Now What?! (open)

[Mint]

A peculiar figure was perched on the edge of a large crater on the outskirts of the Blood Plains. The top half of the girl looked human enough aside from her pointed ears, but the bottom half of her was that of a long, white snake with red markings. The alien girl was currently glaring daggers at the crashed space pod in the center of the crater; her white gloved fingers drummed rather harshly on her coiled tail. It was quite obvious that she was displeased about something.

How long had it been since she had been driven from her home? About 3 years? Four? No, it couldn’t have been four already. No matter how long it had been, Sharithra, a Baenarn formerly of the Zauneld clan, was sick and tired of the vagrant lifestyle she had been leading ever since she was exiled from Eilsarn. There had been many an interesting sight to behold during her travels. She had gotten plenty of life experience since she had been forced to live among the common riffraff during this time. However, one could only aimlessly drift from planet to planet for so long without any sort of sense of belonging. It was this longing for a place to call home once more that drove her to sign up for recruitment into the Acrosian Fleet.

Everything had been going just dandy. She managed to land herself a seat on a transport shuttle bound for the fleet. Before it could reach its destination, it was fired upon by an unknown assailant. Shari had scrambled for the escape pods just like the rest of the passengers. It was awfully cramped since the pods had all been built for the average sized humanoid. Sharithra’s tail was far larger than the usual pair of legs. Before she knew it, she had crash landed on this dirt hole of a planet without and of the other recruits anywhere in sight.

”You’ve got to be kidding me!” Shari growled through both gritted sets of pointy teeth. Still looking pretty pissed off, she tore her gaze away from her escape pod and glanced about her surroundings. There was nothing here but dirt and rocks as far as she could tell. This was just perfect! The whole point of her joining the Arcrosian Fleet was so that she didn’t have to waste her time aimlessly wandering between backwater planets like this one. She wasn’t even anywhere near civilization, so correcting the problem wasn’t going to happen anytime soon. Was there anything even close to civilization on this planet?

Sharithra growled again and slammed the end of her tail into the rock next to her out of frustration, causing a nice chunk of it to crumble. She was aware that sitting here and doing nothing but fuming at her present situation wouldn’t get her very far. If the Baenarn girl ever wanted to get back on track, she would need to figure out what planet she had landed on, the coordinates of the Arcrosian Fleet, and where to acquire transport to her destination.

Shari could shake the feeling that she was in for a loooooooooong day…

[Ume]

Now... How did I get here again, exactly? Ume's mind asked, as she was padding along the plains, on her hands and knees. The furry was at it again, with her thirst of exploration. As usual, her nose went sniffing down to the grounds, with her ears pricking up, and her tail swishing back and forth. This was one of her usual hobbies: Sniffing stuff and hoping to find something. The last time she did this was not only bumping into an object she never knew, specifically a tree, and here she is now, sniffing again. No one really knows what goes on in the furry's head, except for learning ways about the the planet, the environments, and more information of the history about this planet, and the species that inhabit it.

It did actually felt like Ume was in some sort of "de ja vu" trance. A little shamed of how Ume wasn't familiar with that term, but no one said she was around here, judging by her fox ears and tails. She had an appearance of a fox outside, but the mentality of a clueless little puppy. The furry sometimes wishes how she would drop the tail and ears and leave her as she would be, along with her little kimono on the side. She would look like any other, if she was correct, "human" on this planet. Probably not the kimono, but definitely the fox ears and tail. A full looking human who has no knowledge of earth seems pretty okay enough to the furry.

Ume hasn't been out here for so long, considering she pretty much got here, yet she was actually hoping to find someone, and try to make a new friend. The first attempt... Didn't go out so well. The second time, worked out at first, but things went down again a little. Same with the third, but can a forth be a charm? Who knows? That would depend on who the person would be, or at least if she ever came across one.

Suddenly, energy was coming to Ume. Perking her head up, her fox ears shot up sky high, the moment the energy came to the furry. This was telling Ume was that someone was definitely near. Whoa...! Someone's here! I can feel it! But, what is someone doing out here? The furry wondered. Ume shouldn't be really talking when it comes to questions like that. The plains didn't look all that friendly and high top to her, but it was something for her, with all these little insects around. Even though the furry was here for a short amount of time, for an odd reason, the furry loved insects. I better hurry it up and find that person! Her mind went. Getting up on her feet, as she's quite quicker by her own two feet, she dipped off in the plains afterwards.

It wasn't too long before Ume caught herself behind a specie, after a while. Panting silently to herself, with her knees bent, covered by the palms of her hands, she then looked up, seeing the figure standing before her... Or in front.. while Ume is behind, whichever way works better. (As Ume really wasn't too close around enough to maybe hear the impact of the creature's landing).What the... What is that?! Ume's mind bursted. The first feature the furry was able to point out was the figure's... Tail? They weren't something most creatures in the universe would have, which were legs. ...Is my mind effing with me right now, or am I just high, period? Ume wondered.

The tail then followed up with the creature's pointy ears. What.. What WAS this thing? If it's anything, Ume can already tell it wasn't a human, nor a saiyan, as even though she has little knowledge about both races, she can still figure out who's who with little details. Perhaps she can approach it with kind manner? What if this creature wasn't kind? What if it snaps at Ume? There was only one way to find out, and that was definitely by approaching, nothing else to it. M-M..Maybe I should go say hi.. The furry thought. With her two feet walking Ume, the furry was then off walking up closer, still remaining behind the slithering creature.

As Ume kept walking, she finally managed to walk up, right behind the figure. Just by the looks of it, it looks like this thing was a girl. That was a head start for the furry, at least. Looking down, she noticed the creature's tail lying down on a rock, with some crumbles from the rock on the ground. Of course, Ume wasn't smart enough to remember that was the creature's tail. Oh... What's that? Ume's head thought, as she bent her knees all the way down, with her palms curled up in a doggy fashion. I wonder if it's edible.. Ume thought, as she then opened her jaw, shifting her head to the tail.

With that, Ume then attempted to take a soft bite of the tail. She wasn't so sure if this creature already sensed her coming or whatever, but the furry didn't mean no harm, meanwhile. There was a good chance Ume wouldn't make this bite, but who knows? And hey, maybe she might get some food again!

[Mint]

Sharithra continued to drum her fingers on her tail in a manic rhythm as she kept glaring at the downed space pod, almost as if she expected all of her frustration to manifest from her gaze and fix the pod like magic. The young Baenarn was feeling rather torn. On the one hand, staying by the ship sounded like a decent plan on the off chance that the Arcrosian Fleet would send out some sort of rescue team. On the other hand, the transport she was about was packed with nothing but potential recruits, which were most likely considered lower than dirt to anyone in the fleet even remotely capable of organizing such an operation. On the other hand, her only chance to get off of this primitive looking planet may lie somewhere just waiting to be discovered by her crimson eyes. Was she to risk venturing out into the unknown when there was the slightest possibility that help would arrive while she was away?

Still unable to make up her mind, Sharithra’s pointed ears suddenly started twitching. Someone, or something, was near. She could sense their ki signature. Had it come for her, or was it just passing by? Was it hostile, friendly, or neutral? Shari wasn’t a pushover when it came time to fight, but the fact that she didn’t know a single thing about this planet or its inhabitants made her feel slightly uneasy.

Apparently the Baenarn didn’t feel uneasy enough not to feel a case of the yawns come over her in the middle of looking for the unknown ki signature. Shari rubbed the drowsiness from her eyes and wished she were back home taking a leisurely nap that her kind were known for being so fond of. A nap in a room covered in silk pillows, bathed in natural lighting, and permeated with the smell of incense sounded heavenly right about now. It couldn’t be just any incense though. It would have to be made from the waerica, a deep purple flower that grew on her homeworld and smelled of some sort of rich, exotic confection; it only bloomed when the sun was at its hottest.

In the middle of her little daydream, Sharithra completely forgot about the ki signature she had felt. It had been so long since she had taken such a nap that there mere description of it inside of her mind nearly caused her to drift off into one. It wasn’t until she felt something latch onto the tip of her tail did she finally come to her senses. Shari’s tail wasn’t sensitive in the slightest, and probably didn’t taste too good either with all of the thick scales you would have to get through to find any flesh. However, her gut reaction was still to whip the tip of it as violently as she could to attempt to shake loose whatever had attached itself to it.

”Release me at once, you cur! Don’t think for a second that you can just up and make a meal of me!” Sharithra snarled as she flicked her tail. Whether or not this would actually cause the being to let go was still undecided, but it at least gave the alien woman vision of who it was. It was a humanoid figure with legs, as she usually saw them equipped with. She had red eyes and hair that was somewhere between a hue of silver and light blue. She had pointed ears that sat atop her skull and a tail sprouting from the small of her back. Was this being a native? As uncouth as it was to sneak up to strangers and sink their teeth into them, perhaps Sharithra could reason with this individual…

”Might I ask what it is that you think you're doing?” Shari asked with a raised eyebrow, not quite certain as to how to break the ice after that little incident.

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Seishou wandered through the blood plains wearing blue pants and a shirt with a white cloak over top of them. His grey belt with a shiny gold buckle glistened in the sun as he walked around in his brown boots enjoying the life on planet Earth. He saw a raven circling over head followed it to the edge of a large crater where he could see a space pod and two women fighting. Neither looked human and that was definitely proven true when he saw that one of them had a tail. He kept his energy signature low to keep them from sensing him.  For the time being the Namekian let his antennae blow in the wind as he enjoyed the fight at hand.  He would jump in once he understood what was truly going on but one was clearly attacking the other.

(I'll write more when I can, but I'm a bit busy now.  If you would like continue on as you have been, maybe notice him standing at the edge of the crater if you want to.)

[Ume]

”Release me at once, you cur! Don’t think for a second that you can just up and make a meal of me!”

No need to tell the furry that twice! As Ume's teeth smapped against the creature's tail softly, a disgusted look went on Ume, as she softly bitten the creature's tail. The substance didn't taste good, not one bit. The fox girl was actually hoping for some flesh to come up, but in a more softer fashion. Even though the furry was more of a carnivore, Ume wasn't drastically the type to stalk and leap at her prey. The furry was a more.. Gentle creature for this, unless of course if she went on for days without any food.. Or water, then that's when things can get a little extreme here and there. Ume was still in the process of learning about this planet, as she still had little information, so it was sort of the best to not actually bite everything.. Which as the note was now made in her head. Ume also didn't intentionally or had thoughts of making a meal out of someone, especially realizing that it was someone else's tail.

Releasing her jaws from the tail, Ume gagged a little, quietly to herself with her tongue sticking out, and eyes squinting slightly. ..Why did I even bother doing that? Ume thought to herself, as she quickly shook her head. The furry wasn't typically the brightest crayon in the box when it comes to common sense or even intelligence, but who can blame her? She was of course still in the process of learning this planet and its races, but now that Ume realized that she bitten the seemingly snake-like female's tale, the furry feels like she was going to get a horrible impression.  Crap... How did I miss for the fact that it was her tail... Am I really that oblivious? The furry thought, as she swung her head back to this " foreigner", sweeping away the disgusted look to before. As Ume turned her head back, a question from the odd looking woman.

”Might I ask what it is that you think you're doing?”

"Oh, me?" Ume asked, at first. The furry was just thinking of a way to get the memory of biting the unusual woman's tail, even though it wasn't really needed. "Well, I was giving myself a walk in the... Whatever this place is," The furry started. To be honest, Ume doesn't really know her landforms or her locations that well on this planet as yet. "When then, I sensed your energy over here, basically." She explained, as Ume padded herself up next to the alien looking woman on the right side.

"Not only that, but I think I can tell you're not around here, just like me!" Ume said, with a small squeal of joy, as she pointed down at the ruined space pod. She hasn't literally seen anyone who was like the furry, usually animal traits, besides a monkey's tail that is, but this one was... Odd. The foreigner looked like she has no legs at all, and had pointy ears. That could just some up the weird factor for Ume, but she would be the one to talk with her fox tail and ears. If Ume can relate, she did also crash down here on this planet, but only on a different location other than the plains, but the furry didn't really want to tell her own business just like that, just as yet however.

Although she doesn't even know one thing, except for maybe, just MAYBE to the furry, that this alien female isn't around here, already she wanted to getting to know her better.  "What about you? Being upset that your pod crashed, I bet?" The furry snickered. When Ume first arrived on this planet herself, it was of course clear her pod was also damaged heavily, but the furry was just trying to lighten up the mood, even though there might be a chance she wouldn't after biting the stranger's tail.

As Ume awaited for an answer, the furry took one more look back at the ruined pod, at the center in the crater. Wow.. This crater is even bigger than the one MY pod made. Ume wondered, with a sly snicker. As she looked back up, she can't help but notice yet another figure at the edge as well, but couldn't sense the energy either. ...Eh? Her mind went. Was there yet another creature in the area? Was it human? Was it saiyan? Is it another alien who's like the alien woman and Ume? The furry's ears twitched slightly, as she continued to lay her eyes on the figure in the distance.

[Mint]

"Oh, me?"

It took every ounce of Sharithra’s self-control to not immediately scream at the strange woman that she was obviously referring to her. Who else had the nerve to nip at her tail like that!? However, she successfully restrained herself and allowed the unfamiliar being to speak uninterrupted. When raised in a powerful family that was neck-deep in politics, the importance of how you appeared to the public was always being hammered into one’s head. Dress nice, wear your makeup properly, and don’t let your emotions overtake your better judgment no matter how beneath you your conversation partner happens to be. She was used to this sort of thing.

From what this woman said, the hope of her being an asset to Shari was becoming dimmer and dimmer. She had hoped that she had met a local. This wasn’t the case in the slightest it would seem. To make matters worse, she appeared to be awfully gauche. Still, it looked like she had at least been here longer than Sharithra. That wasn't saying much of course. At the very least, two pairs of eyes were better than one when searching for something. Maybe she could still be of use…

"What about you? Being upset that your pod crashed, I bet?"

”Hmph, you have no idea…” Sharithra sighed as she gingerly rubbed her left temple. There was surely a migraine in store for her once this whole ordeal was over with, but there was no sense in prolonging it any longer. Shari craved progress at the moment, progress that felt like it was horrendously overdue despite not being here for very long. ”I am Sharithra. I am a Baenarn from the planet Eilsarn. You are…?” she introduced herself. ”Also, do you know what planet we happen to be on?”

It was then that she spied a third figure on the other side of the crater that her pod had made. He was a bit too far to make out some of the more precise details, but she could tell that he had green skin and had no hair atop his head. How long had he been standing there? Why couldn’t she sense him? He either wasn’t very strong or had some way of masking his ki signature. ”You there!” she called out to him while still waiting for a response from the fur-covered being. ”State your business!” While she first had to figure out why he was just standing there observing them, perhaps he might be knowledgeable at the planet they were all standing on.

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"My business?" Seishou answered Sharithra loudly. "I'm looking for the guardian of this planet. I must request a meeting with them if there is still somebody here like that." He would glare down at Sharithra with angry eyes, but not on purpose and hope to get his answer. He was a quiet fellow though so he said nothing much after this and continued to watch and see if the fight between her and the other person would continue or not.

[Ume]

”Hmph, you have no idea…”

"Sure I do!" Ume barked, as her attention went back to the alien. The furry had a lot to relate to, such as her ship also crashing on this planet, but on a different location. "I mean, I was like you when I first came here, too!" She went. "Well... Only I wasn't really so upset up it.. Haha..." The furry chuckled nervously. Ume didn't really know if she worded that well. Of course, the furry did crashed on this planet the same way, but she wasn't so bothered of the ship's damage. She knew she was going to be stuck here for a while, until another ship was sent to her, but what she doesn't know was that she was going to be stuck here for a long, LONG time.

”I am Sharithra. I am a Baenarn from the planet Eilsarn. You are…?”

Baenarn..? Planet Elisarn...? Ume's mind ask, a little confused. Never had the furry heard of the race, or the planet itself. Perhaps Ume can get more out of her. Instead of asking questions though, the furry just blurted, "Sounds cool! I knew you were from another planet, judging by your looks. I'm Ume, it's nice to meet you!" The furry continued to bark, as her tail's motion sped up again. Ume was never this excited unless she was given food. She was excited for the face that there was actually another alien storming on this planet, or at least looked like one, animal-wise in a way.

”Also, do you know what planet we happen to be on?”

"Earth! I don't really know much about it... Just yet.. B-But I'm sure we can both look together, right?" Ume answered stuttering. So far, Ume not only knew the name, but also knew that these races called "saiyans" had tails, while "humans" didn't. Not only that, but also something about the saiyans taking over the earth. She wasn't so sure, but she was the type to be shameless, so she thought must of the information that she remembered would at least be accurate.

Then, Sharitha's attention went to the figure in the distance, on the edge of the crater. She was the first to throw words at the figure, as for the figure then responded. For then, a little bantering went about.

”You there!”

”State your business!”

"My business?"

"I'm looking for the guardian of this planet. I must request a meeting with them if there is still somebody here like that."

A guardian? What guardian? Specifically most of all, what IS a guardian? The furry was never on this guardian. As her attention was still on Sharitha, a confused look dazzled on her face. "What's a guardian..?" Ume blurted out, not so loudly, but not softly either. The furry was still new to vocabulary, regardless of how they're used or whatever. She was of course, still new to the planet, but learning makes perfect, right?

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Seishou looked down at the fox girl before him and said, "A guardian protects a planet it is what I learned on Namek, but since there is no guardian here by the sound of your words I shall go. I see this fight or whatever I have landed in is none of my business." With a quick turn of his heel Seishou would start to walk of in attempt to leave Sharitha and Ume to work out whatever their issue was between themselves. To Seishou it had sounded like a fight, but he just shrugged it off and wished to be alone so he walked away from them in the direction he had come from behind him in hopes they would not follow him.