The First Generation

The Technically Minded

An age in which superpowers became more and more common as the days passed by was an age that was considered by many to be almost apocalyptic. Some – Mostly the Quirkless – Saw it was the end of the Human race, as it changed and mutated into something else. Something different.

Something more terrifying. Something that had the power to change the course of society. Something...

Unknown.

And that was really the scariest part about it, at least in the general sense. So many found themselves terrified of this new development in Humanity that they didn't understand. Loved ones turning into beasts and demons, children growing up looking like aliens. And these weren't changes that could be voted against, or repealed. No one knew what to do in the face of these new mysterious Quirks. Research was coming up empty-handed. No one really knew what was going on. It certainly didn't help that Quirks were unique to each individual – So when one came face to face with someone Quirked, there was no way of knowing what their powers were.

Of course, that was a single way of looking at it. Some saw the development as terrifying.

Others saw it as opportunity.

If someone asked Mei Hatsume what she thought about the Quirk epidemic, her answer would easily be that it was amazing.

Of course, given that she possessed a Quirk herself, one could see her as being a biased source, but really, there was a lot more to it than her being involved. Mei's Quirk wasn't even all that impressive – What she loved about it was how it made things more interesting.

Without Quirks, everyone was almost the exact same – The same capability, the same restrictions, and the same appearances. Mei couldn't figure out what the Quirkless saw in it – Quirks were vastly more interesting.

Plus, they were absolutely perfect for engineering.

What surprised Mei about Yuuei was how forward thinking that the Headmaster was. While some people understandably felt that he had just been put in charge because the people in power didn't want someone who was going to fight back, Mei got the feeling that he was honestly interested in trying to make life better for those who were born with these powers. He had one himself – Although, that was a whole thing, lately – And he seemed to understand that you couldn't treat people who had Quirks in the same way as those that didn't.

Equality wasn't something that Quirks could maintain in society. Equality assumed everyone was of equal ability, which with Quirks, simply was not the same.

Rather, equity was what was going to be the way forward – Accepting that every Quirk was different, and that everyone had different requirements. A person whom had a Quirk that let them have wings wasn't going to have the same requirements as someone with a Pyrokinetic Quirk.

Mei understood this, and had quickly found herself knee deep in work. Invention was always something she was good at – She remembered taking all the family electronics apart, and then putting them back together when she was little – And it helped to have something to keep her busy and distracted from the world's madness outside the walls. She helped develop things for people to use their Quirks that bit easier – Clothing that was fire-retardant, clothing adjustments for various mutation type Quirks...

...And of course, gadgets the help people utilize their powers more. What really ended up being the passion project that she became fascinated by. Using technology to help assist power holders use their Quirks in new and creative ways, to improve them and compensate for their weaknesses.

The Quirkless certainly didn't have even the remotest interest in this sort of advancement. If anything, the technology they researched seemed designed to suppress Quirks, as opposed to bring them out in all their glorious fashion. One would have logically thought that people who had Quirks would be more interested.