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Post by Carro Hofferson on Jan 3, 2021 12:05:50 GMT -6
CRASH COURSECARRO's PL: 100
Another productive day had come and gone, and with it Carro had dragged himself back home as the sun set upon Central City. Carro stretched his aching arms as he shuffled up to the doors of King's Castle, rubbing his baggy eyes. There was still a lot more work to be done- LEO was still out looking for Chime again, he had to keep trying to get in contact with Zriracha to let her know her training gear was finished, and there was the whole finally getting Kayen to respond one of his calls thing- early after the incident at Gemini he'd tried a few times to get into contact with the Queen to discuss things, but came up empty-handed and eventually stopped trying, assuming she was busy with her own queenly duties, whatever those consisted of at this point.
Those worries blended in with the hundreds of others plaguing his mind, though. Carro closed and locked the door to King's Castle this time- with how tired he was, he really didn't want to deal with any unscheduled appointments of the sort. Even two years into his presidency, people still thought showing up uninvited was fine. If he weren't as nice as he was, LEO would have likely given out much more stern messages to leave him unbothered.
Oh well, at least he was home, alone, and free to get some overtime done. Though he'd started to lose his passion for robotics, it was still enough to get his mind off all of his mental baggage as of late. But as his eyelids started to drift closed, Carro forced himself to stay awake with a shake of his head. He definitely had to get some coffee first... At least today had been a fairly normal day, he reminded his tired mind on the way to the kitchen, all things considered.
...That was usually the universe's cue to correct him with something either horrifying or bewildering.
But what could possibly happen in the comfort of his own home?
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Post by Queen Kayen on Jan 3, 2021 17:45:31 GMT -6
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Getting into ‘King Castle’ was rather laughably easy, without someone like LEO actively trying to keep her out there was little in the way of physical security that could keep up with her if she did not LET them keep track of her, even most cameras would likely struggle to pin her down on a feed for particularly long as long as she put a bit of effort in. And today Kayen was putting in a bit of effort, at least to get herself into the building itself. Once inside it didn’t matter TOO much if she was spotted because it was unlikely it would take her particularly long to find Carro anyway. Slipping in through one of the upper windows had made entry easy enough since going through a door would run slightly more risk of being ‘caught’. After that it was just a matter of finding Carro, a surprisingly slightly difficult task as while he had built potentially THE strongest fighter in the universe in LEO, the Saiyan himself was not much to speak of power-wise, and so Kayen found herself wandering the castle while her senses attempted to pick out Carro’s power from the background. At least the couple of beatings he had taken had pushed him ahead of Earth’s civilian levels. Half way into her search Kayen found herself in a familiar part of the castle. The Kitchen. She looked from her path, to the kitchen and shrugged, a small break would not hurt. That small break quickly developed into making herself lunch as she raided the kitchen and it was just as Kayen was wrapping up the creation of a rather massive sandwich that in stepped her quarry. “Oh, hey. Well this certainly saves me a bit of work” Kayen said far more nonchalantly than was entirely reasonable for someone who had A: Broken into the person with whom they were speaking’s home and B: was technically in the process of stealing their food. With that Kayen cut off a portion of the sandwich and held it out to the short Saiyan “Want some?” Upon the bread sat essentially every meat readily available along with anything else that looked like it might be worth trying.
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Post by Carro Hofferson on Jan 4, 2021 16:23:01 GMT -6
CRASH COURSECARRO's PL: 100
"AACK--" What Carro first assumed to be some hulking, ravenous demon that made him yelp and recoil back was... Actually the Queen of the Saiyans herself, in his kitcen, raiding his fridge, without so much as a knock on the door... Really, that wasn't much better than the demon alternative. "I... what are you doing? In my house and in my, uh... fridge??? There's a McBaos down the road, you know???" Complete and utter bewilderment filled the President's voice. He reached a hand up and gave himself a hard pinch on the cheek just to check that he wasn't dreaming.
Yup, this was either the most vivid and horrible nightmare he had to date, or Pirate Queen of the Saiyan Kingdom Kayen was in his kitchen with the most abominable, meaty amalgam of a sandwhich he had ever seen. ".....Nah I'm good thanks." He held up a hand, politely dismissing the offered food. "But seriously why are you in my house? I mean, I know I called you like... fifteen times some months back but I didn't get a response so I figured you were busy but still good lord you will not believe the nonsense here as of late and-- you know this is technically breaking and entering right?" Carro rubbed his temples before he managed to cut his own rambling off- it was always same shit, different day on Earth for him. Some things didn't change, like how the President was stressed twenty-four-seven.
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Post by Queen Kayen on Jan 4, 2021 19:19:02 GMT -6
| Kayen PL: 232,000 |
Kayen did not even bother to hide the chuckle that Carro’s initial reaction to her presence caused she gave him a few moments to catch himself up to speed and ramble off a few questions about why she was here and why she had not gone somewhere else, eventually he pinched himself earning another chuckle from the Queen, Carro DID look like he could use some sleep so it was not a huge surprise that he was trying to determine if this was just a dream. Or perhaps more likely a nightmare. Once that was settled he seemed to calm himself a bit and declined her offer earning a shrug as Kayen took a bite while he launched right back into questions and informed her that what she was doing was technically ‘breaking and entering’ as if that would matter. It was neither the first time she had done so nor was it likely the last. “Fast food isn’t exactly my ideal type of food. You’ve got a nicely stocked kitchen” or well, he HAD one, it was discernibly less stocked now. “Well the calls were certainly part of it, figured that even if it had been a bit there was a chance whatever you wanted was still relevant, and if not” Kayen shrugged “I assume though that from the ‘nonsense’ you’ve mentioned things are still a bit messy here? Anything worth my time? Our brawl was exactly what I needed, I’ve pushed myself quite a bit further” Kayen said with a grin referencing their last battle as if it was a simple friendly spar. “Plus while that IS true, what are ya gonna do? Call the police?” Kayen said with a laugh, realistically there were only a few people who could take her in a fight and while perhaps LEO could do so again, there was no universe where the Earth was prepared to contain someone like her in any sort of prison. “You look like shit by the way, do you ever sleep?” While phrased VERY rudely there appeared to be some degree of actual… concern? It was rare that she had a chance to be relaxed and with this being one of those few times it allowed Kayen to bring up something she had noticed pretty regularly about the short world leader. He pretty much ALWAYS looked like he was a few days short of sleep.
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Post by Carro Hofferson on Jan 4, 2021 19:44:05 GMT -6
"I don't even know why I bother with trying to get people to make appointments anymore these days..." Evidently, asking for someone to specify a time and date for when to talk was too much to ask for. Oh well, it wasn't like he had much from his own kitchen either these days. Carro opened his mouth and raised a finger as Kayen asked what he was going to do about it like he had a good rebuttal to pull out, but wound up lowering his hand and shutting his mouth in defeat.
Still, he sighed in obvious irritation, though this time it was directed moreso at the general everything of Earth rather than his empty refridgerator. "Better question- when are things not messy here?" The past few months had somehow made Carro even more tired- he didn't even think that physically possible until now. There was a resigned apathy in his tone that wasn't there back on the Geminis. "There are issues from before and uh, some... more recent ones that you probably won't like. But first things first--" Carro began, though his shift back to being professional lasted right up until that dreaded question of "how are you" popped up.
"...I'm doing fine as I can really be. There are other things we should be worrying about first instead of my sleep, anyways- something always goes wrong whenever I turn my back, y'know..." He sighed, running a hand down his face. "Besides, my record is fifty-seven hours in a row of being awake, and I'm only on hour twenty-two right now, I'll be fiiiine." Carro gave a dismissive wave. The much more needy body of a saiyan demanded the exact opposite of Carro's sleep schedule- it was a wonder he was still standing without a significant power level to make up for the fatigue of multiple days in a row of absolutely no rest and demanding physical and mental activity at Crop Co. And yet, he spoke of it like it was completely normal.
"Before we get into everything being terrible and probably going to get even more terrible-- Nashua did revive alright, right? A compromise wish was managed to be worked out, reviving all those with good hearts or somethin' that died recently, and from what I've heard, it's worn Shenron's power down... She was included in those revived, right?" Though he had been doubtful of Shenron's power back on Gemini, Carro had been happy to had been proven wrong...
...If it weren't for the fact that the Dragon Balls likely would not return. But he'd get into that bit later.
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Post by Queen Kayen on Jan 5, 2021 1:07:41 GMT -6
| Kayen PL: 232,000 |
“If I lie and say I made an appointment that you forgot does that help?” Kayen asked with a smirk as she took another bite of her sandwich and settled in for Carros description of Earth's chaotic state, apparently it was mostly just business as usual, just that business as usual was a huge pain in the carrot head’s ass. Curiously there was mention of things she might not like which were… interesting. Cress perhaps? Kayen raised an eyebrow as Carro described how he as ACTUALLY doing and what he described was… concerning to be quite honest. Kayen was perhaps the least ‘a doctor’ person save for her excellent skills at amputation but she DID concern herself quite a lot with having a general understanding of what kept a person in the best physical health. It was not only in her best interests to make sure she was treating her body right but also she had Kabe to look out for, and her crew. Sure some of them lead slightly unhealthy lifestyles but she made sure to do her best to curb things before they got actively DANGEROUS. Uria was heavy buit that was because he fell more into a power lifter’s body type, as well his passions lay with food. Barb was someone quite like Carro it seemed, the woman would let herself get absolutely ABSORBED by her work and often Kayen had to physically drag her to her quarters. She’d gotten better over time mostly to avoid being dragged away from an important project midway into it. “Thats… that's not healthy. I get you have a lot of shit on your plate but you need sleep FAR more regularly than that. It's fine if you do that on a rare occasion but you’re going to put yourself in an early grave, even more so with the stress of the shit you get yourself involved in.” If Carro was barely making time to SLEEP it was also unlikely he was taking time to RELAX. Barb had always been at least a bit better about that even if her relaxation was mostly just work-lite. “If you were a bit stronger you could MAYBE make that work a bit more, but it's amazing you can maintain even your current strength living the way you do” Kayen seemed actually GENUINELY concerned about Carro, almost horrified as she did her best to figure out how Carro was as functional as he was if this was his normal. “Nashua’s alive yes and thankfully doing better” Kayen finally answered realizing she had gotten so focused on the enigma of how Carro was a functional being that she had not answered his question about Nashua, she seemed to also be doing FAR better than the last time Kayen had seen her.
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Post by Carro Hofferson on Jan 5, 2021 2:30:31 GMT -6
Carro stared, speechless for a few moments as a few beads of sweat ran down his head. Oh god, did he forget an appointment? He'd forgotten his own birthday, an appointment wasn't out of question. "...Y'know, actually, it kinda does." He admitted, folding his arms and averting his gaze for a moment.
Regardless, what was more surprising was Kayen's... concern? Was that the right word for it? Her concern for his health wasn't something he expected. "Eh, if it's not the high blood pressure or insomnia it's gonna be some wise guy getting lucky and either decapitating me and putting my head on a stake, ripping my heart out again, or maybe just blood loss from losing some limbs or having my lower intestines' spilled out if I'm lucky in the next few years."
Carro spoke of his potential brutal demises or his slow death from health problems in a matter-of-fact, neutral tone. Perhaps the issue of his mental health was somehow more worrisome than his physical health...
Cup of coffee in hand- the answer to how he was still standing at all, too- Carro tapped his foot on the ground as he'd briefly managed to divert the topic to Nashua. "That's a relief. Death's not exactly good at making people feel better, usually." First-hand experience both witnessing the deaths of others and feeling the cold pull himself gave him enough support to his words.
"So anyways, assuming we're done with this pity party about my sleep schedule when I can perfectly manage myself," Lies and slander. "bigger issues exist. You, uh... wouldn't have happened to see Chime- y'know, our Kami- at all recently, would you? Since Frappe, at least." Even months after Chime's disapperance, Carro had never stopped being worried or looking for him. "Fun fact, by the way- without a Kami, the Dragon Balls can't exist, you know. So when things go horribly wrong again, well..." And now Kayen would have her own reasons to worry about the Namekian. "I'd suggest we head to Namek and use theirs if Nashua somehow dies again or if some big city gets obliterated or another whole entire planet, but, y'know." Carro shrugged and took another sip of his coffee.
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Post by Queen Kayen on Jan 6, 2021 7:03:58 GMT -6
| Kayen PL: 232,000 |
“Look, im not your parent or in charge of you, but you NEED to cut this shit out, the fact you’ve made it this long without some sort of disaster is frankly insane, hell maybe thats not even accurate. I’m not an expert on this sort of stuff but I did enough research when I was younger and over the years because staying fit is a priority for me. There’s plenty of physical risks you’re putting yourself under with sleep deprivation like you casually mentioned, but you are also fucking with that supposedly genius brain of yours. Too little sleep messes with your mental state, screws with memory, throws shit like reaction time completely out of wack. That you arent a direct fighter is probably why its LESS obvious but you and LEO are a team, which means you could get HER destroyed if you keep that up” Carro clearly lacked much concern for his own welfare so perhaps putting it in the context that his companion and protector could be at risk would help him realize how much of an idiot he was being. Kayen eventually decided to relent on her rant to process Carro’s comments about the Earths current state, more accurately that Chime was missing in action and thus the Earth was very likely without Dragon Balls. And the universe was without a Namek, thus meaning no Namekian Dragon Balls. Part of Kayen was… pleased? The Dragon Balls were a major frustration, for as much potential they had for gain for her the likelihood of actually gathering them without attracting every other warriors attention was minimal. The biggest danger was that seemingly now Death was a bit more permanant than it had once been. “Maybe that’s for the best, the Dragon Balls rarely sit particularly well with me. A whole lot of temptation and potential for risk, and it feels just a bit TOO easy that they grant those wishes with seemingly no real price. Maybe we’re avoiding having to pay a cost on them if they’re gone. Though that ALSO means its even more important you stop being a moron and sleep like a reasonable person. Maybe if you did you’d manage to get stronger”
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Post by Carro Hofferson on Jan 16, 2021 3:50:56 GMT -6
Carro groaned to himself at Kayen's continued pestering over his sleep schedule. The mention of LEO did cause his expression to shift in discomfort- his partner had also been pushing herself too, though she was much better at getting rest. "Believe me, I've tried sleeping this off a ton of times. It doesn't work." Carro left his response vague. He wasn't about to mention the childish truth that his own nightmares terrified him- he didn't want to seem like some frightened, helpless kid or something... That and when he did manage to get some decent shut eye, he was usually awoken by his outer demons instead of his inner demons, whether it be a call to action to stop some "villain" causing chaos, or Vocado's spirit literally invading his dreams that one time or Bamboo watching him sleep, or...
Managing to pry himself away from recounting every restless slumber was talk of the Dragon Balls. "In a way, I'm glad they're gone. They caused half of the problems they fixed, really. But with Namek gone, potentially forever... I..." Carro looked down at his hands as he trailed off. Could he really call this survivor's guilt if he'd died? Reviver's guilt, maybe. But that was another load of emotional baggage he wouldn't dump on Kayen. He shook his head and rubbed his temples. "What I'm saying is, if something goes horribly wrong again, we can't just rewind it again. So if someone you know kicks the bucket or something, then that's that." Sure, there were ways to circumvent death as a cyborg or spirit, but those were fates arguably worse than death.
However, the mention of "getting stronger" was what started to irk the saiyan. "I don't want to get stronger. For situations that require strength, LEO helps." Carro had his own sense of saiyan pride despite his human history- using skills other than brute force to solve situations was something he liked about himself... Though lately, people only seemed to understand a punch to the face. "Blugh, whatever. I don't want to argue, I've had a long day. You do you and I'll do me." More like a long everything. Why was Kayen this concerned for him in the first place? He wasn't sure if she could call him a friend- business partner seemed like a more apt term. There were a lot more things on the list of Things That Had Gone Horribly Wrong to get through that took priority over his own mental and physical health.
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