Pride's True Power [Invite]

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It was rather bothersome to have Derry of all people try to make his way through such a big old forest. He's always been more of a city man than a nature man, and this pretty much proves it all. On the bright side, at least he wasn't wearing his Laitier armor, or else this would be completely unbearable. While he normally wears it during the day to hide himself, he made an exception since he's, well, running through the forest at this point. Who exactly was going to spot him and connect some potential dots?

Kon has been gone from the city for a decent amount of time now, and Derry has to figure out just where she went. Of all of the places to run to, the forest wasn't exactly what Derry would think would make for a great hiding place considering the fact that there aren't any houses for miles on end. Maybe he really does need to get a leash for her. Regardless, he has to track her down and really start getting some jobs for her. Perhaps he'll pair her up with Yangcong for the first mission since he's half-saiyan, and then he'll go with Alto. Work her way through the others before Derry feels like she's ready to do a mission with him.

It was at this point when Derry begins to hear some voices in the distance, and he immediately dives behind some bushes. He slowly makes his way towards the source, and comes across a rather unusual scene: Kon was sitting on top of a rock while eating some jerky (where the hell did she even get that?), some tiny salamander... thing right in front of her, and a blue majin. It's been quite some time since he's seen a majin in person, and he's definitely never seen that salamander thing either, though it might be closer akin to an axolotl now that he thinks about it. 

There was no point in delaying for much longer, so Derry decides to reveal himself, emerging from the brush and with a couple of dirt stains on his pants. "Hoo boy Kon, you sure do know how to get me movin'," Derry jokes as he brushes off the dirt that was on his pants. He turns his attention towards the other two in their little clearing and he lifts his sunglasses up to get a better look. "So... who are you guys?" 

Surj blinked, momentarily flinching as the Saiyan's tail was pointed in her direction. "I-! No-Not that I'm aware of, no. S-Sorry, am I bothering you?" Suri stammered, before her gaze went from the scary Saiyan, to the seemingly sweet Sugarian, then to the ground, while she fiddled with her fingers. She could already tell she was unwelcome... Quite a familiar feeling. "I-I'll just..."

Suri was about to say 'leave' before she stopped herself as another person arrived on the scene, much to her surprise. Seems like he had gone under her radar, was it due to his low power, or because Suri hadn't been paying attention to her surroundings...? In any case, Suri also couldn't help but notice the man's pink hair, staring at his pretty hairdo for a few moments before she heard the questions being thrown her way. Suri put both hands up and shook her head, saying "Oh! Nothing, I-I mean... Nobody. A passerby! I just sensed the high power level and I just wanted to make sure she- uh, you were okay, miss..." She'd look towards Kon to indicate who she was talking about. The Saiyan's expression of anger via demolishment of her beef jerky was starting to scare Suri a bit, while also making her feel bad for bothering Kon though she wasn't the only one to do so. Feeling like she needed to be helpful in some way, Suri would magically create a bottle of HETAP, holding it out to Kon. "D-Do you... uhm, need..." Suri wanted to offer the drink to Kon, but words were failing her at the moment.

Did Derry just gather up these people to spite her? While the little axolotl creature was easy to ignore, Kon tuning her out completely, it was a bit harder for her to ignore the living piece of bubblegum and the pink asshole that also made her company. It was clear that the gum looking woman didn't want trouble, something that she whole heartedly agreed with if she were to leave her alone in the first place. However, her gesture of hetap did make her reconsider.

For a brief moment, Kon's tense expression soften as she took a look at the soda, taking it without even saying thank you. Wordlessly, ignoring everyone in the field she would open it and take a sip. Immediately it brought back memories with her brother, spending those days causing misdemeanors and ending it with a can of hetap soda. However, her face quickly hardened once again, knowing that those days were in the past and her current opinion of her brother being indifferent at best. Still, the soda had a comforting flavor and at least was enough to lighten her mood slightly. Maybe the walking bubblegum wasn't as bad as she originally anticipated.

Derry on the other hand always found a away to piss her off. He was exactly the reason she was doing her best to stray away from the gyms, so that she didn't have to deal with the fact that she was basically leeching off of him and how her entire life essentially depended on him. She wanted to be self sufficient as much as possible despite how much he offered his "kindness" out to her. "I told you to fuck off with that," she grumbled in a quiet tone although still audible enough for the two to hear her. "I only accepted your food and shelter since I have no other way to get it myself, but I can figure out my own damn training regime if I wanted. That and I was hoping to get some free time." Her tone took on an edge, clearly agitated near the end. However, there wasn't really much she could do. She was stuck between a bunch of people and there was no way she could leave without Derry tailing closely behind her in the first place.

Derry's point is proven once again as Kon immediately tells him to get out of here and leave her alone. She's been pretty predictable ever since joining, which while Derry could pat himself on the back for correctly guessing, it wasn't exactly the answer he was hoping for. He has planned on bringing Kon into a bunch of missions to get her used to all of the Dirty Snakes business, and though he might see Kon enjoy herself every now and then, particularly when she gets to beat someone up, it doesn't usually last long. At the very least, she appreciates the pay, so it's a start.

"Look, I'm trying to fix that up," Derry states as he moves closer towards Kon and the majin, "but my guy is currently on a business trip and can't fix that up right now." Actually, that in of itself was a pretty good question: Where the hell was Sataneal this whole time? He's been out on a business trip for an awfully long time and it's really starting to get on Derry's nerves. He knows that Sataneal would never betray the group because of all of the money he gets, but the crime boss hopes that he gets back soon or else he's going to have a real riot with the ever impatient Kon.

At the very least, the blueberry was rather nice and polite, albeit quite shy. However, she goes over to Kon and begins whispering something into the saiyan's ear, and it clearly was targeted at him considering how quietly she's speaking to exclusively Kon. With a bored expression on his face, he states to the majin, "Hey blueberry, what'cha talkin' about over there? Mind letting me in on this conversation?" Regardless of what the majin says, he turns back towards Kon and plainly states, "Training regime? Like what? Lifting rocks, cutting down trees, or chase the occasional squirrel. Nah, if you're lookin' for a training regime, I'd reconsider and get a sparring partner." He then eyes the majin once again and jests, "Unless this is your sparring partner."

"Oh..." Suri gave Kon a concerned look, while unsure what their relationship was exactly that didn't stop the Majin's overactive imagination from trying to fill in the blanks. Stalker? Relative or acquaintance she found unpleasant? Then Suri jumped a bit when Derry cut in, asking what the two were talking about. Suri blushed a bit at the mention of her childhood nickname. "Uh, uhm..." But the Saiyan girl answered before Suri could conjure up a half-baked excuse. And Kon's excuse, well... While Suri thought it was nice and simple, she was unsure if the pink-haired man would believe it due to what Suri had said earlier about herself.

Suri didn't have much of a response to the arguments about nature and training, other than a simple few nods for Kon's. While she agreed that having a sparring partner helped—evidenced by her power increase after training with Amara—nature had its niche too! The serenity, the beauty, and the fresh air... It helped Suri focus on her thoughts and birth new ideas, which was why she frequented such places.

As for Kon's lie about them being sparring partners, well... That caught Suri a bit off guard, causing her eyes to widen the slightest bit before she caught on. "Oh, uhm... Yep! So would the two of you mind le-leaving?" She'd say to the Earthling, and the Sugarian, if she was still there too.

Good, at the very least she was willing to work with that. Although she wasn't able to show her satisfaction with a smile on her face, Kon's tail would begin to sway from side to side slowly, almost as if she was in a dog like manner instinctively. Hopefully Derry would finally give her some of the peace and quiet she wanted in the first place. However, until the gum creature mentioned it, she had forgotten about the other creature that was present at the scene. Oh yeah, was she even still paying attention to all of this? Regardless though, she didn't really care about her either. It wasn't difficult to ignore a presence like this, although she said nothing in response to Suri's request for her to leave.

To her annoyance it didn't take her too long for Derry to call her out on her bluff, mentioning how she hardly knew this gum creature here. However, Kon wasn't about to back down. No, she was going to die on this hill if she had to. Jumping to her feet, she walked towards Derry, now getting more irritated than usual from his nosiness. Her footsteps were more of stomps and her tail was now straightened completely, as she looked at him with an icy stare. "I'm just extending my resources now. And by everyone, I mean the Dirty Snakes. I see them everyday and its making me forget actual human interaction." Maybe that last part was a stretch but who cared at this point? She wasn't going to admit that she was wrong.

But to admit that she was wrong, especially in front of him? No way, she'd rather get beaten into the ground first. Although there wasn't much of a visible change with Kon, those that could sense or see her power would see it rapidly spike upwards as she stomped her way towards Derry. Before he was given a chance to put away his box of cigarettes', she attempt to slap it out of his hand. Screw keeping that up again, she didn't care. She just wanted him out of her entire life at this point. "Get out," she said, her voice more of a growl than it was her voice. There was no sign of hesitation in her eyes or posture. No, she was facing Derry head on, standing as straight up as possibly can so that she could meet his gaze face to face.