TEAM RAIN FOREST
"Hi...ro...ki...what's...wrong...with...you...I...tried...to...tell...you...that...I...was...no...good...with...stran...gers...but...you...ne...ver...list...ened...to...me...Why...would...you...ditch...me...like...tha...ya...ya...ya...ya...ya...ya...ya..."
*bop, pat, bop, bop, bop, pat*
Hiroki seemed to be pretty unresponsive to the assault that was Umi's little disciplinary action for not taking her social prowess into consideration.He seemed mostly confused. "Mm...mm....ow....ow....ow..." He suddenly turned, looking rather angry at the smaller girl. "Whose ditching who!? You're messing up the plan." He sounded angry, but he wasn't overly yelling. He pointed to the tall black haired runner. "See, Mari i- san s over there already promoting herself like a true leader, getting more people for us-"
"...ya...ya...yawwEEEEEEK!!" Umi ceased her fist thumping and jumped back the second Hiroki turned to face her, evidently taken aback by the sudden unveiling of his anger, "I-I'm s-sorry, OK?! I...! I-I'm not Mari. I c-can't go up t-to someone I d-d-don't know and uh... actually, I-I-I can't even g-go that far, n-now that I th-think about it. N-not with these d-d-... these d-d-d-dumb nerves of mine,"
Hiroki gave her a look, not one of pity, but one of deep contemplation. He wasn't going to throw her to the wolves, but he wasn't going to baby her either. hiHe made a note to make sure her opinion was considered before any action. "Probably best to make that a habit now that I think about it..." He muttered to himself. Best way to avoid problems like this.
Her head sank low, her feeling guilty over testing Hiroki's patience like that. He seemed to have calmed down a little bit, but not by enough for the shame to be lifted off Umi's shoulders. She remained as quiet as ever.
"Since you've come all the way to make such a showy request, I'd be hard-pressed to not grace it"
He looked back in her direction, even though she seemed more focused on getting her leaves back in order she had accepted his proposal to teamup. He shot her a look. A smirk really. He gave a thumbsup pointing to himself. "With the two of us, this is going to be walk in the park." Pun intended.
Luckily it wasn't a complete waste as the flower girl managed to not get completely put off by the sheer lack of a scheme literally falling apart before their eyes. He rubbed the back of his head. "It can't be helped. She's already proved she's built for rescue." A very over exaggeration of Umi's precieved skill. Haruka didn't seem to mind either already playing to spongey's quirk.
Hiroki was immediately a little disheartened by Haruka's plan. "Wait a sec, don't use my quirk? I can give us bird eye views." He defends, hearing the calm logic of leafy greens.
Crossing her arms over her chest whilst extending one forwards, Haruka presented the back of her green, lackluster pointer finger. "First, your turbines generate a large amount of wind and noise. Even if this is a simulation we are to act as if we're dealing with an actual kidnapping, and as such the careless use of your turbines will give out our precise location to the villains, alongside alerting them and taking the surprise factor away"
"Yeah but-!?"
"Actualy, er..." Umi wanted to remind Haruka that Uranishi said nothing about villians or kidnapping, but she intervened her...
"Secondly...." The second finger was extended to join the first digit. "... we may have to rely on tracks left on the forest's ground. Your wind can possibly hide them. Trust me; my way is better". A smile that was meant to be comforting and confident probably came off a little bit too condescending after Haruka dissected why she didn't want Hiroki to use his quirk.
Hiroki gritted his teeth, he looked like he was pouting a bit. 'Who did she think she was?' He thought he was going to be in charge, but her logic was sound, but he was hobbling himself because of something he had no control over. He wanted to protest, he opened his mouth once or twice but he finally just scratched his blonde hair. "Crap..." He concluded. "Fine. We'll go it your way." He relinquished leadership.
Well, she had a point there. Hiroki's turbines could quite easily blow away anything that would otherwise serve useful for tracking purposes. As such, Umi would need some time to revise his defense. After all, completely shutting down one person's quirk could easily lead to failure for the whole team that he or she was trying to support; a fact that Umi knew all too well... if only from what little experience she had.
It was a bit harder than she thought it would be, but she supressed her blossoming smile to an understanding one. Haruka nodded to Hiroki, accepting the baton pass. She remained quiet, however, as the other two seemed to want to have things to say of their own.
With a gulp, Umi made her pitch.
"Wh-why don't we j-just have Hiroki st-stay clear of th-the forest while, um... th-those things are act-t-tive?" Umi suggested, "H-he can't blow aw-way the wrong th-things if he's n-not close enough to, uh... an-nything in p-particul-lar. It'll l-likely come down to h-h-how long he c-can stay airborne, b-but er... if he c-can stay up f-for the whole d-duration..."
While she wasn't confident enough to say that he could, not knowing his limits and all, but Umi wanted to believe that Hiroki could stay up in the sky for as long as he needed to... even if that was just so she could give him the benefit of the doubt.
Hiroki looked uncomfortable as he listened at Umi. She had a good idea but once again Hiroki felt like his original superiority was now becoming a true liability for the whole team. He closed his eyes, lying wouldnt help anyone. He hoped he didn't have to reveal this information on day one. "I feel like I'm letting the team down. Sorry Umi-San. I can't fly like that." He turned compltely in their directions. "I fly far, fast, but I only have a dozen or so seconds of actual air time."
"O-oh. Sorry..." Umi rubbed the back of her head as she said this. She'd suspected that there had to be some limitation to Hiroki's quirk, but she still felt bad for not making it known whether she took it into account.
He lowered his head in a solumn bow to them. He honestly was feeling kind of ashamed. "Please forgive my limitations, I'll try to not to burden you." He perked up, pointing to the sky. "What I can do is atleast give us a direction. I'll scout from out here, if I see anything then atleast we'll know what path to take." It was all his quirk could do for them.
"Oh, and ab-b-bout that whole... v-villain... k-k-k-kidn-napping, thing? I-I highly doubt Ur-ranishi-s-sensei would exp-pect anyt-thing of that c-caliber from us r-r-right of the b-bat. He said n-nothing ab-bout either o-one of those, and uh... h-he doesn't st-strike me as s-someone who'd h-hide details fr-from us like that."
Umi made sure to put that out there this time around. Hopefully her statements would be enough to ease Haruka's concerns.
Hiroki wasn't convinced, he crossed his arms, trying to look tough. "After the crazy that was the entrance exam, I'm not putting it past them. Lets be ready for everything." It did give him an idea though. "Let me take point. I'll walk ahead of you two, if there's a trap or something, I might be best at avoiding them. Any villain or problem, ill be the bait, leaving your ranged quirks open to cover me. If it doesnt come to that, you two can walk on either side of the path and focus on finding anything strange like Haruka-San said. It won't be the fastest, but I think its probably the most thorough, and safest."
"W-well, alright then..." Umi stated, supposing that was for the best. With Hiroki being the most mobile of the three, it would make sense for him to take point. But now that Hiroki had a settled role, it all came down to Umi again. She wasn't sure how she felt about that.
Haruka pondered for a few moments, weighing both Umi and Hiroki's words. Umi was right, the bit about kidnappings didn't come from Uranishi but rather her own assumptions. But, as Hiroki said, there was a precedent. She nodded along before taking a deep breath and clapping her hands together to get the attention of the two of them. "I concur with Sakimoto-kun. Moreover, his idea is quite good I believe. We'll move in that formation whilst we take the marked paths towards any nearby water source, so that Suguro-san can fill herself with some it. After that, we'll move into the forest and we'll move more closely together, in case we get jumped onto."
"That 's good for you, team?"
"I'm down. Let's kick it." Smirking confidently, smashing a fist into his open palm.
Umi simply nodded. Most everything was settled, then; it was just a matter of trying to find whatever source of water would be there. Then again, it wasn't something she'd want the team to go blindly searching for. Ascertaining its exact location would be preferable, since that water source would be key for Umi to be of any use. She looked over at the teachers, and then back at her team.
"M-maybe one of us sh-sh-should ask for a m-map... just so w-we know where w-we're going..." Umi said to Hiroki and Haruka.
"I'm glad you asked Suguru-San." Guodo Sensei had been waiting for the students to start getting into their perspective teams seeing how Uranishi Yataro had pretty given them the run down. He gave a thumbs up over to Yataro, letting the nurse know that he was on it, and not have to bombard him with the general questions about how this procedure should be run. "I got this bud." Guodo regarded the intellectual teacher as something akin to a nerdy friend. Guodo was the face, Yataro was the brains of this outfit.
Guodo took out his phone. Scrolling a little bit. "Gather round students!" He shouted, getting everyone's attention. "Everyone has their cell phones right? Fully charged?" He then finally just figured it was easier. "I just sent you my number." Everyone has his number now with a nice cheery smiley face emote.
"As stated, you'll be heading into the nature park through the valley. You'll be breaking off into teams, and since we have only twenty... Oh!" He waved. "Kaito Mori! @Light Lord So glad you could make it! You'll have to show off your quirk another time, or even during this excercise!" he laughed and grinned, his winning smile showing off to the crowd. He held up a finger. "So looks like we'll have seven even teams! If you'll follow me!"
He signified the class to follow him, there was a wooden box near a bench at the far end of the field. He opened it, and there were prints of some kind of map, along with sets of colored ribbons. "Now, a member of each team come over, grab three maps, and ribbons for your team."
Guodo would continue. "In case you havent guessed, each ribbon corresponds to a path your team will be taking! You will find a family of three somewhere off these paths! Your goal in this exercise is to safely transport them here for emergency medical treatment! Now remember! These are very real nature trails going through the very real wilderness! Don't do anything silly like eat wild berries, or pick up rattle snakes! Additionally, if you see anything man made, please refrain from damaging it! Wouldn't want any of our students here at JA to have a record for vandalism! Not very hero if you ask me HAHA!" He laughed with his chest out before raising a finger as if to emphasize a point. "If you run into any kind of emergency or trouble, call me immediately!" Another thumbs up with a sparkle teethy grin.
He pointed to a small little building tucked in a corner of the field. "Water and bathrooms are over there! You have fifteen minutes to hydrate and study your maps! If you get lost! Call me or head away from the mountains until you reach another trail or the road! Do not go past where Green forks or blue and green meet! Do not climb on any cliffs unless absolutely necessary! And I--- think that's it! Make sure you give it your all out there! You have two hours to rescue those families! Don't let them down!" He cheers, throwing a fist in the air in a cheer.
"Questions!? Concerns!? Other hassles!?"
