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Hello, everyone!! I'm not here right now - probably in class or with my friends! Or on a mission. Um...leave me a message here and I'll get back to you soon, okay? Bye!!

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[floatsaway]

[If it meant getting everyone back home, safe and sound...and with their memories in tact? Probably. She'd argue that having multiple problems is just what it means to be a hero, but thankfully they're not alone in this, either. There are so many other people all striving toward the same goal, so it makes dealing with what she can and can't do a lot easier, where there are those able to pick up her slack.

But all that flies out the window because her attention span is that of a gnat, clearly. Forgive the young, excitable teenage girl for hyper-focusing on one thing at a time, Ochako is, well...she's 15.]

wait, REALLY?? you have a gravity quirk, too?!
why didn't u ever tell me?!
or did i forget...

aaaaa that's so COOL!! you'll have to tell me about it sometime!
and ur magic hammer!

[Omg, Jane, if you're a magical girl, you're legally obligated to tell Ochako right now, immediately.]

[bifroster]

[It was comforting to know that other people wanted to do good too. It didn’t mean it wasn’t just as hard, but it was nice to not be struggling alone.

But Jane remembers being fifteen. Sometimes she still is herself.]

I might have forgotten to mention it? But yeah! We’re going to have to experiment with them sometime!

As for Mjolnir, it might be easier to show you!

[Magical girl?? Jane?? No, she’s not. Well. Maybe she is? She can transform from time to time, if the battle is serious and she needs to be Lady Thor. Oh god, she is a magical girl.]

[floatsaway]

[Okay, for a much as Ochako wanted to squeal about pulling off a Sick Combo Move™ with a friend, especially once that shared a similar quirk, she's caught off guard by...that....name....

Is that even a name? She reads and rereads it again, and again, but after the fourth attempt to pronounce it out loud, and coming up with only a variation of "mimir", Ochako gives up entirely.]

i'd love a demonstration!!
can u show me on video or is it easier if i come over?
it's not too late, and i already finished my chores...

[bifroster]

[It's alright. It's a mouthful. Jane couldn't pronounce it at first and Darcy called it Mew-Mew. Feel free to call Mjolnir that instead!]

It'd be easier to show you! But it's not too late. Not when you stay up until 3am most nights!

I can meet you somewhere too, if that'd be safer.

[floatsaway]

[Th-That's rude, though...!! She'll just need a lot of practice with the pronunciation. I-It can't possibly be all that hard, even if languages like English alone Ochako struggles with in school. Languages are just hard, okok??]

aaaah that's too late!!
i'd never wake up...or look like a tanuki the next morning... [The dark rings around her eyes and all.]

does the beach work?? it's rly close to where i live, and i can probably jog there!!
if not, i'm sure there's a park we can meet up at C:

her expression!!!

[bifroster]

[Not if the object didn't mind either way, but the efforts would be appreciated! But yes, languages are hard. Jane doubts she could pronounce a lot of words in Japanese very well!]

Oh, no no I'd never make you stay up that late! That's just my usual schedule.

[Don't try to attempt her schedule. It will lead to madness.]

The beach works! I'm pretty close to it too! Hold on, do you live in Heropa?

[Did they ever confirm that?]

LMFAO the anime has a lot of hysterical expressions

[floatsaway]

[U-Usual schedule... Ochako stares at her phone and then wheezes a bit, looking up at the ceiling with a sad sort of smile. Being an adult sounds hard...and while she knows that will be her life the moment she becomes a Pro Hero, she'd like to appreciate her youth (and sleep schedule) a little bit longer.

Do your best, Jane.]

i do!! um...house 6, i think.
i'm actually just a short jog away from the beach. i go there to train a lot!
or run

[If they did, that just goes to show Ochako has been so busy and scatterbrained with other goings-on that she completely forgot. Things have been a bit hectic, in this new world, and processing everything is a bit difficult sometimes.]

AWESOME XDD and thanks for your patience!

[bifroster]

[Yes, do that. Don't be like Jane. Value sleep and sanity and all that comes with it.

Live your best life, Ochako.]

Oh, I know where that is! I'm in an apartment maybe a mile or two from there.

[Jane completely understood. Some things slipped by, while other things, remained stuck. It was an aspect of the human mind she didn't understand and didn't think anyone would be able to.]

Meet at the beach, then? More room for our powers!

LOL no worries!!! time is fake and bad anyways

[floatsaway]

[Ochako is still young - she needs to sleep more to continue her growth. But, of course, being a teenager means that she is a prone to staying up until wild hours of the night as well, especially since her schedule isn't as set right now, during summer break in America. Once school starts, she'll probably go to bed at a more reasonable time.]

perfect!! meet u there in a lil bit then!!
i'm just gonna change a bit, then head out!

[Just something more comfortable than what she's in now, which is her lounge around the house clothes. Some jean capris, a cute top, and maybe a thin overshirt or hoodie, in case the seabreeze cools her skin a bit too much. Oh, and sneakers, of course. Losing her sandals to the surf while quirk training was one of the reasons for Ochako's higher than normal spending this month...oops. But, she'll be on the beach, waiting for Jane to get there.]

to action!! & truer words have never been spoken

[bifroster]

[That is probably a good thing, as school could be demanding no matter where one went or what the curriculum was like.]

Great! See you soon!

[Jane is dressed in her usual plaid shirt and jeans, but with a pair of rainboots. They were useful and had rubber soles in case the lightning got out of control! Which it would not, because Mjolnir was nice like that.]

Hey, Ochako!

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[Waving happily, Ochako goes to meet Jane halfway, beaming and looking genuinely excited to both show off her own skills and see her friend's as well. Maybe she can learn something, or give pointers?? This is so exciting!!]

Hello, Jane-san!! I hope I didn't make you come too far, or take you away from anything else...

[bifroster]

[Oh, Jane would so be up for some pointers! The finer aspects of her powers are still kind of hard to control. She can lift tiny objects for a bit, but not a lot of them. On the opposite spectrum, she can lift or hold heavy objects, but it's very clumsy.]

Hey, there! No, you didn't! Just let me know when you need a break or have to head back home.

[They could end up spending hours experimenting and having fun.]

[floatsaway]

Mm!! It's fine, I don't have school or anything yet, and I don't work that much, so I don't mind staying up a little past my normal hour. All I have to do tomorrow is house chores, but they're not too much, and I'm used to cleaning.

[They were assigned to clean the classrooms and dorms back at UA High sometimes, after all. It's just a normal task.]

So show me how you use your quirk, Jane-san!! O-Or would you like a demonstration of mine first?! [She is. SO EXCITED.]

[bifroster]

Okay, good! We can both sleep in tomorrow!

[Luckily, Jane only had afternoon classes.]

I’d love to see yours! It was something you were born with, right?

[AHHHHH THIS WAS SO COOL]

[floatsaway]

[Sleeping in tomorrow sounds blissful. Especially if this is going to be an exhibition of their powers - depending on how they show off, both of them may be exhausted by the end of the night, and will need a good night's rest to recover. Hopefully Ochako doesn't toss her cookies, though the beach is probably the best place to, y'know..do that. A-Anyway!!]

Mhm!! Back home, most people's quirks manifest at the age of five, so I've had mine for about eleven years now! It's a pretty simple quirk when you look at it, but put to proper use, it can be really handy!! [Ochako touches her fingertips together, and the pads seem to glow with a soft, pink glow for a second before she's floating up in the air a few feet, totally weightless. Spinning around upside down, and even so much as leaning on the air itself, hands behind her head, legs crossed.]

I can use it on myself to make me float, and other people and objects that I touch with all five fingers!! So long as it's not held down somehow, I can float just about anything... [She releases her quirk by touching her fingertips together again, muttering "release" to herself, and she lands heavily into the sand, wobbling a bit to catch herself on the loose grains. Woof, got to work on the landing on uneven surfaces...] Mmm..idk if there's anything heavy nearby to show you.

O-Or if you trust me, Jane-san, I can pick you up! With one hand!! I promise you won't fall, it's actually impossible until I release you, ehehe.

[bifroster]

[Exactly. They can bury it or just move it over into the ocean. It would be fine. And they could easily take a break at the beach too! Lots of room to just fall down and go, "Ouch."

Jane watches Ochako use her powers, curious about the pink glow or why it is restricted to her having to touch something first. It probably makes it easier to control. But it was pretty amazing seeing her so at ease in the air. Jane rarely did that herself, focusing on theoretical applications and manipulations of objects.

At her offer, Jane holds out her hand, eager to give it a try.]

Go for it! I trust you!

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[If Jane asks, Ochako will certainly explain the intricacies of her quirk, and why it's related to touch. Mostly because it's just how her quirk manifested - they all show up in different ways - but also because the trigger are the slightly raised, pinker than normal pads on each of her ten digits. Yes, Ochako has magical finger beans.

When Jane reaches out, she curls said fingers around her wrist and immediately activates her quirk on the young woman. About a second later, she'll feel light as a feather, and that her equilibrium is a bit skewed, considering her feet are no longer touching the ground and she's floating like she were but a helium balloon. Ochako tugs her around effortlessly by the wrist, with little to no resistance whatsoever, and then hefts Jane up and over her head like she were a figure skater, hand gripping the back of her shirt.]

Using my quirk on people used to just be to disorient them and gain the upper hand - or maybe drop them from a higher altitude before pinning and cuffing them, but now that I know martial arts, it has many more practical uses, too. Ehehe, I won't use anything on you, Jane-san, so don't worry.

But most things I float will either go up and hover at a height I determine, and remains in stasis until force is applied to them. Like this-- [She tugs Jane back down gently, then lets go of her wrist only to let her float a good foot or two off the ground a moment before pushing her shoulder with just enough force to have her move backwards a few inches.]

[bifroster]

Are your fingers—

[Her question is interrupted when she’s suddenly floating in midair, being moved around with ease. It takes her breath away!]

Whoa!

[She listens intently as Ochako explains how she uses her powers and enacts that explanation, moving her around with an ease that Jane is a little envious of. It feels odd, to be floating like this, under someone else’s power, but the gears in her mind are turning.]

That is amazing! And all of this starts when you touch someone? Is it the pads on your fingers specifically or could you touch someone with your bare elbow?

[floatsaway]

Yes, my finger pads are what triggers activation, and when I touch them all together like this, and utter the release word... [Ochako touches her fingers together, and utters a quick "release" - making sure Jane is in a position where she won't fall on her head, or her butt or something - Jane will fee gravity take hold of her again very suddenly, and she'll begin to fall from the air. Better make sure to catch yourself!! Though even if she does stumble, Ochako will giggle and offer her a hand to get up.] Gravity returns like that.

It only activates if all five of my fingers touch, though, so if I don't want to accidentally float something, I usually extend my pinky, or wear gloves, or wrap one of my fingers with a bandaid on each hand. At first it was a real hassle, but I got used to it...ehehe.

No other part of my body can activate my quirk as far as I'm aware though, no.

[bifroster]

[Jane watches intently and almost does fall on her butt when she says the release word, but manages to catch herself at the last moment. She appreciates the hand to stabilize herself, because as much as she has made herself levitate, it’s still disorientating to be weightless.]

But that’s a clever way to keep that from happening! I guess it’s a good thing your feet or shoulders don’t do the same thing, or you might have trouble with a number of activities.

[Like making water in an ocean float if she were to not wear a full wet suit.]

Can you do that again?

[floatsaway]

[It probably is for most people, though Ochako has gotten used to it...sort of. She still gets nauseous from time to time with overuse of her quirk, but she's trained herself on endurance and can actually float herself as well as multiple objects for longer and longer intervals without getting herself sick to the point of vomiting. Her suits helps, too, it was literally designed to fight off the sickness her quirk causes.]

Mhm!! It'd be a lot harder to control if it wasn't just my fingertips, but I'm happy with it, it's a lot more versatile than I first thought it to be. [Blinking, she nods, then taps Jane again on the arm, letting her fingers brush the woman gently and she begins to float again, this time not more than a foot off the ground.]

There! Let me know if you want to go a little higher.

[bifroster]

[Side effects from using powers always sucked—Jane got tired after so long and if she pushed herself, she would get headaches too. She even got migraines when she first started using them.]

Thanks! What uses do you use it for? Every day, I mean.

[Jane, in the meantime, experiments with moving around a little and testing how Ochako’s ability feels compared to her own. It’s different, to not be thinking about the gravitational fields and applying different forces, but fundamentally, she is beginning to think their abilities are the same.]

[floatsaway]

[Ochako still gets headaches, migraines, and even nausea to the point of vomiting when using her quirk too much, or lifting an extremely heavy load at once. She trained her endurance, and can more or less keep it down really well now, but she still has to make use of the stabilizers in her hero costume from time to time. Many parts of it were specifically designed for that reason. She's even learned acupressure from reviewing how her costume works to do that with her wrist guards.]

Well, it's great for heavy lifting!! If I need to move something heavy, I just give it a tap and it floats up so long as it's not held down somehow. Ehehe, I won't lie...I've used my quirk to lift up the coach back home when I want to dust or vacuum...or when I drop something under it.

It's also really good for construction. [Her parents had a (failing) construction business, and while she was never allowed to assist since she was a minor, Ochako always offered.] Really, anything that requires heavy lifting or someone to be really high up.

Though I don't use it every day. Just when I need to.

[bifroster]

[That is awful! It was good that she worked on endurance and she had her suit to help with the side effects, but she wished that she didn’t have to deal with them in the first place.]

Oh, I’ll have to remember that—I tend to crawl on my stomach still. Unless I’m using it for an experiment or a lab demonstration, I kind of forget I even have any powers.

[floatsaway]

[Yeah, the nausea sucks, definitely, but...it sort of keeps a balance on people who have pretty strong quirks. If there wasn't a sort of physical limiter on them...people with lots of powers could raze cities in an instant, with little to no consequence to themselves. And in a world where super powers were commonplace even among the civil folk, having a "checks and balances" system is beneficial. It's a fine line between hero and villain, after all.]

Oh, yeah!! What about your powers, Jane-san?! I want to see yours!! [She has gravity powers too, right? And some cool magical hammer!! Ochako wants to see both!]