[Freja Helt]

She had been confident in her choice when she commissioned her first support item, BBB. Bats were her specialty after all and what good would she be in a fight if she didn’t have her weapon? Her mind wandered, thinking back to exercises and real fights she had gotten in and how she always got hurt or could have gotten seriously hurt. It was clear that because she was quirkless, one support gear wasn’t enough to cover for her weaknesses. Maybe she should have gotten a durable suit instead? A costume that could withstand even the strongest blade or make her shrug off bullets. How about speed boots? Something that could help her run fast?

Freja found herself thinking about these things in the middle of an empty training field, laying on her back and idly swinging her bat at the sky like a wand. She would need at least like ten pieces of gear, right? But what if she got too many? She could just picture herself ruining a stealth mission because she came rattling in with all her gadgets. It wasn’t just enough to get gear, she needed to get good gear and really think about what she wanted each individual piece to do. Never mind that, it needed to be simple to use too, otherwise there was months, maybe years of training ahead for some things, like ranged weapons. “This sucks!” She let her arm fall down with a low thud as she shouted at the sky. Who said she was above pouting and throwing the occasional tantrum just because she was a hero student?

Sebastian Sinclaire

[Sebastian Sinclaire]

Sebastian ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ Sinclaire [attr="class","FaustContent"]Fourteen hours. That's how much time Sebastian had spent this week doing some form of strenuous physical activity. That's fourteen hours more than he did last week. It was also, however, way less than the amount of hours his peers were probably clocking in. Hell, he'd believe Jun was putting in that many hours alone in one day if it weren't for the fact that that would be literally impossible what with class schedules and all that shit. Despite that disparity, however, he didn't feel like he was behind any of his peers. On the contrary, he wholeheartedly believed that he was on par with most everyone he knew. He might've been lacking in a few departments, but he was certain that he had something that nobody else at this entire school had: The Sinclaire Factor™. Now what exactly is the Sinclaire Factor™? Shit, man, Sebastian had no idea. It's something you can't really describe. You just have it or you don't, and Sebastian definitely had it—whatever it was. Y'know what Sebastian didn't have though? A weapon. It'd probably behoove him to get one of those. But what weapon would suit him be—Oh hey there's Freja laying on the ground. "Ahah! I knew it was you!" he shouted, quickly leaning over her, his face just a few inches away from hers. He had his blindfold pulled down to cover his eyes for maximum comedic effect when he identified her. "I had a very, very important question for you. Why, I completely forgot to ask you this during our last meeting: How rich are you?" [attr="class","FaustNotes"][attr="class","FaustTags"]• Sebastian Sinclaire • Freja Helt •

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[Freja Helt]

Did she scream? Of course she did. Sebastian appeared practically out of nowhere, just like he always did. Like some kind of nightmarish cryptid who had decided to haunt her just for the hell of it. Rolling away from him, Freja scrambled to get up into a sitting position. “Sleepy guy?! Or- I guess you’re Sebastian Sinclaire.” See! She was capable of remembering names. “How are you even seeing with that thing over your eyes?” She squinted at him. Was it his quirk? No, not everything could just be explained away with quirks.

“How is that an important question?” She huffed, already crossing her arms and talking like he had offended her. Then she remembered the yacht party. Wasn’t he heavily money motivated? “I’m gonna have to disappoint you.” She shrugged dejectedly, before giving a thumbs down. “Broke and looking for a job.” The truth was she had kind of been slacking off and wasn’t the best at planning out her economy, so the money she had been sent to Japan with had already dried up. “I guess my family is somewhat well-off.” She finally stood up, using her bat as support before dusting off her legs. “But they’re far away.” She put the bat up to rest on her shoulder. “Why? Are you rich?” Uno reverse, turn that question right back on him. Although she could probably already guess the answer. No rich man would go looking for rich women just for their money.

Sebastian Sinclaire

[Sebastian Sinclaire]

Sebastian ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ Sinclaire [attr="class","FaustContent"]His sunny disposition was immediately darkened by the bad news. Oh well. There are plenty of fish in the sea, all he needed to was keep on fishing. He'd probably have a bit more success if he changed his methods and used better bait, but fuck all that noise. It'd be way too much effort to maintain a false appearance 24/7. "OHOHOHOHOHOHOH! No. Of course not. If I was rich, I wouldn't be here!" he continued, shamelessly reaffirming that he wasn't here because he wanted to be a hero. "Anyway, I, unfortunately, have been told that I'm on my last life. One more strike, and I'm out, get it?" he lied. The truth was that Sebastian was actually [REDACTED]. There was no threat of expulsion looming over his head (yet). Honestly, he was quite surprised that he wasn't in danger of any sort of academic consequences. You'd think with how rotten of a student he was that he would be, but nope. The worst he had gotten were a few detentions—nothing major. "So, I've got no choice but to start playing to win, y'see? SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I'D LIKE YOUR BAT!" [attr="class","FaustNotes"][attr="class","FaustTags"]• Sebastian Sinclaire • Freja Helt •

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[Freja Helt]

Yeah. Yeah. She pretty much knew the answer already and somehow she was still disappointed. How could he be so shameless about his aspirations to leech off of others? It was almost enviable that he didn’t seem to feel any shame. “Wait, really?” Naive as she was, she believed him wholeheartedly and the empathy was practically bleeding out of the change in her tone of voice. Before she was dismissive and skeptical of him, but now her voice was softer, his lie had clearly paid off.

See, what he said had struck a very personal chord. She was scared any day that, for whatever reason UAU was going to kick her out for being quirkless. That she wasn’t talented enough, not hardworking enough, just not worth the trouble to have around. To hear that even someone with a powerful quirk was struggling…

“Playing to win?” She blinked her eyes, then hugged her bat close like it was her only lifeline. “Wait what?! You can’t have it, I need it!” To someone like her who was quirkless, having a powerful piece of support equipment was practically like having a quirk. There was no way she could give that up now. Not after having experienced what it was like to be good at something for once. “A-Ask Ana to make you one!”

Sebastian Sinclaire

[Sebastian Sinclaire]

Sebastian ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ Sinclaire [attr="class","FaustContent"]Ana, eh? So that's who made that tricky little bat of hers. That's a unique enough name that he'd probably be able to find this Ana person in the support labs. Noted. He'll have to harass Ana later. He was honestly shocked that he had never even heard of this person despite all of the support student harassing he loved to do. Fuck, who was that chick that made his skateboard? Kanako? Something like that. "Say, you're quirkless, right?" he asked, quickly changing the subject. "At least, that's what I heard. You don't look like you have any physical quirks, and you didn't do anything overtly quirk-like during your little act of vigilantism," he made sure to say that last word extra loud just to give her a little scare. "Crazy...Quirkless AND a girl? Man, you really do have no shot at becoming a hero!" he smiled, making sure to sprinkle in a bit of misogyny on top of his ableism (quirkism?). "You're even less likely to become a hero than me, and I don't even want to be one! Hah! I don't even have the right disposition to be a hero either," he continued taunting. "Isn't it crazy? I bet you trained your flat ass off just to get into U.A., and I could probably beat you ezpz despite the fact that I never trained a day of my life before coming to U.A." [attr="class","FaustNotes"][attr="class","FaustTags"]• Sebastian Sinclaire • Freja Helt •

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[Freja Helt]

She felt bad about throwing Ana under the bus like this, but she did like inventing things. In a way, she was kind of helping her wasn’t she? Sebastian would just be another customer to Ana, and if that meant he was going to leave her alone now all the better!

“Yeah-” she was about to answer earnestly, but barely got a word out before he changed the subject. The vigilantism mention did indeed give her a scare, her face going pale as she looked around them for other students before shushing him. “Not so loud!!” She spoke quickly and in a hushed tone. What he said next almost made her take a step back, but she was so stunned she just stood there. “Huh?”

Bullies were nothing new and being made fun of for her lack of powers wasn’t either, but many of the students here had been nice to her. So nice that she had let her guard down completely. It made his words hurt all the more, and that wasn’t even accounting for the misogyny.

She wanted to get a word in but could feel herself getting a bit choked up, failing to form a proper counter response as Sebastian rubbed it in and made it worse. How could he smile saying all that? Belittling her like this? “S-So what? Leonid said anyone can become a hero!” She could feel the tears in her eyes, but absolutely refused to shed any in front of this scumbag. “Even a prick like you!” She pointed her bat at him. “You’ve never trained? You can’t beat me. Quirk and gender doesn’t matter..” if only she wouldn’t get in trouble with the school, she would have attacked him already to make him shut up.

Sebastian Sinclaire

[Sebastian Sinclaire]

Sebastian ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ Sinclaire [attr="class","FaustContent"]"And you think Leonid really believes that?" he smirked. "C'mon, be real. He's just saying that because he doesn't have the heart to tell you the truth. You can't be a hero," he nodded, hitting her with the double finger guns. Just as expected, his words got her all riled up. She was so predictable. Actually, everyone at U.A. that he met was pretty predictable. They were all just so easy to manipulate that it was almost boring. Almost. "Oh? You really think so? I doubt it, but since I'm such a nice guy, I'd be willing to prove you wrong right now," he grinned. "How's about I go set us up for a little sparring match in one of the buildings, eh? Ah, but I am so busy today...I've got like six more naps scheduled, and I really can't be missing those!" he shook his head. He snapped his fingers and pointed at her. "Unless you'd be willing to make it interesting. If you beat me, I'll admit that I was wrong. I'll bow before you and beg for your forgiveness! When I win, however, you'll give me your precious little bat and admit that you aren't qualified to be a hero." And so the trap had been set. All that remained to be seen was whether or not Freja would actually take the bait. [attr="class","FaustNotes"][attr="class","FaustTags"]• Sebastian Sinclaire • Freja Helt •

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[Freja Helt]

What he said made her waver, she had doubted Leonid’s intentions in the past too. In fact, she was almost sure he had been lying. Even so, Leonid introduced her to Ana. Without him, she might never even have gotten her hands on a powerful weapon. “..I do! He has no reason to lie to us!” She was clearly desperate, having found a cozy world view in her life at UAU so far. Yet here Sebastian was, blowing down her house of cards with the smallest breeze, threatening to make it all tumble and fall around her at the first sign of a challenge. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“Now?” She eyed him up and down. He didn’t exactly look ready to fight, but then again, when did Sebastian ever dress for the occasion? The thought of what he said next made her heart sink. “My bat?” She looked down at BBB in her hand as she lowered it. Her skills with the bat was practically everything she had. She was a one trick pony, but not a bad one. She was trying to branch out too, but the comfort of having her bat by her side couldn’t be understated. There was no way she was ready to risk all that. She had even seen his quirk in action, several times too and if she was being honest, she had no clue if she could get close to beating him in a match. It would really come down to luck and terrain. “I can’t.” She replied flatly, the fear of losing her precious support gear setting in. It simply wasn’t worth it just to have Sebastian bow before her.

“I’ll bet something else, anything else. If you have to make it interesting, but I don’t want you to bow and beg forgiveness if I win. I want you to apologize.”

Sebastian Sinclaire

[Sebastian Sinclaire]

Sebastian ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ Sinclaire [attr="class","FaustContent"]That shit eating grin on his face only grew wider as he was certain that she was going to fall for his taunts. Easy. Too fuckin' easy. Then she didn't take the bait. "EH!?" He...He wasn't expecting that. Unlike him, Freja was a hard worker. Because she didn't have a quirk, he was expecting her to have a complex that would make her want to prove him wrong—consequences be damned. If someone made it this far, surely they should've been more confident in their own abilities, no? Bah! Forget it. Not important. If she didn't want to give up the bat, that was also fine. There were tons of other things in this world that he wanted, and not all of them were outside of Freja's budget (probably). "Oh...I get it. The bat is all you have, right? Lose that, and you're less than worthless. Ohohohohohohoh," he laughed, raising his hand in front of his mouth. "You are hilarious! Y'know, I guess you really aren't worth my time. Seriously, a bat is your everything? My God, you are pathetic. Yeah, fat chance on that apology, sweetheart," he snickered, wiping the imaginary tear from his eye and flicking it off to the side. Unfortunately, knowing that it was the one thing that Freja didn't want to lose made him want it even more. Free food? Video games? Homework answers? None of that shit had value to him at the moment. Nah, he wanted her bat. Actually, it wasn't just the bat that he wanted. He wanted Freja to willingly hand it over to him. Why? Because he was bored. Because he loved screwing with people. Because this was the only thing that he could of think of that would actually keep him mildly entertained for the afternoon. [attr="class","FaustNotes"][attr="class","FaustTags"]• Sebastian Sinclaire • Freja Helt •

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[Freja Helt]

Sebastian being so laid back was precisely what made him so scary as an opponent. Coupled with the fact that his quirk could do a lot of things, not only that but he used it effortlessly. She would love to prove him wrong, but when it came down to it she was a coward. A useless coward who couldn’t even stand up for herself.

What he said next just provoked her more, it almost tempted her into putting the bat on the line anyway, but she really couldn’t afford to lose it. Losing her weapon would be like giving up on heroism. If she hadn’t already seen his quirk in action, her guess would have been he knew exactly what to say to piss her off, or maybe he was just good at reading people. “I-I don’t even care about your dumb apology!!” It was somehow more embarrassing and infuriating that he wouldn’t fight her when the bat wasn’t on the line. He really did see her as an amateur, didn’t he? “Are you done?” She put one hand on her hip. “If you aren’t interested in sparring go get your bat from Ana. Or take your six naps or whatever you do. She poured, turning her head away from him. “I’m busy training here.”

Sebastian Sinclaire