Scene #7651: Arrival: The Mysterious Saiyan?

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Kale Hearthward	We tune into a quest, already in progress... "The Gale Empire shall pay for their crimes - IN BLOOD!" Marques du Roquefort has been yelling this or similar things for the last few minutes. It's getting old, since it's a one-topic rant about the Gale Empire, how the Gale Empire has transgressed against his tiny postage stamp of a country, how his tiny postage stamp of a country shall rise again in glorious revolution, and how many Gale Empire forces he's already killed and will continue to kill. It'd be one thing if he was just spouting off his revolutionary banter, but the rat (literal) has been backing up his words with actions - and the Gale Empire losses have been mounting. Thus, the call goes out, and a quest marker appears (not literal): Capture or Kill the Marques du Roquefort (and get suitably enticing quest rewards for doing so). So far transportation has been secured, and the party's succeeded in tracking the Marques down, now all that's left to do is end him. Which... is proving to be difficult. "Taste the righteousness of my cause - the Svelte Razor!" the rat says, perched on the bow of the Empire airship, and swings the sword down - causing a sort of planar break right at his feet, causing part of the ship to fall away - specifically the engine bit, cut clean out of the center of the airship. "It's going down - abandon ship!" calls an Empire engineer, abandoning his post and going for the emergency hang gliders. "Steady on! Take him out quickly, or we'll be repeating this whole dance again!" calls Kale, struggling with the controls. At the bow of the ship, the Marques gestures with his sword. "Come at me, then, pawns of the Empire - if you think yourself equal to the righteousness of my cause! IN BLOOD! FOR GLORY!"
Gawain	Gawain wants to capture the Marques du Roquefort. He's been playing the diplomatic game to get them this far, to follow the leads and find him. They finally have him. As he stands on the airship, which starts going down, Gawain isn't afraid of a crash. He can survive in the sunlight. "Marques du Roquefort, you are under arrest! Come with us quietly!" Drawing his own holy blade, he charges, moving to try and slice into the rat's sword, and then his wrist, and then tackle him down, hopefully disarming him. But with the power of the rat's weapon...he might need assistance to do that, even with his blinding speed and amazing strength.
Katt	Katt took one of these quests. Not for money (she doesn't really need it; she signed a good deal with the Concord, look for details on THAT one soon) but because she enjoys fighting, sometimes you have to try fighting in weird places and against weird styles, and that means signing up for violence no matter where it occurs. Which is how she ended up on a ship that is, presumably, going to crash at some point in the future when it runs out of glide, now that it has a hole where the engine ought to be. "Haha! Someone's brave," she says, spinning her staff around in a fashion more dramatic than useful... or it looks like it at first, as other, equally good fighters can tell she's preparing to deflect anything from sword swipes to arrows if they come at her. Gawain goes in first. Katt goes after, running forward - running along the railing of the ship rather than the deck, as she seems entirely unafraid of heights - before dropping low, sweeping her staff at his legs to tangle and trip. Ordinarily she'd just smash him over the head, but, well. When someone else is going for the disarm, you do it first.
Staren	Staren came along to help Katt, and has... concerns, frankly, about the local geopolitical situation! But there hasn't been a lot of time, and now they're here... on an airship, and he JUST SLICED THE ENGINE OFF. Staren jumps over the side to inspect the damage, hovering level with the ship by magic... frantically trying to work out a way to keep the ship up. Sure, there are emergency hanggliders, but something else could go wrong and someone could die... Warp in thrusters and connect them? There may not be time, and hooking them all up to power... copy and warp in a replacement engine? Hmmm... Wait, maybe she can just GO GET the engine? "Be right back!" She dives down, eventually flying back up in power armor lifting the engine, and starting to reconnect it to the ship!
Kale Hearthward	Down below, Staren goes for the engine, grabbing it and lifting it back up towards the ship. It's... complicated looking, but the part here looks like an air intake, and the part there looks like a thruster vent, and there's some sort of regulator that's suppoed to hook up here... ... It should be possible to at least jury-rig it all back together, for good enough and long enough for a controlled emergency landing instead of a crash. Meanwhile, abovedecks: "Pawns of the Empire! Unrighteous arrest!" The Marques isn't coming quietly. It seems like the Marques isn't capable of doing anything quietly. Gawain charges in, with Katt running in after. For a moment, it looks like they've got him dead in their sights, going in for the disarm-and-tackle combo... ... until the rat slashes out with his shortsword once more, causing 'something' to happen. It's hard to grasp - an effect whose full effects, parameters, and methods will likely take several more encounters to understand, and yet more for the party to come up with an effective counter to. But the net result is that, for a crucial moment, the spaces that Gawain and Katt are in are elsewhere - long enough for the Marques to neatly step through the space they previously occupied, and merrily dance away towards the rear of the ship before the two come back into phase. "Hah, see - through the power of my Breath Weapon, the Svelte Razor, and the righteousness of my cause, no mere pawns can stand against me!" crows the rat, triumphantly waving the overpowered blade in the middle of the deck. "And as you shall see, there's no force currently upon this earth that could possibly stop me!"
Vegeta	There's a sudden crack in the sky as something breaks through the atmosphere at a speed exceeding even a comet. It's a loud, thunderous sound, but everything happens far too quickly for any sensors to give a particular warning. Almost instantaneously, there's an explosion, the entire ship rocking as debris fly in every direction from where the rat stands. The force is probably enough to blow people back several feet, while the ship is left with a gigantic hole as the dust settles. Deep inside of the hole is a pod, what some might note from historical war documents as a Saiyan Pod. But the door is already open by the time anyone can look, and a short man in armor is walking up the side of the crater his ship managed to make inside of this bigger ship. In his right hand he holds a giant roasted rat tail, cooked from the heat of the impact. He takes a large bite from it as he places a finger on his scouter, beginning to scan people as he reaches the top of the ship with everyone else. "Nappa's no where to be seen, my coordinates make no sense, and my scouter's readings are complete nonsense..." Taking another bite, he stares directly at Katt, then to Staren, and finally Gawain. "You there, creatures. This isn't Earth. Where exactly am I? Answer promptly and I might spare your lives."
Gawain	As he is placed 'elsewhere', Gawain feels vertigo. When they come back, the Marques is across the ship. Gawain's about to dash across, when- A Saiyan pod!? It crashes onto the ship, causing debris, killing the Marques, as Gawain is nearly blown off the ship. As Gawain starts approaching the man, he's aghast. "Put that rat tail down! That was a person!" And then, a pause. "Sir Gawain, Knight of the Sun, Warden of the Paladins. You're on an airship in Gale Empire territory, formerly Roquefort Heights. You must be very confused! You're a...Saiyan, right? I think? We can take you in to help adjust!"
Katt	"Good luck!" Katt calls to Staren when she dives. Suits her fine; Katt wouldn't know how to put an engine together if her life depended on it, and also can't fly to catch the thing in the first place. <J-IC-Scene> Gawain to Katt, "Use my chiselled body as a shield, if you need!" But Gawain is getting her good and irritated. Does she need someone to stand in front of her? "Why don't YOU get behind ME, and I'll show you how a real fighter does it," she bristles, rising up into a vertical sweep with the blunt end of her staff, aimed solidly at Mr. Rat's chin (she has already forgotten his name) just as space gets weird "Oh come ON!" Katt whirls, her staff held cross-body, defensively, in case of a strike. None come, because he's waving his sword around instead of doing anything with it. "At least pose like you know how to hold that thing. Come on, come over here and I'll show you," which is not at all an extremely flimsy excuse to try to get his weapon away from him. She takes a step forward. She slides a step back, because that's as far as she goes from the impact of something before the claws on her feet dig in and she gets a hand on the railing. She takes a step forward again. Katt looks right back up at Vegeta once the cloud of dust and smoke settles. She hasn't seen a Saiyan pod before (or a Saiyan for that matter) but her response is instantaneous: she points her staff at him. "Hey! You killed my target!" Katt manages to sound offended. "AND you're eating him, which is really kind of gross, don't eat Clan. But you killed the guy I was trying to kill! Or catch!" Gawain is still right there. "You owe me if you're going to park that badly." A moment's hesitation. "Oh. The sky. Also, we're falling," she adds, as if that might make a difference to Vegeta.
Kale Hearthward	"Yeah - they make vegan rat tail! I'm pretty sure!" says Kale, handing off the controls to a crewmember now that they're out of combat. "That was a criminal and he deserved to get killed, sure, but not eaten!" "And you're in no position to make threats!" he adds, stepping forward... ... right up into Vegeta's personal space, and jams a finger into the saiyan's chest. "You're in the held territory of the mighty Gale Emperor, and facing down its East Wind! Show some respect!" Chest poke. "You should be asking us to spare your life - crashing into the ship like that!" Chest poke. "And stop eating that tail already!" Chest poke.
Staren	Staren's called over any engineers that haven't already abandoned ship, and is just climbing out of the armor to help (it flies on remote, holding the engine up while crew re-secure it) when there's a crash. "What is it NOW?!" She rushes to the impact site below decks and-- stares, open-mouthed. It's Vegeta. Saiyan, dangerous combatant, rivalry with Goku... she frantically dredges up memories. "Kakarot's not here..." Wait, the way he's talking... maybe he hasn't met Goku yet? Arriving in a pod... Others fill in the 'where' while she works it out. "You still work for the Planetary Trade Organization..." She tries to look intimidating, it doesn't really work when it's Some Random Catgirl You Don't Know Who's Shorter Than Five Feet, and points at him. "Go back to your masters, and tell them... if... if they operate in Sector Zero, we won't allow it!" Wait, who's we?! Ugh, Staren's bad at on-the-spot speeches. "I won't allow it! Staren Wiremu, Partner of the Concord... I'll... every hero I can rally to the cause, we'll end the scourge of Frieza and free everyone he's subjugated!" Well, the ones that still LIVE, anyway. And then she invokes some kind of invisible magical defense and looks like she's getting ready to dive out of the way the moment she sees him go for a ki attack.
Vegeta	"Well, he tastes rather bland. I hope he made up for it in personality." Vegeta takes one last bite, then tosses the tail over the side of the ship. "Correct. Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyans. So this planet must not be entirely primitive. Probably worth something, though I've never heard of it." "I hardly have any concern for whatever games you're playing, nor do I care about the silly rules of your planet. However, I will mark this planet as valuable, once I figure out what went wrong." Though Kale starts poking, and Vegeta just stares, bewildered. He doesn't say anything, he immediately reaches up, then moves to smash the back of his fist into the side of Kale's face, trying to swat them away at damned near full force. "Well well, the plot thickens. You know Kakarot, and I was just on my way to kill him. Perhaps I'm not too far from where I need to be after all." He holds up a hand, forming a simple white sphere of energy about the size of a basketball above his hand. "I have absolutely no interest in anything else you have to say. Tell me why the coordinates of this planet are so strange, and exactly where to find Kakarot, or I will blow this ship up, since that is apparently a concern for you."
Gawain	As Vegeta starts being bewildered, Gawain sighs at everyone's antics. He approaches, pushes Kale out of the way, and puts himself in the way of the hand with the energy blast. Vegeta will have to shoot the Sun Knight if he wants to bring down the ship. "I do not know who or where Kakarot is. You're in the Multiverse. Staren here is old and potentially senile, they haven't seen Kakarot in years!" His voice has pure honesty. Gawain believes all of it... Despite being the exact same age as Staren, so, uh, he's kinda calling himself old too.
Katt	"Honestly, no, he didn't," Katt has to admit, because her only memories of the Marquis' personality are garbage. "But still. No eating!" Her tail frizzes up slightly before lashing once. She makes no effort to retrieve Kale once he gets smacked, but she does take one step to the side and then walks forward so that there is no way she can possibly be construed as hiding or even standing behind Gawain. Her pride won't let her. "Look, I don't know who you are, I don't know who Kakarot is, I don't know what your coordinates say, and this isn't even my world," Katt says, "but if you're going to threaten us, don't blow up the ship. I'll fight you instead. OR you can just go take your landing ball off and go look for Kakarot or whoever."
Staren	Staren's blood runs cold as she hears 'worth something' and 'mark this planet valuable'. When Vegeta readies the ball of energy she dives behind a bulkhead... and when no attack comes, a little drone peers around the corner. Staren realizes she can't remember, was Gohan in CHARGE of the PTO in the timeline that showed up last time? Could they possibly be LESS bad under their original masters, if so? Vegeta's words aren't encouraging, though. "...Put the energy ball down and we'll talk." Whether he does or not, eventually she steps out into view again. She hangs her head slightly. "He's right. I haven't seen him in years, and it's been even longer since I fell several months into the future." She takes a deep breath, and goes into Infodump Mode. "The coordinates are so strange because you're in the Multiverse. Your... universe has just merged into it. This 'planet' is actually a small piece of the surface of an unimaginably large superplanet." She goes back to solemnly conversational. "I... I guess the Planetary Trade Organization probably doesn't care all that much about only taking over literal planets. ...You know full well how to find Kakarot, but if he doesn't show up you'll just end up fighting all of us, instead. I... I think you should listen to what Gawain has to say, at least. ...You'll need to learn about the Multiverse if you want a hope of finding your Earth... Kakarot is probably there."
Kale Hearthward	WHAM Kale goes flying from the punch. Within a few moment's Kale comes flying back in - in a more controlled sense, jetboots flaring, coming to a dime-stop at the edge of the ship and keeping up with its relative motion. (The ship's fine now, by the way, aside from the damaged engine and the crater in the top deck.) "Okay, maybe you don't know where you are after all," he says, rubbing the side of his face that Vegeta decked him on. "This is the Gale Empire, and you're going to regret crash landing here if you don't shape up and leave." The hawk reaches behind himself and puts his hand on one of the swords there, as he eyes the floating energy ball that Vegeta's lifting up.
Vegeta	"That's strange!" Vegeta says with the utmost sarcasm, his energy ball shrinking as he begins to casually walk around the ship as he speaks, walking //away// from the others and perhaps giving Gawain a moment to relax. "One of you shows a great deal of knowledge about Frieza's empire, Kakarot, Saiyans, possibly even myself. The others give me warnings as if in complete ignorance of their own impending deaths..." "And this Multiverse you're going on about." He suddenly crouches, then launches himself into the air, flying into the sky like a bullet until they can barely see him anymore. He places a finger on his scouter once he's above the clouds, allowing it to make scans before he looks off into the distance and makes scans of that as well. Soon, right when they maybe thought he'd left, he comes landing back down again, right where he lifted off from, and turns around to face the group. "Today is your lucky day. My readings make so little sense that I will allow you to live for twenty minutes. After that, we'll see what happens." But, pointing at Staren, "I can't think with you cowering in fear." he warns, annoyed. "So, if what you're saying is true, then what exactly does this mean?" And, demanding threateningly of Staren again, "And you, tell me everything you know about anything related to me, and how you know it."
Gawain	"Kale, swords down, please. We can talk to him." Gawain says, before sighing in relief at Staren. As Vegeta puts the sphere away and asks questions, Gawain's happy to answer. "It means this isn't your universe. If you fly into space, you won't reach your planet, unless you take a warpgate - a type of multiversal portal. There are multiple groups willing to help you with knowledge and resources out in the Multiverse - the Paladins, the Watch, or the Concord. ...I recommend the former, personally, but the latter isn't too bad, and my sister's in the Watch!" Gawain hms. "So, basically. What this means is there's a whole wide web of possibility. You can do anything. Be anything. There's been other Vegetas. Other Kakarots. You can be anything you want - you don't have to be like them." He gestures towards Staren, letting her answer the threat.
Note	It's right about now that Vegeta's scouter, if he still has it in alert mode, will probably ping something in the low ten-thousands, far away but rapidly approaching. In the distance, blazing white light can be seen... and as it approaches, the figure wreathed within it can be made out. A young girl, easily half Vegeta's height, which might make her seem perhaps younger and shrimpier than she is were it not for the fuzzy tail she has in common with him. The power signature drops down to barely a hundred as she nears the ship and kills the blazing aura, coming to a halt a good hundred feet from it. "That energy came from around here, but... what's GOING ON?! That ship's going down!" Frantically trying to make sense of the situation the girl looks from bow to stern - disconnected through much of it seems to be, taking stock of the figures. Some she recognizes. Some she definitely doesn't...
Katt	"Impending death?" Katt bristles more. "Throw that ball and we'll see how well THAT works out. Or, better yet: challenge me properly when you figure out where you are and where that guy you were hunting is. I'm Katt, champion gladiator and member of the Concord. We can do it proper. But not now." "In the meantime..." Katt, too, answers questions - though not the same way as Gawain. She swings her staff onto her shoulder. It looks more casual than it is. "The Concord is where powerful people go," she adds. "He's right about the rest of it, though. You can go lots of places. I haven't been home in months since there's nothing I want to do there."
Kale Hearthward	Kale lets go of his sword - only because Gawain said so. Not because of anything Vegeta-related. "Alright - look, it's a big place and you can't take over all of it, basically. Specifically you can't take over this part, I should reiterate," says the hawk, crossing his arms as he remains perched on the edge of the ship. "So. Don't try." "But there is a lot of interesting things that have opened up to you just now? Cell phones are pretty nice things. A lot of clothing options."
Katt	Katt just looks at Kale for about ten seconds. "Don't think he's interested in clothing options," Katt says, as someone who has worn basically the same thing for years.
Kale Hearthward	"I don't know, that could be high fashion where he's from?" says Kale. "Someone in the squad used to date an orc - have you seen their shoulderpads?"
Staren	This DIDN'T COME TO A FIGHT?! Yet. Staren relaxes, as Vegeta shows interest in talking. She takes some deep breaths while he flies up to look around, and her hand traces the (invisible from the side) circuits that project Armor of Ithan, a magical forcefield, around her. Right, those beam attacks WON'T vaporize her out of armor anymore. She bristles at being called out in 'cowering in fear', looking a bit angry. But... being asked for info? That's something comfortable and familiar. "As he says. Until someone stumbles upon... Frieza's base, wherever that is, by chance... or they reach out and make contact, you don't have a way home, nor may anyone else who was in transit between planets at the same time. There's some chance that it's in another Sector, which is... so unfathomably far away that it means contact is effectively cut off until it somehow changes location." She looks him over and crosses her arms. "You're Vegeta, Prince of All Saiyans, although it seems like the only ones we ever see don't respect that sovereignty. As a Saiyan you're incredibly strong, fast, and resilient compared to a human, with a talent for ki manipulation that puts you among the best ki wielders in pure destructive power. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, literally, as every time you heal your body improves. You have to eat a lot of food to maintain all that energy. Oh, and since you've still got your tail, in the light of the moon you turn into a giant monkey." She gives Vegeta a threatening look. "Are you SURE you want to know about yourself?" If prompted, she adds, "You want to fight Kakarot more than anything. To prove yourself? To get stronger? Because he's the most challenging and evenly-matched opponent to fight? I don't know. Other than that, your greatest wish is for immortality, and that's why you're seeking the grail, or the dragonballs, or whatever. Although, it'd kinda weird honestly, as indestructible as a mighty Saiyan like YOU is, what could ever KILL you? Seems to me that could only happen if you let your guard down or stopped trying." "...I know all this because as they said, there have been other timelines, and you, and Goku -- sorry, Kakarot -- and Raditz, and Kakarot's son Gohan have all been mighty figures in their own time." She blinks. "You know, come to think of it... why the hell do you work for Frieza, anyway? You seem like the type who'd want to kick the ass of someone using you to help them take over planets so THEY can get richer." She looks thoughtful, trying to figure that one out.
Staren	"I believe it's traditional Saiyan battle armor." Staren asides, at the comments about Vegeta's clothing.
Vegeta	"It all sounds rather outrageous, all things considered. Other Vegetas." Vegeta laughs, but then something on his scouter pings. It's still giving him strange readings that he can't make sense of, but this one //almost// makes sense, even if he can't seem to tell how powerful anyone actually is right now. "These organizations of yours sound wonderful and all, but Frieza is the most powerful being in the universe. And unless you have someone more powerful than him, I have no intention of signing a death wish until I can get the Dragon Balls and wish for immortality." he very thoroughly explains, before Kale begins to talk again, and he furrows his brow. "I don't care about whatever the hell a phone is, 'clothing options'. Can someone shut this pigeon up before I feather and roast it?" But, some of the things Staren says click in a particular way, probably in ways she doesn't entirely intend. "Kakarot? The most challenging? A low-tier Saiyan sent off to a primitive mud planet? Kakarot's //son// one of the most mighty figures? A weakling like Raditz who //died// to Kakarot and a Namekian? Hah! You know what, I actually believe you." He just starts laughing now, it's probably slightly scary coming from him, as he doesn't seem like the laughing type. "Yes, yes... it all makes sense now." He points at Gawain. "You're right, I can be whatever I want. And it's clear to me that other Vegetas are //weaklings//, which I have no intention of being." But then someone is floating above, the thing that pinged his scouter, and he looks up. "What the hell, is that a female Saiyan?"
Katt	"Told you," Katt says smugly to Kale when Vegeta says he's not interested in clothing options. She may still be sore about having her tail called scruffy. Or ruffled. She huffs, "I don't know who Frieza is either but I'm sure there's SOMEONE more powerful than him. Maybe you will be one day too if you train more." She's not going to say she is, blindly. "Or get those Dragon Balls." Katt waits for him to stop laughing before she says, "You know, you really SHOULD look into the Concord," though she says nothing more because she looks up at Note. Who she doesn't recognize, not that that's too unexpected. "Does she work for you?" she asks Kale, followed by looking at Gawain. "Or you?" She is pretty sure she doesn't work for Staren at least. Plus, Staren knows Vegeta better so she's letting her handle that.
Kale Hearthward	Well, at least the situation is diffused, even if Vegeta ruffles Kale's feathers. He ignores the remark about the pidgeon. "Hmm?" He looks up at Note, briefly. "Nope, not one of mine. Anyway." He returns his attention to Vegeta. "Well, good for you? You go out and... track down the other Vegetas?" "(I can't imagine there being other Kales.)" "... And yes your tail is ruffly. Comb it already," he calls down at Katt. And then he pulls out a comb and throws it (not forcefully) at her for good measure.
Staren	'Frieza is the most powerful being in the Multiverse' gets a reflexive "HA!" out of Staren. She couldn't help it! And then she looks increasingly confused. Although she clenches her fists at the memory of Gohan being brought up again. "Wait, have you... not actually fought Kakarot yet...?" "...Individually? I'm not sure how strong Frieza is, but... I was serious, if the Planetary Trade Organization threatens this sector, we have... we have enough strength to fight it. And if you want to be Stronger, the Concord can help! Although I'm the guy-- er, the gal with all the cheaty ways you won't like, you'd probably get on better with some of the others. We definitely have some training partners you'd love. Like Katt here!" She waves a hand. "Anyway, if you don't believe me... ask around, about Priscilla and those who work with her. We're like... a big family that all help eachother get better, stronger, realize our dreams. See the city of Grand Dorado for yourself. You can call us any time." She pulls something like a flipphone-with-late-90's-Nintendo-aesthetics and tosses it to him underhand. "There's a com-unit." A thought strikes her. "You know, if you're thinking... about how messed up it is that right now, you have to degrade yourself by working for Frieza? We can probably help with that..." And now: Note is here! "Yup. She's from a far future Earth where there are no longer any pureblooded Saiyans on the planet, but apparently sometimes the genes match up and one is born to humans? Like her." Staren turns to Note: "This is Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyans, from your history books... although before most of that stuff happened. Um... Congrats on finally meeting another!" She looks between them. "So... do the two of you... like is it tradition to fight when you meet another Saiyan for the first time, or something...?" She looks puzzled again.
Gawain	Gawain considers the play. Vegeta won't fit in the Paladins. He wants to get stronger, and it's a bad call. But if he works as a free agent, he'll probably cause more problems than anyone can manage. If he's under Priscilla and Yuuki... "I recommend the Concord for you as well." He waves to Note as she appears. "They're people of ambition and power. They pay extraordinarily well, too."
Staren	They pay extraordinarily well. "We really do." Staren nods. TEN.
Note	This situation is too darned weird. And so, Note swoops in closer in a burst of speed, perching deftly on a railing and standing with one hand against her hip, the other hanging loosely. Leaning forward ever so slightly her attention's focused on Staren and Vegeta. Vegeta, notably moreso. "Huh... he's like Beat and me but older... but with cool armor, and a forehead sharp enough to split boulders in half." Stumped, and not quite sure how to approach, she just stares awkwardly for the moment... until Staren explains. "From history books? I don't know about any Vegeta. I've met a few others like me but we're pretty rare, it turns out. There's me, Beat, Forte, Erito... probably a dozen more I haven't met yet!" Spotting Gawain casting a wave her way, she enthusiastically raises her free arm and waves back, grinning! "Hi Gawain! Been a while!"
Vegeta	"I'm not interested in your family, or whatever other nonsense. I'm of royal blood, there's nothing of familial value that you can offer me." Vegeta wrinkles his nose as he listens to Note, considering her words carefully. "Kakarot's child is a male, I know this from Raditz' recording. So this is more proof than anything that this Multiverse isn't nonsense." "Fine, I'll entertain that I can possibly find the Dragon Balls before Frieza finds any of this out. I don't actually trust that you can fought Frieza alone, or even the Ginyu Force, but if this Multiverse has so much infinite possibility, then I'll roll the dice." Then, raising a hand, he begins to form a white ball above his palm again. "However, I've realized that not all of you are in the same faction, and I'm only interested in speaking with this Concord. So..." He vanishes in a burst of speed, appearing behind Staren to grab her shoulder, then starts to laugh with some level of glee. "I'm taking this one with me. I think I've gotten everything I need from this meeting. I'll be blowing up the ship now." Glancing at Katt, he commands, "You, cat woman, get over here if you want to live. I want to see if the fall actually kills these people or not."
Katt	Katt reflexively catches the comb when it's tossed at her. Her reactions are stellar. "My tail," she half-growls, "is not scruffy, and neither am I." She's not that messy, is she? Sure, it's a little poofy because she got irritated, and her legs do have fur and certainly aren't smooth, but... "Anyway, look who's talking! Half your feathers stick out all over the place." Katt mimes smoothing her arms, and the place just under the hollow in her throat where Kale appears to have a little tuft. Honestly, he's no worse off than she is. She's just in a bad mood about it. She tosses the comb back toward Kale as she walks toward Vegeta. "Could you not?" she asks. "They're paying me and I want to be able to collect. It'll look good when you talk to the Concord. Also, the birds fly, right? They won't get hurt if they fall. By the way!" She raises her voice to Kale. "You owe me, because he's dead while I was fighting him. It counts!" Katt doesn't actually need the money. She just figures possibly getting the ship not blown up will be worth some reputation.
Gawain	As Vegeta plans to blow up the ship, Gawain doesn't waste time calling a bluff. "Everyone, evacuate! Gliders, now! Smallest people with me, if there's not a chance of gliding!" There's a reason he calls this out. Gawain moves to grab the smallest two people he can, run, and leap off the airship should Vegeta fire. He curls them onto his chest, cradling them, and then shifts over in the air, intending to take the blow for them. They'll still be bruised and battered, but hopefully his armor can diffuse most of the landing pressure! It's gonna hurt really bad for him though.
Staren	"We can get recordings..." Staren tries to point out, after it's brought up that defeating Frieza is still in doubt. And then... things are maybe going well? And then... wait, did she just get Hostaged?! Is Vegeta seriously trying to carry her off like some sort of damsel in distress?! What is even happening. The situation is so blindsiding she's struck speechless with her mouth hanging open. Staren.EXE has crashed. Rebooting...
Kale Hearthward	Kale stares at Vegeta for a moment. "Really?" Then he picks up that he's serious, and after a moment's hesitation, kicks off of the railing, activating his jet boots again as he does so. He flies below decks, maneuvering in the tight spaces as he goes to grab the engine crew - the ones who were trying to fix the ship a minute ago - and all but throwing them at the emergency gliders and then using wind power to send the gliders off of the ship. Between him and Gawain, the ship gets emptied fairly quickly...
Note	"B-blow up the ship?! There's people aboard it!" This... this turn of events has Note flabbergasted. She lowers the arm that had been planted against her side, mouth wide with amazement. She... can still sense plenty of people aboard it who likely wouldn't survive that, and leaving them to die doesn't sit with her! But... Gawain calls for an orderly evacuation and her growing nerves steady. She takes a backflip off the ship's side and powers back up, keeping the Saiyan Prince in her sights but not approaching... "Why did I have to be right this time? ... he's gonna be trouble. Could be a great match though!" From the distance, she brings both hands up near her mouth to project her voice better and shouts, "I don't know, Staren! IS that kinda tradition a thing?! It sounds AWESOME!"
Vegeta	"If this Concord is so great, I'll be sure to pay you back. But an example has to be made, you see. There was far too much boldness, far too little respect. My assumption is that only this one actually understands what a Saiyan is. I'm going to teach the rest of them myself." Vegeta's laughter becomes far more unhinged, holding his hand out to aim it at the ship properly now. "Saiyan, clearly you're in need of a lesson of what you truly are, so keep your eyes wide open!" Then he opens fire, unleashing a large beam of white energy directly into the ship, aiming squarely for the engine as the others jump out. Then he reaches out to grab Katt by the scruff, while holding Staren, and goes flying above the ship before it can explode. He seems to have very little concern for his own ship lodged within the larger ship.
Staren	Oh so this is what it's like to be on this side of things. Why is this happening. No one would WANT to kidnap Staren in a zillion years, they're famously annoying and... this just isn't the sort of thing that happens to them! Is it because she's a girl? A small bookish-looking girl? BUT HERO SCARF! Vegeta did not respect the scarf. Or the coat. Wait, hold on, he's grabbing you. Grappling bad. "Let go of me!" Staren focuses on her surroundings again just as Note asks about traditions. "It could be! Every tradition starts somewhere, right?" She smiles, and then turns into a cat long enough to fall out of Vegeta's grip before resuming her previous form. She takes direct control over the armor to fly it to her... but Vegeta's firing. It was RIGHT NEXT TO THE ENGINE, so she has it interpose itself and take the hit instead. There is, of course, still an explosion and lots of smoke, but when it clears, the power armor is only damaged. Staren arrests her fall with magic flight and watches to see where this is gonna go next. "We could just go talk somewhere but if you want a fight I think at least two or three of us are happy to oblige!"
Katt	Katt lets out a startled sound when she's grabbed by the scruff. "GRAB THE STAFF," she yells, though of course Vegeta is not actually doing that and switching at this point wo uld be... challenging. She swings herself a couple times to try to shift his grip, realizes it's a long way down, and puts up with it. FOR NOW. But when Staren frees herself, she gives her a strong shove with both feet to accelerate Staren. Intentional? Or accidental? You decide!
Kale Hearthward	The ship's engine, it should be noted, doesn't have any explosive parts in it. (Quite the opposite, for finnicky theme reasons that won't be gotten into here.) ... However, Vegeta's blast is plenty explosive on its own. Kale, hovering in the air while holding one of the crew members who was slower to evacuate, frowns at the Concord contigent. "You know you're not getting paid now, right?" he asks.
Note	Oh geeze, he's really doing it! Note's eyes widen, slightly horrified. She's been through too much disciplinary training recently to condone that sort of needless recklessness and can only imagine how much of a browbeating would await her if she did something like that... if not an actual beating. A shiver runs down her spine and she shakes her head to clear it. But the girl then quickly inhales a breath and swoops over like a curving rocket, halting herself a good forty feet directly in Vegeta's path. "Hey... your name's Vegeta, huh? Well I want you know something. He... she's... always been kinda weird, but Staren's a friend of mine!." Clearly, that shift's taken her by a bit of surprise. But what happens next might catch just about anyone by surprise. Still floating in midair, the girl lashes her tail agitaedly and clenches her hands tightly into fists. Her whole body tenses up and golden power sizzles across her skin. A split-second later, there's a thunderous CRACK from the shockwave unleashed from the golden aura bursting up around her. When the blinding light clears she's revealed to still be floating there, engulfed in a flame-like aura of swirling golden energies, hair parted into upraised spikes - including the ponytail floating out behind her head, fighting its constraints. Narrowed emerald eyes stare down at him. The girl takes no further aggressive action, but she does float there boldly, the glare proving her point - she WILL defend Staren if she has to. "And my name is Note!"
Vegeta	"If you want to die that's on you. But since this cat wants her money so badly, then fine." Vegeta tosses Katt toward the ship. If it's going to survive, she should be fine! Staren likely soaks enough damage to keep the ship mostly affloat when the dust clears! "What the hell!" he shouts when Note transforms and his scouter suddenly explodes. "I won't take any defiance from a Saiyan brat, I don't care what color you change your hair!" He suddenly swings down, aiming to slam a fist directly into her face.
Staren	Staren flies back up to land on the deck next to Katt; the power armor lands in what's left of the engine room. Camera drones warp in around Staren and start watching Vegeta and Note, while Staren digs around in her bag before offering Katt a bottle of water and various kinds of cookies in smushed packaging that have clearly been buried in there too long. "Do you want snacks while they beat eachother up, or do you want a way to fly, or...?"
Note	From Note's perspective, Vegeta's movements are simply too predictable. A disgusted scowl forms on her face, mixed with the surging instinccts that have her raring for a good fight. But, with Staren slipping by free by changing to cat form she no longer has a reason to bother him... Except... Except he's coming straight at her. One might need a slow-motion to catch every detail of what happens next. The girl growls a bit. Her breathing steadies and she sweeps her arm up to chop into Vegeta's wrist deflecting the punch so it sails right past her head. And, taking full advantage of his own momentum and her tiny size she ducks down at an diagonal angle and drives an elbow straight into his gut with enough force that another thunderous shockwave blasts in every direction. One smooth action, virtually without any wasted motion. "That's kinda pathetic... /you/ need the kinda training I just went through even more than I did."
Katt	"I'll get paid if I want to!" Katt yells, while flailing while Vegeta holds her. (No, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Yes, she yells it anyway.) Then she gets tossed. Katt not only lands safely, she lands on her feet, turning it into an acrobatic spin so she can look up and wave her fist at Vegeta. "I'm not a cat!" she yells back. "I'm CALLED Katt! I'm a woren! It's totally different!" She rubs her neck where Vegeta had hefted her up - she doesn't really have a scruff, she just has a collar on her shirt and it was digging in a little bit. "If he does it again I'm going to kick his ass too," Katt says, more quietly, to Staren. "Honestly, I might anyway. Hey, where'd the other guy who took the job go? Did he jump off?"
Vegeta	Vegeta suddenly doubles over, slowly floating backwards as he tries to breathe. "What the... hell... what is this..." He stares at her, trying to comprehend what exactly he's seeing right now, what he's experiencing. He can't sense her power level, but the sheer force of the blow, that he can sense... "I'm a Saiyan Prince, I don't... train..." But this girl... "Impossible..." He suddenly just //explodes// "RAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Blue and white energy comes cascading from his body as he sends shockwaves in every which direction like hurricane, out of sheer anger, then he just goes bursting off into the sky. "I'll kill you, brat!" he shouts back at her, but for now, he seems to be done.
Note	And to think, she's acctually half his size! But Note's not going to make the same mistake of getting carried away and lost in her own power again. That blow was restrained, certainly not intended to kill or maim... she's rather surprised it didn't knock even MORE wind out of the Saiyan she's increasingly unhappy about calling kin of any sort. "Ghhhhhhuwgh!" The sheer psychotic RAGE on display has her throwing her arms up and pouring energy defensively into her exposed body. She's actually blown back a good twenty feet by that explosion and coughs out some of the resulting choking smoke, but her clothes seem to be only mildly singed... "... that guy has... PROBLEMS." She finally exclaims, eyeballing the fleeing warrior in all of his screaming glory.
Kale Hearthward	"Is there any chance you can not do this here?" calls Kale, from the sidelines, having briefly left to make sure everyone was evactuated and there's no bystanders in the immediate area. "This is sort of my home country?"
Staren	Staren puts the snacks away. "Huh, I guess that's that. I figured for sure they'd end up fighting..." She turns to Kale. "Well, we helped... sorry about your target. At least he won't bother you anymore?" She calls up the armor and has it take Vegeta's pod and fly off, then looks to Katt. "Do you want to stay here until landing, or...?" She holds out her arms, trying to figure out how to politely offer carrying.
Katt	Katt holds out her staff. She expects Staren to carry her that way, apparently.
Staren	Staren activates a strength enhancement in her coat, then takes hold of the staff with her hands on either side of the middle so Katt can hang from it, and flies off towards the warpgate.