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[b]Interactions:[/b] Rikuo Watanayima ([@Polaris North]), Kian Flandery ([@Kaesus]), Isamu Yukimura* ([@Demon Shinobi])[/center][hr]

[color=a0410d]"So you have a translator and everything huh? That's... actually pretty cool. If you'd like, I could copy down notes for you, have Al translate them and hand them to you. Y'know, if you're having trouble with keeping up."[/color]

[color=ed1c24]"Thanks for the offer, Rikuo, but I might not even need to take it,"[/color] Noah said with a smile on his face, [color=ed1c24]"That's the cool thing about this... translator; it can pick up on audio as well. I could even listen in on entire conversations with this thing on if I wanted to, and I could still understand everything because it'll come through in English for me."[/color]

Noah seemed proud of himself for a second there. He learnt an entirely new word all on his own. Well... [i]mostly[/i] on his own. Credit had to go to Rikuo for saying the word "translator" first, so that Noah would know how to pronounce it correctly in Japanese.

[color=a0410d]"Shame you didn't get to learn much Japanese though,"[/color] Rikuo had also noted of Noah, [color=a0410d]"Was your old school an international school then?"[/color]

[color=ed1c24]"Er, yes... that'd be about right,"[/color] Noah tried his best to maintain his smile, only for it to vanish immediately after he said his piece. He looked down at his desk as Rikuo began conversing with the others, reminiscing all the memories that he'd rather not have allowed to resurface. How awkward and naturally uneasy he was back then. His difficulties talking about the troubles he had. The lack of friends he had. His numerous encounters with those accursed bullies. And most importantly, every single laceration that he'd gotten from his own Quirk. Everything about that last school flooded Noah's mind all at once. But then, just when he needed a distraction...

[color=purple]"Hey, I'm Kian, it seems we are going to be desk neighbors. Nice to meet you!"[/color] said another boy who'd then seated himself on Noah's right. That was enough to snap Noah out of his trance, with what being somewhat out of left field.

[color=ed1c24]"Hey. Um... hi, there,"[/color] Noah said to the boy, figuring that he should say [i]something[/i] at least. Except he was already starting to fumble again, like he did when he first approached Alekos.

[color=ed1c24][i]'Come on now, Noah!'[/i][/color] he scolded at himself, [color=ed1c24][i]'There's no way a lousy intro would be that hard that you couldn't make one to save your SSSHHHIIIIIIT!!'[/i][/color]

Noah jumped off his seat with a start as he heard a loud thud that caught him off-guard, and a multitude of different-colored gemstones formed around him as he searched frantically for the source. These gemstones had mostly materialized around Noah himself, and none of them could be found anywhere else. His eyes were wide open as he desperately scanned his surroundings, and his heart felt as if it had skipped a beat or two as he tried to find the cause of the sudden noise. However, he breathed a sigh of relief as he noted Rikuo helping up a rather short, plump individual, who'd presumably tripped over... [i]something[/i], and collided with a nearby desk. So that was what it was?

...

Nervously, Noah turned to look towards Kian again.

[color=ed1c24]"My name is Noah, and this..."[/color] he pointed to one of the gemstones that'd formed around him as he finally introduced himself to Kian, before turning towards Rikuo and the others, [color=ed1c24]"...[i]this[/i] is my Quirk."[/color]