She had been here for a while now, ever since this whole ocean life coming up from the depths thing started. She had run for her life, hid, fought back and now she was walking along the street with her bat, still on edge. How could she not be? Compared to most other people she was defenseless without her weapon. The life of being quirkless was a tough one... If only she could have inherited old Freja's fire quirk, maybe she would be a better hero student too.

She jumped a bit when the anglerfish woman approached her, torn from her daydreaming as she took the flyer. ''H-Huh? Table? Thank you.'' She smiled nervously, glancing down at the flyer then back at the woman. She needed to pay better attention or someone much scarier could have ambushed her. Now that she thought about it, when was the last time she ate? ''Sure..'' She looked over at the guy as he approached. His smile put her at ease, although she had no clue who he was. Part of her wanted to ask him where he got his jacket. ''What's a fusion cuisine?'' Was she supposed to know? Hopefully this wasn't some embarrassing thing she should have learned by now. ''I am getting pretty hungry. It's been a long day.'' She reached one hand out in a handshake towards him. ''I'm Freja.'' A name that wasn't hers, but she used it anyways. It wasn't like the circumstances of her existence were easy to describe, otherwise she would lead with. 'I'm actually the product of a quirk, which fused the consciousnesses and memories of two dying twins into one.'

''What's your name?''

King of Hearts

''Not the bat, just me.'' She smiled. ''I guess it's hard to work on your landing when you aren't prepared to go flying.'' He was an interesting guy. If anything she was relieved he was so chill about this whole ordeal. Not everyone could get surprise attacked like that and stay so level-headed. Unless of course he was waiting until he was out of the ground to unleash his anger, but helping him out of the ground now was the least she could do.

''Don't mention it, I got you stuck in the first place.'' Even though he wasn't mad she still felt bad about it. ''Huh? N-No way! This is your first day?'' Attacked by a delinquent on his first day... She was making a horrible first impression! ''That's certainly an optimistic way to look at it.'' She bent down to pick her bat back up and put it up to rest on her shoulder. ''If you want to train too I don't mind sharing the space. It's a pretty big open field for just me anyway.'' She looked around, there was barely any other students around them. ''You get the hang of campus pretty quickly.'' She took another look at him and realized she hadn't even asked which branch of student he was. ''You're in the hero department, right? We're probably gonna have class together.''

solaris

''That's just how it is.'' She chimed in with a smile. ''We all look out for each other.'' Ironic that she was saying that, but she somehow had an easier time dealing with strangers and found family rather than her biological one. There was just certain things that would never be the same when you had attended your own funeral with your family and they all acted as if you had really died, despite being with them all along.

Vacuuming was easy enough, although part of her wished it wasn't so loud so she could still have an uninterrupted conversation with the old man. Maybe it was for the best too. Seeing as she was planning on visiting him again, it'd be no good if they ran out of things to talk about on her and Farrin's first visit. ''All good here! You left me with the easy work.'' Despite calling cleaning the inside the easy work she had still broken a sweat.

''Uh, Freja Helt.'' She added with an awkward smile, feeling just as embarrassed that she had forgotten to inquire about his name too. When Tomio left the room Freja walked up to Farrin, lowering her voice to a whisper. ''I didn't see any weapons or anything, I don't think he's yakuza.'' And thank goodness for that! She wasn't sure how she was going to feel if this guy suddenly dissolved into crows and a squad of goons emerged from his body after they had shared such a heartfelt conversation! ''Still, it's kind of sad, isn't it? Do you think a lot of the other houses don't get frequent visitors?''

Farrin

Oh fuck, oh shit.

It was just like her to get wrapped up in a mess like this. First she was attacked by a stalker villain, then she somehow managed to upset an organization of insane assassins and became one of their targets, then there was the whole Babel ordeal and the elemental golems. In all honesty, she should have seen this coming, that she couldn't have nice things, that her dreams of going to the beach would be dashed before she could even change into her swimsuit. She had dropped her bag a while ago, she didn't know and she didn't care as long as she survived. What was the bag and clothes anyway? Just material possessions she could replace with enough parttime work. She had already died before, it was horrible, and she had to admit, after being alive for approximately five years after her revival...



SHE WASN'T ABOUT TO BE EATEN ALIVE BY A SHARK WITH LONG ARMS!!!

Sprinting at full speed, she was doing everything she could to hold onto her bat, her only hope of making it out alive was to fight, but she was too vulnerable out in the open. Then the lifeguard station caught her attention. A miracle on the open beach! Taking a sharp turn, the shark was thrown off-course momentarily, buying her a few seconds at best, but it quickly picked up speed again. It wasn't until she was almost reaching the station that she noticed another woman gunning for it. A civilian? She had to say something. ''G-Get down! There's a big one following me!!'' She wanted to sound all brave and hero-like, but her eyes were full of tears and her voice trembled with terror.

Bakiri Retsu

''Right, right. No one is born with it.'' She chuckled along, buying into his attempts to act confident. ''I see, I didn't think about that, I guess I never had a quirk to name myself after so it was never really something I had to worry about.'' Freja had a quirk, but Elias, the consciousness who was active within Freja didn't. He had traces of a quirk, but it never showed itself until the day he died, so for all intents and purposes he was quirkless for life. Even more so now that there wasn't a shred of quirk energy left in her current body.

''Yeah! And I'll have your back, so it'll be more safe. I can keep an eye out for any people that might come our way or save you if something goes wrong- eh, not that I doubt your skill of course!'' She gave a thumbs up, sweating a bit at the implication that she implied he couldn't do the tricks, her mouth was getting ahead of her thoughts again! ''R-Right!'' She really hoped she wouldn't get too many questions. His audience was more interested in him anyway, so they were probably going to ask him about his life and what he was up to at UAU.

''Okay.'' She took a deep breath, just relax and act natural. When he referred to her as the stream kicked off she waved timidly at the camera. ''I'm BatGirl! Nice to meet you all!'' It was a split second decision to introduce herself by a nickname she had never used online, all because Kenta introduced himself as GelMan. Wouldn't it be strange if she just said her real name? Too late for regrets now she had already said it!

“Heyaaa, GelMan here! I know it's been a while, but I have been busy with a lot of stuff…including meeting new friends!”

The sound came from purple hoodie guy's phone. ''No waaay.'' He said in a monotone voice, there was only a faint hint of enthusiasm. When he approached them he immediately pointed at Kenta. ''You. You're GelMan aren't you? I'm a big fan.'' He then looked over at Freja and let out a long sigh. ''But maaaan. This totally sucks.'' Freja who was immediately suspicious was already reaching for her bat. ''I have orders to kill that one.'' He pointed at Freja, ''but that means now that you've seen me I totally have to kill you too. What a drag, and I was looking forward to more of your content.'' He chewed something in the side of his mouth before spitting it out towards Kenta.

''Look out, Kenta!'' She rushed in front of him, deflecting three small metal spikes that were aimed at his throat with her bat. Before she could get her bearing, the villain charged forward, transforming his hand into a black bear trap which he sunk into Freja's right arm, drawing blood immediately as she let out a scream, pain searing through her arm. ''Do you know what I call my quirk?'' He continued calmly, his eyes completely cold to the suffering he was trying to bring on Kenta and Freja. ''Lowlife. Because that's the kind of person I am.''

''He's a Spider! He's an assassin!!'' She cried, watching the blood drip down her arm. If she had known they were still after her she would never have gotten Kenta involved.

''Snitch.'' Lowlife replied, transforming his other arm into a bear trap, this time aiming it at Freja's neck.

Muruyama Kenta

After everything that had happened recently, the Babel attacks, the appearance of the elementals and her own internal conflict related to her death anniversary, signing up to do some chill volunteer work sounded like the kind of break she needed. Riding the bus to the nursing home she couldn't help but feel a little defenseless. When was the last time she had dared leave school grounds without her weapon? It felt so much had happened in the last couple of months she could hardly comprehend it all. Not that she had to, not on a day like this where she was supposed to unwind and help others.

''Looks like it.'' She stretched her arms lazily as she got ready to get to work. At the very least if anything went wrong she knew she could count on Farrin. When she first met him she would never have guessed they could become good friends, but she was glad she had approached him that day and not just stayed afraid of quirk users. ''More than, this'll be a nice change of pace don't you think?'' No fighting villains appearing in a storm of crows, or giant crocodile men coming out of the ground. She burst out laughing at what he said next, it would be just their luck! ''You're gonna jinx us! I was looking forward to not having to fight for once.'' She followed him towards the entrance.

''Where are we starting?'' She took out a notebook and reviewed her notes again. As far as she could tell they were helping the elderly in whichever way they needed? That was a pretty broad task. ''Let's start from one end and see what they need?'' She asked Farrin, pointing to the home on the left.

The man who opened the door greeted them with a warm smile. He was living alone save for his cat which was napping in the bit of sun that poked into his living room. ''Oh, how it warms the heart to see today's youth still thinking about us.'' He gestured to his small backyard. ''If you could mow the lawn for me and clean the living room that's all I ask of you.''

Farrin