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    Between having to pack her shit, get on a plane away from home - an incredibly noisy flight at that, once people started freaking out about some cockroaches that had managed to join Kiburi on the plane - and now having to get used to the dorm life away from the first place where she'd been truly happy in an entire decade, Kiburi would be lying if she said she was excited to start off the school year. Even less so on a rainy day like this. On days like this, she would have preferred to curl up in bed, and just sleep all day. Especially when wet weather often meant new "friends" would find their way to Kiburi. She could feel one right now, crawling up her leg. Two more on her arm. Another on the back of her head. Oh, what a joyous day today is. At least they should stay in the dorm if I shake them off first. Kiburi got up from her bed, swatting the roaches off her body. There wasn't much point in killing them; not only would more take their place, but the carcasses of any that she killed would feed the others. It was better to let all of them starve out. Instead, she moved across the dorm, to a device resting atop her desk. Many of the roaches in the room grouped around it, even more so when Kiburi flipped a switch on the top. The machine's purpose was to use canisters of her cockroach-attracting pheromone and spray it in higher concentrations, attracting the vermin to it instead of her. There was also a zapper function meant to kill them, but she only ever used that immediately before taking out trash. Now wasn't the time for that. Kiburi changed into her uniform, patted herself down to make sure there were no stowaway roaches on her body, then hurried out of the dorm. With the distance between the dorm and the main building, it wasn't like Kiburi needed to carry an umbrella. She didn't mind getting a little wet, and she could even take the optimistic thought of it being a basic way to perhaps water down her pheromone some. At least for a little bit. While her mind appreciated the idea, her uniform - however short the distance was - did not. Maybe she'd underestimated just how much it was raining. Whatever. This school probably had bigger things to worry about than one student's uniform getting wet. Hair and uniform alike clinging to her body, Kiburi referenced the mental map she'd drawn of the place by referring to the actual map. Which wasn't that hard to form; this school was pretty small after all. Only two classrooms, and she knew which one was hers. In theory, as long as she stayed in the classroom, she wouldn't be attracting any new cockroaches unless there were already some hiding away in here. She wouldn't rule it out, they being the type of creatures they were and also this school looking even worse off than Kiburi had imagined it when she got her letter. It's still better than prison. The first day of school, and of course it was pouring rain! She'd be lying if she said she wasn't more of a snow person herself, and that rain could in fact be quite the hassle, but Toshiko certainly preferred this over a warm and sunny day by a long shot! The temperatures on these kinds of days were closer to her comfort zone thanks to the sun not shining through, and more rain meant less people on the streets to bother her as she went along her way. There were still negatives, of course. Any water that touched Toshiko would turn into ice, and getting that ice off her skin wasn't an easy or comfortable task. But compared to more comfortable temperatures, less people along her way to bother her, and the freedom to turn a wet area into her own winter wonderland if she really felt like it, she was willing to put up with that hassle! Especially when that hassle was 100% avoidable! Today was absolutely a pink gloves day. It was her first day at a new school, so of course she wanted to wear something cute. And thus, from the collection of rubber gloves she'd amassed, Toshiko pulled out the pink pair, slipping them over her hands as she got the rest of her look together. One uniform for Hairo Academy for At Risk Youth? Check! A pair of white rain boots, because her feet was the last place she wanted water freezing to? Check! And of course, an umbrella. Getting rained on was the last thing Toshiko wanted! Short of melting in response to water, she couldn't imagine a Quirk that would want to get rained on less than hers. The girl paused to take a second look outside before taking off... It really is raining pretty bad out there, isn't it? While she was grateful to live within walking distance of Hairo - another small positive Toshiko took out of having to attend this place - she wasn't sure how well an umbrella would keep her dry for that distance. Which means... Toshiko flung her closet door back open, grabbing a pink raincoat from inside. She wouldn't be able to get the hood up due to her horns, but her umbrella would be more than capable of keeping her head dry, while the raincoat kept the rest of her covered. Perfect! Flashy, cute, and most importantly, water wouldn't freeze to her body. Eager to get started, Toshiko hurried out the door, ready to tackle whatever adventures the day had for her! The most exciting of which during her commute was a passing truck nearly splashing a wave of water up onto Toshiko. A splash she had managed to just avoid. Talk about crisis averted! It wasn't until she was right outside of Hairo's rather small campus that she was met with the next surprise of the day, humming along to the splashes made by her footsteps. Taking pleasure in the little things like this was important on an otherwise gloomy-looking day! However, she was met with someone who maybe was enjoying it out here too much? A boy lying flat on the sidewalk. He was soaking wet. Uh-oh. While disastrous for Toshiko, she knew well enough that other people weren't supposed to let that happen to them either! Luckily for him, help had arrived! Toshiko ran over to the boy's side, bending over him and holding her umbrella out in such a way that anything the umbrella didn't protect him from was covered by her back. "Heeeey!" ...no response. Was he asleep? Toshiko moved her foot, nudging the boy's side with a decent bit of force behind it. "Hey!! Wake up!" "Five...more...min..." The boy lazily snoozed. "No, you need to get up like now!" Another nudge, before Toshiko noticed. This boy's badge. He was going to the same school? What a coincidence! "You shouldn't be lying around out here in the pouring rain, and you're right outside the school! I can help carry you inside even, if you're hurt." That was a good point, actually. Normal people didn't sleep on the sidewalk in the pouring rain, right outside of the school they were supposed to be attending. "...are you hurt?" "Hrngg...." The boy's arm flopped towards his face, as he accidentally slapped his bruised cheek. "A-TA-TA!" The boy seemed to come alive. He propped himself up, looking in both directions in confusion. He then looked up to see a blue girl with horns, holding an umbrella. "H-hey! Are you the bitch that stole my umbrella?!" "S-Stole!?" Someone stole his umbrella!? How awful! Holding out her free hand, Toshiko replied "No, you must me mixed up with someone else. I found you out here like this and couldn't just leave you alone. I'm Toshiko Yukimura, attending the same school as you. Let's get you inside, then maybe I can help you track down that umbrella thief after school." The boy let out a defeated sigh. "Yeah. Although I'd rather be anywhere else but here." The boy stood to his feet, hunching over to fit under the umbrella. "If you're going to this school to, might as well get introductions out of the way. I'm Juryo Isobe. Thanks for the assi-ACHOO!" "And make sure to have something warm once you're inside!" Toshiko added once she heard the sneeze coming out of Juryo. With each word out of her mouth, it was accompanied by a small cloud of frosty mist, as if she were out in the dead of winter instead of a rainy spring day. "The standard temperature for a regular person's body is... umm... well, in any case, it's 'not being unconscious in heavy rain' degrees." Once the two were inside, Toshiko wasted no time putting away her umbrella and removing the raincoat and boots from her person. Pointing to herself, she further added "That especially means don't touch me anywhere except for my gloves. Okay?" "As if I were going to!" The boy exclaimed. "Let me guess...you'll kill me regardless of your quirk, right?" "Er, no. I meant that touching me is dangerous because of my Quirk." Toshiko removed one of her gloves, tucking it into her skirt as she picked her umbrella back up, still wet with rainwater. She wrapped her now-bare hand around its suface, and watched as the water on and near her hand quickly froze into ice and stuck to the umbrella. Releasing it and scraping at the ice on her hand with her other hand, she explained "Anything I touch starts to rapidly freeze, and I can't make it stop. It's not that I want to hurt you, but that's what would happen if you made any prolonged contact with me. Which, um... is why I'm here instead of at U.A. And that's why I wear these gloves! So that I can do things like help people up without giving them frostbite in their hand." "Huh. A walking open refrigerator, huh?" Juryo's finger started to slowly approach the girl's frosty hand. "You know, never had frostbite before. I think I'm tough enough to take it." "Out of the question!" Toshiko barked, hurriedly putting her other glove back on. "Wait, sorry for raising my voice. Basically, don't try it. The last person who did, he uh..." It was still hard to look someone in the eyes when she talked about that. All Toshiko could do was avert her eyes from Juryo as she half-explained "He's not doing so well." "You callin' me a wimp? Huh?!" Juryo slammed his hand against the shoe holding rack. "I've fought way more ice villains than you've seen in your life." He sighed. The girl was nice, there was no need to throwdown on the first day. "Whatever...I won't pry." "Thank you for not prying." As much as she wanted to know how many ice villains Juryo had fought before - having never met someone else with that type of Quirk herself - this was feeling a little heated. It was probably best to get out of this situation before things got out of hand. Giving the boy a bow, Toshiko said "I'd better get to my class before it starts. Make sure you aren't late for yours either! And I'll still help you find that umbrella thief after school if you want. See you later!" And with that, Toshiko - after getting her school shoes on - hurried on to her class. This was still her exciting first step toward pro heroism after all! She wouldn't let something like a brief spat dull her eagerness to get started!
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    Fuck you, Hyde. Co-fuck you, Yui.
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