11th Taunt | Action

[misterbrief]

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.]

Comments

[windandrain]

[She quirks her eyebrow at that statement, her petting slowing down a bit.]

What do you mean?

[Obviously, she has no idea what it could be. Because giant red monkeys are weird. Either way, she just lets his tail rest there, but if it looks like he's uncomfortable she'll let go. It's just...there...and...fuzzzzzzy!]

[misterbrief]

I mean I have a brand new transformation. [He looks back at her, almost a little disappointed that she'd slowed down. He liked the pets, even if it was weird. He didn't feel uncomfortable, it's just a new sensation and he's starting to think that he might function more like an animal than he even realized himself...sigh]

[windandrain]

So you have two new ones?

[And since he seems disappointed, she goes back to gently scritching the tail, not bothered by it at all. If anything, it made him more spirit-like.]

[misterbrief]

When you get to the bottom line, yes. [That's better. His arm rests on the table, and lets his head rest in his hand. His tail twitches happily, and he looks content. Like a happy cat!]

[windandrain]

And do you need anything special for these transformations?

[-scritch scritch-]

[misterbrief]

No.

[He doesn't realize it, but he's quietly starting to purr. When he realizes, he'll be so embarrassed...]

[windandrain]

So you'll show me?

[And by now she has noticed, so she keeps it up. It's cute, the big monkey purring like that.]

[misterbrief]

Of course, then you can see the true power of the saiyan race.

[His eyes start to close as he purrs. There's a creeping urge to want to just cuddle and enjoy being pet all day, something he doesn't understand. But he knows he doesn't want to go out right now and transform or any of that. Completely content with being scratched right now.]

[windandrain]

Today, then?

[Oh, this is too good. He seems so content, it's really cute.]

[misterbrief]

Yeah, sure.

[Whatever. He'll move when he feels like it. Which is not right now. His eyes are now completely closed, and he'll just sit there for as long as she pets him.]

[windandrain]

[She keeps petting his tail, peering at him curiously.]

You really like this, don't you dearest?

[misterbrief]

Like what.

[Nope, too engrossed in it to even be able to compute what the hell she's referring to.]

[windandrain]

When I pet your tail.

[misterbrief]

[His eye opens, and it sort of snaps him back to reality. Which causes him to get very, very red.]

What? No! [And he tries to remove his tail from her grasp! EMBARRASSING.]

[windandrain]

[She lets go, slowly though.]

Yes...[Her voice is singsong-y] You were falling asleep there.

[misterbrief]

[He growls back at her. And then he wraps his tail around his waist for good measure.]

Quiet. I was awake the entire time.

[windandrain]

[She shrugs and leans back. Guess who's found your greatest weakness?]

So, this other form?

[misterbrief]

[Oh how much he doesn't like that she's found that weakness already]

You want to see it? Alright. Let's go.

[He gets up, and starts to semi-stomp out of the restaurant.]

[windandrain]

[She follows, of course, smiling quietly to herself. Oh, she won this round, friend.]

[misterbrief]

[He goes outside, and takes off from the ground, heading out towards the mountain range where he knew he could safely transform without causing too many problems. Once there, he touches down, giving it a once over to make sure no rocks would fall on them during the transformation.

Turning, he folds his arms.]

Are you ready? Hold on tight.

[windandrain]

[She follows along, and when he warns her she actually does take a few steps back. She trusts in the wind not to blow her away if that's what he's doing. And if he attacks her? Well...he won't do that.]

I am. Go ahead.

[misterbrief]

[First thing he does is take his shirt off, throwing it to the ground. He likes that shirt and doesn't want to rip it up.

There's no jumping between forms, no powering up to the first and second ones. It's a leap right away to the fourth form, the mountains shaking with the effort until his body almost seems to morph into his ape-like form, the red hair growing over his upper body and hair growing wild and brown.

And no sooner than when he started, a red ape with green eyes surrounded by a red border stood there, radiating ki and looking pretty smug about it.]

And there you have it.

[windandrain]

[It's impressive, certainly. But it's not at all what she'd expected. She'd figured there would be more gold, more hair. Much like Goku's third stage. And...then there's the fact that his eyes have changed color.

And he's red.

And...looks more like a monkey.

Aaaaand she knows better than to laugh at him. He looks absurd, but he's clearly proud of it. And he's clearly stronger...so that's something? Even if he looks like...well...actually...he looks like someone she knows.]

Impressive. If I didn't know better, I'd say you had to be related to a family friend of mine.

[misterbrief]

Oh? [He knows he looks like a monkey. He's completely aware. So he's not sure if she's making fun of him or not.]

What, is he a monkey, huh?

[windandrain]

[She smiles faintly, an oddly fond expression.]

You could say that. He's the Monkey King, after all. Sun Wukong.