[Dani Shirai]

Sipping on her morning latte, she and a few others squatted around the back entrance of an apartment building looking like the usual types of unemployed that had nothing better to do than hang around until they heard of a place to get day labour.

Of course, the five of them were hardly that, rather they were undercover and watching the dew slowly trickle down the side of the concrete buildings waiting on the inevitable call to action.

They had been planning this for months now, meticulous old-school policework to track down a small time gang of dope pushers and purse snatchers that had been terrorizing this particular ward of Tokyo with efficiency that made it obvious that they were a small spider in a very large web.

Taking down these clowns, though, would bring them one step further to the top, and Dani felt the hunger she’d usually feel when something big was about to happen. This case was in her hands, and whilst she wasn’t the type that was ambitious to get off the streets and into a cushy office job, this was a chance to establish her name, and get the right people to notice her talents.

… Of course, it figured that on this day specifically there had been a call from up top that they had dispatched a handful of heroes to assist them. Heroes that would undoubtedly not play backup, but rather jump headfirst into the action looking to bust some heads themselves and push the people that did all the work into a tiny byline.

Drinking the remainder of her latte, she put it into a trashcan before facing her colleagues. “So, we’re just going to sit here and wait for the heroes to steal our thunder, because the way I see it, we’ll have these chumps in cuffs before we know it.” Dani spoke with the self-confidence and cockiness that she had become somewhat notorious for.

Fortunately for her, people found it endearing, especially because she tended to back up her attitude with great police work, and a tendency to be right.

Taking out her sidearm, she did the routine checks before stuffing it into its holster, swapping it for the safer option in the form of a taser.

“I know what I’m going for, how about we get the article cover for a change?” she’d propose with that confident smile, removing the ballcap that oppressed her girlish features.

First her partners reacted laconically, a few jokes where bandied about as they assumed it was the usual semi-nervous banter ahead of a door getting kicked in. But they knew Dani was serious, and whilst firstly it was a hotshot agreeing with her, making a duo of rookies follow suit not wanting to look bad, before eventually the old heads relented and made the party complete.

Dani nodded at them all as they made their way into the back entrance, slowly moving up the staircase she pressed her earpiece. “We saw some movement, we’re heading in before the targets get spooked.” Dani told a white lie to the police backup half a block away, who chittered something about protocol which Dani’s subconscious filtered out.

“I’ll take point, let the kids stack the staircase.” she whispered, removing her jacket to reveal her body armour with “POLICE” emblazoned both front and back.

This was going to be routine, after all, the stirring in her gut meant that they were on the cusp of something big, and this bust was going to crack everything open…

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[Shirayuki Mai]

Mai always preferred to get an idea of the atmosphere in any place she'd be operating first hand. It was exactly why she eschewed traveling by car unless necessary, much preferring to simply employ the city's reliable public transportation to get around and walking from the nearest train station to her destination. Punctuality too was something she valued greatly and a standard to which she held herself to at all times, making sure to arrive anywhere no sooner than thirty minutes in advance and no later than fifteen minutes in advance.  Today was closer to the latter than the former. Paperwork had been piling up and Mai was ashamed to admit she'd let it cut into her sleep. She wasn't usually one to rely on outside sources to fuel her mind but given that there may be long periods of waiting to get the legal details sorted out after the operation she'd picked up a coffee on the way. Black with two cubes of sugar and no milk. A bit sweet for her usual tastes but she was attempting to broaden her perspectives. That and she had a long day ahead of her yet. A melodic tone from her pocket caused her to switch the cup over to her other hand and pick up the phone. Her walk turned into a jog and then a run, the coffee downed while she channeled her quirk through her lips to cool it down sufficiently to chug. With the cup tossed into the nearest trash receptacle Mai cut through an alley to get to the scene faster.  "I'm heading in as well. The briefing shall have to wait until the post-op report. Yuki Onna out." She'd already read said briefing of course, twice even, but it was always good to go over matters with the other party again to ensure everyone was on the same line whenever possible. Shifting into her hero outfit Mai transferred the phone into one of the pockets within its inner lining in case there were any crucial updates before focusing entirely on getting to the scene. With a run up she placed one foot against the wall and then another before kicking off and leaping over a fence, the shortcut she was now taking having been planned out in advance just in case of situations like this. Train rides weren't instant after all and Mai tended to use the time to prepare as many contingencies as possible. That had cut at least half a minute off her travel time. At her current pace she should be able to reach the building in question within a minute or two at most. Mai could only hope she'd arrive before anything went wrong. WORDS 463 TAGS Dani Shirai NOTES ---

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[Dani Shirai]

Almost with the precision of elite commandos, the five of them made it up the staircase quickly and discreetly. Even with the juniors seeming anxious for being in their first big moment, Dani and the two veterans would do the legwork, they were there to protect their backs and mostly watch and learn from the big boys.

“You two, eyes front, ears all around.” She spoke to the juniors as they had made it to the top, one of them covering the stairway down and the other covering the other angles on the floor beyond the target apartment.

They had all grabbed their stunners, modern style stun guns that would incapacitate opponents without killing them. In a quirk based society, they were one of their most trusted tools to prevent casualties, although they were still limited against the rare situations of potent quirk users.

But by all accounts, these were nothing but lowlife crooks who spent as much time behind bars as they did in the normal world. Stuff that their stunners could deal with, and something they wouldn’t have to fall back upon their more lethal backup firearms for…

Letting in a deep breath, Dani took the most dangerous spot right in front of the door as the two veterans flanked the doorway. Taking out the warrant, her eyes locked in on the business part of her job.

“Tokyo Police Department, we have a warrant to search this apartment. Open up, or we will reserve the right to do it ourselves.” she called out only a second after one of her partners knocked loudly on the door, loud enough to wake up anybody inside, and probably everyone else in the apartment building.

Silence followed, a few seconds later Dani went to raise her hand for action. But then noise started happening on the other side of the door, panicked footsteps stomping around, and none of them making it towards the door… It was all the reason she and the officers needed to kick down the door.

Her partner lined up, but then her gut acted up again. “Dodge!” she called out, her instincts pushing her into her partner and out of the way.

Because a split second later the front door had turned into a hail of splinters as the door and part of the doorway were removed entirely by whoever was inside.

And it was clear they weren’t playing around, nor interested in letting them in.

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[Shirayuki Mai]

Mai went over what little she knew of the targets and locale as she ran. There was little else she could do while making her way to the scene, seconds seeming to stretch due to the uncertainty and ignorance as to what was going on. Mission control had yet to provide her with any more info so she could little but guess. Each scenario that went through her head was worse than the last. She had to hurry.  As she neared a corner Mai flung one of her scarves to loop around a utility pool while she ran full speed for a wall, briefly running parallel to it before taking several steps diagonally across its surface to gain a bit of height and kicking off the wall's corner. Using the utility pole as a fulcrum the fabric of her scarf went tight and swung her over the traffic of the busy street she knew in advance would be there. Briefly letting go to give the scarf a bit of slack she untied it with a flick of her wrist, altering her momentum enough to go over the remainder of the street and land in a roll. It was hell on her knees and not something she'd normally do but necessity triumphed over care. She'd much rather be sore tomorrow than too late today. Rushing up the stairs Mai cursed the shortness of her legs. She'd be out of breath by the time she made it up to the apartment in question. Floors flew by one by one, her eyes briefly flicking to the signs to make sure she didn't overshoot. When she finally made it to the floor in question and heard the commotion Mai slammed the door of the stairwell open, finally getting a look at the hallway where Dani nearly had a door kicked into her face.  "This is Yuki Onna! Everybody freeze!" WORDS 326 TAGS Dani Shirai NOTES ---

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[Dani Shirai]

Of course despite their best attempts, things always had to get complicated when they least wanted it to be… Bunch of underestimated quirk users deciding to play rough and not wanting to play nice criminal and let themselves get cuffed without a fight was one thing…

… Heroes with attitudes stomping up the stairway to save the day like some sort of shining example of heroism and bravery was probably an even more annoying thing for someone like Dani.

And she was the first to admit it was a petty grudge to have, but after so many times where they did all the legwork, and a hero got to smile at the camera for a candid interview about stopping the villains again, she got a little annoyed with the concept of it all.

The rookies of course were all starry eyed, probably getting to see their first hero up close in ways that they either couldn’t or wouldn’t want to do. Even the old timers seemed somewhat relieved at what they assumed was much needed assistance on a trickier situation than expected.

Dani, though, was about as impressed as a kid that got new socks on their birthday rather than the shiny new game console they’d been screaming about for the past year.

“I got a feeling they’re not looking at freezing, lady.” Dani called out with a hefty dose of attitude ill-befitting the high pressure situation they were in.

In fact as Dani leaned around the corner, she shot a stunner at door-splinter-man that got him to stop and think about their life mistakes… Only to be pulled to safety by their buddy, whose hands were on fire and probably looking on creating a BBQ special out of them…

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