Mori's heart

[idolpro]

All at once a rainbow of bright lights feels as if it is bursting through you. It is an intense experience, but not an unpleasant one. As the colours burn through your skin, and lighting begins to spark through your veins, you feel stronger, you could take on the world right now.

Faintly in the distance, beyond the iridescent light show that overwhelms your vision, you can just about make out some silhouettes, but they’re too blurred, too indistinct and too far to tell anything about them. You can’t see them, but you know they’re welcoming you. You’re wanted here, you’re needed here, and the light is guiding you where you’re meant to go.

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Disaster relief

[idolpro]

You’re standing in a forest up in flames. You can hear people running, screaming in terror, everyone is panicked. It’s dark and the shadows loom large. There are police officers there trying to guide everyone to safety, but there’s too many people for them to handle. In the distance, you can hear a child crying. To the right someone screams out for help. To the left, trees are crashing down as something moves forward.

What is the right thing to do?

Re: Disaster relief

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Be glad this quirk came with speed and maneuverability, and get to as many as possible, as fast as possible. Isn't that all you can ever do?]

[He takes two quick steps and pushes up off the ground, like it's something he's done a hundred times before - goes barreling through the air, toward the the person screaming on the right, since they sound closest.]

Re: Disaster relief

[idolpro]

The person screaming is a teenage boy, laying on the forest floor bloody and bruised. He's trying to get up, but his leg is broken, and tears are streaming down his face. He looks to you desperately.

"P-Please, help me...!"

Re: Disaster relief

[crossmyheartandhope]

Let's go, dude, I'm getting you out of here.

[He goes to scoop him up in a princess carry - can't quite manage it, like he's used to having more strength than he currently does. Instead he touches down, crouches on the ground, and maneuvers the boy's arms around his neck.]

Hold on tight. Kay? We gotta book it.

Re: Disaster relief

[idolpro]

The boy nods, whimpering as he clings to your shoulders. Whatever force is pulling down the trees is steadily getting closer, causing the people around to panic more and the boy to cry out in alarm.

Where do you take him?

Re: Disaster relief

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Back to the door he came through - he pulls it open and sets the boy down on the other side, then turns back toward the disaster.]

[Anyone else nearby still in trouble?]

Re: Disaster relief

[idolpro]

The boy cannot exist through the door, and it refuses to let him pass through.

There are, however, police nearby trying to direct the crowd towards somewhere safe.

Re: Disaster relief

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Oh, cool. Gonna drop the kid off with the police, then.]

Re: Disaster relief

[idolpro]

One of the officers takes the boy, "We've got him, we'll get him to safety. You too, hurry to the shelter."

Re: Disaster relief

[crossmyheartandhope]

Thanks, dude. Just make sure he gets there. Kay?

[And he's off again, darting through the air at top speed. Anyone else nearby still in trouble?]

[iamverybadass]

[ He hesitates at first, overwhelmed by the sudden amount of devastation to confront. The crying and calls for help are the most immediate concerns, and it takes a few more seconds before he darts in the direction of the child, sprinting fast as he can towards the kid's voice ]

[idolpro]

You race through the woods, past the screaming crowds and into the darkness of the trees. The child's crying gets louder, but you can't see where they are.

One of the trees crashes down in front of your path, and you hear someone laughing.

[iamverybadass]

[ Who the hell would be caught laughing at a time like this?

He scans the trees and picks one out that doesn't look in immediate danger of falling. He fires one of his grappling guns at the top branches and uses the line to haul himself up where he can get a birds' eye view of the area, looking for anyone that seems out of place or, more importantly, like a child left alone. ]

[idolpro]

This man would, apparently. From the treetops you can see him clearly, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake. The forest around him has been completely obliterated, trees are cracked and splintered to leave a clearing full of craters.

He's walking away from the bodies of two people, getting ever closer to the child's hiding place. You can see it clearly from the trees, he's hidden himself in a small cave area obscured by some bushes, frozen in terror. He'll be found any moment now.

[iamverybadass]

[ As long as the child is hidden he'll be safe, for now. Which means that the first priority is making sure that he remains hidden.

Talon adjusts his direction, recalling his first grappling line and firing the second gun at a second tree, setting up a line that will allow him to swing down into the man's path. He waits one second, two, and then leaps from the tree, swinging with his legs poised to, hopefully, land a surprise kick on the man to knock him off his feet and force his attention away from the boy's hiding place. ]

[idolpro]

"Hoo-!"

The kick lands, but knocking the man off his feet is more difficult than that. He's too large, too heavy to take down in one hit. He staggers, but simply reaches out to grab Talon's ankle.

"What's this? A kid playing hero?"

[iamverybadass]

[ Not quite as planned, but even being caught by an ankle doesn't throw him off by much. He twists himself, bracing his hands against the man's side for leverage so he can snap his other leg up to aim a kick at the man's chin instead of actually answering him ]

[idolpro]

His head snaps back, and it jars him enough that he lets go of Talon's leg, but he just keeps laughing.

"Hahaha! You don't talk much, huh kid? But your hits are pretty weak."

[iamverybadass]

[ He lands with a handspring that he uses to flip himself back a few feet, putting enough distance between them to plan his next move. ]

Sorry, did you want to chat? I'll gladly accept your surrender whenever you'd like to give it.

Re: Disaster relief

[puzzlekeeper]

[ Well, they did know it was going to be "disaster" relief, so...

He freezes, quickly taking in each detail and prioritizing accordingly. The people need help, and then they need to stop whatever is causing this -

Glancing at Hiryuu for her reaction. ]

Re: Disaster relief

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Well I mean first thing's first. ]

We need to get these people to safety before we can help deal with the immediate threat. Why don't you help the police guide these people--I can go find the child that's been left behind.

[ that sounds like what's happened, anyway. ]

Re: Disaster relief

[puzzlekeeper]

[ A nod. ]

We're in agreement. Be careful.

[ Beelining over to where the police are trying to help get people out. ]

Re: Disaster relief

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ OKAY OKAY she's going to follow the sounds and go in search of this child. WHERE ARE YOU KIDDO ]

Re: Disaster relief

[idolpro]

A couple of officers are tending to an injured civilian and trying to support them to their feet while a third directs others towards the shelter. They look to King when he comes close, "Sir, please hurry that way to safety! Our colleagues will be able to help you."

For Hiryuu, there are probably dozens of crying children in this forest. But if she follows the closest, into the woods and past the screaming crowds, she'll find that despite how much louder the cries get, the child can't be seen anywhere nearby. The woods are dark, after all.

One of the trees crashes down in front of her path, and she can hear someone laughing.

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ WHY ARE THERE DOZENS OF CRYING CHILDREN IN THE FOREST, that's... horrible...

Although maybe not as bad as realizing she's been tricked?! FOR ONCE she was trying not to go into this heaadfirst...

WHO'S LAUGHING AND UPROOTING TREES is it paul bunyon ]