After breakfast, Izuku's excitement simply couldn't be contained. He had a quirk! And he had full reign to experiment with it! Although he needed to be careful.
"Where do I start from? I made the table go fwoosh into All Might, but what about other things?"
He had some All Might brand Play-Doh, in all of the colors, too! (Bakugō was totally jealous.) That might be a good place to start.
First, Izuku needed to mix the play-doh together. If he was going to create an All Might out of this, it had better be faithful to the colors. Once that was done, he gingerly stuck his hand into the play-doh, and willed it to form the image of All Might. Result: a resounding success!
"Maybe I could make it have a different pose?"
He tried again, but his quirk was simply not working. Could he only use it one time per object? Did he have a limited number of objects he co-
Nevermind, it worked. It seems his quirk needed some time to recharge its batteries.
With that in mind, he continued his experiments. He could affect wood, and Play-Doh, so maybe he could affect other materials, too? He had a bright idea to test it out on a plastic figurine that cracked while playing with Bakugo. Result: success! The All Might figurine's arm was no longer cracked, and could be proudly displayed again with the rest of his hero merch.
But, he can't just be limited to making figurines of All Might, right? While that would be awesome, there were other great heroes too!
So, which figurine would be an acceptable sacrifice for his quirk?
A cheap plastic model of Endeavour caught his eye. It wasn't anything special, and it wasn't even that old. He'd simply bought it to fill up space on his shelf.
When he touched the Endeavour figurine, he didn't particularly have anything in mind on what to change it to. Thus, it became a misshapen blob of plastic, with patches of orange and black coloring.
Izuku's eyes gleamed. Now this was where the fun began.
Izuku wondered if he could simply visualize changes and they would happen to the object. And-oh, maybe he should write this down somewhere. He went to his desk and got out a spare notebook, and began to write these results in extremely short form, barely able to contain his excitement.
Back to quirk testing. Izuku wondered if he could simply sense what something was made of. So, he held his hands to his desk, and…he couldn't tell if his quirk was telling him it was made out of wood or he just knew, because it was wooden. Result: more experimentation required.
How about plastics? He touched his hands to some All Might figurines, but to him, they all seemed like plastic - he could tell that even without his quirk. How was he supposed to know whether his quirk was telling him what it was made out of?
"Mom did mention once that there are different kinds of plastics. I think I need to learn more."
So far, he tried wood, plastic, and play-doh, so what about metals? Izuku went out of his room and into the kitchen, where he reached for some metal cutlery. He didn't want to make it an All Might figurine this time. He just wanted to bend the spoon forward. Activating his quirk, he watched as the spoon deformed to his will. Result: success! It seemed he could at least change the shape of metal.
He remembered his Mom had some gold earrings she liked, and wondered if he could make this boring metal spoon into a gold spoon. Result: failure. He could try again later, but it was almost like his quirk refused to even consider the idea. He made a special note of that, just in case.
He nearly forgot the most important thing! Did his quirk work on all three states of matter? Izuku decided to try liquids first. He ran back to his room to note down the results of the metal spoon test, and then rushed into the bathroom, where he filled up the sink with water. He stuck his hand in and tried to reshape it, and it worked, somewhat. It was far more sluggish than dealing with figurines for some reason. Izuku simply didn't know. However, he noted it down faithfully, and moved to the next test: gases.
When Izuku tried to manipulate gases, he hit an unexpected roadblock: his quirk was clearly telling him that gases simply could not be manipulated.
"I think I'll learn about it in science class eventually? But Mom did say we need to schedule a quirk counselor meeting soon. Maybe that'll happen and I can learn why gases don't work for my quirk."
Izuku carefully noted down the tests he had done in the best handwriting he could manage.
Suddenly, a random thought popped into his head. Could he change himself? His Mom did say to be careful, and he was careful so far, so…he supposed he should ask her first before trying anything.
So he got up, and searched around the apartment for his Mom. It didn't take much to find her, seeing as she was in her room with the computer on, doing something. She noticed him and said, "Oh Izuku, did something happen?"
"No, Mom! I've just been testing my quirk on different things! Like I bent a metal spoon! And I can make water do swirly moves in the sink! Also, I wondered if I could change myself with my quirk but you said to be careful and now I'm asking you and-"
"Izuku, please take a breath," Inko reminded him gently. "As for what you asked, I think you shouldn't make changes to yourself until you know exactly what you're doing. That means studying anatomy, which we can do after the quirk counselor meeting. Does that sound good?"
"Y-yes Mom! I made some notes! Do you wanna see?" Izuku desperately wanted her feedback on these notes.
"Of course. Actually, I might even send your notes to the quirk counselor if they're detailed enough. I think we can eat lunch and then I'll take a look at your notes. How does some katsudon sound?"
Katsudon and a quirk? Izuku's day couldn't get any better.
