Holiday Bash!!

[floatsaway]

🧙 WHO: Ochako Uraraka (floatsaway) + CR (and their +1s)
⚔️️ WHAT: HOLIDAY/BIRTHDAY PARTY YEAAHHH
🕒 WHEN: Now, I guess. :U
🗺️ WHERE: At her CASTLE.
⚠️ WARNINGS: Venti stop trying to get Ochako TURNT None, probably...other than Bakugou's potty mouth. :(

[It's been a hell of a year, or close enough to it, for Ochako and her many friends here. From the varying trials and tribulations of general quests, to the more perilous missions between kingdoms, to new beginnings and changing tides...it's all a path forward on the long road of life. Despite the difficulties, Ochako's been able to reflect on this past year and finally find herself a bit - a new title and a new, but still somewhat the same, purpose in this world. Something given, something earned (even if she doesn't really see it that way, yet), but still very much hers.

Lady Uraraka (hrrgh...it'll never feel normal, yikes) is throwing a bit of a holiday celebration at her small castle to celebrate the coming and going of a full year. Not only that, but also Christmas prior, and even her birthday as well! All friends she knows, and anyone those friends care to invite, are welcome!! They'll be guided to a decently sized ballroom where several tables have been set up for people to relax and eat, and a separate table for gift giving and gift receiving as well!



What, you thought you'd come to this celebration and leave empty-handed? Pshaw.]

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[floatsaway]

I'm fine, it's really fine...

[But she definitely is going to ice it in a bit, to help with the soreness. Will probably head to the kitchens in a second to get an ice pack or something, but for now Ochako will just gently wave her other hand with a tiny laugh and shake of her head.]

I've had way worse injuries than this before, Alberto-kun, it's really okay. I wouldn't really be able to call myself a Hero if I let a few stiff fingers slow me down, ne?

[prontissimo]

[ The remark draws a surprised look from Alberto, but he's still clearly worried. Alberto never had access to ice most his life, nor did he have access to pain relievers or literally any other first aid supplies. If he smashed himself up — welp, that's him now, he's just smashed up. All he could do is deal with it. He doesn't know any tricks to make an injury like that feel better.

But, he is endeared to know someone who, uh, gets smashed up and injured a lot, apparently. Alberto's endeavors are a lot less heroic, and a lot more stupid. He just likes jumping off tall things and rolling down hills and who knows what else. But he's glad to know she lets it roll off her shoulders the same way he does his. Most people don't, he's come to think. Alberto has very little stock in his own physical safety. And as such, sometimes very little for others', too. But when he's responsible for their injury, he's not so nonchalant about that... ]

If you say so...

[ He's not sure if the mochi has been done enough, but he can't help but indulge his curiosity about a lingering question. ]

...What do you mean a hero? Like a superhero?

[ Like Izuku...! ]

[floatsaway]

[Oh good lord, if Ochako knew any of that, she might actually grab Alberto by the arm and sit his ass down to learn some basic first aid. It's part of her training as well, since Ochako here deals mostly in rescue service and aid - hence her dream to be a Rescue Hero - so she knows a lot. It's not healing magic, and doesn't replace the help an actual doctor or hospital can do, but it can sometimes mean the difference between life and death, Stabilizing a wound is just as important as treating it.

But she doesn't know about this, and is currently hailing down a server to have them bring her a small medi-kit from the kitchen, and an ice pack. She can take care of this herself, no problem. Accidents happen all the time, and in all honesty...she sort of gets herself into them from time to time, too. Having a quirk that makes oneself and other people and things float can be, uh...actually extremely dangerous. Ochako's had her fair share of broken or fractured bones while still getting used to how her quirk worked as a child. Less throwing herself off stuff (though she did do that once on a dare, in primary school) and more accidental, but nonetheless still Stupid Kid Things™.]

Mm, that's right!! In my world, people can train to become Heroes like everyday workers, and we all are born with a given qui--eh, I mean...superpower that manifests when we're about five or so, ehehe. I actually came to this world when I was on patrol with my friend and classmates. My costume is upstairs in my room, if you wanna see it.

[She doesn't mind. They can steal away from the party for a little bit so he can look. Th-Though Ochako should have her hand iced and bandaged before anything, probably.]

[prontissimo]

Really? You have a costume and everything?! Hehe, yeah, I wanna see it!

[ Alberto's only become familiar with the concept of superheroes since arriving here, and only because of Izuku and their comic book trading. Alberto tries to keep his excitement contained, but there is a hint of emotional whiplash, hard to hide how cool he thinks she is. Not that he didn't before, but, y'know — now she's even cooler. ]

[floatsaway]

Ehehe, okay! Lemme get fixed up here and I'll take you to my room!!

[His excitement in infectious. Ochako doesn't get a chance to really talk about heroics and actually even wear her costume outside that much. Heroes don't exist in this world, and even with quests and the like...it's never felt like the missions she used to go on. The last real time she felt that way was with the tournament, the wraiths, and...the catastrophe with Lestari and Celliwig. It's nice to talk about something that's so important to her, in a much happier scope.

It'll take a few minutes for Ochako to swiftly set and bandage her fingers, and one of the caterers she hired was called out as they know a tiny bit of healing magic, but once she's good to go...Ochako is ushering Alberto out of the ballroom and up towards her room in the estate.]

[prontissimo]

[ He’s all too eager to go see. He’s also never been in a castle before this, or… any kind of big fancy building at all… He’s been inside more buildings, period, since arriving in Avalon, than he’d ever even been inside in Portorosso. Most his new friends here would probably be floored to find out Alberto lived pretty much outside his entire life before moving in with Massimo… And Massimo’s pescheria was not so glamorous, itself, though it certainly felt like it to Alberto. It was a narrow two-story building with a flat above the shop; there was only one bedroom, which Massimo gave to Giulia in the summertimes, and then more permanently to Alberto, so the man of the house himself slept on a bed shoved under a ladder in the kitchen… and Alberto’s never really given that a second thought, having never been to any other humans’ houses, back home nor here. He’s been to a friend’s inn room but, uh, that’s it. Hard to imagine why Alberto doesn’t get invited many places…

But he got invited here, tonight, so he’s living it up, man! Excuse him as he gawks all around them all the way to her room, all the while wearing a vague, dazzled smile that seemingly can’t be wiped off. Just the look on his face is as if the kid’s scarcely ever been inside, one could easily joke…! Except… it’d be like true. Yeesh. ]

I can’t believe you live here now, ragazza… Brava. Bellissimo…~

[floatsaway]

[The castle itself isn't much, really... It's actually quite plain, all things considered. There were a few furnishings when she got it, just the bare basics, and Ochako's only been living in the place maybe a month now. She hasn't exactly thought to decorate, coming from such a poor lifestyle to begin with. Plus, her thoughts were mainly on what she wanted to do and be as a noble, how she can put that title to good use for other people, not for herself.

But the look of awe and wonder does make Ochako giggle a little as she looks back over her shoulder at him when he speaks. She rubs the back of her neck as she takes him to her room, pushing wide the door into a large master bedroom. Again, Ochako tried to keep it simple, but her staff sort of...not quite bullied her into it, but firmly advised she at least have a space suited for herself and her own needs AND wants. Still simple, but definitely cozy - a large bed (larger than Ochako's ever had in her life), an impressive walk-in closet off to the side where she's headed to, an attached bathroom, and a--]

Oh!! Aludra-san, no! Off the bed!! You'll get fur all over it, and the roomkeeps just washed the sheets this morning!

[Oh yes, that is a wolf taking up the entirety of that big ol' bed. Not just any wolf, though, it's absolutely massive, the size of a draft horse, curled up and snoozing away on the mattress, whining and yawning right in Ochako's face when her ear is pulled to wake up and move.]

Bleeeh...! Your breath smells like spoiled sushi!!