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Who: Yondu and OTA
Where: Cinema Car
When: Llama 3
What: Yondu shows a few of the holovids he got from home (Battle for Xandar, Flerken Documentary, Ravager Info)
Warnings: A "Damn Nature, You Scary!" scenario

OTA in the Cinema Carriage

Newsreel: Battle for Xandar
Yondu's been looking forward to this one the most. Partially 'cause he wants to remember some of the good times of bein' back home. This victory was a definite high point, even if he missed a good chunk of the battle from above. He'd still been fighting below.

It's a ground view of the notorious (in his universe) battle. He points at the Eclector as it's approaching, speaking over the correspondent on the ground who's narrating the airbattle. "That'n was my ship! An that other'n was called the Dark Aster." He says as a swarm of small M-ships drop out of the bottom of his own vessel.

Then he points to the ship up between the two blast ships. "That'n was me. An' down there's Quill, that's my boy. An' there was Kraglin' an' Rocket. Now the plan originally was that they'd blow a hole in that there an' both me an' Quill'd go in but uh..."

He's quiet until a chunk of debris takes a third of his ship off during the mayhem of the frantic fight and he starts going down.

"...Looks worse than it was. Ended up fightin' ground troops an' havin' to watch from down there, too." He says as a bunch of little Nova Corp Star Blasters show up, escorting Peter's ship. Then he claps once and points with a big jagged grin "-Lookit that! Look at how damn good Peter did flyin' in there." He's proud as hell of his dumb boy.

He finally settles back in to watch the grid up, where it cuts away to talk to an eyewitness reliving their portion of the account and what they were doing that day.

"They show some more in a li'l' bit."

Flerkens: The Improbable Creature
Yondu's quiet this time, listening to the David Attenborough level voice narrate.

It's set in some space ruins, about Earth levels of development though before whatever apocalypse happened there. In a cityscape there's a 'cat' wandering, an orange striped tabby, looking fairly normal at this point.

"The Flerken mother's clutch is near hatching. The young will be vulnerable, so she is patrolling the area of potential predators. And she spots one. A native canine commonly called a 'three-eyed terror hound."

The view shows a massive dog, about the size of a horse, sniffing around the remains of an alien vehicle. "It has caught the scent of a potential meal. The mother-to-be needs to act quickly." The tabby goes darting along an overgrown curb, flattened down as low as she can get, stalking. She has that wild-eyed cat look. She bides her time under the car as the monster-sized animal gets near a rusty shipping container, swiss-cheesed with holes from age.

"Now, she strikes."

That's when the Flerken darts out with the speed a mother cat is usually seen exhibiting before protecting her kittens. What is not usually seen (by humans, anyway) is the mother opening her head completely up and tentacles pouring out of her mouth. She makes a nightmarish noise as she grabs the would-be egg-eater and swallows it whole.

"Her young are safe. For now."

A camera inside shows the Flerken mother going to lay among her eggs, of which there look to be at least 200 some.

"That's what cats look like to me," Yondu says to the person watching with him, then carefully eating a piece of popcorn.

Ravager Country
There's a wide-spanning shot of something that looks like an asteroid until it pans to an angle that reveals that it's a massive skull with a city built into it. This narrator sounds a little more energetic and excitable.

"Welcome to Knowhere." The camera cuts to a street view of pretty questionable looking people wandering around. Everything still mostly intact because this was filmed before Ronan got ahold of the place, but that doesn't say much for quality. A pink man with brown hair and dressed about as recognizably like a field reporter as a space person can look is guiding the cameraman through a marketplace.

"This is one of the best places to find brokers that deal with Ravagers. Usually they serve as middle-men between someone that wants an item or a capture and the Ravager faction they hire. Different factions pass through Knowhere on a regular basis. In fact there are over 100 Ravager factions, and we have one moving in now."

The camera turns to show a bunch of Ravagers walking towards a bar. They're all wearing black and have a different 'flame' design on their uniform. The reporter approaches them to talk.

"I didn't know none o' them," Yondu says, wrinkling up his nose and shrugging. "I think they got Contraxia in here, too." He'll just not mention half of what he's done on Contraxia.

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Hold on. "The ships or this Skrull species?" Because shape-shifting ships sound pretty amazing. Talking of, and Vegeta is not going to be tactful at all with this, mostly because he doesn't care to be, "What are you?" He's curious to know if it would be a name he would recognize. Humanoid aliens weren't overly rare, but bar his colour Yondu did appear rather human, or Saiyan.

Vegeta then let out a huff of a 'ha' as Yondu continued. "Then it sounds like this Thanos will get what's owed to him then." If he had a chance to take out his own father... well... it would be very tempting. He was well dead, so not going to happen, but still tempting. He then raised a brow as Yondu pointed and spoke, though not with much interest regarding personal interactions. "He's not a fighter then?" Or just maybe their species was just not that strong. It happens. And Vegeta of course is assuming Peter would be from the same race Yondu is.

"He can fight. But I'm just the man what raised him. He's Terran. Mostly." His father, he assumes, won't have left Peter any of his power.

"Gamora came from one of the races Thanos decided he'd helpfully cleanse half of. Real strong, but not strong enough. I supposed compared to some other folk that is 'generous' but it sure was enough to get him a couple of 'daughters' who prolly are gonna pluck him limb from limb."

Worst part is he figures that Gamora probably thought Yondu was as bad as Thanos and half of what he did was an act and the rest was regrets.

"I think they already fought a few times, the way I heard it. An' my boy survived her so I'm proud of him for just doin' that."

"That's not a term I recognize." Vegeta answers in regards to the 'Terran', but that doesn't mean much considering the different universes and how big they tend to be, even if he feels he's got a pretty good grasp on the different ones from his universe.

Before confusion took over Vegeta's face. "Why would you only cleanse half a race? Was he using the other half for slavery?" It's what Cold or Freeza would do.

"Somethin' my translator does. Ever' time I say 'hyoomin' it comes out stupid anyway. But 'Terra' is the colloquial name of the planet in the Kree Registry 'cause that's what they were callin' it where an' when they discovered it."

The Kree had found Earth a long time ago.

"They just decided it was worthless other than for testin' so they didn't mess with it much. Heard about twenty years ago this one woman showed up an' just wrecked a bunch of Kree ships. Flew right through 'em. Sent some Accusors- that guy, actually-" he points to the screen, meaning the guy that just attacked Xandar "-Ronan, sent him runnin' along with a bunch of others. An' she messed up one of the sister ships to the Dark Aster there. So she was tough. Never caught her name, though."

Wait. "You're referring to Earth?" Or it could be another planet that included humans. If so, Vegeta shrugged a shoulder as he looked back to the screen when gestured to. "Maybe when they arrived there, but ours is at least rich in resources. It would make for a good planet for sale," Then a bit of a pause at that. "Well, it had been my original plan for it." Get immortality, make some quick cash from the sale, then work on taking down Freeza. Of course, things didn't go that way, for the better, but Vegeta's well aware that Earth was too good a target for those who would want to farm it.

Then a bit of a scoff and a smirk at Yondu's comments as Vegeta's very strong self confidence kicked in. "It's not that difficult to bring down a space ship."

"Not a lotta people can fly through ships in my universe. Don't happen too often."

He jokes, but as for Earth?

"We got a lot better planets than that." He sneers. "Ours is just trash. The Terrans messed the whole thing up. Most of the species on it is goin' extinct. ...Bulma change your mind? She's a tough lady."

"No." It's a rather blunt answer, but true. "Though she certainly pestered me to stay the second time I arrived on Earth." That may be slightly off what happened, but not by much. Loud, vulgar, stubborn woman. Still was. They worked well together. Even if he still doesn't get why she even tried to help him in the first place.

"Luckily Earth seems to be off most other alien's radars," Bar Freeza of course, he's well aware of where they were. And even then, it doesn't mean their Earth is a quiet place to be ever few years. Something always pops up. "Better for it to stay unnoticed. It's population by large is incapable of truly defending themselves. Their weaponry is not advance enough to take on any invading forces, bar anything Bulma could make, and while they have some talented fighters they are limited."

"Then why'd you stay?"

Though none of the rest he disagrees with. There are some talented fighters, but if Thanos comes along? Yeah, they're not gonna last. Not without a hell of a lot of back-up.

If that one woman isn't there no more to protect it, Earth doesn't stand much of a chance.

"To kill the person who defeated me there the first time." And look how well that went, instead Goku ended up befriending him. And outpacing him, constantly. All those years ago Vegeta would had laughed at anyone who would had said either of those things would had happened. "And by the time he showed up there was a bigger threat and I ended up fighting besides him instead."

"I've fought by a couple people what tried to kill me. At least you got a good clear view of some of the stuff they're capable of."

He squints. "What kinda terms y'all on now?"

'Friends' was not going to be the answer Vegeta gives, even if it would be the more correct answer, as even after all these years Vegeta won't admit to it despite everyone at home knew that. And also because 'friends' wasn't the best choice, or even the highest compliment Vegeta could give about Goku, at least not with how they worked. "He's my main competition and who I train with and against."

"He's good at collecting his past enemies." Something Vegeta was very aware about, and had hated very much at first. As he was sure Tien had, and Piccolo. Less so Buu but that's because, well, it was Buu. The pink blob had little going in it's empty head.

"...So y'all get along but with fine print an' stipulations." Yondu considers. "...Don't think I made up with any of my enemies enough to spend time casual like with 'em." Most of them ended up dead in his case.

"Probably a good way to do it. Whoopin' his ass still your main long-term goal?"

"Yes." That was an easy answer, and one Vegeta could answer in an instant, it gaining an added smirk. "Thought I would prefer it be more in the short-term than long." Though he's also well aware just how good a fighter Goku was. And that he had a lot of distance to make up between them. It didn't hurt as much as it once did years ago, but it still stung a little bit. Well, maybe more than a little bit, but in a more good-natured manner than it had once been.

Vegeta then refocused to expand a bit further. "Bulma has known Kakarot since he was a child, and his youngest and my son are close friends."

The fun thing here is that Yondu's heard Bulma mention Goku. He has now heard the name Kakarot. He does not know these are the same people.

Not that it matters much, but now they're just set as two different individuals in his head. "So what happens after you beat 'im? He tries to kick your ass later or do you just kill 'im?"

One of those 'What do you do when you get what you want?' situations. "I don't think Bulma an' Trunks would take too kindly to the outright death option, but I mean, if y'all got some kinda understandin' about it." Hey, warrior cultures do that kind of thing.

It's a good question, and one Vegeta really hadn't considered since while he act confident and arrogant about surpassing Goku, he knows he has a long way to go. But he knows one thing, "I have no intentions to try and kill him again." Those days were behind him, even with what happened when he had fallen under the Majin control had been more about defeating Goku, not killing him. "When the day comes, then it will be his turn to try and catch up."

As for his family, "Yes, I am sure neither of them would be happy if I was to kill the idiot, however both are more practical when it comes to actual threats." Much like himself. Goku always had a need to give someone a second change. Vegeta was not like that, even if he had been one of those who Goku had let live. There were just some people out there the universe is better without.

"I noticed that. Real practical an' proactive. Ya got some good people." He'd be a little jealous, almost, except that he knows his bullshit problems he brought on himself. If the train brought any of his people, he'd have a hell of a lotta work to do to reconnect with them.

So mostly, he just thinks Vegeta's lucky. Hell, not everyone can be on speaking terms with someone what they tried to do in. But he's managed it.

"So that Kakarot fella has more of my boy's dumbass luck then? Like the whole power of stupid decisions gives him invulnerability somehow?"

"I do." Vegeta realizes just how lucky he is, he really doesn't deserve it for all he's done. He was still surprised sometimes that they cared so much about him. Despite Bulma reminding him he's an idiot for thinking like that.

Vegeta lets out a huff of a sigh as his face twisted into something between annoyance, disgust, and tiredness. "The moron is half the reason we get into trouble," Then, well, "And normally the way we get back out of it. If he actually used his brain before talking sometimes we wouldn't be in nearly as much messes as we've been through."

"I'm surprised he was able to produce such an intelligent son with his first child." It was disappointing that Gohan hadn't continued in his training, he could had been an amazing fighter, but he had chosen his own path and seemed happy with it. Vegeta can't fault him for that.

Despite that his antics very literally caused a mutiny, Yondu ends up laughing about Peter right then. Can't help it because he knows exactly what he's talking about.

"Yeah, that's about the long an' short of it. Runs off an' pisses someone off an' does somethin'. Needs a whole hit squad to come an' save his dumb ass. Somehow gets all the goods in the end, too. I'm both a little proud an' was in a constant state of wantin' to beat his ass for it."

Though that tempers his laugh some.

"Did feel bad havin' to rough him up so much. But if his real father came for 'im... oh he was gonna have to be tough to handle 'im and I needed him ready. Good thing it worked. But his mama wasn't around to be the gentle type with 'im an' he needed that."

"Sometimes you have to be hard on your children to prepare them for what they may face in the future." A pause as a tension to Vegeta's shoulders returned again, thinking back to his own poor parenting he had done. His own methods had been mostly selfish, though still laced with the need for the boys to learn to fight. He had used them, especially the Trunks here, to strength himself first, and only secondly considered Trunks' training. Something he was trying to make up for now.

"But... with balance. I've learned." He knows he hasn't been the best father, and also that the Saiyan upbringing he had was not the right one for his children. His children at least had Bulma around to help counter his ways, unlike how Yondu had it.

"His father is dangerous?" Yes, lets get this back off him, Vegeta doesn't need the reminder of what he's done in the past.

"His father was somethin' called a Celestial. A real strong bein', old, took the form of a planet but had this little person form of himself to go out and do whatever. Includin' knockin' up Quill's ma. I say was because he did end up killin' 'im when he tried to use 'im. Had a good team of friends that beat 'im. We won.

"But I just bit it makin' sure he made it through."

His turn with the memories, but the memory is of victory, at least. He won, that's the important part. And Ego is dead.

He'll focus on that and not why he needed to kill Ego so bad in the first place. "So that's another thing I can be proud of 'im for, I saw my boy kick a planet's ass. An' that was my son by then. Not his."

Vegeta's face scrunched up with that information, "Why would you want to be a planet?" Because that was the important element in all of that...

His expression relaxed again as Yondu continued, looking to the other man as he spoke before back away with a nod. "Dying in battle for a good cause is not a bad way to go. Especially in an attempt to save others." When it worked at least, it became more bittersweet if the sacrifice ended up not working out, as Vegeta well knew. All the good intent in the world meant nothing if it didn't work and just left others defenseless.

Vegeta mulled it over for a moment, not even realizing how easy it was to talk to Yondu about this when he's normally more quiet on, well, everything. Maybe because it was a bit easier to see some similarities between them. "My son was able to kill my worse enemy," Then a breath of a laugh out. "Didn't appreciate it at the time, but can now. That idiot Kakarot was supposed to had done it and," Well... "Even that wouldn't had been bad, at least Freeza would had died by a Saiyan hand after all he had done. But to think that royal blood actually put him down finally..." Vegeta doesn't finish that though, though the smile he gives, which isn't totally a nice one, tells the rest of it.

"I couldn't tell ya. I've never been a free-floatin' brain." He says it way too seriously, like this is just a problem that's a part of his life now, who knows, possibly one day Vegeta's, as he does have some of his own unique experiences. Even with their difference, it was definitely enough to make him relatable.

"He did that? Hell yeah, then." He doesn't know if it was the same timeline of Trunks, but he's guessing any other version would be able to do it. He's a good guy! "That's a win in my book. I'd take it. ...So if you're royal blood, are you a king? Prince? Duke? Or do ya got your own title like Prime?" Like Xandarians call their leader.

"Bein' out an enemy and on good terms with your best competitor don't seem like a bad kinda life. Even with the occasional wise-ass wantin' to kick the shit outa you."

Vegeta takes Yondu's answer equally serious, nodding away to it as he considered that was a good point, it would be had to know unless in that position. Though it seemed like a horrible fate, to just be a floating brain. With no body to use? Why would you still want to be alive?

That smirk widened a little at Yondu's exclamation at Trunks' feat, Vegeta proud in what his son had managed to do before he focused on that question. "Prince," He answered, though Vegeta is well aware how hollow that title was. It didn't really mean much with most of their race gone. "My planet was destroyed before I could become king. And my father was still alive at that point. That was also a limiter to it." Vegeta's tone telling he clearly didn't think highly of his father.

He let that though sit in silence for awhile, turning it over in his head before finally admitting. "It's certainly not the life I had foreseen for myself. Not even close to it." But in a good way.

"I gotta admit, I wish I'd managed a little bit better. Not that watchin' Peter beat the hell out of his dumbass old man was any poor feat, I'm right proud of how I brought 'im up. But sure wish I had somethin' better than this train to follow it up."

Not the afterlife most people would hope for. But he knows that, in the long run, he gets no happy ending.

"So what happened with your line? If that ain't askin' too much. Sounds like they let ya down from your tone there."

"There's worse places to end up, I know." Vegeta's knows exactly where he's going once he dies for good, he's done too much wrong in his earlier days to make up for it. Too many lives taken. Hell's waiting for him, and he's come to accept that. All the more reason to keep fighting to make sure he can be around as long as possible before that time comes.

The topic on his father is... less appealing, even than that of death, and Vegeta skirts the issue without delving too deep into it. "Traditionally Saiyans tend to have little to do with their children, particularly the men. Children are normally raised up enough to survive and sent off for missions to other planets. The weakest are shipped off as infants and made to rely on their instincts rather than receiving any real training. Only the elite and upper classes tend to get training before they head out, but they also got those planets with a higher threat rating to them."