p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Chapter 1: Meanwhile in Another Country/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Heyo! I'm Alex Sheed and we're in a world where 80% of the world's population have what is called a quirk. It's a superhuman ability than can go from glowing like the first quirkborn to being strong enough to change the weather like the Japanese pro hero All Might. Over in Canada however, there is a different system. Yes there are still Pro Heroes as a profession, but over here you have to get what is called an "Everyday Hero Licence". It is earned at age 13 or 14 where you write an optional test. It allows you to use your quirk in /spanemspan style="font-family: Calibri;"self defence/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" if necessary. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"My quirk is called Destroy. When I snap my fingers and look at a target, it acts as if an invisible cannon ball had hit it. After a little overuse it feels like my eyes touched jalapeno juice, after alot my eyes start cooking like an egg. When that happens I get my buddy to bring me to the school nurse, her quirk is Undo, it undoes any damage done by quirks in the last hour. Only works on people. And doesn't work on brute force. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"My buddy's name is Chris MacBurns but he prefers to be called Monoxide. His quirk, Oxidize, allows him to use the oxygen in his lungs and create fire on all parts of his body. But he has asthma, hence the nickname (when fire has an insufficient oxygen supply carbon monoxide is formed). He wants to be in the support course at the preppy Japanese school, Yuuei. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Unlike Yuuei, this one focuses on the Support Item Engineering course and the "Stars of the Future" course which is the hero course's name./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I have another friend called Griphon Lumbre. He can create giant snow flakes and use them as ninja stars./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"All of us have the Everyday Hero Licence. And live in the outskirts of Ottawa./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I want to be a hero, a Pro. This hero school is in Ottawa and is called The University of Heroics. It's basically a high school but whatever. Seven out of ten of the top heroes come from UH. And same goes for the support engineers. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"The number one at the moment is Alt Effort. Her quirk is Alt F4, it allows her to make her opponents go all stupid just by the touch, like she closed the tabs on their brain, it lasts 5-10 minutes. The number two hero is Shiv'r. Their quirk, Shiver, allows them to vibrate the ground and air around them so long as they feel cold. The number three hero is Fierced Native (Fierce + First Nation). His quirk is called Totem Pole, he can create large wooden carved statues from his hands. He bashes his enemies with those totems./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Now storytime!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I was walking home minding my own 13 year old business… well I'll be turning fourteen in two days. Anywho, a villain… the most wanted mind you, attempted to take me hostage. This guy was known as Éclate. He has an explosion type quirk, and rumour has it, quick to rage. I bit his finger… bleh tasted like dog food! Don't ask how I know! We've all had the unfortunateness that was Jelly Belly 50/50 roulette. He let me go. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Everlasting Gobstoppers!" the villain cried. "Quel est ton individualit/spanspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"é/spanspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"? (What's your quirk?)" Yes he did reference that chocolate factory./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Ça fait rien avec ma bouche! (Nothing to do with my mouth!)" I reply. Looking up I see a big tree above him. I decide to use my quirk. The villain gets knocked out before Alt Effort comes about. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"She arrives, seeing what I had done. I take out my wallet and show her the EHL. "Thank you for stopping this admirable foe, uhm… what's your name?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Alex Sheed. Also, when I read about this guy it said he had henchmen."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""I would know."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Well, when he had me in his grasp I bid his finger in self defence, it tasted like dog food. He also yelled 'Everlasting Gobstoppers' when I did so… I think his cronies are in the abandoned pet food factory a few blocks that way." I point to the left. "Also can I get your autograph!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Thank you and of course." She signs the History of Heroes book I took out. "What do you want to be once you're older?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""I aspire to be a hero!" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""You're already quite the hero. Giving a major villain a KO before he causes harm to others. Also, Shiv'r is going to retire from hero work, and will teach at UH. He is 45 with a kid your age after all."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Whenever researching them I could never find out their real name or the gender they identify as…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Oh, its Kevin Lumbre. His kid's name is Griphon."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""No wonder he didn't talk about his dad! He was never one who liked fame. He still wants to be a hero though."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Oh, you know him?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""He's one of my best friends! Imma pull a sneaky on him!" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Alright see you around!" The hero left, taking the villain with her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I walked home happy, I met the #1 hero! I had met the pro Double Dash a few months ago, he can pause time and for around ten minutes inspect the world around him, he appears in the same spot he paused and has a one hour cool down. He is naturally agile as well./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Then the school bully, Roi Brass, came around the corner. He is a royal pain in the ass! His quirk was just his bony knuckles that were like spikes. "You had my dad's boss captured! I won't stop until you drop!" He said, readying a punch. I dodge of course./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"He threw a second where I blocked it and had him in an armlock. "I want to be a hero, and a hero can't be one trick ponies." I walk away. Dodging his attacks, then elbowing him in the nose, I defeated him in no time flat. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Fuck you Sheed!" he hollers at me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Says the man-child in over his head!" I snap back… walking right into a damn stop sign. "Ow, alright… see ya Roi-ass!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Heyo! I'm Alex Sheed and we're in a world where 80% of the world's population have what is called a quirk. It's a superhuman ability than can go from glowing like the first quirkborn to being strong enough to change the weather like the Japanese pro hero All Might. Over in Canada however, there is a different system. Yes there are still Pro Heroes as a profession, but over here you have to get what is called an "Everyday Hero Licence". It is earned at age 13 or 14 where you write an optional test. It allows you to use your quirk in /spanemspan style="font-family: Calibri;"self defence/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" if necessary. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"My quirk is called Destroy. When I snap my fingers and look at a target, it acts as if an invisible cannon ball had hit it. After a little overuse it feels like my eyes touched jalapeno juice, after alot my eyes start cooking like an egg. When that happens I get my buddy to bring me to the school nurse, her quirk is Undo, it undoes any damage done by quirks in the last hour. Only works on people. And doesn't work on brute force. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"My buddy's name is Chris MacBurns but he prefers to be called Monoxide. His quirk, Oxidize, allows him to use the oxygen in his lungs and create fire on all parts of his body. But he has asthma, hence the nickname (when fire has an insufficient oxygen supply carbon monoxide is formed). He wants to be in the support course at the preppy Japanese school, Yuuei. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Unlike Yuuei, this one focuses on the Support Item Engineering course and the "Stars of the Future" course which is the hero course's name./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I have another friend called Griphon Lumbre. He can create giant snow flakes and use them as ninja stars./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"All of us have the Everyday Hero Licence. And live in the outskirts of Ottawa./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I want to be a hero, a Pro. This hero school is in Ottawa and is called The University of Heroics. It's basically a high school but whatever. Seven out of ten of the top heroes come from UH. And same goes for the support engineers. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"The number one at the moment is Alt Effort. Her quirk is Alt F4, it allows her to make her opponents go all stupid just by the touch, like she closed the tabs on their brain, it lasts 5-10 minutes. The number two hero is Shiv'r. Their quirk, Shiver, allows them to vibrate the ground and air around them so long as they feel cold. The number three hero is Fierced Native (Fierce + First Nation). His quirk is called Totem Pole, he can create large wooden carved statues from his hands. He bashes his enemies with those totems./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Now storytime!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I was walking home minding my own 13 year old business… well I'll be turning fourteen in two days. Anywho, a villain… the most wanted mind you, attempted to take me hostage. This guy was known as Éclate. He has an explosion type quirk, and rumour has it, quick to rage. I bit his finger… bleh tasted like dog food! Don't ask how I know! We've all had the unfortunateness that was Jelly Belly 50/50 roulette. He let me go. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Everlasting Gobstoppers!" the villain cried. "Quel est ton individualit/spanspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"é/spanspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"? (What's your quirk?)" Yes he did reference that chocolate factory./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Ça fait rien avec ma bouche! (Nothing to do with my mouth!)" I reply. Looking up I see a big tree above him. I decide to use my quirk. The villain gets knocked out before Alt Effort comes about. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"She arrives, seeing what I had done. I take out my wallet and show her the EHL. "Thank you for stopping this admirable foe, uhm… what's your name?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Alex Sheed. Also, when I read about this guy it said he had henchmen."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""I would know."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Well, when he had me in his grasp I bid his finger in self defence, it tasted like dog food. He also yelled 'Everlasting Gobstoppers' when I did so… I think his cronies are in the abandoned pet food factory a few blocks that way." I point to the left. "Also can I get your autograph!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Thank you and of course." She signs the History of Heroes book I took out. "What do you want to be once you're older?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""I aspire to be a hero!" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""You're already quite the hero. Giving a major villain a KO before he causes harm to others. Also, Shiv'r is going to retire from hero work, and will teach at UH. He is 45 with a kid your age after all."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Whenever researching them I could never find out their real name or the gender they identify as…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Oh, its Kevin Lumbre. His kid's name is Griphon."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""No wonder he didn't talk about his dad! He was never one who liked fame. He still wants to be a hero though."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Oh, you know him?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""He's one of my best friends! Imma pull a sneaky on him!" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Alright see you around!" The hero left, taking the villain with her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I walked home happy, I met the #1 hero! I had met the pro Double Dash a few months ago, he can pause time and for around ten minutes inspect the world around him, he appears in the same spot he paused and has a one hour cool down. He is naturally agile as well./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Then the school bully, Roi Brass, came around the corner. He is a royal pain in the ass! His quirk was just his bony knuckles that were like spikes. "You had my dad's boss captured! I won't stop until you drop!" He said, readying a punch. I dodge of course./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"He threw a second where I blocked it and had him in an armlock. "I want to be a hero, and a hero can't be one trick ponies." I walk away. Dodging his attacks, then elbowing him in the nose, I defeated him in no time flat. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Fuck you Sheed!" he hollers at me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Says the man-child in over his head!" I snap back… walking right into a damn stop sign. "Ow, alright… see ya Roi-ass!"/span/p