Okay, joining in with the Super High School Level OC making (SHSL is the term i shall be using, even though Ultimate would be easier), I went with a game developer, merely because I want to tinker with the idea of a talent that could only be born through the use of other talents, which makes it easier for him to have a reason to interact with other people. Well, i suppose I should just let you see what's going on. Anyway, let's go!
Super hero time!
Kazuki: What do the cards say of my fate Diend, Shirou Emiya?
Shirou: They say you're going to have an interesting time in Hope's Peak Kazuki Hiraku!
Kazuki: A magic user that can summon multiple heroes... That sounds like it could be a game in itself!
Shirou: I'm nothing special, really...
K + S: Never lose hope! A wildcard awakens!
"So, we can have a fleet come in from the side so that they can be easily shot down while disguising the arrival from behind… got to make sure the audio is loud enough to be hard to distinguish, yet still mixes in well with the current battle. I don't think they have any hitboxes yet either… Probably a bad thing, but if they're the spectral squadron, they really don't need them if only certain things can hurt them. The player is meant to run away from the first encounter anyway, so giving them hitboxes at this stage isn't really necessary…"
Kazuki Hiraku was a basic boy. With dark green hair, amber eyes and a lax smile constantly plastered to his face, there were very few that could find fault with the boy beyond his quiet demeanour. Tugging at the navy Crombie, a gift from an ecstatic uncle living in England, Kazuki wandered down the street, eyes glued to the screen as his left hand flew across the keys of the jet black laptop.
"It won't be good enough to actually run any of the stuff, but at least I can write all that I'm sure about and then send it to the computer I had sent ahead." The boy muttered to himself, pulling his jeans back up as they fell. Moving had been a hassle, especially at the age he was, 17, but when you were going to the school he had been invited to, the hassle was well worth the resulting qualification, especially in a country where the name of the schools you went to meant more than the actual course taken.
Hope's peak academy, home to some of the greatest student's in their art. Upon strict invitation only, they recruited the best of the best of the best in order to fill their halls, every single student residing within their dorms, a bonafide genius prodigy in their field. By simply being in the school, you could consider your future secured as the title given to you would mean that you beat all others in what you did.
"But Super High School Level Game developer… that's kind of awkward to say." Kazuki said under his breath as his eyes flickered from line to line of code, a small scowl coming up as he rapidly tapped the backspace, an A making way for an S. It most likely would be better if he simply deleted only the single wrong letter, but mistakes like that didn't allow for rational thinking; they had to be gone and corrected. Thanks to the comforting glow of the screen and the speed of his fingers, there would be nought that would stop his walk to the academy on his first day; there were connections to be made, ideas to 'borrow' and work to be done.
Well, technically, work didn't ned to be done per say, you merely had to pass a single block of exams from what he told, but there were also rumours of how it was only truly one exam, which didn't exactly fill the boy with confidence; how were you expected to be certain that someone could succeed in life if they only had one exam to go off of?
'But that's why they only take the ultimates in. Then they don't need to check if someone would be successful; they've already guaranteed that they will be.' The boy mused, taking a needed deep breath after a bout of entirely focused work. Fortunately, people had been wise enough to get out of his way as he made it to Hope's peak, only a passing thought spared for the odd boy and his computer.
"So now I need to get the models completed if I'm going to actually make them spectres; I can't just have the same men running without hitboxes all of a sudden. I'm pretty sure Hikari said she was free to do an extra lines, so that's not going to be a problem… It's going to be Akamine as the problem. Man can never find the time even when he does nothing." Kazuki muttered, a few minutes required before he noticed that despite his continued leg movements, he wasn't actually going anywhere. With a confused noise, his raised eyes landed on the girl colliding face first with him, the game girl held within dainty hands backed up without escape to his laptop so that it could be brutalised as it was under the talented control of the girl before him.
A small gulp escaped Kazuki as he looked upon the girl heavily focused on whatever it was she was playing. With slightly curled candyfloss hair, a spaceship styled pixel hairclip holding it back (Gala Omega if he remembered the title correctly) Pale pink eyes that flickered occasionally to the life bar at the top of her screen and the main Hope's Peak Academy's uniform, consisting of a brown shirt and skirt which she wore alongside a cream hoodie, black thigh high socks and white loafers.
'Okay, down boy, if you're noticing that much detail, then you're probably not making a good first impression.' Kazuki mentally reprimanded, closing the laptop as he looked to the girl, her deep breath mirroring his own as seconds passed, eyes staring into the other's. 'Wait, the Hope's Peak uniform!? That means…'
"Are you also going to Hope's Peak Academy?" the green haired boy excitedly asked hopping from foot to the other as the girl's head tilted slightly.
"Yeah." It was a simple reply, but it was an opportunity and if there was anything that Kazuki Hiraku knew from experience, it was that when there were flags, you had to grab them no matter what!
"Well, my name's Kazuki Hiraku, the Super High School Level game developer." The boy continued with a slight bow. "I'm new this year, but I'll be in the class… 77-B if I remember right…"
But there was no answer, Kazuki wincing slightly as the girl's glare suddenly intensified, the power of over a hundred men baring down upon him. Every step the girl made forward was one he made back, the glare unchanging even as a small hiss came out of Kazuki when his hand felt wood behind him, the boy collapsing into the bench.
'Way to go Kazuki, murdered on your first day. You didn't even make it to school, applause to you my friend.'
"Really? Did you say Kazuki Hiraku?"
"Um, yes, that's me." He couldn't control the sweat beading down his face, his grip tightening upon the plastic of his laptop at the solemn question, which was why the small yelp escaped him as the girl took him by the hand, fire in her eyes as the Nantendo Game Girl quickly went into some random pocket.
"Kazuki Hiraku, the true name of the game developer Armour-man Origin!? I've played all of the Armour-man series, from Technic to Dimension and I've been waiting for more news of Swap ever since you first announced it!" the girl exclaimed with quiet brilliance. Truth be told, Kazuki was still a bit frightened, but he had faced far worse at the hands of more rabid fans who had managed to see through his persona; it didn't mean that it was normal occurrence to him though. "Is it true that you'll be able to combine previous Armour-man powers!?"
"Well, I did have that planned, but I've still been trying to get the main story levels complete before I get to work on the bonuses." The game developer answered with practiced ease. "I do have a prototype working with Technic and Key, named gears of god, with Gem and Shinobi being next on the list; I'm thinking of calling it stalagmite shadow."
The Armour-man series, the main titles which had gotten Kazuki recognised in the gaming world and served as the basis of his work persona, Armour-man origin. He took the ideas granted to him by Tokusatsu shows and childish thoughts, using his age to spruce it up and make it into a critically acclaimed series, filled with heroes, amazing tales and fierce villains. If you were to trust the critics, apparently it was a miracle of a series, every moment spent entranced in either the story, brilliantly executed combat or exploring immersive worlds all developed by Kazuki's own hands.
"By the way, what's your name?" the boy asked jovially, patting the seat beside him which the girl eagerly took.
"I'm Chiaki Nanami, the Super High School Level Gamer! You'll be in my class!" it astounded Kazuki as to how the girl could be so enthusiastic without losing her whispery tone, though the small distance between the enthusiastic Chiaki and himself was getting slightly choking. "I heard you liked all of the classics, is that true?"
"Well, I've always been a fan of them. My biggest favourite has to be Boom the mouse. I never understood the meaning behind 'bomb processing', but I can at least acknowledge the speed it got for its time." The boy answered, a blissful smile upon his face as nights spent alongside his sister were revisited.
"Boom the mouse!? I've played that around eight times, it's brilliant! I actually have it, do you want to play together!?" Chiaki exclaimed and with the way she held onto his hands, an awkward chuckle escaped the boy.
'It's not like I have a choice in the matter right now…'
"But what about Hope's Peak? Don't we need to get registered?" Kazuki asked before a sweatdrop fell down his face. "Oh yeah, you don't actually have to go to the lessons there. Can you also explain to me why the school hasn't been shut for gross negligence of its students?"
"That doesn't matter! Let's go! I know this wonderful place we can go to!" Though he wouldn't admit it out loud, that soft eagerness was infectious, his hold upon the compute loosening as he gently took the girls proffered hand and let himself be dragged along.
'Well, things are going better than they did before. A friend before I've even gotten to campus… that's definitely a success compared to the last school.' Kazuki mused as he looked up to the sky, still bright with the sun's offerings. 'I do hope we can get to the school before the end of lunch. I did want to explore the campus and dorms.'
Yep, not going to happen.
Chisa Yukizome, sighed as she dragged the protesting Super High School Level animator behind her, the orange haired ex-Super High School Level housekeeper having been forced to go on such an adventure purely to have her class even appear at her homeroom. Whether it be bringing the great chef from the kitchen with Teruteru Hanamura, attracting the expert gymnast with promises of meat with Akane Owari or threatening a yakuza with knives with Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu, The woman had done all that she could in order to have her entire roster present and accounted for and with the apprehension of Ryota Mitarai, it left only two to be found and brought back to school like the rotten oranges they were!
And as luck would have it, her two targets were in plain sight, no attempts to run away or even hide themselves as they were focused on their games consoles, another boy presumably from the reserve class if the uniform meant anything messing about separately with a black laptop, amazement evident on his face.
"How on earth did you make half of this Kazuki? I can barely even understand what the first line is meant to mean and that's just two words!" the brown haired boy upon the laptop exclaimed, throwing his hands up as the girl of the trio, Chiaki Nanami according to the register, tore her eyes from the screen with a victorious sigh, the third person, Kazuki Hiraku, dropping his in defeat.
"I suppose that's what I should expect from someone who's completed all of my games. You even beat the one who thought creating it would give him an advantage. If I had used Key's ability to temporarily access holy protection, the loss of health would've been smaller than what I had lost in my hesitation to Shinobi's Shoton Shadow strike. I shouldn't be surprised you would have the end bonus characters that would use their predecessors' powers. " Kazuki lamented, the brown haired boy by his side giving the coated boy a strange look.
"Why do you say it like that?" he asked, Kazuki suddenly blushing as he turned away, scratching his cheek.
"Sorry Mr. Hinata, I kinda monologue all of my thoughts when I lose or get too agitated. It allows me to scan my thoughts to see where I went wrong and usually I play alone, so yeah…" Kazuki answered with an awkward chuckle until a cough had him back to normal, fingers subconsciously flicking the appropriate buttons so that they could restart the match.
ARMOUR-MAN BRAWL! SELECT YOUR ARMOUR!
PLAYER 1 – "A brief breeze destroying all evil! Shinobi – Armour-man!"
PLAYER 2 – "I shall unlock my true potential with faith on my side! Key – Armour-man!"
"As to the first line, the Import command is kind of like an ordering service, telling the computer you want to use certain modules – features. For example, if I wanted to use a database, I would be able to use SQL, a database management system, by simply writing Import (SQL)." Kazuki further explained with a smile. "You know, it's rare that I see someone so interested in the actual programming segments, most of the time, people are wondering about art direction or story."
"Well I hoped that I could find something I'm good at considering how much goes into game development." The reserve course student explained with a dressed sigh, his slumped posture falling even more. "Ugh, there has to be one thing I'm good at. I have no talents whatsoever."
"Well it doesn't make a difference if you have talent or not." The way Chiaki put so little effort into beating up Kazuki was probably why it was so easy for her to multitask with speaking to Hinata. "It's not like it's the end goal or anything. You people have more freedom than we do. All I have are games; Kazuki, another incredibly talented person, can do more in life than me, but you can go anywhere and become anything."
"Miss. Nanami's right Mr. Hinata." Kazuki quickly agreed with his smile. "I'm sure there's a dream job just waiting for you out there, you just have to find it. I didn't come out of the womb with a computer in hand after all."
"Well, how did you get into game development then?" Hinata asked, Kazuki's eyes slowly falling close as the content smile grew upon his visage.
"I had a dream, like any other kid at a young age. I wanted to fight for justice, for good and beat all of the bad guys with incredible powers, but as I got older, I learnt that things aren't so black and white. That's why I went into games, because unlike things such as reading or movies, you can enjoy the experience with your family and it's interactive and just like a painting, people can get different interpretations. I wanted the game to have a simple premise that could lead to deeper levels of philosophy and soon I was drawing character armours, writing beginner's code and mouthing out various voice lines as I worked."
"Oh okay. Maybe I could find some work in… I don't know. Got any jobs running free?" Hinata wondered, Kazuki's chuckling bringing a smile to the boy's face.
"Think you can come up with an interesting idea for a hero, call me up." The game developer joking announced, the sound of approaching footsteps breaking from his dreaming long enough to realise he had just given Chiaki a completely free perfect win. "You could at least pause the game when I'm telling my backstory Miss. Nanami."
"Oh, so are you two Kazuki Hikaru and Chiaki Nanami?" Chisa asked as she approached the bench, a near lifeless corpse being dragged behind her. "I'm Chisa Yukizome and I'm going to be your homeroom teacher for now!"
"Um, who's that behind you?" Kazuki asked, the lively teacher throwing a look to the groaning mass before happily grinning.
"Oh him? He's another of your classmates, but you can all socialise when you get to class. As for you… you're from the reserve course, aren't you?"
"The reserve course?" Chiaki repeated, Chisa giving her a frown as she looked to Hinata.
"You don't know? It was introduced last year actually. They accept the ordinary students and just give them extremely high fees to work off of." The teacher explained, an unvoiced 'oh' coming from both Super High School Level students while Hinata pulled at his tie with a swallowed objection. "Well then, sorry to drag off Nanami and Hikaru like this…"
"Hajime, Hajime Hinata. I don't mind really." Hinata answered, passing the computer back to Kazuki, who accepted it with a smile as he gave a look to the screen at the expectant glare of Chiaki.
"Another, Miss. Chiaki? Okay then, but this time I'm pulling out all of the stops! Developer's cheats! Activate!"
"Wah!? Double health and a constantly full force bar!? That's not fair!"
"Well I can't fight fair against the Super High School Level gamer!"
Chisa gave a sigh as she looked down to her hand, the student's foot in her hand being her one obstacle. An impish grin had to take over though as she pulled her trusty rope out of… somewhere and with a minute's flourish, she had her own personal lasso tied around the boy's feet leading to her waist, leaving both hands free to pick up Kazuki and Chiaki, much to the former's objection.
"Well then, I suppose I'll see you later then!" the teacher declared, Hinata rubbing his eyes in disbelief.
"Oh, yeah."
"So that's everyone now! Let's go!"
Hinata smiled at the odd sight; it was a relaxing disproving of the many rumours that circulated the grounds, but what he hadn't expected to see was Chiaki's silent wave goodbye alongside Kazuki's more vocal promise.
"Remember Mr. Hinata! You've got to come up with some game ideas for me!"
"…Yeah."
Okay, that's it for now! Well sort of, as you can see, the second chapters already uploaded at the same time as this one, so yay! please tell me what you think of this. I'm always happy to hear how I can improve as a writer, even if I don't respond to you sometimes... most of the time, but school related stuff keeps me busy!
