Flavo Cleaning Buddies

[tendershepherd]

Who: Sorey, Izuku and possibly Ryoji
Where: The shared house in Flavo
When: During Event 2
What: Cleaning and discovering you actually have roommates??
Warnings: None at the moment


In all honesty, this wasn't unexpected. Sorey knew from the moment he saw these houses that they were any number of small triggers away from completely collapsing. The fact they had continued to stand anyway was nothing short of a miracle.

What he hadn't expected was for the house he'd been staying in to collapse while he was away. He supposes that small detail's a good thing overall--it would've been bad if he'd been in it when it collapsed.

The problem, though, was that his laptop had been left inside. Inside, where it now presumably lay under a rubble pile of splintered wood, fallen beams, and broken glass. He needs to dig it out, but after he does that...what then? He couldn't just move it to a different house since all the houses in this section suffered a similar fate.

Surveying the damage with his hands on his hips he breathes a sigh before stretching. The day's still new and nothing will get done if he just stands there. With that in mind, he kneels down to begin digging through the rubble. It doesn't take him long to become single-mindedly focused on it, so if someone happens to be nearby, he might not notice them immediately...

Comments

[tendershepherd]

Nice to meet you, Ryoji! [He smiles brightly.]

Mine's...um... [He didn't really pay attention to that either.

He laughs nervously when he finally accepts he's drawing a blank.]

I can't remember mine either, but it's a bright yellow. Hard to read, actually.

[appraiser]

[ There are so little yellows popping up, he's surer he'll be able to learn Sorey's color soon enough, so he laughs it off, moving over some more drywall. ]

Bright colors just means people will slow down and give each word careful consideration. It's not necessarily a bad thing. [ It HURTS but that's not Sorey's fault. ]

Let's dig out your laptop as soon as we can, so we can see what color it is.

[tendershepherd]

[His brow furrows at that comment as he also gently moves aside a leaning frame of wood. Ryoji's comment was...weird, but he supposes that's one way of looking at it.]

Huh, you think so? [It's a nice thought if true.]

[He sits back for a moment to sigh and gauge their progress. They've made a sorta decent dent, he thinks. Maybe they're almost into the house proper? They'd need to be careful of positioning themselves under anything. The house may've fallen apart already, but it could always crumble further. Years of ruin exploration taught him that.]

Careful. Some of what's still standing could decide it wants to collapse too. [And the moisture from the impending rain definitely won't help in preventing that.]

[appraiser]

[ It might not be universal, but he's sure for some people, that's what the lighter colors will do for them- and Ryoji is one of those people, staring at the individual words on the screen instead of doing himself a favor and simply highlighting the entire text. ]

I don't know how to fix a house, but to keep us from getting hurt... [ He stands up straight and steps close to Sorey's side, and around the two of them forms a barrier. It's hard to see, if not for the dust that falls from the ceiling at the movement, hitting the otherwise invisible barrier and sliding off its surface without passing through. ]

We don't have to worry about that. I can keep us safe.

[tendershepherd]

[Well that was certainly unexpected. He watches the other move curiously and when the barrier forms, its sudden appearance makes his eyes widen in surprise. He gets the feeling the barrier's pretty invisible, but he's able to discern the edges of it if he focuses enough.]

Woah...did you make this?

[He's reaching out to see what happens if his hand touches the inner edge--to see if it's passable or not. His question probably sounds dumb by most standards, but in his world he can create a similar barrier--except the barrier is the technique of his friend that he just borrows and not something he makes by himself.]

[appraiser]

I did. It'll reflect anything that tries to attack us, physical or magical.

[ But something from the inside can still reach out, evidenced by the way Sorey's hand can extend past the boundaries of the barrier without encountering anything solid at all, although any falling rubble will hit the tips of his fingers or however much of his hand extends past the protection of the barrier. ]

I can't extend it if you stray too far away, so you'll have to stay right next to me, alright?

We can keep going if you want, or just handwave the rest of it. Your call~!

[tendershepherd]

That's awesome! [He's so easily pleased.]

Got it, that shouldn't be a problem.

[And so, now that he knows he can still reach through the barrier, he goes back to working on clearing the rubble he can reach. His laptop had been left near the wall where his make-shift bed was, so he can only hope it's not crushed.]