When the gates opened, Asami's nerves shot through her body but after she took in a bit sip of her water bottle she managed to force it down. This was just an Entrance Exam, she had done this already overseas once and she had the capacity to do it again. She just had to give it her and remind herself she could do this. She could do this. She. Could. Do. This! Asami managed to actually hype herself up which scared her for a second but thankfully it seemed nobody noticed her literally pump her fist up, or least she hoped nobody had taken notice as she moved through the gates and went along a path that could suit her.
Asami's firs obstacle soon became clear, some classic monkey bars. Asami's quirk had some obvious disadvantages on dry land vs. areas with water, but when it came to a solid grip the scales on her wrist worked to make sure it was nice and secure so she felt she had a fair shot at this. She climbed up one and and had two long but deceptively strong arms latch onto an overhead bar and after she took a deep breath she began to scale them; all one motion, no pause as she tried to will her arms through as she managed to make it from one end of the monkey bars to the other and landed on solid ground safe enough. Alright, one obstacle down! Asami took a moment to drink some bottled water to keep hydrated before she advanced along her path to whatever obstacle came for her next.
And soon enough that obstacle appeared itself, and once more Asami seemed to bank on her added grip from her scales as she soon faced a rock wall. It seemed to be rather daunting, and as one student near the top slipped and landed on his head it seemed one wrong step and down you went along with any chances to get to the academy. Asami took a deep breath, working to try and make sure her arms were good after the last climb-related obstacle before she moved up to the wall and placed one hand on two rocks. With one more deep breath, she began to scale it. Once more her own strength and gripping aid proved handy in this as she moved at a steady pace along the rock wall and apart from one moment where the grip on her right hand slipped a step, she managed to catch herself. Before long she had made it up and over the rock wall as she landed with a pant. Man only a hero school could take something like this and make it feel like a challenge, but Asami could not afford to stop here. She cleared her second obstacle, but there were still more to go as she paused to drink her water before she shook out her arms and moved along the path.
Thankfully as she made her way to what seemed to be the next obstacle, it gave her arms a needed relief. Though it offered a different kind of challenge as she had soon be faced with an exceptionally long balance beam. Asami had not been the more, naturally coordinated individual but she only hoped that social clumsiness had a lack of correlation with actual clumsiness. Regardless she took the sip of her water bottle before she moved to one end of the balance beam and as he climbed on she extended both arms out to the side and with a deep breath she had began to walk forward. Thankfully it seemed her Quirk did have a benefit here, as her tail provided a natural counterbalance so that when her body leaned a little too far to the left or right, she could have her tail sway the opposite way to right herself up and maintain needed balance. As such, this obstacle was the smoothest to date and before long Asami had scaled with shocking grace by her standards as she landed on the other side having cleared it.
Asami continued along her path where the next obstacle had perhaps been set to be the trickiest, as a lone rope held up what seemed to be several "box" platforms that seemed annoyingly spaced apart at irregular levels & paths as it seemed to combine an obstacle course with climbing and balance. Asami took a sip of her water and sighed a bit as she tried to find a "steady" platform to begin with and once she got on she realized that a step too far to one side or another risked the whole thing flipping around and her being knocked off. Asami would begin her climb through the floating boxes, each jump had to be careful as could be as she scanned with her eyes to try and find the center or "sweet" spot of each and while she had been a touch slow in her movements she had made progress even as the increased height had nerved her to the degree, that was which mattered most as she managed to get to the second to last one, but as she jumped on it her landing caused it to rotate in a 180 degree motion which threw her off as she clung onto the side for dear life. "Woah woah s-s-no!"
Asami managed to prevent a fall and clung on, carefully climbing to the middle as she sighed out. That was far far too close for comfort and soon enough she made it across the floating boxes as she sighed out in relief. Alright, she was almost to the end she could practically smell it she just needed to press on as she quickly moved along the next path as she told herself to be prepared for just about anything and everything.
Eventually Asami crossed with a tree, as she saw the sight of what seemed to be the last obstacle and despite it possible being the least exhausting it had been the one to give her the greatest concern; the zipline. Asami had not a fear of heights per say, but she was more comfortable on land or in the sea than high in the air where she lacked any attachment to the Earth or Sea below. Still, Asami downed the last of her bottle of water as she scaled the tree and just tried to assure herself. Remember, she could do this, she could do this...
She made it! Asami quickly managed to get her equilibrium as she stood up and quickly moved to catch up with the other students who had made it through the obstacles.
Asami's firs obstacle soon became clear, some classic monkey bars. Asami's quirk had some obvious disadvantages on dry land vs. areas with water, but when it came to a solid grip the scales on her wrist worked to make sure it was nice and secure so she felt she had a fair shot at this. She climbed up one and and had two long but deceptively strong arms latch onto an overhead bar and after she took a deep breath she began to scale them; all one motion, no pause as she tried to will her arms through as she managed to make it from one end of the monkey bars to the other and landed on solid ground safe enough. Alright, one obstacle down! Asami took a moment to drink some bottled water to keep hydrated before she advanced along her path to whatever obstacle came for her next.
And soon enough that obstacle appeared itself, and once more Asami seemed to bank on her added grip from her scales as she soon faced a rock wall. It seemed to be rather daunting, and as one student near the top slipped and landed on his head it seemed one wrong step and down you went along with any chances to get to the academy. Asami took a deep breath, working to try and make sure her arms were good after the last climb-related obstacle before she moved up to the wall and placed one hand on two rocks. With one more deep breath, she began to scale it. Once more her own strength and gripping aid proved handy in this as she moved at a steady pace along the rock wall and apart from one moment where the grip on her right hand slipped a step, she managed to catch herself. Before long she had made it up and over the rock wall as she landed with a pant. Man only a hero school could take something like this and make it feel like a challenge, but Asami could not afford to stop here. She cleared her second obstacle, but there were still more to go as she paused to drink her water before she shook out her arms and moved along the path.
Thankfully as she made her way to what seemed to be the next obstacle, it gave her arms a needed relief. Though it offered a different kind of challenge as she had soon be faced with an exceptionally long balance beam. Asami had not been the more, naturally coordinated individual but she only hoped that social clumsiness had a lack of correlation with actual clumsiness. Regardless she took the sip of her water bottle before she moved to one end of the balance beam and as he climbed on she extended both arms out to the side and with a deep breath she had began to walk forward. Thankfully it seemed her Quirk did have a benefit here, as her tail provided a natural counterbalance so that when her body leaned a little too far to the left or right, she could have her tail sway the opposite way to right herself up and maintain needed balance. As such, this obstacle was the smoothest to date and before long Asami had scaled with shocking grace by her standards as she landed on the other side having cleared it.
Asami continued along her path where the next obstacle had perhaps been set to be the trickiest, as a lone rope held up what seemed to be several "box" platforms that seemed annoyingly spaced apart at irregular levels & paths as it seemed to combine an obstacle course with climbing and balance. Asami took a sip of her water and sighed a bit as she tried to find a "steady" platform to begin with and once she got on she realized that a step too far to one side or another risked the whole thing flipping around and her being knocked off. Asami would begin her climb through the floating boxes, each jump had to be careful as could be as she scanned with her eyes to try and find the center or "sweet" spot of each and while she had been a touch slow in her movements she had made progress even as the increased height had nerved her to the degree, that was which mattered most as she managed to get to the second to last one, but as she jumped on it her landing caused it to rotate in a 180 degree motion which threw her off as she clung onto the side for dear life. "Woah woah s-s-no!"
Asami managed to prevent a fall and clung on, carefully climbing to the middle as she sighed out. That was far far too close for comfort and soon enough she made it across the floating boxes as she sighed out in relief. Alright, she was almost to the end she could practically smell it she just needed to press on as she quickly moved along the next path as she told herself to be prepared for just about anything and everything.
Eventually Asami crossed with a tree, as she saw the sight of what seemed to be the last obstacle and despite it possible being the least exhausting it had been the one to give her the greatest concern; the zipline. Asami had not a fear of heights per say, but she was more comfortable on land or in the sea than high in the air where she lacked any attachment to the Earth or Sea below. Still, Asami downed the last of her bottle of water as she scaled the tree and just tried to assure herself. Remember, she could do this, she could do this...
H-holy cow t-this is so high!
Asami's eyes widened as she nearly felt the need to gag once she saw how high this tree was and the path of the zipline she'd have to take. For a brief a very brief moment she had the urge to climb down and go vomit somewhere, but Asami managed to maintain slim composure as she took panicked breaths before she slowly settled into a gentle rhythm. This was a chance for her to make the true first step to becoming a hero, she already ran away once when she moved back home and had always carried a degree of shame in that. No more, she was not gonna run here, even if she was petrified she'd face this head on. She....she wanted to become a hero, she would become a hero and she for damn sure was not gonna let some dumb zipline stop her! Asami took a moment to collect herself before she moved her hands to the zipline as she hooked herself up and before long she was sent flying down as she cried out in the air but managed to ride it out and eventually landed on solid ground as she tumbled out.
She made it! Asami quickly managed to get her equilibrium as she stood up and quickly moved to catch up with the other students who had made it through the obstacles.