text | un: iwouldprefernotto

[kunimeh]

they pay us to go to school here
THEY pay US

and theres no entrance exams or anything just walk in and get paid for school

so uh anyone wanna split an apartment with me and my lion
and anyone here play volleyball jw

[Kunimi misses his old school and team more than he'd like to admit, but he's absolutely in favour of the education system here. Being in a hotel full of other newcomers already has him feeling crowded and overwhelmed, and the fact that attending classes will cover rent with a roommate is... way too appealing not to try out, honestly.

He probably should've asked over video so that potential roommates would know who's asking, huh...]

oh yeah im kunimi
just got here im almost 16 yo im a guy and i like quiet ppl

[There we go. That should be enough, right?]

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text; un: Shoto

[itsmypower]

[Wh- Him and his... what?]

A lion?

You mean your "familiar", right?

[Please?]

[kunimeh]

oh yeah lol oops
hes a komainu but not everyone knows what that is

[And Kunimi attaches a picture of the grey and red, open-mouthed lion currently napping on his bed. It's the size of a Saint Bernard so it takes up the entire single bed on its own.]

[itsmypower]

[He'll have to excuse him. "Lion" simply threw him off, and it does seem docile from his photo. But, then again, his Kasha seemed a Hellish thing.

Naturally, he's cautious.]

Right. Sorry.

It looks like the statues. Around the shrines?

[kunimeh]

yeah those guys hes one of those
his names yuu

we all have one right
what did you get

[itsmypower]

Yeah.
It's a kasha. Probably.

[It'd looked that way.]

I didn't ask its name.

What's your magic?

[kunimeh]

whoa kinda intense
but yuu looks intense too and he drools on me like a dog soooo

psychic ish?
tbh the magic powers thing still kinda weirds me out

[Help him, person who is used to having superhuman powers, you're his only hope.]

[itsmypower]

[What he wants to say, bluntly, is that his own makes him anxious. Hints to something he'd want no part of.]

Kasha aren't anyone's friend.
It's good you're bonding, though.

[It's difficult, isn't it? Just acquiring things like that?

Half the time, he's fumbling too.]

Psychic how?
What can you see?

[kunimeh]

yikes
good luck

[Kunimi can read between the lines to find blunt responses. He's actually pretty skilled at it.]

ok maybe not psychic
i can be in ppls dreams and i can communicate telepathically

what a weird thing to say jfc

and uh ig i can brainwash ppl to do what i want but
thats fucked so maybe not so much

[itsmypower]

[It's strange. The most he's spoken since arrival—since his falling—is with Kunimi. It's forced the words right out of him. Or text, more specifically.]

Thanks.
I think.

[It's not that weird.]

Not really.
I guess, you wouldn't be the first I've heard of.
If it's brainwashing.

[A Quirk, more or less.]

You could put it to good use.

[kunimeh]

[Kunimi has a way with quiet boys, whether they're sullen-quiet, overly serious-quiet, or snarky-quiet. Something about the lack of social demands in his words because he hates being told what to do, or feel, or stop doing or feeling, so he avoids doing the same to others. He can be a surprisingly comfortable presence considering his perpetual bored frown.]

calling it good use still sounds kinda fucked up
but like i said im not used to magic

what can you do?

[itsmypower]

Maybe.
That depends on who you are.
What you'll do with it.

[The good in "good use". He's met his share of villains, though... so compared to usual methods (like his freezing them, for instance), telepathy seemed more... gentle.]

I can use fire.
Ice, sometimes.
It's not that much.

["Anymore", goes unspoken. He's avoidant.]

Controlling it's the issue.
You can't improve unless you use it...

[Which applies to them both, he'd think.]