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Hello, everyone. Please excuse this question if it has been asked before; I only just arrived, so I'm still trying to get my bearings, but...

How common is it for people from the same world to arrive together? But not... really together? By which I mean, not from the same point in time. There seem to be many people I know here, but I'm not sure we all line up the way we should.

(That said, if anyone from U.A. is reading this, I think it might be prudent if we all got on the same page with regards to what we do or don't remember.)

Additionally, if there is anyone here who has experience with elemental magic and wouldn't mind showing someone who's new to it how to use it, I would be very appreciative.

Thank you.

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[takoyakitori]

Mm. A few months.

Todoroki-san showed up last month.

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Oh, Todoroki-san as well? That's... a startling amount of us from 1-A!

Are you the only upperclassman here that you know of?

[takoyakitori]

A startling amount...?
How many of you... are there? Here.

I've been on my own.

[is 1-A his responsibility now?]

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Well, there's me, Uraraka-san, Jiro-san, Asui-chan, Bakugou-san, and Midoriya-san. Those are the ones I'm aware of so far.

And then, of course, Todoroki-san, like you mentioned.

[ Sorry, senpai. You're babysitter now. ]

[takoyakitori]

[that's... so much pressure...]

I had no idea. I should have been paying closer attention...
been a better example...

[HRRRGH.]

You mentioned timelines. What's the last thing you remember?

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Oh!! Please don't blame yourself! The majority of us only just got here. There's no way you could have known or anticipated it would happen!

As for what I remember, I was just coming off the stage after our class' performance at the school festival.

[takoyakitori]

....

That's a lot further back than me.

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Really?

Bakugou-san said he was ahead of me, too.
I wonder if I'm just behind everyone, for some reason?

[takoyakitori]

You might be, sorry...

But I don't know if he is ahead of me too, or behind. It could be anything, there's no way to tell. What did he say to you?

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Honestly? Not much. But I didn't exactly press, either. We ran into each other on the shore just after we got out of the water. I think we had bigger issues on our minds.

[takoyakitori]

They're still bringing in people nearly drowned then huh?

You'd think they'd try to solve that problem...

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That's what I said!

For a place that is expecting more newcomers to keep arriving, they could at least prepare for our arrival in such a way that doesn't involve is all nearly drowning.

[takoyakitori]

I'm glad you're all okay.

[he assumes, at least.]

The festival was a while ago. 1-A had started work-study. But even that... It's complicated.

[He's not sure how much he should be saying, anyway.]

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I see...

[ "Complicated" doesn't bode well, but... She's not sure she can handle learning what he means by that right now. Not on top of everything else. ]

I think maybe it's best if we don't dwell too much on the time discrepancies. It's enough to know that you're from a point in my future. We can leave it at that.

[takoyakitori]

You're probably right. It would just get confusing and upsetting for everyone if we tried to tell everyone everything.

[He sighs.]

Sorry, I'm not really good at this.

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I don't think any of us should be expected to be "good" at this. It's fairly uncharted territory, isn't it?
As much as our teachers try to prepare us for anything, I doubt any of them could have predicted something like this would happen.

[takoyakitori]

No. You're right.

[Somehow though, he's pretty sure Mirio would have found a way to be good at it, or barrel his way through TO BE good at it. He needs to be more like Mirio.]

I'm... I've been here a few months, like I said, so if you need anything... I can try...

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I'm still largely finding my bearings, but I will keep your offer in mind.

Thank you, senpai.