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[diesarock]

WHO: Esper Terra, Esper Mikoto, Bob, and possibly you.
WHERE: THE CITY
WHEN: 3/23 (wednesday) afternoon BECAUSE I AM THE TIMELIEST??
WARNINGS: Probable violence, self-loathing, mild self-harm, bloodshed. (don't worry, everyone gets better)
WHAT: Terra flips her shit!
WORDS: yes

[look down]

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[professorlionface]

He jumped back when the lightning hit, startled. He was easily out of his league here, and by all rights he should just go home and call someone else in to keep an eye out.

But something about those hands, the proportions of them. She was something wholly other, far beyond anything he'd ever been or would be, but he couldn't help seeing parallels to himself in her.

He'd hesitated too long, she'd have a good lead on him by now. He leaped to the wall across the street and climbed it to the roof, hoping he might be able to catch a glimpse. After all, wasn't helping those who couldn't control their abilities what they'd tried to do all along?

[diesarock]

Despite her speed, Terra's disjointed flight had not taken her very far. Part of her, that of the more confused, instinctual reactions, wanted to hurtle her at top speeds to the nearest and most powerful source force of magic to be found. In her own world, following that instinct had led her to old man Ramuh and answers to her past; here, the rest of her knew, following that path would deposit her on Illidan's doorstep. He was, quite obviously, the last person she wished to see as powerful as she was now.

But her power and direction were both things she struggled to control, emotions flaring; she acted like a fly in a bell jar, shooting twenty yards this way and thirty that, barely turning or slowing each direction she went.

If the blue creature without magic were still following her, she did not notice.

[professorlionface]

It was hard to get any good visibility in Manhattan. Hank had to climb high to get any kind of a vantage point, and by then any activity on the streets beyond was outside his vision. Even with his enhanced sense, it was hard to pinpoint anything over the din of the City, but if he listened carefully he could still pick up what he thought might've been her.


As he leaped from building to building, he was momentarily envious of Spider-Man's weblines. They must've made maneuvering intracity travel much quicker! He had to compensate for her erratic changes in direction, but before long he found himself at the top of a block she was just turning into.

With one final pounce, he landed on the wall ahead of her. Tackling might've been the most direct approach, but he was still afraid. Gaining her attention, trying to appeal to her better nature, and maintaining pursuit if he could manage neither of those, seemed a safer course of action at the moment.

[diesarock]

It was easy to ignore or miss noticing being chased, but when the blue creature was before her once again, Terra nearly gave herself whiplash in her own flight, stopping and kicking backwards in fright. She had already been attacked once today, and again and again before now in this form; what would this monster do to her?

In her fear and suffering she tore at the sides of her head, cutting at hair and skin both, blood running rivulets down her cheeks and temples, sticking to fingers glowing with magical power. She just wanted everything to stop, wanted somewhere to go, somewhere she could be safe, away, away, away — with a scream she flung her arms outward, ice forming in the cold air around the other monster, solidifying and crystallizing around him with a sickening crunch. In the moment it would take for the ice to crumble away into nothing, Terra was off again like a comet, refusing to think any more about this.

[professorlionface]

He was flash-frozen before he knew what hit him, only having enough time to adopt a look of utter shock. Not the first time he'd been encased in ice, given the company he kept, but far from what he'd been expecting. It held him that way for a few seconds before beginning to crack, at which point he put all of his strength into bursting out.

He lost his footing as he did so and fell nearly twenty feet before catching himself against the wall again, and even through his fur, a deep chill shook him to the core. It took a moment for him to return his attention to the pursuit, but he was left only glancing out in the direction she'd sped off in.

The trail had gone quite literally cold. He had not only failed, but possibly only frightened her more than she already had been.