No holds barred -- Honesty [Kagayaku]

Her eyes widened when Thunderclap was unphased. He was moreso caught in the moment, but from her viewpoint, the improvisation was a total failure. She didn't have much time left. She could feel each attack getting weaker as her Max Battery specialty was running out of juice. The smart thing to do would be to dispense the excess into an empty battery, but her grandfather was already shifting to his own offensive move. She was going to need all the electricity as she was going to get.  His own thunderclap would transform into a charged beam. Now that he was able to use countershock, there wasn't the same old limitations to short-range like before. Kako just barely evade, she winced in pain as burn wounds accumulated. She could feel an idea coming, and as she reappeared to Thunderclap's right-hand side, everything went black. Before she knew it, it felt as though time were moving in slow motion as she began her descent onto the ground. 


The battery dropped like her body soon after. Muscles that were once tensed with fury were feeling heavy and oppressive. Her head began spinning with extreme nausea and her eyes were swimming in hope for a sense of direction. It wasn't like she gave up. In fact, in her struggle to move from the floor, strained gasps for breath escaped her lungs. As much as she wanted to keep going, her body simply wouldn't allow it. Tears heated and hissed off her face as she wriggled and whimpered. This not only was her first fight in U.A., but her first time going all out, against Kagayaku no less. As much as it was an achievement, it didn't quite feel that way. She'd been hating him, and practically icing him out since she'd met him. If one could attempt to call this bout progress, Kako struggled to find solace in the moment. She was the bad guy here, not him. Gathering herself a bit, she clenched her fist tight enough to draw blood. The attempt to clean herself up would only make her look more of a mess as the blood smears would replace her tears. She glared at the ground, but there was no disdain for him. She was too busy beating herself up for not being able to win. Who did she think she was to assume she was going to in the first place?

One arm would weakly shift her weight, the other supporting herself to at the very least get into a kneeling position. Shakily- she'd give him a stern response. "Copy cat...don't try to help me up either." Being nice to him so soon was an impossibility. Her best bet would be to prod at him until she could muster up the strength to properly gift him the same warmth she gave her friends. She could barely stand, but she would by will alone. A step. A stumble. Getting back up, she'd only repeat the process, but upon the second drop she fell unconscious. To rest after such an ordeal, and possibly even have gained an ally in all of this.  Kako smiled in her exhausted slumber, though her body quivered in pain every few moments or so. A silence would fill the space. 






A presence encroached. In fact, it was a mystery how long the fellow had actually been there. The voice was unfamiliar and rather judgmental, "So that's how things go around this place. Looks like I'll have my work cut out for me. The hero course sounds like a headache to deal with. I guess I'll be seeing more and more patients soon.... Fine by me." He spoke through a support gear snorkel. He'd take his jacket off and lay it right next to the second year. It was soaking wet and seemed to be made from the same gelatinous material as jellyfish. His quirk was not only active, but slowly drawing from the water that sat in the air, and pulled it to his jacket. A dazzling foam of white, turquoise, teal, and deep blue whirled as he carefully moved Kako onto the quirk made substance. "I won't ask the point of such a barbaric display, but I will ask that you follow me to my office. You'll be needing medical attention, too..." He'd wrap the girl up in his foam covered jacket, and cradle her. He would begin to walk away but would stop before half-turning. At the very least there was a tiny bit more kindness in his voice- "Oh yeah... I guess it IS our first time meeting. My name is Robert Brine. I'm not exactly ranked like all of you big timers, but pleasure. Terebi pulled me onto the staff to save you idiots from injury. Let's work hard together."

Brine winced at Kagayaku's response. The doctor was a pacifist by nature... to him saving people held the highest importance, and in that case violence was warranted. Training... well that was a special case. One could say it was needed, but this seemed to breach a line of some sort. There clearly seemed to be some nuance in what was wrong or right with any hero. The good doctor would spare all the detail and instead just gift Kagayaku a curt, "Stupid yes, though I can't speak on familial relationships..." No, he'd give the old man a bit more. "I've severed my ties, I'd recommend you do the same. You'll find out how much more productive you can be." He had no clue to the situation the hero was in. In fact, it was almost as if Kagayaku were meeting a person who'd taken his own route but with the utmost lack of care. "To match and combat the world's cruelty, it only makes sense there are areas where we may become cruel. Heroics is strange in that way."

While this was how he really felt, something felt off about saying that out loud. As he held the girl, he looked over her features, and was able to put two and two together... quite the foot-in-mouth situation. "In any case, I'm going to be pulling students from classes for physicals and quirk examinations. Would you be interested in aiding me?" This man was insanely truthful, almost to a fault. "I'll get fired if I don't show Terebi proper productivity. We could start from year 1 and work our way up." He'd cut his eyes to the hero. Robert wasn't the best at making friends, a true solo hero at heart... HOWEVER, if he were to be a part of staff, he needed to not stick out so much. The wet man struggled to maintain eye contact. It wasn't like he asked the guy to lunch, or to be friends. He didn't have those either. He wasn't going to break down his whole life story for a stranger. Only characters in an anime would do such a thing. Ridiculous.

Brine opened a door to the nurse's office. He was given the liberty to decorate as he pleased, so he did just that. A large saltwater aquarium filled the space, mainly so Robert would have access to the waters he was used to back home. The room was cold and sterile, a perfect environment for his work. Other than that and the tint of blue, it was just like any other nurses office. Removing Kako from his jacket, he'd pulled more water from the surrounding tank with his quirk and created more super healing, nutrient-rich foam. "Premier Aqua." More healing sea foam would whirl over the girl's body. There was plenty to spare, and he's direct his hand toward Kagayaku. The foam would roll over the man like a luke warm blanket with a salty aroma. It would tingle at first, but there was a distinct and hearty sense of rejuvenation as they popped and shifted along his body. Even Kako's breathing settled greatly as she slept, which was a nice sign seeing as she took far more damage. 

" It would behoove of everyone if they knew exactly what they were dealing with yes... or as close to as exact as we can get. The third years are bit less important, as they have a foot out the door..." He perused few his cabinets, before finding the right thing. His mind wouldn't fall behind- "As for the younger ones. They only know their quirk as their parents have taught them. You teachers only know their quirks as the students describe them to you... an unreliable source." There they were. He'd place a pain killer on a tray with a fresh glass of water on the desk nearest to Kako for when she woke. He'd rustle the pills, and stare blankly at Kagayaku. Did he want one? The good doctor wouldn't ask out loud.  " Seeing as physicals are already mandatory, wouldn't be smart if you just recorded proper data about each quirk? I've seen some of the files here, and I think it's a safe assumption that some of the students haven't tapped into their true potential because they don't even know what they're working with.  "

Sitting down at his desk, he pulled up a clipboard. "It will vary depending on each quirk, but a stress test of obstacle for them to overcome should be enough. We're going notes, the old school way. If anything sticks out to you as a teacher, you can spread that to the other teachers. I can't say my eye will be as good, but I'll attempt to do the same. "

Brine was happy to persuade Kagayaku with his logic. Perhaps calling his ways barbaric before was a bit harsh. He looked to Kako, who seemed to be waking up slowly. The smart thing to do would be to give the two a bit of time, so he would. "So it's settled. We shall administer UA's first officlal Quirk Case Study and Physicals." His confident yet doubty stride would lead him out the door. Wiping the crust from her eye lids, Kako rose. "Why am I wet? Where.... oh... you..." She hadn't anticipated seeing him when she first woke up. With a wobbly and longwinded bout just to stand up, Kako stood as tall as she could. "IF you really want to know what's going on, talk to Gigabite sensei." She slowly muscled herself out of the room. While her wounds were healed the fatigue was overwhelming.