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Hazel happily strolled through the crowd, with the precious little Maggie in her arms wearing the cute little black and white dress she had become so fond of. Hazel wore a black empress cut relaxed maxi dress with flowy sleeves, with a simple broad black sun hat and round sunglasses to further conceal her face in public to hopefully avoid paparazzi, while on her way to have lunch with the father of her child.

Hazel had been slowing down on her appearances for concerts after starting to become tired far too often, like she had before she had Maggie, yet rationalized it away as prolonged effects from incubating Maggie all herself, it was a surprising taxing responsibility. She perked up the moment she spotted her pink pompadour darling, she was quick to invade her partner's space, both girls definitely excited to see Derry. Hazel was definitely more openly affectionate toward him after their accidental child, maybe it cause he gave her the thing she now loved most in this world, Magnolia, her precious child.

"Darling~" Hazel purred while leaning into his chest with Maggie on Hazel's hip, the small pink haired child fighting for her father's attention by pulling on his shirt collar while Hazel spoke, "We have reservations at the restaurant a block over, I was thinking we would try some North City style food, it comes highly recommend by some of the locals on the staff at the stadium,"

Just a moment before Hazel finished speaking Maggie was already chirping up, "Papa Papa Papa Papa Look!" The tiny pink dragon child eager to show off her new toy, a plastic toy knife much like that seen on a slasher film, stabbed her mother's chest as the closest target for the Plastic toy, and the toy bounced off the target repeatedly. Hazel unfazed by the act while moving to walk along Derry toward the restaurant she had reservations with. "North City has some interesting prospects, found any useful for you?" She questioned him with a small sinister smile, while slipping her arm into his arm so that they walked in a tight group, she was wondering how much headway he was making here in North city.

SUPER HEAVY WEIGHT ACTIVATED!

Liari... needed some time away from Ayu, away from Zero, just... away from everything. The nightmares had come back in FORCE the very night before, images so terrible and hostile, it nearly brought her to wretch! Planets ablaze, their blazing hearts RIPPED from their chests before cracking apart entirely, peoples on the millions burning like ants on a stove. Screams... ENDLESS AND BOUNDLESS SCREAMS TORE through space as Liari watched in horror from where the dream had pinned her, Liari trying to PLUG HER EARS, TURN AWAY to block them out but to no avail! and in the middle of it, a blackened dot in the middle of a cosmic explosion... was that Majin, her silver eyes piercing space like two steely pinpricks.

...After the noise she made waking up, Liari just wanted to be around the people. Somehow, there was a comfort in being around people you didn't know. It was like... Hm... Liari didn't necessarily ENJOY people in large numbers. They could be loud, obnoxious and unfeeling in groups... but it was comforting to know that they were around. At Ayu's, they live so far out in the country that one would rarely ever see another person unless it was the odd truck driving past and sometimes, when it got REALLY quiet, one could almost hear their own heartbeat, their own passive breathing... and how EMPTY everything ELSE around them seemed to be!

...To a girl that just woke up from a horrid nightmare... the silence was oppressive. 

This was why she came here to North City, somewhere... where there were people, where there was LIFE and where everyone (appeared to be) carefree and happy with their lot! It was obvious Liari didn't belong amongst the common folk, towering over most (if not all) at a staggering 8'3'' with a unique blue and rubbery skin-tone... She drew eyes and then some just walking around... but she didn't mind! It was just nice to see them! 

...To know everyone was okay. 

Speaking of which, the giant blue majin had come across a... unique couple amongst the average men-and-women. One, the man, seemed to very much enjoy the color pink, his hair (presumably) dyed that color and his clothes having it present in one feature or another! The other... resembled a human woman... but between some key features and the feel of her ki... she might not have been? Either way, the race mattered not... What did, was how beautiful they were together. The woman snuggled up to her boyfriend (husband) with an almost love-sick sweetness, their child as adorable as the pair were, swinging a little plastic utensil around as if it were a sword! OH, How her heart melted like chocolate in the sun just watching them! What else could she DO other than walk up and express her feelings! 

"Um... Hello!" Liari greeted, coming up to Derrick, Hazel and Magnolia, softly... and a bit self-consciously giving them a wave! "I... um... I noticed you three and I... You three are just precious..." ...Liari couldn't tell if what she'd said came off as creepy, the Kombu and Callion and Liari inside of her all debating that fact all at once! "...I guess I just wanted to wish you all a good day. I... I'm sorry if I came off as weird I... My name is Liari..." She offered a hand to the couple, smiling if a little awkwardly. 

...Boy... She could have done THAT better... that's for sure.

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How is it that he hasn't heard about little Maggie stabbing one of the assistants? Perhaps Derry should pay closer attention to what's being brought up to him concerning whoever is taking care of the child. The little one's practically indestructible to the average human, so there really wasn't any worry about what they could do to Maggie, and that more of the concern would be on the person rather than the demon. Still, it wasn't like there was ever going to be no risk involving taking care of the baby. "Yeah, I don't exactly want to hear too much about any of the assistants, nannies, or Snakes getting stabbed because Maggie was getting bored," Derrick confirms, "Especially since we're still planning on the next big break."

The fact that Hazel was still tired after having Maggie, however, did have Derrick a bit worried about his beloved. She's only ever been this tired after practically expending all of her magic in one go or when she was having the child in the first place. What exactly does this mean? She can't be having another kid already, it's far too soon, right? Before he could ask any further about what she means by her being tired, it appears as if the two of them are being approached by a rather tall figure. At first he presumed it was just a stranger just passing by, but the ridiculous height cast a large enough shadow to begin catching his attention, and everything else he saw didn't exactly help keep him at ease. The stranger possessed dark blue skin, appeared to be wearing the pants of a majin and the armor of a saiyan, with strands of solid blue tentacles mimicking as hair. He stares up into her white eyes and began to panic a bit on the inside given who he had just encountered.

Under most circumstances, he wouldn't care too much about running into a random majin on the street, but this wasn't any average, ordinary majin. He knew exactly who he was dealing with. This blue majin was blasted all over the news a while ago, along with that changeling Zero Ika, one of his new business partners. Liari was her name, at least as much as Derrick recalls, and right now he felt as if he had to carefully navigate on eggshells. Sure, he's technically partners with the giant blueberry given how he's working with Zero, but he isn't entirely sure about her state of mind given what went down in West City.

At the very least, Liari seemed friendly enough, and surprisingly shy. She stumbled over a few of her words and stuck her hand out in an attempt to shake his and Hazel's hand. Derrick decides to take it and shakes the majin's hand, stating, "Good to meet you, Liari. The name's Derrick Ottoy, but please just call me Derry. You wouldn't happen to be acquainted with a Zero Ika, would you?" Derry turns back around and grows a bit pale as Hazel attempts to hand her a signed picture of her, mistaking her for a fan of hers. Maggie was also particularly interested in the stranger, moving just a bit away from her mother and leaning closer towards the majin, leading with her plastic knife and attempting to stab the random stranger. "Ah, Hazel, this is no stranger, honey," Derrick blabs out, "She's a... A... A business partner, yes. An acquaintance, if you will."