Pretty Parks and Petty Punks [Azusa & Seo-Yeon]

Thanks to some tips from her seniors, Azusa finally managed to plot a course for her patrol that she found satisfactory. She had been worrying about a few things, like what if she crossed into someone else's route. But she had been reassured that it wasn't going to be a problem at all. The rankings were just something the public came up with and no one was going to compromise hero responsibilities just for a little competition. If anything people would be more reassured at seeing multiple heroes in the same area. Still she tried to make sure that the places she planned to pass through had a decent balance of out of the way areas and high traffic ones. Not all troubles happened away from prying eyes. In away an incident occurring in a crowded place was even more dangerous.

With her way charted, she set out nice and early. While much of the scenery had changed in the last five or so years, the streets and roads were still basically the same. That is to say, her knowledge of Tokyo wasn't completely outdated just yet. She was in her hero outfit, but unlike most of them, hers was more on the tamer side of being a costume. Combined with her being a fresh face in the Japanese hero scene, she didn't look like a hero on patrol at all. Any second looks she got while walking around were mostly due to her natural cuteness. Quirks may have driven up the variety of unique appearances people have that could draw attention, but a petite blonde girl was still a noteworthy sight. But looks was all that it amounted to. She wasn't going to be reassuring civilians with her presence just yet.

Part of her actually liked the current status quo. Fame usually brought unwanted trouble. In Japan, trouble for a hero meant villains and criminals. She was a rescue and disaster relief specialist. Patrols weren't even a normal thing back in Germany as they were usually just on call when any incidents occur. That allowed her to balance her studies with hero work as the latter wasn't very time consuming. But that wasn't the case in this city. Heroes had to go out like this and be prepared to fight at any time. The thought made her nervous again. She really didn't want it to have to come to that.

After a quick lunch at one of the diners in the area, Azusa would continue with her patrol in the afternoon. Yoyogi Park was close by which was an intentional addition to her patrol route for partially personal reasons. It was spring and that meant it was cherry blossom season. The sightseer in her couldn't afford to miss out on that. She couldn't ask for a better reminder than the pink and white trees that she was indeed back in Japan. The view was quite nostalgic.

Unfortunately her chance at reminiscing would be short-lived. She and a few others close by were suddenly startled by raised voices coming from an alleyway just up ahead. She sighed. Was mediating arguments part of hero duties? She honestly wasn't sure there. But if there was a chance that a fight might break out, then she couldn't really leave it alone. She wished she had brushed up a bit more on peacekeeping.

Arriving at the scene, she would see two sides in conflict. A woman was standing near the entryway of the alley while inside the alley itself was a small group in hoodies. The tallest one among them was the one engaging the woman directly. Things were getting heated and she definitely felt the need to step in. The plan? Well there was no plan, other than the faint hope that this could all be resolved by talking.

"Pardon me, but what seems to be the problem here?"

She would say after rushing over. It was an odd scene to say the least. The little peacemaker was rather out of place there between the two parties. The woman was already shorter than anyone in the hooded group, and Azusa was even shorter than her by around half a foot.

"It's such a beautiful day. We should all be enjoying it in peace."

She was doing her best to smile, but in her mind she could already tell this probably wouldn't be resolved just like that. Perhaps at least by providing a momentary distraction and interruption their 'strong' feelings would be directed away from each other for just a moment. But where it went next was anybody's guess.