..//Students, Genin, Chuunin, even Jounin are welcome to test your bravery at the academy tonight//..
Yuno looked at the flyer for what seemed like hours. On one hand, he wouldn't consider himself brave, but this did introduce an opportunity he didn't have the time to make. Friends. Though Yuno had many friendly encounters with people, he could never quite make friends. He wrapped his mind about this, was it the mask being off-putting. Nobody would want to be friends with some weirdo wearing a bird mask. It could be because he never actually tries to talk to people, or that he can't carry a conversation in the slightest. No. Its definitely the bird mask.
After the events of out in Godsfall, Yuno lost contact with several of the people he had traveled with, and had hopped to one day meet them again. However, many of them were still students, and must work in different circles than Yuno, not like if they were genin he'd have more courage to really interact with them. That is what this will be, not a test of courage to face whatever "scary" things will be haunting the academy at night, the courage to break out of his shell and make some friends.
When Yuno got home he spent the rest of the day attempting to psych himself up. He had completely forgotten the real reason someone was hosting this test, and he had spent his time in front of a mirror. Practicing greetings, small talk, having full conversations with himself so that he could get rid of the anxiety he will definitely feel when he is in front of someone and actually begins to speak to them. He kept this up until the dead of night, and he left his home. On the way there he realized that maybe he should lose the mask, but it gave him pause. The mask definitely protected him from the sun, which wasn't an issue at the moment, but he never noticed how much he relied on the feeling of anonymity he received from the mask. He weighed his desire for friendship, and his need to hide behind the mask, and friendship won. The mask wouldn't be too far though.
He reached the academy, and there didn't seem to be a lot of people there. Maybe people thought it was too childish, after all, all shinobi face danger worse than a person dressed up as a zombie or witch. So there he stood, an average looking boy holding a bird mask at his side. At least he doesn't burn under moonlight, and maybe people will recognize the mask since nobody would really know what his face looked like.
After the events of out in Godsfall, Yuno lost contact with several of the people he had traveled with, and had hopped to one day meet them again. However, many of them were still students, and must work in different circles than Yuno, not like if they were genin he'd have more courage to really interact with them. That is what this will be, not a test of courage to face whatever "scary" things will be haunting the academy at night, the courage to break out of his shell and make some friends.
When Yuno got home he spent the rest of the day attempting to psych himself up. He had completely forgotten the real reason someone was hosting this test, and he had spent his time in front of a mirror. Practicing greetings, small talk, having full conversations with himself so that he could get rid of the anxiety he will definitely feel when he is in front of someone and actually begins to speak to them. He kept this up until the dead of night, and he left his home. On the way there he realized that maybe he should lose the mask, but it gave him pause. The mask definitely protected him from the sun, which wasn't an issue at the moment, but he never noticed how much he relied on the feeling of anonymity he received from the mask. He weighed his desire for friendship, and his need to hide behind the mask, and friendship won. The mask wouldn't be too far though.
He reached the academy, and there didn't seem to be a lot of people there. Maybe people thought it was too childish, after all, all shinobi face danger worse than a person dressed up as a zombie or witch. So there he stood, an average looking boy holding a bird mask at his side. At least he doesn't burn under moonlight, and maybe people will recognize the mask since nobody would really know what his face looked like.