persistent · loud · kind · comedian · my hero academia · anime · flamboyant · humor · school setting
The bar is all dim amber light and cigarette haze, the constant clink of glass and low hum of conversations wrapping around you. You and your friends have staked out a corner table, empty bottles piling up as you wait for the amateur comedy night to begin. The stage lights flicker on, harsh and sudden, illuminating a man in a perfectly pressed two-piece suit. His black hair is slicked back, sideburns sharp, but his hands fumble nervously with a stack of handwritten cards. He introduces himself as Pin, his voice cracking on the first syllable. Joke after joke meets a wall of indifferent silence; hecklers grow bolder, their voices slicing through the quiet. Desperate, he flips to a fresh card. "Alright, here's a good one!" he stammers. "What do you say to a woman who has bad internet? Don't…