KAIJU FIGHT #2

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KAIJU FIGHT #2

CONTENT WARNINGS: electrophobia, body horror, death/injury, gore, violence.

▶ 001. IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL

On the 1st of April, Outsiders will be rudely awakened by the sudden voice of Captain Yamakawa:

"Angels of Lilith. I require your immediate attention. Through your efforts at extracting information from our captives, and intel collected by our intelligence team, we have located the culprits who have stolen our specimens and are conducting illegal experiments. Your mission briefing will arrive shortly. Take caution, however. The Neo Tokyo Meteorological Agency is reporting strange abnormalities in their readings. We will look further into this. For now, stay sharp and be prepared."

The alarm will sound in the base, urging all Outsiders to suit up, bring their weapons and get ready for the mission. A location pin will then be downloaded into their implant, along with an associated mission briefing. The location will lead to an abandoned amusement park that might be familiar to some - Tokyo Disneyland. The brief will report that according to intel, there is an unauthorized research facility hidden within the premises. Outsiders are to locate it, storm it, and seize any lab specimens they can find.

To get to the theme park, characters will be able to take trains to the edge of Neo Tokyo where they can then be transported by armored trucks through what remains of old roads. Eventually, when the terrain becomes too destroyed and overgrown with brush, they’ll have to travel by foot the rest of the way. However, they will have to be careful because it looks like someone has laid out traps. Some of them are designed to capture animals but others are clearly booby traps meant to deter intruders.

From the outside, nothing looks out of the ordinary in this old park - there are classic attractions such as Cinderella’s castle, the Haunted Mansion, Alice’s Teacup ride, the Western River Railroad, and many, many more. While most of the rides are weathered down and no longer functional, there are plenty of old gift shops and carnival game booths with prizes to take home for free (if you don’t mind a really old Minnie Mouse doll).

LILITH was not able to pinpoint exactly where this secret laboratory is hidden within the enormous park, and it’s now up to the Outsiders to find it. All implants will be fitted with a heat-seeking function to allow Outsiders to detect anomalies within the park.

The first part of the mission is simple: Scour the rides and attractions and find the entrance.

Outsiders may encounter more booby traps while searching the park. Traps will range from making parts of attractions and buildings collapse on intruders to more elaborate and high-tech ones like electric fields or explosive traps. Players are more than welcome to come up with their own traps so long as it fits the setting.

▶ 002. BOO WHO?

Eventually, Outsiders will find themselves drawn to the Haunted Mansion, where there appear to be several abnormal signs of life. While the mansion would hardly have been scary to anyone but children several hundred years ago, centuries without any sort of maintenance have turned the place into a real nightmare. Pitch darkness, decrepit fake graves that look like they could be real ones, and the mysterious chatter of – is that a ghost? There are flickers of life within the old animatronics, and ever so often you might see a skeleton or zombie twitch. They might even take a swing at an unsuspecting Outsider.

The deeper into the mansion you travel, the more power it appears to have, until the Outsiders reach a door that appears to be heavily guarded by a group of humans holding vicious chimeras on a leash.

Once LILITH receives this intel, the next order is given: Storm the lab immediately!

▶ 003. LET'S GECK-GO!

As the Outsiders infiltrate the lab, the air buzzes with electricity and everyone's hair begins to stand on end not from fear but from the sheer amount of energy generated. There may be a lot of machines generating a lot of power and some of it may be spilling excess electricity into the air but this feels different. It feels more potent.

Suddenly, the park comes to life. Old generators buzz to life, staticky music begins to play on the worn out speakers, and the lights begin to flash. From the overgrowth surrounding the park, trees begin to topple over. It is obvious that something is approaching and whatever it is seems to have a lot of energy. From the trees, a giant, gecko-like creature emerges. The air around it sparks and each step it takes generates a wave of electricity that follows the many wires and systems laid out underground.

The energy at the park seems to be drawing the unknown kaiju towards the park and more geckos appear from the forests behind it. They move quickly through the park and climb over the buildings and attractions. When they see a hybrid or a person nearby, they will stun them with their electric fields and try to eat them. As they begin to swarm the park, they go into a feeding frenzy that infects the air around them. Rides begin to spin faster, the music grows louder, lights explode, and the more electricity and power the geckos absorb, the bigger they become when they shed their skins.

One gecko in particular grows faster than the others. This one will keep growing with no apparent end in sight and begins climbing over the highest rides until they topple under its weight. Outsiders will have to avoid collapsing rubble and climb over ruined attractions to take down this kaiju while also stopping the other geckos from growing to the same size.

After dealing with the gecko kaiju for some time without any information, a report will finally come in:

█ █ █ MONSTER DEBRIEF SHEET
NAME: Yamadenki
HEIGHT: 3 metres- unknown (does not stop growing)
WEIGHT: 1,500-70,000 kg
CLASS: Dangerous
LOCATION: Kanto, Japan
ABILITIES: Stores electricity within its body. Uses static electricity to climb up and stick to objects. Can use electric shocks to stun and injure prey. The more energy they absorb, the bigger they grow. When close enough to a human, it kills them by biting into their flesh and absorbing the electrical currents within the cells, disrupting the heart rate and nervous system. It then eats the flesh.
WEAKNESS: Attacks to the head and body. Ice and extreme cold (they are cold blooded).
EXTRA NOTES: Can regrow appendages. Their severed appendages and bodies can retain electricity for an unknown amount of time so proceed with caution.

█ █ █ MISSION OBJECTIVE:
✖ Cut off the supply of electricity at the park by disabling all generators
✖ Bring back the Yamadenki (alive or dead) for research purposes
✖ Bring back the hybrid specimens
✖ Capture all suspicious persons for interrogation

█ █ █ ATTACHED PHOTO:

The Outsiders will have to cut off all energy supplies to stop feeding the newly named Yamadenki and then defeat them.

▶ 004. A RIFT IN SPACE-TIME

"MAYDAY, MAYDAY! Unknown energy signal detected! Reaching maximum output! Our sensors are detecting a breach in the inter-dimensional fabric!"

An hour into battle, Outsiders will receive a sudden warning signal, urging them to complete their mission and eliminate the Yamadenki before it’s too late. All that concentrated energy generated at the park is being corrupted by the Yamadenki, and it’s not long before a rift bursts through from beneath the Haunted Mansion, causing a huge explosion and a rain of rubble and mysterious energy. It’s the first of its kind. A rift has never opened this close to Neo Tokyo!

Energy from the rift seems to affect anyone standing too close to it, transforming any unprotected human into a snarling, groaning, human-reptilian hybrid. These hybrids have electrical qualities similar to the Yamadenki and are just as ferocious. The plugsuits issued by LILITH should protect characters against any nasty transformations (unless there is some damage to them or they have taken them off), but exposure to the rift can still result in increased headaches, vertigo, irritability and impulsiveness.

The rift is growing larger by the minute, and from the other side of it - the growling of a number of unknown beasts can be heard. Even the higher ups within LILITH are anxious about this. The only way to stop the rift is to cut off its power supply.

"Angels of LILITH! We must act fast! Disable all generators and subdue the Kaiju before it’s too late!"

▶ 005. AFTERMATH.

As the Outsiders shut down generators and take down the Yamadenki, the rift shrinks in size until finally it closes. Everything at the park goes still now that there is no more power to run things. Some of the corrupted humans and hybrids still linger and will have to be taken down or captured but they are in weakened states now that the rift has closed.

Outsiders will be tasked with capturing the Rift-infected humans who will then be transported to LILITH base for treatment... if they can be treated, that is. Outsiders will also need to report for treatment. Characters may experience the lingering effects of the rift such as the vertigo, headaches, shorter tempers, and impulsive behavior. The LILITH medics aren’t sure what to do other than prescribing bed rest and maybe offering some medication for their headaches. The worst cases may be prescribed sedatives.

Normally, LILITH would order the Outsiders to retrieve specimens from the field but given the events that unfolded, they are told to standby until a special research unit can inspect the area for contamination and give the all clear.

▶ 006. AFTERWORD.

Welcome to our second Kaiju log! As before, all prompts are highly encouraged but OOCly optional. ICly, any characters suffering negative effects from the rift will recover within a week, though you are welcome to determine the severity of their symptoms during that time.

Feel free to NPC your characters' fights with the smaller kaijus. The main fight with the largest gecko will be determined via a HP-based system (See below).

All tags in this log count for 2 reward points each. Ask any further questions below!

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yuji itadori ( jujutsu kaisen ) everlight

[eyescar]

▶ 001. IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL.

[ Arrival at Disneyland is like a dream come true to one Yuji Itadori, who is nothing if not a tourist still in big cities like Tokyo. His utter disappointment at it being abandoned and, now, overrun with baddies and kaiju is obvious to anyone looking at him, a slight slump to his shoulders and a sadness hanging over him. He wants to have fun on the rides!

For the first few hours, Yuji can be found wandering through the park, trying to find some kind of trail for the research facility, frowning as he peers around things and kicks over random pieces of derelict memorobilia, as if he might be able to discover a hidden trapdoor or something along those lines. He is not paying attention to anything like the possibility of traps, his club strapped to his back and his frustration obvious when he stops and sighs.

How are they meant to get underground...?

Eventually, he starts to make use of the heat-seeking function of their implants to start to try and narrow it down, frowning as he stares at things as if he suddenly has x-ray vision.

It's almost inevitable that Yuji is going to get caught in one of the booby traps, his perception not exactly reaching the heights of skills, especially not at the moment - he is distracted by his own thoughts and the recent losses, aching a little. It's entirely possible to stumble on him falling into a hole in the ground, dodging out of the way of an explosion or generally getting himself mixed up in a trap he definitely should have been able to avoid. ]

▶ 002. BOO WHO?

[ Ghosts were never something that Yuji was frightened of, back home: he had been a member of the occult club, briefly, and had been happy to try and commune with spirits of all kinds with his senpai, but this... This definitely has a creepy vibe that he just can't shake. It's weird, as if he's being watched, and he's a little jumpy as he starts to make his way through the halls of the mansion. ]

This was probably cool back when it was all working, don't you think?

[ He'll speak to anyone who happens to be around with him and willing to listen, trying his best to creep through the mansion to try and find this research place.

It doesn't make it easier the closer they get, though, and the tension seems to grow and grow until it gets to the point where Yuji - and whoever happens to have stumbled across him - are able to see the men and the chimera ahead of them. He stops, lowering himself down and frowning. He was able to handle this before, when they were hunting the animals, but...

He glances back at his companion. ]

Are you ready?

▶ 003. LET'S GECK-GO! (minor jjk spoilers )

[ As soon as the fighting begins in earnest, Yuji throws himself into it.

There's no hesitation in his movements as he starts to rush forward, dragging the club from his back. When he breaks into the mob of geckos, he's swinging the kanabo with a shift of his body, holding the huge club with one hand - impressive or reckless? Who's to say - and hitting the nearest one, the sound of it echoing with a crack and a miniature earthquake shaking the bones of anyone nearby.

Yuji doesn't seem to stop, either, shifting his weight to bring the club around and smash it into the next creature - and he alternates between using the club and dragging the weapon back to the strap on his back and switching to his fists, punching the faces and necks of any geckos that get too close. His hands seem to have claws on them now, looking more outwardly muscle than flesh, and he doesn't stop, twisting around to kick any that get too close.

As the battle wears on, Yuji starts to focus more on his hands and cursed energy - and something weird starts to happen. As Yuji fights, the blood on his clothes seems to shift and move in the air to hit the geckos, and when it does the blood itself explodes. All of the wounds that he seemed to be suffering from aren't quite as bad as they were a few hours before, and he's not slowing down. If anything, it seems like he's going even harder. ]

Watch out!

[ And Yuji moves, slamming himself between a gecko and the person who happens to be nearby, almost too at peace with the idea of taking a hit for someone else - as usual. ]

▶ 004. IT'S ONLY NATURAL TO HARDEN UP ( closed to raidou )

[ The problem with learning how to heal yourself is that, sometimes, you might overestimate your abilities when it comes to an intense fight.

Yuji has been pushing himself for the last hour, exhaustion grinding at his heels, but he's refused to acknowledge it. Instead, he's been determined to keep going, keep fighting, to push and push until he breaks - and it means he makes stupid mistakes. He can almost hear Nanami's voice in his ear, scolding him for not pausing, not resting, for continuing to fight in his condition, bites and bruises littering his body - it's alright to ask for help. But what happened last time he asked for help? What happened last time he asked for support?

People suffered.

He doesn't see the gecko coming, doesn't even sense it, his focus so wrapped up in the creatures ahead of him, and by that point it's too late. The thing comes up from behind him and sinks fangs into the space between his neck and shoulder, digging them in, and Yuji can barely reach around to try and tug it off.

It's not going well. He read the debrief - Megumi would kill him if he didn't - and he knows what's going on, but he doesn't know how to fight it yet. Learning how to heal himself doesn't mean he's an expert at it, and these geckos are draining electrical currents, and while Yuji understands blood now, his body's electrics, the way it functions beyond that... Well, he was never the best at science, especially molecular science.

The gecko pushes at him, clambering onto his back, and he shifts, digging his fingers into the ground under him as he tries to shake it off, but getting weaker by the second. ]

Shit, shit - [ Reaching behind himself, he manages to dig a claw into the beast's eye, but it doesn't stop the biting pain in his shoulder, even as he digs his heels in and tries to shove. ]

▶ 005. AFTERMATH.

[ Compared to the last mission, Yuji is far more subdued - there's less of that bright laughter, less running around trying to take care of people, less brightness, tucked away as he tries to come down from the high of all that's happened.

Anyone coming across him after the battle will find him in shredded clothing with a huge lizard bite on his shoulder, halfway healed and starting to get there. He's gaunt, pale, looking as if he hasn't slept in a week when, really, it hasn't been that long at all... The effort of using his new techniques so intensely after only just waking up with them here has clearly taken its toll.

If he sees anyone he recognises, he's quick to raise his hand, to wave at them and do his best to give them a soft, tired smile, fingers flexing. ]

Yo. How's it going? Do you need healing - the med bay? I can take you.

[ As if he can even stand up right now...

Hours later, Yuji is in the common area of the base, curled up on one of the large chairs with a blanket wrapped around his body, wearing a shiba hoodie. He's dozing, his neck at an awkward angle; and the wound from the gecko bite seems to be mostly healed. Something weird's going on, huh.]

▶ 006. WILDCARD.

( Feel free to do whatever you want to do, hit me up for something or go crazy! )

001

[bowtography]

... Aww, you look sort of like a deflated balloon.

[ This kind and loving observation comes from March 7th, who has acquired... a bag of things by now, apparently, slung over her shoulder. She'd recognized that head of pink hair, as a fellow head of pink hair, so maybe she can do something to brighten him up? No way to tell without seeing what the problem is first. ]

[eyescar]

[ Is it his fault if he wanted to enjoy some of the rides? He's still somewhat of a newcomer to the city in the sense that when he moved to Tokyo he spent more time at school and fighting curses than he did sight-seeing, for all that Gojo-sensei wanted to let them have that...

So yeah... He looks a little sad... ]

The rides aren't working. [ Physical embodiment of the :( emoji. ] I wanted to go on the teacups!

[bowtography]

Oh... I'm sorry.

[ A sympathetic pat on the back. ]

Maybe one day this place will get some electricity back to it and you can come back and go on them then!

[ Said the prophet. ]

[eyescar]

It's fine... Maybe they'll let us fix it up or something?

[ The rides look so cool, March... ]

If it does, do you wanna go on some?

1

[ignoreher]

[ as it happens, malkuth isn't particularly good at avoiding traps herself... but mostly because she's clumsy and impulsive. thankfully, yuji's bitten the bullet on the pit trap for her, and watching him suddenly disappear pauses her investigation as she comes over to crouch at the edge.

... he's in everlight too, that much she knows. this is not the most ideal time to get to know her teammates but! it's fine! ]

Are you okay? That looked like a pretty bad fall.

[eyescar]

[ The noise he makes is more of a scrambled scream than anything else, aborted when he ends up collapsed at the bottom, looking just like the ridiculous anime protagonist he is. Shifting, he tries to see if he can peer out the top of the hole, but...

... He's too short. Damn. ]

I'm fine! I can heal it. [ If anything hurt, that is. Hm. ] I think I can jump out... Step back, okay?

[ignoreher]

[ how lucky. she can too, but she requires flesh. it's a whole deal...

she'll step back though!!! this poor guy. kind of excited to see him grasshopper his way out of a hole now. ]

Go for it!

[eyescar]

[ Oh, how weirdly relatable...

Yuji squats down, tilting his head as he judges the height of the whole - like, seven feet? Damn, they dug deep - before he just... Leaps out, ending up going a few extra feet in the air before he lands back down beside the trap, shaking his head. ]

They worked hard on that one, huh?

004

[the_fourteenth]

[As Yuji tries to shove the large creature from his back, someone careens into it very suddenly with surprising force. The wordless growl that comes from the person is a familiar voice, a blur of black that appears from almost nowhere to body check the kaiju right off of Yuji's back. He might be left with some extra claw marks from it, but that's better than continuing to be bitten.

The kaiju has enough time to get back onto its feet, since the physical blow has dealt Raidou a defensive electric shock that slows him for a moment. But at this point in the fight, he's taken so many, he feels like he's shrugging them off. Not true - he's showing signs of fatigue, his arms shaking slightly as he raises his sword, his clothing charred and bloody in several spots. The rift's side effects have him being more reckless and unyielding than ever.

The monster hisses and leaps at the new assailant, and Raidou rushes forward when it does. He's aiming for its throat, but manages only to cleanly slice off a front leg. He grimaces; his timing is suffering. It will be enough to slow it down for a moment, but with the energy it just absorbed from Yuji, it will be regrowing it quickly.]

[eyescar]

Johei!

[ Yuji is completely heedless of his own wound, the way his arm is hanging a little close to limp at his side, twisting around. He recognises that whirl of dark colour, the ping ping ping of his tracker ring alerting him even if he wasn't aware. Before he even thinks about his own exhaustion and trying to heal himself, he's moving, reaching behind himself with his good arm to grab at his club.

He winces as he does, stumbling a little, having to lift his bad arm up to grasp it with both hands. This isn't good, and if he can't swing it around then... The idea of Raidou getting hurt because of him is utterly intolerable, and he pushes himself forward, sliding his way along the ground and swinging up with the club, ignoring the thundering pain in his arm. It hits the kaiju, rocks its body with a miniature earthquake, and the club slips out of Yuji's fingers as he crashes to the ground, rolling across the pathway with a cry of pain.

It's just pain. It's just pain. He can do this - he has to be able to do this. It hurts, but if it's just pain, he can do it -

Pushing himself up, he feels his hand slip on the ground, and when he looks down it's just blood. Thrumming through his open wounds, and it makes his eyes narrow. Leaning back, he twists, he lifts it, angles it and he shoots it, a direct line at the kaiju, the sharp point of it hitting the beast in one of its eyes just as it rises to try and take another bite out of Raidou. Choso would be proud. ]

Get out of here!

[the_fourteenth]

[Absolutely not. His oath of protection includes everyone, and especially includes Yuji. Seeing the shape he's in, the pain he's showing are only spurring Raidou into working even harder.

The use of blood as a weapon is new surprising him, and is cuts off the creature's attack. Raidou had his arm up defensively, expecting the creature's jaws to clamp down when it's knocked back, screeching. He doesn't let the opening go to waste.

Slashing these kaiju with his sword hasn't been very effective, something he noticed rather quickly. Stabbing is the best option, which requires more prolonged contact with their electrified bodies. As the beast writhes in pain and tries to get its other eye on its prey, Raidou rushes at its blind side and plunges his sword deep into its chest, holding it there for several seconds. It's hard to tell whether he's doing it intentionally, or it's the electric shock, but after an agonizing few moments, the kaiju collapses, and Raidou falls to his knees, hands still on his sword.

One more done. So many more to go. He cannot let the kaiju reach the city. The evil must be cleansed. His blade is the--

Yuji. Yuji was hurt. With a hefty tug, Raidou removes his sword from the monster, and turns to find him, shakily getting to his feet.]

Yuji... Are you...?

[eyescar]

[ It takes a few sharp breaths for Yuji to move again, shifting his weight a little. He's forcing as much of his technique into his arm as he can, trying to heal whatever is possible for him to heal, but it's not working. Whatever the geckoes did with their electricity, he can't heal it, and the fingers are only just flexing. He can still move them, which is good, but he can't hold a weapon in that hand any more.

Damnit. Damnit - he has to keep fighting, he can't just stop, not when there are more geckos around them and Raidou is in trouble. It hurts, but he keeps moving forward, pushing himself up and scrambling a little, moving forward as fast as he can to collapse down at his partner's side, reaching out to touch his arm, to wrap weak fingers around his elbow.

He wasn't expecting any of this. Last time had been rough, but he'd been able to take it, had been able to handle it... So what's different this time? What changed? Yuji doesn't consider his own mental state, the desperation to keep fighting, to prove himself, to play his part and slide into a role; he doesn't consider how his own recklessness and impulsiveness could play a part here. He focuses on the failures and feels the pain stab him, worse than any injury.

Leaning forward, ignoring the still bleeding bite, he hisses out a noise. ]

C'mon, you can't stay here. Let's - let's go. Lean on me, Johei.

[ He can still stand, he has to, they have to go. ]

▶ 001. IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL.

[blastedass]

[It's strange to see this place in such a disarray. Even in his world's superhero society, Tokyo Disneyland still exists in Chiba Prefecture, though it certainly doesn't have the same draw it used to now that Quirks and heroes took over public eye. No one's going to demolish the place, however; it's a piece of history and a landmark all its own. Bakugo doesn't like the derelict appearance of a place that once had so many people running about it... even less so because it's left Yuji feeling obviously sad.

There are other people Yuji can partner with, and Bakugo's aware it's a rotating sort of team ups, but the sorcerer remains one of the few Outsiders the young hero trusts implicitly and feels comfortable working together with, despite their clash in personality. He's silently glad whenever they get to work together.]

Oy G- [*clang!* Bakugo's shoulders jerk up at the sudden noise, loud in the abandoned park.]

Dammit, Gari Head! Stop kicking shit over! [They don't need their quarry knowing their every fucking location! Bakugo's in full costume like normal when he's on missions, scowl hidden behind the high collar of his body suit. He snorts before waving the other boy over.] C'mere. Look at this.

[Bakugo gestures to a thick cable running out the back of a stall-based carnival game.]

These things are still operational. They just don't have power. [Curious for an "abandoned" theme park...]

[eyescar]

It's not like I'm doing it on purpose!

[ Yuji shakes his head, trying not to pout at Bakugo, because if there's anyone in the world who would not be affected at all by the expression, it would be this particular friend. He's still a little sad that the theme park is totally dead, especially since he had been excited about some of the rides, but he's getting over it - slowly, but definitely getting there. It helps that they've got a mission to focus on, so he doesn't have to worry as much about thinking of himself.

Fighting shouldn't be so comforting to him, but it's what he knows best these days, so he can turn his attention to it without overthinking. A blessing, after the last few weeks.

Stepping around the trash cans and abandoned memorabilia, Yuji sighs and walks over to Bakugo's side, leaning down to examine what he's pointing out. He's not the greatest when it comes to science or anything like that, but even he knows that this is clearly connecting things together and sharing power, and that's curious. LILITH had been totally sure that this place wasn't working the way it should, so that means...

The scientist guys, right? Turning his head to Bakugo, he nods. ]

Yeah, so - those guys we're tracking, do you think they're using the park as a hub or something?

[ He shifts his weight, walking around to try and see if he can follow the cable, see where he ends up. ]

[blastedass]

[That gets the sorcerer the biggest eyebrow arch.]

What Is something else is controlling your leg?

[No one's making you kick things, Yuji. He's right in assuming that pout would do zero on Bakugo; he's got two other people in his life back home that like to pout at him for things, so damn right he's got practice in ignoring those puffy lower lips and puppy eyes. That doesn't mean Yuji can't get away with some advantages that others wouldn't when it comes to Bakugo. It's one of those not!friends perks you get from managing to wriggle past the spiky blonde's outer shell.

Fighting's always been a way to distract from heavier feelings. He knows that well enough himself, having gone out of his way to clash with someone in order to process and get out backed-up emotions that wouldn't be released any other way.

But there's another reason he's pointing out the connection.]

They have to. This place is housing their headquarters, so they have to be running power from somewhere.

[Bakugo kicks a little at the cable, more in indication than trying to knock it free. Looking behind the other stalls also showcases the wiring and power cords are mostly all hooked up.]

It also means if we can find the power source, we can turn this whole park back on.

[Rides and attractions and all. He follows after Yuji's idea to walk the cord to its source.]

005

[memors]

[ In the aftermath of the battle, Ryoji feels worse than he looks — he's bruised and dirty with a few minor cuts, but as far as he's concerned, that he's still well enough to walk means he should be helping out the others. His head is killing him thanks to their exposure to the rift, but mind over matter, right? Even if...the mind is exactly what's hurting...it's fine.

And anyway, Yuji looks way worse than he feels, so he becomes Ryoji's immediate priority, even if it's the other boy offering to help him to the medbay. ]

Me? What about you? Your shoulder — you need to see a doctor right away.

[ That looks like it could be ripe for infection, or worse. Who does he think he's kidding? ]

How about I take you to the medical bay instead?

[eyescar]

[ Yuji really isn't paying attention to his arm anymore; as far as he's concerned, he can heal it when he has time to focus, when he has Choso or Gojo-sensei to help guide him through it, so it's whatever. He doesn't care, even if it still hurts, and he wonders absently if it will leave a scar. Do you get scars after using a healing technique? Gojo-sensei didn't seem to have any, so...

Maybe he'll be fine.

Shaking his head, he holds his good hand up with an awkward little laugh. ]

No way, it's fine. I'm taking care of this.

[ No further explanation. ]

But I can heal you, if you don't want to go there.

[memors]

[ "It's fine", he says...and immediately Ryoji is reminded of Minato, of his tendency to always put others before himself. That may give him some insight to Yuji's disposition, but he's hardly the one to push back. He'd give Minato anything he wants, so... ]

I can't ask that of you, when you're in a state like that.

[ But he doesn't like the idea of leaving Yuji in a state like this either...his mouth thins, thoughtful. ]

Could I keep you company, instead? The battle left me feeling a little...uncertain.

[ That might not be the right word for it, but he doesn't know what the right word is, really. ]

wildcard;

[heroforall]

[Even abandoned and in a state of neglect and disrepair, there's still a sense of magic left in the theme park, at least for Izuku. Growing up far enough away from Tokyo to make the trip a rare treat, he's only visited the park maybe once in his life, when he was much younger. But the memories of that trip still linger in his mind, the lively park of his memories overlapping with its desolate and empty shadow.

He should be looking for clues or something that will lead them to the research facility, but he can't help but let nostalgia carry him forward until he's standing outside the entrance of the Westernland Shootin' Gallery". Realizing he's broken off from his search partner, he glances back.]

Hey, let's take a look in here!

[So maybe his mind isn't completely on the task at hand, but that doesn't mean he can't multi-task. There could be a trap door in here.]

[eyescar]

[ Searching isn't usually Yuji's forte, not when he has people who were far more skilled at it than him, but he is doing what he can. He's pushing himself, maybe, peering, ducking down, sliding around to look and look, and he keeps coming up short. It's disappointing, so he turns back to Izuku with a nod of his head.

Any lead is something, isn't it?

Stepping around the gallery, he peeks his head inside... And lights up a little. Oh, he has you twigged, buddy... ]

Yeah, absolutely! You never know where they might hide, so we have to check everywhere!

[ And if they accidentally play a game... Who could know? ]

[heroforall]

[Stepping through the doors is like stepping into the past, where a little Izuku begged his mom to let him keep playing until he hit every target. Even the fine layer of dust coating everything and the stale air can't erase the fondness he feels as he steps up to the counter mounted with a row of fake rifles.]

It would make sense for the lab to be based inside or under an existing attraction. It would give them an extra layer of coverage.

[Which would probably sound more realistic if he was actually putting up the pretense of looking around and not grabbing one of the rifles and lining it up with the target. He's not expecting anything to happen. Everything has been abandoned and in disuse for so long.

...So he kind of jumps in surprise when he pulls the trigger and the target lights up.]

wildcard!

[rikugan]

[ gojo has been aching for a good fight ever since he awoke here over a month ago.

as amusing as it was to chase down exotic creatures and interrogate human captives, none of it scratched that particular itch, y'know? he needs a challenge; he has yet to find one. his interest in locating a lost scientist is pretty fuckin' low, so he has spent most of their time in disneyland fooling around.

it isn't until the geckos begin to swarm that he feels even an iota of actual excitement, which only grew exponentially once the yamadenki made its appearance. long story short, he had a couple of concerning moments during that fight, but overall? it was fuckin' fun.

sated by that bout of violence, gojo has now trained his sights on the remaining geckos and the dismal horde of hybrids. time for a bit of cleanup, yea?

spotting yuji from afar, he teleports next to him, a wide smile on his face. the next second? the surrounding geckos around them have been sent flying in every direction, effortlessly repelled by him. ] Hey Yuji! I got you a gift~ [ don't ask where it's coming from, but he produces forth +1 mickey mouse headband. ]

[eyescar]

[ Yuji has been throwing himself into this without hesitation, pushing himself to the point where, maybe, he ought to be taking a step back. But he isn't.

Either way, he wouldn't say the fighting has been 'fun' necessarily, but it has been enough to get his blood pumping, and there's something enjoyable about that. This isn't like his fight against Sukuna where if he doesn't succeed everything is going to go wrong; if he fails there are people here to pick up the slack, isn't there? That doesn't mean he's not taking it seriously... He's still not good at sharing that burden.

Jumping a little at the sudden appearance of his teacher, Yuji tilts his head up and breathes out a little noise, huffing a laugh. Of course this is the kind of thing that Gojo-sensei would get himself into, and he wipes his face of a little dirt before he smiles. ]

What's that...?

[ Leaning in, he peers at the headband before he shakes his head and offers himself out. Go for it, sensei, bless him with the headband. ]

Where did you even find that?

[rikugan]

[ after what yuji has been through, it makes sense that he'll be wound up tight in battle. it's a good thing to be serious and vigilant when lives are at stake, but tension can be a double edged sword, especially if there's too much of it. so as his beloved sensei, it's only right that gojo helps him remember to relax a little, yea? ]

It's a Mickey Mouse headband! [ he puts it on his student's head. ] I got one for each of you at the souvenir shop in Fantasyland. I even got one for oniichan~ [ he even went so far as to put it on for choso. isn't he just the best, yuji? ]