969/Meanwhile, Elsewhere in Tokyo

Meanwhile, Elsewhere in Tokyo
Date of Scene:	02 February 2016
Location:	Somewhere in Tokyo
Synopsis:	Walpurgisnacht causes more problems than just right at the source. A group of heroes protect a shelter from the Witch's familiars.
Cast of Characters:	Nanoha Takamachi, Ikuto Tsukiyomi, Vespa Rayne, Mikoto Nakajima, Minoke Sato

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The GM has posed:
A freak storm, powered by a nasty Witch is about to hit Tokyo. There are many people prepared to fight the Witch, but what good is defeating the Witch if nobody lives to enjoy it? In a different part of Tokyo, near the coast, but a different part of it, there is a small and overcrowded storm shelter, filled with people who didn't evacuate in time to get to a bigger, stronger one.

These people need protection, the storm is rising rapidly, wind and water battering the sides of the shelter, and though this is the biggest worry of the people within... a large procession of circus animals and other mobile attractions, coloured in all shades of the rainbow, is slowly but surely making their way there.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Mikoto had meant to join Miss White's WPS team, keeping Familiars off the Puellae and tossing blasts at the monster-witch when she could. Then she spotted the shelter, battered and near-broken, and she has to stop. She can't leave them to die. She'll just have to hope that White and the rest can handle things at their end.

Already in 'Miss Blue's immaculate blue suit-slash-Barrier-Jacket, she lands next to the shelter long enough to assure the people waiting there that they will be protected.

And then she's off after the column of familiars, her trademark swarm of Flicker Shots already starting to form in the air about her.

Minoke Sato has posed:
A girl in red arrives on the scene. She is wearing a unitard, a red overcoat, a mask - and has a glowing black 'vortex' around her waist. She moves towards the shelter, hmmmming softly. She settles on the roof of it for a moment, trying to get her bearings. Then she sees Miss Blue going after... circus animals? Firebird is confused but is going to watch over the shelter for now. She does glance Mikoto's way. <<Miss Blue, why are you attacking circus animals?">> was sent her way telepathically.

Vespa Rayne has posed:
Vepsa was heading to the main battle site to fight Walpa-whatever it name is. But she spotted the posessnion of muti coloured animals and other things.
"Great Pink elephatns on parade...", then she spotted the batterd shelter. She sighs pondering what do for a second then heads toward the familar to stop them..

Nanoha Takamachi has posed:
Midori-ya is on elevated ground and more inland so Nanoha isn't worried about it. She SHOULD be with her family but Yuuno offered to put up a barrier to keep everyone safe, esp. since Nanoha's family is stubborn and refused to leave thier lively hood behind.

Leaving-- Nanoha could feel the tell tale signs of a barrier being thrown up behind her.

Taking to the air, she arrived over the mess as she frowned--- weird elephants!? A battered shelter? She frowns as she spirals downwards towards the ground a little and looks around. "Nrg-- what can I do.. hrm..." she mutters.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
The circus of familiars is not the only animal that approaches. It's a whoosh of black in the air. It moves like a panther. But it's shaped like a human but with ears and a tail like a cat. It's not a Familiar, though. Those that know him will recognize the form of Black Lynx as it leaps through the driving wind and rain to get to the shelter.

He leaps past Mikoto on his way to the shelter, and as he does he aims a smirk in her direction. Leaping from roof to roof, he lands atop the shelter with the grace and quiet of a big cat, crouching in preparation for an attack. He does look very much like a big cat crouched atop the shelter, a black panther ready to strike anything that gets too close and isn't human.

The GM has posed:
The procession is being led by a ten foot tall green monkey holding cymbals that it bangs loudly as it approaches, each bang of the cymbols generating a shockwave that noticeably rattles the buildings nearby. The other familiars are similarly unnatural looking.

One of these notices Mikoto, a blue winged lion that flies up towards her, unleashing a roar filled with magical power. Like an invisible magic blast aimed straight at Mikoto. The others keep going for the shelter, straight for it in fact, like they know it's a place where there are vulnerable targets.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
(("Protection!")) The rune-glyph appears in mid-air in front of Mikoto as Carnwennan, at least, detects the incoming attack. She's still tossed back, however, so she is unable to engage it directly in melee.

Instead, she pauses in her accumulation of Flicker Shots long enough to whip her sword-blade through the air, its tip shedding helixes of mana that lash out at the lion. "Not tonight!" she shouts. "Not this time!"

Nanoha Takamachi has posed:
Nanoha Takamachi watches the incoming familiars and she lands ontop of the shelter and she frowns. She isn't a good 'barrier magic' user. But there is one thing she's good at.

"Divine Shooter!"

< Divine Shooter >

Magical, pink-ish balls appear around her as she points Raising Heart- already in it's Cannon Mode, of course, as she unleashes a sudden and hard barrage of lasers into the fray of familiars- a lot of beam spam right now it seems!

Do you want Danmakku!? You want Danmakku, familars.

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird stares at the black-garbed man who's crouching on the roof of the shelter. Obviously some kind of magical... boy. Or something. "Who are you?" she asks as she floats there, holding Swirling Vortex, her mace, fully. She sees trouble coming and Miss Blue fighting it. "Vortex, activate Assault Mode." "Acknowledged. Assault Mode engaged." The mace reconfigures itself, the mace-head spinning around, a glowing black strand of energy connecting the head to the shaft as spikes sprout from the mace-ball. Now it is a spiked flail. She sees Nanoha and smiles, then turns back to the black-garbed man. "Are you here to help? There's monsters that way - but if you are here to make trouble - I'm ready for you."

Vespa Rayne has posed:
Vespa lands in front of the batterd shelter holding out her huge axe out ready for any familars that try and get in close.
"None shall pass!", she does spot the barrage of laser being fired from the rooftop. She doens't who is doing them but she glad someone else is here.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
"My name's Ikuto," he replies to Minoke as she asks who he is. "I'm here to help." A look to Mikoto. "She can vouch for me." He doesn't waste anymore words. There are familiars to be fought. So unless Minoke stops him, he makes a leap from the roof of the shelter, to get closer to the horde of familiars.

He jumps up, into the air, and draws his right arm back. The claw on that arm starts to glow white, and then he swings the arm forward, still in the air. "SLASH CLAW!" Three large, silvery, curved arcs of energy fire from that claw like boomerangs, aiming to tear into as many familiars as they can. It won't be a massive area, no, but it should hit a couple at least. Provided they don't miss.

The GM has posed:
The Lion crumbles easily under that attack, falling down right after. Nanoha, too, clears out the familiars she hits, thinning the pack some. Ikuto cuts a few down, too. And with that, the fighting starts in earnest.

A big yellow trailer opens up, and countless monkeys juggling balls come spilling out, in every shade of the rainbow, more than could feasibly have fit inside, They start throwing those balls at Black Lynx, dancing around him, taunting grins on their alien faces.

Black Lynx is not the only target of those monkeys, several of them start flinging balls at Nanoha. Occassionally, some of the monkeys reach towards their behind, pulling forth another featureless ball of another colour.

A pair of toucans, hot pink and toxic green flies up towards Mikoto, the two spinning around eachother in a spiral pattern, not quite reaching Miss Blue, passing around her on the first go, but turning around after.

A purple trailer drawn by a dozen horses suddenly rushes forwards, past Ikuto and headed straight for the shelter, and its nearby guardians. They make a quick turn and, though fewer in number than the main group, many familiars jump out. Clowns, this time, faces painted in shades that might not even exist, shoes so large they could serve as a bed, and faces with smiles so wicked they could almost tear out the souls of those who watch. Almost.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Mikoto smiles widely as her first opponent falls. She waves her blade again, a challenge to the oncoming monsters. And she's answered by... a pair of toucans. How amusing.

"I hate clowns," she tells them. "In fact, I hate circuses in general. So I'm going to enjoy this."

She alters her course, flying directly at one of the birds, blade ready for the attack. Just as she gets close, she stops and twists to one side, anticipating its dodge. When it comes around, she's there to meet it, blade slashing down. And then she goes after the other one.

And around her, half-transparent, glittering in the air, more and more Flicker Shots form up. When the time is right, destruction will rain.

Nanoha Takamachi has posed:
Nanoha Takamachi woah! She throws up her auto-protect to dispell the attacks of some of these multi-colored juggling balls as she flies up off the top of the shelter and moves overhead quickly, evading fires and she spots /clowns/. Ugh. Clowns. So.. scary and smily and evil. Look. Shes nine.

She's faced Riventon! Witches! A Dark King Youma.

BUT CLOWNS ARE STILL FREAKING SCARY!

She calls out. "Divine Shot!"

< Divine Shot >

She begins shooting lasers directly from the tip of Raising Heart as the last of her orbs from her last spell dissapate off into shots themselves. She's occasionally holding a shot and raking it across a few smaller groups.

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird is guarding the shelter. When the purple trailer moves close and disgorges crazy clowns, she decides to act. She flies up and over them. "Jupiter Field!" she calls out as a glowing black magic circle would form under the clowns... and suddenly they would be pinned by immense G-forces as she floats there. "Don't enter the circle!" she calls to everyone. She focuses, the flail head swirling around in a lazy circle. "Alright - I think I got them pinned down..." She watches as she is steadily making the gravity even higher in her magic circle.

Vespa Rayne has posed:
"I really hate clowns!", Vespa says rushing towads the clowns. But it looks like some others are taking care of them for her. "So many.", she swings her axe in a overhead arc to take care of the trailer that produce the clowns. Might be more inside. Better to take care of it now.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
Ikuto is known for his great speed and nimbleness. He has been known to dodge attacks near-impossibly. But see... monkeys are... Well, there's a reason the word 'dodgemonkey' exists. It's right there in the name. So it seems that Ikuto has met his match! This is clear when, despite dodging several of those juggling balls initially, several more hit him. They hit far harder than a juggling ball ought to hit, and he's flung about in the air, first one way and then another, even as he tries to dodge. But he just can't dodge them all. He'd have to be intangible to do that.

Finally, one of the balls hits him in the side in mid-leap. He twists in a seemingly impossible way, aiming his feet to the ground, and lands in a crouch, skidding back. He growls, ears pinned back in annoyance, and makes to stand... only to stumble to a knee, emitting a choked grunt, a holding his side painfully. Yoru's muffled voice pipes up from somewhere inside him, "Ikuto, be careful-nya! Are you okay?!" Surely he's not down already?

No, he's not. He pauses, looking up. Seeing Mikoto there. Seeing her fighting. She's still up and alive. He's not going to fall here. He pushes himself to his feet, teeth bared; never does it look more like he has fangs right then than it has ever up to this point. "...I'll live," he answers. "We have a barrel of monkeys to deal with." That said, he charges for the monkey horde, putting on as much speed as he can muster, to run-by-slice as many of them as he possibly can, while trying to keep himself out of as much troubl as possible.

The GM has posed:
The toucans get cut down, it's not even hard. Why would it be, when that was the intent all along? Upon being cut, they explode into a thousand ribbons each, which immediately attempt to wrap around Mikoto like snakes intent on strangling their prey.

Nanoha's shots thin the packs of monkeys and clowns alike, but not enough to clear out either group. Likewise, Ikuto's efforts cut down even more, most of them are gone, although... the trailer does seem to be a source of more, and the balls keep coming without end in sight. It's like these monkeys have infinite ammunition.

Many, but not all, of the clowns are trapped inside the gravity field. The ones that are get pinned and, being inhuman creatures made out of despair rather than flesh, start to visibly shrink downwards. And there, Vespa manages to cut the trailer in two, which does stop more clowns from coming out of their car. In response, the horses than were pulling it around rush towards Vespa, trying to stampede her down.

The clones that still stand, free of massive gravitation, form a line across the road, holding their hands out like mimes, and forming a clear and distinct barrier, shimmering as they try to protect that giant monkey with those cymbals, ever marching onwards.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Carnwennan's blade flashes, and toucans are dispatched. Mikoto starts to smile and turn for the main group of enemies...

And then ribbons are everywhere, wrapping her up and tightening down around her. Hands pinned at her sides, she can't get leverage to get at them with her blade.

She hangs there in the air, for several moments, apparently unmoving. Perhaps struggling for breath.

(("Flicker Slice"))

A pair of light-darts detach themselves from the ever-growing swarm, flitting down to slash along the ribbon-bewrapped Knight's flanks, snapping the tightening bands with fleeting touches of their razor-sharp edges.

And then she's out. And she's Not Happy. She turns in mid-air and flips into a power-dive, straight towards the giant monkey leading the parade. "King Kong you are most definitely not, Bozo!"

Vespa Rayne has posed:
"Oh just great!", Vespa says seeing the horses charing at her. She throws her axe at the horses then jumps up and over them landing behing them then catching her axe. This action will hopefully take the stamping horses out.

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird decides to use the clowns in her gravity field in a new way. She lifts her hand and the clowns start to float instead. "Gravity Railgun!" she cries out as she fires the clowns like high-speed missiles, aiming for the monkey and anywhere else she can do damage with. "Wow. That's some funny ammunition," she muses with a smile as clown-missiles are going all over the place, striking whatever targets seem to be the most threatening - giant monkeys, aggressive horses, and the like.

Nanoha Takamachi has posed:
Nanoha Takamachi blinks are those clowns.. miming a barrier into existence. What!?

She frowns as she continues---

Divine Shot stays active as she strafes the line of clowns-- trying to rake that barrier and weaken it-- keeping the heat on and otherwise the girl is doing her best to help from the skies as shots careen around her- keeping nimble and quick in the air.

She looks over at Firebird-- and smiles! She seems to have taken to the 'real' flight spell really well!

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
Ikuto raises his claw to block as many of those juggling balls-- and other balls, ew-- from hitting him. He notes the trailer then. Maybe if he can get rid of that thing...

Suddenly Mikoto is in trouble. Though she deals with it pretty well herself, now that she's heading for that green monkey in the barrier, Ikuto turns to the barrier of clowns as well. And he follows in Nanoha's wake, trying to slice up whatever clowns her Divine Shot didn't get. He'll deal with the monkey trailer in a moment, that's a little more important at the moment.

The GM has posed:
'Bozo' takes a big beating from Mikoto's powerdive, staggering as a chunk of shoulder is simply torn off. Unlike the other familiars here, though... he can take a beating. And those close to Bozo, the shockwaves of the cymbals are really hard to miss, energy enough to make the buildings nearby creak and windows shatter.

Vespa takes out two of the horses, the others dodge around the axe and continue onwards, going straight for the shelter rather than the girl that they were previously chasing. One of Firebird's flying clowns impacts two of them, leaving eight to run for the innocent people within.

Nanoha and Ikuto manage to slay some of the clowns building up a barrier, weakening it in the process. Firebird's clowns strike another, and then the barrier goes down.

And by now, the shockwaves of Bozo are starting to be noticeable to the people within the Shelter. One of the windows breaks, and the terrified scream of a little girl can be heard from afar. At least someone within has the sense to immediately plug the hole by shoving a table against it.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Mikoto lands nimbly on her feet after the rushing stab-by on Bozo. She flicks her blade, as if to toss away blood from the wound, but - the monkey being a familiar - there is none.

She turns on one foot, twisting around, redirecting her momentum into a lunge straight back at the thing.

As she turns, Carnwennan's blade sweeps down towards her foe, swelling from rapier into broadsword and on into claymore.

A dozen Flicker Shots detach from the swarm, slamming into the blade, leaving the entire length of it glittering with power.

"Get away from her, you BAKA!"

And then the blade slams down onto the oversize familiar's head, and she unleashes the power gathered inside it in time with the impact...

(("Blitzschrecken!"))

Vespa Rayne has posed:
Vespa curses thankfully the shockwaves from Bozo prevent anyone from hearing her. She glad someone else taking care of that she take care of the leftovers, like those two horses which she misses. She rushes forward slashing with her axe at the two horses that are left.

Nanoha Takamachi has posed:
Nanoha Takamachi eyes go wide-- everyone can go for 'the main event' of this three rings of terror, but when familiars go running for the inside- she- frowns---yeah she's going to clear the field that way she thinks...

Three rings begin forming along Raising Heart's length.

< Divine Buster >

"DIVINE BUSTER!" calls out Nanoha.

There's a sickening blast of energy trying to cut off-- and explode in the middle of the familiars--- and far enough away that she shouldn't have to worry about hurting the shelter with her sickening blast.

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird just watches. She ponders and snaps her fingers. She puts a low-power gravity aura around every ally - they'd glow black, faintly, but wouldn't affect them much. She then whirls her Device around, until the heel was pointing into the sky above the center of the familiars. "Ready, Vortex?" "Charging." She takes a deep breath - she researched this and figured out a few things. As a deep black glow would come from the hilt of the flail, she yells one word.

"SINGULARITY!" A black beam fires up and over Bozo's head and stops - the sky darkens as a small black hole tears open above the familiars. Intense gravity would pull at them and all their paraphenelia.... although, curiously, the ones wearing Firebird's aura aren't affected by it. She watches as some of the smaller familiars get pulled in first. She maintains her stance, pointing the hilt at the black hole. It is slowly growing in size.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
Once the barrier's down, Ikuto heads straight for the giant monkey's feet. Hopefully down here the shockwaves won't be quite as bad, since he's on the ground. He's moving as fast as he can push himself to move. What's he doing? Just cutting at the giant monkey's legs, hoping to at least slow the thing down. He notes the gravity field around him, but he doesn't stop unless he finds that the field prevents him from fighting. He's trying to give the others every advantage he can.

The GM has posed:
Mikoto smashes Bozo in the head, staggering it and slowing its movement. Only tiny amounts away from being able to do severe damage to that poor shelter. Ikuto's attack to the legs further destabilizes it, forcing it to stumble right as massive amount of gravity pulls it upwards, sucking it into a void so powerful not even light can escape it.

Meanwhile, on the ground, Vespa's axe cuts through the remaining horse familiars, destroying them before they can reach the shelter and the people inside. Nanoha's blast takes out most of the remainder.

And then, actions elsewhere lead to a resolution. The giant witch floating in the distant background suddenly seems to disappear alongside the people fighting it, and without her there, these familiars have far less strength. Though there still needs to be some finishing, it seems by now that, most likely, the shelter has been protected. The people are safe from harm.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
With Bozo defeated, Mikoto smiles and turns to survey the mega-witch looming over the cityscape. Perhaps she has not had the chance to confront it directly, as she'd hoped. But what she's done is important. And she has one more arrow to her quiver.

The mass of Flicker Shots remaining, unused, might have gone for the rest of the circus-train of familiars. But Nanoha and Vespa have dealt with them. So they lash out towards Walpurgisnacht itself, breaking on its massive structure, and perhaps, in some small way, contributing to the efforts of those facing it more directly.

And she watches it vanish, and her smile spreads wide. "EAT THIS, DESTINY! WE WIN!"

Her eyes fall on Ikuto, and she grins at him, reaching out a hand to pull him close.

Nanoha Takamachi has posed:
Nanoha Takamachi watches the area clear up and the familairs and witches fade and she holds out a hand, hey! Even the rain is letting up! She smiles and looks around. "Firebird! That was really great! Isn't it easier to fly with an actual flight spell?" she asks.

She goes to look down at Miss Blue and----

Blush! She puts a hand to her mouth. Oh my! She watches with a bated breath!

Vespa Rayne has posed:
Vespa whews seeing the last of familars being defeated she looks towards Walpurgisnacht watching it vanish. She smiles, "We did good here today...", she chuckles at Mikoto outburst and just watches. This is going to be intersting.

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird nods as she murmurs, "Close singularity." She lowers the flail as the black hole closes and winks out, the area becoming brighter again. She slumps. "Wow... that was... tough..." she whispers softly as she just floats there, slumping by Nanoha. "Yeah..." she muses as she floats there. "I guess he was with her..." she muses. "So what WAS that thing in the distance? Looked like something from HP Lovecraft."

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
The big green monkey might be gone, but that trailer of monkeys is still there, isn't it? Ikuto looks in the direction he remembers the trailer being. Which handily distracts him for Mikoto's yoink! He finds himself being held close by Mikoto! And he blushes too!

The muffled voice of Yoru calls out from inside Ikuto, "NYAAAAA, lemme out, lemme out!" POP! Ikuto glows briefly and then suddenly he is himself again, just a boy, with the tiny little feline Chara flailing in the air beside him. "WARN ME BEFORE YA DO THAT-NYA!" he complains.

Ikuto, however, just hugs Mikoto. His cool is totally gone anyway, and he knows it. Besides, he's just glad he's alive. Glad Mikoto's alive, too.

Vespa Rayne has posed:
"Walpau.. walpurgis.. Wal-something-something. A really big monster.", Vespa says to Firebird. the her cell phone rings. "Hello? Oh hi Mom. yes I'm okay.. The storm has passed I was.. just helping out some freinds who car had died. I'll meet you back at home. Bye."

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
And Mikoto's returning the hug, still smiling...

But the adrenaline rush is fading, and sometimes, bodies have to pay a price. And the pressure on her arm is enough to remind her body what happened to it.

It must have been the ribbons. It's the only time she was hit seriously, after all.

She's about to say something poetic and dramatic and romantic and all that crap. But all that comes out is "Owwwwwwwww," and a series of Belkan curses as she cradles her left arm. "Crap crap crap that hurts."

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
Yoru is the one to answer Firebird's question. "Wallpogeynack," he offers, gravitating towards the floating girl. Of course he mangles the pronounciation. "It's some really dangerous monster, and it's why the big storm happened in the first place-nya. It would have killed everybody."

Ikuto frowns as he notes Mikoto's arm, moving to cradle that arm gently. "Are you all right? Is it broken?"

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird looks at Mikoto. "Oh - did you aggravate your injuries again, Miss Blue?" she asks as she sighs. "If I hadn't figured out my Free Fall spell, I'd be down on the ground helpless - I can barely move... Singualrity takes a lot out of me."

Nanoha Takamachi has posed:
Nanoha Takamachi flies down and looks between Mikoto and Ikuto...

"Are you two okay?" the girl asks softly-- ignoring the potential romantic moment. She's not as absorbed with it as other girls her age. Right now, Mikoto looks hurt! Maybe Ikuto is too.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Mikoto lenas against Ikuto, her shoulder against is, letting him support her weight.

"Doesn't feel like a break... I've had those, they hurt a lot more."

She carefully holds it in place, not wanting to move. "'wennan?"

(("Multiple fracture of the left ulna, Meister. Advise immobilization."))

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
Ikuto turns to look at Nanoha, with a nod. "...I'm fine." He's not, actually... getting beaten with juggling balls is going to be no end of bruises later. But he wasn't already hurt; Mikoto seems to like aggravating prior injuries. And she calls HIM 'baka'. And then Carnwennan announces what he'd figured. "...Che'," he hisses.

Pause. "...Did 'that place' survive?" He's talking about the warehouse. A look at Nanoha. "If not, do you know another place to take her?"

Nanoha Takamachi has posed:
Nanoha Takamachi looks at Ikuto and blinks.

"N--not really. We could go back to Midori-ya but--my parents would ask questions..." she mutters thoughtfully.

"Um...."

"Um...."

"I don't know I'm sorry." she says quietly.

"I've never had to go someplace like that."

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
"There's a place. ... he said he wasn't going to evacuate, that he knew he'd be needed." She shrugs.

"Fellow Uncle John knows," she adds, quietly enough that only Nanoha and Ikuto (and Yoru) can hear. "He's patched me up after a few of these little scraps."

She seems quite comfortable, leaning against Ikuto.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
Ikuto frowns at Nanoha's response. But he's not angry at her. It's a worried frown. "I see." Mikoto speaks up then, and Ikuto nods. "Show me where." Cat ears and tail appear, though he doesn't change into Black Lynx this time, and he moves to pick Mikoto up carefully. He positions himself so her injured arm can rest against his chest rather than be jostled around. And should Mikoto allow this, he stifles a grunt of pain when his sides protest picking her up.

Either way, he looks at Nanoha. "Cover us? Neither of us are in any shape to fight anything else that might still be in the city on the way." Nanoha may not realize what that question actually means. He's not just going 'I'll handle it', shouldering the whole burden himself, and taking off into the night. He's actually asking someone else for help.

Nanoha Takamachi has posed:
Nanoha Takamachi nods. "Right...!" she says softly. Indeed, she'll follow along- keeping Raising Heart in cannon mode and making sure nothign nasty gets the drop on Ikuto or Mikoto!

Indeed, aswell, she hasn't known Ikuto long enough to know what this request actually means.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
"Okay," Mikoto murmurs, leaning in as Ikuto gathers her up. "Just a sec."

"Hey, Firebird-chan," she calls. "You did good. If you need any bandaging up, tag along. Otherwise, well, I'd crack a joke about a schwarma place but I don't think there's any restaurants really open tonight. So, frozen pizzas and such at my place, we'll meet you there in a bit."

She waits for Minoke's answer, then gives Ikuto an address to head to.

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird nods as she glances at Nanoha.. "Alright - we'll keep her safe," she states as she keeps Vortex in Assault Mode. "After you, Ikuto-kun," she states. "I'm glad to meet a friend of Miss Blue's. I might join her WPS sometimes. I could be Miss Red." She smiles as she looks around. "Vortex, scan for witch energy." "Sensors online. Scanning." As she holds the flail, the head of it starts to lazily raise up and orbit Firebird.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
"...Thank you." This to both Nanoha and Firebird. It seems like it's hard to say. But he nods to Mikoto's mention of the address. He doesn't reply to Firebird's mention of 'WPS', because he doesn't really know what it is. He's rather separated from Miss White's organization. But he did thank her, along with Nanoha. Looking up to Yoru, Ikuto notes, "You too. Keep watch." And then he's away, off over the rooftops. Even if he can't fly, he can jump pretty dang high, so he shouldn't slow the group down too much....