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Itsuka Kendo was the mom friend she'd been ever since she was 8 and had been told to watch her grandfather's kids' karate class. So she'd gotten a bit concerned when Pony had gone to the restroom and had been gone for over 10 minutes. She didn't want to hover but she was starting to get a bit worried since she was pretty sure that the nearest restroom was just down the hall from the cafeteria entrance (she was pretty sure anyway the building was confusing to say the least she was pretty sure she's heard a rumor where the building is consistently being changed by Cemetoss). So she was rather relieved when Pony was escorted back into the cafeteria by a rather built green-haired boy. So of course when the pair walked over to their table Setsuna gave a low whistle while leaning in and saying in a not-at-all whisper “Dang Pony works quick.” she rolled her eyes and elbowed the now cackling girl.
She offered her hand to the boy “Nice to meet you I'm Itsuka Kendo of 1B, what's your name?” the boy looked at her hand for a second before gripping it in a firm shake she could feel the calluses that had built up there and coupled with the strength he was a fighter, there wasn't any doubt of that in Kendo's mind. That fact only became more certain as she took in the boy's build in more detail his arms were solid but not oversized like someone who trained for aesthetics but small and somewhat wirey, in short, all usable muscle. He had broad shoulders but was only a bit taller than Kendo herself then there were the boy's eyes. Don't get her wrong she wasn't in the habit of staring into a boy's eyes but they drew her attention due to how they were constantly scanning the area marking exits and figures. He was a fighter, that she already knew, but this kid had some experience behind him. Most likely vigilantism, heavens knew there were plenty of heroes who did that before starting schooling in some fashion. She figured that he was most likely in the hero course or possibly the support course she couldn't honestly see business or general putting in the time and dealing with the danger that came with the trade. Vigilantism was far and away more dangerous than being a hero or villain, due to the fact that both sides wanted you behind bars or dead. She should know since she had been a part-time vigilante named Sleight.
She imagined the staff or at least the principal knew about her little side hobby. The principal was famous among certain sectors of the internet for being near-omniscient. The alleged rodent that ran the school, was as infamous for finding and exposing things he didn't like such as experimentation or slavery. As he was for (allegedly since nobody could prove anything) hiding things he did approve of such as young vigilantes provided of course they knew when to fold and leave things to the pros. And given that her old antics were well within the Principal's unofficial fief of Mustafa, well she was pretty sure he approved given she wasn't in a cell at the moment.
Going back to the young man he'd nodded at her and Setsuna and went back to talking in English to Pony and Kodai who outright beamed at the boy who gave a small smile in return. The girl had been very insular from what she'd seen and it was nice to see her light up at what she assumed was her friend. She wondered for a second how the pair became friends before mentally shrugging and deciding it wasn't her business and turning her attention towards her food.
Izuku smiled at Yui and nodded at the other girls at the table after following Tsunotori back to the cafeteria and fielding (read deflecting mostly) her questions about where I'd learned English. He made vague answers about deceased family members to kill that alley of conversation. After all Frank, Ryan, McDunagh, hell even Sinclair and Atlas were dead or worse than dead. Miss Tenebuam was still around somewhere but he had no idea where. And Johnny Topside, Elanor, and Jack were MIA going on Presumed KIA, nobody in Rapture or those few folks who managed to escape Rapture knew a single bleeding thing about what happened to them. This of course made it so my words had a glint of truth to them just in case anybody had a truth-telling quirk.
'Hey Yui, so my biological father was basically villain Jesus. And since I was born quirkless, he hated me and wanted me dead. So when my mother died and I was sent to live with my father in America he hired some thugs to hijack the plane and kill me and everyone else on board. Only after it crashed I didn't die but found my way to an island with a lighthouse on it and inside of it there was a bathy-sphere that took me down to an undersea city called Rapture. Life was good for a while even starting a small business. But greed, addiction, and stupidity took its toll. A civil war broke out I went undergroundselling plasmids to survive. Oh, what are plasmids? They're this chemical that gives abilities powered by other but similar chemicals pulled out of corpses by genetically modified orphan children. Yes, that's horrible, don't worry it gets worse. The war goes on for a while getting worse and worse people steadily becoming Splicers. Plasmid addicts that no longer can think beyond more, more plasmids more Adam, more Eve. They were little more than animals hell animals may have been better off. In any case, eventually Ryan the city's founder decided to end the war by mind-controlling literally everyone who used plasmids. I was safe from this because I didn't use any plasmids that I didn't personally make. Yes, I use plasmids, no I wasn't aware of how most of it was made until after I was a user and you can't go back without dying. After this Atlas, the guy who was trying to take over the city played his Ace in the Hole. A genetically engineered and aged-up child of Ryan's named Jack to take over the mind control device and thus take over the city. Which we didn't know at the time and I did help him get out when Atlas betrayed him. Only finding out later that it wasn't Atlas but that Atlas was an alias of my old mentor and surrogate father figure named Frank Fontaine. So we worked together to kill Frank eventually succeeding, Jack disappeared and I saw to making sure the Little Sisters made it out of Rapture. Only to nearly completely miss the formation of the Rapture Family who captured, tortured, and modified me. While the Rapture Family and my time as Big Brother are a can of worms that we'll get into later.'
Yeah, that conversation can only go well. I chuckled bitterly before shaking my head at Yui's worried look sending a 'it's another matter that I'm worried about' glance back at the girl. I continue eating my food and start making some small talk, ugh. I still didn't have a plan for having that conversation or the likely to-be even worse talk about Big Brother. But I could be a kid for a minute and chat with my friend, friends. Naturally as soon as had that thought the alarm went off.