Skyfall (12) : Giant walls of clouds hover low above Destiny City, as if weighed down by the immense amount of water they are carrying. The air is cool, electric, and ominous, churning more like the ocean than the sky. And then, the clouds seem to collapse under their own weight. Dark masses spill from the sky in great, twisting columns of mist, stretching down towards the streets below. They descend like hands stretching from the heavens, enormous enough to swallow half a city block. Anyone caught within the descending clouds will find themselves surrounded by a frigid mist and powerful winds pushing down upon them. Visibility drops to almost nothing. The clouds spill over you, around you, like a waterfall, tugging at clothes and disrupting all sense of direction. Most people stumble out cold, soaked, and disoriented--and, sometimes, they don't even come out at the same place they went in. More than once, someone has disappeared in the cloud, only to wind up across town. Within minutes, the cloud pillars shrink, twisting like dying tornadoes, and drift back into the sky as though nothing happened at all.
...Certainly wasn't here.
Rain and clouds were hardly worth fearing usually. But this did not feel like any typical summer storm, and Regal felt a sense of foreboding as clouds of such an ominously deep grey sank lower and lower toward the earth. Not every slightly odd natural phenomenon had to be because of something wicked and Chaotic, but the vibes were not good, and he didn't want to be caught unprepared for trouble.
Doubly so, when Regal could feel the gentle pressure of a friendly aura. A Super Senshi, and if his eyes weren't deceiving him, one of quite small stature... Barely more than a child. Probably no older than his Teyla...
All at once, those dark, looming clouds seemed to spill out of the sky, creating a torrent of wind and wave that definitely felt unnatural, way, way beyond the pressure a storm would usually cause. The moment the winds buffeted against him enough to nearly knock him over, Regal knew he was about to do anything to reach that Senshi and make sure he didn't get swept away with... whatever this strange force was.
The rain felt piercing where it slapped against his exposed face, and Regal dove for the... most solid anchor he could find in the form of the scraggly branches of a small tree- tree was gratuitous. It was just a shrub that had yet to be trimmed. But it was the only thing in his vicinity and he could barely even see through the harsh winds now. "Hey!" He screeched on a straggled breath, carried away by turbulent forces. "Kid! Where are you!"
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2026 1:21 am
Indigo_Plateau
Totoro had been shopping for his mom when things felt... off. He wrinkled his nose as he'd powered up in secret; with hopes to actually escape whatever was going on with the sky.
He felt an aura and saw a squire not far away. He gave a wave as he was about to go near and suddenly the winds picked up and the clouds seemed to open up into an unnatural storm.
Totoro pulled his hood up over his head. Trying to cover his face and make it easier to see trying to move closer to where the energy signature felt stronger. "Here!" He tried to call as he heard the call.
It was hard to move and the storm was very strong. He resulted to something of a crawl he'd seen on TV one of those old army movies he'd seen. Maybe he could get to the other where maybe they'd both have a better chance of being safe.
There were few scenarios that could strike such fear and dread into Regal's soul than those that involved a child. It was usually his own daughter that he had to fret over, and Teyla, particularly now that she'd been awakened, was quite headstrong and independent. If it had been her in this situation and Regal beckoned desperately for her to stay close to him, he almost believed she would've done everything in her ability to avoid him. She could handle it! She didn't need help! Teyla was a great Senshi!
And then Regal's anxiety would've ratcheted up to a billion, and he probably would've cried and begged her and had to chase her through this horrifically dangerous storm...
So it actually came as quite a shock when the young Senshi, dressed as some kind of animal, now that he was close enough for Regal to better identify, was crawling through the wind, answering Regal's calls for him to come closer.
The Squire didn't need more invitation than that- literally just the thought of a young boy being concerned over this bizarre occurence had him bolting forward, slinging one arm around the Senshi's shoulders and helping him into a little crouch pressed up close to the side of a building. "I've got you!" Regal called over the wind. "I've got you, and it's going to be okay! We'll stay together, we'll stay low, and we'll move out of the windstorm, right?"
He'd barely even said as much when some large piece of debris- a tree branch of something, barreled down the sidewalk scarcely more than a few inches away. Regal clung more tightly to the boy's hoodie. "Let's try and move- that way!" He gestured sharply with one hand, keeping the other clenched tightly into the younger's clothes. "And let's be quick!"
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2026 12:51 am
Indigo_Plateau
Totoro was many of things but he wasn't about to be swept away to Oz. When he was close enough for Regal to grab he nodded, "Yeah, I'm glad you're here. I like watching a storm as much as the next person but usually from inside a building not inside the storm."
"You lead I'll stay close by." He added nodding as he moved with Regal. Working to hopefully get out of the storm though he wasn't sure how difficult it was going to be as he watched storm debris fly close by them. Trying not to squeak when he almost got hit by a hubcap from some old car.
"Watch out for the debris" The chibi said nudging into Regal to try and avoid any other flying objects.
The debris... They were in a usually-busy and populated area of town, and while much of what was flying around was lightweight trash, Regal would be lying if he said that was the only danger. A hubcap whizzed by them. A trashcan. Across the street something smashed a window, and he heard the glass get swept up into the storm. A bicycle that may have been locked up at one point, but definitely wasn't anymore. A thick branch still green and full from the spring rain.
If any of these things actually struck them, Regal didn't know how much farther they'd make it without being swept off their feet. And it happened that, even within the past few days, he'd gathered a newfound confidence for his abilities.
Regal held one hand tightly around the young Senshi's arm. The other clutched his weapon. "My magic will protect us a little, but we should still be careful!" He called through the fierce winds, willing a bit of his magic to spill out of his thurible and coil in little wisps around them. Despite the storm that definitely should have dispelled a bit of smoke almost immediately, Regal's magic hovered dutifully, impervious to something so asinine as a little wind.
And Regal was thankful for that.
"There," Regal said, pointing across the street to a large, dark opening. "Let's head for that parking garage! It'll be safer than any of these alleyways." It would be enclosed enough and easy to wait there and wasn't far away at all.
They just needed to make it across the street.
Regal turned a quick glance back at the Senshi, hurriedly adjusted the boy's hood so that it was pulled down farther over his head, then grabbed his hand and they made a run for it together.
LP
Squire Weapon -- A small, golden thurible exuding a sweet-smelling smoke. Magic -- The smoke swirls around up to two targets, creating a barrier that protects them from attacks up to Regal's rank, or diminishing the severity of attacks cast by someone of higher rank. He can channel for 40 seconds
