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Started March 20, 2021 by Deleted user

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(Thank you all <3 )

Specter gestured towards Cobra. "Exactly right, I'm afraid."

Takao's forehead creased as he stared incredulously at the director, ignoring Void's apparent enthusiasm. "Why us? Why not a team of underground heroes? They're the ones with connections in shady places; the ones who are used to this line of work!" he protested, crossing his arms to emphasize his point.

Asahi sighed again, turning fully to face the others and nodding to acknowledge Miyazaki. "This will be undercover work, so yes. As for you, Takao, those very 'shady connections', as you so put it, are the exact reason we can't rely on underground heroes for this. I don't mean to imply there's a traitor," he hastily clarified, seeing the glare the ink manipulator shot him, "but there's someone in The Syndicate that's able to track their movements. That much has been confirmed already by Skulk, hence why you four were called."

Takao took a breath and relented his annoyance, uncrossing his arms and leaning back on his hands. "So how exactly is this going to work?" he asked somewhat skeptically.

"As I mentioned already, it's very likely that The Syndicate will be accelerating their plans due to their recent discovery. For that to work, they'll be on the hunt for new members as quickly as possible, and due to their reliance on the voice-binding quirk, they won't need to be as thorough as before," Specter explained.

"Do they really need to be? If we're hit with voice-binding, then all this is for nothing. We'd be stuck," Takao pointed out.

Specter's lips twitched into a smile, the first sign of good news since he materialized into the room. "That's where you come in. The seal I mentioned before? It's ink. Not completely, of course, but enough that you should be able to nullify it with your quirk."

Inkmeister was silent for a few seconds. "…Should?" he repeated, unimpressed.

"Well, why don't we test it?" Specter mused, tapping something on his phone before pocketing it and asking, "Any other questions while we wait for Skulk to arrive?"

Aika shook her head. "I'm all good." If she had to be honest, she was excited. This was her first undercover mission, and judging from the information they'd received, it was going to be risky. But isn't that what makes it fun?
(My girl's probably gonna do something stupidly risky…actually, probably multiple things.)

Takao looked like he wanted to say something, but the sound of a door slamming open interrupted him. His eyes flickered over to the underground pro, Skulk, eyes widening at the numerous bandages wound around her limbs and the crutch supporting her weight.

"Jeez, what happened to you…?" he trailed off questioningly, only to grunt as she rolled her eyes and promptly jabbed him in the side with her crutch. "Yeah, fine, I guess that was kinda insensitive," he mumbled, rubbing the spot on his ribs and glancing between the hero's bandaged neck and Specter. "So where's this seal I'm supposed to get rid of?"

Specter gestured at Skulk, who nodded and began to loosen the cloth around her neck, revealing an intricate black kanji just over her carotid artery. Upon further inspection, it appeared to read 'submerge' or 'hide'.

"So you can't say anything at all with this thing on you?" Takao asked, slipping off the table and leaning in to examine the marking.

The director answered for her. "Not at present. From what we can gather, how much the target is able to speak depends on the will of the user. As Skulk here managed to escape, it's only natural that said user wouldn't want her able to speak at all," he explained.

The ink manipulator hummed, motioning towards the seal on her neck as if to ask if he could touch it. With another nod, Inkmeister gently pressed against the marking and focused, his expression shifting into something much more subdued. For several seconds it looked like nothing would happen, and then, slowly, the shape began to deteriorate, withdrawing into Takao's splayed fingers.

As soon as the supposed ink transferred to his skin, he flinched. "That's…odd," he murmured, drawing his hand back and glancing at Skulk contemplatively. "Can you speak now?"

Another moment of silence, and then, "I certainly hope so." As soon as the words left her mouth, her eyes brightened. "Oh thank God it worked."

"Or you know, you could thank me," Takao piped up, only to be ignored as Specter clapped.

"Now that that's settled, Skulk, do you have any other information you'd like to share?"

The underground pro shook her head, suddenly solemn. "Unfortunately they anticipated my arrival, meaning I only had contact with the two with quirks you've already heard about. The only bit of knowledge I can add is that the voice binding quirk holder was referred to as Kioshi. The harder you resist his quirk, the more of an effect the seal has. They'll want you to struggle," she informed, her voice a little unsteady from disuse.

_{(Just realized that I can wrap up the informative part real quick with another response. After everyone's reactions to this we can timeskip to right before the actual point of infiltration!)}

Takao hummed, staring at his open palm and trying to ignore his unease as Specter nodded.

"It can't be helped. Thank you, Skulk," the director added, turning to address the team of four. "As you can tell, you four are our best bet, currently. This won't be a long-term assignment, as I'm aware you can't be away from your jobs for too long. Your objectives and the location and time of infiltration will be given to each of you before you leave. I'll ask this one last time: Any questions?"

Aika looked at Skulk for a moment, suddenly realizing just how dangerous this was going to be. "Not from me." She said, her enthusiasm fading slightly. "We've just gotta be careful about this." (Uh-huh, just you wait, Aika. We'll see.)

Kichi took another glance around his teammates, "Why us four specifically?" He asked. He couldn't think of any similarities that the four of them shared.

Takao simply shook his head, still flexing his fingers in thought as his eyes flickered to the snake-like hero.

Specter started to speak, but Skulk cut in. "Ooh, can I take this one?" The director's brow furrowed, but he shrugged, saying, "Go for it."

The underground hero swept her dark blue hair behind her ear, drawing Takao's attention to the bandages wound around her fingers all the way down her forearm. She shifted her weight and pointed a crutch at him, first, explaining, "Well, I think he's pretty obvious after his demonstration just now, but Inkmeister here is also useful for how versatile his quirk is. Cobra–" she shifted the crutch to point to Takada "—is crucial to the operation with that venom of his, since he can incapacitate enemies if things go south. Finger Guns–" another shift of the crutch "–has the most experience out of the four of you and the best long-range capabilities. Void is the emergency transportation and one of the key pieces to this operation, seeing as her quirk is rare and highly valuable to The Syndicate." She lowered her crutch from where it was facing Miyazaki, looking pleased with herself.

"Moreover, none of you have your own agencies and you're young enough that you haven't had as much exposure as a lot of the other pros. That should help you fly under the villain's radar, but not to worry! You'll be given convincing disguises, too. It's up to you four to come up with aliases and an alternate quirk description. Damn! It's good to talk again," Skulk finished rather loudly, looking to the director to see if he had anything to add.

"…Above and beyond, as always," Specter commented dryly. Skulk grinned. "Plus Ultra, you mean?"

Takao muttered something that sounded vaguely like, "Damn U.A. graduates," but there was a touch of amusement in his expression.

"Well," Specter said, gathering everyone's attention again. "If that's all, each of you will be given the file detailing the intricacies of the operation. Memorize it and dispose of the evidence. As always, it'll appear only for those cleared to read it. If that's all," he trailed off, waiting for anyone to speak up, then nodded and began walking to the door, passing out the aforementioned file as he went.

"Skulk, you'll need to give an official report to the police now that your voice is working again," he reminded the underground hero, who hummed noncommittally and moved to follow. Suddenly, she paused, a serious expression on her face. "Good luck, you four. You'll need it." On that ominous note, she turned and exited the room.

It was quiet for a split second, then Takao fervently mumbled, "What?!" He glanced up, holding his paper up with a raised eyebrow. "This says the operation starts Wednesday. It's Monday!"

"That's short notice," Kichi said, nonchalant. He shifted his eyes to his own paper and started reading it thoroughly. He kept misreading or forgetting what he'd just read and have to reread it, warranting some pretty harsh curses under his breath.

Aika read through her paper, doing her best to commit the details to memory. "I guess we'd better get to work then." She was definitely going to take this mission a bit more seriously, though she was still a bit excited. It was her first undercover mission for crying out loud!