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Post by Ray Haixiao on Apr 14, 2020 14:39:38 GMT -4
Ray woke up on a fine Saturday morning. It was the weekend that he had been waiting for a chance to go out and see what the city had. A nice change from trying to adjust and get to know people at the school. He liked it but it was a lot to take in at once and a casual day was long overdue.
Quickly getting dressed, he left while the sun was still peeking out over the horizon. Without a word he left the school grounds and gave the large gate a pat as he passed underneath it. Finally, he was out and ready to explore. It was still all foreign to him and he didn't ask where anything was. He stepped out, looked around and then turned to head to the right. It wasn't long before he came upon a bench with a group of people sitting around it. A sign stood above all of them with the picture of a bus on it. Ray walked up and scooted sat next to the group. "So where are we headed," he asked.
"Mustafa. The shopping district," one man replied and pointed down the street. It seemed it was still a good way away. A few minutes later a yellow bus bopped down the street. The doors inched open and the crowd of people poured inside. It was shoulder to shoulder room only. Ray was sandwiched between the two people and struggled to get anything he would consider a good breath of fresh air.
The bus rolled down the street, each bump packing them in tighter until he couldn't take it anymore. It was a few stops away from the district when it rolled into a stop to pick up some more people. ray pushed by the men and reached for the handle of the door. Grasping it, he pulled himself the rest of the way through and jumped down.
He stumbled onto the street and jumped back as a bike whizzed by him nearly knocking him down. His hands fell to his knees as he caught his took in a breath of nice air. He stood up only to see a three-story building in front of him. There was a sign out front that indicated it was a gym. He had briefly heard some of the other students talking about a popular gym by the shopping area.
It was perfect timing and he straightened out his clothes. He was going to look for a place off campus to improve his cardio anyway. Ray stepped forward and pushed open the doors. It smelled like resolve mixed with iron and a hint of cleaning spray permeating the air.
Someone just walked away from the receptionist's desk with bag in hand and disappeared into the locker rooms. Ray put his hands in his pockets and came up next. "Excuse me, I'd like a membership please," he asked and then his eyes fell onto the license on the wall.
"Is that for real," he nodded toward the license. "Can I really train my quirk here?"
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Post by Hanako Hajimari on Apr 18, 2020 5:42:46 GMT -4
There is an issue when you don't have someone working for the receptionist and you have to work there too instead of doing all the thousand other things you had to do, to keep this place running. She usually liked to take the Saturday morning off but Saturday was one of their most popular days and with the holiday they had taken, she couldn't ask more of her employees. She scrolled through the emails after she helped the previous new customer and she frowned at the list of applicants, this wasn't working well. She really should put up more info about it, maybe on their website, if she could work on that a little more. She definitely needed a techie for it. She could maybe ask Teruko for a paper in her store. She nodded and thought about asking later during lunch break. She got a bit lost in thoughts when the previous customer had just looked for his card, but the scanner recognized him so she had let him go, but now his bag had to be refilled and she absent-minded had waved him off as he made his way across the room to the lockers and changing room.
It took her a few seconds to look up to the new customer and she smiled at him before looking over her shoulder. "As real as it can be." She said with a smile, god what a work that had been. She felt it might be her proudest Scandal moment as she had bribed her former colleagues to do something useful for her. "Of course there are limits and so on, but we can teach you how to defend yourself with your quirk or how to learn to control your quirk so you will not accidentally use it on the streets." Her PR talk, considering Hanako knew very well that quirk use was a no-no outside, this was how she sold it. To help smaller kids control and not accidentally hurt an innocent bystander or a parent in a quirk-y tantrum. "You would need one of our trainers to be with you when training, but my husband is available at the moment if you want to train, he is the martial art teacher around here and we don't have a class scheduled till later today." She would wait for the boy's confirmation and would tell him the price of their membership before sending a message to G to come downstairs.
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Post by Ray Haixiao on Apr 20, 2020 19:08:12 GMT -4
The charming woman reassured him about the sign and he met her with a smile of his own. Having something like that was a blessing. "That must have been a hassle to get,"he said with a quick head tilt to the side and a lopsided grin. With all the laws on quirks he couldn't imagine how hard that must have been, but the fact that they had it also rose the question of just who were these people.
He let those thoughts fade away as the woman explained the quirk situation. He nodded along, expecting there to be limits but he could feel the enthusiasm in his shoulders at the prospect of learning how to use his quirk better. "Of course. And that sounds perfect," he brought his hands out of his pockets. "I've been wanting to expand the ways I can use it. I make barriers..." he gave a quick shrug, "Mostly."
The situation began to come into a bit more focused when she mentioned her husband. A family-owned business perhaps. Another flicker of intrigue flashed in the teen's eye upon hearing the 'martial arts.' "That would be great. I'd like to take the martial arts courses and the quirk lessons. and uh..." he began to speak and looked down at the clothes he was wearing and then back to her. "Are there some more gym like clothes I could buy. I didn't really plan on finding this place today. But when opportunity arises..." It was possible for him to train in what he had on, but he had no idea what he may be getting into, better safe than sorry after all.
After she informed him of the fee he would pay it and wait for her husband to arrive. "Do you train her as well?" he asked, making a bit of small talk while he waited unless she had other work to attend to. He stood patiently and looked around at all the equipment available, but his real interests were the two things the lady had already mentioned. He glanced over at the bikes and place for jumping rope. A small sigh escaped his lips. As much as he hated it, he knew that he needed to do something about his stamina and cardio, especially if he really wanted to be able to save people.
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Post by G Hajimari on Apr 22, 2020 9:45:57 GMT -4
Meanwhile as that was going on, G was just casually training to keep in shape. Lifting a weight. Not an all too heavy one but not some easy peasy one. A good safe middle was the best for him. He wasnt into getting buff. Besides Hana didnt like it buff and neither did he. A muscular middle was always the best. Just so it wasnt obvious that he had a 'dad bod' according to Haruuhi.
Soon G saw a message he received from Hana saying he should come downstairs, he wondered why did she need him? Was there trouble. Maybe thats what his Vigilante mind was saying, he should try and be calm.
G thus went downstairs to see what was up. G upon arrival saw Hana with some boy. That was good, so things were safe after all. Judging by the outfit and the new face, this looked like a new member. And if G had to hazard another guess, by the age range it was probably a UA student. Kids dont go to get buff if they dont need to. That was his wild prediction, but now it was time to make it or break it and see.
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Post by Hanako Hajimari on Apr 23, 2020 4:08:40 GMT -4
"Definitely a hassle, I am glad those times are over." Though of course there was inspection and the like, government didn't like it. She still thought it was a miracle that they got it. Without using blackmail that is. She had been lucky that she had people that knew people, that knew people and so on. She really did not want to think about it, it was a headache all over again. She went to explain it to the boy as he seemed to be interested in it anyway, better to gain a customer and their enthusiasm the more. After all, the best advertisement was recommendations from person to another person.
Barriers seemed to be innocent enough for what she knew now, at least no smoking fire on her account. Still she had to help Elena and Bashira, or so she thought to be able to be here and Hanako tried to keep up with fixing the gym as best as she could and hopefully making it worthwhile for everyone. She nodded, and explained that her husband would be able to help him even more. She gave a short laugh, "Luckily that's under the same teacher." She nodded as he explained that he needed gym clothes and she could add them in his membership. She would ask his size while working on the membership for him after he agreed with the price.
"I do, from time to time when there is a moment off, at the moment I am more working in the gabs that we have as some of the students stopped working here as they got too busy in their senior year." She narrowed her eyes shortly, almost so quickly that you wouldn't notice unless you had looked her in the eye. "Still looking for a lifeguard for the pool downstairs and for someone behind this desk as it's officially not my job. I do the accountancy, PR and sports massages." She gave another laugh, "But we will manage for now." She looked up when G arrived and smiled at him when she put the new membership card and the sports clothes on the reception desk. "you can change there." She pointed before turning to G. "And this is my husband, honey, he would like to have some quirk training and martial art, I thought maybe you could do an introduction now so he could sign up for the group classes." She mused before letting the two talk and she would focus on a new customer who had a question.
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Post by Ray Haixiao on Apr 24, 2020 13:57:50 GMT -4
He joined her laughter when she mentioned that the teachers were one and the same, "I guess this day keeps getting more convenient then." He gave her his size and luckily the clothes issue wasn't a problem at all. He could really get used to this place. His attention moved back and forth from her and looking over the gym as she spoke. His brow rose in intrigue as she mentioned the student workers that had recently stopped. The connection between this gym and the school must have been a strong one. He didn't notice the quick narrowing of her gaze but did catch the not so subtle hint in her sentence.
"A lifeguard and someone for the desk you say?" It was a fascinating offer if she was implying what he assumed. "Well, you could do worse than having a water quirk user as a lifeguard. If that spots open I'd be happy to apply." An unexpected turn of events but if he could land a job here the possibilities could be endless. And what better way to practice his life-saving skills than as a lifeguard at the pool. "I guess the real question is," he began with a light-hearted smile. "Does the job come with a membership discount?" He asked, but his cheerful tone betrayed the fact that he was interested regardless.
A man had made his way down the stairs just as Ray scooped the clothes and membership card from the desk and held them tucked under his right arm. Before Ray could reply to the man's casual greeting, Hanako was already introducing them and then was off in the next breath to help another customer.
Ray turned his focus to the man, "I'm Ray. Your wife was kind enough to let me go ahead and meet you. As she said I'd like to improve me quirk, martial arts and well...work on my awful cardio." He lifted the clothes from tucked under his arm, "She gave me these just in case we were starting today."
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Post by G Hajimari on Apr 29, 2020 9:45:43 GMT -4
G arrived to the scene and Hana introduced him to a kid. She then told him that he can do the introduction now so he can sign up for group classes. Then the boy turned to G and introduced himself as Ray. Another foreigner perhaps? Ray wasnt a japanese name as far as G knew. Ray then said that he would like to improve his quirk, martial arts and cardio and of course. G nodded
"Well, you came to the right place. I'm the Gym Leader, see? So we're gonna whip you here in shape. Your cardio will be plus ultra and your quirk will be great!"
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"But before we go anywhere. What is your Quirk exactly?" G had to ask because depending on the quirk would well decide where they go? To the pool or a training room or elsewhere
G also let him and Hana exchange any last words they had, if he had any questions for her and such, but once that was done. G would then lead the boy to where they would train. The pool, considering they were water quirkers. As they walked, G spoke to him "Today we will start with your Quirk. Quirk and cardio can go hand in hand. But I guess depends, there are always exceptions"G almost said like me. But he held off being all smug and great |
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Post by Hanako Hajimari on May 1, 2020 3:40:01 GMT -4
She smiled at the new member of the gym, "Lucky you right, I hope you have a lot of luck in your life." She told him kindly, luck after all was something you already had or not in her opinion. She found a pair of training shorts and a t-shirt in his size, so again quite lucky. She talked to him, she felt herself that she was talking too much but Hanako had a purpose, the kindness of this young man was obvious and she wanted to consider that. Normally she would discuss it with her husband but for now, she could extend the invitation, so she mentioned the jobs they had open. Bingo. She looked up at Ray kindly again and nodded, yes, the last was also a quirk user, she also was a dance instructor but school was more important. G and Hana always agreed with that. "Well, how about you first see today and at the end let me know if you like it here, if you do, I will send you an email with the dates and time that we could have the interview and see if you can take the job." She shook her head with a grin when he asked the question of discount, "Who knows, maybe it does." With the teasing way she said it, made it clear that it did and it would still be able to be fixed if he worked her after the membership already started.
After that, G seemed to have already arrived and she would sort of push the two to talk to each other so she could help another customer. Really, they needed someone to work behind the desk, she had to work on other things. She shook her head mildly when she caught the words Gym Leader. What an introduction. As they were going towards the pool instead of a training room, she put the swimming shorts on the reception desk as well in an automatic gesture for Ray to take it without charging him for it and continued to talk to the other customer.
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Post by Ray Haixiao on May 2, 2020 14:31:32 GMT -4
"I'll let you know," he replied with a smile. The idea of coming out for a gym membership and getting a job was an eventful turn. The place already seemed welcoming and he had no doubt that he would like it here.
"Sounds perfect then." he remarked about the teasing way she hinted at the discount and it was nice to know that there was a discount and it wasn't awkward for him to be so forward about asking about one. he was already calculating how he was going to work his life around being able to work at the gym. Something that was easy enough.
Then his conversation with G began. The man seemed full of energy and if not a bit intimidating with the phrase, 'whip into shape.'
But he nodded at him. That was whether was here for after all. To push himself further. he wasn't sure exactly what plus ultra looked like but it invigorated him nonetheless. He brought his hand out of his pocket and made a fist, "Let's do it!"
"My quirk is water manipulation. Mostly shields and some offense." As he said that, Hanako already had a pair of swim shorts sitting on the desk for him. He reached back with a thankful smile and nodded at her thoughtfulness. he followed G to the pool. "Alright. I'll go get changed real quick then," he said and headed into the changing room once again to put on the swim shorts and returned.
"Quirk and cardio hand in hand," he repeated to himself as he approached G.
"Alright. If we can train quirk and cardio at the same time, that would be great. What do you have in mind...Coach?" He added with a rising intonation, not sure what he should call him by. Regardless he was excited that they could start today and jump right into quirk training.
The smell of chlorine permeated the air and small pools of water were scoured around the outsides of the pool from people diving and coming in and out throughout the day.
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Post by G Hajimari on May 7, 2020 11:34:06 GMT -4
Ray explained that his Quirk was water manipulation, so shields with some offencive capabilities. G nodded "ok ok ok" he said as he pondered about the Quirk.
But once they arrived to the pool, Ray asked G what does he have in mind, while also calling him coach. Coach... G likes that. He will add that to his long list of titles.
But back to Rays initial question. What does he have in mind. Thus G used his own Quirk and summoned Goliath. His huge 2 meter tall monstrous, isopod in a hunched-over, humanoid posture. He has a soft light purplish inner body generously armored with a silvery exoskeleton.
Goliath loked at Ray, and soon G gave out his order.
"Show him a water construct" G said
And soon Goliath raised his claw and manipulated the pools water and made a watery construct of Ray himself. G then looked back to Ray "I want you to show me your best watery construct right now" G said and crossed his hands
Meanwhile Goliath just looked at the boy so he can see what the young one can do. Now all of the eyes on him. G just had to think and be delicate with this. Like, not make attacks or sharp constructs, but if the boy said he makes water shields, how can G test its durability without possibly hurting someone. Agh, this was so tough
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Post by Ray Haixiao on May 8, 2020 18:16:09 GMT -4
Ray waited for G to respond and the answer came in the form of using his own quirk. "uhm?" he spoke in a questioning tone as he stepped one foot back. He was both impressed by the creation of the towering construct as well as concerned with the machinations of G's mind. The being didn't move yet and Ray stood straight and then tilted his head down to get a better view of the body of the creation.
"That's a cool quirk you have? That's not gonna attack me is it?" he asked in a joking tone but one that hoped it wasn't what G was going to do. A sigh of relief left his lips as he directed the goliath to create a watery construct shaped like Ray. The young student reached his hand out to lightly poke the construct. It was freaky to see himself like that. "Well...things are getting interesting. that is precise control over water," he said but he was more worried now about what his coach had in store for him.
"Alright then," Ray said as he took a step back from the construct created by the other construct. It was time to face himself. He always envisioned that when people said that it was about thoughts or meditation but this was a tad more literal. He had never made a construct before, but he couldn't flop on his first day.
"One step at a time. Make a foundation," he repeated some of the teachings of his father to himself. Hopefully, they applied to this as well.
He held his hand out and felt the flow of the water. A mound of water sprang up like a flat wall between him and the watery version of himself. Holding both hands out, his eyes focused on the wall of water. Slowly he flattened it out and rounded the edges. Water drained off back into the pool and he lifted new water up to fill in spots. The flat object was like a 2d version of himself and he slowly pumped in water to make it larger. He gave contours to the front and back, until it was shaped like himself including his hair but without any facial features or the more pointed details that G had made.
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Post by G Hajimari on May 15, 2020 15:36:42 GMT -4
Ray was spooked by Goliaths sudden and intimidating presence, he asked G if that thing will attack him while also complimenting the Quirk. G just told Goliath to make a water construct, after that he reassured Ray that he wont be attacked. This is a gym after all.
Goliath proceeded to make a watery construct, basically a water clone of Ray. The youngster proceeded to poke it, meanwhile G told Ray that now it was his turn to make the most and best watery construct he could
Ray spoke how things are interesting now and complimented on th eprecise control of water. G nodded "I had years of practice." but now it was Rays turn. G watched as he took a step back from the construct created by Goliath and he focused on making something himself. He took a breath. G overheard how the boy said to make a foundation and nodded in agreement. Yes that was a good start, but G didnt wanna be verbal and interrupt Rays thoughts and process. He didnt want to break concentration.
G watched as Ray held out his hand and felt the flow of water. Soon a mound of water sprang up like a flat wall before him. Ray held out now both of his hands, closed his eyes and focused on the wall of water before him. He flattened it out first and then rounded the edges. Some of the water drained off back into the pool. G watched as he soon did something. He eventually realized Ray essentially made a 2d version of himself
"Well thats.... unexpected" G said as he rubbed his chin. Meanwhile Goliath made Rays watery clone move and poke Rays construct |
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Post by Ray Haixiao on May 25, 2020 14:41:49 GMT -4
G's response gave the young student hope for the future. Practice and persistence made all the difference in the world. No amount of natural talent could get anywhere with time to give it finesse. He calmed his mind as G said there wouldn't be an attack. Ray was half ready to be blocking attacks from the goliath and the construct to test the durability of his quirk.
He couldn't help but smile at G's response and laugh internally to himself about the silliness of the 2D construct. It reminded him of all those old video games you could play at an arcade. "Your, right sorry about that," he was taking the training seriously, his mind just wandered off a bit in thinking about how he was going to construct himself. He kept pouring water into the construct when the water clone the G made came over and poked it. As G's water construct pulled its hand back, Ray focused more water into his own and expanded it out into a full 3d model of himself. He was going to make a construct of G but figured that it may be a little too unprofessional for the first day.
Ray's construct was now fully 3D and what you would actually call a construct although the only defining facial features was a vague shape of a face and Ray's hair. Ray's water construct moved toward G's and poked his shoulder back, inquisitively. It was a bit clumsy as Ray had never tried to use his power like this before.
"Well...that's going to take some getting used to. What next?" He asked as he still focused more of his attention on how to move the clone of himself. He had an inner debate as to whether he moved it with his hands, his mind or both.
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Post by G Hajimari on May 26, 2020 14:25:36 GMT -4
Once that was made from a 2d to a 3d image. G nodded "Right. Thats much better" then Ray asked what was next. G thought about it for a bit "Well, lets see how far we can push your Quirk. Offencively and defencively. Lets start with offence" he then looks at Ray and the water clone of Ray that Goliath made
"I want you to use your Quirk, the way it feels natural to you. I want you to strike down your water clone. I wanna see how strong is your Quirk. After you do that, you will strike Goliath. Just so we can gauge your power level" G said and then looked at Goliath who nodded and then braced himself for any attack
G looked at Ray "Dont worry if you destroy Goliath or injure him. He's fine. So go ham. Lemme see use your Quirk at maximum offence first. Clone and then Goliath"
G needed to learn about Rays Quirk. He needed to know its capabilities and limits before G can actually direct the boy. G needed to know how Ray was confortable. Because G has his style. He was a summoner and emitters have the capability to fight as a summoner by using constructs instead of summons. G needed to know how Ray fights, otherwise he will make Ray fight like he does. Which is a no no. Everyone needs to have their own style
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Post by Ray Haixiao on Jun 3, 2020 2:35:47 GMT -4
He nodded at G's approval. Then his coaches next words lit a fire in the young man with a bit of anxiousness. It felt like they had gone 0 to 60 but he wasn't complaining. The man said to use his quirk the way it felt natural. he probably saw how clumsy he was with the water clone he made, but he needed to make the most of it. He wasn't going to let the clone go to waste and find a way to mix them both. Ray's eyes shifted to goliath who looked like such a gentle giant he felt bad just thinking about assaulting it. A feeling that G reassured him about. The first words his trainer said to him rang in his mind, 'Plus Ultra'
Ray clenched his fist, "Alright. I'll go all out," something that he rarely had done. There was the training in his past, and now Yuuei but he rarely felt like he could just let loose, especially surrounded by water. The student stepped forward and adopted a shaolin kung-fu stance. One that he made his one water creation copy although it was less graceful.
With a deep breath he tightened his muscles and threw a punch toward the G's water clone, but it wasn't so ray could hit it. The punch he threw was mirrored by the water clone he created. His water clone slammed its fist into G's and liquid splashed off of them both.
Ray then swung one hand and made a hole in the center of his water clone. It was big enough to see G's clone through. Ray swung his other hand forward and ten meters long, and thin column of water rushed through it and stuck G's water clone like being hit with a hard piece of wood. But there was something a little of kilter about the attacks that Ray strung together like the water wasn't as condensed as it could be.
The water clone threw another blow and then Ray had the creation dive into the water. At the same time, Ray surrounded himself in a bubble of water, this time it was the thickness of a thin layer of concrete and he propelled it with a current of water, causing the barrier to collide with G's water construct and then veering into the goliath.
Ray's water clone jumped out of the water and kicked Goliath but Ray's concentration on the clone broke and the clone collapsed as nothing more than a pool of water. The barrier was dismissed and Ray jumped back to send more blades of water at the goliath, and keeping himself at a distance, mixing in bigger rushes of water with smaller ones. Seeing the little damage that he was doing, Ray Created a barrier around Goliath's head, constructing its view and then a ring of water around its legs that compressed inward, binding the goliath's legs and causing it to tip over. He knew his offense was weak but he wanted his coach to get the best idea of what he was working with.
"Well...that's my offense. I don't pack a hard punch so I gotta use a bit of trickery."
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