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[willynilly]

Who: Uraraka Ochako | OTA
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS Starstruck, Iskaulit
When: Today, after the fleet leaves the system


[Cue Ochako setting the communicator up and bouncing back, waving like it's some kind of peppy vlog. Cheers, everyone!]

Back to space we go! I don't know about everybody else, but I'll be glad that I don't have to keep wringing my clothes out all the time.

Anyway! That's not the point of this! While we're here, I was thinking... we've got a lot of kids with special abilities around here now, don't we? Or even just kids who wanna get stronger. The fleet is mostly safe, but sometimes things happen, and... well! Everyone benefits when we know what we're doing, right? Right!

Okay, so for everybody who doesn't know him, my teacher, Aizawa-sensei, is here! He's kind of a recluse so you probably wouldn't think it but he's really strong, and his teaching skills are top-notch! Back home, he's my homeroom teacher at the best heroics school in the world! He knows what's what. I bet he could teach anyone.

I was thinking, wouldn't it be nice to have a school here? Not just for superpowers, though I think that sort of thing is important... but I've never been out of school this long in my life. I feel like I'm getting dumber by the day. And it could be fun! We could make a classroom on the Iskaulit, we could get books and put together a real class and- oh, uniforms! We could get uniforms if we wanted!

Anyone interested!?

( Wandering )

[Ochako starts off on the Starstruck, taking care of her various chores while she covers responses, but at some point she'll venture over to the Iskaulit, poking around some of the rooms - both existing and unclaimed - to scout out what space is free in the vicinity of the library. She's humming to herself some upbeat song, visibly and very obviously in a good mood.]

Comments

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[passingthrough]

You remind me of someone. [An eager pink-haired princess who started a school at her last kidnapping.]

Would you need teachers in this school?

[willynilly]

Hopefully good?

[she never knows what to say to that sort of thing.]

We have a few... but I think we could make a list and maybe do rotations? Or if we need someone to sub in, if we end up with too many? I can add your name to the list!

[passingthrough]

Sure. [Good enough if you didn't count the occasional massacre attempt.]

I guess you could. It's Kitty.

[willynilly]

[..........no ochako do not tell a stranger her name is adorable]

I-I mean, I don't want to assume, if you don't want to...

[passingthrough]

[It would certainly throw her off if she did!]

I contacted you. It's fine. I may not be your best option, but I don't know who your other options are yet.

[willynilly]

Probably Aizawa-sensei would be the better person to figure that part out. I don't know anything about teaching, unfortunately!

[passingthrough]

Just an eager student, hmm?

You know, if nothing else, I'm planning on teaching some dance classes if you're interested.

[willynilly]

Dance classes? What kind of dance?

[passingthrough]

I was hoping to teach ballet, but I'm not sure I'm going to get any takers. So probably ballroom.

[willynilly]

Ohhh, ballroom sounds nice! Maybe if you get enough takers you can specialize with a ballet class once in a while? Just to give people a taste, in case they might like it!

[passingthrough]

Possibly. It's a very different style, but some people have never even heard of it, so that might not hurt.

So, what got you so interested in school you'd organize one? [Or get someone else to organize one for you.]

[willynilly]

Mmm... I guess I don't want my brain to stagnate or anything? I've been here for months, and there's enough to do that I'm not bored, exactly, but it feels weird not to be learning much. Aizawa-sensei only got here recently and I feel like I've already gotten stronger than I was before. Life was so busy back home that I keep thinking I'm not doing enough now.

[passingthrough]

I get that. I've almost read the library out of books in my year here. [Year and some change.]

[willynilly]

Yeah, I've made it through a few of those myself... it helps a bit, but it's, um.

I'm bad at home-schooling I guess.

[passingthrough]

You'd be surprised what you can get good at if you don't have other options.

[willynilly]

That's true...

I think mostly I like the idea of learning with friends instead of doing it on my own.

[passingthrough]

Sure. You have options. [Just another reason this place is better than her home.] You took one.

It'll be extra work with the organizing of it though.

[willynilly]

Haha, I know. But I'm not afraid of hard work! I'm from a hard-workin' family!

[passingthrough]

Yeah? What do your parents do?

[willynilly]

Construction! It's hard labour, all day every day.

[passingthrough]

Do you know how to build things?

[willynilly]

Well... some things, I guess. Nothing huge like buildings and stuff, but I helped out when I could, lifting parts while they were put together. Dad didn't want me to get buried in the family business, though, so...

[passingthrough]

[She nods.] I was just thinking it would be a useful skill here.

[willynilly]

Oh! Yeah, probably! If you need any materials lifted or parts put together, just let me know and I'll be glad to help out.

[passingthrough]

When you say lifted...

Do you mean stolen? [Or elevated? Because her mind goes to stolen, but she wasn't expecting that.]