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It was evident that Umi’s voice had reached the other two, as a certain half of the duo had lit the way for her. Not just figuratively either, but quite [i]literally[/i] as well. She began running immediately after catching sight of him, figuring she’d need the head start; after all, with her running like a complete girl, she’d be vulnerable to any unknown pursuers that lurked in the fog.

[color=04ece9]"Th-thank you!"[/color] Umi called out as she ran, though she would also be thankful that nothing was there to chase her down.

Come to think of it, she never got the name of the boy that was emanating with light. Perhaps this would be a decent opportunity to get to know him better, while the three of them were together. They were all allies, after all. Just as Umi opened her mouth to say something, a recording had played from the dummy that she was holding. What everyone was hearing would’ve been more correct if it had came from a chipmunk rather than a human, but perhaps it came across that way due to the sheer speed that it was playing at.

In any case, they had their choices. They could come back to that scenario later, and deposit the dummies they had in hand just so they secured their points, or they could take the dummies with them and keep going. Umi was also thinking that now might be the time to prepare her Quirk for combat, just on the off-chance that going to the aforementioned destination was what the villain responsible for setting the situation would’ve [i]wanted[/i] the three of them to do.

Umi decided to do the smart thing, and confer with her future classmates before acting on anything. If not for their presence, she would’ve overthought herself into agony by now.

[color=04ece9]"Wh-what do you g-guys think?"[/color] she asked, [color=04ece9]"P-press forward? Go b-back?"[/color]

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[color=ed4485]“Huh? Why would I…?”[/color] It was about then that Taro clicked. He pressed his eyes shut and nestled his eyes into his hands, shielding them from the universal batsignal that followed. Even through the safety of his eyelids and his hands, the flash still pressed through: a bright white, threatening to engulf his hiding eyes. Almost like a rabbit poking out of its burrow, Taro poked out of his hands once the light had passed. At first, he almost looked impressed: his furrowed brow loosening and perking a little higher before it quickly pressed back into his eyes. Now, he was wary: if Umi could have seen that, then who else might have? 

The first movement in his sightline drew his eye. His arms tensed as he swung his head to meet the figure, only to find a familiar face instead: Umi. His gentle sigh of relief was stained white by the cold. 
[color=ed4485]“We should go back.”[/color] Taro concluded out loud, his eyes returning to scanning over the fog-concealed buildings. [color=ed4485]“If there ever was a safe time to assume we’re being tracked… that time is now. At least one point might get us a seat in the class.”[/color]

Though seemingly conflicted as a young man with an invisible face could be, Goro gave a light nod a moment after Taro finished. “That’s fine. The heroic thing would be to rush off in search of the parent dummies, but since we have nothing to go on it could take ages. Plus, the run back to the start isn’t so far from here. We’ll drop ‘em off and be back to keep looking in just a couple minutes.” 

He looked at his dummy and winced. The way he and Taro worked, they should have been able to lift the pole off them, rather than roll it. They could be docked for inadvertently causing the would-be disaster victim damage. If Umi stuck around, she would have been able to slide the dummies free while he and Taro had the debris up, but what was done was done. Maneuvering his dummy into a piggyback position, Goro prepared to light the way back to Zone 2.