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Post by Raphael Seraphine on Feb 5, 2019 22:54:59 GMT
Let's dissect a maiden, Everyone wants a little excitement right? I want to feel ashamed, Every since I realised... It's better when it hurts
Raphael sat on his favorite bench in the corner of the school grounds. It was a little after school had finished, and most people probably were still in clubs or similar but as he wasn't part of any after school activities and he didn't have any work scheduled in, he thought he would practise a new song he had heard a lot on the internet. The lyrics were a little strange, but he didn't hate them. It was strange though, he had no idea what had made him feel a synchronisation with them, but he definitely wasn't feeling as odd as he usually did when he sang songs with emotions he didn't understand. Good Evening, are you ok to talk now? It's not like I have much to talk about though, This and that, or even "That's nice", If you aren't there it's none of these Just rutting behind masksHis acoustic guitar in hand, he strummed the chords as he sang, he liked it here because he had a good view of the school ground, but at the same time not many people came around here so he wouldn't be disturbing everyone even if he sang. Why did the aura of this song remind him a little of...his mother? It was odd, most songs had a colour associated with them when they left his lips, this one was a hazy, smoky purple. He generally kept up with trends of songs on the internet on video sharing sites and this one seemed to pop up recently and he felt it his job to at least know how to sing them all and thus he was practising. This illness I have and everything else, I'll forward it to you, The more painful it is, The more you want to share it, right? Maybe I want to get away from this "love"...On the other hand, it was a nice spring day and if one did not listen carefully to the lyrics, it was a pretty catchy song.
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Post by Taka Hone on Feb 6, 2019 0:03:59 GMT
It had been an interesting first few days for Taka, slowly beginning to acclimatize himself to being inside the walls of UA. In truth he had struggled being in the city. After spending the majority of his life within the countryside, it didn't feel like home living here within the rows upon rows of buildings. He missed the mountains of Hokkaido. And, perhaps more then he cared to admit, he missed his father. The pair had barely been separated since his father's retirement from the pro-hero world. In truth, this was more a test to see if Taka could truly stand on his own two feet. If he was planning on being a hero, he was going to have to learn how to do so.
Still, it was a rather lonely proposition.
He began walking the grounds in his uniform. In truth, he detested it. Not for any aesthetic reason. The red, blue, and white of UA was something that he shared a great deal of pride in wearing, even if he didn't feel as if he didn't deserve to wear them. No, the reason he detested them so was due to the sleeves. With his robes, he could at least make an effort at hiding his arm away. However with the need of his uniform, he had to resort to pinning the sleeve up to prevent it hanging loose, almost signposting his missing limb. Even if no one asked him about it, his paranoia made him feel as if they wanted to, but were too embarrassed to ask. As such, he had attempted to prevent anyone from attempting to make the point, and gave the majority of the student body a wide birth.
As Taka casually enjoyed the grounds on his own, away from the imaginary eyes and the daunting questions, he slowly found himself lost in an area of the grounds he had never seen before.
Ohh not again...
Hone had a habit of himself getting lost. In comparison to the city, UA was small, but for someone who had learnt the distinction of the rock formations of his home town, and had watched them morph over the years, looking around a citadel of glass and concrete was a hard adjustment to make, especially after only a few days.
Suddenly, coming from behind him, he could hear the sound of a guitar being played, before slowly being followed by a song being sung. He couldn't put his finger on it, but the tones coming from the boy seemed oddly familiar. Slowly turning to face the direction of the noise, he saw the boy from a few days ago from that dreaded "experiment" that Taka had tried to block from his mind. Damn, what was his name again? It mattered not right now, Hone had found himself entranced by the music being played, and closed his eyes to enjoy it for a moment before trying to find his way back. Afterall, what is the point of singing if no one is there to hear it?
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Post by Raphael Seraphine on Feb 6, 2019 23:59:12 GMT
Let's dissect a maiden, Calling each other by our real names, I should have just said "I don't want to live" Would it make me feel better?It was about then Raphael noticed he had a singular audience- it was Hone-san from his class! He stopped playing, giving the other teen a small smile and bow, putting his guitar down on the bench before he walked over to his classmate. "Good afternoon, Hone-san!" He said brightly, hoping he wasn't intruding on the other. The young hero to be seemed to have a slightly prickly shaped aura, it was hard to describe but it felt... a little sad at the same time. It was the kind that said don't look at me, don't come near me. A bit like a hedgehog. He didn't want to overstep people's comfort zones, but at the same time he hoped to be able to exist within the comfort zone in a non threatening way. But maybe it was a little too grand a wish for someone like him, but he was willing to give it a try. He had to know every one of his classmates to be able to be of any use to them, and well... even if he was cheating by being able to monitor people's state of mind whether they liked it or not, he felt like he should try and be of help in return for being able to take a peek into a side most people couldn't (and shouldn't be.) He wasn't being a nice person, like some would think- he was just trying to make up for being born the way he was, even if it was just self satisfaction.
"What brings you here? Was I being too loud? I try and find places that won't inconvenience everyone else..." The blonde said apologetically.
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Post by Taka Hone on Feb 7, 2019 10:40:08 GMT
"Good afternoon Hone-San!"
Suddenly Taka's eyes shot open at the sudden call of his name, taking in a sharp breath. His eyes darted towards Raphael as he saw the blond teen approach him. He could feel his heart beat increasing in his chest as he watched his classmate approach. His ears, once filled with beautiful song, now rung out with a pounding that reminated from within his chest. Sharply Taka turned to face Seraphine before immediatly lowering his head in a bow.
"Seraphine-sama, I apologise for disturbing you!" Taka replied quickly, his voice shaking slightly as if he was a criminal who had been caught red-handed with a swag bag over his sholder. As he listened to Raphael begin to ask if he had disturbed him, his head shot back up and immediatly began to shake his head in denial.
"Oh no, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disturb you! I was just enjoying your voice, but I know I shouldn't have just begun listening. I'm sorry if you wanted to be alone, I appear to have gotten lost again. Again, I'm sorry! I know we're all new here and I'm honestly trying to find my way around, but I should do better in studying the map so I don't happen to stumble on people wanting to be alone and not listed to, although that said I would listen to you if you asked me to, because your voice is wonderful, but not without you expressing your want to be listened to before hand. That was exceptionally rude of me."
As Taka finally paused to take a breath, his eyes looked down at the smaller boy, before lowering his head once more in shock at the fool he clearly felt he was making himself out to be. What in God's name could Raphael would be thinking of him after that outburst? Quickly he lowered his head into another bow.
"I'm sorry. I shall leave you in peace..."
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Post by Raphael Seraphine on Feb 9, 2019 1:16:59 GMT
Soft lilac eyes were a little surprised looking, had he... said something wrong? His classmate's aura shifted straight away to an alarmed, distressed shade of mauve, so he must have done something wrong. Oh no...I... didn't mean to... "No, no, w-wait!! Please don't apologise. If I didn't want anyone to walk by then I would have used a sound proofed practise room, I do have access to them but... I like it here more, aslong as I'm not inconveniencing anyone else..." He said with a smile smile on his lips to try and reassure the other boy. "But...thank you. I am glad you thought my singing was satisfactory. It's...the only thing I can do so... I do what I can and practise as much as I can..." He wasn't sure exactly how much help he ever was going to be to his classmates, but seeing everyone else try their best he knew he had to try even harder than everyone else if he was ever going to make any kind of impact. "And um...you are lost? Where were you trying to go?" To be honest, Raphael out of all people trying to help another person with directions was just begging for a disaster to happen but... well if it was something simple, he could try and help, right? And he wanted to get to know this person a little more, and maybe be able to ease that prickly aura and worrying colour, because...being that way must be painful. And no one should have to go through that. If someone like him could be of any help, he...wanted to be. Maybe it was overstepping his boundries, maybe he shouldn't be doing it, but he couldn't help himself, it was hard to ignore.
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Post by Taka Hone on Feb 12, 2019 21:15:31 GMT
Taka felt himself come to a stop from his sharp turn away as Raphael, listening to his words. His instinct was to keep walking, and to hell with the consequences of where he ended up. Hell he was already lost, and had been so since the day he arrived.
This is why he should have just stayed in the dooms.
He slowly turned back to Seraphine, his hand clutching onto the map he had in his hand tightly, thinking of how it always seemed to get him lost. Slowly he released an exacerbated breath, before walking up to Raph, his hand holding out the map as it dangled helplessly in the wind. Much like him, it seemed to have given up any hope of finding his way around.
"I was given this by front reception when I first got here, but all it seems to do is get me lost again. I can't get any GPS on my phone either, I think they must have removed it from the grid as a security measure then they were building the place..." Taka explained as his mind thought back to the big, thick metallic gates at the front of the school, keeping this place safe for staff and students. However, the more he looked around, and at some of the quirks that were being trained as heroes, he couldn't help but consider maybe those gates were to protect the public from the students until both them, and their quirks, were ready to be utilised. Suddenly, Hone snapped out of his train of thought, before looking at Seraphine, before bowing his head once more.
"Thank you for your assistance. I'm sure you'd prefer to be left to your singing, rather then assisting me. In truth I think I was just trying to gain a better understanding of the area. I used to live in the mountains, and was able to find my way around by the rock formations, but with all these buildings...Well they all look the same to me..."
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Post by Raphael Seraphine on Feb 12, 2019 23:45:56 GMT
Raphael shook his head. "I live in the dorms too, so I can help at least with that. It's very confusing here, isn't it? I've...gotten lost in school more times than I would like to admit, it doesn't help I am extremely bad at directions it seems... Y-yes! That's the thing, and some of the places don't even have a sign on them...if only GPS worked in here..." He started to walk slowly with the other boy towards the large buildings that was the dorm complex. The blonde could sympathise, as he was the king of getting lost, specially inside UA. But thankfully he had been here long enough to now know some of the basic layout so he wasn't going to be absolutely lost and from here to the dorm? That was no problem! ...probably. Her hoped. Oh god, what if he got lost when showing the new person? "Ah, you lived in the mountains? Which area are you from?"
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Post by Taka Hone on Feb 19, 2019 13:13:54 GMT
Taka raised his head from his bow, listening to the other student. A small smile crept across his face as the words sounded into his ears at the boys own struggles. He wasn't an exceptionally cruel person, far from it, but it gave him some comfort as to the fact it wasn't only him that was struggeling to get by. He slowly remembered back to the "Dodgebrawl" incident, and remembered that Raphael seemed to be struggeling then too.
As Seraphine began to lead them, Hone followed, listening to him as he continued discussing his own difficulties. Slowly the smile removed from his face as Raph brought up his home, and slowly the thoughts of Taka's father began to flood his head. The pair had talked a number of times since Taka had made the journey here. Tsuchi had already teased him that he'd already turned his room into a bachalor pad with a jacuzzi, and that he might have several "new mothers" by the time he gets back for the holidays, but past the conversation usually returned to silence. It had been a jarring experience for the pair of them, having seen each other everyday, and now the only form of contact was through a phoneline.
Still, that's what growing up was, wasn't it? Leaving the nest and forging your own path...Or something like that...
Suddenly, Taka snapped back into reality as he was questioned around the mountains.
"Oh, I'm from Hokkaido. A place called Hell's Valley specifically. Very prone to to earthquakes and mud slides."
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Post by Raphael Seraphine on Feb 19, 2019 19:10:30 GMT
As Raphael talked, he noticed the other boy smile a little, actually, wasn't that the first time he had seen him smile? Then the other must have been thinking of something else, as his expression dropped slowly, and his colour aura became a different shade, shifting from the hazy purple to more of a bluey shade. Oh. He knew this colour. Futaba had it quite often these days too. It was a kind of sadness, but this shade of violet-blue was a certain type of sadness. And he could only assume what it could stem from. Now, how to word this so he didn't sounds like a creepy, invasive person (that he actually was, but still.) and more like someone who he wanted to be- a person who could understand and accept others feelings. "Ah, yes! I know of it, there are a few famous mountains there, isn't there? And hot springs and bears and monkeys! I am from Gunma, which I suppose is pretty boring in itself and much smaller than here so places like Musutafu and Tokyo seem so large to me..." He laughed slightly as they walked further down the path, the building for the dorms in sight now. "Do you miss your home?" The blonde added softly, the words leaving his lips before he had time to triple check what he was saying. "O-oh...um... I'm sorry, you don't have to answer that I...I didn't mean to pry or anything!!" Raphael added hurriedly, lilac eyes wide with panic, knowing his words probably sounded pushy and invasive, the last thing he wanted to be to his new classmate. Why couldn't he even hold a normal conversation right?
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Post by Taka Hone on Feb 19, 2019 19:53:47 GMT
"Oh the bear's are fine. You just got to leave them alone, and they'll leave you alone. After years of being hunted down when they wonder into the city, I think they've learnt to just stick to the woods now. That said, if people go into the woods after them...well..." Taka explained before trailing off. It wasn't as bad as he was making it out to be. People calling for heroes because a bear had trapped them into their cabins and they were too scared to try and leave. But that was city people in a way, always being fearful of what they didn't understand. A small chuckle left Hone's lips as he thought of the irony of his present situation. He laughed at the thought of people being scared of the bears, and yet people would probably laugh at him for the fact he's been away from home for just over a week. It was all the same really, when boiled down to it's simplest terms.
Difference causes discomfort, an aspect Taka knew all too well when his eyes casually gazed down at his missing forearm.
His eyes slowly looked up again to see the dorms before him, his smile growing wider at the fact Raphael had lead him right where he needed to be. It was nice to finally meet someone nice, rather then half the faculty that seemed to believe that attempting to kill the students were the best way to train them to be heroes.
However, the smile swiftly dropped from his face as Seraphine asked his question. Hone stopped in his tracks as the area suddenly seemed to turn cold for him, a small gust of wind the only thing filling the silence between the two. Raphael attempted to apologise for asking such a thing, before suddenly Taka interjected himself.
"Yes...I miss it..." He replied bluntly, as a small tear began to form in his eye.
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Post by Raphael Seraphine on Feb 19, 2019 23:40:38 GMT
Oh no.He had done it again.He had clearly said something he probably, no, definitely should not have as he saw the shift in Hone's aura to worse than before. Why can I never do anything right??? The part of his quirk that he had inherited from his mother who he loved so much, he just...was awful at using it. He always ended up saying words that evoke emotional responses from the other person, it was just...never the intended effect.He wanted to connect, understand people better, but instead he seemed to hurt them. "I'm sorry I...didn't mean to make you upset..." He said quietly, biting his lip. "...but um... I know it's not my place to say this but... it will get better. I think. I-I mean, it will! Even for you um... it's hard being alone in an unfamiliar place...but our class has nice people in it." He had gotten a little used to being alone now, having been that way for 2, almost 3 years. Wow, had time flown so much? It only felt like yesterday that he had come home for the first time to a truly empty apartment. "So let's try our best, both of us?" It was half a question. He wasn't sure how well he was going to do either. Was he even going to be able to meet all the expectations that everyone had of him? He wasn't sure, and just thinking about it made him feel a little faint but he had to move forwards, because what other path did he have if he couldn't meet those bars set for him? "O-oh um...what number is your room?"
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Post by Taka Hone on Feb 21, 2019 16:09:18 GMT
Quickly Taka raised his hand to his face, wiping away the tears as he shook his head at Raph.
"Oh, please don't worry...It's just...I think that was the first time I've ever actually said it out loud. It's difficult when you spend all your life knowing something, and then it suddenly changes, you know?" Hone attempted to explain as he began to steady his breathing.
"I dunno...It's just that when I left Hokkaido, I thought it would be easier then this. It was a change, something that I really wanted, and now that I'm here...Well all I'm doing is missing home all that much more. I knew it was going to be difficult, but since taking that plunge...It just feels like if I go back then I've failed, you know?" Taka questioned, before he stopped, realizing that he was still talking. This is was the first time he had ever admitted to himself what the problem was. The fact that this place wasn't home. But in truth what was home anymore? Yes, he could go back to his father, but would that ever feel like home again? He chose UA because it was far away from home, because he would be able to see just how far he could make it without his dad there to hold his hand.
And yet the moment it's taken away, Hone longed for it once more.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to vent upon you..."
Taka listened to Raph's words, attempting to bring him some comfort. As Seraphine spoke of trying their best, Hone slowly nodded his head in agreement. As cheesy as the words may seem, and as nevous Raph may be at saying them, it didn't change the fact that they rung true. They were here to be tested, and in a way, this was simply another test Taka would have to get through.
Except, maybe now, he had a friend as well.
"Oh...I'm in number 4, just my luck really...Yourself?" Taka joked, feeling somewhat more comfortable in his macarbra sense of humour.
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Post by Raphael Seraphine on Feb 24, 2019 0:10:14 GMT
"I...can sort of understand that." Raphael replied with a slightly sad smile. "That feeling when you suddenly find you are alone...it's a bit...scary...but um...you came here because you wanted to do something right? And if you managed to take the first step...w-which is to, come to U.A, I mean... then you have potential to go forwards? I think. I mean I'm not sure someone like me is good enough but...well...it's all I have so... I have to be good enough..." He trailed off as he started getting a little involved in his own thoughts before he pulled himself back out. "I-sorry! I ended up making the conversation about myself!! It wasn't my intention... but if you ever have anything, please, talk to me. I can at least do that.. Oh- but only if you want to, I mean..." The blonde realised he was just blabbing now and went slightly red. "...I'm sorry. How am I going to become a hero like this huh? I have a long way to go..." He laughed a little awkwardly. "O-oh? Room 4? I'm room 6, we live opposite each other then!" What a coincidence! Raphael had been working last few days in the evening so he always got in late, he must have missed Hone moving in. The death-room joke flew totally over the blonde's head, it was unfortunate to say. He opened the door to the dorms for 1-A with his keycard, holding it open for the other boy. "I'm sorry if I ever disturb you coming in late or with music...I apologise in advance..."
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