[color=ffff00][center][h1]Haruishi Mari[/h1][/center][/color]

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Her arms still crossed, Mari closed her eyes and heaved a deep sigh. She had gotten caught up in the moment. True, her interpretations of the proctor's intent was, in the end, wishful thinking. While she did peg the dual-colored girl and the boy with jet arms as people who thought only of points, only of pay, only of fighting villains, only of fame, and only of their own 'amazing' quirks, their interpretations were probably closer to the truth. After all, this was what hero society had devolved into. Mari realized that she was being naive to think that Jigokuraku would be any different. She had hoped that they were all rejects like her, in their own way; those who didn't fit the mold of what modern hero society was looking for; that Jigokuraku would be a gathering of those who saw beyond the warped ideals of today, rather than what everyone else thought it was, which was just a school for students scraped from the bottom of the barrel. Yet here she was, not even the first day of school, and getting into a shouting match with her peers. But most painful of all was that the boy with the warm light agreed with the others. if this was the truth, how was he, or the rockstar over there, supposed to succeed in this exam that was clearly biased against support-type quirks?

Mari's eyes opened, her brow furrowing even further. [color=ffff00]"FINE! It seems there are multiple interpretations for how this exam is supposed to go down. That's fine. Those who want to work alone, feel free to do so. Those who want to work in groups, feel free to do so. Those who care only for fighting villains, that's your prerogative. If you want to mistreat the civilians, you're welcome to it. If all you care about is points, or payscale, or 'winning', that's your personal issue. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it is what this school is looking for. But I'll stick to my principles, my convictions, and my beliefs, and if I don't make it because of that, then maybe this school isn't the place for me. BUT! No matter how you want to interpet it, heroes DO NOT impede other heroes. No matter how much you feel like winning, if another student already has hold of a dummy, NO ONE is to steal that dummy from them. If a fellow student has claimed a reasonably-sized area to search, and has not requested backup, you are to leave them to their area. ANY USE of underhanded tactics, will be met with EXTREME FORCE! FROM ME! SO! Don't get in [u][b][i]OUR[/i][/b][/u] way!"[/color]

Mari's eyes suddenly widened in alarm. She had unintentionally vowed to defend the 'weakest' among her fellow students, whoever they may be, from having their civilian points stolen by the more capable, whoever they may be. She also realized that attacking a fellow student who was stealing another student's points was pretty hypocritical, but was it hypocrisy when you impeded someone from impeding someone else? NO. Justice often involved bringing harm to those harming others. Still, Mari hoped that despite their sour personalities, they had at least a shred of pride to not resort to stealing others' points.

She turned back to Houki, Minami, and Shun. [color=ffff00]"Those two and Goro have a point. If you have been swayed by their arguments, and wish to work alone, I won't stop you. But if you still wish to work together, I would be honored to join you, assuming you haven't been put off by my belligerent demeanor."[/color]

Fortunately for Kaito, Mari was looking away when the 'butt-touch' incident happened.

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