Weighting on a Woman [Tsubine/Yusei]

The closer districts were hit hard, and even with some trouble near his own District of 66 West, Tsubine couldn't help but hear the plight of these citizens that were caught up in the crossfire. He still hadn't heard any real information as to why this invasion occurred. Sure, there were rumors about people getting kidnapped, Captains dying, etc... but all of that seemed like a smokescreen for something bigger. There was something more going on. He just knew it.

But the time for thinking about whys wasn't now. Tsubine had just finished handing off some dry goods to one of the many refugees around here when he heard a loud crack followed by a scream. His two escorts, the same not-twins he had been using when Kohaku wasn't around, rushed after him as he took off towards the sound of trouble. He could hear people clamoring—their voices hopelessly intermingled except for a constant cry of help.

The scene was not pleasant. It looked like a wagon being used to transport someone's whole life from a house still smoldering had tipped over. It wasn't just any wagon, where whatever it carried would just spill out. It was something in between a carriage and a standard farmer's wagon—and many of the items inside were still trapped within.

Also trapped was an elderly woman. She was not inside the wagon, thankfully, but she was in a precarious position. The wagon was clearly on top of her somewhat—she wasn't able to squeeze out of the gap between the walls of the wagon and the street, but she wasn't being crushed. Yet. "Sazanami. Suzukawa. Split up and find a doctor. If you bring two, you bring two. I'll pay them for their time." Tsubine's authority went unquestioned by the two not-twins. Their bowl-cut forms nodded and split off.

Tsubine took in a deep breath and scanned the crowd for anyone that wasn't old, injured, or (perhaps with a bit of protective misogyny) a woman. He caught sight of one person. "Hey you, with the sunglasses." Tsubine pointed between a gap in the ground. "Yeah, you. Mind giving me a hand here? I can lift this, but I need someone to pull her out."