maskormenace | Capsule 004 💊 (Video)

[Kaneda had been in Heropa for a day or so when he say Kazu talking to a certain missing psychic. Kazu was his only clue to where he could be, and Heropa was the last place he'd been. Well, he wasn't exactly wrong; Tetsuo was indeed on the move and causing trouble, Kaneda now in pursuit of him. How does he keep up? Well, he just looked for the trail of betrayal and bitterness (and destruction) and followed that. His bike was fast, sure, but Tetsuo had a good head start, not to mention Kaneda was actually trying to avoid traffic an pedestrians. SHOUT OUT TO STILL NOT HAVING HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE.

Wait.

Traffic.

That's it. While in pursuit, and police sirens heavy in his ears, he pulls out his comm. Hello everyone! Don't use the phone and drive.]

KANEDA HERE!

[Why is he yelling? Well, the sirens in the background, as well as the wind whipping past him makes it hard for decent conversation. What can he say? He's doing this for all of you! He seems to be resting his wrist on his handlebar while holding the phone up with his fingers, eyes kept on the road as he surveys the situation.]

Figured now would be a great time to do a traffic report since some people [see: Quill] think I'm not dedicated enough to my job. Wanna see your traffic?

[His hand flicks the communicator up against the glass windshield of his bike, swirling around to show Tetsuo and a girl he can't seem to recognize off in the distance causing havoc, police just ahead of him in the chase. He knew those guys didn't stand a chance. Call it first hand experience from the Swear-In.]

THERE'S YOUR TRAFFIC, HEROPA. OUT OF THE WAY!

[He weaves past a few of the cop cars, only one following over the overpass that lies ahead. If he can just get past it, it'd be easy to take him down. Tetsuo wasn't much further, close enough to see him do what would normally be too dangerous of a jump for his skill--Oh wait. That's a flying police car in his direction. There's no time to react, except swerve his bike in the least damaging way to impact this.]

SHIT!

[And the feed cuts to static, a scream and a loud, sickening 'clank'. It fritzes for a moment or two, and when it opens back up, despite the video having a few glitches, shows a nice overhead view of the street below the overpass. gravel and dust brushes past the screen as something starts to move it. Seems like Kaneda's still got a hold of it, fingers gripping it for dear life as his initial signs of life move it towards his face. You look like a car ran over you, kid.]

Jesus Christ...Ow.

[The impact had certainly done some damage to him, his yellow shirt with a nice tear at the shoulder to the armpit, and his head hurts like a motherfucker. Some bruising, too, naturally, because he certainly couldn't get enough of that! But for the most part, he's pretty okay, which is more than a lot of people can say from being hit with a police car. Most of them are...you know. Dead. His one free hand reaches up to his hair, trying to get the constant wooziness out of his head before he turns, eyes cast down to--

!!

HE CERTAINLY IS HANGING OVER THAT OVERPASS--there's a slight moment of panic, hands scrambling to cling to whatever stone lie still intact beneat him, before trailing his own body to see just what's keeping him from becoming a pancake on the freeway. Upon inspection, it looks like some twisted metal from the railing caught around his ankle, locking him firmly in place, albeit upside down. Bending up, the puts his hands on his boot ankle to inspect it. Bad, BAD idea. Needles shoot up his side, lacing his entire chest with pain as he attempts to Maybe that car did a little more damage than he realized...and his bike? Well, that's nowhere to be seen.

Slumping in defeat, he holds the camera up and throws his free arm across his eyes. Heads.]

Say, anyone want to help a guy out?

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Guess I did. Got some good directions. [She grins at him and bends down for a closer look- trying to figure out the best way to pull him up.] Damn, you look even worse off in person. [Reassuring words, there...But she is looking at someone hanging upside down over a road of speeding cars.] Okay...let's see...

[Leaning over now, she stretches her hand out as far as she can so he doesn't have to risk moving around as much.]

Can you reach me alright?

[His hand goes to his heart in fake pain, closing his eyes and tilting his head back.]

Ouch. Felt that right here.

[But he quickly 'recovers', giving himself a little hoist up to try and take that hand, feeling his fingers brush against hers.]

You'll survive. [Still grinning. Maybe she should be acting a bit more seriously?? But Touka's plenty confident that she'll be able to get him up.

As long as they can reach each other anyway...She's not a very tall girl, which isn't helping. So it'll take a bit more of leaning over the edge before she can actually get a good enough grip on Kaneda's hand.]

Just-...you know. "Don't let go" and all the usual crap.

[Honestly, he prefers this. No one lecturing him about his life choices is always better. With another extra oomph, he pushes his hand into hers, gripping it tight as he starts to try and pull himself to that railing.]

Don't let go, don't look down...all that, right?

[His other hand desperately grabs for that rail now, hooking his other foot against it to try and levy himself up.]

Right. Well...I'd say don't look down too, but you were already doing plenty of that. [Counting the cars and all. Guess you've gotta do something to pass the time, and options are gonna be pretty...limited..]

But your ankle seems really good n' caught anyway. [Craning her head forward, she tries to get a better look at it.] Let me know when you've got a good hold on the railing.

[You have no idea.

He gives himself one last hoist, his ribs hurting from the sudden movement before that hand grips the railing. It's all he can to to pull his stomach over it, head hanging low to stave off the feeling of vertigo. When you're upside down for awhile, going rightside up is weird. Dizzy without the spinning.]

Yeah....got it.

Just give me a second.

Take your time. I'm not going anywhere.

[Probably best not to rush anyway, right?? Honestly, she means it though. Touka could keep this up for a while if she had to.

And when Kaneda grips onto the railing, she reaches with her other hand to grab his shoulder to help him stay steady.]

[He appreciates it, leaning into that touch a bit to anchor him as he gets over the feeling of slight nausea.

It eventually dissipates, and he looks up, dark eyes practically lit up, as if he weren't just dangling off a bridge.

Or...if he was. It's a really weird mix of happiness.]

Haha! Thanks, guess that would've been quite the bump if I fell, huh.

Oh yeah. Would've gotten a nasty bruise, I'm sure. [Touka rolls her eyes but smiles again- glad to see him in good spirits even though he's still not completely off the railing...

She keeps both her hands still and waits patiently- letting Kaneda decide when he feels like trying to move up again.]

I'm glad you didn't decide to go "action movie hero" and try to roll off onto a passing truck. [The ones that always conveniently drive by whenever the main character needs to make a getaway in a chase scene...]

[After a few more moments, Kaneda's hoisting himself over that edge and fidgeting his foot out of that metal, wincing as he feels the sharp edge scrape against his boot. That was going to smart sometime later.

Tenderly keeping weight off that foot, he leans against the railing to finally catch his breath and let the blood return to most of his body, smiling.]

Damn, and here I wanted to show off for you!

Eh, I'm sure you could think of something better.

[Finally letting go of Kaneda now that he's up, she bends down to take a look at his foot. It doesn't look good but all things considered...Well, it could've ended up a lot worse. Still, she frowns at the visible scrapes.]

How bad is it?

Probably, but nothing I could do off of an overpass, right?

[There's a small wince at the question, though, as if her asking just brought all that pain back.]

Slight sprain, that's all.

Nothing to worry about.

Either way, it'd probably be better to not walk all the way home on that. [Standing back up, she takes a look around at some of the nearby wreckage on the road.]

Speaking of...what happened to your bike?

[Kaneda uses that railing to lean back on, letting his ankle have a little rest as he follows her gaze.

Oh that's right. His bike.]

My bike?

[He snaps his fingers, the bike phasing into existence on what's left of the road around them. Perfectly parked and everything. There's some scuffs on it from the damage, but other than that, fully together and functional.]

[Touka jumps just a bit as the bike phases in- staring at it and blinking a few times as she takes in the sight.]

Woah. Gotta admit, I wasn't expecting that. [Seems like a pretty handy power.]

Capsule 004 💊 (Video)

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