time to be heroic or something

[willynilly]

Who: Ochako & you!
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: Yes!!
When: Now and throughout the week


( starstruck )

[The camera clicks on to Ochako, who is in full costume for once! Sans the helmet, at least for now. It's tucked under her arm. She shuffles from foot to foot, waves, and then bows slightly.]

Hello everyone! I have a request. Would any of the fleet's engineers be able to make something for me? Like, um. Rocket-y? I heard about there being a jetpack a while back... so something like that is what I'm looking for. And if you know anybody who can do that sort of thing, please ask for me! All I know is maintenance, so I'm kinda useless when it comes to making cool gear... I can collect parts, though, if you need anything from the planet!

Oh, and I'm not asking for free! I can pay if you want money... well I don't have a lot but maybe I could pay over time? I can also cook for you and your ship, or bring my little bots over to clean, or... we can work something out!

[She pauses to think for a moment, puzzling over what she might have forgotten, and then-]

Right! The other thing! Is there anybody with super-strength who can help me practice? I want to try a few things that I can't do on my own.

Thanks, everybody!

( iskaulit )

[Ochako's in overdrive today! And all week, really. She's discovered the parkour course and is running through it, over and over, only taking small breaks between to catch her breath and get a drink. She's practicing activating and cancelling her Quirk in quick succession, using her temporary moments of weightlessness to launch herself into higher jumps over the equipment than her small legs would normally allow.

Sure, it means once in a while she loses control and faceplants spectacularly, but that's what practice is for!

When she isn't practicing, she'll be wandering around the Iskaulit, poking her head into rooms less-often visited to see what's changed, or tidying up the art therapy room she likes to visit since it's been mostly abandoned for a while now. She'll be all over at sporadic times.]

Comments

[brothersboots]

[Shy, her cute booted foot. She's bored and this cheap amusement. She'll tire of it soon enough. Edna pulls the end of the parasol so that Ochako catches one blue eye in the seraph's face.]

You call him Gramps? I bet he loves that.

[willynilly]

[GASP there she is. Kind of? She beams happily and waves.]

Only because Fie does. I think it's kind of funny- she says he's an old man, but he doesn't really sound it.

[He sounds like one of her teachers or something.]

[brothersboots]

[Edna doesn't wave, but she does pull down the edge of her weapon enough so the girl can see two blue eyes over the rainbow colored fabric.]

He's as old as I am. But not as smart. I don't know Fie, but you can thank her for me. Grampveid needs to be reminded of his age.

[willynilly]

["Old as I am"... this is one of those seraph things, right? Because she totally doesn't look it.]

Oooh, Grampfied is a good one, too! I'll remember that. I'm Uraraka Ochako, by the way. What can I call you?

[brothersboots]

[It is most definitely one of those seraph things. Or is it?]

You may call me Lady Edna. [It's what Alisha calls her, after all.] And this is my mountain.

[willynilly]

Nice to meet you, Lady Edna. It's a pretty mountain, but where did it come from? Did you make it?

[brothersboots]

[She is sort of happy that this girl is taking her literally. Considering the rest of the seraph tried to make it an insult.]

I'm an Earth Seraph, as is my brother. He, Mikleo and I created what you see. And if you go into the tiny grove, there's a breeze that Dezel made.

[She pulls her parasol back up so that she can keep her cool facade. No one is going to see her breakdown over the Sharkface.]

You met him before he left, right?

[willynilly]

Ah... no, sorry, I never did. Sorey mentioned him, but I couldn't hear any seraph's voice until recently.

[She kinda knows that it was sad, and a big deal when he left, but besides that he's a mystery to her.]

It feels nice, though! Like the real outdoors, not like the rest of the ship.

[brothersboots]

How? Did you never pay attention to the network? We do talk on there a bit.

[Edna uses it to troll people, but still.]

Well, that's because seraphic artes are part of the seraph themselves. [You're basically standing on Edna, Ochako. Congrats.] It would be sorta stupid for an Earth seraph to not be able to make a real mountain.

[willynilly]

I guess I didn't notice.

[Not like they're going "hey, I'm a seraph!" left and right.]

That makes sense, though. Can you turn into earth too?

[brothersboots]

Then you should pay attention. We can't use the video function, but voice and text work just fine.

[They never say that. It's just dumb.]

No. Why would I want to? I can create a boulder, but I'm not a boulder.

[She was born from an earthpulse though.... Not that she'll tell Ochako.]

[willynilly]

Well, no, of course not. But I have a friend back home who can turn his skin super-hard like rock, and he loves it! I just thought it might be fun.

[Maybe it isn't as much fun as Kirishima makes it seem, who knows.]

[brothersboots]

Why would I want to let anyone get close enough to me to use a rock skin? I could just throw rocks at them and they couldn't touch me. Or I could just punch them unconscious if they were stupid enough to try.

[Ochako, common sense is your friend.]

Now, do you want my help or are you just going to keep staring at me like an idiot?

[willynilly]

[That's not exactly what she meant, but okay, Edna. Some people are just easily angered, and she's spent enough time around Bakugou and the like that it just kinda rolls off. She shrugs her shoulders and steps back a bit.]

Hmm, okay! How do you want to do this? You can throw rocks and stuff?

[brothersboots]

[Edna isn't really angry, just easily annoyed. Cranky old lady stuck in the body of a twelve year old girl.]

Of course I can throw them. And I guess if you get hurt, I could even heal you. I don't want you to tell Sorey I beat you up or something.

[She's not awful. Mostly.]

If you go down to the grove, we can see how well you can avoid the boulders and keep the trees from being crushed too.

[willynilly]

O-oh, good idea! I don't want anything to happen to these pretty trees!

[It'll be like a rescue effort, then! She can pretend they're people. Which also means that the pressure is on...

With a determined huff she smacks her hands together and jogs over to where she's directed, standing at the ready.]

[brothersboots]

Yes, I don't want anything to happen to them either.

[She waits until Ochako is ready and stands from her perch. The ground under her feet glows a golden yellow. A rock almost as big as Edna appears and she flicks a finger to send it flying.

And covers a yawn with her other hand.]

[willynilly]

[hoLY SHIT that just came out of nowhere, what the heck. And faster than expected, too. Ochako lunges hastily out of the way, and she reaches for the rock as it passes by but it's a little too fast, crashing against the opposite wall.]

Ah!! Sorry, I'm sorry! I'll fix it!

[brothersboots]

[Look, you asked for this. Be. Ready.

Although, there's something a little satisfying about the way the rocks smack into the wall and disintegrate into dust and pebbles.]

You keep up with that and I'll have to fix you.

[Pay. Attention. Because here's a second, Ochako.]

[willynilly]

[Thankfully she's paying enough attention to move faster the second time, ducking down out of the way and reaching up as the stone flies over her head, smacking her hand against it. Immediately it loses momentum, spiraling off-course and beginning to float upwards in an aimless circle instead of towards the trees.]

....Ah! It worked!

[brothersboots]

[Well, that's new. And mildly impressive. As a reward, Edna gives a slow clap a few times.]

At least my trees aren't smashed. But then there's ba rock in the air. What're you going to do with it?

[willynilly]

...Oh, right. Um, hang on.

[If it were in a better position, she'd just let it drop, but right now it's floating too close to the trees to risk it. Actually, though, that gives her an idea- so with a quick pat-down on her suit to make it lighter, she scampers over to the tree and climbs up, then goes for a flying leap from a branch to the floating boulder. It rotates around a bit at the sudden impact, the momentum pushing it further away towards the grass instead of any important plants.

Only then does she climb up to the top, pressing her hands together to release her power. The rock drops immediately with a loud crash, and she jumps off before it impacts, the springy heels of her boots cushioning the impact.]

Ta-dah!

[brothersboots]

[Slow clap of begrudging approval.]

I've seen worse. Your outfit is weird. Is that what you wanted to test out?

[willynilly]

Y-yeah, something like that!

[She scoots over to the rock, tapping her hand against it and rolling it gently towards the corner, out of the way.]

I want to get better at deflecting and moving rubble and stuff, so I can move faster in an emergency. Help people around falling rocks or around explosions... that kind of thing. It's what my power's best for, I think.

[brothersboots]

[Edna tilts her head in consideration as she watches the girl. Her outfit is strange, but it's no worse than some of the other things she's seen in the last year she's been on these stupid ships.]

So, you're trying to get better at being a goody-two-shoes? You're friends with Sorey; I guess it's not that surprising. [Long, put out sigh that is totally for show.] What actual powers do you have?