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[onethousen]

By all that was good in the world, there was never a calm moment to be had!

"Okay!" It wasn't as easy as all that, but she didn't allow herself to think or believe otherwise. Chihiro pushed all her aches to the back of her mind and set out at a jog, conserving energy and pretending her head didn't pound through her exertion. She was able to get past the robots, at first, but she has to call out:

"There's a truck down blocking the road around the corner!" Because it wasn't just the robots who were causing delays.

[powertotearer]

"Got it!"

He was going to be feeling all of this later, but he used a finisher on the bots before switching to Gorilla's stronger arms as he ran to help with the traffic jam. The truck was indeed in the way, so he started to pick it up.

That was when his strength started to give out, and the truck began to wobble as he tried to move it out of the intersection.

"Too heavy, but I can't drop it!"

He started looking around for anywhere safe he could drop it off, hoping Chihiro spotted somewhere, preferably close.

[onethousen]

She was looking around once she heard the two heavy, catching sight of the truck wobbling. How much room did he need? She didn't know, but a guess on the fly was the best she had to work with, and so on that none too stirring recommendation, she waved her arms.

"Hey! Over here!" No one was in the section of the street she was indicating. It wasn't going to do big favours for the traffic, but neither had the downed truck in the first place. (Also, what traffic? There hasn't been much with the malfunctions taking vehicles forcibly offline.)

[powertotearer]

Good, that was just what he needed. Admittedly, Eiji set the truck down a little hard and maybe a little too close to a pedestrian zone, but at least nobody's there.

"Thanks."

He was definitely out of breath and a little shaky, but he straightened up and looked back at her.

"Let's keep going, okay?"

[onethousen]

She didn't waste breath in speaking. Chihiro nodded her head, attention diverted back to the way he'd helped clear. For the most part, she simply stayed on task. One vacuum came barreling out of an alley their way, but she darted past, calling back to Eiji as she did.

"Incoming!"

Most of the way wasn't directly clear, but the obstacles were of the unmoving sort, leaving a pathway through if one could handle the odd appliance or robot running interference. Soon after the vacuum appeared, a vending machine to the side started spitting out drinks at a speed high enough to injure. Chihiro hit the ground, rolling and pressing herself against a flipped over vehicle for cover. (Thankfully, there were no signs of anyone having been inside said vehicle at any point.)

[powertotearer]

"Huh?"

Eiji didn't quite see the vacuum coming at him, but it didn't quite seem to realize that suctioning his fists toward it was not the best idea and in fact, made it easy to break.

The problem with that was that it stopped him from seeing the drinks coming at him.

For a few minutes, an armored warrior with gorilla fists was covering his head as soda cans and bottles were thrown at him.

Finally, the machine ran out of merchandise, and he was able to punch a hole in it.

"Okay, that one's clear. You okay?"

[onethousen]

She stood up slowly and waved from the far side of the downed vehicle. "I'm okay!"

Which was enough for her to figure they better get a move on it again. Chihiro tightened her shoelaces and hit the pavement once more. "We're still two streets away!"

[powertotearer]

"Okay, good."

The response was mostly to her first comment, but it also worked very well for the second. Eiji was running out of steam himself, but he could still make it another two streets down.

And that's when the vending machine came back for round 2, spitting a piece of machinery at his back.

"Go on ahead, get out of this thing's range!"

[onethousen]

She gasped, hesitating only long enough to hear Eiji tell her to go on ahead. Turning, Chihiro summoned up her fourth wind to start running once more, heading down to the next street intersection, hunkering down near the corner of the building.

"Eiji-san!" Up ahead seemed clear enough, leaving her looking backward to see how he had fared in the vending machine showdown part two.

[powertotearer]

The vending machine has clearly heard of how Eiji treats its kind. This is a blood feud, so to speak.

It continued to spit non-vital components at him, right through the hole he so helpfully put in it, and every time he hit back, he only gave it another way to throw ammunition at him.

This meant he had to switch to SaGoZou just for the strength to crush it down into a small, dense ball of metal that still tried to roll into him for round 3 until he punched it into the air and blasted it apart with his rocket fists.

After all that, a clear path sounded very good.

[onethousen]

Your life, Eiji, your choices!

Chihiro could admit she'd never seen any fight quite like that in her life. She stayed close to the building while she watched, wincing in sympathy but ultimately giving in and shouting for his success. "Goooo Eiji-san! Don't let it win!"

It was too much to stand by quietly; thankfully it didn't appear to pull any unwanted attention. This region was well and truly clear of obstacles outside of nonmoving objects for whatever reason.

"I think the people from the clinic are coming. We're almost back there to the trains!"

[powertotearer]

All in all, it was an even more ridiculous fight than it needed to be, and Eiji staggered over, nodding.

"Good, the sooner everyone can get help, the better."

[onethousen]

"I think you've managed to make sure that's pretty soon." She sounded sure of herself, nodding to him as she gestured back down the street.

"We might want to wait here. To watch that everyone gets here safely and stuff."

Also to take a break, considering it hasn't been uneventful clearing the way back to the trainwreck itself.

[powertotearer]

"Okay. That might be a good idea."

It's a good enough excuse to get him to take a break, and he actually does sit down first before canceling his transformation. Because the moment he does, all of the strength goes right out of him again, and he flails awkwardly for a second trying to keep himself from falling over.

[onethousen]

Chihiro darts forward to reach out and catch him, or more prop him up to prevent him from falling over. "Careful!" Feels almost reflexive as a cry, though what she really means is along the lines of take care of yourself. He'd been fighting way more than she had. He needed the break, but he also needed to not end up lying there on the street.

She had priorities! Like keeping him upright at the very least.

[powertotearer]

And propped up he was, even if he was cringing in embarrassment.

"Thanks. Sorry about that--I might have done too much too fast."

[onethousen]

She gave a small shake of her head. "You did, but you don't need to apologise. Just be careful about how hard you push yourself in the future, okay?" She stayed where she was, a gentle, twiggy sort of support. "You have to do what feels right to you, but getting exhausted isn't enough."

[powertotearer]

He couldn't help but smile sheepishly.

"You're a lot wiser than I am. I'm kind of embarrassed I'm not doing better."

[onethousen]

She tipped her head to the side, then smiled a beat later, reaching out to pat the top of his head. It was a bit of a luxury — she's normally way too short to reach anyone's head. Now she meant it as a reassuring sort of motion.

"You did really great. Next time, you'll do even better."

[powertotearer]

Now, he outright grinned.

"Okay, okay. I promise."

[onethousen]

She grinned in return, watching the medical and relief people making their way up the road from a few blocks back. "Good. Now rest for a bit, and let the other people do what it is they do best." She leaned back against the wall, feeling some relief in relaxing for the moment too.

"We can head out again in a little while."

[powertotearer]

The hardest part of relaxing, for Eiji at least, was just leaving things to other people. But at least these are doctors, and he knows they can do a lot more for everyone than he can, so he tries to rest.

"Okay. Sounds good."