Vena Sera

Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

"We didn't even get fish. The bastards above us got plenty but we only got stuff from the countryside. And they weren't even warriors, isn't that screwed up? We're noble fighters and they weren't even soldiers, they were just fat nobles with some influence. I mean who has ever heard of a Saiyan noble that couldn't fight?" Especially when their people were known pretty much for being warriors and nothing else it made absolutely no sense. Maybe his father wasn't the best person to use as an example, he was way past his prime, but his mother still had taken on regular missions until they had all left Kortal. Come to think of it too he should go and see his folks, not because he missed them but because he was curious about what was going on back on Kortal. The King had probably long since revoked their status but he was wondering how other noble families were getting on. "It depends on what I can do on Earth. I'm not settling into some mediocre job like you two, I'm destined for a lot more than that. Maybe I'll get a government position, or I can join their military. Humans really aren't all that powerful so I'm sure they'd give me a spot in a heartbeat. Then again their fighting is so boring..." Aside from the whole finding a decent position on Earth there were certainly worse planets one could settle on. Kabocha had of course considered too returning to Kortal and taking up a seat somewhere once Yamate was gone. But there wasn't an awful lot to rule on Kortal and the world itself was largely unremarkable, not inhospitable but nothing special either. Earth it was then.

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June was frustrated that there wasn't anything she could do to help Viral. He was so visibly in distress and yet for all her desire to help Viral was right, she was all but useless to him. "It does matter... People are supposed to help one another with their pain, even if they can't fix it. No one should be made to suffer alone Viral." Sharing the pain helped even if the people you shared it with couldn't necessarily make it better. Wasn't knowing that someone cared enough to listen to you and at least empathize worth something in of itself? Seeing that she wasn't going to get anywhere with her insistence June smiled sadly and gave a slight nod as she got to her feet, returning to the food to see how it was coming along. "Well we'll be having dinner shortly, even if you're not hungry you're both more than welcome to stay of course. I know Shu's been asking after you Yumi." The poor little boy wanted someone to play with and not to be doing all the tests that Aito was conducting. They were necessary but her husband was forgetting Shu was really just a child and needed to be given time to have fun and relax, not be cooped up and drilled with tests. As she began stirring a pot of vegetables June heard the front door open and set down the spoon, going to the family room and smiling at Aito who was making his way in. "Welcome home, you finished early."

"Yeah... The doctors insisted we let Shu and Takeshi go for the day so we did, which means my entire day just opened up," Aito answered in disappointment, sighing as he closed the door and removed his jacket, "What am I supposed to do for an entire afternoon? I don't have a lab here to work with, the rebels won't let me use theirs and our ship isn't stocked well enough. I suppose I could go train..." But with who? Training on one's own was certainly an option but it was dreadfully boring, and it was impossible to measure your own strength without a partner. Oblivious to the nervous look on his wife's face he went directly to the kitchen and past the table, not noticing anyone else was even in the room until he grabbed a drink and began to sip at it. Staring at Yumi and Viral over the rim of the cup he silently finished before smiling, giving a half wave as he set his cup in the sink. "Welcome home you two, I didn't know you'd come back today," Aito said casually, "How are things? How did the mission go?"

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"You'd like to learn an instrument? Well... There are plenty of people back at the palace who could teach you. Or I'm sure one of your friends might know something. I never knew you wanted to learn an instrument though, you should have said something. And everyone is bad when they start something new, you'll get better the more you do it. You weren't exactly an excellent warrior when we started training years ago but now I couldn't be prouder," Yusef added with a short laugh, "If you want to learn an instrument I'm sure you'll do fine. But no playing the ones here, I don't imagine they'd be too happy if you tried." Ushering the children up stairs Yusef was pleased to find the displays up here nowhere near as crowded, making access to the spots they wanted far easier. The instruments were clearly labeled and there was an entire wall dedicated to their display, multiple types hung up and others placed carefully around the museum floor, roped off from wandering hands. Stringed instruments, refined bones and skulls, drums, ridged sticks and things Yusef couldn't even begin to guess how they worked, it was quite interesting to see. Music played a large role in their many festivals but anything their musicians used was much more modern and refined, he'd never seen where many had originated from. "I imagine other worlds have different instruments still. Imagine trying to learn so many..." The Kaesstrian mused, folding his hands behind his back as he read some inscriptions, "You could spend your entire life trying and maybe never learn them all there's so many."

Haku couldn't imagine ever trying to learn an instrument, it seemed like it would take so long to even become remotely good at it. Especially looking at some of Kaesstra's instruments it was pretty obvious none were designed for people like him with only two arms, he couldn't even figure out how he'd hold some of them save maybe the drums. "I bet there's s-someone on Uuonoe who could teach you. There's all kids of p-p-people there, so there's got to be at least one m-musician, right?" Maybe he should pick up some kind of hobby for himself too, but what would he be any good at? Should he learn an instrument alongside T'charrl? He'd never really had the luxury of free time so he'd never gotten a hobby but Haku would love to be able to do something fun for himself. "O-Or... There's other stuff you can do t-too... Like making things, there's l-l-lots of craftsmen on Uuonoe too! O-Or uh..." he mumbled as he trailed off, brow furrowing as he tried to think of what else he'd seen. Cooking? What else did people do for fun? He'd seen the Princes run around playing tag but he'd hardly call that a hobby.

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The food wasn't nearly as bad as Kabocha had expected it to be. Sure the sauce was a bit much and maybe the spice could be toned back but he couldn't say he hated what he was eating right now. "It's certainly not the worst thing I've ever eaten. Those grubs we had back on that other world earned that," Kabocha recalled as he grimaced, taking a bite of his meal as if to satiate and wash away the disgusting memory, "Mmph... It is. I guess that's what happens when you got all kinds of people here, all their foods end up here too. There's way more variety here than there is on Kortal. Food's good but its always the same crap, over and over." The twins could do a pretty decent job cooking but even they could only make whatever they were given for ingredients; nobles got to enjoy better food than commoners for sure but only royalty and really high rank nobility got anything of value from off-world. Uuonoe was like a buffet of all kinds of foods, much more than anything Kortal could ever offer. "Hm... You know, maybe there's a point to cooking after all. Maybe when I take over for one of the idiot Saiyan governors I can have you two cook for me then too!" Kabocha laughed as he stuffed another bite into his mouth, "Or... Mmm... You know, maybe I can just do something on Earth. They probably could use a real leader, and since you two will probably settle there I may as well too. I should go where the good food is after all!"

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"Nothing I can do so it doesn't matter... Really? Is that what you're going with, Viral?" June asked crossly, sighing as she shook her head. Getting up from her seat she went to the refrigerator and fetched a pitcher of water, getting a glass and setting it before Viral, "I can't save the world like you can, but since I can't do it it doesn't matter. Or I can't perform surgery like Aito can, but again since I can't do it means it doesn't matter." Pouring Viral a glass of water she slid it towards him before frowning and setting the pitcher down on the table. "Just because I might not be able to help doesn't mean you can't tell me honey, or that I don't care. And if I know what's wrong then I can talk to Aito for you and straighten things out. But I can't help if you don't talk to me." Yumi seconded the sentiment and June was surprised Viral hadn't at least opened up to her. Of all the people Viral was around she figured Yumi was absolutely the closest and could be confided in, apparently not however. Returning to her seat June smiled sadly and folded her hands in her lap, looking at Viral hopefully as she pressed further. "So please, whatever it is you can tell me, I'll gladly listen. Anything at all just get it off your chest."

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Haku was thrilled that T'charrl was becoming so excited over this idea. He hadn't seen his friend smile in... Well really in ever, there always seemed to be something bringing his friend down and any smiles were half-hearted at best. It was maybe a bit of a long shot to go and collect things from other worlds with everything going on but it was something to work towards, and if it made T'charrl happy even better. "The fighting h-has to end some time, and when it d-does we can make the museum! I'll help f-find things for it, if you'll l-l-let me!" He already loved traveling to other worlds and getting to experience what it had to offer, any world aside from Kortal was brilliant. If they got to collect items and bring it back to share with T'charrl's people then all the better. "I b-bet people would be happy to give us stuff, especially p-people you've helped. And if your w-world gets space travel then other p-people could come to see it too!"

"That would be interesting, having more off-worlders visiting us. I'm excited and a little uneasy about the idea." They had never truly been visited by anyone aside from a handful of times, the majority of which now belonged to T'charrl and his friends. So to open their world entirely to outsiders would be a drastic change. And not only would it pose risks, as naturally Yusef worried about security, but it would take the agreement of every single kingdom to allow such a thing to happen. "We can talk to your mother about it when we get back, I don't imagine she'll hate the idea. She's the one that's been pushing so much for more arts for our city. We'd just have to find the space to put the museum, or renovate an old building..." One way or another they would make it happen, now that it had been brought up Yusef was determined to see it come to fruition; T'charrl was positively enthralled with the idea and there was no way the general could let his son's optimism and excitement go to waste. "Let's look around a little more before we go eat, hm? I hear they have some old instruments on the second floor, it might be nice to see those. I'm curious what we used to use."

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

I just posted so does that exclude me? :3

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Why didn't the twins aspire to have more? Weren't they sick of being in everyone else's shadows? Didn't they want some kind of power? Kabocha couldn't understand them or their willingness to just be cooks for the rest of their lives. To busy to continue arguing as he was trying not to lose his lunch over his lunch Kabocha tentatively prodded the meet with his fork, grimacing as it sloshed about and the meat peeled apart. "Sensitive stomach nothing, this looks like food you'd feed prisoners. It's slop..." the noble grumbled, turning over the meat and furrowing his brow at the pink ring around the meat. Was that normal? Didn't pink mean it wasn't good to eat? "Sure, but if this kills me I'm haunting your asses for all eternity, that's on you." Well worst case scenario he'd probably be propped up on the toilet all day while this mess worked its way through his system. Sighing to himself Kabocha made a face and pulled a piece of the meat off of the plate, studying it before throwing it into his mouth. "Huh... That's not bad..." It was sweet and spicy and the meat was quite tender, the sauce was a bit heavy but at least it was tasty. Eyebrows rose in surprise as he looked at his plate, smiling despite himself and quickly peeling away another slice, throwing it back with a contented sigh. This would do just fine.

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"You don't want anything at all? I'm cooking and I figured you might be hungry after your mission," June asked as she watched Viral slowly sit himself down. Immediately something didn't seem right and she was determined to find out what had happened and why he was in pain. She knew they had gone off on a mission but she didn't know any of the details of it. "He's very busy, I think he's working with Shu right now. I'm sure he'll be by soon to eat though, if you want to wait here. Yumi, would you like a drink dear?" Smiling she went to the refrigerator and took out a jug of water, filling a glass before handing it over to Yumi. Now then what was wrong with Viral? Looking at him carefully for a moment June grabbed herself a chair and placed it in front of Viral's, frowning and reaching out as she grabbed one of his paws. "Honey, you're not hiding your pain from me, I can tell you're sore. Where does it hurt? Let me help." Wanting to make it absolutely clear she wasn't taking no for an answer June tightened her grip on Viral's paw slightly, both hands wrapped around it as she inched her chair closer and smiled at him. "And please don't give the the 'it doesn't matter' piece because it does matter Viral. Now tell me where it hurts and if there's anything I can do."

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"People are afraid of new things, once they get used to it you won't be scary anymore. And King Nema is going to help us, remember? If all goes well you won't be like that for much longer." They could only hope that the King had made progress with his research and his people had found something that would help them. To keep his mind off of the problem at hand Yusef suggested they make their own museum back home and share things from other worlds with everyone. It would be something entirely unique to their planet and would bring in people from the kingdoms over, and to his delight T'charrl seemed to be on board with the idea. "That would be splendid! Keep some for yourself too of course, I'm sure some were gifts, but if you don't mind sharing them then I know everyone would love it." Yusef himself was extremely intrigued and wanted to know what lay beyond their own world, he was several seasons older than his son and yet his son had vastly more knowledge on that than he ever likely would.

"We could probably g-g-get an awful lot on Uuonoe t-too, T'charrl," Haku suggested eagerly, "They have l-lots of different p-people there, so there's got to be a lot of d-different things for us to b-bring back!" There were Saiyans, the Uuonians themselves and then countless other races, every one of which had their own culture and goods they brought with them. Heck, Uuonoe itself was kind of like a museum if you thought about it, all those different people coming together and sharing what they had with each other. "We would h-have to probably buy m-most of it, but the rebels could do th-that for us! And that g-gives us another reason to c-come back here again later. I want to see more of K-Kaesstra." Yusef had mentioned those to the north and naturally Haku's curiosity had been piqued.

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"It's not hard to figure out, Kai. If I'm going to end up ruling something then I'll need people to help me with that, people I can trust, understand? Wouldn't you two rather be able to live like royalty instead of flipping burgers for people all day? Come on guys, think about it! Money, food, whatever you wanted and its all yours." Nobility had those kinds of perks and Kabocha couldn't well imagine life without them. He wasn't looking for handouts, he'd earn what he got, but he needed that status. If you weren't high up in society then you were wasting your time with whatever you were doing. His parents' parents had been of noble birth and his parents, and now him, nobility was in his blood! "Think about it, I'm offering you guys a way out of doing that for the rest of your lives. Cook in your free time if you want but wouldn't you rather be in charge of a planet? Or even a country? Anything?" Anything had to be better than spending their lives working for other people like a servant. Who wanted that?

"Nobles do much more than that! You commoners just think that's all we do!" Kabocha answered indignantly, growing red in the face as he grew embarrassed, "We make decisions about how to run things, we decide on what projects we should take to try and make things better for people! We decide when to go to war, and we promote people if they've earned it, and..." And the twins weren't listening to him anymore were they? Kai was placing his order and Choi was busy staring at the menu trying to decide himself. Groaning inwardly and rolling his eyes Kabocha stepped aside and waited for the twins to finish, his foot impatiently tapping against the ground. A sever beside him offered out his meal to him and he didn't realize at first as he nearly swat the dish away, realizing only after it was meant for him. Accepting it from the perturbed cook he looked at his dish and wrinkled his nose, sloshing the sauce on the meat around uneasily. "You two talked me into getting this stuff... Remember that when I'm on the toilet all night because of you..."

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Yumi opened her mouth to try and correct Viral before thinking better of it. Why say anything when June herself could debunk that? She was for all purposes Viral's mothers, heck she was practically Yumi's at this point, and if anyone was going to heap praise and love onto Viral it would be her. He could be pessimistic as he'd like but Yumi was confident that June would brighten his day up. Or fluster him, more likely fluster him than help anything. Trying to keep from bounding ahead out of excitement she kept pace with Viral and somehow remained silent while they walked. Upon reaching their house Yumi took a moment and sniffed at the air, confirming that Aito was not present, nor were Shu or Takeshi. She guessed they were most likely off for Shu's sessions or some kind of training which was good, no Aito meant no angry Viral. June was however present and from the smells she was catching she was in the middle of cooking too. Beaming at Viral she hurried up the steps and into the building, sighing happily at the food in the air. "Hey June, we're home!"

When everyone got back June had every intention of sitting people down to have a proper meal together. Since she and Aito had come back they hadn't had a chance to and while some of their friends were off she'd take what she could get. They were a family darn it and they'd have at least one meal together like one. Humming to herself as she placed a large roasted bird in the oven she smiled broadly at Yumi's voice, closing the oven door before hurrying to the living room. There they were, Viral and Yumi back from their job finally! "Oh I missed you two, welcome home!" Hurrying across the room she threw her arms around Yumi in a hug and laughed as she was picked up off of her feet, smiling as she then walked over to Viral and gave him a hug as well. "The food's cooking if you're here to eat, so you're a little early. I hope you two don't mind waiting. I'm glad you're both home!" June continued, pausing as she looked up at Viral. Frowning she licked the pad of her thumb before reaching up and rubbing his cheek clean, nodding in approval once the speck of dirt was gone. "Come in, sit down, can I get you two something to drink? A snack while we wait for the food?"

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"Its a necessary evil but it is dark, wouldn't you agree? Or is war good?" Yusef didn't expect an answer nor was he asking for one, it was purely rhetorical in nature. "You're right, you need to know how to use these. As long as there's conflict there's a need for weapons, it's why people like me have spent our entire lives training. And don't get the wrong idea, a weapon in of itself is neither good nor evil," he continued as he reached into the display case and ran a hand over the glass, eyeing a decorative sword thoughtfully, "It's how the weapon is used that decides that. And you'll use your weapons for good, I know you will. So your past is never dark, remember that. Men like Garesh have dark pasts, but you don't." Those who fought for greed, for jealous or simply for fun were evil and their weapons equally so, and those kinds of things were very clearly dark. But T'charrl? The warriors celebrated in fables and stories? Those were hereoes and deserved their weaponry and belongings to be put in a museum. "I... Don't know if food would be a good idea. I don't know how well it would keep. Or if anyone wouldn't try to eat it," Yusef added with a laugh, smiling at T'charrl amused, "Plants may work, and other items might too! I'm not saying you have to go out of your way to gather things, but if you find something interesting then maybe bring it back with you? I'm sure everyone would love to see what other worlds have."

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

Nymira saw absolutely no reason to allow Adrian to tend to her. Her wound was not life threatening and she could treat it well enough on her own, let it heal of its own accord. For all her experience with stubborn people since arriving in Adelon at least Adrian seemed to be reasonable and conceded to her reasoning and for that she was grateful. The healer was exactly right in their reasoning as well: Why be cautious when any injury could be erased? Only those on death's doorstep should need immediate care, fighting while injured was very common for her people and you simply battled through the pain if the injury allowed for it.

Amuné lecturing anyone was comical at best, and Nymira found herself rather annoyed by the girl. Why would a child of all people think themselves right to criticize anyone? Let alone her entire culture and her people's beliefs like the Ydran seemed to be doing. She was not discrediting healers nor questioning their use, the Dimuran was only pointing out that using them too frequently and too willingly was a problem. She wasn't going to waste any breath arguing with a child though, if Amuné wished to think that way then so be it.

"To be honest I would have no idea how to deal with my wound," Nymira admitted, frowning as she lifted her leg and peeled back the bloodied cloth, "There are herbs that can be found in the steppes near my home that we would use but I don't know where to find any here. There are foods too which help stave off infection but none of those animals or fruits are here either. I wouldn't mind if you taught me, but again, I'll have to ask you don't heal it." After all there was a stark difference between maintaining and tending to a wound and healing it outright, a discrepancy that appeared to utterly soar over Amuné's head. At no point had Nymira said she'd ignore it and simply will it to get better, rather she refused to allow magic to mend it in seconds.

"Let me take care of her Adrian, don't waste your supplies." Lionel offered to take care of Nymira's wounds if the Dimuran was willing and while questioning his offer she seemed to allow it. Smiling politely he removed his satchel from his waist and knelt before Nymira, fetching a roll of bandages and two small vials of solutions as well as a tuft of cotton. "Taliya gives me whatever I need for supplies but I'm guessing you've had to buy or gather your own. Save your things for an emergency, let the boss pay for this," Lionel explained to Adrian with a grin, laughing as Nymira gave him a disapproving look. She was not fond of his using his superior's resources so casually, she had said, but he defended it by saying they never went to waste and it simply allowed him to help more people. Taking care of a burn like hers, magical or otherwise, required much in the same treatment and solutions. First a harsh but powerful disinfectant was applied and Lionel could see Nymira's jaw go taut as the liquid was applied. After cleaning that with a gentler solution he applied a soothing aloe blend, and once that was put in place the bandages were wrapped around the wound, securely enough to stay on but not enough to pinch vessels or limit movement.

"No running around until it starts to at least scab over, and try not to put too much weight on it," Lionel ordered as he wiped his hands clean, "Also assuming that was caused by some kind of rot magic it might take longer to heal, and if you notice it turning green at all come and see me. Or Adrian, he can probably help you too." Hm, there were certainly traces of some kind of poison around the wound that had notably faded since the wound was inflicted but it was still curious. Just what had caused this wound? If it was a Magi then it was a fairly rare type of magic that caused it, and if it was a Void beast, far more likely, then at least she would learn not to get too close again. "Anywho... I should probably get back before I get in more trouble!" He had technically vanished during the middle of one of his shifts again and no excuse was going to let him worm his way out of his coworkers wrath. Smiling as he gathered up his materials Lionel gave the group an exaggerated bow, bidding Adrianna a farewell in particular before rushing out from the shop.

They really should be getting back to the compound themselves, it was time for a meal and to rest. Ethan wanted time, no, needed time to think about where he was going after learning about Cedric and that meant somehow finding a window to be by himself to think. Fortunately for him Amuné was rather tuckered out today and she'd probably nap when they returned so that should give him plenty of opportunity. "I got two arms don't I? I'll be fine, don't you worry Amuné," Ethan replied, smiling as he lifted the Ydran into his arms. "Go ahead kiddo and nap, we'll be back to the compound before you know it." Nymira may still need assistance walking but she turned down his offer when it was made and voted instead to walk under her own power. That flew in the face of what Lionel had just told her and Adrian probably wasn't thrilled either but Ethan wasn't in the best position to be carrying two people anyways. Waiting for Cecil to finish charging and for Norman's blessing to let him go they left the shop and began making their way back.

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"Well I'm impressed runts, you actually managed to not die out there! You're more capable than I thought!" That was probably Taliya's idea of praise if Ethan had to guess though it wasn't exactly uplifting. Had she really expected so little out of them that she was surprised they'd even come back?

"Gage told me you even killed yourselves a Rökorm too. Shit, I'd be impressed if it didn't almost kill you two," Taliya went on, grinning as she gave Ethan and Taliya a patronizing round of applause. "And our little Machina friend is all better, everything's screwed on tight and good as new! You look much better than the jumbled bits and pieces you showed up as." That was probably enough teasing the kids for now, she was earnestly impressed they had managed to win against a Rökorm by themselves. By Kensen's account they had been utterly hopeless and sloppy in their ways of killing the creature but the fact remained they had done so and gotten out mostly intact. She took into account too of course that had Kensen and Gage not been present to kill the Vazra these two would not be standing before her now, which confirmed her suspicions about this little ragtag bunch from earlier: none of them really knew how to fight. And Magi who traveled on their own had to know how to defend themselves otherwise you ended up being caught, or dead.

"Since we're all busy people I'll get right to it. Your fighting ability against Void beasts sucks, and I mean it really, really sucks. What you saw today are some of the lesser creatures from the Void and if you can't even kill those things easily you're fucked. Then you have the Church and their Hunters wandering around, snatching up or killing Magi that are waltzing about like idiots. The short of it is you kids are as good as dead if you keep going like you are now, and unless you're on a suicide mission I doubt that's what you're after."

Nymira was rather annoyed to be having someone speaking down to her like Taliya was, but she also understood her position perfectly well. They had struggled to even harm the Varuna whereas Kensen and Taliya had made him flee outright, her pride wasn't so great she couldn't acknowledge the power gap. And since this woman was so keen in pointing that out time and time again it was obvious that their lack of training, though she'd argue that more pertained to Ethan, was a risk for them all. "So what are you suggesting then? That we give up and go home?" The Dimuran refused regardless of the risk to herself, she'd travel alone again if she had to. "I can't do that, and neither can any of them. We all have reasons for traveling and we refuse to just give in."

"I'm not asking you pups to give up either so don't get the wrong idea princess. I'm saying you all need training, proper training too, not some wishy-washy bullshit," Taliya explained as she got up from her seat. Kensen was present which was good, she'd need his help with this if they were ever going to make it work. "Cedric was a hell of a Magi but he had a totally different element than yours, right kid? He was earth and you're wind, shit doesn't work together. So you'll need an actual wind Magi to help you, and Kensen just so happens to fit that bill. Same for you, Dimuran, you need some proper training with your flames. You brats are lucky Kensen's got both elements under his belt, he can teach you both how to be half decent Magi." Of course Ethan and Nymira were not the only members of this group that needed some instruction, if they hoped to survive long enough to get whatever they were after every single one of them had to be able to fight and protect themselves.

"I looked into finding you a teacher too, Amuné, and there's no one in Mutebo to teach your kind of magic." Plenty of people knew of it but not a single person within the city possessed such an ability. Sight was rare after all, even more so since the Church went crazy and started hunting people, and those who were good enough to use it well were rarer still. "I've got a lead though that might help you out, but it's going to take some time to get to it. So until that happens you should work with Gage and Helmann, they're our experts on weapons here. They'll sort you out with something you can use, since your magic isn't going to do jack shit against anyone else." Putting a weapon into a child's hands would horrify anyone else and the girl's parents would probably lose their fucking minds if they knew but Amuné needed some way to keep herself safe, that was just the world they found themselves in. Plenty of kids had been taken away and killed already by the Church's people and Amuné would be no different unless she could protect herself.

"As for you, Machina, you should work with that gearhead Norman about learning how to use your abilities. Bastard is a pain in my ass but he's about as smart as they come and he already seems to know a lot about you. Guessing this wasn't the first time he's had to fix you up." Being a combat Machina should mean he was perfectly designed for keeping these kids safe but he seemed to break all the time, probably on account of not being able to actually fight properly. Many of them appeared confused why she was bothering to go to these lengths to provide training for them and Taliya found it amusing, her reasoning was simple really. "The less people the Church gets the better it is for us. And besides we might need you brats someday, it won't do us any good if you wind up dead in a ditch somewhere," she explained, "So if you're planning on sticking around in Mutebo for a bit we'll set you up with training. Of course that means you're pulling your weight in exchange." Seeing the concerned looks on Ethan and Nymira's faces she laughed. "No more missions, relax. I've got better people to do that shit, people that won't nearly get themselves fucking killed. Nah, you'll help around the city, fair's fair. Got to earn your keep."

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

Post is definitely coming today! Just watching my nieces for the morning/afternoon though so it'll be later this evening.

Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

"Seriously, THAT'S what you want to do? Just settle down somewhere quiet and cook for people?" Kabocha was incredulous that Choi suggested such a thing and even the slightest bit offended. "How can I ever hope to become a leader and gain respect if the people I fought with are nothing more than backwater chefs? Come on, dream big man! Now that you're not part of Yamate's mess you can be whatever you want and you're still going to stay a cook?" He didn't understand it, he really didn't understand it. How could anybody be so content with living such a normal, unassuming life? They needed to find themselves some good women and have kids and actually do something with themselves, not settle for whatever was easy or came their way. Choi had somebody in Yumi and yet he'd let her go and for what, some sterile, mad Beastman? If she ever hoped to have a family that would be completely impossible and yet she stuck to him like glue, so what gives? Why was she so drawn to a guy like that? "Ask her why? Yeah, why don't I just skewer myself while I'm at it. I'm not fricken asking her that!" Kabocha answered quickly, rolling his eyes at the idea of asking Takeshi, "Like that idiot knows anything. If the guy was any more oblivious he'd be walking into doors, you think he has that answer? And it's better you ask her anyways, she likes you. She'll kill me if I ask."

"Nothing's wrong with your cooking, just... Don't do it for a living!" Kabocha explained as if it was the simplest thing in the world. "Why would you spend your entire life serving other people? Cook for your family or for your friends, whatever, but screw cooking for everyone else. Is that really what you want to spend your lives doing?" It just seemed so strange that Kai and Choi were content with doing what they had been all along. Why didn't they want more? "I'm not saying you've got to be soldiers either, once the war's over I know I won't be. And me? Obviously after Yamate is gone I'm going to take up my position as a noble again. My family should be holding power and I plan to once he's gone. Or I'll find something on Earth, or here. There's no way I'm going to spend my life working some job like you two, I deserve way more than that." Finally their turn to order the food even if Kabocha wasn't so certain he wanted any of it. Every plate he'd seen thus far was swimming in sauce and he hated having too much in any dish, it ruined it completely. Looking over the menu his face turned pink when Kai questioned him, scoffing and looking back at the cook, "O-Of course I have! I love places like this!" he shot back indignantly, smiling as he approached the counter. He figured he'd try to ask for anything without sauce but apparently the entire menu had it one way or another, and when he pressed for something light on the sauce he was told most of the food was "marinated", whatever that meant. Groaning inwardly he ordered the first thing off the menu and stepped aside, narrowing his eyes at the twins. "Hurry up and order..."

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"You're right... I'm sorry Viral, I was being insensitive demanding something of you like that. I shouldn't do that to you, I know better." She often forgot that when around Viral, just how isolated he really was. Even growing up with him and Vegeta it always seemed like Viral was made to be left out, only to come in whenever they needed a caretaker or someone to babysit them. That must have been awful, being relegated to someone whose only job was to take care of someone even if they were technically the same age. Feeling a bit saddened by the thought Yumi rubbed at her face before looking up at Viral and smiling, folding her hands behind the back and looking at him curiously. "Okay, so how about we do this: Let's go see June and maybe you can talk to her first? She's a lot more understanding than Aito is, but she probably can't answer any questions you have. Still... Getting a chance to vent a little is healthy, right? And after that we can see if you still want to go and talk to Aito." June would hopefully get him calm enough to speak to the doctor and maybe they could even have a meal together, something they hadn't done in years. Viral's meeting may have to wait a little while longer too if Aito was busy with Shu, though he and Takeshi might be off with that creep Krom training too. "Come on, I bet she'll be happy to see us! We haven't spoken to her since before we left," Yumi urged, smiling as she started along once more, "She's probably worried about us!"

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"Uh... Of course we do! I'm sure we do... Somewhere..." Yusef couldn't be nearly as certain as he'd like to be about that. Aside from some family heirlooms and some pieces they'd commissioned from artisans there really wasn't an awful lot that'd be considered art in their own home. "W-Well... We could always find someone to make some pieces for it! It can't be that hard... Right? Though we need artifacts too..." Would they have anything that might qualify? Stroking one of his antennae in thought Yusef watched his son move to another display, frowning at the weapons strewn out before them. "Well... They are part of our people's culture... A dark part of it..." the General mumbled, stepping closer to the display and peering into the glass. This was probably most of the kind of thing they'd put on display at their museums but then they wanted everyone to forget about the wars and move on from them. It was good to remember where they had been, this was true, but if that was all they could display then maybe they shouldn't bother with a museum. "Maybe Renthal would be interested in searching for artifacts. L'esta probably would be too, they're both... Eccentric," Yusef mused aloud, smiling at his son as he clasped him on the shoulder, "Or maybe you could bring things from other worlds? We'd have a museum unlike anything else on this planet, people would love to see what you've gathered from your travels too."

Adelon: Steeling the Faith [Open!]

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Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

"Afford a place? Dude, we're SAIYANS, take a place!" Kabocha shot back with a roll of his eyes, "Or jeez I don't know, we're pretty much given a place here on Uuonoe. And we could probably find a place on Earth too if you wanted, or Kortal after that jerkwad of a King is taken down. Point is why're you buying a place? We don't have to buy anything." Choi was thinking too small as always like they were still some lower class losers or something. Not only was he and Kai no longer bound to be cooks but they had him and the Princes too, they had way better status than they had before. Wanting to buy crap, not interested in girls, still obsessed with food, they really couldn't give up on their old lousy lives could they? Kabocha chuckled when he took a jab at the twins always being together and nodded in agreement when Choi couldn't figure Yumi out either. "Right? She seemed genuinely happy with you and then she ditches you for some grumpy Beastman. They can't even do anything, Beastmen are sterile aren't they? The hell's the point then? He's grumpy, sterile, not to mention dangerous, I don't get it." Was it wrong that he was just slightly annoyed that Viral had a woman and he didn't? How come Yumi hadn't stuck with Choi, or picked him? He was a noble!

This barbecue place was going to be the death of him. The food was a mess, it was way too crowded and to top it off so many annoying kids! What did the twins want to come here of all places for? Why couldn't they just pick a normal place for once... Sighing in exasperation Kabocha reluctantly fell in line, crossing his arms and tapping his foot impatiently as they waited. "You idiot, don't be so eager to cook for me! Why do you want to spend your whole life as a cook huh?" he asked as he looked back at the twins, putting his hands up in disbelief, "We're not on Kortal, you're not cooks anymore. I have a reason to stick to my roots because I have something but you two had nothing back there, get me? And for the record no, I don't miss your cooking," Kabocha lied quickly as he turned back to the line with a frown, "And it's not the mess or noise I care about... Much, though they'll ruin my dining experience. I don't like food that's drowning in sauce."

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It was not about authority or whether or not Viral was her commander or not. All Yumi wanted to know was whether or not Viral actually wanted to do anything with her today, now that they'd come home and had time to spare. Sure there was the ulterior motive of keeping him from picking a fight with Aito but she'd wanted to enjoy their free time with him today. He defaulted to whatever she wanted to do and somehow came to the conclusion she wanted to see June, and while not a terrible idea she'd hoped they could just keep to themselves for a little and enjoy some rare privacy. Watching him turn and leave Yumi let out a sigh and followed after him, her arms kept crossed as she stared at the ground. "I'm not asking you to give me an order, Viral. I was asking if you want me to be here or not," Yumi explained, looking up at her friend and smiling slightly, "And I know you won't give me orders so I'm sorry for asking. Just... We have time to do whatever we want and I was hoping to spend it with you today. Everything's been so crazy lately and I'm just glad we finally have time to do whatever we want to. But it's not fair for me to force you to do what I want either, is it?" Lowering her arms she exhaled and rubbed at her arm, looking around for a moment before back to Viral. "If we see Aito can you promise me you won't try picking a fight with him or anything? I know you're angry but that won't help."

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"That sounds like a great idea. A visit to the museum and then food, why not?" Hopefully one of those would help T'charrl calm down a little, it was obvious he was very much a bunch of nerves still. Haku was all for whatever he had in mind so that was the plan then, and luckily the museum wasn't terribly far away from the hanging gardens. Awfully quick if they could fly but most people walked up here, and the sights were too beautiful to just pass on by. Down along another bridge and then up a path that circled a large tree, and once up another story they could see the museum, propped up in the cusp of another tree and nestled between its massive limbs. "I've been thinking to ask your mother about getting a museum like this. Now that we're done fighting each other we can build some nice things, don't you agree?" Yusef asked as he looked around them, "We'll have a whole new generation before we know it and its only right we leave them a better place than we had when we were here." Realizing he was getting a bit depressive with his thoughts the General let out a laugh that probably sounded very odd to Haku, waving a claw dismissively, "Sorry, ramblings of an old man. But we really should get a museum shouldn't we? It'd be nice to have something for everyone to enjoy."

"I th-think it would be great! I can't wait to see what's in h-here." Haku didn't know the first thing about art or Kaesstra's culture really but that didn't curb his enthusiasm any. The museum itself was something wonderful to look at in of itself, unlike the usual blocky buildings on every other world it was curved and bulbous, almost resembling more of an onion in shape if he had to give it a name. It was large with several windows letting natural light in and it seemed the top was left open as people were flying in and out of it. Immediately upon entering Haku was awestruck by the pieces presented before them. Right inside the entrance there were large tapestries hanging from the walls, intricate patterns of various, vibrant colors around them. Some seemed to just be patterns and designs while others still had figures, probably telling some kind of story. A little further in and he could see figures woven from some kind of long grass or something, statues of what he guessed were famous people for this place. They too were dressed in all kinds of colorful fabric which seemed to be a common theme for the city now that he thought about it. "This is really n-nice... Kortal doesn't have a-anything like this..." Haku said as he walked closer to a fabric, reaching out and touching it only to get a disapproving click from one of the staff. Smiling apologetically he looked at it curiously, wondering just how long it took to make something like that. "It's r-r-really pretty..."