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Who: Makie and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Windrose
When: After the shuffle

[She came, she saw, she stole a bunch of stuff, she left. Makie isn't surprised by Lilly vanishing so quickly, and in some ways she thinks it's better-- these ships are too stark, too cooped up, for such a free-roaming child. She tells herself that. It's fine. It's fine.

It's not fine.

The broadcast is from Lilly's room, where Lilly's own things have gone-- leaving the leftover mess on the floor, bits of clothing, other stolen belongings. They're taken from across the Fleet, and Makie reaches down to tug a shirt free, folding it neatly. She'll organise this stuff. But she turned on the broadcast for a reason.]

If any of these items belong to you, please tell me. [Her voice sounds hollow to her own ears, and she pauses. Much quieter:] I'll arrange to get them back to you.

[She'll leave the feed on at least long enough for people to look over what's strewn around the floor. And then she'll stay in the room, sorting through the mess mechanically. It gives her something to do.

((if you want a small feral child to have stolen something from you, feel free to have it in the pile. You'll get it back within the day.))]

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I've been okay. I meant to talk to you sooner, actually, I...

[Things have been kind of distracting. Anyway.]

What ship are you on? I'll come and help!

I'm on the Windrose. [She smiles faintly. It's an attempt to be welcoming, though it doesn't quite meet her eyes.]

I'll look forward to seeing you, Ochako-chan.

Okay! I'll be right there.

[It's hard to gauge this sort of thing over the communicator, so she's hoping her presence won't be too invasive. They're not close or anything, but it's obvious that something's happened what with all of the piles of stuff.

At least she can try to cheer the woman up a bit. So she'll be venturing over in a little while, poking around in rooms until she comes upon the right one.]

Ah, Otono-Tachibana-san! I found you!

[.....holy crap that is a lot of stuff.]

[Makie has made a decent enough pile of folded clothes, though she hasn't touched the other knick knacks. Most of them are completely unfamiliar to her. She glances up at the arrival, and her smile is a little more genuine this time. She's had time to offload onto Misty. It helps.]

Hello. Welcome to Lilly's room. [And then with faint wryness, because that really is a mouthful.] It's all right to call me Makie.

Lilly... is that someone who used to live here?

[Ochako ventures further in, crouching down near Makie and one of untouched piles. The name isn't familiar to her, but she doesn't know too many people on the other ships yet, so that's not surprising.]

Yes. She was a child I was looking after, but I suppose the Atroma decided the Fleet wasn't a good place for her.

[It's just stating a fact now.]

...she likes to scavenge. I suppose at least I can now return people's belongings without upsetting her. Though... I think some of this is just junk. [She's not sure. People collect weird things.]

I see... no wonder there's so much stuff here.

[It's a little dizzying, but she won't be deterred. She came here to help, so she starts poking at the nearest pile, examining the first item to see if it's garbage or not.]

It's good that she got to go home, but... I'm sorry that you'll miss her.

So am I.

[...

...this isn't very welcoming at all, Makie. She smiles.] Thank you, though. For the offer as well as the kind words.

I meant to find you again after the last time we talked to see how you fared. I'm sorry I didn't.

It's okay... I thought about it, too, but I think... I needed some time.

[The whole experience was pretty intense, and unwinding took longer than she'd like to admit. During her training and the villain attacks, she'd witnessed some terrible things, but that was more blood and violence than she's used to.]

And are you doing all right now?

[It wasn't the messiest Makie's ever seen (or caused) but it's hardly a place she felt comfortable letting someone like Ochako see. But the girl can fight. She never had these qualms with Rin, she realises. Then again, Rin jumped in first before anyone else.]

It's not a common occurrence out here on the Fleet. This last stop was the first place in nearly a year that I've felt it necessary to intercede. [Hopefully that helps.]

That's... good to know.

[She's only been here for a handful of months, so it's reassuring at the very least. Even if it's something she needs to adapt to seeing if she wants to be a hero by trade.

Time to put on a brave face. It's over now, so there's little sense in kicking up a fuss again.]

I'm much better now! It really helps to take a step back and, you know, decompress?

'Decompress'... I suppose you're right. [Weird saying, man. But she gets it. Makie picks up two odd socks and stares at them, peering through the pile for possible matches. Probably not. It's Lilly.

But moving on from such dreary conversation is a good idea.] So which part of Japan are you from, Ochako-chan? My family was in Edo.

O-oh, right! I remember, you mentioned that.

[She must be from pretty far back to call it that. Ochako jumps right on the subject change, though.]

I grew up in the Mie area, in Kansai. We kind of moved all over the place.

[Kansai is familiar, though Mie is not. She wonders if it's because her education is lacking or Mie was simply known by another name. Either or.] Your family are... merchants?

[Taking an old-fashioned guess. IDK what do people do in the mystical future?]

[Wizardry and superpowers, mostly.]

Builders, actually! Our family does a lot of construction work.

[Oh is that all. Back in my day we dismembered people the old-fashioned way! /shakes cane]

Building is truly valued work. I know architecture has changed greatly since my day. There are really tall buildings in your time, aren't there?

[ D8 ]

Really tall, yeah! Hundreds of meters tall, with floors stacked on floors... thank goodness we have elevators.

...elevators?

[Be careful of the rabbit hole, you could be here all day.]

Yeah! Like a machine that will carry you from floor to floor. It's faster and more direct than stairs.

Oh, I am familiar with those. Though not until I came here. [Dem space stations and whatnot are riddled with elevators.]

How much of the technology in this place is familiar to you?

Mmm... most of it is similar to what I know, or at least what exists somewhere in the world. The communicators are a lot like everyday phones, we've been to space but we can't travel to different galaxies... some people can teleport from place to place, but that's a superpower, not technology.

Ah. Another world with odd powers, then. If there's any such thing in my world, it's well hidden.

[She comes from a world where someone is immortal because they're stuffed with worms but look, that's one guy, okay.

...two.

Okay, three.]

Haha... calling them odd is odd, actually. It's more normal to have a Quirk than not, these days.

Really?

[This is a measuring glance. She didn't really get to see much of anyone else on the slaver raid--]

Do you possess one?

[It feels like a prying question, but if they're pretty normal where Ochako comes from...]

[Ochako barely bats an eye, if that helps her any on the prying part of the equation. She merely reaches down between them and touches the tips of her fingers to one of the random little baubles left on the floor, and when she lets go, it begins to float.]

Uh-huh. It's called Zero Gravity.

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