Conduct befitting a... Monarch?

"Relaaaaaaax, I've got PERFECT spacial awar--- WAHH!!"

Zuqetta attempted to assure her would-be guide that everything would be fine, only for Cheri's voice to startle her as it came from seemingly out of nowhere! She'd quickly turn about, her tail sweeping the floor and taking out the legs of a passerby, causing them to fall and drop all that they were holding. Thankfully, this only amounted to research papers, but it did little to assuage the guide of his feelings of dread. His heart rate only increasing further in his panic as he feared for what else the Queen might destroy in her unintended rampage.

Luckily, their Chancellor was in fact here now, and it was clear that a great weight had been lifted from the guide as he slumped and relaxed. Zuqetta however, had been none the wiser, her focus now entirely on Cheri.

"WOAH! What!? Where did you--" she'd exclaim, before remembering her decorum; she'd clear her throat, grabbing the corners of her dress to give a proper curtsy, "Ahem, I mean-- yes, a pleasure to see you again, dear Chancellor." she'd remark, her tone one of practiced elegance denoting her noble lineage. Though, with the greeting having passed, Zuqetta demeanor with swing right back the opposite direction, her curiosity far too great to be contained, "Now how'd ya get in here! I didn't even feel ya approach, no door opening, no energy ta sense, nothin'!"

Her eyes were bright and wide with curiosity, her tail swaying back and forth as she anxiously awaited an explanation. The guide, a good few steps behind Zuqetta gave a non-verbal plea to the Chancellor while he held down papers on a table to prevent the excited Queen from knocking down anything further.

"Hehe, if ANYTHING catches my fancy, it's that magic trick!" Zuqetta would continue, "I like all kinds of sciencey stuff, can't say I understand it, but I like it! You just poofin' in here though? Can you make those black circle things like my sister and just kinda POP inta wherever ya feel?"

"Guh-- teleportation?" Zuqetta questioned as she followed Cheri, grimacing a bit as she brought her hand to her stomach, "Like that thing those Shin-jin use?" she'd ask, remembering when Lilith had taken her to Konats the first time with that strange ability, and how it'd made her feel at the time. Zuqetta felt like her stomach would gurgle uncomfortably at just the thought, and she had no intention of revisiting her lunch, "Heheh, that's cool and all, but if it's all the same to you, I'd rather walk around!" she'd say, enthusiastic enough, but with a clear hint of nervousness in her tone.

As uncomfortable as the thought of teleporting herself felt, she was still interested in witnessing Cheri's display in action. Point blank, and as seamless as breathing! Or at least, that was how it seemed to Zuqetta; she had no way of knowing how much energy it might've used, nor if it was resource intensive. Cheri didn't make it seem too straining on her body, and expressed she did so freely, so it couldn't have been too bad in either regard!

"Hehe, I didn't take ya for a fighter!" she'd remark, "But I guess you and Taori really went at it back then, huh? I didn't get ta see none of it though, I'm surprised ya couldn't catch him off guard with an ability like that!"

Her senses having been locked on Cheri after being startled, it didn't feel like Cheri was doing anything similar to high speed movement. Her energy simply vanished and reappeared, basically in an instant! Imagining such a thing happening on a wide battlefield, Zuqetta felt like it'd be impossible to keep track of a target doing such a thing.

A hint of curiosity then overtook Zuqetta, a thought coming to mind which caused her just a tinge of excitement.

"Hey! Is that somethin' personal to you? Or would ya be able ta use it on somethin' else?" she'd ask, before quickly waving her hands before her, "And I don't mean me!" she'd laugh, "I mean like, on a building? Or maybe somethin' in space? Somethin' huge like one of them ice ball things! A Comet? Yeah, I think they're called comets!" she'd say, her tail swaying behind her enthusiastically; the two well away from the more cluttered area of the room however, there was no harm done.

As Cheri spoke, giving a brief explanation on the differences between her teleportation method compared to that of a Shin-jin's, Zuqetta's expression would brighten, her eyes sparkling with interest and curiosity. Thaumatological? Onotological? These were words she'd never heard before! Something new, something unknown, Zuqetta could feel her heart race with excitement; she wanted to ask about it, bombard the Chancellor with question upon question, but she had to refrain. It took all her strength to hold back, but she would manage to do so; now wasn't the time to indulge in her every curiosity, not when the Chancellor had taken away from her likely busy day to indulge her in this meeting.

Zuqetta would wait for a more casual time to ask such questions, for now, doing her best to keep herself focused on the current momentum of the conversation.

"You still are!?" Zuqetta questioned, "Huh, I guess it's not like all the trainin' and experience would up and vanish just cause ya became Chancellor." she'd muse with a soft hum, "That means you gotta be doubly careful then! If somethin' happened to you, not only would the Tuffles lose their primary leader, but their military leader too, all in one fell swoop!" she'd warn, an equal measure of concern and assertiveness in her tone; though, Cheri likely already knew the potential consequences should she ever fall.

"Heheh, I think that makes my job MUCH easier! I was never a soldier or nothin' like that, so I don't gotta worry about that kinda stuff!" she'd say with a bit of a laugh, "If anything happened ta me, anyone like Jaggy or Vocado or Tira could step up ta protect everyone!" she'd remark, oblivious to the seriousness of what was being spoken of, "Hmm, I wonder if Vocado would do like you though, and keep bein' Captain of his Shredder Corps though?" she'd ponder, crossing her arms as she thought of the idea.

Vocado didn't seem like the type to try leading a nation, but it was always a possibility. Considering the reputation of his Shredder Corps though, remaining as Captain while also being King seemed like a recipe for disaster. Ultimately, it wasn't something to think to hard over, such hypotheticals were something for another time.

As their conversation continued, Cheri would begin to redirect the two; their casual walk continuing now outside the laboratory, and into the halls. Zuqetta, as invested into the topics as she was, wouldn't even take notice of the change of venue, simply following along to continue the conversation.

A hint of disappointment came to her expression at Cheri's initial remark on the limitations of her teleportation, but that would fade quickly as Cheri mentioned the possibilities of the future. It would be steadily clearer to Cheri, should she have taken notice, that Zuqetta had absolutely no "poker face" as the expression was. Ever the type that wore her heart on her sleeve, her feelings on matters brought up was clear as day, as if she was an open book to read. This would be made even more clear as Cheri then posed a question of her own, causing Zuqetta to light up enthusiastically.

"For water!" she'd begin plainly, "And I guess other stuff that might be in comets, but mostly the water!" she'd continue, bringing her hands up as the two walked to make motions as a visual display to what she was explaining, "I was just gonna use magic ta materialize it all at first, but an old man told me it'd be safer ta use real stuff! Like seeds, and dirt, and water too of course. It'd certainly help ta not have all my mana drained away tryin' ta materialize so much, so I thought it was a really good idea! And he said he'd provide the seeds, And Ticoga could easily provide sediment-somethin' rocks and stuff that soil needs for a buncha stuff. Now we just gotta worry about the water!" she'd finish with an index lifted, turning her gaze to Cheri with a confident smile as if everything had been figured out.

Her index would quickly drop however, her furrowing as a clear issue came to her mind.

"Well, and the destron too I suppose..." she'd remark, "Tryin' ta fix things up won't matter if the soil's still saturated with trace amounts of destron. It'll just mutate or kill any new plants or animals, and totally contaminate the water." she'd say with a sigh, "There was some old guy my cousin knew that cleaned up a big ol' dangerous amount from those ruins in the wastelands, but from what I was told... that old guy isn't around ta continue his work anymore." she'd say, sorrowful for the man she'd never even met.

"Oxygen!?" Zuqetta question with clear surprise, "Destron was made out of oxygen!? Who in the world would think to weaponize the thing literally EVERYONE needs to live!?" she'd exclaim, "That has ta be one of the most irresponsible---" she'd pause, her brain finally catching up with her mouth as she recalled destron to be a Tuffle creation. She blushed a bit with embarrassment, gently rubbing the side of her cheek with an index sheepishly, "Heh uhhh, no offense-" she'd say with an awkward laugh, thought it was impossible to hide how obviously offensive she'd been.

Quickly seeking to move past the awkward moment, Zuqetta would change the topic! Cheri had expressed working on removing what remained of the destron on Plant, bringing up a name she was unfamiliar with. even she could piece two and two together however, Yatapi must have been the man Lottus spoke of, though she couldn't fathom how he'd know a Tuffle so well.

Zuqetta's attention would turn towards the Revitalisation campaign Cheri mentioned, as well as her intentions with the comet that Cheri seemed to worry over.

"Hehehe, well, I'm certainly not intendin' ta crash a comet inta the planet, if that's what you're thinkin'!" she'd laugh, "I haven't heard nothin' 'bout your campaign, but it sounds like a real good idea! If just by the name alone; I'm certainly not gonna scoff at someone workin' ta remove the destron problem, it'd make a ton of people I know happy for sure!" she'd remark, before then getting more into the meat and potatoes of the topic, "As for the water? Sure, Plant has water; but where your region has water flowing abundantly through rivers and streams, the Vegeta region may as well be a desert. We have dry, rocky crags, volcanic bluffs with nothin' but pipin' hot vents and freezin' peaks."

Zuqetta crossed her arms, giving a small huff as she imagined the area vividly in her mind, "Not sure if ya've seen some of the plants around there, what little we have that is. All mutated and monstrous, you can barely venture out without being attacked by SOMETHIN'!" she'd say, "Of course, we DO have water, not EVERYTHING is imported. But we've barely a few wells, wells dug WAAAAAAAAY deep underground to reach what aquifers we can find. Sorry, but it ain't as bright over there as ya might think, and water's the main thing we lack." she'd say, a bit curt in her tone due to her worry for her peoples well being.

"But Ticoga and I have a plan!" she'd quickly push, stopping for a moment to properly have at Cheri's attention, "A plan to terraform Plant!" she'd say excitedly, "Can't say I really understand any of the science-y stuff about it; but the focus would be on the Wastes and the Vegeta region, not like Lychee needs any tendin' to after all." she'd say with a smile, "If we could bring in comets, we could break 'em up and have 'em transported to the towers! Then they could do whatever it is they do and use the natural resource in the process!"

Zuqetta seemed quite enthusiastic about the whole thing, however her explanation likely left a great deal to be desired. Completely oblivious to the consequences involved, she had no reason to expect anything undesirable to occur, not with Ticoga giving his seal of approval. Unfortunately, not being able to properly give an explanation also wouldn't help with selling the idea to Cheri, something that was likely to hamper the process if the co-inhabitant of the planet had any reservations about the whole idea.

Zuqetta's initial expression as Cheri began was plain and simply, confusion. Satsuma, that was a funny name, but she'd keep it memorized; destron had always seemed like a Tuffle invention that every Tuffle supported to her, but Cheri made it seem like that wasn't necessarily the case. As Cheri went on to explain the exact components of destron, and the history behind the state of the Vegeta region however, Zuqetta had become completely lost. It was a ton of information to take in at once, and new information at that! She was plenty interested, but it seemed to conflict with records the Saiyan's held, which of course, blamed the Tuffles entirely for the state of the Vegeta region.

Then, a small curiosity-

"Hmm, maybe you're right?" she'd remark, "He never said "terraform" himself when we talked about it, I just kinda assumed myself, but now that ya say it, it makes sense." she'd muse, knowing full well she couldn't really comprehend all the scientific mumbo-jumbo Ticoga had mentioned prior.

Luckily, while Cheri was clearly opposed to the idea as Zuqetta had presented it, she was rational enough to provide clear warning and examples of conducting something similar on a smaller scale. An outright refusal to proceed would have of course resulted in the Saiyan youths irrational ire, and Cheri had know preemptively exactly why, time.

Even Zuqetta had an inkling that if the destron was cleansed from the saturated soil, things would heal naturally over time. Telling the Saiyan's to just wait though was an absolute no go, she knew her people well enough, and knew that they'd sooner want to besiege Hatchi to take the good half of the planet for themselves, which likely would've just resulted in the entire planet being in a terrible state. Cheri's thought to focus efforts on the Borgo Bluffs however, for at least one notably improved locale was a wonderful alternative, especially with what Cheri would follow up with.

"Saiba-Beasts!?" Zuqetta exclaimed, her eyes widening with excitement, sparkling with joy, "I love Saiba-Beasts! I raised a small Saiba-pup, ya know? His name's Wulfo, and now he's a big ol' Saiba-Wolf mama!" she'd say happily, gushing a bit as she praised her beloved pet, "She's made pups of her own even, hehe, I'm glad too since... uhh, I kinda got into a situation a few years back that uhh--- well, that isn't important!" she'd explain, scratching at her cheek nervously as she recalled nearly ending the whole Saiba-Wolf population so long ago.

"Anyways, you're a genius! Thinkin' up how ta keep damage to a minimum while also helpin' the Saiba-Beast population? Heheh, I shoulda come ta ask you for advice and stuff sooner!" she'd express with a cheery smile, clearly missing the point of Cheri's explanation, "But maybe we SHOULD have some safe guards though, I don't want Berri Forest ta be endangered after all. Bane lives there, and I don't want him gettin' hurt, or any of the outposts gettin' damaged." she'd say, taking a moment to think about the issue.

She was a bit upset at herself at not having more to add to such a conversation; if Cheri wanted to know more about Wulfo or perhaps learn about sword techniques, then she could engage, but all this stuff about restoring Plant was well beyond her. She thought about what Ambrose had mentioned prior about Cheri seeming short sighted, but that didn't seem to be the case in the least. She almost laughed, wondering if Ambrose had mentioned something overly extreme or something, but discarded the thought for the moment.

Then a realization would strike, and Zuqetta would perk up enthusiastically.

"I know!" she'd exclaim, "Why don'tcha come ta Arcose with me?" she'd offer, "I'm sure Ticoga wouldn't mind and frankly, hehe, I think ya might be a better conversationalist for him when talkin' about all the science-y stuff!" she'd laugh, "He and I have a meeting planned in the future, he can tell ya all about the towers and what they do and stuff! Then the three of us can figure out how ta hasten the recovery of at least some small pockets without damagin' the ecosystem and stuff!" she'd say excitedly, her tail swaying to and fro behind her as a clear indication of her mood.

From the moment Cheri began her response, Zuqetta was enthralled; the first mention being that of the humble Saiba's adaptability. It made sense now that it was explained, she'd seen Saiba of so many varieties, including the conversationalist, Saiba-Ban. She'd simply assumed however that these creatures lived no differently than any animal or dinosaur you would find on Earth; by Cheri's telling however, that couldn't have been further from the truth. It even put into perspective just a bit why Wulfo would grow so large and different from his Saiba-Wolf counter parts. Not having to survive in the wilds like it's brethren, being fed regularly and having the widest area in the acid pits to call home? It was all making sense!

Zuqetta gave a bit of a smug look, puffing out her chest confidently when Cheri mentioned the back problems of some taller Saiyans. She KNEW there was an advantage to her size, and Cheri now had her feeling boastful about her superior stature.

A bit of confusion struck next as Cheri explained the "flatness" of Plant; the Bluffs certainly didn't seem flat, but than again nothing would really seem flat when you were on the ground looking up. The Saiba Wastes seemed vast and flat enough, so she wondered if this is where all the flatness Cheri was talking about was. At the very least, her contemplative expression showed she was taking the caution of flooding to heart. Not knowing how her own planet worked could've led to disaster, all the more reason she was happy to have this meeting with Cheri as she wanted.

Her curiosity of the Earth Animal Zoo, and her worries about potential flooding however, were quickly swept away by what would next come from the Chancellor.

"A ring ocean!?" Zuqetta would question excitedly, her eyes sparkling as she looked upon the fancy globe of Plant, "That's so... so romantic!" she'd exclaim, imagining how amazing it would be for an ocean to wrap snugly around the planet.

She held her hands together to her chest, absolutely inspired by the concept, smiling brightly as her tail swayed behind her rapidly. That such a thing could possibly be created, and even bring with it larger and more numerous Saiba-Beasts was one of the most exciting things she'd heard all day! It put her ever imagining of restoring Plant's plant life to shame, Cheri's thinking was on a whole other level! That didn't mean there wasn't still an issue of course, but...

"I love it! You really ARE a genius!! I coulda never thought of something so amazing!" she'd remark, unaware that Cheri's explanation had been a warning of the consequences to come if Zuqetta went ahead with her idea haphazardly, "That whole campbell's explosion stuff doesn't sound good, but ya said it's only bad if not expertly handled, right?" she'd remark, looking towards Cheri enthusiastically, "Then all we need's your best Tuffle bomb squad! Heh, barring that, I'd bet gettin' a wall of Oozaru together, we could probably blast back the explosion!" she'd say with a sharp grin, quickly doubling back, "Oh, that might cause MORE damage though... so we should go with the bomb squad!"

While blasting back an explosion sounded cool, it hardly worked the way you wanted in practice, Zuqetta knew that from experience, painful experience. She wasn't looking to endanger any of the creatures that lived out in the waste, nor harm the planet more than it was, so a delicate, Tuffle touch was needed!

Then there was the issue with the water that was already here, as Cheri mentioned. It gave Zuqetta a small cause for concern; underground water could be dug up, but she couldn't very well allow a sudden poaching spree on the Saiba's to occur just to get their water! Alternative means would absolutely be needed, like the comet mining! There was so much to tell Ticoga now, and Ambrose too if the old man was still interested in tagging along. Zuqetta paused for a moment at Cheri's hesitation to join her on Arcose, before she could speak however, Cheri made it clear that she would join once her personal tasks had been handled, causing Zuqetta to light up excitedly.

"Yes! Thank you so much!" Zuqetta would exclaim, rushing Cheri suddenly with a rather deep hug, "You're the best! I dunno if I coulda told all this to Ticoga properly!" she'd exclaim, then quickly backing off to give Cheri her space before stepping into the air, "This was amazing, I didn't think I'd be able ta learn so much about Plant today! I thought it woulda been boring ol' trade agreements, tax laws and blahblahblah!" she'd remark, doing motions with her hands to express her boredom with such things lately, "But this was WAY better! I'm glad I came, heehe, I've got so much ta prepare now!!"

Zuqetta would suddenly rush off unceremoniously, jetting down the hall in her excitement, only to stop at the end and double back, realizing her mistake and stepping back to the ground.

"Ah! Uhh, thank you again for having me!" she'd say, pinching the corners of her dress to give a proper-ish farewell, "I'll message Ticoga and give him the good news! He'll be excited, I'm sure!" she'd cheer, "Also so we can move back the date for the meeting, hehe~" she'd smile, hopping back into the air once more, "I'ma start gettin' things prepared! I'll see ya then!"

And with that farewell, Zuqetta would rush down the hall and out the building; excitedly rushing back off towards home, possibly startling a great deal of Tuffles in her wake unintentionally. Her dreams the next few days filled with giant Saiba-Beasts, and swimming happily in Plant's very own ocean.