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[indent][sub][COLOR=50c878][B]Location:[/B][/COLOR] [color=silver][i]Sports Court -> Recreation[/i] - [i]AEGIS Complex, Alcatraz Island[/I][/color][/sub][sup][right][COLOR=50c878][b]Issue #3:[/b][/COLOR] [color=silver][I]FIRE, FIRE, FIRE![/I][/color][/right][/sup][/indent][center][color=50c878]▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅[/color][/center][INDENT][sub][color=50c878][B]Interaction(s):[/B][/COLOR] [color=silver][I]Lina [@Pirouette][/I][/color][/sub][SUP][RIGHT][COLOR=50c878][b]Previously:[/b][/COLOR] [color=silver][I]And Now For My Next Trick...[/I][/color][/right][/SUP]
[indent][color=gray]Natsumi had never been pepper sprayed before.

As she faded back into existence, there had only been one word Natsumi could think of: [i]fire[/i]. Christ, it [i]stung[/i]. She felt as if her whole body had been lit aflame by the guard's pepper spray. Her chest ached from capsaicin-triggered coughing, all the while her cheeks grew brightly red like a tomato. She tried to open her now watery eyes, yet the painful irritation that now seeped into her eyes made it difficult to focus on anything before her.

Why her? She didn't understand. For all intents and purposes, Natsumi was practically an angel or a saint. She had never tried to harm anyone, nor was she ever the type to take advantage of people. It simply wasn't in Natsumi's nature to do such things. All Natsumi wanted to do was make the world a better place; for everyone to get along no matter were they human or metahuman. She had believed AEGIS would help her in that, and yet it had been an AEGIS employee who had struck her down.

She attempted to stand up from the court floor, yet the burning sensation she had been feeling proved too much of a distraction for Natsumi. There had been no grace in her stumbling, and Natsumi appeared more akin to a flailing fish out of water flopping about. She felt helpless and embarrassed; like a prop for the speech the warden was now giving to the crowd.

[color=Crimson]"You're okay."[/color] 

A voice spoke to her, attempting to offer some kind of reassurance. Lina, Natsumi believed. 

[color=Crimson]"...Maybe we can wash it out. Hold on to me."[/color]

Grabbing ahold of Lina, Natsumi forced herself up to her feet. A wheezed response followed. [color=50c878][sub]"...thank you."[/sub][/color] 

Blinking rapidly in an attempt to flush out her eyes, Natsumi allowed Lina take the lead, and followed in the girl's footsteps over towards the one of the guards. Admittedly, she was slightly hesitant to ask a guard for help, given the last few minutes, yet there wasn't much of a choice. After all, Natsumi had no idea how to deal with pepper spray, and Lina likely neither did as well.

Before either of them got far, however, they were stopped by another; the girl from the front of the bus. She handed Lina a cloth of sorts, and pointed to her forehead. Had Lina been hit, too? Natsumi hoped not. Although Natsumi had taken the brunt of the spray, they were nonetheless still in close proximity.

Whatever it had been, though, Natsumi would have to figure out later. It was still difficult to see, and the warden seemed more interested in leading his tour than anything else. Forced along by the guards, she fell into line and followed the rest of the group down a hallway, albeit with the occasional cough, wheeze or sniffle to be heard. 

Apparently, there were others like them already at the complex, she'd come to find out as they were led into a commons-like room that held ping pong, video games, and other such recreation activities. Natsumi tried her best to follow along with what the 'The Kid' had to say, but for what seemed to be the first time in likely forever, her people energy had taken a dip. She just wanted to sit down at this point; maybe find a way to flush out her eyes on top of it.[/color][/indent][/indent]