Walking Fast, Faces Pass

[Gaunt]

Characters: Kaie, Speedy
Setting: Streets of downtown on a Saturday afternoon
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Plot Summary: The biggest new wannabe hero is exploring Jump when she meets a bow-wielding Titan.

[Gaunt]

Kaie was just starting to get into the swing of things here in Jump. It was an interesting city, way different from Dublin. Here, people didn't think twice about teams of young superheroes in full costume just going out for pizza or shwarma or whatever. Supers of all stripes were weirdly commonplace here, she could almost feel normal. Almost. She still had to tread carefully so she wouldn't step on or plow through anyone, and she was still nearly twice as tall as the tallest normals. Even in a city of supers, she got some looks.

Despite the looks, Kaie was feeling confident. She was in a city where she could finally be a hero. Jump seemed to have some pretty lax liability laws, supers never seemed to worry too much about getting sued. Everyone seemed to take it for granted that cars were going to get thrown and buildings were going to get punched. Kaie still had to be careful, she didn't want to hurt anyone too badly, but she could fight a supervillain if the need arose and not get buried under lawsuits. That was a plus. And another plus, she was finally getting to try out her new super suit. It was made out of some sort of crazy space-age material, she wasn't quite sure what. But it was strong enough to withstand the strain of an active giant, and it looked pretty darn cool.

Kaie rounded a corner, keeping her eyes on the sidewalk. It wasn't too crowded, but she still had to watch where she was going. One careless step could send somebody flying, and that was probably the worst way to start her hero career. Heroes weren't supposed to squish people.

[Kenni]

Munching on a lamb and veal shawarma was exactly the way Speedy liked doing patrols.

It had been a couple of weeks since he'd swooped into Jump City on temporary transfer from homebase over back East. People here were a lot friendlier than in Steel, where the blue-collar worker and white-collar superior worked exactly the same long hours, and everyone's attitudes had just a touch more ice in their cordial. Here, everyone down to the youngest children was far more unreserved with their smiles, at least, and used to seeing the strange and spectacular, for better or for worse.

As such, when a little boy had asked him to track down his 'painted poodle', Jump's new acting archer hardly felt a common dogcatcher case beneath him. When 'Petunia' had raced off down the sidewalk, the kid had been 'helping' his parents re-do his wallpaper, and in neon green racing stripes, no less.

Needless to say, it was a case that was easy to follow.

And follow he did, looking down, trusting the kid to watch their front.
"It's not too crowded today, but we've still gotta watch where we're going!"

Speedy was just polishing off lunch and asking the kid riding his shoulders why these green animal-prints ahead of them were leading back to his apartment...

But the little guy was dead-silent.

"What's wrong, buddy? Didjya see 'im?"
'Petunia' was a him.

His owner was still a disquieting quiet amidst the murmurs and conversation of other pedestrians.

"I'll bet Mum has. I'll even bet he's tired of this game and headed home for lunch. You should too, like your do...!"
Speedy's boot hit one leather and much larger.

He finally looked up, following an equally disquietingly-sized boot up the looooong, gorgeous bared leg, all the way up to the face of the gigantic girl standing at least two and a touch Speedys tall.

The kid somehow catapulted himself off the gaping ginger's shoulders and wordlessly removed himself from the situation, but the East archer kept his hands raised as though he were still steadying the kid's shins.
After a few beats, he completed his sentence.

"..dog..!"

And then amended it for manners.

"--gone kid, didn'even say thanks."

Well, amended it for someone else's manners.

What did one say when greeting a surprise giant?
He grinned up at her.

"..where do you buy groceries, ma'amselle? Wherever it is has prime stuff. I, too, am still growing."

[Gaunt]

Kaie couldn't believe her luck. A real live Titan, right in front of her! Okay, he was part of Titans East usually, but he was still a Titan. She stopped where she was, starstruck. The star apparently wasn't paying as much attention, more focused on the kid he was piggybacking. He walked right into her foot. Kaie couldn't help giggling. The idea of someone not onticing and tripping over her was just too much.

Her face fell a bit when the kid bolted. That happened a lot. She knew why, there were all sorts of kids' stories where giants were the baddies, so they just sort of assumed she'd grind their bones to bake her bread. (Which didn't even make sense, really. What sort of bread had bones in it?) She expected that, but she wasn't sure she'd ever be used to it. At least Speedy seemed to be friendly. He had a cheery smile, and an interesting way of talking.

The giantess knelt down to get closer to eye level. She still towered over him, but at least it was less of a strain on both their necks now. Speedy was quick with a wisecrack. Kaie laughed, smiling back down at him. "Well a few places really, just gotta get a lot of 'em." She spoke with a strong Irish Brogue. "An' I should have a couple feet of growin' yet ta do." She smiled warmly, extending a finger for him to shake. "Kaie Leary, or Rumble if ye want me hero name." She was trying to play it cool, but she was internally squeeing. She'd finally met one of her literal heroes, and he had come up and said hi!

[Kenni]

Her first words were lilting and enchanting; he felt like he’d stepped into a fantasy novel series, or a mystical dream of the British Highlands.

"Will add me t’yer wholesale club cards whinnixt ye be out stockin’ up, please’n thanks!”

So enchanted, he couldn’t help but try it out a little, regardless of how over-exaggeratedly bad the impression.


“Onna diet like yers, ah’d fill out in a week flah’!"
The giantess was standing stock-still, which was all very well and good for her conversant's tastes; she knew what she was doing, not smushing everyone.

He defaulted back to run-of-the-mill American.

“You are Walking. Art. Seriously.”

His tastes were also met considerably and exploded at her not only battle-ready, but totally rockin’ body.
Legs were only part of it.

He had a bit more tact than to start that kind of grocery list, and finally let it slide.

Kaie had been rather sensible walking in his direction, never mind how she managed to navigate through all the vulnerable traffic around her. He was unable to see her reaction to the child's vanishing act at first, but when he had her undivided attention, the traces of something less than at peace lingered on her face.

The mouthy marksman could and would fix that.

"I've gotta say, Kaie, your alias is kinda misleading! You were so careful walking over here I didn'otice until you were right on top of me!"
Thankfully, not literally.
But Kaie towered and cast a long shadow over him and half the sidewalk, so it was true.

Until she bent down, in order to more mutually-beneficially for their necks, make his acquaintance.
He found himself newly mesmerized by the peculiar and pretty purple that made up the girl’s eyes.

Speedy's arms, locked in the position of holding the kid steady, robotically cranked down until he made contact with her. He held out a single hand for the shake at first, then placed his free hand atop her finger, marvel on his face at the size difference.

It was her pinky this time, which made a pretty cute gesture.
"They could put us on the cover of a children's fairytale," he laughed good-naturedly, shaking partofherhand.

“I’m sure you already know my name. Niceta meetchya, Kaie Leary.”
His mind was racing, and the giddy ginger couldn't stop smiling.

It must have been the shawarma.
He should start Shawarma Saturdays matched with patrols, and cool things would keep happening during his weekends.

“Have you thrown down with Cinderblock yet in your hero-ing here in Jump? What about Mammoth, that dunderhead ever give you any trouble? Are you originally from around here, Kaie?”
He tried not to overwhelm her but the questions kept popping up.

“Sorry, sorry. Just. I’ve gotta ask. How have I not seen you until today, Kaie?”
It wasn’t that he didn't use her supername because he didn’t think her fit for kicking major butt. He just wanted to deflect whatever dehumanization she might’ve felt during her stroll, especially from his shoulder-guest.

Other pedestrians caught wind of the animated low-key total fuss he was making, and while many side-stepped the whole mid-walk meetup, some were taking pictures, as much for the giant girl as they were the masked marksman. 

[Gaunt]

Kaie laughed. He was trying to do her accent, but couldn't quite manage it. He ended up sounding more like Lucky the Leprechaun. "Yeah, don' think anyone yer size can eat like me." Well, unless Goku was real, but she sincerely doubted that. She was pretty sure those sorts of antics would have made the news by now.

Then Speedy had to throw her for a loop. Kaie's cheeks flushed bright red, a nervous smile crossing her face. She wasn't used to flattery in general, most guys were just too intimidated by her size and strength. And now, one of her idols was hitting on her. On top of that, he had a way with words. "Aww, thanks!" she managed, trying to calm her nerves. She was convinced he could hear her heart pounding from down there.

She was half glad, half disappointed when he steered the conversation elsewhere. She liked the compliments, but was pretty sure her head would have exploded if he'd kept them up much longer. She tried to get her blush down, focusing on the topic at hand. "Well, is more fer when I run. Thas when I start crackin' the sidewalk." She'd done some real damage to the concrete back home when she'd tried a full-on sprint. It was part of the reason Ma had decided to move them to Jump, this city was so used to supers trashing the place that they didn't really seem to mind the occasional shattered sidewalk.

He returned her pinky shake, and she joined him in laughing. "Well when in doubt, pinky out, right?" He definitely seemed more whimsical in person. The news always made him look so stern, at least when she'd seen him on. It was always from a distance, doing actiony things. In person, he seemed so much more fun-loving than she'd expected. Not that she objected, it was always good to learn your idols were really nice people, not stern grumpypantses.

Speedy seemed to have a pretty inflated view of her heroing credentials. Kaie smiled sheepishly, scratching the back of her neck. "Well, I've no really fought any supervillains yet. I jus' moved to town a couple weeks ago, I've no been able to go on a real patrol until now." She still couldn't believe her luck, her first semi-legit patrol and she'd met a full-fledged Titan. She didn't mind the pictures one bit. In fact, she hoped she got one, she could show EVERYONE she'd met a Titan!

[Kenni]

"Corrrrrrection: on a diet like yours, I'd blow up in a heartbeat,"he replied, the toothy grin easing off the wolfish nature for a more easy expression that didn't look like he was fit to eat her for lunch.

Whatever that steady, animated rumbling syncopation was, it was certainly not a hungry stomach, however, and it didn't take long for him to connect the dots, what with the giantess' face now a healthy tomato hue; he was slaying all the right giants.

It was time for a time-out, to play nice.

"Sounds like you're talking from experience!"
The conversation turned to name origin stories. Speedy tried to imagine the difference the towering Leary would strike against the horizon, long-jump-lunging down the road in pursuit of villains. He whistled low at the very notion.

"All I can say is, you've come to the right place. The city's budget for disaster response is heavily supplemented by a throng of we Titans' mentors..helps to have superheroic funds to go with the fame."
It stood to reason that Jump citizens would be paying an arm and a leg in taxes here if the rash response teams of powered teens to the rash renegade teams of villainous powered teens, and otherwise, wasn't covered by a more capable power than them all: connections to the Justice League itself.

He chuckled at her rhyming skills, nodding with gusto, already formulating resolve to recruit her.

Forgetting to give her back her hand finger at first as his curiousity was only beginning to be sated from her answer to the preliminary background-check, the astonished archer was truly weighing the pros and cons of having a giant Teen Titan on the team.

"Well, welcome to Jump! I'd be honoured to have you join the tail-end of my patrol, if you're not busy."
Was he even authorized to make such a big decision..?

"Somat tells me that together, we'd be finished in no time. Then there are some other crazy-coloured supersuited people I'd like you to meet!"
Screw the details; how often did one get a chance to recruit such a huge asset?

He meant that in the most polite way.
Again, not a joke to see the light of day outside the gaudy ginger's head.

"And who knows, we might even run into some trial trouble."
Finally, he released her pinky, checking his route for the final checkpoint.

And also sending some cryptic texts to the rest of the team about said 'huge asset'.

OoC; Would you like a generic supervillain in here next, or should we invite someone to play an NPC, or maybe just a regular robbery, Gauntlet? c: |

[Gaunt]

Speedy was quick with a joke, and he had a sort of sly smile. Kaie wasn't sure if it was just a friendly grin or if it meant something more. She was trying not to read too much into it. Just in case she was wrong, Kaie didn't want to go overboard and scare him off. Lots of guys got a little nervous when faced with a hug from someone with arms bigger than their entire body and the strength to bench-press a school bus.

He backed off the flirting, and she started to calm down a bit. Her face started losing its red, and her heart started slowing back down to normal speeds. She was pretty sure he really had heard her heart pounding there. That was a lovely new way to be embarrassed, if true. She tried to forget about it, focusing on the topic at hand. They were talking serious potential hero stuff now. She had to put on her serious hero face, not dwell on little things like that.

"Ooooh." That made a lot of sense. So the heroes basically used Jump as a training ground for their proteges, and paid to cover whatever damage was caused. She'd figured a lot of heroes had to be loaded, especially the gadget ones like Batman. He had to have like Bill Gates levels of money. Wait, what if he was Bill Gates? She supposed gadgets could keep a scrawny old guy fighting. It wasn't like he sought out cameras, so she couldn't rule out the possibility. "Thas good to know. Still gonna try ta keep from needin it, tho. Don't wanna make too big a mess." She had enough to worry about being a giant without being a destructive giant.

Then Speedy invited her to join her on patrol, and all serious thoughts kind of evaporated. The noise Kaie made could best be described as a squee as she tried to restrain herself from jumping for joy. She was going on patrol with a Titan! "Sure!" She struggled to regain her composure. She had to seem like a tough, competent hero. Maybe if she was lucky she'd get a full membership!

Kaie patted her shoulder. She was already kneeling, so it was probably an easy jump for the hyper-athletic hero. "I can give yer a lift if ya want. You navigate, I walk?" She almost never had a chance to give someone a shoulder ride, let alone a bona fide hero! This was going to be so cool!

[Kenni]

"Lookitchyouuu, all considerate for your fellow, tiny-man'n all. Selfless, really."

Speedy latched his T.Comm. back to his belt. He gathered his invitation was well-received by his new re-acclimatizing acquaintance, if the latest amusing sound she'd made in glee were any indication.

The picture-taking had died down, although there was hardly a passer-by capable of doing so without gaping or boldface staring at the unusual pair of costumed caperers.

The East archer ignored this, only having eyes for she with the large, cool purple pools of promise in front of his.

"Shall we get started, then? I've only got Jump Square to canvas for anything suspicious. After that goes off without a hitch, we could grab..abundant bites to eat at a food truck down there."

The way she was trying to be all nonchalant about it was the same level of adorable as her pinky-shake; he didn't envision forgetting their first meeting any time soon, whether she ended up on the team or not.

There were some things one couldn't unsee, especially once one knew they were there, and Kaie was as detectable as un-unseeable phenomena went.

Then another unseen circumstance came about.
He was going to be taller than he ever would be in his life!

"Said I was still growing but gosh, never thought I'd pass 7' !" the bemused boy beamed, roused from his inner pseudo-philosophical optical monologue by the prospect of basically flying for even an hour. This was turning out to be quite the patrol.

He wasn't the limber acrobat Robin was by any stretch of the imagination, but his thigh-strength was at least on-par with the other mask.

That said, his virgin flight flipped stably into Lady Leary's lap, alright, but he flopped onto his behind at once, underestimating the height of her knees, as she'd been considerately bent-kneed to offer passage towards her shoulder.

"Oopsers! Beg pardon, Kaie, but you've knocked me off me feet."
Laughing, he stopped himself from slipping right off her knee back to where he started, and continued his trip up her striking frame, arm-over-arm over her arm like a kid climbing a slide instead of letting himself slide down it. Every so often he'd pause and rub any sidewalk grit from her skin with the free armsock of the moment.

This continued until he reached her shoulder, staying on his knees this time until she stood, arm bracing his balance at the back of her neck.

"Seatbelts, check! At your leisure, ma'amselle," Speedy smiled, leaning forward because who didn't wanna be able to see his face and making a signature finger-gun at the giantess, complete with clicking his tongue for 'seatbelt on' effect.

[Gaunt]

Kaie laughed. She didn't really think of it as all that selfless, just basic niceness. "Well, gal my size gotta be extra careful, right? I could trip an' smash open a building, can't just go sprintin around fer no reason." Speedy sure had a way with flattery. And an accent thicker than hers, though she had no idea where it was from. Some sort of American thing?

Speedy wasn't quite as graceful as she'd expected. The giantess held back a laugh as he buttplanted in her lap and nearly slipped back to the sidewalk. She'd only seen him being a cool hero before, watching him flop around was pretty far from what she expected. The flirting that followed was more what she was coming to expect. Kaie blushed again, giving him a grin. "Well, I've no heard that before." She worked pretty hard to avoid literally knocking people off their feet. As for Speedy's wordplay, she hadn't gotten all that many offers until now. It was kind of cool.

Kaie tried to keep her blushing under control as Speedy climbed up to her shoulder. She'd been expecting he'd just hop up with that hero athleticism of his. The climbing was different, more personal. Kind of exciting, really. Nope, bad thoughts. She looked off down the street, trying not to think of the attractive hero dusting off her arm.

She calmed down a little when he reached the summit. Not a lot, there was still a hero on her shoulder. "Aright, les go!" She got to her feet slowly, trying to give Speedy time to get used to her movement. She didn't want him flopping again, there was a lot farther to fall from up there. He was tough, but she didn't know how well he'd do falling 12 feet onto concrete. Once she was safely up, she started ambling slowly down the road.

"So, where we goin? Anywhere particular?" She'd never done a real superhero patrol before. She wasn't even entirely sure what one would involve. There was probably some sort of pattern or route they followed. Or did they just explore so the villains wouldn't know where they'd be next? She'd have to ask about that sometime. Not now, though. She wanted to seem like she knew mostly what she was doing.

[Commander Zucchini]

MAMMOTH


Mammoth was having a great day.

He was currently strolling down the street, enjoying the sights and sounds of his awesome city on such a gorgeous day. Never mind the fact that he was strolling down the middle of the street, and that the sights and sounds involved lots of screaming, shouting, honking, running, and cars swerving to avoid the hulking teen. For Mammoth, this was perfect.

Mid stroll, he all of a sudden was struck with a horrible feeling. His stomach growled, and he felt the distinct gnaw of hunger in his empty tummy.

Thus, the bearded behemoth found himself in none other than Jump Square, arms crossed and feet tapping impatiently as he waited for the trembling tanned vendor to meet his demands. After a lengthy silence involving little more than chicken sizzling and the frenzied scrape-scrape-scrape of the metal spatula on the grill, the vendor finally looked back up at Mammoth and with a meek voice asked, "W-w-white sauce, hot sauce?" 

Mammoth gave a not so pleasant smile in response. 

The vendor shakily handed across the first of the gyros, which Mammoth readily accepted, scarfing it down in one go. He reached into the drinks cooler to pull out several cans of soda. Popping one open, he guzzled it in seconds, giving a hearty burp as he reached for the second gyro. 

A couple minutes and very satisfied stomach later, Mammoth grinned at the man cowering in the "Sahara Sun" cart. "Thanks, pal," he said happily, and stomped off. He made his way through the square, grabbing a hot dog and a Snapple from one cart here, pausing to kick a stray cat into a bench there, when an ad caught his eyes.

"Buy One, Get One!" read the words underneath a picture of some very comfy looking pillows. Mammoth's eyes gleamed, and he gave a little crick-crack of his neck before altering his war path in the direction of SleepyTime's Department Store. Currently, the H.I.V.E. Five's Headquarters didn't boast the most comfortable of sleeping arrangements, and Mammoth had recently been waking up with quite the sore neck. And Billy Numerous gave wretched massages.

"Well, why buy one to get one when you can just take 'em all?" Mammoth growled cheerfully.

[Kenni]

The adjustment was a mite less rocky than it had been when he was attempting the motion himself earlier; a wobble to the left and a sobering face-to-face with his early death while peering through her left pigtail later, and the ginger-gone-brunette had aligned his centre of gravity just fine.

"Garnier..? No, no; Tresemmé? Oo-la-la~. Your hair smells amazing. I'm switching hair-care, haha."

They probably were making quite the sight, even moreso, now that Speedy sported flowing brown Tresses by Leary.
But not as much as the scene a certain titanic non-Titan was making, down at the East archer's last checkpoint.

"I won't tell you to get used to it; I'm still taking my time, and so should you."

Speedy's communicator went off mid-sentence and he changed his tune and reverted back to his original hairstyle.

"Right! So! We're good for a mosey on down to the city square now before my shift lets out. We'll be heading do--"
This was accomplished by leaning forward once more to give the heroine a better visual of the blubbering, spittle and spice-sauce caked food truck vendor the big guy had terrorized before moving on to the feathery mess he called simply stocking up at a pillow sale. The live feed was being filtered through the security feed of the area, and it hadn't taken long to match the location of the menace to the Twitter feed about the bully's doings, helpfully tagged @jcpd and @whentherztroubleuknowho2call.

"--Ohp! We're gonna haveta pick up the pace though, just this once. Think you can get us down Ace Avenue, safely, in 60 seconds or less? We'll hang a right at to hit the Square."

Speedy sent out a medium alert on his T.Comm. in case there were any other Titans around to help them deal with the hunger-sated spectacle, and hung on tight somewhere around Kaie's collarbone.
It wouldn't do to use a GrapplingArrow set-up on someone's skin after all.

"We're gonna haveta stitch you a Partner-pocket for us other Titans to ride in, eh? I can see this becoming a thing," he mused, sly grin hanging on his face as he hung on for the ride.

[Gaunt]

Kaie didn't notice that Speedy had gotten caught in one of her pigtails. Not at first, at least. When he started commenting on her shampoo, she really couldn't help but notice. The giantess blushed bright red, trying and failing to keep her nerves under control. Speedy seemed like he was a way more forward guy than she'd expected. "Um, thanks." She laughed nervously, trying to think of a way to divert the conversation so she WOULDN'T go through the whole patrol with a tomato face. "I kinda need a lot of it." A pixie cut would be easier to maintain, but it wasn't her style. Besides, she felt the girlish pigtails nicely balanced out the whole "giant" thing.

Fate intervened to save her from more awkwardness. A call came in over the T-Comm, they had a real supervillain incident! Kaie scanned the street they'd just stepped onto. A hot dog cart had been raided, and there was a path heading towards a department store, of all places. Supervillains sure were weird.

Speedy got a good grip on her shoulder. She was going to have to run, for once. He probably could have fit in her backpack, at least sitting, but she was too flustered to think of that now. There was a real shortage of appropriate places he could stash himself. Kaie blushed again, and tried to clear her mind a bit.

"Errybody clear a path!" Kaie's voice boomed down the street. With her size, she had a powerful set of lungs. People scrambled to open up a way for her, and as soon as she saw a good runway Kaie took off. The sidewalk cracked and buckled under her heavy footfalls as she bolted off after Mammoth, Speedy hanging onto her collarbone for dear life.

They came to the store before long. It looked like there was a mattress sale going on. Did supervillains really steal mattresses? Kaie wasn't too sure about villainy in general, but stealing mattresses seemed a little petty to her. She headed towards the store, keeping her eyes peeled for potential threats.

[Commander Zucchini]

MAMMOTH


In hindsight, Mammoth maybe should have gone with the shawarma cart. Or he probably should have just paid the vendor this time.

It's not that he always just goes on a vendor-cart-robbing spree, or even a comfy-down-pillow-snatching spree. Kitten kicking . . . well, maybe.

He has paid for things in the past though. It's not a totally foreign concept to him. But when your tumbly is rumbly, a guy's gotta do what he's gotta do. And he didn't have enough stolen cash on him right now to afford that many gyros and a pillow stash anyway. Maybe he should have taken the H.I.V.E. Five's credit card. Oh yeah, that was banned from general use after SeeMore tried to use it for NetFlix. Gizmo still hasn't let that one go. ("I can get any snotflickin movie you could ever want, you crudinator! Why would you risk our security and waste good stolen money on buying movies!?")

Mammoth surveyed the very soft looking and cotton candy like pillows, already dreaming of the dreams he would finally be able to enjoy without to sing and turning like the princess and the pea. Would authentic down be best? Or should he just go with a down feather alternative? He didn't know if any of his roommates had allergies, and he did try to be considerate, after all. He scratched at his beard and pondered for a moment before grabbing a few of both. He could always return it.

Armed with his fluffy stash, Mammoth grinned to himself with the satisfaction of a day's hard work searching done, and he began to walk back down the aisle, making his way to the exit. Panicked customers were hiding behind the shelves as he lumbered past. He considered shoving a fixture down and causing a domino effect, just for the fun of it. Before he could act on this impulse, however, the ground started shaking.

Terrified screams began to sound forth from all around him, and the manager fell down on his knees before Mammoth. "Please!" he wailed, "Please, don' hurt us! Just - just take what ya want! We'll give it to ya! The pillows, the mattresses, the cash drawer, just have mercy!" The man was groveling at Mammoth's feet now, and a cashier was already fumbling with the register.

"Uh, not that I don't like that plan, but," Mammoth began as the earthquaking increased, "that's not me."

The shaking stopped. Mammoth about dropped his pillows.

Right outside the double doors to SleepyTime's Department Store was the hugest pair of legs he'd ever seen.

[Kenni]

"Nice sprint! We're here in record time. Let's go take care of Tiny."
As soon as they stopped at the bedding shoppe, Speedy front-flipped off the giant's shoulder, rolling off a bouncy mattress and taking a good look around the area while crouched. The place had emptied in mere moments, Leary's notsolightonherfeet-ness aiding the unspoken evacuation procedures due to the apt rumbling that threatened teh structural integrity of the store and all surrounding patrons.

But all the buildings in Jump had been designed or redesigned with Titan-Villain interaction in mind, so he wasn't worried about any 'cave-ins'.
...much.

Despite his quipping, things had taken on a lot more serious tone than before.

Speedy could mess around with his towering partner some more after Mammoth was taken care of.

For there he was, mere footsteps away from the entrance.
For Kaie's measurements, that was a mere third of a footstep, maybe.

"Entranced by something, Redbeard? Better cut the pillow piracy, or you'll find out Rumble's stomp's worse than her bite."

The East Titan both debuted the Jump newcomer's alias and launched a couple of NetArrows at Mammoth's feet to begin with, to try tripping him up while Kaie's admittedly distracting legs did an awesome job throwing him off his own in other respects. He was sure Kaie could follow-up on cue, easily.

It wasn't like Mammoth had any other direction to run she couldn't catch him in.

"..do you bite? Let's find out later."
He couldn't resist.