Author's Note: So drum camp has been an absolute blast so far, but my back and feet hurt. I've also had very limited writing time (which makes me happy to have a backlog of written chapters). Things are starting to get interesting. A last little bit of setup before some action, but next chapter has that sweet vigilantism in it, I swear.
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In the next week, a lot of things changed. Mei, true to her word, was staying in their warehouse most of the time, only really leaving to eat with the group, and then one additional time for two days to spend some time with her parents before she 'went to America.' During this time, Izuku sent Mei several ideas, which honestly, just made Mei more convinced to have Izuku as their leader.
Izuku: So I was thinking. Fumikage said that his quirk gets hard to control when it's dark. What if we had a way to be able to use that, but also keep it in control? Like, give him a bunch of flash charges that he can use if his quirk gets too out of control?
Izuku: Hey Mei, what if there was a way for Kyouka to be able to use her quirk from a distance? Like, maybe some bluetooth speakers that she could use as detonation charges or something?
Izuku: Hey, so I was thinking about Hitoshi, and I think he'd make a great stealth operative. I was thinking we could play into that. Could you maybe make a cloak or jacket that has some kind of camouflage feature? I don't know much about what kind of things you can make, but I had that idea.
Izuku: Hey, so I was thinking about Hitoshi's mask, and I was thinking that keeping our identities hidden would be the best thing for us to do. Do you think you could make masks with voice changers implanted in them for each of us?
Of course, Mei had already decided to work on the voice changing masks, but to say that Izuku's ideas for the rest of the group were genius was an understatement. Mei never would have thought of those, and she prided herself on her prowess as an inventor. But that was part of the perks of having clients, she figured. While there were only so many things that she could come up with on her own, her clients knew what they wanted sometimes, and that worked for her too.
And so, she got to work. She, of course, had some ideas of her own that she was working on. But Izuku's suggestions were also high on the priority list. Each of the projects took about a day each, some, like the bluetooth sound charges took less than that.
As the days ticked by, Izuku spent less and less time at home, opting to stay at Kyouka's house most of the time instead. He left in the morning before Inko woke up and came back late at night. Some nights, Inko was still awake when Izuku got home. Kyouka's parents had contacted Inko and told her the situation, so Izuku thankfully didn't have to say anything. It hurt keeping this information secret from his mother, but he knew that if she found out, she would stop him then and there. Looking back on it, if he had gotten into UA, she would have been worried sick all the time. That didn't stop him from feeling bad about the current situation, but honestly, the less she knew, the better.
Kyouka was busy packing up most of her stuff into moving boxes. Izuku had managed to sneak a few of his most important belongings out of his house. Those things would arrive with Kyouka's belongings in just a few short days. They were both excited but nervous. It was clear that this wasn't going to be easy. Hell, they were 15, and Mei was 16. Not even old enough to truly be on their own. But they had the super genius of Mei on their side to help with the details of it all.
Hitoshi and Fumikage had spent a lot of time at the warehouse as well. Granted, not as much as Mei, but still a lot. Hitoshi was working on using Mei's stored assets to make necessary purchases for furnishing their new home — mainly beds — and Fumikage was busy constructing walls out of brick and mortar to separate the place into rooms. Dark Shadow was incredibly helpful for this construction. It was essentially two workers for the price of one.
Everything was going well in terms of prepping for their big debut, but one obstacle still remained looming over their heads: disappearing.
The day that they were to leave, the Jirou family picked everyone up in a large van, large enough to hold seven people along with their personal effects. Izuku was the last to be picked up. As he gathered his belongings, he heard his mom speak.
"Good luck, Izuku. I… I'm going to miss you dearly. Please, be safe." Izuku could see tears welling up in her eyes.
"I will, mom. Don't worry. I'm going to miss you too." He could feel himself starting to cry as well. "This is for her own good that I can't tell her anything." He thought to himself. He shouldered his duffel bag, and as he turned to walk out the door, he felt a pair of arms wrap around him.
"I love you so much. I know you're going to do some great things."
"I love you too." Izuku relaxed into the embrace. The two stayed like that for a time, too short of one if Inko was asked, and then Izuku left. As he got into the van outside, he turned to look back at his house. The house he had lived in for the last fifteen years of his life. He saw his mother smiling and waving... and crying. He waved back, and before long, the van took off. At first, it was towards the airport. The Jirou family was too sly to be caught that easily. They headed towards the airport at first, but then after about five minutes of driving, they took a right when they should have gone left. If they were still going to the airport, that is. The drive was quiet, both out of nervousness and excitement. Which outweighed the other depended more on the person, with Mei having the most excitement out of the group and Izuku by far having the most nervousness. But he was sitting next to Kyouka, and she was smiling at him. So he would be okay.
The van slowly made its way through the streets of Shibuya before then shifting into Sangen Jaya. They went through a few crowded streets before finally coming across the backstreet alleys that the group would soon call home. Mika parked the van and got out, Kyotoku following behind her. The group of five teens slowly got out of the back of the van, a myriad of duffel bags and backpacks shuffling out with them.
"Alright, kids. As weird as it sounds to say this, I'm proud of all of you." Mika smiled at the five teens as they moved their belongings into the warehouse. "We're going to have to leave soon, but we just want to let you know to be safe and that we're rooting for you." Mika walked up to Kyouka and pulled her daughter into a tight embrace. "We love you, Kyouka."
Returning the embrace, Kyouka said, "I love you too. We'll make you proud, mom."
Mika just smiled. "You already have." Looking at her watch, she gasped. "Oh, Kyoto, look at the time. We need to leave now if we're going to make our flight!"
"Well then let's go! All of your adoring fans in America are waiting!" Kyotoku jumped into the van. Looking back for one last time, he yelled to the group, "You all are going to do great things! We believe in you! And Kyo, check your bag after we're gone." With that, he slammed the door to the van, and he and Mika rode off towards their own adventure. As soon as they were out of sight, Kyouka dove into her bags, checking every pocket. She opened a small side pocket on her backpack to find several hundred thousand yen with a note that read, 'Here's some starting cash for you guys. We love you! -Mom"
"So…" Izuku said, turning towards the warehouse. "Here we are."
"Here we are." Kyouka repeated.
"Have you two seen the work that Fumikage did the other day?" Mei asked, excitedly.
"Hey! I did most of it" Dark Shadow said, coming out of Fumikage in the process.
"Lead the way, then." Mei said, gesturing to Dark Shadow. The quirk beast floated towards the building and opened the bay door in a quick movement before going further inside.
"We made walls!" It yelled. True to its word, they did, in fact, make walls. The open space that used to be what Izuku pictured when he thought of the warehouse was now replaced by some pretty good looking masonry, all things considered. While that meant they had a bit less space, the personal room was worth it. As of right now, each room was closed off only by a cloth that was draped over the openings to the rooms. The rooms were big enough for the beds that had been bought with Mei's invention money, as well as dressers. There were more things that her money had purchased as well, such as a fridge, some cabinets that had been installed, and even a decently sized kitchen table and chairs. Izuku sat down in one of said chairs.
"This looks great!" He said, taking in his surroundings.
"There's a bit more on the way. Kyouka's things were put into a moving van earlier today, and I have a few personal effects that will be arriving shortly."
"Wait, what do you have that's coming?" Kyouka asked.
"It's a surprise." She said with a smile.
It was, in fact, a surprise when Mei's truck showed up before Kyouka's truck did. It was even more of a surprise when Mei opened the back to reveal a vast array of equipment. Most of which, if they were being honest, the rest of the group had no idea what they did, including but not limited to several 3d printers, a monitor array, a very hefty looking PC, a laser cutter, even a milling machine, on top of several other pieces of equipment. They managed to set up most of her belongings in one of the corners of the room, which Mei dubbed as her 'Terminal Alpha'. A short time after unloading all of Mei's equipment, Kyouka's van arrived as well. They unloaded everything from the van, which included most of her instruments, her bed, a good number of her own clothes, some health-related items, and a few sentimental knick-knacks she had decided to take. Clearly, her and Mei's rooms were going to be the most decorated. At least for now.
Mei had also purchased soundproofing materials since it would definitely be beneficial if they weren't heard from the outside. That being said, she had no idea how to soundproof anything and elected to have Kyouka soundproof the entire building with spray adhesive and sound foam, and in payment, everyone else unloaded all of her stuff into the warehouse and then moved them further into her room. She made it very clear not to touch any clothes, however. That would be something she did on her own, and she didn't want anyone snooping where they shouldn't be.
Once they had moved all of Kyouka's things in, she directed them with how to help her finish up the soundproofing. With the five of them working together, they had managed to move everything in as well as soundproof the entire warehouse by two in the afternoon, earning them a much needed lunch break. Thankfully, the fridge that Mei had installed also had food stocked.
"What a first day this has been." Izuku said to no one in particular as he stretched in his chair.
"Just you wait. It'll get better here after lunch. I have something for all of you. Well, a few things for all of you." Mei said from the fridge.
"More surprises?" Hitoshi asked.
"More surprises."
"When are you going to STOP having surprises for us?" Kyouka asked from behind Izuku, startling the boy because he wasn't aware of her presence. She took the seat to Izuku's right, smiling at the boy as she did.
"Hopefully never. How boring would I be if I didn't have any surprises? I'd be… Predictable." Mei shuddered at the thought.
"I am looking forward to them. I'm sure that your skill as an inventor will be put on display well, Mei." Fumikage said, coming out of his new room.
"I think you'll be happy with your surprises, Fumikage. Izuku here thought of some stuff for each of you. And of course, I did my best with making them as per his ideas. I did take some… creative liberties, though."
"Wait, you listened to my ideas? You never responded, so I just kind of stopped sending them. I have more!"
"Whoa there, Izuku. I can only handle so much at a time. I didn't respond because I was buying and building all of this shit. Bit preoccupied. We'll see about that stuff when some time passes. More stuff needs more time and money, the latter of which, we're a bit short on right now after everything that had to be bought. Now, all of you. Eat. The surprise comes after food, and not a second sooner." Mei instructed. The other four did as they were told and ate their food, looking forward to the promised surprises. After the last of the group, Hitoshi, had finished, Mei then walked over to what looked to be a light grey hard plastic shell suitcase, input a combination into its lock, and then opened it up.
It was not a regular suitcase. As it opened, it unfolded into five different sections. The outer shell of the suitcase actually split into thirds, exposing an inner core. From each of those sections, a metal leg sprouted from the bottom of each third and lifted the base off of the ground. The inner core raised itself above the other three sections by a pole in its center. Once in place, the core split into two different containers, hanging from a cross section of the inner pole. Once they were all in place, each container's surface shimmered slightly, and clothes could be seen inside. Spread out, it was about eight feet tall. At its base, it sat with a six foot diameter, and at its second tier, it had a four foot diameter.
The group stood in awe of the technological marvel that was in front of them. While they knew Mei was a great inventor, and they had seen some of her inventions, this just looked so… futuristic… so… advanced… so…
"Awesome!" Kyouka shouted. Yes. So awesome.
"Glad you think so! This is baby number 632: The Portable Penta-storage Bay. Now, each of your outfits and wearable support items are in your containers. Izuku and Kyouka are on the second level, whereas Fumikage, Hitoshi, and myself are on the base level. Izuku and Kyouka, if you would get your things out, we can then get ours." The two started to move towards their new vigilante outfits, but were stopped by Mei. "And don't look at them yet. Once we all get our outfits, we're going to go to our rooms, change, and then come back out once everyone is ready. And no peeking, got it Dark Shadow?"
"Who said I was going to do any peeking? I wasn't going to do any peeking!" Dark Shadow said defensively, crossing its arms and huffing.
"Just a precaution." Mei said with a smile. She then turned back to Izuku and Kyouka who hadn't moved since they were stopped by Mei talking again. "Proceed."
The five of them got their cases and took them to their respective rooms. Izuku unfolded the clothes and opened the case that came alongside them. Laid out before him was a black leather jacket with a hooded cowl, shoulder pads, and elbow pads. The words 'Snake Eyes' were written across the back in jagged white print. His pants were black as well and felt sleek and comfortable. After tugging at them a bit, he determined that they were somewhat elastic and definitely durable. He had to thank Mei for the choice in fabric. If he was going to be working with kicks more than anything else, he'd need that flexibility and durability. In the case, there was a pair of combat boots, also black. Seemed to be a theme. "I guess if we're gonna be vigilantes, we'll be operating at night a good amount of time. Seems good enough for that." He thought to himself. After pulling out the boots, he saw a mask. It fit around his head nicely. The mask had three buttons on it: One about level with the top of his right ear, one that was just slightly below that by an inch or so, and then another one on the left side, aligned with the bottom of his ear. He decided that he would wait until going out there to see what they did, with Mei's instruction, of course.
He donned his outfit, gave word to his friends that he was ready, and then waited. Fumikage was the next to finish, followed by Hitoshi, then Mei, and then Kyouka. Once Kyouka gave her all clear, Izuku stood up and exited his room. Fumikage was the first one that he saw.
Fumikage had a rather simple design. It was a dark crow-like mask that hid everything but his eyes. He also had a long black cloak that covered most of his body. Simple, yes. But effective? Also yes. His name, DarkHawk, was written across the back of his cloak, arcing in bold yellow print.
"Oh yeah, that look totally works for you, Fumikage." Kyouka appeared from her room next. She, like Izuku, had a black leather jacket. She wore dark, tattered jeans, and her mask looked like a modified gas mask. Along the front of her jeans were large speakers, and she also had smaller speakers mounted on her wrists. She had a pair of sunglasses over her eyes, and a pair of headphones over her ears. On her left shoulder was the word 'heart', and on her right shoulder was the word 'quake'. On her back was a very complicated looking set of nodes with tiny wires connecting each of them. "And you too, Izuku. Gotta say, I never imagined you in leather, but I dig it." Izuku could hear the smirk on her face, even if she was behind a mask.
Speaking of masks, something about being behind one gave him an unexpected surge of confidence, as he responded, "You don't look so bad yourself, Kyo."
From behind Izuku's now red and sputtering best friend came another voice. "Oh, that's some confidence I haven't seen before." Mei walked out of her room. Her outfit was very, VERY simple. A simple black tracksuit, a ski mask, and what looked like a modified version of night vision goggles. The word 'Overwatch' went down either sleeve of her tracksuit top. "Who are you and what have you done with Izuku?" Mei was clearly joking, but the sudden bout of confidence did surprise Izuku as well.
"Not sure, guess it's something about the mask."
"Ah, once you have become one with this persona, your mentality changed. A dark gift." Fumikage nodded to himself. "But Mei, your handiwork is unparalleled."
"Oh, it's nothing." Mei giggled.
"No, he's right. This is some top notch stuff." The last member of the group finally joined them. Hitoshi wore a dark, skin-tight t-shirt, dark jeans, and combat boots like Izuku did. His mask was the mask that Mei had showcased here the other day. What caught Izuku's eye almost immediately was the cloak that he was wearing. It seemed to shimmer slightly as he walked towards them.
Once they were all together, Mei addressed them all. "Okay, everyone but Hitoshi, press the buttons on the left side of your masks. I had one installed in each of them." Everyone but Mei and Hitoshi did so. "Now, Izuku, say something."
"What am I supposed to say?" Izuku said, his voice sounding… different. It was synthetic for sure, somewhat robotic, but not completely. It was deeper as well.
"Whoah, that's cool. Each of us have one of these?" Kyouka asked, her voice sounding melodic in its tones.
"Figures." Izuku laughed to himself. "The girl with the pretty singing voice gets the sing-song voice changer."
"These are so we are not found out and taken past the gates of no return, correct?" Fumikage asked. His voice surprised them the most. He sounded like a monster, almost demonic.
"Your voice is scary in that thing." Hitoshi said, fidgeting with the dials on his mask as it hung around his neck.
"Alright!" Mei said before pressing her button. "It's my turn." Mei spoke before quickly pressing the button and shutting it off. Where Izuku's voice was only somewhat robotic, Mei's was entirely that way. Incredibly artificial and slightly gravelly.
"So that's where the rest of the robot sounding voice went." Izuku thought, smiling. Good thing that he was wearing his mask, so nobody could see it.
"Okay, so Izuku. Aside from Hitoshi's mask, yours is the most complicated. I'm sure you noticed the buttons on the right side of the mask."
"I did, yes. I didn't press either one yet. I didn't want to break anything."
"Ah, don't worry about that. Go ahead and press the top button." Izuku did as he was told, and there were a few nods. "Okay, so you can't see it on your mask unless you look in a mirror right now, but your mask has a few dots where the eyes go. They're lit LED lights. Now, go ahead and press that second button." He once again did as he was told, and several gasps were heard.
"What happened?" Izuku asked.
"Go ahead and take your mask off and press the button again." Mei said. And so, once again, he followed her directions. He put his cowl down and slid the mask off of his head. Now looking directly at the mask, there were six dots in total: two sets of three dots in a diagonal pattern. He pushed the button again, and what he saw made even him gasp. The dots were changing right before his eyes, going from three on each side to four, to five, to six, back to one, to two, to three again, to four, and then stopping on five. Two sets of five dots were right in front of where his eyes would be with the mask actually on. Then it clicked. These dots were in the same pattern as they were on dice.
"Snake Eyes…" Izuku said quietly to himself.
"Hey, you got it! Yeah, the LEDs that represent your eyes are dice. I thought it was fitting. Not really a combat advantage at all, but I thought it was cool and flavorful, so I went ahead and added that in. Do you like it?"
"I think it's great, Mei."
"OOH, wait. Test your quirk on it! See if you can fix the results the way you want!" Kyouka suggested.
Izuku nodded as he put the mask back on. He closed his eyes and concentrated on his quirk. He pushed the button and opened his eyes only to almost immediately fall on the ground clutching his head. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw those numbers again everywhere. Those same numbers that he saw during the entrance exam. He stood up, shakily, and opened his eyes again. He felt a sickness in his stomach start to form, but he held it down.
"Izu, are you okay?" Kyouka rushed to his side and helped him keep his balance.
"I'm… I'm alright. I think something happened to my quirk, and it's just a bit… much."
"What do you mean?" Hitoshi cocked his head to the side.
"So before the entrance exam and even during it, whenever I activated my quirk, I just kind of… thought really hard about making something lucky or unlucky, and sometimes I was able to influence what happened. But during the entrance exam, I pushed myself past my normal limit and passed out. The last thing I saw before passing out were numbers over... everything. I think that the reason I passed out was from information overload. I haven't really activated my quirk since then until now."
"You said numbers? What kind of numbers?" Mei asked.
"They range from 0.01 to 100.00." Izuku said.
"Hmmm, do you think you can turn it on again and then focus on something?"
"I can… try." Izuku closed his eyes and inhaled deeply. He activated his quirk, and then opened his eyes. There was a lot of information, and he felt himself quickly getting overloaded, but then he focused on Mei. As he focused, all of the numbers for everything other than Mei disappeared. Mei had four numbers around her, and this time, there were also labels around each number. Near her feet was 'Trip on next step: 5.87%'. At her head, there were two: 'Rip ski mask when taking it off: 0.02%' and 'Figure out Izuku's quirk differences: 82.73%'. And then finally, near her heart was 'Confess to Hitoshi: 0.01%'. Izuku quickly forgot about that one. He figured it was too personal. It was interesting that that showed up, though. Everything else was physical, but that seemed mental. He instead went back to looking at Mei's feet and focused on that number.
"It would be interesting if I could raise that percent chance…" Izuku thought to himself. And then as he thought that, the other three numbers faded away, and a sliding bar replaced the 'Trip on next step' text. He then had an idea. He visualized the slider moving to the right and increasing. And as he thought about it, it moved. He pushed it all the way to 100.00%, and it couldn't go further than that.
"Hey, Mei. Can you take a few steps to the left?"
"Sure thing, Izuk-" As she took her first step, she tripped and fell flat on her face. While everyone else scrambled to see if she was okay, Izuku changed his focus away from that particular instance and back to Mei in general. Near her head, the 'Figure out Izuku's quirk differences' value had changed to 100% as well.
"You bastard!" Mei yelled with a smile on her face. "You can affect probability, can't you?"
"I think that's what those numbers are. The likelihood that something will happen."
"And you had to choose that I would fall, didn't you?"
"It was better than any of the other options, Mei." Izuku admitted.
"Turn up the worst one. I wanna see what happens!" Mei said, a mischievous glint in her eyes.
"I'm not sure that's a great idea, Mei." Hitoshi said, picking her off the ground.
"I am with Hitoshi. It is best to not tempt fate." Fumikage said.
"Nonsense. Unless it's that I die or something, do it! I can take it!" Mei said bombastically.
"Alright then…" Izuku activated Luck and focused on Mei. It took a bit of time, since he was still getting used to this new part of his quirk, and his head hurt upon first activating it before he managed to focus on anything. He saw 'Confess to Hitoshi: 0.01%'. Before he changed anything, he made eye contact with Mei. "Are you sure?"
"Just do it already!"
"Okay…" Izuku focused on 'Confess to Hitoshi: 0.01%' and started to increase the slider. He cranked it up as much as he could, but instead of going to 100%, it stopped at 15% and wouldn't budge. Izuku looked at Mei's face and saw it twist in introspection. Izuku immediately felt bad about this use of his quirk.
"Okay, okay. Stop now. Please." Mei said, much quieter than she was prior.
"I'm… I'm sorry, Mei."
"No, don't apologize. I asked you to. But I have a sinking feeling that you know what this is. I got a very strong urge to do something. And you," Mei said, pointing directly at Izuku. "You're not to tell anyone about this."
"I was never planning on it, anyway. But something interesting came up. When making you fall, I could raise it to 100%, but with this last one, I could only make it go up to 15%."
"I guess there are some things you can influence, but not guarantee." Kyouka said, looking at the two of them.
"Maybe. That's pretty interesting to think about. It might be outside factors?" Izuku pondered.
"But hey, look at the bright side. You developed your quirk to get here. You might be able to develop it further to be able to affect more things. It's been said that quirks evolve during times of great stress and hardship. I feel like the entrance exam was definitely stressful enough to have that happen." Hitoshi offered.
"The first of us to truly evolve into a better version of ourselves. And yet, it came at the hands of failure. The universe is a cruel mistress." Fumikage said, eccentric as ever.
"Regardless of that, now that that's taken care of, let's go back to the mask. Izuku, can you influence the rolling of the dice?" Mei asked. She got over that quickly. Good.
"I can try." Izuku pushed the bottom button on the right side of his mask and concentrated. As the 'dice' started rolling, he saw six options appear: numbers one through six. He picked the number one and turned it all the way up to 100%. Shortly after that, the rolling stopped, and his mask had double ones on the LEDs, both lights changing color from a faded yellow to a deep red. "It looks like I can influence them."
"Wonderful!" Mei clapped her hands together. "Now, we can move onto support equipment that you won't be wearing. First, Fumikage. You said that Dark Shadow gets unruly in the dark and doesn't listen to you, but in the light, it will become more docile. Thank Izuku for these, but I have some 4,500 lumens flashbangs. That being the case, since they're supposed to be the light, I've dialed down most of the noise that comes from it. If we need noise, we have Kyouka over there. Anyway, if Dark Shadow gets too out of control, you can flashbang yourself to get in control again. That can open up some good possibilities for going supernova in power while also having a good way to get out of it should you need to."
"I accept these tools and thank both you and Izuku for them."
"Awesome. Now, Kyouka, we have some things suggested, also from Izuku, for you. I'm not sure if you noticed, but there are two 3.5 millimeter jack ports on your shoulders. Those are for these." Mei pulled out several small speakers. "Bluetooth speaker connection from those ports to these speakers. They'll let you use your quirk to do some damage from a distance. Good for infiltration. Also, these were just my ideas, but I've seen your skills with darts using your jacks. You'll also get some throwing knives that you can keep in your jacket pockets."
"Whoah, that's such a cool idea that I never would have thought of! Thank you, Izuku!"
"Wow, okay. I actually made them, but sure. Thank him." Mei cleared her throat. "Anyway, Hitoshi, that cloak that you're wearing was Izuku's idea. It has innate cloaking ability, and is made out of a special polymer fiber that lets you move better in dark spaces. Also, I made this quarterstaff that condenses into a baton if you need to. I also went ahead and gave you a sword." Mei brandished a curved scimitar from behind her back and gave it to Hitoshi.
"Where were you hiding that?" Izuku asked.
"A magician never reveals her secrets, I-zu-ku." Mei said, coyly. "But don't think that I didn't notice that you only had ideas for them and not for yourself. I went ahead and got some things for you." She gestured to a small chest that Izuku had just noticed on the table. Izuku walked to the chest and opened it.
"Dice?"
"Dice BOMBS!" Mei finished. "You throw them, and then whatever number they roll corresponds to a different amount of time that it takes for them to explode. One is one second, two is ten seconds, three is half a minute, four is a minute, five is five minutes, and six is ten minutes. You can roll them and use your quirk to affect them or just set them down in key locations for a timed explosion."
"Wow, and that works well with my theme, too."
"I know, I'm a genius aren't I?"
"Yes, Mei." The entire group said in unison.
"Anything else?"
"Nothing yet. I'm finishing some gunsmithing for myself, and I'll have those done in the coming days. You can start going out on patrols and missions if you want before then, but I might be able to actually provide overwatch if I have my pieces. But that's up to our leader, here." Mei looked at Izuku, and soon, the rest of the group did as well.
"Well, I would like to know what everyone else thinks."
"I'm tired of waiting to do shit. Let's go on patrol tomorrow!" Kyouka said.
"I'm fine either way." Hitoshi said.
"Dark Shadow wishes to partake in battle soon. I can feel it." Fumikage said.
"Well, then I guess our first patrol will be tomorrow. Let's get ready, everyone!" Izuku announced.
"Okay!" The other four of them say with fists raised into the air.
