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🧙 WHO: Uraraka Ochako (

floatsaway) and YOU!!
⚔️️ WHAT: Catch-All for March and questy things
🕒 WHEN: March. :|b
🗺️ WHERE: All over Camelot and stuff.
⚠️ WARNINGS: None for now, will update as needed!! /o/

i. Sir Fuzzlerton the Cad

[Well, this is quite the hilarious quest, actually. Ochako actually was giggling about it as she read the description on her phone's app, but decided to try it anyway. It seems harmless and simple enough, even if it is a bit time consuming... Still, what else has she got to do today? Nothing, really...so why not help out? Besides, she really could use the reward money, and it's almost like being given meager tasks as a Hero to do on the daily!! She's starting to get used to doing things like this, really, and it keeps Ochako busy.

So, as she preps herself to be out for the day looking for Sir Fuzzlerton, Ochako stares hard at the picture that his owner put of him on the quest descriptions, and tries to memorize it. Maybe she should contact one of her friends, too? Mm...this doesn't seem like anything at least one of them would partake in, and to be fair, they're probably doing it or the other quests posted as well. Maybe she'll run into them? Shoving a few bottles of water into her pack, and a bento box of greens (listen, it's decent bait for a waskly wabbit) soon after, she shoulders her bag and heads out to the first of many new bunny cafes that opened up, heading to the staff first to ask questions and if they've noticed an, um...f-frisky rabbit hopping about.]

He looks like this, and belongs to someone looking to get him back... Would it be alright if I looked around a little bit? I promise I won't bother any of the other rabbits, or customers, while I'm here!!

ii. Run Snagglefoot Run

[Now this is more the kind of quest Ochako is used to. She's not against doing the simpler, more mundane ones, but the adrenaline rush she feels when stopping an actual thief is few and far between. It actually makes her feel somewhat like she's back in Musutafu, fighting crime and stopping villains alongside her senpai, Nejire, and the Dragoon Hero, Ryukyu. Still...this particular thief is a tricky one to get a grip on, and Ochako is definitely getting frustrated. Man, it'd be pretty simple if she had her quirk, or her hero gear, but alas...nothing of the sort. What she does have, however, is a large and very fast running dire wolf familiar, who shows up at last when Ochako calls for her.]

Aludra, I need you!! [The white wolf seems to blinks into existence rather suddenly, its glittering coat like starlight as it curiously peers at its partner, then folds its ears back as it takes in her appearance. Ochako is winded, having been chasing Snagglefoot for several miles and always just missing him. Damnit...he's probably got his greedy little mitts on so many other stolen goods, too!] Please, this time it's important - there's a criminal about and I can't catch him on foot. I-I know...hah...you don't like me riding you, b-but...I really...r-really need your help!

[The wolf is fast, Ochako has seen it before - when Aludra runs she looks like the tail of a shooting star. It was part of how the brunette figures out the wolf's name was that of a star. The star making up the 'tail' in the constellation Canis Major...the greater dog. It's actually rather hysterical, that the dire wolf is so connected to space like that. Sort of like Ochako is, heh. They really were meant for each other. Hopefully, that'll mean the large beast will let the girl ride her...which she has not let happen since arriving in Avalon.]

Please. You know I wouldn't ask otherwise... And it'd be just this once, until we catch him. O-Or if you can somehow make me faster, I-- [Her phone buzzes. It's an alert. The thief is headed for the Red Spring. Shit, she's running out of time!]

iii. Farmers-R-Us

[Ochako never really done this sort of work before - there's not a lot of farmland where she lives, not unless you really go towards the more rural towns and villages, away from the major cities in Japan. She's of course been to farms before, obviously, but never really done work there. Still, it's honest work, and after some pointers from the farmhands, it's easy enough. Laborious, definitely, but Ochako's not against working up a good sweat!! It's a bit like early morning training, and a damn good work out to boot. She'll be doing this for a good, long while...

Hence why she's sort of wearing a lot of her usual workout gear as she goes about, turning soil removing roots and rocks, and hauling feed to the animals. She's pretty dusty towards the middle of the afternoon, sighing a bit as she heads back into the field from her break to take a drink and just rest a while. Breaks are important, after all!! No need to be overheating, or overworking, to the point of real fatigue! As she picks up her hoe to get back to work, she notices one of the farmer's dogs poking at something a fair bit away in the brush. Uh, oh...that better not be a rabbit den. Ol' Fido's gonna get is big trouble if he decided to attack any bunnies this month...]

Hey, hey, none of that!! Don't you do anything naughty over there, you! [Spooked by getting caught (and the prospect of getting punished), the dog races away, and Ochako is hurrying over quickly toward what it left. Sadly for her, though, Ochako has the marvelous misfortune to be right in the middle of a nest of pixies as they emerge and make the assumption that their home was disturbed and destroyed by the girl. Oh boy. Zipping about, clawing and biting at her arms and face, pulling at her hair, Ochako squeaks with horror and tries to swat them away, racing to try and take shelter...anywhere, really.]

AAAHH, G-GO AWAY!! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!! I WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP KEEP THE DOG AWAY!!! EYAAH! OW, OW, STOP BITING!!

iv. Wildcard!!

[None of these prompts suit your fancy? Or want to do something specific and not quest-oriented? Reach out to me via PM or at MelonFlavored to plot something out together!]

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[Gaius hasn't worked on a farm either, however he's no stranger to working with livestock. His people were nomads and they kept sheep for food and wool and rode horses for transportation, though they did have one orbal truck to help them with hauling supplies to make their homes.

He's just finished up cleaning up a horse when he hears the screaming.]

Slyph!

[The vibrant hummingbird with the super long tail zips from whatever flower it had been feasting on and zooms ahead. Gaius runs behind, realizing he doesn't have time to find his spear.]

Hang on!

[It sure is a sight to see - a familiar brunette swatting and trying in vain to fight off what seems to be a swarm of angry...insects? No, on closer inspection, one will see that they're actually brightly colored pixies, zooming about and clawing and biting at the poor girl, pulling her hair and just being a nuisance. Some even go so far as to try and throw a hex or a jinx right at her eyes, probably to try and cause temporary blindness, or watery eyes, or...something inconvenient.

Thankfully, nothing terrible like that happens yet, as she's wise enough to guard her face and shut her eyes when things get too close. She does, unfortunately, wind up tripping over herself trying to hurry back away away...while her eyes were closed.]

Ah--!! [Wait, is someone coming?] S-Stop, don't--...g-get back! They'll go right for your eyes!!

[Man, if she had a flyswatter, or some bugspray...and a lighter... >__>]

[He doesn't want to hurt the little pixies, but he certainly can't have them harassing her. So he takes a deep breath and focuses the one magical skill he's managed so far.]

ARCUS, activate!

[A gust of wind erupts from nowhere, enough to have a person feel unsteady on their feet. It's definitely enough to fling tiny pixies into the air and far away. There's a good chance he'll definitely be targeted next, so he might have to hide somewhere before that happens.]

[That gust definitely does the trick!! Ochako has barely a chance to react before her hair is whipped up and all around as the breeze ruffles through her chestnut stands and clothes alike. The pixies are scattered to the wind with howls and squeaks themselves, but don't dare to return - not after that! Some even kept swept up by a different wind current entirely and are up, up, and truly away...

Once the gale dies down, Ochako wobbles a bit to steady herself - having braced her heels into the dirt to keep herself balanced - and lowers her arms from her face. She looks...hysterical. Or at least her hair does, anyway. It's a wild and crazy mess from the wind and the pixie attacks, sticking up on once side and part of her bangs shooting off to the side like a rabbit. Heck, she might even be doing a partial All Might antennae there, if one were to really judge...]

Oooeehhh...th-thank you... Why am I always so unlucky?

Are you all right? I'm not good at gauging strength with my powers just yet, but I wanted to get them away from you without hurting them.

[Because this time, her life wasn't in any danger. She was just being annoyed by them.]

I-I'm fine, really, just a bit sore...and itchy.

[Ochako's got nasty bites and scratches all over her arms and shoulders, even a bit on her legs as well. Most are just a bit raw and red, but others are definitely bleeding a little bit. She'll need to wash and bandage those quickly, especially on a dusty and dirty farm...so as to not get an infection.

First thing's first though!! Smoothing out her hair, and taking bits of grass, hay, and twigs blown up from the gust out of her hair, Ochako goes to thank her savior again, blinking once she recognizes this gentleman from when she went on that one quest - the one they were attacked by a raiding party.]

Oh!! You're that person from before!

Yes, that would be me. I never got a chance to introduce myself. Gaius Worzel.

Some of those bites look bad. Do you have a first aid kit around anywhere?

Gaius-san, thank you so much--eh?

[A first aid kid? Not on her, no... Ochako only really has a face towel, to wipe away the sweat from working the fields, and that thing is pretty filthy right now. Best to not use it to clean out the cuts.]

There may be one in the barn... O-Or the storehouse!! There should definitely be one there, I'd think! [Since that's where the farmers would sell their produce and goods. There has to at least be bandaids and some antiseptic there.]

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I guess running into creatures like those is just natural hazard. I'll see if I can find the kit. You just rest there.

[He is the oldest of four children. He's kind of used to just doing things so he decides to go hunting for some first aid!]

[Ochako mumbles something under her breath, still pouting a little bit. Something about "didn't do anything" and "just trying to help". Honestly, she's a bit salty over trying to do her due diligence and keep the dog from getting into something it shouldn't, then being punished for it. Truly she is just a young teen at heart, and sighs a little bit. Whatever...it's done and other with now, so all she can do is get patched up now.]

Hm? Oh, I don't mind going with you...I think I can manage that much, ehehe. This sort of thing isn't anything compared to what I deal with back home!! [Ochako pumps her fists a bit, then rubs her back of her neck.] B-besides...I'd rather not be out in the open if those things decide to come back...

Oh, okay, if you aren't hurt enough to walk around, then we can cover more ground that way.

[Not to mention she has a point about not being in the open. Although as they're walking, something else she says has his attention.]

What do you mean by what you deal with back home? In your world with quirks?

[Apparently someone has met a few of your friends, Ochako!]

[Ochako nods, dusting herself off a pick and continues to pick grass and bits of hay from her hair. She really is okay for the most part, just a bit sore and in need of a bath to clean and dress the deeper scratches and bites. As they're walking back to the farm house, and storefront of said farm, Ochako blinks.

Ah, right. No one here, other than her friends from home, really know what it is she does. They still probably think she's just a civilian or something.]

Eh? Oh, um...w-well, back home I'm training to become a Professional Hero!! Our quirks are like superpowers, so becoming a 'hero' has become an occupation over the course of history, as quirks became more and more common. But becoming a hero is really hard work, and even my school courses are pretty hard, and work us a lot... [Because UA trains the best of the best. There's no room for slackers.] I've also fought against very dangerous villains as well, s-so...a few bites and scratches feels like nothing compared to that.

A hero? I'm...not sure I understand.

[At least it's not terribly far to walk to any of the buildings and ask for a kit. While they're waiting around, Gaius continues.]

I understand what a military hero is. Someone who goes above and beyond and maybe takes a base or saves some lives. Is...it like that or..?

[As they wait inside for one of the farmhands to fetch the medikit, Ochako kicks her feet back and forth on a bench she found to sit in. Ah, here comes the questioning - it's become common practice to have to give this explanation to others, and is just so very bizarre to think of, even after nearly two months in this world, that people just don't know what heroes and quirks are to the same degree Ochako does.]

Mmh...yes and no, kind of. I mean, heroes do save lives, of course, but they're less in the terms of soldiers and more like emergency services and general 'help'. I guess in the vaguest and most blunt terms, they're superheroes, because almost every person in my world is either born with or develops a quirk - a metahuman ability, or superpower - that can help them do a variety of things if it's honed.

For example, a person with a quirk that can, say...manipulate water - they'd be called on to help with wildfires and sea-faring rescue missions. A person with super strength may be called on for demolition of a construction site, moving heavy objects from an earthquake or landslide, or even fighting a particularly powerful villain.

There are also those with healing quirks that work in the medical field, but healing quirks are extremely rare in most cases.

Ooooh now I think I understand.

[There's no way he would have been able to grasp that without the explanation. But with such a variety of quirks, there really were a lot of applications for them.]

So you try to be the best hero you can based on whatever powers you have. What kind of hero do you want to be, Ochako?

[There's a time where this answer would have come easily and instantly - "I want to be a rescue hero!" - probably when she was younger and hadn't really experienced...as many of the things she had up to now. When Ochako was still younger and a bit naïve about the reality of what it meant to be a true hero, and what it really takes as well. How hard, how dangerous, and how painful it can be.

Now though, she takes a deep breath and closes her eye with a soft smile.]

I want to be a hero that saves people. Anyone and everyone I can, even other heroes...I want people to know they can count on me when they need me. In whatever situation they're facing - even if it's just something trivial like needing to be reassured of something. [Because 'saving' can mean a lot of things.]

That's the sort of hero I want to be.

[Gaius can't help but smile at her explanation. Then he nods.]

I think that's a fine hero to be. I guess I want to be something like that through the military academy I'm attending. Because I did that, I'm opening up new possibilities for my younger siblings and even my parents.

I don't know where it'll all lead, but hopefully somewhere good.

[And the moment Gaius mentions his family, ochako seems to perk right up, and her expression softens even more, hands clasped tight together. Ah, a sort of kindred spirit.]

Mm, I don't have siblings of my own, but...if I become a Professional Hero, I can help my mama and papa a lot!! Heroes get a really good wage from the government for all they do, and more depending on their ranking... [The more popular and well known heroes get more money, obviously.] They were, a-and still are, mostly, my inspiration to become a hero in the first place. If I can save up enough money, I can give them the easy and comfortable life they deserve...and pay for them to take a trip to Hawaii like they've always wanted!

Let's both do our best when we go home, Gaius-san!

Of course we will! We owe it to our families for all the love and care they gave us by giving back in return.

We'll both strive to be heroes in our own way.

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