed suit, keeping by the door in case he had to step out if the man changed back abruptly. Being that big in this small a room was rather inconvenient, Viral's head nearly reached the ceiling as he stood upright. Good thing there were no hanging lights, otherwise they might have a mess on their hands. "You seem to have your mind at the moment, considering you're coherent. And as I said, the exhaustion route will obviously work, but we can't hope to work you to the bone every time you change, its impractical." There was another way, he was certain of it, they just hadn't discovered it yet. It only made sense, otherwise it would be a glaring issue in his father's design, and that just wasn't something he thought possible. Watching Viral take a seat awkwardly Vegeta smiled slightly, finding the sight a bit amusing. "Maybe all it comes down to is willpower? If you focus on yourself and your usual form then you can just change back? Draw your power back in or try to suppress it. That's how Saiyans operate, and I'd figure that you were built similarly, it'd make sense that my father would work with what he knows, being Saiyans."

Kai was pretty annoyed at Takeshi, but it was even worse that he would suggest something like that to him. He wasn’t like his brother and it was an insult to think he was exactly the same as him just because they looked the same; however, the real kick was the comment about his brother, “What do you mean ‘what was that for’? Do you even think before you speak?” Feeling a little singled out, he folded his arms again tight and looked away, letting out a sigh before looking back at Takeshi when he made a pretty empty-headed decision, “Excuse me??” he spoke up, looking pretty embarrassed, “You thought I was doing some weird flirting with you because I was getting changed?? If I knew you were into that I would have gone into the bathroom…” He didn’t think Takeshi would be like that, but then again, he hadn’t exactly seen Takeshi show any interest in women apart from suggesting something seen as brutish and a thing Elites were known to do, “I’m not into men, but I am not like those Elites either! I am not of upper class like Kabocha so I was not conditioned to like that sort of stuff! Why don’t you go take it up with Kabocha if you want to go ‘shopping’? I’ll even give you permission to imagine yourself kissing my brother all you want…”

Viral would had been fine if this was all out in the wide open and not in a controlled space, but if anything did go wrong then he had nowhere to go without risking hurting someone. Even sitting down was a completely different task in itself to make him feel just a little bit more like himself. Forcing his legs around to the side, he sighed as he felt just a little bit more uncomfortable than he might had been able to be before turning his attention to Vegeta completely, his paws pressed against the floor for balance, “Doesn’t help we’re in space and these lights are solar powered”, he grumbled, glancing up at them, “I would have to be in a dark room all the time”. He didn’t like the thought of having to wait for his energy to drain, especially when it meant going through all the stages of energy drain before his body gave in. Feeling pretty annoyed at his limited options, he frowned slightly before looking down at himself, “Hrrmm…my usual self…” he mumbled, touching his hair, “I don’t really…know what I usually look like. Not just now. Is that the only problem I’m having here…”

Takeshi still felt the elbow to the ribs was unjustified, he hadn't done anything wrong after all. Not his fault Kai couldn't take a joke, he was being too uptight right now so he was trying to help his friend relax. Maybe a little more would help break this crusty shell Kai had going... Or it might just make him angry. Either way he was going to keep pushing buttons until something happened. All of his friend's aversion to women made it pretty easy to play the "you like men card", which unfortunately only served to blow up in his face immediately afterwards. Now that he was the one being made fun of he wasn't enjoying himself nearly as much. His face a slight red Takeshi glared at Kai, giving a shake of his head before waving his hands dismissively. "I'm not into men either idiot! If I was then why would I have hated it when you got undressed?" he replied, grimacing. The very thought of that, disgusting. The whole Elite argument didn't make a ton of sense despite their time with Saiyans, he didn't see why you had to be an Elite to want to find a girl. "I am NOT kissing Kai, so whatever fantasy you might have get rid of it!" Takeshi shook his head again, looking back at Shu as he pointed to Kai. "Shu, tell him I'm not into men!"

"We don't have much choice on the lighting front I'm afraid. Though... If you feel that's an issue I could probably reroute the power, have your room run on energy from the engine. Then it would be just typical energy, from the fusion drive, not solar. I'm just not entirely certain how I could control the output in that case." One little surge and all the lights in Viral's room could easily blow out, or the sockets short out. On second though rerouting the energy from the engine room was probably a bad idea, best they drop that altogether. They still had to figure out how to change back the Beastman, and not by draining his energy until he did so. There had to be another way. "You don't know what you usually look like...? I know you don't spend all your time in front of a mirror, but... You've got no idea...?" That made things more complicated than they already were. Vegeta had no pictures on his person, he hadn't thought the need to bring any with them. Chances were no one else had pictures either, the only one that might was Yumi. Maybe they should ask her, wherever she had wandered off to that is. Sighing he rubbed at his forehead, closing his eyes in thought. "There has to be another way to change you back... We're just not thinking hard enough."

Kai should had known, seeing as how the guy apparently never went out with Yumi despite them being a group for so very long. Him getting that close was definitely the start of it, but of course Takeshi was quick to deny it and pretend he wasn’t. Staring at him in doubt, he rolled his eyes and shook his head, “Hate is a very strong word; are you saying I don’t have a nice body and that you hate it?” he questioned him, smiling a little, “I feel somewhat insulted., also the fact that you called my brother ‘Kai’ in your fumbling. Can you not tell the difference between us? Are we that similar?” Everything had just backfired on Takeshi and the fact that he was asking his brother not for reassurance was just hilarious. He should know Kai wasn’t into men; if that was the case then Choi would also be into men.

Shu was pretty confused; he didn’t know what the fuss was about or why it even existed as an argument in the first place. They had been talking about a whole bunch of weird stuff ever since Kai had gotten changed. Tilting his head a little, he looked between Kai and Takeshi. Pondering over Takeshi’s question, he bounced a little in response, “Look what I can do!” he squeaked, flipping backwards and landing on his hands, walking around on them.

Viral didn’t like the sound of having his lighting changed anyway, finding it a little too much like torture if his energy source was taken away from him; he already had tons of trouble sleeping because of nightmares and too much energy; he didn’t need to be low on energy and have to deal with nightmares all the time instead, “I don’t want that to be a solution to my problems. I want to have a source of energy…” he grumbled, frowning slightly, “Unless you enjoy being cruel to me…” Feeling a little uneasy just incase he did end up doing that, he shifted a little before letting out a groan, “It’s not unusual! I know…basics…but why should I care? I know I’m not hairy and I don’t have claws like this or feet like this…or a tail for that matter! I just-…hmph! I don’t care about what I look like as much as you humans might…” Viral was feeling stuck and frustrated; Vegeta might as well leave him in a darkened room at this point and hope he might change back, “I would had changed back after battle, probably…seeing how I would be low on energy at that point. Why should this matter…”

Takeshi dug himself into a hole and he knew it, and he was becoming extremely flustered as a result. He wasn't into men and neither was Kai, but that didn't stop them from arguing over it. Grumbling incoherently at being called out he flushed at Kai's teasing, folding his arms over his chest and scowling. "It's nothing like that! You're fit, acknowledging that doesn't make me gay though!" Being as tripped up as he was now he hadn't even realized his error in name, blinking for a moment before frowning when it was pointed out. Shoving Kai in the shoulder Takeshi growled slightly, "Shut up! I know the difference between you two knuckleheads! Because ONE of you has a girlfriend and the other doesn't!" Even with that remark however he was still losing face, especially going to Shu for help. He wasn't sure what kind of assistance his little brother could be, the kid probably didn't even understand what it was they were arguing over. Regardless he had asked and was staring at Shu for an answer, demanding he back him up. Rather than offer anything remotely useful Shu sprang backwards, doing a handstand and walking around on his hands. That left his older brother speechless, smacking his own face with an open hand with a lengthy sigh.

"Look, neither of us like guys, that's that. Let's just drop this crap alright?" It wasn't near as fun when it was turned around on him. Besides, they had at last come to one of the training rooms, it was time to stop goofing off. Well, maybe, chances were they weren't going to take their training too seriously still. None of them had even decided on what they were doing yet, they were going into this without a single gosh dang idea in mind. Punching the combination into the doors Takeshi stepped inside first, taking a look around the room. A fair bit of equipment was in this one, all pushed to the sides though to make room for them. Loads of weights and various machines, very few which he recognized. Not the kind of training they usually did anyways, no use in bothering with that junk. "Here we are, a big old empty room just ripe for the picking," Takeshi mused, raising one arm up and folding the other behind it in a stretch. "Ah... So what the hell are we doing anyways? We never did decide on what we were doing down here."

"Rerouting your power is too big an undertaking anyways, so don't worry about that. And you know I don't enjoy being cruel to you. I might have a laugh at your expense once in a while but I would hardly classify that as being sadistic or cruel." Nothing wrong with a friend having a laugh at another friend's expense, that was normal. This was of course a social stigma that Viral probably didn't understand however, as often he was lost on things like this. Rather than explain the whole concept to the Beastman Vegeta just let it slide for now, it wasn't overly important anyways. "Maybe recalling how you looked isn't the way to go anyways. People don't just change by imagining themselves doing so, as far as I'm aware..." Okay, so envisioning what he wanted to be probably wouldn't help Viral, nor would letting him run out of energy. The Beastman seemed very stuck on that idea however. "Exhaustion cannot be your way out of this. What good is a power if you're utterly helpless after using it? Besides, if exhaustion does rend your forms useless then what happens if you tire during a battle? Then you're out of luck."

Exhaustion couldn't be the answer, it seemed almost... Crude for his father's work. There had to be more to it than that, but the two of them weren't having much luck finding out what it was. It didn't help that Viral was so stressed at the moment, he wasn't exactly contributing to the problem at all and made it difficult for Vegeta to think. The first thing to do then would be to calm him down, it had to be. What made Viral calm though? He wasn't fond of hugs, certainly not hugs from a Saiyan. Food only made his control more difficult, and sleeping usually came along with nightmares. Considering he was currently a large feline maybe they were going about this the wrong way. A small smile crept onto his lips then, and wordlessly Vegeta walked over to his friend, leaning over slightly and beginning to scratch under his jaw and by one of his ears. Cats liked this sort of thing, right? Maybe if they could find cat nip on board then Viral would be so mellowed out figuring out this problem would be a snap.

Kai knew how to turn an argument around, turning him into the victim of their little spat. He wasn’t up to being teased and he didn’t deserve it, especially when it was Takeshi and he’d probably spread around rumours just because he didn’t have a girlfriend. He wanted company, sure, but he didn’t want to replace his brother’s company just because he was occupied with someone else. Choi would probably end up talking to him again once he remembered he existed, but until then he was going to be alone waiting for him. Smirking a little when Takeshi shoved him, he placed his hands on his hips, “Hey now that’s low. I’m hurt”, he sighed, looking away a little, “I don’t understand what I did to deserve that”. Looking to Takeshi’s brother to see if he would give Takeshi some backup on his claim, he smiled in amusement when the kid instead started to show off. Even his brother didn’t know, he probably had no idea what a relationship was nevermind whether a man could love another man. Feeling amused, he sighed as they finally reached the training room, his eyes going to the door before back to Takeshi, “The wonders of owning a ship designed for war; plenty places to train and brawl”, he sighed, frowning slightly when Takeshi grew confused, “Showing off to each other, but now I’m worried incase I get hot and sweaty…”

Shu really didn’t know if he had done wrong or right, but he was definitely confused over what Takeshi was asking him. He didn’t know any of that sort of stuff and the whole conversation didn’t interest him. Walking along on his hands, he giggled away to himself before doing several front flips and finally walking back on his feet again. Feeling pretty happy and not having much of a clue to what they were on about, he watched the door open and stared into the room curiously before he looked around. Sniffing about a bit, he tilted his head a little before looking to Takeshi, poking his side, “Friend T’charrl is somewhere down here too! Everybody must be training today”, he smiled before wandering into the room, “What do with stuff…? So many things…”

Viral had a lot on his mind and it was definitely difficult to recall his normal self. He wanted to change back, but he had no idea how he was supposed to not to mention he was having a difficult time keeping his mind together. If Vegeta knew how hard it was to keep his mind together then he probably wouldn’t be taking this so lightly. Hissing a little in annoyance, he looked to Vegeta and frowned, “It apparently works for Saiyans like you said…” he sighed, letting out a huff, “Why couldn’t your father give us clear instructions about this??” What an annoyance this was, his mind practically spinning with horrible thoughts of actions he’d rather not pull off as well as a great desire to fight. He didn’t want to settle down; he just couldn’t. Looking to the door as if thinking about leaving, he flinched a little when Vegeta touched him, his eyes quickly going to him, “What are you-!” he gasped but was soon leaning forward, his head tilted slightly as he closed his eyes. He was put into a trance very quickly, letting out a purr before grunting, “Nnh no! My…digni-…I am a warrior! N-Not…just…”

"You know perfectly well what you did Kai, don't plays stupid," Takeshi grumbled, feeling moody now. Now they could go ahead and get training at least, having reached the training hall at last. It was the same size as the one before only this had all sorts of equipment lining the walls. Some of it he recognized from Kortal, strange little machines that were supposed to help train. There were your standard weights as well, far too heavy for a human to pick up. None of that interested them though, that was much too plain a workout. Takeshi was more than ready to let then man-loving thing die, especially when Shu more or less ignored his plight for help. It was high time to focus on getting stronger, they were going to be doing a lot of training in the coming days to prepare. "It is pretty handy having all these rooms. I don't know where else we could train if not in here." The only place remotely large enough was the mess hall, but that was a sacred place where food was eaten. No way would he ever desecrate the mess hall by wrecking it... Because then where could they go to eat? Giving Kai a nasty look when he made another jab at him Takeshi rolled his eyes, rolling a shoulder and rubbing at it to warm up. "Okay, I'm punching you for that one. Don't worry, I won't be looking at you in any weird way, sorry to disappoint."

Shu looked to be pretty intrigued by all the machines, which came as a surprise to no one. Nearly everything was foreign to the little guy, even after so long. Even common household appliances had interested him back at the house. Takeshi watched his brother in slight amusement, lightening up a bit with his innocent curiosity taking over. "T'charrl's still down here? Huh, maybe we should find him and ask him to train..." Then again he was probably trying to get some alone time to perfect his powers, something that might not be easy if he had one or more Saiyans flying at him. It would be even if they got the Kaesstrian, but this way they could mix things up a bit, maybe do a three way spar. "Stuff? You mean all the equipment?" Takeshi asked, glancing around. "We're not using any of that so don't worry about it. Unless you know how it works it's pretty pointless, and even then I never liked using them. Nope, how about we just do some good old fashioned training like usual? Push ups, sit ups, curls, a little sparring, the works. That sound good with you two?"

"What works for Saiyans doesn't necessarily mean it'll work for you, unfortunately. It's only a theory your powers even work similarly to ours, there's no guarantee that they actually do." It only made sense they would, his father would have tried to recreate something he was familiar with rather than work from the ground up on something totally new. Viral raised a fair point about his creator too, getting a shrug out of Vegeta in reply. "I don't know why, I'm sure he had his reason though. Maybe he saw you weren't in any major danger and wanted me to figure it out? Or... Maybe he forgot? He's been gone for a bit, it wouldn't be unlikely." His father was after all a bit of a prideful man, even if he didn't show it. He could vaguely recall Aito working countless hours on projects to outdo other scientists and competitors, he always tried to be the best. So to think he might withhold the fact he had forgotten wasn't without merit. So the priority right now was to calm Viral down, and from there they could try and solve this. A bit of deliberating led to an unusual idea, but it was worth a shot anyways. Vegeta gave it only a second's thought before going to the Beastman, beginning to scratch and pet him like a common household cat. It actually worked, he realized, smiling in both satisfaction and amusement. Hearing Viral purr like this was sort of funny. "Relax Viral, we're fixing this," he said calmly, moving a hand to scratch between his shoulder blades. "You need to be calm first."

Kai smirked at Takeshi before he turned back to the room, letting out a sigh. He could remember the day he first entered a training room, his brother and him both drafted to fight. It was a few years before Takeshi arrived when they first started their training with rooms like this being used to test their strength and tone their muscles, a place Takeshi’s brother could do with using seeing how skinny the guy was. He was still really unsure about fighting with Takeshi’s brother, especially after their first encounter with the kid. Looking to Takeshi, he smirked a little before shrugging, “Oh yeah? Hope you mean that”, he sighed before looking back to the room, “Used to spend all day in this kind of room with Choi…ehh well, inbetween lab tests. It felt like it took years for us to pass all the tests and all the poking…and then you waltzed in and became our team leader. You probably don’t care now, but it was so surreal going through all that training and testing before finally being paired up with the Prince?”

Shu hadn’t seen any of this stuff before so it was all pretty amazing to see, his brain hardly able to comprehend what all of it must be for. If people used this stuff to train then they must had been really smart too. Looking up at Takeshi, he smiled before looking back at all the equipment, “Ooh! Maybe? But he might still be feeling sad”, he spoke, bouncing forward a little, “You being all scaredy when he was all big and fluffy made him all sad”. Looking all around at the equipment, he could only feel fascinated at what each one might do, his eyes quickly going to Takeshi again as he spun around quickly, “Yeah! Sounds fun! Lots of stuff to do! How do I use any of these things? Maybe show me too?”

Viral was at the mercy of the petting that Vegeta was giving him, his head pressing towards Vegeta’s hands wherever they gave him the most pleasure. He didn’t know what had come over him but he was enjoying it, maybe a little too much as he could barely form words through the purring. He had lost his mind with falling for this coaxing, but he was enjoying the petting and finding an odd sense of pleasure out of it. He should had been able to retain his dignity through all of this and try to resist. Lowering his head a little, he shifted his feet around a little bit until Vegeta reached around towards his shoulder blades and began to scratch there. With his furry short mane going on end, he raised up slightly before finally lying down on his front, his head resting on his paws and his legs spread out behind and crossing at the heels. He was pretty relaxed at this point, letting out a yawn before groaning, “…You’re…pure evil…” He was certainly very relaxed now, his mind in a little bubble all contained and in a generally good place.

A lot of time had been spent in rooms like these over the last year. Takeshi had never been a fan of it, training in the way they had was dry and just repetitive. It was really nice having Shu along in that regard, their training was always interesting and at the very least entertaining. To Kai he only rolled his eyes a bit, dropping the subject before he got all fired up over it again. Hearing Kai speak more or less what he had just been thinking was a bit amusing, they had all spent a ton of time cooped up in places like this. Sure, it helped some but they could have gotten just as much if not more work done elsewhere. Outdoors training was the best by far for instance, though doing that in the middle of the vacuum of space was a tad bit tricky. "You know... I was kind of pissed when I found out who my squad was at first, I won't lie," Takeshi said, looking over at Kai with a small smile. "Some cooks and a spoiled noble, and here I was being toted as the king's prodigy or some crap. I didn't care a whole lot about being a Prince, still don't, but I thought I deserved better teammates. And you know what...?" Chuckling a bit he reached over, giving Kai a playful punch on the shoulder, a more earnest smile on his face. "Can't think of a better group of guys to have been put with. I give you crap, but no one else would have had my and Shu's back like you three did. You all are something else." Narrowing his eyes slightly Takeshi rubbed at his neck, looking away as his mouth tightened in a line. "And uh... Don't tell Choi or Kabocha I said that stuff, alright? Last thing I need is more reason for them to give me crap."

The conversation had certainly simmered down, which was nice. He did get angry and bothered easily but that didn't mean Takeshi enjoyed it, he usually felt pretty crummy afterwards. Now that the three of them were here they could get started for real at last and just goof off a bit. They ought to be actually training considering what was coming in the not so distant future, but with their big fight weeks away it was hard to feel the urgency just yet. Before they could begin there was the matter of T'charrl to address, namely whether or not they should involve him in this to make it an even group. While Takeshi backed off the idea maybe they should consider it, especially when Shu practically guilt tripped him. "I was not afraid of him! I was just... Surprised," the older boy retorted, giving Shu a look before shaking his head. Damn it, so he'd upset their friend, he hadn't thought T'charrl would have been aware of all that. Looking to the door as if debating going off to find the Kaesstrian Takeshi decided to stay put, figuring he would probably not be the best person to go anyways. "Eh... Do you really want to use this stuff? We can if we want to I guess."

Scratching and petting was definitely the way to settle down Viral. It was kind of hilarious actually, seeing the Beastman be turned so docile over such simple gestures. Vegeta almost thought he had reverted to his more feline-mindset, seeing him lie down and near doze off. Nope, there was a bit of Viral's generous words right there. "Evil...? In what reality is petting someone considered evil...?" he mused, chuckling. "This is doing wonders for you, you can't argue that. I'll admit it's a tad... Unorthodox for my tastes, but if it works I won't stop." With Viral calmed down now he should be far easier to work with and hopefully revert back to normal. The easier atmosphere helped Vegeta clear his thoughts, taking a seat beside his friend as he continued to scratch at various spots. What could possibly be done to help Viral get back to himself? He couldn't picture his usual form, which meant focusing on changing like that may not work. "Alright then, Viral? If you can feel your own energy right now I want you to try to make it regress, draw it in. Can you do that for me?"

Yumi had admittedly been skeptical going into this training, finding the notion of telepathy a little farfetched. Choi had been very keen on teaching her however and she hadn't the heart to say no, even if she had voiced her feelings. Now that they had finished their session she was very glad she had agreed to see it through, the technique had actually been real! Really it wasn't all that difficult either, it was done much in the same way that sensing energy was, only you extended your thoughts with your energy. It was a neat trick, and she couldn't help but feel proud over knowing something most of the others didn't. Stepping out of the training room, hand-in-hand with Choi she looked up at him happily, one corner of her mouth pulling up into a smirk. "I can't wait to try this out in an actual fight. We really should teach the others this, think of how much better we'd be as a team if we could all use it." The notion of having people like Kabocha and Takeshi in her head were a touch iffy, though she couldn't deny the benefits it might give. "After we all learn this and train some more we'll take the fight to that damn king of yours, and he's going to pay for what he did to all of us. I want to be there for it so I can give his butt a good kick!"

Kai certainly had a lot of memories when it came to training rooms, even if they were a little smelly at times. He really did try to become stronger and train up enough to get onto the field, but once they had gone out and started doing things with Takeshi it certainly wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be; of course, they weren’t able to give up and go into early retirement with the King in control. They enjoyed fighting, but some of the things were simply too disturbing to carry out and yet they were forced to or face going back to the labs for torture. It was a hard time to be a soldier and still was, but there were simply too many to save right from the King right now. Looking to Takeshi, he gasped when he received a punch to the shoulder, giving it a rub, “We really did try to be the best, especially considering where we came from; Kabocha was simply trying to be the best, but Choi and I wanted to show that low class Saiyans could still fight”, he spoke, ending it off with a sigh, “Nooo I won’t say anything…well, maybe if you get on my nerves I’ll tell, but other than that ehh whatever. I can’t care all that much about the past”.

Shu was definitely fascinated by this place, but of course he was always pretty fascinated by everything that was new to him. This stuff was certainly curious, but it was the fact that people used this stuff to make them stronger. If he could use this stuff to get stronger and better at fighting then maybe he’ll be able to fight with his brother again instead of losing early on. Looking all around at the equipment, he looked back at Takeshi and tilted his head a little, “You were scared and so was the mean guy”, he spoke before bouncing off towards the weights, “All scared of big fluffy bug! Oooh! What are these?? I wanna use them!”

Viral should have been more concerned about regaining his dignity and smacking Vegeta for what he was doing, but he couldn’t bring himself to do that. With all these cat urges going on in his mind it was too easy to succumb to the relaxation that came with getting a good petting. He was trying to keep his mind together as he purred away, his mind struggling between two worlds and his idea of reality becoming clouded. Letting out a light groan, he shifted his head around a little as his ears flicked in attention towards Vegeta. While this was nice and very evil of Vegeta at the same time, he did have a task to do and should think about what he was being told. Shifting his paws a little, he tried again to find the energy and with it being more prominent because of Vegeta’s calming down methods it suddenly became a whole lot easier to pinpoint its origins. Shifting around a little onto his knees, he moved his paw to his chest and tried to draw in his energy. Despite looking pretty out of it, sure enough there was energy sparking away in his paw as he tried to force it away with his face showing an expression of cluelessness and mental exhaustion.

Choi had fun with Yumi, especially when she was very wary when it came to the techniques he knew. While telepathy was a powerful tool, it would never be as powerful as his and Kai’s connection and he had done what he could to teach Yumi the very basics all while showing off how strong his was. Telepathy was a fearfully between partners and this was the best time to get in his knowledge about the subject. Smiling at Yumi, he nodded quickly with a laugh, “Yeah! It’s even great for when you’re spying and you don’t want your victim to know…like seeing if they do anything embarrassing while you have eyes elsewhere looking out for that!” He didn’t know if Kabocha was ever taught how to do it, he knew a lot of Elites used the technique between their partners to concoct battle plans with each other but whether Kabocha ever learned he had no idea. Nodding at Yumi’s plans, he let out a sigh and brushed his hair back, “Ahhh I can only wonder what we’ll do after the King goes down…I mean, there’s going to be a lot of aliens and Saiyans out there who’ll be without plans for the future; you’ll have to show me what to do once the King is dethroned! Show me what humans do, you know?”

It might not be their training hall, but it was similar enough to bring back some memories. Takeshi reflected briefly on how he and his squad had trained in places like these so often it was almost like their home. He couldn't quite say he had fun, nothing at that point was what he would call fun. Having the twins and Kabocha around however made it a bit more bearable, even if he always came across as loathing them. It had taken him some time to realize but finally it dawned on Takeshi he had hated the situation he was in, not those three. That and he owed them a lot for keeping quiet about him and Shu, that was a pretty big deal. So he had a little moment, he supposed, getting all sappy and thankful before quickly stepping back and warning Kai to keep quiet. His response was anything but reassuring, narrowing his eyes at Kai as he spoke. "Don't you dare tell them. Tell them something else, I don't care, but I don't need them thinking I'm all buddy buddy with everyone. I mean I kind of am, but I don't want to come across as a sap." Takeshi had a hard enough time as it was getting people to listen to him or take him seriously, if he came across as a softie then he might as well be speaking to a brick wall.

It was still up in the air what exactly they were doing, none of them had agreed on anything yet. It really didn't have to be anything too complex considering Kai didn't want to turn out too strong and throw his and Choi's balance off, or something like that. Shu had some idea by the looks of it as he wandered about the room, heading over for the weights. "I... I wasn't scared Shu!" Takeshi retorted, throwing a little something of a fit over having that brought up as he followed his brother. Not too sure why Shu had such an interest in weights, probably that new thing curiosity he often got. "You want to lift weights...? Okay, but half of them are bigger than you are." The weight probably wouldn't be an issue, but considering the bar for the weights were bigger than Shu it would certainly be interesting to see him lifting them. Fetching one of the lighter sets of weights from the stack he brought them over to his brother, offering them over. "Here, you can start with these. If they're too light you can move to something a bit heavier." He supposed they ought to show him how to use them too considering how clueless he looked. "For using them... Do something like this..." Pretending he had weights of his own Takeshi began to curl his arms, one at a time before smiling at Shu, "Think you got that?"

"Focus on your energy Viral, we have to isolate it and suppress it." If his transformations failed when he had no energy then the same could be said if he cut it off. This way though Viral could return to his regular form whenever he wished to, rather than having to battle until he collapsed from sheer exhaustion. It appeared to be working in calming the Beastman down at least, what Vegeta was doing. He certainly hoped the petting wasn't going to become a standard procedure, it was very unusual. Keeping a careful eye on Viral he watched as his friend settled down completely, not a single peep coming from him that might indicate he was upset any longer. If Vegeta wasn't excited before he certainly was once he noticed the sparks of energy in the Beastman's paw. So he was able to draw it out, which meant he could suppress it too! Battling back a wide grin he smiled, continuing to scratch away to help keep Viral calm. "That's it, you're getting close. Now that you have it just try to suppress it, you're nearly there."

"Spying? I doubt I'll do anything of that," Yumi answered, smiling as she flexed one arm, placing her hand on the bicep. "I prefer the more direct approach. Though I guess it's still a pretty cool trick! At least now we can talk and not have people eavesdropping or anything." Spying was too underhanded for her, she didn't usually enjoy sneaking around like that. When necessary she could certainly see its use, otherwise she didn't intend on using it for any such things. One application was grabbing her attention above all else and that was the potential for it in battle. To be able to talk about a strategy while fighting without the enemy hearing was huge, it could be the difference between victory and defeat. Now it made sense how Choi and Kai worked so fluidly during fights, albeit part of that probably too was just how used to one another they were. "People should start rebuilding after the king is gone, that's pretty obvious. The Saiyans are going to have to do a lot of making up so everyone doesn't hate them too," Yumi said, nodding as she spoke. Looking at Choi again she smiled, giving a shrug of her shoulders. "Humans don't really do much that's exciting. I've been with Shu and Takeshi for so long I've kind of just picked up what everyone else does. I can show you around the city some time if you really want though."

Kai smirked a little, letting out a sigh as he looked away, “Yeah yeah yeah, I won’t say anything. They probably don’t care if it’s a secret anyway”, he spoke, shrugging a little, “Choi would probably cry if he heard you say that, though. I guess he could do with being spared that…but I know Kabocha will laugh at you”. He certainly had a lot to hide as well that he wasn’t willing to tell many people about it, but of course Choi knew the stuff since he had experienced it as well. It hurt more than anything so he’d never tell Takeshi just on a whim. His brother, on the other hand, seemed to be having fun being all curious over simple equipment. It was a curious thing when the intelligence difference between the two brothers was so large and yet Takeshi was still considered average intelligence, “You sure he won’t try to eat those…?”

Shu had a large desire to play around in this place seeing as how it was like a giant climbing frame, but of course he would behave and make sure he didn’t wreck anything since he knew that would make a few people mad. The weights were a pretty curious set of items to him, their shiny nature drawing him in even more. Bouncing on his toes, he nodded at Takeshi, “I wanna lift! I wanna!” he squeaked, watching Takeshi grab some little ones for him. He did enjoy training and these were definitely a new addition to what he could train with. Watching Takeshi curiously, he tilted his head a little before nodding, taking hold of the weights as they were given to him. They were definitely heavy and he wasn’t used to them, but copying Takeshi he was slowly lifting them up and curling his arms back, “Am I doing it? I feel stronger already!”

Viral was definitely more than a little weary over the fact that he was able to pinpoint the energy by calming down, but the method to calm down was a little odd and not something he’d want to do again. It felt a little too familiar to him and even then it was making him extremely embarrassed; having Vegeta pet him like this was humiliating and destroyed his dignity, but that wouldn’t be the end of his embarrassment either. He was able to use this method to summon Enki, but he had to do it in reverse by trying to suppress the energy he was gathering. It was wild and hostile, definitely not something he’d want to unleash. As his paw shook, he found the energy getting to the point where it was difficult to hold onto before releasing it, causing it to disperse. He was suddenly feeling completely exhausted and dizzy, his paw slowly reaching up to his head before he lowered it as he was gradually changing back.

Choi grinned at Yumi, “Yeah! It’s great, huh?” he chuckled, scratching his chin, “I guess now all you have to do is find the perfect opportunity to use it!” Using it for spying techniques was pretty standard for scouts, especially when there were certain things scouters couldn’t catch and pass onto their partners. Whether Yumi wanted to use it that way he didn’t really know, but she could use it however she wanted to at this stage. Thinking of the future was a pretty difficult feat for him, especially when he had questioned it before with Kai. Neither of them knew how to settle down or if they could at all, it might turn into a situation where they may end up going into paid fighting work if they were to get anywhere in life, “There’s going to be a lot of warriors out there without a means to fight; that’s my main concern”, he sighed, giving a nervous smile, “I’d like to see around the city, though…I mean, without me blowing it up…heh!” He should probably change the subject at this point, especially as it was getting into sensitive territory. Letting out a sigh, he soon began to look around, frowning slightly, “…Any reason why it smells like fruit and raw meat? Kinda weird for fruit to be taken down here”.

Takeshi didn't want the others to know how he felt, and he certainly didn't need Choi crying over him or Kabocha giving him crap. Things were annoying enough without that added to it, thank you very much. He wasn't too sure where that had come from anyways, he supposed it had been a while coming though. The twins and Kabocha really had done a good deal for them and it still didn't quite feel like they had paid the three back yet, so maybe it was his conscience talking. Either way it felt a little nice to say it, so long as it didn't get out. Training had been decided at last, for Shu anyways, he wanted to try weights. A bit of a waste of time in Takeshi's opinion but he wasn't going to say no. "Come on, I don't think Shu is going to mistake weights for food," he replied, smiling slightly amused nonetheless. Shu knew better than that, otherwise he'd go around biting near everything he was unfamiliar with. Fetching two of the smaller sets of weights he first showed how to do repetitions with them before handing them over to his brother. That was one problem with weight training, it often only focused on one area. They would have to use all sorts of different kinds and machines to get a full body workout, and that always took so long. "Yeah, you're doing it alright. I don't think you're going to feel much of a difference that quickly though," Takeshi said, chuckling. "If those are too light you can grab different ones, just don't overdo it."

"Is this even working...? I've not any desire to keep this up..." Vegeta had been scratching for a few minutes now, and while Viral was relaxed he was still a cat. Perhaps this wasn't the solution to changing him back, they should try something else. He was ready to give up on it until a spark of energy collected in Viral's paw, catching his attention immediately. Curious, the Beastman rarely ever released energy like that, and when he did it was typically solar energy. This was something different entirely, something he couldn't place. The energy grew slightly in size and mass, swirling at a faster pace that signified a higher concentration. Becoming a little wary now Vegeta reached out to try and stop it, but before he could even touch Viral's paw the energy dispersed, shattering like glass. That was different to be sure, but what was it? Whatever it had been evidently was the answer to all of their problems, as the Beastman was finally beginning to revert. It was barely noticeable at first, but soon Vegeta saw patches of fur vanishing and Viral began to shrink back down. It took but a short time until his friend was back to his old, non-furry, naked self. On that note the Saiyan hastily turned his head away, recalling his promise before about not looking. "Viral...? How in the world did you do that? You're back!"

Yumi didn't doubt the potentials of telepathy, but there were some applications she just couldn't buy into. Espionage was never her thing, she was much more hands-on in most matters. If they could teach the rest of the group this technique they would be that much stronger of a force, and considering their opponent they could use every advantage they could get. They would find a chance to use it, she was sure of it. "I hadn't even thought about that... What do soldiers do after war?" It was a pretty big question, one that neither of them were fit to answer. They would all have to find new jobs, she supposed. Considering the size of the Saiyan military that was a hell of a lot of people being relocated for work. Granted many would return home, but that still left tons of Saiyans with nothing to do. Choi's off-comment about blowing up the city earned him a small punch in the arm, albeit a small smile on Yumi's face told him not to worry so much. The past was the past and he hadn't done anything by choice, she knew that now and didn't hold anything against him. Like Choi she began to notice a curios smell as they approached one of the training halls, a strange mix of fruit and uncooked meats. Wrinkling her nose she looked at the sealed room, stopping in her tracks and releasing Choi's hand. "There shouldn't be anything here... The mess hall is upstairs..." Last time this had happened Viral had changed and gone rampant, was that the case this time too? Worried now Yumi hastily punched in the code for the door, stepping inside as soon as the gap was wide enough for her. Expecting to find a Beastman her eyes widened instead at the sight before them. "T'charrl...?"

Kai didn’t know whether to trust Takeshi’s word on that since the kid was a bit wild and who knew if he’d try to eat something that was vaguely different to what he was used to. Either way, he was soon walking off towards the water cooler and getting himself a refreshment, seeing as how he only got up not that long ago and was still feeling a little groggy. Shu, on the other hand, was having fun learning something new even if it was just a few weights. They were pretty difficult to get a hang of at first, but he was soon finding it pretty fun lifting them and feeling as if he was getting stronger with each lift, “Yeah I’m doing it! I won’t?” he questioned him, tilting his head a little before bouncing a little, “I won’t overdo it, I swear! I wanna get stronger! I wanna look stronger like you!” He did hope he might get some muscle by doing this, seeing how skinny he looked. He did not look like a Saiyan apart from the tail and even then it was questionable. Giggling a little, he took one of the weights and wrapped his tail around it, lifting it up and down with it, “Is this how people get stronger? By lifting these things?”

Viral had a pretty difficult time getting the energy and even finding it was hard, releasing it before Vegeta had a chance to touch it. His energy was definitely something he did not want someone to touch, but it shattering like that meant he successfully dispelled it and was now changing back. It was mentally exhausting doing that the first time and he had barely even realised he had changed back, not until Vegeta spoke to him. Looking up a little, he frowned when he realised why Vegeta was averting his gaze before he slowly reached over towards his bed, pulling off the sheet and wrapping it around himself, “I…just did the opposite of what I do for Enki, but now I don’t think that’s a good idea…” he grumbled, rubbing his head slowly, “I don’t think I did it right…I think I dispelled lot of my own energy and not the form’s…”

Choi was definitely quite big on using these techniques for mischief, seeing as how they were all perfect for doing such things and he could truly be given something to do, but of course he had to have someone to have fun doing it with. Spying was all fun and games, but it only became hilarious when he had someone to share the mischief with. Maybe Yumi would eventually give in and have fun with him using telepathy; it would just take a little more time. Smiling at Yumi, he shrugged a little, “I don’t know”, he spoke before sighing, “All I’ve ever known is war; all anyone in Saiyan society has ever known is war. I’m open to suggestion, though!” Grinning a little, he gasped slightly when he was punched, holding his arm and giving a nervous smile, “Heh…I still feel sad for accidentally blowing up that food stand…” Letting out a sigh, he tried to turn his mind onto other mysteries they were facing, namely the smell of food. Looking to Yumi, he frowned a little and looked to the door as well. After what happened with the monster in the engine room he didn’t know what he should think when it came to this strange smell, hoping it wasn’t another monster. Watching Yumi enter the code and immediately enter the room, he looked in from behind her, “What is it…ah! What’s he doing here??”

T’charrl had been in a very unsettled sleep, trying to keep to himself as he remained in his more monstrous form. He couldn’t find what he needed to change back and was still highly stressed out, but the opening of a door behind him alerted him immediately. Grunting a gasp, he turned when his name was called before suddenly hissing a roar as he immediately backed off to the further reaches of the room with bright glowing eyes staring angrily at the pair. Of all the people he didn’t want Yumi to see him like this; he didn’t even know how she managed to find him. Hissing lowly, he lifted his secondary arm to cover his face.

Shu might eat a lot of things, weights wouldn't be one of them. Even he had enough common sense not to put everything he found in his mouth, he wasn't a baby. Still... Probably not a bad idea to keep an eye on him, just in case. While Kai wandered off Takeshi stayed put to make sure his brother behaved himself. So long as the little guy was careful not to strain himself and pull a muscle he could do this for as long as he wanted. Saiyans weren't immune to hurting themselves, they just recovered a lot quicker than humans or other people. "When you're done with that we can try a different work out too if you want, the one you're doing now is pretty easy." Plus all it would do was work on his arms, and unless Shu wanted massive arms and nothing else this wouldn't cut it. Grinning at the compliment Takeshi rubbed at his nose, chuckling as he shrugged his shoulders, "Well... You know... If you train plenty you'll be as strong as me someday, maybe," he said, smiling at Shu. "But it's going to take a lot of work to get there, and I'm not going to stop training to wait for you! So then Shu," he paused, pointing at his brother, "Are you ready to train harder than you've ever trained before?"

Vegeta wasn't sure how Viral had done it, but he was back to his regular self. He'd only seen that for a fraction of a second though as he averted his gaze, not particularly wanting to see a bare Beastman. Shielding his eyes with his hand he mentioned the change, gesturing for his friend to get something on rather than sit there stark naked. "So it wasn't much different from had you just exhausted yourself then," Vegeta concluded, frowning behind his hand. "Shame... That looked promising too. but we do have proof of concept now at the very least." Peeking through his fingers to see Viral in a sheet he dropped his hand, leaning against the wall while looking at the Beastman thoughtfully. "So we have to calm you down before we can bring out your energy, and even then we need to make certain its the right energy. And speaking of Enki... I meant to ask. Is that a form like your others, or is that an extension of your own energy? I haven't been able to figure that out until now." The more he knew the better off he would be in helping Viral. As things stood now it was doable but hardly ideal, more information had to be gathered. "Right or not, you did it without having to be beaten to the point of exhaustion. Is it perfect? Not by a long shot, but it's still preferable to the alternative at least."

"Saiyans really don't do anything other than fight... Do they? That's kind of sad in a way." She loved fighting as a sport most of the time, but even Yumi acknowledged she wouldn't only want to do that. It wasn't as if people like Choi, Kai and Kabocha had much say in what they would be doing anyways, they were more or less under the thumb of the king their entire lives. She could hardly fault them for what they were forced to do, that included blowing up her home city. That didn't stop her however for giving Choi a little punch over it, that was the least that he deserved. "I liked that food stand too Choi. At least they rebuilt it though, it would be pretty depressing if I couldn't go there for lunch anymore." The one in question was a small noodle stand, one that she frequented fairly often while in the city. The owners were a nice couple and actually used good ingredients for their food, it wasn't quite like fast food or instant cook noodles. Hmph, now that they were on the topic she really wanted some noodles. Her appetite however would wait a moment, there was something else fighting for her attention, namely the smell of raw meats and fruits. Outside the training room there was a slight moment of hesitation before Yumi opened it up, stepping inside not too sure what to expect to find. Spotting a rather large, and twisted T'charrl lying on the ground she stopped in place, definitely surprised.

He was asleep, or appeared to have been until the sound of the door closing roused him from his slumber. Taken aback as T'charrl let out a roar before backing off Yumi exchanged an uncertain look with Choi, not sure if they should be here or not. This was different, she'd never seen the Kaesstrian like this. He didn't come across as dangerous, if anything he was trying to hide from him. Why in the world had he been left down here all alone like this, that didn't seem very nice. Watching as he covered himself with an arm Yumi put on a sad smile, holding up her hands as she slowly began to approach him. "Easy T'charrl, we're not going to hurt you or anything, we just want to help," she said kindly, stopping short as she held out her hands. "You don't have to hide from us T'charrl, we're your friends remember? Come here, I can help you."

Shu didn’t know how he was supposed to find the ability to look all much stronger, but he was definitely wishing for the chance to actually look maybe a little intimidating to others if he had some muscle. He didn’t want to have to change into a wild animal to look like a threat to his opponents, if he ever got any opponents without changing. He really needed to get that under control, but like Viral he had been tampered with and they had purposely made the form a lot stronger than he was supposed to be able to handle so that was a constant struggle. He didn’t like to talk about it or the fact his father tried to turn him into a compact Oozaru he could control at will. If he got stronger he might be able to control himself better, but of course he was always running risks and hoping it was the right decision to make. Lifting the weight up and down with his tail, he giggled away before looking up at his brother, smiling happily, “I’m ready! I’m really ready!” he nodded quickly, bouncing a little, “How hard do you mean? Very hard…?”

Viral wished he could do that without going through all that again, but of course the change into the form wasn’t all that thrilling either. He needed to be able to do it fast enough and with enough power that he didn’t lose his clothes, his power able to extend and create an imprint of what he was wearing before. It made him feel embarrassed, not to mention the petting Vegeta was giving him. Letting out a groan as he rubbed his head, he tried to recover from his dizziness as Vegeta continued to display disappointment over what happened, “It could had been different! It could had…but…I was pulling the strands of my own energy to get at it, and now…” He really didn’t feel well, but he did want to get changed soon since this was just embarrassing. Keeping his head lowered, he frowned slightly at the question before he sighed, “I’d be worried if I changed into that like my other forms”, he frowned, looking up a little with his hand on his head, “I can create a weapon of mass destruction! Does that not make you scared of what I’m capable of? You would have to see it for yourself”.

Choi had no idea it would had been T’charrl, but what was worse was he was in that big form again and this time it looked like it had changed even more. This was getting worrying, especially when they had promised the Queen that they’d take care of her son and here he was all monster-like and getting worse. Looking to Yumi, he frowned a little and stepped around her, keeping his hands up, “Uhh, remember when we said he turned into a monster…?” he spoke quietly, pointing at T’charrl, “Uhhh, well he didn’t have those giant pointy appendages last time…” He was more afraid that one of them might end up skewered on the wall and that would be the end of them unless they could get to the healing tank in time. He was a little scared to say the least, but it wasn’t as if he hadn’t been last time it happened. Yumi was certainly acting brave, even approaching the alien. He didn’t know if that was a good idea, but he kept behind her just incase he went after him because he wasn’t talking to the alien.

T’charrl didn’t have anywhere else to go, he wouldn’t have a chance of getting out of the room either even if he tried. None of them should had found him and he was only a touch curious to how they did, his arm trying to hide the disgusting beast he had become. Hissing lowly, he made slight glances to see if they were leaving but instead noticed Yumi was coming closer to him. Pushing himself against the wall, his wings vibrated to create a rattling noise, trying to warn her off as he shook his head. He didn’t know what she could do, she rarely talked to him and seeing him like this should had scared her off by now. Looking over his paw, he hissed slightly as he stared down at her. He didn’t want to hurt her and was afraid that he might accidentally do so, especially when he was not in the best condition to be having company.

Takeshi really didn't get why Shu was getting so hyped up about lifting weights, it had never done anything for him. If he little guy enjoyed it though who were they to deny him his fun? So long as he didn't go over the top and end up dropping weights on himself everything was just fine. Kai wasn't exactly up to sparring by the sounds of it, to nervous about throwing his and Choi's balance out of whack. That must be annoying, having to hold back to stay in line with your brother. He and Shu were close but not identical, that would be such a headache if they had to pace themselves for one another. It would be especially bothersome considering how one of them often ended up getting injured and becoming stronger as a result, it meant they'd have to wait while the other caught up. Shu sounded pretty ecstatic about weights, thinking they were going to do more for him than they probably would. And now he wanted to try and match his big brother's strength, not that he really had that far to go. Of course Takeshi in his infinite modesty had accepted the challenge after gloating ever so slightly, more than happy to compete with his little brother.

"I mean the training that you're doing now isn't going to cut it. I train harder than you do already so you have to train harder than even I do." Takeshi grinned as he leaned over, coming to eye level with Shu as he put his hands on his hips. "That is if you're up to it. After all your big brother spends a ton of time getting stronger, and you won't be able to play as much. If you're willing to give up some free time then we can make it work." Shame they had no rooms with controllable gravity, he recalled there being something about that in Gohan's book. Supposedly training under stronger gravity gave you a really good workout, they could improve their strength in no time that way. Moving to Shu's side Takeshi slung an arm around his brother's shoulders, pulling him close so he could speak in a hushed tone. "Plus... When it's time to fight father we're not letting any of our friends fight him, right? It's too dangerous for them, it'll be up to us. So we have to get as strong as possible so we can keep them all safe."

Vegeta kept himself looking away from Viral, having absolutely no desire to see him in just a bed sheet. "Either way you managed to change back, under your own power no less. That's a feat worth noting Viral. It may not be exactly what we were looking for mind you but now we have a fail-safe aside from draining you of your strength." Besides, with these solar powered lights in his room the Beastman should regain his strength fairly rapidly, he wouldn't feel weak for too long. Optimism had to be reserved however, there was no guarantee this method would work on any of the other forms. The dragon form probably not, somehow Vegeta didn't think a serpentine monster would enjoy having its head scratched quite like a cat would. They didn't even know of his third form yet, and it certainly would not work for Enki. Perhaps there was no universal solution then, maybe every form had its own fix. Or maybe they all were solved by soothing and energy release, just in different manners. "Weapon of mass destruction...? Honestly...?" Vegeta smiled, laughing a bit before looking at Viral amused. "Viral... With all due respect myself and the others probably all posses the same capabilities. If I was to be concerned about you then I'd be worried about them as well, but I'm not. Yes you have the power, but you also won't use it in that way, I know you won't. So the idea of you causing widespread destruction has never once crossed my mind as a serious consideration."

Yumi had never seen T'charrl like this, it was a pretty shocking experience. Choi had, albeit this time around it was different than the last according to him. So did that mean that their friend had more than one form? Or was he becoming worse and his transformations becoming more extreme? Whatever the case it was evident that T'charrl wasn't feeling well or too happy, avoiding them like the plague and seeming rather guilty as well. Intimidating didn't cut how the Kaesstrian looked, and those appendages were outright lethal if struck with one probably. Yumi moved forwards regardless, determined to try and help out in whatever way she could. Holding up her hands to show she meant no harm she smiled sympathetically, getting as close as she dared before stopping in her tracks. Just her approach had frightened him enough to back him against the wall, was he really so concerned she might hurt him? Or maybe that wasn't it at all, she mused, maybe he just didn't want to be seen. Well tough luck, because she and Choi were here now and they were going to see him through this. "T'charrl? It's Yumi, do you recognize me?" she asked kindly, reaching out just with one hand to touch one of his claws. "Relax, we're not going to hurt you, we're going to help you."