Rin stayed tense throughout the mention of control quirks being regulated, even though she knew it wasn't like she was the one at fault or anything. She didn't answer that question for awhile though, just giving a quiet nod to show she understood. When Miroru softened up a bit though it was a huge relief... even if she wondered if 'not being the type' to be out late with someone was a good or bad thing. Did that make her too boring or lame or something? It didn't sound like an insult at least, so she tried not to let herself go down that particular spiral of thoughts.

"Uhm, yeah, I'm okay. Better than before? The... drunk, had a healing-type quirk, and I didn't ask them too or anything but they noticed a little burn I got during work and healed it right up. I think it was refreshing, too?" She gave an awkward laugh, hoping that a drunk using a harmless Quirk on her randomly wasn't some big cause for alarm or reporting or anything. "Uhm, they mentioned it being free of charge so I think they had a license and stuff for using it!" Adding that hastily, and genuinely believing it after she had said it, Rin was left with considering Miroru's offer. She didn't want to take advantage of her or refuse her either, on the off chance either way hurt her feelings somehow. "About the uh... morning help, only if you want to?"

That was the best, if very meek and uncertain, answer she came up with. Inching close to her door again, pillow still hugged tightly to her front, she finally answered that first question about control quirks: "Just so you know, uhm, I had a... pretty scary run in, one time, with someone that had a control-type quirk. Luckily we got away safe and sound though!"

"Ah, sorry, I'm Gotoh Rin!" Rin hastily answered Futaba before she scurried to a seat, hoping she didn't sound particularly rude herself... and wondering why she couldn't remember to introduce herself properly in the first place and save herself from moments like this. At least talking to Freja about books was a good way to take her mind off it. "That sounds relaxing, though." She noted regarding mostly reading books about flowers. Rin herself didn't really read books about flowers and the kinds of books she did read probably didn't count as any sort of informative at all... so she was relieved when Freja turned her attention towards asking the librarian a question about Quirkless books.

She didn't laugh at all, of course. She just quietly glanced from Freja to the librarian, wondering what it must be like to be Quirkless. Was it better or worse than having a useless, dumb Quirk? At least to her Freja seemed like a tough, upbeat person and being bold even to apply for hero courses without a Quirk?

Height difference aside, Rin felt very small in comparison.

"Ah... if you need any help looking or anythi-" Rin started to offer, only for someone she didn't know to arrive suddenly and loudly and declare their reason for being late in such a weird way that Rin had no idea what was actually being said by the end of it. She just kind of looked over at them with slightly wide eyes and a dumbfounded look on her face.

"Ah, hello!" Rin hastily chimed in after Freja greeted her - with the storm she'd forgotten to actually do that and was mentally kicking herself now. At least she seemed amused instead of offended, and Rin gave her a wobbly sort of smile before nodding. "Not... Not really no... and uhm, coffee or tea would both be good! Whichever is easier?"

When Emi walked out Rin was just as surprised as she was, giving a little start and twisting around to look over at her before relaxing. "Y... yeah, no need to apologize!" She chimed in with Freja, before glancing over at the fridge when Emi mentioned making food. "Thank you! You didn't need to do that." She flashed Emi a more stable smile, genuinely appreciating the effort their roommate went through on everyones behalf there. If it was just Rin left to her own devices she definitely would have ended up stranded without food. Shuffling over towards the fridge, blanket still wrapped around her, she made sure not to crowd Freja but was unmistakably interested in snagging some food for herself.

And then the power went out with another loud noise, and all lights went off and Rin couldn't help but shriek in a way that sounded a lot like a bird squawk.

Clapping her hands over her mouth in the dark, she glanced around in a futile hope that they would somehow not know it was her that made that embarrassingly awkward sound. Slowly lowering her hands and tucking the blanket around herself even more, she called out in a hesitant panick: "Emilia-s...san? Freja-san?"

As Miroru picked apart her answer, Rin shrank more and more behind the door than she already was. Not even consciously, she wasn't planning on shutting her out or anything, but every point made was this weird mix of intimidating and exhausting - or maybe she was just exhausted - and... frustrating? That just made Rin feel bad about being frustrated, and she might have started rambling out apologies when the other girl pushed on the door.

"Ah... we can talk outside!" Rin's voice cracked a bit as she objected, attempting to quickly slip out of the room and close the door behind her. If Miroru really forced the matter she probably couldn't stop her, but Rin didn't want this conversation to end up waking any sleeping roomates up. The fear of inconveniencing them like that actually made her forget all about being in her pajamas out in the hall being why she had the pillow she was clinging to or why she was hiding behind the door in the first place.

It probably seemed incredibly suspicious but really Rin was just that awkward - doubly so when she was as tired as she was.

Assuming she managed to keep the conversation in the hall, Rin was going to flinch at the accusations and shake her head back and forth rapidly. "No, I... Sor... I'm sorry, I wasn't really trying to hide anything... and I don't have any boys in my room or anything, I promise! My uhm, my boyfriend would probably be really mad if I did." She tried to say that in a lighter, joking way but her nerves made the delivery pretty weak... and it probably lended credence to the idea that it might be her boyfriend she was trying to hide. She actually wasn't but she couldn't help but flinch internally at somehow making herself sound even more suspicious. "It's just... it was just one customer, is all. A drunk, they uhm... showed up as I was on my way out after locking up and seemed to think they knew me? Just that drunk, I guess? But they kept talking about getting burgers and I didn't want to make them mad or anything so..."

There was more to it, but the more she clarified the more pathetic Rin felt about it.

If, on the other hand, Miroru really did force herelf inside then Rin was going to end up scrambling away from the door for something else to hide behind - and then desperately try to keep her voice down while more or less going over the same story.

She wasn't aware of it, but Rin had most of the same thoughts that Freja had about it when she was reading the email about the library. She was far behind her peers already and in desperate need of some way to catch up, to get better at... pretty much everything. Even things that this school wasn't actually supposed to need to teach you, but Rin was still clinging to the hope that she could learn them here anyways. In the back of her head, she was wondering if the school had books about llife skills and social skills and things like that - if she could bring herself to ever actually ask where she might find something like that.

Not long after Freja arrived, Rin came in as well - bag held close to her chest, almost like a shield of sorts.

Glancing around and relieved that there wasn't a huge crowd yet, she recognized Freja. Was she here for the same reason Rin was? Or was that kind of presumptuous of her? Even though she didn't have a Quirk, Freja seemed a lot more confident and coherent than Rin felt. Turning her attention back to the librarian that had invited them here, Rin gave a polite little bow and introduced herself. "Hello, Tamoshiro-san, and thanks... thanks ahead of time for your help!"

Feeling awkward, Rin scurried over to a seat - giving a brief questioning glance at Freja to try and get an idea of if it was okay to sit next to her. She didn't want to crowd the other girl or anything, but she also didn't know who else would show up and a familiar face was reassuring in a way. Either way, after Rin had taken a seat either beside her or a few chairs down she kept her bag close to her chest and asked hesitantly: "Do you read a lot of books, Freja-san?"

The cafeteria at UAU was way more impressive than Rin had personally expected it to be. Not that she had thought it would be bad or anything, not for a nice university like this, but it still went way beyond what she expected. Mostly because of the variety available. There was all kinds of things to choose from and looking around the cafeteria at all the different things different people had, the vast majority of it looked great! Some of it was stuff Rin had no idea what was, likely from some place outside of Japan and the kind of thing she would have to get used to if she tried it, but nothing looked horrible or disappointing or anything like that.

Normally the brunette was a bit of a burger fiend but today she went with a nice big slice of pizza, with all manner of toppings on it. She didn't eat pizza often, didn't know if this kind of pizza had a name or not, but it looked and smelled great!

Tray in hand, she found herself with a new problem - where to sit? She barely knew anybody here still, and there wasn't any outright empty tables to sit at. Maybe she could try eating outside the cafeteria or something? But, this could be a good chance to try to get to know somebody too, wouldn't it? Approaching a spot that at least wasn't super crowded with preexisting and newly formed friend groups all loudly chatting with each other, Rin hesitated opposite where a boy with very light hair with bits of pink and blue mixed in was sitting.

Like always she didn't manage to make eye contact, looking down at the table instead and asking: "Uhm, excuse me and sorry if I'm bothering you, but is it okay if I sit here?" If the boy said no Rin was going to apologize again before hastily scurrying off elsewhere, but if he didn't mind she was going to carefully and quietly sit down for her lunch while mulling over a new problem that she wasn't sure if was just in her head or not - was it awkward to just sit here and eat lunch without any conversation? Taking a bite of her pizza, for a little bit she could let her anxiety drift off into the background as she just enjoyed the flavors and textures and the way they all played together. Unless the boy happened to start up a conversation first, Rin was going to ask: "Have you tried the pizza here? Its - ah, I think at least, it's really good."

Rin hadn't thought to check when she said that, but if he happened to also be eating pizza she was going to feel like an idiot.