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Rei buried her face farther into her wall of scarf and forearms as the minor chaos continued. These idiots getting so worked up about a new student. Not like any of them weren't new to each other not that long ago. Not like there hasn't been plenty of "surprise twists" and shake-ups either. It's no wonder so many of them were so excited to be heroes. They were all so...overeager. She dreaded the thought that if this hero stuff worked out for all of them that these would be the people she'd have to work with. The monkey boy and the...dog guy? She wasn't sure what his deal was. So much about him made her think of a dog but he didn't really look like one. Apparently she wasn't alone in this. Whatever the case them, along with the cat girl, seemed to be about to get into a fight right with the teacher nearby. "Maybe they'll shut up if they're unconscious." she muttered. The teacher carried on despite the fight breaking out. Either he didn't care or just wasn't paying any attention. Apparently she'd have to work with some of them much earlier than she wanted. To take on a teacher? Alright now she just knew they were messing with them. There was no way these tests and classes were planned out. "What, is this where the teachers show us how super awesome they totally are by beating us up? Come on, seriously..." "And finally, Kagarashi Hideyo, Konpaku Rei, Sogin Hakaro, and Sasaki Inu, you will all be against the number 5 hero, your history teacher Ruby Heart!" She recognized the dog boy's name, it was one of his dog-like traits, and after a moment realized that the boy behind her, the seat-thief, was Hakaro. She glanced behind her just in time to notice him hit the desk with his fist. "What's got you so worked up?" She asked. She didn't think he was really friends with the other boys, and there was no way that he was excited to be in a group with her, so was he actually happy to be against the number 5? Maybe he wanted to fail so bad he got kicked out. That being said if the number 5 was wasting time teaching here she couldn't be all that impressive. She sighed as she tried to remember who the last person of the group was. Much like the girl who had left she couldn't put a face to the name. She did realize she was stuck with three boys. Which, honestly, was probably for the best. Girls might wonder about her fashion choice, if she still had to wear the scarf by the end of the week, but she wasn't worried about any boy looking at her too closely. "God I hope this gets over with quickly."

“Well, um, I don’t really recognize any of you so I can’t answer that question, sorry, but my name is Melissa Ashforth, and it seems like at least a few of us think that if we go this way we can get some answers for some other questions too. Hopefully including yours,” she added as she offered a hand out to guide them. "and I'm Fen Yi. I do hope that we can figure out what's um, going on with you." The kneeling person managed to hold their form together, even in its patchwork state, enough to take Melissa's hand to stand. These two... weren't familiar. In fact, none of them were, now that they managed to gather their thoughts. All of these memories, yet none of them retrieved a single shred of any of these people? Some behaviors around seemed to hit memories, namely those two picking a fight in the distance... Wait, why could they tell that? That was too far away to notice for a normal person... Wasn't it?" "I... I don't know what any of this is..." Their voice wavered, "And it doesn't... seem like any of y'all... you... you all do, either... Except that one guy claiming to be a demon... So I...!" Taking a step forward past Melissa, the amorphous being shakily began to head towards the fight. They could easily beat them all! Wait... where did that come from? They needed answers, not to fight! They were blind! But, of course, they were chosen to be the hero... With a cry, they fell to their knees again, clutching at their face with one of their hands... Trying their best to keep their thoughts consistent, not wavering so wildly... In a move of desperation, skin from around their neck shifted, overtaking their face in a cloth-like hood, with drawstrings hanging down from it. With heavy breaths, they grabbed the drawstrings and pulled them tight, nearly sealing the hood around their head... before a sigh of relief escaped them. It seemed to help at least a little, so maybe they could at least... get those answers. Soon, at least. They fell back onto the grass and sat there a moment, just... breathing. In and out. Clearing their head. The memories swirled, but in this passive state, with their face obscured, it didn't feel like the thoughts were vying for control as much. I could still beat them. With a growl, they flopped back and let the sun shine in from above, only hitting their mouth. "If only it was that easy..."

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