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

[willynilly]

Oh, it's called Zero Gravity? We call them Quirks. I can erase the gravity of any object or person that I touch, so it's easy to float them around.

[Case in point: she lifts the rock up to carry and tuck it into place.]

[brothersboots]

[Edna watches her and slowly a smile crosses her face.]

That seems like a very interesting "quirk". Very useful.

[willynilly]

It comes in handy sometimes, yeah! I'm still learning how to use it, though, so it doesn't seem very strong. But give me time, and one day I can really let loose!

[brothersboots]

Have you figured out how to put it to use in your everyday life yet? Or do you use it just to be a good kid?

[willynilly]

Well, teeechnically we're not supposed to use our Quirks in public without proper licensing and supervision, but that's mostly just for combat. I use it when I need to carry things, or move things when my hands are full, or sometimes to catch people when they trip... stuff like that.

[brothersboots]

So, you're not supposed to use it, but you do anyway.

[Edna taps a finger against her lips as one of the rocks lifts straight up and it flies towards the girl.

Just because she's questioning her doesn't mean she's not going to make sure she's paying attention.]

I suppose you're not such a goody-goody after all.

[willynilly]

W-well, it's not that big of a-

[And then she catches the sound of whooshing air just in time, spinning around and lurching to the side for a hasty dodge. She's not quite out of the way yet, so she smacks her hands against her thighs and jumps, lifting several meters higher than someone of her stature ought to be able to reach, floating in the air as the rock flies beneath her.]

Ahhh, sneaky! That was really good, you almost got me!

[brothersboots]

[Edna is rather pleased to see she can do more than one thing at a time. It bodes well.]

You asked for my help. That doesn't stop with just a few attempts or because you're answering questions.

[willynilly]

That's true! You remind me of my sensei, he likes to surprise me like that sometimes, too.

[brothersboots]

When you're complacent, you make mistakes. And then you die.

[And humans have such small life expectancies. She wants to make sure the humans she deals with have some common sense. Even if she has to be it into them.

Plus, she is used to being a teacher with Sorey and Mikleo running around.]

How can you help anyone if you're dead?

[willynilly]

[yikes. she's not WRONG but that's, uh. very morbid.]

...Um. I mean, I can't, yeah... 'm not saying you're wrong to do it. I'm praising you for it, y'know?

[brothersboots]

[It's not morbid. It's practical. Don't be so melodramatic.]

Praising me.

[Even when she's deadpan, she can get across that she doesn't think that's a good thing.]

I think it's time for more than one at a time.

[willynilly]

[WOW OKAY NO COMPLIMENTS, MESSAGE RECEIVED]

A-ahh, okay, okay! Whatever you say!