''Yeah..'' She said solemnly with a soft nod, acknowledging Jun's hardships with her quirk and her emotions. They came in here from time to time, students who struggled with quirks and emotions, especially when their quirk was directly powered by them. She even had colleagues, pro heroes who still struggled daily. If only there was one, simple cure and she could just give it to Jun. Something to take all the pain away, she wouldn't hesitate.

''Have you known Kaida-san for long?'' She wrote something down again, but continued to keep her relaxed and friendly focus on Jun as she talked. ''Perhaps it has to do with how well you know a person. Touch is based on trust. If you can trust someone and know they aren't going to do anything unpredictable, perhaps then your anxieties don't flare up?'' It was just a hypothesis, but it was food for thought. ''Do you trust me, Kanjo-san? Place your hand on my desk if you do.'' She leaned forward and would place her own hand on the desk, next to Jun's if the student felt like it. Their hands weren't touching, but they were within proximity of each other. ''Does this activate those same fears? Is it closeness, or specifically touch?'' She was starting to get a feel for what Jun was going though, at least enough so that she knew how to proceed.

''Are you familiar with exposure therapy?''

junsuina

With the change from spring to summer Sadako could finally start to enjoy the outdoors a little more. Not only that, but with the summer break fast approaching she would get a break from her counseling job, at least for the most part. Students rarely came to her with urgent matters over the break, but it had happened before. Still, with the coming of summer, there was a different air about the campus, like everyone was collectively relaxing a little bit.

''It's been a while since I've been to a barbeque, especially the American kind.'' She strolled up to the others carrying an energy drink in one hand and keeping her other on the brim of her big summer hat. As much as she enjoyed the summer she was also from a family that consisted mainly of snow and ice quirks, so the Sun was a merciless entity to her pale skin.

''Do you miss it back home, Browning-san?'' She looked up at a couple of clouds drifting by. ''Before I started my hero career I stayed abroad in America, but I couldn't help but miss my home the entire time.'' She smiled back at them, directing her next question at Mai. ''Have you traveled abroad, Shirayuki-san?''

Shirayuki Mai
lonewolf

''I guess it's different when you've grown up with it.'' She nodded softly. ''Some people would probably freak out if their quirk was making chains too.'' She looked at the palm of her hand. ''But to me that's just my normal.'' She looked back up at Iphi, shocked at the revelation that her early school life had been easy. Not because she doubted it, she had just never really sat down and thought about it. ''No way, I was once of those who had to study a lot.'' She chuckled, ''I'd have been so jealous of you if we were in the same class.''

She didn't know what to say as Iphi stuck her tongue out, other than laugh and do it back at her. ''You think so?'' She folded her hands on the desk. ''Maybe I am. All common sense goes out the window when it involves him. Like I can't think straight at all.'' It was a good thing it didn't interfere with her work too much, or it might prove troublesome since they shared workspaces. ''I hope he has, but I don't blame him if he hasn't. He doesn't owe me that.'' She shrugged casually. ''You too, huh? I'd love that, I was just thinking there's this great place on the corner.'' She grimaced when Iphi mentioned her boy troubles and blushed, insisting as they headed out of the agency and onto the streets of Tokyo. ''I don't have boy troubles!''

Iphigenia Pavlina

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''Isn't she scary?''

''They say Recall never sleeps, that it's part of her quirk.''

''Is she even human? How did she figure that out all on her own?''

Being Iphigenia's best friend she often felt like no one really knew her bestie. The Iphi she knew was night and day different from the one that circulated in rumors. It had started back in their student days and while it had gotten better, journalists or other nosey people occasionally asked her what it was like to be business partners with someone like Iphi. Maybe it was because they were so different, but Sadako always felt that it was in these differences where their friendship really shone. They also had a lot more in common than she had first thought. At a glance, if they hadn't been roommates back then, Sadako might have thought Iphi was hard to approach, but she was glad she wasn't. She was glad that they were zooming down snowy hills, upholding their silly traditions and being competitive over nothing.

''No way!'' She chuckled, adjusting her position slightly so she didn't lose her balance. ''That means you're winning already, I never stood a chance.'' She teased, loving that Iphi had taken those words to heart and that they were getting to the bottom at the same time.

''Right?'' She pulled up her goggles and let out a relieved sigh. ''I thought it was going to be me for sure.'' She smiled at Iphi before nodding her head. ''Intermediate and cocoa? Sounds perfect, I feel fired up after conquering the beginner hill!''

Words Sadako probably wouldn't have spoken, had she said them from the top of the intermediate battlefield they now stood on. There were still plenty of people here, although less than on the beginner one. Everyone seemed to go down it so effortlessly and wait a minute... Was that a child?! Some people really were born natural talents. ''See you at the bottom!'' She smiled at Iphi before pushing ahead, taking the plunge first this time.

Iphigenia Pavlina

[attr="class","likedo"]

''Oooh I see! Like the Japanese Alps. They took you when you were pretty young then.'' Sadako stretched her arms as she hopped off the lift, it all felt so familiar she couldn't help but feel incredibly nostalgic. Did any other place in Japan make her feel this way? ''Right? Do you think they upgraded it since last time?'' Did lifts ever get upgraded to go faster? It didn't sound like a huge priority, but Iphi really did have her convinced they had ascended to the top faster than usual.

With one glance she put her snow goggles down over her eyes taking in the sight of the hellish beginner hill. Could she conquer it like she had done so easily in the past? ''Huh? Iphi! Wait for me!'' She chuckled, standing upright and leaning forward to chase after her friend. She always got blindsided by her like that, but loved every moment where Iphi was cutting loose and not thinking about work or secretly doing work. Sadako was off to a rough start, having her arms outstretched to try and better balance herself, but her muscle memory kicked in and soon she had gotten the hang of it, weaving around people while maintaining a safe distance.

As she kept on Iphi's trail she looked at a tree they were about to zoom by. She remembered falling here the first time her and Iphi came to the mountain and feeling so embarrassed that she had slipped and fallen in front of her friend. That was back when little mistakes still made her embarrassed around Iphi. ''Don't think you're going to win so easily!'' She called after her, grinning. Iphi was absolutely going to beat her at this rate, but she still wanted to keep up the guise of competition to keep things exciting until the end.

Iphigenia Pavlina