The Ice Runs Deep. [Invite Aurora]

The scouter beeped once more and Aurora had to physically resist ripping it from her head and crushing the tiny machine in her hands. That was the third time in as many days that it had alerted her to the presence of something powerful nearby, and also disrupted her meditation. She was getting so close, and yet every time she was about to finally grasp onto the... the... the something that could help her Master her Unleashed form, the machine would beep and she would invariably go to check out and analyse what it was seeing. Sighing, her ruby red eyes open as she assesses the numbers displayed upon the screen. One hundred and eighty five thousand, huh...? Certainly very impressive. Nowhere near the level that the bug, Chromo, had been, but she was willing to bet anything that whoever this signature was, they had yet to truly power up. For a moment she wondered why every single powerful being in the galaxy needed transformations to become stronger and wasn't simply strong that way all the time, but that was neither here nor there and she had far more pressing matters to attend to than contemplating a rather silly aspect of the universe. 

Currently she had been meditating upside down in a tree in her Unleashed form, blue wings cocooning herself to try and block out any distractions. She'd seen it in one of those motion picture things the humans were always going on about, and figured it was worth a shot. Surprisingly, it had actually helped until the scouter alerted her once more. With a sigh the Arcosian drops from the tree and to the ground, wings flaring out as she lands before straightening again. Tracking the power level signature's direction, she begins to float into the sky before halting. Given a few moments of deliberation, she instead begins to simultaneously shrink and grow. Her wings recede back into her form as her bio armour detaches itself from her core implements and her tails fuse together once more, yet Aurora's body increases in size and muscle mass as she enters her (less frequently used) Brute form. Cracking her neck, she flexes and stretches her muscles for a few seconds. It had been a rather long while since she had entered this form instead of skipping straight to her far more powerful versions, but she would prefer to meet whoever this was on equal footing. 

Floating into the sky once more, the Arcosian tilts her body and quickly makes her way towards the signature. Surprisingly, they were somewhat of a ways away from the base of Mt. Frappe, only confirming her suspicions that whoever this was they were indeed strong. Soaring through the sky, she quickly encountered the being that she was after. Even without her scanner's rather incessant and urgent pings that she eventually needed to turn off, she could tell which one it was simply due to to... well, they were the only one around. Touching down a little ways away from the... she was going to guess earthling, perhaps with a sort of sheep descent judging by the hair and horns, Aurora makes her way over to him. The ground shakes lightly at the size of her, but the Arcosian was willing to be that whoever this way, they wouldn't be put off by a mere thing such as size. She simply didn't like being so completely outclassed. It reminded her of Brench, and that was a time she was soon coming to want to forget almost entirely.

"Hello." She starts, crossing tree trunk like arms and staring down at the supposed Earthling. Her voice was distorted from the bio gem covering her mouth. "Apologies if i sound rude, but who are you? And I'd like to know your business around the mountain. There often aren't any visitors with strength like yours." No point in beating around the bush, and it wasn't like she wanted to fight.
Aurora is in her Brute form (x2), boosting her PL to 208,000!

A small sigh of relief leaves Aurora, sounding like rattling as it was translated through the bio gem that covered her mouth. It seemed that the powerful.. alien of some sort wasn't looking for a fight, something she was decidedly thankful for. The Arcosian wasn't sure she could win a fight against someone as strong as him, and she had little trouble admitting that. She had encountered strength beyond herself before, a multitude of times in fact, and if anything... she was happy to note that the difference between someone that was objectively stronger than even Yanwang and herself was a lot slimmer than it had been when she first met the ogre child. Aurora's arms uncross and hang by her sides as the white haired being continued to talk. "Ah, I will admit that I understand where you are coming from perfectly." She chuckles to him, looking around at the planet she had come to know and care for. "Earth really doesn't look like much. Hell, when I first got here I had just planned on using it as a base of operations. I figured it was nothing more than a nothing planet filled with nobodies but..." Her eyes crinkle, and its obvious that behind her mask she is smiling, albeit very slightly. "It turns out I was wrong."

"If I were to hazard a guess as to the general lure of Earth... I suppose it'd be the dragon balls. They would lure plenty of strong beings here, and from all of my experiences, the strong tend to gravitate towards the strong. Thus, more powerful beings on the planet." There was more truth and merit to her words than even Aurora had anticipated. All those random, chance encounters in forests, wastelands, cities and the like with people who stood out from the general masses of the planet. It as far too much and far too frequent for there to not be some sort of extra reason behind it. Her current theory was that power did literally have a sort of gravitational pull, although the Arcosian had yet to put any effort into determining whether or not that was true. She watched as the man played with a cigarette, a rather curious drug Aurora had admittedly been curious about as a potential painkiller. Unfortunately, one try had been enough for her body to decide that it was decidedly not having it, and she hadn't bothered touching one again. Of course, there were still a few packs in her ship. Just in case. 

"Ah, my name is Aurora, of the clan Arctos." How often has she needed to introduce herself recently, she wondered? It had to be up in the dozens by now. "And... no." Her brow furrows at the mention of the fleet. "The fleet was destroyed, and I'd appreciate not insinuating any involvement on my part with them or their actions." If she could spit she would, but as the mask made that impossible she instead just re crossed her arms and allowed her tail to thump against the ground in something approaching annoyance. It wasn't any fault upon... Dorei's part, but the very mention of the fleet was enough to spoil her mood. It was a spectre that hung over her people, its deeds at Vegeta a damning nail in the coffin for her kind's reputation throughout the galaxy. Fortunately for her, however, she didn't spend long grumbling about the fleet as Dorei shifted towards a rock and Aurora saw something she had all but given up on finding. Someone else using actual magic. The Arcosian had searched high and low for weeks before giving up. And now this random person was using it so casually?

"You can use magic?" She blurts out, form lurching forward out of... something. Surprise, or perhaps curiosity. Quickly regaining control of herself, the Arcosian shakes her head and holds out one tree trunk sized arm, palm up. A small blizzard appears out of blue light above her purple skin, before coalescing into a slowly rotating, glowing blue snowflake. "It seems we may have... opposing elements. But I've never encountered another who could use it." She couldn't help the very small amount of excited chatter that slipped past her control. If she could convince this Dorei to help teach her, Aurora might be able to grow stronger, or figure out the key to controlling her Unleashed power. She had noted his comment about teleportation, of course, but that could wait until afterwards. "I had thought that... well, that I was the only one aside from the Kami that could use magic." Not that she even knew if that was what the Kami used, or where to actually find said Kami. "So, Dorei, where are you from? Are there others that have such abilities?" She was getting ahead of herself, bu the prospect of being able to speak to a fellow practitioner of magic was far too much to pass up!

Aurora squashed the minor annoyance that the being before her's tone created, instead deciding to marvel at his magical ability. She had merely been... well, she supposed gifted was the proper term for her magic. Or perhaps unlocked? Despite multiple hours of meditation upon that exact subject the Arcosian was no closer to a definite answer when it came to exactly what the Mountain's Heart had done for (or perhaps to) her, but it wasn't something she was exactly going to complain about. Her magic had only allowed her to freely tap in to something most of her species had only ever gained access to in life or death situations. Glancing towards the chair offered to her, Aurora delicately went to sit on the proffered, magical construct, not entirely certain that such a thing could support the weight of her enlarged form. Gently setting herself down, her brow raises in surprise as she noted the lack of creaking or give that she expected from the chair. It seemed that the magic of Dorei extended further than simple creation, or perhaps he had simply accounted for such a thing when conjuring the seat. Her tail wraps around the base of the chair as she turns her attention back towards the white haired man. 

"A... god." She says, somewhat unbelieving the Shinjin's words. Half of her brow lowers to approximate that expression of disbelief that she sometimes saw earthlings using. She had, of course, heard of Shinjin during her time on Arcose, but there simply wasn't much known about them, and her people had often refused to accept the idea that these beings, while powerful, were the gods they claimed to be and not simply another alien race from a place that was a little more out of the way than the majority of other races. "Right." She tacks on, even as she watches him look her up and down, hoping that he wouldn't comment on her gem like everyone else did. Fortunately that didn't seem to be the case for once, and instead she was gifted with information she could actually use. Listening intently to him speak, the Arcosian made sure to do her best to remember what he was saying. It seemed that Shinjins had a culture of their own, and those that were born with horns, or at least horns like his, were banished in a way, seemingly to the demon realm.

Said realm wasn't something Aurora knew much about beyond its existence, granted, but the fact that he had managed to escape it was certainly of note. Perhaps if he were able to leave, she might be able to enter? Certainly an idea to note and research another time, as right now Dorei had continued to talk. "The dragon balls are..." What was the best way for Aurora to put this? Her own personal distaste for them was trying to get in the way, but she should probably strive for neutrality in this situation. "Seven orbs that can be found on earth, which, when gathered and put together, summon the... I believe the spirit of earth? I'm not actually too sure myself, as there is very little information on that particular area. From what I do know, the spirit takes after the shape of a Dragon, and will grant a single wish that seemingly has very little limit to its scope. It can make one immortal, change their species, even... even bring back the dead." Shaking her head, the Arcosian leans back in her seat. "I presume you're intelligent enough to see why that may be an enticing prospect to a number of beings in the universe." Sighing, a red eye travels over towards Dorei. "I presume you're new to this world, then?" 

Aurora's head tilts as Dorei grew visibly more agitated, the movement seeing far sharper and more dangerous than usual thanks to her enlarged horns and increased muscle mass. She had always had trouble when it came to the expressions of non-arcrosians, but now it seemed that she was finally beginning to understand what they were feeling, perhaps even read them. She saw the small outburst coming before he even opened his mouth, although she was still surprised at exactly why he was angry. "While I share your distaste for the dragon balls," She begins crossing one amazonian thigh over the other, "I feel I need to clarify that while the dragon balls do certainly attract all sorts of powerful beings, the wishes that can be made do not have the scope or power behind them to destroy the universe, nor do they get multiple wishes. Just one, capable of a variety of impossible acts, and then the dragon balls scatter to the corners of the world once more for others to find and repeat the process." Her red eyes bore into Dorei, searching him. This was her first (and maybe even her only) time meeting a Shinjin, so she needed to analyse anything she could. 

Her brow raises as she continues to talk, this time addressing her directly with a multitude of questions that Aurora herself had spent far too much time contemplating, to... disappointing results, she supposed was the answer. "Yes and no. The dragon balls are in fact linked to two makers, and without one the power of the balls is inaccessible. The first maker is this, or rather is the, spirit of Earth. A large green... I believe the locals referred to it as a Dragon, hence the name I suppose. From what inscriptions I have managed to uncover, it takes the form of a large serpent, and answers to the name of... well, there are a multitude of different names for it, but from close sources I have been in contact with, the most common of them is Shenron. He is the one that actually grants the wishes." She had to admit, Aurora was taking no small amount of pleasure at being able to finally tell someone else other than herself about all the time and research she had put into the subject of the dragon balls. "They are also linked to the other being, the... guardian of the planet. They are recognised as the Kami, a godly figure." 

"My information is less robust when it comes to the Kami. They are said to live on a platform in the sky, and indeed I know they exist, yet have so far been unable to find them. Either way, they are the key that unlocks the door to the dragon balls, alongside acting as the general protector of earth and its inhabitants." From there her eyes narrow towards Dorei, a fist clenching as ice begins to coat her skin for a moment. "I feel that I should inform you that while I myself am against the idea of a crutch such as the dragon balls, I also look down upon the very idea of murdering an innocent being such as the Kami just to remove the possibility of a person of ill repute getting their hands upon the dragon balls." Was it a good idea to antagonise such a powerful being? No, but Aurora wasn't exactly afraid. This was her territory, and for now she was able to make it seem like she was stronger than him. "But, for the sake of answering your question, I suspect the answer is yes to both. There are... hints, upon my home planet of Arcose. We, alongside Vegeta, lack any guardian or dragon balls, and yet they seem to be found frequently throughout naturally inhabited planets. I don't know anything beyond that, but my own person theory is that when my people discovered the existence of a being such as a Kami, someone who they saw as lording over them... well, they killed them. Of course, this is just a theory. If you want to know more, i suggest actually travelling to said planets."

"I believe you'll find it does matter what my thoughts on things are, especially here." Aurora's voice quickly replied. "Those that have done nothing to bother others deserve the same curtesy, and those that only try to help are the same." The words felt almost hollow upon Aurora's tongue, memories of brench flashing through her, but she shook her head to clear her mind. That was a different situation entirely. She had been fighting for the freedom of her people, and had gone a step too far. Dorei seemed to instead have little compunctions about killing, nor have the same hang ups that Aurora did about killing those that didn't deserve it. The very idea of such a thing was enough to have her narrow her eyes, although she wouldn't move from where she was seated. They sat in silence for a while, both seemingly calming themselves down as Aurora tapped into her inner well of self control and reeled herself back. A fight so close to the mountain wasn't something she wanted, as it could hurt those at the base, and would also attract even more people to her home to disturb the Arcosian from her meditation. 

Looking up from her hands when Dorei speaks again, Aurora tilts her head. "You are correct, for the most part. I much prefer this planet's northern biome when compared to the southern one. Far too hot, for my tastes. As for not liking people... well. It's closer to the opposite. My species does not have the... best reputation amongst the earthlings, and my few ventures into the populated areas require a disguise if i do not wish to be publicly accused, jeered at or shamed for the actions of other Arcosians." She said it with a shrug. She could understand the feelings of the Earthlings, having been much the same about Saiyans for a long time before she learnt better. And not many earthlings were as powerful, and thus didn't have as many opportunities, as she did. Her power was born from desperation and sorrow, the results of when there were no heroes to save her. These earthlings... well. They'd always had the strongest on their side. They- no. Shaking her head, Aurora attempts to clear her thoughts before the spiralled. "There is, of course, another reason. My magic," She waves a hand, a wall of ice appearing behind her, "Was... i'm still not sure whether the proper term is gifted or unlocked, but I gained access to it after an encounter with the Mountain's inbuilt magic."