[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/xtBiPq8.png[/img] [color=FF8c00]Rank 6 35 / 60 EXP[/color] [b][u]Midgar Underground Nexus[/u][/b][/center] [color=FF8c00]"Aw man! Can't believe I'm stuck on this side and not there fighting the bad guys!"[/color] Raz rolled back and forth atop his glowy Levball, so practiced with it that he barely had to think to work it like an anxious pace. He paused briefly to add, [color=FF8c00]"because, uhh, I want to help everyone, of course. Not so I can keep doing cool bad-guy-fighting things,"[/color] before continuing to circle around. The sounds of their friend in combat muffled, all Raz could do was bound around in wait. If only he had Clairvoyance he could at least [i]see[/i] what was going on. From the sounds of it the going was tough, especially with such a large amount of Other while the team was split. It wasn't that Raz didn't trust the others of pulling their weight, but it felt wrong to just be standing there when half his team was in trouble! Luckily they could teleport, only Luka only managed it after the fight had concluded. Or, so they thought. [color=FF8c00]"Whoa! Didn't miss all the fun I guess."[/color] Raz prepared for the fight, tugging his goggles over his face, and following Luka's lead - not that Raz had done this before himself - pulled on a chord tucked just below his coat's lapel. The peacoat's collar sprang up, curling over his head, completing the psycho-isolation field around him. Raz's own display flicked on, a criss-cross of diamond lights forming two crosshairs where his goggles were. [i][color=FF8c00]"Woooow..."[/color][/i] Raz's thoughts strayed for a moment as the Brain Drive's effects hit him, affording him more focus and reaction speed than he was normally used to. He was quick to acclimate though, and just as quickly sprang into action. [i][color=FF8c00]"I'll run the flank!"[/color][/i] Springing back onto a Levball, Raz tore across the concrete, drifting around the huge Other's berth, peppering its side and rear with a flurry of Psi-blasts, each one hitting harder than the last, to try and divert its attention. [hr] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/HtanUZI.png[/img] [color=F92a2a]Level 3 (XP: 20/30)[/color] [b]Edinburgh MagicaPolis - Aether Paradise[/b][/center] Wonder Red's sudden outburst was, thankfully or otherwise, ignored, and any follow-up was put on hold by Band coming in to pull him back. Red didn't even open his mouth to argue, only nodded thoughtfully. True, he'd nearly sold out their position for no valid reason. He was just not used to running blind. [color=F92a2a]"Of course,"[/color] Red agreed, no hint of anger or annoyance to his voice. [color=F92a2a]"I'll handle myself better in the future."[/color] This was put to the test almost immediately, though, once Mewtwo divulged more information. Only the group could hear the Pokemon's thoughts, which was good, considering how dense the crowd still was. Red's face was hard to read as Mewtwo explained the severity of the attack, not just because of his iconic mask, though the more he heard the more Red clenched his fists. It was strange that L took the fight to their home base with a consul other than N, but it wasn't anything he commented on in the moment. He looked back up to the floating Aether Paradise, to Mewtwo, Ace, and finally back to Band. He straightened his back and raised his chin. [color=F92a2a]"Detective Band. This is a dire situation; Alcamoth has been hit with an attack of an extreme severity. Casualties we are not sure of, even if some of Alcamoth managed to escape. And the civilians..."[/color] Wonder Red paused, raising his fist in front of him. [color=F92a2a]"For all we know Alcamoth could be razed to the ground right now. L has to answer for this. As Mewtwo said, L is injured, her main method of attack is hobbled. She can't be expecting news to have reached us - she's holding a public ceremony, so she isn't worried for an attack, meaning she very well could be unprepared for it. I can get us up to the structure from here."[/color] Wonder Red lead into the end of his little speech by turning his gaze to Aether Paradise once more. [color=F92a2a]"This could be our only chance to engage Consul L, Detective Band. If we leave her now, we're giving her the opportunity to recuperate, regain her resources, tuck herself away behind her organization and all its members... whatever the case may be, I trust your judgement,"[/color] he concluded, meeting Band's gaze, the intensity clear even through the mask.[hr][center][color=FF8c00]333 Words +1 EXP[/color] [color=F92a2a]390 Words +1 EXP[/color]