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Prince "Kayne Mecha-Yeezus Arnold West" Vegeta ([personal profile] misterbrief) wrote2014-08-25 07:38 pm

11th Taunt | Action

Arriving back in Luceti, he returns home, genuinely happy for a change. Because all the hard work has finally paid off. A brown, long monkey tail pokes out of a hole he's created in the seat of his pants, a reward he's been seeking since he found out it was possible. He felt stronger with it. Now he could reach his maximum potential, a level of power he hasn't had access to since he arrived here. He keeps his tail unwrapped, not feeling any danger of having it grabbed or cut off.

But, the tail comes with its own problems. Problems he hasn't had to worry about in thirty years...

Action

A:

[In the morning, he's headed right for the Clothing Shop, getting new pants for the moment with holes in it for his tail. On the way, he seems to be walking normally, tail bobbing behind him, but he's still a little wobbly. So much that out of the blue, he loses his balance...and crashes, right into you. Or maybe he didn't crash into you, maybe you were just walking by when he started to faceplant and his tail instinctively just wrapped around your arm and took you with him on accident. Or maybe he's hanging onto you by his tail because you are heavy enough not to get dragged down.]

B:

[All that shopping has made him sort of hungry, so he heads to Seventh Heaven to get a bite to eat, mowing down food like a vacuum. But it won't go without something happening on the way there. That book you were reading, the coffee you were drinking, or whatever it is you've got, there's a tail wrapping around it trying to thieve it right out of your hands. He doesn't know his tail is doing that, but it's doing its own bit of exploring and wrapping around things. The Malnosso couldn't let him go home without a little bit of mischief, after all.]

C:



[After all is said and done, he's going right to the Battle Dome to test things out. Inside, those who frequent the Dome would find that the man with the golden hair isn't there today- instead there's a man covered in red fur, wild brown hair, and looking quite simian instead of human. He's going through his drills, for speed and strength, taking advantages of the shifts placed on the walls to test out the power of his ki blasts, rocking the room inside. He's coming out every hour to reset the simulation, keeping the form up. He's taller, by a grand total of two more inches, setting him at a towering 5'7''.

Though there is a point in time where he's reverted back to his base form, and he's...latched his tail in what looks like a clamp. And he's leaning forward, using his body weight to pull on it almost as if he's trying to stretch his tail. Either way, it looks painful, especially when he screams in pain, gritting his teeth. What is he doing? Who knows.]
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[personal profile] etherealblast 2014-09-03 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
But what makes you a god, if you reach that point? You've always had more power than practically everyone else, right?

[He crosses his arms, giving Vegeta a questioning stare.]
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[personal profile] etherealblast 2014-09-03 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
...So you've got power on par with that thing. Got it. [He nods to himself, seeming to relax a little. His phrasing earlier made it sound like something else entirely.]

I guess that makes sense.
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[personal profile] etherealblast 2014-09-03 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't say you wouldn't. [He shrugs, glancing up. He didn't realize it wasn't something vegeta hadn't already done.] Even if it calls itself a god, that doesn't mean it can't get beaten.
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[personal profile] etherealblast 2014-09-03 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I'd like to think so, too. [If they had to before they all got out of here, anyway.... He wanted to get out of here, and if that stood in their way...

But this discussion reminded him of something he needed to show Vegeta.]
Hey, speaking of fighting...

[He jerks his head towards the room he'd been heading back into.] Care to join me?
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[personal profile] etherealblast 2014-09-03 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He rolls his eyes a little at Vegeta's response, standing properly.] I think I've made some progress. I figured you'd want to see.
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[personal profile] etherealblast 2014-09-03 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Fayt presses some keys on the console to start up the room before stepping inside, the door sliding closed behind him as he steps further in and draws his sword.

The environment that forms around them is a grassy field dotted with rocks and trees, one that reminds him of the Palmira Plains on Elicoor.]


I've been working on channeling energy through my blade. I think I've got it down now.
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[personal profile] etherealblast 2014-09-03 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Fine by me. [He knew he had it down by his standards, but whether it was up to Vegeta's was the real question here. He raises his sword, taking a slow breath, concentrating on letting energy flow through himself, but slowly this time, timing the pull of energy with the slow draw of his breath in his lungs.

The result is remarkably smoother than it was before, slower to be sure, but not nearly as explosive as the usual pale lines of energy spark to life on his arms, trailing downwards to his hands, one of which he draws along the blade, igniting light along it's length with his fingers until the whole of it glows steadily.]
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[personal profile] etherealblast 2014-09-03 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[he resists the urge to snort-- Vegeta would say that.]

I can do it quicker, but it'll be a bit weaker. If I pull too much too quickly, it'll knock me out. [He shrugs, the blade in his hand glowing steadily. It wasn't exhausting him like before-- the problem was, he'd realize, he was human. He couldn't channel that much energy that quickly without backlash. He needed to control the flow. Three seconds wasn't too long a wait for a decent effect, if he found the right opening, and he'd used similar blade techniques to great effect in combat, if not... quite like this.] Like this, I can sustain it and fight properly.
Edited 2014-09-03 02:25 (UTC)
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[personal profile] etherealblast 2014-09-06 10:59 am (UTC)(link)
It's not that much weaker, just.... more controlled, I suppose. [he's not sure how to explain it. It was the difference between trying to shove something as fast as possible and a gentle push with his heels dug in the dirt, and he flexes his fingers on the grip of the sword in his hands, still not quite used to the almost pain electric tingle running through his arms.]

I'm not going to blow anything up with this, but that wasn't the point with applying it to my sword. Trust me-- it's better I don't put as much power as I can into it anyway. [Vegeta might notice the blade in his hands isn't his usual one-- he's already ruined a fair few practice blades he'd made trying to get the output right.]

And since I haven't tried it against you, I can't really say if it can take your attacks.
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[personal profile] etherealblast 2014-09-06 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[His lips thin a little, the memory of the draft still fresh in his mind even after months and he lets his gaze drop, lingering on the glow of energy encasing his sword as he breathes out again, slow and steady to calm the tension the words evoked. Leave it to Vegeta to bring it up like that.... After a moment, he speaks.] Not so much. I thought focusing on something smaller first was key to figuring that out... work on control first, build up. That's how this stuff works, right?

[He was keeping a clear head while channeling his power, even if it was only a small fraction of it-- it took effort, but it worked... it was something, in Fayt's opinion.]