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[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???]

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We could totally figure out how to find or make a big mallet, if you make the, uh— the usu with your elemental magic! And with your kinetic magic, that’ll make pounding it and turning it even easier, right? Plus I’m super strong [ Actually, for such a noodle of a kid, he really is surprisingly strong! ] so we can take turns pounding it! We can toootally do this~ By the time we’re done, we’ll be mocchizucchi experts, hah!

[ Love the confidence. He’s certain they’ve got this. And for once, without his usual exaggeration… they very well may! ]

Mmh...it shouldn't be too hard, I'd think... [I mean, of course there's going to be different dimensions between an ordinary mallet and the kine used to pound mochi, but still.] The usu I can definitely make, since it's normally made of wood or stone, and I can shape stone no problem...w-with a little effort, ehehe.

But, eh, we probably shouldn't used magic during the actual pounding...it's already risky enough just by itself, you know? One person has to turn the mochi, while the other pounds it. If there's even a second in between that one of the two messes up...someone's going to get hurt. [Usually the one not holding the mallet.] I don't want that, especially since I'm already pretty good at it myself, ehehe. No expert, but I make it really tasty~!

[Ochako's got some build-up of muscle, too, actually. Despite her cute appearance, she's strong - having mastered a few styles of martial arts, being physically fit, and having an athletic and very physically demanding schooling. It takes a lot of sweat to be a Hero!!]

But c'mon, it'd be magic mocchi! That'd be so cool!

[ Alberto, you don't even know what it is... ]

I mean, I'll follow your lead, ragazza, but I'm just saying... Magic mocchizucchi. Think about it.

[ th-the worst devil on anyone's shoulder: a devil that doesn't know what he's talking about ]

Well...only if you don't mind the high possibility of having your hand or fingers broken by a large and heavy mallet moving at super high speeds, then I guess we could try something like that.

[Ochako...may be trying to scare him a little bit. Mochitsuki is already dangerous enough without perfect synchronization. Adding another element to it is just asking for trouble, so she's got to sort of sow the seed of doubt into this child's head. He won't learn otherwise.]

Ah, I've been meaning to ask--what does that mean? Rag...Raga--...that word. Is it a nickname?

Fine, fine, fine, fine...! I don't even know what this stuff is — I'll help however you need.

[ You win, lady. He's rolling his eyes, though. ]

Anyway— s'not really a nickname... More like a general term to address people. Ragazzo, ragazza, ragazzi...~ It's just kinda— something you say, y'know?

[ That is to say...: Alberto doesn't know. It's just something he's picked up from the humans in Portorosso. It's like saying buddy, bro, guys, but... the real truth is, Alberto just says shit. ]

[Don't you roll your eyes at her, mister, she'll let you talk more to Izuku and recall every time he's broken his fingers or arms throughout their canon. B|

Spoilers: it's a lot.]

It's a snack!! It's like, um...well, it's made out of rice flour and kind of sticky and sweet, and stretchy.

[You have to try it to really get it, though. Maybe, if Alberto likes the ones they make for the New Year, Ochako will take him somewhere that sells mochi ice cream. Those will be way better, and tastier, since they'll have fillings and will be sweeter.]

I think I get it... Like something to just call a person you don't know the name of. 'Young man' or 'young lady' or something like that. We actually have a lot of those terms in Japan. Even for out upper and lower classmen.

Ehhh, I guess, kinda, but— more relaxed, y'know? Nothing formal. Like you could just say that to kids playing ball in the plaza, like "ehi, ragazzi, kick it!" — or your boss could say that to you telling you to hurry up — or you could even say that to a stranger, like— it's just something people say, y'know...?

[ No, not "y'know," cuz Alberto's talking out his ass cuz he doesn't have a clear answer, just pretending like he comprehends human slang fluently. Though he's not wrong, exactly, he's only right by accident. ]

Mm, so it's just a general term, then - I think I get it.

[Poor Ochako, she really isn't usually this gullible, it's just that she can't even begin to comprehend the need or want to lie about knowing another language. It would be really easy for someone to look it up, and even easier to fudge it up if it came down the wire, so she just assumes Alberto is being totally honest with her here. And actually getting it right because, well...he knows his own language, and not a happy accident.]

Anyway, I'm going to check out the grounds and castle interior in a little bit with a friend of mine. I'll let you know when I start making plans and stuff for the party, Alberto-kun, but it probably won't be until next month. Okay, see you!!

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