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♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

@pkkenDid Arsenal miss Kenichi's question after Kamina's?

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@Feyblue*Kenichi is standing in the hallway, clearly alone. He opens his locker, exchanges a book, closes it. Those three sharp notes from the Psycho shower scene play out loudly, Fumika is standing right behind where the locker door was* "Oh hey Motome-chan, what's up?"

*Later in the gym, Kenichi doing benchpresses by himself. He closes his eyes and struggles to get that last rep in; the music plays as he opens them and Fumika is leaning over him with a blank stare.* "Great timing, could ya spot me?"

*Kenichi alone in his house during a storm, suddenly the lights go out. He picks up the phone, the line is dead. Lightning crashes outside. He looks towards the window--The notes play, Fumika is illuminated by her glowing eyes in stark contrast on the other side of the glass with her hands pressed against it.* "Motome-chan, you'll catch a cold out there! Come around to the door!"

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@Aerandir That sounds cool to me, if you'd like. Although given that we've already had one combat-heavy training session on the first day, I dunno if it's reasonable to have another one. Might be better off having it take place after their suits and equipment have come in or something, unless Arsenal will let Takeshi grab some equivalent stuff from the armory.

Honestly I probably just need to up my posting-pace so that Kenichi will be able to interact "on time" with others instead of me basically showing up after stuff has already happened. I've been able to justify it so far with Kenichi worrying about his studies and having issues with the weapons, so his mind isn't in that "hotblooded excited bouncing puppy dog" place, but eventually he's gonna have to interact with someone besides Fumika, heh.

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Hero Gear Classroom > Gymnasium

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@pkken@Conscripts@Noxx@Artymis@Ryonara@rechonq@Norschtalen

The plain looking boy--who seemed to have some kind of purple ball of light floating around him, before it disappeared into his backpack--added onto Kenichi's answer, but the bluenette had no idea what a Faraday Cage was or how it could interact with an EMP. Mamoru asked if the pulse would be harmless to a person, and Kenichi realized he didn't know the answer to that either. People's brains and hearts emitted electricity to some extent, didn't they? Wasn't that why things like pacemakers and MRI scans existed? The blind girl's answer was interesting, though--she could even tell from its sound that it wasn't armed. Of course, it obviously wouldn't be armed in the classroom, Kenichi realized. But still, if her other senses were that developed, she might not need a Quirk to get around.

But Arsenal explained that the smaller, round device wasn't a true EMP; the real thing was longer and more oblong. The small one was an electroshock grenade. It could fry electronics too, but the primary purpose of its discharge was to shock an enemy into submission. If it was that powerful, though, it probably had a much shorter range of effect, so it wouldn't be as useful as an EMP when disabling technology unless there was something clustered in a tight area. Kenichi sighed. Even when he thought he knew what he was talking about, other folks knew more and on top of that he turned out to be wrong.

Brainy types will always beat dumb brawn.

But before he could get depressed again, two latecomers entered and drew his attention. He recognized the gloomy girl from 1-A, but didn't know the other guy. They had...an odd similarity between them, for some reason. Arsenal launched into the syllabus in more detail and Kenichi tried to remember everything he said--after all, the weapons still made him nervous even if they were under strict supervision. All it would take was something like that grenade going off by accident...

"We have just lost contact with Yoshida-san's crew; we have incoming reports that the explosion you saw there was a roadside IED...We want to assure our audience, and Yoshida-san's family, that we're doing everything we can--"

As Arsenal moved the class to the gymnasium, however, Kenichi once again marveled at the state of the art systems Komei had. It wasn't quite on the level of that fake city UA had set up for their entrance exams, but still it was clear this was a top of the line establishment. Everyone else was equally impressed, and unlike Kenichi the numerous gadgets didn't seem to make them nervous at all. Mamoru, and then the blind girl and the other one, all headed into the simulation training with robots. Reina, Acion, and that other new guy were hanging out in the armory. The blank-looking fellow was asking Arsenal about the firearms.

Kenichi looked over at the weight racks. If nothing else, he could do that--Squatz n' Oatz, as they said. That was really the only thing he could do to improve his Quirk, out of all this available equipment...But L Guardian and the others had said he needed to use his brain, not just his muscles. Kenichi rubbed his right shoulder--the same arm he'd nearly shattered fighting against Fumika--self-consciously. Then, setting his frowning face into a more serious line, he too approached Arsenal.

"Arsenal-sensei, I'm not really interested in using the weapons...but could you teach me how to stop them? Or dodge them?" His brow furrowed, giving his eyes an intense look as he subconsciously called those memories back.

His wails were so loud--because his Quirk had kicked in by now, of course--that the entire apartment complex could hear it. His mother did her best to comfort him, but he didn't want her. He wanted to see his father. But his father was a thousand and more miles away, being air-lifted back to a base where the best they might have would be field medics. Where they had to work in hot tents being buffeted by sandstorms. Where he couldn't be no matter how fast he ran.

"Bullets, blades...especially bombs." He continued to Arsenal. "I wanna be able to put the Villain in the ground before he can even put his hand on them." He didn't notice that when he said put them in the ground that his fists had clenched so tightly his knuckles were white.

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Hero Gear Classroom

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@pkken@Conscripts@Noxx@Artymis@Ryonara@rechonq@Norschtalen

Kenichi did indeed manage to snag the main character seat for the second time that day, although with the reinforcements on the windows it didn't look like he'd be getting much of a daydreamer's view. Ezra, back from his scolding, sat nearby. The teacher, Arsenal, entered and made his introductions. Kenichi looked nervously at the weapons on the man's belt. Guns were hard to get legally in Japan, and even illegally. Back when the Yakuza had been a thing, even they tried to avoid guns whenever possible because using one meant the full brunt of the police coming down on you. That, and certain kinds of guns in general reminded Kenichi about his dad...and those wars all around the world he had reported on, until...

Arsenal asked them to identify one of the objects from his belt, and Acion was the first to pipe up. Kenichi shook his head.

"Close but not quite, Acion-kun. The energy's not under pressure like an air tank would be. That's an EMP grenade--makes an electromagnetic pulse, like throwing a breaker back and forth or a surge that blows out your lights when lightning strikes a power line." His dad had done a report on other weapons like that before, as they were fairly new on the scene and had once just been the stuff of sci fi and video games. "Anything in range that's electrical--computers, vehicles, even some kinds of weapons--either goes haywire or shuts down completely."

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Cafeteria > Hero Gear Classroom

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@Conscripts@FeyblueAcion replied that he just wanted the 2-A kids to know their place, which caused Kenichi to sigh. Okay, maybe he didn't have much room to talk what with the "main character" bit, but the feathered boy seemed to have a...was it really bad enough to be considered a complex? All the grandiose talk and gesturing? Maybe he was just chuunibyou...

Then everything started floating. Kenichi sucked in a deep breath on reflex, being unsure as to whether or not he was actually being attacked. He looked around, but he heard Principle Hisakawa before he saw him. The Principle bellowed his displeasure and a warning, before forcibly dismissing everyone to their classes.

Kenichi let out his breath as everyone returned to the ground, and wondered not for the first time if their first day was going to be reflective of their entire three years. He headed back to his table outside to grab his schoolbag, and saw Fumika still sitting there still as a statue.

"My bad Motome-chan, that took longer than I thought!" he said as he quickly grabbed his stuff, dumped his empty containers, and motioned for her to come on. "We better go quick, before any more ruckus. My elective is Hero Gear, what's yours?"

Assuming she told him and they headed out of the cafeteria, they would soon part ways in the hall as she headed for the Culinary Arts room and he for the Hero Gear room. And then, thinking of something, he gave her a big grin and a thumbs up. "Since I'm not in that classroom, you should try to get the main character seat for yourself!"

Protagonists took initiative, worked towards their own goals. They didn't look so troubled when they were left at the table all alone, as if they had been abandoned. Kenichi even wondered if that literal-mindedness she showed sometimes had taken his "be right back," as exact words. If he had just rushed to class, would she still be sitting there? Had he said something again that she might take too literally?

"I'll see you later, then!" he ended with a wave, but then added, "'Later' being a non-exact time of convenience, when, uh...either our schedules or convenience overlap. Also, uh, dependent on personal choice! Don't feel pressured to run over if you're in the middle of something else next time you see me. That doesn't mean I wouldn't appreciate the attention, just that, uh, 'later' is not required to be...immediate?"

He had learned somewhere that computer programming was basically a bunch of logic statements, but like math he couldn't really grasp anything past a basic "If A then B" explanation. He wondered if knowing that would be helpful in understanding Fumika's thought process.

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@Norschtalen@Conscripts@rechonq@Ryonara@Lucius Cypher@NoxxHe eventually made it to the Hero Gear classroom, and noted that there were several others already there. The blue hair waved as he announced his presence, seeing as some of the new students and a few others he hadn't met at all yet were here along with Acion and Mamoru.

"Yo, Yoshida Kenichi, nice to meet everybody!" He looked around at the available seats. "If nobody's claimed the main character seat already I call dibs!" He grinned as he took note of his newer classmates, but internally he noted with more than a little disappointment that everyone--even the girls--was still taller than him. One girl had a cane, but it looked like her legs worked fine...then he noticed her eyes. Blind? That...that might make Heroism tough, unless her Quirk compensated for it somehow. Still, he couldn't judge a book by its cover--she had made it into Komei, after all, so she probably wasn't helpless. Kenichi wondered if interacting with a blind person was the same as interacting with someone who had been hurt like his dad, someone whose disability was mostly physical even though their senses were intact. He hoped he wouldn't do something stupid or offensive.

Another guy looked kinda plain, not just fashion or features-wise but like...his expression was almost blank. Another girl who had a sort of natural tilt to her movements, although Kenichi wasn't sure if he should call it a slouch. And then there was the girl with six arms and the mask, looking just as intimidating here as she had when she had crawled through the window in homeroom. She also had a case of some sort with her--were they supposed to bring their own Hero Gear? Kenichi remembered Yoshida-sensei saying that Hero Suits wouldn't be here until tomorrow.

"Anyone know who's teachin' the class?" he asked, another general ice-breaker.

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Cafeteria

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@Feyblue@Lucius Cypher@Artymis@Conscripts@Aerandir@Silver Carrot
The first to step up after Kenichi gave them the “deal,” so to speak, was Acion. Kenichi glanced at him as he spoke--he wasn’t quite sure if he’d forgiven the winged boy for what had happened to Sen, but at least Acion didn’t seem to want any further escalation either. Then Jett told him to stop with the main character bit, and Kenichi just grinned.

“All the best Main Characters in Jump ARE idiots!” He held out a confident thumbs up. But it seemed like they had gotten to one of the root issues here--Jett had a relation among the staff, so these 2-A kids thought he was getting special treatment. The blonde tried to disprove them of the notion before offering to take the bleeding boy to the nurse’s office. Mina offered to help as well. But Ezra, fed up with the whole situation, stormed off. Donny approached timidly as the 2-A class president started to speak. Kenichi listened to her, but didn’t back down as she approached.

“If you’re convinced that your group is in the right, and that you’re better Hero-material than we are,” the blue-hair said with a shrug, “Then it should be no problem for you guys to be the bigger people and walk away, now should it? Even if we get a slap on the wrist, that’s the teacher’s decision. If you think they aren’t being fair I’m sure there’s a solution to that, but tryin’ to take action outside the system--or provoke it from someone else--would be what we call Vigilantism.”

He shoved his hands in his pockets but inwardly he felt extremely smug. 2-A talked a better game than he could, in all honesty, and as much as he could tell they were cruising for a bruising, he really didn't want this to get out of control. But now they had tied their own noose; that is, if they wanted to uphold their idea of 1-A being troublemakers and themselves being the persecuted victims or the righteous side standing up to bullies, they couldn't afford to throw the first punch. Speaking up about the Challenge system had thrown a wrench into either side's ability to start a brawl, but the president had gone for a reputation angle instead. 1-A wouldn't dare accept a challenge from us. They're troublemakers. They have to pull strings with the faculty so they can hold their noses in the air and be outside the rules. But now Kenichi had--he hoped with some subtlety--taken even more of the slack from their argument. The equal and opposite was that 2-A, the actual righteous heroes standing up to the thuggish troublemakers, wouldn't--couldn't--do such things as be "outside the rules." Which meant they had to live up to their own unspoken hype--they had to be the ones to do the Heroic thing, to turn the other cheek and gracefully let it all go. 1-A wasn't backing down, they were gratefully accepting a proposal the mighty 2-A had given them to save their silly pride. So if 1-A started to walk away and 2-A had to keep things going, well, there went the idea of being righteous--the entire root of their argument.

Kenichi couldn't solve a quadratic equation for the life of him, but he liked talking to people. And just like he had picked up on some of Fumika's story--her friend Haruka, her doubts over being a hero and making her own choices--during their fast paced battle, he felt like he had a decent grip on this situation. When Donny nervously suggested they get out of there, Kenichi grinned and patted the bigger boy on the shoulder.

“No worries here, Don-kun, I think this situation solved itself. Ezra-kun and Jett-kun are already gone, and 2-A says they have everything figured out and are satisfied with being in the right. So there ain’t any reason for more fightin’. If ya still need a table ya can come sit with me and Motome-chan.”

Unless, of course, someone else poked the fire. Which Acion proceeded to do.

“Yo, uh, Acion-kun,” Kenichi called with a waved hand as the winged boy turned away and tried to lead them all out of the situation. He gave 2-A one last nod, then headed after the pseudo-angel so that he could speak to him in a more hushed tone. “Hey, they’re already givin’ us a lotta rope, if ya know what I mean. There’s no reason to insult ‘em when ya can turn their high-and-mightiness back on ‘em.”

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@AerandirWell he can't retroactively stop Ezra, I figured he might as well make sure Jett didn't go along with the flow. XD

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@AerandirThanks for letting me know, made a slight edit to account for that.

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First post in a while, sorry, busy weekend. But hey at least Kenichi is interacting with other people now.