[Where did he come from? What was he doing here at Hope's Peak? Why did he suddenly show up and start attending classes? All of these were valid questions and some of them actually had answers! Apparently he was a young man from a place not quite earth who had passed through some magical boundary and wound up here, and he'd found Hope's Peak too interesting to leave, despite the guard's instance that he vacate the premises.
They hadn't been able to catch him.
Eventually, the headmaster in good humors allowed him to join the school as the Super High School Level Dimensional Traveler, and here he'd been for the better part of two months now. Today? He was hanging outside of a particular room, eating some potato chips and reading a "Manga" as they called them, waiting for it's occupant to rise, shine, and come out.
[He wasn't going to speak just yet, he was finishing up a chip and his mother had taught him better to speak with his mouth full. Once he was done though, the Manga would be bookmarked and vanish into his cloak before he leapt to his feet and held out a gloved hand for Ibuki to shake.]
Guilty as charged. You're the musician, right? It's a right pleasure to meet you!
That's right! Ibuki is Ibuki Mioda, the Super Ultimate Level Music Person!
[Ibuki that's not how your title goes...]
[She looks at his hand and... starts doing some weird "secret handshake" with it. Which involves a lot of lightly slapping his hand, bumping knuckles, and randomly pulling his fingers????]
[Oh man, he was right about you being interesting, he's gonna go right along with this secret handshake without missing a beat.]
An interesting name for an interesting person! You can just call me Zac. Or I guess Hobo-chan, that little lady in the dress always seems to at any rate.
I'd love to! I was never very good with music myself, but music often accompanies good stories.
[Just like the good old days he would spend in the backs of taverns, just to hear the stories bards would weave.]
Is that what we have planned for today?
[He said as if plans had already been made between the two of them. Not once had he considered she might not want to hang out...he wasn't too good at this social interaction thing.]
[If there was one thing Zac was, it was athletic and he always appreciated people who could keep up with him when he ran. Which was...surprisingly quite a few people here! Ibuki was definitely one of them as they darted neck and neck down the hall.]
You're lucky I don't have Ilknor's favor or you'd be toast!
[Zac, Ibuki has no idea who that was or what her favor meant in this context.]
Maybe Ibuki can give you a favor someday, Zac-chan!!
[And yet she acknowledged it all the same. While Ibuki has a distinctly active lifestyle, it probably doesn't compare to what a vagabond hero has been through... so it's likely that Zac is edging out ahead?]
[You know what you should do when you're running full speed? Look where you're going. Otherwise you slam full force into the fire extinguisher case hanging out from the wall and spin off onto the floor.
[Zac just simply sat up and readjusted the crick in his neck. Honestly the case looked worse than he did, and he was just gonna get up and start...edging away from it.]
[Thankfully, Zac's control of fire had been with him since he was a kid and he'd had a long time to practice finer control with it. All he had to do was flick his wrist and a series of contained explosions flew down the hall in a straight line.
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Hope's Peak AU
They hadn't been able to catch him.
Eventually, the headmaster in good humors allowed him to join the school as the Super High School Level Dimensional Traveler, and here he'd been for the better part of two months now. Today? He was hanging outside of a particular room, eating some potato chips and reading a "Manga" as they called them, waiting for it's occupant to rise, shine, and come out.
Did he know her? No, but he was about to.]
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Whoa!
It's the dimensional transfer student! Hello!
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[He wasn't going to speak just yet, he was finishing up a chip and his mother had taught him better to speak with his mouth full. Once he was done though, the Manga would be bookmarked and vanish into his cloak before he leapt to his feet and held out a gloved hand for Ibuki to shake.]
Guilty as charged. You're the musician, right? It's a right pleasure to meet you!
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[Ibuki that's not how your title goes...]
[She looks at his hand and... starts doing some weird "secret handshake" with it. Which involves a lot of lightly slapping his hand, bumping knuckles, and randomly pulling his fingers????]
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An interesting name for an interesting person! You can just call me Zac. Or I guess Hobo-chan, that little lady in the dress always seems to at any rate.
[He doesn't at all look put off by it either.]
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[She's not about to follow Hiyoko's lead]
Uho... you're already going straight for the flattery, Zac-chan? It might take you places!
[???]
Soooo, so so, what brings you to Ibuki's doorstep today, Zac-chan?? If it's help with homework, Ibuki's as lost as you are!!
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[IE: At the very last minute he could wait. How he was doing well was a mystery.]
I came to meet you properly! I saw the stunt you pulled yesterday, but you left the lunchroom before I could say hello.
[It was more like Ibuki jumped up on a table and started doing her heavy metal impression and head banging until a few teachers dragged her out.]
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That was pretty cool, huh? Ibuki just had that huge urge to rock out and everything!!! Maaan, she got interrupted right before the good part, though!
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[It had been quite the spectacle, that was for sure.]
I also didn't know people could hit that kind of pitch with their voices.
[Glass had shattered. Like...a lot of glass.]
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Ibuki's not one for property damage buuuuuuuuut she sorta got carried away when the teachers suddenly grabbed her off the table!
But hey, if you liked that, you totally gotta hear some of Ibuki's music for realsies! It's totally intense and awesome!
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[Just like the good old days he would spend in the backs of taverns, just to hear the stories bards would weave.]
Is that what we have planned for today?
[He said as if plans had already been made between the two of them. Not once had he considered she might not want to hang out...he wasn't too good at this social interaction thing.]
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[And Ibuki just ... goes with it. She wasn't exactly a master of socializing herself, and this plan of action suited her just fine]
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[If there was one thing Zac was, it was athletic and he always appreciated people who could keep up with him when he ran. Which was...surprisingly quite a few people here! Ibuki was definitely one of them as they darted neck and neck down the hall.]
You're lucky I don't have Ilknor's favor or you'd be toast!
[Zac, Ibuki has no idea who that was or what her favor meant in this context.]
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[And yet she acknowledged it all the same. While Ibuki has a distinctly active lifestyle, it probably doesn't compare to what a vagabond hero has been through... so it's likely that Zac is edging out ahead?]
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Wait a second, you're a goddess?
[He doesn't get the joke.]
That might explain the breaking glass.
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... but she's a squishie human just like everybody else!
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[He's looking at you suspiciously right now. Did he just make friends with a deity?]
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[You know what you should do when you're running full speed? Look where you're going. Otherwise you slam full force into the fire extinguisher case hanging out from the wall and spin off onto the floor.
A+.]
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Um...
... w-whoah!
[she hurries over to him]
... Zac-chan!? Are you okay? Zac-chan?!
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I think maybe we should keep going.
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... ... but yeah, leeeeeeet's flee!
[and with that, she keeps going]
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[Yeah, he's back to running too because what even is responsibility?]
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Because you took the hit without getting hurt, you tanked it! Because tanks can take lotsa hits without getting banged up, right?
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[No Zac, you're the versatile DPS.]
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Can you go pew pew with rocket shells too or something like that, Zac-chan? Can you???
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I can make explosions happen, wanna see?
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So you're a wizard tank! You're totally OP!
... ... [She should tell him to stop-]
... do it, do the fireworks thing!
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Harmless...but loud as hell.]
Hah! I never get tired of doing that!!
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