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Post by Alaistair on Mar 7, 2017 23:49:25 GMT
Vennel followed though his Alaistair's request, a reaction held back which did cause the Devil's eyebrow to raise. That was put aside, though, as Vennel came up with a guessed explanation of ki sensing being like echoes. "Not exactly... It's a bit difficult to describe ki sensing. The word, 'ki,' in the Earth's various number of tongues that've been brought to Vegeta," Alaistair explained to her, "Is related to the spirit and will power. In essence, you are currently sensing my spirit and what sort of will is driving it. Granted, you can already tell by how I'm acting already, but you should be able to tell that I'm trying to teach you something. If I weren't direct about this from the get-go and remained silent on the matter and you had suddenly developed it, you would've had to guess what I was trying to teach!"Alaistair retreated the ball of energy back into him, the orb shrinking in size as he maintained the posture of his cradling hand while he talked. It dissipated complete after ten or so seconds, leaving only the Devil's hand there. After that, Alaistair took a few skips back from Vennel! His hands were brought up, his power shifting to half her current strength. He then requested her, "Bring out your scouter! We're gonna get you familiar with gauging differences in strength by me altering my strength while we fight. This way, when you're on your own with no scouter at hand and you become cross with some sonuvabitch, you can determine whether you can smack the hell out of them or you're going to have a hard time and have to hold your tongue!"[/color] The Devil waited for Vennel to put her scouter back on, to see his power level had indeed been set to half, and with it the whelming energy coming from him having become quite underwhelming. Once it'd be on, Alaistair rushed forward, five very laxed punches sent toward her! He was aiming to the side of the face without the scouter with one, while all the others seemed to be scattered at various parts of the torso. ( Vennel) (Current PL: 17,307 from 45,000)
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Post by Vennel on Mar 8, 2017 19:35:54 GMT
The explanation for ‘ki’ was something she thought to be silly. So this planet “dirt,” was responsible for it’s explanation? Feh! To think, something that had been analyzed and measured through the centuries to determine someone’s battle power was such a flimsy thing. Someone’s “spirit” or “will,” one could hardly count those as scientific. Though, then again, Vennel was far from a scientist herself and this was just based on what seemed like it’d be “sciencey.” But Alaistair explained, more or less, how she was able to sense his energy, because he was trying to let her. And that was irritating to her, the thought that she only could do this because he wanted her to. There had to be more to it, but now that she had the gist of it, it really didn’t matter that much to the proud saiyan. Her own orb of ki dispersed itself in response to his. Her eyes opened once more, just in time to see the devil back away once more from her. She complied, when told she could reequip her scouter, fastening it to her ear once again. The device began booting up quickly, before initializing it’s core functionality. It began to read that Alaistair’s power had lowered, which lined up with what she was feeling coming from him. She wondered why he was doing so, was it to further her training? But she didn’t have much time to contemplate, because he was charging right for her! Venne quickly rose her hands up to try and knock away the attacks while trying to back away and put more space between them. Given the gap in their power, she found it far easier to deflect his strikes and move faster than he was. Perhaps it was more than just the gap in power, though. He seemed to be taking it very easily, and was almost relaxing, like he wasn’t really trying to connect with her. Vennel took the first momentary pause in his attack pattern to strike back, sending a few strikes of her own back. She leapt up, and let her legs put in a few quick jabs, aimed primarily for the demon’s face, before returning to the ground, and trying to send her fist towards his gut. But she tried to mirror Alaistair’s own lax nature, wondering where he was going with his strategy. [ Alaistair ] (Current PL: 17’307 from 34’614)
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Post by Alaistair on Mar 8, 2017 23:13:58 GMT
Alaistair's strikes were soon to be smacked away with relative ease, forcing the Demon to move to the defensive! He yanked his arms up like a boxer, covering his face as Vennel sent a barrage of kicks to him. One of the kicks slipped through his guard, smacking him in the chin and pushing him back. He grabbed his jaw, moving it around as he muttered, "Ow..! Good kick!"Vennel's power level shrunk to half her own, the Devil noticing quite quickly and telling her, his free hand raised up to her with his open palm facing her, "Keep to your current full power. This is still currently a lesson I'm giving!"He moved his jaw side to side a few times, his index finger remaining up to tell her to wait a bit before resuming the spar. After a few movements, Alaistair nodded and brought his hands back down. He looked to her and told her, regardless if she did or didn't raise her power level, "Remember, I'm trying to get you familiar with someone who's weaker, equal, and stronger than you. You've just experienced me working with vastly diminished strength, where you can smack the hell outta me if you wanted. Now, I'm going to demonstrate someone who's much stronger than you!"His energy quickly flourished back to life, in both an increasingly potent aura! Her scouter and her senses would show he'd risen his power to triple that of their current strength at 51,921 power level. He'd wait this time for her to increase her strength back to what it was before engagement. Whether she did or didn't was on her though. Alaistair was being a generous teacher at the moment..! ( Vennel)
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Post by Vennel on Mar 9, 2017 2:35:20 GMT
A hit! Vennel honestly didn’t expect to connect with any of her attacks. Alistair’s compliment was little more than lip service, as far as she could see. The fact that she was able to return the attack and connect, and the fact the devil weakened himself so that she could do so, soured any small victory that hit would have been. Her face twisting into a grimace, Vennel backed away from Alaistair, ready to start the next part of their fight. Her sparring partner naturally caught on to her lowered power, forcing her to adjust back to her normal strength, as weighed down by her training weights. (PL: back to 34’614 from 17’307) It was funny, though, he was claiming he was demonstrating someone much stronger than her, but her scouter only read him as being a bit stronger than her current power. Though, she understood this was probably only for demonstrative purposes; just something about a power level of just over fifty-thousand being “much stronger” was laughable to the proud saiyan warrior. She nodded in response to what he said, choosing to not speak at present. It was sort of taking quite a bit of her concentration to hold back any prideful remarks or statements. [ Alaistair ]
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Post by Alaistair on Mar 9, 2017 5:13:39 GMT
Alaistair nodded as soon as she raised her power level, his arms crossing his chest as he announced, "Lets begin!"The Devil rushed forward, arms brought to the side with open hands! He approached legs' length and initiated a squall of spinning kicks that rose from foot to head. He alternated direction every third kick, and every 2nd kick, as he first attempted to trip Vennel up, the number of kicks ranging to twenty before Alaistair rose up higher, to her waist. He didn't seem to focus on whether or not the trip was successful, but if she did get tripped up, he'd focus on trying to stomp on her with the same number. "Gauge the speed you're at right now and recognize the ki pressure," he'd shout to her in the midst of these kicks, "Even if you're not weighted down and you were to come across someone fighting at a percent strength like this, they'll be aiming to take advantage of what makes their power level higher than yours! Speed, power, telepathic abilities, or whatever their style may be. While we're at it, let me get into full details for this job!"( Vennel)
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Post by Vennel on Mar 9, 2017 5:30:09 GMT
And now the fight was upon them once more. Alistair displaying his clearly advanced speed and power as he closed in on the Saiyan warrior. She struggled at first, seeming to just barely get the hang of the direction of his attacks, responding with a block at literally the last moment. But when he started to alter his direction again, she lost her rhythm. The kicks struck her in her waist, batting her back and forth until she was pushed back and nearly fell over, but caught herself. However, her relief at catching herself was short lived as a few more kicks from Alaistair sent her back once more. He had eventually began to talk to her about what sort of advantages a higher power level afforded someone, which she was well aware of. She breathed heavily, though despite the adversity, she was grinning. It was the first time in a long time she’d been hit or actually hurt. “ I’m pretty sure I know what having a higher power level is good for in a fight, but good to know. Alright, what is this job about anyway? I had almost forgotten all about it, what with the lesson all of a sudden." When she’d started to adjust to the new pattern of his attacks, even as he tried to change them up, she pushed herself back from the attack, before firing off a blast of ki, and then moving as quickly as possible around to his right flank with a left hook. She doubted either attack might hit, but her aim was to use her tail during it all to pull one of his legs out from under him before unleashing a flurry of physical blows herself onto him. [ Alaistair ]
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Post by Alaistair on Mar 9, 2017 5:46:20 GMT
Vennel was getting battered around by the attacks, barely blocking some of them in time! Meanwhile, she asked about what the job was exactly, as she fired off a point blank ki blast at Alaistair. The Devil sent his right foot up, knocking her hand up. Her attack was followed by a jab to his right kidney, which he was forced to block with his right hand, given the angle he was at. However, he didn't anticipate the tail wrap around his left leg, which led to a trip! Alaistair ended up lying flat on the ground, as Vennel dove upon him with a flurry of her own. He shifted his hands up, parting the strikes away from his torso, as he casually spoke in between, "I want to take over this planet, but to do that, I need people I can trust... People who're not gonna freak out the way Plato did earlier! Ergo, I want you to act as support, with a payment in the thousands of zeni. It won't be as me counting up repayment from you, but rather an opportunity to continue working with each other... Without, of course, forgetting about getting some work done to getting you back to the throne on Vegeta!"The Devil brought his long tail up and attempted to restrain her! As he did, he asked her with a grunt, a smile showing his canines, and a wink, "I'm thinking... 5,000 zeni, for an up front pay, eh? What say you to that?"( Vennel)
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Post by Vennel on Mar 10, 2017 3:26:29 GMT
A grin spread across the warrior’s lips as she managed to trip her opponent up and let into him with a flurry of blows. She thought for a moment, that she had gotten him on the ropes, despite the gap in their power. His hands worked feverishly to parry her frantic assault. Or so she thought. As he spoke, it became obvious that he was more relaxed about this than she’d realized. Her mind whirled with memories of her fight with Zucceta and how she had finally gotten the better of her, only for her pride to cloud her judgement. But it was when he said what he wanted of her, that caused her to become distracted. He wanted her to help support his own bid for rulership of the desert world? No wonder he found her own thoughts for returning to the throne to be so humorous- or perhaps it was more that the coincidence was almost like fate had brought them to each other. And it was that very distraction that allowed the devil his opening. Vennel noticed far too late that her opponent’s tail had worked it’s way up and wrapped around her neck. It was just enough to stop her assault and reach her hands up to try and prevent it from choking her out, though she doubted he truly tried to end her with the grapple. But she was struggling to release his grip. Then Alaistair mentioned the pay for the job, a whopping five grand! The saiyan’s eyes lit up like a beacon as her mouth opened wide in awe- or so it seemed. A glint in her eye betrayed a plan behind them, as her mouth lowered to try and bite the tail, and force the grapple to a close. If she succeeded, she’d try and put some more space between them, and perhaps go onto the defensive, if he gave her the chance to. In either way, though, the grin returned to her face as she looked into Alaistair’s eyes. “ I think we both know my answer to your question- I accept!” [ Alaistair ]
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Post by Alaistair on Mar 10, 2017 4:35:24 GMT
The attempted grapple succeeded, allowing some breathing room for Alaistair. Her tail released from his leg, too, which allowed him time to get moving and for the sudden pain upon his tail to have him yelp and release her! The two backed away from one another, Alaistair bringing his tail up to see the bite marks from Vennel. While her response to him was appreciated... "You had to bite my tail," he scowled, massaging the bite mark by bringing his thumb up and down it. She'd been grinning too! If Alaistair had a word to describe the girl at this moment, it was cheeky! However, he soon began to laugh after words, letting his tail come to relax and stating, "Well done... Well done indeed! I think we can conclude this little exercise for now, Vennel. What say you to getting a meal and a drink, while we work over that contract in full? Also a shower and a room. I'm also not taking no for an answer!"( Vennel)
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Post by Vennel on Mar 10, 2017 5:09:30 GMT
Taking a deep breath, her body seemed to relax some. She was naturally not really ever off her guard, old habits and all that, but she felt much more at easy in the relative safety of Alaistair’s compound, and more importantly- with their match concluded. Stretching her neck from side to side, a small pop escaping her vertebrae as she did, Vennel went and retrieved her cloak from before and used it as a makeshift towel, to wipe away the sweat from her brow. Once Alaistair mentioned food, however, her demeanor seemed to brighten, at least for her standards. She was, after all, still a Saiyan. But the prospect of food was one she could hardly pass up, even if she wanted to. Knowing what she’d eaten last time she ate on Alaistair’s dime, this was something she actually was looking forward to. “ How can I say no to an offer like that? So shall we meet up after we freshen up? Or shall we grab that food and drink first?” The dark haired warrior did think it funny though, that she was being hired to essentially do Plato’s job. She had gotten the feeling when she first met the two, that Plato worried about the same thing. And she wrote off his attitude as being something akin to older sibling syndrome. And it seemed he was more or less right on the money about it. Venne stood by the exit, waiting for Alaistair to take the lead, seeing as it was his place and if he was treating, then he’d know where they’d go to eat, if that was to be their destination first. Otherwise, she’d head to her room in preparation for the contract’s smaller details. [ Alaistair ]
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Post by Alaistair on Mar 10, 2017 5:30:36 GMT
The proposal was agreed to, allowing Alaistair to head to the central console and initiate the end command for the session! They didn't really go so hard, so he'd simply have to mop and dry the chamber floor later. With the command initiated, the room became lighter and the gears of the door visible and turning to unlock the door for her. Alaistair turned around crossing his legs as he leaned away from the keys of the console with a grin on his face. He mentioned to her, "Before we get cleaned up, I do need to note that when this is done, and even if he is a dumbass in his own right, I do intend to have Plato leading this planet. It's just a matter of having the forces to do so..."He paused with a smirk, crossing an arm across his abs and balancing his other arm on it, as he bit his index finger in thought. He still needed to sit Plato down and get a clear understanding made with him... Otherwise, it'd be Xylo all over again! He made his way to the opening door, walking next Vennel with an arm going over her shoulder in a relaxed way, as he inquired, "So, how's it feel? Being able to feel out people and where they are?"Alaistair would listen to the comment as they'd get a move on to the stairs and elevators. Afterwards, he'd briefly part ways with her, so that they could sit down in the bar area, which should be more or less empty by the time they'd get downstairs against! ( Vennel)
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Post by Vennel on Mar 10, 2017 6:27:53 GMT
Alaistair’s words about his plans for Plato caused an involuntary eye roll in Vennel’s visage, as she shrugged off the comment. The Konatsian was volatile, or nearly so. And he seemed it have no intention of leading the world, not anymore anyways. Though, he certainly flaunted his former royal status a lot, for someone who was unceremoniously deposed. Still, she couldn’t deny that it was probably the best choice. After all, even on Vegeta, if it weren’t a Saiyan on the throne, the people would scarcely follow that monarch. So her head nodded at the conclusion of his aside. But, as the devil’s arm reached out over her shoulder her eyes fixed upon him with a glare. The act, whether it was intentional or not, was one of courtship in her eyes, and that was far and away the manner in which she thought of the man. Her shoulders rolled in an attempt to casually let the arm fall away, as she walked through the now open door with pride and purpose. Admittedly, she didn’t know for certain what his intentions were with the casual gesture with his arm around her shoulder. But she had learned before it was best to not show any sign of acceptance to such motions, else encourage further such gestures. But she was merely trying to change the initiative in the conversation as she turned to look at him over her shoulders. Her eyes were cold, to silently convey her feelings if her previous ones didn’t already. “ It’s good to know, I suppose. Though, my energy is probably the only thing you're going to feel.” Her eyes brightened for a moment, as though she were grinning with them. A playful tone tinted her words, in an effort to show him she wasn't angry by any means. But she certainly didn't want him to get the wrong idea. Turning her head once again, she continued down the hall for her room before calling out to him once more. “ So, the lobby? Is that where I should meet you?” Her pace didn’t slow, assuming that the devil would keep up with her pace, or be left behind by it. [ Alaistair ]
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Post by Alaistair on Mar 10, 2017 7:25:33 GMT
Alaistair was too excited by the prospect of his plans getting put into motion and acquiring an ally that he didn't realize he was treading ground. The roll of her shoulder and comment to him about getting a feel made him snap back to reality! He backed off by a step immediately from her. "That was unintentional," Alaistair alarmingly spoke, keeping his voice as calm as he could. However, his face reddening a more in the cheeks as he inched towards the stares, however, foregone his embarrassment, as he told her, "I'm gonna take the stairs... Meet you down here in the lobby!"Vennel ended up taking the elevator, while Alaistair ended up cursing his way upstairs, thinking that he was going to need to offer her an apology fee aloud as he trotted up the steep stairwell! He'd arrive at Vennel's floor, as she was getting down the hall to her room. She asked about the lobby, in which Alaistair nodded back with a simple, "Yeeeeep. Lobby."After that, he continued to rush up the floors, resuming his personal curses at himself, getting to the point about mocking the mother he didn't really have at some point. Eventually, he'd gotten up to the fifth floor, and entered his office/bedroom and rushed to get himself cleaned up. A cold shower was had in the bathroom, but he did spruce himself back up into a suit and tie for the occasion. A small digital pad was collect from the office, with a stylus pen extending from a rubbery slot at an angle that permitted one to easily grab and start writing with! Alaistair arrived downstairs fairly quickly, having taken the stairwell once more and clacked over to lobby, awaiting the arrival of the returning queen. ( Vennel)
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Post by Vennel on Mar 11, 2017 6:34:48 GMT
Something about the devil being so flustered coaxed a small chuckle from the warrior as she watched him scramble for the right words or way to respond. He frantically ran towards the stairs afterwards, and after she’d arrived at the next floor of his home/business, she saw him pass her as he headed for the next flight of stairs. He replied as she asked about the place they’d meet and he replied as he scampered down the hall. Shaking her head with a smile, she approached her door and opened it to reveal her room. Pulling off her armor and combat gear, she set them down and started the shower. It was a strangely designed shower to her, to be sure. The design differing slightly to saiyan-barrack-styled showers. See, these had a shower head fixed to the wall, high near the ceiling, where as the ones she was used to, were simply set in the ceiling itself. Not a totally different or alien concept, but certainly a difference that told of the alien design customs that littered the lounge. * * * Vennel’s hair dripped slightly, as she pulled on her last boot, and shook the remaining fluid from her hair. The shower was definitely refreshing, but she was hungry once again, typical of her people. And it was time to get that food and settle the finer details of their contract, so without further delay, Vennel set out toward the lobby, taking the elevator down stairs and then over toward the devil who waited for her. She came to only a few feet away from him, and her arms came to rest on her hips as her lips were curled into the usual half smile she wore in the past few days being on Konats. “ Well then, shall we?” She asked, wondering where it was he would be taking her for their meal. She guessed that it would be his own restaurant as per usual, but perhaps he’d learned of someplace else. Not that the woman cared much, food was food, and his restaurant definitely made the best of it she’d tasted. Though the local Konatsian cuisine was something unique and tasted wonderful in it’s own way. [ Alaistair ]
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Post by Alaistair on Mar 11, 2017 7:40:03 GMT
A few minutes passed with Alaistair standing in the lobby. His legs were getting a bit achy, considering they just sparred in increased gravity, and he was waiting a bit. It then came to thought that he should get a menu, as Eres would still be cooking! He walked over to the Diner area, where Arthus was, melding back together into one individual and returning to his normal demonic form. Alaistair alerted him, "Hey, Arthus! Do you mind setting up a booth at one of the windows? I got business with Vennel and-"Vennel's voice interrupted him, attracting his attention. His flustered expression return partly, but he tried to remain composed, straightening his tie. He motioned her to one of the booths, which caused Arthus to huff and get to work. Al told her, "Since our business has, more or less, been figured out, lets just get this written in while we get ready to dine. You can get a copy to put into your scouter for later, if you'd like."Alaistair went ahead of her, setting up next to a window with a simple string curtain. He pulled it down, making sure it remained locked in a downward position to block out any onlookers, before putting the digital pad down and writing down the details. Alaistair had been writing it in the common Earth tongue first, since it'd been easier to work with than the Vegetan tongue. 'In the age of 2804, of the Earth Calendar February 27, a contract of work for the conquer of Konats and for the assistance to returning former Queen Vennel shall be made between Alaistair and the aforementioned Queen, Vennel, in Alaistair's building of business, the Cherry Valley Loft. With a sum of 5,000 zeni up front, with another 5,000 in the future after successful work from Vennel, Alaistair shall provide assistance to Vennel in the future for when the time comes to retake the throne. In addition to this, Alaistair would like'Alaistair read this aloud, in a hushed and almost incomprehensible tone, as he wrote it out. He looked up to the Queen, asking her, "There is one other thing I'd like you to give me, if you do not mind.... Would you be willing to join my group, to unify this universe under one banner? We've no name for this group, as we keep ourselves quiet. Joining this group will mean you've allies, so long as you follow some guidelines."( Vennel)
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