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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 20, 2015 20:02:44 GMT -5
Ethan was pretty sure he dodged a bullet and put Zero onto the correct and safe way of contacting the organization, after all even if he was the emissary of an alien power willing to ally with the Enterprise, Ethan still had to be careful to avoid spies posing as potential allies. Now in a rational world with rational people, Ohkara should have followed his lead, after all he was a member of the organization, ostensibly there to evaluate he potential membership. This however wasn't exactly a rational world and Ohkara at the moment was being far from rational, from the moment she stepped past him Ethan knew she was about to proverbially step in it and step in it she did. 'Holy hell shut up.' the boy though as he stood by, dumbfounded by her words and how reckless she was being. If Zero was a spy she had just doomed herself and him too... well maybe not, he'd denied association with the organization even while turning Zero in the right direction to contact them, if he played his card right, he could just walk away saying the girl was nuts. But no, she had to go further and step on his authority, authority Ethan never really wanted but authority he had to protect now that so much depended on him. Her audaciousness was mind boggling as she presumed to enter into an alliance on the behalf of His organization, a covert group she knew next to nothing about other then the fact that one of their messengers was a surfer. No this wasn't going to go any further, it didn't matter if he was going to confirm something now, he could always take to the water and escape if the android turned hostile.
"Now hold the phone here!" Ethan yelled, his tone becoming uncharacteristically harsh. "First of all, you have no right to be making any deals with any one, you aren't even a member yet." the boy blasted Ohkara, then went on. "Second, even if I was a member of this group and I did take this mater back to Brown, it's not mine, nor his decision, it's Doe's. Mr. Doe is the leader, not you, not I so no mater what is being said here, it doesn't mean anything until Mr. Doe says so."
Ethan of course wasn't going to let slip that he was in fact Mr. Doe, in fact the only people who knew who he was were behind so many layers of compartmentalized agents that to trace anything to them, let alone him would be nearly impossible. There was still the issue of what to do about Zero though, his apparently willingness to accept the alliance was encouraging but Ethan needed more then words for him to prove himself trustworthy. The only tests he could think of though involved putting either himself or Ohkara into a position of vulnerability and seeing what the android would do, would he attempt to capture and turn them in to the Saiyans, or was he really on their side? He couldn't trust Ohkara with such a mission now, no she was nothing but fire and vinegar, much to blunt a weapon to use when the delicacy of a scalpel was needed. Looking to Zero now that he'd properly scolded Ohkara for trying to take action on his behalf, Ethan took a deep breath and directed his gaze to the android's hand. There simply weren't any other options really available to him, if he waited and assigned an agent to perform the very same test, Ohkara could make things worse in the interim, it would have to be him. Sighing Ethan extended his own hand and grasped Zero's firmly.
"I'm Ethan... I work as a messenger for the organization... Which is more then I can say for Ohkara here." the boy admitted, saying only what needed to and nothing more. "She's just a perspective member and I was just sent here to see if she could fight, nothing else. Now I'll take your hand in friendship, but don't get this confused, there's no deal yet, too much is at stake for such a thing to be entered into lightly, not by a messenger and certainly not by an enrollee. I am wiling to take a message back to my controller and it'll get sent up the pipeline, I'll listen to everything you've got to say and make note of everything you bring to the table. We can even speak in private if that is more to your liking. How about that? Is that good enough for you?" Ethan concluded, making sure to look back at Ohkara, again giving her a scolding look as he spoke the last sentence.
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Post by Ohkara Minamaru on Sept 20, 2015 21:33:01 GMT -5
It seemed that Number-Zero was more than ready to shake hands, as his hand firmly connected with hers, a smirk on his face. Upon releasing her hand, he spoke, "You will not regret this. I assure you that the Saiyan Imperium will fall if we unite our forces." Ohkara smiled back, nodding in agreement with the warrior's statement. That was exactly what she wanted. Then, he stepped past her and offered his hand to Ethan, "Forgive me, but I never caught your names.”
Ohkara opened her mouth to speak, but was cut off by an uncharacteristically upset blue-haired boy's sudden outburst: "Now hold the phone here! First of all, you have no right to be making any deals with any one, you aren't even a member yet. Second, even if I was a member of this group and I did take this mater back to Brown, it's not mine, nor his decision, it's Doe's. Mr. Doe is the leader, not you, not I so no mater what is being said here, it doesn't mean anything until Mr. Doe says so." Ohkara had turned to meet the young boy's gaze head on. Sure, she could tell he was pissed off for some reason, but her own look of passion and determination never faltered. She was who she was; and if the group wanted her to be a member at all, they would have to accept that.
However, putting his explosion of anger aside, the young boy let out a sigh, and shook hand with the robot. A sly smirk plastered itself on Ohkara's face; it was a look that said: “Yeah, that's right.” A look of victory, perhaps. Introducing himself as a messenger, he went on to obviously try and get under the girls skin; however, her hide was much thicker than one might think, and she had no problem keeping her smirk on her face as she watched the boy look back a final time and mockingly say: “How about that? Is that good enough for you.”
Ohkara would make sure he saw her wink mockingly at him before looking back to Number-Zero to await his response. Though there was no doubt that the young lady had to bite her touch to keep from saying something inappropriate, and edged directed towards the young boy.
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Post by shun on Sept 21, 2015 3:12:07 GMT -5
The child wraps himself in his thoughts.. wondering if it was possible for him and his body to be separated and still retain some sort of consciousness. 'This sounds so crazy but.. could... we all be recognizably different from our bodies?.. a-and... could it be possible for me to exist without a body?...' He thought to himself, looking down at his little hands and flexing his fingers. His eye brows raise and he scrunches his nose. His crazy thoughts had now shifted to something else as he stared at this hands. When the child learned that he could emit an enormous amount of energy from his tiny hands, the question would enter his mind. 'Can I learn how magick works?... I forgot what zero or was it dad.. err.. called it.. uhh.. oh! Ki! hmm, wonder if I could learn to use.. Magick along with Ki.. or if it's even a thing.. It sounds awfully cool from what I have read about those magicians back at my room.. And I can like.. make AEVA's core appear! poof!..' The child began to feel a slight energy pulse in his palms. He took a deep breath and his tail waved back and fourth as he played with the energy in his hands. Raising it and lowering it, getting a feel this energy resonating.. He would come to understand that Ki is a part of us, it is within us... it is everywhere. The trick now is learning to control that Ki. He recalled again saving his father back on his home planet using his Ki. He was getting his little hands attuned to feeling energy..
"That had to be just yesterday... I think.." The child said in a ever so soft whisper to himself, compressing a tiny weak ball of energy in his hands. The child started to feel a sensation of some heat in his palms. His breathing started to become very silent, yet long and drawn out. The sound of the adults talking was drowned out by the waves of the ocean caressing his rabbit ears. The wind from the ocean hits his face and his hands slightly moved away. The energy ball started to fade.. Hmm now Shun would begin to notice that there is a difference of the sensation of heat in his palms. Suddenly it feels like he has lost the feeling of heat completely.. This sort of upset's the child but his mind was still focused on producing that ball of heat and energy again! He still wondered how he was able to let go back at his dads.. It was natural almost.. it was inside of him the whole time. But now that boy knew what energy sort of feels like - A warm or tingling sensation, the child held his hands apart. Odd. The feel of the energy he was feeling before.. changed but he he was still be able to feel it's presence and warmth.
The boy began to experiment and very slowly and cautiously moved his hands closer and closer very carefully together. 'The energy.. it changed! Again...' The child sighed and look sickly perplexed at why this simple and trivial task was hard so darn to execute. He did it earlier without any problem, but his motivation was his father being in danger.. The boy shook his head and lick his lips, pouting them as he just began to test more ways to bring that awesome feeling back from before. It took him a few trial and error techniques of moving his hands closer and then further apart. It really started to look like some sort of bouncing motion with his hands, bouncing off of nothing. Ah! The child figured that probably having his palms just an inch or two, but not to the point of them actually touching each other would do the trick as he was feeling the energy start to rise and the heat coming back. He grinned widely and eventually, the little rabbit boy had realized that the energy he once felt so warmly before between his palms is starting to compress again. Oh joy! The boy continued to feed the energy into his hands.. After a while, the energy had began to give a feeling like a small gum ball between the palm of his little hands. He was confused as to why the energy ball felt so small. He would have thoughts about pulling his hands apart to allow the energy to grow but he was too afraid of loosing the heat and having the ball disperse again like earlier. Basically what he understood this far in is that the energy he was forming flowed like a river or ocean between his hands. The boy looked over at the ocean, seeing the water brush in and out on the shore, against the beach. 'Thats IT! Energy is like the ocean!...its like.. water!' As the child had pushed his hands together, he understood this was compressing that energy. He took a gamble and let the ocean become his mentor.. As the waves pulled back, he did the same with the palm of his hands, taking them apart and keeping his utmost concentration on his hands and the energy between his palms.
'... ... ... ?? !!!'
The ball of energy began to expand and expand it did!!! He felt the solid ball of nothingness expand in his hands! Shun had softly gasped and the ball started to fade. The child quickly caught himself and centered and grounding himself in his thoughts again.. Breathing in and out with the ocean waves.. He smiled and continued looking down at his hands. 'Nature can be harsh sometimes.. But I see now..' Shun looked over at the ocean and then the sky. 'You can teach me Magick...' The child continued on with compressing more and more as the energy now began to flow down his arms. It became more solid and refined and it was as if he was pouring his thought's into the ball, making it more stronger. This was so beautiful.. It honestly did seem as if Shun took great joy being with nature, regardless of it kicking his ass and almost freezing him to death. The boy slowly shut his eyes and stood beside Zero silently as he let the energy disperse and flow back into his body, going into a meditative-like state. Not being as fidgety and restless as before. The waves of the ocean spoke to the boy, coaching his breathing and soothing him and his energy. The boy was still in his own mind, He wondered if he fed Atlas, his pet and best friend back home before he left.. He remembered and he definitely did. There was no worries.. Just him focusing on the task of learning magick and finding the core for his mother!
And silently he stood with his eyes closed and his arms folded.
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Post by Man on Sept 22, 2015 7:59:40 GMT -5
Model Zero was silent as the blue haired human scolded the other. From what he had assessed thus far, it appeared that the green haired woman’s name was Ohkara and she was in the process of getting evaluated by the messenger, Ethan. The android raised an eyebrow upon that realization. It never occurred to him that he would have to take some kind of test. Not that it bothered him, but it caused him to wonder what kind of test that entailed. Zero smiled as Ethan approached him and accepted the handshake, although he made it clear that becoming part of the organization was an arduous process. Beside them, Shun had been fidgeting around. Zero could detect small fluctuations in ki, but he paid no mind to it; the boy was a goofball. He just hoped that the boy's activities wouldn't alarm his new potential allies. The android glanced at Shun -the equivalent of an android's glare, before meeting Ethan eye to eye.
Finally, Zero nodded in response to Ethan's offer. It was truly all he could have hoped for. "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Ethan," he glanced at the woman, "Ohkara." After concluding the handshake, Zero took his hand back from the human and addressed -mainly the messenger, while shifting his gaze between the two. "A private audience does not concern me, I will leave that to your discretion. As for what I can bring to the table..." The android extended both arms in from of him with the palm of his hands extending upward. Suddenly, a hidden compartment would open within the red arm bracers on his hands and a capsule would drop on each hand. Zero presses on a button, and within a few seconds, the capsules expanded in a puff of white smoke. In his hands, Zero now held two pouches of zeni. He shook them slightly so the individuals may hear its tingling. "As a token of good faith, I offer you this. In addition, not too far from here, I have a ship with training facilities and equipment that may be of use to the organization." Zero looked towards Shun to keep him in check. The boy was now in a transitive state, Zero ignored him.
The android would wait for the pouch of zeni to be taken from his hands before continuing. "Now, it is my understanding that some sort of evaluation of my skills is required?"
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 22, 2015 20:38:01 GMT -5
Ethan sighed and shook his head, grumbling silently to himself since Ohkara was continuing to prove just how obstinate she could be. Zero on the other hand was proving to be much more cooperative, taking his hand and shaking it in a friendly enough manner. He seemed quite happy to be getting somewhere with them, even if Ethan himself was not, mainly because the young lady beside him had forced the matter. In any even though Zero went on to comment that he didn't mind taking any tests the organization had in mind and then went further, holding out both of his hands. Ethan raised his eyebrow as the robotic man produced capsules out of compartments on both arms and activated them. For a split second he had the urge to book it as for all he knew the capsules could have been grenades and Zero really was an assassin sent by the saiyans. That second passed though and after a brief puff of transformative smoke, the capsules had been replaced by small bags. It was pretty obvious what was in the bags but Zero went on to prove it by shaking them a bit and then offered the bags as a token of good faith.
"Wow, uh... I don't know what to say... Thank you." Ethan stammered a little and then accepted the bag offered to him. "I'll make sure this goes to good use." the boy added and then listened as Zero moved on to explain that he had other resources at his disposal, a space ship and training facilities within. This certainly was the boon Ethan was looking for when he sent his messages pleading for help from the stars, powerful allies with resources to back them up. Hopefully Zero was all that he appeared and promised and more so, just the first of many.
"That sounds like an impressive arrangement you have. I guess if I'm going to take back a report on all of this I might as well see it, and of course yes, I should also see what you can do." Ethan stated and then looked to Ohkara. "Would you like to keep his little friend company while I go see Zero's ship miss?" the blue haired teen asked, gesturing to the younger boy.
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Post by Ohkara Minamaru on Sept 23, 2015 15:11:25 GMT -5
Number-Zero seemed pleased with Ethan's introduction, and he nodded in approval, "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Ethan," he responded before glancing at Ohkara and repeating her name; the green-haired girl just nodded back quickly in response. Shifting her gaze from the boys to the bunny-boy, she rose a brow. He was toying with his Ki, playing with it as if he had no concept, and perhaps he didn't; however, that didn't keep the young-lady's hand from rest on the wooden handle of her bright-yellow umbrella. He was a Saiyan, and frankly she didn't trust him, regardless of his age.
Her focus shifted back to Number-Zero and Ethan, just in time to see two bags of Zeni appear in a cloud of smoke. Her eyes widened at the sight, there was no doubt that there was a lot of it, and instinctively she stepped forward to near the conversation, "As a token of good faith, I offer you this,” he told them, “In addition, not too far from here, I have a ship with training facilities and equipment that may be of use to the organization."
Ohkara wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, that Zeni would buy her something she'd been wanting for a long time. Quickly snatching up a bag, she stepped back and quickly bowed, “Thank you for your kindness,” she told him, before greedily turning towards the ocean and opening; her fingers hastily rummaged through the continents as she counted it. Any thought that the girl was greedy was easily confirmed. Money had always been hard for her to come by, so she'd take whatever was offered to her with no regrets or thought to future consequences.
Paying no attention anymore to the conversation, she had no idea that Ethan would be going to test Number-Zero at his ship. Calling back to her, "Would you like to keep his little friend company while I go see Zero's ship, miss?"
Her ears perked at the calling of the title, as she was the only girl there, and her hand shot up, as if she was listening, and halfheartedly waved at him over her shoulder, “Uh huh. Yeah, sure,” she called back, no idea to what she was agreeing with, all her attention directed to counting her money. It was as if nothing else in the whole world mattered any longer.
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Post by shun on Sept 23, 2015 16:40:59 GMT -5
The child stood there with his eyes closed still. The Oceans magical aura was both mystical and fascinating, and Shun stayed beside Model Zero only for a little while longer. It was still a very beautiful day. The sun was glistening and shining, a gentle breeze blew his unruly hair to the side, and the temperature was relatively mild.. And to top it all off, the boy started to softly hum to the sound of the waves. This peaceful setting and the beauty of the whole day and the beach had gave a some what serene and otherwordly dimension to the moment, a moment that shun did not want to interrupt so soon.. Shun stood there motionless and silently humming, contemplating what he needs to do next.. Suddenly, The child walked off without saying a word towards mount pazou. Little did the boy know that he soon would be Tending the home in his travel's and quest to find the core. [Exit Thread. PL + Heavy Weights]
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Post by Man on Sept 23, 2015 18:12:46 GMT -5
Without another word, the woman snatched her share soon after Ethan had. Model Zero's arms would rest beside him once the weight of the bags had been lifted. Thanks to Ivan's new status as king of an entire planet, money was not an issue; however, he was not about to reveal the existence of Lupin IV to two individuals he had just met. Just like Ethan, Zero had his own secrets. The planet was actually sought after by Ivan through a telescope in Alpha Prime, it was more than just a means to inflate the scientist's ego -or pockets, it was a strategic maneuver. In time, the planet would become their refuge from an irrevocably changing universe full of individuals chasing them down. Insight led to the discovery of the planet, and ambition led to its colonization. If Zero allowed its existence to be revealed, then they would have become contingencies, weaknesses which must be eliminated. As far as anyone was concerned, they all hailed from the Omega Collective.
Model Zero remained silent as Ethan asked Ohkara to watch Shun. Something told him the woman hadn't been listening, but that was of no concern to Zero. Shun was a saiyan and he had a tail to prove it. If anything, he would receive saiyan priviledge, respected and treated in kind by the populace of Earth. Furthermore, the android had internalized the boy's power-level. It didn't matter where in the world he may travel, the android would always find him. If things became hectic for any apparent reason, he would be able to track the boy down without a problem. Perhaps the boy would use this time to search for AEVA's core while Zero was being evaluated by Ethan. With that said, Zero didn't have his hopes up. The boy couldn't fly and, according to Ohkara's directions, Mount Paozu was across the ocean!
Once he gained Ethan's attention back, the android would turn from the group and lead the blue haired man towards his ship -which was located at the other end of Metropolis City, in the forests which lay at the base of the mountains.
[Exit. PL + Heavy Weights]
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 24, 2015 14:35:23 GMT -5
Ethan was surprised at Ohkara’s reaction to the offered funds. While his own was to graciously accept and now stuff the bag into a pocket of his board shorts, Ohkara’s was to greedily snatch the pouch up and then to actually start counting the contents in front of them. Ethan may have only been sixteen but even he knew that what she was doing was the very height of bad taste. It also indicated to the blue haired boy something else, Ohkara was corruptible, for a sufficiently large amount of money she might be co-opted into doing something contrary to the interests of Earth, that meant he couldn’t afford to trust her beyond simple missions and would never place her into a position to have contact with the higher members of the organization. While F.R.E.E. had significant resources behind it, they weren’t as well off as the planet conquering barbarians who’d set their sights on Earth. IT was ironic too, due to the lagging rebuilding effort in Central, the organization had access to considerable quantities of funding from their Saiyan enemies for much longer then Ethan had anticipated, still though it was not anything compared to the riches of the worlds those same benefactors had plundered. Ethan was fully aware that the majority of the money his organization was appropriating from the Saiyans did in fact rightfully belong to Earth, at least before the invasion anyway. Now though, even with that significant financial backing, Ethan could not resort to bribery to ensure the loyalty of members like Ohkara, and that worried him.
For now though the bag of cash seemed to be enough to keep her occupied and that left Ethan free to follow Zero back to his ship. The boy wasn’t unaware of the danger however and trailed behind the android, unclipping his still recording music player and manually giving it the command to upload all of the recorded footage to the organization’s secure server. It would of course apply a heavy encryption, which for it’s tiny processor would take time, but in the end the considerable amount of the devices battery that would be used would be worth it to ensure the transmission was secure. With the device set to it’s task and still continuing to record, Ethan replaced the little black machine on the waistband of his shorts and quickened his pace to keep up with the android. Another thought though entered his mind as they walked, he’d just gotten the stuffing beaten out of him by Ohkara, was he really going to do it again so soon with this robotic man? The teen subconsciously rubbed his stomach, remembering the killer strikes the young lady had gotten off with her blunt weapon and then remembered the reaction he had to them. Hopefully Zero wouldn’t be as punishing, and if he was, hopefully the boy hoped he wouldn’t have the same embarrassing reaction again. He did still have to find out though, just what it was Ohkara had done to him.
(Departing topic. My heavy weights are in effect and I would like to apply for Power Level increase.
Hope you enjoyed the show. XD )
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Post by Ohkara Minamaru on Sept 24, 2015 19:58:11 GMT -5
It was amazing; Number-Zero had given her just the right amount! She could finally afford those training weights she'd wanted. With those, and the aid of Number-Zero's ship, she could now finally live up to her dream. She could really begin training to protect Earth; something her father had done while he was alive. In just one day, she'd accomplished so much; more than she could even comprehend. A feeling of joy washed over her, and her fist shot up into the air, “Yeeeaaaah!” she roared with victory; not caring if anyone heard her. She was so happy.
However, taking a look around the beach, her look turned to one of confusion. Her index finger leaped to her lips and she cocked her head to the side, “Uhhhhh,” she pondered out loud, blinking her big, bright yellow eyes, “W-where did everybody go?” She was so busy counting the zeni, she hadn't even noticed everyone as they took their leave.
Shaking her head furiously with the realization, she quickly shut her eyes, scrunching her face as she felt out the area for her new friends. Ethan had once again lowed her power level, and she couldn't feel Number-Zero's; it was the same as in person. So that left the little Shun. His power level was much higher than a normal earthling's, so he took only a second to find. Letting out a sigh, she opened her eyes, and leaped into the air, taking flight to make up some distance between the two. Once she neared him, she would lower herself, and stay back to spy. Regardless of her new alliance with his companion, the young boy was a Saiyan, and he might be trouble.
And if he was; she would be there to stop him.
(Exit. PL, please.)
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