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Post by Nero on Jul 27, 2019 8:37:45 GMT -6
|| Nero’s PL: 17 ||
It had been a good while since Nero rescued a little orange bundle of feathers now known as Pankaa from certain doom in temperatures that the youngster couldn’t handle. See, Pankaa was an Avali, something of a rarity in this quadrant of space, hell even all of North Galaxy for that matter. Nero himself had only ever met four that he could readily recall. Rahvoli and Hallomi, which moved to his home planet, then Sulfur on Earth and now little Pankaa as well.
Nero figured it was time to make good on a promise he had made. Now that Pankaa had properly recovered and was all the more peppy, the Saiyan could take Pankaa to meet Sulfur, perhaps even Carro at the same time, and get Pankaa some much needed help to acclimate to high temperatures better. Nero knew that Carro was an extremely busy man, he was the president after all, not to mention the CEO of a very successful company. To that end, it made sense that Nero call up ahead of time to make an appointment, the length of which could be as long as it took to get things done— he wasn’t going to spare any expense, he’d take extra work hours at all of his jobs to make sure he paid everything off if that was necessary; anything was worth making sure Pankaa was comfortable, healthy and safe.
While in contact with Crop Co’s acting secretary, Nero first asked for a good time where both Carro and Sulfur would be free for what he would assume would be longer than two hours. He then outlined several important things; namely that he was making an appointment for a child in his care that he had rescued. He made sure to mention that said child also needed technological assistance to have an easier life, and that he had recently been recovering from a bad reaction to an inhospitable atmosphere. Nero’s additional request was that he, as well as their personal childcare android be present at all times especially during the procedure since the child felt most at peace with Nero around.
With that done and squared away, the only thing left to do was explain things to Pankaa and then wait before heading down to Crop Co!
“Pankaa?” Nero called, looking for the little goober. “Can I talk to you for a second?” After finding him, Nero moved to scoop him up. “I just called to make time for a meeting with some friends of mine, and I wanted to introduce you to them. They’re super cool and they can help us out a lot— they can help you be extra safe from the heat, so you won’t need to always wear a suit when you go outside. How does that sound?” He cooed, booping Pankaa on the nose. “You still have to be with Caren when I’m not around though. Speaking oooof,” Nero mused, pressing some buttons on his wrist mounted scouter to call up the android nanny unit. “Caren, we’re all going out in a bit to visit Crop Co, could you sort out Pankaa’s suit and bring it into the living room so we can get ready? Thank you~!”
Soon enough, the crew were all ready and on their way to Crop Co for the appointment; and thanks to Nero’s organization skills and the additional presence Caren, they were prompt and on time, since they more than readily accounted for Pankaa potentially being omega-turbo-super excited. “Heyo!” Nero waved to the Brenchian at the front desk. “I’m Nero, this is Pankaa and Caren," He said, gesturing to the two as needed. “We’re here for the 2:30 appointment with Carro and Sulfur. We’ll just wait in here until they’re ready, yeah?”
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Post by Pankaa on Jul 27, 2019 9:20:42 GMT -6
Pankaa's PL: 5,000
Nero had been talking into that funny little brick shaped thing again, a foam was what the Saiyan had called it if he recalled right or at least it was something along those lines. The child didn't fully understand what was being conversed between Nero and whoever was on the other end of this foam but he could pick up on the importance of the conversation and that it had something to do with him. It wasn't just today or anything either, Nero had gone about work differently recently too and Pankaa had for sure noticed but didn't know what to say on it. Snapping back to now though the avali would notice his name being called and would pick himself up from nearby the screen projector the Saiyan had put together for him and would waddle over to Nero, who'd scoop him up which made the kid laugh lightly before letting off a few joyful tweet-like sounds. Meeting more Nero friends? That ought to be fun! Last time had been a blast so understandably Pankaa would start to wriggle in excitement, thinking it would be some sort of play date similar to last time! But Nero also mentioned something about being more safe from the heat and not needing to wear the suit before promptly then talking to Care. The avali would tilt his head lightly but nodded and still kept his excited wiggle. It involved Nero and his friends so it had to be a good thing, right? Pankaa would pout lightly at being told he had to still be around Caren when Nero wasn't around but he quickly hid this when Care came up to the two to address what Nero asked of them. " [Yes yes of course! Right away!]" The little robot with almost as much enthusiasm as Pankaa would then busy itself with preparing the suit which Pankaa would dress in shortly after so that they could all head out as Nero had planned. Only having caused a little bit of mischief by running around the room a few times in his excitement and in a bit of detest for Care. Sure enough however he couldn't keep up his little ploy for very long and eventually was in the suit and out the door, on the way to wherever Nero had planned for. Reaching there, Pankaa would start to take a closer stance to the Saiyan by staying closer to him in general, looking a little nervous about the new setting. When referred to by name again, this time he'd hug onto Nero and hide his face in a shy sort of way. If he couldn't see them then they couldn't see him! That's the rules. Letting off a scared and slightly distressed pigeon sort of noise as he hung onto the Saiyan, tucking his head under Nero's chin. The child would try to get at least a better look at their surroundings to try and feel a little safer by making it more familiar, peeking over Nero's shoulders occasionally before tucking back down again and fluffing up his feathers from beneath the suit to feel a little bigger. " Bwooo... Are Newo's friends... Here?" |
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Post by Sulfur on Jul 27, 2019 10:28:18 GMT -6
Sulfur's PL: 1,000
It was an average day at Crop Co., and everything seemed to have calmed down. From the chaos that happened weeks ago, everything appeared to have changed for the better, albeit everything was just a tiny bit shaky in the aftermath. Everyone managed through it however, Sulfur included. She had a wonderful morning too for the first time in a while, waking up feeling refreshed and ready for whatever today had to throw at her. Sulfur was currently fixing stuff just for today, which included scouters, phones, and all kinds of other stuff. The avian always enjoyed fixing and building things for people, mainly because it was satisfying to fix something broken and it also felt pretty darn good seeing how happy people were when she fixed whatever was broken.
Sulfur would hum quietly as she worked on fixing someone’s video game controller, and while she did that, she had the radio play a random channel. It was a talk show of sorts, the host being a male with a rather deep, alluring voice. She didn’t pay too much attention towards it, instead she’d hum to the song that played in the background, and every so often she’d wiggle around to the beat, her avali blood seemingly getting into the groove of the music.
The avian would stop after she heard a ring from her phone, reaching over to the radio and turning it off before answering the call. The avian’s ears would perk up whenever she was told that someone scheduled a meeting with her and Carro, and it was from a person none other than Nero! Apparently he needed them for some help in regards of a child and some technology, which confused her a little bit. “U-Uh… sure. I’m free now, actually! Just gotta do something real quick.” Sulfur spoke into the phone, “Uh-huh… alright, thank you very much. Tell them I’ll be there in just a second.” She would then hang up, sighing as she got back to work. Did Nero have a child or something? And something about inhospitable atmospheres? Eh, whatever. Sulfur would manage to fix the controller within a minute, and after getting another worker to take her place, she’d head off to go and meet Nero and the mystery child.
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“Heya, Nero!” Sulfur said, approaching the two. “It’s been a little while! How have you been doing?” The avian asked, crossing her arms and smiling towards the saiyan. It didn’t take long at all for her to notice that he had a certain someone with him, and the avian would just grow a little bit silent whenever she saw WHAT it was. Even if they were under their suit, Sulfur would immediately see that Nero had himself a baby avali with him. It’s been… ages… literal years since she’s seen another avali. She was speechless for a moment or so, but she’d manage to finally say something, “Well, well, well… is this what you were talking about, Nero?” Sulfur said, smiling. The avian would then look towards Pankaa, raising a hand and waving at the little bird, “My name’s Sulfur… what’s your name, sweetie?” She asked with a kind tone.
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Post by Carro Hofferson on Jul 27, 2019 11:31:55 GMT -6
LEAVING THE NEST, JOINING THE FLOCK, LEARNING TO FLY
CARRO's PL: 100 || COLA's PL: CAT || LEO's PL: 1,476,000 (x9P | 164k BASE)
Was Carro dreaming? Was he dead? He had to be- this couldn't be real. Someone actually scheduled a meeting with him in advance! As in they let him know when they'd be coming, what they'd talk about, and gave him time to prepare! It felt like months since someone had actually done that, giving him the proper courtesy and required scheduling to make the most out of a meeting.
The appointment itself was regarding working out some product to help with atmospheric-based stress. Before the appointment, Carro was even able to do research on the subject, even drafting up a few rough blueprints for plausible solutions. Ah, the wonders of being notified in advance...!
Carro had situated himself in one of Crop Co's makeshift medical bays, this one large enough to hold LEO when she needed repairs, with plenty of wiggle room for smaller guests as well. The entire company's furnishing took on a surprisingly casual vibe for such a large, professional company, and this repair room was no exception. Stickers had been slapped onto the wooden cabinets' drawers, a pile of colorful gaming magazines was growing by the day on the counter, and there were even a few bean bags placed in the corner of the room, and other odd mish-mashes of furniture gave the place an odd, yet comfortable homely feel when compared to the clean, pristine, blank interior of more "sophisticated" offices that other companies sported.
Everything was neatly organized in each and every cabinet and toolbox- from folders of blueprints to medical supplies and welding gear, there was a sense of order to everything about. Carro was seated in a cushioned swivel chair behind a desk, flipping through a few manuals. "Looks like your guests arrived." A voice resounded beside him. LEO rested her head on one of the beanbags, the rest of her form curled into a feline "loaf" position. She'd received a notification from the secretary to confirm the safe arrival of the two that Sulfur was currently greeting.
"Cool, cool. I'll send our messenger." Carro turned away from his work with a whistle. "Cola! C'mere, boy!" With only a slightly annoyed hiss, a black ball of fluff slid out from under the cabinets. "I need you to take this to Sulfur, then come back up here." The cat growled in response. "...Yeah, yeah, you'll get your treat if you do." Cola took a card from Carro's palm, giving his back a good stretch before bounding off down the halls...
And soon enough, a soft meow would ring close to Nero and Sulfur. Cola had perched himself atop one of the lobby's shelves, promptly hopping off and gracefully attempting to land and perch himself atop Sulfur's shoulder. If the snug vest and logo atop it was any indicator to the other two, then somehow this literal cat was a Crop Co. employee.
Cola raised his head to hand Sulfur the card in his mouth- it was an access card with a room number on it. A scribbled, half-bitten sticky note from Carro specified that this was the meeting room, complete with a hastily scribbled heart in the corner for Sulfur. The black cat would try to get comfortable on her shoulder- though there was another odd scent in the air. Thankfully he knew not to attack the scent of birds- or else Sulfur would have been scratched to death ages ago- but it was a little more potent here. Were there more birds? There was that weird suited-robot thing latched to the other Saiyan...
The cat tilted his head before brushing it off with a wide yawn. If the others hadn't already got a move on to meet with the President, he'd give a grumble to try and urge them along. Carro promised him a fresh piece of tuna for his work, and he was going to get it!
LEO's LIFELINK (x9P) and her [UT1] of the same name are active.
Cola is a NPC and has ambient PL.
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Post by Nero on Jul 30, 2019 6:52:21 GMT -6
|| Nero’s PL: 17 ||
Nero was ultimately thankful that getting ready and heading out wasn’t really all that difficult. Sure, Pankaa decided to be a little mischievous but he knew well enough that he should behave himself. The Saiyan kept close watch on the group’s surroundings and paid attention to Pankaa’s mood and mannerisms. Understandably the little guy was a bit nervous. “Hey hey, what's the matter, Pankaa? Everything will be okay. Crop Co is a very safe place. I’m going to be with you too, so it's extra mega safe! Just like Rocket Jump Station from your favorite show~” Nero made sure to get Pankaa to look him in the eye so that he could be reassured by the Saiyan’s expression as well as his words. Hopping Heroes meant a great deal to Pankaa, and if somewhere was as cool as the base that the main characters all shared, then it must be way cool! “Mhm, two friends of mine work here, at least one of them should be here any minute.”
Not even a minute later, one of the two showed up; Sulfur was first on the scene. Nero gave her a nod in greeting. “Hey Sulfur, I’ve been.. Uh, good, more or less. Busy as usual.” Busier when looking after a child, of course. “I’m gonna have to ask you to be really really patient with this little guy—” Nero was more than ready to support Pankaa in case he freaked out after seeing Sulfur. “— the last Avali he saw were... Awful and unkind to him, to say the absolute least of it. I don’t want to dwell on it or else it might cause him undue stress.” He looked to Pankaa just to make sure the boy was doing okay. “Do you wanna introduce yourself, champ? This is Sulfur. She is very nice, she helped me fix the scouter thats on my wrist right now.” He said, showing Pankaa the wrist mounted scouter to confirm what was said. “See, this cool thing you always see me using? Sulfur is the one who made it possible!” Hopefully Nero’s good word would ease Pankaa’s potential anxiety and facilitate a better interaction between the Avali, but he would have to wait and see.
“So, where’s Carro—” Before he could properly ask, a little black cat had strolled on over carrying what looked to be a key-card. “Ohhh, I’m guessing he’s waiting for us then?” Nero raised a brow, looking over to Sulfur. “Works for me, I suppose. Let’s get a move on.” He shrugged, putting his attention back on Pankaa, all the while being easily able to keep up should Sulfur and Cola start mobilizing. “Hey buddy, do you maybe remember the name Carro? You’ve seen him on TV a few times— the nicely dressed Saiyan with orange hair; he’s actually the president of the entire Earth and the boss of this entire company. That means he has got some suuuuper important jobs. He makes sure everything around the world goes as smoothly as possible and he helps make people’s lives easier with the stuff Crop Co ends up inventing. How cool is that?”
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Post by Pankaa on Jul 30, 2019 9:00:18 GMT -6
When Nero asked what the matter was the young Avali just tuckered down in his arms to hide himself a bit more. "Scawy..." He'd mutter softly as his ears flattened back. Soon though Nero would follow up his concern with reassurance, choosing to bring up Pankaa's favourite show to comfort him. He would look back at the saiyan when being spoken to and did seem to perk up a bit at his talk. He loved that show and Nero was right in thinking that the avali would enjoy anywhere as cool as the base from it.
Eventually one of Nero's friends would show up! But what they were would catch the young Avali off guard so much, it took his second look for it to really sink in and when it did it took all his courage to not leap out of Nero's arms entirely, he would however let off an alarmed bird-sounding call as his grip on the Saiyan tightened and had he not of been wearing gloves his little claws probably would've sunken straight into the poor man's arm. He trusted Nero though and was quick to calm himself on the fact that the Saiyan would never be one to bring him to the last avali's he had dealt with which was of course was quick to be made clear by Nero as he reassured Pankaa and brought up similar to Sulfur so she understood. It had been so long since he had seen another of his kind let alone a sweet one and Sulfur's kind greeting made his heart ache for his mother, so much so that Nero's words were almost completely drowned out for a few moments. He felt very torn between two different mindsets at the moment but chose to push them both aside and follow through what Nero had asked him, hesitantly returning the wave to Sulfur with one of his tiny hands in a very shy manner. "I'm... I'm Pankaa!" His ears would perk back up a little bit before he finally returned the smile as well to Sulfur. "It's nice to meet you!"
It was incredibly hard for the kid to know what exactly to think but what he did know was that this Avali wasn't one of the group who had hurt him in the past and that not all other Avali were that way, if she was Nero's friend then she was Pankaa's friend too, right? One thing about her he had to ask about though. "Where's suit?" He'd look up at Nero before looking back at Sulfur and pointing at her before then at himself, "Can I not wear too? Is it safe?" He'd tilt his head, the question seemingly aimed at both Nero and Sulfur followed by the avali trying to remove his helmet but the little robot nanny that was still with them would stop him in doing so before he fully could.
Pankaa was about to complain about being stopped but before he could a soft meow reached his ears and whatever made the sound would soon have his full attention, after a quick look it turned out to be a black cat! "Kitty!" He'd exclaim excitedly as he pointed to the cat Nero had already spotted. Seems the cat meant something too since the Saiyan holding him started to move shortly after it had arrived. His attention seemed to drift back to Sulfur afterwards and he got a little lost in thought again but would shake his head and snap back to the now once he realized Nero was talking to him again. "Yeh! Mister Carrot!" Pankaa would throw up his arms, seemingly pretty excited at the mention of the president, what Nero said only escalated this, "So, like... Like a hero?" He'd ask, tilting his head a little. It all sure did sound incredible to Pankaa either way and if he was making sure everything around the world was going well then he had to be a very good guy! That was a lot of work afterall. "That sounds like... A lot of work!" He'd nod as he frowned a little, "What about when he's sleepi? Does he get a west?"
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Post by Sulfur on Jul 30, 2019 15:57:05 GMT -6
The avali giggled, “Oh yeah, I couldn’t imagine! I’ve been pretty busy myself lately, and so has Carro. It’s good to hear that you’re doing good though.” She said, and then came the attention towards the young bird that was in Nero’s arms. Sulfur was quite honestly surprised that he actually brought an avali, and not only that, but the avali was a child! It’s sorta funny how she was this little ball of fluff when she first hatched… if only she could remember most of her childhood. The avali would look concerned whenever she saw Pankaa beginning to panic, standing back just a little bit so she could provide the little guy some space. As she heard Nero explain the tiny bird’s fear, she’d nod, “Oooh…” Sulfur frowned, “Okay, I understand.”
The frown would shift into a kind smile, hoping to help reassure the Avali that she wasn’t one of the bad Avalis that Nero mentioned earlier. When Pankaa went ahead and introduced himself, she’d say, “It’s nice to meet you too, Pankaa!” Gee, this lil’ guy was so cute, even if he was hidden under that suit of his. Speaking of which, he would go and ask about her suit, before going ahead and trying to take his off. “O-Oh! It isn’t safe… not yet at least! The reason why I don’t have a suit is because I have tiny lil’ robots inside me that make sure that I don’t get hurt! I’ve had them ever since I was a baby!” Her tribe was extremely advanced when it came to technology, especially cybernetics. Luckily for her, she knew a lot when it came to such things, and she still remembers the process by heart!
The avian would freeze when she heard a nearby meow, only to let out a small chuckle when she felt a certain cat perching themselves on Sulfur’s shoulder. “Hey there, Cola. Watchu got there?” She asked, going ahead and taking the card from Cola’s mouth. She’d read the note attached to it, only to look towards the two and grin, “Well, that was indeed Carro. He has us a meeting room ready.” She said, reaching up to lightly scritch the underside of the cat’s neck. Sulfur would begin to make her way down the halls, and when Nero went and told Pankaa about Carro, she’d go ahead and answer one of the lil’ bird’s questions. “Oh, Carro is a very hardworking man, but I make sure that he gets a lot of rest too! But sometimes, when he does something important, he makes sure that he gets it done, even if it means staying up a lil’ later than usual!” She said, smiling back. “I can say that he is a really kind, sweet man, and me and Carro are going to make sure that you can walk out of that suit as soon as possible.”
Sulfur would continue making her way through the building, and after a minute of walking around, they would finally reach the designated meeting room. “Hey, Carro! Me and the guests are here.” She said, and if Cola was still on top of her shoulder, she’d reach up and pat their head. “Alright, Cola. Time to hop off now, unless you wanna stay there for now.” If they stayed there or not, Sulfur would go and sit herself down on a chair, more than likely scooting it over Carro's side.
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