Twin Snakes (Renkon/INV)

The Saiba wastes... Renkon had only ever been here once, but it was a place of danger for many. As soon as he had arrived, there was a whisper in the back of his mind, one that seemed to grow more in volume as he traveled, seeking out someone, something. It wasn't long until he had found his target. An older, scarred Saibaman, taller than most, but strong in it's own right. It was greenish in color, less the vibrant green many know it for, but faded from a lifetime of doing whatever it had done before. Renkon landed near the creature, no words needed to be shared, it knew that Renkon was here to fight, and fight it would do. Rushing at the Saiyan, it quickly became apparent it was not an even match as soon as Renkon moved. A stiff strike hit the creature, sending it backwards and into the dirt in short order.

The saibaman seemed stunned, scared even, and Renkon loomed, waiting for it to stand back up before finally pressing his own attack. The rush was simple, but savage, lashing out with hard punches and kicks, the way his gloves were wrapped, the leather he used to bind it, and the way he hit, causing long gouges across the flesh. The creature's eyes opened wide, holding the wounds as the voice in Renkon's head seemed to scream louder. "Scarhide, your time has come..." Renkon said, causing the creature to look at him in absolute terror as Renkon lowered himself down and rushed in once more, again, the attacks were brutal, merciless, and deadly. Each punch drove the beast into the ground, the final attack left it lifeless and buried, stuck in a shallow grave and forgotten.

Within his mind, a voice seemed to calm, and vanish. Another relic of a lost age given back to the universe. He let out a soft sigh, looking to the sky for a moment and then seeing something... Odd... There was a pair of people on the edge of his vision, stepping out of some kind of energy vortex. Coming out to the wastes was generally a terrible choice. Floating into the air, he flew towards them, catching the final line of 'Maybe the cities look better.' He landed near by, he looked at the personal curiously. "Not many travel out here in the wastes..." He said, looking at the odd duo curiously. "Cities are a ways away as well..."

He couldn't sense energy, nor did he have a scouter on him, but... Here they were, a pair of people who simply showed up out of no-where, well, they had to come from somewhere. "Welcome to Planet Plant..." He was cautious, but giving them the benefit of the doubt, after all, nothing in his head was screaming about them having taken life on the world... At least not yet.



WC: 480

Renkon listened to the duo and chuckled a bit when the one was more crude. He shook his head and smirked. "You will fit well here." He said, looking at the other one bowed towards him. It was an odd motion, one he didn't really know, but he suspected it was from another world. "I am Renkon, and as I said, welcome to the planet, Griselda and Usumidori Mortal." He responded back, smirking a bit. "The nearest city is a few hours away by flight, at least if you don't burn fast like you are being chased by a bunch of Saibabeasts and Saibamen. Next to that, there is a mercenary outpost not far from here, maybe an hour on foot, less if you fly."

He realized they might not know what is that. "Saibabeasts and Saibamen are creatures that are native here, rapidly evolving monsters who get stronger the more they are pushed. Both in battle, and by environment, they tend to be hardy, often are small and fast as well. Known for having a feral level intelligence." He said, nodding once more and rolling his shoulders as he stood fully up. They weren't Saiyans, that much was clear, but beyond that, they weren't Tuffles either. It was... Almost strange, but the fact that other worlds had beings like this, that he could talk to, learn things from, made him smile a bit more than he was aware of.

"Where do you two hail from?" He asked, watching them as best as he could. One of them seemed more honest than the other, but had a bit of a fullness of themselves. It was a Saiyan like trait, one that was really easily to twist when needed, but he wasn't going to do that. At least not right now.


WC: 300
TWC: 780

Renkon listened a bit and chuckled some. "Ahh, from Earth. I see, I see." When the other one snapped back with a response as well, he couldn't help but laugh a bit. "I can sting well enough, if you wanna try. Or we can trade barbs back and forth and see who comes up lacking. I'm down either way." He said, not looking to worried about being attacked, it was a fact of life on this world, battling against others in all kinds of situations. It wasn't much really, but one couldn't afford to back down when it came to outsiders, remain looking as strong as possible, or be crushed under heel.

When asked about directions, Renkon was about to give them when the other woman chimed in again. "I mean, if you wanna take on an entire encampment, that is your business. I'm not one to throw shame at people looking for their own good times and leaving people weak in the knees." He remarked again, chuckling some. "City is..." He looked to the sky for a moment and then pointed. "That way. The merc camp is that way." He pointed off slightly from where he was at. Again, his barbs weren't much, but he was clearly aiming to stand his ground and lash back at the one tossing the barbs. "Or... You can help me on my hunt and deal with a few of the dangerous creatures in the world."



WC: 242
TWC: 1022

Renkon was glad there was a lot happening here. The fact that she was reacting this way showed how much he was getting under her skin. "I like you. Fiery. You will fit in well." He said, standing up and crossing his arms behind his back. He wasn't really planning on much more beyond verbal spars and barbs. He remained relaxed and looked at the woman. "And based on the words of your twin, you would tear me a part. Hardly a challenge then. It'd be more fun for me. But, I will step back from this. I only just got healed after the war, I'd rather not end up a corpse out here and empower some saibabeast."

Motioning to their left, there was the remains of the Saibaman were there, not yet having dissolved away. "Saibamen and their beast subset are responsable for a number of deaths of both Saiyans and Tuffles. Many simply forget it, but..." If they looked at him, he pointed to his head. "I can't. I hear them. All the time..." He said, shaking his head once more. "My own personal curse. The dead call out for revenge, and I am the one they have selected. You don't have to follow with me." He said, sighing a bit. "Saibabeasts might be tough for me, but if you are strong as you say, I doubt they will be difficult for you."

He shrugged a bit, letting his shoulders slump a little as he floated up. "Still, if you want to come with me, you are welcome to. Revenge shared and allowing the ones who are hungry for battle to feed upon it tends to be good for all who are involved." With that, he would start flying towards the pools of acidic waters that were near by.


WC: 301
TWC: 1323

Renkon wasn't flying the fastest, nor at his full speed, but he was going to make sure these outsiders could see what was going on. The fact the so called demon didn't finally attack him, Renkon assumed she was appeased. Renkon slowed a bit when asked about the acid pools. "Yes. They spawn in small seeds in there, absorbing the toxicity within it and adding it to their bodies. They are natural caustic and deadly, dangerous to the landscape. Many of them are filled with a very powerful acid, and when they die, they are thrown back into the pools, melted down and making the next group that much stronger. While many of them are animalistic in terms of intelligence, they still do things that we don't understand."

A small shrug followed, and then he slowed down once more, looking at a small group that was pulling themselves out of the acid pools, stopping a few seconds later as a larger, clearly more powerful one followed them, chittering and making noise that sounded almost like commands. They group were spreading out, as if looking for something when Renkon pointed to the massive one. "That one, Shatteredteeth, if the spirits name him correctly is the one I am seeking..." Renkon said, holding the side of his head, trying to figure out how to attack.

If either of the duo could read minds, there was indeed new voices, ghostly and twisted, calling out for revenge, for vengeance to be done. Renkon was trying to focus through them, enforce his own iron will and get the voices tamed down. He took a deep breath, his eyes on the larger one who finally looked up to see the group and roaring out in real hot rage.



WC: 292
TWC: 1615

Part of Renkon wasn't surprised she wanted him to attack first, the other part welcomed it. He would rather not have to take the burdens of vengeance from an alien if had fallen some how. Renkon nodded to the woman, blasting down and slamming a hard punch into the larger one, sending it backwards as he backed off to avoid the acid splash. The smaller ones rushed at him, running on all fours as Renkon pulled back, flying backwards as they ran, screaming and screeching at Renkon. He avoided the next strike as well as the larger one lifted up from the pool, armor on it's face flaking off and falling into the pool.

Renkon ducked under the jumping pair, causing them crash into each other. Renkon burst upwards, slamming his shoulder into the pair and sending them spinning away. The massive one opened it's mouth, firing a blast towards the Saiyan, only to have him blast to the side, avoiding the attack and rolling up to his feet on a rock. He smirked at the monster, standing up and floating off the ground. "Rugu, Cress, Aubergi... All these names call out for vengeance against you." He said, his voice almost booming across the battleground, and he grinned a bit. He opened his hands, several orbs floating out and circling around him as if in a protective orbit.

The massive Saibaman rushed towards Renkon, throwing out a claw only for the orbs to intercept the strike and explode, sending the creature backwards once more, holding it's damaged hand and growled at Renkon. Renkon watching the beast, trying to figure out what it was doing when it opened it's mouth, firing a blast at Renkon at nearly point blank range. He crossed his arms as the attack impacted, his eyes closed a bit, and he soaked the attack as best as he could. He was still standing at the end, pushed several feet back, but he was not defeated by it, instead looking rather annoyed.

Leveling his hand at the monster, he narrowed his eyes, pointing two fingers at it. The creature seemed confused until the arching of energy off Renkon caught it's eye. The way the energy arched, the way it cut through the air, it almost sounded like wailing cries of the dead. The energy slowly condensed into a point at his finger tips, and when the monster attacked again, throwing out an energy wave, it impacted the lightning like energy around Renkon, being pushed away to the sides, faces seemed to almost appear within his energy, and he continued to focus on it, holding the attack strong despite the lashing that was happening around him. A second attack splashed across him, the spirits seeming to fall away but the attack was ready.

Firing that out, it impacted the saibaman in the chest, sending it backwards once more, sheering off armor and flesh as the beam impacted, tearing at it, burning living tissue. Renkon lowered his hand, breathing a bit harder than he had before and floating up again.


WC: 510
TWC: 2125

With the leader of the crew fallen, and now the others falling in short order, Renkon stepped to a side, looking at the odd blade being used to stop the acid from reaching either of them and floating higher into the air, looking at the duo now and shaking his head. "Not exactly the warmest welcome for either of you, and for that, I am sorry." He rolled his shoulders, looking at one of the remaining Saibamen and rushing him, another lashing off his fists, cuts being opened across the creature before a ki empowered punch buried the creature in the dirt. He sighed deeply, clearly running on fumes now.

"I don't know much about planets beyond this one, it's the only one I have been to, but I hope you both are able to find what you are seeking here." He said, floating over to a stone to sit down and rest. "As for what you said, about the spirits... I never learned anything like this. I just had it... Ever since the death of my parents, I always heard the whispers of the fallen, and they showed me how to use the techniques I have. They are the ones who push me along this path of vengeance. If not for them, I might be doing very different things."


WC: 220
TWC: 2345