Okay. Situation analysis.
Amu glanced at the class. Some were already making a run for the door, but others were still standing, frozen, their eyes fixed on the crack—which had now spread to cover most of the back of the classroom. She gave them a mental jolt. That unfroze them.
Amu gave a brief explanation, her voice a little shaky. As she did, she watched as the walls were pushed backwards, the ceiling starting to bow, and the crack—still growing—spread out, pushing aside everything in its way. Including the back of the classroom, which was starting to look swizz cheese. She hoped, very much, that her classmates had gotten everyone else out, and were safely evacuating everyone in 1-C.
"Because the wind's picking up, and the pull's getting stronger, and- um." She looked to the side, where the rift—the corruption—had grown enough to encompass the classroom door and windows. Most of it didn't have that stained-glass look, but the desks were being… crushed, slowly breaking down as it touched them, as though they were sculpted from paper that someone was crumpling.
It seemed to be avoiding the half-circle in front of them. She didn't know why, or how long it'd last.
It's a Japanese school. Those are built to a template, and while Seiyo academy isn't, I'm willing to state that first grade is still on the first floor of the middle school section.
The rift is very big. It seems to encompass most of the classroom - it's at least covering the back of the classroom, the door, and the windows, which together make up a very large chunk of the classroom's perimeter. Something appears to be keeping it away from Amu and/or Saaya - it sure would be nice to know what.
We are on the first floor. Escaping through the floor is probably infeasible.
I'm not sure where Amu and Saaya are, but it sounds like they're up against the wall into the hallway. (
@Baughn, can you confirm Amu and Saaya's position?) That wall may be the only viable exit - although I suspect if we break through, we may find the effects have
already spread to the hallway, and that half-circle the rift is avoiding is in fact a full circle that includes part of the hallway.
The ceiling is unstable and likely to collapse soon. Amu may be able to shrug off having the ceiling collapse on her. Saaya would probably face serious injury or death. Also, Saaya is in no shape to protect herself from anything that comes through the rift. Even if we fight, we need to get Saaya out first.
One plan wants to use concrete chunks, but it is not clear whether enough of the room has actually collapsed for that, or how much of the collapsed portion was made of concrete in the first place. I hope the hallway wall isn't concrete - trying to chuck a desk through a concrete wall might not actually work.
I'd rather TK grab a chunk of the wall and rip it out directly anyway, though - less risk of hitting anyone outside with a flying desk or wall debris. Our allies might even be right on the other side of that wall when we try to break through.
Amu tried again, reaching out with her thoughts, at the same time she reached down and physically grabbed her shoulder.
'Saaya!'
Still no reaction, and something was happening to the rift. A faint pinprick of light appeared in the middle, accompanied by a tinkling laugh. It didn't sound merry in the slightest.
Saaya is no longer responding to either mental or physical stimulus. This isn't great, but it at least means she's likely not to struggle against forceful evacuation.
If I had the balls for it, I'd vote for the Open Heart beam. I have a suspicion that a vote where Amu uses her heart beam to psychically bare out her entire soul to Saaya and shows her she's not alone and that Amu is really not scary, might be the guaranteed success option. Sadly, I can't scrounge up enough confidence to commit to it.
I believe this is the beam that the QM has described as
a giant mind-altering beam of psionic nonsense
I do not think the QM interprets this ability the way you do - I think they interpret it as forceful mental alteration, not Amu baring her soul to someone. I do not want to use this ability on someone terrified of Amu altering people's minds.
Considering the risk to Saaya if we stay here, the state of the rift, and the outcomes likely to result from further uncontrolled damage to the building, I'm going to vote as follows:
[X] Plan Finish the Evacuation.
-[X] Transform.
-[X] Pick up Saaya (with your arms).
-[X] Activate that shield ability, to protect against falling debris.
-[X] Telekinetically grab and rip out a chunk of the wall to make an exit. (Send it into the classroom, not into the hallway.)
-[X] Escape with Saaya out the hole.
