"I'm Lauren! Sangue's best friend on the whole planet, and--aaagh--fuck!" Lauren had slipped behind the rest of her team and braced one long leg on the wall, attempting to use it as a fulcrum to lift Joyous Guard. For some reason, though, the shield wasn't budging, even with her considerable strength and near-universally active Semblance. She couldn't even be sure she was budging it.
What the fuck? This is bullshit!
It looks like a Sangue, but it's built like an Amy!Either Ben had designed a shield that was too heavy and unwieldy for
anyone to use, or he had used his precious alone time in the Armory to concoct some kind of fucking magical bullshit-ass Camelot weapon that only he could lift. That wasn't fair at all! She was his best friend, his other half, his
fembro! How could he design a weapon she wasn't allowed exclusive backup rights to? And after all the Aura her boobs had donated Lawnslot on his behalf, too!
Well, two can play at this game, sneaky waitman devil.
Next time I molest you, I'm spraying my hands with stickum. See if you can lift me off...Lauren strained to lift the shield up again, a low groan building between her clenched white teeth--
"Your stance is slipping," called an amused voice from down the hall. Lauren's hands slid right off Joyous Guard as she whirled. The woman advancing had to be in her mid-to-late forties, but dressed as though she were still a woman who had just passed the cusp of thirty. Her black t-shirt was tied in a knot, revealing a familiar toned midriff and a pierced navel, and her long legs had an instantly recognizable determined stride. Bright, laughing hazel eyes looked at Lauren and then to the shield with mock disappointment.
"You lift with your legs, not with your back, beloved. You're going to give yourself a herni--""AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"shrieked the girl.
Lauren Negasi took off on a running start to embrace her mother in a flying glomp, legs configuring into a makeshift padlock around the woman's waist as her arms squeezed the life from the woman's neck, gibbering
"momsmomsmomsmomsmomsmomsmomsmomsmomsmomsmomsmooooooooommmmmmmmmmssssss!" unintelligibly as the woman squeezed back. Her grip seemed only marginally less powerful than Lauren's - Lauren's back, stressed from trying to lift the shield, popped once under the pressure - and she twirled a giggling Lauren around once in the hallway before resting her chin on the girl's shoulder and looking at the rest of the students - and the grotesque guardian - assembled.
"Wallahi," she greeted apologetically, ruffling Lorena's hair as though the affectionate gesture would instill some manners in her feral young lady.
"I go by Costa."