She was expecting Zenkai to laugh at her when she said she had no quirk, or at the very least insult her or tell her she was lying. She had pretty much speedrun meeting the bullies of UAU by implying she was quirkless at the orientation, but it wasn't like she could just run from it all either. Which was why part of her was pleasantly surprised when he actually complimented her, thought it was impressive she was out here in the field without a quirk. It was a little hard to tell how much of it he meant since he sounded bored out of his mind, but she chose to take it as genuine. ''Whatever it was, or is, it's something that got me into the school.'' She shrugged, returning the grin. She was probably the most bothered by not knowing. Why had she passed? What specific quality did she possess that made her worthy? ''I appreciate you not laughing.''

''That's a good kind of jazz. They all sound like the kind of relaxing activities you'd want to do in your free time.'' She kept a look out in front and to the side of her as they walked and talked, something Freja had become quite used to from her days on the streets of Copenhagen. ''I never get how people get into the intense stuff. Parachuting, daredevil stunts, that kind of thing?'' She looked back up at Zenkai for the first time in a while. ''It's not relaxing at all.''

With a baseball bat resting over one shoulder she listened to Zenkai as he talked about the family business. Hopefully she hadn't accidentally dug into a sensitive topic there, usually students asked each other why they wanted to be a hero all the time. ''I see.'' It didn't sound like the whole story. She could be wrong, but it sounded like there was more going on there. She couldn't fault Zenkai from keeping secrets, though. Everyone had secrets to keep. ''Are you from a bigshot hero family? I haven't been in Japan for long so I'm still catching up on all the big names.'' She suddenly tensed up as she seemed to notice something ahead of them. She could only assume Zenkai had seen it too, since he was not only taller than her, but probably a lot more aware because of his quirk or something. Quirked people usually had all the advantages. ''Did you see that?'' She kept her tone of voice casual, but tightened the grip around her bat.

Zenkai Hatake

So this was UAU. Prestigious hero school for the best of the best. Society's future generation of heroes were all being trained right here, they were all going to graduate and do amazing things.

And there was Freja, who had somehow conned her way in. At least it felt that way to her when she compared herself to her peers.

It became all the more obvious during the orientation. How she had foolishly asked if quirkless people could become heroes too and despite Leonid's attempt at saving her, it was clear what her peers thought when a good amount of the student body laughed at her.

Hey yeah, just reveal that you're quirkless during your first week of school, great idea Freja. She was sulking to herself, head dejected as she thought about what to do next. Go home and cry it out? That felt like a shockingly depressing way to cap off the day. Should she quit? Just silently quit hero school and disappear off the face of the earth? It was an option, but that would break her promise.

Without seeing where she was going, Johanna wasn't the only one that missed something that day, as she immediately walked into the other girl, assuming she didn't react to Freja coming her way of course. When she looked down at Johanna and realized what had happened, white hot fear washed over her. ''I-I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going.'' She bowed her head politely. That was the type of thing you did in Japan right? Be respectful and the bullies might have mercy on you.

Johanna Larsen

This girl was just a sophomore and she was already one of the most talented support engineers Leonid had met?? That was saying something. Was Freja really worthy of getting help from someone that legendary? How was it UAU kept finding students like this? Never mind that they were in completely different courses, but how could Freja possibly have made it into the school with people like this applying alongside her?

Oof. 'Despite her condition'? That kind of stung, but it wasn't anything new to her either. This was just how discourse around quirklessness was. Wait a minute, he was referring to her being quirkless, right? She looked up at the lion hero, trying her best to get a read on his face, even though she couldn't for the life of her. If he wasn't referring to her being quirkless, maybe he knew about Curse and the body swap? When he looked down and half-grimace smiled at her she blinked her eyes and quickly smiled back, before turning her attention to the genius. Either way, it was all going to come down to what Ana thought. ''It's not that rare, right? There's other students in this school who are quirkless?'' She looked up at Leonid for confirmation.

Because honestly, the odds here had to be slim. How much work would Ana how to do, what would she have to create to even the playing field for Freja like Leonid was talking about? She could only imagine how daunting the workload was and it would probably be with very little pay off for Ana. Quirkless loser tries, but fails to keep up with her peers? Not exactly the best advertisement for your support gear. She also couldn't help but notice that the other student was blinking. Like, at all. It was incredibly unnerving to say the least. Like they had come to negotiate with some kind of astral, higher being of the realm and said higher being was looking her over, judging her every move. Freja felt her shoulders tense when Ana tilted her head to the side.

G-Genetic uselessness? Was she getting actual help or was this just a roasting session? She jumped slightly when Ana clapped her hands together, stopping herself from taking an instinctive step back. She didn't fully get what she was talking about next, stuff like a potential Quirk Singularity, but she got the gist of it. It was going to come down to quirked vs quirkless, and how big of a role support gear could play in that narrative.

''..You will?'' She blurted out, shocked that a genius like Ana was willing to give her the time of day.

She could already feel her muscles grow sore from the thought of having to up her workload even more to try and catch up to her peers. ''Is this a good idea? I mean- there's no guarantee it will even work..''

Raiomaru Toshigawa
Ana Borovsky

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''..Yeah hey, no problem.'' She smiled nervously. There probably wasn't a single bigger contrast between the student body than her and Zenkai. They were huge. Tall, muscular, probably a kickass quirk to boot with what sounded like a pretty influential family backing them up. Freja on the other hand? Well, she wasn't short, but she could easily look it walking next to Zenkai. She was also quirkless, had no influential family to speak of whatsoever. Part of her wondered how she had even gotten in this situation in the first place.

What he asked next left her a bit speechless. ''Th-That's a lot of questions..'' Truth be told she had no clue either! She certainly wouldn't have led with asking about quirks, but she got that it was kind of an easy icebreaker for a lot of people. ''Quirk? Got none.'' She held up a zero with her hand. ''I like flowers and uh..'' This was getting a bit complicated, should they answer as Freja, or Elias? Maybe it was better to just say something stereotypically feminine and girly so that Zenkai didn't grow suspicious of her? But what reason would he have to grow suspicious anyway?! There was a long pause after her 'uh' as it dawned on Freja just how boring she was. ''Video games.. What about you uh, Hatake-san was it?'' Memorizing last names was something else when she came from a culture where everyone was referred to by first name and only first name, unless there were multiple people with the same first name in any one gathering.

''I-I do? I'm sorry I- it was a promise I made.'' She rubbed the back of her head, feeling like she needed to apologize for looking small. ''Are you doing it because of family or..''

Zenkai Hatake

Seeing Rin getting hit by the same quirk that she was suffering under was a nightmare coming true, living through the absolute worst case scenario they could get hit by. The only way things could get worse now was if either of them, or both of them were actually killed here today.

Freja felt her windpipe being squeezed hard as Rin's cold hands grasped her throat tightly. She had spent all this time being afraid of fire. Ever since the first day she died, that day that lived on like a hazy memory inside her head. The hotel hallway, the raging inferno all around them and the oppressive layer of black smog obscuring the man who killed the Helt twins. Indeed, Freja had spent a long time being afraid of fire, of hallways, so much so that she hadn't spared a thought to the cold, black darkness which right now was likely going to be what ended her life. The icy hands of Death slowly choking her out in a kidnapper's hideout.

She gasped, tried to flail but she couldn't.

''That's it. You'll be joining your brother soon enough, Freja-chan.. Shh it's going to be okay.''

''W..'' She fought, fought like her life depended on it to get the words out.

''What was that?''

''We..''

Somehow, it worked.

The stalker presumably ordered Rin to stop, and for her to take a step back from Freja as she heaved for air.

''What were you saying?''

''W-We can work for you! H-Haven't you always wanted to be close with two pretty women?!'' She hated herself for saying it, but hating herself wasn't a new thing to Freja. Heck, she would be happy to continue hating herself if it meant it got her and Rin out of a fight they couldn't win.

She felt a twitch in her fingers, the sensation of feeling in her body coming back to her. She could also feel something melt on top of her head. Looking up at the stalker confirmed her suspicion. It was the propeller. It was melting, presumably because his quirk effect was coming undone.

''I hate women.'' He leaned down and reached out towards her to try and touch her forehead again, but through some quick thinking Freja thrust her own forward in a very specific motion that might seem familiar to the stalker.

''Sacred Flame!''

Just as she had hoped, the man flinched and reeled back, raising his arms up to cover his face. Most likely because he had done research about Freja when he was stalking her. Anyone who looked her up would know her and Elias were caught in a villain attack, could easily find out that her quirk was a fire quirk. According to all the news articles, Elias was the one who passed away, not Freja. The reality was that she couldn't use fire, but she could bluff into giving herself an opportunity to counterattack. All because the stalker talked too much and Freja picked up on it. Almost felt like some weird, cliche movie moment, but hey! Anything to get the hell out of this situation.

Lunging forward, Freja smacked him upside the head, causing him to stagger for a moment, only to swiftly recover and touch her forehead again. The propeller growing back out of the top of her head as her body locked up.

''That was a close one. I don't know why you didn't use your quirk, but that was probably your only chance to escape. I won't let that happen again.''

If Freja's propeller had run out, wouldn't Rin's too? Did that mean, Rin was gaining control of her body again?

Rin