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Post by cmd1095 on May 17, 2024 5:08:16 GMT
Serena let out a slow exhale as it seemed they'd gotten a few moments of respite, but she couldn't relax. Tendo was looking to be in bad shape. The poison was probably tailored to him based on how things had gone, fucking with his enhanced respitory system most likely. The fact Benkei seemed totally fine all but confirmed this... if it was a tailor made poison then she wasn't sure the hospital could even handle it... and that was assuming they would even help. Serena wasn't convinced the hospital staff wouldn't be in the yakuza's pocket. If they were emboldened enough to attack during the funeral in broad daylight, that meant none of the heroes remaining in this city were enough to deter them... this city was just like Hosu now.
Glancing at the texts from Rogue, Serena then looked to Benkei "make sure you have your phone on and gps enabled. If we get separated I need to be able to find you. As for Tendo... Rogue knew this city better. She might know where we can go"
Then she'd text Rogue back, sending their current location "we're on the move, but going too slow. Tendo has been poisoned, possibly tailored to him, he's not doing well. And they've got an order out to kidnap Benkei. Traitor is Jogo, some sort of intangibility quirk. He'll be after us soon, need somewhere to treat Tendo, then get out of this city."
With that status update sent, Serena then put out a ping to the Bear Den, she cursed herself for not having them on standby this whole time. She knew how dangerous today was going to be, she should've talked with Momma Bear and Black Bear and had backup ready and waiting nearby, but it was Noc's funeral, they hadn't been invited. Still, they'd deploy quickly. The Yakuza might've taken over this city, but they might still hesitate to go into an all out war with such a big agency over one hero student. She just had to keep Benkei safe long enough to rendezvous with reinforcements, or worst case, rendezvous with them to go rescue him.
With the steps she could take immediately handled, she'd pick Tendo up again, using a drip feed of surrounding heat to enhance her enough to carry him on her back "We should keep moving, that damn flamey bastard gave us time but the traitor will be on us soon... and Benkei... you're not useless. We all got blindsided there, and you landed more hits than I did... all I could do was cauterize a wound and throw some chairs around." she said, not looking him in the eyes as her own welled up with tears of frustration "it was a bad matchup, we did what we could. Now what we need to do is get to safety. We'll be able to fight these bastards again on our own terms, when we're ready."
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Post by notdomino on May 17, 2024 6:16:34 GMT
The day only seemed to be getting dimmer. The dark clouds would begin to show cracks. Pushing through would be a gloomy dusk that would bring them into the night.
"No you did hit him. He... like... warped through the follow through though." Benkei didn't really know how to describe it. Having seen it up close, he'd try his best. "It's not teleportation, it's like woosh. It's fast... that's for sure." He stooped down. From his pocket he'd reveal his phone. He always had it on, but he really wishes he had his gear on. His headset was a much better tool for situations like this. He wanted to make a quick store run, but his instinct were telling him otherwise. Hell with the way Jogo's quirk could knife through space, a few feet might as well seem like a few meters.
It would take long for Rouge to find them within a few quick jumps. "I'm here." Without too much words, she quickly pressed the back of her hand against Tendo's forehead. "...same as Tatsuki." She sighed. The difference was there weren't any cuts. She checked ears, and neck. "Looks Jogo did a number on you guys..." She sounded more than disappointed."Him being a traitor hits a little too close to home... "
Benkei quickly snapped to Serena. "What about Dr. Brine? ...Musutafu is hours away though. Even by bullet train, it'll still take a while..."
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Post by cmd1095 on Jul 20, 2024 4:31:47 GMT
Serena's brow furrowed in thought as everything became overwhelming. She knew they were low on options and time. Tendo was poisoned, and it likely would kill him given time. He needed treatment immediately, but bringing him to a hospital was just going to advertise their location and likely get them attacked again. Most smaller clinics wouldn't be equipped to handle an assassin's poison either. Dr. Brine was hours away, so he was out, and the nearest Bear Den branch wasn't much closer, they had medical staff and security there but time was against them.
She ran through their options, and checked her map of where they were and considered where they could go... and a sickening realization hit her.
"I know someone we can go see, he's a master of poisons, and has a pharmacy and clinic not far from here..." Serena said, her facial expression and tone indicating there was a pretty hefty "but" involved. Her tone was hard to make sense of, a mixture of disgust, uncertainty, and... fear? It wasn't like her to show fear towards anyone, certainly not a physician. But that undertone was buried underneath a venomous amount of resentment. Whoever it was, she had history with them. "but to be frank, under any other circumstances I wouldn't trust him. But we're low on options and time..."
Serena sent over the coordinates of their new destination "if his story is as my investigation into him has turned up, we can use him..." she said curtly as she prepared to move "he owes me, and push comes to shove, I can force him to help."
She spoke those words with a venom neither Rogue, Tendo, nor Benkei had heard from her before. It dripped from her words like acid to the point one could imagine it melting the ground beneath her feet, opening a pit for her to bury the object of her ire within. Whatever her history with this person was, it was definitely not a friendly one by even the most unhinged leaps of imagination. She had spoken to actual villains in the heat of battle with more warmth in her voice than this even as they tried to kill her.
"come on, time's wasting, and this is just going to get more unpleasant the longer I take to think about this." she said, then walked off to lead the way.
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Post by notdomino on Jul 25, 2024 4:55:05 GMT
Rouge would provide some direction here. She knew how the ninja operated. "We need to assume he's not very far... though the he would've attacked already if he were here." She rubbed her chin. "I'd have the advantage over most people in a tight alleyway like this, but I think our best bet would be to first find someone who can help before thinking of battle." She looked to Serena to see her thoughts. "He can swim through physical things to get to his target. We can't be sure of any surface or object, really. A shifty bastard, that's for sure. "
Benkei would keep quiet. He recalled one of the elites pointing him out to be a target... He'd lug Tendo over his shoulder to play things safe and made sure to stay within Serena's line of sight. "He's starting to get a little quiet. Let's get going" A weak hand would raise and become a. thumbs up. They wouldn't want to count him out just yet.
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Post by cmd1095 on Aug 15, 2024 17:27:00 GMT
Serena listened to Rogue's explanation of the intangible man's quirk... so it wasn't intangibility, just his body being able to slip itself through things, he was still physically there, even still in contact with things, they just didn't impede him. If it worked like that then... a dark thought entered Serena's mind. Memories of one of her earliest villain encounters leading to a twisted idea on how to take this villain down... if his body was still physical, and it's cells came in contact with hers, even if he could slip through her she could... but that would kill him. She couldn't even claim she didn't know it would be lethal, if she did that, she wouldn't be a hero anymore. That was just murder... she'd be expelled for sure, if not jailed. But... it was still tempting. She did hate him... if nobody saw her do it...
She shook her head, dispelling the thoughts... no. She was a hero damnit, a HERO. Not a murderer. The shadows of the alleyway looked supiciously like the figures from her panic attack hallucinations for a moment in the corners of her eyes, judging her for even entertaining the thought, but they faded as she focused on the here and now... still... that dark thought festered in the back of her mind
"Come on, let's get this over with. The less time I have to think about the conversation I'm about to have the better." she said, leading the way through the streets. She tried to take them through back roads with enough space from the walls, they didn't want to be too cramped with someone who could swim through objects pursuing them, but they also didn't want to be on a main road where civilians could get dragged into this mess... not to mention they'd be easier to track that way.
Eventually they'd come upon what seemed to be a privately owned clinic and pharmacy, a small place, but in a decent part of town so it was probably doing ok for itself. When Serena reached for the door handle, she hesitated. Looking at her closely one could see she was starting to tremble, her breath quickening. She paused for only a moment, then forced herself to open the door. Leading them all inside.
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Post by notdomino on Oct 5, 2024 7:24:42 GMT
Rogue checked the angle of the entrance. There weren't too many obvious aimed for someone to track them, but their stalker was someone who didn't need angles. The shinobi could make his own. Benkei would lug the unconscious police officer on his shoulder. Seemed like he was stable but having him unconscious was worrisome. "Not a fan of how this is going." Rogue would shoulder some of Tendo's weight. She'd check his pulse... -weak but he was piping hot as far a temperature went. "I agree, the faster we get him treated the better. I'd rather he not end up like..." She let it slip... Biting her lip, she look into the distance. It was fresh on her mind.
Benkei frowned, but it was heroes to overcome situations like this. In the saddest way, he'd experienced this sensation too many times for it to phase him immediately. He'd have to mourn both Dusk agency members. He squeezed his fist tight. He wanted to fight, but knowing he was a target was driving his nerves through the roof. It was no different than when those demonic Yakuza heads demolished his whole family. "We'll make it through together, Serena." He was hoping to reassure himself just as much as he wanted to reassure her. The group would enter, but not without a watchful eye tracking their every step.
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