Silver Carrot

My Hero Academia: Raw Potential

Mako Akane

Mentions: @Melpaws@ShwiggityShwah@Lucius Cypher@Conscripts@TheWendil@Ryonara@vancexentan@Norschtalen@liferusher@alexfangtalon@Animal

"Hmmm, if it wold get you in trouble during recess, probably shouldn't do it," Mako answered Kouji, "so no hurting other people, or trying to hurt them, or putting them in danger. I'm not trying to teach you to actually be villains, after all, and you still need to follow the school rules."

Once everyone had arrived at the ground, Mako went to the groups one at a time and led them away in secret to their starting points. Once they were there, a voice started to speak from a series of speakers dotted around the site;

"Alright, here are the rules. Dotted around the big buildings in the center of the area are ten gold briefcases resting on pedestals. The task of the villains is to find them and bring them all back to the Villain's starting area. The goal of the heroes is to make sure as many, of not all of them, are still on their pedestals when the time's up. As I said before, I will be monitoring the exercise and the Heroes will be scored not just on what they do but how they do it. Acting heroic is key. While the Villains have more freedom, actually hurting your opponents or putting them in serious danger is a violation of school rules and will be harshly punished after the exercise is over.

So we appear to be waiting for two more Heroes, buuuuut real crimes won't wait for you and neither will I. Begin!"

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Maeda Nadeko

Mentions: @Melpaws@liferusher@Lucius Cypher@TheWendil@Animal

Nadeko had arrived late, as she had to change into her gym attire, and being tired from a long day of school was making her more sluggish than usual, and she missed most of what little strategy talk there had been. Still, she managed to arrive right before Mako-sensei's explanation and the exercise's start, which was a relief, as 4 vs 6 would be an uphill battle, but 3 vs 6 would have been a nightmare.

"Sorry I'm late!" she profusely apologised to her team, as she carried on her flustered flurry of questions. "My arms got stuck in my gym uniform. Anyway, if we're sharing quirks, my arms are magnets. I can push and pull metal. Pretty simple. Is there a plan yet? What did I miss?"

X-Men: The New Era - Avalon Rising

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Heidi Williams

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Location: Danger Room - 9am
Interacting with:@ViolentViolet@Chev@Brioko Jobe@Fallenreaper

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"I have a plan b," Heidi answered, a tiny bit of panic starting to show on her face. "I have so many plans, but they're all complicated and unformed and I need to pick one." She turned to look at the rest and saw Matt looking at her. He was telling the group that Heidi should be the one to coordinate them! Heidi was starting to sweat now. Her position right now was like one of somebody who never learned to drive being asked to taxi some people in a rocket car just because she happens to own a rocket car. And she'd better not crash. And she can't say no. And she can't take it slow and careful because they're in a hurry. She'd had these powers for just over a month now. She still wasn't entirely used to using them normally, let alone under pressure and with this much responsibility riding on her shoulders. If her plan went wrong, or didn't work, or worked but they lost anyway, she knew that they'd all lay the blame squarely on her shoulders. "You're supposed to be smart!" they'd say.

Heidi cleared her mind. A paranoid spiral was a million times more dangerous when processed at the speed she was processing it. She saw Jasper, now inside the room, tell her that the CPU was on the third floor, and there was 'something else' on the second. Heidi had wandered about this. She had assumed the beast was an entirely closed system with its own CPU but now it was confirmed that it was remote-operated. Which meant that the 'something' on the second floor was probably a signal booster. There were now three very simple ways to defeat it.

The quickest but hardest would be to destroy the signal receiver inside the beast. However, this could easily be located somewhere very hard to get to. Its casing was tough and earthed. The second way would be to take out the booster while the beast was kept on the first floor. This would be the easiest option if the Beast was programmed to behave like a wolf. If it was programmed to protect itself from threats, it would be harder. The final way was to reach the third floor and disable the CPU. But with every floor they went up, there was a greater chance that another threat would be set upon them.

The second plan was the one they should try first. This entire train of thought took less than a second after jasper had conveyed the information. Heidi immediately snapped to action to help Ronnie brace the door, taking the power cable from the back of the television and togging it hard at an angle until it snapped off. She used this cable to help tie the handles of both doors together.

"Quick," she commanded to the rest of the group in as few words as possible. "Jasper and me, second floor. The rest of you, keep the Wolf busy! Retreat upstairs if you can't!" And with that, she headed towards the corridor that Matthew hadn't blocked with a table, scanning rapidly for any sign of a stairwell.

The Promise - Second Star to the Right, and Straight on 'til Morning.

Natalie Ellis

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After the plan had immediately gone wrong and the map had proved false, Natalie was far from relaxed. Every time the backtracked, she visibly tensed. And what Lynn had said about people watching them was playing on her mind too. She felt too exposed here. If there were a threat, she wouldn't be able to see it clearly, and they could come from the mouth of any tunnel they passed. At least Archie and Packet seemed fine now. Finally, the found the door, and Natalie let her whole body relax briefly as the anxieties playing on her mind were temporarily put to rest.

Natalie resisted the urge to ask if Packet was okay after opening the foor had caused his nose to bleed. Instead she said "Thank you, Packet. I hope we do see each other again." Natalie watched as Lynn's collar was finally taken off, and Archie stepped through the door. It closed behind him as a second door opened, and he ventured out. Lynna followed shortly after. With a shrug, Natalie went next. May as well have the three most formidable team members on point as a vanguard in case anything happened.

She stepped through, and felt gravity get weaker as she quickly grabbed a railing, which helped her steady herself to the point where the change in gravity didn't affect her at all. As she walked along, she looked up and for a brief second, stopped. Right in front of them was Earth. It was slightly above them, putting into perspective that from Earth's POV, the Promise was upside down. Natalie didn't like that sensation, so she ignored it. What she couldn't ignore was just...the knowledge that this planet was Earth. All of Earth. Everywhere she'd ever known and everywhere she heard stories about or saw on the news. It was all up there. Natalie had spent a lot of the time on Earth that wasn't hazy now, in labs, basements or facilities. Most of her memories of shops, grass, trees and ordinary people walking about going to school or work, were now memories of The Promise. But up there...It really made her start to feel trapped down here. For the first time, she wanted to go back to Earth.

Making her way to the end of the tunnel, Nat pressed the activation pad, opening the door for the next person.

My Hero Academia: Raw Potential

Well, that didn't happen. Really sorry, guys. My sister was moving house this weekend so I was busy with that. This coming week sometime, things move forward. Wednesday at the latest.

My Hero Academia: Raw Potential

On Saturday, things are going ahead. I feel we've all had enough time to post.

X-Men: The New Era - Avalon Rising

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Heidi Williams

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Location: Danger Room - 9am
Interacting with:@ViolentViolet@Chev@Brioko Jobe@Fallenreaper

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"Two hallways either side of reception," Heidi answered to Ronnie's commands, letting go of Matthew's arm as they slipped into the building and guiding him towards the direction of the reception desk at the back, where it's safest. His power usage had drained him, and if he used it again so soon, it might drain him more, and it wasn't very appropriate in this situation. Besides, they'd very likely need such a useful power later on. Right now, he needed to keep himself safe and recover a little.

Looking back at the door, Heidi shook her head. "Can't lock it in a way that'll keep it out forever, and this room has enough space to fight. I'd rather take the robot out now then get caught off guard on a stairwell." For a split-second pause, she began cycling through plans in her head, given what she actually knew about the powers of everybody in this group. She finally settled on a simple (to her) but effective one. She turned to Jasper.

"Back then, you stopped it by getting into its head, right? Do you think you could find out where exactly its CPU is located?

She then turned her head slightly to Ronnie, making sure both girls were in her field of view. "I'm not sure how good you are at control yet but how well can you accurately aim paper? I think I have a plan but it's going to need all of us, Daniela included. And we'll need to be fast."

X-Men: The New Era - Avalon Rising

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Heidi Williams

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Location: Danger Room - 9am
Interacting with:@ViolentViolet@Chev@Brioko Jobe@Fallenreaper

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Heidi watched Matthew speak, taking a break from silently listening only to say "It won't be electrified. They're trying to test us, not kill us." She continued to watch as his ability created what seemed to be projections of the past. Now that was interesting. Was it related to the space in front of the lock, or the memory of the lock itself? Not the biggest difference but she'd have to take into account that it could be either before she issued any commands to Matthew.

But she saw (after taking note of the combination) that opening it had drained Matthew, and the door was opening. If Heidi was right, and there were threats inside the room, he was in danger. She was already running towards him when the door started to open. Seeing the robotic enemy inside so close to the door only added to her haste. When she reached Matthew, Daniela was already engaging the robot, so Heidi grabbed Matthew, and started pulling him back from the door. If Daniela hadn't stepped in front of them, she'd have pulled to the side to evade the beast's attacks. But right now, pulling him backwards was the best course of action.

There were already a myriad of ways Heidi could think t co-ordinate their team but there wasn't time to explain complex commands, and Heidi giving orders right now might make things more confused and chaotic. She would put trust in her companions that they could take down one robot between them.

X-Men: The New Era - Avalon Rising

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Heidi Williams

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Location: Danger Room - 9am
Interacting with:@ViolentViolet@Chev@Brioko Jobe@Fallenreaper

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Heidi smiled at her roomie who'd come in with the assist via phone screen, seconds before the wall displayed the same thing in more words. Heidi uncharacteristically let out a very tiny and brief chuckle."Thanks," she replied to Jasper, before looking at the building as Jasper asked her what she thought.

"Three stories. Square. Smooth brickwork. No pipes. Windows boarded up. First floor windows barred. They want the front door to be the only way in, so our first obstacle's the padlock. However, once we open that door, I get the feeling we'll be instantly put to the test, and the 'Danger' part of this room will become apparent. Considering the group they chose, I presume there will be a kind of electrical 'theme' to this exercise.

I know everyone's powers except Matthew's, but I bet you know it. Do you think it could help us in direct combat?"

My Hero Academia: Raw Potential

Maeda Nadeko

Mentions: @vancexentan

Nadeko stared at him for a beat or two, before suddenly giggling to herself. "Slow down there, Romeo! And you told me that just talking to people might be jarring for them! Listen, you seem pretty nice, so let's actually become friends first, okay? I'd take the offer to meet up but I've got to get straight to my parents and tell them how my day went. They'll be worried if I'm late, and I, uh, can't use cellphones. They don't play well with magnets, and they have touch screens and stuff. We'll arrange something in advance another time, okay? Anyway, see you in class!"

And with that, Nadeko got up to leave.

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Mako Akane

DAY TWO

Mentions: @Melpaws@ShwiggityShwah@Lucius Cypher@Conscripts@TheWendil@Ryonara@vancexentan@Norschtalen@liferusher@alexfangtalon@Animal

Hero class for day two was the last class of the day as opposed to the first. With a long second day of Math, Japanese, Science, Home Ec and other assorted classes, the class was probably drained at this point. Mako had accounted for this, and as the class filed in, she was smiling her foxlike smile as usual, and greeted every member of her class who walked in and took their seat. Once everyone was seated, she began.

"Now, I had thought about doing a more theory-based lesson about morality and duty, but as you've had a long day and are probably quite mentally drained, I decided to do something a little more fun and practical. As you know. This was once a serious dedicated large Hero Academy, so while the old Hero training facilities are out of date and in need of repair, we nonetheless have them at our disposal. So I thought why not do a good old round of Heroes vs Villains? This exercise seemed to be popular with previous Hero classes here. Now, instead of let you assign the teams, or assign you based on what I think you'd be good at," Mako briefly glanced at Junko, "I've decided to assign you Hero or Villain based on what I think you could gain from or learn from more. Or at the very least which one won't make any bad habits worse.

So, here's the Hero team; Alice Nova, Maeda Nadeko, Kaijiwara Homura, Hana Saki, Donny Yang and Kurowai Junko. I have chosen this team because I think you would have more to gain from being heroic and virtuous than by simply trying to win a competetive exercise. I want you to remember that. This exercise, for your team, will be scored not only by if you win, but how you win.

Here is the villain team; Carol Tennebalm, Yozakura Yukari, Dulga Tatara, Nakamiji Acion, Majima Kouji and Katō Emiho. If any of you are wondering why I chose you for the villain team, well, some of you need a little push in confidence. Others might benefit from getting their hands dirty or getting a taste for the bad guy's perspective so you can perhaps empathise in the future. This team will simply be playing to win.

Now, are there any questions? If not, change into your gym gear and we will all meet up at the old 'Cityscape' training ground. It's hard to miss. It's behind the gym and looks like an atom bomb went off in one of U.A's training grounds. Also a lot smaller than one of theirs. It...should...be safe enough. I'll go over the rules once we're all set."

My Hero Academia: Raw Potential

@vancexentan

No no, it's not two posts after mine. It's two posts after yours. That's what the two post buffer means. And it's been a lot more than two posts since your last post so you're all clear.