[Detention]Community Service [Zenjia-Yoichi]

Zenjia had dragged her feet getting to the detention rooms. It had already been a long first day and this was something she was not looking forwars to.... and she had to do another week of this?

After being redirected to the pools when she arrived to the detention rooms, confusion had crossed her mind as she made her way over there. What could she be having to do?

Eventually she would get to the designated site and would be greeted by an olympic sized pool that was devoid of water and caked in dirt. She was no stranger to hard work but this? This was absolute overkill.

She noticed there was two others there, her heart skipping a beat as her eyes set on koito, her mind flashing back to the heroic move he made back at the mall. She might have been dead if it wasnt for him, she owed him her life, or at least part of it. That was the reason for the flutters, or at least that was what she was telling herself.

She couldnt focus too much on that though, she had a much bigger task at hand

"More people are coming, right? Im no stranger to work but thats way too much for just three"

She noted, a face of disgust as she looked over the pool. She did give Koito a short wave, and gave the unfamilar female a quick look over but most of her attention was at the teacher

"is there even a safe way to get down there? Let alone a way to clean the sides?"

"Uncouth? I'll have you know I have all the couths." Koito smiled back at Yoichi, not even understanding her insult. He'd shoot one back, a hard gut punch at the very least. "At least I didn't let a bot fall on a fellow classmate. I've got more heart than that. I thought we were in hero school."

Nocturne watched and chuckled. It was interesting how deeply embedded their personalities were, even when doing a simple task. Yoo took good note of each student.  Due to how his quirk worked Koito generally put a lot more thought into his actions than he realized. In the same way he needed to prep a trap, he prepped and presoaked his side of the pool before even starting his scrubbing. Yoichi much like in her exam was a straight shooter and wasted absolutely no time in jumping in and scrubbing. Zenjia, another one who needed prep, needed to think about her entry. Once she got in, she read her fellow delinquents' moves and choose her own cleaning method. It was no different than each of their combat patterns.  "Habits don't die that quickly it seems. " He said, before whistling a tune. It was only day one, of course, habits wouldn't change, but he was hoping being in close proximity to someone who did things differently would cause them to think about their actions. While technically each way could get the pool clean, their differing methods would affect how long it took to get done.

From Yoichi-"Tch, idiot... that's not how you scrub grime! Are you as bad at cleaning as you are being a hero?!"

From Zenjia-"the two of you arent doing too shabby but you both need to put a little bit more elbow grease into it"

"We'll see about that." He wasn't scrubbing to clean. Even this scrubbing was just prep work. 

"Good job good job." Nocturne finished his newspaper and moved on to some magazines. He was in mind to buy a few new suits, and maybe some cologne. 

Koito's section was running rabid with suds. The presoak gave him plenty of moisture to massage and weaken the crud and dirt when he actually applied soap. From Nocturne's perspective, it seemed like he'd get done last. It almost just seemed like he was lollygagging along, while the girls put in elbow grease. The suds on the wall would darken and darken the more he scrubbed. "Koito, you sure you've done this before? It looks like you're just spreading dirt around at this point. You said all the time..." Nocturne chimed in after a while of listening to their hard scrubbing. There was distinct progress in both girls' sections, but Koito's section arguably looked more disgusting than when he started.  Koito leaped out of the pool first and pushed his thumb over the hose to make a makeshift, pressure washer. 

"Oh hush, don't butter me up just to give me a dry biscuit."

"........what?" Nocturne was stuck in silence. After some thought, it made sense. Don't throw out compliments, just to mock... "Ah..." What a strange saying.

With a strong, spray hissing against the pool wall, the dark suds slid down to reveal shiny grey tiles. Job well done, but the issue was all that crud would just accumulate at the drains, which ALL three of them failed to clear of debris. Koito would move a few feet down to presoak another section, before pausing and watching the girls. Yoichi's section was getting clean with good pace on par with his own,"Small circles...?" the teen was able to note. With a glance to Zenjia's section, he was surprised to notice she was covering way more distance with those wide strokes. "Wide... with pressure?" quietly to himself. Maybe that'd be useful.

If he could combine Zenjia's wide approach with his prepping approach, he'd get done in no time. He couldn't find value in Yoichi's approach. To be honest, he assumed she grew up rich and never had to clean that much, to begin with. What would a rich girl know about hard work cleaning? Still, he was too focused on the other students to notice the growing black puddles at the other end of the pool. If the trio weren't careful they'd accidentally be knee-deep in the very same crud they worked so hard to scrub off. For now it was just a non-threatening puddle the slowly encroached and ate up space. He hopped right back in to repeat his steps with a wider and rougher scrub how Zenjia was doing. Suds filled up his section and would darken as he brushed and brushed and brushed. He wondered how much time he was shaving off, and if he could hose is down a little earlier. It was that very same hose that he forget to turn off this time.

Nocturne lifted his nose from the magazine to check the progress. Yoo could only shake his head, and chuckle. He wouldn't help them. They'd have to get their heads out of their asses to notice the glaring problem. Cleaning a pool wasn't an easy task no matter how much of a competition they made it out to be. They needed to work together above all else, but based on the commentary... that wasn't happening soon.

Hearing the two of them argue was as amusing as it was annoying but at least, from the sound of it, she wasnt the only one to not think of the other applicants in the Exam. For the most part, she was remaining focused on her part of the pool occasionally looking over to see how the other two were doing. Everyone was making good progress and from could see Koito was falling behind slightly. She didnt realize until too late what koito was planning on doing.

Before she knew it, she was bombarded with water and soaking wet and she was about to pay him back too when she noticed that the pool was slowly filling back up

"shit, shit, shit"

She would exclaim as she rushed to the drain right behind Yoichi with her scrub brush close at hand

"Shut it off, asshole!"

She would scream out, while using the scrub brush to push the debris away from the drain up to a drier section of the pool clearing the holes of the drain. She didnt bother mentioning to yoichi that she was going to take ages to clear the drain with the way she was going at it.

She would repeat the process over and over and hopefully, Yoichi would follow suit. Even if she didnt, she would eventually clear the drain of debris completely and the dark water would drain completely.

Satisfied, she would jump up to grab the ladder to climb up and out the pool, moving to another hose in the area and mimic koitos pressure hose technique and aim it straight towards him

"get drenched, jerk!" she exclaimed, but in contrast to her words, there was a smile and a small giggle coming from the girls mouth

"consider this payback!"

She gleefully claimed as she pinched the hose in such a way to prevent water from spraying out the hose itself.

Koito would laugh when sprayed. He didn't have any fancy products or stuff like that in his hair. The water was refreshing and so were the drinks. When Yoichi mentioned them being dirty, he'd only roll his eyes and enjoy his own drink. So much happened in one day. It all was so exciting to him. Nocturne would turn a blind eye to all of their petty behavior. They'd have to learn to get along sooner or later. Asking them to do so on their first day together was far too big of an ask. They were here for their skill, and that was more than enough for now. Or was it?

He'd narrow his eyes to all three of them, for different reasons each. He didn't hate them, but he questioned their ability to be serious about their actions. Specifically, his attention was pulled to Zenjia who also was here due to her carelessness in the entrance exam. 


"So, any advice for us heros to be? Whats it really like being a hero? Always having a peice of the action with no repercussions?"

"There is no such thing as action without repercussions, it's the very reason, you're all in detention Zenjia." He'd tilt his head "Actions must be taken with an understanding of what may come after. " Yoo glanced to their progress with the pool then back at them. He wasn't trying to be so harsh, but this was an awful way to start the year. They were brash and overconfident... Advice... They'd each need their own. Unanimously, he could tell them to get over themselves, but he didn't want to harp on the negative. He'd go with something more general. Something deep enough to stick, but shallow enough for it to make sense to each of them. "The advice I'd give is to find your greatest strength and expound upon it. As first years, you're going to be constantly tried and assessed. Knowing your strengths and sharpening those skills into true talents will take you far. Understanding your weaknesses will take you even further. "