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[floatsaway]

[The video opens up to a familiar face to some, probably unfamiliar face to most. Ochako here hasn't much used the network herself - mostly just checks it and responds to friends and things that ping her interest, mostly. But today? Today is special.

Because today is the day she need a bit of...advice? Help?? Guidance???

Something. She sure fucking needs something right now, holy shi--]

Um...h-hello, everyone. My name is Uraraka Ochako - but, eheh...pl-please call me Ochako-chan, or Uraraka-san if you want to be formal. [She clears her throat, looking off camera very, very frequently, at something just out of the camera's viewfinder.] So, I...h-have a question? I guess?

Um!! I-I know you can kind of get famous and stuff here - kind of like a celebrity I guess? Or, uh...y'know.

Status [She coughs into her fist, glancing offscreen then back.] Titles.








[There's a long, long, LONG pause, before she plucks the letter she got in her Inn room's mailbox and reads it over again, silently, one of the pages on the back of it very clearly addressed to Lady Uraraka.]

I have a house.

...Castle.

Castle-house.

And...land. So very much land. Ehehehe...hehe...hee.

[Her giggle afterwards is slightly manic, and there's a delicate sheen of sweat now on her brow, and a pleading look to the camera that very obviously is a cry of:

I AM SIXTEEN YEARS OLD, WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO???]

Comments

[absentconstellation]

From my perspective it is entirely modern.

If you find yourself overwhelmed, I am certain there are many among the natives here who can help point you in the right direction.

[floatsaway]

[Ah...yeah, that did sound kind of rude, didn't it? Oops.]

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound impolite. ^^;;
That's just not how things are done anymore where I'm from. I'm sure it was similar in times of Feudal Lords and Emperors way back.

But you're right. So many people here have already offered to help, or at least their wisdom and guidance. It's really nice having that sort of network to help out, you know?
Feels a bit nostalgic.

[absentconstellation]

Nostalgic?

[ That's kind of an odd response. ]

[floatsaway]

Yeah.
Back home, Pro
Uh...experts of their craft would take on interns. Apprentices, I guess?? For a small period of time, and share their wisdom and offer guidance and assistance for what they wanted to pursue. Plus, all my friends and classmates were always so willing to help and make sure no one was ever really struggling - it was the type of people they were...always lending a hand.
It's like that here, so it's nice. Reminds me of them. ♥

[absentconstellation]

I see. I'm glad to hear that you have such a supportive community in your own world.

[floatsaway]

Thank you!! ^o^
I'd like to think a Hero society is more inclined to help each other.

You sound like you're more from a place that's a lot like this. A kingdom, I guess?
Is that right?

[absentconstellation]

I am from a Realm far beyond the skies. Humans have no name for it.

I do spend much of my time in the Mortal Realms in the kingdom of Tortall.

[floatsaway]

Oh!! Are you like a spirit as well, then?
Something like that?

[That'd make this person the second, maybe even the third that Ochako's met in this world.]

[absentconstellation]

I am no such thing. I am a constellation.

[ It's very different! If this weren't text you could hear it in his voice. ]

[floatsaway]

A CONSTELLATION??

[As in stars? A cluster of stars?? As in space???]

[absentconstellation]

That is correct.

[ He still hasn't really figured out the nuances of texting, so he has no idea what the capitalisation means. ]

[floatsaway]

[He's about to figure that out real fast. Because oh. My. God.]

UWAAAH!! THAT'S SO COOL! /)'O'(\
So does that mean you're all sparkly and glittery? What constellation are you?? Oh, actually, I probably wouldn't know...
Do you have a name? How many stars are in your constellation? Which is the brightest???
My familiar is named after a star, too!! She's the star that forms the "tail" in canis majoris - the Greater Dog!
But she's actually a big wolf spirit.

[Dire wolf spirit, to be exact.]

[absentconstellation]

[ He's not sure what that picture is supposed to be either, but... okay. ]

I am the constellation known as The Cat. I have no name that humans can use, but you may call me what you like. In my mortal form I do not sparkle or glitter. I have 10 stars, the brightest of which is my chest.

I'm sure the Dog would be delighted to know one of his stars gave your familiar her name.

[floatsaway]

[One day Ochako will teach this ultra cool cat about emojis. But not until she is done NERDING THE FUCK OUT.]

The Cat? Aah...there isn't REALLY a cat constellation that's well known, you're right. Not even in my world.
The closest ones I can think of would be Leo, the lion, and Lynx. If I remember right, there was a cat constellation created in in the 17th century, but it's widely unknown...
Felis, I think...

lol, I'm pretty sure Aludra-san is very proud to be what she is, too. ^w^
She acts like it, anyway. Maybe I can introduce you sometime, if we ever meet, Neko-san.

[Until she decides on a proper name, that's going to be his title.]

[absentconstellation]

[ 17th century what? Human Era? That's some 1200 years in his future. He isn't surprised that stories might be forgotten. It only took 300 years for people to forget most of the Immortals. ]

I am in the Mortal Realms as often as I am in the sky. Constellations do not fade as their memories in mortal minds do, but even we cannot be in two places at once.

[ Yep. When he's in the human world, you can't see his stars anymore. Wrap your head around that. ]

[floatsaway]

[Yeah, there's a bit of silence as Ochako tries to parse that with the only painfully average intelligence that she has. All the good brain juice went to space nerd trivia and finance.]

I...guess??
That means that when you're here, you're not...up there???
Like, you can't duplicate yourself, I mean.

[Stars aren't capable of duplicating themselves, after all... It's not like they have quirks and all that.]

[absentconstellation]

That is correct.

[ He doesn't need to. He's got a dozen other powers. ]

[floatsaway]

Sooo...
Does that mean the stars just DISAPPEAR then??
Is that really okay????

[Isn't there like, some weird as hell conspiracy theory or crackpot prophecy bullshit that says the world will end when all the stars in the sky start to go out? Is that maybe where this nonsense stemmed from? Though...she's got to admit, not seeing stars in the sky is scary for a space nerd like her.]

[absentconstellation]

So it appears, yes.

[ But only from the Earth. Constellations are walking paradoxes. ]