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Just Another Hero

At the back of the class Hikari simply enjoyed the show, her upper body resting on the desk and head barely high enough to see past her arms. The ongoing banter was in fact quite spectacular, Jun and Hebi arguing to just about anyone, it was understandable for Hebi, to go down like that after putting in that much effort… must suck.

Not like Hikari could fully relate, she realized it was futile trying just a couple minutes in the preliminaries.

Fuelling the fire was Yusuke, of course, that’s like his life passion, to spite everyone and make himself enemy number 1, but at least he makes things more entertaining. And now Yusuke is… sucking up to their teacher, if one can call her that, Rin did not seem like the type to be great at teaching, at least not in a classroom, but to find her here felt more like one of those weird, senseless dreams rather than reality.

Everyone here who worked in Hawks Agency should at least have heard of Rin, a weirdo, a curveball, and someone with insane potential, must be nice being sought after like that on top of her family name. Hikari turned to look at Kazuki, he was also in Hawks wasn’t he? Then why does he look like he doesn’t know Rin, or maybe it’s his first time seeing her in person and he’s trying to gauge her first impression.

Kazuki then turned to his hawkpad, probably looking at more important things than the ongoing banter, not a terrible idea.

Just Another Hero

Hikari

ɴᴀᴍᴇ
Yajima Hikari

ᴀʟɪᴀꜱ
The Lazy Hero - Hero Title (Given)
Duskrunner - Hero Name (Chosen)

ʟɪꜰᴇᴛɪᴍᴇ
12-03-2109 · 18

ꜱᴛᴀɢᴇᴘʟᴀʏ
Hikari is a seemingly unremarkable first year student, often flying under the radar due to lower-than-average scores in both physical and academic exams. Hikari goes through life with the vigour befitting of her dead-fish stare, behind those eyes however there’s a propensity to sarcastically judge others and observe how they fail of their own accord.

Coming from a not too extravagant upbringing, relative to a world full of quirks anyway, Hikari quickly learnt that some are born luckier than others, it’s fairly obvious in this world and it’s also something everyone has deeply ingrained or takes for granted. For Hikari this is normal, of course, but to see how everyone reacts to this reality was fascinating, there are those who fight against it, others who are privileged and will always maintain it like that, and some who don’t even think about it. Heroes however take a peculiar stance, they are usually the ones privileged but will use their power for others, heroes fight those who oppress the unlucky but also the rebels who overthrow the luckier.

Heroes were indeed interesting, and Hikari saw no better way to learn about them than to become one.

Cue an enrollment to Eirei Academy and the realization that ’this will take effort’, lots of it to boot, and with a quirk like hers, the prospect of more classroom lessons was akin to torture. Hikari at least got an internship at Hawks Agency, where she got the best experience as a Hero so far, indeed that’s a place about practicality and results instead of formulaic morning classes, and while less scrupulous in methods, Hikari finds it less concerning than most.

ᴀʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇꜱ
Driving (when you hate walking you better learn Trailer-Truck Drifting)
Decorating
Snoring
Judging People

ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴇᴍ
Costume - Not commonly worn by Hikari outside of Hero work and occasional public events. It is mostly black as opposed to most heroes, Hikari prefers to be the least visible as possible. It has large sunglasses that help make Hikari look like evening is coming faster, bringing her quirk online 30minutes earlier on average, they have photosensitive lenses so even during the deep night it’s somewhat visible.

Knife - Yes a literal knife, you never know when you need one.

Qᴜɪʀᴋ
Late Hours – Contractor
[Awakened]

Late Hours grants greater energy and physical prowess progressively during the evening, increasing speed, strength and reaction times much beyond most heroes at night. During the day however, Hikari has low energy even compared to a regular person and gets tired quickly.

Specifics for nerds

Late Hours functions by Hikari’s biological clock and what she perceives to be day and night. Since these depend on Hikari’s viewpoint and not exact time of day, they can be worked around and manipulated to a degree.

Biological clock means no matter what she will have low/no energy when waking up (even if it’s midnight) and will become empowered as time goes on. So yes, less sleep=more power.

However day and night regulate how quickly she goes from zombie to superhuman, so during winter days are shorter and Hikari will be empowered sooner and the opposite is true during summer.

Just Another Hero

Hikari

ɴᴀᴍᴇ
Yajima Hikari

ᴀʟɪᴀꜱ
The Lazy Hero - Hero Title (Given)
Duskrunner - Hero Name (Chosen)

ʟɪꜰᴇᴛɪᴍᴇ
12-03-2109 · 18

ꜱᴛᴀɢᴇᴘʟᴀʏ
Hikari is a seemingly unremarkable first year student, often flying under the radar due to lower-than-average scores in both physical and academic exams. Hikari goes through life with the vigour befitting of her dead-fish stare, behind those eyes however there’s a propensity to sarcastically judge others and observe how they fail of their own accord.

Coming from a not too extravagant upbringing, relative to a world full of quirks anyway, Hikari quickly learnt that some are born luckier than others, it’s fairly obvious in this world and it’s also something everyone has deeply ingrained or takes for granted. For Hikari this is normal, of course, but to see how everyone reacts to this reality was fascinating, there are those who fight against it, others who are privileged and will always maintain it like that, and some who don’t even think about it. Heroes however take a peculiar stance, they are usually the ones privileged but will use their power for others, heroes fight those who oppress the unlucky but also the rebels who overthrow the luckier.

Heroes were indeed interesting, and Hikari saw no better way to learn about them than to become one.

Cue an enrollment to Eirei Academy and the realization that ’this will take effort’, lots of it to boot, and with a quirk like hers, the prospect of more classroom lessons was akin to torture. Hikari at least got an internship at Hawks Agency, where she got the best experience as a Hero so far, indeed that’s a place about practicality and results instead of formulaic morning classes, and while less scrupulous in methods, Hikari finds it less concerning than most.

ᴀʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇꜱ
Driving (when you hate walking you better learn Trailer-Truck Drifting)
Decorating
Snoring
Judging People

ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴇᴍ
Costume - Not commonly worn by Hikari outside of Hero work and occasional public events. It is mostly black as opposed to most heroes, Hikari prefers to be the least visible as possible. It has large sunglasses that help make Hikari look like evening is coming faster, bringing her quirk online 30minutes earlier on average, they have photosensitive lenses so even during the deep night it’s somewhat visible.

Knife - Yes a literal knife, you never know when you need one.

Qᴜɪʀᴋ
Late Hours – Contractor
[Awakened]

Late Hours grants greater energy and physical prowess progressively during the evening, increasing speed, strength and reaction times much beyond most heroes at night. During the day however, Hikari has low energy even compared to a regular person and gets tired quickly.

Specifics for nerds

Late Hours functions by Hikari’s biological clock and what she perceives to be day and night. Since these depend on Hikari’s viewpoint and not exact time of day, they can be worked around and manipulated to a degree.

Biological clock means no matter what she will have low/no energy when waking up (even if it’s midnight) and will become empowered as time goes on. So yes, less sleep=more power.

However day and night regulate how quickly she goes from zombie to superhuman, so during winter days are shorter and Hikari will be empowered sooner and the opposite is true during summer.

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War, Second Thread

Nil

The City of Phnom Penh - 11/11/2022 6:10 UTC+8

Nil was actually glad when Huo Ren showed up, for at least when he spoke it would attract most reporters to himself rather than the ASEAN delegation.

In truth they had to endure worse when they arrived by plane and now before entering the building for the meeting, Nil was clearly not made out to be a media personality, and by the time Task Force Obsidian was inside she was already slumping with a tired look on her face. The only voice she made an effort to understand was Noel quickly briefing everyone once again, the same things which Nil had to be told multiple times to ensure she did not cause any trouble.

The idea was simple: show up, stay in the back while people talk diplomacy, get out.

In the end Nil wouldn’t be a problem, since she harbored no hard feelings for their opponents in the Zodiac, of course the same can’t be said for the rest of the team.

Rather she was taking a better look at Huo Ren, the Chinese Dragon with so many stories being told about him, and despite the previous missions where Task Force Obsidian faced the Dragon, Nil never had the chance to observe him with more than a glance. But now he was just a pretty face in pretty clothing, for a few seconds Nil stared at him with hollow eyes, wondering if there was more she was overlooked about him, while completely missing the interaction between Makri and Suburov.

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War, Second Thread

@Phase

for the Noble Arm form I'd prefer if it was a solid object that can be held by the user, so pure "fire" doesn't really work. Loose gunpowder isn't a great weapon either but it may work better, especially if it's more of a powder horn or a charge/cartridge than loose gunpowder.

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War, Second Thread

@Iamme nothing to complain about, approval one given

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War, Second Thread

Mischief Reef/Đá Vành Khăn/Panganiban Reef - 11/09/2022 06:00 UTC+8

A number of things make Nil doze off, long briefings being one of them, fortunately she found it easier to follow Noel than the Admiral last time. Or at least make an attempt to follow, Nil had no idea what things like War hawks, US Congress or red flag all meant, but she didn’t question it.

Sounded important.
While trying to figure out the relevancy of that, Nil observed the pictures on screen, the riverside city being a welcoming change from the tiny atoll they are currently on.

As the Lieutenant finished his talk, Nil sat a bit more comfortably, as if finally understanding their assignment was mitigating risks and those were clear orders and needed no further discussion.

Nil put on her new earmuffs, she did consider keeping a collection given how easily they broke in the recent missions, but failed where or how to buy them so the idea got thrown out that same day. Slowly she started nodding with her head, obviously trying to imitate headbanging she might have seen these past days, but listening to blissful silence instead, surely no one would enjoy putting loud rock music on their ears.

Glancing around she recognised a few faces and some others were rather new, to this moment trying to figure out what Berto and Aoi are all about.

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War, Second Thread

@Lewascan2looks good, approval two given

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War, Second Thread

@Creative Chaos With the changes on ability descriptions you got my approval 2

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War, Second Thread

Mischief Reef/Đá Vành Khăn/Panganiban Reef - 11/01/2022 08:50 UTC+8

Striding along, Nil found out the island had little to offer outside the QRS installations and the sandy beaches, even then space was at some points too stringent for long continuous sand-filled beaches. The shores best fit for relaxation are of course where everyone goes, even at a distance you can see people grouping and interacting.

Observing the beautiful Panganiban reef with a flat, obstacle-free view one thing occupied her mind, thirst, smart people would have brought water for their long walk but Nil’s name was Nil so she brought none. Outside the main area near the airplane runway and docks there were just more docks, unfinished projects, less people hanging around and a boring load of nothing.

Nil turned around and started to go back, satisfied but also in part defeated, after failing to get to the end point of the island.