A popular region of the city, the beautiful waterfront is a shopping and leisure region arrayed around a man-made river that cuts across the city to the ocean.
The debris comes free and reveals a young woman, thankfully spared from the worst of the damage. She brushes her hair from her face and wrapped Babble in a big hug, thankful to have survived. She was damn lucky, many others were not so lucky and their blood and remains are a testament to the violence of the moment.
The young woman said in Amharic, “Thank you… by God, thank you!”
About a minute after enjoying her new instant tan a blood-shot eye opens on the back of Iris' neck, slowly swiveling up to look at Miles.
Rasping: "I'll....be fine. Help baselines...ow...ow...oh this sucks."
The eyes flickers and disappears, but Iris appears to not be actively dying, for whatever reason.
"I'll come right back for them," Miles promised her. Lifting Iris up, he vanished with a *peng!*, teleporting her to the hospital's emergency room.
- Iris can resist being teleported if you feel strongly about it though!
TikTok teen with powers • UNJE spokesperson • Easily Distracted • Attractive "A journey of a Thousand Miles begins with a single step."
"Hanh," she said. She started recording and said, “You will not believe what just happened, this is babble he just saved me from certain death! He’s awesome right? He’s a real life Elite!”
“But… there are so many… oh my God is that someone’s leg?”
He finds some of the chest piece though melted and damaged is somewhat intact, well half of it. Might be worth picking around in or maybe repurposing the material.
There is a bright light approaching until it forms a humanoid shape, it landed and they see the glowing form of Tsehay Moqe, her eyes wide trying to see where she could help shouting orders to get to safety in Amharic.
Hero of Mudaba Adin | Elite | Solar Powers | UNJE | Protector | NPC
After dropping Iris off at the hospital, Thousand Miles reappeared outside of the ruined boba tea shop with a loud *peng!*
The immediate danger seemed to be past, so Miles checked on Frankie and the other survivor. "Are you two okay?" he asked. "That robot-thing looked like it was after you, Frankie - any idea why?"
TikTok teen with powers • UNJE spokesperson • Easily Distracted • Attractive "A journey of a Thousand Miles begins with a single step."
Frankie sighed and said, “I ain’t got a bloody clue, yeah. I am just as in the dark as you are. But I never wanted this.” She gestured to the death and devastation around her and said, “I didn’t ask for this, bruv.”
Frankie sighed and said, “I ain’t got a bloody clue, yeah. I am just as in the dark as you are. But I never wanted this.” She gestured to the death and devastation around her and said, “I didn’t ask for this, bruv.”
Miles shook his head. "It's awful, bruh, just awful," he said. "Hope we can figure out who's behind it. Can't imagine anyone will sleep tight when someone's sending exploding robots after people."
He looked around with his Thousand Mile Vision, just in case he could catch a glimpse of whomever had remote-piloted the hardsuit, perhaps cackling wickedly or whatever it was that crazy bomb-throwing villains did after an attack.
TikTok teen with powers • UNJE spokesperson • Easily Distracted • Attractive "A journey of a Thousand Miles begins with a single step."
