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[Jorlaxl]

The mid-afternoon sun peeked through the clouds, beginning to clear up the previously dreary Friday morning. The rays shone brilliantly upon the New Crane school, illuminating crevices of the forest and giving light to places prone to hiding in the shadows previously. For it has been a long 5 years, one that has not been well for the Bio-android Jorlaxl. 5 years without Suki, and therefore 5 years without anything to fight against. Everyone he cared about is gone. And as far as he knows, they'll never return.

Jorlaxl is alone.

Serori, the saiyan. Gone to follow in Suki's footsteps as a higherup in the WTO.

Caius the demon, gone to explain new dimensions and leave his friend in the dust of a new age.

Sohko the alcoholic and the rest of his friends, come to train, and then left as soon as they came.

And last but not least, Ammy. Mysteriously appeared, and then mysteriously gone. Like vapor in the air, or dust in a cyclone.

All of his comrades. All of his friends. Gone.

Rising from the the soft bed of the New Crane school, Jorlaxl began the daily routine that has become his life over the last half-decade. A shower, a trim, and training. Day after day, it's become training. His face has not aged as much as a normal human, but facial hair has still grown. A goatee now covers this bio-android's face. His hair, still shoulder-length, has had its color deepened to a crimson shade of purple. Still wearing his training armor, he has kept it in good repair over the past years.

His training dummies were set up in the center ring of his dojo, just as they were every day. Ever since leaving the World Trade Organization, his training methods have degraded. The fancy training machines and gravity simulators were the best part that being part of Suki's brigands had to offer, and now they're gone. All Jorlaxl was left with was his old dummies. They never proved any sport, any challenge. However, he admitted, he was a lot more proficient with hitting a target from great distances.

They weren't making him any stronger, he realized. Living in solitude all of these years, they weren't helping him gain any power. And wasn't that what he had wanted in the first place? Yes... that was it. to find his android brothers, and absorb them... His tail began squirming inside of him, struggling to break free of his mental gridlock. His less-than-human parts have been kept in check all of these years due to his superior mental prowess and that alone. If that hold were to break...

He shuddered at the thought.

There he was, standing alone at his training dummies, absentmindedly striking them with his arms and feet. No matter how hard he trained physically, his muscles never got stronger. Was this how bad his body's degradation had become?

Instantly, he was brought back to the present. Eona! He almost forgot about her in his dark brooding. Yes, there was potential in her yet. Untapped power, of the likes he's never seen before. There's still hope. There's still hope. She was still sleeping in her quarters, as far as he knew. Maybe she'll decide to train with him today?

Absentmindedly, Jorlaxl was reminded to start putting up new ads around the city for new students. This place has grown most desolate and he needs people to get his spirits up. Where was everybody?

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Maruca, having left the lookout with her spaceship in tow, flew with it low to the planet's surface so as not to attract attention. She had just escaped a near death match with Geurin along with her friends of the KGSF and stopped at a few places along the way to Yunzabit Heights. She had wanted to, before leaving, spend a few hours of her time, maybe a few days if she had the time still to go ahead and explore the mountainous areas of the north. She had landed here initially when she had come to Earth and she simply found the place breathtaking.

At the moment, Maruca had her face pressed up against the glass of her cockpit and looked out at the flowers that extended into great fields beyond her current eye sight. What she could see though was a strange forest ahead of her, and as she approached this she slowed her ship and navigated around the thick trunks of a few mighty oaks that blocked out the sky. She would have continued on at this pace, slowly hoping to make her way deeper into the mountains, but she found that a strange, almost completely covered in shadow lay before her.

Curious as to what it was she opened the hatch of her space pod and turned off her engine. Then she hopped out of her comfortable seat and headed towards the building. It had thick wooden doors and from what she could tell some kind of sign with a slash mark that went from left to right and two slashes that were parallel to each other crossing over it. "Some kind of symbol..." she noted to herself as she raised her fist and used a good deal of her power to bang on the door. The door was pretty sturdy, and yet whoever was inside was sure to hear this noise.

(I made sure to put a door between the school and wherever you are within the school Jorlaxl. I'm really not sure how to approach this since I'm not sure how to describe the school entirely yet.)

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On the contrary, Eona was not asleep in her quarters. She had risen early today, long before the sun had even touched the sky. Her night had been filled with strange dreams, of meadows and temples and fire. After a night of tossing and turning, she had gone for a walk in the woods, enjoying the quiet serenity and the full moon. She enjoyed these times, walking in a stream, the moon lighting her way. It calmed her, rejuvenated her in ways that sleep or rest couldn't.

She had returned to the school early, at least an hour or two before Jorlaxl had risen. She had showered and changed into her normal attire, the very same clothes he had found her in. It was only then that she went into the kitchen to begin breakfast. Eona had lived here for a little over a month now and had noticed that jorlaxl never ate before he started training. she also noticed that he had been depressed as of late. About what, she didn't exactly know. It wasn't really her place to pry, and so she wouldn't. If Jorlaxl wished to speak of it though, she would listen.

It wasn't long until she heard his moving around the school, heading toward the practice dummies as always. Eona sighed softly, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear. She was worried for him.

Eona took out the tray and set it on the counter. A cup of steaming warm coffee was poured and prepared how he liked it. A plate of eggs, bacon, and toast was also on the tray, silverware and napkins accompanying it. Eona had gotten used to the kitchen in the month that she had been here, and has proven to be quite a good cook. Once she had gotten over her fear of the oven at least. Taking a calming breath, she picked up the tray and made her way over to the dojo. There was little need to knock, for the bangles around both her ankles made enough noise to announce her presence. She smiled brightly, walking over to him.

"Good morning, Master Jorlaxl!" she said cheerfully. Eona always used his title. She felt that if he earned it, it should be used. She gently set the tray of food o a bench near him.

"I made breakfast for you, I hope your hungry," she said, turning to him, hands clasped lightly in front of her. She was about to speak again when a loud knock on the doors of the school echoed out. She turned toward the sound, curious.

"I wonder who that is... You enjoy your breakfast, I'll go see who our guest is," she said, heading out of the dojo once more. She moved through the halls to the outside courtyard where the two large doors stood proud. With a small grunt of effort, she pulled them open, only to come face-to-face with a pretty blond girl.

"Hello."

[Jorlaxl]

Eona's bells jingled softly, so Jorlaxl turned his head to welcome the new student. It's been what, a month now since she's been here? Regardless, she still calls him by his title, which is funny on levels unknown to her. She has been keen on calling him "master" Jorlaxl, which was amusing to his ears. How can he be a master when he has only one student to teach? Things have grown much more solemn over the past 5 years, indeed. Gone is the humor so easily reached with his friends. Hidden, locked away.

Eona came walking in with a fresh plate of food, and Jorlaxl eyed it hungrily. He never ate before training, he thought it interfered with the way he gathered his ki. However, that coffee looked tempting. Bowing at her graciously, he accepted the meal and began eating heartily.

"Thank you Eona, I appreciate the food. I'm surprised you didn't almost burn the school down this time." A grin lit up Jorlaxl's face as he winked at his student. She was a good girl, and fun to be around.

Suddenly, he felt a presence.

Outside of the school, it seemed. A ki signature unlike any he's sensed before. Already on his guard, Eona mentioned going to meet the visitor. Nodding curtly, Jorlaxl allowed her to go, facing the door. He had a piece of toast in his hand and tore at it in the meantime, enjoying Eona's cooking wholeheartedly.

Who was this visitor?

[Toshio Katsuo]

The tall stature of Toshio and then the android Souka appeared just outside the school, transported there by Toshio’s Instant Transmission technique from just outside of the East Capitol. They were in the Yunzabit Heights area to try and find a laboratory that might lead to another android they were seeking, Toshio of course would have transported them close to a city or a logger of some sort in the forest, yet the energy signature here brought back so many memories and he was eager to see if the person he felt the ki signature from was indeed that person. Of course, they never got to meet on ‘better terms’ but Toshio never forgot someone he thought could be a very important person.

Toshio could sense other, high level power levels near the one that was similar, and when he saw that he was at a school he knew that the other two were probably students or staff. Toshio stepped away from Souka to get a better look at the school; he noticed a big sign that read “The Crane School”, Toshio wasn’t overly familiar with this school however he had heard of them and was eager to know why the person with the familiar ki signature was here of all places. Hopefully it wasn’t to deceive or turn someone to his master’s side, his master of course being the dreadful tyrant Suki. Toshio hadn’t felt Suki’s presence here on earth so maybe, just maybe the man had turned a new leaf so to speak. Toshio would definitely be glad to hear and see it. Turning to Souka, he spoke.

“We’re here for two reasons now, one being finding your android and the other being for my personal interest in someone I saw quite a time ago. We can ask him and the staff here if they know anything about a strange laboratory being anywhere near here and if they have seen anyone like the appearance of the android in case it’s already been released from the laboratory”

Turning his head around he started to heard toward the main entrance of the school, hoping that Souka would follow .

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Maruca was slightly surprised as she heard the sound of bracelets jangling on the other side of the door. She was greeted by a woman who was of average height and had teal hair, silver eyes, and a long blue rippling dress. It was the kind of dress that went down to her knees in the front and had what could only be a long tail of fabric that touched the ground in the back. She hoped that this girl did not use some kind of expensive fabric to make the dress. Then again, she also took note, as her eyes fell to the girl's feet, that she had no shoes.

Maruca decided to speak up when the girl addressed her with a friendly "Hello." and gulped before saying, "I hope you allow traveling strangers in your building. I would like to stay the night please. I have been traveling for brief while and have wanted to find around here what is called a dojo. I have never been to one really, but I have heard they have signs or some kind of symbol out front indicating that a building is in fact a dojo."

She put her hands on her hips and wondered if she she should really ask the question on the tip of her tongue. She decided quickly there was no time for hesitation, with how things were, so she voiced, "Is this a dojo by chance?"

(Once I make a post with my other character how does this posting order sound:

Jorlaxl
Maruca
Eona
Toshio
Souka)

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Once they had materialized from Toshio's strange teleportation technique Souka found the guy was concentrating, maybe thinking, at least he looked like it as he watched him gaze at a sign. He read it and noted that it said, "The Crane School". This was where Dr. Genjou's lab was? Somewhere nearby a place like this?

He listened to Toshio's words as the man turned to face him and simply responded, "I suppose that's fine. I have no business in your matters and to a certain extent you have no business in mine." He stuffed his hands into the pockets of his pants and stepped around the man and knew he hadd one goal. To start looking for the robot Dr. Genjou had wanted him to, and the perfect way to do that was to ask the school establishment's owner.

[Jorlaxl]

Jorlaxl could sense Eona's ki signature in relation to the foreign one, but that wasn't all. Seemingly (almost instantly,) he felt another. And another, more mysterious power, not necessarily ki. The second signature he felt seemed oddly familiar, as if he sensed it before... But where? Was it from someone back on Vegeta? Putting his plate of food on the table and standing up, Jorlaxl, master of Crane, walked to the front of the school. Ruffling his hair to make sure it was all in place correctly, he strode up to the front door and stood behind Eona politely.

What an interesting cast of characters...

In front of the door was a woman, one that Jorlaxl has never seen before. Raising his eyebrows in curiosity, he bowed to her, saying calmly, "Hello there, ma'am. I am the master of this school, and you could call me Master Jorlaxl. Excuse my abruptness, but why are you here?" Looking past the young woman, Jorlaxl saw an interesting sight in the distance.

Ah, so this was the void of power I felt. Of course, he was referring to the figure in the near distance. Try as he might, Jorlaxl simply couldn't sense this being's power. This was most curious; Jorlaxl considered himself a master of ki. What was this thing? He was talking to a man whom Jorlaxl recognized, at least by his ki signature. He was never good at faces, but each ki signature is unique. Where has he felt this man's presence before?

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Maruca waited for a response from the woman before her, but while waiting was greeted by a man who came out of the dojo and bowed to her. He said, "Hello there, ma'am. I am the master of this school, and you could call me Master Jorlaxl. Excuse my abruptness, but why are you here?" before looking off into the distance for some reason, a reason Maruca could not follow in the brief moment he had spoken to her.

She lowered her hands from her hips and said, "My name is Maruca Senda Master Jorlaxl; I am in a bit of a pickle right now, some trouble with certain people, and I was wondering if you could at least accept me into your dojo for one brief day and train with me. At the very least, give me lodgings for the night before I head on to other places." She figured that by saying these words she could convince him and the students he had of her intentions to stay briefly and then leave.

To put extra emphasis into her respect for this master she had met just now she quickly got on her hands and knees and bowed to him three times, a simple kowtow where she pressed her forehead into the dirt three times to show she had respect for him. As well as showing that his power and ability were above her own in a figurative sense. Maruca had no idea what the girl in front of him would think of this, but she bowed to her thrice as well since she must have been a student or important guest in his home already. When Maruca's head rose up from the dirt she smiled at the two of them and waited.

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Eona opened the door all the way, smiling at the girl before her. She seemed incredibly nervous, though she had no reason to be. Maybe she wanted to join?Eona smiled wider as she listened to the girl. She did! Oh, this would make Master Jorlaxl so very happy! He always seemed so lonely, and she was truly a horrible student, having no talent for fighting. Maybe this girl would be a promising student he could train and mold!

"This is a dojo. It's called the New Crane school," Eona said with a cheerful laugh. The girl seemed very nice, and she hoped that after meeting Jorlaxl, her nerves would leave. Speaking of the Master, Eona turned as Jorlaxl came over. She supposed he was just as curious as she was about the woman before them. As the woman spoke, Eona turned to her again. Marcua Senda? That was quite a nice, unique name indeed. What surprised her most though was that the girl bowed to them after speaking of some kind of trouble she was in.

"Oh! Please stand! Of course you can stay!" she said, reaching a hand out to help the girl up. She doubted Jorlaxl would disagree with her. After all, Marcua sounded like she needed help, and there was no way Eona was going to turn away a woman in distress.

Two newcomers heading toward the school distracted her for a moment. Two men, both fit and warriors, she guessed. Were they here to train as well? Or were they the ones after Maruca? Was it just coincidence that all three of them ended up here at almost the same time? Eona hesitated now, a little suspicious of the guests. Not many made it out here, and hardly any at the same time.

[Toshio Katsuo]

As Toshio made his way to the entrance, he saw that someone was already outside, a woman by the looks of it. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that another woman was at the door as well, this one with green hair, and seemed to be a student or teacher at the school. Then he saw him. The red haired guy from long before, it was definitely him. Toshio remembered only meeting him once, however the meeting was on rather ‘bad’ terms, yet Toshio remembered him being the ‘calm’ one before the huge battle broke out between the WTO and him and members of the GSF. As Toshio and the young android Souka got closer to the entrance, Toshio tried to remember the young man’s name, he knew that he had introduced himself prior to the battle, but the name rattled the old school teacher’s brain.

Coming up behind the lady with the light brown hair, he listened as he caught the green haired woman say ‘of course you can stay’, not wanting to intrude on their conversation, he felt he had to tell who he was and why he was here so they wouldn’t seem alarmed by his and the android’s appearance. As he was about to speak, his memory seemed to ‘click’ in and the name of the red haired man came to him.

“I’m sorry ladys and Mr.Jorlaxl correct? My friend and I have come to ask a few questions about a certain topic. We don’t wish to intrude on anything, so if we are we humbly apologize. My name is Toshio Katsuo, and this here, is Souka, I’m a teacher up at the Victory school and my friend here is a traveling android looking for some answers. Answers I offered to help with. Our search so far has lead us to these mountains and what truly brought us to this school was Mr.Jorlaxl, who’ve I encountered in the past and was curious as to see if it really was indeed him.”

Toshio hoped that he and Souka wouldn’t be causing any problems, which were the last thing Toshio wanted to do to what seemed like a very fine school. Toshio would wait for a reply from either of the lady’s or Jorlaxl himself.

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Souka stopped where he was, few feet from the people now in front of him, as Toshio introduced them. He took a good look at the people before him. There was a brown haired woman bowed on her knees in front of the school, a teal haired woman reaching out her hand to help the other woman out, and a red haired man standing behind her. The five together in one place were definitely an odd sight for sore eyes.

Souka took the memory card and out of his pants pocket and printed out another picture of the android girl he was looking for in front of them, clearly revealing he was a robot in the process. He tossed both the memory card and the photo to the red haired who looked the least busy and the most responsible of the three. Hoping the man would catch these items, he voiced, "We hate to bother more than necessary. But we were wondering if any of you had seen someone like this in these pictures before, or had heard of a laboratory or strange mechanical parts found near the school." He said nothing else, stepped back from the trio, and stood behind Toshio.

[Jorlaxl]

Amused by the girl's politeness, Jorlaxl chuckled before saying "Ah, you need not worry about politeness! Here, we are all equals. My philosophy here is that we all have unique abilities, so in a way, we're all teachers!" He held his hand out to help Maruca back to her feet. As he did so, he acknowledged Tosh's introduction, nodding curtly. "Yes, that is your name! I remember you, back from the old Suki crises, yes? Well, I can put any of your doubts to rest now. I haven't seen hide nor tail of the Icer for going on 5 years now. That part of my life is over."

Again surprised by Tosh's niceties, Jorlaxl smirked as he said "Guys, just call me Jorlaxl. Titles are unnecessary, as I keep telling my good friend Eona here." The android, however, seemed not as friendly as the others, and quickly got down to business. Printing out a picture So he is an android, Jorlaxl thought, of a young woman and throwing it and a memory card towards him, Jorlaxl caught it with his telekinesis and allowed them both to float in the air while he examined her.

Hm... She's pretty enough. But why would they be- Suddenly, his memory returned to him. Of his primary goal. To find the two androids Valas and Ryld. Other than names, Jorlaxl knows nothing of the two. Perhaps this girl..? Using his telekinesis to toss the objects back to Souka, Jorlaxl put one hand to his head. "I would be pleased to keep all of you in my school for as long as you see fit. The amenities are all here for no cost, and we could see if we can get some sparring matches. It's no trouble at all for you to come here, so don't think you're bothering us."

Walking past the two girls, Jorlaxl nodded his head at Toshio before stopping in front of Souka. He walked with a slight gait, as if his legs had a little trouble supporting his own lanky body. "As to the location of your android friend," Jorlaxl started, "I haven't seen her around. However, it's not impossible for what you're looking for to be in the forest surrounding my school. It does surround the planet, after all."

Smiling, he continued. "Which brings me back to another question I had. I'm looking specifically for two androids myself. I don't know their appearance, only that their names are Valas and Ryld. If it helps, they were both build by a scientist named Pharaun. Any ideas?"

Using his ki magic, he conjured up three marbles with a dark purple coloration and began spinning them in his hand as he talked. "Since you're looking for androids as well, I figured you would have a lead."

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Maruca listened to the Toshio voice for himself as well as Souka their needs. She heard them speak of trying to find a lost robot and android and wondered what such things could possibly be. She had never really gotten to know much about androids yet. Maruca wanted to ask about these issues, but the information Eona and Jolaxl gave her seemed quite more important to her than what androids were.

She had definitely heard the girl before her say, "This is a dojo. It's called the New Crane school," and was very pleased to have found such a training facility for herself. She needed it. What she was unhappy about was the fact that maybe now she had to train with two other guys, unless Toshio and Souka really here for only the business they had stated. She noticed Eona was reaching out her hand at this point to help her help, having been lost in thought so long.

Eona seemed rather adamant about her words when she stated, "Oh! Please stand! Of course you can stay!" to which Maruca could not refuse. Yet when she was about to stand looked up with her blue eyes and watched as Souka said nothing at all before tossing something towards the dojo master, two things in fact. A small square plastic device and a picture. Maruca could not see these things well, since she was bit far from him, but as Souka threw them towards Jorlaxl she definitely heard him say, "We hate to bother more than necessary. But we were wondering if any of you had seen someone like this in these pictures before, or had heard of a laboratory or strange mechanical parts found near the school."

Besides not knowing what a dojo was she had no idea what a laboratory was. This guy spoke in a rather foreign manner, and it was quite off putting to her. She ignored him for the moment when "Ah, you need not worry about politeness! Here, we are all equals. My philosophy here is that we all have unique abilities, so in a way, we're all teachers!" Master Jorlaxl was right. They all had unique abilities and for whatever reason Souka sought to search the grounds for someone around here, well, she sure hoped he would pay back the master by training. Maruca intended to since he was lodging her here at the school briefly.

It was then the Jorlaxl brought up his past for a brief moment. And at which point Maruca finally grabbed both Eona's and his hand and stood up. The man seemed to address everyone in a kind manner as he caught both items Souka had thrown at him with telekinetic powers of some kind. She had only seen these kinds of powers briefly before now. The man seemed lost in thought for a long time after this as he examined the pictures.

That is, until he brought up the school's ability to allow travelers usage of the dojo free of charge, and to even let Souka search the nearby areas. Master Jorlaxl seemed to slip back into talk of androids when he mentioned the names of two he sought called Valas and Ryld as well as a scientist by the name of Pharaun. Too much information was passing by Maruca's ears way too quickly and it made her grip the sides of her head and pull on her hair. She did not want to hear one more mention of robots or androids already, despite having just met maybe two now.

It was starting to make her get irritated since no one had explained yet what androids were. She had never had the opportunity to get attacked by any on her home world since only humans may have had these things. At least that's what she felt, no other aliens she had met so far had spoken of these "androids" much.

Jorlaxl did a strange thing after she started pulling on her hair used ki to conjure up three strange marbles of purple coloring. They were quite odd, yet beautiful looking to her. They were much brighter than the jewelry she was currently wearing on her brooch.

Maruca walked up to Jorlaxl and stated, "Master, I doubt if you've met these people just now they would know anything about those two or three people you speak of. I'm going inside this dojo of yours now since I'm actually getting quite annoyed by this word 'a-ndr-oid.'" She had a terrible time pronouncing it since the word was really new to her and so odd that it was definitely not something that rolled off the tongue for her.

She looked at Eona and voiced, "Can you please lead me inside, Eona? I hate to be a bother, but it looks like these three have a serious discussion ahead of them, unless you think we should stick around."

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(Sorry about that mates! That was my first RP post ever. I know how it works now. I guess I come after souka then. Sorry about that)