Bakugou gets that metallic tang on the back of his tongue and immediately clears his head of anything but figuring out how to move the rubble. He can do this. Concentrating in a crisis is one of his strong points, provided he's not getting riled up. Being able to provide an objective analysis and strategy in the heat of battle is a core skill for hero work.
But it's fucking Kirishima is under there-]
You- stupid jackass, [Bakugou grits out. He can tell Kirishima's trying to go easy on him. Probably worried that he's going to freak out.] -fine. Fine. Okay. Don't move, but keep your quirk up. I'm gonna shift this shit off the top. Tell me to stop if it gets heavier.
[Using his quirk would be faster, but too dangerous. Not because he might catch Kirishima in the blast, but because if he hits it wrong or doesn't clear all of the rubble then he might drop more weight onto Kirishima. Right now the danger isn't in breaking Kirishima's bones, but in slowly suffocating him under the pressure of the rubble overhead.
Bakugou starts painstakingly pulling boulders off the top of the pile. They're heavy and more than once he has to use small, tiny explosions to help give things a shove; the light flashes across the cavern and Bakugou gets an idea of how huge it is, with an arched ceiling and far distant walls. He might be hearing things with all the noise, but he thinks he can even hear trickling water somewhere. That's good, water is good, and they have those purifying tablets in their kits.
After what feels like an eternity of shifting rock, Bakugou pauses to catch his breath.] Hey, can you move at all yet?
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Bakugou gets that metallic tang on the back of his tongue and immediately clears his head of anything but figuring out how to move the rubble. He can do this. Concentrating in a crisis is one of his strong points, provided he's not getting riled up. Being able to provide an objective analysis and strategy in the heat of battle is a core skill for hero work.
But it's fucking Kirishima is under there-]
You- stupid jackass, [Bakugou grits out. He can tell Kirishima's trying to go easy on him. Probably worried that he's going to freak out.] -fine. Fine. Okay. Don't move, but keep your quirk up. I'm gonna shift this shit off the top. Tell me to stop if it gets heavier.
[Using his quirk would be faster, but too dangerous. Not because he might catch Kirishima in the blast, but because if he hits it wrong or doesn't clear all of the rubble then he might drop more weight onto Kirishima. Right now the danger isn't in breaking Kirishima's bones, but in slowly suffocating him under the pressure of the rubble overhead.
Bakugou starts painstakingly pulling boulders off the top of the pile. They're heavy and more than once he has to use small, tiny explosions to help give things a shove; the light flashes across the cavern and Bakugou gets an idea of how huge it is, with an arched ceiling and far distant walls. He might be hearing things with all the noise, but he thinks he can even hear trickling water somewhere. That's good, water is good, and they have those purifying tablets in their kits.
After what feels like an eternity of shifting rock, Bakugou pauses to catch his breath.] Hey, can you move at all yet?