[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/210324/c514e8101f58f889421092edb63edaa1.png[/img][/center][right][sub]April 10th - ???[/sub][/right][hr]
This plan was a disaster. While Daigo had meant to be a shield for the less-equipped students in their party, they were too scattered and panicked to actually follow through on that. There were a million things to do and three people to protect and Hoshino wasn't even helping and he couldn't be everywhere at once and it was [i]frustrating[/i]! Worse, his decision on who to save first was probably the worst possible one; he didn't owe Mira anything and most of this was at least indirectly her fault anyway. And speaking of faults, two people who had been dragged into the mirror because of [i]him[/i] were about to get hurt or even killed over his blunder.

[color=ff9933]"H-hang on! I'll... uh..."[/color] Daigo swivelled his head in a panic, his hasty assessment of the situation offering little to the frantic planning in his head. Khepri wouldn't get to Sasaki in time. Maybe if it grabbed her, he'd have a chance to free her before she was yanked into the well. But then his persona wouldn't be around to protect Genki, and the hands didn't seem to have forgotten him either. He could ask Hoshino for help, but his aggression could've been the only thing holding the monster back for all Daigo knew. 

The redhead practically leaped in fright as a fiery explosion sounded from a direction other than Hoshino's angel thing. Thankfully, the shadow hadn't figured out elemental attacks quite yet, and instead he was greeted with Sasaki safely... riding a dragon? Daigo's shaky grip on his spear tightened at that, his resolve bolstered by the assurance that he hadn't made a fatal mistake. At least until she blasted Mira in an even riskier way than he had. Was he really the only one that [i]didn't[/i] outright want the feline girl dead?

While the teen had seemingly regained his composure, his momentary confidence was shattered when another explosion sounded behind him, coupled with some kind of gibberish shouting that he'd imagine some kind of orc would do right before it mauled someone. Thankfully, it conveniently masked the unflattering scream Daigo made at being surprised for the second time in too short a period. Daigo winced as he turned back, half-expecting some new shadow to have manifested that was preparing to pounce on him. It took him a second to register that the smaller figure who snarled in some unfamiliar tongue was an Awakened Genki. It was a burden off his back to know that he wouldn't have to try and fail at playing protector again, but it did raise the question of just who the hell he'd been dragged into this place with.

The authoritative shouts from nearby the shadow's main body drew the boy's attention back to the moment. Orders. He could follow orders. No guilt if things went wrong. He ran forward after the first flurry of attacks from the others, spear in hand and no idea what to do with it. Once in range, Daigo seemed to shift the weapon into a variety of different grips and stances as if to test optimal stabbing ability. When an umbral hand swiped at him, he yelped and raised the weapon overhead to thrust it downward into the mask repeatedly. Hoshino did say 'stab it', but he [i]really[/i] didn't feel like he was doing much.

Hopefully everyone's own adrenaline rush would blind them to him looking like a fucking moron.

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