Food Rush Saga [Open to Paige and 2 Others]

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After a few days wandering the Earth, rather lonely and pointless, the Ancient One would have finally came across a problem that was worth paying attention to it immediately… and much ironic to him, this problem was simple hunger. This was totally new to him, as his species has a very low need for anything, and he always had plenty to eat back home, but after a few days without knowing what could be consumed around here, he was starting to feel the pain in his stomach. Levitating around, looking for a cue as to what he could eat and wouldn’t cause something to make his situation worst, Vangreth caugh a scent that aroused his culinary senses. Although the scent was totally new to him, it was like his whole body reacted by telling him that it NEEDED that in the shortest time possible, and so without further wandering, Vangreth went from casual levitating to straight up flying toward the source of that scent.



Though he had tried to avoid large amount of lifeforms, when Vangreth noticed that the scent was coming from exactly that, his hunger actually overcame his fear of this new, overwhelming interactions he could experience from going there. With a second of hesitation, Vangreth landed near the festival and began making his way through the people, turning a lot of gazes in his wake, as people had never seen something like him, but it appeared that much more had happened to the people of this planet, enough so not to panic or have reactions out of proportions when they seen something completely new and unknown. There was, outside of the mass of people around, something that was slightly bothering Vangreth, something that was near him, and seemed to naturally make him worried for his safety.



When the man arrived at the stand where the scent was coming, he was surprised to see an elderly Earthling handing him a cup full of the thing before he even had something to say.



‘’ There there, I can see on your face young man, that you are hungry. We’re always happy to see strangers around here. ‘’ The frail, old lady said in a very gentle voice, harmed by years of wisdom. Even though he was much older than she could ever be, he felt that aura she had.



‘’ T-thanks… ‘’ Is all he managed to say as he he began to drink some of the soup, surprised by it’s tasteful nature and surprising constitution. Even with only half the cup, he would have been full enough to last for days again, but to his surprise, he began to consume it more.



At this moment, his senses, or more accurately his instinct, picked up something, and he turned his gaze to see two Earthling’s colliding, one of which he had already met before. And the other… the other seemed… while she looked like a typical Earthling, Vangreth’s sense seemed to go full ‘Alert’ mode just by looking at her. With a quick verification using his ki-sensing, he didn’t manage to understand what was so curious about this person, she had a very low power… but… his blood was boiling just to look at her.



And meanwhile, it would just appear like he was staring at her, and would look very strange from afar.

As she was looking around at the other stalls, Kon wouldn't notice herself when another stranger had bumped into her. The person, a human, would apologize for her blunder which Kon shook her head towards. "It's whatever, at least I wasn't holding anything." She wasn't going to make a scene for someone walking into her. She gave the human a slight chuckle, "Distracted with all the tasty foods here as well?" She mused, eyes doing another look around the festival again. "It's like they have everything here." The hybrid was in an incredibly good mood, having been able to finally taste something with seasoning and that didn't come from a trash can for the first time in forever. 

As Kon idly began to scan around, trying tot take in some of the other stalls there were. The words itself made her mouth water. Pie, pasta, barbeque, Vangreth, cake... Wait what? Her attention quickly turned towards the familiar alien face that appeared to be staring at her. What was she supposed to do now? Their last meeting had ended rather awkwardly, with him appearing rather sad at her reaction towards him. Well, she did promise him that she would be a bit more friendly now that she wasn't busy and they were in an incredibly populated area. She might as well keep her promise. "I did not expect to see you here, Vangreth." Kon said aloud, calling to the alien. Her voice did try to seem a bit more friendly, although there was a sense of nervousness behind it that she wouldn't be able to hide. "Has Earth treated you well at all?"

She simply wasn't sure of what to say aside from that. As she was looking at Vangreth's direction, Kon caught a sight of an unmistakable race. A majin. Sure, she had seen a few majins throughout the months but it didn't make her react any differently the few times she saw them. Immediately, her body would freeze and for a moment its blue skin turned white. Her antennas that were styled into a bob quickly changed for a moment to resemble a familiar style. For a moment, Kon only saw Bloom standing there, the same way she did on that day of the tournament. The friend that she no longer had. Her body tensed and froze up, and without even thinking her eyes began to water.  Even if Kon was aware that this majin she saw wasn't Bloom, she still couldn't help but reminded of her, especially with her boisterous appetite. It was just a painful memory that she couldn't suppress, one that would haunt her for a long time. She stood there, frozen and unable to react as she stared at the majin.

The situation was evolving a bit to Vangreth’s surprise, there was a bunch of people that seemed to be gathering around this situation, and he could pick a few people from the masses by different means! Perhaps they were, like him, not of this world? Or maybe it was just that he resonated better with some people? These questions where kind of going nowhere, so he decided to abandon them for now and just enjoy the festivity that had seemed to be going for quite a while now. He noticed a cotton candy bar, and while looking at it, he noticed that again, someone was handing some to him, held by a cone. The Ancient One took it and nodded the man that had gifted him this strange food.

While he was trying to figure out how he was going to eat that strange cloud-like candy he was given, he heard a voice coming from… well… that was not an Earthling like he had seen before for sure! For a moment, he eyed the Majin up and down, and even went ahead and used his ki-sensing to size that being up, and his eyes widened as he felt a very high power level… another one… this planet was surely filled with so much strong beings, he was starting to feel like his progress was not much of a deal around here. ‘’ I hope so too… I wouldn’t want to see the festivities ruined because of a bit of negativity…’’ He would answer, naturally just getting away from the front of the stands and closer to the blue Majin.

It didn’t take a long time for Vangreth to notice that Kon, the female Saiyan he had met a few days prior, had seen him and was getting closer! He tried to look away for a moment, as he didn’t want her to believe he was following her or something, especially with the temper she had last time, and the rather obvious ways she was telling him off. When he heard her voice though, he looked back at her and seemed… well… a bit happy that she didn’t question how he was there.

‘’ Y-yeah, actually. I’ve been exploring it, and found some people that were pretty nice! I think there is much more to this place than I initially thought, so I’m analyzing one thing at a time. How goes your… beeping device?’’ He finally said, kind of referring to her dragon radar that he had noticed last time, and seemed to be important to her.

The noise of someone falling on the ground was heard, and Vangreth realized that… well… the Earthling he had such a strange feeling on had vanished! And there was way too many people for him to see the man that had fallen, so he decided it was probably better to not interfere in that particular situation, and kind of glanced back at his cotton candy, ready to finally attack that prey he had been carrying for a bit! He attempted to bite it, simple as that, and ended up putting cotton candy around his mouth more than in it, but he got a taste of it and his eyes brightened a bit from the experience.

‘’ Uh!’’ He exclaimed, surprised by the taste of the strange matter.

Well it did make sense that Vangreth was drawn to places where there was a lot of people. A food festival definitely one of those places. "Well, I hope you have fun here at least," Kon said. She didn't particularly want to bother him on his little hunting experiment that he had. But out of nowhere, he would reference the radar that she had the other day to her surprise. "Oh yeah, that. It's doing well, thanks for asking." She said with a nervous chuckle. Silently, she moved to check the back pocket of her pants where she kept it hidden. It wasn't something that she wanted people to know about that she had. As a result, Kon quickly did her best to change the topic so they were no longer talking about the giant beeping device that he was referring to. "Cotton candy is nice, a bit sweet for my taste but it looks pretty." She said, referring to the fluffy confection that he held, doing her best to hold back her laugh after seeing him take a bite.

Something had managed to bring her out of the surprised state she was in to her relief, as some sort of alteration began when an Earthling walked into a man. It was a sound distraction from this odd predicament that Kon had found herself in at least. She much preferred to be a bystander over than involved in any awkward situation that she might have found herself in if she had stood there and continued to stared. Suddenly, out of nowhere, as the fight began to get more and more heated the Earthling just clocked him and he fell down unconscious. Kon was most definitely not one of those clapping for the scene, but rather stood there gawking at the strength of the human. Well, that certainly was not expected. Silently, she watched as the Earthling slipped away from the scene into the eyes of two watchful bystanders.

As she turned her head right back, Kon found herself staring right at the majin that she had saw again earlier. This time, she had found her disposing of the wooden skewer of the meat dish that she was enjoying earlier. One thing that Kon simply couldn't ignore was the color of her ki, the same shade that Bloom had. At this point, she simply couldn't stop herself. Sure it was rude, but she had to find closure at this point. "Bloom?" She called out towards the majin tentatively. "Is that you Bloom?" She was already sure that the majin that she saw wasn't her former friend, but still she just wanted to hear it. The guilt that she felt from the fight was simply too great for her to keep inside of her. 

The Ancient One, still grabbing unto his cotton candy stick, felt a slight distortion for a second through his ki-sensing ability, although he did not worry much more than that; there was a few really strong people around here, and there was really no danger with that small amount of energy popping. He needed to calm down about these kind of event, he was used to everything having large impact, and so, he would notice small changes like that very accurately, traces of his past on his world, where there was barely any signature, and any spike would mean conflict.

He would turn back his attention to Kon, the saiyan who seemed to be very embarrassed for a moment there, when he mentioned the beeping thing; perhaps that was something Earthlings didn’t want to share? Something personal? Figuring that, he wouldn’t ask further question about it. If people found the ancient one scary at first, his child-like expression with big, curious eyes and innocent little smile with cotton candy would make him look a lot closer to ridiculous in the state he currently was. He looked down at his threat and nodded.

‘’ It’s pretty good, but it is a little hard to eat. But the reward is good enough. Perhaps that man over there could have some, it would help him relax a b…’’

The Ancient One said that, he saw the man had been knocked down, and the female that was with him was now nowhere to be seen; what a peculiar scene! Vangreth searched for a moment with his Ki-sensing, surely someone able to defeat so easily another Earthling must have SOME sort of Ki-Signature, but nothing he could feel… perhaps… just perhaps… that person was not an Earthling, and had the ability to conceal their signature like Vangreth’s species could.

Vangreth then stood aside as Kon reached for the Blue Earthling, seemingly in distress; he could hear in her voice that something was wrong, and would observe what was about to happen; getting involved without context would not be very wise, and as such, he stepped back from the Majin, but made sure he could still see her.

Well if Vangreth was really what he said he was, he must be new to Earth food. If she was an alien herself, Kon would also find the concept of cotton candy to be odd as well: a fluffy substance where with a bite it would immediately dissolve into sugary sweetness in your mouth. She wasn't the largest fan of cotton candy herself, it was sometimes fun to eat. Well if he was enjoying himself and trying new experiences, it wasn't Kon's place to say anything about it. She was glad that he was adapting to Earth, and hopefully he could make some other friends that suited him.

The majin's words brought her out of her trance-like state. The white turned blue and that single antennae on her head turned into many. It finally hit Kon again who she was looking at. Bloom was gone now, she was probably somewhere around the world or maybe even universe, but right here wasn't Bloom it was some other random majin. While Kon did feel a wave of embarrassment roll over here, she also felt odd. Relieved in a sense. Was she really happy to learn that this wasn't her former best friend? It stung to speak of her with the past tense as a friend still, but ultimately Kon was better off on her own path. When the majin asked if she was a friend of Bloom's she honestly had no idea how to respond. The obvious answer was a resounding no, but she was just so conflicted whether she considered Bloom as a friend or not still. Or rather, if she had ever considered her as one.

Taking a deep breath, Kon simply shook her head. "No, never." She said with a cold tone. It was painful, but it was easier to act as if they were never friends before. Maybe then it would let the pain die down enough. "I haven't spoken to her in over half a year, how would I know." She said with a shrug. Her demeanor was no longer wistful but rather harsh and cold. "Probably living a good life or something don't know or care." She was most likely living a much better life than her, with friends or family that cared dearly about her. Good for her then. While her conflicting emotions still ran rampant in her mind, Kon decided to try and squash them by trying to convince herself that she was never really her friend. Things would always be easier that way.