Monday, November 30, 2020

Live A Hero Chapter 2 Episode 6: Captured Heroes

Things pick back up as Akashi notices that you're waking up and calls to you. It takes a moment to catch your bearings as you process that someone is talking to you, and Akashi is glad that you've regained consciousness. You ask Akashi about where you guys are and about Mokdai, so Akashi nudges Mokdai to wake up too and stop drooling. Mokdai mumbles to himself as he wakes up, and once he tunes in for real he asks where you guys are. All Akashi can say is that it doesn't look like you guys can escape from there immediately, and he points to a window on the wall.
 
As you look outside from the warehouse looking room you guys are in, you see the Earth outside to your shock. Mokdai asks if that means you guys are in outer space, and Akashi says that seems to be the case. While he's at it, Akashi shows you guys the heavy door to this room and tries to push it open from this end, but no matter how hard he tries it doesn't budge. With the door and lock being so sturdy, Akashi notes that you guys have been taken captive as he clicks his tongue.
 
Mokdai starts mildly freaking out about being kidnapped, and he figures that you guys won't be returned without a fuss if you've been locked up like this. He worries about the idea that you guys are going to get sold off and the possibility about being sold to a planet that doesn't speak Common, which would make life hard. Akashi tells him to calm down for now since his mental escalation is getting out of hand. You point out that your captors could split you guys up, wonder what could happen next, or ask about an alien being afraid of other aliens. C gets an extra bit where Mokdai says that while he may be an alien, he was born and raised in Japan, so he doesn't know what's out in space.
 
Anyways, Mokdai notes that since you guys have left the Earth's atmosphere your phone signals won't reach anyone, which then means it'll be unlikely you can call for help. Being in space means breaking the window isn't an option either, which leaves the door as the only way out. Akashi says he thought the same thing earlier, but he couldn't get the door to open. It's electronically locked, so you'd have to input a password into the panel next to it, you guys don't have that either. You worry out loud about what you guys can do then.
 
Mokdai points out that if you guys don't get out, you won't know what your captors intend on doing with you all. That pushes him to work up the nerve to say you guys need to escape then. He walks up to the door and knocks on it. After that he grabs the handle on the door and tries pulling on it, straining to use all his strength. Akashi is surprised when the handle starts to bend out of shape, and Mokdai tears the door out with a loud grunt. Predictably and unfortunately, this also sets off an alarm. Mokdai urges you and Akashi to start running, and he tosses the door aside before running out himself attempting to keep his panic down. Akashi spares a moment to express his baffled amazement, and you prompt him to focus and run but understand how he feels, or you express your own amazement too.
 
Out in the hallway, the PA system announces that a door in the 3rd floor area N-14 has been broken and asks for people to go check. Rando mobs make their way over and question how you guys could have made it through, but they figure you should still be close by as they spread out and search. Akashi peeks out after they leave, then tells you guys they're gone as he says it's time to go. You guys wander around the ship as you do your best to slip through the mobs, and you pant hard as you ask where you guys are heading to and that the mobs are endless.
 
Akashi says he doesn't know, but you guys have to keep going since your captors will just stick you in a cell again if they find you. Mokdai notes that the ship is huge and wonders if it's a warship. If it is, there should be something like lifeboats or escape pods on board. Akashi jumps on that and says you guys should search for them, but you point out that you don't know where they are.
 
Akashi says he doesn't know either, but you guys have to find it anyways. It should be on one of the sides of the ship if anywhere, so you'll just have to comb the place for it. But before he can say any more on that, mobs spot you guys, and Mokdai freaks out at having guns pointed at your direction. Akashi is also taken aback by them, but he says they probably won't kill you at least since they want you guys alive. He then spots some stairs and says you guys should run up. You wonder how big the place really is since it all looks the same everywhere you've been to.
 
More mobs turn up and ask the others if they've found you yet, but the others say you aren't here and might be at the bridge. Akashi sees more mobs ahead and leads the three of you down some other way, but Mokdai says that seems to be a dead end. Akashi points out that there's still a door, so maybe you guys can get behind it at least.
 
The three of you run to the big ass fancily decorated door, open it up, and slip into the room behind it. However, this turns out to lead to the bridge of the ship as Mokdai points out. Akashi quickly figures this to be the main area for whoever possesses this ship, and you guys are surrounded by mobs, so you all put your hands up. A voice calls you guys little rats and thanks you all for coming all the way to the bridge. Suhail then shows himself as narration describes him as having a deep voice and stereotypical pirate attire. His scarred body and big ass artificial arm adds to his imposing presence.
 
Suhail demands to know who you guys are for trying to sniff him out, and he notes that you guys don't look like you're with the police. Akashi accuses him of playing dumb and says you guys know all about him, and a mob takes offense at this as he raises his gun. Suhail orders him to stop since killing you guys outright would be No Fun. His attention is drawn to the watchbands you guys have, and he asks if that means you guys are heroes.
 
Akashi is confused by this and asks what that means to him. Suhail smirks as he says that will make things quick, then signals his crew to begin. All mobs respond and put their guns away and pose. Each of them and Suhail get bathed in light, transforming into costume as Suhail declares his arrival. Akashi is surprised by the transformation and says they must be villains then.
 
Suhail scoffs at being referred to as a common criminal and asks who you think he is. He does want to shout out his name now, but he does think that talking like normal people just isn't Fun. In which case, he challenges Akashi to a fight and says the loser has to tell the winner everything they know. Akashi is baffled by all this while Mokdai says he thinks he's seen Suhail around somewhere before. You say that he looks strong, be alarmed that he's attacking, or say you think he looks cool. C prompts Mokdai to react in shock at how you must have nerves of steel.
 
Akashi turns to you guys to ask for help since Suhail and his villain team are coming to attack. Mokdai is surprised at first but manages to keep up, then finds out that the bridge has a radio signal that he can use. He declares the beginning of the battle as he asks you and Akashi to handle it. Suhail leads his own team into what he calls a fun fight, and the episode battle begins as the mobs cheer in response.
 

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