Fumes and fungi. [Jess/Archibald]

They had opened up the secondary older gym that year due to the number of students who's quirks benefited from physical strength training and so today would be the day Jess tried it out. Normally she would use the main gym that was something of a mark of pride for the school, but she also had an even better gym provided at the Estate in which custom weights she had brought from Poland were. Still something needed to be said about exploring new places and seeing new people, activities in which Jess had partaken a lot of since getting to Japan and something that she strove to do each day there.

Her free periods skipped around on days and today it happened to fall at the very end of it, as such after this she planned on leaving straight to the compound to see if she could find more Hero training with the Pro-Heroes associated with Kasey and K-Corp. The unofficial jump start they provided her with was something the Slavic girl cherished immensely and would ponder on while she did her lifts. To the outside observer her form would seem to be extremely poor as she was focusing on tearing her muscles immediately and allowing her summon inside her very own blood to regenerate the damage much quicker than a normal human could, allowing her to produce larger gains than one could normally get. As such Jess worked out for only about ten minutes before she had done what would be the equivalent of an intense two hour lifting regiment. Such was the strength of her shadowy summon which stood beside her with it's one eye looking at the screen of a smart phone it held in it's unnervingly large hands. Black Hole Sun had a mind of his own and often would surf the internet in order to not be bored while his host was working out, there was no point for the doll to as the actual summon was in the blood itself but, it did provide sensory information and as such could be useful in staving off boredom.

So it would be just a bit after their telepathic conversation about what BHS had learned that another student in the gym would speak, ah, an opportunity to meet someone new, this was something that the Polish girl wanted to pounce upon. Something to eat would be good and besides, there was probably no problem in delaying her passing back to patrol the estate and instead make a new friend as her social life was not something she knew that Kasey would want her sacrificing at her behest. Though it really ultimately depended upon the thing that they would be eating in the first place, Jess would need to figure that out first before coming to a complete decision.

"Oi, where of was planning to be eating?" Jess would ask, her deep but feminine tone chirping as she waved one of her arms to capture the other students attention as she strode towards him from across the gym. While not TOO much shorter than her like most of the other students, Jess did seem to have quite the bit of bulk on him and so she hoped her forward introduction would not scare him but had to attempt all the same. "Hello, am of Jess Circe, class 1-A, nice to be seeings you..." the pause left at the end of the sentence was one of the few social cues the girl actually knew and she used it to coax the name out of the fellow student in order to introduce herself better. As she spoke the second sentence she would be close enough to extend the hand she had used to wave earlier to offer him a handshake.

Ah it was the student that was two desks down from her, being uncertain as they were both new but admittedly him moreso than her, Jess had not wanted to assume and regret making the decision to attempt to use his name. Delighted that she did not need to risk that as he introduced himself the Slavic girl would smile at his words. As the pressure increased Jess simply flexed her own muscles to compensate to ensure she wouldn't even need to repair the damage that someone with a Quirk could do when not noticing their own grip. While Jess was always gentle, it seemed this boy forgot and so the Polish girl simply exerted her own strength to match, it was no real big deal after all.

The cold was an unfortunate touch but ultimately not cold enough for her regeneration to not keep pace with, healing any cells that got frostbite nearly as soon as they got it thanks to it being from a localized source and not truly output at full power but was rather a careless afterthought. Jess stared blankly at the apology and simply ask, "Apologizing for of what Archibald?" To her there really wasn't anything to apologize about, either he couldn't control his quirk or he lost focus after working out. Neither of which were things to be judged over in Jess' opinion and since she could shrug off any damage caused it allowed her to play as if nothing had happened and she did not notice at all.

"Was nerve wracking for Jess at first but do not be of worry, it get's easier and you already speak of language better than she so much easier for you it should be" Jess would say nodding sagaciously despite the odd pattern of speech she displayed in the Japanese language, it had not been so long ago that it was the first day Jess had arrived after all. "Jess is from Poland, so she came here just recent. Will of try to help you get used to place." With a genuinely large smile on her face she would place her arm around Archibald's shoulder and begin walking out of the gym with him while she continued to speak, "Jess know of place that is not too far bad and she of has VIP access" at this she raised and wiggled her eyebrows, not mentioning who and how she had this access as it was not earned by her own merit but she wanted to impress her fellow student for some reason.

Shifting immediately into German as soon as her fellow student offered the language as a vehicle of communication Jess would respond cheerfully, "No my Japanese is horrible, it just takes so long to learn your fourth language and I don't like pulling off the trick where Black Hole Sun pipes me the words cause it hurts my head." Sheepishly smiling back the Polish girl would duck her head a bit as she rubbed the back of it with one of her hands in slight embarrassment about it all. What could be more fishy than raw fish the writer wondered as the two would continue to converse.

"That is precisely why they limit physical contact, I can control myself rather well since I've been trained to since birth but often those with damaging or strength quirks won't realize that those without the durability to handle it will be hurt by their actions. It's why control is such a key to fighting, if you know how NOT to damage you usually have to learn how best to damage." It was a simple philosophy and one that the ex-child soldier abided by now thanks to her unofficial mentor Kirk. Their interaction the other day had left more impact than the upperclassman had no doubt expected and now shaped her entire view, choosing not to kill unless asked by someone who was in danger of dying themselves without the action performed. An extremely narrow place of killing to the point that one could say that they would never kill and speak the truth for the most part. After all it would be a point where most people would have the hardest time deciding what to do even if they were a virulent pacifist.

Water and Ice huh? That surely seemed like an interesting thing and did he just say his blood was like water? Hrmm it seemed their powers were a bit similar and perhaps could be compatible in enhancing the other one some day in the future. That was quite the interesting thought indeed, two types of blood but if he could control water and water was in his veins it was just the same as how she used Black Hole Sun within her own lifeblood. "Well you can actually lift up to six hundred kilograms like I can judging off your grip strength earlier, I did not want to embarrass you as truthfully it just tickled my ability to regrow my body those nerves are long since shattered from over stimulation after all. Since you didn't hurt me I can tell you if you only lifted two hundred kilograms I wouldn't have needed to flex my muscles at all, the ice would have still been fun but it would have been more like a 'regular' human grabbing my hand dearie." Not meaning to patronize the pet name at the end was simply a term of endearment that Jess applied to most people she thought were not scumbags, so far Archibald had been extremely kind and polite and as such she extended this to her speech being able to do so thanks to speaking in German rather than Japanese.

Ignoring the cold and powering through it thanks to her regeneration that would soon need to be cut off Jess braced herself and shut off the link to Black Hole Sun and instead took the cold with her own natural ability to be used to harsh Polish winters and relying on her fantastic circulation to keep her arm warm. "Well there is this place that serves all kinds of stuff, I always get the stake but it's very European compared to most restaurants in the area."

"Yes you're gonna have to be far more careful, I feel like I'm at the same plateau as you but just about to break through to this next one so yeah no worries you did not hurt me. Hell I once had my forearm ripped off and the thing grew back!" Jess let out a gale of laughter more at the fact that she just shared one of her darkest secrets so easily. Her brain operated in an odd way and simply offered it out as a material to bond over and did not think on the context of the situation allowing her to let out quite a bit more than she had meant to.

"Oh it has not been too bad, a bit awkward at times but no I have always been my own family really. My adopted parents are Diplomats but I stay with Kasey on her Estate. Weird girl uses her summons name as a last name, but she is a really good woman aside from that. I thiiiink she is not that much older than we are but I cannot know for sure. Oh well I was lying about my nerves being dead so you wouldnt feel bad, it's really they're just overused so the pain impulses from them are naturally duller compared to the other centers of my brain that are less physically worn out." The response was given as if everyone knew stuff about the makeup, physical and chemical, of the human mind when very few often did but that was the way of Jess, if she knew something then everyone else must know it right?

Unfortunately it seemed as though the dinner would have to wait for another time due to the fact that now only two blocks from the restaurant and after walking a mile away from the school the two would encounter someone lying on the ground and twitching. To Jess it sounded as though their breathing was restricted, as the figure came into view Jess would squint and look at the person for a bit before recognizing what exactly was going on, dropping Archibald's arm and then rushing forward at less than a sprint to make sure she did not bowl over anyone who came out from a shop that lined the sidewalk they were on. Aside from these three people however there was not another person for blocks or in sight aside from those inside, leaving only the two students to deal with this.