Aoi has never been good at breaking down theory into something non-teleporters could understand. Mostly because she, herself, isn’t incredibly well-versed in what Shiho and Kaoru always lovingly call “nerd stuff” and all she knows is that she thinks of where she needs to be and she’s there. There’s no deeper thought that goes into it because being able to be somewhere and then somewhere else is as normal as breathing for someone who has been doing that since she was five years old.

But when Tetsu points, she jerks her head over to look, pushing her glasses up her nose for what feels like the umpteenth time since Shiho had disappeared, about to warn him to not touch it when the shimmer reacts.

It moves, bulging outwards like something has just kicked it hard from the other side. At the same time though, they can all hear a voice, booming out over the ship’s intercom which, cleared as the ship is, should not be possible. Espers are splitting off into groups with serious expressions, some being instructed to go for the bridge, another going incorporeal and heading into the wires.

Greetings, little espers~ It sure took you a long time to find your friend. I must say I thought she’d run out of time before you even got to play my little game.

The expression on Kaoru’s face immediately darkens, “What do you mean, game?!”

Hide-and-seek, of course. Your Miss Teleporter against me. Will you find me first and free your friend? Or will you fail and lose her forever? Fun, right?