Tsuyu looks up from where she is stuffing her things into her bag to see Johansen walking up to her with that rattling box of his. The catboy holds the box up to her and smiles, the rattling intensifying as the box comes closer.
"I think you know what I am about to offer you."
***
Johansen has detention for knocking Iida unconscious, meaning that Tsuyu has to give him her address so that he can show up later in the afternoon. Which suits her just fine, really. It gives her time to pick up her younger siblings from school without having to stress over having a guest.
She is in the middle of helping little Samidare with his homework-
-and little Satsuki with putting away her things-
-when the doorbell rings. Johansen is there when she opens it.
"We are going to need some privacy." He says while taking his shoes off after she let him inside. "A chair or something while you recover from the Awakening would be nice too."
"We can use my room." She croaks back, vaguely wishing that she had thought to invite Momo to chaperone even as she makes the offer.
"That should work nicely." He says as she leads him to her room. Her classmate blinks when he sees her younger brother and sister. "Um… hi."
They nod shyly back at him before returning to their homework.
The awkward mood evaporates once Tsuyu has closed the door to her room behind them. "Right." He says as he withdraws the long box and a heavily engraved bronze sheath from his backpack. "I do not know what the others have told you about how this is going to go, so I will give you the short of it:"
Johansen draws the knife with the rasp of a dull blade. "This is the 「Stand Knife」. It can Awaken a person's Stand Ability by stabbing them. But if the target lacks the potential or just do not have enough to guarantee a success, then they will die on the spot." He pats the long box. "The artifact inside this box can detect people who are guarantee to survive the process, making it an invaluable tool for making Stand Users."
He regains the presence of mind to spot her fidgeting on the bed. "So…Tsuyu-san. Do you still want to become a Stand User?"
Did she? Yes. Becoming a Stand User would (probably) open up new possibilities, maybe even allow her to fight without getting into contact with the enemy.
"I do."
Soon enough, she is standing in the corner of her room, Holy Diver's metal hands holding her head in place as Johansen stabs the magical knife into the palm of her left hand. Dizziness and a burst of cold overcome her, and as she falls asleep she vaguely hears Johansen yelp something.
*
Tsuyu is shivering uncontrollably when she wakes up, the temperature of her room cold in a way that should not be possible in the humid Japanese summer. She hurries to safeguard herself from going into torpor, getting up from the bed and wrapping her blanket around herself before she stumbles out of her room.
It is much warmer outside, and already Tsuyu can hear voices from the living room.
"-on the air-condition?" Mother? Home already? Hard to think…
Blinking furiously to clear her eyes, Tsuyu sees Mother, Samidare and Satsuki standing around interrogating Johansen.
"Ma'am, the air-condition was not on when I got here, but I do have a suspicion-"
Satsuki is the first to see her. "Tsuyu!" She yells and points. "There is a really big Teru teru bōzu behind you!"
"No way!" Argues Samidare, who is also pointing at his older sister. "That's a Pokemon!"
Tsuyu turns her head, catching a flash of blue and red out of the corner of her eye as a renewed blast of cold chills her back. She stumbles, but recovers enough to will herself to turn fully around.
The thing that can only be her Stand smiles back at her. "「Kero.」"
Her Stand is only half as big as Tsuyu, and much of its mass is taken up by its big red hat. A blue, froggy face is just barely visible under the brim. It smiles and winks at her before it vanishes, and Tsuyu can feel its presence in her soul.
She turns back to Johansen, her teeth clattering as she meets his eyes.
"H-her name is 「Let It Go」."
***
Like all the other Stand Users in Class 1-A, Tsuyu is called upon the day after her awakening to demonstrate the abilities of her Stand. With 「Let It Go」 beside her, Tsuyu stands huddled under a thick winter coat she brought with her as her Stand wreaks havoc with beams of creeping cold, blasts of snow and pointed ice projectiles.
And then comes the stress test, where Johansen will put 「Let It Go」 through the wringer with his 「Holy Diver」.
The conclusions reached are as follows: 「Let It Go」 has next to nothing when it comes to physical power, it is completely reliant on its ice powers to attack. She is also something of a glass jaw, and even「Holy Diver's」 weakest punches form sympathetic bruises on Tsuyu's body. Rangewise it can move a little more than five meters from Tsuyu before it starts to lose power, which presents a glaring problem:
「Let It Go's」abilities rapidly cools down the local environment, actively hindering Tsuyu thanks to her Frog Form Quirk shutting down from the cold. Aizawa orders her to get in touch with the Support Department later today, and recommends that she trains a little with Todoroki to learn how to apply her ice.
**********
Ochako swallows nervously when Johansen approaches her later that day with his famous, rattling box. Momo is with him, thankfully, and she provides some needed familiarity to the offer to become a Stand User. The rattling in the box becomes louder when Johansen brings the box so close that it almost touches her.
She says yes.
As long as Momo or Deku (or both!) comes too, that is.
***
She had hoped for Deku, but Johansen insisted on Momo, and so it is that she welcomes the two of them to her apartment after school.
"You mentioned that you live here alone, that explains why everything is so small and cramped." Mutters Momo with absolute certainty, and Ochako doesn't have the heart to correct her. Momo's parents are super rich, so it makes sense that her perspective would be a little off. And since there is no intended harm in the same solar system as Momo's words, she is happy to just nod along as she leads her guests to her table.
"Yep! Home is a little too far away, so they found this place for me to live while I go I UA." She explains as they sit down. For cheap too! It even has a television and a couch!
"You might feel a little dazed after undergoing the ritual." Interjects Johansen from the other side of the table. He is busy withdrawing the long box and the sheath containing the storied, magical knife from his bag, but his Holy Diver is pointedly staring at her. "So if there is anything you need to do or want to ask, now is the time."
Something she wanted to ask, huh? "…Will it hurt?"
Johansen ponders the question for a moment before he answers. "If my observations of people being Awakened are correct, then it might sting for a moment. After that you will not feel a thing, the 「Stand Knife」 will not even leave an injury."
Okay. That is…reassuring, in its own way. Nor for the difficult question: "If… if I say that I don't want to become a Stand User, what will you do?"
"Momo and I will leave." He replies instantly. Momo, who sits beside Ochako, nods in agreement with a friendly smile as Johansen continues. "I am not here to force this on you. But if you change your mind later, then you know where to find me."
Ochako sighs but quickly steels herself. Stand Power might be what she needs to become a better Hero. Even just having more than one body would allow her to help so many more people.
"Do it."
The ritual is ready to be performed after some quick shuffling of the apartment's chairs. Ochako is sitting in her chair in the middle of the room; with Momo facing her from her own chair in front of her while Johansen is sitting behind Ochako. Holy Diver's metal hands are clamped down on the sides of Ochako's head, preventing her from moving it. Momo's Stand, Technologic is floating between them before it puts his hands over Ochako's eyes.
Ochako swallows as everything goes dark, shivering as a cold rasp of metal heralds Johansen drawing the magical knife. One of his hands takes hold of her left hand, gently pulling it behind her and forcing her palm to face upwards.
For a moment nothing happens, just Johansen whispering something in a language that Ochako doesn't understand, but then a line of sharp pain burns itself into Ochako's palm before it disappears.
*
When Ochako wakes up she discovers two things:
The first is that someone (hopefully Momo) has put her to bed atop the covers in her school uniform. They even put Band-Aids on s few of her fingertips so that she wouldn't use her Quirk by accident while she was out of it. How considerate!
The second is that she is squeezing a thick, heavy book to her chest.
She boggles at the unfamiliar object. Did Johansen put it there? Is it magical? She adjusts her grip on it to get a look at the cover and immediately drops it in shock, only for the book to stop falling before it hits the ground and proceed to float back up to eye height.
Ochako finds herself staring at four moving pictures on the book's cover, smiling at her and jostling each other as they stare right back.
Is…is this her Stand?
A knock on the door makes her jump.
"Uraraka-san?" Asks Momo without opening the door. "Are you awake? We heard a yell."
"I'm fine!" She shouts back before grabbing the book out of the air. The pictures flinch a little when her fingers touch them, but she barely has time to adjust her grip again to avoid touching them before she has to open the door.
Momo and Johansen is waiting outside, Momo right outside the door while Johansen is back at the table with a pair of open soda cans. Ochako cannot help but blink at the chosen flavor. Chica Cherry Cola… there were people who actually drank that stuff? Two of them? In her class?
She mentally slaps herself. Focus! "I-I found this when I woke up!"
Her two guests look carefully at her Stand when she holds it up to them. Johansen simply nods approvingly at it, but Momo is a lot more into it. "Excellent!" Gushes the taller girl. "Do you know what it does?"
Ochako freezes. What her Stand did?
"Well…" She lets go of it, letting it hover in front of her. "It floats? This is not my Quirk doing it… I-"
A pen is in her hand, and the book obediently opens up on a random, blank page. The pen is a plain ballpoint pen, and now that the book is open Ochako can see that the pages are made up of sketching paper.
New instincts call on her, and she quickly draws a stick figure upon the paper.
The moment passes, and suddenly the stickman leaps off the page to stand atop it. It bows jerkily to her as Momo and Johansen watch in fascinated silence.
Ochako giggles even as the stick figure evaporates, delighting as she understands her new power. "Your name is 「Crazy Something Normal」."
***
Ochako calls her living drawings the 「Somethings」. And as she experiments under Aizawa-sensei and Johansen's supervision she learns several things about 「Crazy Something Normal's」ability:
The living drawings expire over time, with higher quality drawings lasting longer. The living drawings obey her every order. The living drawings do not come alive when drawn on paper taken from 「Crazy Something Normal」.
And finally, it appears like there is no limit but the time before they expire as to how many drawings she can control at once.
Beyond that there is little to say about her Stand itself. It is a thick sketchbook with four Ochako faces on the cover that can fly and maybe respond to limited stimuli. In short: It is a book. An object.
Her 「Somethings」 are different, being ink animated by 「Crazy Something Normal's」 power. They are a lot more useful in a fight if she makes many of them and draws them with weapons (that they instinctively know how to use), but what had Ochako intrigued is the applications for Search and Rescue.
Momo also gave her some plastic squares with long gaps in them that let her trace various vehicles like tanks, trucks and aircraft, expanding her arsenal. These 「Somethings」 fire weirdly stylized bullets and the like at anything she tells them to, to great effect, but seem to have trouble with responding to threats or the environment if she is not actively giving them orders.
Annoying, but she can work with this. It will give her something to work towards when she gets time off from training with her Quirk.
Speaking of, Deku has been taking so many notes in his notebook that he might actually have used his pen more than she has hers. He'll probably be a huge help if she asks.
**********
This is the second time in as many weeks that Shouto has had Johansen as a guest in his home. Yaoyorozu is a new addition though. Class 1-A's representative is, like Shouto himself, sitting in seiza beside the Norwegian Catboy on the floor of the Todoroki household's living room.
"I'm…sorry for making you both come out here." He mumbles. "I have been trying to learn how to use my fire, and I still have some doubts as to if I should receive a Stand on top of it."
Johansen's box had been rattling when he had approached Shouto with Momo in tow right after Uraraka had finished demonstrating her Crazy Something Normal to the class.
They do their best to assuage his doubts, and so it comes to pass that the three of them find themselves in Shouto's room, where Johansen stabs his left palm with his magical knife while their Stands hold Shouto's head still and cover his eyes.
He cannot help but wish that Midoriya could be here as well.
Shouto wakes up in his bed, a look at the digital clock on his nightstand confirming that he has been out of it for less than twenty minutes. His legs wobble when he gets up, so he grabs the metal walking stick someone (probably Johansen) left at his bedside to help support him. The sound of voices, especially that man's voice, coming from elsewhere in the house makes getting back to his guest an urgent matter.
He opens the door to the living room in time to walk in on Yaoyorozu arguing with that man while Johansen backs her up:
"-and he needs his rest and a follow-up examination from experts in the field, one of which is right beside me-" She stops lecturing that man when her 「Technologic」 spots him. "Todoroki-san! You are awake!"
Johansen turns his back on that man in order to look Shouto up and down. "Hm." He grunts after a few seconds. "You look awake enough. Is that your Stand?"
Shouto blinks. "Is what my Stand?"
Johansen gives him a flat look. "The staff, Todoroki-san. The one you are holding."
The staff?
Shouto looks at the staff, really looks at it. It is made up of six feet of plain grey metal, but one of its ends is colored a bright blue,
-while the other end is colored a bright red.
The colors extend from the tips down to a point about as far as the length of Shouto's hand.
"Another 「Object Stand」." Muses Johansen as Yaoyorozu and that man cast considering looks at Shouto and his Stand. "Do you know what it can do?"
Shouto weighs it in his hand as he considers the question. "I think so-"
"So you were planning to make him a Stand User." Gloats that man as he pushes past Shouto's classmates. "Boy, we will have to make sure that you receive extra training to master this new ability, I'm sure the foreigner will help. Stand Users are dangerous, even when alone and only half-aware of their abilities. You-"
A burst of vicious instinct flares up in Shouto, and he quickly bops the skin of Endeavor's hand with the red end of the staff.
That man falls to his knees, clutching his face with a loud curse. "Damn it! I-I'm overheating?! SHOUTO!"
That man's Hellflame Quirk overheats him if used recklessly, but Endeavor has mastered it to the point where he can easily regulate the everyday use of it as improvised facial hair. For it to happen the moment that the red end touched him, did that mean that the red end instantly completes Quirk processes? "I… I think I can use this. My 「Prime Mover」."
***
「Prime Mover's」 amazing performance against Endeavor (and the rush to get his guests out of the house before that man got back onto his feet) aside, training and experimentation with Aizawa and Johansen quickly proves that there are numerous weaknesses to the red tip's ability:
It has to directly strike bare skin, and the target has to be actively using their Quirk or have an active Quirk effect applied to them for them to be affected by 「Prime Mover's」 red tip.
The blue tip is different, yet works much the same. It affects 「Stands and their Effects」, and has to touch either the Stand or someone affected by one for 「Prime Mover's」 ability to trigger.
Interestingly, while being touched by the blue tip instantly makes Jirou's 「Disturbed」 expel all of the power it has taken from the environment, applying it to the affected environment itself only restores the area a few feet around the point where the blue tip touches something solid. Waving it around the affected air does nothing, and further experimentation reveals that affected water is restored a lot slower than solid ground.
"Todoroki, you and I will go over the use Quirk Nullification and similar abilities later today." Orders Aizawa as Midoriya, standing beside their ragged teacher, furiously writes in his notebook and holds a whispered conversation with Johansen and Yaoyorozu. "You will also need lessons as to fight with a staff. Your Stand is an object, a literal tool, so going at it untrained will severely limit your effectiveness."
"I can teach him!" Volunteers Yaoyorozu, earning her a nod from Aizawa and a fond smile from Johansen. "I have taken lessons in staff-fighting and I am sure that my tutors can be convinced to take on another student once in a while."
Well… that settles that?
**********
Yuga finds himself lying on Johansen's bed when he wakes up from undergoing the ritual, with Johansen and Yaoyorozu talking in the next room. He get up with an elegant sigh and rubs his heavy head, giving Johansen's cluttered room another glance before going for the door.
"Oh!" A tall woman, who is sitting at the dinner table with Johansen and Yaoyorozu, is the first to spot Yuga when he exits the bedroom. "Aoyama-kun, was it? Are you hungry? It is my husband's day off today, so we are having an early dinner." She says, though she has an odd look in her eye.
He flicks his hair with a smile. "Tres Bien! I would love nothing more, ma'am!" He was hungry, after all-
What was that on his head?
Yuga tries to look up but he only catches sight of something colorful as whatever is sitting atop his head shifts to compensate for the sudden movement. His flailing arms manage to dislodge it, the culprit taking flight and landing atop the back of a nearby chair.
And it is 「Beautiful」.
Splendorous wings painted in every color of the rainbow. Gemstone eyes that regard the world with intricate multicolored facets. And an aura of shining elegance that enhances its surroundings by its mere presence!
A choked sob brigs him back to the present, and Yuga turns to look at a crying Johansen. The catboy, tears streaming down his face, has Yaoyorozu and his host mother fussing over him.
"Johan, please." Begs Yaoyorozu comfortingly, her hand rubbing Johansen's back. "What's wrong."
"I…I." The boy sniffles, his blue eyes fixed on Yuga's Stand. "I do not know."
*'*'*'*'*
In a universe a few steps to the left, Open Mic capo Johan Johansen, User of the Stand 「Century Color」, freezes in place while walking through the underground tunnels beneath Rome. His companion, the right hand man of their superior Enrico Pucchi, turns to look at the younger man with a raised eyebrow.
"Is something the matter, Johansen?" Asks the tall Ethiopian, his Stand 「Holy Diver」 mirroring his stance beside him. His eyes widen as he gets a good look at the Norwegian boy's face. "Why are you crying?"
"I…I." The boy sniffles, his blue eyes fixed on the older man's Stand. "I don't know."
*'*'*'*'*
Johansen calms down after a few minutes, though Yaoyorozu has to take over the introductions and questioning as the catboy remains stuck in a sullen silence.
Yuga answers as best he can about how he feels and if he knows what his Stand can do, but shuts her down when she asks for specifics.
"Ah, ah, ah!" He chides with a brilliant smile. "I would hate to dirty this fine home. I shall display my radiant 「Century Color's」 abilities on the morrow."
Yaoyorozu's objections are shut down with a perfect performer's bow and a wink. "And so, I bid you adieu."
***
Being a moth the size of a housecat, 「Century Color」 is not the strongest physical fighter. Even non-fighters like Midoriya's 「Take On Me」 can damage it with even light taps. Where Yuga's Stand excels, however, is its respectable speed and massive range. 「Century Color」 can move more than a hundred meters from Yuga before it begins to lose power, and with its power's area of effect…
He smiles as the poor Doubting Thomases of the class wonder just what his beautiful 「Century Color's」 ability is, and shows them. 「Century Color」 flaps its wings, releasing brilliant dust flakes across the ground. The field's color changes instantly, going from brown to a plethora of bright colors until a large portrait of the most beautiful thing in UA (Yuga's face) lies completed at Yuga's feet.
"The dust changes the colors of whatever it hits?" Asks Ashido from where she is standing with the rest of Class 1-A. "Is that really all that useful?"
"But of course!" Answers Yuga before anyone else can interject. "For one, observe what happens when I turn that training target 「Pure White」."
「Century Color」 showers the target with its dust, and it immediately transforms into a cube with mirrored surfaces.
"If I were to fire my Navel Laser at it, the beam would be reflected." Announces Yuga performatively. "I do not have to explain the applications to you, do I?"
He picks up a water bottle. "Now let me show you what happens when my Stand turns an object 「Pure Black」."
Yuga throws the water bottle away from the crowd of students, right into a small cloud of dust from 「Century Color」. The bottle is instantly colored the most light-drinking shade of black that Yuga can imagine, and only a few seconds pass before the sunlight heats it up enough that the water inside begins to boil.
"Excellent, no?" Wonders Yuga rhetorically, the bottle exploding behind him in a cloud of steam and plastic. "Coupled with 「Century Color's」 range, its ability makes it a top-rate scout and crowd controller! Truly, it is the most magnificent Stand that anyone here has ever laid eyes on!"
Yuga basks in applause that doesn't come. What does come is Aizawa-sensei, who walks up to him with a bored expression.
"Aoyama, I want you to stay behind today after school so that we can watch a lecture on crowd control and collateral damage." He grunts wearily. "You are not the first with a power like this, Quirk or no, so it will be useful for you to watch this."
A chance for him to learn to shine even brighter? What was he waiting for?
**********
Friday comes, and with it the date when Izuku promised to hang out with Johansen. The Norwegian boy said something about talking about Stands and magical items back at the Shibuzawa home…
[] Johansen asked Yaoyorozu if she wanted to come along.
+++++Velvet. +Steel.
[] It was just Izuku and Johansen. +Velvet. +++++Steel.
Velvet: 50+30(Tsuyu Asui Stand Awakening) +30(Ochako Uraraka Stand Awakening) +10(Shouto Todoroki Stand Awakening) +40(Yuga Aoyama Stand Awakening)
Steel: 120+30(Tsuyu Asui Stand Awakening) +30(Ochako Uraraka Stand Awakening) +50(Shouto Todoroki Stand Awakening) +20(Yuga Aoyama Stand Awakening)
Despair: 50/100
NEW STAND DATA:
Tsuyu Asui's Let It Go.
Tsuyu Asui's Let It Go.
Stats:
Destructive Power = A
Speed = B
Range = D
Durability = D
Precision = B
Development Potential = C
Abilities:
-The Snow Glows White: Let It Go can control cold, snow and ice over a large area that is centered on itself. This power can trade coverage for range to shoot concentrated projectiles at distant targets. The cold, snow and ice created by this ability contain Stand Energy, but remain physical effects.
Appearance:
Ochako Uraraka's Crazy Something Normal.
Ochako Uraraka's Crazy Something Normal.
Stats:
Destructive Power = E
Speed = D
Range = D
Durability = A
Precision = C
Development Potential = A
Abilities:
-I'm Not Afraid To Dream: Anything that is drawn anywhere between Crazy Something Normal's covers will jump from the page and follow the User's commands. These living drawings are called Somethings, and their power depends on the quality of the drawing. Somethings degrade over time, with lower quality drawings degrading faster.
-If You Don't Know Where: Crazy Something Normal can manifest a small ballpoint pen in the User's hand at any time. This pen disappears if the User is not holding it.
-Object Stand: Crazy Something Normal consists of a thick, hovering sketchbook that wears four images of their User's face upon the cover. Crazy Something Normal's manifestation can fly and bears a vague sentience, but it remains an object that does not transfer damage to the User. Crazy Something Normal can alter its size to a limited degree.
Appearance:
Shouto Todoroki's Prime Mover.
Shouto Todoroki's Prime Mover.
Stats:
Destructive Power = N/A
Speed = N/A
Range = E
Durability = A
Precision = N/A
Development Potential = A
Abilities:
-Sex Fuhrer: The durations and processes of Quirk effects are instantly completed by being touched by Prime Mover's red tip. Power stored by a Quirk is instantly released by the same. Prime Mover's abilities work best on solids and rapidly lose effectiveness when applies to less than solid targets.
-Love Dictator: The durations and processes of Stand effects are instantly completed by being touched by Prime Mover's blue tip. Power stored by a Stand is instantly released by the same. Prime Mover's abilities work best on solids and rapidly lose effectiveness when applies to less than solid targets.
-Object Stand: Prime Mover is a metal staff with one end colored a bright blue and the other colored a bright red. It possesses no will or senses on its own, but neither does it transfer damage to the User. It will return to the User's hand if dropped.
Appearance:
Yuga Aoyama's Century Color.
Yuga Aoyama's Century Color.
Stats:
Destructive Power = E
Speed = A
Range = A
Durability = E
Precision = C
Development Potential = B
Abilities:
-Million Color: Anything hit by the dust dropped from Century Color's wings can be colored however the User desires. These colors vanish within seconds if they are not actively maintained by the User.
-Long Range Stand: Century Color can move a hundred meters away from its User before it begins to lose power.
Part 2 of the Stand Data regarding the students of Class 1-A.
All information is 100% accurate.
Tsuyu Asui's Let It Go.
Tsuyu Asui's Let It Go.
Stats:
Destructive Power = A
Speed = B
Range = D
Durability = D
Precision = B
Development Potential = C
Abilities:
-The Snow Glows White: Let It Go can control cold, snow and ice over a large area that is centered on itself. This power can trade coverage for range to shoot concentrated projectiles at distant targets. The cold, snow and ice created by this ability contain Stand Energy, but remain physical effects.
Appearance:
Ochako Uraraka's Crazy Something Normal.
Ochako Uraraka's Crazy Something Normal.
Stats:
Destructive Power = E
Speed = D
Range = D
Durability = A
Precision = C
Development Potential = A
Abilities:
-I'm Not Afraid To Dream: Anything that is drawn anywhere between Crazy Something Normal's covers will jump from the page and follow the User's commands. These living drawings are called Somethings, and their power depends on the quality of the drawing. Somethings degrade over time, with lower quality drawings degrading faster.
-If You Don't Know Where: Crazy Something Normal can manifest a small ballpoint pen in the User's hand at any time. This pen disappears if the User is not holding it.
-Object Stand: Crazy Something Normal consists of a thick, hovering sketchbook that wears four images of their User's face upon the cover. Crazy Something Normal's manifestation can fly and bears a vague sentience, but it remains an object that does not transfer damage to the User. Crazy Something Normal can alter its size to a limited degree.
Appearance:
Shouto Todoroki's Prime Mover.
Shouto Todoroki's Prime Mover.
Stats:
Destructive Power = N/A
Speed = N/A
Range = E
Durability = A
Precision = N/A
Development Potential = A
Abilities:
-Sex Fuhrer: The durations and processes of Quirk effects are instantly completed by being touched by Prime Mover's red tip. Power stored by a Quirk is instantly released by the same. Prime Mover's abilities work best on solids and rapidly lose effectiveness when applies to less than solid targets.
-Love Dictator: The durations and processes of Stand effects are instantly completed by being touched by Prime Mover's blue tip. Power stored by a Stand is instantly released by the same. Prime Mover's abilities work best on solids and rapidly lose effectiveness when applies to less than solid targets.
-Object Stand: Prime Mover is a metal staff with one end colored a bright blue and the other colored a bright red. It possesses no will or senses on its own, but neither does it transfer damage to the User. It will return to the User's hand if dropped.
Appearance:
Yuga Aoyama's Century Color.
Yuga Aoyama's Century Color.
Stats:
Destructive Power = E
Speed = A
Range = A
Durability = E
Precision = C
Development Potential = B
Abilities:
-Million Color: Anything hit by the dust dropped from Century Color's wings can be colored however the User desires. These colors vanish within seconds if they are not actively maintained by the User.
-Long Range Stand: Century Color can move a hundred meters away from its User before it begins to lose power.
-Sex Fuhrer: The durations and processes of Quirk effects are instantly completed by being touched by Prime Mover's red tip. Power stored by a Quirk is instantly released by the same. Prime Mover's abilities work best on solids and rapidly lose effectiveness when applies to less than solid targets.
-Love Dictator: The durations and processes of Stand effects are instantly completed by being touched by Prime Mover's blue tip. Power stored by a Stand is instantly released by the same. Prime Mover's abilities work best on solids and rapidly lose effectiveness when applies to less than solid targets.
[X] Johansen asked Yaoyorozu if she wanted to come along.
+++++Velvet. +Steel.
Izuku stares wide eyed as Johansen opens his iconic long box and takes out… an arrow?
"This, Midoriya, is a 「Stand Arrow」." Johansen solemnly declares. "The 「'Stand Knife'」 is just a prop I use to deter thieves. This is the real Stand Awakening artifact."
Yaoyorozu, who is occupying the chair in Johansen's room while Izuku sits on the bed beside Johansen himself, seems unsurprised. They must have had this conversation before. For a moment he feels excluded, but he forces it down with curiosity and shame over thinking poorly of them, however slightly.
"Thieves?" He blurts out, eager to distract himself. "You said that artifacts like the 「Stand Knife」 are rare, but would it really be in danger of being stolen?"
"Extremely so." Answers Johansen instantly before he nods is Yaoyorozu's direction. "I told Momo this before the Sports Festival, but there are only around a dozen confirmed 「Stand Arrows」 left in the world, and my family has two of them. Every few years we have to fight off Stand Users who want to get their hands on one. There are other Stand Awakening Artifacts, but they are not as reliable or easy to use, so the 「Stand Arrows」 are by far the best ones."
That makes sense, unfortunately. Izuku has only had 「Take On Me」 for a month, and yet even with a Support Stand he has felt himself become more violent, more aggressive. His fist clenches at the memory of when that aggression surged against Todoroki during the Cavalry Battle- No! In the past! Over. Done.
He hums in feigned consideration to mask his efforts at reigning in his emotions. It might be worse because he is relatively new at being a Stand User, but… has Johansen and all the others been living like this their entire lives? With surging impulses of rage, violence and hyperexpression?
Maybe a talk with the Stand Users of Class 1-A that Johansen doesn't have much contact with would be in order, just to get a baseline. Tokoyami seems like a good starting point, so if Izuku approached him come the Monday of the week after the next, then-
"Midoriya?"
Izuku's eyes shoot up from the floor they had been resting on to focus on Johansen, who just spoke. "Y-YES?!"
Johansen's cat ears twitch at the noise, but the guy himself continues with just a little hesitation. "Er… do you have any questions?"
Questions? "Yes!" He digs through his bag until he finds his Stand Notebook. "Um…does the 「Stand Arrow」 have any powers you haven't told us about?"
"No." Answers Johansen with zero hesitation. "They only have the powers that I attributed to the 「'Stand Knife'」 and the thing in the box."
Izuku scribbles the answer down beside the question. ANSWERED: STAND KNIFE + BOX ITEM. "Do you know who made the 「Stand Arrows」?"
"He doesn't." Politely interjects Yaoyorozu from the chair. "At least he didn't when we talked about it." She fidgets a little at the not-quite-an-accusation. "He did mention that they were at least more than three thousand years old."
Johansen shrugs as he smiles at Yaoyorozu. "True. I am glad you remembered." He sighs fondly before looking back at Izuku, ignoring Yaoyorozu's muttered rebuke of him doubting her as he continues. "As Momo said, the first records of the 「Stand Arrows」 and 「Stand Users」 are from Egypt more than three thousand years ago. Since that is also where the 「Arrows」 were first found, I believe that Egypt or one of the kingdoms in the Fertile Crescent is the birthplace of Stands"
And so the conversation goes until Mrs. Shibuzawa calls them out for dinner.
***
"Where will you go next week?" Asks Izuku once they are back in Johansen's room after dinner. Realizing what he just said, he hurries to clarify. "I-I mean, which offer did you accept? I'm going to someone I have never heard of but All Might recommended him to me, s-so I was just wondering…" He trails off, looking expectantly at his classmates.
Johansen goes first:
[] "Momo and I are going to intern under Edge Shot together. Not my first choice, but the posturing might be tolerable with the two of us there."
++++++++++Velvet.
[] "There is this Hero Team called the Wild Wild Pussycats, rescue specialists. I thought they looked fun, so I accepted their offer."
++++Velvet. +Steel.
[] "I chose to accept an offer from a Hero called Fourth Kind. I have never heard of him, but people around his agency seem to like him."
++++Velvet. +Steel.
[] "I went with Endeavor. I really do not like the way he was interested in Stands when I was over at Todoroki's place, so I would rather not leave Todoroki alone with him." ++Velvet. ++++Steel.
[] "I do not really care, so I just picked a small agency. I cannot even remember the name…"
++++++++++Steel.
[X] "There is this Hero Team called the Wild Wild Pussycats, rescue specialists. I thought they looked fun, so I accepted their offer."
++++Velvet.
+Steel.
[X] "Momo and I are going to intern under Edge Shot together. Not my first choice, but the posturing might be tolerable with the two of us there."
++++++++++Velvet.
And so the Ninja helps improve our Stealth takedowns
Let It Go.
-Another entry on the list of 'Stands that synergize poorly with their User's Quirk'. Tsuyu and Let It Go (White Christmas in the draft) was actually one of the examples listed back when this was just some scribbles in the MHA ideas thread on SB.
*
Crazy Something Normal.
-Intended as a reference to 7th Stand User, where a similar Stand appears in a sidequest. Its cover is a reference to the cover of one of Donkeyboy's albums. Ochako was the most difficult character to decide on a Stand for. CSN is actually the fourth out of six contenders in an internal debate that was only settled a few days before you voted for Ochako to receive a Stand.
*
Prime Mover.
-I've been wanting to make a Stand out of this song for years. Originally intended as a humanoid short range power stand with the ability to immediately finish Quirk and Stand-started processes, I decided on its current form when I couldn't decide on a look for it. I figured I wanted something mechanical, but I wanted to keep the dualism aspect from Todoroki.
Then I remembered a weapon from the first issue of The Knights of Dor, a Norwegian fantasy comic I read when I was little: It was a magical staff with a black end and a red end. Getting hit with the red end knocked the target unconscious, while getting hit with the black would kill them instantly. By altering the concept a little we get Prime Mover in its current form.
The ends being red for Quirks and blue for Stands comes from something the priest at my local church told me during christmas services when I was in kindergarden when I asked him why he was wearing a purple sash: The red is for the earth, the blue is for the sky/heaven(they are the same word in Norwegian). In other words: Red=Material=Quirks, Blue=Spiritual=Stands.
*
Century Color.
-A familliar face for those of you who read Colors Must Go On, a Worm/JoJo fusion I wrote a few years back, before it died. There it was the Stand of that version of Johan Johansen, a physically weak, extremely long-ranged Stand that could alter colors at will over a vast area. It was humanoid back then, but I changed it to a moth/butterfly to better link the Stand to the song it takes its name from and to better fit its new User. The scene with the Other Johan was just me indulging myself.
Let It Go.
-Another entry on the list of 'Stands that synergize poorly with their User's Quirk'. Tsuyu and Let It Go (White Christmas in the draft) was actually one of the examples listed back when this was just some scribbles in the MHA ideas thread on SB.
*
Crazy Something Normal.
-Intended as a reference to 7th Stand User, where a similar Stand appears in a sidequest. Its cover is a reference to the cover of one of Donkeyboy's albums. Ochako was the most difficult character to decide on a Stand for. CSN is actually the fourth out of six contenders in an internal debate that was only settled a few days before you voted for Ochako to receive a Stand.
*
Prime Mover.
-I've been wanting to make a Stand out of this song for years. Originally intended as a humanoid short range power stand with the ability to immediately finish Quirk and Stand-started processes, I decided on its current form when I couldn't decide on a look for it. I figured I wanted something mechanical, but I wanted to keep the dualism aspect from Todoroki.
Then I remembered a weapon from the first issue of The Knights of Dor, a Norwegian fantasy comic I read when I was little: It was a magical staff with a black end and a red end. Getting hit with the red end knocked the target unconscious, while getting hit with the black would kill them instantly. By altering the concept a little we get Prime Mover in its current form.
The ends being red for Quirks and blue for Stands comes from something the priest at my local church told me during christmas services when I was in kindergarden when I asked him why he was wearing a purple sash: The red is for the earth, the blue is for the sky/heaven(they are the same word in Norwegian). In other words: Red=Material=Quirks, Blue=Spiritual=Stands.
*
Century Color.
-A familliar face for those of you who read Colors Must Go On, a Worm/JoJo fusion I wrote a few years back, before it died. There it was the Stand of that version of Johan Johansen, a physically weak, extremely long-ranged Stand that could alter colors at will over a vast area. It was humanoid back then, but I changed it to a moth/butterfly to better link the Stand to the song it takes its name from and to better fit its new User. The scene with the Other Johan was just me indulging myself.
[X] "Momo and I are going to intern under Edge Shot together. Not my first choice, but the posturing might be tolerable with the two of us there."
++++++++++Velvet.
[X] "Momo and I are going to intern under Edge Shot together. Not my first choice, but the posturing might be tolerable with the two of us there."
++++++++++Velvet.
"Momo and I are going to intern under Edge Shot together. Not my first choice, but the posturing might be tolerable with the two of us there."
Izuku blinks at the derision Johansen's words. Posturing? "What do you mean by 'posturing'?" He demands of his foreign classmate. "He is the Number Five Hero! His Quirk is called Foldabody, and it has a lot of-"
「Holy Diver」places a finger on Izuku's lips to silence him. His own 「Take On Me」 tried to block the move, 「Holy Diver's」 but strength allows it to power through the efforts of Izuku's Stand without slowing down.
"Midoriya, please." Mutters Johansen as his 「Holy Diver」 demanifests. "I know the basics of who the guy is. My point is that I am leery about interning under a Hero in the Top Ten rankings. Outside of the top three it starts to become a popularity contest, and I would rather avoid the media. The attention I got from the Sports Festival was bad enough."
Yaoyorozu takes the initiative to continue the conversation while Johansen descends into muttering about the importance of keeping things secret. "We had an argument about it when we were going through our offers." She explains before she looks expectantly at Johansen.
He makes a disgusted noise before he shifts on the bed to lean back against the wall. "I wanted to avoid interning under one of the really big Heroes. They might have met Stand Users before, and that means that they will want to squeeze secrets out of us while having the power to force the issue." He pauses, considering, before he continues. "There is also the ego factor. They might believe their own hype, and that means that I would be subjected to a fucking flood of condescension and menial bullshit on top of everything."
Johansen points at Yaoyorozu. "Momo disagreed with me." He repeats.
"Edge Shot is a stealth specialist and tool user with a reputation for skill, traps and blitz assaults." Yaoyorozu elaborates. "Therefore both of us stand to learn from his experience." She hesitates for a moment before she pushes on. "I do admit that I don't know much about the man himself, what he is like and such. All I could find on the internet were impressions. He seems to keep to himself, so I think that Johan's fear of Stand User secrets being stolen is unfounded, or at least exaggerated."
She leans to the side so that she can look past Izuku at Johansen. "We'll be fine, Johan. Trust me."
Johansen just grunts and looks away. "I just do not want any of us to have a shitty time or feel like we are wasting ours." He pouts while tugging at one of his cat ears.
The two of them argue like that for a while, talking past Izuku as if he isn't there until Yaoyorozu glances his way while in the middle of her counterargument to something Johansen said. Her eyes widen and her cheeks turn red as she remembers that he is there. "M-Midoriya! Y-you said something about your internship, r-right?!"
Johansen isn't far behind, harshly muttering something under his breath that Izuku assumes is Norwegian curse before he too addresses him. "Did you not say that you had never heard of him until now? You? The guy with a Hero obsession?"
"Obsession?" Mumbles Izuku before he raises his voice to answer. "Yes, I had never heard of him up until All Might recommended him to me." He bites his tongue as his brain catches up with his mouth. Yaoyorozu and Johansen are two of the most perceptive people he knows. If he says too much, they might realize the connection between him and All Might!
To Izuku's mounting horror, Johansen immediately leaps on the slip. "Yeah, you mentioned that earlier, back when we were talking about where we would intern. Right after dinner, remember?" He goes back to tugging on one of his ears again. "But why would All Might recommend some guy that nobody has heard of?"
"Did All Might say anything?" Yaoyorozu asks politely, yet with unmistakable interest. "Is it because your Quirks are similar?"
"Quirks…"
Izuku would have missed Johansen's whisper if he wasn't sitting right next to the catboy, but he doesn't acknowledge it. Instead he focuses on coming up with something believable. "T-that's right! All Might said that he and this Grand Torino person worked together for a while back when All Might was starting out."
"Someone other than Sir Nighteye?" Yaoyorozu wonders.
"Who?" Asks Johansen before he waves it off before Yaoyorozu can answer. "Nevermind, I will look it up later. Midoriya." Izuku straightens when his name is spoken, and the next thing that Johansen says sends shivers down his spine. "About your Quirk..."
Izuku is quick to mentally remind himself that Johansen doesn't know about One For All, but he does know that something is off about the way Izuku suddenly went from being Quirkless at the beach to having one at UA. He swallows nervously before he answers. "Y-yes?"
Johansen sends a meaningful glance towards Yaoyorozu, who tilts her head in confusion, before he looks back at Izuku. "I guess 「the only thing I can ask」 is how you did that trick when you used your Quirk on 「Take On Me」." Johansen's finger shoots up to point at Izuku's nose. "And please do not tell me that you used 「Take On Me's」 ability, I know it does not work that way."
"It- well…" Izuku fidgets. "I was experimenting with Full Cowling and wanted to see if it would work, and it did!" He looks up at his friend expectantly. "Can everyone with a Quirk and a Stand do this? Does it mean anything?"
Johansen takes a deep breath and leans back. Rubbing his forehead, he answers: "I have not decided yet."
***
Soon enough it is time for Izuku and Yaoyorozu to leave and go home. Johansen follows them to the train station, providing them with company and conversation. Specifically about the importance of making sure to get an idea of what the Heroes they intern under know about Stands before they tell them anything.
"You have to remember that they are not our friends, they are not hosting us because they are just that nice. They want something from us, especially from those of us who are Stand Users, and-" He freezes up as they pass by a small, closed family bakery, his words cutting off as his whole body twitches. "Fuck!"
Izuku and Yaoyorozu react instantly. 「Take On Me」 catches Johansen to prevent him from falling while Izuku turns around to guard the rear. Yaoyorozu doesn't miss a beat either, her 「Technologic」 flying around her looking for threats as she prepares to create a weapon.
The ninth holder of One For All bites back a shout when 「Holy Diver」 forces 「Take On Me」 off its User. "W-what!?"
"Johan! What's wrong!?" Yaoyorozu cries as their mutual friend steadies himself.
"It is- I just-!" Johansen throws his hands helplessly in the air as he turns to Yaoyorozu. "Momo! 「We forgot to go to McDonald's!」"
"McDonald's?" Parrots Yaoyorozu before she gasps. "Oh! You're right, we did!"
The previous conversation is forgotten completely, and the new one is about Johansen, Yaoyorozu, and a fast food chain, and how to bring these three together. They are still at it when Izuku's train arrives.
He hears about the end of their discussion on Monday as they leave for their internships:
[] It was just the two of them.
++++++++++Velvet.
[] They both called in some friends to go with them.
++++Velvet. +Steel.
[] They decided to leave it for later. Their internship was just two days away, after all.
