Crossing her arms under her chest, Nat wasn't experienced with crafting of this nature but she understood what Masao was explaining. Plus, it sounded kind of cool to picture. She wasn't the type to value style over substance by any means, but she couldn't deny that cool was cool. She would have to make sure to show them to Yoko when she got a chance, and they could figure out new teamwork tricks. Like if she ever got a leg tied again, she could probably cut the binding super quick and unexpectedly with her other leg. Or do the same to help out Yoko. It didn't permanently alter her ability to kick normally without changing shoes either, and she was sure the blunt version would have its uses too - like if she had to fight someone in armor, or made of stone or something.

"I do." She returned the bow with a slight incline of her head, making a note to herself about picking up her new boots on Wednesday in her phone. "Thank you for your time and expertise, Ando-san. I am sure I won't be."

Taking her leave, she turned her thoughts towards the other errands and things she could do that day. Maybe figure out something new to try to make for dinner? Actually, since she already had her phone out she might as well ask Yoko if she had any opinions on that.

Listening to Masao was almost like she was listening to a teacher. Not in a bad way, though there were some impatient and terrible teachers she had come across in the past. Maybe this was just how students further along in their courses were, that had gotten used to everything and didn't need to worry about making it since they were pretty much already done? Putting her musings aside after handing the axe over, she raised an eyebrow just a bit at the request from Masao to kick her.

“Alright. I haven't sparred with someone in armor before, so I apologize if either of us ends up a bit bruised.”

She was mostly thinking it'd be her own feet and legs getting bruised up, but she wasn't going to hesitate over that. Lightly shifting from one foot to the other, Nat lashed out with a testing kick that sent a sharp tingle down her leg when it hit. She'd have to try to hit at a better angle, or not as hard, and with that in mind she swapped to bring her other foot around into another kick. There was no way anything she was doing could make Masao budge, but she did manage to show how she fought - quick movements, constantly shifting her balance from one foot to the other, and not staying in one place for too long.

Once she was done she gave a little series of shifts from one foot to the next to shrug off the little tingling that lingered from kicking someone in armor. She hadn't hurt herself after all, but it certainly wasn't comfortable. She'd need to train harder so things like this weren't a problem in the future. More importantly Masao explained her reasoning and had an idea, the blonde giving an incline of her head as she followed along. “That makes sense, I've been told similar things from instructors. What do you have in mind?”

Getting in touch with Masao, Nat had expected she would need to argue her case. She had no specific ideas or plans, she only knew that she was lacking right now and weaponry was her only idea on a solid route of improvement. Which was completely useless to any sort of craftsman, she imagined. But Masao had been reassuring and the blonde was hopeful she could find something that would work for her and help her pull her own weight a bit better.

Not being able to have Yoko's back as much as she would like during fights, solely because she only had her present physical ability to rely on, irked her.

Giving an incline of her head and the slightest tip forward that could be only vaguely considered bowing in return, Nat glanced at the weapon rack when it was indicated. “I appreciate it.” She noted, sincerely despite the flatness to her tone, and walked over to try out a… she wasn't sure where to start and hesitated for a moment. It didn't matter that much, did it? She would be trying multiple things anyways so she just grabbed the leftmost one, an axe.

Once she took it off the rack she spent a few contemplative moments adjusting how she was holding it with her hands close together before turning to a dummy and swinging.

Something about Nat was that she didn't have much talent for anything, even though she was always trying new things and could kick pretty good. Stuff rarely seemed to click and unless there were strict instructions to follow, like in cooking, she floundered. So she was entirely unsurprised when she whiffed the edge of the dummy, swinging with far more force than she could control and the axe slipping from her grip as it flopped right down into the ground.

“I didn't hit my feet at least.” She noted with a side glance at Masao, the slightest frown on the corner of her lips as she looked back at the axe. “Its hard to stop it once you start swinging it. Was I holding it wrong?”

Hands full, Nat hooked her foot around the door as she came in to shut it again behind her. Heading for the counter she didn't immediately notice the cat, giving a slight nod towards the familiar sight of Yoko lounging on the couch. “Yo, Yoko.” She greeted back, starting to unpack. She'd gotten all kinds of things, some for new hobbies she wanted to try and some more cooking experiments, and some basics for the dorm kitchen just to keep it stocked up. The purring caught her ear but she didn't realize what it was immediately, glancing up and tipping her head to one side. Was it a pipe under the sink or something? “Oh?” She offered as a quick confirmation that she was listening to whatever Yoko had on her mind.

She'd expected some kind of suggestion for the dorms, or their next teamwork exercise, or maybe weekend plans of some kind. Being asked if they were friends caught Nat entirely by surprise and she stopped what she was doing to glance over at her roommate. She enjoyed hanging out with Yoko and beneath the surface of being a short tempered grump she was actually a really considerate roommate to have. They got along well in classes together too, despite some mishaps.

“I think so.” Nat answered. It wasn't that she wasn't sure, she definitely could say she considered Yoko her friend. She wasn't so sure why Yoko was asking, or if she considered Nat to be her friend too. It wasn't like Nat herself was all that interesting, so it wouldn't surprise her. “Do you?”

Nat paused after asking back, noticing the kitten for the first time and blinking quietly for a moment. Did Yoko buy a cat, or was it one she already had and hadn't brought to the dorms until now? Or was she cat sitting for someone, or found a stray?

Whatever the case it was purring up a storm and Nat walked over to slowly offer a hand out, glancing at both the cat and Yoko to make sure it was okay, before going to lightly pet it on the head. If it was okay or not she was going to eventually add: “Cute cat.”

Nat gave a slight incline of her head to acknowledge Yoko’s reminder while she tried to piece together what was going on. Easier said than done, though. Were there really rumors about her being violent? Was kicking and footwork that much more violent than the stuff a lot of Quirks could do? Maybe Kaori was just lashing out because getting kneed in the stomach had hurt, saying whatever came to her mind even if it didn’t make that much sense? Any further dwelling on that though was put aside by Yoko and Kaori arguing, and Nat’s eyes widened a bit as something clicked together.

Shifting her weight onto one leg cautiously as Kaori pointed at her, Nat shook her head at Yoko’s question. “I didn’t.” The threat at the end went entirely ignored, keeping her attention on Kaori.

It was a good thing she did too, because she threw her hands up with a yell of “Forget it!” and brought one palm up to whisper into again. Conjuring a strange wispy thing that Nat recognized as what she had briefly seen before, this time Kaori didn’t give it much time to try to mistakenly attack her as she shoved it towards Nat while calling out a pre-emptive attempt to rile her up. “Aren’t you roommates and friends or something? What kind of person threatens to beat up their roommate?”

Nat hopped backwards as the Quirk raced towards her, pivoting on one foot to change course and avoid it. It was quick to turn around, zooming quickly right for her faster than she could hop around and reaching out to sting her aga - Nat quickly stepped around Kaori, putting her in the way as the Quirk bopped her right on the face. A moment later their teammate was red faced and letting out a frustrated yell as she started jabbing fingers at both of them.

“Why aren’t you two fighting! This was supposed to be easy!”

Keeping wary just in case Kaori tried to attack them, or use her Quirk more, Nat gave a tip of her head towards Kaori while explaining her best guess to Yoko if she hadn’t already realized what was up. “Her Quirk is some kind of… Anger Ball.”

Nat took the map without a second thought, perfectly content to be the established map reader whenever it came up. Peering at it, she briefly appreciated that it wasn’t pitch black or on a mountainside this time before focusing on coming up with plans. She gave small comments here and there, exchanging some thoughts with her teammates, on their way to the middle of the forest. Nothing in depth, just trying to get a feel for how they wanted to approach it. Sneaky, guns blazing, that sort of thing. Looking up from the map when Yoko reprimanded Kaori for being quiet and apologizing, she wanted to interject to try and reassure Kaori that Yoko was probably just trying to help in her grumpy sort of way. Like their own talk when they were stuck dangling, Yoko had said it wasn’t good for Nat to just go along with everything and she probably saw a similar issue with how timid Kaori was.

Being described as scary made her tilt her head to one side, glancing at Yoko with one eyebrow raised in a way that silently asked ‘Am I scary?’.

Before she could say anything their teammate suddenly flipped her whole demeanor around. Shifting her weight to one foot, Nat got the impression Kaori was just messing with them the entire time until now. Staring at her with a stony expression, she wasn’t sure how to respond exactly but the sudden Quirk use threw her off more. What was Kaori up to with such a funny looking Quirk? Maybe if she wasn’t so fascinated by Quirks she would have thought to avoid it, but the sudden bonk on the back of her neck from it prompted her to slap a hand up against the spot it touched.

It had stung. What was the point of hitting her with something like that? Just to be petty? From the outside it probably looked like Nat was just standing there with her hand on her neck as Kaori started mockingly whining about her shoes, the dreadlocked blonde closing her eyes and taking a deep breath to try and center herself. Moving forward, eyes opening again, the look on her face made it clear it hadn’t worked. Eyes wide and focused only on Kaori, pupils small and eyebrows narrowed, Nat was absolutely furious as she reached out to rest her hands on either of their teammates shoulders.

She was fully intending to knee the girl right in the stomach as hard as she could without so much as a word of warning.