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Post by ultralilly on May 7, 2023 20:34:44 GMT
Here it was; the training grounds. It was in here that there existed several biomes for one to train in to suit their needs be it mountain, forest, grassland, sea, and more. All of it was neatly packed under a glass dome from which sunlight poured through onto the teacher that decided to finally get off herfluffy tails and start putting in some effort for once in her life. Her sunlit covered hair shone as equally as her nine tails that swished behind her confident form that stood before a group of students she either handpicked herself or joined out of curiousity. What wasinteresting was the assemblage as she had put out the word ANY year was welcome from between classes A and B and was very much interested in seeing the diversity between the first, second, and third years.  Among the flat dirt patch of land were several training dummies,devices, white painted lines in the ground in grids and ovals, and much much more. This was, however, where the hero Vixen and the students stood as it was placed neatly near the entrance so those arriving late would be able to join as soon as they entered the building. Vixen stood there,admiring the students as a teacher would and noting the diversity. Just seeing them all made her heart swell with pride. Almost enough to bring a tear to her eyes. Perched atop her shoulder was a vividly colored blue and gold macaw who tilted its head as it looked to Vixen then to the group of students before voicing its own opinion. "Lots of color, pretty colors, biiiiiig and small, rawk!"Vixen raised a finger and affectionately rubbed the macaw's head which it lovingly leaned into. "Indeed they are, Venti. I only kibou to reach out to them and make them all tomodachi with one another." she looked downtrodden for only the shortest of moments before collecting herself and smiling big. "Let's let them get settled in then we can get things rolling."
"Rolling stone collects no moss! Ahhhh!" the macaw squawked with wings spread. //////////////////////
Okay. Here she was. Sicily agreed to this for one reason and that was because Kitana was going to be attending this class. other than this, there was zero obligation for her to be here. Though this was going to be a mixed class of different years. Maybe they had some lessons to teach? Maybe. She was not expecting too much. She was well-aware of Vixen and her exclusion from the spotlight of the top ten heroes. it was only now that there were tales of her finally putting her utmost into her efforts to be a recognized hero. So Sicily respected that about her. her speech patterns though were something to be desired. if she recalled, she spoke Engrish in a very cringey way. Also she was a fox. She had a thing for foxes lately. Must be the floof. The snake-haired Sicily stood while looking about for Kitana donned in her athletic U.A. attire. She paid little mind to other new arrivals and current ones already here. She had made it a point to arrive a tad earlier to make a good impression...for Kitana. And maybe to show that even a first year like herself could be seen as dedicated to some cause...at least. (No posting order currently but will be solidified once enough join and I humbly ask that you also give others a chance to post if they have not had a turn yet. After all, we're here to have fun and include everyone!) |
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Post by FreudTastic on May 7, 2023 20:49:42 GMT
So a call had been given out to the entirety of U.A High that there would be a huge cross-year event being held at the training grounds! And who would've guessed, that one of the first arrivals there would be none other than 3-A's own personal powerhouse, one of the Big Three of that class; Jack Williams, AKA "Southern Flurry"! But yes, he had been one of the first to respond to Vixen's declaration of the training event, and of course he wanted to impress one of the most notorious Pro-Heroes out there. So here he was, in his own U.A gym attire which consisted of a white tank-top with the letters "U.A" printed on the back in big blue letters, along with a pair of gym shorts and a custom-sized pair of sneakers, all topped off with a red-blue headband strapped around his forehead! Jack was bouncing on his heels a little bit as he stood among the assembly of students, eager to hear and see what Vixen had in mind for them. But knowing enough about Vixen, it had to be something wild and exciting, otherwise it wouldn't have been her who arranged this to begin with! "Man, I jus' can't wait t'show just what Ol' Jackie's got after all 'dese years! My time t' shine!" |
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Post by Beriadan on May 7, 2023 21:10:52 GMT
Training with the pro-hero Vixen was not something Umi could pass up. She ranked in her personal top favourite heroes, after all! An animal lover, a mutant quirk and an adorable endearing foreigner, Vixen had a place in Umi's heart! So she had come as soon as she had heard the class was being taught by her, donned in her custom U.A. gym gear that made room for her thick whale tail.
"Sensei! It's so exciting to be here in your class!"
Umi beamed at the other students. So far, it seemed like other heteromorphs had shown up too. Umi noted another first year, one from her exam. Sicily! Plus an older boy, who Umi smiled at warmly. She was here to make friends as well as train!
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Post by floofmasterfox on May 9, 2023 8:16:59 GMT
Split between the deluge of his busy schedule, it wasn't often Alain had time for these extra training days. Not to say he didn't train, plenty of that on the daily; between his self training and his internship work he kept himself more than busy. The opportunity to train under a new teacher was one he couldn't pass up as well.
The sleek, figure hugging garb of his hero costume clung to his chiseled physique, strapped with the various armored accoutrement he'd pieced together over the past year; with his eyepiece primed and his gauntlet magazines loaded and ready. No matter what the challenge he was more than prepared to take it on with gusto! He mingled with the gathering crowd, a horde of fresh faces, new first years fresh from the entrance exams... and one familiar, friendly one. Sidling up beside the hyped up kangaroo Alain busied himself with some light stretches; to prep for the coming challenge... and maybe also to show off his picturesque bulk, just a little. All the while flashing a confident, side eyed smirk at his upperclassman and friend. "Well... this should be interesting, eh Jack?"
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Post by purplepinay on May 9, 2023 23:06:40 GMT
To call her excited was an understatement. When she caught wind of this mix years class, zenjia was absolutely down to attend when else would she get to test her mettle against upperclassmen? Sure, she trained with Serena and that was difficult but, she was getting better!
Of course, she had her ears trained on the news and that really made this teacher that much more interesting in her eyes and tactical instincts? Bonus!
She came through the training area skipping happily taking tabs on who else showed up. It seemed it was mostly animal mutants but she spotted another person who wasn't one! She would wave at the (hunk) of a man as she noticed two other first years too! She gave the sensei a bow and thanked her for running the class before running up to her fellow 1B classmate
"hey! You're here too! Ready to show them all what 1B is all about this year?"
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Faliwah was hesitant to attend this specific class but, at the end of the day she wouldn't turn down an opportunity to better herself. Admittedly, her first impression of this specific hero wasn't a good one but, she was a hero ultimately and she would be teaching here from on out. She needed to be here, she was here to better herself and her instinctual abilities were both her strength and her downfall. This was a class she could use and she knew it... Provided that this teacher teach it well.
It was mixed years so she wasn't sure she wasn't going to benefit all that much from it and she immediately noticed that it was dominated by lowerclassmen. She noticed another 3rd year, though she for the most part kept her distance..of course, she gave the sensei a proper greeting but until the class started she would simply just observe the others here.
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Post by cmd1095 on May 11, 2023 20:07:25 GMT
Zenjia would be surprised as she approached Umi to find that someone else from her class was also in the same spot... as a certain fox girl had arrived by riding on Umi's back
"Man I didn't even need to use my quirk and you still carried me the whole way! You really are amazing Umi, if I didn't already have Sicily..." Kitana said as she dropped off Umi's back and gave her a teasing wink. "Oh and hello to you too Zenjia! Surprised to see you here, from what I've seen so far it seems like you already have good instincts in battle. Guess getting in extra practice never hurts though right?"
Kitana smiled brightly at her two classmates, just as upbeat and cheerful as ever. She admittedly wasn't sure about attending Vixen's class herself, they'd never gotten to talk after the mall incident and she was sorting her feelings out about that still.
But the mall incident also proved how much more Kitana needed to improve, she couldn't just keep relying on her quirk. If she didn't have objects around her to throw with the quirk she was still sorely lacking in offensive options and she knew it. Those candy golems... she'd managed to throw them into each other because they weren't people... but that had been her only response. She couldn't have beaten them in a regular fight... what if they hadn't been summons and had been just mutant villains? She'd have been helpless, unable too even buy the time she'd bought that day. She'd be dead, and so would everyone else there, that was what would've happened. That was unacceptable.
So she was going to train at every chance she got, master fighting so that even against superior foes or bad matchups she could at least hold her own and stall. She didn't want to be helpless like that again.
Her worried thoughts were interrupted by the sight of another attendee though. "Sicilyyyyy" she called, using her quirk to accelerate and tackle hug the snake-haired girl. Though since the quirk also made her body extra light and Sicily was strong it wouldn't likely knock her over unless she was caught off guard
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Also in attendance was a certain red-haired 2nd year student. Serena surveyed the crowd of attendees. She also had doubts about whether she ought to be here... frankly if there was one aspect she didn't need any help in, it was her combat instincts. But she'd heard Alain would be here and there was no way she was letting her rival get in an extra training session without her. It may have been a friendly rivalry... but Serena was a very competitive girl. If there was extra lessons to take on and her rival was partaking, she'd follow suit just to ensure she didn't fall behind.
Besides... she figured she still might learn something. She found herself training others increasingly often as of late. But since she fought mostly on instinct she lacked the knowledge of how to teach others to fight like she did beyond simply sparring them and hoping they could figure things out by watching her. But if Vixen was a teacher who fought based on instinct than she must've cracked the code on how to teach this sort of thing! Serena could see how Vixen ran this class and then model her teaching others based on it!
And worst case scenario, she could spar against a variety of under and upperclassman. It would be a good workout, and a nice change of pace to distract her from the recent explosion of her uploaded music video. It had just been a cover of a free use song meant for use in an AI singing program, so she'd figured it'd be a good test run before trying original songs... but it was getting popular fast. And it was starting to freak her out as she panicked about how to handle suddenly having a hit single.
But now wasn't the time to dwell on that, she had a perfectly good distraction here! She could freak out about that stuff later. So she'd head over to Alain
"Heya man, been a while. You haven't been slacking off on your training I see" Serena said, giving an appreciative nod to Alain's physique. She had no attraction to men whatsoever... but she couldn't deny Alain was an Adonis of a person and she appreciated a good set of rippling muscles even without it being on a woman.
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Post by Subtleknifewielder on May 11, 2023 22:42:56 GMT
Halldór had heard the remarkable news in a conversation Serena'd been having with another classmate--a class for all years? Intriguing. And it was a subject he really, really could use some help in. He'd only paused to ask when the class was, so he knew when to arrive and how long he'd have to prepare some of his ideas. He'd had time to jot down some ideas in his notebook alongside what was already there--possibly a suit of full plate armor, or maybe just guards on vital areas, he wasn't sure. A quarterstaff? A couple of other kinds of polearms to try as well. A pair of shock batons, a taser, cane sword, blowgun...he really needed to take some of these ideas to the support class to see what should be part of the costume and gear itself, and what could be things pre-prepared to summon. At least he already knew his costume should have some pre-prepared summons on it, he just hadn't decided what to narrow it down to yet.
Excited, notebook tucked under one arm and pen in his pocket, he practically hopped and skipped to the class, which was quite a sight considering how tall he was, and found quite a few students already milling about, having conversations with each other. But he was more interested in the teacher herself. His eyes widened just a tad--it wasn't often he met someone taller than himself, nearly a full head taller, at that. But before he could be too distracted by their height difference, his eyes fixated on the bird on her shoulder, and then most other things just drifted to the side of his thoughts for now. His smile widened, and he strolled confidently through the crowd, gaze remaining fixed on Venti the entire time, until he was standing right in front of Vixen, only just barely remembering to give her a polite greeting as was proper. "Thank you for opening this class to everyone, Miss Vixen," he said with a polite bow of his head, before once again his gaze fixed on the macaw.
"That is a beautiful bird, is it ok if I give it a head scratch?" he asked.
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Post by luckystooge on May 12, 2023 20:14:44 GMT
Today was gonna be a day to relax. A day to enjoy the comforts of a surface to lay on. Any surface. But then came the word of a class to improve oneself with mixed years. Now, Hihoshi was always looking to improve but only on days that worked for her. This was not one of those days. She took her time getting to the building but kept stopping partway to think about how if this was going to be difficult, maybe she can sleep for even longer after it was done. Maybe she could meet new folk to chat up. She remembered big brother would probably encourage this. That was just how he was. He worked too much for her liking. Just thinking about how much he worked made her eyes grow heavy.
She jolted up as a tall figure skipped past her. She had to do a double check. Did she already fall asleep on her way there and dreamed a skipping tall guy just went by? Sure looked funny enough. SHe smiled then looked ahead. Oh. There's the building where the class was being held. Well, time to get to work...but this was good work to be done.
She entered in slowly as was her usual gait and noticed all the arrivals...and that she was last. She liked it that way. Already, she saw a classmate in the form of Kitana and that she was affectionately tackling that snake girl she had heard about. How lovely.
Then she looked ahead and saw that there was a rather sizable whale girl who she knew as Umi. They were nice. They were the biggest girls in the class or so she had been told.
Oh and there was Zenjia too. Hadn't given them much thought yet but they meant well....she thought.
The kangaroo was standing beside the lovely Vixen or at least that is how it looked to Hihoshi. She liked his ears. They were kinda like hers.
The toned Alain caught her attention and nodded. There was someone who could understand her way of life. He looked like he worked hard and slept hard. That right there was a lifestyle to aspire to. Maybe today was going to be better than she thought...
Then she saw the tall boy who passed her by near Vixen. So she wasn't dreaming.
She ambled on inside, waving to faces she didn't know then yawned and sat down crosslegged on the ground. "Heeeey I'm here. You all look fun~"
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Post by ultralilly on May 14, 2023 8:57:44 GMT
The variety of students that showed up nearly brought tears to the eyes of the pro hero. But she remained strong. through it all. Some of them had already forged connections through one way or another in her eyes at least. Alain. Serena. Jack. Strong students that likely bonded through their show of ambition and power in their quirks. These were also upperclassmen to the first years alongside Faliwah. She expected great things from them. Hihoshi. Umi. Zenjia. Kitana. A fresh-faced batch from 1-B which she had curiosities about. Hihoshi was the last to arrive but had heard nothing but good things about her exam. The same was said about the rest. Umi's size was daunting and honestly felt like Vixen could relax with her around. Reliability. The word was all Vixen could think of when she saw Umi. Zenjia she had reservations about but that just made teaching them much more exciting. If they went against the grain, she'd just have to make the grain enough rougher. Kitana she had briefly met in public before in the face of the Damascus Order but wasn't about to bring THAT up right now. Instead, she was more taken aback by how affectionate she was being toward one of the more promising students from 1-A; Sicily. Last she heard, the snake girl was quite distant and cold yet looked to be...returning the affection? Ah, young love. "Lovebird alert!" squawked Venti who accentuated his words with a whistle. Vixen took a step back as Halidor arrived and asked to make contact with Venti. "I don't see why not. Lovely to see such candor from ya, hun!" Vixen smiled while the bird dipped its head down then turned it to look up at Hal. Vixen then called out to Jack. "I shinjtelieve in you, Jack! Show them what a favorite of mine can do and get miinaveryone rounded up! First years in the back, second years ahead of them and third ahead of them!" She smiled and waved with gusto. ////////////////
More people were coming in. great. Fantastic. Some strong-looking second and third years by the looks of them. A way for her to test herself. She didn't know them but she was sure she was about to. Avernus and Stella sensed it firsthand but Sicily was quick on the uptake. She already had felt her presence as she turned to see the fox girl zooming right into her arms via her quirk. She braced for fluffy impact, used her snake hair to stabilize herself a little, and then caught Kitana and spun themselves around in an embrace before letting her down. She touched her forehead to Kitana's and beamed with energy. Her sour expression from waiting had completely dispersed and anyone who had heard rumors of the stuck-up, regal snake-haired girl would likely be aghast with how open she was with the 1B student. "Hey, fuzzball." she softly said with one hand raised to stroke Kitana's cheek, "What a turnout, huh?" She looked around a bit more astutely and saw other students she was not familiar with. This lasted only a few seconds before returning to Kitana. "Let's do our best, alright? "Vixen's command rung out and immediately Sicily took hold of Kitana's hand, fingers interlinking and ran off to join the backrow with her. |
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Post by FreudTastic on May 14, 2023 15:26:02 GMT
Jack had made sure to give a hearty greeting to all of the students who made it to the class, giving both salutes and finger-guns to people who walked in and gathered themselves. He'd give an especially hearty greeting to Alain, giving him a firm and resolute handshake along with a shoulder-bump, grinning at him all the while.
"Y'said it, guv'nah! Glad t'see ya around again, y'big Adonis hunk! Secon' year treatin' ya nice so far?"
But he'd rarely have time to hear Alain's response as more students milled in, and they were now a sizeable crowd already! It made Jack happy and proud to see that so many people took U.A's teachings as well as he did, and his grin just kept getting wider. Then, as Vixen announced for him to gather everyone up, he'd shoot her a thumbs up and a wink.
"Y'got it, sensei!"
And so he'd step up to where everyone could see him, put his fingers in his mouth and blew a sharp whistle for the rest of the students.
"A'ight everyone! Y'heard Vixen-sensei! Time t'round up y'all! First years in the back, second-years in the middle row, an' third years up front! Hustle ev'ryone, hustle!"
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Post by floofmasterfox on May 15, 2023 8:27:27 GMT
Alain couldn't help but puff up a little in the presence of his senior, in appreciation as much as brovado. "Keepin me busy as much as I can, barely have any time for myself with how often I spend at my internship nowadays. I've actually started doing a lot of volunteer work at Momma Bear's orphanage outside of my assigned work. The kids love me there, plus all the extra brownie points never hurt~." He couldn't help but notice among the gathering gaggle of new students, the occasional glances and smiles of plenty of the cute first years thrown his way. Alain was well aware of how his good looks and toned physique drew the eye, even just being present in the room was enough to garner a little fond attention. He was humble enough to not get drawn into that rabbit hole, but he couldn't help let his ego be stroked just a little. As a treat. He responded to the young girl with pink and brown hair who waved at him with his charming, signature hero smile and a playful wink.
Serena's arrival was warmly welcomed, and expectantly inevitable. It was impossible for him to show up to a training day like this without his classroom rival making an appearance, though he never turned down an opportunity like this when one showed up. He couldn't help but chuckle a little at her playful jab towards his diligent training, dusting off his lapel in a playfully cocky manner. "Momma Bear's been working me like a dog at my internship, it's jam packed every day." And as Jack began ordering the mess of students to fall into formation, Alain moved to the line of second year students; catching Serena with a goading side-eye glance and a smirk. "Besides... 'SOMEONE'S' gotta be here to show the new kids how we handle things~." He couldn't help but rile Serena up with playful jabs, it made their competitions that much more fun after all.
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Post by Beriadan on May 15, 2023 16:56:53 GMT
Umi didn't mind Kitana hopping on for a lift, glad to put her larger size to good use. She watched her go with a giggle, though she wondered what the fox girl meant. If she didn't have Sicily... then would she be traveling on her back more? Umi didn't puzzle over this choice of words for long as Zenjia came over. She gave the girl a big smile, clenching her fists and hopping slightly into the air.
"Yes! I'm so excited... and to be training with older students is going to be fun!"
When Vixen and Jack called out for them to get in line, Umi trotted to the back, glad not to be at the front so she wasn't in the way. This was it... she could really get to grips with her quirk, and how to actually be a hero!
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Post by cmd1095 on May 21, 2023 0:05:45 GMT
"Yeah we're lovebirds, preach it birdie!" Kitana said as the macaw called out her and Sicily's hug, not even paying it any mind as she got twirled around and grinned at the face of her snakey girlfriend
"Of course we're gonna do out best, plus we've got an edge up when it comes to instincts, what with us being animals" Kitana giggled as she reluctantly let Sicily go and settled for hand holding as they took their place in line.
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"Excuse you, I've been training a bunch of people lately and showing them the ropes. I'm actually not sure how I keep getting roped into that actually. It feels like I'm becoming a mini-Momma Bear these days taking in people under my wing." Serena chuckled "I'm actually here because of that actually. I run so much on instinct I don't have a way to explain it to people. Hoping to learn that today so I can tell people how to handle things instead of just demonstrating"
Serena would take her place in line along with the others "what's Momma bear like by the way? I've always been skeptical about her... does she live up to the hype about her altruism?" she asked, genuinely curious about this particular top 10 hero. She'd started at UA pretty biased against high ranked heroes for being glory seekers who didn't care about regular people in places where they couldn't make headlines. But she'd been getting proven wrong about that a lot... so maybe her jaded skepticism about this one was wrong too. She hoped so... she could've really used a hero like that when she was a kid after all.
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Post by Subtleknifewielder on May 21, 2023 21:53:19 GMT
The greeting by Jack got a half-hearted salute back, but he was more focused on, well, the bird. He smiled, and the moment he got permission, a hand reached up to gently scratch Venti's crest while Vixen was calling to Jack. "Such a pretty bird," he cooed, admiring the Macaw right up until he heard a sharp whistle. Hal winced and touched his ear, the sharp sound giving him a momentary instance of tinnitus as he gave an annoyed look at the older student, but he reluctantly retreated from the teacher to fall in line with the other second years, ending up in front of Kitana.
As he got into place, notebook tucked under his arm and pen behind one ear, he caught sight of their held hands out of the corner of his eye, glancing back briefly before giving her and Sicily a faint, distracted smile. Was that romance? Where did it rank according to a kiss? Was it more or les affectionate? Gave him more to think about after the incident with Flynn at the beginning of the year, and his thoughts grew distant as he faced forward again, awaiting Vixen's instructions with half an ear while the rest of his attention was taken up with, well, still trying to figure out how he felt about that kiss he'd been given.
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Post by purplepinay on May 22, 2023 4:18:12 GMT
Zenjia nearly fell to the floor in surprise as she was ambushed by the fox. She was caught off guard but that didn't say anything about her excitement level
"woah! Kitana, hey
... And there you go. Nice seeing yah too"
She chuckled, shaking her head as she watched her buzz off towards Sicily. So the rumors where true it seemed. She didn't spend a whole lot of time with the 1A student and Kitanas disposition made it a bit difficult to determine when she's in a better mood than usual but... They do say opposites attract for a reason. She would shake her head though a smile would appear on her face. She didn't have a whole lot of time to ask Umi how much she knew about that though she wasn't one to talk about others behind their back.
At the teachers call, she fell in line with the rest of her classmates, waving to Serena as she did so situating herself between Kitana and Umi.
"so, you two really are a thing, huh?"
She asked leaning towards Kitana and then she moved over slightly closer to Umi
"did you know?"
She would ask her, all the while keeping her eyes ahead.
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Faliwah would sit back, most of the class and observe. The teacher truly seemed to be an odd one but she was here, giving her a chance before judging her... She knew that was something she had to work on. She was silent as the chaos ensued around her, everyone seemed so... Social. That aspect difficult for her and often distracting. Soon enough, they would all be told to fall in line and Jack would double down on that. His level of energy was astounding and so was that fox... She noted she was a speedster as well. As she stood next to Jack in the front of the line, she remained still and focused. She thought of saying something to the guy but now simply wasn't the time. They were here to learn and they needed to focus so she, at the very least, could be an example to the underclassmen
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