282 Posts
0 EP
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21 Years
Female
"Aurum Arachne"
Hero-Rank Quirk:
Spider Head
Pro Hero
Played by: khaozz
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Post by Kumoko Joro on May 17, 2019 21:33:01 GMT -4
Kumoko was quietly humming to herself. She was carrying a bag filled with many goodies she had bought at the mall. Most of them were cute outfits she could not wait to try on once she got home. However, there were also several sugary snacks she had bought. There was no way she could turn down the delicious looking honey cakes that were shaped like adorable bees. Kumoko had also bought some notebooks and pens for school. Overall, she was satisfied with her day so far and was in a good mood.
Sadly, all of that was about to change.
The spider-headed girl heard some footsteps behind her. After about a minute of walking and hearing footsteps, she stopped moving. So did the footsteps. Kumoko was already having a bad feeling about this. Sweating nervously, she turned around. Three big and burly men were grinning as they looked down on her. "H-hi. May I help you?" Maybe there was nothing to worry about? Maybe these guys were just lost and looking for directions? Maybe they weren't here to cause trouble?
Unfortunately, the answer to all those questions were a resounding no.
"Oi! What do you think you're doing showing your ugly face in public, you freak? This ain't the zoo, you know!" Kumoko began to mentally panic. Oh no, oh no, oh no! Not this! Not now! After the first guy spoke, Kumoko fearfully stammered. "I-I don't want any trouble now, please!" Another one of the men sneered. "What did you say, piss face? Try speaking Japanese, or at least English. I'm afraid I don't speak Ugly!" As the first and second guy laughed, Kumoko's six eyes were already welling up with tears. She didn't want this. She just wanted to get back home now. She wanted to be anywhere else but here.
However, she was not about to get away so easily. The third guy walked towards the scared girl and suddenly reached out for her bag. "What do you think you're doing with this? You some kind of thief or something? No one in their right mind would sell anything to a monster. You must have stolen this!" Kumoko tried in vain to hold on to her bag. However, it was snatched away from her. "H-hey! I paid for that! Give it back!" The man then gave her a dangerous look. "Shut the hell up, you hideous thief! I can't stand liars!" He then shoved the poor girl to the concrete.
As Kumoko began to cry, the other two were laughing. "Yeah, put that disgusting bug in its place!" Kumoko tried to get up, but her head was immediately met with the dirty shoe of one of the men. "Stay down on the floor where you belong, freak!" Tears continued to run down the girl's face. Why? Why did this always have to happen? Why were people so cruel? As the man who had snatched her bag began to look and see what was inside, Kumoko continued crying, hoping that this could all just stop.
Fortunately, the three bullies were not going to get away with their actions for much longer.
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33 Posts
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Male
"Interceptor"
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Post by Daisuke Ishino on May 18, 2019 21:24:16 GMT -4
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Whenever Daisuke Ishino ventured out into public spaces he tended to cause quite some stirs, to say the least. Loud whispers, awkward glances, even the occasional shriek of ‘what the hell is that’ or ‘holy shit where did that thing come from’; his presence alone incited all these responses and more from the general populace. He did not notice. He had not noticed for a long time. It all faded into the general noise of the city, as meaningless to him as the sounds of car engines as he made his way around. He wore his UA uniform, or as much of it as he could stand to wear; he did not like shoes and eschewed them in favour of going barefoot. He was trying to lie low and stick to the quieter backstreets and alleyways, but not because he cared how people reacted to him, more so that he knew Officer Ishino, the policeman whose custody he was now technically in, would not want him wandering around on his own much. Not given his history and the reason why he was at UA in the first place. None of this was going to stop him from meeting with his family, however. Just because he was at UA now did not mean he had to abandon them, the people who had given him a name and raised him. He had no intention of that. And so, he made his way through the city with every aim of finding them again. It had been too long since he last saw them and he could hardly bear it inside. Sobbing. Daisuke paused, turning his head in the direction of this unfamiliar sound. His unusual vision rendered his sight as a series of man-shapes gathered around a smaller girl-shape with numerous pointy-shapes sticking out of her head. He tilted his head to the side, curious as to what those pointy-shapes could be. Then he heard the men’s words: hideous, disgusting, freak. They were all words he had heard many times before. He did not care when they were aimed at him. When aimed at others like him, however... His jet-like wings burst outwards to their fullest extent (fortunately his uniform had been given holes for them) and the thrusters in his lower legs roared into life. He blazed through the open air like some demonic beast from hell, intending to collide with the nearest man head on. ▲ |
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282 Posts
0 EP
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Total
21 Years
Female
"Aurum Arachne"
Hero-Rank Quirk:
Spider Head
Pro Hero
Played by: khaozz
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Post by Kumoko Joro on May 22, 2019 8:18:49 GMT -4
Kumoko continued to sob as the men's jeers, laughs, and kicks kept coming. Why? Why did this always happen to her? She always seemed to attract the worst kind of trouble, all without any effort on her part. Why were there people like this? She just wanted to live out her life. It was not like she asked to be born with a spider for a head. Why were certain people always so determined to not let her be happy?
With how upset and hurt the girl was, she did not yet notice the arrival of a newcomer. Two of the men also failed to notice, with one still looking through Kumoko's bag and the other still kicking her. The third one, however, did notice the arrival of the male mutant. His reaction was unsurprising. Flinching, the man was horrified at the sight of Daisuke. "What the fu-"
However, he did not have time to finish his sentence, alert his buddies, or do much of anything. Already on the move, Daisuke charged in, colliding with the nearest bully. "SHIT!" Upon hearing the man fall down to the floor, his buddies stopped what they were doing to see what was going on. Naturally, the quirkist bullies had a similar reaction to their friend's. "The hell is that thing?" "Ugh, another freak!" The one holding Kumoko's bag dropped it upon seeing the mutant. The one who had been kicking Kumoko froze in fear.
Slowly moving her head toward the source of the commotion, Kumoko blinked rapidly in an attempt to get the tears out of her eyes so she could see more clearly. That's when she saw him. A fellow mutant. A badass looking one at that. Did he see what these bullies were doing to her, thus coming in to help? Slowly, Kumoko's mouth formed a small and weak smile. She immediately felt relieved. Thank you.
But then Kumoko felt intense guilt and shame. Once again she could not defend herself. Once again someone else had to get involved in order to save her. Once again she caused trouble for someone else by having to get them involved for her sake. She was pathetic, useless, a complete burden. First Kenshin and Genzu, then Army of One, and now this guy. Always having to rely on others to save her. Why was she so weak?
Noticing her bag on the ground and a few of its contents having spilled, Kumoko slowly tried to get up and move to pick up her stuff. However, she was stopped in her tracks by one of the men. With a grin, he kicked her back down to the ground. "Ow!" The tears were coming back. As she began to cry again, the man began to laugh. "Aw, what's the matter? You want the bag?" Picking it up, he was about to throw it at the poor spider girl. However, he paused to take a look to see how his friends were doing with the other mutant.
Meanwhile, the other two were trying to gang up on Daisuke. "Another freak. These things are like cockroaches! They're everywhere!" His comrade then chuckled. "No matter. Just like cockroaches, we stomp on em! Doesn't matter if there's one or two!" The two men began to approach Daisuke with the intent to beat him up.
However, they would soon learn that they were making a very big mistake.
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"Interceptor"
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Post by Daisuke Ishino on Jun 2, 2019 16:00:46 GMT -4
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Daisuke ran his long black tongue across his serrated teeth. So, they still thought they had a chance, did they? Well, they were rapidly about to learn how wrong they were. The monstrous mutant threw back his head and let out a piercing alien shriek like a pterodactyl reborn. “I am not a freak, fools. I am the freak!” If he made their words his own then and only then would they understand how useless words were against him. The sound of his shriek was frightening enough to stop the attackers in their tracks. His engines ignited once more and sent him careening towards them. He seized one of them by the front of his shirt and hurled the man into another. As he reached the end of the alley he curved around and came back at them. By this point the remaining fools were more ready for him and one of them threw themselves at him. Daisuke was ready too, however, and sent him sprawling with an airborne punch to the jaw. He heard a solid crack as his fist made contact. “Man, fuck this!” exclaimed one of the only men to be still standing as he scrambled away. “This ain’t worth it!” His friends followed him, one of them limping a bit. Once they were out of sight, Daisuke slowly descended back to the ground and turned his engines off. His wings folded and shrank down. “Weak,” he remarked. After a moment, his eyeless head whipped around to look at the individual with the many long things protruding from her head. “I suppose you’re safe now.” ▲ |
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282 Posts
0 EP
EXP
Total
21 Years
Female
"Aurum Arachne"
Hero-Rank Quirk:
Spider Head
Pro Hero
Played by: khaozz
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Post by Kumoko Joro on Jun 13, 2019 21:26:46 GMT -4
Kumoko felt ashamed. She was supposed to be a student of UA. Maybe not in the hero course, but the point was that she no longer wanted to just let herself be the victim. So why was she just letting herself be pushed around? She should be fighting back! She should be helping the newcomer fight these quirkist jerks! Her eyes still full of tears, Kumoko began to shut them in an attempt to get the tears out of her eyes so her vision was no longer obscured. Although she was still upset, still scared, Kumoko was also becoming angry. Gritting her teeth, she opened her eyes, ready to somehow try to fight back.
But the men were no longer there. "Wait, wha?" Kumoko was confused. What happened to them? Where did they go? She was even more confused when she was getting up and no one was pushing her back down on the ground. Did they all leave? Looking around, she noticed that only the mutant was there. Did he chase them all off by himself. Kumoko's eyes began to water once again, but this time the tears were not those of sorrow. So badass!
Hearing the mutant speak, Kumoko smiled at him, although she had no idea if he could see her smile as he seemed to lack any visible eyes. "Yes, I am now. Thank you so much for helping me out, mister." She then bowed her head. "I'm sorry! You shouldn't have had to come save me. If only I wasn't so weak..." Wait. Why was she apologizing? It was those jerks who should be sorry! "If I was stronger, I could have lent you a hand. Sorry you had to deal with them by yourself."
Noticing her bag on the floor, Kumoko went over to pick it up. "Oh no, my stuff! They're ruined! Aw..." Several of the outfits were now dirty and ragged, with one of the cute shirts having a small tear. One of the notebooks were bent. And most of the bee-shaped honey cakes were squished inside their plastic wrapping. Such a shame. Kumoko then took one of the packaged cakes that miraculously wasn't squished and held it out to the mutant. "I don't really have much to thank you with, but I don't suppose you like honey cakes, do you? You can have this one if you want. I don't mind."
Kumoko then widened her eyes in shock. How could she be so rude? "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! I forgot to introduce myself! Where are my manners? My name's Kumoko. It's very nice to meet you!" She then extended her hand outward, this time remembering to not extend one of her spider legs instead. That was a very bad habit of hers.
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"Interceptor"
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Post by Daisuke Ishino on Jun 22, 2019 22:10:11 GMT -4
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Daisuke shrugged off her comments about being too weak to help him. “Protecting the weak is what a hero does, right? And if that’s what I’m supposed to become...” He was wearing his UA uniform, which already looked incredibly beat-up and torn despite only being in his possession for a handful of months. (He would have gone further and torn the sleeves off outright if his damn homeroom teacher had not stopped him). The uniform symbolised the change he was supposedly going through from homeless delinquent to a fully-fledged paragon of justice. And a paragon of justice was supposed to take down assholes. His actions made perfect sense to himself. He had no idea what to say or do about her ruined things, however, so he merely quietly watched her gather it all back up. He felt like he should have done something to help her, but could not think what: her things were already destroyed. He made a low sound of confliction. All these thoughts were forgotten the instant she mentioned cake. Daisuke’s face may have been hard to read but there was no mistaking the way it lit up. “Yes!” he cried as though she had offered him a million dollars. He practically lunged at her and swiped the cake out of her hands. It was a miracle he did not yank her arm off in the process. He shoved the entire cake into his maw and swallowed it in only two bites. “So good!” If he had had eyes he might well have teared up. He almost missed that she held a hand out to him but grunted and took it. “Ishino Daisuke.” ▲ |
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989 Posts
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26 Years
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Post by Maya on Jun 25, 2019 13:22:17 GMT -4
Kumoko had 25 EXP and gained 14 EXP
Daisuke had 63 EXP and gained 8 EXP
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