[Semi-Closed]

[microbrobotics]

WHO: Hiro + CR (Semi-closed - you're welcome to come if you know Hiro/Aunt Cass/Tadashi)
WHERE: Heropa Residence #016
WHEN: July 5th
WHAT: Final resolution for Hiro's Crane influence troubles.
WARNINGS: Discussion of suicide, disturbing (and unpleasant) imagery, violence, Crane.

[ If you're at all close to Hiro (or are coming along with M'gann), you received a message to come to Heropa Residence #016 to come help sort out the poor kid's brain. The entire log will take place ICly on July 5th; however, the post itself will be open as long as necessary to allow everyone who wants to participate enough time to do so.

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Pre-Dive

Hiro's Mind
(Expo Hall)
(Red Door)
(White Door)
(Indigo Door)
(Gray Door)
(Darkness)

Waiting Outside

Aftermath

OOC Interest Gaging (in case you can't comment right away) ]

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INDIGO DOOR

[microbrobotics]

[ An indigo door is set into the ceiling, with a rickety ladder leading up to it. There’s a large amount of motion past it - strange, cycling colors and moving shapes.

Opening this door results in a chaotic battlefield. Chunks of concrete and glass float through the air against a backdrop of gorgeous, alien colors; they hurt the eye to look at and the brain to try and process properly. Multiple people in brightly colored armor whiz through the air - and the gravity is strange in here, so that the smallest step threatens to send you careening upwards. Something icy glitters far, far above, embedded in a chunk of concrete nearest the whirling void. ]

[orangehoodie]

[Ice was present at every door. He doesn't know what it means, but this was the one Ken saw first, and this was the one Ken leaped for -- literally, kicking off the expo's floor and latching onto the knob, twisting it open.

He almost get sucked up into the void when he swings himself up into it, having to hold on tightly to the door. The loss of gravity, he wasn't prepared for. At least not initially.]

This place is...

[He doesn't recognize it. He has no idea where this is. But he catches sight of the glittering -- ice, again -- and wastes no time asking questions he doesn't have the answers to anyway. With jaw set, he kicks again and his body shoots up, up, up, twisting around and avoiding those armored figures just in case until he catches the edge of the concrete and pulls himself on.]

[microbrobotics]

[ It's pretty tough to avoid all of them, as fast as they whiz through the air in this lack of gravity. Each of them has their own color of armor and their own style, some distinctly recognizable - that's Gogo over there in yellow, and Honey Lemon in pink. But it's not just people from home lunging about and fighting things. Other colors of armor - white with red trim, a small figure in orange, navy blue with headphones - are also visible, though the figures don't approach.

When Ken makes that last jump, the concrete crumbles under him, threatening to send him directly into the void. It would be gorgeous, of course, but perhaps not that safe to get stuck in... There's a cry of alarm to his right as well. Hiro in sleek, indigo armor piloting a much larger (and redder) figure. ]

Ken? What are you doing?

[orangehoodie]

[The orange and blue give him a sense of déjà vu, but not one Ken lingers on for long. It's a world created by Hiro's mind, so if there's something he recognizes, he shouldn't be surprised. But he shouldn't get distracted, either. M'gann had said that they had to focus, and Ken promised Hiro that he would come back. There's no room for his usual recklessness now.

He looks up when he hears the choice. Of course he recognizes it. He heard it just a few minutes (hours?) ago. It's his first time seeing Hiro in armor, but he knows about the superheroing so he's not exactly surprised, either.]

I'm trying to stay on, at the moment. What is this place?

[microbrobotics]

Here. Grab hold.

[ He scoots over on the robot and offers his hand to Ken. ]

I dunno. I guess it's just a place between worlds? This is what's on the other side of the portal.

[orangehoodie]

[Ken hesitates, casting a glance back to the shards glittering only feet away. But the concrete doesn't seem all too sturdy, and he doesn't want it to get destroyed before he can do anything with those shards, so he takes Hiro's hand.]

In between worlds... there was a portal in your world, too?

[microbrobotics]

[ Baymax is sturdy enough, at least; they start flying in widening loops, giving Ken a full view of the room. There's probably about a dozen armored figures in various colors, while the void above them is fantastically bright and beautiful. Textured, almost, like those plumes of color could be reached out to and touched. ]

Krei built it. And then Callaghan used it to try and destroy Krei.

[orangehoodie]

Why did he do that?

[Ken presses his hands against Baymax's armor, holding on for what feels like dear life. The room is, honestly, beautiful, unlike anything he's ever seen before. But it also seems to go on forever, and once he gets lost, he'll probably never make it back out. Why is this room a part of Hiro's mind? What's so significant here? And what can he do about that shard?]

[microbrobotics]

He was angry. Krei had sent his daughter into a portal he knew was unstable, or so Callaghan though. But she was alive. Out here.

[ He gestures to the swirling void above them. They're approaching that shard now, just about close enough to reach out for it.... ]

[orangehoodie]

... So that's what you meant? When you said he owed you everything. [Hiro must have saved her, gone in there -- with Baymax? -- if the interior of the portal is in his memory. Ken frowns around it again, at the rubble floating around them, and as the shard gets closer he turns quickly to Hiro.]

Hiro... this time, I'm going to help -- we're all going to, okay?

[microbrobotics]

Yeah. He killed my brother, but I brought his daughter back from the dead.

[ Just as they get close enough to touch ... Baymax's begin to putter and stall. Hiro hurriedly directs them a little lower, back away from the shard.. ]

-- Wait. If you go, you might not be able to come back.

[orangehoodie]

[Ken was already stretching his hand out toward the shard so when Baymax changes direction, he nearly slips, having to grip his armor not to lose his balance.]

But we can't leave that alone. I won't know unless I try.

[microbrobotics]

[ It's awfully easy to do that out here with little to no gravity. One false move and Ken could very easily lose himself out here... ]

I don't want to lose you. You - you might not come back out at all.

[tadeadshi]

[The ladder gave him some trouble going up, but he makes it to the indigo door and peeks inside - only to feel the gravity distort and pull him through it, a lurching pull against his stomach.

Hiro never actually told Tadashi what the other side of the portal Krei made looked like. But if he had to guess? This is what he'd imagine. He shifts his gravity to move out of the way of one dashing figure while he gets his bearings, kicks off a piece of concrete to avoid one coming towards him.

Despite seeing people freely moving around, he can't seem to figure out who they are.]

Hello?

[microbrobotics]

[ They're all masked and in brightly colored armor. Like a sentai show or an anime brought to life. One of them whizzes by a little too fast - a small figure perched on the back of a large, armored robot. He circles once and slows to a stop. ]

Whoa! Civilian!

[tadeadshi]

[He watches the two figures flash by before circling around and ultimately stopping in front of him.

The smaller figure he can guess, but the larger one's shape is all wrong to be what he thinks. Or maybe it isn't.]

...Hiro?

[microbrobotics]

[ The little guy in armor holds a hand out to Tadashi, offering to pull him up onto the robot. Might be a good idea given how treacherous it is in here... ]

No secret identities on a mission, jeez. Either get on or get somewhere safe.

[tadeadshi]

[Weird. This is weird, and Hiro is either really playing up the secret identity or he really doesn't recognize him which... actually is off-putting. He takes One's hand and climbs aboard.]

What is this place?

[microbrobotics]

[ At least it's still obviously Hiro behind the mask; the faceplate is clear even if his small stature didn't make his identity obvious. Baymax lifts off and begins carefully flying his way through the scattered bits of debris. It's ... strangely beautiful, especially once they pull out into a section that gives them a great view of the void. ]

Dunno. I guess it's a space between worlds.

[tadeadshi]

Maybe...

It's beautiful.

[But M'gann had said to stay focused, and he'd already gotten distracted enough times.]

But I think there's somewhere important in here. Have you seen anything that shouldn't belong?

[microbrobotics]

Shouldn't belong?

[ He gestures at - well, everything. All the rubble, all the junk. ]

Dude, this is where everything ends up. We take care of all of it.

[tadeadshi]

Well - maybe something weirder than the rest? More recent, in the last month or so.

[microbrobotics]

[ One has to think for a moment; a HUD flickers behind his helmet, which he uses to scan the horizon. ]

I guess there's something ... But it's been here way longer than a month. Try twice that long.

[tadeadshi]

Has it?

[He looks back out into the void, trying to guess what direction it'd be. But it's impossible in this place.]

Can you take me to it?

[microbrobotics]

Hold on tight.

[ Hiro and Baymax change direction then, arcing towards a tiny sliver of concrete near the void. As they approach, something tugs at them - he has trouble keeping control over Baymax's flight pattern. But they're close now, almost enough to reach out and touch that ice shard stuck up there... ]

H-hold on really tight...