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[Charaphenelia]

The bus was abuzz with the nervous chatter of students as the new year's UA candidates were transported to the exam site. Some students radiated confidence, and some radiated fear. Most were hopeful for their future; with UA being the top hero school in the nation, it would be all but a fight to the death to get in for anyone. Before long, the bus slowed to a stop outside of a circular structure with concrete walls. The tall metal doors appeared heavy, they remained shut as the students began to file off the vehicle and mill about the outside of the building.
Satine took a deep breath through her nose before releasing it through her mouth. Stepping off the bus, she felt her blood racing in her veins with anticipation. She was trying to keep herself as calm as she could, she didn't want to overreact or jeopardize her chances in any way, she could feel it; she wanted that rush of adrenaline she got from fighting, but she couldn't deal with that at the moment. She needed to wait until she needed it. She needed a clear head.
Looking around, she couldn't find anyone she recognized-which wasn't surprising as she didn't personally know anyone from her school who'd wanted to try for UA. It was a just a sea of unfamiliar faces. Mentally shrugging, Satine focused more on her breathing and remembering what Present Mic had said about the exam earlier in the day. Going over the different opponents he'd described in her head, she debated on which she should focus on taking down more of. It was a points system, 1 pointers would be easy enough but to get enough points before time runs out she would want to go after the bots with higher points. No doubt everyone else has come to the same conclusion, so her only real problem is going to be getting to as many as she can before the others do.
Speed. She'll have to find a way to get ahead, to take on as many of the bots initially as she possibly could.
Casually, Satine lifted her arms, seeming to clench and unclench her fists. She watched the veins in her arms start to bulge ever so slightly as the blood flow increased. Cuts in varying stages of healing could be seen on the inside of elbow if anyone looked closely. She never cut deep enough to leave scars, just enough to draw the blood out.
As if sensing eyes on her, Satine glanced up shyly, feeling as though caught doing something embarrassing and reflexively covered the cuts with her hands.
That was one thing she didn't care for about her Quirk, having to injure herself or others to use it. But she couldn't complain, the ability itself was too useful.

 

[Irakma]

Hideki sat in a seat alone, not wanting to talk to anyone else for fear of activating his quirk. Even on this raucous bus, if one person heard him, then everything would go insane. The last time he had unintentionally spoken... Well, it had taken a hero to stop the chaos that had ensued. Now, he was going to keep his mouth shut until they were in the arena. While his voice wouldn't work on the robots, it would work on the people around him, though how that would help him he didn't know. Maybe... Maybe there was more to this test than to just mindlessly smash robots. Maybe they were looking for other things as well? Hideki hoped so, because he likely wasn't going to get any points otherwise.
As the bus slowed to a halt, Hideki began running through a mental checklist of what he would need to do. Fighting wasn't his forte, and it likely never would be, but he would definitely try. He might be lucky enough to defeat one or two robots, but he was really relying on there being another scoring method. Of course, he had no clue what it could be. Maybe minimal destruction? Or perhaps helping people? Whatever it was, Hideki was going to do his best to find out what it was.
Stepping off of the bus, Hideki could feel faint hopelessness move in as he noticed people testing out parts of their quirks, most being flashy or noticable. Then he noticed a girl lifting up her sleeve, showing multiple cuts down her arm, and Hideki stared. Was her quirk involving the cuts in some way? It was strange to him, until she noticed him looking at her and covering the cuts, making Hideki uneasily look away. Whatever it was, it was her problem, not his. Unless of course it became his problem.

 

[Charaphenelia]

Satine took a breath as the young man looked away. He'd seen, but so what? Odds were they wouldn't see each other again after this, besides, it's wasn't like her cuts were a big secret or anything. Internally, she cringed. It was true, but at the same time it's not like she was proud of them or anything. The marks were embarrassing to her but necessary. If she didn't use her own blood then she had to use someone else's, and she wasn't ok with that option either. She didn't have time to dwell on the matter as the doors to the testing grounds opened.
It was like a mad dash for everyone as it was announced for the exam to begin.
Taking a deep breath, Satine concentrated on pumping more blood to her legs as she ran, splitting her focus between keeping the flow and seeking out targets. She could hear in the distance that other students were already taking down the bots and she inwardly cursed. forcing herself to run faster.
Rounding a corner, she stopped dead in her tracks as a bot numbered 3 rushed towards her from the street. Without hesitation, Satine drew the knife from her thigh and made a quick but small cut along the inside of her arm. The blood barely had time to swell at the wound before her Quirk activated. Using the opposite hand, she pulled a stream of blood from the wound in a line in front of her before they spaced out and thinned into needles which shot into the softer spots and wiring of the machine(think of Avatar the Last Airbender, she uses similar movements as water bending). The bot stopped, making a buzzing and whirring sound as sparks burst from the sites of her attack. Pulling another stream of blood from the wound, it seemed to solidify into a thin sword as she rushed at the robot, slicing at the joints in its legs effectively bringing it down. Though it felt like minutes, the attack had only lasted seconds.
3 points. She needed to hurry and rack up points. She took off to find the next bot.

 

[Irakma]

Hideki had immediately been shoved to the back as soon as the gate had opened, and as he was, he accidentally let out a, "Hey, watch it!" Thankfully, most hadn't heard, but two did, and one stood next to him and said, "We do this together, as brothers! Onward!" The other stood staring at him, mouth agape. With a shrug, Hideki ran into the giant arena, ready for action. His now to be partner grabbed a small pole and tossed it to Hideki, saying, "You gotta fight somehow! I can't protect you all the time, so I'm gonna help you grow up to be a true hero! Onward!" Hideki had absolutely no clue as to what was happening, but he seemed to have an ally to work with here. He couldn't let down his new partner, no matter what. Opening his mouth, he mentally called on the emotion of trust, and said, "We got this! Come on!" The other yelled out in triumph, and the two faced off against their first robot, a measly one pointer.
With a quick hop and a thrust into a small box on the outside of the bot, the thing collapsed, and Hideki's new friend said, "Great! Let's get going!" Hideki looked incredulously at the person who had seemingly devoted themselves to him during this exercise. Sure, his power would instill emotions in different people, but this was completely different. Hideki began to wonder what it could possibly mean, while they ran up to the next robot. Taking a leap much higher than normal, the boy said "I'm Satao! Nice to meet you!" and slammed into the creature, flattening it.
Hideki looked around at the chaos happening, and he shortly said with the emotion of confusion, said, "Hideki." The boy looked at him with mild confusion and said," Hideki? Weird name!" The two began to run off in search of more robots, taking on more and more until they suddenly were encountered by a no-pointer, with the two scrambling to avoid being hit by it. They were doing quite well evading the attacks, until Satao tripped, falling and about to be crushed by the robot. With a yell, Hideki shoved Satao out of the way of the attack, getting his leg caught under the blow. Hideki groaned and, instilling the emotion of courage, said, "Let's get out of here!" Satao nodded, and Satao began running, carrying Hideki on his back, all the while being chased by the no-pointer.

 

[Charaphenelia]

Satine's shoulders rose and fell heavily with each breath from exhaustion. She'd made it up to almost 40 points now, and boy was she tired. She could hear the mechanical whirring of another quickly approaching. Internally groaning wanting as many points as she could get, she turned in the direction she heard it coming from and-
It was the no-pointer. Bigger than all of the others but worth 0. It wouldn't be worth the trouble of taking it down, if only there wasn't a male student running away from the giant robot carrying another on his back. There was no way he would be able to outrun it, especially with the added weight. It was gaining on them, and fast.
Before she could think anymore, Satine sprang into action. Making two larger cuts along the insides of her arms, she pulled as much as she safely could and focused. In no time, she ran past the two fleeing from the bot and ran straight for it. A mechanical arm came down to attack; she jumped just in time, landing on the metal instead and using the momentum to propel herself forward up the armor and to the more easily accessible rubber covered joint. Solidifying the blood into two spears she plunged them into wiring underneath. She didn't stop there, however. As soon as that was done she carried on to the next soft flesh of the bot she could find, climbing as much as she could to get where she needed. Her effort wasn't wasted, the bot seemed to be malfunctioning more and more with every attack.
Satine was feeling weaker and weaker, though, from the use of her own blood. She would need to return it to her body soon or risk organ failure. Thanks to her ability, she could keep the blood flow in her body well enough to sustain itself while she used what she could outside of her body as a weapon, but only for so long and she knew she was reaching her limit.
With one final leap towards the robot's mid-section, she sliced through the rubber with her blood blades and plunged into the wiring herself, slashing and hacking as much as she could until breaking out on the other side. As she began to fall, so too did the robot.

 

[Irakma]

Hideki couldn't feel his leg as they ran from the robot. Looking down to make sure that it was still intact, he was shocked to see that it looked completely fine. He tried putting it down on the ground, but as soon as it touched the ground, pain flared up his leg, feeling to him as if someone was slowly crushing him with a steamroller. Hideki let out a groan in frustration, and Satao looked at him and said, "Come on, we'll get through this together!"
Of course, they might not make it out alive, if this kept up. Already, it was evident that Satao was slowing down, and they were just about to be crushed under it when a girl came out of nowhere and started attacking it, clearly defending the two. While Satao said, "Come on, I'll take you somewhere safe," Hideki said, "Nah, let's stay," once again forgetting to select an emotion, leaving Satao saying, "Of course! How chivalrous a heart you have!" While clearly inwardly lamenting about how cool Hideki was compared to him.
Hideki watched as this girl was able to take on a robot many times her size, though she was clearly getting exhausted from the fight. He was amazed at her ability in combat, and her quirk seemed to be very effective.
As she began to slow down tearing the robot apart, Satao said, "She's awesome! Look at her!" Hideki, realizing that something was wrong, unconsciously added worry to his voice. "No, something's wrong." Satao looked up, worry clear. "Are you sure?" Hideki nodded, and they both watched as the girl finished off the robot and began to fall.
Immediately, without even realizing it, Hideki was sprinting across the distance, trying to reach her before she hit the ground, and cursing his leg for hurting so much. Reaching where she was falling, Hideki barely caught her, and looked at her, saying once again without thinking, "Are you alright?"
Sweat slowly beaded on his face as he breathed, looking down on her face, before slowly collapsing under the strain. Running to save her had taken a lot more out of him than he had thought. Carefully, he looked at his leg, and was satisfied to know that he had only dislocated his ankle, which had fixed itself during his frantic running towards her. Looking back at her face, it occurred to him that she was quite pretty, and that he was likely a mess.

 

[Charaphenelia]

Relief spread through Satine as she registered the fact that her back hadn't made contact with the cement below. Someone had caught her. Opening her eyes at that realization, her gaze met the bluest eyes she'd ever seen. Icy blue, almost electric, with white disheveled hair. He was... Quite handsome. His voice sent a strange sensation through her, he sounded concerned, making her feel like she should be concerned as well.
Not a moment later the boy's legs seemed to give out as he collapsed. This time, her backside did meet the cement and she groaned. Her tailbone might be a little sore but she was thankful that would be the extent of her injuries.
Looking back at the boy who'd caught her, she asked, "Are you alright?" She wondered if he'd injured himself saving her or before, she hoped it was the latter or she would feel bad.
Her limbs shook from exhaustion and her muscles cramped. Climbing that damn robot hadn't been easy, and she'd pushed herself taking it down. Even so, she was happy with what she'd accomplished. The two boys were now safe and that's what mattered. She just hoped no one else had gotten hurt.

 

[Irakma]

Hideki sighed in relief as she seemed to be fine, glad that he had at least felt like he was a hero there, though how that would help him in the exam with six points for taking down three robots, he didn't know. Looking at Satao, he said with a conviction of excitement, "Go bang up some droids for me, will ya?" Satao immediately shouted, "Yeah! See you!" And ran off to find new robots, leaving Hideki with the girl.
Taking a closer look at the girl, he noticed her shaking limbs, and noted with faint alarm how pale her face was. Plus, it looked like she was bleeding from several cuts on her wrists, though with how she had acted at the gate, it likely was something to do with her quirk. Still though, she looked as if she was going to pass out from blood loss if he didn't get her somewhere safe. His voice filled with worry, he said, "What's your blood type? You definitely need blood right now."
The interesting thing was that he had specifically chosen his voice to be giving a sense of calm to her, so she wouldn't freak out over such an unusual question. But instead he realized that once again, he had been speaking with his basic terms, effectively making... something happen. It always depended on the person on what would happen. For instance, Satao had taken it as brotherly love, while the girl at the gate had taken it as sexual love. What would happen with the girl, he didn't know, but he knew he was likely signing himself up for a dangerous gambit. Of course, he had no real way to counter it other than to let it blow away over time. Without making them hate him, at least.
Beginning to stand up once again, he picked up the girl and began to walk towards the exit, determined to get some medical attention for her. However, he didn't want to make her uncomfortable walking in silence, so he asked, "How has the test been for you so far? Do you think you got enough points, or do you want to get back out there?"

 

[Charaphenelia]

Satine blinked, she knew what was happening-she'd gone too long using her blood. Blood loss was something she was used to at this point, but it still sucked. The weakness, the cold, fatigue, ringing in her ears, so on and so forth. Ugh. She'd been keeping an eye on her physical condition while fighting earlier, but that all kind of went out the window when she leapt to take on that no pointer. Focusing on her blood, she worked to get the flow going strong again to all her vital organs first. As long as there was no prolonged damage to them, she would be fine.
While she concentrated on regulating the blood flow in her veins again, she heard the boy who'd caught her call something out to the other guy who'd been carrying him.
"What's your blood type? You definitely need some right now." She heard the boy ask. Like before, a strange wave of... The best she could describe it was caring concern, washed over her.
She felt as though she cared for this boy and his health, rather than herself. Granted, that wasn't a stretch when she rarely cared about her own wellbeing as it was.
Still trying to gather herself to properly respond, the boy suddenly stood, picking her up with him before walking in the direction of the exit.
The ringing from her ears began to subside as he asked her questions again.
Clearing her throat, she replied, "I'll be fine, really. It's quite common for me. Erm, it's been alright, I suppose? I lost count of my points after all that.. Are you ok, though? You really don't have to carry me, I can walk on my own. You should get back to the exam, there's still time to get more points."
For some reason, she was worried he wouldn't have enough points if he continued to help her. For either of them to get into UA, they needed as many as they could get. She was sure she'd gotten enough to at least give her a fighting chance at getting in, but she wasn't so sure about him.

 

[Irakma]

Hideki smiled as she began to warry about him instead. This was a new one for him. Here was someone who was being concerned for him. Even if it was because of his quirk, it was still nice.
Waiting for her to finish talking, he responded with, "Nah. I'm not the best at smashing up robots. Even with help, I only have six points. Maybe there is some other way to get into the school, but for now, I'm out of luck." His voice got sad for a moment, before returning to normal. "As for you, you shouldn't walk right now, even if you are used to losing a lot of blood. It can really damage your body really quickly. As much as you likely hate me carrying you, I'm going to make sure you are okay. Plus, being a rescue hero is more of my style anyways, so humor me."
Walking a bit longer, Hideki saw the gate in the distance, with a few people bustling about taking care of a few of the less lucky students. Taking a few steps towards them, the path was suddenly blocked by a one pointer. Grimacing, Hideki said, "I'll take care of it. You just stay here."
Setting her down carefully, he picked up the nearest object he could find, which happened to be a piece of rubble, and began running at the robot, narrowly dodging its swiping claw and slamming the rock into its joint, slowing it greatly and making it considerably easier to deal with. He went with the rock again, only to get hit by the arm and thrown back, groaning as he did so. He definitely had a cracked rib or two. Standing up slowly, he grabbed another rock and charged again, his breath slightly ragged. With a yell, he slammed the rock into a circuit box that was slightly exposed. With a shudder, the thing collapsed, and Hideki dropped the rock, stumbling slightly. Remembering the girl, he turned back and gave a thumbs up, and began to walk towards her slowly, saying, "I don't think I can carry you anymore, so lucky you. Come on, lets go get some medical help. I know I need it..."

 

[Charaphenelia]

Satine felt for the boy, only six points? She surmised his Quirk likely had something to do with controlling others, based on the other boy who'd been with him previously and the feelings she got when hearing his voice. Yes, that must've been it. She cared about strangers, to an extent, but not like she'd cared for this boy after hearing him speak. How interesting... She wondered to what degree his Quirk went; after all, if he could manipulate people in some way he'd need only to find the person with the most handy Quirk and he could gain points easily. She was curious as to how it worked.
She found herself chuckling at his crack about being a better rescue hero, commenting, "I'm not so sure about that, after all, wasn't I the one rescuing you from the no-pointer?"
Before he had a chance to reply, a one pointer blocked their path. Setting her down, he said he would take care of it and her brow furrowed in concern.
She wanted to help, to tell him she was ok and she would take care of it herself, but a side of her was curious to see his fighting style. Could he use his Quirk in this scenario? Feeling a little guilty about it, she decided to stay put and watch it play out.
A grimace rose on her face as she watched the bot's arm slam into him, throwing him back. Satine wouldn't be surprised if he had a few cracked ribs from that throw, but still, he carried on, grabbing another rock and charged the robot's circuit box.
The one pointer collapsed and the boy dropped the rock before turning and giving her a thumbs up. She met him halfway as he said he wouldn't be able to carry her. She figured, and really didn't mind walking. She was feeling much better since her blood had had time to recirculate and get back to a normal flow. She wished her Quirk could help him in some way right now, but mending ribs were out of her expertise at the moment.
Grabbing his arm, she hoisted it over her shoulders to help support him as he walked. She wrapped an arm around his waist but was careful not to touch his ribcage, "It's ok, the exit's right there and they have Recovery Girl on staff, I'm sure she'll have you fixed up in no time." With an encouraging smile, she started the walk to the exit.

 

[Irakma]

Hideki smiled as she hoisted his arm over her shoulder, which made it considerably easier to walk. Already his vision was slightly blurry, and he looked at her for a moment before his eyes focused. "I may pass out on the way over there. I just wanted to let you know about that. I'm Hideki, what's your name?" Hideki smiled as he spoke, and it was clear that his mind was starting to slip out from underneath him.
trying to take step after step was becoming a lot for Hideki, and he was starting to lean on the girl a lot more than he would have liked, but she was helping him, so that was nice. He realized that he had hidden his quirk from people, and so he said, "Um, sorry to bother you with talking, but I think it's necessary to tell you what my quirk is.
"You see, my quirk allows me to manipulate the emotions someone is feeling, just from how I wish. It's a very bad quirk, and what's worse, I can't control it. It does input the emotion into a person, but how they interpret the emotion is entirely up to them. It's so bad that almost everyone who it affects don't even notice the unexpected emotion shift."
Hideki sighed as they reached the entrance of the city, with a short woman walking over to take care of him. Walking with the short woman, he looked back at the girl and waved, and fully collapsed onto the ground. The woman sighed and said, "He was holding on for the sole purpose of making sure you were safe, it seems. Quite heroic, if you ask me. After that though, he's going to need a nap to recover from that." With a peck, his injuries quickly healed, and Hideki let out a sigh of relief, while other people came over to take him to a resting spot. As they did so, the announcer shouted, "TIMES UP! PLEASE PROCEED TO THE EXITS!"

 

[Charaphenelia]

"Satine." She replied. Hideki. At least she now had a name to put to the face. With the warning that he may pass out, she tried moving faster to get him to Recovery Girl before that could happen, she could already feel him leaning on her more and more. As they walked, he began to explain his Quirk to her. It was as she'd suspected, it had affected her emotions into caring more for him than she really should have. How interesting. Though he said he couldn't control it, she was sure an ability like that could be useful if he could learn to harness it.
UA would definitely help with something like that, if he gets in at this point.
Finally making it to the exit, he gave her a wave goodbye as who Satine assumed was Recovery Girl met them and he collapsed onto the ground. Recovery Girl sighed and said, "He was holding on for the sole purpose of making sure you were safe, it seems. Quite heroic, if you ask me. After that though, he's going to need a nap to recover from that."
She then gave his cheek a peck and Satine watched as his injuries healed before her eyes.
A few people came over to carry him somewhere he could rest as the buzzer went off and the end of the exam was announced.
Satine took a deep breath and let it out in a sigh. Well, at least that was all over. Either she passed or she didn't and that was that. She hoped Hideki at least had a chance to get in, maybe his partner racked up enough points for the both of them.