[Zipper]

The last time Zipper showed up to Tokyo Bay she lost her hat. It was a gift, a holdover from her parents — her mother’s hat. A gift from her father to her on their anniversary. It was a memento and all she had left of them. All that she could carry on her, anyway.

Zipper wasn’t a hero. She wasn’t here to save day or to get revenge on the creatures that attacked her. She wasn’t even here to thank the creature that saved her — was that insensitive? The person that saved her. Even though humans are creatures, too!

She just wanted her hat.

Unfortunately, a meddling busybody found themselves interfering with her plans. And when Zipper was adamant that she would continue her journey, authorities be damned — there wasn’t time to wait — then said busybody forced themselves into business that wasn’t theirs to force themselves into.

“By the way,” Zipper asked after a few minutes of awkward silence. “What’s your name?”

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junsuina

[junsuina]

[attr="class","bmsk"] in blackest night... The Bay was rife with activity. Jun would know. She got attacked on the docks by a squid/shark/crab creature and between herself and another enterprising student managed to curtail the beast and save the day. Except her boat; that was toast. After a brief visit to the hospital (thankfully her ribs were bruised and not cracked) she was on her way back to the docks to determine the damage to her ship; some people offered to bring it to a shed, and she accepted and was now on her way to inspect it. Or she was. Another girl was insistent on going back to a point to find her hat. It was something that wasn't worth her time or energy...but then again, what did she expect to do to her boat? It wouldn't be ready in time for summer break, and she'd have to bring in either Kei or Ana to get it fixed. So she insisted on going with this girl to find her hat, even if her presence wasn't wanted. "You can just call me Jun," she says, glancing down at her rings as she frowned. Between the two there were only three stones intact. She had to hope that there were no critters in the area that would try to spring on them. "What's yours?" Zipper

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[Zipper]

“Zipper,” She’s not too interested in the company. With her skillset, she should’ve been able to sneak in and out without a problem. But with this large-footed, stomping princess beside her, the entire mission was compromised. And she was not interested in getting into a fight — self-defense or otherwise. It’d be their fault anyway, for getting into this mess intentionally.

“You’re gonna wait here and watch me get my hat.” Zipper was bossy. Too boss. She had no idea who she was dealing with, but that wouldn’t matter. After today, she’d create an entire dossier on her. “If you get me expelled then I will frame you for murder.”

She heads off into — wait, hold on.

“That’s a joke by the way,” Zipper said. “The murder part. But please don’t fight. If anything we run.”

Zipper should’ve just grabbed her hat. There it was, sitting on a rock. Until her useless prattling awakened a creature buried under the sand. They sat up and as luck would have it… it wasn’t a rock! It was a monster’s head. And when it made eye contact with Zipper, her eyes daggering the cephalopod, it ran.

“Get back here!” Zipper chased after it. “I’ll actually murder you!”

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junsuina

[junsuina]

[attr="class","bmsk"] in blackest night... Jun looked at Zipper, deadpan as they got to the destination. "you do realize what's lurking out there...right? I'm going with you, I'm sorry. It's for your own safety." She sighed, hoping that actual hero work wouldn't be like this. The last thing she wanted was real life escort missions; video game ones were bad enough. The joke would bounce off, but Jun was already scanning the area for threats. The last thing either of them needed was something sneaking up on them, like a rock. Wait. She turned as she noticed the rock transform, immediately picking up speed with the hat in tow and Zipper trailing after it. Oh no, this was bad. Turning, Jun would begin to pick up her feet and chase after them. "WAIT! Don't go charging after it, there's no telling what else is out there! Zipper, hold on, it's dangerous out there!" Zipper

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[Zipper]

“I dont’ care if it’s dangerous,” Zipper said. “I’m getting my hat back!”

The creature ducks behind a giant rock. Zipper starts inching towards one side and sees them pop out the other. She jumps to catch them and he slides back around. They were playing a little dance where whoever committed first would get what they wanted. During this standstill, Zipper hatched an idea.

If both were unmoving, and couldn’t see each other until they made their move, then she’d take the high ground. She climbed atop the rock to get the drop on this dumb octopus. But by the time she peaked over the boulder, they were missing.

No tracks either.

“Uh, where did it go?” She looks back at Jun, assuming she’s caught up by this point, only to feel the ground rumbling underneath her. From the ground, the octopus sprang lifting the rock in the air and ready to toss it into the ocean with Zipper on top. “JUN, HELP! HELP ME, JUN! I’M DYING!”

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junsuina

[junsuina]

[attr="class","bmsk"] in blackest night... Jun was obviously faster than the business student, but she was struggling to keep up. Between her ribs and expending too much energy earlier in the day, she was pushing herself a little too hard. Seeing the comical display and slowing down once she saw the octopus slip under the rock, she shook her head. "I've heard of these things being smart, but..." she says, frowning a bit as she saw the rock beginning to lift up. It's behaving in a weird manner...is it trying to keep the hat? "You're not dying!" She says, taking a tentative step forward as she tries to figure out a way to help. She had to be sparing with her quirk, else she'd have to ditch her shirt. Something she really didn't want to do. And there was no telling if the beast would understand her if she talked with it. Tapping into her fear she created a pair of chains that wrapped around the rock, extending them up her own arms and around her back to anchor herself to the ground. She braced herself, fully intent on performing a tug-o-war with the octopus. Mostly. There was no way she was going to win that war of attrition. "Get on the chains and get down! I'm keeping you in place for as long as I can!" Zipper

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[Zipper]

“No!” Zipper was defiant. If she got off the rock now, then everything was lost. This tug-of-war was the opening she needed — the only useful thing Jun could have done while she was here. If this were a one-on-one then she would have lost the hat for sure, but with her target directly below her. “Screw the rock, catch me!”

Zipper jumped off the rock.

The wind ran through her hair, and her chest started pounding. There wasn’t an athletic bone in her body, but she wasn’t leaving without that hat. She didn’t have the strength to fight the monster, the speed to outrun it, nor the creativity to outthink it. But what Zipper did have was her unwavering persistence.

Desperately grabbing out, her finger grazes the hat.

Then the next.

Then, her whole hand.

The octopus throws a tantrum, letting go of the rock and trying to grab Zipper before Jun can. It’s all on the hero student to step up or see one of their classmates fall victim to a stupid blob of flesh.

Zipper shut her eyes.

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junsuina

[junsuina]

[attr="class","bmsk"] in blackest night... Jun had to give the girl credit, she was persistent. It was a trait that she herself had, but there was a major different between the two of them. Jun was actually equipped to deal with the cephalopod. Between Zipper's reckless attempt and the octopus giving up on the rock, she had to think fast in order to prevent something terrible from happening. The chains around the rock began to morph and change their position; something that Jun learned early in her UA career that she could do. She was going to abandon the rock, namely because the prize atop it had leapt off to try and recover the hat. The chains themselves would alter and wrap around Zipper, and the moment Jun felt it safe and necessary to do so she yanked back hard in order to pull the girl towards her. And, just so Jun didn't have to touch her, she stepped aside to allow Zipper to land in the soft sand next to her. This all was the good news. The bad news was she was down yet another stone, with two left to go. At least, she did before Jun ditched her fear and channeled her hope, generating several spotlights next to her as she directed them at the tentacled menace, doing what she could to blind it. "We gotta go, now!" she yelled, waiting for Zipper to get up and get going before following. Zipper

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[Zipper]

Jun’s chains wrapped around her. Bound by fear, she kept her eyes closed, only to shoot them open when she felt a familiar texture in her hands. Face to face with the octopus, she gulped before being dragged away. The creature tried to strike, but with Jun letting go of the rock, it lost all balance as it fell backward, the rock landing atop it.

Zipper didn’t look back. Even when the visceral splat reverberated through her ears, only dulled by the sound of their feet pounding on the sand.

Keep running. Keep running. Keep running.

She repeated the mantra until they were safe. Far from the beach, concrete underneath the soles of their shoes, she put the hat back on — sand and all.

“Thanks,” Zipper said. “You’ll make it far as a hero.” Zipper shouldn’t have said this but it came out anyway. She didn’t even realize how bad it sounded. “You’re good at following orders.”

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junsuina

[Fanthes]

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✓ Good heroes save others when their hats get stolen! Great job you two!! [break][break]

+ 75 TOKENS!

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Zipper - 75 // 150 [break]
Jun - 250 // 325

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