[center][h1][color=96EACE]Joseph[/color][/h1][/center]
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Joseph could only stand in place for a moment, trying to clear his head from what he was beginning to feel [i]pretty[/i] sure might be some form of minor brain damage as he watched Jamie manhandle the Admiral with ease. He knew there was a one-liner somewhere in that situation, probably about proper admirals knowing how earthquakes caused tsunamis and that they should avoid them, but by the time he'd gotten to the point where the wording would be even [i]somewhat[/i] close to good enough, too much time had passed. Instead, he just quietly grumbled to himself about how much of a failure he was, crouching down to start collecting up the runic tags he'd dropped for the plan that never ended up happening.

When he was finished, he looked up to see that Jamie still seemed to be pretty torn up about how badly she'd ended up hurting the Admiral. He frowned in concern, wanting to say something, but not sure what. After all, he was feeling sort of similar over what ended up happening with Wireman, so wouldn't anything he tried to say just make him a hypocrite? And that wasn't even counting his diminished mental capacity.

But she was upset.

[color=96EACE]"Hey, are yo-"[/color] He began, starting to reach out to her before a familiar voice interrupted him. Surprised, he turned to see Rumi, who told them to go through the portal so they could regroup with Grace and the others. However, he was more concerned over the fact that he hadn't noticed Rumi beforehand. His head must've gotten messed up a little worse than he'd thought if his guard was down that much, an idea that out a frown on his face. He had to be more careful. If he wasn't, there was no telling how much danger he could end up getting everyone into.

After stepping through the portal, Joseph only really half payed attention to Grace, as she rambled on about not wanting to hang around criminals and real science and stuff. He couldn't help but wonder whether she knew how well over half of their gang had been to some form of prison, although maybe prison wasn't so much the right word for his. Mexican Gulag might have been more appropriate, considering how he and the others had been treated and also [i]did she just say minijets?[/i]

[color=96EACE]"Hey, Portal Girl, do we really need to use the jets? Aren't there any other options? Because I don't think I'll be able to fly one properly, an-"[/color]

And then he was cut off again. He would've frowned at the idea that this might become a habit if he wasn't too busy coughing in the smoke. A moment later though, he managed to frown anyway, noticing the rifles pointed at them by... who he [i]thought[/i] might be Division X soldiers. He hadn't seen much of them since he joined up with HERO, but he thought he at least vaguely recognized them. Almost unconsciously, he found himself shifting his position, putting himself between more of the guns and Jamie. Was it the best idea in the world? Probably not, but it's not like that had ever stopped him before...

Thankfully, before he had to put his potential as a meatshield to the test, a [i]new[/i] figure emerged. Apparently Grace thought it wasa going to be Mr Impressive, but thankfully this turned out not to be the case, instead being some sort of... robot girl? Or actually maybe just a cyborg. He'd actuallly thought it was just armour at first, but a quick observation made it clear that no, that was probably her actual body. It seemed like the knew Jamie and Tom too, and Joseph let out a sigh of relief as he realised he wouldn't be getting in a shootout with HERO's elite fighting force. In fact, it actually sounded like they'd denounced Eagles just like the rest of the gang had, and were going to help them fight back!

He let a new grin appear on his face as he caught the moon belt. That sounded cool as hell, and he would find a way to put it to good use. However, he was once again brought back to reality by the knowledge that they [i]were[/i] still planning on using the minijets, which wouldn't be great...

[color=96EACE]"Oh, but... Ah jeez, fine. I won't be able to fly one of those things on my own though..."[/color]