Creatures in the Depths (Open to all)

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Vennel was late. She'd got caught up back in the Radditsu district with Mayze and Shakuhachi before she realized she'd missed muster. Pitt probably wouldn't chastise her too much, but she knew that there was a mission out in the ruined metropolis. And she hadn't been there since the ruinous adventure she had with Vocado. And now, she was much better equipped to handle to vile locale, and she wanted to try it again with one of the Bonewood brothers. 

Speeding through the air, she tore through the skies headed for the ruins. She thought at first she could probably just radio ahead over the scouter, but then she remembered Pitt never seemed to wear one for some reason. "Would really make communication so much easier!" It also didn't help much that since she'd missed muster, she wouldn't have had the rally location they'd be setting up camp at. But gripes aside, she could still use hers to figure out where Pitt and his troop were located. After all, Pitt was rather powerful and she very much doubted she'd pick up anything anywhere near Pitt's power. 

Finally, she touched down at the camp, sparse at it was, they'd manage to put up a watch tower that no doubt had caught sight of her. Sure enough, a number of the troops recognized her, though many still seemed wary of her, given her recent addition to the Corps and how she'd not really fraternized too much with most of the rank-and-file. But no one made a move to stop her, which was fine in her book, because she was following her scouter's ping, as it lead her towards Pitt and his entourage.

"Yo! Pitt, sorry I'm late," she shouted, as she beat feet over towards the Goliath of a man. Vennel noted the pair of elites taking in the scans of the area, as she sidled up towards her captain. "Sorry, I got caught up with something back in the capital. We're here looking for..." she dithered. She couldn't recall their mission, and her eyes widened in panic as she tried to recall their goal. "...the things?" She said, hoping that her totally not-smooth cover would fly.

Watching Pitt interact with the other soldiers under his command was something else. Vennel had only ever sparred with the man once, and she'd never really been a part of an official Shredder Corps mission, so she wanted to make a good impression. Sadly, so far she was off to a rough start. Being late and forgetting their directive was already putting her on the back foot in that regard. "Right, the potentially multiple things." She parroted, as she followed along with Pitt. 

Mayze's appearance also drew her attention, she waved back to him as it seemed he had chosen to playfully comment on how recently they'd seen eachother. "Yeah, been ages," she replied jokingly. And hearing his response for arriving made her chuckle a bit, given how plain it had been. Mostly people tended to avoid this place, no matter what the elements. But maybe Mayze wasn't most people, she could respect that. 

Pitt instructed the two saiyans that they should gear up in one of the hazmat suits or use their energy to protect them in some way. She'd never done so before, but she figured it couldn't be too hard, right? Pitt could do it, and presumably Mayze as well based on his own confidence in the task at hand— so why not she? "Yeah I think I'll tough it out too," she said, swallowing hard as it dawned on her that this could prove to be a fatal mistake.

But before the trio could proceed any further, a fourth person had arrived. Stepping out into view, what appeared to be a saiyan had tripped over something and tumbling forward. As Mayze asked after the man, Vennel tapped her scouter, to get a reading of the guy to see if he would be a problem or not. As the numbers rolled in, her expression remained neutral as she turned her head slightly towards Pitt, while keeping her eyes on the newcomer. "Battle Power clocking in at around five thousand, Captain." Knowing he had no scouter, she defaulted on her military training of supporting with her own working model for her commanding officer. She'd not had to do this in a while, not since she fought with Pitt's brother not too far from here.

"Your orders?" she asked, as she awaited his response. She wasn't particularly worried given his battle power, still, she'd seen people ramp their power up before, so who was to say this was all the man had to offer?

Pitt seemed to handle the situation aptly, attempting to recruit the boy outright. She had to be honest, she'd not expected that outcome. She'd also not expected for Pitt to use her as the impromptu bad cop of the situation which brought a cheshire smile to her lips as she glanced at the younger male, flashing him a knowing look and raising a hand that briefly sparked with ki before subsiding. It was all for show, of course, she wasn't going to just beat up some saiyan kid that'd stumbled into their camp, not unless Pitt gave the order at least. 

The boy quickly explained his name, explaining his reason for being there as simple exploration. "That's one hell of a death wish you've got if you just wanted to stroll through here with that sort of power." She snickered, he was strong, sure, but when she was that powerful, this area was a nightmare to traverse even after just one fight. No telling how deadly the depths would prove to be, going even further and dealing with larger and more deadly foes, and all that gas.

But Mayze rose a good question, without light, they would be somewhat helpless down there. And that's when an idea struck her, "well I could try something," Vennel began to explain. She rose her hand back up, and pumping her energy through it, she manifested a small silvery ball of energy, that wasn't particularly strong. "It's my power ball technique, but if I don't crush it and release blutz waves, it should generate at least some light for us. Unless any of you have a better idea?" It admittedly wasn't the most elegant of solutions, but it was the only one she could think of, shy of just blasting her energy into the cave at regular intervals. But that'd just waste her energy in the long run, and this power ball at least could remain idle and she could "carry" it with her as they descended.