[he's counting as they all come out to the rendezvous point - okay, check, good, good, almost there - wait. wait, who's missi--]
Shit.
[immediately, Horatio Blinks to the building, to the exit point they'd all agreed to at the rundown. there she is, stumbling through the door. he clenches his fists and bends time around them, buying her an extra thirty seconds, maybe a minute, by taking the last couple of conscripts and Blinking them to the getaway vehicle - some bus or van that was hollowed out and repurposed to be tactical in the most rudimentary ways possible.
once that's done, he heads back to her, Blinking in beside her, and claps her on the shoulder with a grin]
Got you covered. I can either get you out of here now or I can cover you, whichever works, but pick fast, they'll be here in about twenty seconds.
[he reaches out and takes it before she can, though. with another flash and the world distorts around them, blue light rippling out and away as it replaces their surroundings with new ones: the safety of the back of their transport. one of the team leaders spots them both, catches Horatio's eye, and looks like he's about to bitch Chiaki out]
Don't even start. You try making sure everyone gets out and doing your damn job even though you have literal roots for feet. Look at you, you've got eight fucking legs and wings. You give Nanami even an atom of shit and I fling ten times its weight right back at you. Capische?
[the soldier knows what the New Fairy Kid is capable of - he saw it first-hand on their last run. he also knows said kid has zero shame and regard for rank. it's been a thing, thus far, to just point Horatio in the right direction and let him go. thus far? it's worked. Horatio watches him back down and smirks before turning back to Chiaki]
[ She's still shaken. Horatio's power - she hasn't seen it used like that before. She didn't even know he had time powers before today. He came from a very powerful world, didn't he?
The conscripts are still glaring at her, despite Horatio's admonitions, and she winces. When she turns to Horatio to speak again, it's quietly so they can't hear. ]
[he shakes his head, frustrated with the whole situation: Felfri, the war, these conscripts, the outcome of the operation. they could have gotten so much more, but what makes him angrier is the fact that they needed to do this sort of thing at all]
It's the cameras, it's the goddamn cameras. If there were a way to get in there and actually take their surveillance system down ...
[ She listens to him vent. The transport rumbles as they go over a bump. Nanami looks around; the other conscripts don't look like they're paying that much attention to the relative newbies. She lowers her voice. ]
Do you think... you could do that? You've got an amazing power, Horatio-kun...
[he shakes his head, the response coming almost immediately: clearly, he's given this a great deal of thought]
First of all, I'd need a map, because it's not smart for me to just Blink into a place without knowing what part I'm going to end up in. And then I'd need other people to act as distractions while I take down the surviellance, especially since a son of a bitch as paranoid as Elias is bound to have all kinds of security measures for if someone unauthorized enters the room, no matter how they do it.
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Shit.
[immediately, Horatio Blinks to the building, to the exit point they'd all agreed to at the rundown. there she is, stumbling through the door. he clenches his fists and bends time around them, buying her an extra thirty seconds, maybe a minute, by taking the last couple of conscripts and Blinking them to the getaway vehicle - some bus or van that was hollowed out and repurposed to be tactical in the most rudimentary ways possible.
once that's done, he heads back to her, Blinking in beside her, and claps her on the shoulder with a grin]
Got you covered. I can either get you out of here now or I can cover you, whichever works, but pick fast, they'll be here in about twenty seconds.
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[ She looks behind them - the E+L forces are farther away now, but gaining quickly. ]
Can you-- I'm sorry-- I'm slow-- I just don't know if I can--
[ Wow she HATES this!! She feels so unprepared for being out in the field, and she's definitely gonna be reprimanded for being slow... ]
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[he reaches out and takes it before she can, though. with another flash and the world distorts around them, blue light rippling out and away as it replaces their surroundings with new ones: the safety of the back of their transport. one of the team leaders spots them both, catches Horatio's eye, and looks like he's about to bitch Chiaki out]
Don't even start. You try making sure everyone gets out and doing your damn job even though you have literal roots for feet. Look at you, you've got eight fucking legs and wings. You give Nanami even an atom of shit and I fling ten times its weight right back at you. Capische?
[the soldier knows what the New Fairy Kid is capable of - he saw it first-hand on their last run. he also knows said kid has zero shame and regard for rank. it's been a thing, thus far, to just point Horatio in the right direction and let him go. thus far? it's worked. Horatio watches him back down and smirks before turning back to Chiaki]
You good?
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[ She's still shaken. Horatio's power - she hasn't seen it used like that before. She didn't even know he had time powers before today. He came from a very powerful world, didn't he?
The conscripts are still glaring at her, despite Horatio's admonitions, and she winces. When she turns to Horatio to speak again, it's quietly so they can't hear. ]
E+L... they got to us so fast...
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[he shakes his head, frustrated with the whole situation: Felfri, the war, these conscripts, the outcome of the operation. they could have gotten so much more, but what makes him angrier is the fact that they needed to do this sort of thing at all]
It's the cameras, it's the goddamn cameras. If there were a way to get in there and actually take their surveillance system down ...
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Do you think... you could do that? You've got an amazing power, Horatio-kun...
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[he shakes his head, the response coming almost immediately: clearly, he's given this a great deal of thought]
First of all, I'd need a map, because it's not smart for me to just Blink into a place without knowing what part I'm going to end up in. And then I'd need other people to act as distractions while I take down the surviellance, especially since a son of a bitch as paranoid as Elias is bound to have all kinds of security measures for if someone unauthorized enters the room, no matter how they do it.