So Crotona was stuck on Namek for a little bit. She had to get a new space pod and get it calibrated to find Konats. It was not going to take as long as last time but she needed to get that done before she could return home. She couldn't really fly though the vacuum of space. But while she was here on Namek she might as well see some people she had not the chance to talk too in some time. She had visited her old farm, the Namekians were doing well. She had look around to see a lot of other doing good that she had helped on her time on Namek but there was someone else to vist.
Pankaa. She didn't know them all that well. But they had been one of the people that helped defend Namek a long time ago agiasnt Ward and Phakk. Something in her nagged her to go see them. You know maybe talk about the good times since then. From what she saw Namek was doing pretty good sense then. Though she had heard Kamae had tried to do something similar to what had just happened on Namek. There was a lot on her mind so talking to someone that she could trust and just relax around? Yah, that sounded like something she needed. She was really stressed right now and just needed to get that all off her mind. Hopefully, Pankaa would help sooth her mind.
Pankaa's life was sloooowly kinda turning back to the usual it was before he'd been corrupted even with his the addition of his newly found teenage angst. He was at least steadily allowed to go back out again and even more often on his lonesome too, it was gradual and overtime but it was happening at least. Today was one of the days he got to go out by just himself too though not without a catch as his Namekian mother, Zukha needed a crate of things delivered to the Dend Capital and he was just the son to do it! Sure delivering stuff wasn't the funnest thing on the planet but at least it meant he got to go out and he got to visit the Dend Capital as well which wasn't an often thing for him yet. Maybe he could pick up some parts for his next projects while there?
Needless to say though he kinda let his long feathered tail drag for a bit along the way there from not being all too enthusiastic about the delivery of seeds he needed to deliver-- But he'd soon perk up a little when he began picking up on a familiar feeling person through his ki sensing... His large ears would swivel around listening out for the familiar individual, they weren't as familiar as his brothers but he remembered their ki as being familiar from the time they were protecting Namek from the two Shinjin... Back when he got corrupted in the first place. He'd place a clawed hand over the new violet 'x' shaped scar on his chest before flattening his chest and neck feathers out over the top of it self-consciously as the energy drew nearer.
It drew nearer and nearer until he'd near bumped into the Konatsian the ki belonged to! With a surprised squeak the Avali would clutch onto the baskets he still had to deliver in an effort to avoid them spilling-- And thankfully nothing important would spill this time. He'd look up though after making sure the delivery was okay to see the familiar face of "Croton!" Pankaa's face would light up with a smile at seeing her again after all this time-- Last time they'd seen each other he'd been hit by corruption and fallen off of Nero's nimbus way back out at the Outer Plait. "Pankaa hasn't seen you in so long! What've you been up to?" His delivery could wait a bit to give him time to catch up with the Konatsian surely, he hadn't known she was back on Namek until now!
Crotona walked over to Pankaa. "You seemed to have grown a little bit." She glanced at the scar that Pankaa had on their chest. Seems they were not the only ones to carry a scar of their battle back when they tried to keep the Mazoku safe. They had done well, but at the same time, they still had to pay some form of price. Pankaa asked what she had been up to as she would lean down. "I had been doing well in a lot of things. It has been a while so what has happened." Crotona tapped her chin in thought trying to think of all the good things that had happened since they last saw each other. "Well I was able to return to Namek and I made a farm out here. So I was living out here for a few months. I got a lot stronger too, it seems you did as well." Crotona would flex one of her biceps. "Good thing you don't have to be fighting all the time though. Namek has been mostly peaceful from what I've seen." There were some battles she had missed but the defenders of Namek had won, hence not really knowing about those fights.
"After that? I headed back to Konats, my homeworld. That was really nice. I had not been there in a long time. Was trying to my best to keep the planet safe and enjoy life. You know hold up the legacy of my family." Typha and Ashi. It was important she held up both their legacy. She felt she had been doing pretty good on that front until the recent battle but she was not going to make Pankaa deal with that. He was just a kid. He shouldn't even be involved in a fight nor here about how bad things had gone on. So she didn't explain why she had returned to Namek or why? "So what have you been doing it is has been about a year you must of gotten up to a ton of stuff!"
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Pankaa would of course grin widely hearing from a friendly face that he'd grown a little, yay! Someone noticed! "Yeah! Only gonna get bigger I'm sure of it!" He'd proclaim proudly-- He was only about 3'0" currently but it was bigger then the 2'3" he would've been when she saw him last! And while it wasn't a tall number yet he was striving to make it be eventually!
When Crotona looked to the scar on his chest though he shied away a little and tried flattening down his neck feathers some more to try and cover it, clearly still rather self-conscious about having it. Thankfully though she didn't draw much attention to it and eventually answered on his question of what she'd been up to all this time which was a nice distraction from his own thoughts on the scar. It would seem Crotona had been up to lots! She'd gotten a farm out here on Namek going and lives here now too!-- Or does on occasion anyways, she'd also been getting stronger too which peaked Pankaa's interest on what she'd been doing to get that strength exactly, was it training? Or more battles off of Namek?? "Pankaa wasn't there for it... But there was a big scary tree attack at Dragon Isles, the baddies lost though" That aside it had been peaceful for the most part thankfully-- Outside of him and his brothers battle when Nero made his attempt to remove the corruption from Pankaa as well of course.
The Avali was rather interested to hear about Konats too! He had heard that it recently became safe to travel there again? And he'd never been to the planet before so naturally it interested him to hear about it. "What's Konats like? Pankaa's never been! Glad Croton got to go homeworld though" He'd always had an itch to try and visit his own homeworld sometime but he had no idea when that might happen if ever. Hearing the Konatsian mention about keeping the planet safe and upholding her family's legacy though, that probably explained her newfound strength! The boy would give a nod feeling sure of his next statement "Croton doing a great job at both things! Pankaa knows it!" He had no idea she was back on Namek for any other reason then it was also her home too in a way, she had a farm here now after all and friends to visit too.
As for what he'd been up to? "It's been long time! Uhm... Well, I got into lots of trouble after that fight at Outer Plait actually" The young Avali would anxiously tap two of his claws together and look down to the ground in front of him before speaking further, "Being corruption-sick made Pankaa very hateful, very angry. All the time. I built ship and crashed on Plant for bit and met many new people but big brother Nero brought me back-- Then I was grounded. Mum was very upset so" His four ears would flatten back against his head for a few moments before steadily perking back up again as he explained the next part. "But Nero eventually found way to remove the corrupt-sick from Pankaa-- It fought lots but now is gone! That what this is from" He'd point a claw sheepishly to the scar from before.
"Now Pankaa tries to train so it doesn't happen again-- And school too but that boring, I wanna be more strong! Like you are!"
Crotona nodded as Pankaa explained there had been a big battle on the Dragon Isle. Crotona felt bad that she was not here. She would have loved to help. But at the same time, she had been on Konats and protecting her home. At least she knew that the battle on Namek had gone well, and the bad guys got their butts kicked. Anyway, Pankkaa asked about Konats. "Well, it is primarily a desert. Some areas are a bit more advanced and their large mountains. But I mostly lived in the deserts. I didn't exactly go around the planet that much. Back when I was on Konats, I was not that strong. I couldn't really fly around. There was a giant sandstorm across the planet that made it hard to travel across the planet. And there is also a lot of war. Unlike Namek, there a lot of battles to try to rule the planet." She thought back to Marmbia and Maxsuz working for the Rose Kingdom to try to take over Lux.
Pankaa then explained that they had been doing the past. The corruption that Phakk had affected on them had caused them a lot of trouble. They had run off to Plant and caused some trouble there but eventually got saved by Nero. They got grounded after that, of course. Now they were working to get stronger. "I'm glad your better. Sorry that you got grounded, though. But as for getting stronger? Well, I can't really help you that much I am gonna be leaving soon. I wanted to come to visit you before I left since I meet with Nero and Erebos. But, I can at least give you some advice before I leave. If you wanna get stronger, gotta train hard. And grow older too. Right now your really young, and I image that makes it harder to get stronger." Then again the kid was stronger then she was in her youth. So maybe Pankaa just needed to train harder.
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