A different type of hero [ST: Souta]

A slip of the tongue can lead to ruin. One simple phrase can lead to something that was planned throughout a couple of days to crash apart, leaving behind barely usable sections to be utilized. Anyone who wanted to plan a surprise birthday can be hampered by an ignorant friend letting the birthday person know about it by accident. Something like that could happen right now, except replace surprise with potential rising threads and more riots over hiding info, with reports twisting it to the point of ostracising the hospital and the majority of the doctors here. Also potentially causing some criminals. Who knows.

The media are vultures, they love to eat up anything. So in a way it was a somewhat smart move to use that against them. She decided to use that same half truth she used with the doctor, something that was a safe bet in low quantities of people, but questionable in large amounts, along with the head of medicine and multiple of reporters. Some people who were potentially watching it live were presumably muttering to themselves about the plausibility. Even daichi had a somewhat confused expression on his face, luckily it can be taken as exhaustion. But at the end of the day, Elise doesn't have to convince everyone. She just has to convince the media. What better way than to play up the 'tragedy' of unwilling experimentation and use the rumors of artificial quirks in order to grab their ear. Once they're hooked, she can do anything she wants to. Paint her actions as just, ask for forgiveness, pave the road for better relationships. Anything can happen once the media has been exposed to bait. It's as simple as dragging them to any direction you want them to.

Before this, she refuted the idea of being in control. Taizen can only shake his head. One's words can't change one's actions. Paint it any way you want, the end result is that she's demanding a large amount of attention and slowly moving it in the direction she wants it to. One can say its for a good goal. Better relationships for quirk users, plus it places a theoretical and potentially physical bounty on a large threat. Is this what she wanted him to see? Her using this as a platform for goodwill? Painting herself as a bigger target? Making the man a target? Who can tell.

He wonders how many criminals are watching this. He wonders how Thunder would react to being painted as the mastermind of an illicit artificial project. Would he take it in stride? Would he be angry? Would he simply demand the heads of those involved? How would Abbadon feel about this? Would they be insulted in that a mere human was made into a quirk user? Would that infuriate him? Even if thats not real, him just believing that alone could make him angry. And what about quirks being used in the medical field? Can Abbadon try to use that in his favor, or would he be still stubborn in his dogmatic views? Would all of them attempt to kill Elise or Daichi? Who knows.

She's pulling out the big buzzwords. Makes sense, she's still a teenager, but a teenager aware of what the public likes. Big fancy words and phrases that one can use to promote something. The media seems to like it, or maybe they're writing down on the somewhat naive way she's saying it. At the very least, one reporter is writing it down or recording it word for word. Perhaps she got enamoured by the whole idea that Elise is spouting out. Something about overall unity and peace just grabs the fancy of a lot of young people. That may be her main target: focus more on the next generation or something. The future, so to speak, is her main goal. It's still so damn corny.

More questions, more murmurs, but her goal was achieved. She got her attention, both positive and negative. Daichi was feeling tired so with permission they turned off the feed. What came next was the usual questions. Process of recovery, how the hospital is handling this, how she found out about this 'rumor,' the security of the patient and where he's being transferred to, all either answered or kept quiet under "privacy." Elise seems to be taking it well, as well as the other people on stage. At the very least she got her dramatic stuff out of the way. What with that big speech and all. Taizen doesn't have much to say until she gets off the stage. Once that happened, He looks at her and guides her to a secluded area. Placing his phone inside his pocket, he looks at her. "...So you're a motivational speaker or something?" he joked in his usual half-assed dead tone. "Well, can't say it didn't grab their attention. At least you got it out in the open. Should probably be careful when traveling alone, if they decide to make their move. As for the project, you'll get a call for when we need you. For now though...you did decent enough. You think the Watanabes will be fine with this, however?" he asks her, not showing any concern but still curious as to see how she feels about it. To be constantly transferred to new hospitals, to be guarded with each ride. Daichi will have to live with the fact that someone may come to ruin his life while he's trying to rebuild it. Daichi also has to live with the potential fact that Elise used him all for promoting her own agenda. He may not be innocent in all of this, but that could be why. Perhaps Elise is letting her personal feelings run their course. He was the one who shot at her. One cannot deny that you can't not be affected by that psychologically, even if the wound was or wasn't severe. She may be just letting out her frustrations in a more healthier way. Maybe. He's just speculating all of this.