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Post by Miroru on Jul 19, 2023 6:09:08 GMT
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Combat wasn't the only place where Miroru relied on redirection to keep herself safe.
"It's pretty useful- but it was a bad match-up for you. I don't for a second think it'd have been anywhere near as close a match if your quirk wasn't feeding and bound by mine." It wasn't the first time Miroru had talked down her own abilities, and it certainly wouldn't be the last. "You're REALLY fast. Stronger than me, too, and quicker reactions. A lot of what we did left me with highlights for room to improve. Speed and reflexes, first and foremost." Miroru unhooked the anchor from her foot and carefully helped to unwind the other redhead, still a bit green around the gills. "If you had solid projectiles, you'd have had me in a box in moments. And you can take your ammo into battle with you." Pause- and a quiet snort. "Or just knock over a jewelry store before meeting up with evil."
She turned to face Jun again, bracing herself. "So- what's your assessment, Junsuina-senpai? What should I work on to keep developing?"
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Post by Miroru on Jul 19, 2023 5:54:31 GMT
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It was only a bad idea if Miroru had some sorta expectation, and- well, she didn't! She was going into this without any expectations besides that Hyousuke would do his best to stay on task and protect anyone that needed it. And asking him to take point was her trying to push against her own type A personality, always looking for the fixes and tempted to take the reins. She wanted him to be part of things, not just muscle to be pointed in the direction of needed violence... which meant she didn't catch that was how he was most comfortable.
Ah, well.
"I believe in you, Dynamo!" Miroru proclaimed, flashing a thumbs up as he proposed getting to work. "Yeah! Let's get out there and make a difference!"
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Post by Miroru on Jul 18, 2023 3:50:51 GMT
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"Aw, well. It's fun! The new games get super pretty graphics. You can sorta lose yourself in these fantastic areas with just... gorgeous landscapes. I know it's not the same as being there, but- I dunno how your mind works, but I'd feel a little better still getting to explore guilt-free." Miroru clasped her hands behind her back, glancing away and swaying faintly, uncomfortable, but not BECAUSE of Shikyo, just worrying she wasn't doing a good job being friendly.
"That's cool! I never learned to play any instruments, but I'm pretty good at lightshows if I get to listen to a song a few times ahead. I LIKE singing, too, though I dunno if I'm really much of any good at it. Maybe if you find a band missing a backup singer or something I could help out sometime."
Miroru tilted her head back to look up at the ceiling at the mention of not having many friends. "I kinda get that. My dad's... he's a big-name hero. And everyone in my family has his quirk. So until people learned what mine actually was, people tended to be really distant. And once they did learn... I usually ended up wishing they'd stayed distant."
"Ohhhhhhh. I getcha. Your body's state of "satiated" has your belly already empty, so it's not involved in any sort of pleasure reward system internally. Yeah. I can understand that. Well... dang. That's a bummer. Are there any foods that are more fun than others to... consume?" NOT eat. She'd avoided that word specifically.
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Post by Miroru on Jul 18, 2023 2:28:37 GMT
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No one is moving. Easy to say.
Impossible to obey, as Miroru soon proved.
In those brief instants, it must have seemed like the thug's body betrayed him, breaking and smashing and bleeding all of its own accord with nobody there to do it to him- nobody anyone could notice, anyhow. Freja's guess was right, though, and Miroru confirmed that after the squeak of being hugged so tightly- even if she did return the hug after a moment. "This's nice." Not a lot of good touches back home. Hugs were lovely.
"Shh. Who knows what happened. It's a mystery to eeeeeveryone," Miroru insisted, though she winced as the hug ended. "In an entirely unrelated issue... do, um. Do you know where the nearest pharmacy is? You need ice packs and ace bandages... and I think I need some toe splints."
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Post by Miroru on Jul 18, 2023 2:24:53 GMT
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"Oh, yeah, that'd probably make it even easier. Sorry, I tend to think on single lines of consideration, since it's pretty rare I've got electricity AND magnetic fields to play with. You've got layers of complexity to how you affect temporal movement, from what you've described." She tilts her head. "What's it feel like? You can- feel it, right? The way time flows? Sort of like how I can hear all the... constant blips and hisses and whines of the universe in the background?" She glanced elsewhere a moment. "Does it ever SAY something?"
She figured not. But who else was there to ask?
"Oh, I figure so. I could use conical magnetic fields to slow them down if I needed, but the trick is response time. I'd have to have them in place BEFOREhand. Easier to just... modulate muzzle velocity at that point."
"Go for it! Do you want some imaginary obstacles to hop around?" She'd happily provide if he wanted, placing completely matter-less benches and curbs in the air around him if he asked for them.
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Post by Miroru on Jul 18, 2023 2:19:17 GMT
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Something else. ANYTHING else. Keep thinking! GIVING UP is what'll let Junsuina-senpai down! LOOK! THINK! Feel it out! I can-
I CAN do this.
I SEE IT!
Miroru's feet slammed into Jun's guard and shoved her back as Miroru dropped and popped back up, her agility proving once more impressive, nearly on an Olympic level! Her eyes caught Jun slapping the release for the winch again, the second time so far. The third as she released the second anchor.
"Hey, Lightshow. You know anything about old movies? Lemme introduce you to something-"
The fox shot into motion, running for Junsuina- and diving towards her, curling her legs in as she twisted her body and KICKED off empty air, catapulting herself past at an angle as she slapped the winch release as she shot past, releasing a pulse of magentic energy to lock it open briefly as she flew past, boots roaring as she shot air back the other way- only to release the magnetism, pivot, and catch the spooled-out line in her fist.
"-FROM THE CLASSICS!"
Her boots blasted, and she shot forwards, twisting, to blast again and launch her at a 90 degree angle all over again, again, again, rapidly zipping her around Jun until the line went slack- and then pushing her boots to their limits as she whipped around the bigger girl, the cord wrapped haphazardly around Junsuina- until they smashed into each other and toppled to the ground!
"... h-had *urrp* oogh... uh... enough yet... villain..?"
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Post by Miroru on Jul 18, 2023 2:07:06 GMT
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In the battle of ninetails versus nine-bang, Kin had the right of it- it'd be tricky to get a grenade into effective radius around Miroru without surprising her completely! That was sure to be valuable knowledge if they ever met again- though Miroru certainly intended for this to be their only meeting before the would-be arsonist found herself serving out some time for her vandalism! After all, that was all she'd actually managed. With the fire put out, it'd likely soften her sentencing as well, which Miroru considered a good thing. She was hardest on those threatening the lives or health of others- many non-violent criminals were trying to make a point, and she could understand that!
The maneuver to break sight was clean and well executed, slashing her movement into the alley and surely breaking all lines of sight that previous existed to her. An excellent move to ensure that her quirk would trigger on anybody looking at her at the moment.
Which was what made the footsteps slamming onto the rooftops as she vaulted past the chain link fence even more startling.
They made it clear that she was still being followed- some way, some how! Was she even LOOKING at her?! She couldn't tell, the kid was too-
Too high up. It'd be an easy realization that SOMETHING else was letting her keep up with Kin's movements, though what it was exactly surely wasn't clear. Which put the pressure on Kin to find some other way to escape! Forcing eye contact maybe? Diving out of view? Maybe it was some sort of bird's eye perspective that her evasions hadn't accounted for?!
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Post by Miroru on Jul 18, 2023 1:54:17 GMT
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"Of course I did! I left you waiting!" Miroru protested, shaking her head. "That was rude and I didn't mean to, so I had to do what I could to make sure it wasn't longer than necessary." She brightened up a bit more as Freja opened up about the help she got. "Yeah, I know- well, on the plus side, it's no MORE unfamiliar for being femme than it is for being foreign, you know? So you don't have to feel bad!" She added a brilliant little smile at the end, and waved, encouraging Freja to follow her towards the festival!
"Aw, thanks. I'm glad I look okay. Being able to see yourself from all angles doesn't mean you can get your hands to do what you want from all angles," Miroru demurred, nodding a bit. "And nah, they're just pictures. Kei's helping me work on some ideas for hard light, but I don't think it's every gonna truly reach the level of amazing that Junsuina-senpai can put together."
Hungry? Miroru perked up- literally, her ears and tail both flickering upwards expectantly. "Really? You sure? Fair food can be a little bit pricy!"
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Jul 15, 2023 20:00:15 GMT
Post by Miroru on Jul 15, 2023 20:00:15 GMT
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The ploy was clever and worked a treat, Miroru completely unprepared for the yank that tore her control of her own footwork away, dragging her straight over to Jun's side with a startled squawk!
I could end this. She fed me a lot of energy. I could just convert it to electricity.
Her mind raced, trying to find a way out, finding one- and immediately rejecting it.
No. That's what HE'D do. I'm better than that. Better than him. Think of something else!
She hopped as she was dragged over towards Jun's side, drawing both knees to her chest before pistoning both straight forwards, trying to punish Jun's attempt to reel her in with a double drop kick as she twisted to catch herself on her palms. She wasn't sure if the kick would land- Jun seemed to have extraordinary reflexes, and while her up-close evasion wasn't exactly tops, she was good at getting out of the way- but it was the best idea she had that didn't involve electrocuting or frying her senpai!
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Jul 15, 2023 19:50:14 GMT
Post by Miroru on Jul 15, 2023 19:50:14 GMT
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Miroru wasn't sure what was happening, but whatever it was, she was concretely certain she didn't like it one bit.
She'd went to see Thea before classes, only to find she was out of her room. Which was fine, Thea had her own life and other interests and friends, so she'd gone about her day without concern.
Until she couldn't find Thea at lunch.
Or after classes.
Or at all.
Frowning to herself, Miroru paced her room and thought hard. It was super strange she hadn't crossed paths with Thea. Often times, they'd run into each other briefly during the day at random, and that hadn't happened at all. No planned visits, no accidental run-ins, no hint of Thea at all.
Concerned, Miroru snuck onto the roof of Thea's dorm and sat down with a couple of her study books, settling in for a possibly long wait, using her senses to pick up when and if somebody went into Thea's room so she could figure out what was going on. Was she okay even?
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Jul 15, 2023 19:44:05 GMT
Post by Miroru on Jul 15, 2023 19:44:05 GMT
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Freja was left waiting a little while longer than Miroru intended, but not much longer than she already had. In short order, the petite came scurrying into view, clopping a little in a pair of wooden sandals strapped onto her hero boots, doing her best to be ready for anything and still in the spirit of the festival!
"I'm here! I'm here, I'm sorry, it took longer to get ready than I thought! The silly obi is way harder to tie by myself than I thought it'd be!" The redhead scampered over towards Freja, smiling and flushed from the hurried approach. "I almost fell over like three times before I got the hang of the geta. Have you been managing okay? Or did you skip them for something a little less likely to drop you on your face?"
She took a moment to look Freja over and lit up, clapping her hands excitedly! "Oh, you look AMAZING in your yukata, Freja-chan! Did your roommate help you get all dressed up?? Or did you manage that alone?!"
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Jul 15, 2023 18:47:11 GMT
Post by Miroru on Jul 15, 2023 18:47:11 GMT
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"Ooooh..." Miroru nodded, approving. "I haven't looked into projectiles much. I refuse to use gear someone else could weaponize against me, so that means there can't be manual controls or any electronics to get hijacked. Which really only leaves railgun tech, and to be blunt, that sort of high velocity weaponry isn't exactly suited to capture or suppression tactics." That seemed to be a consistent point for her. She didn't much like the idea of using lethal techniques or equipment, either. "Not to down your gear, it's just the corner my specific restrictions sorta backs me into, to be clear!"
She nodded, approving of his reasoning. "Makes sense. I can dig it." After all, she'd used much the same logic to come to the conclusion she needed her skywalkers in the first place.
Farrin took off on his second attempt, and again, Miroru hopped and clapped encouragingly! "You're doing great! You're almost at a dozen! Nine- te-oop," she cut herself off, wincing as he crashed back downwards.
"You really are improving with every attempt! One thing you might want to try is using acceleration fields if you need to gain height. If you jumped up into one, it should launch you higher, where you can just keep going as normal right? I don't exactly have that option, I gotta sprint uphill if I want to gain altitude. Stairway to heaven and all that!"
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Jul 15, 2023 18:40:28 GMT
Post by Miroru on Jul 15, 2023 18:40:28 GMT
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An interruption! Most unwelcome. Well. Somewhat unwelcome. There were only so many moments of isolation on such a crowded campus, but it wasn't like connecting with other prospective students was directly unpleasant. Miroru turned to face the student asking to sit down and stopped dead, blinking at the tiny white fluffboy. "Uh."
It took her a second to push past and reply. "Oh, um. Sure." She moved to shuffle the empty plates from the side he seemed to want to sit on over to the other side of her setup, clearing some space for him. "It's no bother. Public space and all that." She squinted at him, though. Something felt off. It took her a second to identify exactly what it was, though.
"Say, uh. Are you comfortable? I can see the fluff from your collar, and you don't seem like you're losing body heat at the right rate. It's the infrared. You're just- not releasing as much as most people do to self regulate temperature. You gonna be okay?"
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Post by Miroru on Jul 15, 2023 4:16:45 GMT
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"What about quarms? Quad-arms! The Quarmpack!" Miroru rattled through the ideas as she came closer to examine it, pressing in a segment to release the arm and extract it for examination. "Speed-cleaned. Yeah, sounds like Oberon, alright. He's a super nice guy, but man. Did he make out like a bandit with that quirk. Did you know he can use it to run on thin air? I helped him figure out how to use thin sheets to drastically amplify the volume of air his downward steps displace, turning it into thrust. He doesn't need boots or anything, he just does it!" Amazing, but she was firmly in the jealousy camp. Oh, to have that sort of constant access to amazing power.
"Yeah, not all are equal. But it's fun finding the clever ways to use the restricted stuff. Sure, we can't fast forward time or fart fireballs, but we have a lot more fun!" Miroru said, half trying to convince even herself!
"Hm? Oh, well, yeah, but it's more complex. What you actually have to do is hold colored filter-images in the form of what you want, and released light from inside the films so the right colors hit the eyes." He spoke of condensing, and she twisted her face up a bit. "In my experience, every time I've compressed light enough to change its effects, there's been so much heat contained inside the beams that it's devastating. More so if it's gathered sunlight. I've seen it done, before. Junsuina-senpai can do that by binding it into matrices of crystal dust. I can't manipulate crystal dust, so that's where my experimentation with hardlight kinda ended."
She stood and shook his hand firmly. "Deal, indeed. Now- tell me about the Quarmpack's features!"
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Post by Miroru on Jul 15, 2023 3:58:07 GMT
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Miroru went wide-eyed and pulled her hands over her head, ears back in clear distress as she stared at the thug hold that blade to the shopkeep's throat, terrorizing the man as he manhandled him around the counter. "Either of you stupid sluts move and I'll open this fucker's throat like a cheap bag of wine!" The fox was just as motionless as Freja, holding her position as directed.
Which Freja had every chance to realize was very, very unlike the fox.
The thug dragged and wrangled the poor shopkeep towards the door, making it halfway past the counter, staring at the two girls wildly, refusing to get taken down like his "friends" he was clearly abandoning.
Unsuccessfully.
Without warning, his knife arm yanked straight outwards with a startled hoot from the thug, suddenly held outright over the counter. The next instant, his elbow bent the wrong way, his howling, wide-eyed face slammed against the counter, and his nose crunched inwards and exploded with blood as his head bounced off of... something unseen and sent him careening to the floor, unconscious.
A moment later, Miroru straightened up as she took her illusory double's place again, whistling. "Man, I dunno what happened to him, but I sure am glad we're all okay. Good things those guns all jammed at the same time, that was super lucky! Why don't you call the cops, sir? If you've got some zipties, we can get them locked down so they're ready to go when the police arrive," she asked, conspicuously limping towards the counter to take the zipties offered.
And if that was blood spattered all over one of the toes of her sneakers, she wasn't saying anything about that.
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