Misoka Yamasaki & Hiro Kazama
Gym - April 7th
Interactions: General/collab partners
As the groups were split up by the instructor to compete on the stage, Hiro sets up his own four man grouping towards the edge of the stage and the "field" beyond. In a hurry to finish with his task and to go back to more
meaningful work, his group none the less seems to start and finish up between the main instructors own testing. The well dressed man at the end of the stage held up a clipboard with his gloved hands quickly turning the pages as he reviewed each of the four, bowing his head lightly in greeting;
"Hmm... I'm Hiro Kazama, Golden Dragon, I'll be testing the four of you in the UA Basic compliancy test."
Having prearranged all of this the following objects were present on the ground next to and below the stage, a Sparring stand Robot, a robotic Skeet thrower, a block of granite and what looked almost like a slide or a ramp with the slide facing the four.
"Your attention if you please, Setsuna to the slide, Asuga to the block, Eli to the thrower, Misoka to the Robot." Waiting for the four to say their piece or oblige his instruction, the pro hero lowers his clipboard to stare at the four.
"We can do these tests all at once or one at a time, would you care to watch your peers, any questions?"
Misoka is quick to raise her hand waving it around. As she stares at the four tests slightly deadpanning at hers.
"Why do I have to face a Robot when Setsuna there gets a slide?"
"Appearances are deceiving. Each of these tests were tailored to the skills you each possess. Your Quriks will be measured as well as your personal performance in a more..safe form than the old test. Anyone else?"
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Glancing at the four it seemed no further questions were to be had, which was just fine with Hiro, the less time spent on this the better. As each went up to their own machine the pro hero reached for a remote toggling the controls, all four would be tested simultaneously with the following awaiting each as the man spoke in turn.
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Awaiting Setsuna was the slide, or so it seemed on first glance, in place however a suction motor could be heard as a large amount of small plastic balls spilled over the side, each one being sucked into the machine at the bottom only to soon after reemerge up top.
"Your quirk allows you to freeze small objects, use the balls and reach the top of the slide, or as high as you can.. doesn't matter to me much."
The slide of note seemed to be 12 feet high.
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Next up was Asuga, where a block of granite awaited her, larger than a person by some measure, nothing else could be noted by this test at least upon first glance.
"Somewhere inside of this block is an electric buzzer, if you can shatter the block, all the better, but we want to test your threshold of control, retrieve the device if possible, destruction of the device carries no penalty but additional training may be needed."
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Looking at Eli now, he shrugs.
"I'm going to fire a few discs at you from this, we'll see how well your.. partner can defend you. There is a second part of this test however, you must reach the machine and shut it off.. It'll be 50 meters away." With that, the skeet thrower started to roll off on it's wheels, a huge magazine of clay targets loaded into it's top.
Unsaid however was at some point in the test the wolf would become the target to see how Eli would react, either way this was a rather simple test till one noticed a few small hurdles in the way at various places or dips in the flooring, it would be up to the wolf pack runner to show off or be pelted with a few bruises.
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Finally was Misoka.. Turning a dial on his control unit the machine started swinging it's arms wildly for her without a bit of hesitation.
"Your test is to disable the Robot by it's power switch on the back, each time it strikes you points will be deducted. That is all." Regardless of his own attempts to do them all at once, a fairly orderly turn order had taken place for all to see.
Collaboration with
@Childish Grumpino
Pressing the release on her guitar case, Asuga pulls her guitar clear and straps the small amp within to her waist.
"So... what? Just smash this thing open and get the buzzer?" She jams the lead jack into her guitar
. "Simple enough, I guess." Strumming a couple chords experimentally, she glances back over to Hiro Kazama.
"I just start whenever?" The teacher/intructor/marker/whateverthefuckthisguyis nods, and Asuga shrugs again.
"Alright then. Let's see how tough this thing is."
Something sharp, that's what she needs. Heavy chords are wonderful for waves, for pushing things back and knocking things asunder, but this task calls for a little more precision. Technical notes and careful solos, rather than brute force. She clutches the fretboard, fingers flexing, her mind turning over options before she finally settles on something she thinks will work.
Breathe in, breathe out. A clear mind, that's the goal here.
Her fingers begin to move as if on their own, the pick begins to rattle through its sequence. Asuga can feel the sound begin to grow, to swell, but she doesn't let it just burst out in a loud wave. The music itself lends to the act of focusing the waves of sound, making it pointed and sharp. Once she thinks she has it under control, she lets it loose in a sonic onslaught.
It almost works. Almost. She feels like the theory is in place, at the very least. But Asuga is not expecting the force to be quite so... forceful. It blasts a chunk from the granite that all but bores the block in half, and the emitter is sent bouncing away and across the gym hallway. It hits the ground and shatters, splintering into fragments. Asuga cuts her sequence off mid-note, cursing quietly under her breath as she turns to glance at Hiro.
"I mean... I guess that counts?"
Raising an eyebrow up at the sequence of destructive events, the man nods, making a few marks on his clipboard.
"Impressive power.. However had that been a hostage.. Well.. let's not think about that, hmm?"
With that being said it was a good thing this gym was so stupidly large.
Either way the test had no merit or terms towards being passed or not. Simply it was a test. Either way he wasn't sure if he wanted to stand in front of her or not.
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Collaboration with
@Novuskai
Setsuna shrugged his shoulders,
"Not sure why I would care exactly about doing it all at once or not. Seems more like your thing..." Setsuna spoke a bit quieter now surrounded by a few more students and of course in front of a teacher, but it could be made out slightly. As he moved to the slide he heard a deadpan toned voice speak out about him specifically. He rolled his eyes, "Maybe fits your personality..." Though he spoke under his breath it was definitely louder than the previous comment he had made and likely could have been heard.
Before Setsuna even truly got started on his... slide puzzle,
Getting some survival horror vibes with that kind of name, he thought, Asuga had already gotten into her own challenge. Blasting apart the chunk of granite, he smiled and gave a single loud clap,
"Nice work Asuga. Setting the bar high..." Setsuna shrugged at his puzzle, unsure of the immediate idea. Of course it was meant to test his ability at freezing objects, but getting to the top would be tough. Though... maybe a certain rock climbing idea could work?
Setsuna stepped up to the slide and touched one of the plastic balls as it slipped on down. It froze into place underneath Setsuna's hand, and he pulled himself up until he was nearly above it with his hip. His other hand raised up and grabbed another plastic ball as it fell down, and as he froze this next one the other one immediately escaped his grasp. Surprised at the lack of balance Setsuna nearly fell down, but maintained a solid enough hold,
Augh, would be way easier if I could get at least two of these at a time...
Despite his complaints he managed to take it slowly, one ball at a time until Setsuna had found himself at the top of the slide. Setsuna had essentially just climbed up an old-school rock wall with a much slippier surface. Which left him extremely exhausted. Completely out of breath he tried to speak, but ended up just letting out a slight wheeze and settling to just give a thumbs up in the general direction of the teacher.
Asuga watches as Setsuna makes his way up the slide, flashing him a quick smile as he reaches the top.
"Try not to fall." (grump)
Turning his attention to the next student, the man abandons part of his normally reserved composure and snorts with a chuckle, marking the results down. While not as flashy as the previous test, this was what the Old Owl likely had in mind.
"Good Work, if the pro hero thing doesn't work out I'll personally recommend you for mountain climbing work."
While a bit tongue and cheek, his remark sounded serious, marking down on his notepad he takes his hand off the pen long enough to trigger the machine to shut off.
"Have a little fun with the slide if you want.. Well that's two down, two to go."
Setsuna rolls his eyes at the comment from Asuga, but of course since he's looking straight up at the ceiling she obviously wouldn't see. Still breathing heavily he just waves at the comment from Kazama. Then realizes which hand he actually waved from and immediately begins sliding down until he hits the bottom: the hard gym floor,
"Aaaaouchh."
Looking at the pair, Misoka let's out a low whistle as she detaches her head and floats it and her body in the air, the blue flame engulfing her with little changes to the world around her, the bot attempting to swat her and missing, she couldn't say much now, but the music blast and determination of the climber were admirable things.
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Collaboration with
@MrStoryTeller
Eli and Wolf listened to the instructions of the teacher. It seemed relatively straight forward but there is no way it would be that simple, right?
Eli readied himself and waited. Once the machine started up, he watched the disc and dodged it at the last minute. Checking quickly, another soon followed. They were coming in a decent pace. Eli began to move forward and dodged one after the other. Wolf was barking away on his head though,
"come on! Let me out. I can easily just force my way out you know that?" Eli smirked,
"of course but then we would fail the test possibly."
Of course though, the disc started coming faster at them. They maybe only got 10 meters at this point. Only made sense it was only easy for this far. It got to the point where Eli was having issues dodging.
"Ok. Time for you to make your grand entrance." Wolf smiled,
"finally!" And with that, wolf emerged from the chest of Eli and stayed in from of the boy. Wolf was medium size at this point but if standing straight up would be just a bit taller than Eli.
As they raced forward, Wolf was leading the way. Deflecting one disc after another with his paws and mouth. Every so often, taking one to the face. They had made it 30 meters now. Seemed they would do fine. The machine got faster though and wolf had to eventually start to dodge a bit. They separate as they ran so it would confuse the machine hopefully into picking one of them while the other moved. It seemed though, the machine chose just Wolf to fire at though. 40 meters now. The machine was shooting the disc at a very high rate of speed and Wolf was taking quite the beating. Eli started to panic but they were almost there.
"Keep going, Wolf!" He shouted. 47 meters. Eli had an idea. Right as he was about to hit the machine, he would pull wolf back into him.
"Wolf, be ready!" They were right there. Eli reached for the machine and pulled wolf into him at the same time. Wolf quickly was pulled away but the machine was just as quick. It followed Wolf all the way back to Eli. As he hit the button, one last disc shot out and blasted Eli right in the shoulder.
Eli laid on the ground. Clutching his shoulder in pain.
"You alright, wolf?" Wolf was banged up pretty well.
"Sure yeah. First time in actual combat training, and I'm pelted with disc. So fun." Eli laughed,
"sorry buddy."
Next up was Misoka, watching with detached interest, her body seemed to, well no, it did in fact over above the ground, with her hands out to the side and her feet below, had her arms been a bit higher it would seem like she had been nailed to a cross. a grizzly depiction further enforced with her floating head that seemed to cackle briefly..
Turning his eyes back it seemed the wolf and boy had gotten on the move. Watching the mad run and sudden split up, that was one very large Dog.. Might be more correct to call it a bear that looked like a Wolf..
Taking notes, the boy seemed on the verge of panic, he however kept up the assault.. Most curious and most useful.. A shame they didn't do a more..serious or traditional test, how well would this Lone Wolf perform then?
Shouting out to them with a briefly cupped hand the man shouts.
"Be thankful your test isn't about counting hits! You would have a Negative 300!" A bit more quietly he says;
"...and to put you in dodge training."
Shaking his head and checking his display, the robot had emptied it's magazine into them, thankfully it was just clay targets, short of bruising no broken bones would result from this.
"Alright! You're clear! Nice tenacity out there!" Now there was one.
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Misoka for her part seemed to be keeping her body back and using her head to probe at the target, holding back some of what she could do it proved surprisingly difficult, but she had one small advantage, with her head and body coordinating an attack, it almost seemed as if there were two minds operational here, frustrating the sparring bot's efforts.
In turn while the headless girl could make the machine dance, it was equally able to defend it's self from her probing attacks, preventing it's deactivation. A bizarre game of mutual keep away was to play out. One which would have to end eventually.. "I have a plan!" The girl yells out, which is as suddenly followed as the bot smacks her in the face with it's sword, sending her head even more skyward than it had been before. Suddenly her body crashes to the ground, not so much as it had lost it's levitation ability, but in that so much it was now grappling with the robot.
Suddenly from the "sky" of the building her head came back down, smashing the robot in it's photoreceptor with the girl seemingly not feeling a thing, caught off guard and balance, the robot fights to right itself, when, the Girl detaches her left leg below the knee, using it to kick the droid at it's knee socket, it crashes over as her head plows into the off switch, collecting her limb and putting it back on, the body then seems to "search" for the head, laying both hands on it and placing it back upon her neck, the woman laughs proudly with hips at her side.
"Hahaha! It seems I didn't have a leg to stand on!"
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Facepalming at this the man scoffs, marking down the test results as he seemed briefly confused, tapping his chin.
"Bad puns aside, your goal was to not be hit by the machine, I'm not sure where grappling and hitting it counts towards this.. Well either way, that was a.. innovative way to solve the problem. Fortunately I doubt you have the braincells to mind having your head batted in the air a few feet.."
"Hey! I heard that!"
"Yes, I'm pleased that you did. Either way it seems the other groups are wrapping up... go watch them if you like, good time from all of you."
