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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2020 2:10:37 GMT -4
The smell of the ocean wafted through the air. The sound of seagulls and rushing waves made soothing music for those who were relaxing on the beach. The sand felt warm and coarse to the touch as Mizuki made her way barefooted across the beach to a special spot that she went to meditate about things. She had been feeling confused lately about her place in life and had been trying to piece together what she needed to do. But today would not be about her. It would be about the others who had signed up for her meditation class.
Mizuki had been trying to break out of her shell more since coming to UA. Desmoshi had been advising her about meeting new people and trying a to run a class that focused on what she loved most- meditating. Besides the private ones she did with herself and Yang, which were specail to her, she wanted to share this with everyone. And if people happen to come by and join in, that would be fine.
Mizuki laid out a couple of mats and set her purple one in front of the other ones. She had her hair tied into a ponytail and she was weairng purple shorts with a red tanktop. 'Yeah,' Mizuki thought back. 'I wanted to try Desmoshi's advice and give people a chance. He seems to be doing well with it. So why not give it a try?' Mizuki sat on her mat and waited for others to come up for the session.
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Post by Antonio Carreras on Jun 14, 2020 8:33:44 GMT -4
It was June. Basically summertime. And he just finished with work. He decided to take a stroll by the beach on his way home. Take a deep breath of the air by the sea; the smell of the ocean and the like. They say it is good for the lungs. And besides, he had to think through everything that happened in this month of June
The seagulls, the sound of waves, the ambience. It was calming. Relatively peaceful. He had to think about several things that several people told him. Sort out everything in his head. Thats why he walked through the beach. Last time he walked here, there was an investigation going on. On account of a certain body washing ashore. But it seems that case went cold. He smiled when he thought about it. None was the wiser as to what happened. Still, it just showed him life was fleeting. And whatever road he took, he didnt see happiness. Get attached to someone, lose them and mourn them. Or isolate yourself and be alone. Whatever route he took. There was a lonely road, the only one he had ever known.
As he walked, he saw some girl, she laid out a few or several mats and tied her hair into a ponytail. He stopped in his tracks as this wasnt someone who was coming to the beach for a casual swim. Someone wanted to work out on the beach? Why? He wanted to observe from a distance and see. Was this person waiting for a group to train with? Well, it wouldnt hurt to watch. He can see and learn and do what they say in Italy 'steal with your eyes'.
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Post by Kiersa on Jun 19, 2020 16:49:04 GMT -4
It was time for Miss Haymaker's meditation class down at the beach, so Kiersa came in what she thought might be appropriate attire for the class and its location. She was wearing a light blue shirt, white shorts and sandals. The blonde had her hair tied back in a ponytail since she wasn't sure how the wind was going to behave today, so best to not have it all over the place.
She also brought a brown shoulder bag, inside of which she had a couple bottles of water, some light snacks, an umbrella and a hooded coat just in case it decided to rain, and finally some bottles of sunscreen. Factor five hundred. Kiersa had also brought her own mat along, just in case and to be polite.
It would have been rude of her to presume that Miss Haymaker would be expected to provide her meditation students mats herself... Although as she arrived and saw the mats set out in front of the purple haired girl, the blonde began to feel a little wilted. But, maybe there were more people attending who hadn't brought mats so it just showed that Miss Haymaker was prepared for any eventuality at least.
As she approached, she smiled and bowed towards the older girl. "H-Hello Miss Haymaker. Thank y-you for having me, a-and I'm looking forward to the c-class today." said Kiersa before starting to lay out her mat next to the others.
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Post by Yang on Jul 16, 2020 18:33:44 GMT -4
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Yang sighed. She wasn't ready. This would be her first time attempting to meditate without the quirk regulators. They had to get repaired. Until they are done, she would have to control herself so her quirk wouldn't react with her feelings. What could go wrong? All she was doing was trying to achieve inner peace through meditation. Worst case scenario; if Yang remembered correctly, Mizuki had spare set of quirk regulators. Just hopefully she brought them.
She sighed again. This was going to be a longer session then normal. But of course it is early in the morning, there shouldn't be anyone else besides Mizuki and her right...? But of course when Yang finally got there, she realized it would be more than her and Mizuki. Yang had forgotten that she and at least one other person had signed up for this meditation class. Kiersa was here and she was so eager to to please.
Yang sighed heavily. From what Yang could tell Mizuki was expecting more people than her and Kiersa. Oh boy this was going to be a day indeed. But she had to try for herself right? Yang wondered if she was really doing this for herself or because Mizuki was the one leading this meditation group. There was no denying that Yang and Mizuki had some type of feelings for each other but she wasn't sure what these feelings were. They still haven't quite know what these feelings meant as of right now. But they were trying to figure it out in their own weird way.
Yang slowly walked over waving at Kiersa and Mizuki. Might as well attempt to have a good time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 3:40:46 GMT -4
Looks like everyone who wanted to be here was here. For all that talk about wanting meditation, Mizuki was not the least bit surprised that only those who were dedicated to this came. She understood her brother and why he couldn't be here- he was all over the place. But at least he didn't false promise about coming.
No point of being mad about it. Yang and Kiersa would be more than enough and she would be more than happy to teach them. More especially Yang. She still had some issues to deal with as far as what her relationship with her was. Hopefully, Jessie-sensei's internship will help deepen her understanding. She liked Yang. Like, she really liked her. But it was so hard to put feeling into words, especially when someone as reclusive as Mizuki had spent their whole life trying to keep their feelings in check.
But she was willing to try. Just like she was willing to try to make this classwork. Besides, she and Yang will always their private sessions where it's just the two of them. And that was always a good thing. Just a moment to talk about where they were in life. And she still needed to answer Yang's question. She didn't on the night they hang out together, but she knew she needed to soon.
As Mizuki, got into a meditative pose, she addressed the two. "Mizuki is fine, Kiersa-san. I will be guiding you on meditation today. Meditation is an art of reflecting on oneself and figuring out what makes us "us". Usually, one's mental scape is based on something they love or something deeper. Today, we will explore that. Any questions?" As Mizuki finished she kept getting this weird feeling that they were being watched.
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Post by Antonio Carreras on Jul 23, 2020 16:24:20 GMT -4
As he was watching in the distance, he saw 2 girls arrive one after the other. A blonde lass and a familiar one that he met. Right right, he remembered. He saw her 2 months ago with that UA Desmoshi boy. He didnt know the girls name. But he remembered she was mistrustful of him. It looked like the young femme trio was out on a meditation lesson. Well, looking around himself. There seemed to be no one but them. And the beach seemed so calm and serene. He understood why they wanted a meditation here and now
Antonio looked at his watch and saw he had time to kill. Ah, but he regretted not bringing a towel. He could've enjoyed today to swim at the beach. Well, he could maybe try and see what they are doing from the distance. He doubted he could hear what they were saying, but maybe he can follow some meditation stuff just from body language. Who knows, it might calm his mind and heart as well.
"Note to self. Next time to go to the beach, bring some beach gear" he thought to himself
But for now, he crouched down and curiously watched what the 3 young ladies would do
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Post by Kiersa on Aug 3, 2020 6:47:10 GMT -4
Kiersa smiled and bowed her head towards Yang when she arrived before scanning the beach to see if anyone else was going to show up for this class. She wondered if Burabura would take up the suggestion she had made the other night and join them. He definitely had seemed like he could do with something calming to try and help him work through what he had been through during the prison breakout...
But after a while it became evidently clear that only herself and Yang would be attending Miss Haymaker's meditation class today at the beach. Which was a bit of a shame really... But then again, maybe a smaller class to start off with would be a good thing perhaps? When Mizuki said that calling her by her first name would be fine, Kiersa bowed her head. "O-Of course Miss Hay-, I-I m-mean Mizuki-sensei..." she quickly caught herself before fully committing to the faux pas she had been about to finish.
As Mizuki began to explain what they were going to try and achieve today, Kiersa's pointed ears twitched underneath her long hair and her eyes narrowed slightly as she recognised that twitch meaning something was juuust out of her hearing range but... She gave the beach another scan, frowning as she couldn't see anything or anyone that could have set her off.
Maybe she was just being paranoid or a bit twitchy being at the beach this early in the morning. The purple haired girl soon asked if they had any questions, and Kiersa shook her head to indicate that she didn't have any questions at the moment.
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Post by Yang on Aug 13, 2020 19:46:47 GMT -4
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Yang was nervous about meditating. She didn't have her quirk regulators yet. This could go awful. She made sure to make a note and had pulled out her cellphone. It was in the package that she had gotten earlier when she saw Desmoshi talking to that weird man. She still couldn't believe how casual Desmoshi was with him. If Yang remembered correctly the man's name was Antonio? She had forgotten to tell Mizuki about that encounter. But there was no point to now, that was a while ago.
However, Yang did think of a clever way of asking Mizuki if she had her spare quirk regulators. She had texted Mizuki: "Mizuki this is Yang. Your brother gave me your number. Do you perchance have your quirk regulators? There was no guarantee that Mizuki had her phone or that she would even look at it since she gotten a message from an unknown number. All Yang could do was hope that Mizuki would see it.
She sighed while she waited for Mizuki to either acknowledge the text and started to stretch before attempting to meditate. She was trying to kill time but before she realized it. Kiersa had scanned the area around her. It got Yang's attention but it was short lived because whatever Kiersa was looking for wasn't readily visible. Yang had shrugged it off from what she could tell it was just the three of them on the beach.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2020 18:25:33 GMT -4
Okay, Mizuki was not crazy. She could swear that someone was watching them. Was the June heat getting to her. She looked around the beach, trying to figure out where this strange feeling was coming from. Before she could figure it out, a buzz on her phone went off. The text was from Yang, asking if she had extra regulators. Mizuki went into her bag and pulled out some gloves that she had been using for a while to regulate her quirk. "Here you go, Yang," Mizuki said. "This should help for the time being."
And then Mizuki saw him. A man off in the distance, looking at the group. A villain? A criminal who wanted to hurt the group? Mizuki put the bad thoughts in the back of her head. She shouldn't be trying to see everyone as an enemy. Making friends should be the route to go. When did she start acting like Desmoshi? One of those weird things she had to come to terms with.
"Hey," she yelled out to the young man with brown hair. "If you like, you could come join us. Beats sitting by yourself in the heat and all. We are just about to start classes."
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Post by Antonio Carreras on Aug 23, 2020 12:49:22 GMT -4
He noticed one of the young ladies watched him. Someone noticed him and saw him. And then they called them. Antonio raised his eyebrow curious. And then he slowly approached the small group.
Getting closer he gets to see how young they really are.
The blonde one has a very shy body language. The familiar one, defencive as usual. He couldnt tell what the one that called him was like. He greeted them "Hello there. I was just strolling through the beach and then I noticed you were doing somethin. And I guess I got distracted and lost in thought. I am sorry. I did not mean to stare." Antonio said and explained himself, after which he apologized. He was mildly interested in what they were doing.
The young lass said something about classes, to which he asked "Classes?" he'd guess meditation. But he likes if his guess can be confirmed. He doesnt want to sign up for something potentially freaky. He wondered about other girls and what they thought. The one he knew probably hated him. The blonde meanwhile was probably too shy. Antonio didnt wanna impose himself to the ladies. He wanted to be... unnoticable. To not bother them much. The company would be nice, though.
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Post by Kiersa on Aug 26, 2020 9:40:19 GMT -4
She knew someone had been there! Kiersa wondered why she hadn't spotted him earlier when she'd scanned the beach, but then realised he'd been on the part next to the beach rather than on the beach itself. <Note to self,> the blonde thought to herself, <take a look at the entire area and not just a part of it.> It was a lesson she'd have to keep in mind for any hero work among other things in the future.
But as the man drew closer, he didn't appear to be a bad sort. Very well dressed, with a "casual" type flair to the attire but still suggested a business type of formal wear. He didn't look to be that much older than any of the girls that were present. He appeared to be in maybe his early twenties, give or take a couple of years in either direction. There was a mild accent to his Japanese that the former maid couldn't quite place.
But it was probably to be expected. A lot of people came and went from Japan for their holidays, or to conduct business. Or even moved over to live here. Either way it was none of her business to try and pry into another persons personal life just because of a slight accent.
Kiersa just hoped that he was just the benign curious type, rather than the more perverted type. Otherwise this meditation session was going to be very unrelaxing and distracting... But for now she'd give the man the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. "Th-There's a spare m-mat if y-you want to join in..." she offered, motioning to the extra mat that was lying on the beach beside the ones that Kiersa and Yang were already using themselves.
Seemed only fair to make the suggestion seeing as Mizuki had already made the offer for the man to join in. She blinked as she realised she hadn't even introduced herself before making the suggestion, and quickly bowed her head in apology towards him. "S-Sorry for n-not introducing m-myself sir. I-I'm Kiersa Bec, class 1-B a-at UA." the young blonde said quickly.
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Post by Yang on Aug 29, 2020 11:00:49 GMT -4
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Yang was curious. Who exactly was this person? She couldn't tell that they were even there. However she quickly put on the quirk regulators before the person came over. It wasn't long before her question was answered. To her surprise it happened to be Mr. Antonio. She blinked and stood a bit dumbfounded. Why does everyone just immediately tell some stranger everything about them? She sighed knowing she probably seemed rude at this point but there was something off about Mr. Antonio. However, she couldn't tell what it was or how to inform the others about how she felt.
Of course now that Yang thought about it, she couldn't just outright tell them how she felt about the newest possible addition to the meditation classes. It should make Mizuki happy that more people are joining in her class. This way it could grow and blossom. She sighed again and decided to not say anything and attempt to enjoy this meditation session. Of course that in itself was a tall order. Yang hasn't had a successful meditation session thus far even though she hadn't had many the few she had weren't pleasant. Meditating almost always was a mental fight between the two personas because they still couldn't see eye to eye. Yang wasn't sure if she could ever get along with her mental partner. Or if she even try to get along with someone who always states that she was the issue.
Yang sat down on one of the mats after stretching a bit. She figured might as well get comfortable before attempting to meditate. When she was done, she sat down and waited for Mizuki to give the instructions to her class. All Yang could do was attempt to follow the instructions and hope nothing goes wrong. She sighed again as she waited.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 19:36:06 GMT -4
Mizuki hoped that her students were okay with inviting another member to the group. Desmoshi was all about trying to get everyone together as one unit. Why not give it a try? With everything that had happened so far, it would probably be for the best. Besides, they were just meditating. It wasn't like a villain was going to pop out at any second- she hoped. But in the meantime, this gentleman can join her group and maybe learn something new.
"As I said before, my name is Mizuki Haymaker," Mizuki continued sitting on the map. "I will be helping you with meditation and finding your inner self. My version of meditation is focused on finding your inner struggles and coming to terms with it. Then, we try to find the "center" of yourself- the thing that makes you calm." She looked over to the man that just joined them. "If you like to you can introduce yourself, and to each other. Kiersa has already started that. Thank you for that."
Once their introductions were out of the way, she would begin with a meditative pose. "Close your eyes," she said closing her eyes. "Breath in. Breath out." She demonstrated this for the class as she continued. "Find the problems that you trouble you. Focus on it. And then attempt to find the "center" of the chaos. This is what keeps you grounded, protecting from getting lost in the chaos." Mizuki would open one eye to make sure everyone was doing it.
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Post by Antonio Carreras on Sept 6, 2020 12:25:07 GMT -4
The shy blonde girl spoke, saying there is a spare mat if he wants to join in. Antonio gave a hearty smile to her and said "I'd love to join. Its never too late in life to learn something" and thus he went to the extra mat that was lying on the beach beside the ones the girls were using. After that the blonde one timidly introduced herself. "What a lovely name you have Kiersa. Pleased to meet you. My name is Antonio. I am not part of any class. Well... Im part of this beach class" he said with a chuckle as he tried to make a joke. He did wonder why she stuttered. But since she said UA, he assumed the school stressed her out
He then looked at the other girl. She introduced herself as Mizuki. He turned to her and gave her a warm smile and continued to speak in his mellow tone "Pleasure to meet you, miss Mizuki. I see you probably organized this little class. How admirable of you. I guess I could use meditation lessons. Maybe finding 'inner peace' is just what I need" he said with air quotes as he said inner peace. As thats what he assumed meditation was about. He then listened to her explain her version of meditation and then he nodded.
She then explained what they would do. And then she started instructing. Breathe in and breathe out. The young lass said and demonstrated. Find what troubles him. And focus on it. And then find the center of the chaos.
As she spoke he did what she said. Closed his eyes, breathe in and breathe out. Find what troubles him and focused on it. And well, his smile faded and well turned into a frown. He had problems or just one problem. One problem he cant solve. But what about that center? What did that center mean? Is that inner peace? But how can he find it if everyone dies? Or is that inner peace? The center? Just accept that everyone will die?
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Post by Kiersa on Sept 7, 2020 16:09:21 GMT -4
Kiersa bowed her head once more to Mister Antonio before refocusing her attention on Mizuki-sensei. This... might prove trickier than first expected. They were to breathe in and out slowly, whilst thinking about what troubles them, focusing on that and then try to find the center of the chaos. To locate what keeps them from... well, drowning in all their troubles as it were.
The young blonde closed her eyes and began to take slow breathes in through her nose, and then releasing them slowly out with her mouth. In, and out. In, and out. In, and out. Now to try and consider what exactly were her troubles. Well first and foremost she wished her mother didn't have to pay for her tuition, but she had no clue what she could do for a sponsorship to get the funding for attending UA...
And that thought then led to her worrying about graduation in three years, and if she'd even make an acceptable wife, never mind a good one for Ikasa... And if Rin would ever stop being such a- Kiersa scrunched her eyes and let out a harsher breath of air than she intended as she forced that line of thought back down under lock and key where it belonged. It wasn't proper or becoming to think ill of family like that.
She worried what kind of influence the schools students were having on her, and she worried about how effective she'd actually be as a hero. If she'd be able to balance her hero work with being a wife and eventual mother... Would she be good enough? Would she be able to help anyone when it really mattered? What if she failed? What if she let everyone down? What if she disappointed all of them?
What if all of her life had been a mistake? Did she deserve any of this? Was she worth all this effort that her mother, the school, her peers were putting into her?
Did she have any worth of her own?
As she forced herself to focus on that question which seemed to override all of the other doubts and fears and inner demons, the maelstrom all starting to center on this one singular issue which connected them all... Kiersa tried to think of what Mizuki-sensei had said about a center that would keep her from drowning in despair. What did keep her from buckling under the weight of all this until now?
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