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[h3][color=548b54]Dulga Tarata[/color][/h3][/center]

Feeling Kaida's hand Dulga wiped her eyes with a handkerchief. Seeing Yukari shout and cry made Dulga calmly reach out to the girl as well, wiping away her tears with a spare handkerchief. Dulga had to compose herself so she could properly listen and speak to these two. After Yukari's rant Kaida also spoke up, being much more calm and helping calm Yukari down. It was a valiant effort, though Dulga didn't exactly do the same thing. After Kaida finished speaking the taller girl took a moment to consider her words carefully before speaking to Yukari. [color=548b54]"You... Aren't wrong about how you feel. You are weak. And right now, acting very pathetic."[/color] Dulga paused a moment to let these words sink in. She knew how harsh they were so she'll let Yukari say something, but regardless of what she did Dulga would calmly continue on. [color=548b54]"Cursing yourself for not being strong enough, cursing others for being better than you, it's sad. I wish I could say I've never done that, but... I understand it. And it's easier to accept that life is unfair rather than think that somehow, you did have the power to make a difference but failed to do so."[/color] 

In that moment a flash from the pass went through Dulga's mind. How she had chosen to stay hidden in the forest, avoiding the fighting, despite being stronger than her mother. She could have helped. She could have picked up a gun and fought back. Picked up a weapon and smash it into Kensai. Just be a distraction that could have given her parents an opening to defeat him and potentially save her mother's life. Saying that Dulga was just a child, that she was told to stay back, that the threat was a powerful villain, those were all excuses for the weak and cowardly. A hero was suppose to be better than that. A hero could have saved Dulga's mother. But there was no hero that day.

[color=548b54]"It's never easy... All you can do is make sure it never happens again. You're still here. You're still alive. If you hate what happened in the past, than you need to make sure it never happens again. Train, study, prepare... Or runaway and hide. I think we all know what option you choose. You said it yourself; you didn't come here to wallow."[/color] Dulga didn't feel satisfied saying this however. It felt very... Cliché and pretentious. There was one more thing she wanted to add that she hoped that Yukari could understand. [color=548b54]"It's fine if you hate yourself. I think if you were completely confident in your abilities and couldn't see what you did wrong, you'd be insufferable. As long as you're aware of your faults and do something about them, you'll do fine. I'd given up on you a long time ago if you were the type to accept your weakness and did nothing. Or worse be proud of it."[/color] 

As for Kaida, Dulga smiled and blushed when she mentioned the cloak. Dulga had almost completely forgotten about it. She just remembers that she doesn't have it anymore. It also seemed like she was also feeling somewhat bashful about what happened, though Dulga didn't realize that Mina and Ruby had just arrived to the Dorms. She was too focused on the girls in front of her. Kaida had some help from her uncle to deal with her trauma, though she also admitted that this sort of thing was something she wasn't used to. It was a hard pill to swallow, but Kaida was right; the reason each of them had done so poorly in their respective traumas was simply because they had no experience in dealing with real villains. They had hopes and dreams, the drive and ability, but they were still naive to real combat against villains. This was a bitter truth that even Dulga knew she couldn't really fix; she could train here or at home as much as she wanted, but hunting wolves and sparring against her fellow students can't possibly measure up to fighting a villain who wants you dead. It was just on a whole other level.

It was moments like this that made Dulga despair. The obvious solution was to go out and find villains, but that was easier said than done. And while Dulga would have no problem with it personally, she was more than aware of the rules that prevented hero students from just going vigilante and hunting down criminals themselves. If she was just doing this for herself, Dulga would have left Komei long ago to hunt down villains and criminals to hone her skills. But she can't put the other students through that. Dulga can't drag them down with her. Aside from that, there was still the issue with Roy and Jett's fight. Frankly Dulga wanted to forget about them and dismiss their fight as petty boy drama. Dulga was also getting increasingly tired of the trite love triangle going on between Roy, Jett, and Kaida, and Dulga was well aware of the other girls who had a thing for Jett too. One of the reasons Dulga stays away from the boys was just to avoid that sort of thing. She didn't have anything productive to say about those two, so Dulga elected to keep quiet about it.

Instead Dulga wanted to focus on things she could handle. Growing stronger, improving one's self, gaining experience. Dulga had to remember something she promised herself over the weekend; she needed to learn how to cooperate with others. Teamwork makes the dream work. Kaida and Yukari were people Dulga had confidence in. Mina was also very skillful, though Dulga didn't want to facilitate drama between her and Kaida. Acion was still a weirdo to Dulga, but he seems to have mellowed out since their first interaction. Everyone else Dulga didn't like or just didn't know very well. Though the two pinkettes did cross Dulga's mind. Tomoe made Dulga wonder just how she managed to get into the hero course considering her quirk and personality. Mamoru made Dulga wonder how she managed to [i]survive[/i] the hero course considering her personality. Dulga couldn't quite say she disliked them, but she definitely felt that she needed to do something to shape them up. Then an idea struck.

[color=548b54]"How... Would you two like to come home with me? Back to my family's home? It's in the mountains of Hokkaido. We could train there. Work on erasing your weaknesses so we can all become stronger. Not all of us has to go but... If you're okay with it, I'm willing to help anyone who wants to improve themselves."[/color] Dulga blushed in embarrassment. She's never done anything like this before. But she wanted to do something to help and this was the best she could think of. [color=548b54]"You don't have to answer now, it's a lot to think about. Honestly it might not even be a good idea... But... I want to try. Try to... Do something different. I've always hunted alone. Fought by myself. But when I worked with you two and Akasha during that team fight, I think I learned that working together can... Help make everyone stronger. I don't know how I'd do that here, at school. But if we're in the mountains, in my element, I think that'll be a good place to start."[/color]

[@Ryonara][@Heartfillia]