[She turns with a start, looking up into the familiar, stoic face. Okay, so she... should have guessed that, and the flat expression on her face shows that she's aware of that, but still! That is not a proper explanation!]
That's— [Nope! She'll just end that with a disgruntled huff instead.] You didn't tell me he could do something like that...
[No, for real, what? He's certainly not been secretive about The Hand and all of those somewhat crazy dangerous powers, so- uh!! This is genuine confusion on his face, while he thinks back...]
Could've sworn I did... Well, you got to learn the hands-on way, I guess.
[Yes, she gets it. And yes, it makes her snicker. She tries to hide it—because seriously, she's a little sad that he didn't tell her about The Hand's cool ability—but it is still a thing that happens. Just take this small victory and stay quiet as she presses forward.]
But I want to know how it works! Can you explain it?
[He forgot, please let him rest. He's put no actual effort into keeping track of who knows what about what he can do, which is either extreme confidence in his ass-kicking ability or... like, just forgetting. Both, probably.]
Well, okay... [The Hand floats over to linger behind Okuyasu now, mostly just so he can gesture at it every so often.] So, The Hand's right hand can cut stuff, right? And then the stuff that's left kinda snaps back together to fill in the space.
[This explanation comes complete with helpful hand motions, or rather, Okuyasu waving his hands some and then clapping them together in front of him. Like this!!! Obviously.]
So... if The Hand cuts space, then the stuff around there gets pulled toward the empty spot.
[See, here's the thing about Ochako: She's responsible, yes, but also very easily excitable. She listens carefully to his explanation—a solid five out of ten, by the way—and instantly thinks back to their little teamwork talk. How can they, as a team, effectively combine their abilities?
...Ah! Her eyes suddenly widen.]
So if I made something float, then you could use The Hand to chop away the space right in front of it, right? [Here is a very Iida-like chopping motion. Enjoy.] And then that would make it go forward really, really fast! And it wouldn't stop! We could send things flying! Or people, I guess, but...
[That seems dangerous? She leaves him with that thought as she looks down at her hands, wondering how quickly she could cancel her quirk if things were zooming through the sky. If she could time it just right, and they could send lots of things flying at the same time, then... hmm. Hmm.]
[It's a good explanation... it explains what the hell he just did to move her back a few feet in the blink of an eye, right, so it's good enough. She seems to get the gist of it, either way—finally, some appreciation for how cool The Hand is!!]
You wanna team up and be a human slingshot?
[That's the idea here, isn't it? He considers it, but only for about two seconds--] Yeah! Kickass! Float a rock or something right now!
[That is indeed the idea. Ochako gives him a quick nod, practically vibrating with excitement as she scans their surroundings for a decently sized rock. Not too big, but not too small. The perfect rock. And—ta-da! Spotting something suitable not too far ahead of them, she runs forward to scoop it up.]
Okay! [Aaaaand she's hustling right back, dropping half of a crumbly brick into the air in front of him. Where it, you know. Floats.] But try to aim it up and over the houses! Toward the forest!
[Okuyasu watches intently as she picks a rock, ready to judge it - looks good!!! He pokes it with a finger to make it spin in place just because, while The Hand floats over to get in position. Okuyasu really puts in the effort here, even holding up a hand and closing one eye to aim with his thumb. He does not know how this works, but he's seen movies, so this seems like the thing you do in this situation.
Okay!] Alright, stay back there!
[This is going to be a Team Hand effort, as Okuyasu bumps the floating brick up higher so he can spike it forward like a volleyball (do not try this. this hurts like hell.), giving it momentum before The Hand swipes space in front of it to give it even more. There it goes... how far will it go...?!
Well it goes pretty far, but not over the houses, smacking into a wall and crumbling.]
[What an impressive show he's putting on. Ochako watches everything with wide eyes, totally prepared to see their improvised missile fly right out of sight... until it, you know, hits a wall and breaks apart in a rather anticlimactic fashion. Hmph. She just silently presses her fingers together to cancel her quirk, not wanting little bits of brick dust to float all over the place.]
That wasn't so bad for a test run! We just need to practice a little bit. [Positive, as always. Casting a glance over at his spiking hand, she tries to sneakily make sure that it's okay.] Maybe one day you can come train with me.
[It was a good first test aside from the insufficient... lift, or whatever... Okuyasu is still pretty pleased with it, idly rubbing his hand where he smacked it into a rock. It's red, but he's not bleeding—so it's a good end.]
What kinda training? I don't do, like, jumping jacks.
[Jumping jacks? Please. Shaking her head, she resists the urge to roll her eyes as they keep moseying along.]
You can do whatever works for you, I guess. I'm trying to get better at using my quirk, so I've been seeing how long I can stay in the air without getting sick. Oh, and I've been trying to increase my weight limit, too! [She shrugs.] Three tons isn't bad, but I want to get it up to four tons.
[He shouldn't say such mean things, especially when they make Ochako snicker. Now she's going to feel guilty the next time she sees Nanjo and it's all Okuyasu's fault!! Gosh!]
He's not that bad! He's just a little rude sometimes. [Well, it's the truth.] There are really big rocks in the woods, you know, and all kinds of logs. If I make a bunch of stuff float at once, it adds up.
[Not, like, three tons' worth, but she does her best. As for the rest, well... damn, Okuyasu, that is the million dollar question.]
That's just how it's always been! It's worse when I make myself float, though. It feels like everything is spinning.
[Okuyasu did nothing wrong, or: Nanjo maybe deserves it. Okuyasu shrugs, grinning; he likes Nanjo, really, he does, but dude needs to calm down for one day before he has about eight heart attacks at once and explodes. But that's just Okuyasu's opinion.]
Huh. They don't have medicine for superpowers yet? [That's... the first thing he thinks of. He remembers her looking ill on the motorcycle, so surely there's an Airborne for quirks--] That sucks.
[Airborne for quirks. GOD. Alas, no such thing will never exist.]
It's not so bad. It just means that I have to get stronger, you know? The more I practice, the better I'll get! That's why you should let me practice on you.
[A joke! A very obvious joke! She's not even stretching her hand out to him this time.]
[At least she only teases him about silly things. His reaction is, as always, Very Funny, and she can't help but to grin. Look at her! The very picture of innocence!]
You get used to it! [But okay, okay, no more jokes. His house is finally in sight, and so she picks up the pace.] Come on, let's hurry. I hope there's not a mess to clean up.
[Because something was cooking, but she's not thinking about what it was... oh, no way...]
Yeah, yeah... Nothing burned down, so it's gotta be fine.
[Probably-- how long are you supposed to boil a lobster, he wonders, not for the first time. But as they return to the house there doesn't seem to be anything amiss, and why would there be - Okuyasu himself is probably the housemate most likely to go poking around food that isn't his, considering.
So: lobster dinner, still totally on. Salty water is heading for the stove.]
[Thank goodness. Mopping up lobster water is not exactly Ochako's idea of a good time; she is, in fact, more than content to just sit at the table, stacking the few remaining potatoes into a smaller version of her orange pyramid. Very chic. But that doesn't take long at all, and soon she's glancing around the kitchen, trying to find something to do.]
Do you need any help? [Not that there's much left to do. She's just going to pick up an orange as she waits, using her quirk to send it slowly drifting up into the air. And then another one... and another one...]
[Salty water is ready to go, now he needs to check on this lobster - he's admired enough cooked lobsters from afar to have a pretty good guess of what this is supposed to look like in the end, but it's also blue... what color do blue lobsters turn once they're cooked all the way? If only monochrome Google were here.]
Uhh—nah, I think I got it. You're on potato watch once this other pot's ready to rock.
[READY to ROCK... he has no idea what he's doing, but cooking is very exciting!! And these oranges...] Hey, have you always been able to do that? Like since you were little?
[Potato watch? She hums quietly in agreement, too focused on getting an orange to spin in midair to actually use her words. If she pokes it just so, it stays in once place and looks neat as heck.
But oh, hey—a question. Nice.]
Mm-hmm! I didn't know how to control it, though, so I used to make all kinds of things float. Mom says that I lost a lot of toys that way. [So much money send floating into the sky... shameful.] Did it take you a long time to get used to your Stand?
[One day, they can throw an orange across town to land at Iida's rocket feet—
Ochako, please pay attention!!]
I bet. [Those poor toys... so tragic. Okuyasu leans his elbows on the countertop, thinking; getting a Stand was actually kind of scary before it was super cool, so, hmm. Define "used to"...] I think me n' The Hand got pretty tight pretty fast. My friend Koichi couldn't figure out what his Stand did when he got one, but that wasn't too hard for me.
[He would literally die of shock! Don't kill one of her best friends. And sorry, Okuyasu, but this orange is too rad...]
What does his Stand do? [It's something interesting to think about now that she knows Stands apparently do more than just punch things. Amazing.] Actually, when did you first know that you had a Stand? Were you born with it, too? You said that not everyone has one, so...
[Oops, she poked this piece of fruit a little too hard! Now it's heading right to him, and she's secretly hoping that it gently collides with his head.]
Koichi? [He makes a face, frowning. Uh...] I don't really know, to be honest. Something with putting words everywhere and yelling all the time.
[It's weird... it's three different weird lizards and one of them wears shorts?! The Hand, now, that's a simple Stand.
He's looking at this lobster pot, but—] I only got The Hand a little while back. Josuke had his when he was a kid—
[And at this point an orange gently bonks into the side of his head, making him look up startled before-- before it's just a fruit, now gently sailing in another direction. Ochako.] Hey, c'mon.
[Waiting for water to boil is almost as exciting as watching paint dry, so forgive her. At least she gives him a (not-so) apologetic grin as she stands.]
Whoops! I'll try to be more careful. [Look, she's gathering them all up now, even though she has to jump to catch quite a few of them. Being tall must be nice.] Koichi's Stand sounds really confusing, so tell me more about yours. Why did you get it so late? Even if my quirk showed up a few years ago, I think I'd be really far behind... but you don't look like you have any problems with The Hand.
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That's— [Nope! She'll just end that with a disgruntled huff instead.] You didn't tell me he could do something like that...
[Okuyasu: A dirty cheater.]
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[No, for real, what? He's certainly not been secretive about The Hand and all of those somewhat crazy dangerous powers, so- uh!! This is genuine confusion on his face, while he thinks back...]
Could've sworn I did... Well, you got to learn the hands-on way, I guess.
[get it. because.]
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But I want to know how it works! Can you explain it?
[Don't make her say please.]
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Well, okay... [The Hand floats over to linger behind Okuyasu now, mostly just so he can gesture at it every so often.] So, The Hand's right hand can cut stuff, right? And then the stuff that's left kinda snaps back together to fill in the space.
[This explanation comes complete with helpful hand motions, or rather, Okuyasu waving his hands some and then clapping them together in front of him. Like this!!! Obviously.]
So... if The Hand cuts space, then the stuff around there gets pulled toward the empty spot.
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...Ah! Her eyes suddenly widen.]
So if I made something float, then you could use The Hand to chop away the space right in front of it, right? [Here is a very Iida-like chopping motion. Enjoy.] And then that would make it go forward really, really fast! And it wouldn't stop! We could send things flying! Or people, I guess, but...
[That seems dangerous? She leaves him with that thought as she looks down at her hands, wondering how quickly she could cancel her quirk if things were zooming through the sky. If she could time it just right, and they could send lots of things flying at the same time, then... hmm. Hmm.]
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You wanna team up and be a human slingshot?
[That's the idea here, isn't it? He considers it, but only for about two seconds--] Yeah! Kickass! Float a rock or something right now!
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Okay! [Aaaaand she's hustling right back, dropping half of a crumbly brick into the air in front of him. Where it, you know. Floats.] But try to aim it up and over the houses! Toward the forest!
[She'll just be taking a step back now...]
that icon?
Okay!] Alright, stay back there!
[This is going to be a Team Hand effort, as Okuyasu bumps the floating brick up higher so he can spike it forward like a volleyball (do not try this. this hurts like hell.), giving it momentum before The Hand swipes space in front of it to give it even more. There it goes... how far will it go...?!
Well it goes pretty far, but not over the houses, smacking into a wall and crumbling.]
i did type "vibrating with excitement," did i not
That wasn't so bad for a test run! We just need to practice a little bit. [Positive, as always. Casting a glance over at his spiking hand, she tries to sneakily make sure that it's okay.] Maybe one day you can come train with me.
i don't know what i expected
What kinda training? I don't do, like, jumping jacks.
[He just punches. Only punch.]
mmkay, michael bluth
You can do whatever works for you, I guess. I'm trying to get better at using my quirk, so I've been seeing how long I can stay in the air without getting sick. Oh, and I've been trying to increase my weight limit, too! [She shrugs.] Three tons isn't bad, but I want to get it up to four tons.
[It ain't no thing.]
don't do me dirty like that
The hell did you find around here that's actually three tons? Nanjo's ego? [This ZINGER. He is on FIRE.]
How come you get sick when you use it a while?
at least i didn't call you gob
He's not that bad! He's just a little rude sometimes. [Well, it's the truth.] There are really big rocks in the woods, you know, and all kinds of logs. If I make a bunch of stuff float at once, it adds up.
[Not, like, three tons' worth, but she does her best. As for the rest, well... damn, Okuyasu, that is the million dollar question.]
That's just how it's always been! It's worse when I make myself float, though. It feels like everything is spinning.
that's true, i have been shown small mercies
Huh. They don't have medicine for superpowers yet? [That's... the first thing he thinks of. He remembers her looking ill on the motorcycle, so surely there's an Airborne for quirks--] That sucks.
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It's not so bad. It just means that I have to get stronger, you know? The more I practice, the better I'll get! That's why you should let me practice on you.
[A joke! A very obvious joke! She's not even stretching her hand out to him this time.]
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Aw, c'mon! It's weird fumbling around in the air!
[At this rate he'll cave eventually, but not while he's holding this water. Be patient. Eat some potatoes in the meantime.]
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You get used to it! [But okay, okay, no more jokes. His house is finally in sight, and so she picks up the pace.] Come on, let's hurry. I hope there's not a mess to clean up.
[Because something was cooking, but she's not thinking about what it was... oh, no way...]
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[Probably-- how long are you supposed to boil a lobster, he wonders, not for the first time. But as they return to the house there doesn't seem to be anything amiss, and why would there be - Okuyasu himself is probably the housemate most likely to go poking around food that isn't his, considering.
So: lobster dinner, still totally on. Salty water is heading for the stove.]
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Do you need any help? [Not that there's much left to do. She's just going to pick up an orange as she waits, using her quirk to send it slowly drifting up into the air. And then another one... and another one...]
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Uhh—nah, I think I got it. You're on potato watch once this other pot's ready to rock.
[READY to ROCK... he has no idea what he's doing, but cooking is very exciting!! And these oranges...] Hey, have you always been able to do that? Like since you were little?
[floating baby...]
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But oh, hey—a question. Nice.]
Mm-hmm! I didn't know how to control it, though, so I used to make all kinds of things float. Mom says that I lost a lot of toys that way. [So much money send floating into the sky... shameful.] Did it take you a long time to get used to your Stand?
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Ochako, please pay attention!!]
I bet. [Those poor toys... so tragic. Okuyasu leans his elbows on the countertop, thinking; getting a Stand was actually kind of scary before it was super cool, so, hmm. Define "used to"...] I think me n' The Hand got pretty tight pretty fast. My friend Koichi couldn't figure out what his Stand did when he got one, but that wasn't too hard for me.
[Considering it just, touches stuff...]
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What does his Stand do? [It's something interesting to think about now that she knows Stands apparently do more than just punch things. Amazing.] Actually, when did you first know that you had a Stand? Were you born with it, too? You said that not everyone has one, so...
[Oops, she poked this piece of fruit a little too hard! Now it's heading right to him, and she's secretly hoping that it gently collides with his head.]
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[It's weird... it's three different weird lizards and one of them wears shorts?! The Hand, now, that's a simple Stand.
He's looking at this lobster pot, but—] I only got The Hand a little while back. Josuke had his when he was a kid—
[And at this point an orange gently bonks into the side of his head, making him look up startled before-- before it's just a fruit, now gently sailing in another direction. Ochako.] Hey, c'mon.
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Whoops! I'll try to be more careful. [Look, she's gathering them all up now, even though she has to jump to catch quite a few of them. Being tall must be nice.] Koichi's Stand sounds really confusing, so tell me more about yours. Why did you get it so late? Even if my quirk showed up a few years ago, I think I'd be really far behind... but you don't look like you have any problems with The Hand.
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