Hearing that she would get free food for a week was all the motivation she needed and then some. ''If anything, your shoes are gonna be more shiny than ever when I'm done with them, bestie.'' She grinned wildly, eyes widening as she stared down the monsters and imagined herself dismembering them with a type of strength she definitely didn't possess. Still, that didn't actually make her any weaker since her training was paying off.

Cackling maniacally and covered in monster blood Rui was eager to go for the next one after nearly being eaten alive. She didn't have time to become dinner when free dinner was on the line! ''I do!'' She called out, leaping on top of the second creature, knife in hand as she began stabbing like her life depended on it. ''I'll McStab them both to death!!'' She proclaimed, remembering that the stabs were a lot more effective around the monsters' faces. She wasn't sure how much damage she could do to the second monster in the time that it was downed, but if she was efficient enough to render it immobile she would immediately try to jump to the next one. Nevertheless, while Elias's shoes would have been spared the worst of it, Rui herself would end up covered from head to toe in blood.

''Are you hurt bestie? I'll kill them extra dead and heal you up!'' She kicked one of the creatures on its carapace, more as an act of disrespect than anything else.

Elias

Her whole body trembled as she shocked her evil besties and herself too in the process. This was her worst day ever, easily beating out that one time at the ramen stand. She wasn't exactly sure what was going on. She had given up all hope and yet her body was still moving. Why? What was she hoping for? To beat them all and get out of here? She wasn't fast like Sho, she wasn't strong like Retsu and she wasn't smart like Facade. Without her quirk she was no one. Nothing.

''B-Bestie..'' She sobbed, holding a hand over her mouth when Facade came to her rescue. ''You came.'' She slowly found the strength to stand up on shaky legs.

Even without her quirk she was someone deserving of a friend. Who knew, maybe having her quirk taken away was a blessing in disguise. She could learn to relate to others and cherish life like any regular person. The way she acted would no longer upset people either, she could lead a completely normal and boring life and maybe she kind of wanted to. A life without the burden of being the villain she had become.

When the gun went off all she heard was a loud noise drowning everything out. Then something warm seeped out of her head and before she knew it she was laying on the ground, motionless.

In that moment, Rui died.

TL;DR: Rui gets her hopes up seeing Facade come to her rescue, but is promptly shot in the head and killed.

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Mortality.

So this was what it was like.

Rui had always hated bleeders ever since she was a child. They treated her differently. She had never been a part of the crowd. The kids in her village teased her and called her a demon, acted as if she was from another planet. She didn't miss those days. There was a reason she left her hometown and never looked back. Those men in black suits treated her differently too. They took her to blank, white rooms and let her train her quirk. At first it was small demonstrations. Healing a papercut, healing a mild cough. Then she was made to heal animals, revive insects. They treated her as if she had a gift. Of course she did, and that was why she hated bleeders. She was special, but they treated her like she was nothing. It wasn't even the fact that they bled and she didn't, it was that they seemed to understand something she didn't.

What is life?

What is mortality?

She had fought for everything her whole life. She was a no-good, lazy, selfish and arrogant jerk, but she had always stood up for herself and killed the people she wanted to kill. What if... This was the end of the line?

What if, just for once, she didn't fight?

She screamed. It was all she could do. Would anyone save her? Maybe her new quirk could save her, but the chances were slim. She didn't even know who Utsusemi was.

She was all but too ready to accept her fate, but just in case her quirk kicked in she might as well try to shock all the clones at once.

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Mafdet Khepri
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TL;DR: Rui screams, cries and accepts her fate. (tries to shock all the clones as a last ditch effort when they jump her)

Rui had never been so relieved to see her mutation features return to her. Not only that, but her quirk was back to normal too. Anything she might have learned, any humbling she received during the Dream World attack would soon vanish as she gave her ego time to rebuild itself. Sitting up she looked around her. There were still some people that were passed out, maybe because they had entered the dream and she hadn't? It was a prime opportunity for her to go around and check their pockets and bags for potential wallets to steal.

Meanwhile, in an unmarked car parked further down the street.

''That's her? She's so... Small.'' Said the younger guy dressed in black, observing Rui's pickpocketing from afar through binoculars.

''Project Eir. You wouldn't think it, but she's one of them.'' Confirmed an older guy dressed in similar black attire.

''Okay, okay...'' The young guy put the binoculars down and brandished a handgun. ''So, we're bringing her in?''

''We're not bringing anyone in.'' The older guy glanced down at the weapon. ''And put your gun away, that isn't going to help us. We're just gonna have a chat with her. I'll talk, you just follow my lead.''

They were about to exit the car when someone approached Rui before them, though they couldn't get a look at them from their current position.

Bakiri Retsu

Rui grinned up at the Mushroom Man, pleased with his reaction to getting shocked. ''Everything. I'm always right. (Nothing, I'm always wrong)''. She nodded at Khepri, agreeing with them that the place was indeed huge, but what the cat said next while introducing themself made her furrow her brow and stare daggers at them. ''No you can't do that, I'm Rui! (Yes you can do that, I'm not Rui!)'' She pointed at herself, insisting that she was Rui and that naturally there could only be one. Any other Ruis in society would simply have to submit or die by her hands. After pouting for a couple seconds she continued. ''And I don't know who Khepri is. (And I do know who Khepri is)''.

She turned her attention back to the mirrors, her patience for this whole thing rapidly wearing thin. ''If nobody stole your ears why are you freaking out? (If somebody didn't steal your ears why are you not freaking out?)'' She asked Khepri, raising her voice as she was too preoccupied looking at mirrors herself. Her body was sore all-over from yesterday and her horns were gone. Was she really still Rui?

Too enamored with herself and too confused by their situation, she failed to notice that her quirk had an effect on the environment. She looked away from the mirror when there was a loud cracking sound, but she had nowhere near the reflexes required to save herself from what was about to happen next. She braced herself as the mirror passed over her closing her eyes and...

Nothing? She opened her eyes again, the real Rui looking around confused. Wait, why did she even brace herself? She usually wasn't scared of getting hurt. Looking back at the others, embarrassed, the real Rui quickly tried to save face. ''I-I was acting I'm fine! (I wasn't acting I'm not fine!)'' She huffed and turned around again, noticing something jet black off in the distance. Of course she wasn't going to say anything to the others. She was agitated and done with this place holding her hostage. In her stubbornness as she walked towards the jet black mirror, she channeled electricity through her fist and punched the ground as hard as she could, hoping to shatter the whole Mirror World in one punch.

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TL;DR: Rui finds joy in shocking others and seeing their reactions. When Khepri's sentence gets reversed and it sounds like their name is also Rui she gets upset and more determined to leave the group behind. When the Mirror Storm begins Rui isn't fully aware that she's transported to a different space despite the duller color palette. Nevertheless, she makes her way towards a jet black mirror and in her frustrations, punches the ground with electricity to try and break the mirror space. While real Rui was transported away, identical copy Rui has taken her place in the room with the others.

''You do?'' She blinked her eyes, then grinned widely. ''That's great because it's totally intentional.'' All according to the great Rui world domination plan. ''A game?!'' She said a little too loudly. ''You're telling me you made my payment into a game? Are we going on a treasure hunt?'' Her sarcasm detection level was zero as always. She laughed and started walking towards Khepri and Mushroom guy. ''Bestie you're a riot!'' She said to Facade, then looked at Khepri again, waving back. ''They're a performer.'' She said like she had seen them act before. In reality, this was her first time seeing or meeting Khepri.

When Mushroom guy spoke she understood... About ten percent of it. ''Why do you sound like that when you talk?'' She asked bluntly. When the entrance lit up, so did Rui's eyes, amazement and a big smile on her face as they were sucked into another adventure. ''Lights! So many lights! Loki you did all this for me? You're a bestier bestie than I thought.'' She approached one of the mirrors and stared at herself before remembering something. Turning to face Mushroom guy and Khepri she addressed herself. ''I'm Rui (I'm not Rui).'' She tilted her head at their conversation. ''Tiny? (Huge?) Loki, you aren't (are) making sense!'' Walking up to Facade, she tried to light tap him on the arm. ''Check this out! (Don't check this out!)'' If she was fast enough, Facade would feel a light shock of electricity, not enough to do damage, but enough to startle someone if they weren't expecting it. Being the believer in equality that she was, she also tried it on Khepri and Mushroom guy. ''Your turn! (Not your turn!) and you're next Samurai speaker! (And you're not next Samurai speaker!)''

She crossed her arms and furrowed her brow. ''See things differently? (the same?) Loki Bestie, you're not making any sense. (you're making so much sense!)'' She huffed and walked over to look at another mirror. ''Maybe I don't trust what you're saying! (do trust what you're saying!) I'm gonna go over here, (I'm not gonna go over here),'' She started walking further away from them. ''And if you follow me, you're a loser (winner).''

Mafdet Khepri
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TL;DR: Rui is convinced Facade planned all of this. She waves at the Mushroom guard and Khepri and is excited about being pulled into the building. Inside she is amazed at first, and even tries to zap the others with her quirk. However, getting frustrated with the confusing conversation she starts walking away.

''Maybe don't go out if you can't handle the heat, idiot.'' She chuckled as another person around her suddenly collapsed out of nowhere. Either some kind of flash mob was going on, or everyone just decided to get sick at the same time. Either way she was highly amused, right up until she fainted herself. When she woke up surrounded by sleeping people she didn't really question it. In fact, she was feeling a little sick herself so she just groggily made her way back home. Maybe there really had been some bad stuff in the food. Passing out was hardly new to her considering her recklessness and her powers so she didn't think much of it. Instead of taking the stairs back home she took her usual shortcut and jumped over the edge, landing in the dumpster she knew was always parked in the same place.

The landing hurt badly. Nothing new there.

But then it kept hurting and kept hurting.

''Are you asleep? Wake up!'' She looked down at her wrist and slapped it, as if she was scolding her quirk as she continued to limp on home. When she finally did get home she didn't have the energy to do anything and just passed out on the couch until the sun came up. She didn't notice until the morning after that she had dried blood on her leg. The only question was whose blood was it? She didn't remember killing anyone at the Dream World Festival.

Well, whatever, she had to meet up with Loki Bestie about her payment for killing those 3.000 heroes singlehandedly.

Odd that her leg still hurt, that should have stopped long ago. It almost made her wish she had just told Loki to meet her at her apartment instead of all the way over in Shibuya, but whatever she needed the money and she couldn't pass up the opportunity to annoy him for the day.

''What's his deal? Did Loki hire him?'' She talked to herself, waiting for her bestie to show up as she ran a hand through her hair and then had a sudden, terrifying realization. ''M-My horns!!'' She frantically reached for her phone and noticed that her red hands weren't red at all. ''My hands!'' She switched the camera on to see her reflection. All her mutation features were gone. No weird eyes, no demon horns, no fangs, no red tattoos. Aside from still looking like herself she just looked like any ordinary blonde-haired woman. ''What the fu- OW!'' She winced and dropped her phone as it seemingly zapped her. Then she shook her hand and looked at it confused. ''Ow???'' She asked herself, or perhaps the universe. Hurting from a little bit of electricity? What the hell was going on? Whenever she inevitably did see Loki arrive she would call out to him if she recognized him. ''Hey bestie!!'' She waved, ''didn't know you invited more people to tag along!'' She pointed at the mushroom-headed guard and Khepri. ''And treasure, really? Did you turn my payment into a game?'' She smiled gleefully, completely skipping past the fact that she didn't look like her usual self.

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TL;DR: Rui's quirk gets swapped for an electricity quirk, but she is largely unaware of this and only discovers her mutation features are missing moments before meeting up with the others to get her payment from Loki. She thinks Loki invited the mushroom guy and Khepri and assumes her payment is actually somewhere behind that treasure sign that leads into an obvious trap.