#( its short n sweet bc my brain is still fried a little hope that okkkkk )

[scnzoku]

Caulifla could simply not disguise the blush, the gentle caress and softness of the fur was a deadly combo, but attempted it regardless with a long drink. though what Serori mentioned got her thinking about home, not just about the kids but the future of her gang. she didn't want to do it forever, leading them. she'd been part of it so long at this point, seen so many leave and she stayed put.

" hah, yeah - but they're easy ta win over - just give 'em a cool toy or somethin' tasty. " she laughed and copied the manner her master disposed of her drinks can. " sooo, this place ain't gonna work once we're done with it? heh, wanna trash this place on our last day? I bet that'll be fun as hell. "

"Something like that, yeah," she murmured, taking a seat down next to Caulifla and pulling the tab of her drink with an audible click, and a hissing of the beverage inside. "I've been trying to make the calendar everyday, so we don't lose track, although I guess it doesn't really matter." She gave a small shrug. "There's only enough power for what we're using, so it'll throw us out when our time's up, anyway." Serori had made sure to clear that up, so there was no chance of the two of them ending up trapped inside.

"It's a shame that we probably won't be able to use it again," she added after taking a long sip of her drink. "I dunno that my engineer has any way to power it back up once it's finished, I think this was more a 'proof-of-concept' anyway." If she and Caulifla were going to use something similar another time, it would probably have to be after Nixxo had created another compressed space for her, and she figured he had his own goals to attent to first. He'd only agreed to let Serori test out the prototype so that he could monitor it externally, and see if there were any flaws or imperfections that needed touching up.

Not that Serori could think of any - everything had worked out well enough from where she was sitting. It really was some kind of engineering marvel, and she was lucky to have the opportunity to use it at all. Even if she wasn't making as much progress as she'd like, three hundred days of training wasn't something to be underestimated. As well, while her own raw power wasn't something that she'd figured out how to pump, a lot of Caulifla's comparative struggles with technique and control could definitely be refined, especially with Serori watching over her and giving critique.

Once her drink was finished, Serori tossed the can up in the air, vaporizing it with a single small bullet of ki. "Although, maybe it's alright that it's just this once." Her tail flicked against Caulifla's cheek. "Makes it more special, right? And besides, even if it's only three days outside, I couldn't keep you away from Sadala and those kids for much longer than one trip - they'd never forgive me." At Caulifla's suggestion that she hadn't really gone all out, Serori merely shrugged. She'd see about that.