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[willynilly]

Who: Ochako & OTA
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: SS Starstruck
When: At the start of January


[For once, Ochako's not using voice or video, bursting with energy; instead it's a simple text entry, no fluff or even an emoticon.]

does anybody have something happy they're willing to share

like, something good that happened to them, or a nice story

it's the new year, right? i wanna start fresh with good things.


[Ochako's sort of taking over the Starstruck kitchen, and making a bit of a mess of it, though unintentionally- she's all out of sorts, things are floating when she doesn't want them to, and her attempts at making something as simple as cake batter are not going as planned. Crewmates might have noticed that she's been quieter than usual since after Christmas, and it's apparently hit a breaking point.]

Comments

[ text ]

[shamisens]

I can tell a story, if you want.

[ text ]

[willynilly]

please <3

[May as well keep it simple.]

[ video ]

[shamisens]

[ Kubo switches over to video, placing the paper in the middle before taking his seat. As he plays, the paper moves, turning into a woman and a man. Stars fill the room, spinning onward. ]

There was a samurai lord. Brave and strong, he embarked on a quest. Slowly, he gained powerful magical items. But the Heavens were scared, so they sent deadly warriors to stop him.

[ The woman swings her sword at the samurai and they clash. ]

The earth shook. The heavens quaked. But over time, love grew. But such a union was looked down upon. They were parted, lost. They forgot themselves. But they never forgot that moment when their swords touched.

And one day, despite it all, they found each other. They touched and they were happy.

text »

[mucked]

I'll bite.

[ she can hear the commotion in the kitchen, but peggy occasionally prefers to approach a problem from the side-angle ]

I know a man who keeps a veritable zoo in his back garden.

[ is it good? hard to say. but at least it's entertaining. ]

text »

[willynilly]

a zoo?

[wait what]

text »

[mucked]

Perhaps more like a menagerie than a zoo. I don't know where the line is that delineates the difference. Either way, there was a koala.

text - private

[expellerhead]

[He's not misreading that name, but just to clarify-]

Uraraka Ochako from UA?

text - private

[willynilly]

yes im from UA

[WAIT SHIT]

you know UA???

[OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE]

text - private

[expellerhead]

[...great. Wonderful. It wouldn't have been- no, it still would've been fucking dire if he'd shown up here alone, but he would've only had to worry about himself. He's been properly trained for this, he's worked as a professional hero for over a decade now- but this? Another one of his students, kidnapped?

This is some bullshit.]

It's Aizawa.

voice;

[monolike]

Well, this really great thing happened to me one time. I was in a really bad place, and my friend came by and showed me how to make one of her favorite foods.

text, STUBBORNLY;

[willynilly]

[Ah... that's really kind of him, but it's not what she's looking for.]

isn't there anything better than that?

text

[survivalistcookbook]

[Eugene doesn't read too much into the syntax. If pressed, he'd blame a lot of that on his crew - both Dave and Isaac have that unpunctuated, no-caps ramble that roams between poetic and completely inscrutable. But the request itself . . .that gives him pause. He's not sitting on any cute anecdotes that spring to mind, but there is something else tucked into his pocket almost perpetually, where it has been since they left their last stop, and the more he just sits on it the more it feels . . . wrong.

Still, it takes an hour until his conscience gets the better of him and he replies, keeping the tone as cool as he can manage for how irrationally nervy the thought makes him.]

No great stories are springing to mind right now, sorry. Do you like music?

text

[willynilly]

can it be happy music? i like music

text

[foxpas]

Is there aught you wish to hear in particular?

text

[willynilly]

anything is okay. i trust you

[She doesn't know what to ask for, and she doesn't want to be selfish. Whatever people are willing to offer is what she'll take.]

[ text ]

[universal_charm]

_{[ Well, that was an interesting request, even if he was in a bit of a sour mood. But maybe the exercise would help him. ]}

My best friend showed up here. Oh, and it was my birthday yesterday.

_{[ Birthday's less of a big deal, but most people tend to react positively to that, so there you go Ochako. ]}

[ text ]

[willynilly]

ohhh... happy birthday

[She hesitates, unsure, since she hasn't acknowledged it yet, but.]

it was my birthday, too. last week.

audio

[bythewaves]

[ Softly, sweetly, the sound of a harp lilts down the line, a rippling sound that conjures images of a river in a green wood, where the water is sweet and fresh and all the world is at peace ]

audio

[willynilly]

[Ochako just listens quietly until he finishes; it's oddly soothing, something you could put on and fall asleep to during a hard night. She'll have to remember that it's here.]

...It's pretty... was that you playing?

text;

[lightbends]

Since I've been here, there's been lots of happy stuff. My friend from home is here - she's pretty great and I wouldn't replace her for anyone. And I got to meet someone I never thought I would.

text;

[willynilly]

[It's hard not to be envious of people who have someone from home, so she'll focus on the rest instead. It's still happy, though, and she's glad for it.]

someone you admired from back home?

text.

[astrobleme]

[Optimism isn't necessarily Shinji's forte, but he's willing to give it a shot...]

A while ago, I got to watch a whole nest of baby turtles hatch on the beach. They were really cute.

text.

[willynilly]

[!!!!]

that sounds SO cute! was that on the last planet?

text;

[frigidaire]

my best friend didn't wake me up at 3 in the morning just because
that's a good thing right
and our cook on the wonderduck learned how to make slushies.
two good things for the price of one.

text;

[willynilly]

[she's not so sure about that first part. is 3AM a normal wakeup call?? what the heck, friend]

slushies!! ohhhh my gosh i haven't had slushies in forever, how do you do it