The First Generation

Trauma's Surface

Midnight, no one else awake but Izuku and Mina both. Past curfew, but they knew the routes that the guards took to check for anyone who was out. They stuck to a routine, always going down the same routes and paths at the same times. They patrolled the school like it were a museum, or a place of wealth, sticking to routine times. It made them surprisingly easy to avoid, due to their predictability. Maybe those times worked when it was in a place that had to be broken into to steal the valuables, but when it was noticed by a great many students who lived on campus, the idea fell flat on its face.

With this all in mind, Izuku and Mina quickly made their way over towards the training rooms, Mina's crafted costume tucked underneath her arm. They moved carefully, within the shadows, and behind whatever they could get behind. If they were spotted, it was going to result in a huge amount of problems for the two of them. Of course, Toshinori could always just bail them out, but if it happened one too many times, things would start to get suspicious.

Not to mention, they hadn't even explained the plan to Izuku's tutor... There was no way to tell how he'd react to the plan. He could be on board... Or he could shut it down entirely.

Hence why Izuku hadn't mentioned anything to him yet. If on the off chance, Toshinori hated the idea... Then Izuku wanted them to have at least done one good thing as Heroes. Given the world at least one taste of what it was like to see people with Quirks doing something good. Protecting the Quirkless form the increasingly common rampages by angry Quirked people who had nothing to lose.

If they could at least inspire others to follow suit, to become Heroes in their own rights... Then they would have done something to help end the oppression of Quirks. It wasn't a likely scenario... But it was one that Izuku was determined to give his all to. That was why, all risk aside, he was going to go through with this plan, even if his tutor didn't want him to.

But he needed to at least do this one thing while he could.

And to better do that, Mina needed to make sure that her costume was ready and prepared. The durability of the material that Yaoyorozu had made needed to be confirmed. Now that the costume was ready, going over it with stronger, more acid proof materials wouldn't be that big an issue. There couldn't be too few precautions when it came to Mina. One slip up, one show of skin, and it could totally screw everything up and expose them as Yuuei students.

There couldn't be any room for failure, no chance for the plan to backfire in their faces. They had to be sure, beyond any doubt whatsoever.

Which was why they were even taking this risk in the first place. To make sure that, when they went out for the first time, Mina would be totally safe. That any chance of her giving them away due to carelessness, to injury, or to her costume simply not being able to withstand the effects of her Quirk was gone. It had to be failsafe.

Doing this in their rooms was also a no go. If something did go wrong, Mina's Acid could burn a hole straight through the floor. Even disregarding the structural damage that this could cause, which, in a worst case scenario, could totally cause the floor to collapse underneath her, use of Quirks was forbidden in the dorms. No one really paid this rule any particular mind, but they were all careful not to leave evidence of their Quirks use. A few eroded holes around Mina's room would give away her usage, and lead to a swift punishment.

The only safe way to do this was to use the practice rooms.

Poking his head around the corner to the practice rooms to make sure no guards were on the patrol patterns, Izuku confirmed that the coast was clear, and the two of them quickly, and quietly, ran to their chosen room, which had the broken camera inside it. That way, they wouldn't be tracked. No one would ever know they used the room.