Yoioshi Gradation: Chikara-Koko: Yukojiin (Story)

Yoioshi Gradation is one of the main series within 1.31.99.:2-897.

Chapter 1: Passing Scores

Kingston

Narrator:"Two years had passed since Uchino's conversation and finally, with a couple of delays, the school was set up to open. Only a week away, he prepares his bags, saying goodbye to his friends and family, however that's a story for later, as our viewpoint switches to one of the other many major characters of our story. Similar to Uchino, he has a light shade of hair, however that's really where the similarities end, as the new character finds himself behind a desk, jotting down his answers for a test in a massive auditorium. The test is to see how well he'd fit in the Yukojiin and rather or not they should accept him."

"The name at the top of his notepad; Oscar Kingston."

Oscar:Attempts to remember, with (3.5964912280701755) degrees.

(To GM): Attempts to remember, with (11.38888888888889) degrees.

Narrator:"As usual, Oscar gets past his answers with little problem, being one of the first to finish the multiple choice portion of the test. After awhile, the test comes to a close and he and the other students are let into the halls to take a breather before the next test begins."

(From Oscar): Attempts to sneak (83)

(To GM): Oscar used Puppeteer, a rank 1 Other Super, with a Short range = (245)

Narrator:"Out in the hall, he sees many of the faces that were on '/ChikokoReady.chat', an online chat board where people who were getting ready for attempting to join Chikara-koko. But, he saw a good few characters there that he didn't recognize as well"

Oscar:Oscar leans back aginst the wall quickly swipeing through his tablet reading a book about the old world while waiting

Narrator:"Sitting against a nearby wall, chatter fills the halls as time seems to zoom by, eventually he hears his name called over the intercom, telling him to go into room 41-N, which he appears to have little trouble finding after walking up a few flights of stairs."

"When entering the room, he finds a long line ahead of him, the room extremely clean and with little color outside of various shades of cream."

"At the end of the line, he sees a man with messy hair which seems to flow into all directions, spiking up at points. With a quick scan of his surroundings, he is able to gather that he is about to be examined by a doctor."

Wataru:The man infront of him, hearing the door open, glances back with baggy eyes and gives a single wave of his hand, saying

"Yo."

Oscar:Oscar adjust his glasses before looking up at the ill-kept man and responds "Hello there my good sir! Fine day today is it not?"

Wataru:"Not particularly. Most people around here are stressin' over the tests. But you don't seem to be."

Oscar:"I was well prepared for the test so I have nothing to be stressed about. You don't seem particularly worried yourself. So I'm guessing you were prepared also or you don't care."

Wataru:"Nah, I care, just don't see the point in getting all worked up, ya' know?"

Oscar:"I suppose that make's sense, can't change what's already happend and all that."

Wataru:"Yeah, just let what happens, happen."

"Got any particular reason for joining this school?"

Oscar:"Well there's a couple reasons really. for one being able to use my power when ever I want is nice, its also quite prestigious and lastly there's lots of conections to be made from the poople here both working and learning"

"Any reason you what to join?"

Wataru:"Yeah, I mean.. Kind of covered all the reasons right there."

Oscar:He shrugs "Fair enough"

Wataru:The line seems to be moving along at a decent pace, with new members entering behind Oscar every so often, the latest are two girls who don't seem to beable to stop their talking

"Names, Wataru, by the by."

Oscar:"Oscar Kingston! nice to make your acquaintance Wataru."

Narrator:"Eventually the lines gets to where Oscar walks past a curtain where he is asked to take off his clothes, getting to his underwear"

Oscar:Oscar complies without hesitation

Narrator:Giving him a few minutes to this, it's just a few seconds after he finishes that a man steps behind the curtain with him, holding a tablet that he scrolls on

Doctor: "Os-car... Kingston."

"How are you feeling today?"

Oscar:"Very well, thank you for asking"

Doctor: "That's good. So tell me a bit about your history, mister Kingston? Had any surgeries? Every been in a major sickened state?"

ever*

Oscar:"I've had no surgeries and the only time I've be a state of major sickness was when I had the prymore virus for a two months as child."

Doctor: "The pyrmore, huh? A real survivor you are, good, you'll need to be tough for this school. I've heard it can get pretty bad. I see you got some glasses there, what'd you say your sight is?"

Oscar:"I'm farsighted and have 11/11 vision."

Doctor: "11/11? Hamm.. Alright, well.. So no broken bones or anything like that? Not now, but ever?"

Oscar:"No never broken any bones or had any fractures"

Doctor: "That's good, that's good. Alright, how about your Eaftousia? What exactly can you do?"

Oscar:"Nothing to spectacular, I can control a puppet with my power"

Doctor: He lets out a heavy laugh

"Alright, bit of a joker, that's nice. But seriously, what do you?"

Oscar:Oscars eye's narorw as a small and almost unnoticeable scowl creeps unto his face "I. Control. A. Puppet"

Doctor: He smiles for a minute before realizing he's serious "Really? A puppet? Hamm, alright."

"Just making sure, you don't mean you can control a person like a puppet, you mean you got a.. Like a.. A wooden.. Puppet?"

Oscar:"Yes a puppet, dosen't matter what its made of."

Doctor: The doctor snickers before writing a few things down on the tablet "Alright, let's uh.. Huaha. Okay, well I think that'll be about it, my assistant will come and give you a quick scan then. Wish you luck, puppet-boy."

With that, the doctor leaves

Oscar:"Good luck with saying hmm right"

Narrator:The doctor leaves and Oscar gets a couple of scans and a few more questions asked before being told to redress and move on to the next room, where he finds Wataru chilling next to a door

Oscar:Oscar walks up towards him "Hey Wataru, how'd your medical check up go?"

Wataru:He gives a shrug

"Bit of an odd guy."

"Went fine enough.

"

Oscar:"That's good to hear! Hey quick question did you notice he couldn't pronounce hmm right?"

Wataru:He looks over to some passbyers, saying

"Yeah, he said it a bit weirdly."

"Like a pigaruu."

Oscar:"Yea exactly! I thought he was asking me if I wanted ham at first, but then I thought 'Wow this guy most really like ham and hes just repeating it like a mantra'. That man most have had an extremely underdeveloped Broca's area, makes me wonder how he became a doctor. He was quite unprofessional and had a air of dullness around him."

*Must

Wataru:"Yeah, it's whatever, probably only time we'll ever see the dude anyway."

Oscar:"Maybe"

"Or maybe not you never know"

"If he ends up being a head doctor or something, I'll make sure he isn't for long"

Wataru:He peers over to Oscar

"Didn't much care for him, huh?"

Oscar:"No not at all. He was rather uncouth, and a man I belive who does not deserve the title doctor."

Wataru:"Well, don't know if I got all of that."

It's at this point that a woman walks over and points to the two, asking

Woman: "Are you two friends?"

Oscar:"I'd say were acquaintances, but I wouldn't say were friends we only met today. Why do you want to know anyway?"

Woman: "Alright, then you two are about to partnered for the second stage of this test. Go ahead and walk through these doors and you'll be told what to do next."

Wataru:"Partnered?"

Oscar:"I would guess maybe a spar. Or maybe something more cooperative? Seems like a bad way to test somebody on something. What if you get a bad partner or one that blows you out of the water? Seems biased and ill thought-out, whatever were doing."

Wataru:"Or maybe it's more to see how you do on your feet rather than to see who wins, although I'm sure winning is preferable to losing.. If that's what this is about to be."

He heads through the doors, Oscar not far behind as the two are given a series of instruction that leads them to a smaller room with a mat taking up the center. A man stands in the middle of the mat as the two are told to stand on either side.

Narrator:"Oscar, like usual, was right. It's a spar."

Wataru:He gives a smirk

"Look at that, it's you and me, huh? Who would have saw that coming?"

Oscar:He smirks back "Truley it would have been impossible for anyone to guess"

Wataru:The ref holds five fingers up and begins counting down as Wataru begins to take off his shirt

"Powers allowed they said."

"This'll be interesting, good luck."

Oscar:"Same to you, though I think I will need it more" He gets into a semingly sloopy fighting stance

Wataru:His head tilts down as the numbers hit one and the ref backs out of the mat, leaving the two standing in place, staring at each other

Oscar:Oscar waits for Wataru to make the first move

Wataru:A few moments pass before Wataru begins to slowly walk towards Oscar, giving a bit of a lean to his step as he slides his hand through his hair

"So you're just gonna stand there, huh?"

"Well that's perfectly fine, I don't mind heading over there."

"All in all, it's a pretty small mat."

Oscar:Oscar quickly launches foward before trying to circle around behind him to deliver a liver punch

Attempts to run (96)

Wataru:Attempts to notice (127)

Oscar:Attempts to strike (41)

Wataru:Attempts to block (174)

He blocks and immediate goes into a grab

Attempts to hold/choke (189)

(To GM): Attempts to remember, with (0.6349206349206349) degrees.

(To GM): Attempts to discover, with (-88) degrees.

(To GM): Attempts to learn, with (19) degrees.

Oscar:Attempts to dodge (40)

Wataru:Oscar can't bring is hand away quick enough as Wataru grabs hold, raising his other hand and getting ready for his next attack

Oscar:Oscar makes a suddle hand movment that looks like he tenseing up for a blow

Asturias: (154)

Oscar:Oscar used Puppeteer, a rank 3 Other Super, with a Short range = (296)

Wataru:Attempts to hold/choke (183)

Wataru is knocked back, being forced to let go of Oscar and stumbling back

"Wha-!!"

Oscar:Does (14) physical damage

Wataru:"The hell was that?"

He takes a moment to check out what Oscar just brought out

Asturias:Asturias tries to do a spining back elbow into Wataru's face

Attempts to use Elbows/Knees (153)

(To GM): Attempts to dodge (132)

Wataru:Attempts to dodge (117)

He doesn't have a chance as Asturias suddenly begins spinning into him, giving him an elbow to the face, however his reaction is quick.

Attempts to hold/choke (201)

Asturias:Does (16) physical damage

Attempts to dodge (85)

Wataru:Managing to grab ahold, he squeezes onto the puppet

Asturias:Attempts to push (128)

Wataru:Attempts to pull (169)

The puppet can not seem to move, it's arms and legs stuck as Wataru seems to just kind of stop here

Asturias:Asturias head suddenly snaps back then surges foward to headbutt him

Attempts to strike (94)

Wataru:Wataru uses the common stunt; Tough it out

Attempts to physically tolerate (178)

Wataru takes the headbut and continues standing there, not appearing to do anything

Oscar:Oscar circles behind Wataru and tires kick his knees out from under him

Attempts to kick (0)

Attempts to kick (66)

Wataru:Attempts to block (149)

Oscar:Attempts to notice (178)

Wataru:Oscar's kick does nothing as Wataru stiffens his leg, negating his kick, however after he does this, he notices a small pile of sand dust below him

Oscar:Oscar rolls back

Wataru:saw dust*

As Oscar stops from his roll, he sees one of his puppets arms hit the ground

Oscar:Attempts to notice (153)

Wataru:As he looks even closer, he notices a large portion of the arm is missing and what looks as though it has been eaten

Asturias:Asurias lunges his head to bite Wataru's shoulder

Attempts to strike (148)

Wataru:Letting go, Wataru jumps back

Attempts to dodge (137)

However it still isn't fast enough

Asturias:Does (14) physical damage

Wataru:"HUAH!"

Wataru lets out a scream as Asturias's mouth opens and the puppet digs it's fangs into his shoulder, it's at this point that Oscar sees just over half of the puppet's body is gone

Attempts to physically tolerate (88)

Wataru isn't looking in good condition, but is still in the fight

Still in the fight to shove his hand against Asturias' neck

Wataru used Body Bite, a rank 1 Other Super, with a Short range = (237)

Wataru:His hand splits open, revealing a large toothy mouth and wraps around the puppet's neck, starting to saw through it

"Bite me!? I bite you!"

Asturias:Attempts to escpae (113)

Wataru:And with that, the head is severed from the body, therefore disconnecting it from Oscar's control. He has to force the mouth open, but he finally gets the head off his shoulder

Asturias:Asturias throws a knee into his liver

Attempts to use Elbows/Knees (125)

Wataru:What's left of Asturias is a single arm, his back, and two legs, one of which he uses to attack Wataru

Attempts to dodge (185)

He dodges out of the way before throwing the puppet's head at Oscar

Attempts to throw (153)

Asturias:Attempts to parry (72)

Oscar:Attempts to parry (78)

Wataru:Does (29) physical damage

Oscar:Attempts to physically tolerate (108)

Wataru:Oscar doesn't take nearly the amount of damage as one would have though, however still sees nothing but red as blood explodes from his nose as both it and his glasses are broken from the head of the puppet

"We done, Oscar?"

Oscar:He hold his hand up and backs away before closeing it into a fist

Asturias:Asturias smashes his elbow into the back of Watarus head

Attempts to use Elbows/Knees (153)

Wataru:Attempts to dodge (189)

He manages to dodge out of the way of the elbow before giving it a strike to it's exposed inners

Attempts to strike (165)

Asturias:Attempts to block (123)

Wataru:Does (27) physical damage

Asturias:3

Asturias used Rapid barrage, a rank 1 Offensive Super, with a Short range = (122)

Asturias used Rapid barrage, a rank 1 Offensive Super, with a Short range = (184)

Asturias used Rapid barrage, a rank 1 Offensive Super, with a Short range = (131)

Wataru:Attempts to dodge (170)

Attempts to block (136)

Attempts to dodge (99)

Asturias:Does (18) physical damage

Does (15) physical damage

Wataru:Asturias begins a full on assault, wildly swinging a flurry of hands, the first of which is dodged fairly easily by Wataru, however the second and third land, dealing just enough damage to send him off his feet and onto his back, on the verge of life

Ref: It's finally at this point that the ref steps in

Oscar:Oscar walks over to his bag and grabs another set of glasses

he places them on his bleeding face before taking out a reapir kit and some spare parts for Asturias and goes to work on him

Wataru:With the fight over, and Oscar's face cut up from the broken glasses, blood still running from his nose as the two are escorted out of the room to make way for the next spar

Narrator:"And so we leave Oscar, working on his puppet as he awaits the third part of the test."

ad-break

Narrator:"Alright, and welcome back, now where were we? Oh, yes, roughly halfway through the prologue, and still on Oscar, with what we just saw taking place on Monday, we're going to skip ahead a little bit to Friday, where Oscar finds himself and his repaired puppet getting ready for the next two parts of the tests."

Having been given the information through email, Oscar finds himself waiting in a parking lot where a group of nine others wait.

Oscar:Oscar starts looking around for any type of obstacles or any other information to what there about to do

Attempts to notice (154)

Narrator:Giving a quick look around, Oscar catches a series of light green colored tags which appear to be placed in particular places.

Bando:"So anyone here know when stuff is going to happen?"

One of the nine asks before his question is answered as a woman walks up, the same one that put Oscar against Wataru, saying

Woman: "Well, Mister Bando, it actually started thirty minutes ago."

Bando:"Wh- what?"

One of the other nine call out 'that's bullshit' but the woman ignores it, saying

Woman: "A series of green tags have been placed around the city. Follow them and you'll find a man dressed in white."

"He'll give you something. First one back here with their gift, wins."

Oscar:Oscar breaks off into a sprint towards the first green tag

Attempts to run (63)

Bando:Several other members join him as they all break into various modes of running, with one even jumping over a car, kicking off it to give them a boost

People:Attempts to run (95)

Oscar:Oscar stops and turns back to grab his bike and rides it back

Attempts to run (97)

People:Oscar quickly is able to catch up to the other nine, and finds that a series of tags run all the way down the street before cutting off into an alley on the right

Oscar:Attempts to run (70)

People:Attempts to run (127)

Oscar's once thought advantage quickly becomes a disability as a car stops right in front of him. several of the others make their way into the alley fairly quickly, with Oscar seeing Bando hanging onto a flying car as it flies by, his scarf gives him a wave as it flies by

Oscar:Attempts to discover, with (157) degrees.

Oscar stops and pulls out his Radius and quicly pulls on all the information he can about this test and where they have the ending before heading off that way

Attempts to learn, with (192) degrees.

People:Oscar quickly pulls up this information and begins his way towards the ending, which is discovers is actually in the opposite direction of where everyone else ran off to.

Oscar:Oscar pull over and leaves his bike at the school before hailing a flying a taxi to take him there

Attempts to discover, with (117) degrees.

Narrator:Placing his bike off to the side, Oscar has to stand around for a minute as he pings one of the many passing by Steady-Taxis, which takes a good second to land and another good second to take off, however still gets him to his destination, two miles away, way faster than if he was on bike or took a normal car. Before the taxi lands however, he recalls the man is sitting in a flight of stairs which are more quickly accessible by the roof

Oscar:Oscar tell the drive to drop him off on the roof

Oscar also tells the friver to wait a minute

*Driver

Narrator:The driver gives a nod and lets Oscar get out, where he feels pretty confident and maybe even a sense of pride for nearly completing a usually fifteen minute long race in a matter of five minutes. This might even be a new world recod

record*

Oscar:Oscar runs down the stairs to where the man should be

Attempts to run (80)

Narrator:However he wants to shave up as many minutes as he can, unfortunately he finds the roof's door to be locked, something he probably already thought of.

Oscar:Oscar flicks his rist and has Asturias come out of his backpack and has him punch the doorknob in

Asturias: (212)

Narrator:That doorknob is just gone

"That doorknob is just gone"*

Oscar:Oscar sends Asturias down the stairs ahead of him and follows along behind

Attempts to run (54)

Narrator:Oscar finds his speed slow as he begins running down a flight of stairs, eventually, Asturias sees what is believed to be the target, someone dressed in all white, as they rest in a chair next to the steps

Oscar:Oscar runs down to catch uo with Asturias and get to the man dressed in white

Narrator:Oscar makes it to the man however as he gets there, he realizes it's a fake, a puppet similar to his, with a recorder hanging from it's neck

Oscar:Oscar grabs the recorder and plays it

Man: "So you watched last years race? Congratulations. Smart thinking, but not smart enough. Don't worry, you're not far from the goal of this year. Go up to the roof and look for a good bite to eat. You'll find your guy in it's hole."

Oscar:Oscar smashes the recorder on the ground before running back up the flight of stair to the roof

Attempts to run (51)

Narrator:He finds his feet stumbling a little bit on a couple of the stairs, but makes it to the roof in a good time

Oscar:He quickly searches for anythng that fits the clues left on the recorder

Attempts to search (180)

Attempts to discover, with (165) degrees.

Narrator:Oscar quickly sees a series of food related ads, however only one has a hole and that's Jaguar's Frosting, which he sees is only a hop skip and jump from his building, or in normal terms, eight builds away, reach able with a good athleticisim from where he is.

Oscar:Oscar turn around and hop back into the taxi and tells the driver where to go

Narrator:The Steady-Taxi takes him to his destination, where Oscar finds a man standing on the roof

Oscar:Oscar tthrows a tip to the driver and promsing more when he gets back, before hoping out and heading towards the man on the roof

Narrator:Oscar finds his target in white robes, standing next to the side of the roof

Oscar:Oscar walks up to him "Hello there good sir! I believe you have something for me?"

Narrator:The man looks over, and Oscar can see he looks nearly 90, an astonishing age for these times. His skin bags, and his voice is low as he looks to the young man through dead eyes

Oldy: "Yes... I do."

Oscar:"Excelent! If you wouldn't mind handing it me then wise elder" he says while bowing slightly and sticking out his hands to receive it

*to

Narrator:He looks back away from Oscar and off the side of the building, asking

Oldy: "Have you ever been flying?"

Oscar:"Not personaly but I've riden in things that fly"

"Anyway the item if you please"

Narrator:He points to the ground below them

"They're all down there in the dumpster."

Oscar:"Them as in the rest of the applicants or what I'm supposed to get?"

Oldy: "Soon enough, both."

Oscar:"Ahh I see, so does this school just like fucking everyone or just me?"

Oldy: "Just you."

Narrator:The old man then takes out a stick and tosses it down

Oscar:"Ahh, that's a bad long term idea on there part and possibly yours"

He points towards the stick "Is that what I needed?"

Narrator:"No. It's what my son needed."

Oscar:"I think what you son needed is somebody who doesn't like fucking college age boys" with that he walk away and heads back to the taxi

Narrator:The taxi takes him down to the ground, next to the alley

Oscar:He tips the driver again and says just one more trip back to the school and he will get another tip and the rest of the fare

He walk out and looks around for anything that looks like what he needs other than the stick witch he grabs

Oscar checks his radius for what the item was for the test each time

Attempts to search (159)

Narrator:Oscar finds the stick with no problem, along with a series of eleven white bags in the dumpster

Oscar:He takes all of them and puts them in the taxi

Before jumping and telling the driver to bring back to the school

Narrator:The taxi does so

Oscar:Oscar hops out with the stick and a single whit bag leaving the rest in the taxi hidden on the floor board

Narrator:The driver gives Oscar a wave before driving off.

Oscar:Oscar waves back

Narrator:As he exits the taxi, Oscar finds a fairly big man for his people, standing next to some of the cars in the parking lot, appearing to be waiting on something. This is no normal man, however, it's a Retric

Oscar:Osacr walk over towards the lizzardman

L.G.:This particular Retric appears to have several twitches and acts similar to some of the drug users he's seen videos of in the underportions of the city, his mouth seemingly snapping on his own

Oscar:"Good moring there, your looking very healthy today! Are you the one I need to give this to or do I need to wait for that women?" [I hope I'm not on some overly complicated drug sale for this junkie}

L.G.:It's head suddenly twitches up before looking back to him

"Nuaht mi."

Oscar:"Alright then. Thank you for your help and have a nice day sir" He says with a bow {Man what the fuck is up the shcool its like its run by a bunch of Philistines} he walks towards the shcool looking around for somebody to talk to that a part of the staff

Narrator:As he walks towards the school, he finds it's gates locked, however hears the sounds of crying nearby

Oscar:He sends Asturias to check it out

Narrator:Asturias is sent over to see a child laying on the ground of a nearby alley, a piece of rubble crushing his lower body.

Oscar:Oscar wlaks over as he makes Asturias try to lift it off her

Asturias:Attempts to pick up (123)

Narrator:The rubble appears to be nothing for Asturias as Oscar finds the boy's legs completely broken under the ruble, with the lifting causing his blood to start draining from his wounds

Asturias:Oscar set the bag and his stick down before taking out his repair kit and tries remembering anything can about medical aid

Oscar:Oscar set the bag and his stick down before taking out his repair kit and tries remembering anything can about medical aid

Attempts to discover, with (173) degrees.

Narrator:Oscar is able to quickly make up a half way decent medical kit with the few supplies he has in his bag, which he is able to apply to the child, however knows he has to get help, otherwise the child will likely bleed out soon

Oscar:Oscar has Asturias apply pressure while Oscar calls for medical services

Narrator:It doesn't take long for someone to appear for the child, asking Oscar rather or not he has any connection with them

Oscar:"No I have no connection. I heard crying and saw that there was piece of rubble on him so I removed and did best to render medical aid. That's all I know"

Med: "Alright, have a good one then, hero."

Narrator:As the medical people leave, Oscar notices the woman from earlier walking towards him from the parking lot

Oscar:Oscar picks up his stick and bag and meets her halfway

Woman: "Good job, Oscar Kingston, for someone without a Cryotic or Bolabel, I think you've gotten the best time in the past three years."

Oscar:"That's good to hear" He shove the stick and bag towards her

"Now about the prize"

Woman: She takes the bag and lets the stick fall to the ground "The prize?"

Oscar:Oscar bends down and grabs the stick and shoves it at her "Yea don't you remember the first one back gets a prize, thats what you said."

Attempts to charm (224)

Woman: "Was it? Then I guess I lied.." She grabs the wooden stick and looks at it, reading it says 'red herring' on the side, she offers it back "You're prize is this wooden stick, worthless stick that is worth a lot."

Oscar:"So is being a liar and a sadist a prerequisite to working here?"

"Also fucking over you possible students? just curious cause it seems like its a running theme here, that and incompetence."

Woman: She gives a smirk before turning away "You don't get out much, huh?"

With that, she walks away, dropping the bag

Oscar:"Hey you forgot the stick , what are you going to fuck yourself with without!? God know no mad will!"

*it

*"Hey you forgot the stick, what are you going to fuck yourself with without it!? God knows no man will!"

Attempts to intimidate (208)

Narrator:Her feet pick up

Oscar:Oscar pick up the bag and looks inside

Narrator:A USB that can be hooked into his radius is in the bag, along with a couple of Haneo

Oscar:Oscar turns on the safe mode he built on his radius and plugs the USB in

Narrator:Opening the files in the USB, Oscar finds that the fourth part of the test was taking care of the child and talking to the woman. The fifth and final part of the test began just after he opened the file, sending a bounty with his name and face out, which will be active for the next twenty four hours.

Oscar:Oscar looks around his crilcles and tries to find somebody who can take down the bounty for him

Attempts to remember, with (2.887323943661972) degrees.

Narrator:He is able to recall several, one of which even lives just near here

A man named Scotsta, a computer tech with a business in the under portions of the city.

Oscar:Oscar hits Scotsta up letting him know he has a job for him and that hes going to be swinging by soon

After that he heads off towards Scotsta's place trying to look inconspicuous

Narrator:Oscar makes his way there fairly simply, with little problem, although a few possible scares occur, but nothing too major. Knocking on the door, he finds Scotsta's wife answer

Wifesta: "Hey, there?"

Oscar:"Hello there miss, is Scotsta in?"

Wifesta: "Oh, no. He's actually at work currently, why so? Do you need him?"

Oscar:"Yea acutally do you know when he going to get off? Were associates and I have a job I need for him to do for me. I let him know I was coming by but forgot to ask when he would be here."

Wifesta: "Work associates? Alright, well, he won't be home for a good few hours, but if it's an emergency, I'm sure he can get off a bit early."

Oscar:"Nah I don't think its that big of a deal. Thank you for your help and have a great rest of your day." Oscar give a smile and wave before heading off somewhere to lay low till Scotsta arives back home

Narrator:Oscar suddenly finds himself seemingly warping through a tunnel of light as his body feels the weight of a thousand suns before being thrown into a sea of water

Oscar:Oscar drops the bad from his shoulders and sends Asturias up and follows behind him

*bag

Narrator:Oscar quickly gets to the surfaces, his bag and all his items gone, with only his puppet and clothes still with him. He sees a boat next to him as he begins heavily coughing from nearly drowning. Around him he sees nothing but water

A nasty, murky green water which is filled with nothing but death

Oscar:Oscar starts swimming towards the boat

Narrator:He is able to reach it in a timely manor

Oscar:Oscar climbs onto the ship

Narrator:It's not a ship, it's a small fishing boat. Where Oscar feels as though his skin is being eaten alive by the acid of the waters, an excruciating pain seems to fill him as a sandstorm appears out on the horizon

Oscar:Oscar heads inside of the boat trying tp get away from the sandstorm

Narrator:It's only after Oscar gets into the inside of the boat that he feels a massive gust of wind hit him, drying him off from all the water before a voice calls out

Unknown: "Auhha, I'n surri! Tr-.. Tripped why rumin. Arr lu.. Ahuh.. Oki?"

Oscar:"A..ah..Its alright I guess, no worries man. Stuff.. stuff like that happens all the time so were good" Oscar says with no fucking idea what the absoulte shit is going on

Narrator:It's at this point that Oscar begins to regain his surroundings and sees

L.G.:The croc from the parking lot standing between him and the door

Still twitching as if on heavy amounts of drugs

Oscar:"Oh your the guy from the School. Hows it going man? Isn't it a great day to suddenly be warped from space time into some sort of lovecraftian nightmare?" Oscar says with a blank face and an absent look into nowhere

L.G.:The croc stares blankly at him, not really able to keep up with his words, giving him a long silence, only broken when it gives small snaps to the air occasionally

"Han-e-o."

"Lu, auha.. Werth."

"Miny men will.. Caon."

"Naught herit."

"L.G.'s haum... Seve."

L.G.:He gives Oscar a nod before points towards a door behind Oscar

Oscar:"Ahh I see you saved me. From the men. who want the money on me. Thank you. I'll go through the door now. Have a nice day." Oscar bows and slowly turns around and heads through the door

L.G.:L.G. offers Oscar a bow in return, albeit with several twitches. After entering the door, Oscar finds a surprisingly rather kept, larger room than he would have anticipated this boat to have. In it is a big fluffy, clean bed, with a dresser seemingly filled with various clothes, and a desk filled with various items, even several electronic, although Oscar knows he'd never get anything beyond maybe a shitty radio signal out here.

L.G. takes a seat in one of the shittly put together chairs and takes something out of a cupboard, doing his own thing while he let's Oscar do what he does

Oscar:Oscar heads towards the desk and start deconstructing the eletronics and putting the back together along with generally tinkering with what he has on hand

L.G.:Hours pass and eventually Oscar finds himself starting to pass out, however before he does, a knock appears from the door as L.G. enters the frame, offering a large needle

"Augha.. Ater.. Armfu to lu."

"Huah... Ointeri sops.. auhh, naught. Ointeri.. seve lu."

Oscar:Attempts to discover, with (105) degrees.

L.G.:Oscar manages to decifer the first part as; 'Augh.. Water harmful to you.'

Oscar:Attempts to remember, with (1.7083333333333333) degrees.

L.G.:Oscar is able to tell that whatever is in the needle, L.G. claims will save him from the billions of dangerous of the water. It wasn't even until now that the realization really hit him, but if he doesn't take something soon, what little water went into his mouth and eyes is very likely going to cause several problems for him, including a very slow, painful death. He knows there are several substances, made specifically to aid in the curing of people who've been exposed to the waters, however isn't sure of where any would be, outside of the major hospitals and some of the neighboring bunkers

Oscar:Attempts to search (231)

Oscar gently takes the neeedle and applies some alcohol to it and some on his arm where he will inject it and then injects it into himself

L.G.:An intense pain is felt and soon enough it feels as though Oscar's blood is burning, causing him to drop the needle, which is then taken by L.G.

Oscar:Oscar lays on the desk trying to fall asleep even with the pain

Fitz

Narrator:"Oh-uhh.. Hehe, oops. It appears I skipped a few pages here, sorry about that."

After a few pages are flipped, the Narrator stops and clears their throat, continuing

"Alright, sorry about that... Mistakes alright, probably not a good sign, but.. Anyways, as we leave off of Oscar, we venture back to the school, where one of the other contestants arrive to the roof of doughnut shop, to find the old man Oscar had showed an obvious disliking for"

"When we arrive, we see our next viewpoint character, another one of the young men going through the exams to try and make it in Chikara-koko, the soon to be reopening yukojiin."

Fitz:He approaches the old man and clears his throat "S'cuse me, sir. Was told you'd have a package for us to run back with. Where is it?"

Oldier: The old man who appears to be the unlivable age of 100 points down to the alley below while giving a nod as he rests on the wall of the roof

Fitz:He nods, stripping his jacket to reveal a tank top "Thanks." He walks over to the edge, rolling his neck and groaning a bit

"Not quite how I expected to have to do this."

(From Fitz): Fitz attempts to manifest Reactive evolution, with (0) degrees.

(From Fitz): Fitz attempts to manifest Reactive evolution, with (2) degrees.

Fitz:His shoulders bubble a bit. It settle for a moment with Fitz wincing, but he is finally able to push through and small spines the extend over his shoulders slowly form. He flexes a bit and they articulate between in front of him and behind him on his back "This should work." With this, he swings over the side, using hands and claws to crawl down the building

Attempts to climb (204)

Narrator:As a pair of spikes extrude from Fitz' back, he begins to climb down, using them to pierce through the walls of the building as he makes his way to the bottom with no trouble, the spikes lowering themselves onto his back similar to that of insect wings as they are no longer needed

Fitz:He looks around for anything like what the old man meant

Attempts to search (1)

Narrator:As Fitz looks around, he notices a little bit of graffiti on the dumpster which reads 'in here bozo'.

Fitz:Attempts to search (3)

Narrator:Looking inside, Fitz sees evidence that packages had formerly been here, with a bit of a white torn bag with the label 'Yukojiin prope-'

As he looks around, a girl turns the corner walking into the alley

Fitz:"I feel like this is a terrible system. All of them in one place..." He rubs the back of his head an looks at the girl "Tough luck. Someone beat us and took everything."

Sunada:She gives a wide smile and a nod

"I know."

Fitz:"Seems you know something, huh?"

Sunada:She leans against the wall as her smile turns into a smirk

"Mayyybe."

Looking away to one of the passing cars, she asks

"But what ever could I possible know?"

Fitz:"Enough to come down here and act all coy. Tsukina..." He cocks his head "Don't play games. What do you want?"

Sunada:She looks back and asks

"What kind of 'tousia you got pal?"

Fitz:His spike sticks out from the side of his shoulder and waves "A useful one."

Sunada:"Good. I'll give you info, and maybe later on, when I need, you'll help me out, watcha say?"

Fitz:"As long as it's not too bad, I don't see why not. Don't hold out too long though. I don't like debt."

Sunada:"Too bad, debts a favorite subject of mine."

With that, she brings up her finger and waves it around the air before suddenly grasping something from it and hitting the wall she was leaned against, pushing off and walking away after with a bit of a wink

Fitz:He chuckles as he goes to see what it is "Barumo...Kids these days."

Sunada:As Fitz walks up, he sees a painted picture has been splattered along the wall, however is quickly running down.

Narrator:The picture shows a particular park bench next to a rather large building with an arrow pointing to the side of the building.

Fitz:Attempts to notice (0)

He takes a picture of the image and starts searching for something similar nearby

Attempts to search (1)

Narrator:It takes him a bit longer than he'd like, and just as he may have been thinking of giving up, Fitz stumbles upon the bend, an oddly shapen one that looks more like an art project than an actual seating area, with the building behind it revealed to be the school, however the one thing that wasn't shown in the picture was the ten foot tall fence that surrounds the school.

Fitz:He goes to climb over the fence with the aid of his claws

Attempts to sneak (0)

Narrator:As Fitz begins to climb, he feels a coldness touch just below his shoulder, where the arms extrude from

Fitz:He looks back, mouthing 'uh oh'

R.E.L.E. Class A:"Hey there, Reutiki."

"What do you think you're doing here?"

The coldness he had felt was the extendable button that was now facing his chest.

baton*

The voice muffled through the helmet that covers his head, with a bit of a metallic echo

Fitz:"Well, running the race for the entrance exam. Was given a hint that secondary packages were here. First site was cleaned out."

R.E.L.E. Class A:"Uahhhh..."

He looks around a bit before giving a nod and turning around, placing his baton up, slyly leaving his arm down but opening his hand and motioning for Fitz to put something there, most likely a few Haneo

Fitz:He smiles under his facemask and drops some

R.E.L.E. Class A:The last of Fitz Haneo goes into the officers hands, with the rest of his money being stored in Bipjen and not so easily.. exchangeable. Receiving his money, the officer beings to walk away, leaving with a

"Have a good one, student."

Fitz:"Thanks, officer." He goes to finish his trial of climbing

Attempts to climb (159)

Narrator:Fitz makes it up the wall in little time, however finds his extendables retracting back into his body as he lands on the other side

Fitz:"I really need to make that last longer..." He checks the image for any more clues

He nods after a glance and heads toward the side of the building

Narrator:As he gets to the side of the building, Fitz finds a large open truck with several milk boxes filled with packets sitting just outside of it

Fitz:"Gonna have to ask her how she knew.." He takes two packages and starts heading back

Before he gets too far, he cuts off and heads back toward the tower

Narrator:It doesn't take too long for him to get back, where he finds several other possible students looking around, beating their heads against a wall trying to find.. anything

Fitz:He checks the alleyway, seeing if anyone seems interesting in the crowd

Narrator:Of the five people in the alley, none of them seem to stick out at all, however one of them does seem to be raging, slamming their fist into the dumpster

Fitz:He takes the elevator to take a gander at the people up top as well

Narrator:As he arrives to the top, he finds the old man still chilling, with two more people, one talking to the old man and one knowing they've lost the race and therefore are spending their available time using their eaftousia as much as possible

Fitz:He sees what their power is

Narrator:This is a fairly unique situation where the character appears to have several with the person alternating between them, one being turning their body into a mist like substance and the other is them constructing items from that mist

Fitz:"Neat." He approaches the old man

Narrator:As he approaches, he finds the old man in the middle of a conversation with another person, pausing and looking over as he walks up

Oldier: "There are bad seeds in all lots, it's a shame that this one got here before you all."

Fitz:"Say, old man, would you say you're a good judge of character?"

Oldier: The old man who has an appearance similar to that of a turtle looks over and gives a slow but steady nod "If there is anything that we get better at with age, it's learning to wade through the bullshit people like to spout."

Otherguy: The guy talking to the old guy looks over and gives a nod

Fitz:He nods and offers his hand "That's all I needed to hear."

Oldier: The old man looks to it for a moment, unsure of what this is, but decides to take it

(From Fitz): Attempts to pickpocket (1)

(From Fitz): The old man notices a weight in his pocket after the stop shaking. If he looks, he'll see the extra package with a note on the side 'with love, from Fitz.'

Fitz:He nods and starts off

Narrator:With Fitz walking off, he knows his next destination is the school's parking lot

Fitz:He waves to the lady he's to meet, holding the package "I'd suggest you don't keep them all in the same place next time. One bad apple is all it takes to ruin the bunch."

Woman: She looks over, tossing her cigarette down and gives a smirk "Yeah, we discovered that. Don't worry, due to his actions, you'll be skipping the next part and going right to the end."

She shows a sudden change as she questions "You don't hear that saying too much."

Fitz:"It is an old one, I suppose."

Woman: "Well, neither ways, your next test is in the package. Go ahead and open it."

Fitz:He does so

Narrator:As he does, Fitz finds several things in the package, among them are a small chip to load into his radius.

Along with 300 haneo

Fitz:He takes a look at what was on the chip

Narrator:As he loads in his chip, he finds that it locks up his radius as it explains a bounty has been placed on him of $1000 Haneo and that the chip has sent out pings to several hunter-characters. This bounty is now placed online for all to see with his device being unlocked with a small spark occurring from where he placed the chip

Woman: "Good luck."

Fitz:"How long do I have to survive?"

Narrator:"Twenty four hours."

Woman: "Twenty four hours."*

Fitz:"Does it track me or is it just general?"

Narrator:"The chip was the tracker. So they know where you were, but don't worry.. That's all they usually need."

Woman: "The chip was the tracker. So they know where you were, but don't worry.. That's all they usually need."*

Fitz:He nods "Alright." He starts walking off

(From Fitz): Fitz attempts to manifest Reactive evolution, with (0) degrees.

Woman: She gives a wave

(From Fitz): Fitz attempts to manifest Reactive evolution, with (0) degrees.

(From Fitz): Fitz attempts to manifest Reactive evolution, with (0) degrees.

Fitz:Dry scales run across his face like a chameleon changing colors, but they fade quickly as he keeps walking, looking for a taxi

Narrator:Fitz is able to get out his phone and call for a taxi quick enough, with one arriving in very short time

Driver: "Hey, you..." The driver looks his dash "Fitz?"

Fitz:"Huh? No. I'm Chek. Been having guys bug me about that. He do something?"

Narrator:"Who?"

Driver: "Who?"

Fitz:"Ah, I just stole somebody's cab. I'll give ya three hundred extra Haneo if we just take off. Don't wanna wait around."

Driver: "Sounds good, hop in."

Fitz:He gets in "Gotta hit an ATM first. Then I can get you to drop me off at the actual destination."

He passes the 300 Haneo first

Driver: Taking his plastic, the driver speeds off to the nearest ATM, with them arriving to in within just a minute

Fitz:He gets out and does some rearranging in his accounts, and putting some away for safe keeping before hopping back in

Driver: Fitz feels the driver's eyes watching him closely as he does what he has to do

Fitz:"So, let's hit the club. Got any good places open this early?"

Driver: "The club, huh? Aren't you a little young for a place like that?"

Fitz:"Never too young to enjoy life, compadre."

Driver: "Whatever, your the one that has to get in the place." The driver speeds off, obey none of the laws of the road "Let's see, we got three options. The Unicoop, which is a little.. More on the brightside for me. All Days All Nights, which is a hive for the cops. And finally the last one near is; the Sweeter Than T's."

"That place is pretty chill, one of the few places around that still plays smooth jazz, an- actually, there is a fourth place we can go, but.. Nah, someone like you wouldn't want to go there. It can get real nasty."

Fitz:"Rough place, huh? Well, for now, let's try Sweeter than T's."

Driver: "It'll be one forty."

Narrator:It only takes a few minutes for this reckless driver to pull up to this place and let Fitz out

Fitz:He dropped one fifty and heads toward the club

Narrator:"As Fitz finds a place to hide out, now is when we go back to dear old Fugazi, hehe, sorry about that, so to catch his, he and his dog friend Eafri had went out to a nearby club, similar to where we're leaving Fitz, but a lot.. Smaller in size, more indie if you will. Where they got to see three bands play before heading home to the Above section, where he had been dropped off before his friend flew off*

Narrator:"Chung and Fugazi fly off, heading for Chung's father's work as we head back a few days ago, back to a familar face; Fitz, as he jumps out of his cab and start to enter the Sweeter than T's before he is stopped by the bouncer, asking for ID*

Fitz:"Can I just get the stamp? I'm just here for the jazz."

Narrator:"For the jazz, you'll need the-... Shit what was that dumb rhyme?"

"Ahhh, fuck it, a hundred and twenty han."

Fitz:He shrugs and hands over the money

Narrator:"Alright, head in."

He lets Fitz walks in where he finds the place is booming, with it looking straight out of the few picture that were recreations of what the 1920s jazz bars looked like, with large neon lights for the name on the walls, mirrors hung up around booths, and smoke filling the air

Fitz:He takes in the sights and smells "Got to love jazz." He finds a spot to hang out, planning to waste his time here

Narrator:Fitz takes a seat as live bands continue to play, a waitress came by and asked for any form of order as he gets left alone at one of the tables

Unknown:"Oh-ah-huha. I can't believe it."

*A voice which seems familiar but un-placable appears to Fitz

Fitz:"Just some pretzels and whiskey." He looks to the voice

Unknown:appears from behind*

Digle:The voice gains a face as the character takes a seat next to Ftiz at his table and gives the woman a quick order before giving her a smack on the behind

"So.. It's been three years, Fitz."

Fitz:"Has it been? Wouldn't have believed it."

Digle:"They have just kind of ran by, haven't they?"

"What have you been up to?"

Fitz:"A new start." He nods along with the jazz "You?"

Digle:"Eh, same old, same old. Just a little bit of this and a little bit of that... New start huh?"

"Sounds nice."

Fitz:"More than you know. Hardly even remember the old days."

Digle:"Yeah? That's a shame, we all had some good times. You still heading things or taken a more passive stance in your new life?"

Fitz:"I'm out. Well, as out as it gets."

Digle:"Oh? Out? That's good news man, that's great... But you know.. Not everyone is so lucky."

Fitz:"I'm not off scott-free. Trust me, I'm just waiting for the day I'm not out."

Digle:He looks to the ceiling which holds a massive panting as the waitress comes back, giving the two their order and a bit of a flirt with Digle before walking away with him looking back down to Fitz, giving a little nod to the music

Fitz:"Take care. And don't die."

He sips his whiskey and listens

Digle:"You know, Moroon is going to want to talk to you."

Fitz:He chuckles, his age seeming to show more in his voice "I'll burn that bridge when I get to it."

Digle:He gives a nod

"It's good to know you survived and thrived, Fitz. I'll be seeing you around."

He takes a couple of pretzels and his drink, standing up and going to find the waitress

Fitz:He removes his mask to sip his whiskey. If Digle looks back, he hasn't aged a day since he met him

Digle:He doesn't

Fitz:And so Fitz hangs, for hours.. And hours.. As more and more bands play and time seems to pass with little to no things happening aside from the waitress occasionally coming back

Narrator:And so Fitz hangs, for hours.. And hours.. As more and more bands play and time seems to pass with little to no things happening aside from the waitress occasionally coming back*

Fitz:He checks how long he has left on the bounty

Narrator:"Fitz finds more than time when he checks his radius as he has somehow missed six calls, all from an 'unknown' number and have received several messages over the past two hours. The current time; eleven fifty."

Fitz:He finds his way to the bathroom for some quiet and returns the call

Narrator:Returning the call, it only takes three rings for the other side to pick up

"Yes?"

Fitz:"Got a call from this number."

Unknown:"Is this mister Morrick?"

Fitz:"It's Kai. Who's this?"

Unknown:"Your ride will be waiting for you outside in ten minutes, Mister Morrick."

The call ends

Fitz:"Well, Maroon came faster than I thought." He whistles and heads to finish his drink

Afterwards, he takes his mask and heads out to see what's going on with the ride

Unknown:*As he arrives

outside he sees the car pull up and open the door as a man who he can't seem to fully see sits across from him*

Fitz:"Only question: You here for the bounty?"

Unknown:"Not in the way you'd think."

Fitz:"Then you must be Maroon. Probably." He gets in

Kyuu:The car drives off and Kyuu looks over saying

"Well, they pulled a fast one on me."

Fitz:"Is this a nice to meet you or a long time no see?"

Kyuu:"It's an apology, Fitz. I see the RD team did their job if you don't even recognize me."

"To make this short, I'm your handler."

Fitz:"You mean were my handler."

Kyuu:"No, no, I'm the one who set you up with this school and am the one you directly report to... Maybe the RD team is doing a little too good these days.. I'll have to speak with them.. Guess that means reintroductions are in order."

Kyuu offers his hand for a shake

Fitz:He takes it "Damn. Was hoping the ties were cut a little more cleanly, but at least you don't seem like the worst of them."

Kyuu:He gives a nice stern shake

"Yeah, you can trust me. While I'm here for the bounty it's to apologize for it. It was a bit of an over site on my part."

bounty, it's

*

Fitz:"The bounty is for the school's test. Unless there's another one?"

Kyuu:"No, that's the only one. However it was made to look real and therefore was posted online. Something that's no issue for anyone else as it's extremely low and not worth it to anyone.. But in your case, it does pose a problem. I wasn't aware of this new bounty test and therefore couldn't stop it. But don't worry, it's down now. We took care of that."

"But just in case, we're going to take the precautions of letting you join me for the remainder of your time."

Fitz:"I really hope my real name isn't the one I went by when I worked for you. If that's the case, I'm surprised they let me keep it when they cut me off."

Kyuu:"Don't worry, all that is taken care of, but your face has been plastered all over the boards, which is the reason for this meeting."

Fitz:"Hard to believe that anyone would think it's still me. I don't know how many years I lost to you guys."

Kyuu:"Want to?"

Fitz:"Scared to ask, but might as well."

Kyuu:"Twenty overall. But it was only three years ago that you went completely dark. Situation we'll not recall for the sake of saving you from another visit to the RD team."

The car begins to pull to the side as Fitz notices we've managed to get to the edge of the city, next to one of the sewer drains

"Alright, c'mon."

Fitz:"Oh, dark, dreary sewers. Feels too familiar for my liking."

Kyuu:Getting out, he walks over and presses a few buttons on his radius before the drain opens revealing a ladder which goes down a few feet before climbing off to the side where a door sits

"Guest first."

Fitz:He heads in "Wonder if I ever used this one."

Kyuu:"Let's not jog up uneeded memories."

Fitz climbs down and finds the door open as Kyuu presses a few buttons and walks in before offering a pair of glasses to Fitz

"Put these on."

"Don't take them off until I saw."

Fitz:"I happen to like the ones I have." He grumpily replaces his shades with the glasses

Kyuu:"Yeah, this is all my fault. Apologies again."

As he puts them off, Fitz finds that they block out all of his vision but the immediate five feet around him, and a singular light that only shines from where Kyuu had been

"Usually the saying is the opposite, but Fitz. Follow the light."

The light walks away, and Fitz is now expected to follow it

Fitz:"If this wasn't too elaborate, I'd say this is a trap." He chuckles with surprising mirth Kyuu likely doesn't recognize from Fitz

Kyuu:"Yeah? That's good."

The light walks up some stairs after several minutes of passing by things, non of which Fitz can recognize through the glasses and finally, the two stop with the sounds of a door shutting and Kyuu saying

"Alright, take 'em off."

Fitz:He replaces the glasses with his shades

Unknown:As Kyuu says this, a voice from the other side of the room questions

"The fuck is this thing, Kyuu?!"

Kyuu:Kyuu nods for Fitz to hold onto the glasses for he'll be needing them to leave and looks past Fitz as he finds himself in a walled off room with a desk in the center, a young man in a hoodie behind the desk staring and pointing at the wall opposite to the door.

If Fitz gets the curiousity to look, he'll find a video of a creature sitting in a case, a black steam coming off of it as goo and hard shells surround it

"That thing?"

"That's A.S.T. dash ten, eighty nine, seventy three."

Uchino:The young man lowers his head back and says

"No, really, what the fuck is that thing?"

"I've been watching your boy try and talk to it, but I think it has more life than your guy."

Kyuu:Kyuu walks by the desk and places a glove on from it, pressing the air above the desk before calling out

"Are you there?"

(From Fitz): He may or may not be drawing the turns and distances he moved as he walked through here on a sheet of paper pressed against his leg while he looks on at the pair

Ammo:A boy who appears Uchino's age appears on the screen, saying in a monotone

"Yes, sir. I am. I haven't gotten anything from it since it awoke.. It's recently went back to sleep."

Kyuu:"Alright, well.. Let it sleep then. Stay close by, still need to know what happened to Jack."

Kyuu motions for Uchino to get out of his chair before taking his seat as Uchino walks over near Fitz

"Uchino, this is Fitz. Fitz, this is your new friend."

Uchino:"What?"

(From Fitz): radius*

Fitz:His shades and mask prevent his face from being read "So this is a nice to meet you moment. So rare these days."

Kyuu:"Uchino, shut up and shake his hand."

Uchino:He offers a hand to Fitz

Giving the bird to Kyuu before doing so

Fitz:He fidgets a bit before taking Uchino's hand "Uchino, green horn, captive, or boss' kid?"

Uchino:"Captive."

Fitz:He nods, releasing his hand "What thought crime did you commit?"

Kyuu:"He's committed his fair share. His being here is actually his last chance, isn't that right Uchino."

Uchino:"Auh, shut up."

Uchino leans against the wall and points back to the monster

"That thing is going to be waking up in a minute and when it does, I don't think it's going to like it's new home."

Kyuu:"Let me worry about my job. Just worry about yourselves. Now, both of you, due to my efforts will be attending the yukojiin."

"Originally I was just going to let things play out, but it's my fault that Fitz here may find some old friends start to come back, again apologies. Uchino, you're going to be a good friend to him. That's the last part of your job, make sure that if someone goes after him, you go after them. Something you're too familiar with."

Uchino:"I'm a fucking babysitter?"

Kyuu:"If that's really how you want to see it. Though I'm sure Fitz won't much like that analogy."

Fitz:"I'm with the kid. I don't think it's necessary to sic a greenhorn on my old pals."

Kyuu:"Uchino is a little less than a greenhorn, but he knows his ropes.. What he doesn't know is how to fit into his new school.. At least if it's half the school it used to be. And that's where you two will find common ground, or at least so I imagine given your situation."

"And that's where this partnership will bloom into a lovely friendship."

"And if it doesn't go that way, you'll kill each other and I'll clean up the evidence of either of you existing."

"I would prefer for this to work out. I really would."

"But life has a funny way of telling it's creations to fuck right off."

Uchino:He looks back to the monitor for a moment before nodding

"Fine, Fitz.. I can work with this."

"How about you, you game?"

Fitz:"Well, you're quick on your feet." He rubs his neck "If you're up for it, compadre. Just know you'll have to learn how to keep up."

Kyuu:"Compadre? Haven't heard that type of stuff outside the bottom, that where you from?"

Uchino:"Compadre? Haven't heard that type of stuff outside the bottom, that where you from?"*

Fitz:He chuckles, giving Kyuu a look "I've been around."

Uchino:"Yeah, well, we'll see how I keep up."

He looks back to Kyuu as Kyuu leans back

Kyuu:"Good, I'm glad this is working out for all of us so far."

"Let's hope it continues. Fitz, got any arguments with this?"

Fitz:"What's your powers, Mardou?"

mardou*

Uchino:"Mar- We are from the bottom.. Though it's not usually used by our gen. We'll talk more on it at school, but it gets me by, how about you? You like talking 'tousians?"

Fitz:"Well, I was going to see if I had an argument, but you shut me down. Respect that, at least tsukina."

Ammo:"Sir, it appears to be returning to us."

Fitz:He leans toward Uchino "This kind of thing is usually where it all goes horribly wrong."

Kyuu:Uchino looks past Fitz to the monitor along with Kyuu as the creature begins to move, with cracks and an almost sob like sound accompanied by a goop

"Oh, god damn it."

Fitz:"See? Right on the mark."

Baal:The creature gains sudden movements before finally revealing it's face

"RAUHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"

Pascal

Narrator:"WHAOH! WHAOHA! Who is this!? The final! Of the main characters is finally coming in!? Look out, cause we're going to the next day, where we find ourselves in the classic modern layer, in front of one of the many train stations that make up the city, as the final of our focused characters gets out of a car that was dropping him off.*

Linus:"Don't know why you decided to take the train, you know I can get you there faster."

Pascal:"..I appreciate it, but I don't really want to... draw that attention."

Linus:"Alright, man! I hope you have a good time, and remember to open that message by mom and dad before the first day!"

"If you ever need me, just give me a ring!"

Not giving Pascal a chance to shut the door, Linus drives off, letting the door shut itself

Pascal:He took a sigh of relief, and stretched a bit, looking from side to side "Here goes nothing.." He goes in to find a seat, waiting for the train

Narrator:Several minutes pass as Pascal just can't seem to find any sort of comfort, but eventually, the train appears, coming into the station fairly quickly and finding a stopping point before long, giving him ample time to enter, for some reason, this time everything seems different, it's not until the train doors open that Pascal realizes he is completely alone in the station

Where as normally the station and train itself is filled to the brim with people from all across the city, today no one seems to be at either

Pascal:He blinks a bit, and looks around a bit "Weird.." he tries to shrug it off and just approach, going to step onto the train

Narrator:As he enters the train a cold chill blows over him, after which he notices exactly one person on it. In the middle of the train, sitting on the seat and hitting a series of invisible drums, is a white haired man, not much older than pascal, with his eyes clothes as he is jamming out to some music playing from his ear buds

Pascal:"..." He slowly approaches, and goes to sit across from him

Narrator:Not long after he takes a seat, the train begins taking off, with only the two boys in the train, nearly four minutes passes before the boy across from him finally opens his eyes

J:"AOH! When'd you get here!?"

Pascal:"About 5 minutes ago. When the train stopped at the station."

J:"..."

He looks puzzled for a moment before taking an ear bud out and offer a hand over to Pascal

"Well, in that case, Hello!!"

Pascal:He reaches over to shake "Howdy. Today a holiday or something? The station was empty."

J:"Oh, no, I bought out a few of the stations for today."

"Speaking of which, why uhh... How'd you get on? It was supposed to be closed?"

Pascal:"B-" He looks him over "Bought?"

J:"Well, technically my father did, hehe, he's a bit.. Uhh, overprotective."

"It took awhile to convince him to let me take the train, but... Well, here we are!"

The man looks out the window behind him as slouches in his seat, watching the city under them pass by

Pascal:"..Yea, uh, well, sorry about that. I just kinda got on."

J:"Oh, it's perfectly fine! I wanted to take the train to get the sense of the city before I get to school, but.. Well, it's kind of give and take with him. He gave me the train, but took the people.. Anyways! How're you doing?"

Pascal:"Oh, well, funny you mention that, I'm heading to school, myself."

J:"Ohh really!? Are you going to Chikara-koko, too?"

Pascal:He gives a cautious nod, taken aback by his enthusiasm

J:"Ahh, that's awesome! Which dorm were you placed in!?"

Pascal:"It was... East dorm? Yea, I think so. Didn't pay that much mind to it, though."

J:"East! That's pretty cool, that's the intellect focused dorm! I was thrown into the West one!"

Pascal:"Cool, hope it treats you well...uh.. what's your name?"

J:"Oh, my friends call me J!"

"But uhh... Well, to be honest, I don't talk to them much anymore, how about yourself?"

Pascal:"Pascal. All my friends are younger than me, so I guess I won't see them for a little while."

J:"Oh really? This is also kind of a hard place to get into, so hopefully they make it in! How old are you?"

Pascal:"19."

J:"Oh man! Just enough to get in!"

"Lucky, lucky!"

He peers out the window as the train before a sharp, but smooth turn

Pascal:"..You?"

J:"Twenty-one!"

He looks back to Pascal

"Just hit it a few days ago!"

Pascal:"Congrats." He looks around at the emptiness around them, "Have a cool party?"

J:"Not particularly, but I did hang out with some old friends online!"

"Played a couple of games for a few hours! Been sometime since we did that."

"It was really nice, but that's about it...He lays his head back as the train begins to slow as the two notice the train starting to enter a station

Looking back out the window, J notices that the train had very quickly climbed several floors of the towers before finally winding up to the floor of their school

"OAHUAHH BUDDY!"

"We're here!"

J:"You ready, Pascal!?"

Pascal:"Suppose so."

J:"Alright!"

Jumping up, J flings a pack over his shoulder and offers a hand to help Pascal up

Pascal:He accepts the kindness "Thanks."

J:"Yepyep!"

Stepping in front of the doors, he waits for them to open before finding himself in front of a crowd of people as they are gathered around the station, having just gotten off the last train that went through

(From Pascal): Attempts to notice (0)

J:Pascal notices J has stopped in his tracks but doesn't see why past his tall stature

Pascal:"Hm?" He tries to peek around him

J:As he peeks around him, Pascal sees a couple of people staring at them, confused as to what's taking them so long to get off and why there are so few on the train, but generally nothing is stopping J from moving. The crowd of people appears to just be full of characters of all types, with a few mumistians even making up the scene

Pascal:"..You good, man?"

J:No response(

Pascal:He taps his shoulder "J?"

J:"H-huh!?"

J gives a bit of a jump, tripping over his foot as he does and falling out the train and onto the station they'd stopped at

Pascal:He winces a bit, and goes to step out after him, leaning down to offer him a hand "You zone out there?"

J:"Y-yeah... hehe.."

J rubs his lower back, as a couple of people look over and give a few chuckles but no big spectacle about the scene

Accepting the offer, he gets back up, saying

"Sorry."

Pascal:"No problem, man." He says, in a quieter tone, "Nerves getting to you?"

J:"I'm uhh..."

His voice lowers as well

"Not really used to big crowd and stuff."

His voice returns to normal as he raises his hands

"Which is why I wanted to ride the train!

He gives a spin in place, before beginning to walk backwards towards the crowd

J:"It's uhh... hehe, let's find out how things go, yeah!?"

Pascal:"Uhh...."

"Maybe you shouldn't do that."

J:"What's the worse that could happen?!"

As he says this, he stumbles a bit and knocks into someone, causing them to drop their drink onto someone else, creating a big scene that was initially avoided as a group of people look to him and he looks back, raising his hands in a submissive form, apologizing several times as one of the people who had nothing happen to him looks over with anger very quickly rising in him&

Pascal:He sighs, and walks over towards him "Well, that." He goes to grab his arm and pull him away from the group "We'll get you through this, don't worry."

Koyasu:As Pascal begins to drag him away, the figure stops and points to J, yelling, causing everyone around to look at them

"HEY! YOU! BUANO!"

"Look at what you did to my girl!"

J:J stops

His hand raises and he points to the man as he says in an exasperated tone

"... You're black?"

Pascal:Eyes wide

Narrator:the laughing stops

Koyasu:"Wha-.."

He's completely caught off guard

"Y-You're... What?!"

J:"You're pretty rare, huh?"

Pascal:He nudges him with his elbow "Stop."

J:He looks to Pascal

"How many of them have you seen!?"

Koyasu:Similar Pascal, his eyes widen

Pascal:"Don't bring me into this."

Koyasu:"Wh- what the fuck is your problem!?"

One of the extra-men point to the two and yell out

"They're fucking racists!"

"I can't believe this shit!?"

"In this day and age?!"

"Are you fucking kidding me!?"

Pascal:"W-"

"Hey, no! It's not like that!"

J:He looks to Koyasu

"You're from the bottom layer, right?"

Pascal:"You need to stop fucking talking."

J:He looks to Pascal

"Why? I've never seen one?"

Pascal:"Look."

"You're digging us both a grave right now. You need to think before you act."

Koyasu:"Alright, that's fuckin' it! You're dead!"

"Both of you!"

Pascal:"See!?"

"NO!'

J:As he looks back, he sees a small group gathering in the crowd, getting ready to jump them

"Ohhhh..."

"They don't look too happy... It was only a drink!"

"You can clean it up!"

Pascal:"Please."

"Stop."

J:"It'll wash out!"

Koyasu:He begins walking towards them, very angrily and quickly

Pascal:"Apologize."

"Not about the drink."

J:"I did, I'm sorry fo- Wha-?"

"What for then?"

"I'm sorry for bumping into you."

Pascal:"For your social insensitivity."

J:He looks back to see a fist as Koyasu gives a big left hook to J's face, sending him stumbling back a few feet

Pascal:"....Guess we're past that point."

Koyasu:"You too, green jacket!?"

He looks to Pascal

J holds his face as his eyes begin to water, not being used to taking hits at all

Pascal:"What ABOUT me!?"

Koyasu:"You want some of this, bitch!?"

"I'll fuck you and your boyfriend up!"

Pascal:"I literally just met him today, man."

Koyasu:"And yet you talkin' shit with him over here like you're some high tower livin' rich bitch!"

"You need to choose your friends better before they get you in anymore trouble!"

Pascal:"Talking shit? I told him to fucking stop."

Koyasu:"You were instigating and you know it!"

Pascal:"...."

He looks over to J

J:*As he looks to J, he sees him tackle Koyasu!

Koyasu:But it does little past causing Koyasu to stumble back a bit before stopping him

"Still in the fight, huh!?"

"You fuckin' racists are all the same!"

He brings a fist into the back of J's head, causing him to lose his footing before hitting him in the face again, throwing him to the ground, leaving Koyasu to point to Pascal

"He's a weak ass bitch, so I'll give pity and let you take him away this time!"

"But next time, you better not be with him!'

Pascal:"I'll be with whomever I please."

Koyasu:"You best watch that mouth too, otherwise you'll be right beside albino here."

J:"You have white hair too!"

J says in-between heavy breaths as he slowly raises and tries to throw a bunch but finds himself almost completely out of stamina and just gets kicked away

The crowd looks to Pascal and J with judgement as their school life isn't starting good, at all

He gives a few more heaves before tapping the ground a few times, saying after Koyasu had already walked back to his friends

"You win this time!"

"But next time, darkie... I'll getcha next time."

Pascal:"..... What the fuck?"

J:Only a few of the crowd heard this

He slowly makes it to his feet and starts walking down the path given to them towards the buildings

"You uhh... You okay?"

he asks

Pascal:"Worse off than I started the day, but, better off than you. You got your ass kicked, dude."

J:"hehe..."

He blows his nose to let out a bunch of blood

"Yeah... But I think I found out what his eaftousia is."

"Has something to do with energy absorption."

"That was the first time I've been hit in the face, you know that?"

"This hurts like hell, man!'

Pascal:"Oh yea, it's a bitch."

He scratches his head a bit "You figured it out that fast?"

J:"Ahh, well, I may not get down to the city much, but I work out a lot, I have lots of stamina and practice martial arts a good bit. Plus when I was touching him, it felt particularly warm. Which you could argue was just his body heat, but, nah.. I don't think so."

"I could be wrong, but based on how that felt, I think it's something along those lines."

"... But I've never been hit in the face, so I could just be losing it."

He wipes a little bit more blood from his nose and tilts his head up

Pascal:"Cool shit, gumshoe... We should probably try to keep your face from any further abuse for a while, huh? Let's see if we can find a nurse or something."

J:"A nurse? You think so?"

"I mean, it's just a punch, right!?"

Pascal:"...Better safe than sorry."

J:"Alright, well.."

The path leads to a gate which they stop at and are asked to walk through an arch, slowly, while a woman asks them a couple of general questions regarding their involvement with the school before being let through

As they're let through, they're given information on where their dorms are, and to check the laptop left for them in their rooms

"Ohh, chill!"

Pascal:He asks about directions to the nurses office

Woman: "It's in this building here." She points to a building in the middle of the campus

Pascal:"Thanks." He looks to J "Think you can handle gettin there yourself, or want me to tag along?"

J:"Nah, I can probably make it! Thanks for the offer! I'll talk to you later man!"

Pascal:"See you. Think before you speak."

J:"I'll try, bit of a new things, but we'll see what happens..."

"I'mma get that dude back!"

Pascal:He heads off for his dorm

Unknown:After a good minute of walking around the campus, Pascal hears a voice he wasn't expecting

"Well, I'll be!!"

"Pascal!?"

"Prescott, Pascal!"

Pascal:He winces "Please, don't throw that around so casually..." He looks to see who it is

Yuri:An old high school buddy points to him with a hand that holds an overly sized fast-food cup

"It is!"

"Oh man!"

"I would have never thought you would have made it in here!"

"What's up!?"

Pascal:"..Thanks for the vote of confidence."

Yuri:"Oh, hey, whoa! Don't mention it!"

Pascal:"...Yea."

Sto:"We figured you'd make it before your followers, but.. hehe, I guess the school probably thinks you'll be anything like your brother, huh?"

Yuri's crowny, Sto, claims as he walks next to him, finally reaching Pascal

Pascal:"I don't have followers, Sto."

"And can we not bring my brother into this.. any of this?"

Yuri:"Hey man, calm down, we're just... Talkin', right?"

He takes a moment to bring the cup to his lips and takes an unnecessarily long sip from the straw

Sto:"Knowing your brother, I'm sure he'll find a way to bring himself in."

"if you get my meaning.. Ha-ha.. ha.. ha... ahhh."

Pascal:"...No, I don't. Enligthen me."

Sto:"Teleporting.. He'll find a way to bring himself in, through making one of those portal things or however his stuff works."

"C'mon, man, you stupid or something?"

Pascal:"....I'm sure he's way too busy to do something pointless like that."

Yuri:Yuri finally brings the cup down and quickly presses it into Sto's stomach, telling him to hold it as he takes a few steps towards Pascal

"You're not pointless, Pascal."

He offers his arms out for a hug

"Come here."

Pascal:"I'm good."

Yuri:"Come to Yuri-duri."

Pascal:"Please don't say that to me again."

Yuri:He gives a smile and a nod before lowering his arms

"That's it, keep your head up!"

"You may never reach his heights, but that's no reason to stop trying to desperately reach the counter, like the child we all are... Maybe this school with help us all grow up, into a cat.. To jump on that counter... So that we can reach the cookie jar."

"And knock it over for the children who can't reach it."

He gives a couple of pats to Pascal's shoulder and stares at him intently, as if he had just shared words of absolute wisdom before walking away

Pascal:In one ear, right out the other

Sto:He takes a sip from Yuri's cup and gives Pascal a wink before walking past him as well, saying after a moment

"You have a good one, friend!"

Pascal:"..You too."

Sto:"We'll always be here for you!"

Pascal:{Just my luck...} He sighs and heads for the dorm, once more

Narrator:Finally arriving at his dorm, Pascal follows the directions to his room

Room 16 of the east dorm, where he opens the door to find a fairly cramp room, similar to what he had when he was younger, before his brother got into his current profession

Pascal:"Guess it'll do." He places his stuff on a bed, and looks for the aforementioned laptop

Narrator:Finding the laptop on the desk, he finds a video loaded up, ready to play on it

Pascal:He pushes play

Torazo:A video turns on, revealing a neatly dressed woman with white hair and a red crown like hat who begins the introduction

"Hello! And welcome to Chikara-koko, student! I am Torazo Umemi, the head of your dorm who'll be overseeing everything regarding you and your dorm-mates. If there are any questions, send them to me via message on the social app already installed on this Mishikouta device. If, for any reason, you require my immediate attention, I can be found on the roof of this dorm, where my room is situation."

She gives a soft smile before returning to her natural blank expression, continuing

Torazo:"Starting Monday, the gates that connect the school with the station are going to be locked, and will stay that way until Friday night, when the students who're still here will be able to freely come and go from the school, however if you choose to make leaving and entering a frequent event, know that each time you come back to reenter the grounds, you will be detained for roughly an hour. During this hour you may be questioned and checked, depending on those on duty. If you wind up needing something during this week that you do not have with you upon arriving, our school has a small market which sells all essentials."

"Now onto the activities; there is a competition, held at the end of every month. You may opt out of this if you wish, however you may be rewarded special prizes for competing. These competitions are between the dorms, East and South, against North and West. While it's typically advised to try and be friendly with everyone, the Northern Dorm has an emphasis on being overly competitive, and the Western Dorm has had a history of creating an almost high-school like hierarchy in relation to the students, in which we're typically described as 'nerds', and therefore are found lower on their list. However don't let these stereotypes dissuade you from interacting with them."

"On this device, you can find all the information you need about the school, it's history, the classes and schedule, and even about some of the people. There are several apps which can be looked through in the 'C.K.Y.' folder."

Torazo:"And finally, the rules. While on campus, you're allowed to use your power responsibly, even in friendly sparring matches, against each other. If you do decide to get into fights, it is advised to be careful and hold respect for your opponent. A fight is supposed to be supervised, if one goes too far and a serious injury occurs, you may face expulsion, or even criminal charges. It is, however, preferred that any fighting and exceptional usage of eaftousias be kept in the designated training areas. This school is co-ed, meaning each dorm houses both male and female students. Please be respectful of the other students, including opposite sexes. This school has been foreseen to get slightly chaotic at times, and therefore a pair of 'monitors' have been placed in each dorm. These monitors are to be treated like teachers, that is with respect and to be listened to. While technically speaking, there is no dress-code, it is proper to wear clothing which covers a good portion of the body, including your chest, stomach, waist, and thighs."

"That is all, I hope you have a good day and I will see you Monday!"

Pascal:"....Simple enough."

Unknown: Just as the video goes off, the door opens a little and a kid walks in

Takehito:"Ohh.."

He peers around the room for a second awkwardly before giving a nod

"Hello."

Pascal:He returns a nod "Howdy."

Takehito:"You must be the roommate, I'm Takehito, nice to meet you."

With an introduction, he closes the door behind him as his sleeves cover his hands before walking over towards the other side of Pascal, taking a seat at the opposite side's desk

Pascal:"Pascal, same." He takes a seat in his own desk

Takehito:Taking a seat, Takehito opens the drawer and takes out a notepad

"Are you just arriving?"

Pascal:"Yea, just got here."

Takehito:"Any strange encounters yet?"

Pascal:"...Too soon."

Takehito:A soft smile appears on his face as he opens the notebook and begins running his fingers across the pages

"Yeah, seems pretty strange here."

Pascal:"I'm afraid this places...quirks have only begun to show themselves."

Takehito:"Probably.. Groups have already began forming.. Be careful with who you associate yourself with."

"It's weird thinking that this place is supposed to be for becoming a Yoioshi."

"Hardly anyone here seems to be a... Well, what you'd call a hero."

Pascal:He chuckles "You're right about that. Hopefully everyone levels out eventually."

Takehito:"Pretty sure a lot of the dumber ones will be caught over the first week, that's how the video came off anyways."

"I imagine you watched it already?"

Pascal:He nods

Takehito:He turns away and rests his book on the desk, saying

"Don't know what you plan on doing here, but I'd ask that you not bring any trouble in the room."

"Aside from that, feel free to do whatever you want, Pascal."

Pascal:"I'll do my best if you do yours, Takehito."

Takehito:"I'll make sure nothing I do affects you, Pascal."

Pascal:He smiles "Appreciate it. But don't be a stranger."

Takehito:He turns back to Pascal and rolls one of his sleeves up, offering his hand for a shake

"Same to you, roomy."

Pascal:He gives him a shake

Takehito:As they shake, a knock appears at their door

He peers to it and retracts his hand, his sleeve recovering his hand

"You or me?"

Pascal:He shrugs, and answers the door

Fukuma:As the door opens, he sees a man with his back turned, green hair on a slim body all he can see as yelling appears down the hall which had caught his attention

Finally, turning back to the door, he looks to Pascal through square glasses and gives a stare

"What's your name?"

Pascal:"What's your name?"

Fukuma:"Fukuma Gihei!"

Pascal:"Pascal."

Fukuma:"Pascal! Is this your room?"

Pascal:"To my knowledge."

Fukuma:"Are you aware of what happened here last night at exactly 4 o' 1?"

Pascal:"I just got here."

Fukuma:"Then that's a no! Alright, well have you seen a woman with sky blue hair?"

Pascal:"Don't think so."

Fukuma:"Then you've wasted my time, I'm sorry."

With that, he turns around to walk away but stops mid turn as he sees the woman he had just asked about standing before him

Pascal:He's a little perturbed

Sunada:"You lookin' for lil' ol' me?"

She says as she swishes her finger around the air, a bit of liquid floating around it

Pascal:"There you go. Time salvaged."

Fukuma:"YOU!! Are you aware of what trouble you've caused!?"

Sunada:"I've done nothing to you, or anyone else, Fukuma."

Pascal:"Compelling argument there, champ."

Fukuma:Chills run through his back as he asks

"H-h-hoiw'd you know me name?"

Sunada:"You yelled it out like two seconds ago."

"Not the smartest tool in this overly sized shed, are ya'? And here I thought this was supposed to be the intelligent dorm."

Fukuma:"Now you listen here, little miss sunshine! The... noises you were making last night, caused someone to trip and bump their head! And they had to be taken to the nurse this morning!"

Sunada:Her faces turns to confusion as to what the fuck Fukuma is talking about

Fukuma:"Y-you!.. You should apologize."

Pascal:"Noises?"

Sunada:She looks to Pascal

"I'm sorry, will you forgive me?"

Fukuma:"Now you're just mocking me."

Pascal:"Just this once."

Fukuma:"And yes!! NOISES!"

Sunada:She gives a smile and winks to Fukuma

"I'm not sure what noises you're referring to as I wasn't here last night. This is my first time entering this dorm, so.. I guess I'm being set up."

Fukuma:His jaw drops as he realizes the person he is looking for is taller than him, where as this person is notably shorter

"Y-you're... Not the person I'm looking for?"

Sunada:"Nope."

Fukuma:He raises a brow and begins walking away, embarrassed by the entire situation

Pascal:"Good luck finding your perp."

Sunada:She looks to Pascal and questions

"You look healthy, where are you from, Pascal?"

Pascal:"The city."

Sunada:"Ohh, city boy, huh? Nice, I visited it a good few times."

"How smart would you say you are?"

Pascal:"Excuse me?"

Sunada:"Smarts, you're in this dorm, so I'd imagine you're supposed to be a bit above average, right?"

Pascal:"I'd wager that to be the case. Not much for self-assessment, though."

Sunada:With a nod, she gives Pascal a look over

"Names Sunada, if you're ever in the need for some money, or perhaps got some free time, look me up. I'll remember you."

With that, she turns and walks away

Pascal:He gives a wave, and closes the door, looking over to Takehito "Any insight as to what that was about?"

Takehito:"Someone tried to break into the room last night."

Pascal:"..Damn."

Takehito:"Fukuma is a wannabe investigator who was told a bad story."

Pascal:"I'll keep that in mind."

Takehito:"As for the girl... No clue."

"If I had to guess, she either likes you, or the more likely reason for her talking to you just then was she thought she could use you for something, which is why she offered money."

Pascal:"Guess we'll see."

Takehito:"Good luck."

He turns back to his notebook and takes out a pencil

Pascal:"Yea.. you too." He just walks over to the bed and collapses onto it

Chapter 2: ???

Fitz

Narrator:As Pascal's body hits his bed, we finds ourselves back at the training station, a few minutes before his and J's train had arrived as a group of students step off the train before theirs

"Oh?! What's this!?"

"We're heading back in time? To who?"

Among the students to step off the train is Fitz, not long after followed by Uchino as they find themselves in a crowd of students friends, and family

Fitz:He struts out with all the confidence in the world "Ah, a new life. What do you think, mardou?"

Uchino:"I think this place is going to be irritating."

He claims with his face hidden behind a hood as he stands not too far away

As he goes to say something else, he is shoved into a girl next to them

He looks over, shouting

"Watch it!"

Before peering behind him to see the girl is doing alright, just a bit dazed from being bumped into

Koyasu:"Or what!?"

The white haired bully replies

Uchino:"Or I'll kick your fuckin' teeth in!"

Koyasu:"O-... Oh-uhuh-haha ahaha ahah!"

He points to Uchino and walks away, laughing

Uchino:"..."

Never has someone walked away from a threat

Fitz:"You need to work on your insult game tsukina."

Uchino:He looks to Fitz

"How'd you handle it then?"

Fitz:"Laugh at him. See that face? He couldn't take it. Make a fool of himself. Dumb barumo would probably swing for no reason."

Uchino:"..."

He looks back to Koyasu has he excused charisma, already starting to gather a group of people

"Yeah.. Whatever."

He starts out the crowd and towards the school

"Let's get in this place already."

Fitz:He pats Uchino's shoulder "Don't worry, mardou, we'll make you popular yet." He chuckles and shoots a foot kinda high for an exaggerated first step toward his new dorm, obviously giddy

Uchino:He looks away, but Fitz can tell he's in a good mood as they find their way to the gate where they're searched and questioned before being pointed to their respective dorms

Fitz:He gives Uchino a two finger salute as he departs his new friend

Uchino:He gives a nod and heads in another direction, ignoring the dorm altogether for now

Narrator:It doesn't take long for Fitz to run across the campus and find the Northern Dorm, along with his own room, which is on the second floor, room 08.

Fitz:"Ten, nine...eight." He goes to open the door

Narrator:As he opens the door, he is hit by a powerful aroma as a younger looking boy is found on his knees in a praying posture in the middle of the room

Fitz:"Ahh, almost like walking into the old church of Minx...Shame.." He takes a look at the guy

Narrator:It's only after a second of looking that his eyes widen and he quickly peers to Fitz, slowly raising himself from the ground and propping against a bed

Haru:"It's nice to meet you."

Fitz:He nods "Same to you, but don't let me interrupt your prayers. Not many of your kind these days."

Haru:"Unfortunately so, but my session is done."

"Feel free to do as you will."

With that, he walks over to a pair of candles he had lit during his time and puts them out

Fitz:He chuckles and kicks back onto his bed, assuming the side that has nothing is his "Ready for a new chapter?"

Haru:"There aren't any chapters, just a never-ending story that is seen through different views."

Fitz:"Different views, indeed, mardou."

"Fitz, by the way."

Haru:"M-.. I believe that's a backwards compliment."

"Haru."

"Takagaki Haru."

Fitz:"Usually. What got you into this here place of learning, Haru?"

Haru:"Probably my 'tousia, unless you mean why?.. In which case, the fame."

Fitz:He nods "Fame. Good a reason as any. Kind of ironic to go for fame as a priestly type."

Haru:"It's the best way to spread the word, more followers is more believers."

"But the irony isn't lost on me. It's kind of laughable to be honest."

Fitz:He shrugs, sitting up to look out the window "What faith do you follow?"

Haru:"Incleen. It's a.. More of an ideology than a religion."

Fitz:"Yet you pray?"

Haru:"It's not a requirement... It's like hoping for something to happen, we place our faith in things to work out, the ideology believes that we're all connected, spiritually, and that our faith and words have power beyond our understanding."

Fitz:"That's a nice faith. Much more hopeful than your average barumo, anyhow."

Haru:"It is, it's a nice change of pace from the city below."

Fitz:"I feel like that's how someone else is supposed to describe it. Weird coming from the person it describes." He shrugs "Have you had the chance to look around, mardou?"

Haru:"Not really, I was on the last train last night and felt pretty tired."

"I've spent most of today settling into this new room."

Fitz:"Then this is the best time, huh?"

Haru:"Is this an invitation?"

Fitz:"It can be."

Haru:"I'll accept it then, go ahead and lead the way."

Fitz:"Lead. Right. Yeah, great at that." His nose points up a little bit as he gets to exploring

Haru:"Exciting."

Following Fitz, the two leave the room and find their way around the dorm, seeing a handful of people getting prepared for this new school and new life as they do.

Fitz:He gives waves and two finger salutes to those that catch his eye

Unknown:"Hey, either of you seen a girl with blue hair pass through here?"

A girl stops before them, asking questioning

Fitz:"I'm sure there are plenty of girls with blue hair. It is a yukojiin, after all."

Unknown:The girl takes a lolipop out of her mouth and places her opposite hand on Fitz's shoulder

"That's true, but I'm being serious."

Fitz:He chuckles "Sorry to disappoint you then."

Unknown:"Hmm.."

The woman gaining a bit of a frown before walking away, gives him a nod

Fitz:"Best of luck, minsou." he waves her off before continuing his looking about

Narrator:As he continues, Fitz and Haru find a crowd beginning to form as the two over hear a big commotion starting from the center

Fitz:He hops a bit, hoping to get a view

Narrator:As he does, Fitz can see a rather tall cat mumistian standing above a darker man who has claw marks across his body, and figures a fight must have occurred, one which he missed as the feline lets out a bit of a roar, signaling for the crowd to begin to disperse

Haru:"How unfortunate. Fights are already occurring."

He bends down to a knee and gives a prayer for a moment

Fitz:He stands between Haru and the crowds so it doesn't end up stomping on him "I think it shows how people are at their cores. Ready to prove themselves, mostly."

Haru:He stands, and gives a nod, recognizing Fitz' action before going to say something but being cut off

Fukuma:"EXCUSE ME!!"

Fitz:"No."

Fukuma:A man walks up, with glasses twice the size of his head

"N-n-no?"

Fitz:"I will not excuse you until you stop screaming." He laughs "What's got you riled up?"

Fukuma:He takes a moment to realize the joke, but he starts an awkward laughter, saying

"Well, I was just given payment to give someone here with your description a message."

"Would you happen to have a name relating to Fits?"

Fitz:"I know a guy with that name, sure."

Fukuma:"Oh, good. Could you point him to me?"

"Or err... Me to him."

Fitz:He gives himself two thumbs, glasses and mask revealing nothing

Fukuma:".... Oh?.. OH! I see!"

"Well, then mister Fits, I was asked by a man named Joshua to meet him on the roof of this building in three hours, he wishes to speak with you regarding something personal."

Fitz:He looks back to Haru "Look, I already have a reputation, huh? Things are looking up."

Haru:He gives him two thumbs up and a smile, as he enters a very animesk pose

Fitz:"I don't know why, but that fits you." He looks back to Fukuma "Well, I'll have to meet him then, thanks..." he trails off, waiting for a name

Fukuma:Fukuma gives a nod and turns around

"Your welcome! That's all, have a good day!"

He walks away, completely oblivious to the question

Haru:"Hmm..."

He gives a peer to the ceiling and places a finger on his chin

"Some interesting characters here so far."

Fitz:"I doubt we've seen the start of it. Well, we have three more hours before things get interesting. Want to grab some food?"

Haru:He gives a wide nod and a salute

"Sounds tasty!"

With that, Haru takes lead and heads straight for the northern cafeteria

They get there with little things stopping them, or coming up, and find the place mostly empty and the thing serving food being the vending machines

"Aww, looks like we'll just have to snack."

"I think they serve dinner at seven thirty."

Fitz:"Then snack away. Any place you want to check out on campus?"

Haru:"Uahhh... I wouldn't mind checking out the geo-gym."

"I've heard it's got a few cool things."

Fitz:"Lead on.

Haru:Once again, Haru takes lead, walking across campus, it's this time that Fitz begins noticing several of the students getting more publicly physical than they properly should, as well as witnessing a good few moments of bullying and fighting starting as a couple of groups seem to be forming already

(From Fitz): 1

Fitz:He 'accidentally' bumps into one of the bullies

"Ah, sorry, didn't see you there. The fog of ego blinded me for a moment."

Shika:She peers back to Fitz and asks

"Ego? Huh?"

She tosses a bag that Fitz had watched her take from another girl over to one of the other females in her group and gives him a look over

"Thought the glasses were supposed to improve your vision?"

Fitz:He tosses it back to the girl it was taken from "If you're going to bully, at least don't be so childish about it." He shakes his head "That's not going to get you anywhere. Where's your vision?"

Shika:She watches as Fitz just snatches the bag from the air as she went to toss it to her friends, causing her mouth to become agape

"You need to mind your business, not like you're brave enough to show your face!"

"My vision is learning my place in this hierarchy, and first come, first serve!"

Fitz:"I don't show my face because my beauty would blind you. That's besides the point." He moves to the girl being bullied "Say, minsou, because of this interaction, do you ever want to deal with this barumo again?"

Girl: "N-no.."

Shika:She looks back to the bullied before returning to Fitz

"So what, if she's so low on the social ladder, who'd want to deal with her anyways?"

"She'll never make it in this school, and therefore she'll never make it in life."

Fitz:He puts up a finger for her to shush "So you would tell your friends to avoid her, right?"

Shika:She has no idea how to handle this and becomes flustered

Bullied:-Girl "Y-... Yes.. But I don't really have any who made it in."

Fitz:"That doesn't matter now. It's the first day, you'll make friends. But you'll avoid her, right?" He pints at Shika

BulliedGirl: "And these others!"

Shika:She rolls her eyes

Fitz:He looks to Shika "So, if this girl gets pushed out because she can't study due to your machinations, where does that leave you? You are pushing away the people that would be under you and even making it harder for them to stay in. When those under you are gone, where does that leave you?"

Shika:She pauses, still red out of anger and confusion, thinking

Fitz:"The answer is the bottom."

Haru:"An interesting way to go about this situation, for sure."

Shika:She looks down as the girls in the back start talking amongst themselves for a moment

Fitz:"So, instead of acting like a child for your own gratification, how about this? If you want people under you, make there be a reason to want to be." He looks to bullied girl "Not that I would expect you to accept it." He looks back to the group "But maybe start by being something worth having people under you, even if you know how to fight to keep that place, eh?"

Shika:She slaps his hand away and starts stomping away, her friends following as the bullied girl watching them

Haru:He gives them a wave from the background

Fitz:"Whew, thought that would go way worse, not going to lie."

Haru:He gives a shrug and a nod

"I'd say you handled it pretty well."

"It's nice to see who I'm roomed with."

Fitz:He shrugs and turns to the bullied girl, offering his number "If she tries again, let me know. I won't be nice next time."

BulliedGirl: She gives a nod before thanking him and walking away, placing his number in her phone

Fitz:He finally opens his snack "So, the gym?"

Haru:"Sounds like it."

Haru begins the lead once more, heading for the geo-gym!