Poor Social Skills

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Drexx landed lightly in Saru City and walked into the first clothing store he found. He left the store after quickly acquiring a new shirt and flew towards the gates of the city. He never liked spending too much time in cities, and even being longer than a few minutes he would start to get uncomfortable. The feeling of too man people around him, well who knows who were the ones needing protecting and who were the ones endangering others. It was always best just to get out of the city as quickly as possible.

He stopped above the gate when he saw a strange sight. A Saiyan woman had just slapped a drunken Saiyan man hard across the face.

Drexx floated up into the air to get a better vantage point. He flew slowly towards them to see what cause she had had to strike him.

"Do you need assistance, why did that woman strike you?" Drexx called out to the man.

It was clearly the man that needed assistance, as the woman had been the one to strike him, and quite hard.

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At least she had been nice enough to slap the side of his face that wasn't swollen from his fight with Kazama. Sometimes he wondered if he did this to himself just so he could watch those wonderful tails walk away. It was a glorious sight, a triumphant woman walking away after having felt she righted some wrong, all along her tail swaying back and forth in anger. Angry tails were the hottest.

Taking a quick sip from his flask, Sohko looks up and sees and stone faced sayain looking down at him. The stranger calls out and asks if he is need of assistance. It occurs to him that this poor fellow must've never gotten tipsy and crudely hit on some fine tail. Good for him. Channeling is energy properly to give him the feeling of weightlessness, Sohko floated up towards the stranger, all the while keeping an eye on Kazama and the new plum colored Majin several yards away.

As he approaches the saiyan, he finds only cold, emotionless eyes await him. It sends an unnatural chill through him, but in his current state, he finds no quarry with a frank conversation.

"No, my friend, I need no assistance, although a wing man might help..."

He puts the idea in the back of his mind for safe keeping and continues.

"She slapped me because I was telling her some of my favorite... Techniques! Yeah, that's right, let's go with that... Heh..."

Sohko says with a smile. Well, it's a somewhat frank conversation.

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Drexx forces a smile back but its just his lips moving away from his teeth with cold emotionless eyes. He notices the look on the new Saiyan's face and he gives up on the smile. Drexx's social skills were exteremly lacking. This was in fact the first conversation he was attempting to hold since Benjin had passed.

She must not have liked the techniques. Drexx says matter-of-factly.

He looks the Saiyan up and down. Drexx's sensors indicate that the new saiyan is in-fact poisoned and that he is ingesting poison from the flask in his hand.

You're ill. That is poison.

Drexx's eye-beams quickly knock the flask from the Saiyans hand.

You are welcome "Friend". Drexx says forcing another awkward smile.

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Sohko's eyes bulge as the flask falls and moves faster than he has in years as he dives to grab it. Once it is secure he looks it over quickly to find it is completely unharmed.

"Katchin truly is the strongest metal in the universe."

He says with a soft sigh. Then looking back at the saiyan who shot beams from his eyes and knocked the flask from his grasp, he takes a hearty gulp from the drink. He realizes, given the being's awkward smile and lack of body language, that he truly thought he was saving Sohko from poison. However, Sohko loves his "poison." Floating back up to the other, he explains.

"This, my new friend, is in fact not poison, as you say, but rather my miracle elixir which saves me from constant pain. But I forgive you for you transgression..."

He trails off as he notices that the saiyan in question lacks a certain appendage which is rather unique to their race.

"Hot diggity damn, where in Kai's name is your tail!?"

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Drexx looked at the poisoned Saiyan. Drexx was impressed with the flask, it seemed to have taken no damage from the eye beam attack. The Saiyan insisted that the fluid isn't poison, but Drexx's scanners were not fooled. Drexx would have to watch this saiyan carefully. But how could he protect someone from themselves? He let the thought go and looked around for his tail.

I do not have a tail, I have no need of it. I am not truly a Saiyan. I am an Android. My name is Drexx.

Drexx was sure that this Saiyan would turn tail and run, just like all others who had found out he was an android. After all there was a bad connotation to the world Android. They were all heartless beings built for destruction right? Drexx shrugged and waited for the Saiyan to flee.

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"Android huh?"

Taking another generous sip from his flask, Sohko digests the new information. He's known few androids in his life and the ones he did know where murderous automatons who worked alongside him for the World Trade Organization. However none of them ever showed any compassion, never asked him if he was okay and not a single one every attempted to smile at him. Sohko, with yet another sip, decided to give him a chance.

"That's pretty cool. I've never met an android that wasn't a mindless killing machine. Well Drexx, my name is Sohko and I am a saiyan, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

Holding out his hand, Sohko offered a welcoming handshake.

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Drexx took the hand and shook it like Benjin had showed him long ago. It was interesting, holding a conversation with someone who wasn't Benjin. What was even more interesting was that this Saiyan found it a cold temperature that he was an Android. Drexx supposed that that was because of his coolant system, though if that was exposed he would be in some trouble. He let the thought go as it confused him.

Yes, most of Androids through history have been killing machines. I was built to protect though. It is a pleasure to meet you as well Sohko.

Drexx found it odd that he did indeed get a sense of warmth and happiness in making a new friend. He had never had a friend before, outside of Benjin and the new aspect excited Drexx.

May I try some of your poison?

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"Uhhh..."

Sohko looked up at his new friend and then down at his flask. Back up, back down. Android, flask. It was a terribly hard decision, it was one thing to share when he had several bottles, but another entirely when he had only his flask. He then reasoned that he was in a city now, where bars where plentiful, and decided to be a giving person.

"Alright bub, give it a whirl. Oh, by the way, this particular brand of 'poison' is called Saiyan Comfort. Saiyan Comfort: Strong Enough for a Super Saiyan!"

Sohko bellowed SayCo's infamous advertisement as he held the mighty flask out with an outstretched arm towards his new found friend.

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Drexx took the flask and took a sip.

Interesting. Though it doesn't have the same effect on me that it does you. I assume you feel some sort of burning sensation when you drink this? This is most assuredly poison

Drexx handed Sohko back his flask.

Though I do thank you, that was an interesting social experiment. You are a kind person at heart I think Sohko.

Drexx eyed Sohko up and down again. He was clearly a saiyan warrior, and from what Benjin had told Drexx the warrior class were a very testosterone fueled group, but Sohko seemed to be, for the moment at least, very friendly. Drexx decided to accompany Sohko for a while.

What is it that you're doing Sohko? What is your prime directive?

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'Kind person at heart' stuck in his head. If he knew, Sohko thought to himself, if he knew of the darkness that stained his soul, would he think the same way? Would he still think he was kind? Or would he think him a monster? An evil beast who has peeled the skin of children in order to make their parents crack. If not for the curse, which stays his hand from dealing death, would he want to even speak with Sohko?

If not for the mystic's power instilling him with her memories and emotions, thus cursing him with a conscience born of the women's lifetime of experiences, would he instead be enemy? A directive, as the android says, to be destroyed for his evil ways? Forcibly pounding back more of his 'elixir,' Sohko pushes the thoughts away.

"Prime directive? Well, at the moments its to pick up some space pods and get off this rock. Explore and learn I guess. I've lived to far in self exile in a wasteland, it's time I move on and get going, you know what I mean?"

A thought punches through his mind.

"Hey, why don't you come with us!? What do you think? C'mon, I'll bring you over to Kazama and his new plum colored girlfriend so you can meet him too! What do you say bub?"

Sohko floats there, eyebrow raised and body language saying clearly "C'MMMMONNNN!?"

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Explore and learn? Drexx liked the sound of that. And while he was at it he could protect Sohko from whatever it is they ran into.

I... I think I would like that.

Drexx raised himself up in the air and floats after Sohko, feeling all at once happy and overwhelmed. He was going to leave the world he had always known, on an adventure with people he had just met. It was very exciting. Drexx flew after Sohko.

What is a Kazama?

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"I'm glad you're game!"

He says with a thumbs up as they floated down towards his companion.

"Kazama is a 'Majin.' Don't know what that is? Don't worry I didn't know what one was until yesterday. Apparently they are magical bubblegum creatures. They are very stretchy, very powerful and have their tails on their head instead of above their ass. Very peculiar, but Kazama a good guy."

He finishes saying just as Drexx and him land a few feet from Kazama.

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Done, Zeni for us both please

[Jorlaxl]

500 Zeni for Drexx!
550 Zeni for Sohko!
Don't spend it all in one place