A Debut to Remember (Open)

Of course the plan was quite simple.

Step one, enter building.

Step two, get drink.

Step three, drink.

Indeed a flawless plan that perhaps spanned the entirety of perhaps a whole minute of brainstorming, nothing unlike another day at the taverns he was known to visit and hang around from time to time. Then, well, he figured he could hit up the sack and call it a day. Once more he had lost count of how much time he had spent training, he was not all that good with time here still. There was no telling given how rare night time was on this world. Could it even happen? Maybe with an eclipse kind of event.

All things considered, indeed quite simple. Except, he would end up seeing quite a few familiar faces indeed. And some unknown ones. For example, there would be a youthful individual that was not too content with Nasu's presence apparently. He turned heads and just stared, blinking. Well, throughout his discourse, truly the man only understood half of it- he was not sure what he expected from his presence here on Namek, but he figured Saiyans did him dirty or something?

"Please. Do not let my presence make you uncomfortable."

He said with a smile and just moved on. Showing that he was at least very experienced and used to this kind of attitude elsewhere, and most of them he ended up forgetting.

Tsuya would also be one that acknowledged him once he entered inside, too, and well of course Nasu had no ill intent to start a fight. It was not his style, in the end right now the man's brain had switched off and it was right now in civilian mode; here just to get himself a little something. There was also something off about her, but well, when she proclaimed him hero of the day- he could definitely connect the dots, even if now a little while had passed since that time, but it was just only a playful tease.

"Busy, but otherwise marvelous. And how have you been, Tsuya? Any recent developments? Sometimes I still think back to our fight, it was fun."

He said, again, one could not tell he was locked in deadly combat with this woman just some months ago from his tone.

Dion eventually also added to the conversation, and Nasu obliged with a honest response.

"We did meet shortly after that time, yeah. Back when Lottus tried to blow up Hatchi. He actually tried to blow up the entire planet some months ago, too. Good thing we stopped him. Anyhow I have been here about... a month, I suppose. You know I do not stay in one place too long, though. I can not help it. However I have some friends here, so I pay them a visit every now and then."

Eventually he gave Nasu a couple of options: either the Saiyan or the Heran import. Well, he did have some experience with Saiyan beverages now, so curiosity drove him when his time to pick his choice came.

"Let's go with the Heran drink. It will be a first for me."

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The drink came to the counter, and Nasu eyed it shortly, he did enjoy a good drink. Every once in a while, that was true, even though right now it was mostly the man in his head that wished for one. Given the outstanding lengths the guy went to help him, he could not exactly just not grant him a little wish such as this. What he did not expect however was the most curious company this day... to think he would meet Tsuya, a person that had pushed him to the edge that one time. He furrowed his brow slightly just thinking about it, that crimson aura that he yet struggled to manifest.

"Oh. President, yeah. They have had that for a while I think. I can not say much about the accord. It was meant to make sure powerful people were monitored I suppose, but I have no idea if that truly served its purpose. I have not been there in a while now."

The drink was fine. It put truly his Saiyan endurance to the test, not that he expected any less from those Herans. They were every bit the warriors his own kin was, although he did not have an amazing history with them. Three out of four had antagonized Nasu after all.

"No, this is... an exception. I did not have something like this in a while. I am either training or well, I have picked up on fishing as of late. Nothing incredible. I know."

He looked over Tsuya and stared at her with a frown.

"And you? I can't imagine you and I have quite the same concept of time, however."

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He could hardly not chuckle when she questioned his latest hobby. Which was funny, he did not think he had any prior to the last few months. It had been something that came up as of late, to him, mostly as a way to attune with nature, perhaps. Most of his catch would just be released back to sea, while others he ended up feasting upon to achieve greater strength.

"Surprised? It is one of the few basic skills I have been looking into. Cooking, too."

While he could hardly define himself a chef, he had at least been able to make some heartfelt meals in the wilderness utilizing anything he could find. Flavorful, warm and the kind of stuff that would keep you full for over a day. Indeed, by any and all means, he was basically as simple as they came, there was hardly anything else that truly interested him right now than the goodness of life and how it felt to swim in its currents.

He smiled a bit and eventually sipped off his drink once more, a wave of warmth rose down his throat, and chest, he exhaled. This stuff was much stronger than the kind of thing you would find on Earth, for sure. He looked over Tsuya once more, and blinked.

"That so? Maybe we are not so different, after all. I was also like that. For a time. But I was the one that locked away a part of my life, probably to defend myself until I was ready to face the things I had done."

Nasu looked at his glass briefly, indeed what Tsuya described was the way he felt until all the stuff that happened to him the past few years in this part of the galaxy. How strange to think about it now. He looked at her once more, but he did not seem surprised. She really looked the part.

"Yeah. I can tell."

He smiled a bit. It reminded him of that time when that guy that planted a big tree happened to share a meal with him in a restaurant. It was strange, but he was somewhat happy that at least these people, as evil as they were, they would have a purpose.

"I like that. We may be adversaries, out there, once more, but I do not think that your goal is ultimately harmful. Besides, you do actually have a goal. That alone is impressive, trust me."

Nasu put down the glass and nodded, he did not share to anyone of course what it is that he was going to be doing in the Afterlife, from now on. But besides that whole thing, it was not like he had not been a teacher in some regard.

"I can not say I possess any ancient knowledge. But I have gladly lent my experience to some of the younger people in this part of the galaxy. In the hopes they won't repeat my mistakes. Some may be too headstrong for it, but all in all, I have high hopes for them."

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Well. Of course confusion would likely be expected. Out of all people Nasu was the one to stand against that kind of chaos that Tsuya had erupted that one time, but that was a different thing. It was not like he did not understand why she did it, but the methods were simply not suiting him.

"Yeah. I probably do not have the whole gist of your story. But I agree the meddling of the Afterlife with the living world so far has not brought much benefit to this world."

The man remained tight against the counter. Not only that but well, there would be people teaching the most valuable souls only to be returned to life some time later undoubtedly. Surely to that, it was nearly as if they wished to slap Tsuya in the force with a gesture like that. As if everything would just be made worse.

"However. I disapprove of your methods. I do not ally or take a side. I see that which is wrong to my own sense of justice and fight it. It is only natural, as a living man, that I stand against that."

Like it or not, he could not just approve of someone's actions because of their end goal. Whether one would call it true evil or not. In the end, there was never something such as absolute good or absolute evil. He did not expect to witness it anywhere. But, he could not just redeem people or try to change them. Not always. He took another spin of his drink, his chest rose against his armor, rattling a bit as he leaned further into the counter and put it down.

"Warriors. Probably not with the experience to back it up yet some of them. But they are on the good way. Uncertainty, some caught up in either a feeling of staying behind, or the frustration they faced. Their first losses. It is not an easy time. Mortals have a limited lifespan, you know. Feeling like you are slacking because you haven't gotten it all figured it out, the pain of not having been able to do more."

Surely it would have been difficult to tell exactly case by case, and describe each. He did not know whether to consider them students, or simply, friends that he tried guiding on their own journey.

"There is plenty they do not have figured out. No matter what you are, in life, that is going to be your first prerogative. To figure it out. Yet, well... the answer is living. Go out, fight it out, meddle your nose in things, make friends."

He scratched the back of his throat before he just smiled over Tsuya.

"But I suppose all of this must be tremendously boring for a being such as yourself."

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