ohmyarceus | March - April Test Drive Meme

[ Rainer either somehow completely misses the over the top reaction to her Duskull, or willfully breezes right past it, the pleasant smile staying on her face. She's gotten worse reactions to her squirrel skeletons. ]

That's okay! At least I know I'm not the only confused one. Maybe we can figure things out together?

My name's Rainer. And this is... [ She pauses, turning to the tiny floating grim reaper. ] Sorry, what did you say your name was again?

[ It replies with a happy little, "Duskull! Skull skull!" ]

Right. This is Duskull.

[Well, god bless Rainer for not calling out Ochako's terrified, childish behavior, because she's going to just...stay where she is, keeping a very close eye on that weird, floating, creepy ghoul-like thing. She wiggles nervously as Cleffa giggles and waves its arms in greeting, trilling a cry of its own name as if to introduce itself as Ochako keeps her distance.]

Hah...h-hello...um. Dus...Duskull. [Is that literally Dusk Skull? Good lord, even it's name is kind of creepy. Ochako was fine with her squishy, cute, pink marshmallow, but that one...woof. Wooooof... It's going to take a bit for her to get comfortable around it. ~~No one tell her about the ghost typing.~~] A-And you too, Ra-Rainer-san...nice to m-m-meet you both. Hopefully we can work together and...um. F-Find out more.

My name is Uraraka. U-Uraraka Ochako...and this is Cleffa. [She hasn't decided on a nickname for it just yet.]

Nice to meet you both, too!

[ Duskull may be creepy, but it at least seems friendly to make up for it, as it gives a pleasant little wave, the ball of light that serves for it's eye squinting as though it were smiling behind its mask. ]

Well, let's start with the basics... It seems pretty clear to me that we've been plane shifted somehow. So we should try to find out... [ She starts ticking a list off on her fingers. ]

1: What plane we've been shifted to. 2: Who or what brought us here. 3: How to get back to our home planes of existence. Ooh! [ A thought occurs to her and she holds the next finger up halfway. ] 3 and a half: Whether we came from the same plane to begin with. That's probably the easiest question to answer. I come from Nua.

[I'm sorry, what?

My girl, you have completely and utterly lost Ochako completely. She may have an inkling idea of...maybe the gist of what you're talking about, but not the entirety of it. Planes? Shifted?? Wasn't that a thing that happened with the continents like, a bajillion years ago or something? Anyway, she just sort of clears her throat and swallows.]

Um...I-I assumed it was...someone's quirk. Maybe a villain, but...even this sort of thing seems beyond the realm of possibility for any type of quirk and. W-Well... I'm not sure I understand what you mean by planes? Other than, um...airplanes.

I'm from Earth. My country is Japan...the province is Musutafu.

[ Now it's Rainer's turn to be lost. ]

Oh! Uhm... I guess kidnapping people to different planes of existence could be described as kind of quirky?

[ Generally that word is more reserved for people who wear funny hats or collect vintage postcards or talk to birds or whatever. Someone might call Rainer's animal skeleton hobby "quirky." (If they weren't too busy calling it "an affront against nature and god.") ]

I didn't know there were humans native to the Elemental plane of Earth! But, I guess you learn something new every day!

[ Yeah, definitely misunderstood that bit, too. ]

Wha--no!! A quirk. [Wait, maybe 'quirk' isn't a universal term in some countries? She sort of just...thought it was, but it very well could be a different term altogether in places like Europe, or Australia, or elsewhere. Shit, what was the technical, scientific term for it again? Ah--] A 'metahuman ability'. You know, the thing most people are born...with...

[Hm. The more and more Ochako talks to this girl, the more she's starting to think...they're not from the same place. Not even the same earth. It's fantastical, but pretty much everything that has happened this morning is, really. Who's to say that this girl isn't from a whole other planet, a whole other world, altogether?]

Eh...I think you're confused. There are no 'elemental planes' where I'm from. My planet is called Earth. One of the nine planets in the Milky Way Galaxy. My country is Japan, province is Musutafu. I study at UA High School Hero Course, training to become a Professional Hero. [It's...more information than she usually gives away, ever, but this...doesn't seem like anyone who'd use it against her. Hell, this girl probably doesn't even know what half the shit Ochako said even means, if her guess is right.] I don't...I-I don't think we're from the same place at all, Rainer-san.

[ Ochako's right about one thing. Rainer is confused. She doesn't know what the heck 'metahuman ability' is supposed to be. She knows that metamagic is something sorcerers use, but...

Oh, well. Probably best to move on. At least there's one thing about what Ochako's saying that makes some sense to her. ]

Wow, your plane-- sorry, your planet, starts training heroes in high school? I didn't start training as a villain until after I graduated from secondary school!

[ Yep, just going to casually admit to being a villain. Not that she really is a villain anymore, after everything that happened with the fight against Chaos and Order. But, it's just easier to fall back into old habits.

She sighs, shaking her head. ] Mm, no. We're definitely not from the same place. So that's going to make it a bit harder for us each to get home once we find out whoever or whatever is behind all this.

[UM?? EXCUSE YOU????

There is so much to suddenly unpack in that one sentence alone that Ochako actually is a little blindsided by it, and it shows clear as day on her face. There's a brief, questioning noise on her lips because that's...

Who in their right mind just admits to being a villain?! What the heck?! Surely it must be meant as a kind of joke...m-maybe this girl is making fun of her? I-I mean, it's understandable, m-maybe...kind of. If they really are from different worlds, then Ochako being a hero would probably be pretty fantastical, all things considered... Even if she's not really one, just a trainee for now. It's really the only thing she can even believe to be the truth, because...really? Why would someone admit to that? Unless they're strong, or confident enough in their strength that it just...doesn't matter?? Fuck if Ochako knows, but there's a big ol' awkward air around them now. GG.]

Ah...mm. R-Right. Um...m-maybe there's a way we can find out more, if...um. If we ask around. [Does she wants to go around with this woman now? If she's really a villain, then it'd probably be better to keep an eye on her, right? It's not like Ochako can do or say anything unless a crime is actually being committed, after all.]

[ Oh, come on! You can't be afraid of her when she's so smiley and friendly, can you? Besides, it's not like she's studying to be a villain anymore, anyway. Her world's phase of using heroes and villains to stimulate the economy is pretty much over and done with now that the world has been saved.

But regardless, Rainer just decides to chalk Ochako's sudden hesitancy up to being stranded in an unfamiliar place, not knowing what to do or where to go. It's got to be a lot to deal with for someone as young and new at this as she seems to be! Not everyone can be raised by seasoned planeswalkers like Rainer was. ]

Alright... Though there don't really seem to be many other people out and about around here... Unless we just go knocking on random doors?

[ Rainer isn't the greatest at gathering information. That's the sort of thing that sidekicks and henchpeople are for. ]

[Toga is 'smiley and friendly' and Ochako is both unnerved by her and hates her gd guts, sooo... But while there's no clear hint of villainy, Ochako still can't take that admission without being at least a little cautious - it's simply in her nature. Though there's also the hint of doubt as well, too, since...Rainer does seems very nice, and she has an airy of mischief about her - maybe she is just kidding around? Ugh, it's really, really hard to tell.

Still there really isn't anything she can do either way. And if they go their separate ways after this...it'll be fine, right? Maybe...hopefully...]

I-I don't think that's really a good thing to do, no... [Not outside of the actual games, anyway. >_>a] I'm sure there'll be some people around to just ask for directions, or at least a direction to take. I remember that woman said there was even a map feature on this thingy...

[Ochako shifts Cleffa around and reaches into her back pocket to pull out the Pokegear she was given.] It looks sort of like a high-tech cell phone, actually.

[ Oh, right, the Pokegear! Rainer has never seen anything like it, so she had kind of shoved it aside in favor of the other stuff in the bag. She pulls it out now and turns it over in her hands, unsure of how to make it work. (She may or may not be holding it upside down.) ]

Yeah, she did say that... I'm not sure how we're supposed to open the thing to get the map out.

[ Honey, no. ]

[Oh...oh god. Ochako is dealing with someone who is grandparents level of technologically illiterate, isn't she? There's a momentary tension of her body and Ochako feels the weighted dread start to seep into her bones. God...this is not going to be fun or easy at all. Sigh.]

Ah...haha, n-no. It's, um. It's like a phone!! So there's probably an app for the map. Here, you flip it open like this-- [She demonstrates with her own, touching the tiny button on the bottom of the Gear that makes the top flip out. Hilariously, the Gear is quite similar in design to her very outdated flip phone from back home, so Ochako at least knows how to navigate this tech a little better than a smartphone.] From here, you can make a call with the keypad, obviously, or just register people into your contacts and speed-dial them by clicking their name or ID - I can register yours and mine in there if you want to test it later - and I thiiiink this is the map?

[Ochako is tabbing over to the apps, selecting the one that looked like a, well...map, and tapping it with her finger.]

It's not too hard to figure out once you get the hang of it.

A... "fohne?" [ You didn't think it was possible to mispronounce a one syllable word, but Rainer somehow manages it. Safe to say she has no idea what a cell phone (or a telephone) is.

Still, she curiously watches as Ochako manipulates her own Gear, and does the same with her own. And, look! Oh, behold! There's a little picture of a map!!! ]

Wow, this foOoOohNe is amazing!

[ She just gets worse and worse at saying it...

Once she's opened up the map and started poking at it, it's easy enough for her to figure out how to use the buttons to scroll around the map. ]

Alright, it looks like... We're in a little town here, then there's one main road to the next settlement.

[Oh...boy. Okay. Okay, um. Clearly there's not only a technological gap here, but clearly a time gap?? Maybe???? Ochako's really not fucking sure how else to describe someone so very clearly not knowing what a phone is. Even with her outdated, pink flip phone, it was still decent in ways of communication and Ochako could play games and use apps on it. It was just a few years old, not completely obsolete in terms of technology. But Rainer has...zero knowledge of the device. Man, once she figures out what the Internet is...woof.]

Phone - it's short for telephone. You can use it to talk to people far away by dialing their number, or even taking pictures and making videos. There's actually a lot you can do with them nowadays - it's sort of like having a tiny computer with you all the time--...ah. N-Nevermind. [She won't know what that is either, p-probably.]

Anyway!! I saw that, yeah. A road going out towards the west, leading to another city, and there's also a port on the opposite end of this town that could take up out to somewhere else entirely... It looks like that path passes by a waterfall, which separates the two areas. [Ochako chews her lip. Tsuyu would probably prefer a watery place, given her quirk, but...Ochako seriously don't have money to hop a barge to head to--...wait.] Kanto?! There's an area here called Kanto?!

[ Yeah... Telephones, computers, videos... All beyond Rainer's scope of knowledge. Taking pictures, though. That, funnily enough, she gets. ~~Thank you magic camera glasses.~~

Rainer is almost too absorbed in poking at the map on her Gear to notice the surprise in Ochako's voice, but it does eventually register. ]

Kanto... Is that a place you recognize? Maybe we're not as far off from your plane as we thought.

I-It is...yeah. It's actually a part of the region of Japan that I'm originally from. [Kansai is pretty much around the general area of Kanto, actually. Not entirely, but pretty close. Her brows furrow and Ochako shares her head. This is just bizarre. There's no way this is the same place - maybe the names are similar, sure, but--]

I don't think it's the same place. The geography is completely different. And just looking at it on the map...it's all wrong. It's more like a country itself than just a part of one, like the Kanto I know. Mmh...maybe I should get an aerial view of this place once we're out of the town proper...

Oh... Huh. That's weird. [ She hums thoughtfully, wondering if any of the places here will share a name with something from her world. ] Must be one of those weird little coincidences!

[ Getting an aerial view would be helpful, though, now that she mentions it. Since they're headed in the same direction, Rainer nods her head towards the road leading out of town and starts wheeling that way, trusting Ochako will follow. ]

Oh, can you cast Fly on yourself? That would be great, to get a good look around.

[A coincidence? Maybe... But it seems too convenient to be a coincidence. Maybe this was something done by a super powerful quirk? A mutation of some sort? Maybe they were sent back in time, and something somehow altered the animals she usually knows? So many questions and theories bounce around in Ochako's head, making her furrow her short brows in thought as she plucks through what she knows now - not much at all - and then lifts her head up when Rainder speaks again.]

Eh? O-Oh, no, um... it's not flight, exactly. I can make things and people float when I touch them. That's my quirk - Zero Gravity! Mm...it's going to be hard to land and move without my costume, but if I can at least get to a tree, I should be able to at least lower myself into in and then climb down a bit...slowly.

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