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Post by Katatonia on May 26, 2009 12:09:24 GMT -5
"Well I hope so..." She looks back to Nai, looking a little less down.
"Hey, by the way... you're the second kind of alien I've met... I've already met two saiyans... they're from Vegeta... what planet are you guys from?"
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 12:12:10 GMT -5
"Saiyans huh?" Nai wonders if by chance they met the same Saiyans. "I've actually met a few myself. What were their names?" Then hearing the question about his home planet, he responds, "I'm from Namek. Don't judge my race by my character though..." he foreshadows his brutality for when they go into the secret base.
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Post by Katatonia on May 26, 2009 12:31:54 GMT -5
"Gozu and Couric." She then listens to Nai's answer... "Namek... if I shouldn't judge your race by how you act, then what would you say most namekians are like?"
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 12:35:37 GMT -5
"I know them too!" Nai's kind of excited. He then answers the question with a somewhat indifferent tone, "That's why I'm not exactly proud of myself either. Anyway, we're getting to know each other about really personal stuff without even introducing ourselves. I'm Nai. What's your name?"
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Post by Katatonia on May 26, 2009 12:38:40 GMT -5
"Oh my gosh, I'm sorry... haha, I'm Julia. Nice to meet you and be talking about all this stuff with you, Nai." She spoke in an awkwardly slightly dragged tone of voice as if she was forming the words on the spot, having no real idea how to say what she wanted to say there.
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 12:40:44 GMT -5
"Likewise." I feel like I really will lose my life. "Forgive me for what's about to happen, I hope you don't get creeped out. It's just that my Guru told me I was likely to die in this battle..."
Nai turns around. He opens his mouth wide, and out flies an egg. It crashes into the rubble, and it begins to hatch.
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Post by Crash on May 26, 2009 12:47:49 GMT -5
The small egg cracks more, and more, and more. The egg shatters completely, and a blur can be seen flying right out of the egg. In the next instant, the whole area is filled with images of Nai's demon minion, Crash, who looks exactly like Nai but without antennas and wearing a full blue suit that covers his arm with no sash.
The images disappear and the little demon appears right in front of the hatched egg. "HI!!!!" the little demon jumps in the air, flipping enthusiastically and landing. "I'm Crash!"
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Post by Katatonia on May 26, 2009 13:32:31 GMT -5
Julia almost wants to vomit... "Er... y'know... Yoshis do that... too... hehe... they spit out eggs... yeah... do you mind if I pass out...?" And then upon meeting Crash, Julia is simply speechless and creeped out beyond words.
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 14:35:08 GMT -5
Nai doesn't even answer the question. He just looks at Crash, trying to figure out what's wrong. "Born, yet he can already make mirror images?" Nai scratches the back of his head. "Why aren't you a full blown Namekian like me?" he then asks Crash.
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Post by Crash on May 26, 2009 14:36:48 GMT -5
"Well I don't know!" Crash crosses his arm and taps his right foot, up and down. "You're not ready to have a son yet!" he then taunts Nai, pointing at him. "I think you will survive this battle. Don't feel so down!"
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 14:45:20 GMT -5
Nai believes that there's actually some truth in what his minion is saying. "Hmm... I suppose I'm not exactly ready to have a son yet. Very well then, I'll let you go on your own. Do what you want."
Nai takes the I'm a yoshi sign and throws it at Crash.
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Post by Crash on May 26, 2009 14:48:53 GMT -5
The sign goes right through Crash as he suddenly fades into thin air, but then he reappears in the same spot. "I'm not a Yoshi Nai! Didn't you hear what Julia said!? Anyway Julia, it was nice to meet you. Good luck in your battle! Bye!" Crash jumps up and down, waving. He turns around and just walks away.
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 14:50:47 GMT -5
"Hmm... He's a lot different than I am. I was expecting him to be similar to me, but he's not like me in any way." Nai is in utter shock, and just doesn't know how to react. First, his son isn't a full Namekian, and second, his son is nothing like him.
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Post by Katatonia on May 26, 2009 15:37:05 GMT -5
"Uhm, bye..." Julia is still pretty shocked with the whole situation... "So... what just happened...?"
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 16:47:09 GMT -5
"I tried giving birth to a son, but since I'm not quite ready, I think I just ended up making a Namekian Demon..." Nai's still in a bit of shock.
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Post by unholylssj on May 26, 2009 18:25:33 GMT -5
Having left the dojo, Couric flew out of Hercule City and made his way towards West City at top speed. Unlike Gozu, he hadn't met up with Nai recently enough to know what his ki signal was, so he could only just wonder who the rather large level of energy was near the center of the city. And the young Saiyan touched down, pausing as he noticed the Namekian, a brow raised in confusion.
"You seem...familiar..."
He hadn't noticed Julia quite yet due to her lack of a ki signal.
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 22:15:00 GMT -5
Sensing a familiar ki signal, Nai looks over to Couric. Hearing him speak, he responds, "We fought on Master Roshi's island, remember Couric? I'm Nai."
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Post by unholylssj on May 26, 2009 22:18:07 GMT -5
Couric raised a brow in confusion, looking up towards the sky as he tried to remember if he had met up with the Namekian before...and then it hit him. He drew his hands up over his head and began gathering ki in his right palm, left hand supporting his right. He fired off a minuscule amount of energy into the air.
"You used this sorta technique, right?" He asked, having realized that was what Nai had used to weaken his own attack.
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 22:20:04 GMT -5
"The masenko ha?" Nai looks as Couric gathers the energy. He then watches him fire the move. "Yes." Nai also imitates what Couric does, firing the exact same attack, but obviously with his red ki color.
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Post by unholylssj on May 26, 2009 22:22:04 GMT -5
"Heh. Then yup, I remember you." Couric replied, folding his arms behind his head as he took a quick look around. He hadn't yet noticed anything strange, probably because he wasn't paying all that much attention.
"So why're you just standing around in the center of this eerie feeling city?"
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 22:23:47 GMT -5
Nai looks over to the ramp and points to it, as his cape flutters up in the wind. The sound of the wind adds a more eerie atmosphere. "Over there... Is the base where the army that wreaked havoc on Earth inhabits. I was told by the Guru of Namek that I may not survive the battle that will ensue down there... I'm simply waiting for allies right now." He lowers his finger and continues looking at the ramp.
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Post by unholylssj on May 26, 2009 22:26:46 GMT -5
Couric turned his head in the direction that Nai pointed, surprise etching itself into his expression.
/Didn't notice that when I landed...And that seems like it'd be something really obvious that anyone and everyone would immediately notice!/ He thought, ceasing any further mental exclamations as he heard Nai continue to speak.
"Eh? You may not survive the battle down there? That's being a bit negative, don't you think?"
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 22:29:18 GMT -5
"Yeah. I think Guru was just trying to let me know that the battle down there will be very real. Are you going to come help us? I think you're the strongest fighter on Earth right now... your help would be most appreciated," Nai says, with a bit of a positive tone.
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Post by unholylssj on May 26, 2009 22:33:05 GMT -5
Couric paused as he remembered the last time he had fought against one from the army...and almost immediately, he could feel the man's blood upon his fist, eyes widening as he saw the man's head laying mere feet away, his body not too far away from that. And then he snapped back to reality, realizing what it'd mean if he went down there.
"I suppose I have no choice..." He muttered, trying to sound a bit more positive.
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 22:35:17 GMT -5
"I'm only helping the Earth because I want to keep it's integrity. It has nothing to do with me being obligated to protect it. It's the great place it is today because of all the people now... I just don't want another group destroying it. You're not a human as well. You're as alien as I am. Don't feel compelled to fight if it's not truly in your interest," Nai says, trying to scan through Couric's feelings.
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Post by Shiro on May 26, 2009 22:36:07 GMT -5
Shiro walked through the city once more, stopping here and there to help out in the rebuilding. So everything was clean up or clear out type jobs, moving large pieces of rubble from inside buildings to the street, or from one street to another, simple things like that. It actually took a lot of effort on Shiro's part, since he wasn't used to this type of work.
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Post by unholylssj on May 26, 2009 22:38:16 GMT -5
"May not be human, but I've been here too long to just turn my back on it." Couric replied simply, fist clenched, the appendage trembling ever so slightly. It was true...As far back as he could remember, he had been upon the blue mud ball known as Earth.
"It's more the fact of what I'll have to do to protect it...even if Gozu and Korin were right..."
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Post by Shiro on May 26, 2009 22:41:34 GMT -5
Shiro stretched, a bit sore from carting a large chunk of concrete about ten miles to what the citizens had started using as the dump, the remains of the city park. Shame it's being reduced to that, even if it's only for the moment. I bet it was a nice park before all this happened.
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Post by Nai on May 26, 2009 22:41:48 GMT -5
"Hmm..." Realizing that Couric is a child, Nai then asks, "Do the horrors of war scar you?" He knows that the images of war, especially what he in particular does when he kills people, can really affect the psyche of an emotional being...
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Post by unholylssj on May 26, 2009 22:45:10 GMT -5
"I guess that's a bit obvious..." He said, raising his right hand up, fist still clenched, still trembling as though what had occurred happened mere seconds earlier. He could even feel the blood upon his fist as though it were that exact moment when he realized he had killed the man...And Nai might notice a slight darkening of Couric's ki, as though it were being slightly tainted by something, only for that to disappear in an instant as though it had never been.
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