- Location
- USA
[X] "I am going to that hospital. Tell Edgeshot if you want."
Velvet Steel Elegy (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure/My Hero Academia Fusion)
- Thread starter Iceblocks
- Start date
- Crossover
ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X] "I am going to that hospital. Tell Edgeshot if you want."
Were going to the hospital since this happen cause we revealed all that Stand Info but we also aren't really that close to any of the Injured party's
Were going to the hospital since this happen cause we revealed all that Stand Info but we also aren't really that close to any of the Injured party's
Internship Week Part 7
[X] "I am going to that hospital. Tell Edgeshot if you want."
+++++Velvet.
+++++Steel.
"What hospital?" Momo asks before she follows his gaze. "Johan, what are you going to do?"
"I am going to that hospital." Calls Johan over his shoulder, ignoring her question as he begins to stalk down the street. "Tell Edgeshot if you want."
"But-!" Momo protests, but Johan is already leaving. She hesitates for a moment before she rushes off to where she last saw Sun Shadow.
Honestly, Johan could such an… ugh!
**
Considering everything that happened last night, Izuku doesn't mind getting chewed out by Gran Torino (who came in with Manual, the Hero that Iida is interning with, right after Izuku concluded his phone call to Johansen) for running off when the Nomu attacked the train.
It is a welcome change from the deranged serial killer going berserk and trying to kill them or Iida's monster Stand going berserk and trying to eat everything.
Speaking of Iida, his friend has spent the hours since he, Todoroki and Izuku were admitted to the hospital looking forlorn. Not saying anything but one word sentences in response to Izuku and Todoroki's prodding about the night's events. Only Izuku's phone call to Johansen roused some of Iida's attention away from his own hands.
Todoroki, being the least injured among them, is up and about. A stark difference from Izuku and Iida, who are respectively not feeling up for it while recovering from the wounds caused by the Hero Killer's Stand and not in the mood to move from his bed. Endeavor is noticeably absent from the Pro Heroes that have come to visit Izuku and the others, but maybe he is busy.
All in all, Izuku figures that things went as well as they could have.
Indeed, it is only when Chief Kenji Tsurugamae of the Hosu Police Department steps into their room that they begin to get nervous.
But nervousness becomes anger when the dog-headed man berates them for saving Iida and Native, Stain's original target, without a license.
"Are you saying we should have let everyone die?" Izuku nods in agreement at Todoroki's sudden explosion of anger. His friend is on his feet, shaking with simmering rage, and Izuku sits up in his bed to join him. A part of him winces at the way Gran Torino sighs, but the side that awoke with 「Take On Me」 pushes him onward.
"I-"
"Hey, you can't go in there!"
The shout, muffled as it is by the door, silences everyone in the room. All eyes move to the door as whatever is going on out there continues.
"W-who are you!? This area is restrict- AH!"
"Matsuda?!" Chief Tsurugamae gasps in worry as his subordinate lets out a pained scream before a heavy thud shakes the room as something is slammed into the corridor wall. Gran Torino and Manual ready themselves, the old Pro Hero readying the jets in his feet while his younger colleague opens a bottle of water to fuel his hydrokinesis.
A shape, armored in black and white with red tiger stripes, phases through the door. The Police chief takes a step back to allow the Heroes past him, but their attack is halted when the familiar figure simply unlocks the door from the inside and vanishes.
"「Holy Diver?」" Izuku wonders as the door opens to reveal Johansen. "Johansen?"
"Midoriya." Johansen nods at him, his face expressionless as he walks into the room. His yellow, cat-eared motorcycle helmet is carried under his arm, upside down so that it can hold the thick gloves stuffed into it. "I came as soon as I could."
"Now hold on here-" Gran Torino demands, blocking Johansen's way, but the Norwegian catboy simply disappears into his own shadow. He reenters the room a second later, 「Holy Diver」 dragging him out of the shadow of one very disturbed Chief Tsurugamae.
Having bypassed the adults, Johansen nods at Todoroki before he gently places his glove-filled helmet on top of Izuku's bed. He ignores the Pro Heroes and police chief altogether as he places himself at the foot of Iida's bed.
Johansen takes a deep breath, and then another as he places his hands on the metal railing between him and Iida's feet.
"So!" He suddenly exclaims with forced cheer and a cold, manic smile. "Iida-san, would you please tell me-"
His smile transforms into a snarl that makes the foreign boy look positively demonic.
"「WHAT. THE FUCK?!」"
Iida takes a moment to steady himself before he answers. "I…" He swallows. "I was… it happened the day I tried to take the magic item from you last week. I was still angry. Angry that you had told me no, angry that I was being punished, angry about my brother."
Izuku's chest tightens as Iida shrinks in on himself. "But… I was also angry that I had gone so far as to try to steal from you. And then, after school-"
****
Tenya slowly placed one foot before the other, taking another sluggish step on his aimless wandering. A whim had brought him to the beach, the sea blackened by the reflection of the overcast sky. A perfect accompaniment to his dark mood.
He sighed, his path eventually taking him down to the water. There wasn't much in the way of wind, so the waves were calm, even out away from the shore. With the low waves almost reaching his shoes, he contemplated the question that had been gnawing on him since he got that fateful phone call during the Sports Festival:
Was revenge worth it?
And there in that place of sand and salt, he came to a realization:
Yes!
The wind shifted, blowing strongly towards where Tenya stood.
He would take revenge!
A wave, faster that the others, was driven straight towards the young Hero hopeful.
No. Matter. What.
Tenya kicked the windblown wave when it came close to him, and something leapt out of the water to latch onto his leg.
****
Izuku's hands tighten into fists as Johansen's tighten around the railing.
"And then what?" The catboy hisses, his eyes never leaving Iida's.
"…I challenged Stain, and lost." Iida sighs. "But just as he was about to finish me off…"
****
"Unforgiveable…" Tenya seethed through maddened froth, lying paralyzed and bleeding on the alley floor with the Hero Killer's shark-tooth sword about to pierce his neck. The moment he tried to charge the monster who crippled his brother he had run into invisible edges that cut through his armor like butter, and when Stain licked the blood hovering in the air he had lost the ability to move his body below the neck.
"You're right, you fake." Mused the Hero Killer as he prepared to finish Tenya off. "This is unforgiveable, but only a true Hero has the right to judge-"
"UNFORGIVEABLE!" Tenya screamed, his soul bubbling with the infection he had received from the beach. "My Grudge… 「My Grudge will eat you alive, Stain!」"
Rage, hatred, enmity… it all flowed into the being that had latched onto Tenya's soul. Giving it form and 「Power」.
"Come forth:" He hissed up at the Villain, bloody spittle flying across the asphalt.
"「NOTORIOUS B.I.G!」"
****
"And here we are." Johansen finishes, his eyes having turned into chips of ice. The metal railing in his hands is beginning to creak under his grip, making Izuku wince. Johansen pays him no mind though, instead finally prying one of his hands away so that he can massage his forehead. "What a-"
A hand takes hold of his wrist, making Johansen cut himself off as he turns his head to see who is brave enough. And to Izuku's shock it is Edgeshot, Japan's Number Five Hero!
And the Hero that Johansen and Yaoyorozu is interning with, he realizes, which means-
Izuku's head snaps towards the door, where Yaoyorozu, also in her costume, is standing. She looks definitively worried, but why?
"-leaving your post, breaking into a hospital, assaulting an officer of the law?" Edgeshot demands of the Norwegian catboy, who is glaring right back at him. "Johansen, what on earth are you thinking? I knew that Stand Users are contemptuous of those they consider beneath them, but I thought you were mature enough to-"
As Edgeshot speaks it sinks into Izuku's gut that Johansen came here without permission, and reminds him of what happened right before he entered the room.
Oh. Oh dear.
And to Izuku's increasing horror, all that Johansen does to answer his temporary employer is to take out his phone and call a number on speed dial.
"Johansen." Edgeshot whispers, decidedly unamused. "Put that thing away and answer me this instant."
But Johansen ignores him and waits until whoever is on the other side answers. Izuku doesn't hear what they say, but he does hear what Johansen answers with:
"Hello, Principal Nedzu."
Dropping the principal's name gives everyone pause, but the Pro Heroes are not to be deterred. "Why are you bringing Nedzu into this." Edgeshot says accusingly. "Do you think he can protect you? That he will protect you?"
Johansen spares him a conflicted glance before he answers the principal. "We have a Stand related situation and I need your insight. I already have a number of Pro Heroes, the chief of the local police, and two of the witnesses. Do you have time?"
***
"This is the best that can be done on such short notice." Johansen sighs as he sits down on the hospital roof. Everyone but Iida is here, with the principal participating through speaker phone.
"Will someone please explain what is going on?" Asks Manual, who has been silent up until now.
Johansen sighs and tugs on one of his cat ears with his right hand while the fingers of his left occupy themselves with the scar on the same palm.
"I will be frank:"
[] "We need to kill Iida. Now."
++++++++++++++++++++Velvet.
++++++++++Steel.
[] "What has happened here is almost without precedent, but I will give you an overview of what we are dealing with."
+++++++Velvet.
++++++++++Steel.
***
Johan Johansen Status
Velvet: 310+50(Decision)
Steel: 180+50(Decision)
Despair: 50/100
+++++Velvet.
+++++Steel.
"What hospital?" Momo asks before she follows his gaze. "Johan, what are you going to do?"
"I am going to that hospital." Calls Johan over his shoulder, ignoring her question as he begins to stalk down the street. "Tell Edgeshot if you want."
"But-!" Momo protests, but Johan is already leaving. She hesitates for a moment before she rushes off to where she last saw Sun Shadow.
Honestly, Johan could such an… ugh!
**
Considering everything that happened last night, Izuku doesn't mind getting chewed out by Gran Torino (who came in with Manual, the Hero that Iida is interning with, right after Izuku concluded his phone call to Johansen) for running off when the Nomu attacked the train.
It is a welcome change from the deranged serial killer going berserk and trying to kill them or Iida's monster Stand going berserk and trying to eat everything.
Speaking of Iida, his friend has spent the hours since he, Todoroki and Izuku were admitted to the hospital looking forlorn. Not saying anything but one word sentences in response to Izuku and Todoroki's prodding about the night's events. Only Izuku's phone call to Johansen roused some of Iida's attention away from his own hands.
Todoroki, being the least injured among them, is up and about. A stark difference from Izuku and Iida, who are respectively not feeling up for it while recovering from the wounds caused by the Hero Killer's Stand and not in the mood to move from his bed. Endeavor is noticeably absent from the Pro Heroes that have come to visit Izuku and the others, but maybe he is busy.
All in all, Izuku figures that things went as well as they could have.
Indeed, it is only when Chief Kenji Tsurugamae of the Hosu Police Department steps into their room that they begin to get nervous.
But nervousness becomes anger when the dog-headed man berates them for saving Iida and Native, Stain's original target, without a license.
"Are you saying we should have let everyone die?" Izuku nods in agreement at Todoroki's sudden explosion of anger. His friend is on his feet, shaking with simmering rage, and Izuku sits up in his bed to join him. A part of him winces at the way Gran Torino sighs, but the side that awoke with 「Take On Me」 pushes him onward.
"I-"
"Hey, you can't go in there!"
The shout, muffled as it is by the door, silences everyone in the room. All eyes move to the door as whatever is going on out there continues.
"W-who are you!? This area is restrict- AH!"
"Matsuda?!" Chief Tsurugamae gasps in worry as his subordinate lets out a pained scream before a heavy thud shakes the room as something is slammed into the corridor wall. Gran Torino and Manual ready themselves, the old Pro Hero readying the jets in his feet while his younger colleague opens a bottle of water to fuel his hydrokinesis.
A shape, armored in black and white with red tiger stripes, phases through the door. The Police chief takes a step back to allow the Heroes past him, but their attack is halted when the familiar figure simply unlocks the door from the inside and vanishes.
"「Holy Diver?」" Izuku wonders as the door opens to reveal Johansen. "Johansen?"
"Midoriya." Johansen nods at him, his face expressionless as he walks into the room. His yellow, cat-eared motorcycle helmet is carried under his arm, upside down so that it can hold the thick gloves stuffed into it. "I came as soon as I could."
"Now hold on here-" Gran Torino demands, blocking Johansen's way, but the Norwegian catboy simply disappears into his own shadow. He reenters the room a second later, 「Holy Diver」 dragging him out of the shadow of one very disturbed Chief Tsurugamae.
Having bypassed the adults, Johansen nods at Todoroki before he gently places his glove-filled helmet on top of Izuku's bed. He ignores the Pro Heroes and police chief altogether as he places himself at the foot of Iida's bed.
Johansen takes a deep breath, and then another as he places his hands on the metal railing between him and Iida's feet.
"So!" He suddenly exclaims with forced cheer and a cold, manic smile. "Iida-san, would you please tell me-"
His smile transforms into a snarl that makes the foreign boy look positively demonic.
"「WHAT. THE FUCK?!」"
Iida takes a moment to steady himself before he answers. "I…" He swallows. "I was… it happened the day I tried to take the magic item from you last week. I was still angry. Angry that you had told me no, angry that I was being punished, angry about my brother."
Izuku's chest tightens as Iida shrinks in on himself. "But… I was also angry that I had gone so far as to try to steal from you. And then, after school-"
****
Tenya slowly placed one foot before the other, taking another sluggish step on his aimless wandering. A whim had brought him to the beach, the sea blackened by the reflection of the overcast sky. A perfect accompaniment to his dark mood.
He sighed, his path eventually taking him down to the water. There wasn't much in the way of wind, so the waves were calm, even out away from the shore. With the low waves almost reaching his shoes, he contemplated the question that had been gnawing on him since he got that fateful phone call during the Sports Festival:
Was revenge worth it?
And there in that place of sand and salt, he came to a realization:
Yes!
The wind shifted, blowing strongly towards where Tenya stood.
He would take revenge!
A wave, faster that the others, was driven straight towards the young Hero hopeful.
No. Matter. What.
Tenya kicked the windblown wave when it came close to him, and something leapt out of the water to latch onto his leg.
****
Izuku's hands tighten into fists as Johansen's tighten around the railing.
"And then what?" The catboy hisses, his eyes never leaving Iida's.
"…I challenged Stain, and lost." Iida sighs. "But just as he was about to finish me off…"
****
"Unforgiveable…" Tenya seethed through maddened froth, lying paralyzed and bleeding on the alley floor with the Hero Killer's shark-tooth sword about to pierce his neck. The moment he tried to charge the monster who crippled his brother he had run into invisible edges that cut through his armor like butter, and when Stain licked the blood hovering in the air he had lost the ability to move his body below the neck.
"You're right, you fake." Mused the Hero Killer as he prepared to finish Tenya off. "This is unforgiveable, but only a true Hero has the right to judge-"
"UNFORGIVEABLE!" Tenya screamed, his soul bubbling with the infection he had received from the beach. "My Grudge… 「My Grudge will eat you alive, Stain!」"
Rage, hatred, enmity… it all flowed into the being that had latched onto Tenya's soul. Giving it form and 「Power」.
"Come forth:" He hissed up at the Villain, bloody spittle flying across the asphalt.
"「NOTORIOUS B.I.G!」"
****
"And here we are." Johansen finishes, his eyes having turned into chips of ice. The metal railing in his hands is beginning to creak under his grip, making Izuku wince. Johansen pays him no mind though, instead finally prying one of his hands away so that he can massage his forehead. "What a-"
A hand takes hold of his wrist, making Johansen cut himself off as he turns his head to see who is brave enough. And to Izuku's shock it is Edgeshot, Japan's Number Five Hero!
And the Hero that Johansen and Yaoyorozu is interning with, he realizes, which means-
Izuku's head snaps towards the door, where Yaoyorozu, also in her costume, is standing. She looks definitively worried, but why?
"-leaving your post, breaking into a hospital, assaulting an officer of the law?" Edgeshot demands of the Norwegian catboy, who is glaring right back at him. "Johansen, what on earth are you thinking? I knew that Stand Users are contemptuous of those they consider beneath them, but I thought you were mature enough to-"
As Edgeshot speaks it sinks into Izuku's gut that Johansen came here without permission, and reminds him of what happened right before he entered the room.
Oh. Oh dear.
And to Izuku's increasing horror, all that Johansen does to answer his temporary employer is to take out his phone and call a number on speed dial.
"Johansen." Edgeshot whispers, decidedly unamused. "Put that thing away and answer me this instant."
But Johansen ignores him and waits until whoever is on the other side answers. Izuku doesn't hear what they say, but he does hear what Johansen answers with:
"Hello, Principal Nedzu."
Dropping the principal's name gives everyone pause, but the Pro Heroes are not to be deterred. "Why are you bringing Nedzu into this." Edgeshot says accusingly. "Do you think he can protect you? That he will protect you?"
Johansen spares him a conflicted glance before he answers the principal. "We have a Stand related situation and I need your insight. I already have a number of Pro Heroes, the chief of the local police, and two of the witnesses. Do you have time?"
***
"This is the best that can be done on such short notice." Johansen sighs as he sits down on the hospital roof. Everyone but Iida is here, with the principal participating through speaker phone.
"Will someone please explain what is going on?" Asks Manual, who has been silent up until now.
Johansen sighs and tugs on one of his cat ears with his right hand while the fingers of his left occupy themselves with the scar on the same palm.
"I will be frank:"
[] "We need to kill Iida. Now."
++++++++++++++++++++Velvet.
++++++++++Steel.
[] "What has happened here is almost without precedent, but I will give you an overview of what we are dealing with."
+++++++Velvet.
++++++++++Steel.
***
Johan Johansen Status
Velvet: 310+50(Decision)
Steel: 180+50(Decision)
Despair: 50/100
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- Location
- USA
[X] "What has happened here is almost without precedent, but I will give you an overview of what we are dealing with."
Don't want to kill Iida just yet.
Don't want to kill Iida just yet.
- Location
- In my Lair, on my Hoard
[X] "What has happened here is almost without precedent, but I will give you an overview of what we are dealing with."
I have no idea why we would need to kill Iida anyways, so I'm just voting for this to get an explanation.
I have no idea why we would need to kill Iida anyways, so I'm just voting for this to get an explanation.
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[X] "What has happened here is almost without precedent, but I will give you an overview of what we are dealing with."
Internship Week Part 8
[X] "What has happened here is almost without precedent, but I will give you an overview of what we are dealing with."
+++++++Velvet.
++++++++++Steel.
Izuku leans forward as Johansen begins to explain.
"What has happened here is almost without precedent, but I will give you an overview of what we are dealing with:" The catboy takes a deep breath. "Iida's Stand, 「Notorious B.I.G」, is an Independent Stand that 「Pre-dates the Age of Quirks」."
He opens his eyes and look at each of them in turn. "It did not originally belong to him, but to an Italian gangster over two hundred years ago."
"Then how is Iida its User now?" Gran Torino presses roughly, clearly not believing Johansen's explanation. "Stands die with their users, and unless you're gonna tell me that this guy is still alive…?"
"If you would let me finish?" Johansen snaps with a feline snarl. "Most of what I know is based on speculation by the people who fought it back during the Golden Wind, but the short of it is that 「Notorious B.I.G」 is 「Grudge-Powered」."
Izuku is about to ask what the 'Golden Wind' was, but Johansen cuts him off. "In practical terms, this means that 「Notorious B.I.G's」strength is dependent on how much the User hates the target, with the Stand acting as an autonomous drone outside of the User's direct control. Its original User allowed the Golden Wind to kill him so that his 「Dying Curse」 would supercharge 「Notorious B.I.G」."
"Thus allowing it to persist after the User's death?" Edgeshot asks, frowning. Has he encountered Stand Users before?
Johansen nods. "Yes, but also much more than that. According to the records, the supercharged 「Notorious B.I.G」was 「Invincible」. It could not be destroyed. In the end the Golden Wind had to make it lose track of them by dumping it in the ocean. It was still chasing waves and attacking ships up until the rise of Quirks."
"Which ocean?"
All eyes turn to Izuku, who suddenly realizes that not only has he spoken, he also has a notebook and a pen in his hands. "Er…"
"The one between Italy and Sardinia." Johansen helpfully answers. "I forgot what it was called."
Yaoyorozu, who is sitting on a folding chair she pulled out of her stomach, immediately comes to their rescue: "The Tyrrhenian Sea."
"Thank you, Momo." Johansen nods before he turns back to the adults. "But back to 「Notorious B.I.G」: When powered up it can be assigned to a target, but it will also lock onto and attack 「The fastest-moving object it can sense」."
"That's why it attacked me and Todoroki!"
Izuku flushes when everyone turns to state at him again, but the adults at least quickly return to the matter at hand.
"I can see why you were worried, kid." Gran Torino grumbles. "But Midoriya and Todoroki defeated it just fine."
"That is entirely because of Todoroki-san's 「Prime Mover」, am I right?" Johansen looks to Todoroki for confirmation, and when he gets it he nods and goes back to addressing the Pro Heroes. "Todoroki's Stand has an ability that lets it cancel Stand effects and disrupt manifestations by touch. My guess is that he not only made 「Notorious B.I.G」 return to Iida, he also erased the 'battery' made up by Iida's hatred of the Hero Killer." The catboy toys with his scar as he speaks. "If Iida was not able to refuel 「Notorious B.I.G」 at the time, then…"
"It would have remained out of the fight." Finishes Manual, speaking out loud what everyone is no doubt thinking.
"But none of that explains why Notorious B.I.G is now bound to Iida." Edgeshot stresses in the silence that follows. "It is a long way from the central Mediterranean to Tokyo Bay, JoJo."
Johansen only shrugs in response. "I… I do not have an answer for you as to how it got here, other than '「Fate」 did it' of course, but..." He trails off, looking thoughtful. "But from what Iida told me before you got here he was dwelling on Stain at the time. It might be that 「Notorious B.I.G」 needed a new power source and Iida was convenient."
He reaches a hand up and resumes tugging on his ear. "But this is all guesswork. I am going to have some long sessions with Iida in the future to learn the ins and outs of this… situation. It is rare enough that Stands persist after their User dies, and even rarer that they are not bound to an object when they do. Very little is known about cases like this."
"May I… ask a question?" The police chief, who is squatting down instead of sitting on behalf of his nice suit, boofs evenly. "Why did we come up here, and why did we leave Iida-kun behind?"
"Because I was not sure if it was necessary to kill him and I wanted a place to plan where Iida could not listen in." Johansen answers without hesitation.
There is no hesitation in the pandemonium that answers him either.
**********
Momo isn't sure about what is going on inside Johan's head when they leave the hospital. Nobody was on board with killing Iida, naturally, not even with Johan stressing how dangerous 「Notorious B.I.G」 could be, so her friend's idea was shot down.
"Will you be alright?"
Johan's cat ears twitch and he looks up from the floor, shifting to get comfortable in the lobby chairs they are sitting in while they wait for Edgeshot to finish talking with the other Pros. "You are… worried about me during all this?"
She looks away, embarrassed, but Johan pays it no mind and continues. "I will be fine, Momo. I just panicked when Midoriya told me that Iida had bonded with 「Notorious B.I.G」." He rubs the scar on his left palm, staring at it intently as they return to sitting in tense silence.
Perhaps she shouldn't be too surprised. Johan has had extreme reactions to Stands and their effects interacting with the modern world in ways unfamiliar to him. But even so, attacking a police officer is on another level.
Aizawa is going to be livid when they get back to UA…
And yet, Momo finds it hard to care what her teacher thinks, if only for a moment before she drowns the rebellious thought in naked mortification.
When Edgeshot returns to pick them up the tension increases tenfold, but all he does is to gesture for them to follow him. He leads them through the streets of Hosu until they reach his helicopter, where Moon Shadow, Sun Shadow, and Star Shadow are waiting for them. It is only when they have taken off that he speaks to them.
And by them she means Johan.
[] Johan is on leaf-thin ice, but Edgeshot is willing to allow him to finish his week-long internship as normal if the catboy proves he can be trusted.
++++Velvet.
++Steel.
[] Johan is barred from activities outside of Edgeshot's agency until the end of the internship and can forget about future offers, but that will be the end of it if he behaves.
++Velvet.
+++++Steel.
[] With the situation as it is, he will be transferred over to Manual's agency to assist Iida with 「Notorious B.I.G」.
+++Velvet.
++++++Steel.
***************************************************************************************************************************
Johan Johansen Status
Velvet: 360+70(Decision)
Steel: 230+100(Decision)
Despair: 50/100
Current forecast is that this Arc ends in 2-3 updates.
+++++++Velvet.
++++++++++Steel.
Izuku leans forward as Johansen begins to explain.
"What has happened here is almost without precedent, but I will give you an overview of what we are dealing with:" The catboy takes a deep breath. "Iida's Stand, 「Notorious B.I.G」, is an Independent Stand that 「Pre-dates the Age of Quirks」."
He opens his eyes and look at each of them in turn. "It did not originally belong to him, but to an Italian gangster over two hundred years ago."
"Then how is Iida its User now?" Gran Torino presses roughly, clearly not believing Johansen's explanation. "Stands die with their users, and unless you're gonna tell me that this guy is still alive…?"
"If you would let me finish?" Johansen snaps with a feline snarl. "Most of what I know is based on speculation by the people who fought it back during the Golden Wind, but the short of it is that 「Notorious B.I.G」 is 「Grudge-Powered」."
Izuku is about to ask what the 'Golden Wind' was, but Johansen cuts him off. "In practical terms, this means that 「Notorious B.I.G's」strength is dependent on how much the User hates the target, with the Stand acting as an autonomous drone outside of the User's direct control. Its original User allowed the Golden Wind to kill him so that his 「Dying Curse」 would supercharge 「Notorious B.I.G」."
"Thus allowing it to persist after the User's death?" Edgeshot asks, frowning. Has he encountered Stand Users before?
Johansen nods. "Yes, but also much more than that. According to the records, the supercharged 「Notorious B.I.G」was 「Invincible」. It could not be destroyed. In the end the Golden Wind had to make it lose track of them by dumping it in the ocean. It was still chasing waves and attacking ships up until the rise of Quirks."
"Which ocean?"
All eyes turn to Izuku, who suddenly realizes that not only has he spoken, he also has a notebook and a pen in his hands. "Er…"
"The one between Italy and Sardinia." Johansen helpfully answers. "I forgot what it was called."
Yaoyorozu, who is sitting on a folding chair she pulled out of her stomach, immediately comes to their rescue: "The Tyrrhenian Sea."
"Thank you, Momo." Johansen nods before he turns back to the adults. "But back to 「Notorious B.I.G」: When powered up it can be assigned to a target, but it will also lock onto and attack 「The fastest-moving object it can sense」."
"That's why it attacked me and Todoroki!"
Izuku flushes when everyone turns to state at him again, but the adults at least quickly return to the matter at hand.
"I can see why you were worried, kid." Gran Torino grumbles. "But Midoriya and Todoroki defeated it just fine."
"That is entirely because of Todoroki-san's 「Prime Mover」, am I right?" Johansen looks to Todoroki for confirmation, and when he gets it he nods and goes back to addressing the Pro Heroes. "Todoroki's Stand has an ability that lets it cancel Stand effects and disrupt manifestations by touch. My guess is that he not only made 「Notorious B.I.G」 return to Iida, he also erased the 'battery' made up by Iida's hatred of the Hero Killer." The catboy toys with his scar as he speaks. "If Iida was not able to refuel 「Notorious B.I.G」 at the time, then…"
"It would have remained out of the fight." Finishes Manual, speaking out loud what everyone is no doubt thinking.
"But none of that explains why Notorious B.I.G is now bound to Iida." Edgeshot stresses in the silence that follows. "It is a long way from the central Mediterranean to Tokyo Bay, JoJo."
Johansen only shrugs in response. "I… I do not have an answer for you as to how it got here, other than '「Fate」 did it' of course, but..." He trails off, looking thoughtful. "But from what Iida told me before you got here he was dwelling on Stain at the time. It might be that 「Notorious B.I.G」 needed a new power source and Iida was convenient."
He reaches a hand up and resumes tugging on his ear. "But this is all guesswork. I am going to have some long sessions with Iida in the future to learn the ins and outs of this… situation. It is rare enough that Stands persist after their User dies, and even rarer that they are not bound to an object when they do. Very little is known about cases like this."
"May I… ask a question?" The police chief, who is squatting down instead of sitting on behalf of his nice suit, boofs evenly. "Why did we come up here, and why did we leave Iida-kun behind?"
"Because I was not sure if it was necessary to kill him and I wanted a place to plan where Iida could not listen in." Johansen answers without hesitation.
There is no hesitation in the pandemonium that answers him either.
**********
Momo isn't sure about what is going on inside Johan's head when they leave the hospital. Nobody was on board with killing Iida, naturally, not even with Johan stressing how dangerous 「Notorious B.I.G」 could be, so her friend's idea was shot down.
"Will you be alright?"
Johan's cat ears twitch and he looks up from the floor, shifting to get comfortable in the lobby chairs they are sitting in while they wait for Edgeshot to finish talking with the other Pros. "You are… worried about me during all this?"
She looks away, embarrassed, but Johan pays it no mind and continues. "I will be fine, Momo. I just panicked when Midoriya told me that Iida had bonded with 「Notorious B.I.G」." He rubs the scar on his left palm, staring at it intently as they return to sitting in tense silence.
Perhaps she shouldn't be too surprised. Johan has had extreme reactions to Stands and their effects interacting with the modern world in ways unfamiliar to him. But even so, attacking a police officer is on another level.
Aizawa is going to be livid when they get back to UA…
And yet, Momo finds it hard to care what her teacher thinks, if only for a moment before she drowns the rebellious thought in naked mortification.
When Edgeshot returns to pick them up the tension increases tenfold, but all he does is to gesture for them to follow him. He leads them through the streets of Hosu until they reach his helicopter, where Moon Shadow, Sun Shadow, and Star Shadow are waiting for them. It is only when they have taken off that he speaks to them.
And by them she means Johan.
[] Johan is on leaf-thin ice, but Edgeshot is willing to allow him to finish his week-long internship as normal if the catboy proves he can be trusted.
++++Velvet.
++Steel.
[] Johan is barred from activities outside of Edgeshot's agency until the end of the internship and can forget about future offers, but that will be the end of it if he behaves.
++Velvet.
+++++Steel.
[] With the situation as it is, he will be transferred over to Manual's agency to assist Iida with 「Notorious B.I.G」.
+++Velvet.
++++++Steel.
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Johan Johansen Status
Velvet: 360+70(Decision)
Steel: 230+100(Decision)
Despair: 50/100
Current forecast is that this Arc ends in 2-3 updates.
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[X] Johan is on leaf-thin ice, but Edgeshot is willing to allow him to finish his week-long internship as normal if the catboy proves he can be trusted.
++++Velvet.
++Steel.
Interesting. I'll stick with more momo options.
++++Velvet.
++Steel.
Interesting. I'll stick with more momo options.
ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
Weird how I didn't get a notification but
[X] Johan is barred from activities outside of Edgeshot's agency until the end of the internship and can forget about future offers, but that will be the end of it if he behaves.
Johanathan has been showing Edge the most respect plus we kind suggested kill IIda so being punished by still being train but not allowed to go out seems fair
[X] Johan is barred from activities outside of Edgeshot's agency until the end of the internship and can forget about future offers, but that will be the end of it if he behaves.
Johanathan has been showing Edge the most respect plus we kind suggested kill IIda so being punished by still being train but not allowed to go out seems fair
Internship Week Part 9
[X] Johan is on leaf-thin ice, but Edgeshot is willing to allow him to finish his week-long internship as normal if the catboy proves he can be trusted.
++++Velvet.
++Steel.
Stealth remains Johan's forte, Momo muses to herself as her friend puts 「Holy Diver's」 hand on Moon Shadow's shoulder, making the Pro Hero stiffen. The only tell through the camera footage is the way the fabric of the man's costume folds under 「Holy Diver's」 grip, but Momo, Edgeshot and Star Shadow know what to look for.
That Moon Shadow told them what happened over his radio as soon as the exercise ended helped, of course.
Her own attempt ended in failure when she was caught in the open by the ninja, but that was to be expected even if not succeeding left her feeling miffed. She is not a stealth specialist, not in the slightest, but at least she got some useful tips from Edgeshot and Moon Shadow after the fact.
"That Stand…" Edgeshot muses. "Beyond its strength, its power is one we must respect."
Star Shadow hums in wordless agreement as Johan and Moon Shadow begin to walk out of the room. She sounds about to say something, Momo's 「Technologic」 detecting the signature intake of breath before someone speaks, but Edgeshot cuts her off by continuing:
"But… I don't think he has been completely honest with us."
Momo's hands clench before she can force them to loosen, though if Edgeshot noticed is up in the air. Has he figured something out? And if so, then what has he figured out? "How so?" She asks, trying to sound normal.
Edgeshot glances at her, his expression unreadable beneath his mask. "It is just a thought, Trismegistus. Nothing to worry about." He answers, politely shooing her off.
A touch of anger flares up over being dismissed, and Momo feeds it with the viciousness that came to her with「Technologic」. She will have lots of chances to sate it when her and Edgeshot move on to combat training.
***
"You have two bodies! Use them!" Edgeshot chastises calmly as he punishes a gap in Momo's defense, just barely slipping past her「Technologic」 to wrap an arm turned ribbon around her leg and yank her off her feet.
Momo rolls with the impact and takes the opportunity to hide the creation of a handful of throwing stars. She passes them to 「Technologic」, disguising the sleight of hand with the creation of a set of bolos. She throws it at him to force him to back off and, hefting her staff like a spear, rushes back in.
Edgeshot, wielding a chain sickle, waits patiently for her to come to him. "Do not rely on standard attacks." He warns as he readies himself. "Use the unorthodox!"
They exchange a series of blows, Edgeshot's speed and experience allowing him to hold his own against both her and 「Technologic」. "Faster, destroy my focus." He instructs, tilting his body so that the hidden throwing stars harmlessly pass him by before he presses the attack.
One of his ribbons lash out vertically between them, forcing Momo to break her stance and dodge to the side. Edgeshot is on her a moment later, pushing her back with a flurry of precise blows. "Remember-!" He tries to say before「Technologic」 stomps down on his foot, turning the guidance into a pained hiss. He hops back, protected by his metal-plated boots.
"Remember to control your opponent's central line." He finishes before he prepares himself to receive her charge.
Edgeshot frowns after the first few blows. "You are holding your staff too tightly."
Momo adjusts, but the moment of hesitation is enough. Edgeshot works the dulled blade of the sickle around the staff and yanks it out of her hands. And instant later it is over as he drops the chain sickle and in a fluid motion draws a kunai and jabs it at her neck.
It stops an inch from her shin, the Pro Hero's arms locked in place by both of「Technologic's」 hands.
"And now too lightly." He chides her evenly as he straightens up. "Excellent work, Trismegistus. I hope you will take this lesson to heart."
"Thank you, sir." Momo answers, bowing shallowly. "What do we do now?"
Edgeshot returns the bow before he replies. "We'll see how Star Shadow and Moon Shadow are handling JoJo. As soon as we have cleaned up here, of course. After that we will go over your sessions and how the two of you stand to improve."
"I see." She answers as she begins to pick up her dropped weapons for disposal. The exact words that Edgeshot says catches up to her a moment later. "Won't there be any patrols tonight?"
"None." He confirms as he gathers up his chain sickle. "We got a lead in the drug smuggler case, so the Shadows and I will be taking care of that. Were you and JoJo feature is in question." He hangs the weapon onto its mountings and turns around. "Either way, there will be no patrols for you two tonight."
***
The lead that Edgeshot mentioned turned out to be not quite as conclusive as they has hoped, but the night before their final day they receive an update from Sun Shadow: They have located a warehouse connected to the drug smuggling ring that Edgeshot's agency has been tracking.
"Selkie says they are hot on the trail of one of their ships." Edgeshot explains to his sidekicks while Momo and Johan, both in costume, are standing off to the side. "We will go in and handle their dockside operation while they engage them at sea. Trismegistus, JoJo."
Momo and Johan perk up at their Hero names being spoken.
Convinced that they are listening, Edgeshot gives them some simple instructions: Guard the escape routes. If they see someone make a run for it, they are to contact Moon Shadow, who is waiting in reserve, so that he can handle it. They are only to engage themselves if they are approached directly.
It is easy to remember, Momo supposes, but waiting on a damp dockside rooftop while the sounds of their comrades fighting villains echoes through the alleys is anything but. The wait ends when they see a finned figure slink out of a backdoor and run for the alleys below them.
Johan joins her at the edge of the roof, looking down as the figure runs past.
[] "…Let us warn Moon Shadow."
++++Velvet.
+Steel.
[] "Make some restraints, I will be right back."
++Velvet.
++++Steel.
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Johan Johansen Status
Velvet: 430+40(Decision)
Steel: 330+20(Decision)
Despair: 50/100
++++Velvet.
++Steel.
Stealth remains Johan's forte, Momo muses to herself as her friend puts 「Holy Diver's」 hand on Moon Shadow's shoulder, making the Pro Hero stiffen. The only tell through the camera footage is the way the fabric of the man's costume folds under 「Holy Diver's」 grip, but Momo, Edgeshot and Star Shadow know what to look for.
That Moon Shadow told them what happened over his radio as soon as the exercise ended helped, of course.
Her own attempt ended in failure when she was caught in the open by the ninja, but that was to be expected even if not succeeding left her feeling miffed. She is not a stealth specialist, not in the slightest, but at least she got some useful tips from Edgeshot and Moon Shadow after the fact.
"That Stand…" Edgeshot muses. "Beyond its strength, its power is one we must respect."
Star Shadow hums in wordless agreement as Johan and Moon Shadow begin to walk out of the room. She sounds about to say something, Momo's 「Technologic」 detecting the signature intake of breath before someone speaks, but Edgeshot cuts her off by continuing:
"But… I don't think he has been completely honest with us."
Momo's hands clench before she can force them to loosen, though if Edgeshot noticed is up in the air. Has he figured something out? And if so, then what has he figured out? "How so?" She asks, trying to sound normal.
Edgeshot glances at her, his expression unreadable beneath his mask. "It is just a thought, Trismegistus. Nothing to worry about." He answers, politely shooing her off.
A touch of anger flares up over being dismissed, and Momo feeds it with the viciousness that came to her with「Technologic」. She will have lots of chances to sate it when her and Edgeshot move on to combat training.
***
"You have two bodies! Use them!" Edgeshot chastises calmly as he punishes a gap in Momo's defense, just barely slipping past her「Technologic」 to wrap an arm turned ribbon around her leg and yank her off her feet.
Momo rolls with the impact and takes the opportunity to hide the creation of a handful of throwing stars. She passes them to 「Technologic」, disguising the sleight of hand with the creation of a set of bolos. She throws it at him to force him to back off and, hefting her staff like a spear, rushes back in.
Edgeshot, wielding a chain sickle, waits patiently for her to come to him. "Do not rely on standard attacks." He warns as he readies himself. "Use the unorthodox!"
They exchange a series of blows, Edgeshot's speed and experience allowing him to hold his own against both her and 「Technologic」. "Faster, destroy my focus." He instructs, tilting his body so that the hidden throwing stars harmlessly pass him by before he presses the attack.
One of his ribbons lash out vertically between them, forcing Momo to break her stance and dodge to the side. Edgeshot is on her a moment later, pushing her back with a flurry of precise blows. "Remember-!" He tries to say before「Technologic」 stomps down on his foot, turning the guidance into a pained hiss. He hops back, protected by his metal-plated boots.
"Remember to control your opponent's central line." He finishes before he prepares himself to receive her charge.
Edgeshot frowns after the first few blows. "You are holding your staff too tightly."
Momo adjusts, but the moment of hesitation is enough. Edgeshot works the dulled blade of the sickle around the staff and yanks it out of her hands. And instant later it is over as he drops the chain sickle and in a fluid motion draws a kunai and jabs it at her neck.
It stops an inch from her shin, the Pro Hero's arms locked in place by both of「Technologic's」 hands.
"And now too lightly." He chides her evenly as he straightens up. "Excellent work, Trismegistus. I hope you will take this lesson to heart."
"Thank you, sir." Momo answers, bowing shallowly. "What do we do now?"
Edgeshot returns the bow before he replies. "We'll see how Star Shadow and Moon Shadow are handling JoJo. As soon as we have cleaned up here, of course. After that we will go over your sessions and how the two of you stand to improve."
"I see." She answers as she begins to pick up her dropped weapons for disposal. The exact words that Edgeshot says catches up to her a moment later. "Won't there be any patrols tonight?"
"None." He confirms as he gathers up his chain sickle. "We got a lead in the drug smuggler case, so the Shadows and I will be taking care of that. Were you and JoJo feature is in question." He hangs the weapon onto its mountings and turns around. "Either way, there will be no patrols for you two tonight."
***
The lead that Edgeshot mentioned turned out to be not quite as conclusive as they has hoped, but the night before their final day they receive an update from Sun Shadow: They have located a warehouse connected to the drug smuggling ring that Edgeshot's agency has been tracking.
"Selkie says they are hot on the trail of one of their ships." Edgeshot explains to his sidekicks while Momo and Johan, both in costume, are standing off to the side. "We will go in and handle their dockside operation while they engage them at sea. Trismegistus, JoJo."
Momo and Johan perk up at their Hero names being spoken.
Convinced that they are listening, Edgeshot gives them some simple instructions: Guard the escape routes. If they see someone make a run for it, they are to contact Moon Shadow, who is waiting in reserve, so that he can handle it. They are only to engage themselves if they are approached directly.
It is easy to remember, Momo supposes, but waiting on a damp dockside rooftop while the sounds of their comrades fighting villains echoes through the alleys is anything but. The wait ends when they see a finned figure slink out of a backdoor and run for the alleys below them.
Johan joins her at the edge of the roof, looking down as the figure runs past.
[] "…Let us warn Moon Shadow."
++++Velvet.
+Steel.
[] "Make some restraints, I will be right back."
++Velvet.
++++Steel.
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Johan Johansen Status
Velvet: 430+40(Decision)
Steel: 330+20(Decision)
Despair: 50/100
- Location
- USA
[X] "…Let us warn Moon Shadow."
We're on thin ice.
We're on thin ice.
ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X] "Make some restraints, I will be right back."
nothing ever goes smoothly with these kinds of things plus we can always scout ahead with HD
nothing ever goes smoothly with these kinds of things plus we can always scout ahead with HD
Internship Week Part 10
[X] "…Let us warn Moon Shadow."
++++Velvet.
+Steel.
Momo suppresses a wince as Johan deflates.
"…Let us warm Moon Shadow." He whispers flatly as he raises the radio to his lips. The radio is right by the catboy's head when he hesitates and cringes as in pained. The radio is slowly lowered to his waist.
"Please?"
Momo thinks better of pressing the issue, there will be plenty of time later, and takes her own radio from her belt. She presses the 'broadcast' button. "Moon Shadow? This is Trismegistus. We have a runner moving through the alley behind the warehouse. Just one."
She summons「Technologic」 to get a closer look on the runner, describing them as they near the corner that will take them out of sight. "Five or six feet, short legs that look like flippers, and wearing a yellow raincoat." She snaps out after a moment.
"I'm on my way." Moon Shadow instantly answers before he raises his voice. "JoJo, stay on him, keep me updated."
Johan straightens upon being addressed and, his earlier hesitation evaporated, picks up his own radio and manifests「Holy Diver」 at his side. "Thanks, Momo." He whispers before he takes off, 「Holy Diver」 momentarily overlapping his legs before he is launched across the roofs in pursuit.
Momo stays behind as ordered, watching for anyone else that might try to escape. Not that it seems likely given how things are beginning to quiet down inside the target warehouse, but anything can happen.
A glance towards where Johan is running above the streets gives her a look at Moon Shadow's Quirk: Windwalk, a Quirk that allows the user to transform into a translucent black stream of wind that takes Moon Shadow to any point within fifty meters that Moon Shadow can see. Incredibly useful for getting around. Sun Shadow and Star Shadow possess variations on it, but Momo would have to bring in Midoriya to work out all the differences.
Johan and Moon Shadow return as Edgeshot and the other two are dragging handcuffed men and women out of the warehouse, with the Pro Hero giving Momo the signal to come down from the roof. She wraps the cloak she made around her so it won't get in the way and heads for the fire escape.
Time to wait for the police.
***
Moon Shadow took Momo and Johan home once Edgeshot had handed the prisoners off to the police, but now that it is morning Edgeshot has them back at the piers.
"The agency handling the smuggler's ship will be coming by here." Edgeshot explains before he begins to pass ration bars to his two interns. "We will be having a shared debriefing, an important step when cooperating with another agency like this."
The other pros nod, and since Johan doesn't ask the obvious question it looks like Momo has to do it instead. "Um…Edgeshot? Sir? Which agency are you working with? Who are we meeting with?"
"Selkie's agency, led by the same." Edgeshot answers without turning around. He points to one of the boats coming in. "That's his ship right there."
Momo follows his hand until she spots the exact boat he is pointing at and summons「Technologic」 to get a better look. The words on the side of the ship names it the Oki Mariner, but that fact is quickly forgotten when Momo sees the person standing on the bow:
"Tsu-chan!"
"Tsuyu-san?" Johan parrots before he looks to the side. "She did say she was going to try to get an internship that related to water…"
He looks over to Edgeshot. "Does Selkie operate out of that boat?"
"Not quite, but his agency's office is in the boathouse he docks in." Edgeshot explains as everyone settles down for the Oki Mariner to arrive. "Selkie specializes in search and rescue as well as seaborne crimes such as drug smuggling, illegal fishing, and trafficking. He works closely with the Coast Guard."
Momo, halfway through the Morse Code message she is sending the Oki Mariner asking about Tsuyu's wellbeing, nods along as Edgeshot explains the Pro Hero her friend is interning with. Luckily for her, she gets an answer.
Unluckily for her, the answer is 'WAIT-AND-SEE'.
***
Momo rushes forward to hug Tsuyu when she steps off the boat with a huge seal man and a woman in tow. Johan is right behind her, albeit at a more leisurely pace that stops beside their embrace. Right, he and Tsuyu are not particularly close…
They let go, giving the grinning man and smiling woman the opportunity to introduce themselves.
"I am Selkie, the Sea Rescue Hero!" Bellows the seal man, his face scrunching up in some kind of grotesque grimace as he speaks. "You two must be Froppy's friends!"
Tsuyu, her eyes locked onto the eerie display, puts one of her fingers to her chin. "How cute..."
That is supposed to be cute?
"…He is just so cool." Johan whispers beside her, lost in admiration.
At least the woman accompanying the seal man seems to be a more serious sort. "Hello there, I am Sirius. I have been Tsuyu-chan's supervisor during her time with us."
With Johan and Tsuyu occupied with gawking at the preening Selkie, it falls to Momo to answer the older woman. "Good morning, I am Trismegistus, and the boy in the biker gear is JoJo." She bows politely. "It is a pleasure to meet you."
Selkie and Sirius get dragged away by Edgeshot and his ninjas for the debriefing, and the UA students follow to learn from the example of their professional elders.
***
Saturday arrives, and with it the end of their internship at Edgeshot's agency.
"Do not expect an offer next year, JoJo."
Momo tries not to wince on Johan's behalf in the face of Edgeshot's blunt statement. What a way to end his farewell speech!
The catboy, costume case and other bags in hand, takes it in a stride however. "I understand."
Edgeshot's glare softens a little. "Good. Then there is nothing left to discuss. I wish you well in your future career."
They bow to each other, Momo and Johan turning around and making for the door the moment they are upright again.
"Although…"
Momo stops and looks over her shoulder, Johan following suit. "Yes?" She asks, her voice openly questioning.
"Well." He shrugs. "I suppose that your conduct while here deserves some praise. When you arrived I started having doubts about inviting you both, but the two of you have been remarkably well behaved."
Momo blinks, a pit forming in her stomach as Edgeshot speaks. Is he-? "Sir-SIR! What are you talking about?"
Now it is Edgeshot's turn to blink. "I-I thought you were…" He coughs awkwardly.
Ugh, even Pro Heroes? "We don't have that kind of relationship." Momo sighs, Johan echoing her a moment later. It isn't like she hasn't considered it, but why make a good friendship awkward?
"If this is about honorifics, then we just kind of stopped using them." Mutters Johan, flushing slightly. "Why does everyone get on our cases…?" He mutters, shaking his head as he turns back around.
Momo takes a moment to bow to Edgeshot one final time before going after him.
It isn't until they are waiting at the train station that the urge to say something begins to overpower her, but what? What Edgeshot just said? No, too uncomfortable. Tsuyu? No, they did that all day yesterday. Maybe…
"Johan?"
The catboy takes his eyes off from the tracks and glances at her. "Yes, Momo?"
"What are you planning on doing when we get back?"
He hums in response, looking thoughtful.
[] "We never did look at my collection of magical items did, we? Are you free tomorrow?"
++++++Velvet.
++++Steel.
[] "Are you free tomorrow? I was thinking we could see if anyone else is free and ask if they want to come see my collection of magical stuff."
+++++Velvet.
+++++Steel.
[] "I already made plans with Iida, we are going to explore how his「Notorious B.I.G」 works and the like."
+++++Velvet.
+++++++Steel.
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Johan Johansen Status
Velvet: 470+40(Decision)
Steel: 350+10(Decision)
Despair: 50/100
Next update will likely end the Arc.
++++Velvet.
+Steel.
Momo suppresses a wince as Johan deflates.
"…Let us warm Moon Shadow." He whispers flatly as he raises the radio to his lips. The radio is right by the catboy's head when he hesitates and cringes as in pained. The radio is slowly lowered to his waist.
"Please?"
Momo thinks better of pressing the issue, there will be plenty of time later, and takes her own radio from her belt. She presses the 'broadcast' button. "Moon Shadow? This is Trismegistus. We have a runner moving through the alley behind the warehouse. Just one."
She summons「Technologic」 to get a closer look on the runner, describing them as they near the corner that will take them out of sight. "Five or six feet, short legs that look like flippers, and wearing a yellow raincoat." She snaps out after a moment.
"I'm on my way." Moon Shadow instantly answers before he raises his voice. "JoJo, stay on him, keep me updated."
Johan straightens upon being addressed and, his earlier hesitation evaporated, picks up his own radio and manifests「Holy Diver」 at his side. "Thanks, Momo." He whispers before he takes off, 「Holy Diver」 momentarily overlapping his legs before he is launched across the roofs in pursuit.
Momo stays behind as ordered, watching for anyone else that might try to escape. Not that it seems likely given how things are beginning to quiet down inside the target warehouse, but anything can happen.
A glance towards where Johan is running above the streets gives her a look at Moon Shadow's Quirk: Windwalk, a Quirk that allows the user to transform into a translucent black stream of wind that takes Moon Shadow to any point within fifty meters that Moon Shadow can see. Incredibly useful for getting around. Sun Shadow and Star Shadow possess variations on it, but Momo would have to bring in Midoriya to work out all the differences.
Johan and Moon Shadow return as Edgeshot and the other two are dragging handcuffed men and women out of the warehouse, with the Pro Hero giving Momo the signal to come down from the roof. She wraps the cloak she made around her so it won't get in the way and heads for the fire escape.
Time to wait for the police.
***
Moon Shadow took Momo and Johan home once Edgeshot had handed the prisoners off to the police, but now that it is morning Edgeshot has them back at the piers.
"The agency handling the smuggler's ship will be coming by here." Edgeshot explains before he begins to pass ration bars to his two interns. "We will be having a shared debriefing, an important step when cooperating with another agency like this."
The other pros nod, and since Johan doesn't ask the obvious question it looks like Momo has to do it instead. "Um…Edgeshot? Sir? Which agency are you working with? Who are we meeting with?"
"Selkie's agency, led by the same." Edgeshot answers without turning around. He points to one of the boats coming in. "That's his ship right there."
Momo follows his hand until she spots the exact boat he is pointing at and summons「Technologic」 to get a better look. The words on the side of the ship names it the Oki Mariner, but that fact is quickly forgotten when Momo sees the person standing on the bow:
"Tsu-chan!"
"Tsuyu-san?" Johan parrots before he looks to the side. "She did say she was going to try to get an internship that related to water…"
He looks over to Edgeshot. "Does Selkie operate out of that boat?"
"Not quite, but his agency's office is in the boathouse he docks in." Edgeshot explains as everyone settles down for the Oki Mariner to arrive. "Selkie specializes in search and rescue as well as seaborne crimes such as drug smuggling, illegal fishing, and trafficking. He works closely with the Coast Guard."
Momo, halfway through the Morse Code message she is sending the Oki Mariner asking about Tsuyu's wellbeing, nods along as Edgeshot explains the Pro Hero her friend is interning with. Luckily for her, she gets an answer.
Unluckily for her, the answer is 'WAIT-AND-SEE'.
***
Momo rushes forward to hug Tsuyu when she steps off the boat with a huge seal man and a woman in tow. Johan is right behind her, albeit at a more leisurely pace that stops beside their embrace. Right, he and Tsuyu are not particularly close…
They let go, giving the grinning man and smiling woman the opportunity to introduce themselves.
"I am Selkie, the Sea Rescue Hero!" Bellows the seal man, his face scrunching up in some kind of grotesque grimace as he speaks. "You two must be Froppy's friends!"
Tsuyu, her eyes locked onto the eerie display, puts one of her fingers to her chin. "How cute..."
That is supposed to be cute?
"…He is just so cool." Johan whispers beside her, lost in admiration.
At least the woman accompanying the seal man seems to be a more serious sort. "Hello there, I am Sirius. I have been Tsuyu-chan's supervisor during her time with us."
With Johan and Tsuyu occupied with gawking at the preening Selkie, it falls to Momo to answer the older woman. "Good morning, I am Trismegistus, and the boy in the biker gear is JoJo." She bows politely. "It is a pleasure to meet you."
Selkie and Sirius get dragged away by Edgeshot and his ninjas for the debriefing, and the UA students follow to learn from the example of their professional elders.
***
Saturday arrives, and with it the end of their internship at Edgeshot's agency.
"Do not expect an offer next year, JoJo."
Momo tries not to wince on Johan's behalf in the face of Edgeshot's blunt statement. What a way to end his farewell speech!
The catboy, costume case and other bags in hand, takes it in a stride however. "I understand."
Edgeshot's glare softens a little. "Good. Then there is nothing left to discuss. I wish you well in your future career."
They bow to each other, Momo and Johan turning around and making for the door the moment they are upright again.
"Although…"
Momo stops and looks over her shoulder, Johan following suit. "Yes?" She asks, her voice openly questioning.
"Well." He shrugs. "I suppose that your conduct while here deserves some praise. When you arrived I started having doubts about inviting you both, but the two of you have been remarkably well behaved."
Momo blinks, a pit forming in her stomach as Edgeshot speaks. Is he-? "Sir-SIR! What are you talking about?"
Now it is Edgeshot's turn to blink. "I-I thought you were…" He coughs awkwardly.
Ugh, even Pro Heroes? "We don't have that kind of relationship." Momo sighs, Johan echoing her a moment later. It isn't like she hasn't considered it, but why make a good friendship awkward?
"If this is about honorifics, then we just kind of stopped using them." Mutters Johan, flushing slightly. "Why does everyone get on our cases…?" He mutters, shaking his head as he turns back around.
Momo takes a moment to bow to Edgeshot one final time before going after him.
It isn't until they are waiting at the train station that the urge to say something begins to overpower her, but what? What Edgeshot just said? No, too uncomfortable. Tsuyu? No, they did that all day yesterday. Maybe…
"Johan?"
The catboy takes his eyes off from the tracks and glances at her. "Yes, Momo?"
"What are you planning on doing when we get back?"
He hums in response, looking thoughtful.
[] "We never did look at my collection of magical items did, we? Are you free tomorrow?"
++++++Velvet.
++++Steel.
[] "Are you free tomorrow? I was thinking we could see if anyone else is free and ask if they want to come see my collection of magical stuff."
+++++Velvet.
+++++Steel.
[] "I already made plans with Iida, we are going to explore how his「Notorious B.I.G」 works and the like."
+++++Velvet.
+++++++Steel.
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Johan Johansen Status
Velvet: 470+40(Decision)
Steel: 350+10(Decision)
Despair: 50/100
Next update will likely end the Arc.