[center]In Collaboration "Sit Down, the Show's about to Start"[/center] [@baraquiel][@pkken][@Claw2k11][@Sunbather][@King Cosmos][@Scribe of Thoth][@Bluetommy] [hr] [u]---Hiroki[/u] [quote=@pkken] [color=0054a6]“You of all people are going make this school elite? The same person who has been making threats and disrespecting everyone is the same person who is going to take us to the summit? Shut your mouth for a second and think, we’re at Jigokuraku academy because nobody else would take us undesirables. Trash belongs with trash at the end of the day.”[/color] [/quote] Hiroki couldn't get the buzz from his initial proclamation. Once said, it is written in the sky with him, and he had a habit of not listening to people, which could be either really good or really bad. Regardless Hiroki raised his chin a little bit. [color=lightblue]"Dont know someone until they are under threat. You see how they tick."[/color] He tapped his head as if that was a lesson to learn. Ryota continued and Hiroki passed by him. [color=lightblue]"I don't talk to trash. So one of us is wrong."[/color] Take that or leave it. [quote=@Scribe of Thoth] [color=2EFEC8]"I knew you weren't that crabby all the time!"[/color] He giggled, stopping before the Tsunderplane and rocking back and forth on his heels enthusiastically. [color=2EFEC8]"Guodo-sensei already said my name but I don't know if you missed it or not since you were calling me Pixels, so I just wanted to say you can call me Shun, nice to meet you! Even though we kinda met at the exam, but you didn't really do anything but yell at me and I wasn't really thinking straight anyway so I guess that doesn't really count."[/color] And now he was babbling in run-on sentences. It's over, he's fully awake, [color=2EFEC8]"Hiroki, right? Or do you prefer Sakimoto? I know some people like to be formal!"[/color] [/quote] Again Hiroki's cool scene was interrupted by the kid with the pink scarf. If he was a badass, he certinaly had a bad way of showing it. He growled at the intrusion but it was quickly obvious that this kid wasn't going to let Hiroki go by. He was just going to stand there bobbing up and down and talking incessantly. Hiroki for the first time ever, had to recoil a little bit. The energy, the pep, the school spirit it was TOO STRONG. He put his hands in his pocket, trying to be cool again. [color=lightblue]"Yeah I got it. Datari Shun. Shun until I figure out otherwise. You can calm down now."[/color] He tried to get around him but it was not working. He went left, went right, and he couldnt dodge him. [quote=@King Cosmos] [color=f7941d]“Because it’s not one of the Four Pillars, and that’s all anyone cares about; Jigokuraku isn’t U.A., Shiketsu or one of the others so no one thinks very highly of it. But it’s a new school and no one knows what it’s capable of, so it’s not like it has a bad reputation; it just doesn’t have any reputation yet. Sakimoto is right though; all that matters is the heroes this school creates. We’re the first students to attend here so its reputation is going to be whatever we make of it, good or bad.”[/color] [/quote] He asked him his name and he heard a rather tough looking girl mention him. He closed his eyes and conceded. [color=lightblue]"Hiroki's fine."[/color] Seemingly a little disappointed it had to fall back to such boring monikers. He didnt want to explain that he gave people nicknames. it helped him remember them. He looked at Ryota, then at Akena, then back to Ryota. [color=lightblue]"See, she got the idea. If you're going to hate this place, you can atleast have fun with it."[/color] He thought a moment. He looked back to Shun. [color=lightblue]"Cmon' we should get inside."[/color] He took a step and then looked at Soga. [color=lightblue]"Yo Frodo you coming!? Bring in Starbucks and Cheerleader with you."[/color] Meaning Shiki and Yachiyo. [u]---Yachiyo[/u] [color=#cfcaef]“You really shouldn't be talking about your own school like that, you know? I don't know what you think of yourself, but most of us are proud of this opportunity, Mister."[/color] Yachiyo had chimed in from the side, having overheard Ryota's comments. Though she didn't appreciate Hiroki's arrogance and rudeness from earlier, at least he seemed fired up, and stood up to this black hair'd boy's terrible attitude. Straightening herself out properly, so as to stand almost eye-to-eye with the slightly-taller student, she furrowed her brows, like a disappointed mom, her fists digging into her sides. Leaning forward, she inspected the pessimist's features carefully, eventually giving him a little shake-of-the-head. [color=#cfcaef]“Just because this isn't the first or richest or most famous school does not mean we are any less capable. If we do our best, people will realize this will be a great school. I don't know about you, but I'm not here because I am unworthy of somewhere else, I'm here because I'm not a natural-born fighter like those guys at U.A. and Shiketsu. And so what?!"[/color] As her speech sped up and her cheeks flared up, Yachiyo's voice grew louder and louder. [color=#cfcaef]“We'll make this school a hit, whether you like it or not! So... Sooo... You... You better like it!"[/color] Hiroki cracked a smile, but it was more of pft, that last line was pretty funny, particularly how she looked, like a scolding mom. [color=lightblue]"Pff. You tell him. Maybe everyone is a secret badass. Hoping anyway."[/color] [u]---Soga[/u] Though Soga did not like Hiroki very much, he did eventually take his invitation to join them, especially since Yachiyo had already joined them. [color=9e0b0f]"We don't have to be all badasses, we just need to see how we all can work together and help people, isn't that what heroes do anyway?[/color] Soga had seen this particular line in an old movie and thought that it would fit, given the situation. [color=lightblue]"That, [i]And[/i] be badasses."[/color] He said with a sadistic grin. However, though he did maintain his usual serious attitude about him, he could not help but sneak a look at Yachiyo and mentally sigh. Contact with her seemed to make him act a bit to recklessly for his liking. [u]---Shun[/u] Shun followed along after Hiroki as the blue boy started beckoning the rest of the class to follow, his steps particularly springy now that his momentary nervousness had faded. Everyone was being positive now, and it seemed like they were determined to reach for the top regardless of what anyone said. Shun supposed one negative influence in the class wouldn't be too much of a bother so long as no one took him seriously. That didn't mean Shun had to like it, though. [u]---Ryota[/u] Ryota shook his head at the replies that Hiroki had made, seeing how arrogant the guy was nearly bought a smile to his face, something that was a rare occurrence. This thought was broke when a boy with pink hair tugged on his sleeve, the pessimistic boy turned his head towards hiroaki with a disturbed face. His expression didn’t last long once he saw how utterly clueless this guy was. Before ryota could say anything, another girl the same height as himself spared him the energy and explained to the poor kid. But not without dropping her own two cents. The smurf came back with his own remark which was probably the only thing that he’d take into consideration. [i]have fun with it huh[/i] A smirk came over the boy as he thought about toying with everyone, he might just have to give it a try. His train of thought was broken by the restless latecomer from earlier who jumped into the conversation. He was surprised she was even listening, he looked her in the eyes apathetically as she ranted on about him disrespecting the students and the school. The girl had leaned in closer with a rather displeased expression as she tried to break through to Ryota who was rather uninterested in what she had to say. Out of disappointment in his peers the boy let out a sigh, “You sure your reason for coming here isn’t because you’re worthless at U.A. and Shiketsu? Because that’s what it sounds like, and for someone proud to be here you sure don’t look the part. Not only did you cut it close coming here , you look a mess” the boy said looking at the girls mud caked shoes. [u]---Shun[/u] Shun quirked his head toward Ryota as he spoke up, continuing his earlier line of negativity. The green-topped annoyance's brows knotted together contemplatively. Was this guy an idiot? He was insulting himself just as much as he was insulting her. [color=2EFEC8]"So why are [i]you[/i] here if this place sucks so bad? You could've gone somewhere else,"[/color] Pixels planted his hands on his hips like a disappointed parent ready to scold their misbehaving kid as he chided Ryota, [color=2EFEC8]"Doesn't even have to be a hero school, you could've gone to like a real school or something. Well, I guess this is a real school, but, like, a school-school!"[/color] [u]---Souta[/u] Souta was shocked by Hiroki's sudden burst of encouragement, and his feeling of distaste towards the man had quickly been supplanted by a feeling of intrigue. The distaste hadn't quite gone away, but Souta felt that maybe there was more to him than what he had thought. Of course, his faux-arrogance had quickly gained him a few looks of distaste from others in the class, it wasn't important to him, whatever they thought of him was their perogative, he wasn't in the business of impressing his classmates. As he followed the rest of the class into the room, he walked alone, but close enough to Hiroki and what was apparently his gang to overhear their conversation. He did notice another student that he hadn't paid much attention to before being quite negative, making it seem that the only reason any of the other students had come here was because of their inability to get into any of the better schools. It wasn't totally innaccurate in Souta's case, he had simply gone to whoever was willing to accept him, but that was no reason to insult everyone else. Souta was probably just as negative as he was on the school, but he was sure that at least some of the students here made their choice purposefully. As another of the students rebuked the young man, Souta glared over. [color=8493ca]"I think you're projecting, just because you're a worthless failure doesn't mean everyone else is,"[/color] he said, keeping up his facade of superiority. [u]---Ryota[/u] Ryota turned to the green haired kid with eyes of annoyance when he asked about his reasoning for coming here. He couldn’t slander him for asking such a question as he would have done the same if he was in his shoes. ”If I could’ve gone somewhere else than I would’ve, but I gave someone my word.” Even trash like him had some kind of morals, people who went back on their word were worse than trash. “I applied here for the same reason a lot of other people did, because this was the only school that’d take someone like me.” He them heard another student voice his opinions as he tried to save his and everyone else’s self esteem. It was sad to see how tightly these kids didn’t want to accept the reality of the situation at hand, the boy just smirked at the kids words. ”Sure I’m a worthless failure, but I most likely applied here for the same reasons as you, recieved the same letter as you, and am currently here like you.” Ryota began walked off into the building before turning his head back to leave the stone faced kid with something to think about. ”The worst thing about it, I hadn’t initially planned on becoming a hero but here I am now. Let that sink in.” Before you knew it Ryota disappeared into the crowd of students. [u]---Hiroki[/u] There was another in the group, he gave off the same vibe as Ryota but he came to Hiroki and the 'trash' defense with a grin and a glare. Hiroki gave him a little raise of a chin in acknowledgement before moving forward. [color=lightblue]"Who gives a crap about why you're here?"[/color] Hiroki moved ahead down the hall, following the rest of the class, hands in his pockets. He spoke as if it didn't matter why any of them were there. To him the reasons didn't matter. [color=lightblue]"The losers are the ones who aren't."[/color] [u]---Hiroaki[/u] Hiroaki was approached by another girl as tall as the guy he asked. Like the mean-looking boy, she too has a pretty intimidating face and gave off this very confident aura as she walked towards Hiroaki. He was prepared to bound and run away as fast as he can while pleading for his life, but to his surprise the lady was gentle in explaining to him why the mean guy was spouting bad things about Jigokuraku Academy. Hiroaki nodded in understanding, now that he knows of the school's reputation. After the girl was done, Hiroaki smiled serenely at her and slightly bowed. [color=pink]"Thank you for explaining it all to me, kind lady. Perhaps being new is a good thing, yes? That way, everyone of us can pave our own path in life as early as now. Hopefully our classmates can work together so- oh."[/color] Hiroaki was surprised at another student arguing with the black haired boy, followed by another and another and another. With a worried look on his face, he watched as almost all of them stood up against the tall boy, angered by his poor choice of words, his arrogance, or possibly both. Hiroaki knew he should be doing something, anything, but he also knew anything he could say can only make matters worse. Hiroaki sighed as he continued to look worrily on the black haired guy. So much for a great start for the new school year. [u]---Akeno[/u] Kind lady? Akeno blinked at the chosen form of address, too taken aback to do anything else for the moment. It seemed more than a few people were willing to fill in for her however, as her fellow students pratically formed a line to take their turns at responding to the dark-haired teen and his negative attitude. It was heartening to see that a lot of the students were of the same opinion as her when it came to Jigokuraku, or were at least willing to make the best of the situation; maybe this place wasn't everyones first pick, maybe some of them weren't good enough to get in anywhere else, that didn't change the fact that it was still a hero school and they were still going to be able to get their liscence at the end of all this. Akeno didn't need to be the best, so long as she could be a hero. Too bad not everyone thought the same way. She watched as the walking cloud of negativety disappeared into the crowd, a frown on her face as she did so. Why did he even come here if this was the way he was going to act? He applied here to fufil his word to someone, but was he really doing that if all he did was give a half-hearted effort and tried to tear everyone else down on his way out? Well, he'd succeeded at souring her mood for now at least. As the other students began to move again, Akeno followed after them with much less enthusiasm than before. [u]---Hiroki[/u] Hiroki would have rolled his eyes with the bickering behind him but he actually slowed to more or less admire the actual condition of the school. It looked, actually better than his primary school. Everything looked neat, polished even. He had to be kind of impressed. it was supposed to be a new school and he wasn't expecting the teachers to really care about it, but I guess if its new, best foot forward. Guodo Sensei atleast seemed to give a crap. Maybe the others did too. When he got to the courtyard, with what looked like a fancy stream and rain, Hiroki had to comment with a sharp whistle. [color=lightblue]"This actually isn't too bad. Wonder what the track and gym look like."[/color] And as if answering him, they came to the assembly hall, which looked like the gym with chairs all set up. He saw the rest of the class get to their seats. Mari, the big guy, Checkers, a really tiny girl in the corner with pointed ears, everyone was showing off their disposition depending on where they sat. Hiroki actually wanted to get front and center, but he wanted to make sure his little gaggle had a spot, so he sat front row, keeping two seats next to him towards one corner, plenty of chairs around him. He sat, arms crossed, but head up. He wanted to see where this was going. He recognized the chrome dome girl and only could wonder what kind of power house she was. [u]---Shiki[/u] Shiki attempted to branch away from Soga's group, but was unable to deny Hiroki's invitation. It would've been rude, plus he wanted to avoid getting on his bad side. However, he was briefly taken back by his newly received nickname. [color=MediumSlateBlue][i]S-Starbucks? That's a new one...[/i][/color] He reluctantly followed behind Soga and Yachiyo, quietly listening to the ongoing conversations around him. There wasn't anything he wanted to contribute, heated arguments were something he'd rather avoid. Although, he did favor Sakimoto over that dark haired guy. Nonetheless, he stuck with the group until the time came to choose their seats. Shiki decided to pick a spot behind the bubbly husky student, the same one who unintentionally called Sakimoto a magical girl. He figured the husky student's large body frame would allow him to scroll through his phone throughout the orientation. After settling down into his seat, Shiki connected his tail into his phone to give it a bit of charging power while he browsed through unread messages. [u]---Soga[/u] Soga for this whole time had stayed mostly quiet, choosing to let the louder students take the "spotlight" while he followed Hiroki. Currently, he was only present in body as his mind wandered, thinking of his current plans for this school and all he wanted to achieve here. So absentminded was he at the moment that he even sat right next to Hiroki right up in the front without even realizing it. Only when after a few more moments of pondering did he finally realize where he was and by that time, it was a bit too late to relocate to somewhere else, so, with a mental sigh he simply made himself comfortable alongside Hiroki and once again delved into his own mind to think of what he might do, or what might need to be done in order to achieve his purpose here at Jigokuraku and paying only minimal attention to the people around him or even the stage where the teachers would be. [u]---Ryota[/u] The black haired boy was a bit skeptical on dropping off his bag at the door but did so anyway, placing his belongings in a few feet away from the entrance before continuing through the school. Ryota took notice of the schools features which seemed to slightly surpass his expectations, most notably the courtyard which captivated his attention as he fell into thought about what he had seen to the piece of broccoli outside. He took a moment to assess the situation that he was in, 2 years ago he couldn’t have seen this coming. Hell when all might was still alive he couldn’t have seen this coming, but here he was in the hero course just because of some dumb agreement he made. The boy snapped back to reality when a student had bumped to him. Upon entering then assembly hall Ryota looked towards the back of the hall as he planned to nab a seat in the corner though that idea fell flat. The seats that he has wanted left him without many options, the curly haired boy turned towards the front to see most of the undesirables from earlier sitting together. A sigh escaped from his lips as he looked towards the middle of the room noticing a blonde haired kid out cold as he laid on his jacket. The pessimistic boy made his way over to claim the seat to the right of him, seeing as though he was sleeping the guy wouldn’t bother him with pointless banter. [u]---Shun[/u] Shun stuck his tongue out childishly as Ryota walked away, blowing a raspberry for lack of further admonishment. If he wanted to be a failure, fine. Neon Green turned away and followed after the group, letting out the occasional wide-eyed [color=2EFEC8]"Oooh,"[/color] at the passing scenery. This school looked nicer than he expected. Although it was new, so he should've expected it to be pristine at the very least. As he entered the auditorium, he filed in toward the front while still gawking at his surroundings, plopping boldly down next to Hiroki opposite the massive dragon. Shun tilted his head inquisitively. The reptilian boy seemed to be deep in thought, so this was probably an inopportune time to ask about his quirk. He really wanted to know if Soga could breathe fire or not. Oh well, it would have to wait until after the presentation. He turned his attention to the front, squirming restlessly in his seat already. It took him a few moments, but by the time the show was ready to start, he was only vibrating in place like a squirrel on a sugar high rather than outright bouncing in his seat. [u]---Hiroaki[/u] Hiroaki's glance followed the black hair boy going through the entrance. He noticed most of the students were doing the same so Hiroaki continued into the school as well. His eyes wandered around to see the school has to offer, and he was very impressed. More from the fact that it's his first time actually going to school for a very long time. He remembered that he used to dread going to school as a child. Funny how time can change a person entirely. Upon entering the auditorium, Hiroaki immediately went to the sides to put his things there, then stayed for a bit to check the seats. There were already those who were seated within their newfound groups, and Hiroaki can't help but feel jealousy towards them. He never understood how some people can already make so many friends even if they just met that day. He also noticed those who were already seated by themselves, perhaps they were earlier than the rest of them were or chose to ignore what happened outside and went straight in here. Then there's this one guy who was sleeping by the middle row and the black haired guy from earlier was seated next to him. There were more students coming in the auditorium and Hiroaki might have run out of a good seat if he didn't act now. He chose to sit by the black haired boy's side and took out a sketchpad and pencil from his messenger bag. He decided to let his imagination run wild and doodle at a blank page while waiting for the event to start, humming happily and quietly. [u]---Akeno[/u] Leaving her duffel bag with the rest Akeno entered the auditorium and began looking around for a place to sit. Due to her slowed pace most of the students had already found places to sit and the remaining chairs were filling up fast. With her options rapidly dwindling and feeling a bit rushed Akeno quickly sat in the first empty seat she found, finding herself seated behind the energetic, green haired student and the blue skinned loud mouth from earlier.