Instigating In Kivotos (Blue Archive X Baku)

[Popocatepetl Connoisseur]

Takanashi Hoshino runs through the mental checklist one more time.

Name? No idea.

Appearance? A humanoid male (Something is up with their voice but it is the voice of a man, even if it's deafeningly loud at times.) in a long black jacket with a grey shirt. They're dressed in grey jeans with a pair of shoes labeled with the Yeezy brand.

She's looked up that brand, it doesn't exist, so it must be his own product…which…says something. Maybe.

Place of Residence? A ruined 3 story motel that is on a higher rung than 'homeless' but not by much.

NO HALO. That's a statement, not a question, which baffles her because…

Powers. Yeah, that's…a thing.

No halo, they're not a student either, so…

She sighs while lounging on the sofa she's sitting on. She hangs her head back and runs a hand through her hair, considering some very interesting theories, before leaning forward and steepling her hands above her lap, foot idly tapping against the ground.

She closes her eyes and thinks.

He has powers. She runs through the ones she knows for sure.

Voice Amplification. The volume required to shake the whole ramen restaurant is beyond anybody without assistance of some sort. Though it may be mildly deafening, it hasn't caused any real damage, it's just absurdly loud enough to catch everybody's attention. This one isn't of concern, the real one is:

Telekinesis. Violet aura surrounding him. ' BET' heralds the change.

Enhanced bullets is about the extent of 'powers' she's seen. Of course, there's the enhanced movement or strength but it's all rather…grounded? Is that the right term?

She can enhance her bullets and…well…that's about it?

This guy can telekinetically lift all the sand out of his engine without touching the engine itself, leaving the car undamaged from his effort atleast, it was already in a bad enough condition before so she'd imagine that attempting to lift the sand out would wreck the engine but he had the precision to not do that?

She saw him do this when she was stal…no…

It's not like Hoshino was stalking him or something, really, it's called a stakeout and she really didn't have much better things to do with her time.

Her time after she was done with her school day that involved very little learning and a whole lot of criminal activity that is definitely justified and not at all concerning to Shiroko's ambitions.

After robbing that bank and walking home for the day, Hoshino took some time to think back to what she said to Hifu-Faust.

'That's how this school ended up in this mess: by ignoring all the 'what if's'

It might've sparked a little proactivity in her, the yap about really depressing things, it's the truth but…

She figured she may as well see what's the deal with this unknown that moved into Abydos with seemingly no intention to interact with anyone or anything beyond the bare necessities. She knows where he lives after all so it wasn't a big detour to simply check out if there's anything blatant about him or his house.

Luckily unluckily she found him doing exactly that. Hiding in a nearby building to avoid detection, she spotted him using his telekinesis in such a lazy manner that it kinda reminds her…

Hoh, what a useful power actually, telekinesis? Imagine, not even having to get up to get a pencil or reload her shotgun, just a mental command and it's all done! Then she cou-

Hoshino shakes her head.

Uh. Back to it.

Does she actually think this guy has anything to do with the downfall of her school or anything similarly grand? No. Obviously not, this guy couldn't scheme like that if he wanted, her intuition tells her this.

All she wanted to do was verify whether nor not he was simply going to laze about and do nothing or try to start something up in this desert. What that 'thing' is? She wasn't sure.

She hit the jackpot trenches though, and confirmed her suspicions from the first time she met him.

He dealt with that tank she was following, he wasn't lying when he said he 'handled more than the police did in a day than they could in a week', and that he really didn't need her help when he got ambushed by that group of Sukeban.

She couldn't just let a civilian get robbed even if she was tailing them so she rushed to help. In her peripherals, she saw that lone girl with the shotgun get flung in some direction, once she dealt with the trio she immediately walked over to ask the guy some questions but he got in his car and tried to start it up. She walked over to the window to ask the 'very simple' question of 'What are your intentions here?' but he simply waved her off in the most disrespectful manner she could fathom that doesn't involve violence. Playing music while driving off and ignoring her every word?

She thought about shooting his wheels out at that moment.

Unnecessary antagonisation isn't really what was needed in the moment, besides, it's not like she needed answers at that very moment.

Now though? She can't let someone like this simply roam out and about without knowing what they're doing here. It'd be…quite irresponsible of her.

…this is definitely not stalking…

"Heh. Yeah…" Hoshino chuckles to herself.

It's for the greater good though. All she's gotta do is go to his front door and knock politely, ask him the simple question, and if he doesn't say anything outrageous then she moves on with her day.

If he does…well…Telekinesis sure is a new one but she's not one to simply surrender when the odds aren't favorable.

She's sure she'll figure something out. Of all of this, she means.