House Call [Nashua]

Nashua sat, quiet and slumped against the couch, her eyes barely even glancing over as she heard something knocking against the door, and a somewhat familiar voice calling out. Who did that voice belong to, again...? Nashua frowned as she tried to remember, but then dropped it as her eyes drifted back towards the television, and she picked up another chip out of the bag to munch on. If she didn't answer, they'd probably just leave her alone, she reasoned. Though, after a moment of silence, Nashua heard the door crack open forcefully, and the muffled voice was now louder, as it was inside of her home. She didn't do anything as the footsteps got closer, but when Queen Kayen finally came into view, Nashua's glazed over eyes made a quick glance over at the woman. "Oh, hey," she unenthusiastically said. "So, you finally died, too? I'm surprised you made it into Heaven." She took another bite out of a chip as her eyes drifted back towards the television.

Nashua didn't say much as Kayen stood in the room, instead opting to silently watch TV and munch on her chips. Kayen would've gotten a fairly good look at the Saiyan, though, who now seemed to be a shell of her former self. Her Saiyan armor was discarded on the couch and floor next to her, while her current clothes seemed hardly even fit to be pajamas, with baggy pants over her legs and an ill fitting crop top that unfortunately revealed her... 'Bulged' stomach. The halo over her head shone dimly compared to many others' bright, shining halos, and her previously long and flowing hair now abruptly cut off into hundreds of split ends around her shoulders, while her formerly bright and golden eyes now seemed a dull, muted yellow as they gazed off into the television. And that wasn't even to mention the dozens of discarded cans of drinks and wrappers that were scattered across the floor.

A small burp escaped Nashua as she reached over to the side and picked up a can of Hetap, pouring the remainder of what liquid was inside down her mouth, before she tossed the now empty can to the side, it landing onto the floor with a clang and rolling until it came to a stop as it bumped into Kayen's foot. Nashua was silent for a few moments, still, until finally, without looking over at Kayen, she asked, "Do you need something, or can I just get back to my show?"

TAGS: Queen Kayen

Nashua simply kept munching on her chips as Kayen took in the sight of the room, seemingly not paying her all that much mind as images flashed on the television in front of her. The show currently on seemed to be some kind of sitcom about a group of friends living on Earth who all share an apartment, called 'B.U.D.D.I.E.S.' It was okay. Nashua had already seen this episode, but the remote was on the other end up the couch, so she'd have to, like, lean over and grab it if she anted to change the channel. So it wasn't really worth the effort, she figured. Besides, she had a perfectly comfortable position in the couch right now, so there was no promise that if she shifted her weight that when she shifted it back it would feel quite as comfortable as it had before. And why take that kind of risk when you don't need to?

Although, Nashua did direct her eyes over at Kayen when the Queen said she wasn't actually dead. Sure enough, there wasn't any kind of halo over her head. But she was still here, somehow. Was that always a thing people could do? Just... Visit the afterlife? "Hm." Nashua mumbled, and looked like she was about to add something, but seemed to have changed her mind as her eyes turned back towards the screen. The Saiyan didn't look at her former Queen as she continued, though she did hear what Kayen was saying, at the very least. So, Kayen had come to visit and give her updates and whatnot? That was nice. But if Kayen could visit, chances were that just about anyone who really wanted to could. But this was the only visitor Nashua had gotten.

And as for that last question she'd been asked... "What?" she asked, turning her head slightly and furrowing her brows at Kayen. "Weren't you there? I died. If you came all the way up into Heaven to see me, I figured you'd have realized that." Nashua gave Kayen a frown, then turned back to the television and had another chip, but she was now having to reach annoyingly far into the bag to get the next one by this point, the bag crinkling loudly as her arm shoved deep inside of it and plucked an orange chip out before shoving it into her mouth, the faint sound of her teeth crunching it soon to follow. Nashua was pretty quiet for a bit longer, then finally spoke up, "I'm not in the mood to spar, so you can go if you want."

TAGS: Queen Kayen

Nashua frowned and glanced over at Kayen again as the Saiyan Queen talked again about her current state, how she'd assumed Nashua would be doing some of that 'special training' that Typha had gotten. "I did it a bit," Nashua replied, and though it seemed like an incomplete thought, she didn't say anything more as she fished another chip out of the bag. It seemed to have been the last chip, though, as after she was finished with it, Nashua tossed the bag to the side, with it fluttering down to the ground and crinkling slightly as it hit the floor, a few crumbs spilling out of it on the ground. Nashua then looked around as if she was searching for something, until her eyes rested on a ripped open box halfway filled with soda cans. The side of the box read "108 Pack", and it seemed to be the last box with cans inside of it, as it was surrounded by several discarded ones.

"Can you grab me one of those?" she asked Kayen, "I usually ask an Ogre to do it, but you're already here, so." As she awaited Kayen's response, she leaned back and scratched her stomach, which had become... Larger than it had been while she was still alive. In fact, most of her seemed a bit thicker in general, from her stomach to her arms and legs. Even her cheeks looked the slightest bit puffier than what Kayen would likely have remembered. Kayen's next remarks seemed as though they almost brought forth a tinge of annoyance in Nashua, who frowned and lowered her gaze as Kayen mentioned revival, and simply directly asked why Nashua was now acting like 'this'. It wasn't as if Nashua didn't know what she was talking about, if she was going to be honest with herself.

With a sigh, Nashua replied, "Yeah, I'm gonna turn down that revival wish," as she gazed back over the television, her expression once again becoming blank. "So, don't worry if it doesn't happen for me." Nashua scratched her nose and then fell silent again for a bit, before she decided she better answer Kayen's question if the Queen was going to keep pestering her about it. "Well, the Nashua 'you knew' died when she got her stomach blown open by someone she'd worked her ass off to revive, and then got shot in the heart by the person she'd gotten her guts blown apart trying to defend," she bluntly replied, and while her tone sounded agitated, she didn't avert her gaze from the television. "Oh, and she also died when her best friend went and blew up a planet she'd nearly already died for, twice. And then there's the fact that the two most powerful healers in the galaxy stood and watched as she was bleeding out."

"By the way, how's that Kingdom you've been running into the ground going? Or have you realized yet how much of a failure you are as a Queen?" Nashua finally did look over at Kayen during that last remark, her eyebrows furrowing in a slight show of anger. "Get out of my house. And quit talking, I can't hear the T.V."

TAGS: Queen Kayen

Admittedly, Nashua couldn't say for sure what she thought Kayen's reaction might be. She knew she was stronger than the Saiyan Queen, though - or, at least stronger in their base forms. Then again, she idly glanced down at her somewhat... Extended stomach and wondered whether or not she'd be able to put up much of a fight in this state. And then there was that other issue she'd been struggling with. But it turned out she might not need to fight after all, as Kayen instead decided to blast away the television right in the middle of a laugh track after some joke Nashua had missed. "Hey, I was watching th-" she started to protest, but she was cut off as Kayen went into a spiel of her own. Nashua stared and frowned as the Queen went off on a tirade about how Yogu was bragging about how he'd killed her, Ramen thought Cress was acting on orders, so on and so forth.

"You sure are good at deflecting from the real issue," Nashua finally said as she, at last, stood up off the couch and wobbled a bit, and while her height was significantly shorter than Kayen's, it looked like there was a good chance the two of them weighed about the same as she waddled up to the Queen, raising her hand to point a finger up at her face with angrily furrowed brows and a frustrated frown. "Did you know that not a single other major leader in the galaxy actually trusts you? I've seen them all, breathing sighs of relief when the Kingdom is away, or nervously awaiting some kind of invasion whenever we are out on the move. All you've done is make people fear the Kingdom I grew up in, and not even in the good way. And, maybe you should consider why practically every Saiyan with an ounce of combat strength besides me decided to betray you and go join up with Vocado, hmm?"

Nashua held her pose for a few moments, her golden eyes glaring up into Kayen's with a fury, until she dropped her arm and wandered back over towards the table, picking a phone up off of it and scrolling through some contacts. Still, she decided to at least address Kayen's last comment. "And I'm leaving it behind because I've done no better than you. I failed Namek, I failed Earth, I've certainly failed Vegeta, and you.... You... You somehow swindled me into invading and taking over a foreign power! I would have never even considered doing something like that a year ago!" Nashua started trembling, and her sleeve wiped at her eyes as she added, "The only thing I can do is make things worse, and I can't do that if I'm imprisoned up here where I belong. I deserved to be killed back there - Yogu has every right to brag about relieving the galaxy of me."

She fell silent again, then finally tapped some numbers into the phone, and held it up to her ear, averting her eyes from Kayen as she waited for the voice on the other end to reply. After a few moments, she said, "Hi, Logre and Bogre TV Repair? I have a bit of a broken set here, and I was wondering how long it would take you to send someone down to take a look at it? It's a bit damaged but I think it'll be fine after a patch up job."

TAGS: Queen Kayen

Nashua couldn't say she was particularly pleased with Kayen's response, a dull frown and furrowed brows on her face as Kayen rambled off every reason why she wasn't completely in the wrong. Sure, Vocado had sort of intentionally appealed to the lesser aspects of the Saiyans, but it wasn't as if Kayen hadn't been campaigning on that same sort of thing. What it really came to do - or rather, what Nashua felt it came down to - was that Kayen had proven herself a rather weak and ineffective leader. It was probably mostly the anger and frustration Nashua was feeling in general, admittedly, that was causing her to think so harshly of the Queen, but she lacked the self awareness to calm herself down much at the moment. "Well I certainly didn't feel like I wasn't failing," she sternly replied, covering up the bottom part of the telephone until she put it back up to her ear.

"...Yes, that's fine. ...No, I don't want to upgrade. ...No, I'm not interested in the premium package. ...No, I'm not interested in the deluxe package, either. ...No, I do not have a membership. ...No, I would not like to sign up for one. ...No, I do not have- Look, I'm not interested in any special offers." The person on the other end of the phone said a few more things about delivery and all that, but it didn't take long before her order was finalized and Nashua hung up the phone. "Well, it looks like I'm going to have to find something else to entertain me for the next six to eight business days," she said at Kayen but not particularly to her. Nashua let the silence sit for a few moments, a cold but muted expression on her face as she stared off into nothing at the corner of the room. 

After a few moments of an awkward, hung silence, Nashua sighed. "I won't refuse the revival," she confirmed, "I may as well try and help... Fix things down there. Emphasis on try. If there's one thing this has taught me, it's that I've been far, far too passive about all of this." If she'd acted with more agency, taken matters more into her own hands, not tried so hard to just 'make friends' with everyone, she probably could have helped prevent quite a bit of the grief that had gone on in the galaxy these last couple of years. It wasn't like she lacked the strength to do so, she just hadn't nearly been willing enough to use it to bend others to her will - while everyone else had been more than happy to do just that. "What's that old saying? 'If you can't beat them, join them', right? Well, I certainly wasn't able to beat all you power hungry fools. So I may as well become one of you."

TAGS: Queen Kayen