Dizzy

“Hmph. Maybe I can pay you back if you collapse or something...” Izzy half-smiled, before catching Mara's wrist all of a sudden in order to get her attention. “I mean it. I owe you. You've been nothing but nice to me so far, so... I dunno, maybe we could hang out more sometime. Whatever you like. Oh, uh—”

She let go of Mara's wrist in order to whistle and wave over to Rosa, a big smile of gratitude on her face as she carefully stood back up onto her feet again.

“Yo, Rosa! You go girl! Great job back there!”

She silently palmed a spare painkiller into Mara's hand. For later, at the very least. She'd noticed her somewhat disoriented state, and it honestly pained her too.

She decided then that being more quick-thinking and calculating was the way to go. She could've gotten herself killed back then, after all, and she'd ended up using precious time and resources that could've helped other people. In other words, she seriously needed to train her powers.

The suit'll probably help. But there's no point in even having it if I can't handle myself without it. Can't fix what isn't there.

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Rab-Bank

He narrowed his eyes at Izzy and growled in a low-goofy voice, "Try playing catch-up with me, and you'll lose. Cause I'm fast. I'm the best there is at what I do. Which is move my feet quickly." He posed and shot finger-guns at her, again in a "cool-goofy" way, hoping to cheer her up.

Rab then shot a glance at the new arrival. "A green thumb, huh? Useful. And yeah, you looked like you know what you're doing. Were you listening to the radio, or what?"

Pedro — The Bank

Pedro shot the mech pilot a smug look before turning around and hopping down from the wreckage. Once he was back on the ground, that's when he spotted the injured Nikolai. As Pedro speedwalked over to help him, Pedro asked, "Hey, bro, are you okay—" Once he saw the damage to Niko's foot up close, he winced. "Oooh, yeah, he got you really bad, didn't he? Here, try leaning on me, I'll help you up."

As Pedro began easing Niko onto his good foot, he waved and called out, "Hey, we have another one over here!"

Edited by Akkun_K on Sep 7th 2021 at 10:45:13 AM

If I die, tell Hex Haywire I loved him.

Lambert seemed to stop for a second, wondering what he was supposed to do. Reacting quickly, a blade formed on his mind.

Neutralize and save the wrecker from a bad crash

"Reforge: Zephyr!" He said, the katana coming back to him. But the sword, as it formed, there was an obvious change. Its edge seemed to dull, and the back sharpened. The wind seemed to pick up and surround Lambert.

Getting into position, he took a heavy swing. Normally, the air itself would become like an extension of the blade, cutting beyond the blade's reach. As it is now, with the reverse edge, the blade gets extra impulse, and the impact is far blunter.

Hopefully, he got this right.

Wake me up at your own risk.

Rosa

Rosa lightly nodded towards Izzy, as an acknowledgement of her compliment. She'd rejoin her classmates shortly...but first, there was the minor issue of the pilot.

Rosa flicked her wrist. Vines sprouted out from beneath the floor, tying the man's arms and legs together and holding tight. This way, he wouldn't be able to get away before the authorities showed up.

If the authorities showed up. The cavalry didn't seem to be coming.

With that done, she walked over to Mara and Izzy. "Everything alright?" she asked, a note of concern in her voice. "Especially you, Izzy. You don't look that great."

"Kept me waiting, haven’t you? Tch. No matter. Dawdle all you’d like. In the end, your defeat remains inevitable."

Dizzy

“Yeah. I'll be fine, I swear~” Izzy joked lightheartedly in response to Rosa, her spirits somewhat lifted now that she'd found her old groove again. “Just got clipped by a shot. Couple of nice folk helped patch me up. Should really do something to thank 'em...” she mused for a moment, before shaking her head a little. “Everything go okay back at the diner? Sorry I ran off like that. I wouldn't have been that uh... that helpful in a tiny space...”

Edited by Enirboreh on Sep 8th 2021 at 10:57:34 AM

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Bank - Iona

"Iona. Iona Bassano, and I'd be glad to help, Mara."

Doll? She called me doll? It was certainly strange, and elicited an equally strange feeling on hearing it. She just shook her head and got back to tending to the wounded with Mara. As Izzy made her plight known and Mara moved over to help her, Iona joined her, crouching down near her fellow heroine-of-the-day, holding her hands over Izzy's burn wounds.

"Please, this may hurt a bit. Scalding hot and then cold as I work to equalize the Fire and Water Elemental Energies so it doesn't sting as much, but it should help heal it faster. I can also activate the vine's Earth energy to heal it faster as well, which may also produce a stinging sensation before it goes numb." She let Rab's question sit for a while as her hands started glowing, siphoning off the heat, but being careful to not make it too cold either. It was precise work, keeping the balance, but it was going...moderately well.

"I'm...not quite a green thumb. I gathered those vines. I merely manipulate Elemental Energy...which I suppose would give me a green thumb, yes. But I prefer not to think of it like that. And no, I wasn't quite listening to the radio. I was called here in...other ways. The name's Iona."

Lux - Bank

And so, the villain was taken down. He and his mech took quite a beating!

Lux let out a relieved sigh.

"I've got a somewhat burned arm.", he showed said arm, "That "Billy Hotshot" fellow was shooting the whole place up without any control...", he cast a slightly stern side glance at the now defeated villain.

"It's pretty wild how we were able to defeat a rampaging maniac like that day one...", he gently rubbed one of his left temple. He was also glad they were able to keep the civilians here out of harm's way. His Guardian's Sense was on throughout the entire battle. It was kinda stressful, honestly...

"But I guess that means we did great, heheh!", he smiled.

"And that includes you too, newcomer!", he cheerfully waved at Iona.

Edited by Noussibonne on Sep 8th 2021 at 8:52:38 PM

Sweet dreams are made of this~ Who am I to disagree?

Nikolai -Bank

With all the adrenaline coursing through his body, Nikolai didn’t even feel the damage to his foot until it was too much to ignore. And that happened when he put pressure on the limb.

Thankfully, he’d suffered far worse back home, so what should have been screaming agony was grunting annoyance and the knowledge he’d have a limp for a while. Dismissively gesturing, his hammer shifted back into his wrist circlet and he began to walk forward, putting as little pressure as he could, ready to handle the damage by himself as he was so frequent to do-

When Pedro arrived and helped take the pressure off. Suddenly the pain vanished into elation as a realization hit him like a sack of bricks.

New person! Making sure he was okay! That meant…

“New friend!” He grinned and grabbed Pedro by the hand, squeezing and shaking it. “Is good day already! Nikolai has met new dear friend!”

Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?

Rab-The Bank

He took in the newcomer's words with a slight frown. She'd just been...called here? What the heck did that mean? And Elemental energy? Magic? GREAT. Still, she'd helped them out and no mistake, so he decided to leave it be for the time being. Leaving Izzy's side with another shoulder squeeze, he darted over to Nikolai. "How are you doing, Nik?" He'd not spent much time with the other student, but no harm in being friendly. Rab gave Pedro a quick nod.

Dizzy

“I don't know what that means but okay,” Izzy smiled nervously in response to Iona, only to bite her lip and wince at the stinging sensation she'd been warned about. “Ugh... uh, so hi. You're new? I'm Izzy! In case you... didn't here. Um, thanks. For helping— ow that stings!”

It was difficult to tell whether this was genuine, or just an attempt to cut short her own awkward spiel. Either way, the pained hissing that followed seemed convincing enough.

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Diner

"Electrified, you say?!" Gilgamesh's face lit up in astonishment, crouching down to see if the dwarf's hair had been singed. "You're lucky to be in one piece! Many would already have one foot in the underworld if their vessels coursed with such power! Praise the Gods you weren't already sent there."

She got up, glancing towards where the civilians had fled. "But I feel I must thank you. Both of you. No doubt it was your efforts that kept the troublemakers at bay. Are you students, by chance? Sue did say something about receiving a new group of pupils today..."

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Bank

Down the street, a group of low sirens could be heard, slowly increasing in intensity as they approached the bank. The door burst open, Sue standing in the doorway with her big hairy foot outstretched, the door laying in pieces on the floor.

"OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH!" Plucking a few hairs, she split into no less than five different Sues, each attending the victims and assisting where possible. But the original bounded towards Izzy and the students, hugging her and the others tight as her large eyes moistened over. "OMIGOSHIMSOSOSOSORRY! Came as soon as I heard, honest! But that diner stuff sorta stole everyone's attention..."

She loosened her grip, but didn't let go, taking special note of her wounds. "'Crap!' You okay, Izzy? You don't look so hot..." She sat up, taking a good look at her charges and trying her best to take stock. "...hell, most of you don't so hot..."

Edited by kkhohoho on Sep 19th 2021 at 11:13:06 AM

Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around

Streets

Markus ran after the water-person as she escaped, but was unable to stop her from flowing down the drain. Exhausted, he released his illusion and the truck disappeared into a cloud of black smoke. Between running after a raging bull and pushing his powers to their limits with his exploding stoplight trick, he was exhausted. He collapsed on the sidewalk, gasping for breath as he dragged his body behing a parked car for cover. He crossed his fingers, hoping nothing disastrous was about to happen, and and attempted to take a brief period of rest to regain what little stamina he could before his powers might be needed again.

Edited by ItsDrFunk on Sep 18th 2021 at 8:21:41 AM

I'm up in heaven but I came from hell...

City Streets

Tauros stomped around, trying desperately to wring her hands around her assailant's necks as she snorted, but to no avail. Even as the smoke lessened, it was almost impossible to make anything out. By the time it had cleared, she was fed up, shrugging her shoulders before making a break for it.

But it was too late. The air was blunted, cutting through what little smoke remained. Tauros turned, groaning as she sensed the blast of air behind her, but nothing she could do would stop it. In a single stroke, she had been felled, crashing to the ground with a painful moo.

Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around

Mara Springwood

Mara frowned, unimpressed both by Sue's late entrance and by her jostling of Izzy.

"Don't you think you should have asked if she was okay before you started manhandling her?"

Mara frustratedly brushed her bangs out of her eyes, then pressed her fingers to her temples. She could already feel whatever go-juice she'd been on giving up the ghost, and even if the original pain in her head had faded she felt wrecked by the aftershocks. It was as if the memory of that moment of agony was playing on a loop in her head, potent enough to deal damage even as a pale imitation of the original.

Still, she couldn't afford to worry about that just yet. Trying with limited success to ignore the headache, Mara begrudgingly offered Sue an incident report of sorts.

"A few of us have got burns that need working over. Sooner rather than later, ideally - I saw Lux and Niko were hurt as well as Izzy and several of the bank patrons. I'm...alright, and Rosa prevented a lot of the damage with some well placed vines, so it could have been a lot worse."

Mara paused, and glanced toward Iona. She considered mentioning the help the chick had provided, but she knew the cops were about to get involved, and Mara didn't know the other girl's story. She wasn't about to repay a kindness by becoming a snitch.

"As for the diner thing...I'm pretty sure stealing everyone's attention was the whole point. The yahoos put on a show so their buddy could shoot up the bank in peace."

Dizzy

“Whoa whoa whoa I'm fine, I'm fine,” Izzy emphasized with a wince as Sue hugged her near to death, her sticklike form barely able to withstand the pressure. “What... what Mara said. Ease up a little, I'm good...!”

She visibly relaxed now that everyone seemed to be back together for the most part, and then moved to get up and jostle Mara's shoulder in a friendly manner.

“Oy. Thanks. But you can take it easy a little. Don't have to take charge like that, you know?”

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Lambert took a moment to breathe as things ended, and Tauros collapsed. At least he caught her. Walking up to her frame, he decided to try and carry her back to the diner, since the rest were there and will likely have some authority over there.

Hopefully no more surprises, this might leave me mighty sore if this keeps up

But that's a worry for tomorrow's Lambert.

Wake me up at your own risk.

Rosa

Rosa stepped back in surprise as Sue launched herself into the bank, scooping Izzy up into a massive hug. She regained her composure quickly, though, clearing her throat to get her teacher's attention.

"I hate to be a mood-killer," she said, "but I should inform you that we have restrained the man piloting the mech."

She pointed to said main, whose limbs were still tied together by the vines. "I believe taking him into custody should be our main priority."

"Kept me waiting, haven’t you? Tch. No matter. Dawdle all you’d like. In the end, your defeat remains inevitable."

James, Diner.

James wanted to speak up but...he really hadn't done much beyond patching some of the civilians who'd gotten injured up with bandages and the like from his Emergency Emergency Kit and gave a nervous and barely noticeable wave when Gilgamesh mentioned 'two'/'both' students.

...He'd definitely need more training to avoid being practically being a deer in the headlights again.

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.

Pedro — The Bank

Taken slightly aback by the boy's exuberant response, Pedro decided to just go with it, shaking his hand in return. "Oh, yeah, you go to the hero school too, right? Name's Pedro, I think we're in the same year."

Once Rab showed up, Pedro nodded back to him.

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Diner - Mitzi

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"Students," Mitzi nodded. "Today..." she looked around. "Today's our first day. We were taking a look around town."
"This squirtle-woman and a giant attacked while we were eating here—pity them—and came this close to electrocuting everyone in the diner. When I say it like that I should have run them down. But I helped here and assembled a counter to their plan and yes, kept the troublemakers at bay."
"The others are still out there though, and there was Mara...hm." Mitzi tapped around on a remarkably not broken phone and just looked for local news. A charging bull was hard to miss. Also, what was going on at the bank. And I'll show Mara when I find her.

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives

Mara Springwood

Mara smiled at Izzy apologetically.

"Sorry, dude. Force of habit. I'll lay off."

At Rosa's interruption, Mara nodded in agreement: taking care of the tin can should probably be priority number one. As the dust began to settle, she watched Sue - the person who was presumably supposed to take charge at this point - speculatively.

There was one thing she hadn't mentioned to anybody yet: that vision she'd had when she tried to get into the water chick's head. Hell, her classmates didn't even know that 'getting into cats' heads' was something she could do. It was creepy, and invasive, and she didn't plan on ever using it on any of them, so it hadn't been worth mentioning that morning.

But...whatever force had noticed her, had actually forced her out, it was powerful. The headache could attest to that. The three morons who had launched the attacks today hadn't seemed nearly that strong - which meant either they were seriously holding back, or there was something - or someone - behind the scenes. As much as she hated the idea of putting her trust in The Man, she couldn't keep that info to herself.

"Listen, Teach," Mara sighed once some of the others had directed their attentions elsewhere, "I was at the diner earlier. And during the fight, I saw something strange - in one of their heads. It was like something knew I was there, and it was seriously PO'd about it. I saw this giant pair of burning eyes, and then it somehow forced me out. That - that doesn't happen."

Diner

Markus stumbled from behind the car. His head was still throbbing, but the fight appeared to be over. He used what little strength he could to help Lambert drag Tauros back to the diner. Considering his skinny frame, he couldn't help much, but he did what he could.

"At least we got one of them. Between the commotion at the diner and how loud that blast was, I'm betting the cops are gonna be here any second."

Edited by ItsDrFunk on Sep 27th 2021 at 9:28:31 AM

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Bank - Iona

"I didn't really do much, but thank you!" Iona nodded back in Lux's direction with a small smile before turning back to Izzy, wincing as her patient did. "S-Sorry. Elemental Magic isn't really meant to be used for healing people. I'm just doing the best with what I have."

After a few more moments, she took her hands away from the burn with a deep sigh, having done all she could to ease the sting and leaving the vine to do its work. She adjusted her jacket a bit, pulling it straight again.

"Izzy? I'm Iona. Nice to meet you, even if it's because of stopping a bank robbery and having to deal with a burn wound." She offered another small smile, giving Izzy a pat on the shoulder in lieu of a handshake or something. "You were pretty good out there, by the way. Real heroic."

"Also, we should probably get her to an actual doctor. Or at least the infirmary back at the academy." She gave Sue an attention-grabbing poke on the back, coughing politely as the monkey-woman cradled Izzy in a hug.

Dizzy

“D-Dude, c'mon. You're making me blush here...” Izzy couldn't help but stammer a little, awkwardly running at her own face in an effort to frustratedly hide her bashfulness. “Look, it wasn't... it wasn't smart. I just went in, did a thing, and... we're lucky no-one got hurt bad 'cause of it. If I'd thought it through maybe no-one would've gotten hurt at all, but—”

She shook her head, gritting her teeth and letting out a long sigh before lethargically shrugging her shoulders in clear resignation.

“—it's fine. Thanks, I guess. Just— focus on other folks without superpowers. I can handle this. I threw myself into the fire, got burnt, big whoop. I'll— I'll be careful next time. Promise.”

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