Scene #2332: The Saiyan That Time Forgot

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Bardock	Toki Toki City is a pretty big place. While much of it is about the business of saving all of space-time, and seems to have received technological updates from Capsule Corp. of all things, there's still recreational facilities. Because no one wants the saviors of the universe(s) to go crazy due to never taking any down time. That means there are places to eat, sleep, and generally relax. Food tends to go fast, but with high-tech storage technology and control of time itself, combined with things like namekians and kais being able to CREATE objects, there's never really a shortage. They are stocked to feed an army of saiyans clear through to the apocalypse. Though of course they're all here to PREVENT such an occurrence. At the moment of those dining halls is rather busy, Time Patrollers coming and going. Some people may still be a bit shell-shocked from the shattering of their native timeline, but getting to be around other warriors in similar circumstances is helping. One fighter, however, is sitting by himself, tearing into his meal with gusto. He looks an awful lot like a certain legendary hero. But he's dressed differently, has a scar on his face, and isn't anywhere near as prone to smiling. Most people seem to be leaving him alone. But there's probably talk about who he is and what his deal could be. Some may be clued into the fact he was relatively recently rescued from a time shard based on Planet Plant, from long before either the saiyans OR tuffles became dominant species. What was a saiyan doing there? No one knows. But maybe that was, itself, the distortion that needed to be corrected in order to make that time shard 'fit' with the greater whole of the new history being created. In either case, he seems kind of grumpy. And hungry. Nom nom nom.
Black Arachnia	Normally, when Black Arachnia goes to visit another world for the first time, she finds it most convenient (usually) to go through in her spider form. However, given that this is ostensibly a friendly visit, and that Toki Toki City is nominally allied to the Union, and that she doesn't want to rub a city full of ridiculously powerful individuals who could blow her up from fifty paces the wrong way on first impression, Black Arachnia is in her robot mode, and remaining un-stealthed. She's got her Union ID handy to present if anyone asks for it, and while she is recording most of what she sees and hears, she's NOT poking around anything that might be considered a sensitive area. (There's also the tidbit that she has a significant measure of respect for people whose job is to protect the integrity of the timestream. She still hasn't forgotten the time when her era's Megatron tried to rewrite history by assassinating Optimus Prime, or the massive temporal disruption which ensued before they managed to start repairing the damage ... and she sure as the Pit hasn't FORGIVEN him for it, even if it seems unlikely that she'll have a chance to do anything about him.)
Beelzebumon	Beelzebumon loves the Saiyans. A bunch of crazy strong, fight happy space barbarians going around getting involved in all sorts of shennanigans! Though the Demon Lord is not one of them, he does feel a bit of a kinship with them... well, except for that egotistical prick Vegeta, whom Beelzebumon wants to punch in the face on principle. It's always blah blah Saiyan Pride blah blah Royal Blood blah blah KAKAROOOOOTOOO!! with him. All the more reason for Beelzebumon to check out this newly unified Toki Toki City, where Saiyans can be found who aren't under the thumb of that Royal Brat. From the shopping district the Demon Lord emerges, and upon his head is a baseball cap with the name KURIRIN plastered all over it, while over his eyes he wears a large pair of mirrored black shades. In one hand he holds a steaming dumpling, and tucked under the other is a replica Great Saiyaman helmet. Someone's been hitting up the souvenier shop.
A-ko Magami	Toki Toki is definitely a lot different from the place A-ko calls home, better known as Graviton City. Nevertheless, it's always nice to broaden one's horizons and find new places. Or in this case, check out what's going on. Fortunately, A-ko wasn't in school at the time so she was able to come while looking a bit more casual than she usually is. It means it's easier for moving around and looking more discrete... to some extent anyway. At the moment, she looks more like a casual tourist than the superpowered supergirl she actually is. Which is a good thing too since she's not exactly here to be demolishing things unless there's trouble to be had. Like Black Arachnia, A-ko also has her Union ID card with her as well, since in the event there is something going on, she wants the others to know that she's on their side and is here to help. As long as B-ko's not behind it...
Cory	There is at least one person who's been brought BACK to Toki Toki City after spending the majority of several weeks out and about in the Multiverse as a scout in-between missions. Hearing that there's a new time patroller rescued from a shard? That's news enough to bring her back! Instead of WALKING like she probably should though, Chikorri chooses to fly high over the tables scanning every which way! With both hands held up under her chin and balled into fists and body scrunched up, she looks eager as anything. "Where is he, where is he... heard it was a he!" Trouble is, there's just no way for her to know EVERY FACE in the huge city. She's not sure how the Supreme Kai of time manages it, period. But there is a face she does know. One she knows very well. And it's over there in the corner. "AH! THAT CAN'T BE... HIM?!" WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH! Like a rocket she's over at Bardock's table, both hands slammed down onto it out of sheer enthusiasm and face bright as the sun. "That face and hair and scare... you're around here too?!" Well, SOMEONE's gotten her mood roaring up to full power! Meanwhile in the streets by the warp gate, Beelzebumon, A-Ko, and Black Arachnia find themselves faced with a short, old dude with two columns of symmetrical circular marks on his forehead. He is OOOOOLD. And bald. He's got a neat triangular beard, huge thick mustache (both white), thick eyebrows and wears not only an orange gi, over most of his body, but a giant turtle shell over his back. "Hello, strangers. Came from the warp gate?" if Beelzebumon is paying attention he might pick up a SLIGHT forehead twitch from the elderly Earthling when the old man's gaze falls across him... but only briefly.
Crys Gattz	Crys Gattz had not had a chance to check out Toki Toki city, until now. The Numan had thought to taker a day off here get a better feel for the place and generlaly burn up some of her personal money. Crys always operated on the policy of smoke it while you got it, after all she might end up dead in short order and she knew so here she was. She'd hit up place to eat and was also wearing a silly T-shirt she'd bought from some person or another. She's currenly chatting with a simple farmer who has a shotgun trapped over his back. "Thank you for the directions sir I should be on my way." With that she's wandering again just as the old man greets them. She grins widely "Hello sir, good to see you."
Black Arachnia	"You could say that," Black Arachnia says mildly to the old man with the turtle-shell backpack. "Just exploring, for the most part ..." She shows her Union ID to the old man, wondering idly whether maybe spider form would have fit in around here better than she thinks.
Bardock	Bardock is dimly aware that there's some high-pitched voice yelling about something or other and coming closer and glances over right as he bites into a great big chunk of meat on a bone. He freezes when Cory slams her palms down on the table and causes several plates and bowls and other dishes to jump from the impact. Thankfully, the furniture is all reinforced to not break easily, but still. The saiyan's expression doesn't change that much. His eyebrows are still down sternly, his mouth is stuck in the act of biting into what may be an entire ham. Then he slooooowly starts chewing again. One bite at a time, until he tears off a big piece of the ham hunk and slurps it into his mouth. With one of his cheeks bulging with meat, he asks, "Who are you?" Then he swallows the pork wad down with a GULP before setting the ham down and starting to empty a large pot of fried rice onto his plate. Well, how is he supposed to react?
A-ko Magami	"Oh!" A-ko turns and blushes a little at the sudden voice. Then she smiles at this newcomer. "Yes, hi... we did come through the warpgate." She shows her Union ID as well, just as a precaution. "I'm just sightseeing also, so I'm fine." She doesn't sweatdrop, surprisingly enough.
Beelzebumon	Welp, it's a good thing that Beelzebumon is wearing sunglasses, because that cueball would be blinding otherwise! Choosing to stuff the last bit of his dumpling into his maw rather than answer immediately, Beelz munches in silence, then swallows before flicking the wrapper into the nearest trash bin, "What was your first clue?" Asshole tourists indeed.
Cory	"Ch-... Chikorri!" The young Saiyan woman topples into a chair, tail twitching and grinning like no tomorrow. "Are you Emperor Bardock?!" Well... that's probably a misunderstanding if there ever was one, huh? Outside... the Turtle Hermit takes Beelzebumon's wisecracking with nothing more than another eyetwitch. "In your case? Attitude." The old man's reception of the three girls though, that goes much more smoothly. A-Ko, Crys, and Black Arachnia? The look they get's much more friendly. "It's mealtime so almost everyone's in the cafeterias. A great time to shop if you're after souveneirs." The old man nods to everyone who shows their IDs. From the look of it though, you're here to help with our plight. Am I right?"
A-ko Magami	"Your... plight?" A-ko raises an eyebrow, seeming a bit confused. "Um, I hadn't heard of any sort of plight, had you?" She looks to Black Arachnia and Crys. "Was there something I missed?"
Crys Gattz	Crys Gattz grins to the Hermit. "That does sound like a good idea. I'm Crys it's good to meet you sir." She looks over to A-ko. "It's good to meet you as well, humm there's some timeline problems here I was more taking a day off to explore to be honest. I had money to burn and I'd rather not die with it in my bank account."
Black Arachnia	"Not much for souvenirs," Black Arachnia answers as she tucks her ID card away, "and I doubt your cafeteria has energon ..." She trails off, considering briefly. "Your 'plight' wouldn't happen to be connected to why Chikorri has been working with the Union lately, would it? Or is it potentially the other way around?"
Bardock	Bardock arches an eyebrow verrry slooooowly as he picks up the serving spoon and starts using it like a normal eating utensil to cram food into his mouth. He at least pauses when his mouth is full to swallow it all down (though he needs to hurriedly add a beverage to help it along the way. A bit too much at once), and then reply. "Chikkori then. And you're half right. The name's Bardock, but I've never been emperor of anything." Then he stops to think. "Unless I have and don't know it yet." Time travel! What a mess! Chikkori has already seated herself, so there's not much point in inviting her to do so. Not that saiyans are huge on manners in the first place. He finishes off the rice on his plate, a still-significant pile, and then looks to the hunk of ham remaining, before deciding to put off finishing that last morsel in favor of getting answers. He wipes his mouth with the back of his arm and says, "It's been good to see more saiyans again. I'm assuming that wherever you're from, our home world didn't get wiped out? And if you know me as an Emperor, then I also guess that means I somehow took charge?" Great. So it wasn't impossible to save his people after all. Another Bardock was able to do it. That makes him feel SO much better about his own failure. His eyebrows are back down again as he stretches his muscular arms up over his head and then folds them behind his head as he leans back in his chair and looks at the young woman across from him. He's still fairly new to the power-sensing thing, and there's so many strong people around here that he has sort of started tuning them out and not trying to detect them. But he does get the sense that who he is looking at is someone who could have been useful back in the days when he was still doing Frieza's bidding. But to what degree, he has no idea. It's a by-eye evaluation rather than a power measurement. He has more questions he wants to ask, but not here, not now. Instead, he exercises patience, and waits.
Cory	OUTSIDE: Smiling, the Hermit introduces himself politely enough. "And I'm Krillin, youngster. You're right. We have enough twisted timeline troubles here to choke even a Saiyan. You can't see it now, but beneath all these fluffy clouds is black nothingness. The end happened. Why? Who? Nobody knows. Making a new world to live in, that's everyone's goal here. It involves piecing together completely different histories and hoping nothing goes wrong. Why would strangers be interested in helping out? ...Oh." 'Oh,' huh? He peers at Black Arachnia. "So you've met my newest pupil? Is she why? Hopefully that girl's not caused any trouble." INSIDE: The rather excited young woman's not at all bothered by Bardock scarfing everything down, but it IS making her hungry too! "Yeah to both things! ... So you're not the Bardock I know..." Well that gets her shoulders sagging a bit... but soons he's just rubbing the side of her head. "Sorry. Guess I jumped to conclsions. This timeline stuff gives me a headache. Glad to see a hero of our kind about in this crazy place though, either way!" Unfortunately, forget manners, Cory's not very good at picking up on feelings either.
Black Arachnia	Black Arachnia shrugs, "She's helped to mitigate some problems that came up, I think. Haven't been following her work all that closely, but she seems to have her heart in the right place, as the saying goes. As to why strangers would be interested in helping ..." She pauses, considering how best to put it. "I don't much care for the sort of people who would break time and history for their own gain, so repairing a world that was wiped out that way seems ..." A different memory surfaces, just briefly, and Black Arachnia casually rubs the edge of her right hand across a particular 'tattoo' at what would be her collar. Except it's not a tattoo, really. "... appropriate."
Crys Gattz	Crys Gattz is bouncing about slightly on her feet, she seems to be in a pretty good mood. All things considered as she gets more informatyion from the old man. "Sounds like we might need to go find the Doctor at this rate if what your saying is true." She's got experiance she's spent most of her life in the service of the union after all. "So your tyring to keep everything from going poof. Yes, I talked to her not met her in person however. Though if we want to get food I'll be happy to treat all of you." She pauses lookingto Black Arachnia. "Even if I got to pick up some energon goodies for you later. Black Arachnia."
A-ko Magami	"Yeah, it definitely sounds like this is pretty important," A-ko comments. "We can deal with food and souvenirs later." She cracks her knuckles with anticipation and a slight hint of impatience.
Bardock	Bardock nods his head briefly. Aw, heck. He can ask now. With all the other noise around, it's not like they're likely to be overheard. "What do you know about this place, anyway? I've been given the welcoming spiel already, but hearing it from some green guy and hearing it from my own kind are two different things." He lowers his arms and then leans forward over the table. Whether he notices Chikkori's disappoint or not, he doesn't deign to comment on it. He's glad to see ANY other saiyans, himself. "Are they really on the level? It's their plan to fix things, not use for us anything else?" Given his LAST employer, some suspicion is probably valid. He has already foreseen that the Time Patrol will be instrumental in saving everything. But there are impressions and images. Fragments of things, snippets of conversation, all floating around in his head. He hasn't seen anything new since the Time Patrol first found him.... But what he saw was enough to be concerned. That was the primary reason for joining up with them.
Cory	OUTSIDE: "Ener-what? You'll have to ask. The Kais work miracles for unique diets all day long. Let them give it a whiirl, you might be surprised! Especially if you're lookingg to help. There's a new arrival," Although bringing this up doesn't seem to fill the old man with excitement... rather, he makes a momentarily grumpy face... "He might stand to learn from people from worlds out there. Visitors don't come here often." INSIDE: "Eheheheh." Cory ends up rubbing the back of her head. "Whatever you heard's probably the same thing I did. last place remaining after SOMETHING broke time. Somethin big. I'm one of the ones summoned with magic. Far as I can tell they're being truthful about fixing time! Pretty sure they're not going to pull tricks like Frieza's. Have you met the people in charge? They hate the Planet Trade Organization. Nobody's tried pushing me around either." More scratching at the back o her head follows, but she soon folds her arms. "... Not like we have much choice, is it?" The young woman shrugs, tail twitching out to one side. "They've got the machines and the magic, we've got nothing. I want to go home, and nothing's gonna stop me even if it involves a buch of werid time travel things to put home back together!"
Black Arachnia	Black Arachnia nods, then shrugs a bit, glancing at her companions. "If everyone else is eating, the cafeteria's likely to be more informative than empty streets will be ..." She's not actually hungry, either, so a potential lack of energon hereabouts doesn't trouble her much. She inclines her head to the Turtle Master, and heads towards the cafeteria, not bothering to see if the others are following or not. Hopefully the cafeteria isn't too noisy ...
A-ko Magami	Walking along with Arachnia, A-ko rolls her head around a little. "Hopefully we can find some food for thought there." She smiles a little at the bad pun, trying to lighten the mood a little. But for those who can tell, it's obvious the pun is forced.
Crys Gattz	Crys Gattz says "Might well then, sir." She notices the mentio of a new arrival and nods to him. "We'll see what we can do." With that she trots on in to the cafeteria with the rest of the small group. "I wonder who this new guy is?"
Bardock	The warrior shrugs and accepts Cory's explanation. He scratches at the scar on his cheek idly and says, "I suppose that makes as much sense as anything. I guess we really don't have a choice." Which isn't a very good position to be in. For now, he'll just operate under the assumption this group's goals are legit. But he saw things in visions. Things that worry him. Well, he'll figure them out when the time comes. Besides, with the way the timelines are, maybe they won't come true. After all, that other Bardock probably saw the same things he did, and just made different choices that saved everyone. The future CAN be changed if he only becomes strong enough to do so. Bardock gives a lop-sided smile towards Chikkori and says, somewhat harshly, though it's not quite his intent, "Good to know that you have a home to go back to." The cafeteria IS pretty noisy. It's full of saiyans eating, along with earthlings, and various other aliens all chattering during their meals, coming in and out as they leave to train or go on missions, or return from such. Busy, busy, busy. The new arrivals have not yet been noticed, but now that he has had eaten quite a large meal, the idea comes to mind to work off all those calories through a fight. Bardock is from the generation of saiyans who didn't really 'do' training the way other warriors did. They fought, then they rested, then they ate, and fought again. They just got stronger naturally as a matter of course. Sure, there may have been practice here or there, but most strength increases came from real battle. So he pushes back his chair and stands up as he says, "Is there anywhere around here a couple of saiyans can have a fight without breaking anything important? I want to see how you stack up." Then he glances at all the empty plates. "Though if you want to eat something first, I can wait." As he stands there in plain sight, the fact that Bardock has some pretty distinctive hair and facial features makes him easy to spot. Cory might have recognized him right off the bat as Bardock, but those who better know a given incarnation of Goku, or even the Kakarot who was rampaging around until recently, might make the wrong conclusion about his identity.
Cory	more people entering the cafeteria? That doesn't really grab Cory's attention much. Her focus is entirely on Bardock at the moment! And for good reason. Finally SOMEONE's got the right idea for how to say hello around here. "heh." A rather eager gleam shines in her eyes. "Plenty of 'em! Big tournament rings, closed in places that nothing I do can break... they've got it alright! ... But yeah, now's chow time! Oooooiiii!" She need only give a good holler before there's more food on the way. She quickly starts digging into an enormous chunk of beef, cooked rare... maybe medium rare. But it's only after a few bites that she realizes what Bardock was getting at, and nearly chokes before swallogin. Gulping it down is a chore and it leaves her staring... then with sagging shoulders. "... Not sure what to say to that. Damn Frieza...."
Crys Gattz	Crys Gattz comes up to Cory and Bardock with a faint grin on her face. "Cory and I take it you sir are the new arrival?" Crys' lone eye seems to be sizing the Sayain up for a moment to get a feel for him. "Mind if I join you two I'll even pay for a bit of the food if needed." She seems to know Sayains enough to not promise to cover the whole meal.
Black Arachnia	Black Arachnia just looks slightly askance at A-ko's wordplay. "I'm more interested in thoughts than food, thank you ..." At least she recognizes Cory, waving across the cafeteria to the Union-allied female Saiyan. And for lack of anything better, she meanders towards the table where Cory and Bardock are sitting - it's not like the Maximal needs to get in the food line for anything, after all.
A-ko Magami	"It was just a joke," A-ko says while folding her arms. "Sheesh!" She walks to where Cory and Bardock are as well, not in the mood for anything to eat or drink. "The few times I try to make a joke..."
Black Arachnia	"Jokes work better when you're telling them to somebody with a sense of humor," Black Arachnia says dryly.
Bardock	Bardock hasn't explained to anyone who he encountered in his time line. But the hatred he feels towards Frieza is as strong as ever at his very mention. He folds his arms over his armored chest plate and just seems to glare off into the distance for a little bit. "Maybe I'll go warm up a bit while I wait--" he starts. Then someone new approaches, and he pauses. He looks Crys in the eye (because she only has one. Har har) and nods to her in greeting. "I don't know if I'm 'the' new arrival, but I guess I'm 'a' new arrival. The name's Bardock. And I sure as hell hope they aren't charging us for the food, because I couldn't pay even if I wanted to." He's standing already when Black Arachnia approaches. A rather unusual-looking alien. Or maybe that's armor? He can't tell. He greets her in the same casual way he did Crys. A nod of the head. Presumably she was close enough to have heard the name given. A-ko gets, you guessed it, a nod. She looks enough like one of these 'earthlings' who are everywhere he has no reason to assume she's anything else. "As far as I can tell, the food keeps coming as long as you're hungry. Dig in if you want. I need to go pick up my scouter anyway. I had it modified to contact this 'Union' I signed up with." Unless people have stuff to say to him that keeps him around for awhile longer, he then departs to do exactly what he said.