[CLOSED] - Have a Shroomie

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Who: TEEN GIRL SQUAD!! AKA: Ochako Uraraka, Himiko Toga, and Venus
What: Mushroom Quest 2022
When: Some time in November \:|/
Where: Trench, MUSHROOM KINGDOM (CHRIS PRAT NOT INVITED).

[Something is happening with the Tower. That much is pretty well known, and though Ochako isn't exactly fond of Never Mind after that godawful trial on the river...her last interaction with a good friend, she's a tiny bit, well...bitter. But not enough to deny their request. The Pthumerian of vast knowledge has, in their own weird way, helped her quite a bit with their harsh and difficult trials. She's let go of a few of her regrets, learned and met some new people, and even got a useful trinket to help grow a cute vegetable and herb garden at home.

Besides all that, she can't say their distress and need to help someone they love doesn't strike a chord in her heart. Not just because of her own relationship, but the desire to save is strong for any Hero, young or old, Pro or Trainee. Seeing and hearing the concern and fear on what she'd believed to be a being close to godhood is concerning as it is, and she feels sympathy for their plight. Really, the Pthumerians, for the most part, really aren't bad. They just...are. Ochako doesn't hate them, not completely, but she sure as shit doesn't like them. Still, her kind heart can't look the other way when one is asking for help. That's just not the kind of Hero--...kind of person she is.

So after she accepts the little quest, gears herself up in her costume, and packs whatever she thinks she may need (water, rations, a first aid kit, flashlights and matches, a utility knife, and blankets), she's already off to the meet up point to here she'll be traveling with the others that volunteered for this little adventure. Hopefully they all get along, and they're not...too bizarre. Or disagreeable. Or insane and trigger happy. Ochako sighs to herself, shaking her head.]

Mmh...I've already worked with a few, ehhh...oddballs before. [Dabi being the oddest.] Guess it can't be helped either way.

[Really, she just hopes they've all prepared. She sadly didn't get one of those compasses that Never Mind talked about. Would be hella useful to have, but alas.]

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[ a boy sits on a tree stump at the meet up point. he is slender, soft and seemingly untouched by the ravages of facial hair. he is visibly nervous, looking around every few seconds and jumping at every whistle of the wind through the woods. he is glowing, a faint starlight cascading from his very skin and a few recently-healed white and sparkling cuts crossing his bare forearms. (externally inflicted. it's been a rough few weeks since he showed up.)

at his side lies... a radio, at least in name. it's not like most radios. too many wires where they shouldn't be, too many exposed circuits that lead to nowhere and a single chunk of galena that pulses almost like a heart. it's not on at the moment, blessedly. maybe if they're lucky, it'll stay that way.

when he finally sees someone drawing near - a short girl with brown hair, shorter even than jupiter - he surges up to his feet, clutching his radio in one hand and waving frantically with the other. it's... kind of endearing, in a pathetic sort of way. like a baby dog trying to bark and falling over. this is clearly a boy who did Not Have A Great Time in school. ]

Hi! Um. Hello! You're here for the, um- the mushroom stuff, right?

[ no compass in either of those hands of his. looks like ochako's out of luck on that front, at least. ]

[bleedformeplz]

[Another quest, another item to get. That's all Himiko was here for, to add another trinket to her collection. She already had the compass after being lost in the woods. Hell, she went through it again to hang out with more people. Trench, so far, had been good to her, to a degree until this month hit, she realized something, her vileblood was a disadvantage. It was going to be tough for her to inflict damage on anything. Never Mind, you suck!

Anyway, Himiko geared herself up, her tanks strapped on her back, needles prepped up and maintain. She had a sport back strapped across her chest with rations, sleeping sheets, match starters, etc, it was like camping with the boyz in the good old days. Himiko isn't a pro at camping, she's a survivor.

She scouted around the meeting place, half her face sunk under her turtleneck scarf, picking her people. Then there was Ochako, instant win. Her eyes lit up skipping towards her from behind, she didn't get a chance to glance at the young boy (or girl) yet.]

Ochako-chan! Hai!

[Himiko raised her voice, flapping one hand in the air. Of course, Ochako would be here. Wondered if she was here for anything else?]

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[Ochako catches sight of the young man easily, considering he's uh...lit up brighter than a white person's house after Halloween ends. She gawps at him a little bit, blinking and noting the nervousness pretty easily. Hoo boy, that's...not great. Either it's embarrassment from what she can only assume is a born trait or Some Bullshit™, or he's scared. The latter would be problematic, considering this little quest is going to be difficult, too. Difficult and dangerous, and thought Ochako won't discount anyone's strengths and abilities, her kneejerk reaction is that she's going to have to protect him from harm, mostly.]

Hello there!! [Ochako calls out when the boy rises and begins to wave, hurrying over with a charmed expression. Gosh, but those nerves remind her of an early Deku...how twitchy and shy he used to be. It's a cozy, nostalgic feeling.] Mm, that's right, I guess we're in the same gr--

[Turning abruptly, maybe a little too quickly, Ochako relfexively stands in front of the young man protectively. Another kneejerk reaction, seeing Toga geared up like that, though her tension does drop a little bit. It helps that they were able to actually have a leisurely and comfortable lunch together that one time, even if it was mostly due to the blood effects. Never going to trust Toga fully, it's far too late for that, but she can do her best to treat her as kindly as possible. It's just hard sometimes, seeing all those tools meant to hurt, to bleed people, and how the bad memories surge to her mind.]

Ah...Toga-san, you're here, too? [It's questioning, because Toga wanting to "help" someone, especially a Pthumerian seems unlikely.]

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[ ochako's not entirely wrong in her assessment. honestly, if he could hear what she was thinking, he'd probably agree completely. but he's not a mind reader, and all he can really work with is the smile she's giving him, so he just tries to keep going like everything's fine. which it isn't, obviously?? but. haha! not anything he can do about it!! ]

Yeah! Yeah, I think we're... um.

[ he wasn't even trying to say much in the first place - just agreeing with ochako, more than anything - and here another newcomer's interrupted that entirely. a newcomer that knows this person, at that.

wait. ochako? does he know one of these people?? ]

Um! I! Think we might have talked before?? On the network, I mean. [ he starts to wave - looks like he's thought better of it halfway through - and then kind of pathetically finishes it anyway. ] I'm Venus! We, um- Radiohead, that's the username I went with.

[ he turns, to toga, crossing his arms and doing his best to look both polite and enthused. it mostly works - even if his nerves and awkward teenage fluster are both obvious from this far out. look, girls are cute, okay?? ]

That's, um- I don't think we've met, Toga, but it's nice to meet you too??