Tattoo or birth mark? Neither or Both? (jasmine noir)

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Melody immediately tried to ease Jasmine a bit, she hated when people apologized to her. It made her feel some guilt but she knew jasmine was trying to look out for a fellow classmate. It was actually pretty refreshing that someone was looking after her now, or at least showing concern. Melody always rejected the idea that her life was pretty strange, to her it was normal so she never really questioned it. But with everything going on...she began to ask questions. However with asking questions came feelings she didnt really like, after all that means her mother had to be involved in it. Her mother was a gentle and kind woman, she always treated melody with kindness and warmth. At least that's how she remembered it being..but for some reason her head would start to hurt if she thought about it too harshly.[break][break]

Melody responded to jasmine's question if she looks like the gossiping type to which she quickly dismissed the thought "No..you arent the gossipy type" She whispered as she let jasmine continue her train of thought. She sat there silently and took it all in, she felt like a complete dolt. A person on the outside looking in to the girl who always avoided her past could tell that some shit was definitely fucked. But she took it all in stride and ignored it hoping it'd go away just for it to grow bigger and bigger till it bit her in the ass. Ishtar's list loomed over her head, anxiety and worry not because of Ishtar herself coming for her. But the fact that others would see her getting special treatment from the number 1 villain and look at her strangely. Pro's villains and students alike..she hated this kind of attention, this wasn't what she meant when she wanted people to notice her.[break][break]

The last part of Jasmine's statement though struck a chord inside of melody. Someone in her family..? That's...that's impossible. Melody sat there and thought about it for a few moments. Her mother could never do that sort of thing to melody, she was too overbearing in the sense that she controlled a lot of what melody could do. She wasnt allowed to go out with friends, she had a strict schedule, her mother even supported her hero dream and made a training regime for her to follow with the best of tutors. How could she even consider giving her daughter a tattoo as a child. "Family member huh? I knew my mother too well, I could never imagine her wanting to give me a tattoo like this..she was too religious and or controlling... Im and only child too, the only family I have left alive is.." before it finally hit her, melody's face changed rapidly into one of despair and confusion when she looked into the floor..[break][break]

"My father..." she said "He is most likely the one who did it, but I..I dont even know anything about him, I only have a name." she said looking back up to jasmine, her face was desperate for answers. But what happens now that she was afraid of the answers? The pieces started to come together, melody only knew his name but that's what made logical sense. "My mom used to always refuse to talk about him. "When you're older melody, what good will knowing about him do, focus on your lessons." she said mimicing her mother. the only question she really had left was why though? "If im right though...I have no idea where to even begin to look for answers and if I do.." the girl began to ponder as she placed her knuckle on her lower lip as she began to think hard to herself, it's almost as if she forgot jas was even there.[break]

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Melody could feel that jas was concerned, she was right to be cause melody's own face was riddled with anxiety. A simple question was all it took for her to start looking back and rethinking her relationships with her only parental figure. However Jas then started to make a statement the stung, she said to ask her mom about it. Of course it's entirely fair Jas didn't know about her mother. Melody's mother had passed right before she came to U.A, she stayed quiet during jaz's statements, absorbing what the girl was saying. It was high time snow white woke up and faced reality, she didn't have enough answers to keep pretending her family was normal. It seemed as time went on more and more things she once thought was normal became unusual and strange. "It's alright. No turning my back to the truth anymore I suppose right?" she said as she came to terms with her suspicious past. "If I keep ignoring the fire it'll just consume everything so.." she said as she looked to the floor and away from jas, she has a hard time looking others in the eye. Was her mother really the type of person to get involved in the kind of stuff? Did melody really not know her as well as she thought? [Break][break]

Melody was stunned for a moment as Jas spoke as if the woman was still alive. She couldnt be mad at jas, she had no idea that her mother had passed really. no one really knew besides a select few so it wasn't really fair for her to be upset with her for speaking of the late woman. "I wish I could speak to her..she unfortunately isnt with us any longer." she said pulling out a gold necklace in the shape of a gold heart with a flowery design on it. Melody popped it open and showed it to jas "She passed right before I came to U.A." she said in a sad tone, inside the locket Jas would see a picture of melody as a young girl and her mother. The spitting image of Melody with hair that's just as long but that seems much fuller and wilder than the young bluenette. As jas apologized for butting into melody's family business melody put a hand up to her. "Dont worry about it. This is something I've been wanting to talk about for a while to anyone who was willing to listen. My father's name is Itsuki Hajuku, that's all I have, and if im being honest. If you're right id be much more comfortable having someone help me." Melody stood up and put the locket back into her purse as she adjusted her clothes "Where do you think would be a good place to start? I don't wanna make it sound like im assuming things but I get the slightest inkling this isn't your first time in this kind of rodeo of finding people?" she asked curiously, she kind of wanted to get to know jas better and find out more about her family, talk about two birds with one metaphorical boulder.

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Melody waved away jasmine's apologies "Oh it's quite alright. You couldn't have known." she said " I never talk about it in the open like some of the others here. I keep my secrets to myself." she said with a small dismissing tone trying to make Jas feel better. Melody didnt want to make Jas feel guilty at all, she was somewhat numb to it all now. After two years she was finally able to accept her mothers death, but, that didn't meant she still had questions she was desperate to get the answers to. "I think the only person besides you who knows it professor Nimue. We bonded a bit after she explained to me that her father passed. A villain named Oracle hunted him down and murdered him after some torturing." she said as she recalled the conversation the two had on melody's first apprenticeship meeting. She did give nimue some credit, the chat while sad in nature did give melody some motivation. It gave her some more gas to light the fuel as to why she wanted to be a hero, especially one who could heal as well as she did.[break][break]

Melody had smiled a bit though as jasmine was able to expertly smooth over the conversation much to melody's relief. She went on to imagining what melody was like as a child. Well, jasmine was kind of right. "Hah you think so but I was a much different as a child." she said as she gathered up her belongings and getting them all together. "But it's almost like I was an entirely different person as a kid. I was quiet, obedient. I was entirely a mama's girl, did everything she asked even if I didn't want to." she said smiling to herself a bit and giggling "I was like play puddy in her hands. Not that I really minded it all that much."  she said smiling a bit as she closed the her locket and placed it back on her neck where it belonged. [break][break]

A small sigh of relief escaped her mouth as she relaxed a bit. "I don't know whether to be glad or sad you haven't heard of him." she said rather confused on whether it was a good or bad thing. "Maybe you're right, im sure there must be SOME record of him on public documentation. If he is a criminal than maybe he's been in prison this whole time and I was just unaware?" She said pondering "But if there is I'd be confused. On paper he has custody of me at the moment, and I get money wired to me every 2 weeks or so. Enough for me to live off of comfortably." she explained to her a bit further "So im not sure. My life's a whole bunch of question marks..." she said before pondering something extremely dangerous. However Jas chimed in with a useful suggestion, she thought about Elise. "Elise senpai?" she said out loud "Yeah.. you're right, I'm already being mentored under her at the moment so that would be an easy in to talk to her." She said as her eyes lit up. Jaz had lit up a path for melody, all she had to do now was just follow it to the end[break][break]

Her eyes looked to the floor for a bit before looking back up and looking at jasmine in the eye and becoming a bit nervous "T-Thanks Jas. I-I appreciate all your help on this." She said before...awkwardly moving in for a hug like a robot. Melody was very touch starved so hugging wasn't the most comfortable thing for her but jas surely earned it from her as emotions welled up inside melody. She quickly let go of the young wolf though "S-sorry. it's just you have no idea how much this means to me." she said as she scratched the back of her head awkwardly, clearly embarrassed by the emotions she just put out on display for Jas to see. Melody looked at her phone though "Oh crap. We're running out of time. I'm gonna be late to class if we dont get going." she said " Ill text you later in U.A chat to see if I find anything else of interest to you." she said as she nodded to the girl and grabbed her bag. She bowed to jas one more time before bolting out of the door.  Melody finally did it, she finally had a partner to help her out.