[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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[Shirayuki Mai]

Mai felt profoundly silly when she realized that the group she'd just told to freeze were all plainclothes officers. A short channel of her quirk through her cheeks chilled them enough to hide all evidence of embarasment in advance. That only left the matter of how she should reply.  "So you say, yet I see precious little 'movement' left that would require an immediate intervention."  Well, that wasn't what she'd meant to say at all. Swallowing as she scanned the scene Mai considered how to best salvage the situation. With her back straight and an almost regal demeanor she walked towards the door Dani had just fired through. Perhaps a joke could deflect the tension. "Then again, mayhaps your team is so skilled as to be entirely at ease amidst an ongoing crisis." Shit.  That didn't come out as intended. Why was she so flustered? It didn't matter, Mai told herself. Actions said more than a thousand words, she'd just need to show that she was genuinely here to help.  "I'll take the fore, cover me," Mai said while making eye contact with each of the officers, lingering just slightly longer on the one that had spoken up before she looked towards the opening and raised her voice. "This is Yuki Onna, surrender now and you will not be harmed." She waited approximately half a second for a reply before dashing forward and kicking off the side of the door to diagonally enter the room with completely inverted momentum. Seeing one of the criminals be about to light up the room Mai rushed towards him and aimed a feint at his chin, the palm strike aborting early while she channeled her quirk through her arm to chill the air directly around it. Should he attempt to attack in any way she'd channel her quirk further to try and cancel out the heat as well. Her ears stayed peeled for any other trouble. She had full faith in the police of course but one never knew when unexpected disaster would strike. WORDS 351 TAGS Dani Shirai NOTES ---

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[Dani Shirai]

The hero backup was possibly in the most glowing terms a storm unleashed in a way that she had never experienced before. Dani had worked with heroes, but this was probably the closest she had gotten to actually being in the path of one doing what they did best.

She wasn’t certain whether the chill up her spine was the ice around them, or the sight of them dismantling every remaining crook in the room with ruthless expeditiousness. The neurons in the back of her brain firing trying to imagine what would happen if Dani herself was in the shoes of one of those crooks, trying to take down someone with powers and skill like that.

Dani wasn’t so arrogant to assume that her neck wouldn’t end up shattered within seconds if this hero felt like it. The difference between death and a single night in the hospital seemingly being their whimsy, and better judgement.

“We had the situation under control…” Dani grumbled as the dust… or better said, snow… settled around the building.

Despite what the crooks had destroyed in their last stand, the hero had kept things relatively pristine by comparison, which to Dani only told that they had held back to such a degree that they could merely do the minimum required for a situation to avoid any sort of collateral, living or otherwise.

Her colleagues moved into the apartment with their stunners drawn, making sure to quickly put in chains all the crooks that the hero had taken down. Unlike Dani, they did little in hiding how shaken they were by the situation, one that had felt significantly longer than it had actually been.

“I’ll uh… Do a sweep of the roof.” Dani recused themselves from the apartment, poorly hiding her embarrassment.

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[Shirayuki Mai]

Fists of fire met a chilling reception. When the criminal's fight or flight respond defaulted to the aggressive option Yuki Onna was ready for it, her quirk intensifying in order to allow her to withstand the heat long enough to counter. A parry swung him out of balance and a palm strike to the chin put him out of action before he could recover. He toppled in the exact direction Mai had intended causing him to crash onto an armchair like a tired salaryman after a long day. A scarf flew out before he'd even landed, wrapping around the arms and torso of one of his compatriots. With a tug Yuki Onna pulled the man in front of another aggressor, kicked off the coffee table and used her other leg to slam the pair up against the wall. Her eyes briefly flicked towards the man that had been hit by the stunner. Still down, good. The other two seemed hesitant to get up as well. "I suppose you did," Mai responded with an unimpressed look at the criminals. The crooks had the initiative and bodged it so badly after their first attempt at scaring the police off that it'd been utterly lost. The fact that they'd never managed to recover it nor even adapt to losing it spoke greatly to their capabilities. For all their crimes these people were unused to facing physical retaliation. Giving an appreciative nod to the nearest officer while unwrapping her scarf from one of the crooks Mai took a moment to recall the briefing before standing back up. "Allow me to accompany you." That was the perfect opportunity to alleviate her earlier blunder. Mai had been far harsher than she'd intended to be and there was only so much that stress and adrenaline could justify. One had to control their emotions, not be controlled by them. She was ashamed to say that she'd failed in that earlier. With the action over her mind was clearer now however and much less likely to stumble over her words. Wait, would the officer take it as an insult to her competence that she insisted on accompanying her? "Better to move in pairs until we're sure the area is clear." A fact that the officer surely knew as well. Mai wished the ground would open and swallow her. "Apologies, I don't think we've been introduced. My name is Shirayuki Mai, or Yuki Onna on the job. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance." She only briefly turned towards Dani as she introduced herself and listened to the officer's reply, her eyes quickly returning to scanning the perimeter in case there were any gang members still lurking around. "Are we expecting any further resistance?" WORDS 466 TAGS Dani Shirai NOTES ---

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