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Evil Eye still couldn't seem to grasp how capable Oros could be, even when her body was half-destroyed. She grimaced at the sight of it, and seemed to be weighing other options in her mind of how to carry her. [color=firebrick][b]"Doesn't that [i]hurt?"[/i][/b][/color] she replied, somewhat absurdly. Evil Eye had some rather nasty bruises of her own, but nothing seemed to be broken. [color=firebrick][b]"Anyway, I can't just leave you on the ground. When that thing falls, the shockwave will flatten the town,"[/b][/color] she declared matter-of-factly.

But that was not what happened. Instead, Evil Eye beheld the light that vanquished Michi's darkness. She could not avert her eyes from it, not until the moment the ball of malice had touched the ground and retreated into nothingness. [color=firebrick][b]"Real light..."[/b][/color] she murmured, still carrying Oros along with her, floating towards the impact site as if drawn like a moth to a flame. Her eyes were two wide-open portals of intense but unidentifiable emotions.

After an amount of time that was long enough to be awkward, but not quite long enough for Oros' geas to shake Evil Eye's focus from whatever she'd fixated on, they touched down. She held Oros' hand until she'd found either stable footing or a place to rest, then began assessing the damage. First, her eyes were drawn to the conspicuous remains of Hizuki's mech, where she found Haruna. With a shaking hand—fear, rage or adrenaline?—she confirmed that she was sleeping. Carefully, she extracted her from the debris, moving her to a place where she'd be more easily spotted by the first responders. She looked up, as if to check for unstable structures that might fall on her. Finding only a clear blue sky, she glared at it, as if accusing it of something.

Then, she found Michi, lying peacefully with her plushie—the plushie she and Haruna had made. Her left eye twitched. Knuckles whitened, and her index finger tapped impatiently against the palm of her balled-up fist. [color=firebrick][b][i]Rei will decide what to do with you,[/i][/b][/color] was what she told herself. If the desire to kill could disturb Haruna's rest, she would certainly feel it. [color=firebrick][b]"The rule... must be kept,"[/b][/color] she muttered, shaking with what was now certainly rage. It wasn't about the school. The Club could exist without it. The upheaval of the lives of Hibusa Town's citizens was surely a tertiary concern of hers, at best. The Sisterhood had been hurt, and Michi had used her words to salt the open wounds. Rei was now the only threat hanging over her head, keeping her in check. Until she arrived, what remained of hers and Roche's resolve would have to keep both themselves and the others in check. She lingered, but cast her eyes about.

Tsubomi. Where was Tsubomi?