gymnasium

@ʲ⁰³ ; yeo changgu Despite it being utterly useless, Mint decided that she'd like the keep the doorknob. It'd be a funny memento to look at and think back on the time the school was turned upside down for...however long this would last. She could only imagine what kind of chaos was going on around campus what with the number of super offensive and sometimes involuntary powers going around in the hands of the wrong people. So long as nobody got seriously hurt, it'd be an oddly nice memory. She nodded as he spoke, to show that she was listening even as she turned the crumpled piece of metal over in her hands, slightly squeezing it in an obviously fruitless attempt to crush it more. It didn't budge even a bit. The empty feeling of normal strength certainly hadn't escaped her considering she'd had the ability to crush a car by the time she was 6.

She shook the thought off and looked at him as he mentioned pheromones. Ah, so that's what she'd been feeling all morning. In response to his question, she nodded. "Yep, there was an accident and, long story short, all of our powers have been freaky friday'd," she explained lightly, belated realizing that maybe the reference was a little dated. "Switched. With someone else. But don't worry! There's already a team working on getting things fixed. Is that why you stopped by?" As she asked the question, she tilted her head a bit. "I can't imagine you just stopped by just to say hi," she said, chuckling lightly.

@ᵗ ; mint phonpawiworakun Changgu's ears seemed to burn once he heard his teacher laugh at his apparent misfortune, sheepishly entering the room as he held the doorknob in his hand. Was it just him, or did Mint seem rather unfazed by the whole situation? He was pretty sure he'd never displayed any sort of strength in her class – was it normal for students to come in and break her doorknobs? A sigh of relief left Changgu's lips at the reassurance, shoulders suddenly feeling so much lighter at her words. Well, at least he wouldn't have to pay for the doorknob – he'd have to worry about paying for everything else some other time.

His eyes widened – although it probably was obvious, considering that he'd just crushed her doorknob. He placed the metal into her hand before shrugging sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. "Um, yes. I just woke up from a weird dream, and the next thing I know, I punched a hole in my wall, and I couldn't sense anyone's pheromones– not even my own." He looked directly at Mint then, tilting his head in confusion. "How'd you know? Is there... something going on?"

@ʲ⁰³ ; yeo changgu In the midst of writing a tentative lesson plan for each of her classes, a light knock broke Mint's concentration and she looked up to find the door opening. "Oh, Changgu, hi!" she greeted offering a bright smile that faltered as the crumbled doorknob was revealed. "Ah..." Rather than being upset, she bursted into laughter and stood up, waving the student all in way in. It reminded her of when she'd just started actually training her strength. It'd gotten to a point where he parents just stopped replacing doorknobs around the house and leaving doors open. "Don't worry about, I'll get someone to fix it later."

At this point, it was abundantly clear that this is whose powers she had but her discomfort seemed the lesser of evils right now. She could only imagine how many things he'd completely destroyed on his way over. "Alright, let me guess," she started, rounding her desk to approach Changgu, holding her hand out for the doorknob. "Impossible strength?"

@ᵗ ; mint phonpawiworakun How many things had Changgu destroyed in the past few hours he'd been awake? How many glasses and cans and pencils and pens and countless other items had he accidentally crushed in his palms since he'd opened his eyes? Probably not /that/ many, honestly – but it certainly felt as if the number was somewhere up in the millions. He'd woken up completely unable to sense anyone's pheromones – his own included – and had panicked, smashing a hole into the nearest wall and promptly responding with a stunned stare. Amidst his confusion, he'd remembered his physical education teacher and her superhuman strength – he had no idea how or why he'd suddenly gained this ability after losing his own, but maybe she could shed some light on this situation, and with any luck – help him with his newfound power to keep him from breaking any more things.

And so here he was, outside Mint's office as he gingerly knocked on the door, careful in his movements. After a moment, he gripped onto the doorknob and pushed it open, making sure /not/ to rip it straight off its hinges (again) and grinning proudly. At least, that was until he pulled his hand away from the doorknob to find a crushed piece of metal in his palm, and the pride he'd held suddenly withered. Smiling sheepishly and hiding the now destroyed doorknob behind his back, he greeted Mint. "Uh... good morning, ma'am," he murmured nervously – she wouldn't charge him for the doorknob, right? "I have a... bit of a dilemma and was hoping you'd be able to help me."

@ʲ⁰³ ; yeo changgu Things had felt off for Mint from the moment she woke up. Aside from actually having to put work into her morning workout routine, she'd had this very weird feeling like she was caught in a haze of...well, something. She couldn't explain what, she just knew that it got worse with the more people around. That much was apparent when she stepped foot on campus and the mysterious, invisible fog only seemed to get heavier. Luckily, the gymnasium was sequestered off by itself, on the far side of the training field and she still had a few hours before any classes started. Settling in her office, she was quick to open her email, both habitually and in an effort to find some answers.

Lo and behold, the first unread email in her box included an all caps "POWER EXPLANATION" followed by an apology in parenthesis. Heaving a tired sigh beyond her years, she quickly read through the email from her colleague. This wasn't the first time so freak bioincident happened—see the invisible student body fiasco of 2017—and it probably wouldn't be the last. Another sigh left her lips and she slumped in her seat, idly swiveling back and forth in her chair. She couldn't exactly teach any of her brand of strength training with depleted strength, so she had to come up with something else. "Maybe muay thai basics..." she mumbled, thoughtfully biting her lower lip.

@ˢ⁰⁴ ; jeon jungkook With a careful twist, Mina unhinged her current pair of feet to replace it with ones more appropriate for the upcoming period. It was gym class and often so, the doll would prefer to sport her speed enhancing pair rather than her normal pair. Making sure that the laces were secured—not that Mina was afraid or would even go out balance and fall, but still, she deemed it appropriate to do so; observing that the others do the same thing as well. As she was putting her other pair inside her bag, she heard the bell ring causing her to act on cue and exit the locker room as swiftly as she could. The bag—which she would later place on the bleachers—had its zipper slightly open but Mina was unaware of that.

Despite being a two-hour period, gym class ended pretty fast for Mina—well, each day was kind of the same: 24 hours spent on routines that she was growing tired of. Mina always yearns for something to set her day aside from the other but they remained aligned under the same category: boring. The most she could do was to observe other people and when those turn out repetitive too, Mina would just proceed on collecting everything she finds interesting – pretty much every single thing, in that case. And so, when a slithering creature exited the gymnasium, she made a run for it. Her bag—still not fully closed—opened up completely, causing one of her foot to fall off from it. Not knowing the situation, she exited the gym; almost bumping to the next set of students whose gym period were after theirs.

The slithering creature turns out to be a snake that somehow managed to slip inside the campus. Mina knew one or few things about snakes and one of those is that they are not meant to be indoors. With an indifferent attitude, she proceeded to grab the snake which—out of instinct—latched on to Mina’s arm, its fangs burying deep on her skin. The doll could care less about the snake on her arm, it was probably easier this way than hold it on her hands since it was slippery in nature. Without any other thoughts, she proceeded out to the field where she would pull the snake from her arm and let it roam free (it would find its way to scare a bunch of girls in a couple of minutes but that was none of Mina’s concern anymore).