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Post by Ayame Hayashi on Dec 25, 2019 13:28:52 GMT -4
Hanging out with just the support class all the time was, although a blast in its own right, not the complete social experience here at the academy. Ayame needed to get to know the students from the hero classes too, especially if she was going into gadgetry. She needed to know what kinds of quirks she’d be working with to know what sort of gizmos to make for them. The natural place she checked first was the training fields around Ground Alpha.
Although her primary objective was to look for people and examine their quirks, this was also a place for quirkers to practice, so Ayame decided to do a little training herself. She didn’t waste any time as she shut her eyes and focused her attention on her left hand. A lilac ghostly duplicate of left hand emerged, separating itself from her physical left hand before turning solid. It faded at the wrist, and was just as cold as her real, gloveless hand. Ayame proceeded to direct the dismembered phantom hand to float around her head in circles. She was simply honing her deftness and control while she was there. Her eyes opened once more as the residual light-headedness that came from activating her quirk in haste had faded away. She continued to walk forward with her extra hand still in orbit. Maybe if she found someone she’d ask them to throw rocks at it and try to catch them. It would be a step up from her usual juggling training, certainly.
A blanket of thin snow and an air of frigid cold covered the field. Ayame should have known better than to expect anyone to be training out here in these conditions, except for maybe the really crazy students. Then again, her bony self was out here doing just that. Maybe a crazy student was just the kind of person she needed to meet that day. At least she had the common sense to bring a coat and wrap up warm. She didn’t have a hat though, and her quirk couldn’t be used with gloves so she never owned any. Hopefully training out here wouldn’t end up giving her a cold.
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Post by Iwasaka Shouko on Dec 28, 2019 17:18:32 GMT -4
You'd think that, wouldn't you? And yet in the frozen field, a orange blur spun in the snow. Snow kicked into the air with each graceful movement, footprints melding into each other endlessly. Some people say that martial arts are like a dance- And the girl in the fields would certainly appear to be doing just that. Each movement flowed into the next naturally, yet never leaving the little circle carved out in the snow by her movements. But if that was not attention grabbing- What would be was her outfit. The girl in the training field was wearing what appeared to be a short, sleeveless robe, tied with a sash at the waist. An outfit which hardly covered enough to be seasonally appropriate- And at the same time, more than the girl usually wore while training.
Foot slamming into the ground, Iwasaka Shouko stopped her routine as she felt a pair of eyes on her. Surprisingly, despite the movements of just moments earlier, the brunette showed no signs of exhaustion as she would bound over to the newcomer- Not even beads of sweat appearing on her skin. Of course, that was for a different reason entirely. "Eh? I haven't seen you before!" The girl would exclaim excitedly. New people meant new quirks! And of the self-proclaimed battle analyst's three loves... First, came superpowers! Then, battles! And finally, superpowered battles! A new quirk was a new superpower was a new way to battle!
Learning that the other was a support student and uninterested in fighting would not temper her excitement much.
If the other was paying attention, they might notice how the snow beneath Shouko's feet sank in far deeper than her own with each footstep- A clue that the girl's weight far exceeded what it appeared to be at a glance. However, aside from that, her abnormalities would be well hidden beneath her tunic. From all appearances, she was a normal girl... Except that her hair ties were made of carved stone. That was the only other clue as to the girl's quirk.
In contrast, the newcomer's quirk was- "Is that your quirk? Whoa!" Shouko would exclaim at the hand floating above the other's head. "A third hand! I've always wanted one of those!" Habitually honest, Shouko would naturally say the first thing that came to mind. In fact, it was amazing enough that she hadn't already reached out to grab the hand... Perhaps she had learned some self control over the year? Or, more likely, she was simply distracted, watching it fly about. In any case, unfettered, she would continue to talk! "It'd be so useful! I'd be able to take in the groceries in one trip every time! And think of the camera angles I could get! Hey, how far away from you can it go? Is it just the one?" Before even introducing herself, a barrage of questions would arrive.
But they would be interrupted by a question that may make the other fall over in the snow. "Ne, ne, aren't you cold?" the brunette would ask, concern in her voice. The weather was like this, but the other was just wearing a coat! No gloves! No hat! Not even a scarf! Wah! It wasn't entirely a ridiculous question to ask... Except that by any measure, the one asking was dressed even less appropriately!
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Post by Ayame Hayashi on Jan 2, 2020 16:44:00 GMT -4
"Oh uh… wait I was gonna… HUH? Cold?" Ayame couldn't keep up, especially with a large chunk of her concentration occupied in controlling her floating hand. Shouko definitely seemed way more excited about the phantom hands than even the puppeteer herself. That was actually pretty refreshing. Ayame could feel the aura of sheer hype this girl was emanating as it started to diffuse into her. She’d actually found someone as impressionable as herself, possibly even moreso, to befriend and maybe train with. Someone who found her quirk super interesting! That was awesome! Oh right, the questions! She’d asked about how cold Ayame was feeling.
"Just a little chilly. I think I'll be alright though, but like, what about you?"
It was true that she only had a coat rather than a full winter wear ensemble. She'd spent so much money on that poofy garment that the minuscule miser couldn't bring herself to spend any more on a hat or a scarf. Ayame was puzzled that Shouko would even ask such a question, considering her own choice of outfit. Did she really get so heated up with her training that she didn't need to wrap up? Her arms must be freezing... unless... maybe she had a fire quirk, or cold resistance, or maybe just really thick skin. Oh wait, that's just a form of cold resistance, isn't it?
As much as she was dying to find out, it would have been rude to start making her own inquiries before answering Shouko's. She didn't catch the entirety of that cascade of questions, but at least had a vague idea that she wanted to know everything there was to know about that third hand. Perfect! Ayame always did love talking about quirks, even her own. Shouko mentioned camera angles so that would probably be a great place to continue from.
"Omigash yes though, you have no idea how great selfies are with this thing. That and the ability to scratch my own back. Definitely the best part my quirk! So yeah, this is Phantom Hand 1! Say hi!" The hand waved energetically, while Ayame began to summon another, slowly creeping out of her left hand. Once solidified, the second disembodied left hand also waved towards Shouko. "Aaaaaand here's Phantom Hand 2. Just in case I ever need a full on massage. Two's all I can manage, but I used to only be able to make one, so maybe if I practice more I could make, I dunno, six eventually. So yeah like I can control them with my brain and like, make them vanish whenever I want. They don’t feel pain either so I can like, pick stuff up from the frying pan without burning myself and stuff like that! Pretty awesome, right?"
Neglecting to answer the question about her quirk’s range, simply because she’d missed it when the questions tumbled over each other, Ayame’s curiosity about Shouko’s quirk peaked. She noticed the hair ties, and wondered if she could incorporate something similar in her own hero costume. The rock part of the Rock-Paper-Scissors theme she was going with was right there in front of her. Still, that clue alone wasn’t enough to guess Shouko's quirk’s nature. Ayame didn’t even link the two together, so she decided to just be direct and ask. “So like, what’s your quirk? Can I see? Can I see?”
Ayame had also forgotten to actually introduce herself amidst her hysteria. At this rate, the girls might just end up referring to each other by their quirk names.
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Post by Iwasaka Shouko on Jan 3, 2020 14:15:40 GMT -4
In the eternal enthusiasm of Iwasaka Shouko, the question of what Ayame intended to do was forever lost to the ages. The brunette would nod frantically, confirming her question. It was cold outside! They just came off a snowstorm and everything! "Nyahaha, no need to worry about me! I'm burning up!" The girl would respond when the question was thrown back at her. "Rock's a good insulator, you know!" Incorrect. What rock was good at was retaining heat- It was not particularly known for preventing thermal radiation. However, the end result was much similar... But wait, rock? What did rocks have to do with this? Nothing about the girl gave any impression of stone... Except the easily overlooked hair ties. "And this is pretty thick too, yeah!" The girl would gesture towards her tunic, whose thickness was a necessity given her quirk. However, the outfit was sleeveless. The heck. None of what she was saying made any sense.
"Ehh, selfies?" The girl would continue asking, shrugging off the earlier line of thought as easily as shedding her tunic. Which, for the record, was made to be easily removed... For multiple reasons, which will likely be described in proper detail in due time. Her head tilted to the side. "Those are... The front camera pictures of your face, right?" It was clear she hadn't even considered taking one. But what she had actually been imagining was, as many things are, lost in the flood of interest which spewed forth. "Ah man! I could totally use one of those! There's this one spot I can never reach, and it drives me crazy!" She concurred. Being able to scratch any itch was by any means the most useful thing a quirk could do. A+ grade, skip the exam.
However, things continued to get better, as a hand slowly emerged from the girl's left hand before Shouko's eternally wide eyes. If there was one thing to call her, it was a good audience! "Hello, hand 1! Hello, hand 2!" She was quite happy to play along, though what the other might easily miss... Was the dangerous glint in her new acquaintances eye. A glint which many of their classmates had fallen victim to. A glint which looked at not the girl, but the floating hand which rose into the air.
"Heeeh, that'd be amazing to see! Six hands! Wao! No pain? Do they feel anything at all?" As if her own question had forced her curiousity to its peak, Shouko would make her move. A hand would flash out, grabbing Phantom Hand 2 by the wrist. "Gotcha!" The girl would call with a grin, throwing herself into investigation. Could she feel it? The easiest way to find out was... Tickling! With her free hand, she would stroke lines on the hand's palm. Before moving on to her other questions! What did it look like on the severed wrist? Realistic, or blurred? Perhaps a mosaic? She wanted to know!
And once her uninvited investigation concluded, she would not withdraw- Rather, her fingers would forcibly twine their way with those of the other limb- Hey! Shouko! What are you thinking! But that becomes immediately clear when her hand clenches, and starts to push... It's not holding hands, it's an arm wrestle! In midair! And a big grin on her face!
Eventually, her fervor would cool off, and she would return to the conversation at hand. NYahaha, super awesome! I agree!" The brunette would nod in concurrence. "Eh, mine?" She would respond, mildly surprised. It was usually her asking about others, not the other way around! She grinned happily! "En, of course you can! Ha!" With a swift motion, she would prove her own words- Hand withdrawing to the sash tied at her waist, and with a swift pull, the ribbon would pull free- The rest of the garment immediately slackening without the band that held it together. Hey, wait. Why was she taking her clothes off!?
As the thick cloth was fully removed, the answer to that would be self-evident. As it dropped into the cold snow, proving the ease of its removal, a new garment entirely was revealed. One that was... Rather unusual in appearance. Two pieces of solid stone wrapped around her body- A tight band which protected her chest and chastity, and a wider skirt which fell down past her knees... Begging the question of where it had been the entire time she was wearing the shorter skirt of her tunic! "Tada!" Would come the exclamation of pride as it was revealed- It seemed over time, Shouko had lost her shame about the amount of skin revealed in the midriff of the outfit. Or perhaps it had just been too long since she had been reminded that it was something worth being embarrassed over, and she had forgotten that she was supposed to be. "Whaddya think? Looks cool, right?" The pride in her voice was evident. Well, she had carved it out herself!
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Post by Ayame Hayashi on Jan 9, 2020 16:47:08 GMT -4
Ayame had neglected to mention that her quirk increased blood flow to her brain, so oftentimes she didn't actually need to wear a hat to keep warm up there. What she really needed was another pair of thermal leggings. That blood had to come from somewhere, after all. As for Shouko, she wasn't fazed at all by the weather. She mentioned rock. Ayame's eyes lit up at the chance to throw a rock-paper-scissors pun at her, but that would have to wait until she could actually think of a good one. Back to the rock! Why was she talking about rock anyway? Did Shouko have like a layer of stone under her skin or something? That's the only way she could conceivably get away with going outside sleeveless like that. It'd be pretty cool, but Ayame wasn't terribly convinced that it'd do a better job than flesh does with insulation. At the very least it explained why she seemed, well, heavier than her appearance let on. Ayame didn't care much for the science behind it. If stone made the hero student feel warm, stone made her feel warm. That's all there was to it.
"Selfies, yup, pictures of my face. Way easier with a helping hand that isn't, like, attached to your arm. Lousy arms, making life difficult." Once both hands were out, Ayame reached for her phone and hoped to carefully hand it to Phantom Hand 1 to demonstrate her selfie game. Before she'd even gotten a chance to reach into her coat pocket, Shouko was already playing with the other hand.
Her inspection of the hand's wrist revealed it to simply be a solid volume of lilac that lost its opacity as you got further away from the hand itself. It was simply a hand-shaped bag of imaginary fleshy stuff, certain parts of which had the consistency of bone so that the outside at least felt like a hand.
Ayame giggled under her physical right hand, not because she felt the tickling at all, but because she found Shouko's enthusiasm incredibly endearing. She was like a kid in a candy store, and Ayame was enjoying putting on a show. The way Shouko played along, that child-like curiosity. Ayame could definitely relate. She'd probably get an awesome reaction from her magic tricks too!
The arm wrestle, however, was much less impressive. Without the rest of Ayame's mass to anchor the hand, it was pushed aside relatively easily. Her physical hand would have done better. She'd likely still have lost, but maybe she'd have lasted a second longer. Her hands are only really strong when they work together.
Then came the long awaited reveal of Shouko's quirk. Wait, was it hidden under her clothes? Why was she taking them off? S-stone… cheerleader outfit? The heck? Ayame's previous explanation was blown out of the water. It wasn't a granite flesh, it was a stone… exoskeleton? Or did she just turn fabric into stone and wear it? That was also a possibility. Instead of continuously trying to guess the answers to these questions, once again Ayame figured it would be good to just ask her. Her smile and evident pride in her quirk were obvious tells that the hero-to-be was keen for more opportunities to talk about it.
"Woa that is really cool! But, like, how does it work? Besides keeping you warm, what else does it do? Is it permanent or can you like, switch it on and off? You know what kind of rock it is? Can you cover your whole body like some kinda golem thing or is it just those areas? Could you pretend to be a statue? Does paper make it weaker? Tell me! Tell me!" Ayame's curiosity was certainly more verbose than it was practical. The urge to prod Shouko's stone armour was there, but at least it was easy to suppress. The urge to ask every question she had on her mind, less easy to suppress.
At that point, she decided it would be a good time to dismiss the hands so that Shouko had her full attention. She simply released her focus from both summoned hands, which each then took on the consistency of sand. They scattered to the icy winds, vanishing into nothingness.
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Post by Iwasaka Shouko on Jan 10, 2020 13:14:24 GMT -4
The definition of a selfie was lost at the wayside as Shouko investigated what she could. It certainly felt like a hand! But when she looked around at the wrist, it was simply gradually less and less solid. No way to view the internal structure, as though one simply did not exist! And yet, she could feel that such a structure existed! How mysterious! How spooky! How... How far did the physical nature of the arms extend? The non-sequitur thought would lead to her investigating that very direction, sliding her hands along the increasingly opaque wrist until the point where there was nothing beneath her fingertips. As for her initial question... The other was indeed laughing, but it was the easy laughter of one who had been told a joke, and not the forced laughter of one who was ticklish! It seemed the hands lacked tactile feedback... Well, she had been told that already! Had she really needed to test it out?
The answer was yes. Yes she did.
"Hmm, hmm, so that's the case~" Shouko would trill upon completing her examination, an expression of extreme satisfaction on her face. It had been a while since she'd been given free reign to check out someone's quirk! "Nice quirk!" She would declare, her thumb raised to the sky. As for what criteria she was judging that on... Well, Shouko hadn't met a quirk yet she would not qualify as 'nice,' so perhaps it was not as special as it sounded. However, the enthusiastic girl's eyes already began to roam towards Phantom Hand 2... Did she want to see if there were any differences between the hands? "Hey, hey, do they follow your dominant hand? Are you right handed or left handed? Is one of them stronger than the other?" However, for this one... She ended up asking instead of investigating. Who knew the thought process which led to that.
In response to the barrage of questions, Shouko would naturally grin. "Nyahaha, how does it work? That's easy!" The brunette would laugh out loud as she responded. It seemed she enjoyed explaining her quirk... If only because if she didn't, people would misunderstand her for an exhibitionist! There actually were reasons she went with this style, you know! "My quirk builds up a rocky shell around me overnight! Then I carve it from there, into this! See, rock's not exactly flexible, right? And it's heavy! Leave too much on and I won't even be able to move!" She explained. Both describing how it had come about, and why it was so revealing. She may have neglected to mention that she needed help breaking it open in the morning- That part was more of a sore spot. "And besides! I can't really have anything on my sides, since I need to cut it away to free my arms, see?" Okay, she was reaching the point of the lady doth protest too much. Moving on to the next question.
"But it definitely does more than keep me warm! It's heavy and hard, you know? Hard as a rock!" Not that that meant much to the majority of UA students. "And this outfit isn't just for appearance, you know! Aside from minimizing the hindrance, having this low skirt keeps the majority of the material below my waist! My center of gravity is right about... Here!" She would point to a place down in the middle of her skirt. "And if I hold a lower stance, I can push it even further down! It's almost harder for me to lose balance than it is to keep it!" Naturally, as a martial artist, that was a massive advantage! Whether it was strictly about keeping balance, or the difficulty others would have in forcing her to move, it was most definitely useful!
Alas, the answer to the next question... Was kinda already answered. Since she carved it out of the stone covering her... She could only shake her head. "Since it takes pretty much all night to build up the shell, I can't really take it off and put it on as I wish... That's why the school gave me permission to wear clothes I can put on over it!" Which also explained why she was allowed to ignore the school's dress code! "Oh, but that's just for my body! My arms can make the shell at any time... But that also means I lose the use of my hands, so I can't carve it so well. They end up as more of clubs."
All in all, it would answer the question that came next- But Shouko would still take the time to deny the theory. "Nope! I could pretend to be a boulder, though, if I waited long enough!" The stone would completely obscure her features. "Eh? Paper?" The momentary confusion would last... And then deepen, as she got the joke. But even if she got the joke... What was a good joke to give in response? "Eto, eto... Nope! But I can totally bend scissors!" It was a lame attempt, but at least proved she had gotten the joke.
She was a little disappointed to see the hands fade away into nothing, but... Oh well. Seeing how they vanished was cool too! Like whoa, they just up and blew away in the wind... That was the direction the wind was blowing, right? She licked a finger and held it up to check... That was how you checked wind direction, right?
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Post by Ayame Hayashi on Jan 19, 2020 16:42:04 GMT -4
"Ooo yay thanks!" Ayame jumped and clapped cheerfully on reception about her quirk indeed being "nice". But what's this? Was Shouko the first to consider that Ayame may be left-handed? She may have already noticed that both of the phantom hands that were summoned earlier were indeed left hands, or perhaps she wasn't paying attention at all. Not many people do until it becomes relevant.
"I'm actually a lefty, but I'm not really sure if it's any stronger than my right hand. All I know is I write better with it. As for the phantoms, I actually get to pick whether they're lefts or rights! Cool, huh? Usually I pick lefts but for some things it's useful to have one of each, like juggling for example! Sadly I didn't bring my juggling balls but I'd love to show you sometime!"
She could demonstrate with snowballs but catching them wouldn't work well, and although Shouko's quirk let her create stone, it didn't seem like she could make juggle-able pebbles wherever she wanted. It was one of those quirks that needed a day's worth of prep, at which rate it'd just be quicker to go back and retrieve her juggling balls from her room. It'd also be ruder, so she decided against it. She had much to say about her new friend's quirk too.
"Hang on, wait, you carve your outfit every morning? Like, while you're still covered in this heavy rock stuff? That's super impressive! I’d never manage that even with these magic hands!" Ayame was willing to believe that Shouko did manage her quirk by herself, and didn't really question how possible or impossible it was. Only then did she finally realize how odd it was to have so much skin on display. Ayame would probably have left a few loose pieces to use as armour for the midriff region if it were her carving it, but she wasn't the one with the stone sweat quirk. It wasn't like she knew how comfortable or uncomfortable that would be. Probably best not to pry too deep into it. Still, Ayame wouldn't be caught dead wearing something like that, even if it did cost practically nothing. At least Shouko normally wore clothes over it.
Being immune to toppling over was definitely handy, especially in this weather. If Ayame were to trip, all her quirk would be good for was… well it'd vanish anyway. It always does when she's surprised. Phantom Hands nodded as Stone Shell continued to explain more about her quirk.
While the thought of turning into a boulder was somewhat humorous, the realization hit that it'd be hard if not impossible to breathe by that point. Ayame let out a gasp upon that epiphany, but it was good at least that the possibility of turning into a boulder was known. It's not like the battle maniac would actually try to do it on purpose, right?
Anyway, the girls were getting carried away! It was about time Ayame actually did what she came here to do, which was to come up with support items she could invent to help the hero students - in this case Shouko - out with their hero stuff. Dealing with the cold was definitely not a problem, so what kind of gadgets could she use? Ayame re-summoned another disembodied left hand solely to get her brain juices active again, giving it the mundane task of stroking her chin as she thought to herself. A laser cutter to help carve it? Too expensive. Maybe some kind of add-on for those club-like arms she mentioned? Maybe. Within the mess of quirk hype that riddled this support student's brain, only one idea could form. That idea also happened to be riddled with incompatibility upon incompatibility with Shouko and her quirk. Still, she didn't lose hope. Maybe some inspiration would hit once she had a bit of direction.
"Hey, so I'm in support studies. Let's talk support items for a minute! I'm trying to come up with something you might find useful. I'm still a newbie but I really wanna try make something for ya! Is there anything, anything at all where you're like 'oh man, I wish my quirk could do that'? Right now the only idea I have is some kinda slingshot glove you could use to launch pieces of your shell at a distance, but I'm not sure that's entirely your style. It might interfere with your club hands but I was thinking, like, if they ever got smashed up you could use the debris as ammo! If you'd like something like that, I could try and take on that kind of project."
A slingshot glove? Seriously? Come on Ayame, you can do better than that! Still, who knows? Maybe Shouko would like it! She seemed pretty easy to please.
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Post by Iwasaka Shouko on Jan 20, 2020 17:11:49 GMT -4
Ehh, so it wasn't just based on the hand it was summoned from? Ah, but the other girl had said she expected to summon more in the future, so it shouldn't be that surprising. If she had a static two from the beginning, it would make sense for them to be one right and one left. But that wasn't the case! "Ehh, left handed? That's amazing! Did you know, I did a quick poll of UA students, and most of them are actually ambidextrous? It's an amazing statistical anomaly! Isn't that supposed to be rare?" As someone who trained to minimize how much of an effect using her non-dominant hand was, Shouko was seriously envious! "And a full half of them are naturally ambidextrous people! People who trained for it are one thing, but natural born is a whole other basket!" Of course, perhaps the advent of quirks had led to more of the population being ambidextrous... What an interesting theory! Maybe she'd look at some historical data and compare it to... Eh, compared to watching a battle, that sounded boring!
And so the question of if ambidexterity was more prevalent in 2074 than in 2020 was left forgotten forever.
Ayame was entirely correct that Shouko's quirk wasn't suitable for making balls- She would need to carve them into shape and then sand down the edges to make a smooth sphere, and by that point... Indeed, not suitable. "Yup! Every morning! Ah, not entirely. Katayacchi has to free my arms first..." She admitted, looking slightly away. The negative aspects of her quirk were not something she often dwelled on, but they were becoming harder to ignore by the week. But as was typical, she caught herself before letting slip so far! "But like all things, it's about practice! And having the tools for the job!"
Indeed, her strength alone would probably only be good for breaking the rock open. But with a chisel, she could make it into a work of art! Although to a trained eye, it would be clear that her carving skills were amateurish at best. Mistakes were plenty, and while balanced, it was clearly uneven. The weight was symmetric- The appearance, less so. It seemed she had chipped away where she could at whichever side felt like it was heaviest until all of them were even.
If the other girl thought for a moment, she would realize the implication of Shouko's statement. Turning into a boulder was something that happened naturally because of her shell- If it would impact her breathing, she would suffocate every night! But rather than clarify, she instead turned the topic away, and to something Shouko was happy to talk about! After all, talking about herself was pretty boring, wasn't it? She knew everything there was to know about it already! Or so her logic went, ignoring the fact that others might possibly be curious about her.
"Eh, support gear? Haaaaa." The girl let out a long exhalation as she ruminated on the question. Gear? For her? Her brow furrowed. Her arm folded in under her chin like that famous sculpture. Thinking was hard! And support gear wasn't something she really thought of, you know? In the first place.... Eh? Nothing at all came to mind? It wasn't so much a problem with support gear itself, as- Shouko was too heavily inspired by martial arts films! People who used their bodies as their weapons! That was her style! And so, when it came to amplifying herself with gear... It just wasn't her style?
Oh, but the specific example Phantom Hands gave could be shot down on the spot! "Ah, I've tried that before!" It was a short lived technique which attempted to redirect the shrapnel from her arms towards an opponent out of reach. But as evidenced by her having abandoned the technique- "En, it's really not as effective as you'd think. In the end, stone just isn't aerodynamic!" Not her stone, anyways. "If I could control how it broke so that it was the right shape and size, it'd be another story- But as is, I'd have to be so careful making it break correctly, it's just not my style, you know?"
Shouko wasn't one to let others down easily when she didn't think there ideas were good- But she would also explain why she thought so! In the end, her direction would be decided by her, and her alone! "Eto, eto... En!" With an explanation that held the aura of, "Eureka!" Shouko perked up. What would her ideal support gear be?
"I don't need anything!" The girl would declare, with a cheerful grin on her face. "Before talking about support gear... I want to see how far my body can go! It's that sort of feeling? You know, like how Master-" And promptly, she used the events of some manga or another to justify her decision. The story of a martial arts master who refused to use the strength enhancing power suits, but proceeded to sweep the floor with the people who used them! That kind of story. But Shouko, anime is anime, and real life is real life, you know!
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