[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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[microbrobotics]

[ He can hold onto the shard easily enough; the trouble is not letting it fly away with him. It continues to pull as the concrete block it was in begins to crumble. ]

I - I'm not sure. It's not supposed to be here.

Hurry up and come back.

[orangehoodie]

[Ken looks at Hiro, then the shard, then the crumbling concrete. If he loses his grip, he'll get dragged into the void and he can't let that happen, but somehow, he has a feeling he shouldn't let Hiro near it. Another piece of debris comes floating his way so he pushes on the concrete, swinging himself toward and latching on to a piece of metal sticking out before the shard can pull him away.]

I don't think you should touch this, [he starts by explaining.] I think... I think we have to destroy it. I do.

[microbrobotics]

Are you sure? Will it hurt you?

[ If Ken were hit with the shards of the ice after it were shattered ... That could certainly hurt quite a lot. ]

[orangehoodie]

It might fight me. [He raises it, eying the edge of the metal. It's a bit too close to his face for his own comfort, but there's not much else he can do.]

Stay back, Hiro -- Baymax, can you hear me?

[microbrobotics]

I can, yes. What do you need me to do?

[ Hiro, meanwhile, looks between the two of them with alarm. ]

No! If you're going to get yourself hurt, I'm not going to let you!

[orangehoodie]

I need you to make sure Hiro stays safe. Whatever happens, don't let it touch him.

[The shard is still pulling. Ken swings down, jamming it into the space between some twisted metal so that it stays in place. Climbing onto the debris so he's standing over it now, he places his foot firmly over the shard and summons his lance; it appears just as it ever had, with a flash of light and a wave of static.]

I won't get hurt, [he says to Hiro firmly.] But this is hurting you, so we're going to get rid of it.

[microbrobotics]

[ Hiro struggles now, trying to leap off of Baymax - but per Ken's request, teh robot just gently keeps a grip on his charge. Slowly, the both of them revolve so that Baymax is curled around Hiro, despite all his struggling. ]

No! You can't, please! Baymax, I order you to let me go!

[orangehoodie]

Hiro.

[ The concrete the shard was originally in is all gone by now. He wonders if this debris will meet a similar fate, too, and he adjusts his grip before raising it up, ready to thrust it down.]

You have to trust me.

[microbrobotics]

[ His struggles slow to a halt. ]

I do trust you. I just don't want you to get hurt either.

[orangehoodie]

I'll come back to you. I won't leave you alone. I promise.

[With that, he grips his lance tightly and pulls his foot back, bringing the blade down on the shard while also yelling to Baymax to get back]

[microbrobotics]

[ Baymax complies; soon Hiro and him are both a firm distance away. That turns out to be a prudent precaution. As soon as Ken slams the blade down on that shard, it immediately shatters into a thousand pieces - most of which blast directly towards Ken. They'll stab deep into him if they hit, their cold numbing his limbs. And the force of them will move him back towards the void itself. ]

[orangehoodie]

[So much for not getting hurt. But this is nothing compared to some of the worse Shadow attacks. He manages to curl into himself fast enough that the shards only get his arms and legs but the force of them makes him lose his footing and slip, skidding back on the metal surface until there's none left and he's floating, having missed the chance to grab on.]

[microbrobotics]

[ Hiro reaches out for him, but he's way too far away - and Baymax is pulling him back and away, to safety. There's nothing between Ken and the endless, kaleidoscopic void he's drifting towards. Even the battle that he was in previously shrinks to pinpricks on the horizon. He's alone in a vast and infinite empty space. ]