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[eraserdad]

Alright, I won't waste anyone's time with pointless questions about how or why we got here, but there are a couple of things I'm looking for information about:

1. How many minors and noncombatants are aboard this station? Note, these are separate categories. I don't care how powerful or skilled you are; if you're under twenty, I consider you a member of the former.

2. It'll be helpful for us to have an idea of each other's Quirks. I'm not under the illusion that all of us have reason to trust each other or cooperate, but presumably none of us want to be here, so. If you're willing to provide information on any abilities you might have that could be considered "supernatural" in any way, I intend to compile it for our collective use.

Comments

[eraserdad]

Of course. Primary schools have Quirk counselors to help children adjust to their emerging abilities.

Further instruction and training generally depends on what career track they choose.

[bestials]

Public schools? Fully integrated?

I'm sorry, but that honestly sounds like utopia.

standard 'mha spoilers if anyone's not caught up on the anime' disclaimer

[eraserdad]

[Aizawa would hardly call it a utopia. They've got plenty of their own problems--moreso now that All Might has been forced to retire--but he supposes to someone who's used to persecution for his Quirk, it could seem like one.]

There's little choice but to integrate when eighty percent of the world population has a Quirk.

[bestials]

Are the powerless people persecuted for not having Quirks?

[eraserdad]

Public quirk usage is generally illegal, so it's impossible to tell if someone is Quirkless at a glance.

Bullying exists in schools, of course, but that's not limited to Quirkless individuals. Those without Quirks oriented toward offense or defense face it too. People are always irrational about such things.

[Hell, his own Quirk is useless beyond "leveling the playing field", as it were. He had to learn proper self-defense and get damn good at it to have a prayer of being accepted into UA]

[bestials]

What about people whose powers manifest physically? You can't make someone's altered appearance illegal.

[ Or else he'd be SOL. ]

[eraserdad]

[...honestly, Aizawa thought that went without saying, but then again, maybe not? The idea of it is still very strange for him to wrap his brain around, as it is.]

Of course. That would be absurd.

[bestials]

And they're just as accepted as the people who look human?

[eraserdad]

Honestly at this point, "looking human" doesn't mean much to us. One of my students is literally invisible.

[bestials]

I was a teacher, too. At a school for mutants. Only, we had to shut down when the draft started.

[eraserdad]

Draft?

[#Concern]

[bestials]

For the Vietnam War.

[eraserdad]

Ah. "Mutants" were required to enlist?

[that's not horrifying at all]

[bestials]

No, but enough of our students and staff were drafted that we couldn't keep our doors open.

[eraserdad]

[...]

Your students?

[HOW OLD...ARE YOUR STUDENTS...]

[bestials]

Those who were male and of legal age, yes.

[eraserdad]

Which would be?

[Someone mentioned 14-year-olds in their military ok, he's gotta check ... at least their years were longer, but still.]

[bestials]

In the United States, the eligible age for the draft is between 18 and 25.

[eraserdad]

Ah. My students are high school age.

[Things make sense again, thank goodness.]

Your school wasn't able to open again after the war?

[that Vaguely From The Future feel]

[bestials]

Ah. You must be from my relative future. The war is still going, in 1973 when I come from.

[eraserdad]

I suppose that makes about as much sense as anything else.

[He has to accept the fact that there are places out there where Quirklessness is actually the norm, why the hell not different timelines.]