School Grounds, Early Friday Morning

[weirderthanthou]

Jesse couldn't believe how much she'd let herself get away from-- herself, over the past few days. It had taken another encounter with Essej - and the memory of Trench - to wrench her back into useful shape.

Then she'd spent the evening putting information together. And... okay, she wasn't sure whether the vines on the school were just another thing or the root (heh) of the problem, but she knew they were growing, and that couldn't be good.

And so by morning she tapped into Fandom's radio network and sent out a terse message: "The school seems under siege by plants. Join me on the grounds if you want to help."

Then she turned up there, herself. And waited.

The ash kept raining down.

[[ for team fighty! ]]

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[grayskollar]

Adora was the type to punch her feelings out, and boy did she have a lot of punching to do, and this seemed like it'd be more effective than attempting to break all the mirrors holding that enraged, red-eyed version of her.

Not that she'd spend far too long trying that or anything.

So here she was, already changed into She-Ra.

[weirderthanthou]

"Hi," Jesse said, waving tersely at the woman she didn't know. "I guess I don't have to ask if you're prepared for a fight."

[grayskollar]

"Oh, yeah. Always good to figure out when hitting'll solve a problem." She-Ra may have made Adora look far more badass, but sounding it was far more hit and miss.

[designateddadfriend]

Travis pulled up to the school in his (tiny) engine, relieved that something somewhat official was finally happening. The vines seemed to confirm Nell’s analysis of “bad things growing”, which was (terrifying) disconcerting. But someone in charge seemed to have something of a plan, so Travis set his nerves aside and went to help.

“I’ve got power tools and axes if anybody wants them.”

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was here. Nervous and unsure, but she was here. She'd borrowed a big pair of pruning shears from Covent Gardens and she was ready to try and get rid of the vines any way she could.

[weirderthanthou]

Jesse tilted her head. "Student?" she guessed.

Jesse had resting badass voice regardless of how she felt, which was both a curse and a blessing.

[weirderthanthou]

"Power tools," Jesse echoed. "I guess the Fandom fire department always comes prepared, huh"

[weirderthanthou]

"Hi," Jesse said. She didn't particularly want to rope in students for this, and there was a faint line of worry along her brow. "You garden a lot?"

Well, that's an insipid thing to say.

[mylandmyrules]

"Borrowed 'em from where I work," Nell explained. "And also I can, well... I think I can help kill some of them if I can touch them or where they're growing."

She shifted a little nervously. "I've got a gift for growing things and seems like I can kind of reverse it too."

[weirderthanthou]

"Handy," Jesse said, with a nod. "Are you going to be okay in there? It might be dangerous."

[designateddadfriend]

"They do now," Travis said.

This was how he handled fear after all. Over-preparing.

"So what's the plan, here?"

[weirderthanthou]

"The castle's full of these vines. I think they might be hiding something," Jesse said.

I really hope they're hiding something, and this isn't just paranoia again.

"I'm thinking we clear the entrance and then go room by room in groups. Clear out the building, figure out if something's there."

[designateddadfriend]

Travis nodded. "Makes sense. And if we can't clear an entrance.... I have been known to make them from time to time."

Firefighters did a fair amount of busting their way into and through places, yeah.

[designateddadfriend]

"Hey Nell," Travis said, nudging his helmet up a little to look her over as he checked to make sure his chainsaw was fueled up. "How're the hands?"

[mylandmyrules]

"I think so," Nell said. "As good as anybody else. We'll all be working together, so that helps."

[weirderthanthou]

"I have explosives," Jesse said. Beat. "Well, I have a gun that can shoot explosives."

[weirderthanthou]

"I'd like us to do this in groups," Jesse said. "So pick some people you trust and stick with them, okay?"

[mylandmyrules]

She lifted her hand to show there was no sign that anything had happened. "Putting my hands in my own soil sure enough took care of it," she says with a smile. "How are you'un doing?"

[mylandmyrules]

Nell looked around. "We're all here for the same thing," she said, "so I'm pretty sure I can trust any of them, but I'll stick with a group."

Bonus that if she over extended someone would (probably) notice if she was with a group.

[designateddadfriend]

"....Like a bazooka?"

[weirderthanthou]

Way to remind Jesse of how instinctively paranoid she was and how hard she'd hit those instincts this week, Nell.

(She still didn't really trust anybody presently here.)

"Okay," she said. "Then... good hunting, and thanks for being here."

[designateddadfriend]

"Glad that we've finally got something of a game plan," Travis said. And that someone was taking charge. He wasn't used to doing all the attack planning himself! "And looking forward to doing a little damage, if I'm honest."

Look. Chainsaws were fun, okay? It'd be less fun when he noticed just how many of the strike team here turned out to be students, but for right now, he was riding a little bit of a 'fun with powertools' high.

[weirderthanthou]

Jesse held up the Service Weapon. "Not quite."

[superjoanjett]

It was hard to ignore a call for help when you were actually in the radio station. Also Jessica seemed to be shoved by a bunch of squirrels towards the group before scampering off.

"If I had known this was part of the deal, I wouldn't have agreed to it!" She yelled after the squirrels.

[designateddadfriend]

Travis looked at the weapon. Then up at the sky.

"Why do I even ask?"