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“Take this,” Trickster said.  He drew a small handgun and handed it to me.  He pointed as he explained.  “Ten rounds.  Thumb safety.  Grip safety.  It’s my spare.”

“It’s dangerous to fly alone.”

But yeah, I doubt a handgun is going to do anything against Mannequin. Maybe even less against Jack or Bonesaw.

It was heavier than it looked.  There was also a weight to it that had more to do with what the gun meant.  I stuck it through one of the loops in my utility compartment that I hadn’t used since I started out, then double checked it was firmly in place.

Does the gun really mean any more than the grenades do, when it comes down to it?

“Thanks.”

I turned and climbed on top of the beetle.

Damn it, Taylor, you’re in for so much more chaos than you think.

“Can’t make any promises, but flying should require less of your attention,” Amy said.

Thank you.

“Okay,” I said.

…

Well, at least she didn’t completely ignore her?

Still. *holds bug spray towards Taylor threateningly*

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“Sam!  Sam!”  Celia’s voice was grating and nasal. 

I’m pretty sure we don’t know a Celia – or at least don’t know that we know one – but do we know a Sam? I’m not really sure. I don’t think so, but it’s a common enough name that it ends up sounding familiar nonetheless.

I’m going to guess he’s a hero, though. Sam is a very heroic name.

Meanwhile Celia so far sounds like a somewhat annoying (to Sam) little girl. It would be entirely possible for this to be Bonesaw and another member of the Nine, but they seem to stick to their cape names (in the cases where there’s a difference) when talking to and about each other from what we’ve seen, with the exception of Jack reminding Mannequin about his old self. Besides, I feel like we’d have a description of Bonesaw’s voice earlier if this were her.

“I’m coming!”  The heavyset man grumbled, as he made his way into the living room.  Celia sat on the floor between the couch and the coffee table.  The white of her t-shirt and panties was a stark contrast to her dark skin.

Definitely sounds like a kid, yeah.

Sam leered at the woman.  She was good-looking for her age, slim, though her breasts sagged behind her shirt without the benefit of a bra.

…but apparently she’s not. Fair enough, I was basing that on almost nothing anyway.

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“I’m not!”

“Then stab me!” I raised my voice, shouted at him.  “Or are you just a bully, getting weak in the knees when you’re facing someone that stands up to you!?”

Either way, not the kind of person we want in Skitterville.

He made a motion as if he was going to lunge for me, then stopped.

“Pathetic,” I snarled.  Not for the crowd.  I said it for him and him alone.

Much like what she said to Bitch, although here it seems more like a matter of who she meant to draw meaning from it than whom she made it audible to.

He lunged, holding the knife with both hands to drive it into my stomach, just beside where I had the armor.  I resisted the urge to bend over, but I did have to step back for balance, and I had to put my hands on his shoulders to steady myself.

Time to tango!

I clutched his shoulders, digging my nails in for grip.  I could feel pain radiate from my stomach and into my lower abdomen and chest.  That was despite the fact that the fabric of my costume had kept it from piercing my flesh.

I suppose the pressure and possible small cut is bad enough.

I forced myself to stand straighter, still holding his shoulders.  He stabbed again, but it was ineffectual.  

Big Man used Stab!

It’s not very effective…

Knocking one of my hands from his shoulder, he used the space that gave him to slash at my throat.  The first hit had hurt because of the force of the charge behind it, I could almost ignore these follow-up strikes.

Good thing we’ve established that throat slashing doesn’t work all that well with this costume.

He stepped back and looked at his knife, confused.  I hadn’t gone down.

I can’t help but imagine Link. Specifically, Link from Ocarina of Time, staring at the ocarina after learning a song, looking like he’s never seen an ocarina before.

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I had other bugs sweep through the inside of the buildings in my range.  I made contact with people, stirring some from their sleep.

I doubt Skitter intends to sting civilians unless she has to, but there are other ways this could be useful. Such as the usual tracking trick, or just to plain scare people and get their attention.

As I sat on the crate in the back of the truck, nearly motionless, I was making a tally.  How many people were here, and where were they?

That too. 

If it were this easy to count people back in the days of the Roman Empire, maybe barns would hold less religious importance.

When I had a sense of things, I began organizing my bugs into formations.  I started in the areas with lots of people clustered together: a warehouse with no less than eighteen people; a tenement crammed with what I assumed were families, with lots of small children; and an overly warm building with a large group of half-dressed people drenched in sweat.

Did she just find a sauna?

As I got those groups out of the way, I turned to targeting smaller groups, probably collections of families or friends.  Where people were too deep in their sleep, I had the bugs nip at them to wake them.

Hey.

Hey. Listen.

Watch out.

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How much of my hero academia have you watched?

I’ve watched up to episode 3 of season 2. I should probably get back to that someday.

Honestly, though… my favorite part of season 1 was before the Great Deku Tree actually got into the academy. MHA has a fantastic beginning and some neat characters, but I’m not quite as hyped about the later bits. They’re still good, it’s just… they don’t quite follow up on what got me liking the series to begin with.