[IC] Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

[Mogtaki]

Shu was pretty happy to learn this all again despite having a little bit of experience when it came to doing this. He wasn’t very good at controlling what kind of level of output he was giving out when it came to Ki and that would be deadly in battle for him and his opponent. If he got tired after using too much Ki, he’d be useless in battle until he got more energy. Feeling pretty calm and a little jumpy, he stared at Takeshi as he made his explanation and demonstration, his head slowly tilting to the side as he spoke before suddenly bouncing on the spot when Takeshi caused the water to explode, “Ooh! Boom! I do that without meaning to a lot”, he spoke quickly, giving a little smile, “I hope I don’t blow up because it kind of hurts…” Pressing his fingers together lightly, he stared at them as he contemplated how he might handle this, feeling worried that he was going to end up releasing too much. It would probably be better for T’charrl to get that down before he tried to do it, especially when he was doing that quite a lot when he was trying to get Ki control.

T’charrl thought this was definitely something he needed to learn, especially when he lacked weapons and he was trained in them pretty strongly. He had trained hard when it came to weapons and if he could use Ki then that would become another for him and one that would be a lot handier than weapons that could break. Watching Takeshi curiously, he watched as the ball of energy flew off and exploded elsewhere, raising his hands quickly as if he was going to be hit by water. Turning it into something like that appeared pretty difficult, but maybe he was overthinking it and worrying over nothing. Raising his hands, he let out a sigh as he watched Takeshi produce an even bigger ball, feeling a little confused to why it was always spherical. Maybe if he could master it he might be able to create his own kinds of attacks, but for now he needed to try and do this rounder version first. Copying Takeshi, he gave a little nod and tried to summon the energy again and project it out. Pulling out his energy again, he tried to go a step further and project it, creating a spark at first before trying to force it out some more. The spark grew bigger steadily, his eyes staring down at it with constant concentration as he tried to get it to form. He could see Shu staring at him as he tried to create the ball, the energy looking very rough but his own experience of energy projection playing a role in his training in this, “…It feels so raw…it won’t explode in my face, will it…?”

Viral wasn’t sure how to feel as this strange man sat beside him, feeling like he would be close to a freak-out if he wasn’t so chilled out on medicine. Staring down at the grass as he shifted it between his claws, he barely seemed to be listening to a word that Roshi was saying as his head slowly tilted to the side, his eyes staring into nothingness as he let out a groan, “…Goku…that guy…” he muttered, sounding as if he was actually experiencing distaste in his condition. He was coming down gradually from his medicine, its effects wearing off and his mind beginning to mould back into what it was before. Slowly rubbing as his head, he swayed slightly as he tried to concentrate on what was being told to him as the questions suddenly got complicated, “I’m…a Beastman, artificial life…created for…I don’t know”, he muttered, not enjoying how he was needing to think more, “I…kill people. Do bad things, those fun things…hunt and kill and hunt and kill…”

[GambolMuse]

Shu still didn't sound overly confident still, they were going to have to address that. Looking down at his own hand Takeshi smiled amused, shrugging before reaching over and playfully poking his brother in the shoulder. "I had plenty blow up in my face, though I was pretty impatient when I was learning. If you take your time you'll be fine," he said, "Otherwise you might end up like me and almost burning your eyebrows off!" If it could be helped the little guy would be doing no such thing during his own practice. Best they gradually work up to actually setting off a blast, bringing out energy in a controlled fashion would be step one. While Shu seemed hesitant to begin T'charrl had psyched himself up and was ready to begin. Takeshi watched his friend closely, following his Ki as T'charrl began to summon it forth. From a few sparks of energy came an orb at last, or something reminiscent of an orb. It was quite bumpy and gave off this odd feedback sound, kind of like normal Ki but far more spastic. "It won't blow up as long as you contain it," the Saiyan replied, smiling as he looked at the energy. "Good for a first attempt though! Looks like you're getting it. Now then..." Turning around Takeshi pointed out towards the sea, grinning as he looked at T'charrl. "Toss it like a ball and see how well it works!"

"Beastman, eh...? That's a new one." The people on their world might be able to be called Beastman, though Roshi wasn't sure if he was using that term rightly. Artificial life... So was he like an android? Hm... Nope, Viral was certainly organic, he could tell just by looking. That invariably made the old man think back to Cell all those years ago, it being the closest thing to artificial life. Now that whatever he had been on was fading the Beastman sounded more uneasy with himself, hardly giving a description that would land him a job. "The bad things are fun things...?" Roshi repeated, not quite understanding. Scratching at his beard the hermit looked over briefly at the boys feeling a slight increase of energy, taking note of what T'charrl was doing. Hopefully they shot away from his home, he didn't want to have to fix anything again. "You don't know why you're here...? How old are you, Viral?"

[Mogtaki]

Shu watched T’charrl in fascination, the guy getting it pretty quickly compared to how he managed on his first try. He looked like a natural with channelling energy, but then again from what he understood it was something he did often before this anyway. Feeling pretty happy, he watched his energy curiously before looking down at his own hands as he tried to do what his brother and friend did as well. Gathering his energy was pretty wild as usual, his energy buzzing as he tried to keep it under control. It was definitely pretty difficult trying to keep it in a decent and constant shape, trying hard to keep it together like T’charrl. He wasn’t interested in competing, but he did want to get to the same level of practice that T’charrl was at while keeping at his, especially when being a Saiyan meant being quick to learn Ki. Feeling pretty pleased with his creation, he stared at it before he threw it out into the sea only for it to explode before it even touched the water.

T’charrl hoped he was doing it right; his energy didn’t seem to want to behave quite like Takeshi’s one. Shu’s one appeared pretty unstable, but he thought that was normal for the kid considering he was young and probably too full of energy to control it properly. Feeling a little less confident in himself, he kept a hold of his own energy, staring at it before releasing it after Shu threw his. While it didn’t pop like Shu’s did, it sliced the water before finally exploding. Feeling proud of himself for a second, he soon moved back a little, rubbing his claws together, “Was that okay…? Was it supposed to do that?”

Viral wasn’t sure what to tell this man, probably because he was a little dazed and wasn’t entirely sure what this man was wanting from him. Finding answers was hard, his mind having a good dance around with his hands pressing against his head to try and control it. Not looking like he was in any pain at least, he sighed heavily and continued to stare downwards, feeling pretty light as Roshi continued to question him, “Bad things for fun…like fighting…and killing”, he muttered, slowly removing his hands from his head and going back to playing around with the grass, looking rather content. He didn’t have to think this hard today until now, but Roshi was once again giving him difficult questions as he continued on, “No...I don’t know these stupid things…” he grumbled, shaking his head slowly, “I don’t have a birthday…how should I know how old…? I don’t count my age; there’s no point”.

[GambolMuse]

Before T'charrl had tossed his own attack Shu was well on his way to forming one as well. While he had gathered the energy quicker the little guy also seemed to be having trouble handling it too, more so than their friend. Just getting it under control the younger boy tossed it out towards the water, most likely in hopes of getting it to explode over the waves. Instead of even reaching the water it exploded right on the shore. Lifting an arm to shield his eyes from the dirt Takeshi smiled, still pleased with his brother's progress. "Not bad Shu, not bad. If you want it to go further you have to pack it more tightly. Once you toss it the Ki will start to expand, it's all about sealing it before you let it go." That was the case for individual little blasts anyways. Different things could influence that too, like velocity, if you were shooting a sustained blast and how strong it was to begin with. For the sake of their beginning lessons he wouldn't go into all of that.

Now then, time for T'charrl's turn. As Shu had done the Kaesstrian gathered his Ki, the orb seeming quite unsteady as the energy bounced around in his palms. Giving him a nod to go ahead their friend lobbed it out into the water, cutting a pretty wide path through the waves before ultimately exploding a few dozen meters out. The explosion wasn't quite as brilliant as Shu's had been, but the control was much better. The case seemed to be then that Shu had more energy but less control of it, whereas T'charrl was pretty much the exact opposite. They had to work on two different points, control and release to reach the same ends. "Both of those were good guys, honest," Takeshi replied, smiling as he gave a nod of his head. "Still some work to do, but we'll get it down soon enough. Want to give it another go?"

"Hey now... Fighting isn't a bad thing. Not so long as you have a good reason for it anyways." More or less everyone here fought as a lifestyle, so saying fighting was a bad thing was calling everyone bad. Sure, if you fought for selfish reasons or simply for power then that wasn't very good, yet Roshi knew that wasn't why Viral fought. If that were the case he wouldn't have the kind of company he did, that was obvious. Also obvious was the fact that the man was quite depressed, the hermit could tell both in Viral's speech and mannerisms that he was rather upset. "Of course there is a point to counting your age, it marks another year of life, another year of accomplishments. If you let yourself lose track of time then you lose meaning, and believe me son, you don't want that." Chuckling softly Roshi smiled, becoming quite serious as he looked at Viral sympathetically. "I've been around for... Oh, a few hundred years. And yet I still count my age, celebrate my birthdays. Because just being alive is something worth celebrating, don't you think?"

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t mean for it to explode like that, but he had tried and that’s what mattered. He was certainly happy with being able to hold onto it long enough before it exploded, seeing as how he wanted to keep his eyebrows. Giving himself a quick shake, he smiled at Takeshi gleefully, nodding quickly, “Okay! Tightly…all squishy”, he spoke, raising his hands and staring at them for a moment before looking back to Takeshi, “I will get it! I will!” Really determined, he watched T’charrl and thought he did equally as good as Takeshi did, but of course he was pretty positive about everything right now. He didn’t see anything wrong with what he did, especially considering T’charrl was a first timer with it. Bouncing around a little bit, he moved to T’charrl’s side as he stared up at him, “Yeah! We’ll get it!” he spoke quickly before raising his hands again, trying to gather energy once more. Managing to get some energy again, he tried to keep it under control before giving it another toss, managing to get it a little further than the beach but when it exploded it hit the water, sending it all splashing backwards.

T’charrl felt pretty good about his attempt, looking down at Shu when he made an attempt to create another Ki orb. Watching him curiously, he frowned a little before watching it exploding. Bouncing back, he raised his arms up when the water suddenly flew up at him, “Ah! Water!” Shu’s ability for control seemed to be taking one step at a time, T’charrl only hoping he would be able to improve as well, seeing as how Shu had managed to get it even further if still exploding a little suddenly. Shaking himself quickly, he let out a sigh as he tried to find his centre again, powering up another attack and holding it for a moment until he could get focused more, “…How do you mould it? I mean, I’ve heard Saiyans being able to make all sorts of terrifying attacks…uhhh, not that you’re terrifying…” Throwing the energy, it flew in the air before going upwards instead of towards the water, blowing up well above it.

Viral didn’t think much about his age, finding it to be pretty unimportant. He wasn’t technically born and birthdays were reserved for normal people. He went his known life not knowing what a birthday was like to receive and whether his creators ever celebrated it he couldn’t remember so it just didn’t feel important enough to remember. Deciding to stare up at the sky a little bit, he stared into the infinite blue and slowly slid back on his paws. Groaning at Roshi’s logic, he decided to sit up again and look at him with a frown, “Stinkin’ old man…” he grumbled, looking away again, “Why should I celebrate anything…? All this…thinking and stuff. Would need to age before I can have an age. Thinking like that…stupid thinking like that. I've got...nothing to celebrate!”

[GambolMuse]

Shu would get it, as would T'charrl, there was no question about that. The two were perfectly capable of getting this down in the next day or so, probably sooner if they kept the pace up. "You're both going to have this down in no time, just keep working for it!" Now that they knew what to do it was pretty safe to say they could be left to their own devices. After all, lectures only got so far, you had to do things for yourself to truly learn them. Much as Takeshi could sit there and tell them how much energy to put out ultimately it fell to them to regulate their own strength, that was something he couldn't give them. Eying the orb Shu created he watched keenly as it was tossed, making it a bit further than the last one, but only just. A modest wall of water was sent their way which promptly doused the older boy, leaving him standing there with a surprised look on his face as he dripped. "Uh... Well, that was better." He supposed he needed to take a bath soon anyways, albeit that wasn't exactly what he'd had in mind. Lifting a hand to wipe his face dry Takeshi smiled, flicking droplets at Shu playfully. "Try to make your energy more compact before you throw it, pack it together tighter. The more you do that the farther it travels before exploding."

Huh, why was T'charrl so panicked over the water? Their friend had mentioned he wasn't one for swimming but he didn't think the Kaesstrian would actually be afraid of it. Chuckling softly Takeshi crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow at his friend. "I'm not terrifying? Well shoot, looks like I haven't been doing my job. But to answer your question it takes a lot of control and know-how to make unique attacks. I can show you one, if you want." But first T'charrl was going to have another go at his own attacks. As before he threw it out over the water, throwing it a little higher this time. The resulting explosion caused a large shockwave to travel downward, displacing quite a bit of water in a large ripple effect. When the explosion subsided a small whirlpool formed at the epicenter as a result, not too shabby at all. Smiling Takeshi turned his back to his friend and brother, again wiping at his face to clear some water. "You're getting on really well, both of you, I gotta say I'm impressed. Let me show you something a little fancier that you can do."

Might as well have a little fun and show off one of his own little tricks. Probably not his unique attack but he liked to use it, when the situation allowed for it anyways. Holding both arms out before him with the palms flat Takeshi channeled a lot of Ki to each hand, letting it hold there for a few seconds. Then, in a rapid succession of bursts he began releasing blasts, creating almost an ovular shaped pattern as he fired off several attacks. They arched every which way, sideways, up and down, but all met at one point a good many meters out over the water. As the blasts collided they created a larger orb on the other side, the repeating shockwaves making a lot of splashing. When he finally stopped firing the mass of Ki on the other end blew up altogether, spreading out and creating some modest waves in every direction. A small one made it to shore, but for the most part everything was pushed out to sea. Turning back around with a triumphant grin Takeshi chuckled, flashing the others a thumbs up. "How did you like that one? Made it up myself!"

"Eh, you don't age? Well that's silly, everyone ages, including me. Just because you might not change physically doesn't mean you don't age. A rock might look the same year after year, but you'd say the rock is a hundred years old, wouldn't you? Well then, we're no different." Now things were beginning to make a little sense, at last. Viral was immortal, if Roshi understood rightly. Or very close to it, considering he didn't believe he aged. Hm, a new immortal being, and one that was created no less. If he thought he had the place to ask he might question where Viral was made, but that was another time and place. Sighing remorsefully he moved himself, taking a seat beside Viral before looking up at the sky himself. "Young man... There are things all around you to celebrate. Like I said, you're alive, that's something worth celebrating is it not? And look at everyone around you, all your friends, they're all here with you. For you, that's something. You have people that make life worth living, and you've got many, many years ahead of you with them, I can tell. Believe me when I tell you that life is plenty worth celebrating, it's all about how you live it that counts."

Roshi chuckled lightheartedly, rubbing at his bald head as he looked down at the grass. "Ah... Listen to an old man ramble. Sorry about that, but I want you to understand that there's a lot in life that's worth noticing and celebrating. The relationships you build, the people you meet, the things you experience, everything around you can be worthwhile if you let it be. And while people might disappear the bonds you made never will, and they'll make up who you are." Roshi spoke as much for himself as he did Viral. His own life had been drastically changed by meeting people like Goku, and those were changes he never wanted to forget. All the experiences they had been through were precious, the good and the bad, and he'd not trade them for anything. Looking over at Viral the hermit smiled kindly, reaching over and placing a hand on the Beastman's shoulder. "You will see people come and go, Viral, but always remember they're never truly gone. They're always with you in spirit and will be cheering for you on the other side. So if you want to know what to celebrate... Celebrate life. Celebrate what you have, what you will have, and what you have had in the past. Life can be pretty grand if you let it be, believe me."

[Mogtaki]

While Shu seemed perfectly fine with getting wet, T’charrl didn’t much like it to say the least. He was not someone who was easily scared, but something about water made him feel pretty disgusting all over. Jumping a little when his Ki caused a fair sized explosion, he wasn’t expecting the wave of water to come and smack him in the face. Yelping, he shook himself quickly in an attempt to get to the droplets off before they were allowed to settle, “That was not pleasant…” Feeling a little out of focus he soon sighed, trying to calm down and not allow something like that to happen again even if Shu appeared to enjoy it. Frowning a little, he looked to Takeshi and rubbed his head slowly. He hoped he was getting on well and Takeshi wasn’t just being nice to him, feeling as if his energy was probably weak and the explosions were not supposed to happen in the way they did.

With his own little practice session coming to a halt for now, T’charrl turned to watch Takeshi as he decided to show off what was possible. Watching him curiously, he tried to follow the energy signatures that moved around Takeshi’s body as he built up his Ki as if trying to learn through observation. Watching as it built up, he gasped slightly when it fired off in several directions, watching the Ki twist and turn before finally colliding, creating a mass of Ki before creating a series of explosions with one coming dangerously close to them. Jumping slightly, he looked almost ready to fly in reaction before looking back to Takeshi again, smiling nervously, “That’s pretty impressive…but what if you used it around your friends? Is it really dangerous around others?”

Shu didn’t know what to make of the attack but he was immediately reminded that it was pretty cool and that he should express happiness upon witnessing it. Bouncing around Takeshi, he soon stopped to only quickly shake himself before standing up straight, “That was great! Went everywhere! How did you do that?” he asked quickly, feeling all sorts of excited. He hoped he’d be able to do something like that sometime, maybe in his own style and form, “It was so cool…all I know is blasting and more blasting!”

Viral wasn’t sure this man was understanding him, but then again it was awfully difficult to understand anything at this point. Even in his current state, he knew rocks didn’t last forever and eventually eroded, showing their age over time with even this island eventually disappearing, “I am not a rock…I do not change…at least for long”. Viral was feeling pretty confused with little paths to take to remove himself from this state. He wasn’t sure what he was supposed to do or how he was supposed to do anything to convince this guy otherwise, but he didn’t see how he was worth being celebrated over being alive if only out of pity. Groaning, he slowly rubbed his head in an attempt to think straight, “Nnnhhh…tell them to go away! Nothing to see here…nothing…”

It was hard to understand that people wanted to be around something like him, especially when they could enjoy life a whole lot more without him. They were all fine with not celebrating a birthday for him and that was fine, they had plenty of other events including their own birthdays to remember, but that didn’t give them any reason to celebrate him being alive; if he got too out of control then they would have to put him down and that was that, no taking it back and no regrets. Staring down at the ground, he slowly shook his head with a slightly confused look, feeling a lot more conscious than before, “Easy for you, you and your little ancient body”, he mumbled, frowning slightly, “You live on an island by yourself! I will live by myself too…a little island with nobody else”. Feeling confused, he frowned to himself with a hand going to his head, finding it a little difficult to take in what he was saying. He said all of these things but he lived out in the middle of nowhere with nobody around him, leaving him wondering whether he should end up doing that too. Lowering his head, he sighed before gasping as the man decided to touch his shoulder, his unfocused eyes looking to him quickly. Frowning at his words, he shifted uncomfortably, “I’ve seen people go, often by my own hand”, he muttered, his claws flexing slightly, “How dare they cheer for me; I killed them. They shouldn’t cheer…it’s wrong! Murderers get executed. I don’t understand what anyone sees in me…what possible use I am to them. You must had murdered many people to earn seclusion…I can feel your energy…”

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi enjoyed showing off quite a bit, and maybe it was some incentive for Shu and T'charrl to train even harder. After putting on his little light show he turned to face the others, grinning triumphantly. They had enjoyed the display, albeit his friend was rather quick to question whether it was safe or not around others. His smile waning a little the Saiyan looked away, folding his hands behind his back as he scuffed a foot in the sand. "Well... I don't know about completely safe, but it's safe enough. Besides, I'd never use it if a friend was standing too close anyways, I wouldn't want to risk hurting them." A volley like that couldn't possibly be 100 percent safe, he couldn't even truly say he knew the path of each blast, only their destination. Chuckling softly he rubbed the back of his neck, stopping as he began to watch Shu bounce around him excitably. Smiling again Takeshi shook his head, wagging a finger in his brother's face playfully. "Nuh uh, you have to learn a lot more before you can even try something like that. But you do it by sending out Ki in a sort of curve, and it'll fly like that on its own. If you push more Ki behind your blast its even easier to direct, depends on how you want to do it."

"So that's something you can do if you practice really hard, but we're not there yet. You two still need to work out just getting a ball and making it out far enough. Hm... How to do that..." Problem with them being out here on the ocean, there were no markers for them to judge distance. Just a ton of water and a tree or two on the island, which they couldn't well blow up. Takeshi gave his head a thoughtful scratching for a moment as he mulled it over, looking around the area for something. Spotting a small, old boat tucked up alongside the house he grinned, marching over and yanking it off of the frame it was sat on. Dragging it along behind him he placed it on the shore, nodding approvingly. "How about this? I'll put the boat out on the water a little far away, and I want to see how close you two can get to hitting it without actually hitting it. Each time you get close I'll move it further until I think you've got it down. Want to give that a try?"

Roshi frowned as he folded his arms over his chest, giving Viral a rather skeptical look. "You don't change...? So I suppose you're the exact same person as you were when you were created...?" Unless the Beastman was always depressed he would say no. Even not in that regard the hermit knew things had changed, Viral as a person had grown. Physical growth was not all that shaped people, and frankly judging oneself just by physical growth alone was pretty shallow. Funny thing for a man obsessed with women's beauty to think, but it was true. "Your appearance might not have changed, but who you are has. Your role in life, how you see things, the relationships around you, those all grow and will keep growing. You've got to look at everything as an entire picture to see growth sometimes." A lot more went into life than just oneself after all, Roshi wondered whether or not Viral understood that.

Brushing off the 'little ancient body' comment Roshi continued to hear out Viral, not very enthusiastic with the man's outlook. Everything was so grim with this one, he supposed that was a byproduct of being depressed. It was rather hard speaking to someone like this, but feeling rather empathetic Roshi had to try saying something at least. "Killing people is an unfortunate truth when you're a warrior. It can't be avoided much as we'd like to sometimes. You're not alone in that regard, Viral. Plenty of people have had to take a life for good reasons, and not everyone can always accept what they had done. But understanding that sometimes it is necessary helps." The Beastman was a good person, that was undoubtedly true. Roshi didn't believe for a moment the man beside him was truly evil in any regard, simply lost and confused. He needed to be guided back to the side of good before he ended up falling deeper into darkness, how he wasn't sure. "I've done some things I wish I hadn't, and I've lived with them. If things bother you then do something to make good with your conscience, it's what I've done." Smiling thoughtfully the hermit slowly stood up, looking down at Viral. "Come with me? I'd like to show you something."

[Mogtaki]

T’charrl stared at Takeshi curiously before looking down at his own hands, raising them close to his chest in contemplation. He’d probably not use an attack like that either as well, letting Takeshi have his fun rather than trying to learn it himself. If he could mould Ki like that then there was a possibility he could create his own unique attacks and use them as a substitute to using weapons. It would be pretty great, especially when he was very comfortable with using weapons. Letting out a sigh, he slowly rubbed his hands together before quickly snapping down to Takeshi again, blinking a few times, “Oh uhh, that’s too bad. Probably would be handy up against an army, though”, he spoke quickly, giving a little smile, “I can’t even imagine going up against an army yet, not unless I-…uhhm, nevermind. I shouldn’t think like that…” If there was ever a concern he was having it was becoming power-hungry. He knew when he was transformed he was a lot stronger than he was now, but he should never be tempted to use that in fear that he might get stuck like that.

Shu was pretty excitable, finding it difficult to keep settled. This was all great fun and training with his brother and friend was always a plus, even if it was for something simple as throwing Ki into the water. Bouncing around Takeshi, he smiled away before watching as he walked away quickly, tilting his head a little as Takeshi decided to drag along something pretty strange in itself. He didn’t know what that was or what its function was, but if they were going to do something with it then he couldn’t help but feel anticipated, “Oooh! Boat? Boat, boat, boat…what does boat do?” he asked curiously, analysing it from a distance, “Are you sure Master Roshi will want us throwing Ki at it? I don’t think he likes us destroying things…”

Viral slowly shook his head, finding it a little difficult to concentrate for so long. He didn’t want to be talking, he just wanted to be left alone; however, everyone was determined not to and he was going to have to put up with it for the time being until he felt better. Who knew how long it’d take him to feel better or get over his problems, but he was still going to be a pain in everyone’s side regardless. It was pretty depressing having to watch everyone grow and improve while he was stuck being the same old creature as usual, “I…was a child once, but I don’t remember. I wasn’t a child for long”, he muttered, slowly shaking his head, “I am unchanging apart from my scars”. Not feeling too sure with how he should take that subject, he slowly looked around as if in a daydream, feeling a little lost to what Roshi meant, “Who cares if they grow…until they outgrow me…”

Viral didn’t know how to feel right now, his main question being a wonder to what he was doing here on this island talking to this old man who apparently knew Goku. The confusion over where he was definitely began to set in and made him feel uneasy, like he didn’t belong here or something. Frowning a little to himself, he stared downwards, clawing at the ground absentmindedly as Roshi continued to talk. It was everybody else who had a problem with him killing when it felt completely natural to him, but then that feeling made him feel faulty. He didn’t know what purpose he had or why he had been made with such urges, all of it leaving him feeling confused and lost. Letting out a groan, he slowly shook his head before gradually getting to his feet. He didn’t know where he was going, but apparently Roshi wanted him to see something and whatever that was left him feeling like a lost dog.

[GambolMuse]

"An army huh...? Yeah, I guess it would be. Never really fought a big enough group of people before to need to use that though." Granted, he had used some similar attacks on Elites, only because he figured all that fire would do some good in keeping them back. Against powerful enemies it seemed a little silly to use that, but when dealing with something like their father's standard grunt then sure, blast to your heart's content. "Think like what...? You mean fighting father's troops?" Takeshi asked, raising an eyebrow. "Not a totally bad idea honestly, it would definitely help thin out big groups. Plus to be honest its pretty weak compared to a lot of other attacks, so if nothing else its good for making people move." Plus it was just kind of fun, throwing blasts around like that. It was so easy too they could probably do it for quite a while before getting tired. Something like the Kamehameha on the other hand was much more powerful, but at the same time took more Ki. "It's pretty obvious, but the stronger the blast the more Ki it takes, and usually the longer it'll take to charge. The difference is maybe a second or two, but that can mean a lot during a fight."

Throwing Ki was definitely a matter that required more attention. Shu hardly got any distance in his throws and while T'charrl got distance his blasts were weaker. It took a balance of control to throw and channeling enough strength in a blast to make it effective. Frankly if they were to fight Takeshi doubted T'charrl's attacks would hurt much, and while Shu's would he was skeptical they'd ever hit him unless he stood still.., And five feet away. Not to bash their efforts, they were doing exceptionally well so far, but they still had a ways to go. "A boat floats in the water, it lets you travel without getting wet," Takeshi explained, smiling as he dropped said vessel on the shore. "Not that we'll need something like this if you two can fly." Shu's question about Roshi made the older boy grin, and after putting a finger to his lips he watched the aforementioned man walk inside with Viral. Chuckling he grabbed the edge of the boat, flying out over the water with it in hand before placing it about twenty meters out. "He won't know about it, so don't worry! It'll be our little secret!" he called back, cupping his mouth to make his voice carry. "Now go on, fire away guys!"

Getting through to Viral was going to be no small feat. He needed a pick me up, something to brighten his outlook a little bit. While Roshi himself certainly couldn't provide anything of the sorts he had an idea, and knew someone who could carry it out. They didn't have any more need to keep outside like this, and the person he needed to speak to was inside anyways. Getting the Beastman to come with him Roshi got to his feet, heading into the house while blissfully unaware of what the trio of boys were up to on the other side. Pushing open the screen door he found Yumi sat on the sofa in his living room, still talking away on the phone. Good, so he wasn't going to have to make a call. Holding a finger up for Viral to wait a moment he shuffled over, leaning against the edge of the couch. Smiling innocently as he was giving an accusing stare the hermit shook his head, motioning for the girl to come closer. "Listen... Your friend over there has it pretty bad, we need to cheer him up and I've got just the thing..." Roshi whispered. A skeptical look made him grin, he definitely had something, "Throw him a birthday party. He said he's never had one before, so why not start now?"

Yumi figured whatever Roshi had to say was full of fluff. Preparing to smack him for being an idiot she paused when she actually heard him out, her eyes brightening at the suggestion. That was... Actually a really good idea. They had the place to do it, time and resources, so why not? Now it was her turn to tell someone to wait, and after sending a knowing smile Viral's way she got up out of her seat, hurrying off into the kitchen for some privacy. Closing the door behind her to make sure no one followed she giggled slightly, becoming excited at the idea. "Vegeta...? I just got a really good idea. If you're not busy tomorrow we should throw Viral a birthday party!"

Now that was some random transition. They had just been talking about finding homes for all of their new companions, and now they were on about birthday parties? Vegeta blinked in confusion at first, smiling slightly as he thought about it. Not totally unreasonable, he could have a proper bash set up in a matter of hours. Though it was already late in the day, so as Yumi proposed it would have to be tomorrow. A few quick calls and he could get caterers, entertainers, whatever was needed. Then again Viral probably didn't want over the top, a simple get together would be fine. "That sounds like an idea. Hm... Tell you what. I'll finish up here and then call a few people, see if I can find someone to help organize it. In the mean time you keep him at Roshi's house, understand?" There was a stammered question of 'How' on the other line, making Vegeta chuckle. "I needed to know where you were taking Viral, so I kept tabs on you guys in the city. And I was told you'd left for the ocean so I figured that was where you were heading, was I wrong?"

"No, we're here. But okay, I can keep him here for the night! Just be sure to have things ready by... Tomorrow evening, okay? I want it to be special since it's his first and all." Knowing full well her friend would be on the case Yumi hung up after that, suppressing a cheeky smile as she left the kitchen and came back to the others. Placing the phone on the receiver calmly she walked up to Viral, smiling at him with her hands behind her back. "Guess what? We're spending the night here! Hope you like the smell of sea salt."

[Mogtaki]

T’charrl wasn’t completely sure whether they should do this, feeling as if having this was destroying property even if he didn’t know what it was. He didn’t want to upset the man and this was likely going to anger him whether he participated or not. Frowning, he stared at the boat before looking to Takeshi when he explained what it was, “So…this is the only way he can get off this island…?” he asked up but sure enough Takeshi had grabbed hold of it and flew away with it, taking it out and away from the island. He really didn’t want to do this and promptly backed away, shaking his head quickly. It would be terrible to destroy something like that when it was the only way the man could get off the island.

Shu didn’t know what the consequences would be for destroying it, just that it was something he was being told to do and Takeshi seemed happy to do it. Looking to T’charrl, he smiled away with little understanding to what he was doing. T’charrl didn’t seem too enthusiastic about doing it, maybe it was because he wasn’t used to firing at something physical. Bouncing a little, he watched Takeshi take the boat out far away from the island and called out to them. Quickly giving T’charrl a look, he didn’t appear to want to attack the boat so figured he should try and attack it himself. Gathering up energy quickly, he tried to keep a hold of it before firing it off at the boat, missing it by a great deal. Trying again, it ended up exploding prematurely before it even reached halfway before he made another quick ball, going a little too far with that one, “Friend T’charrl! Watch this! Watch this!” he squeaked, making another and immediately threw it straight for the boat, hitting it spot on.

Viral didn’t like moving around after sitting down, especially when he was coming down from his medicine’s effects. He didn’t know what he was supposed to do, his mind feeling unsettled and his throat feeling dry. Feeling confused to where he was going, he continued to follow Roshi on towards the house only to be told to wait not too long into his walk. Letting out a sigh he slowly sat down again, feeling a little lonely again. Who knew what Roshi was going in there for after telling him to follow, making him feel like a pet. There was little they could talk about that wasn’t already mentioned, but even then it wasn’t that big a deal or anything life-changing. Thinking about it, he was sure he needed to take his medicine soon when he was beginning to draw in all the bad thoughts in once more. It wasn’t that he meant to think these thoughts, but being left to his own devices brought them on as sudden memories and made him feel pretty miserable.

Staring downwards, he didn’t hear Yumi come out for him and startled him briefly, his eyes quickly looking up in mild confusion before he let out a groan as he stood up gradually, “Why…? I don’t belong here”, he spoke slowly, slowly rubbing his neck before walking towards her, “Should I take my medicine soon...or something? I need it soon, I don’t feel right…” He was certainly a little concerned with why they were staying here when she could fly him back home. While he didn’t like being dependent on something, it was still better than him sinking to the bottom of the ocean.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi hadn't even heard T'charrl's worries, he was far too much into his own thoughts to. Taking a firm hold of the ship's hull he carried it out to the water a good ways off, dropping it on the ocean and carefully adjusting it so the broad side faced the shore. It was the only thing out among the waves, surely that was a pretty easy target for them. Only they weren't supposed to hit it, this was to see whether or not they could control their Ki enough to not hit something. "Whenever you two are ready let them fly!" There was hesitation on their end for a moment, mostly with T'charrl not seeming very thrilled, just sort of standing there. Shu was more than keen to go, and within seconds had energy gathered in his hands. Rising into the air as a safety measure Takeshi watched excitedly as his brother threw the first, it coming up fair short of the target. The second wasn't too much better, though he didn't seem ready to give up. The third looked much for hopeful, it was flying much faster and straighter than the other two. 5 meters, then 10, 15... Wait... It was going straight for the... Boat. As soon as the Ki slammed into the side of the boat Takeshi's face drained of color, watching as splintered wood shot all over the place. When the explosion ended there was nothing but the bottom of the ship remaining, slowly filling with water as it began to sink.

"Oh no no no..." Flying back down he hastily grabbed hold of the ship, giving it a hard tug to yank it free of the water. Unfortunately for him all he managed to do was tear off a plank, watching wide eyed as the little vessel sank into the briny depths. Well... Crap. Hopefully T'charrl wasn't right and Master Roshi didn't need that boat, otherwise he was in for some trouble. Looking at the bubbling wreckage that was the ship the Saiyan flew back over to shore, landing with a sheepish grin as he held up the plank. "You hit it Shu... I said not to..." he said, sighing before reaching out and poking his brother's forehead. "Please, please listen next time." Maybe he wouldn't notice, though that was unlikely. Not entirely sure what else to do with it Takeshi went back over to the stand, placing the lone piece of wood on it pitifully and watching as it fell off. Looking around he carefully kicked it under the beach house, folding his hands behind his back as he walked back to his brother and friend. "Good job training today guys, I think that'll be it for today!"

Yumi tried very hard to suppress the grin that threatened to come out, just barely breaking into a smile instead. "It's just for one night Viral, don't worry about it too much. And actually Vegeta's pretty against your taking that after I told him how you were on it. He said we should keep it to one a day and see how that works for now, he doesn't want to overdo things." That was probably the prescription anyways, though she didn't know for sure. The lack of medicine meant Viral was liable to slip back into his old mannerisms and get upset again, maybe she could find something to occupy him. Mulling it over as she glanced out the window Yumi looked back at Viral, bouncing slightly before pointing outside. "You and I... Let's go swimming!" she said suddenly, beaming. "We haven't done that in ages, and it's a beautiful day. Plus exercise will help you feel better, so we can go work out too." Forgetting for just a moment who else was in the room she threw in a joke, teasing Viral as she leaned closer and whispered. "Or are you afraid of seeing me in a bathing suit?" The sound of a thud behind her made her remember fair quickly, and with a red face she turned around, balling her hands into fists at her side. "You're not seeing me, pervert!"

"Eh, eh eh... What's that...?" Roshi asked, chuckling with a beet red face. "Eh... I won't look, I promise! I don't want to get buried in the sand again!" Viral would probably throw him to the moon if he even dared to take a peek. Not that he didn't want to that is. Picking himself up with still quite the flushing face the old man coughed into his hand, folding both behind his back. "I've got something to take care of anyways, so you kids can have all the privacy you want." He had to go to the city for some groceries, and since Turtle wasn't around he'd have to take his boat. By the door he grabbed a straw cap and a wallet from the drawer of an end table, putting the former on his head and latter in his pocket. "I won't be long, you two have fun now!" Humming merrily Roshi went out the front door, heading to the side to retrieve his little craft. Passing a nervous looking Takeshi on the way he thought nothing of it, at least until he rounded the corner. Seeing his little ship missing and a small bit of it laying just under his house the old man's face reddened again, albeit for a different reason. "What did you boys do to my ship?!"

[Mogtaki]

T’charrl was too worried to fire at anything and just left Shu to his own devices; unfortunately, it was obvious that the little guy hadn’t heard Takeshi clearly over the rolling waves as he looked pretty determined to hit the boat. Maybe it was just Shu being a little ambitious and thinking none of them would hit, maybe he was just testing his aim and trying to fire around it. Watching him curiously, he soon slowly raised his hands to his head, almost pulling at his antennae as each hit came closer and closer, “Shu! I-I don’t think he-ah!” The ship exploded with one last shot, his hands covering his face before he looked between his claws, frowning at the sight of the wreck that was now the boat, “…Oh dear. I knew this was a bad idea…”

Shu seemed pretty happy that he managed to hit the boat, bouncing a little as he watched it blow up and sink to the bottom. Watching as Takeshi flew over, he ran up to him only to get poked in the forehead, his hands quickly rubbing the spot, “Oww…ooh! Not hit it? Oooh, you should speak clearly next time”, he nodded, giving him a smile. It wasn’t his fault Takeshi decided to shout out over the waves from very far away, but he did wonder why T’charrl wasn’t firing too. Maybe the guy really was worried he’d do everything wrong, but that was normal concerning their first lessons. Smiling, he watched Takeshi tried to hide the wood before dismissing them from training, “Ooh! I had lots of fun! Lots of fun! Maybe I can fly without making me zoom into the air out of control, maybe soon! Right?”

Viral felt pretty disappointed, hoping that Yumi would had given him a reason for having to stay here with this man on this very small island. The house did appear big enough for guests to stay over but it was still small and this place was very secluded. Being denied his pills, he let out a groan and looked away, his head lowered in disappointment. Despite being medicine they were still keeping the bad thoughts away so now he was going to have to go through all that nonsense until tomorrow whenever he’d get them again. The worst part of it all was he had only just started his medication, meaning he was already disobeying the Doctor. Sighing, he looked towards the shore, glancing towards her when she whispered to him in a somewhat intimidating manner. Growling lowly, he was soon made to look to Roshi standing behind them only to quickly retreat at the threat of being tossed away again. Feeling fed up, he slowly turned and began to walk towards the shore at a slow pace, “I don’t care…I don’t feel like swimming, either”, he spoke with a sigh, “I feel so weak…so feel lucky I’m at no risk of drowning…”

Feeling all hyped up, Shu had barely realised Roshi had made his return to them, his eyes quickly looking towards the hermit as he tilted his head, feeling confused, “Ooh? Ship? I don’t know what that is, but I blew up the boat!” he spoke quickly, bouncing a little, “I thought Takeshi told me to but he didn’t tell me to but I did it anyway! I managed to hit it, it went boom! Boom went boat!” Ceasing his bouncing for a moment, he tilted his head a little before looking to Takeshi, “Ooh, how to get new boat? Where do they come from?”

[GambolMuse]

((As a note while you read this. I ended up losing my post partway through last night and couldn't recover it... So I said meh and just jumped to transition. Sorry xD))

Spending the night at Roshi's had been all well and fine, surprisingly enough. Dinner had been more than filling and everyone had a comfortable place to rest, and once morning rolled around they were ready to get going. Shu, T'charrl and Takeshi had all been filled in by Yumi as to what the plan was for today, they all had to keep it a secret however. It wouldn't be much of a surprise party after all if the Beastman were to find out beforehand. Since the celebration itself was relatively isolated, just within Capsule Corp's building it wasn't terribly difficult to hide it once in the city. They were, however, taking an obscenely long time returning there. Under the guise of having to run errands Yumi dragged the group, Roshi included, all over the city, picking up food, clothing, a gadget Vegeta had wanted. Supposedly she was going to be reimbursed for all of this, she certainly hoped so. Unlike Mr. Business she didn't have terribly deep pockets and this small spree was making her wallet ache.

"Ah, that ought to be the last of it!" Yumi announced cheerfully. At this point in time she had accrued quite the number of bags, all of which Takeshi had been begrudgingly made to carry. She glanced back with a small smirk in the others direction, hardly able to see the aforementioned boy beyond his pile of luggage. Well he had agreed to do whatever he had to in order to help, he shouldn't have been so eager. Looking down at her now sparsely filled wallet she let out a light sigh, tucking it back in her pant pocket. Then glancing at her watch she made not of the time, twenty minutes until they were supposed to show up. Well, if they walked there at a regular pace they'd arrive just on time. Viral was just to her side, and with a smile she reached over and prodded his shoulder to grab his attention. "After we get back to Capsule Corp you can take your medicine if you need it, alright? I just hope you're up for eating, can't take it on an empty stomach."

Takeshi could hardly see where he was walking, only having a slight peephole through the bags to navigate by. Ugh... When he said he was happy to help this wasn't quite what he'd had in mind. In spite of trying to delegate bag duty to his brother and friend Yumi had been determined to have him do it, and that had obviously turned out in her favor. Ah well, not like they were heavy or anything, just really awkward to carry. Balancing them was a real pain, and he swore someone put a bag of food on the very top. Lifting his head slightly to peer up he saw the very bag swaying slightly, swallowing as he returned to peeking through his little porthole. So long as he didn't have to stop suddenly or didn't walk into anything he was fine. Turning his head just slightly to see Shu the older boy smiled, nodding towards the load in his arms. "Hey Shu... Don't suppose you want to take one or two of these... Do you...?" he whispered, hopefully. "I'd really appreciate it if you did."

[Mogtaki]

The night spent at Roshi’s had been a pretty indifferent one for T’charrl who was currently flying up high with some of the items apparently needed for their little outing. The reason he was flying high in the air was he wanted to see what the city was like up above and didn’t feel so insecure doing so. Seeing the flying ‘ships’ that was apparently used in everyday life for the people here was truly fascinating, but he wasn’t going to get lost as he hovered above everything. He could see the others just fine, his eyesight was good enough; however, he couldn’t hear them and would just need to guess if something drastic changed and he needed to pay more attention to them. He was in proper tourist mode right now with all his sightseeing, something he probably wouldn’t get much of in the future.

Viral was pretty irritable, his lack of sleep last night making him feel pretty impatient with what they were having to do. He didn’t know why they needed to go out shopping and didn’t much like it, especially when he was supposed to take his medicine. He was pretty hungry, but he didn’t know whether it was a good thing that he was or whether he should feel concerned. He was feeling fine even after his episode yesterday, but he was definitely concerned that he was disobeying his Doctor. Even if he didn’t like the man much, he still was trying to get rid of the horrible condition that was his mentality crashing down. Keeping his head down low, he felt very uncomfortable being out in the public when compared to yesterday, especially when he was now aware of being out. Frowning as he walked along, he kept his head low and only giving a little side glance, frowning slightly, “Fine…I know”, he grumbled, rubbing his stomach, “When am I supposed to see the man again? Stupid short time…why did we have to go for your shopping too…”

Shu was acting pretty happily after a good night’s sleep, feeling a lot more confident than the day before about his abilities and what he was able to do with them. He didn’t mind being back in the city even if he didn’t know why, but he was happy enough to do flips and play around as he walked along. Doing handstands and bounces every so often, he stopped and looked to Takeshi curiously when he asked out for him, giving him a smile before snatching some of the items off the top of the pile, “Okay! I’m helping!” he squeaked happily, bouncing along still but not doing tumbles and jumping on his hands as he went. He was certainly confused as to why they were in the city and not training, feeling pretty confused to why they needed so much stuff, “What are these for, anyway? So much stuff and not for me…”

[GambolMuse]

Poor Viral wasn't having a very good time of it at all. Being out in public was never exactly his forte, not as long back as Yumi could remember. His being depressed couldn't help that at all. It was a necessary evil, she had to buy time in order for the party to be set up. Which should be within the next few minutes, provided they weren't running behind schedule. A quick look at her phone told them they were fine, still fifteen minutes until they were slated to show up. Sighing in relief she looked over at Viral curiously, wondering if he had any idea what was coming yet or not. "I think you're supposed to see him tomorrow, right? Every other day I think..." They had seen him yesterday morning so no meeting today. Just as well, they couldn't waste any time if they planned on pulling off the surprise. Looking back at the others again for a second Yumi smiled, folding her hands behind her back. "You don't seem so bad today though, honest. I think just talking to someone is helping you a lot. Maybe you won't end up needing the medicine after all?" Seeing how against it they all were it would be awfully nice to eliminate the pills, but only if they could.

Takeshi was pretty grateful that Shu had agreed to help, albeit he'd nearly lost the stack of bags. Gasping as they teetered precariously he rebalanced them, practically hugging them to his chest as he worried they might fall. Once they settled down again he breathed a sigh of relief, smiling as he could now see easier as well. "Thanks Shu, just be careful with them," he chided, just as his little brother began bouncing around with them. At least the bags he took was all food and nothing too important. Wait, what was he saying, of course food was important! Cringing slightly each time a bag went upside down Takeshi carefully stuck out a foot, hopping slightly as he prodded his brother to stop moving so much. "What are they for...?" Takeshi repeated, blinking as he looked at Shu. "Uh... They're for..." he began, looking to Yumi for help to only get a shake of her head. "Well Vegeta needs a lot of stuff, and so we're picking it up for him! Yeah, and Yumi wanted some things in here as well so she got those. Just a shopping trip, nothing fishy or anything." That bought him another glare from Yumi, and immediately clamming up Takeshi went back go just walking, figuring he'd probably do best to be quiet.

"It's stuff for me and Viral, Shu," Yumi reaffirmed, smiling politely. "Just a couple things we might need when we go off again, that's all." Sigh, Takeshi wasn't really cut out for this whole surprise party business, he was practically giving it away. Looking back ahead and seeing the Capsule Corp building a few blocks away now she slowed her pace slightly, wondering if everything was all prepared. "If you want something then we can get you something before we leave, how's that? I'll see about finding you a toy or something for the trip. That sound okay?" What would someone like Shu even play with? Anything probably, considering how easily fascinated he was. Heh, maybe she could buy him a ball of yarn and let him have that. Kind of funny she consider that seeing as how she was part feline, she wondered if she might secretly want that for herself. Brushing that aside with a small smile she stopped as they now were on the other side of the street from Capsule Corp. Everything appeared the same as ever, just the security guards posted out front and a few people wandering around the courtyard, nothing to give a sign that something was amiss. Good, so Vegeta had everything all sorted out. "Viral, mind getting the door for them? I need to make a quick call before I come inside," Yumi said, pulling out her phone once more and dialing Vegeta's number. Calling him was the plan, he would know they were there even if he didn't pick up. Walking away from the others she crossed the street, standing at the side of the entrance to wait.

Viral would open the door, wanting to do as Yumi asked probably. Once he did he would find the lights in the room were off and it was curiously quiet. As soon as the lights were flipped on the Beastman would be greeted with the sight of some few dozen people all gathered in the main room. Streamers and signs were hung up all over, as well as balloons all tied to various pieces of furniture and floating up along the ceiling. Vegeta stood at the forefront of the crowd, a knowing smirk on his face as everyone began to cheer and clap for Viral.

"SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" everyone shouted, including Takeshi and Yumi behind him. A chorus of happy laughter and cheers, as well as clapping sounded off as Vegeta went forward to usher his friend inside, taking him by the arm to lead him further inside. "Happy birthday, brother." he added, his smirk widening into a grin.

[Mogtaki]

Viral was pretty fed up with all this wandering around, feeling as if it was just a distraction over everything they could be doing instead. It was hard enough having to cope by himself nevermind with thousands of people moving all around him and looking at him. People were unsure with how he looked still and definitely didn’t like him, but that wasn’t what bothered him so much. He had better places to be and could get back to the Capsule Corp, out of the public eye with attempts to train his mind and body. He wouldn’t be able to get to the same strength as everyone else, but he could still try so that he might not die as fast, “Hmph, tomorrow…and yet we’re not here for long”, he sighed before grumbling, “Not like much will be accomplished, anyway. The medicine still keeps the memories away…or rather, everything at bay…”

Shu didn’t mind carrying some of the things, but he didn’t know why it was hard for Takeshi when he was the one who usually liked to show off. Being able to see from behind all that stuff would definitely be an exception to the whole showing off part, but apparently it was just too much for him to carry and he had to give up eventually. Bouncing along with everything, he looked back at Takeshi curiously when he decided to explain just what everything was for only to come up a little short in his explanation and make everything a little cryptic for him to understand. Tilting his head a little, he smiled before running around to his side, quietly watching him before Yumi decided to explain everything.

He didn’t know what Viral and Yumi would need on their trip but it must have been important, but his curiosity still sparked away in curiosity. Looking down at the stuff he’d taken from Takeshi, he soon looked up again and bounced towards Yumi, getting all excited fairly quickly, “Ooh! Toy! I’d like that very much!” he squeaked, getting all excited. He didn’t know what kind of toy he wanted, but maybe he’ll be allowed to choose one out for himself when they finally went to get one. This was going to be a lot of fun. Finally arriving back at Capsule Corp, he smiled up at Yumi before letting out a squeak as T’charrl suddenly dropped from the air and landed beside them. Looking all done with his sightseeing, he stood beside him and bounced around with anticipation to finally getting to see what this place was like without it blowing up because Viral got angry and wanted out.

Viral was a little fed up, hoping that was them done for the day in the city. He really hated that place, the staring definitely being the biggest hate factor. Feeling a little more settled now that he was back where he had spent his life, he couldn’t help but groan upon realising the irony of it all when he had once sought to flee from this place and now he was feeling the need to return. It was pretty pathetic; he didn’t even know where he belonged. Yumi speaking up, he made a quick glance at her before sighing as he decided to walk across the street for the door, “Sure…fine”.

None-the-wiser, Viral headed on over to the Capsule Corp’s main building with a glance back to see if the others were following him while not paying Yumi much mind at all seeing as how she was busy. He didn’t know what he was supposed to be expecting in the building other than getting something to eat to go with his medicine, hoping it didn’t put him too much out of the loop. His head was certainly full of thoughts about what his day might be like and whether he could cope, his hand going on the panel for a moment as he waited for the others to get behind him so that the door didn’t suddenly close on them, “Don’t let the door hit you on the way in, or whatever”, he sighed, opening the door to find the sudden shift in light to darkness blinded him.

This was odd; the guards weren’t at the door like there was nobody in but it was black as night inside. Searching around for the panel for the lights, he switched them on as everything brightened up rapidly with a hum; however, the sight inside did nothing more than frighten the hell out of him. Almost jumping off his feet in fight when everyone shouted at him, he immediately grabbed his cleaver and pointed it out at arm’s length with both hands on the hilt, his hair almost practically bristled and a look of terror on his face. Wide-eyed in fright, he looked around quickly while remaining in the same pose as Vegeta took him by the arm, pulling him along into the room further. He didn’t understand what was going on or why all these people and decorations were everywhere and apparently for him; he didn’t even know when his ‘birthday’ was, “…W-What? What’s happening?? What do you mean ‘happy birthday’??”

Shu let out a squeal and jumped as well, but a lot higher than Takeshi to the say the least. He was definitely more than a little frightened but was soon cheering with everyone else, feeling as if he should be happy too, “Yay! Happy birthday! Surprise!” he cheered, soon stopping and giving Takeshi’s arm a pull, “What’s a ‘happy birthday’? Why is it happy? Birth like ‘bornday’?” This was definitely confusing if pretty exciting, but he had no idea why it was happening or why the room looked so pretty and happy. It was making him feel happy, but the confusion was certainly left to be desired.

[GambolMuse]

The energy inside Capsule Corp as they waited was palpable, and Vegeta was admittedly nervous. They had never done anything like this for Viral before, how was he going to take it? They were to find out soon enough, a soundless call from Yumi signaled that they were fast approaching. Gesturing for everyone to get together he quickly turned off the lights, joining the bulk of the company in the back of the room. In utter silence they stood until the door creaked open, and Viral was the first one inside. No sooner were the lights turned on did Viral get the surprise of his life as everyone shouted at once. Not that he expected it to be taken with much grace, but having a weapon drawn in shock was hardly the reaction that was desired. Figuring it best to intervene before someone lost a limb Vegeta hurried over, smiling cheerfully as he grabbed the Beastman by the arm, leading him further inside. "What's happening is we're throwing you a party, Viral. Isn't that obvious? And we mean exactly what we said, happy birthday. It IS your birthday, after all." Well, about a week and a few days short, but close enough. Plus Viral didn't even know when his birthday was, so for all intents and purposes today was the day.

"Sorry about dumping you out with Roshi and the others like that, but when we were given this idea we had to do it. So... Yeah, happy birthday Viral." The crowd was gracious enough to part as they walked through, though half of the reason may have been the particularly sharp cleaver the Beastman was touting. On the other side of the crowd was a rather modest stack of presents, of varying shapes and sizes all addressed to the Beastman. The party had been a total success so far, at least in the surprise part. Goodness knows how Viral was going to handle things, they would have to wait and see. Releasing his friend by the gifts Vegeta looked back at the guests, many beginning to chatter amongst themselves though a few still watched them excitedly. "I know it's a long time coming and I'm sorry. We celebrate everyone's around here but yours it seems, and that's not fair. So, starting this year we're adding yours to the list." Seeing Yumi come over the Saiyan stepped aside to give them room, chuckling as he gave a small wave. "I'm going to go check on the food, I'll be back shortly." Excusing himself Vegeta went through the crowd and out towards the kitchen, where both resident cooks and a hired service were busily working on creating a buffet, most of which consisted of Viral's favorites. There was food for everyone else too of course, but the bulk was for his friend.

"You should have seen the look on your face when you walked in here!" Yumi exclaimed, beaming as she stood at Viral's side. "I wish I thought to bring a camera, that worked so well! Oh I can't get over how well it worked!" Shame Viral wasn't even a fraction as excited as she was, herself being near giddy. There was an awful lot vested in this effort, if that weren't obvious, and a ton was riding on if this helped his depression or not. Granted it wasn't the only reason for the party, it was legitimately a birthday party, but they might kill two people with one stone. Still smiling widely she glanced around at the other guests, watching as they began breaking up into their own groups and chatting. "And you know... All of these people here, you don't know them I'm sure, but they all agreed to come. It was an optional party and we kind of expected it to be just us, but look at how many people turned up! All for your birthday!" They had no reason to come and yet they had, even while barely knowing the person in question. "So yeah, there's that. But enough rambling, it's your party, what do you want to do?"

It was really nice seeing how well things had come together, Takeshi had been awfully cynical about anyone really showing up. To think the majority of Vegeta's employees would be in attendance, well hopefully that meant Viral would enjoy his party more. While he let out a cheerful shout his brother made one more of surprise, a bit higher pitched and more alarmed sounding. As things died down and Viral was moved off to see his gifts he was left with Shu and T'charrl at the door. "Bornday...? I'm guessing that's celebrating the day you were born on..." Takeshi said, pointing out the obvious, "If so then yeah, it's the same. And it's happy because it's celebrating getting another year older. And all the things you did in that last year, I guess." Looking about the room he found a spot to set things down, placing his load of bags along a wall just beneath a set of wide windows. Sighing contently now that his hands were freed the Saiyan smiled at his brother, gesturing over to the tables. "There's going to be tons of food there in a bit, and cake. I can't remember... Have you ever had cake, Shu?"

[Mogtaki]

Viral had no idea how he was supposed to handle this, his mind unable to comprehend that all these people were here shouting at him happily in sync and wishing him a ‘happy birthday’. He wasn’t aware it was his birthday, he wasn’t aware that he had a birthday and that there would be so many people here. Feeling confused and disorientated, being dragged away by Vegeta didn’t ease up his stance much until his questions were answered, his eyes quickly darting to the kid, “Me and a birthday?? How…?” He really had no idea; the air was so pleasant and everything seemed so happy and cheery, but why they decided to celebrate his ‘birthday’ just seemed so foreign to him. Slowly lowering his cleaver, he looked around at everyone else as he tried to put it all together in his head, somehow managing to confuse himself with all the thinking.

Slowly placing his cleaver back into its sheathe again, he looked around slowly at all the decorations before back to Vegeta when he finally let him go, his eyes directed down towards some presents. This was all so foreign to him; he didn’t know what any of this was supposed to be like, especially considering he always gave Vegeta to the servants to figure out whatever humans did on birthdays. Staring at a gift, he picked it up slowly before looking quickly to Vegeta, “I wasn’t technically born so of course it never was”, he spoke quickly, staring back down at the gift, “I don’t even know what to make of all of this”.

Feeling slightly lost for words and his senses, he barely realised Yumi had come over by the time Vegeta wandered off. Flinching a little, he quickly turned to look at her with slight confusion before groaning, feeling a little embarrassed, “If you even thought about taking a picture of me I would had destroyed that camera”, he huffed, reaching out to push her a little, “I don’t understand; why did they all turn up? It can’t be for me…people don’t like me other than to stare at me”. He was certainly very confused and still a little shaken; he didn’t even know most of what people did at parties nevermind for himself, “…Shouldn’t you be showing me what I can do? Entertaining me or something? It was your surprise, so surprise me…what are these?”

Shu wanted to be really happy but he also had no idea what this get-together was and why it was happening. It seemed all so very nice and yet confusing, like he knew why they were here just what was the celebration. Staring at his brother in fascination, he slowly nodded and tilted his head, “Oooookay, sounds fun!” he spoke quickly, eventually jumping around his brother as he placed all the bags down, placing his down too, “Things done last year? But Mister Viral was in a cage near me last year…if this is the start of a new year for him. Oooh, we never had fun for living…I don’t know how long a year is! How long is a year? How many years for bornday am I?” Not entirely sure how he should feel or what he should do for this special occasion, he looked towards the table quickly before back to Takeshi, shaking his head, “Nooo! Never had cake! Cake…it’s a funny word! Cake! Caaaaake…”

[GambolMuse]

"Viral, you were still born, regardless of how that came about, so you have a birthday." Vegeta replied in a matter-of-fact manner. It was kind of funny seeing Viral so utterly beside himself, he had no idea how to respond to this. Didn't seem angry, so at least he wasn't upset they had done this for him. Maybe given a little time he'd even begin to enjoy himself. Admitting to never having thought to throw one before he cringed inwardly at his friend's rebuttal, he sounded bitter about that. Better late than never, he supposed, albeit he wished now he had been a little more considerate. Seeing Yumi coming their way Vegeta offered a small smile, patting his friend on the shoulder. "Well we're going to fix that, expect this once a year from now on. If you'll excuse me, I need to go check on the food. Enjoy yourself, alright? It's your day after all." There was still a lot to be seen to, least of which involved the food. Cutting through the large main room Vegeta went into the kitchen, satisfied to see cooks and chefs hard at work. The cake was already finished, a rather monstrously large one seeing as who it would be feeding. The room smelled of broiled meats and fish and plenty of vegetables were being prepared in dozens of fashions as well. Hm... Was there anything else they needed?

Yumi was pretty darn ecstatic how things had come together, and Viral certainly looked surprised. Joining him by the presents she beamed up at him happily, laughing lightly as he pushed her away slightly. "Aw, don't be like that. Half of the fun of birthday parties is taking photos. Besides, I'm not the only one with a camera, and there's loads of people here." She hoped that didn't unnerve him, she had no idea of he was camera shy or not. Looking out at the mass of people she tucked her hands behind her back, smiling still as he shrugged her shoulders. "Why else would they show up? It is your birthday party after all, and it was optional like I said, they don't have to be here. Everyone wants to celebrate your birthday." Looking back at Viral she bumped up against his side slightly, shaking her head before gently punching his arm. "And don't say that, people so too like you. No one at Capsule Corp has ever done anything to show they didn't, and they consider you part of the company, part of Vegeta's team, or family, however he puts it. So you're one of them, and that's why they decided to come along!"

"You want me to show you what to do at a party...? Well... Okay, I guess I can do that." It all depended on the kind of party really, and this was definitely more low key. Well as low key as a billionaire throwing a birthday bash could be anyways, it was rather flashy compared to most. Humming thoughtfully Yumi grabbed Viral's arm, moving to tug him away but pausing when he asked about the presents. Releasing him she smiled knowingly, picking one up as well and turning it over in her hands. "These are your gifts silly. I don't have any idea what anyone bought you, everyone was told to get something they figured you might enjoy. Since it's your party and all you can definitely open them if you want." He wasn't a little kid so she figured it would be okay if he opened them while everyone wasn't watching. Though all of that positive attention might do him some good, so maybe she should get everyone's attention. "Or we can just go talk to people and have fun while we wait for the food. Up to you, birthday boy!"

"Okay, well maybe they're not celebrating this last year exactly... But the ones before it. It's all about celebrating the person whose birthday it is basically, and in this case its Viral we're celebrating, you know? Make sense now?" Oh dear, here came the slew of questions again. Smiling exasperatedly Takeshi smacked his own forehead, figuring he got himself into this one. "A year is three hundred and sixty five days Shu, and I'm guessing a birthday is the same thing as a bornday. Every year when the day comes that you were born on you celebrate it, that's how that works. And you're... Uh..." Takeshi had to think a moment, he couldn't remember off the top of his head how old Shu was. Let's see... He was 17, and he was pretty sure his brother was one year younger, so... "Sixteen, you're sixteen years... Er... Borndays old. Speaking of which... I don't even know what day you were born." How was he even supposed to find out? He didn't even really know his own, and it had never really been celebrated. It wasn't like they could ask their mother or father either. Sighing softly Takeshi looked back at Shu, smiling slightly amused. "Cake is really good, you'll like it. There's all sorts of kinds too. Chocolate, vanilla, marble, yellow... Hm... Fruit cake, lemon, and then there's pies..."