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Who: Uraraka Ochako / OTA
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Marsiva
When: right now go go go

[So... is the whole stuffing-information-in-your-head somebody's Quirk? Because it's an especially scary one, if that's the case. Ochako can't help poking at the back of her neck, feeling for the augment, with an increasing level of alarm as she wanders through the ship she'd woken up in. The communicator gripped tightly in her hands has been all but useless, too- she's tried to call all the numbers she knows by heart, but they won't connect to anyone familiar. She really does appear to be alone in the middle of nowhere. And- okay, she's always liked space and the sky and stars and whatnot- sort of comes hand in hand with gravity control, she figures. But she didn't expect to ever go there. Certainly not without someone who knows what they're doing.

The communicator keeps flashing at her, though, so eventually she braves sending a message to the masses in the hopes of finding some familiar - or at least friendly - faces. Let's... try smiling...! Yes!]

So, um. That. Sure is a lot of space out there, haha!

I guess nobody out there's got a convenient Quirk that can send me home, huh?

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What's sci-fi? Is that another one of those TV show things?

Oh, yeah! Science-fiction. It's stories about space and other science-y stuff like that.

Oh, so that's what it's called! Sci-fi... I get it.

Yep, this is definitely sci-fi. Just plain old fi in some cases. It's not too bad but it's a lot to swallow, so don't be afraid to ask questions or for help, okay?

I won't! You might regret that, I'm sure I'll come up with a million questions! And then some.

No way, I'd never regret it! In fact, I challenge you to come up with just one hundred questions. If you can do that within a month, you get a prize!

...Can they be questions about anything, or does it have to be more specific?

Oh come on, I can't make it that easy! It's definitely got to be about our situation here, or the ships or the fleet. So long as it's not something like, why is the sky blue?

[....

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Challenge accepted.

Great! I look forward to learning with you, uh...

[you dingus, introductions first] I'm Sorey.

Oh, right!

[WOW THEY ARE GREAT AT THIS]

I'm Uraraka Ochako. It's nice to meet you!

Same here. [you know what, might as well ask] Would you like me to call you Uraraka or Ochako?

Um... I'm not fussy, but people usually call me Uraraka.

[Now she's kind of wondering about the lack of surname. Is he shy, or does it just not matter? Mysterious! And unimportant, but she's a curious one.]

Okay! I just thought to check; there're so many neat and unique cultures represented here and it seems like there are just as many rules about names as there are people who have them.

I bet! Even back home, the culture is totally different from country to country. I can only imagine what the differences must be like between whole worlds!

Where I'm from, "Uraraka" is my family name, and it always comes first. "Ochako" is my name-name, but most of the time you're supposed to stick to the surname until you know the person better.

Oooh, that's neat. So it's like introducing a bloodline or house before an individual. That's really neat.

Do people get confused when they're addressing your family though? Like if all of you are using the same name. Or does that not happen often?

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No, not really. Most of the time it's easy to tell who's addressing who, I think...

[Honorifics and very specific pronouns help.]

Oh, it also depends a lot on age and your relationship to the person you're talking to.

["it's easy" she says as she lists a bunch of specific social cues]

I guess that makes sense. Like nicknames and aliases and stuff. Where I grew up there wasn't much of a need for that, but I've heard about it in more populated cities.

[It's simple when you grow up with it, probably...]

Yeah, just like that!

Did you grow up someplace small?

Yeah, you could say that. Someplace really remote; and the culture, eh, well, its people were very long-lived? And they weren't 'born' exactly, so there was no need for house or clan names. Everyone only just ever had a given name, and that's it. [Well and also True Names, but those are kind of secret and he won't get into those.]

[.........that's a pretty weird place, Sorey]

People weren't... "born"?

[oh right] Uhh, well, not the people I was raised with! They're spirits, so it's more like htye just kind of... [makes a 'poof' motion with his hands. y'know]

Spirits!? Like ghosts or something?

[HOLY CRAP THIS GUY WAS RAISED BY GHOSTS that is just wacky.]

No no! Like, elemental spirits! Water and earth, and fire...wind...stuff like that! [........well but] Although I did hear something about some of them being reborn from humans who've died, now that you mention it.

[.....

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I don't think we have anything like that where I'm from...

...but you're a nice person, so they must be nice, too!

[SIMPLE LOGIC IS BEST LOGIC]

[what a great and simple take on it, SOREY LIKES, WILL ADOPT PHILOSOPHY]

Hey, thanks! You seem pretty chipper yourself, so I'm gonna assume this "Quirk" thing you mentioned is good too. [At least, he's pretty sure from the context she didn't mean something like a personality quirk.] What is that actually?