The Hiro and the Goddesses - PSL for Hiro and Skuld

[manga_goddess_skuld]

Hey look, another portal to who knows where! There were a few things different about this one though.

For one thing voices were coming out of it in an odd mix of languages before resolving into the one Hiro knew best.

For another? It opened up right beside him, without any tech that he could see on his end that should have opened any such portal.

And if more weirdness was needed? It had gravity. Like a lot of it. He and much of the stuff around him was being pulled towards the center of it.

As to the voices coming out of it:

"You big baka! Mitaru at this mess! Everyone knows you can't make a mon to Yggdrasil with those calculations! That's not a bridge mandala! It's a summoning portal!" A youngish sounding female voice was screaming. "Idiot! Baka!"

An angry older voice, this one clearly belonging to an adult woman was screaming back. "Well maybe if the paper with all the calculations wasn't covered in ice cream I could read it!"

The voices grew louder, or rather, thanks to the increasing gravity, he was pulled closer.

"Maybe if you'd stop making your weirdo medicines and testing them on yourself all the time you could actually read basic Ndiminesional math!" the first voice accused

"Oho?" The second asked, almost purring now, all trace of anger seemingly gone. "Then who should I test it on I suppose? You, dear little sist... OW!" That would be when the first large item made it through. "What in the OW! It's raining... supplies of some sort!"

"I told you it's a summoning!" the first voice called, frantic. "Quick, erase the summoning sigil from the northwest sector."

"If I knew which one was the summoning sigil I wouldn't have used it!" the woman protested as he was falling into the portal.

"How did you ever get your license?" The younger one demanded. "It's this one here!" She started scrubbing at it furiously with the stick end of what looked like a comically large mallet.

Because now he could see the pair on the ground below him. The rapidly approaching ground. The woman was floating above some huge complicated design actually etched into the stone courtyard of some sort of Japanese temple. Her white hair was dancing weightless in the air around her.

The girl, on the other hand was firmly on the ground, fighting to obliterate one of the many complicated symbols, focused and frustrated, her long black hair hanging limp as an odd shaped robot and what looked like a small child tried to help her. "OH FOR GODDESS SAKE!" she finally yelled. "BACK!"

The woman floated up higher, the robot and the child rushed back as the teenager pulled what looked like one of those odd game balls with the wires out... of her shirt.... and threw it on the ground. The ground he was still approaching, though his fall was slowing.

There was a loud explosion that blew him back up several feet before letting him resume falling. More than half of the complicated circle and its symbols had been replaced with a smoking crater. The teenager looked more than a little worse for the wear standing right at the edge of it. She opened her mouth to speak, or cough when the woman finally looked up.

"INCOMING!" the woman said, seeing him falling at them with the last few of his belongings. "Wait, why is he falling as slowly as the book is?"

"SCIENCE!" the teen shouted in frustration. "SAVE HIM!"

"Yeah yeah," the woman said. "On it," she muttered, flying up to meet him, wings coming out of her back, one pure white, one jet black. And as she got closer he'd see that her face, chest, and clothes, had "Idiot!" written all over it in various odd typefaces. Usually with outlines, sometimes with drop shadows.

Comments

[baymaxing]

Do we really have time for more upgrades?

[Hiro isn't sure how time might be weird here. And he definitely doesn't want to spend too long and have Aunt Cass freaking out about him being gone. But there is a sigh of relief that she seems familiar with the port Baymax uses. Or close enough to it, apparently.]

Yeah? That's good, shouldn't take too long then! Uh, I'm not sure if I should offer to help here or just.....stay out of the way...

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Stay out of the way," Sigil said quickly, as if she was trying to stop something from happening by speaking as fast as she could.

Skuld shook her head and rolled her eyes. "I'm getting better about not blowing people up for trying to help, thank you very much."

The young robot managed to looked excessively doubtful, but said nothing.

"I know what we need, and it's in Keiichi's room. Be right back!" she raced from her room, feet... not making contact with the floor on some of her steps, bracelets making an odd sound as they moved rather than the jangling one might expect.

Sigil shrugged at him. "I've only been alive for about a year now, so maybe she is getting better." Which was close as she ever got to saying something disloyal about Skuld.

[baymaxing]

Hm? Uh, okay, okay. I'll just....stay in the corner and watch?

[Or. What space in the corner he can stand in without bumping into something or stepping on whatever might be in the floor. He shifts, turning and raising an eyebrow at her seeming to float.]

Reminds me of those rocket boots. Except Mochi did not like those and they kinda went overboard.....

[There were numerous times when he and/or Tadashi had ended up at the doctor or in hospital with their inventions not going as planned, after all. Though of course Hiro would rather avoid that if possible. Especially in regards to fire, things blowing up.]

But yeah. Rather not blow up, thanks.

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Oh! like these?" Sigil asked popping up one of her feet as small rockets emerged from the heels of her shoes. She was about to say something else when there was a knock on the front door. She looked at him, unsure if either of them should go get it. Banpei wasn't unsure, he was heading that way already.

[baymaxing]

Yeah! Except I fitted mine to Mochi, our cat. And had him go fly over to Tadashi. It was hilarious!

[Okay, not so much in that it freaked out poor Mochi, but Tadashi's reaction, of course. Still, Hiro pauses, wide-eyed as he tenses at the knock on the door. Should he and Baymax try to hide? He didn't want to get them in trouble. But -- oh, okay. Apparently Banpei isn't really giving them a chance, as he goes to open it.]

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"I wouldn't suggest trying that with our cat," Sigil said, amused. She peered out into the hall to see who was at the door.

The front door slid open to show a young boy abotu his and Skuld's age.


"Ah... Hi, Banpei, is Skuld around?" he asked.

Banpei nodded and turned to head back to the room.

[baymaxing]

I learned from trying with Mochi. Poor cat was often our er..guinea pig, you could say.

[Hiro's head tilts, not having seen the boy around the house yet. Or so he figures. But if he was let in and all, and he seemed to know Skuld, it was probably okay.]

She just went to get something.

[Hiro explains, giving a nervous wave.]

I'm Hiro, and this is Baymax. We er...were kinda accidentally summoned here. So she's helping us figure charging Baymax back up and getting back home. You?

[manga_goddess_skuld]

The boy stopped dead and stared at Hiro. "Hiro and... Baymax... huh?" he asked, crossing his arms. "Yeah, and what's so great about you anywa.... Are you in her ROOM!?"

Skuld came out of one of the other room with jumper cables. "Got them! Oh! Sentaro! Hi! I'll be out in a bit. Something came up, but I didn't forget. Promise." she flashed him a bright smile.

He flushed lightly. "Ah... yeah. Maybe your new friend can keep me company outside?"

She grinned. "I need his help with this actually, but he can come out too when I come out and we can all figure out the next bit together."

"Yeah. Together," Sentaro repeated unenthusiastically. Skuld didn't seem to notice and moved past Hiro to get into her room. "C'mon Banpei."

[baymaxing]

[Hiro doesn't really get much chance to explain further or answer questions, when she returns and all. He simply shrugs and gives an almost apologetic look to him as he grins.]

Alright! So we can charge Baymax and then figure reversing the summoning thing to get us back home! Is it okay to just plug it in or do we need to upgrade it first?

[Or make any sort of alterations first? He wants to check before they just plug Baymax in.]

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"I can handle the alterations for this part, then I'll just need you to double check the connectors!"

Sentaro looked like he was seriously considering throwing a punch at Hiro. Skuld was focused on the task and utterly oblivious.

[baymaxing]

Okay. Alright, you do that then and I'll be ready.

[Whenever she needed him to check. Hiro glances back to Sentaro, raising and eyebrow in confusion. Because why was he looking so pissed off? It wasn't like Hiro wanted or even asked to be here, after all. There was nothing going on between him and Skuld, given they had basically just met and all. So surely he wasn't all angry about something like that? Maybe he thought Baymax looked cool? Or cute? And wanted one of his own?

It was....probably Hiro.]

Everything....okay...?

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Fine," Sentaro said gruffly. He did step closer, after kicking off his shoes, "Just who are you to Skuld anyway?" he asked in a hissed whisper.

Skuld was in her room, humming to herself as she used a welding torch to adjust the ends of the jumper cables. Without goggles of heavier gloves than the fingerless ones she had already been wearing.

[baymaxing]

Who? Huh? I literally just met her when she summoned me and Baymax here. She's just helping charge him and then we're heading home.

[Hiro answers, gesturing to the girl fixing the walking marshmallow when he spots her without the safety gear. Hiro starts, heading over to stop her.]

Whoa! Hey, where's your goggles? And proper safety gloves? I've had too many accidents to want to repeat that.

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Summoned..." he repeated just to find himself talking to the air where Hiro had been.

Skuld looked up, small torch still on. "Goggles? Around my neck," she said, gesturing with the red hot jumper cables. "Why?" She was already wearing gloves, she was wearing goggles around her neck, so she was fine, right?

[baymaxing]

They need to cover your eyes! And you need proper gloves to protect you. Unless you want to get hurt and we delay all this because you weren't being careful.

....

I sound like Tadashi, oh man. But seriously. I've been to hospital way too many times, and the doctor, because of our inventions not panning out or us not being careful enough.

[Hiro raises her goggles to cover her face, then finds some gloves to cover her fingers as well.]

[manga_goddess_skuld]

She rolled her eyes and shut off then put down the torch to look at him, now through her goggles. "Did you forget the part where I'm a Goddess?" she asked.

"Geeze, Skuld, do you just tell everyone that?" Sentaro asked, now standing in the doorway and REALLY looking like he wanted to hit Hiro.

She blinked, confused. "Well he kind of saw Urd flying and all. And besides, it's not like I'm going to lie."

Sentaro now looked like he wanted to bang his head into the wall a few times.

"You know," Skuld said, thoughtfully, "Keiichi gets that same look on his face sometimes. Wonder why."

[baymaxing]

No. It's just....habit? I guess? Can Goddesses still get hurt?

[If only for appearance in not making Hiro so nervous, he hopes she keeps the goggles and gloves on at least. Still, he glances to Sentaro when Skuld comments, raising an eyebrow before tilting his head slightly.]

Yeah. Pretty sure that is how Tadashi would look when I'd go off to another bot fight. So it probably means he's pretty angry and frustrated, you know.

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Well yes, but not from something like this," she said with a shrug. "It's not like I got hit by lightning or anything."

But at his other words she dropped everything and hopped to her feet rushing over to Sentaro. "You're angry and frustrated? Why?" she asked, all concern now as she grabbed his hands and started investigating his face. "Is it your bike? Or a contest?" she asked. Then blinked. "You're turning red and your body temperature is rising, are you sick? Should I get Belldandy?" she asked getting closer so she could rest her forehead against his to check his temperature, still holding his hands. And yeah, the boy was beat red.

"I... ah... I'm fine, Skuld. I promise."

She shook her head. "Your heart rate is off the charts. You should go home and get some sleep. Should I ask Belldandy to take you home?"

"I'm fine.. really... really fine. Promise..." he said again, flustered and flushing.

[baymaxing]

Uh, Skuld, you're....probably not helping. Just give him some space. We can finish working on Baymax and check on him in a bit, okay?

[Hiro didn't mean to make her all worried like that. Or possibly annoy the guy further. He was just commenting on the obvious. Or, what he figured at least. It isn't like Hiro has a lot of experience with this sort of thing, relationships and all.]

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"I'm not helping?" she asked, confused, turning her head to look at Hiro, confused.

"St...stay out of it," Sentaro muttered. But he really did look like he was going to pass out if he didn't stop blushing so hard soon.

[baymaxing]

Okay. You handle it then.

[Hiro says, throwing his hands up in 'surrender'. If Sentaro said to stay out of it, he probably should. Whatever was going on between them wasn't really any of his business after all. It wasn't like he really knew them. Or that he would be hanging around here long, at least as far as he figures.]

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Fine. Then I will," he blustered.

"What you will do is lay down. You can go lay under the kotatsu in the tea room. I'll have Belldandy bring you something to drink."

"But Skuld, really I'm..."

"Go"

His shoulders slumped and he left.

[baymaxing]

Everything okay....?

[Because even if Hiro is going to leave soon, he doesn't want to cause problems. Especially just by being here, basically. When it wasn't even his choice and wasn't what was intended with Sklud and her sister were doing whatever that magic was supposed to try do.]

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"He gets these weird fevers sometimes, but Belldandy always fixes him right up," Skuld said with a smile. He always gets worse until then." She turned to Sigil. "Could you go let Belldandy know?"

She nodded and went to do that. Skuld went back to her welding, now apparently in gloves with her goggles over her eyes though she still wasn't sure why.

[baymaxing]

Weird fevers?

[More like it seemed the guy got flustered around her. Though Hiro isn't the most familiar with relationships or whatever and he had no clue about what was going on with them. So this was really none of his business. Instead, he watches her, sitting himself down and waiting for her to ask him to check on it before they charge Baymax.]

I'm sure he'll be okay.