In the heart of Hosu, 12PM
"Your total will be 45,000 yen."
The young lady fumbled with her wallet to find the right change and pay for her purchase, smiling politely at the pharmacy technician. She is in her late 20s, with her straight ebony hair pulled up in a high ponytail and black-rimmed glasses frame her slender face. She is dressed in a white vest shirt with black pencil skirt, the typical outfit for female corporate worker. Finished paying for her items, she quickly grabbed the bag and turned around to leave the pharmacy when she accidentally bumped her shoulder lightly to the person behind her.
"I'm so sorry!"
She exclaimed and quickly left the place, hoping to make it back to her work place before her lunch break is over. The man she bumped into said nothing, but dully looked ahead and nodded at the smiling clerk.
"Ah, you're here again. Did the medication help you last time?"
The chirper technician smiled and took the doctor's notes the man handed to her, not fazed at all that the man didn't say a single word. She briefly looked at the paper before frowning.
"He upped your dosage? It hasn't even been 2 weeks since he last gave you the medication. That doesn't sound good at all, sir. I take it the medication didn't help then. Let me fill your new prescription for you quickly and you can head home and rest."
She exclaimed sympathetically and turned around to work on the new prescription order, not at all noticing at how intensely the man is staring at her. The man only stopped looking when his phone buzzed in his pocket, and he looked at it. His eyes suddenly widened and he quickly pulled up the message. A smile began to form on his face, but it was not a kind or warm smile. It was a smile filled with malice and evil.
'Target confirmed, proceed with the process tonight.'
UA Training Ground
"Oh my gosh Cassie, I love your hero outfit!"
Cassie blushed at the compliment, finally has the chance to wear the dream outfit that she had been wanting to wear. To her though, it looks just like a regular outfit she could wear to go to the mall, but they were practical enough for her to move in. If she has to wear skin-tight leotard, she will yeet her entire self out of a cliff. Her outfit consisted of a long-sleeve black fitted turtle neck with matching black leggings. She pairs it with crimson shorts, white utility belt, and a red portable backpack that carries emergency supplies. Cassie completed the look with crimson ankle special boots, white gauntlets from Mei, clear protective goggles, and put her hair up in a high ponytail. Her classmates around her are also in their hero outfit, standing at the Sports Festival stadium. After the spiel about the combined class, the teachers had gathered all of the students onto a mega-bus and drove them to the stadium. A lot of the students seemed surprised and confused at why they were driven to the location.
"For yearly quirk assessment, of course."
Vlad King replied with a smirk as everyone began to connect the dot. Although, with quirk assessment being different every year, there is no telling what they would be doing this year around. Everyone's quirk usage had improved immensely for the past 2 years, but that doesn't mean the assessment will be a walk in the park.
"This year's quirk assessment, we will actually be doing quirk sparring in pairs just like how we did the hero-villain exercise back in your first year. Since Cassie just transferred here, it is important that you understand how her quirk works and for her to understand how everyone's quirk works. And the fastest way to learn is through sparring and combat assessment."
Everyone immediately got fired up after Aizawa's explanation, and Cassie got a bit intimidated. She preferred to play support, and is not really comfortable with sparring. She would fight if she must, but prefer to support whoever is to pair up with her. She observed the arena quickly, trying to assess the place so she has some knowledge to work with after. She suddenly made eye contact with Monoma in the crowd, and quickly looked away, uncomfortable with his glare.
"And now, it's time to draw lot. Since there is one odd pair out, one group out of each category will have 3 members instead. We purposefully go to this place since it much easier for Cementoss to alter the combat areas, but also each battle will take place in a different structure altogether."
Aizawa explained as he held out two boxes of lots, and one by one each student came up to draw them. Cassie looked at her lot, a bright red letter 'VJ' bolded on her white lot paper. She figured out immediately what it meant, and looked around to see who else have gotten the same group as hers.
"Oh my gosh, just my luck I'm paired with the pretty new girl eheheh."
She looked down and saw Mineta staring up at her with a dreamy smile on his face, and blood slowly pouring out of his nose. Cassie quickly used her quirk to slow his bleeding, hoping that he doesn't lose blood and pass out even before the assessment even started. Cassie then felt someone poking her shoulder, and turned around to face the black-haired girl in the red hero costume.
"Let's work hard together for this exercise. I'm excited to see what we can do."
Momo exclaimed cheerfully, more so excited to work with the new girl than having Mineta on the team. The trio looked up to the TV screen where the teams were posted, and were taken aback at the Hero team they have to face off.
"Agh we're screwed! Why do we have to face off Shinsou, Monoma, and Iida?!"
Mineta paled as Cassie looked over to the groups that were starting to form, mentally assessing the ones that she has to face off. She had seen how Iida's quirk work, and knew the gist of how they work. But she couldn't remember what Shinsou's nor Monoma's quirk are. She then approached Aizawa, whispering and asked if it was okay that she came into the exercise not knowing her classmates' quirks. Aizawa then grinned wolfishly.
"For groups J for both villain and hero, Cassie will have to figure out the quirks of her opponents by herself. Her teammates are not allowed to tell her, but she will be able to learn about her teammates' quirks. But in return, the Hero Team J won't get to know what her quirk is. You have to figure it out on your own."
Cassie nodded, figured that it was fair enough since there were some equal field that both groups are in. This give her the time to also observed the two that she wasn't sure of closely. Since her groups doesn't go until the end, she then sits back in the bleachers and watched Cementoss creating the building in the middle of the arena.
"The Villain team will safeguard this USB right here. The Hero Team will have to find it and retrieve it, or defeat the Villain team to win this assessment before the timer runs out. Hero team can also use the capture tape right here to capture the villains. The Villain Team can hide the USB anywhere inside the building, or one member can carry the USB with them. You will have 15 minutes to complete this assessment, plus 10 minutes of planning. We will also have a 30 minutes lunch break between groups E and F. Any question before we began the assessment?"
Vlad King asked the groups of students, and after 5 seconds of nobody raising their hands, gestured for groups A to begin their planning time.
Villain Group J vs. Hero Group J
"Would you like to tell me about both of your quirks, I would love to learn about them."
Cassie smiled politely as she fiddled with the USB in her hand, standing with her team inside the building. She knew that Iida's quirk and hers won't be a good match, and if her observation is right with what Monoma's quirk could be, he would be a troublesome one. She couldn't however, for the life of her figuring out what Shinsou's quirk is. She has an idea of what it could be, but there's no way his quirk would be that simple.
"My quirk allows me to create anything from open surface on my skin as long as I know what material the items were made out of. The larger the item or the more complicated ones, the longer it would take for me to create them. I have raised how many items I can make now, but if I passed that limit I will be very anemic."
"My quirk is Pop-off, I can pop off these balls from my head. They are really sticky once touched, and I can control how sticky they are, what they will stick to, and they will never stick to me."
Cassie nodded, deep in thought as she figured out which strategy is the best for her team's ability. Both her teammates have incredible quirks, which can be very useful in certain situation. Her teammates already know the opponent team's quirks are, and can quickly tell her if her plan would work or not. A light bulb hits her as she turned to Mineta with a small smirk.
"I'll tell you both about my quirk later, but first, how many of those sticky balls can you make?"