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[color=a187be]“O-Oh? That’s nice. I don’t really…oh! I see….”[/color] Most of the trip to their testing site had been held in either silence or frigid cold. For [url=https://i.imgur.com/FJ4YJzS.jpg]Houki[/url] though, she had been gifted by chance the resident chatterbox among their little group of would-be students. Though where one might have chosen to blot out Kūki’s words or told her to screw off by now, Houki spent the majority of their trip smiling and nodding. It was nice to make friends after all, more so with people they were most likely going to be stuck with for years.

That, and nodding kept the cold away. So frigid was the early-morning weather that a bit of frost had begun to clamor up Houki’s glasses. Instead of melting the light layers away with her Quirk, she figured it was better to wipe them with her shirt. Constantly. The more she wiped, the foggier they became, until she almost looked blind behind those large manacles of glass. Oh well. At least Kūki seemed to be having a good time, though Houki had to wonder how the other girl spoke so clearly with that gas mask on….

[color=a187be]“No, no, I’m excited too! We can finally prove our chance to be heroes….”[/color] Much of the conversation was one-way, Houki agreeing with a good portion of Kūki’s words. It continued this way until their bus finally reached their destination, halting right in front of a pile of rubble. Destruction was no secret or surprise to this city, but even Houki had to raise an eye at how…desolate the whole place looked. Their instructor’s directions, despite being viable in their hero preparation, hardly fixed the gloomy mood the gray area brought.

And then, just like that, their instructor waltzed back into the heated bus and waited for them all to complete their tasks. Watching her go, Houki opened her mouth; perhaps a call to her to ask for questions. Were they just expected to do this alone? Before any words could be said though, Kūki was already leading the charge with a bombtastic war cry. Startled by the sudden loud words, Houki turned her gaze up to the gas-masked redhead.

A few of the other students seemed to be fired up by her proclamation though, with one boy bolting down in a sprinter’s pose while another student, this one with lights for a face, broadly introduced himself. At least the latter was nice…still, Houki turned her gaze to another boy, one that seemed to speak sense among their group.

[color=a187be]“I-I like that idea. As heroes, we should be working together, right?”[/color] Houki looked at the rest of them, hoping they could at least agree teamwork would pull them through. [color=a187be]“I can help cover the…south side of the area? Splitting up into groups and reporting back here might help, so, um…”[/color] Houki snatched the hand of the person closest to her shyly, clenching the resident cat girl’s palm. [color=a187be]“We can go ahead. Isn’t that right, Miss…er…sorry, I don’t know your name…”[/color]