T’charrl was alright with her having a bit of time to think over it, it wasn’t as if she was being demanded her time and could decline if she wanted to. He was pretty nervous about all of this and wasn’t feeling all that confident that he’d be able to remember fully, even with her help. It was a lot to demand from him and he was feeling pretty guilty, especially when he hadn’t done much for her lately. It could be either quick and there would be no real difference or anything, or it could be long and she would continue until he finally found what he was looking for. He didn’t even know if he wanted to change back anymore, he was considerably weaker in his normal form and it would probably hurt them more to have a little weakling on their side; then again, he didn’t know the nature of his change. He was mutated which meant his body would react differently to other members of his race with similar talents, or at least his ancestors who used it for battle frequently so of course there might be differences. Staring at her as she described his past experiences with her he smiled a little, scratching his claws together, “I remember…I was, uhh, hiding with my eyes closed”, he smiled, giving a nod before sighing, “I’m not sure what else can help. I know I was there and I see them too, but there’s just a darkness around me that I can’t see through. A deep hatred for me existed before this happened and it’s clouding my vision”.

T’charrl was trying to remember all of that and if he could get passed the block then things would be so much better. This must had been hurting his friends too with their frustrations building over their lack of understanding to what he needed to remember. He didn’t know what he needed to do either and that frustrated him greatly so he could understand if they were as well. Sighing a little he looked to Takeshi, frowning a little as he gave his head a quick scratch, “I do miss Mother and Father”, he sighed, giving Takeshi a little smile, “My mother hits me all the time. Maybe you’re just unlucky when it comes to women, or maybe you take the hit for someone else”. He didn’t know why Takeshi always got beaten down by the opposite gender and had seen it a few times, but he did notice that it was fairly isolated. “If it’s anything, she will probably hit both of us if I don’t see her back in my normal form. Hmm, I wonder how they are getting on…I mean, they’re probably doing good, but would I be making them upset if I have no control at all to the point where they don’t believe I can do what they want me to do?”

Recalling events from their shared past wasn't helping them very much either. T'charrl could remember what they had done, but not what he himself looked like. Yumi didn't figure he spent much time in front of a mirror but it was still odd for someone not to know their own appearance. "Just because that didn't work doesn't mean I'm giving up just yet," she said, smiling confidently, "There's always a solution, sometimes you just need to look a little deeper for it. We're going to find it no matter what, got that?" It couldn't take too long sadly, she was already committed to keeping an eye on Viral for the time being. Hopefully he was doing alright in the room on his own and not getting all agitated, it would be a really bad moment for him to burst out. Glancing at the closed door behind her for a second she turned to Takeshi, curious as to what he was going on about. Hearing the topic of T'charrl's parents come up Yumi smiled happily, glad to see the Kaesstrian was reminiscing about his parents. And he missed them too, that was so adorable of him. "I doubt she'll hit you when you come back. You'd be surprised, T'charrl, even the hardest of women have a soft side, and I bet the same goes for your mother," Yumi pointed out, laughing lightly, "You kind of look like your dad now, in a way. Well I guess just size really. Your fur is usually more like your mom's though, all light and soft. But you kind of had patterns like your dad... So a mix of both I guess. Even if we do get back there and you're not changed back, which I doubt, I'm sure they won't think any less of you. You're their son after all."

Ah jeez, now things were getting all sappy and sentimental. Takeshi didn't think he did really well with this sort of stuff despite getting emotional with Shu sometimes, it was kind of awkward. Letting Yumi go on he smiled and looked elsewhere distractedly, scratching at his head a bit. It must be nice though, having parents who would worry about you and welcome you home every time. Gods know he and Shu didn't have a clue what that might be like. Compared to what their father had done he still saw the Queen slapping T'charrl as a gesture of love, which he was sure wasn't too far off the mark. "It'll be cool when we get back too, you know? Think about how things might have changed since we left. Who knows, maybe people in the city and underground are all living together now, that would be neat." That was assuming of course the whole transition went smoothly. Just from experience alone with placing people under Saiyan rule he knew that people didn't always love a change of power. Even if the ruler was a nutcase like the General had been people still would raise a fuss. "And hey... If we do get back and you're still like this I bet your mother and father can help. Like Yumi said you normally look kind of like a mix between the two of them, you know? They probably even have pictures around the place, and if a photo of you won't do it then we're really in trouble."

T’charrl was quite looking forward to seeing his friends again even if it meant he wasn’t going to have much time seeing them. He still recognised that he was going to play a role in the war against his friend’s enemy and probably wouldn’t get to see them for awfully long if they ever did go back. There was something about coming back after a long trip to see your parents, making him feel all sorts of happy over this realisation. It was going to be nice and maybe the tree would be kind enough to lend it some fruit for a nice treat with his parents, hoping it had forgiven him for causing such a mess and making part of it the centre of attention in a foreign city. That was pretty embarrassing and no wonder it was angry at him. He could still barely believe he went from having no friends apart from the tree to many all around him. “She does care for me, she just shows it through hitting me”, he smiled before sighing, “I never did mind it, but she’s so powerful and scary when she’s worried…”

Hearing Yumi tell him he looked like his father made him smile a little, his mind wandering to them again. He didn’t think that he would look like his parents or at least hadn’t thought about that kind of stuff in a while, feeling pretty warm because of it. He was sure he was missing something when it came to looking like his parents and how it made him feel, thinking he was getting something from it. Tilting his head a little he gave it a little thought, his eyes soon going to Takeshi and smiled, “Yeah, we could be together, connected…” he spoke, looking back to his claws as he tapped them together in anticipation, “Those who love the sun and those who love the dark all together and happy. I just worry about what the future holds for my people as we grow strong together”. It was pretty worrying if more people like him started coming out and showing they too could manipulate natural energy and talk to the dead, especially when they were living in fear of those who might persecute them for it before. Frowning at this realisation he lowered his head slightly, feeling worried. “Mother and Father…you think so too?” he spoke up, giving him a little glance, “Photo…? I don’t-…umm, you really think I look like them? That makes me feel…warm inside. Do you think…maybe…if I think about them I can change back that way? Takeshi! We should go back to my room to try! Yumi, uhh, t-thank you for giving me idea. I do feel something in here when thinking about, must be key…you think maybe?”

"It's because she cares about you so much that she seems so strong," Yumi said, smiling happily, "My mom was always the same way with me growing up. She isn't a fighter like us but you wouldn't know that if you saw her mad, you'd think she was the world champion or something. I get the feeling your mom gives you those little dope slaps from time to time to make you realize you did something wrong or that you worried her. Mom's can be funny like that." They also could be, and were the cornerstone of a family. All this talk of mothers made Yumi realize she really should go visit her own soon, it had been quite a long time. Her father she could do without though, with any luck he wouldn't even be around any longer. The idea of all Kaesstrians living together was a pretty neat one, it would be a huge shift from how things were during their first visit on Kaesstra. It had been such a shame the two groups were at odds then too because each had its own unique beauty, and bringing them together, the natural and the refined should really make that planet look like something special.

Takeshi didn't have a whole lot of luck earlier but he'd try chipping in again now, anything to help T'charrl get back to his old self. "Yeah you really do. Usually, right now you're a bit closer to your dad... With a few things aside." All of the mutations were obviously nothing he got from either parent, that was courtesy of all this energy. Hey, for once what he had done actually looked to pep someone up, alright! Grinning up at the Kaesstrian he nodded his head, "Yeah, I bet it would help buddy. It definitely can't hurt to try." If this was the answer the whole time then he was going to feel a bit silly, it seemed kind of obvious now. They didn't exactly have any images of the Queen or General anywhere so whatever T'charrl was going off of was his own memory. Hopefully that hadn't been scrambled with all the changing their friend had done, otherwise it could be a real tough task. Thanks to Yumi's input they now had the solution to all of T'charrl's worries, hopefully, and could get to working on getting him back to normal. "We'll let you know if we get anywhere with this, Yumi," Takeshi said, giving her a thumbs up before looking back at the Kaesstrian, "Yeah, going to your room sounds good. We can get working on that right away."

This was great, it meant one of the group's big issues was going to finally be seen too. Odd how T'charrl was going to be taken care of before Viral who'd been suffering longer, that seemed a bit unfair on a grand scale of things. Yumi wasn't going to resent or be bitter over that fact though, Viral's help was coming soon enough and then they could focus more on Shu; It wouldn't be long until everyone among them was happy and healthy again. "Don't rush it boys, take your time and make sure it works!" Yumi cautioned, smiling as she waved to the group, "I'll see you all later I'm sure, I got to get back to, uh... Cleaning Viral's room, I think..." Ah, she'd forgotten the little lie she had given them not moments ago, oops. The others didn't seem to mind or notice though so she was off the hook, laughing lightheartedly before going back into the room. Or she would have had she not opened the door and nearly barreled into Viral who was pressed against it, catching herself on the frame and looking down at him surprised before smirking. "Viral... Eavesdropping? So not like you."

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Takeshi wasn't sure what he had been expecting when they were going to start working on T'charrl's transformations. It wouldn't be too intensive since all he was doing was focusing on images, but he'd figured there would be some kind of action. Instead it turned out to be a whole ton of sitting around, watching and waiting, none of which he was particularly good at. They had to be quiet too for T'charrl's sake which was probably wearing Shu down, it was unusual for the little guy to be so quiet for so long. Having grown tired of counting the panels on the ceiling Takeshi now found himself laid out on the floor, his eyes closed and hands folded behind his head as he sort of dozed off. Really he was spending this time to try and come up with ways of helping Shu, another big problem staring them in the face that was basically being ignored. T'charrl would be better soon and Viral was being helped, it was a safe bet that the two of them would be fine in no time. Shu was the only one then not really getting the attention he needed, and sadly for Takeshi he didn't know how to give it either. Opening his eyes lazily he glanced over at his younger brother, frowning as he wondered if they should try suppressing the Oozaru form somehow. That might make Shu just do as the older boy did though, lash out when he got angry instead of changing. No, they had to solve his anger issue, but how?

Even if Viral wasn't excited right now Yumi most certainly was. She had been for the last few days as Vegeta was making progress on his work. Going by the last visit he had paid Viral nearly all the genes had been mapped out, and "anomalies were isolated and further scrutinized for inspection." He had sort of lost her thereafter, but figured it was a good sign. Even if this treatment didn't end up being a catch-all it was at least bound to solve a few problems, and any progress was better than none at all. There wasn't any timeline given to them as of yet, probably Vegeta wanting to be cautious and hold that until he was certain, but Yumi again was optimistic it would come soon. It just had to, it was practically owed at this point for the Beastman to get well. Since they had decided being sedentary was part of the problem with Viral's outbursts they needed to stay active, though not to an extreme. Since he was back to his non-feline self they could do a little more, and so Yumi had the idea to just exercise. Hey, you had to stay in shape after all, especially when you were a fighter like they were. "I kind of wish we were on the ground already... Running like this just gets boring," she remarked, jogging along on a treadmill idly. The speed was up near top but it was still easy, she might even ruin the machine if this kept up. "When we land on Kaesstra I kind of want to go explore a bit more, would you be up for joining me?"

T’charrl stared at Yumi curiously as she decided to talk about her own mother, finding it fairly nice that she did. While he didn’t know about how his friends felt while listening to the pair, especially considering their particular circumstances regarding parents. He still liked to talk about it, he didn’t get to talk about his family much like this so it was definitely a nice break from the norm. “I suppose so. I don’t mean to worry her, I just don’t want to be weak and, uhh…w-well, I shouldn’t be like that, but being from a family of warriors…” He certainly felt bad about that aspect, but he was really trying hard to fit into his family and not be seen as a weak runt by those around him. He was always thought to be a little strange and didn’t have friends he could play or hang around with when he was growing up. Being a royal meant nothing to others if he was seen as a weirdo with ‘imaginary friends’.

With the revolution that he might be able to remember himself because of his family certain managed to cheer him up, but he couldn’t try it in this corridor since it might take a while. If he could tap into his own energy again and try to use their looks to draw out his own then maybe he would be able to find himself again. The Spirit would also want him to get to work on it right away, seeing how it was misplaced too. It wasn’t all that different from the tree he knew, only this one didn’t have a home except for his body. It was only because of his energy that he could sustain it harbouring his body. He needed to get working on it right away and give Yumi a break, especially with a probably angry Beastman hiding in the room. “Thank you. I will try hard! I don’t want for it to go wrong”, he spoke quickly, immediately turning and heading back down the hall. He hoped it would work for their sake, especially when most of them probably had an aversion to his forms when he did change and not get close to his original spot.

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Over the past few days T’charrl had been trying hard to recall his true form, feeling as if he was getting nowhere at first but was progressively finding some little points that he believed he could use to find his own form. Takeshi and Shu didn’t need to be with him, he didn’t know why they wanted to observe his progress but he was certainly being fairly quiet about it too. He didn’t know how they were finding fun in this, all they were doing was keeping him company. They probably had other things to do and other places to be rather than there, his concern for their possible boredom being pretty high as they lay around waiting for progress. He was trying, but all he could do was charge up his energy every so often, investigating it as he tried to piece himself together. There was parts of him that he managed to find, but a few other parts were missing and if he was to be whole and unlock his form he needed to get to that fairly quickly before he lost a lot of what he had gathered about himself.

Shu was pretty relaxed as he remained around his brother and friend, feeling fairly excitable over the thought that T’charrl’s work might come to a close soon. He was sure he was going to be able to do it soon and was willing to wait around, even if it meant he was doing nothing special. He was quite alright with the distraction from himself, especially when it was not something easy he was supposed to be doing himself. Giving himself a scratch before grabbing at his tail he soon began to groom through it, his eyes soon going to Takeshi who was looking at him. Looking back to him he slowly moved towards him, inching across the floor and giving a little smile, “Ooh, you want groom…?”

Viral felt the last few days had been quite troublesome for him, even if Yumi and Vegeta were having a great time investigating him and looking after him. He still felt pretty bad for what happened and wasn’t willing to let it happen again, preferring to keep away from Vegeta as well to save himself from any talks about his issues. He wasn’t very good at this sort of thing and was sure he was avoiding everything because he was afraid of talking about his problems, but he wasn’t going to admit to that. Taking time out away from his room or the lab was pretty essential, but he didn’t know why Yumi decided to drag him back down to the problem area because she thought exercise was essential right now. Leaning against the wall he picked at his claws absent-mindedly as Yumi essentially jogged on the spot. Not feeling all that active right now he glanced over at Yumi as she sounded a complaint, staring at her lazily before he frowned, looking elsewhere, “Hmm, I suppose…” he mumbled, not finding it terribly exciting when the planet hadn’t given him all that much to him first time round, “If you feel safe with me and can rely on me to behave and not freak out, then fine…I’ll go. Unless Vegeta wants me to do stuff with him…seeing how it was his idea to go there to help me in the first place. Can’t go too far away from him, after all…”

It would be rather nice if they were taking a more... Active role in helping T'charrl. It was fine if he was getting help either way but Takeshi was utterly bored sitting here. The most involved that he and Shu got was when one of them were asked to offer some more insight, or some scene for their friend to play out in his mind. Helpful but not exactly his usual way of going about things. Then again there wasn't exactly room here for pounding at something until it gave in, not unless he wanted to try hitting T'charrl for whatever reason. Surprisingly Shu was holding out quite well considering how hyperactive he generally was. Takeshi hadn't watched his brother the entire time but when he did glance over the little guy was having no problems sitting still, kind of odd the more hyper one was the calmer of the two. Shu must have realized he was being looked at because he looked over to the older boy after a moment, taking it as an invitation to come on over. Hah... He wanted to do what now? "Uh... Sure, I suppose you can do that," he replied, shrugging before pushing himself up into a sitting position. For whatever reason his younger brother loved doing this, and since not much else was going on Takeshi figured why the hell not, let it happen. Shu wasn't going to find anything either way and at most was just going to end up messing up his already untamed hair, but if that was entertainment then fine. Shifting his gaze up to T'charrl he smiled slightly, curious how things were going, "So... Any luck? How's it going so far?"

Yumi had to find a way to keep Viral active, some way that wasn't too intensive and wouldn't cause a change. Though Vegeta had assured her that wasn't liable to happen again she was still being cautious, far more than she would have been before. Two near misses in one day was more than enough for her to wise up and be more careful. Exercising sounded like a safe bet and at the very least would keep them from becoming bored, if they spiced things up with some different regiments than usual. She was taking to the routines just fine, Viral on the other hand was just sitting on the sidelines looking like he was very reluctant to even be here. After jogging on the treadmill for so long she sort of shared that sentiment, and after voicing a complaint she turned it off, sliding down to the floor casually and stepping off, wiping sweat from her face. "I'm sure things will be alright. Plus we'll be out in the sun, and that's good for you. So long as we just be careful where we go and what we do there won't be any problems." Kaesstra should be peaceful by now, and even if some parts were a bit tumultuous they could just avoid that and stay with the Queen this time around. "I don't think Vegeta wants you to stay close because he doesn't trust you, I think he just wants to be able to be close in case something happens, that's all," Yumi added, "And as long as I'm around then you should be fine. We can do whatever you want when we get to the planet, does that make it any more appealing?"

Shu was pretty sure he was going to be able to coax Takeshi into a grooming session this time, seeing how bored looking he was with nothing to do. Ever since Takeshi told him off for it he had been waiting for the right opportunity to ask him and now seemed the time, especially when it was supposed to be relaxing and sociable for both of them. T’charrl was too busy to be asked about a grooming session so Takeshi was definitely high up on the list. Smiling away when he waited for his answer he let out a fairly happy squeal when Takeshi agreed. Bouncing on over to him he waited until he was ready before sitting down behind him, squeaking a little when he started grooming through his brother’s hair. He was fairly happy at this point over something so simple, knowing he probably wasn’t going to find anything but still found it relaxing to do.

T’charrl continued to try and concentrate on his own form, looking up at Shu and Takeshi curiously when they finally decided to speak. If he could piece together the missing parts then he would be able to find himself once more beyond the subconscious change he apparently did before. He wanted to find that ability again, it was definitely in there somewhere and he was so close already. Letting Takeshi and Shu get on with whatever they were doing he looked up a little when Takeshi finally decided to speak up, allowing him to relax a little bit more, “Very soon, I think. I can feel it”, he spoke, moving his energy around in his palms, “Something’s missing and I don’t know what. Maybe something as minor as my legs or body…but I’m really close. Think I’m running low on my own energy for something like this, though…”

Viral wasn’t too fussed about exercising when there wasn’t much else other than weights he could use and those were fairy boring. He didn’t want to do some running when Yumi was doing it, but probably more to do with the possibility of her getting distracted and falling off because he was talking too much. Watching her finish up he looked to her with a frown, not feeling too sure about her plan. He didn’t want to endanger her in any way if things got out of hand or end up going too far from the others if something happened. He felt pretty bad about it, limiting fun for Yumi by so much. She would had been happier with that twin than with him. “So there’s a 50/50 chance of something going wrong”, he spoke, sighing, “Takeshi would be more fun than I”. Picking at his claws, Yumi decided to ask him what he wanted to do, his eyes going to her before away again. “What I want? Hmm…” he paused, thinking about it, “I want…to go hunting. I want to hunt the way I want, not with silly powers or whatever. A way even those bugs will be familiar with. I hate all this convenient food, this laziness Humans are so accustomed to! To hunt the weak is in my nature whether you try to deny it or not”.

Takeshi was pretty near bored out of his mind, that was the only reason he'd agreed to let Shu groom him. The whole notion of having someone plucking bits off you and possibly eating them was still kind of off-putting, actually quite a bit so. That aside he didn't want to refuse his brother and make him upset either, it was easier to just go along with things. Holy crap, was the little guy really so happy he got to groom someone? That was something he wasn't ever going to understand, no matter how much he tried to. One of his little brother's quirks he supposed, it didn't have to be explained, it just was. Sitting upright Takeshi sat still as he could, his face twisting into one of unease as Shu went about poking and prodding at his hair. The sole condolence for all of this was having just showered there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell that Shu was going to find anything. Hopefully that didn't end up upsetting the little guy, finding little treats was probably part of the whole experience. Ugh... No kind of treat lived in someone's hair, that was wrong.

So how was T'charrl getting along? All this sitting in silence didn't give a ton of clues as to their friend's progress, had he gotten anywhere so far? "Really? Hey, that's awesome bud!" Takeshi said, smiling up at his friend, "If you need energy we've got plenty, you know. Not like either of us are using it sitting here." If they could help speed things along by giving energy then by all means they would. Kaesstra was coming ever closer at this point, they were maybe a day or two out at most by now so they really needed to help T'charrl get back to his old self. It would just be a huge letdown if they got back and their friend hadn't changed, plus the Queen would be all kinds of angry with them, and probably the others too. Extending a hand forward for the Kaesstrian, Takeshi glanced back slightly at Shu who was still picking away merrily at his head. "Before I forget to say it... If you find anything, no eating it, right?" he warned, scrutinizing the younger boy for a moment before smiling. Since Shu had cleaned up earlier too there shouldn't be anything on him either, so maybe it was safe to groom his sibling this time around. "And when you're done do you uh... Want me to do it for you?"

Yumi had grown fairly bored of running in place, it just wasn't comparable to being out in the open. The sooner they got to Kaesstra then the better, she was eager to go see a bit more of the forests that covered the planet. "There's a 50/50 chance of something happening with Shu too, but that won't keep my away from him either," she pointed out, "I know there's risk being with you, but I'm not going to let that stop us from spending time together. I'll deal with the risk and we'll have fun our own way, however you want." They could do what the Beastman wanted, when he wanted once they had landed. The only thing Yumi was concerned about was sticking by her friend's side and making sure nothing bad happened, either to him or those around him. "Oh, hunting actually sounds really fun. We haven't done that since we were little," Yumi agreed, beaming at the idea, "I'm not questioning how or what you want to hunt, I'll go along with it. I want to see how good I am now that I can smell and hear things better!" There hadn't really been all that many opportunities to see what she was capable of yet. Back on Earth they spent a lot of time in the city and there was nothing there she particularly wanted to be smelling. The rest of their time was spent on a ship, not much to notice here either. Stepping closer to viral she laughed excitably, folding her hands as she looked at her friend, "Will you teach me how to hunt? I want to try it!"

Shu always did have a good time having a good search around in the hair of others, even if he didn’t find anything. He grew up with the understanding that you belonged once you were allowed to groom the other and he never got to do that other than to his adopted Aunt. It was something he rarely got to experience and Takeshi always rejected his pleas for social interaction like that, but whether he was just doing it because he was bored or trying to humour him he couldn’t tell. Parting his hair he quietly looked through Takeshi’s hair, brushing it aside carefully as to not pull his hair. Finding it all pretty relaxing he kept pretty quiet, his tail sweeping around as he picked through Takeshi’s hair before squeaking, “I won’t! No bugs, but messy”, he smiled, finding it to be pretty nice. Feeling pretty happy he was caught off-guard by Takeshi’s question, suddenly feeling alerted, “Ooh! Groom me…? Ooh! Ooh! Yes please! I would love groom time!”

T’charrl was familiar with what Shu was doing, but he didn’t think it was something Saiyans also did. It was simple brushing but in a more primal fashion, pretty unusual in a sense. Continuing his training he looked to Takeshi again, giving his head a quick shake, “Uhh no, no…I don’t need your energy…I mean, it’s not that energy. It’s more like…making again of life energy”, he spoke, trying to explain it when he really didn’t know the right words, “Use your spirit energy that you have life for…uhh, my power. I don’t want to take that from you. I’ll get it! Just not had planet energy in long time to feel good about this, yes? Uhh…if I fall next time I try changing just hit me a few times, I’ll be okay…just breaking focus if I do”. He could try again once he gave himself a little more time, not particularly interested in sapping the energy straight from him just to get a little boost. “I’ve got to stop feeling…uhh, too happy about this. It is not doing me any good…”

Viral didn’t get to do much hunting, even when they were travelling while going after the Dragonballs. If he didn’t run into Takeshi he would had been able to escape successfully, he would had been able to use the Dragonballs himself and get his own wishes; however, that was something that was never going to happen now when so many others wanted their own wishes, but then again if this ended up destroying his mind then what was the point on being bitter about it. Sighing a little, he shook his head, “Shu just has a temper. It’s hardly the same thing”, he muttered, feeling a bit annoyed at that comparison when he was often called grumpy behind his back, “The risk with me is not anger, but madness”. Well, Yumi seemed pretty content with going hunting, finding it odd that she would get so excited about it. The reason for her excitement was fairly strange too, seeing how she just wanted to use her senses like a dog. “Hmph! It’s no big deal, you know…not unless you like to be disgusted by certain smells”. Finding it all a little strange he wandered over to the weights, “Fine, I’ll teach you…but if you joke around while we’re hunting I won’t bring you anywhere like that again, got it? It’s a sensitive skill that requires focus and silence…”

Takeshi was pleasantly surprised with how willing he was to go along with this grooming business. So long as Shu didn't pop anything he found into his mouth it wasn't all bad, kind of like having someone brush your hair really. It must look a bit odd to T'charrl who had probably never seen such a thing, unless Kaesstrians did it to one another. Probably not, it would be odd seeing them picking at one another like that. Right now everyone present was in a good mood and that was a nice change of pace, no complaints and their Kaesstrian friend was even making progress, things were pretty good. They must be because the next few words out of Takeshi's mouth were some he never thought he would utter, offering to groom Shu when he was done. The little guy was real excited over that offer, probably all sorts of happy for reasons the older boy couldn't even begin to fathom. Hey, if this was what made his brother happy though then so be it, he could have it. "Alright, but just remember I've never done this sort of thing before, okay? So don't get upset if I mess up or whatever." There was probably some method to it, certain ways to part hair and what not. Takeshi figured he'd just sort of move Shu's hair around for a while and that would be it, seemed like that was all grooming really was.

With Shu being seen to it was only fair T'charrl be offered something too. If he was running low on energy then he was in luck, two completely energized and willing Saiyans were in the room with him ready to lend a hand. "You sure? We've got tons of energy to go around. Not like we're burning any of it just sitting here," he said, lowering his hand when their friend rejected the idea again. "Alright then. And uh... Is hitting you really the best thing to be doing? I mean obviously we won't be walloping you, but should we hit you at all? Kinda makes me worry something might happen." It would be really lame if they had come this far only to mess things up, not to mention disheartening. Being as close to Kaesstra as they were now a setback was the last thing they needed, the Queen would rip them a new one if anything bad happened. "Nothing wrong with being happy about it, you know? I mean you're so close to being your old self again, I think anyone would be psyched! Just don't push yourself if you're running low on energy, find something else to do for a bit, yeah?"

The notion of going hunting was pretty exciting, all things considered. Yumi hadn't had a chance to do much of anything using her new senses yet, wandering about in the forests of Kaesstra was a good a start as any. Plus hunting meant that she and Viral could actually do something together like they used to. She may not end up liking it, not that she ever had issue with killing animals before, but either way it meant they could enjoy themselves a bit. Viral was right about him and Shu, their struggles weren't exactly the same apart from both of them transforming. Really when you came down to it she wasn't sure which was worse, both ended up putting people at risk when one of the boys changed. "I know there's going to be some nasty smells, I learned that in the city. Never knew garbage trucks smelled [i]that[i] bad before..." Yumi said, making a face of disgust before shaking her head. "I'll be one-hundred percent serious while we're practicing, I promise. I know how badly you want to do it so I wouldn't dream of messing it up. Besides, I can't see how well I stack up against you if I'm not being serious now can I?" she added, smiling playfully, "Maybe we can surprise the others and bring home some big game, or we can just eat whatever we get for ourselves."

Shu was pretty happy right now and was making sure he was getting through all of Takeshi’s hair, even if there wasn’t all that much there. Takeshi was really struggling with how much hair he was supposed to have, he barely had any compared to him and that was pretty concerning for him, wondering why his hair was so short. Squeaking a little as he continued to groom through him he got all excited about the chance of getting groomed himself, hoping it was just as nice as he hoped it was. He had little to stop them from this session, not unless something happened to T’charrl and even then Shu would bug Takeshi forever until he did what he said he would. Even if it wasn’t until they got to the planet he would still bug him for a grooming. Brushing through Takeshi’s hair he looked up to T’charrl and smiled, finding what he was saying to be a little strange. To hit someone just for falling over didn’t make much sense to him, but if T’charrl wanted it to be like that then he was going to do what he wanted, just not at all hard.

T’charrl couldn’t take their energy, not unless he wanted them both to feel drained themselves. It would just be bad for them and himself, the guilt probably being way too much if there ever was a problem with their energy levels because he took too much. He didn’t know how much he could sap in this form; after all, his largest form could just breathe in and steal someone’s energy and definitely didn’t want to accidentally do something like that. He wanted his friends to have a good time, not make them tired and feel terrible. Smiling a little at Takeshi he sighed, “It’ll be fine…I mean, not hit hard, just to me getting up”, he spoke, finding it hard to explain it, “Don’t want to sleep, that’s all”. Feeling a little mentally worn with doing this for so long he was soon starting to see things, more or less his own hands in places they weren’t. Looking to Takeshi again he smiled, giving a little nod, “Yeah, I should”, he said as he lowered his claws down. He could use the break, especially since he had been trying for a very long time now. He’d lost track to how long he had been trying, but even at this point Takeshi could probably draw a picture and it’d look somewhat like him. “Do you really think I’m close? You know it’s not going to be…umm, something that will be the same all the time, right? I’m still going to have all these forms somewhere and I have to understand them all, why I changed into them”.

Viral was a little annoyed by her enthusiasm, especially when it was essentially about killing things for food. He didn’t see anything exciting about that, it was something that was more relaxing for him than anything and gave him a challenge. Yumi didn’t need the techniques he knew about when she had Ki. He enjoyed being amongst the wilderness and the peace it gave him, even if he was out there to kill other creatures. He would certainly enjoy himself more if he was by himself, but that wasn’t something he could do when he had a pretty terrible condition that could easily get worse. Letting out a grumble he picked up a couple of weights, glancing at Yumi, “I’m don’t care whether you mess up”, he spoke, looking away again, “There’s a higher chance I’ll mess up because you get too excitable”. Feeling a little annoyed he just quietly lifted the weights, giving Yumi an annoyed look when she mentioned competing against him. Everyone was determined to prove they were better than him at everything, making him feel as if it was all a big game to them and they were all keeping a score sheet to whoever could find the most. “I don’t care what we do with it. They’ll all have plenty to eat, anyway! We can bring it back…but I’m not having it getting burnt to hell if you’re going to cook it…”

Takeshi hoped Shu was exceptionally thorough with his grooming, he was in no hurry to take a turn at it. The whole notion of someone peeling through your hair was still alien, even more than T'charrl in his current form was. That just wasn't something he had been brought up doing and there were loads of other ways, better ways, to accomplish what grooming did. But... His little brother wanted it, and goodness knows he was a glutton for punishment when it came to appeasing Shu. He'd give it a shot at least this one time and if it didn't pan out then hey, at least he could say he'd tried. "If you don't wanna sleep then we can keep you awake no problem," Takeshi said, smiling over at T'charrl, "Would fruit help you get energy back? We can always go hit the kitchen and grab whatever is left, if there even is anything at this point." There was plenty of food on the ship, sure, but certain things were getting precariously low, fruit one of them. That was a huge downer when it came to being stuck on a ship all the time, whatever you had for food was all you had, there was no hunting or going to the store. All the more reason for them to hurry up and get their feet back on solid ground. "Hey, you said it yourself, you're nearly there. We've just gotta give you that little extra push at the end, you know? This break might be just the thing you need to get that last little bit!" And once T'charrl was all back to his regular self then they could get heading to Kaesstra in earnest. Sure, their friend may not know how to use his energy completely, nor could he transform on will, but at least he'd have changed back. The rest were semantics, they could worry about that later.

Yumi was all sorts of excited to try out hunting now, she wanted to see what she was capable of. It wouldn't be like before when she would set traps, this would be more primal, and for some reason that was exciting. Plus she was eager to see Viral in action, hunting had always been something he was exceptionally good at. Bubbling over with excitement she glanced at the Beastman and tilted her head a bit, puzzled by the annoyed look he had. Had she said something to irritate him? Maybe it was just her enthusiasm that was getting to him, it seemed to do that occasionally. Toning it down some she folded her hands behind her back, watching Viral as he lifted one of the weights. "Like I said I'll be careful, and I'll do whatever you tell me to do. Don't worry, I won't be like this when we're hunting," she assured him, smiling happily, "I'm just excited to do this again with you, it's been years after all. It will be like when I was younger, I always loved doing it with you back then and I bet I'll love it now too." There was bound to be all sorts of interesting creatures on Kaesstra just waiting for them to come and nab them. A few of the meats they had tasted back on the planet had been pretty tasty, she was curious if they could find those again on their own. Getting her cooking criticized, Yumi's face turned into a pout as she placed her hands on her hips, looking at Viral intently. "I know how to cook and you know I do, I just don't do it all that often," she said defensively, her lips lifting into a smile as she stepped closer, "But fine, if you don't trust my cooking then you can cook whatever we catch. And it had better be the tastiest thing I've ever eaten."

Shu thought T’charrl having a break was also a good idea, seeing how long he had been doing it for. He was so determined not to disappoint anybody and it was pretty tired with trying so hard so it would be a shame to not give him a rest. He didn’t know why he was so hasty to try and change back, he liked him whatever form he took, especially considering with each new form he just got fluffier. He loved the fluffiness, it was quite cute for such a fierce appearance and with this form T’charrl even kind of crawled around, making him feel comfortable about the thought of crawling around himself when he was allowed to. It just seemed to be the others who didn’t like his other forms and kept pushing him to be normal again, or at least as close to normal as they could get him. Frowning a little, he soon squeaked and bounced away from Takeshi’s head, giving a little smile as he moved around to face Takeshi, “Me please now, yes? Please…?” he asked up, shuffling a little closer to Takeshi, “Short hair not much looking…”

T’charrl felt like he was pushing it a little, not quite sure what he was missing at this point. He had a good idea of what he looked like, but maybe he was just missing the actual desire to become normal again. He had plenty of it, but maybe it wasn’t enough. Everyone was so looking forward to him being normal, probably because they could interact with him properly again and his mother wouldn’t be mad at them if they returned and he wasn’t normal. He really needed a break to clear his head from all these negative thoughts, feeling he was missing something. Giving a little nod he let out a sigh, trying to sit comfortably. “I guess so. I just hope I am not doing this all wrong”, he sighed, shifting his claws a little, “I don’t want to be doing the wrong thing. It’s hard to see, but I feel I am getting there too. I’ve never done it before, so…I don’t know if I can, I guess”.

Viral was getting annoyed, even if it wasn’t Yumi who was causing it completely. She was saying all the wrong things and getting all excited over stuff that wasn’t to get excited over. He just wanted to hunt, but Yumi seemed to get overexcited about this sort of stuff. She didn’t need to have that much excitement, especially when it just meant wandering around looking for animals. He would probably need to find out what could be eaten and what couldn’t, even finding out what creatures they couldn’t hunt. He would probably get Yumi to do that kind of work for him seeing how he didn’t feel comfortable with how he looked. Finally saying why she was happy he frowned a little, glancing over to her, eventually looking away with a sigh, “Yeah, until your mother got angry at me, I did that. I didn’t know I was doing anything wrong back then”. He didn’t know why anyone was so cautious about him doing things that were close to feral, but he understood now. They were afraid he might turn wild again and kill someone, maybe even one of the children. They always saw it as safer to keep him inside and doing tasks that humans would do rather than ones an animal might partake in. “You want me to cook? Unless you like your meat rare, fine! I’ll cook…hmph, would rather I just ate it raw than anything”.

The whole grooming business wasn't half bad as Takeshi had worried it would be. Odd yes, but not bad. It wasn't something he could see himself and Shu doing on a regular basis but maybe as an occasion thing. The older boy did hope that they might find another way of cleaning one another that wasn't quite as strange as this, or another way they could socialize. What else did monkeys do for socializing? Throw poop? Eh... Maybe grooming wasn't such a bad idea then. Hardly realizing Shu had stopped, having zoned out a bit for the duration Takeshi blinked when his brother appeared before him, more than ready to cash in on getting his turn. Darn, there was a bit of a hope before that the younger boy would wait, apparently not. "Uh... Yeah, Your turn buddy!" he replied, smiling as he got up and shuffled around to Shu's back. They had only bathed recently so nothing was in there that would surprise him, he'd made darn sure of that before. Still the fact he was grooming someone was a bit strange and Takeshi wasn't wholly sure how to even begin. Chuckling under his breath he shrugged his shoulders, figuring to hell with it, he'd try copying what Shu had done. Placing his hands on his sibling's head he began parting the hair gently, pretty much just repeating that as he 'groomed' the other boy. Not very hard, but definitely unusual.

"How could you be doing it wrong but getting closer to figuring it out, huh?" Takeshi asked, smiling as he continued working on Shu, "You've gotta be doing it right if you're getting somewhere with it. Whether or not you can do it, well, the only way you'll know is by trying." Of course T'charrl hadn't done something like this before, none of them had. Even Viral was able to change back to a degree now and his situation was arguably worse than the Kaesstrian's. Shu didn't get stuck in his form, that generally changed whenever he settled down and stopped being angry. In a way what their friend was doing was completely unique, no one else in their group would have to do it. Parting Shu's hair right down the middle, Takeshi glanced over his head for a minute before shrugging, still not sure what he was doing. Rather than really look for anything then he just continued parting Shu's hair, and trying to undo the occasional knot that he came across. "What part are you missing anyways? Maybe if you tell us then we can help you out, describe what you need or whatever. Could save you some time?"

Yumi wasn't trying to belittle Viral or make light of hunting, she knew how much he enjoyed doing it. She was just excited, she'd be hunting in a way that the Beastman had all along and that in of itself was going to be fun. She could finally get a better idea of how Viral handled himself, maybe, and get a little insight into what he was like. As of late she had been wondering just how animalistic Viral was in his behaviors, now she might see a bit more of where he was coming from. There was nothing inherently wrong with being primal, in a way it was sort of exciting. The unbridled nature of chasing around prey wasn't all that bad really, humans did plenty of worse things to animals they wanted than animals themselves did. She had seen Viral hunt before, and his killings were always quick and clean, unlike shooting some poor creature and letting it bleed out. "To be fair my mother got angry at a lot of things. Like me learning martial arts, or being a tomboy, or hanging out with Vegeta. If I lived her way then I would have been a recluse," Yumi pointed out with a smile, "She just wanted to protect me though, I realized that. And whether she fully trusted you doesn't matter much. I don't need her approval to spend time with you and you shouldn't need it either." So she might be a bit rebellious of her parents, ironic considering she expected the boys and the others around her to behave usually. "Maybe... We should cook our own meals then," she added, smiling sheepishly, "That might work better."

Shu wasn’t asking for much, just for his hair to be checked to see if there’s anything had escaped their showering sessions from when they were on other planets. Takeshi hadn’t caught anything in his hair, he hadn’t found anything at least. If he did somehow manage to find a bug he would had eaten it anyways, at least making sure Takeshi didn’t notice him. As of right now though Takeshi was done and Shu wanted his done like was promised, feeling fairly confident that he was going to get some nice social grooming with his brother. Sitting down all nicely with a little wiggle, he took hold of his tail and smiled away, waiting for Takeshi to get ready. “Ooh! Yeah! My turn!” Feeling pretty prepared he squeaked a little when Takeshi started grooming him, feeling all sorts of happy over his acceptance. He was pretty sure he was accepted now, so long as Takeshi completed it this time and didn’t freak out because he had some random bug in his hair. It was pretty nice to feel this way, his mind all soothed and his tail wiggling around at the end.

T’charrl watched Takeshi and Shu curiously, not entirely sure what this was all about but whatever it was Shu was indeed happy about it. He didn’t appear to know all that much about them after all if this was something they possibly enjoyed doing. While he was a little curious he wasn’t going to see them as anything less. Giving his head a little scratch he looked away slightly, “Well I-I mean, It’s going to happen, but I don’t know why it’s not”, he spoke, looking back and lowering his head, “Maybe because I’m just trying rather than having the desire to try. I want to change back, but maybe it’s because I have no reason to, maybe…? It’s hard to explain…” It was all quite difficult, but it wasn’t exactly something he could straight out say was the wrong thing. “I don’t know, that’s the thing. Maybe my want to change isn’t strong enough. Maybe I have too much of something, like some sort of energy or…I don’t know. I’m worried…”

Viral let out a groan, eventually placing the weights to the side as he shook his head a little. He didn’t see why she needed to justify her mother’s resistance to letting her be around him, he already knew why she disapproved of those things when she was in on it the entire time. She didn’t like her daughter being around Vegeta because of the dangers that were involved and knew what his family was like, worried that she might end up getting hurt when she grew up and became a fighter. Slowly rubbing his head he stared at her, narrowing his gaze a little, “I don’t believe anybody approved of me. It was by accident that Vegeta woke me up”, he spoke, stretching his arms slightly, “They probably didn’t want to put me back because it could kill me, plus I wasn’t acting out, so they put me on watch instead”. He didn’t care about their distrust of him at this point, feeling that he had proved to everybody by now that he wasn’t to be trusted when he was broken like this. “If you want us to then whatever! If I can even eat…hmph, I want to and yet I can’t bring myself to get passed the thought of it…”

"Heh... Yeah, your turn buddy," Takeshi repeated, smiling weakly as he continued to part Shu's hair. Please let there be no bugs, there was no way he was going to finish if he found something crawling around. If there kept being little creepy crawlies in his brother's hair then he may just shave the younger boy's head in his sleep. Sure, Shu might be a bit sore about that at first but it would make things a whole lot easier. Who knows, the little guy could even look good bald. One good thing about grooming was it was a fairly mindless task, he could talk to T'charrl no problem while doing it. Looking up at their friend, Takeshi listened as he spoke, nodding understandingly at what was being said. "Maybe there's too much of the General's energy? What if that is keeping you from changing back?" he suggested, shrugging his shoulders, "Or what about that Spirit, huh? Maybe you need to find a way to get that out, maybe that's what's stopping things. Though I have no flipping idea how that's going to work out..." That Spirit, or ghost, whatever was in T'charrl didn't seem malicious, it was anything but. That aside it didn't change the fact that it could well be the source of their friend's problems. Highly doubting it would work though opting to give it a go Takeshi narrowed his eyes at the Kaesstrian, staring silently for a moment as if trying to see the Spirit. "Hey, Spirit guy... If you can hear me how about saying something. We could use a hint here, you know?"

Yumi's mouth pulled into a frown hearing Viral, feeling quite sad for him again. "That's not true, it doesn't even make sense. If they didn't care about you or want you then they would have put you back, killed you. The fact they kept you out and helped you recover shows they wanted you around. And not for a weapon either, I don't remember Vegeta exactly sending you out on missions and things like that, so you weren't some tool. You were and are part of the family, that's all you were. Not some danger, or some threat or nuisance." Sure, a handful of people in Capsule Corp most certainly did resent Viral. Some thought he should be killed for inadvertently killing Aito and June, while others thought he should basically be reduced to a servant. While Vegeta hadn't always been the most forthcoming it had actually been his insistence that kept Viral from being demeaned to anything less than he was. "Vegeta and I spent time with you and made sure no one treated you badly. Never mind whether we knew or not what had happened, we weren't going to let anyone do away with you, and we still won't." Cringing slightly at Viral's discontent towards food Yumi folded her hands behind her back, scuffing her foot against the floor before offering a small smile. "What if I prepared it in a way that didn't make you think of it? Like a soup, or stew. Something that you don't really have to chew. Would that help?"

T’charrl didn’t know what he was supposed to do to calm it down or make him feel better about this energy, making him wonder if he was really managing to do it all properly. He didn’t know why he couldn’t make it happen, it wasn’t that big a deal and he was trying hard after so long, but something was preventing him from changing. If he had done it once then it was obviously there, he could do it, but it was a matter of having the ability to do it while conscious. Looking to Takeshi he let out a sigh, lowering his head a little with a frown. “Maybe, but I don’t know how to fix that. He could easily be stopping it, his lingering hatred for me and my power”. Feeling a little down by that thought he slowly scratched his face, staring down before looking up again when Takeshi questioned the spirit, frowning, “I don’t think so, I mean…the Spirit has no vessel of its own anymore”, he spoke, looking away again, “The Spirit is the same as our Sacred Tree, only the Spirit that harbours has a home and that is its form. The one I have only looks like a Kaesstrian because I am one and I am its vessel, whether its vessel was also shaped like a Kaesstrian I doubt it can remember. We worshipped them and gave them our energy in return for gifts and protection from them, but…ones like the one I carry could only sleep when people forgot about them”. Not feeling too happy with how much his world had fallen into mediocrity he could only wonder if the Spirit would ever be able to leave or whether it was bound to him forever without a home, travelling with him as if it was kept in a bag. Rubbing his head a little his eyes were soon drawn to Takeshi, tilting his head a little before smiling, “I don’t think it can talk when I’m awake, not unless you want me to be two people”.

Viral didn’t necessarily agree with a lot that Yumi was saying, finding she was just trying to cheer him up without there being much support behind her words. She probably knew he would feel that way about all of these things that happened, “I was expensive, remember? They wouldn’t want me dead, not unless they can remove all the resources from me and put me back together again…which they couldn’t without Vegeta’s parents. The RRA tried to buy me many times and sometimes Vegeta considered. I don’t know what he was thinking back then but he was certainly fed up with me after you stopped visiting”. It was a confusing time and did manage to make him feel very uncomfortable with his life at that stage, but he was not going to hold that against him forever. “I don’t know whether you actually mean that or it was only so because you didn’t know much about me back then. I was just there”. Still not feeling completely over the food he did manage to feel the need for it, but whether needing it or wanting it was the same thing he couldn’t tell. He didn’t know if he might have an adverse reaction to it or feel ill. “Hmph, maybe that might help…I don’t know, then you’re cooking instead of me! Even if I don’t eat my own food…tch, I don’t know what to do with this problem of mine…”

"So... The Spirit would be totally different if it wasn't inside of you...? Man that's weird... This whole thing is so confusing." Never having been a religious person by any means Takeshi had a hard time wrapping his head around the whole worship idea too. It seemed a bit silly to be praying to some otherworldly being, if you wanted something done then you did it, simple as that. He knew there were other things in the world, he'd seen it for himself, but he wasn't about to start praying to them for anything. Hey, if T'charrl wanted to worship some tree Spirit thing though then he could, hopefully he didn't expect Takeshi to do the same. Realizing he was being a bit cynical the Saiyan smiled slightly, prompting his friend to call out the very same Spirit he'd been thinking of. Surely that thing had to know what they needed to do, it had sounded pretty smart when they spoke to it before. Or even if it didn't they could at least try to get it to help a bit more. "Huh... Yeah, you being two people at once, kind of weird..." he mumbled, smirking slightly as he glanced at Shu's head, tugging a small knot free. "I guess though we could hit you and knock you out like we were talking about? Then we could talk to the Spirit and get everything figured out then and there." Lifting his head again and looking at T'charrl, Takeshi flushed slightly before rolling his eyes, "Kidding, by the way. No one's knocking you out."

There were people that wanted Viral as a weapon, no doubt. There were people who wanted him dead and others who wanted to test him like a lab rat. He had been surrounded by people who wished ill for him all of his life so Yumi could understand why he might be so negative. But she knew too there were people who wanted to help and support him, not just those the Beastman was with now either. People like Doctor Ikura had come and gone over the years but there were plenty who tried to be on the side of Viral. "Vegeta had to have had a reason for doing that though. Look at how he's been trying to help you, do you think he'd be doing all of this if he just wanted to get rid of you? Maybe he had something planned, or something in mind. Have you ever asked him about it?" Vegeta would explain himself if asked, she was certain of that. Whether the Beastman would want to hear his explanation or not was another matter, but Yumi was fair certain there was a good reason for it all. There had to be, their friend wasn't the kind of person to sell someone off like that. Sighing to herself she rubbed at her head, glancing at Viral sadly after a moment, "I really mean it. Sure we didn't know anything really, but we did know we loved being around you and we didn't want anything to change that. And we still don't. Why is it so hard to believe that people actually want to be near you?" This conversation was starting to get kind of depressing, not the way she had hoped to spend their day. The one saving grace they had right now was the banter about food, maybe that could lighten their moods a little bit. "What if we both prepared it? You get the meat, get it ready for whatever we're making, and I'll make the broth and throw vegetables in. Then we each did our part, you get the meat how you want and it'll be something you can put down."

T’charrl frowned a little, giving a little nod before looking away, “I-I guess…I mean, in any other Kaesstrian they would look like what you see, umm…I mean, it’s not weird…” He didn’t want to be seen as weird, it was something he was fairly nervous about. Takeshi probably didn’t mean it, but that look he was giving certainly did scream his honesty in the matter. Maybe he was very weird after all, even when he tried to explain himself he just couldn’t. His kind weren’t that weird, they barely cared for the Spirits anymore after all and his own clan were the only ones to see their tree as anything sacred and thanked for keeping them alive. That wasn’t weird, surely, feeling a little singled out when Takeshi was the one trying to untangle Shu’s hair without using some sort of aid. Sighing a little he looked back up to Takeshi, not looking too happy over the suggestion to floor him, especially when it seemed serious at first until Takeshi decided to make it out as a joke instead. “Umm, just kidding? Weird? I…guess it is. Whatever the Spirit has told you is probably all and I just…I don’t know. Maybe I’m thinking about it too much. I don’t want to let people down after working on it for so long, though…”

Viral had little doubt that he knew the reason Vegeta was considering selling him to a selected army, but in the end never decided on a suitable deal or army. He knew he was a warrior and was getting fed up with him getting all testy over being locked up in the same place, Vegeta’s devotion to his work taking over any sort of social time he may have had with him. “He got busy, that was his reason. Even when he knew I wasn’t allowed to go out in public he would barely talk to me because of his work…hmph, that’s all you need to know to guess what the problem was”. His idea of fun was fighting and killing so it was no wonder he let the army look at him for longer than anyone else had ever been allowed to do so. Of course the RRA already knew about him, one of their men helped create him, but even then they acted as if they were seeing him for the first time. “It’s hard to believe that because I’m not exactly the most sociable creature ever brought into existence! Better off being around a bunch of nobodies I can give orders to. Even the King figured that out. I’m more surprised you can put up with all this negative energy…” He wasn’t exactly feeling the need to talk about food for this long either, finding it to be a little off-putting rather than encouraging. “You just really want to cook, don’t you? I don’t care what I do or what you do, it all depends on how I feel then about it at the time. If all this is too much fuss then we don’t need to go hunting, we can do something else you really want to do if that’s going to cause less grief…”

"I uh, I don't mean you're weird, that's not it! I mean how the Spirit... Changes, depending on what it's with, that's weird. I don't know, I would think it would just look one way." There he went speaking like an idiot again, oops. Now he was looking like a fool too trying to backtrack and defend what he had just said. Shu didn't ever slip up like this and he barely knew how to speak by comparison, then again that might be why too. Smiling awkwardly Takeshi gave the back of his neck a rub, chuckling slightly before resuming picking at Shu's hair. "Sorry, we wouldn't hit you, bad joke, my bad. And you're not letting anyone down, don't sweat it. The way things are going too it's almost impossible that you won't get better, you know? All we want for you is to get back to your old self, which is what you want too, right? We're just trying to help you along is all." Come to think of it was that actually what T'charrl wanted? There had been a lot of them saying he should change back but he hadn't said it much himself. When he had too it sounded more like he was just going along with what everyone else was saying. Takeshi was a bit confused now, he wasn't sure if this was what their friend wanted. It had to be though, right? He couldn't imagine anyone wanting to constantly be changing the way T'charrl was. Glancing down at Shu he smiled at being done with the grooming, ruffling his brother's hair. "There, think we're all finished. I do alright buddy?"

Yumi still wasn't buying into Vegeta disowning Viral, no matter what reason the Beastman gave. She couldn't deny that their friend spent less time with Viral, he'd done the same with her as well, but she didn't fault him for it. There was a reason behind the attempted sales, one that they weren't going to know unless they went right up and asked Vegeta about it. Claiming anything else right now was just unfair. The conversation at hand was doing nothing but dragging Viral down, and slowly Yumi along with it. They should really try changing topics unless both of them ended up depressed, that wouldn't do anyone any good. "You don't have to be the most sociable person to be fun to be around. Fighting or hunting or exploring with you has always been fun, and the fact you might not talk much doesn't change any of that. The King didn't know what to do with you I'll bet, he just tried forcing you into something he figured would work best for him." Bringing it back to food again for a moment she tried to divvy out the responsibilities instead. Viral wanted to hunt and she did as well, who was cooking and how the food was to be prepared was up in the air though. Even when she tried to mediate and divide the job between them Yumi found that her friend was only getting upset. "We'll worry about cooking after we hunt, it's silly to think about cooking before we even get the food anyways," she remarked, "How about we go see Vegeta? I think your medicine should be ready and we can ask him about those deals, if you want. I bet he has a perfectly good explanation for it."