Bishop Mingle!

[everydayhero]

Who: Everyone on the Bishop!
Broadcast: none!
Action: Bishop!
When: Anywhere from 3/15 til the end of the month!

[Welcome to the Bishop. We have rave lights.]

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[everydayhero]

[He pauses, and looks up. Suddenly, he's being a little more gentle with holding it.]

Oh...

[But then he's back to working on it, inviting her to say more just by listening.]

[ino]

[ She smiles at how careful he became with it. She wasn't going to say anything else about it, but -- ]

He was killed in a battle, but -- it still feels a little bit like he's here, when I light it up.

[ Wow, that sounds depressing, but ... hahaha her life. ]

[everydayhero]

... [and there's a little fond smile]

I took Tadashi's hat to my lab space when I started going to school. I got his old room and everything...

[ino]

[ That just seems like they were asking for him to be depressed, but ... it seems like he was happy with it, so ... ]

Your lab space? Where you do your work?

[everydayhero]

Yeah, it was... pretty much like a dorm room at the university, but I didn't live in it. It was just work space, and I guess a safe place to crash if I worked too late. While Tadashi was working on Baymax, there were some nights he didn't come home because he was busting his butt too much.

[He's smiling about it, though.]

[ino]

[ Cute .... ]

Is that the nurse robot he mentioned?

[everydayhero]

Yeah. [a little quieter now.]

After he died, I... accidentally activated Baymax, and that whole adventure went kinda crazy. He's a little awkward, but... I don't know. He kind of filled the space.

[ino]

[ A little smile ... ]

I'm glad he was there for you, awkward or otherwise.

[everydayhero]

[He laughs a little, focusing a bit harder on the lighter.]

It's crazy... Tadashi was so excited to show him to me, but he hid that pretty well. He'd been waiting to for weeks, maybe more. Baymax ended up... a lot more capable than he should have been. Maybe some of that was in the little modifications I made here and there, but... the learning he did on his own was all Tadashi. I don't think he meant for that to happen... but Baymax became about as close to self-aware as a robot can. Sometimes he even says things the way Tadashi would have.

[ino]

[ Ino thinks, maybe Tadashi's spirit was in there? Can robots have a spirit? How does technology work. ]

You think Atroma would send him here, too?

[everydayhero]

Maybe. Kinda wish they would. He can't really... suffer, the way we can, so he wouldn't be put through a whole lot here, I don't think. He'd definitely make me feel better.

[ino]

It doesn't hurt to hope. I know I can think of a few people I'd like to see again, even if it's selfish of me.

[everydayhero]

Yeah?

[pause]

You never really talk about people from your world. What are they like?

[ino]

[ THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT, HIRO ...

But, she laughs gently ]

What, you want the whole list? I know a lot of people.

[everydayhero]

Just go with the people you wish were here.

[big sister i want to know more about you]

[ino]

[ ... she falls silent, for a moment, examining her nails ]

My dad. I'd really like to see my dad.

[ Excuse her while she steels herself a little bit to talk about this. Unlike with Asuma, his death was more recent, and it still stings a little, even now. ]

At home, we were in the middle of a war. A really big one. The last thing I can remember is him telling me that he was proud of me, and saying goodbye.

[ She looks up with a small, sad smile ]

There were a lot of things I didn't have the time to say.

[everydayhero]

[he's just... kind of staring, now, having just pulled the tool away from the lighter. he knows that tone of voice, and how hard that last bit is. he'd never call himself an expert, but if he had known that tadashi's last moments were that, he would have said a lot more than "thanks for not giving up on me".

[that's why he's gotten into the habit of openly telling him he loves him, now.

[hiro doesn't really know what he can say in response, but he flicks the lighter on and it works, so he uses it as an excuse to go sit right next to her and hold the lighter up between them for her to take with that "i get it" smile.]

[ino]

[ She takes it, with an appreciative look. She knows he gets it, and that's why she decided to talk about it at all. ]

Thanks.

[everydayhero]

Anytime.

[he nudges her a little, trying to lighten her mood a little bit after that.]

[ino]

[ She flicks it on and off out of habit, before nudging him back -- this time, with a bigger smile. She's okay, promise! ]

Or, my teammates. I think you would get along with them.

[everydayhero]

What are they like?

[hopefully not dead!]

[ino]

They're both friends of mine since -- well, forever. Our families have been tied together for generations, actually. [ She reaches up to point to the earring in her ear ] Traditionally, once the three of us come of age, we wear our parent's earrings to show that we're now the official heirs of our clans.

[ Anyways. ]

Shikamaru is incredibly smart, not unlike you. [ She nudges him again with a half-grin ] He's our tactician, I guess you could say. But good luck getting him to do anything once he's off the clock. I swear, he could probably nap for 24 hours straight if nobody nagged him to get up.

And -- Chouji is the sweetest, kindest person you'll ever meet. I don't think there's a single person in the village he's met who didn't like him. Oh, and he loves food, he's always eating something. I don't know how many times I've caught him asleep with some half-eaten chips in his mouth, or something.

[everydayhero]

[that mental image gets him laughing, just a little bit.]

They sound like the perfect pair to offset you.

[ino]

That's the idea. Teams get picked to be the perfect balance. And our specialties end up working well together, so our combo moves are deadly.

[ So proud of her team ;; ]

[everydayhero]

[god this starry-eyed look your world is so cool]

What kind of people do you think I'd have ended up with?