[h2]Mimori's Police Instincts Take Over[/h2]

For a moment, everything seemed to slow down, promptly, as the explosion went off. Mimori shut her eyes, but it felt like it had taken forever, as opposed to the instant it had actually taken. The sound hit her, and she felt her ears ringing in the wake of the blast. It was hard to describe an explosion. It was more then just 'boom', it was kind of a very fast roaring sound intermixed with the sound of various objects breaking. After she felt it stop, more then she heard it, her eyes snapped open. There were a set of procedures to conduct as of now. It came to her instantly, as she took a deep breath and shouted, trying to project her voice as loudly as she could manage.

"STAY CALM," she called, "GET AWAY FROM THE AREA IN AN ORDERLY FASHION! STICK CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER TO AVOID GETTING LOST IN THE SMOKE!"

Mimori couldn't guarantee that this would work, but she hoped that at least a few people, especially those she was working with, would heed her advice and stick close to one another.

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[h2]Miyu, oops[/h2]

"... Aww, jeez, that didn't work?" Miyu frowned, folding her arms. Maybe she needed to work on making even more powerful explosions... that had to be it. Though... had it bounced back? It was moving so fast Miyu couldn't tell. What about these walls looked reflective? There was nothing that Miyu could see that made them look that way. Her explodey laser should have just exploded! There should have been some sort of warning! This was dumb! Really dumb! "That was just stupid, wasn't it, Takeyo..."

She trailed off as she turned towards the tengu and found him flat on his back and smoking. Oops. Realizing that he had indeed been struck by the blast, she quickly hurried around behind him and started to push him onto his feet, to get him back up. It seemed like the blast had decreased in power and not done any serious harm, but... ooops. Putting effort into her thin arms, Miyu managed to slowly get Takeyoshi back to his feet. It wasn't exactly easy given the angle and the fact she was physically a small nine or ten year old, but she managed as best she could.

"Hmph, stupid walls not just exploding like they're supposed to..." she complained, frowning deeply, "... Are you okay?"