★ 004 | Video | Night 10PM

[unbreaker]

[The broadcast begins from a well-known selfie position, held aloft in one hand by one Josuke Higashikata, a marvelously pompadour'd Heropa youth...with the sky-scraping buildings of Nonah at his back.]

Lighting's pretty shitty out here, huh?

[He flashes the camera a cheeky smile before waggling a flashlight beneath his chin, casting a bright glow over the angles of his face and blacking out the cityscape behind him.]

Anyway, it's the last few days of spring break! But work's been kinda slow, so I haven't been able to afford doing all the things I wanna! Which means I've been stuck looking for a second job.

[Mostly to support his upcoming and lofty summer plans, but he's definitely had to bail on an all-nighter at the local laser tag center, and that wasn't cool.]

Which brings me 'round to a question I wanted to ask! I gotta wonder, there any imPort businesses hiring right now? Just lookin' for something part-time that's willing to work around school hours. Uh, something that can hire a sixteen soon-to-be seventeen year old? [Because legally the casino can't. Talk about a bummer.] I'm good at a lot of stuff, and great at fixing broken things.

And that brings me to the second thing I wanted to talk about.

[His brow furrows a little in concentration as he lowers the camera so that it's leveled out before him.]

I guess I've been hanging out in Nonah most of last night and today, checking out the shopping scene and chilling with a friend...so I couldn't help noticing that huge flash and all that shaking earlier! Thought maybe it was just some kinda freak storm, but after Mr. Gamagori's post about it and what he had to say, I had to go see for myself if it was all true.

[He twirls the flashlight around so it's pointing away from him now, followed by the camera itself. At first, all that can be seen is a lot of dirt. Slightly uneven ground, free of tracks, spotted by stones of different sizes all very pale in color under the assault of the flashlight. And then—

—a sudden

d r o p o f f

out of nowhere, sharp and steep, and blacker than black, the strength of the beam generated by the light Josuke's holding being nowhere near strong enough to penetrate that depth or diameter.]

...and sure enough, here's the pit he was talking about! It's hella big, even if it's hard to tell 'cause it's so dark out here. But it looks like it's close to...forty meters wide? Maybe fifty! Would hate to piss of the person who did this...

But I gotta say, it's gonna make for one hell of a place to board. Thanks for the free spring break hangout, whoever you are! Even if you kinda pissed off Mr. Gamagori in the process!

['Kinda' he says. But let's be real, here. Pretty sure Gamagori blew out some eardrums over this whole thing!]



[OOC: Branching off Lara's mini player plot for Uvo!]

Comments

[unbreaker]

You're telling me! Not only is this pit wide, it's pretty deep, too. Shook up Nonah real good for a few seconds, enough that a lot of people were mumbling about an earthquake.

[standsproud]

Any idea what made it? Looks more like a meteor fell or something.

[unbreaker]

Honestly? No idea. There's not a lot to go on. The area's pretty wiped.

[Josuke thumbs his chin in thought.]

I mean, there's no rocks dead center or anything, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't a meteorite. Plus, we'd have seen that falling! And all there was to see was a big flash. Like it was coming up from the ground rather than down from the sky.

So my guess is...it's man made. But that doesn't narrow it down much, I know.

[standsproud]

...sounds like that could be a problem.

[unbreaker]

Could be, but I think we'd have more reason to worry if it'd taken place in Nonah and not outside.

I mean, it doesn't look like anyone was hurt out here.

[standsproud]

Could've been someone testing their power. Maybe next time it'll be in a place with people.

[unbreaker]

You think I don't know that? But unless someone comes forward and claims responsibility or has some kinda detection power...there's no way we'll know who did it or why. Which means lingering on the 'what-ifs' and 'could've beens' isn't gonna do much beyond make people sick.

[standsproud]

...the old man. Maybe his Stand'll come up with something.

[unbreaker]

That...that might actually work.

[standsproud]

That's why I suggested it.

Can't hurt, right?

[unbreaker]

Right!

[...]

I guess I oughtta ask him, then?

[standsproud]

Yeah.

I don't like this. Someone with that kind of power...

[unbreaker]

There's probably a lot of people 'round here who can pull something like this off. What's not sitting well with me has less to do with the power and more...

I guess the intent? We don't really know what it was, and even if this is just a result of someone testing out powers...why not own up to it? Unless they plan to do more. And worse.

[Shakes his head.]

Well, I'll ask my old man. If he can pick up on anything, I'll let you know.

[standsproud]

Maybe it's wanting to send a message.

[unbreaker]

Message received loud and clear, I'd say: whatever or whoever did this is capable of a lot of destructive force.

And either the people or the person responsible for this thinks they aren't gonna get found out...or they just don't care.

I'm not sure which attitude's more problematic.

[standsproud]

You missed a third option: That they hope to be found out.

It could be a setup.

[unbreaker]

Ah!

[...good point.

But...]

Why, though? What would that actually accomplish? I mean, it's kind of a roundabout way of pickin' a fight...

[standsproud]

I'm not sure. But we can't rule it out.

There's more here going on beneath the surface than what it looks like.

[unbreaker]

Don't suppose you wanna come take a look at the site yourself and see what you can make of it? I mean, I'll still ask my old man what he can find out, but another pair of eyes here might help.