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"Big brother, huh?" Tsurushi queried, her arms folded as she said this.
Her eyes shifted over to Tamiko, who seemed rather defensive of a rather gaudy shark bandanna that this "brother" of hers had given her. It was obvious that this was a girl who had way too many things confiscated from her, although that in turn led Tsurushi to wonder what kind of lethal shit Tamiko was trying to bring into the school. Perhaps this wasn't the time to ask; she didn't want to come off as too pushy.
"Well, I'm actually her new teacher," Tsurushi said, to answer the young man's question to how she knew Tamiko, "I just happened to chance upon her here while I was trying to find this place... ugh..."
She couldn't believe she was wasting valuable lunch break hours on this mess. Tsurushi have to go back to the school herself soon enough so she could continue with her job, and trying to convince Tamiko to come with her was a lost cause. Everything was falling apart around her.
Just when she was about to let go of the IOU notes, the two goons backed out of their approach towards Tamiko right at the last second. It seemed as though they were somehow intimidated by the guy that had popped out from out of nowhere, although Tsurushi had no idea why. Shaking her head in disgust, Tsurushi opened her purse and shoved the two IOU notes inside. She wasn't about to give her phone number out to a couple of creeps for no good reason; especially not if they hadn't completed the job that she asked them to do.
"Had I known you'd be so useless, I would've done this myself," she told the two goons, as she turned her back to them and took her leave. It looked like she had no choice but to make a scene after all, as reluctant as she was to make one.
...
Tsurushi fished around her purse for some time, eventually finding and pulling out a stun gun that she kept on her for her personal defense. All the while, she took the time to observe the man that had just showed up behind Tamiko. He seemed like a nice guy on the surface, even having went so far as to gift the girl with something. But Tsurushi had to deal with that facade all the time, to the point where she could never tell what was genuine and what wasn't any more. Still, the fact that he was able to get Tamiko to talk to him without any of the hostilities had to account for something. Curious as to what sort of trick would have to come to play, Tsurushi made her approach.
"Excuse me," she said, hoping to get the man's attention, "May I ask how you know Suzukaze-chan, here?,"
Tsurshi maintained a somewhat professional interaction with the man so far, but kept her stun gun off to the side with her thumb on the switch that would turn it on. Just on the off-chance that the encounter were to go horribly wrong.
Interactions: Haruishi Mari (@Stern Algorithm), Sakimoto Hiroki (@ShwiggityShwah), Fujimori Haruka* (@SubjectVision)
All of a sudden, the class was starting to form their very own teams of three, in preparation for the rescue operation at hand. This would've been the perfect opportunity for Umi to initiate the solid core of herself, Mari and Hiroki, but the latter had other ideas.
"This is a golden opportunity to scout how the other class mates work!" he instead suggested, "We'll split up for this simple assignment and see who should be on our winning side! Then we'll compare notes, corner the prospect and invite them into the fold! They'll have no choice but to fight with us! HAHAH!"
Umi bit her lip and heavily inhaled through the gaps of her upper teeth. She did not like the sound of splitting up, going up to complete strangers and suggesting they work with her. Even if it would just be for a little bit, it'd still be too much for Umi.
"I uh... I-I'm actually... n-n-not that good..." Umi was about to say the words "with strangers", but by the time she turned to face him, Hiroki had already taken off in search of potential teammates.
Well, at least Mari had offered that they still be together. What she'd told her may have implied that she didn't have the best maneuverability in areas such as forests, but at least she was fast to begin with. Umi, on the other hand, was much less suited for a rescue mission. Even compared to those that were quirkless, she would prove to be too slow of a runner, and she didn't have the necessary expertise to judge what exactly to do or where to go. Umi would most certainly need someone of Mari's caliber in the long run.
Despite that, however, Umi didn't fully commit to joining up with Mari just yet. It would all depend on the next person that Mari had tried to collect next. Many others were already taken by this point, so it would be a scramble to get the right teammates for the job.
"We'll either need to find someone who can find the targets or someone mobile. If there's a river in the forest, maybe we can claim that as our search area, since you need water, right?"
"Yeah, th-that's right," Umi replied, "I-I usually c-come prepared f-for areas wh-where there's little t-to no water, but I, uh... d-didn't have the ch-chance to get m-my equipment f-for my costume r-ready."
Umi sighed at the end of her explanation. Hiroki was a life-saver for reminding her that she could just ask Goudo for the supply of water that she needed, but that whole fiasco could've easily been prevented if Umi just took the time to ensure she was fully prepared, as opposed to rushing out the door and trying to charge up the mountain where she had ultimately collapsed.
Still under the assumption that Umi decided to band with her, Mari ushered for the shy girl to follow, which she did up to a certain point. But the second she realized who exactly Mari had approached, Umi's timid steps forward had quickly transformed into bold steps backwards. She had no idea who this guy was, having not even seen him at the assembly, and that was enough to trigger her nerves all over again. She waved hand across her neck in a rapid slicing motion, signifying she couldn't go through with the partnership.
"O-on second thought, I... I-I wanna g-go back to H-Hiroki!" Umi called out, before bolting back to try and find the aforementioned boy. Evidently, Hiroki had been struggling to find a decent third member as well, seemingly settling with attempting to secure Haruka. Umi remembered Haruka; she was the one that had sat the closest to the poor girl at the back of the assembly, and she and Soga were also the ones to inspire Hiroki into teaming up with her and make their performance something special.
Umi wouldn't mind joining forces with both Haruka and Hiroki for the operation due to this; it would certainly be better than being stuck with a complete stranger (even if Mari would also be there). Still Umi couldn't exactly forgive Hiroki for running off like he had and ruining the perfect team for her. She came up to the boy from behind while he was talking to Haruka.
"Hi...ro...ki...what's...wrong...with...you...I...tried...to...tell...you...that...I...was...no...good...with...stran...gers...but...you...ne...ver...list...ened...to...me...Why...would...you...ditch...me...like...tha...ya...ya...ya...ya...ya...ya...ya..."
Umi would continue to thump each of Hiroki's shoulder blades with her clenched fist each time she uttered a syllable, completely unaware that each hit would start to add up. She also didn't realize that Haruka would be watching all this unfold.
Still plotting my CS in my head. It'll prob take me a few days to put everything together, though.
Umi had been talking to Hiroki, Kaito and Mari for quite some time now, almost to the point where any normal teacher would’ve started whatever course they were assigned to teach by now. And yet as far as education side of things, nothing was happening. Surely Umi wasn’t expected to just talk all day, was she? She wondered…
She approached Goudo, but before she could actually ask what the current situation was, she could hear a very distinct sound coming from the air that had peaked her interest. She looked over to the right, and was quick to identify the source.
"Hey, l-look at the sk-sky!" exclaimed Umi, directing everyone’s attention to where she was pointing.
It was a helicopter, and the grass swayed under everyone’s feet as it drew closer and closer. It slowed as it approached the center of the concrete area, coming to a halt when it was right on top of it, but had not sacrificed any significant altitude to do so. A man could be seen rappelling down the left side of the helicopter. He normally stood at 173cm (5’ 8”); well within the statistics of the average Japanese male. His heterochromatic eyes, one aqua and one violet, surveyed the students momentarily, before he looked back up at the helicopter’s pilot and gave her a thumbs up, signifying that he landed safely. With a nod of acknowledgement from its pilot, the helicopter dispersed, heading in the direction in whence it came.
Unless there were any special guests that the students weren’t made aware of, there would only be one reason why the man could possibly be here within the grounds of Jigokuraku Academy. Chances were, this was the teacher that was absent from the assembly, despite seemingly having dressed for the occasion. He casually dusted himself off, before addressing the students.
"My greetings to you all," the teacher said with a smile on his face, "My name is Uranishi Yataro, although you should refer to me as Uranishi-sensei. I’m here to teach you all about rescue operations and how to successfully conduct them. I’ll also be your science teacher, as well as the designated school nurse."
The fact that he was able to put the word “school” and the word “nurse” together, in that exact manner as he described, without pause and especially while still maintaining a straight face, would indicate that, surprisingly enough, one would find that Uranishi was OK with having that role assigned to him. Then again, there wasn’t another person alive that would be more fitting to fill the role of Jigokuraku Academy’s school nurse. After all, Uranishi was a famous and renowned surgeon back in the day, as well as a competent medical examiner and a respected forensic scientist. There was much more he had to say, so he continued.
"I’d have liked to tell you a little more about myself, but unfortunately we’ve past the point of time in which I’d have the luxury," he stated, "The reason I was unable to attend today’s assembly was because I had to transport a highly fragile item of equipment into my laboratory here; hence the helicopter that was responsible for my arrival. As you may imagine, helicopters have quite the difficulty to procure, especially with ours of school budgets."
With that out of the way, it was time to begin.
"Now then, assuming Goudo-sensei obeyed the instructions of the recent text message I sent him, inside this very forest will lie several dummies that will represent a lost family of civilians. Your task will be to track where they might have gone and locate their exact position in the trees," Uranishi reached into his suit pocket and grabbed enough ribbons for all the students to have one each, all in different colors, before continuing his relay of today’s lesson, "For the purposes of this task, you’ll all form groups of three and collect a trio of ribbons from my person. These ribbons should help us determine who exactly has yet to return. I do have a spare ribbon of each color in the event that any of you would be left ungrouped. In any case, it would pay to take care within this forest. There may be hidden dangers lurking within..."
Of course, some of the students would decide not to read too far into that last statement, despite how ominous Uranishi made it sound. In truth, however, this would be the perfect hint that Sakkaku’s quirk come into play for the rescue mission. No doubt she’d be in position by now, so all that would be left was for the students to group up make their own preparations.
"If any of you have any questions, now would be the time to express them; although I’d ask that you briefly beforehand so I know who you are," Uranishi suggested.
The sound of a helicopter overhead practically demanded the students gathered to look into the clearing blue skies of Jigokuraku, and Azukina was no exception, pushing away from the fence by which she had taken a moment's rest to get a better look. Umi pointed her in the right direction, upward and approaching fast. The marked landing zone was the target, giving ample area for the man who had just rappelled from the side, Uranishi Yataro -- as he would soon introduce himself as --, a safe descent to earth once more. He was straightforward and to-the-point, a quality Yomodachi both admired and respected.
Also... kinda cute.
Back on track, Uranishi went into detail about the class' current task: a rescue mission for dummies. Something told her that these dummies were going to be used a lot throughout the coming year. Looking around, The Field was fairly large, flanked by the natural forest upon which the school had been built on, but the multiple paths shooting off into different directions made the monochrome emitter a bit confused. She'd heard much about Jigokuraku's many shrines, of course, as it was a source of tourism for Kirisama, but given the details and task given to them, it was hard to tell whether the deeper paths would be used.
Given that Uranishi was open to questioning, Checkers took it upon herself to ask the first.
"Uranishi-sensei," began the girl in a clear tone-of-voice, "My name is Yomodachi. If I may, please refer to me by my given name: Azukina." Her bow carries formality which had yet to be seen till now, somewhat telling of her roots, given her father's traditional personality. Upon raising her gaze to meet him, she questions: "Given The Field is connected to the many shrines of this area, is it safe to assume we can travel down the paths that lead to said shrines for this particular task? Or will we be limiting our search area to this forest?"
Perhaps it was a little simplistic to ask, but making sure nobody went off and got in trouble down a route they shouldn't have felt important enough to know. Personally, she would have had the groups go down the side paths first, then close in towards The Field itself, but admittedly rescue wasn't her forte. Thankfully for her, the teacher Jigokuraku got their hands on would be more than suitable in regards to rescue training. The answer she’d receive was reassuring...
"Certainly," Uranishi answered, "There’s no shame in using the paths to the shrines to ensure one doesn’t get lost, although as you maybe aware, you’ll have to diverge from them eventually in order to reach the target zone."
Uranishi would likely take a few more questions before the task was set to begin.
Sure, I'll give this a shot
While she knew better than to actually react to being called a granny, Tsurushi was confused as to why Tamiko was so quick to address her as such. Did she really just base that off of her attire alone? Why did children always do that? Tamiko evidently had no idea what it would take to be a grandmother at only 32 years old, and Tsurushi was not to be the one to tell her. That kind of information was much too deplorable to dump on an innocent mind like that... or as it would be more correct to say, one that was supposed to be innocent.
Tsurushi was told to go away, but she wasn't going anywhere without Tamiko. She wasn't about to just up and move on with her life while leaving anyone else with their suffering. Not this time. She simply continued to sit with her arms folded.
"Quite frankly, you don't belong here either," she said in a matter-of-factly tone, "And yet here we are..."
...
She said nothing more for the next 30 seconds or so. As it so happened, Tsurushi's mind drifted back to the first time she used her power, when she altered a memory that happened 16 years ago. She changed a single action back then, only to thrown into a brand new Tenoroshi with more doors open than she even realized where there. Tsurushi never understood how exactly her power worked, or what triggered it. All she remembered was the desire to change herself. The need to change herself. An overwhelming, agonizing regret that anchored her to the ground and refused to let up.
Tsurushi had wondered if it would ever go off again, and figured there was only one way to find out; by trying to talk to Tamiko and get her to open up a little, and commit whatever resulted into memory. There may have been something she would learn later and, if her power were to activate, she could potentially put that knowledge to use right then and there. She turned to face the troubled student.
"Look, I'm not going to pretend I know what you're going through," she told her, "People say that they understand how someone feels all the time when they really don't. The truth is... I don't know the full story, but I do know you have problems. That much is obvious. The administration never told me all that much; I don't know whether it's because they don't know either, or because they don't want me involved because I'm new, or... I just don't want you to throw your life away like I did with mine, is what I'm trying to say."
That... came out all wrong. Tsurushi already wanted a do-over right then and there. But that didn't matter right now. All she wanted for the moment was to get Tamiko to start talking. Even if it was a little... and not even relevant to the issue at hand...
Tamiko's eyes narrowed slightly. The young girl clicked her tongue again, crossing her legs as she trained her eyes upon all the other delinquents burning away the day at the park. Inside her sneakers, her toes curled in, then spread out repeatedly, constantly. After another moment, she spoke up again. "Don't tell me where I can't belong." The girl turned towards Tsurushi and stuck out her tongue, before blowing a loud and obnoxious raspberry. "And I don't care what you think anyways."
With that, she crossed her arms and turned away, this time content on watching two punks swing wide haymakers at each other.
Tsurushi breathed a heavy sighed. Children these days; always so quick to turn down what would ultimately be good for them in the end.
"Fine then; I guess you don't mind me contacting the school in that case... or your parents, for that matter," the tone that Tsurushi used wasn't one that was particular threatening, but she wanted those last few words to sink in specifically.
She kept her ears open, but averted her eyes and looked down at her phone, inputting the first number that came to her head. She purposefully held her phone low enough for Tamiko to peer over and see if she could recognize the number, and even maintained a very loose grip on it as she held it to her ear and waited for it to finish ringing. It was almost as if Tsurushi dared Tamiko to slap the phone out of her hand.
But Tamiko didn't have the audacity to slap a phone out of someone's hand. She had something far greater than that: an aggressive indifference that caused her to scoff at Tsurushi's efforts, before saying, with as much snark a ten year old could muster, "Yeah, like that's gonna do anything, idiot. What're they gonna do, suspend me? El-oh-el."
For good measure, she smirked, one corner of her mouth curving upwards as her dark eyes narrowed, before she flipped her bangs in a motion that was definitely borrowed from some celebrity on TV.
This was clearly going nowhere.
Tsurushi had tried doing this the way an honest citizen would, but apparently Tamiko was a kid that would have to be physically knocked down a peg or two. The depressed teacher dreaded the impression of stooping to such a low as allowing her own student to come to harm, but as far as her plan to test the capabilities of her power went, this was the final piece of the puzzle; a deplorable action that she knew damn well she would regret later.
Hanging up so her call wouldn't try to go through any longer, Tsurushi pocketed her phone and got up off her seat, approaching the two goons that had been trading blows with each other this whole time. She laid a hand on each of their shoulders.
"You see that little school girl over there?" she asked in a whisper, her eyes "pointing" to Tamiko before she turned back to face the two thugs, "I heard her say that both of you fight like a bunch of pussies, and she seems to think she can take you on because of that. She also said you two should kiss..."
With that, Tsurushi slipped an IOU note in each of the delinquents' pockets that contained her phone number, before stepping back and watching the chaos unfold from there. All this because she wanted to weasel her way out of making a scene...
@Reflection On second thought, I've decided I'll hang back for a bit. I've seen way too RP's get just as much attention as this seems to at first, only to completely die out the following week or even earlier.
In the off-chance that this is still around by then, I might come back with a solid CS, but we'll see...
In the off-chance that this is still around by then, I might come back with a solid CS, but we'll see...
@AdmrlStalfos19 Unfortunately, we have decided to say no to half bloods (Particularly anybody who wants to merge with the Uchiha or Uzumaki clans). Primarily due to how they tend to be front-loaded. We already said no to a few people asking about being half-uchiha or half-uzumaki, so it would be hypocritically to accept somebody who is half of both. Even if they do have a gimped start.
...I guess that's fair.
I do have a couple more char ideas, but neither one was as concrete if I'm honest. It'll probably take some more time for me to get one out as a result.
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