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uastaff ([personal profile] uastaff) wrote in [community profile] plus_ultra2018-07-06 08:21 pm

The Effortless Wiles of Summer!

Who: YOU
What: Opening Day Log, so a big ass mingle
Where: All over Japan
When: July - August

Summer–Like the Sun in the sky, the temperatures are high to match. When one walks into the world to be a contributing member of society, it feels more or less like you’re breathing through a wet towel. Through the crowds or up your empty town roads–no matter where you are, dense air weighs on the neck and you’re unable to differentiate the water in the atmosphere from the sweat on your skin. Lately it’s been feeling like that sort of day nearly every day with the embers of sunlight scattered across the clouds, unrelenting in sharing their heat. It’s beautiful in a naturally obnoxious way.

But summer is summer! Many people love this time of year and others loathe it, but the weather undeniably can affect a person in different ways. Some people simply can’t take the heat while others revel in it, or indifference stands just enough to get someone through the day - but when it negatively affects moods and raises pressure, anger can go to the head much easier in the fires of July—Assuming those fires haven’t been drenched by the might of the annual typhoon season that passes through the country. Search & Rescue heroes might be pretty busy this time of year.

Students may be getting ready to take it easy for their summer vacation toward the end of July, but many Heroics students are preparing to intern with professional heroes during this time. It’s a golden opportunity to get out into the field and understand the day-to-day life of professionals, whether wild enough to find itself in the news or just a quiet day among the citizens–every aspect must be understood with no illusions. In this case, intense heat always brings an increase in crime. It could be as simple as a minor argument disturbing the public or a real brawl taking out entire structures–order must stand over chaos! Take notes, kids!

Even without interns under your belt, a pro-hero is always on the clock. July is a busy festival season all over Japan, which, in tandem with the weather, could make a pretty nasty cocktail for disaster if left unchecked. Sometimes, however, many festivals pass without incident and thanks to the heroes and their Symbol of Peace, criminals should probably think twice. Who knows who can pop up, after all...

[ Welcome to/back to Plus Ultra! First and foremost, allow me to link the opening game CR Meme. That may seem weird, but if people want to pre-establish a relationship with anyone else, then this is the place to make some plans (more below). Since this AU is less about being dropped into the world and more about already existing in it and growing from there, this could be a helpful start.

I’ve made this mingle log for July-August because the timing is actually rather awkward if we go by actual Japanese calendars for schools, so it’s to help the student characters more than anything. Last week of July until Aug 25~31 is the summer break for most students and then it’s back to school.

Most pro heroes tend to know others in the market, but anyone can embrace the concept of being “up and coming” as well. This log will be vague to get people started with exploring the world and if you have ANY QUESTIONS, please reply to the FAQ so I can leave it for others to see as well. Enjoy!!
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deadahead: (67635868_p0)

Festival Work; OTA

[personal profile] deadahead 2018-07-07 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Even on a spring day, Blackbosom's hero outfit would look excessive, but in the summer, she looks set to roast inside her clothes. She isn't the most well-known of heroes, but it'd be difficult to say she isn't notable by outfit alone. Speculation on her quirk is often brought up, but the people who experience it tend to not want to speak about it, or can't always remember what happened. At the very least, this makes people who recognize the outfit want to avoid her.

Despite this, Blackbosom walks about with a smile at the Kuki Tennosama Chochin Festival, sticking out like a sore thumb during the day but blending in at nightfall. She's silent most of the time, but at moments she seems to be speaking to nothing in particular, a glow of romance on her face when viewing the lanterns burn.

As the rounds for the festival's main event begins, floats begin to rotate and essentially collide into each other; this portion disallows anyone but the float carriers to join. A spectator's event in the end, but quirks have made this ancient event more "accessible", even if it's not allowed to be.

For those that seem to be sneaking into the rotation circle, Blackbosom isn't far behind. In the crowds it's difficult to see what she does, but soon someone is getting rowdy and is being pulled away from the frontline—floating away, maybe? After a moment of this, Blackbosom wanders off, talking to no one and hugging her scythe to her chest with a smile.
]
Edited 2018-07-07 20:19 (UTC)
shark_girl: (Default)

Tess | OTA

[personal profile] shark_girl 2018-07-09 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Option 1) Campus Vacation Time
Tess had reached campus and been to the opening orientation meetings. She'd made a few friends on campus, and gotten to know one or two people, but she hadn't had a lot of time to really get close to anyone. And now, here she was, on 'Vacation,' when she wanted to be doing just about anything but relaxing.

She was a ball of energy, barely contained. The young woman spent most of her time running laps around the track at campus, swimming laps upon laps at the school pool, hitting the gym and lifting weights, going through martial arts forms, and generally doing anything but relaxing. Someone really needed to either help her take a load off, or at least offer her a sparring partner, because he wasn't figuring out this whole 'vacation' thing well.

Option 2) Summer Internship - Rescue Assistance
When she was able, Tess managed to sign up with a hero to help with the clean up from the typhoons in the summer season, and to assist in rescue. Naval rescue was, to her, something of a personal calling. It was the thing that she most wanted to do when she finished her time at the academy, and what she felt her gift were well suited towards, so it was where she wanted to get practice.

So, here she was along the coastline, looking out at aftermath of a particularly nasty squall, black eyes gazing out and taking it all in. She waited for word from whoever she was working with, however. If nobody was screaming for help, she wasn't going to jump in, not the way that she wanted anyway. She knew that she was supposed to be learning here.
shark_girl: (Pensive)

[personal profile] shark_girl 2018-07-09 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Tess wasn't always exercising, not every day of her summer. There were a few things that at least interested her a little bit. The Japanese culture was a fascinating thing, and far more importantly she wanted to get to know the people that she would be living among. What better way to test her Japanese than to come to a festival like this?

She was looking among the various lanterns, her inky black eyes keen to see all that she could. When she saw the rather ... unique looking woman, those eyes bugged out more and she cocked her head. Nobody would dress that way without a reason, not in this weather. Her own school uniform already felt a little hot under the circumstances. Curious, she drew a little closer and gave a bow to the woman. Where some were a little nervous, she generally wasn't that perturbed by strange appearances. After all, she wasn't that normal herself.]


Excuse me. Who are you talking to?

[She might have seen her seemingly talking to someone nearby, and yet ... there was nobody there.]
deadahead: (67031054_p0)

[personal profile] deadahead 2018-07-09 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ It almost doesn't immediately occur to Blackbosom that she's being addressed, so wound up in her commentary that the world had melted away. When it does click, she sounds as if she's been interrupted not by Tess but by her own thoughts.

Blackbosom looks one way, then the other, and finds dark, smooth eyes locked onto her.
]

My husband, of course. Amidst all these festival lights... isn't it just romantic? I thought it'd be the perfect date for us. [ She looks back to the crowds hollering, as if to check for any one else that might be offending the rules, but they got lucky this time. ]
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Takumi Hijirihara; OTA

[personal profile] killerkiller 2018-07-09 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ School Things ]

[ Wrapping up the school term work with grading tests is like dragging feet for Takumi, especially when the answers filled in are all textbook answers. If students or any teachers/staff run into him he'd be looking more tired than usual, although he'd be more sociable than usual.

When he sees you, he'll gesture at you to approach him...
]

Hey there, you got any free time?

[ Festival: Hero Work...? ]

[ If the test-grading wasn't torture enough for him, he was told to do some hero work for minimum work during summer break. "Watch over the students interning and make sure they don't get into any trouble or injured," they said. Sure, he's a hero, but he was more interested in other things rather than do routine, boring patrol work. But since he wasn't popular enough to get any sidekicks, he's forced to work on his own.

But as soon as he was out on the grounds, he'd quickly relocate himself to any dark, confined places he can find in order to avoid work... Or try to.

Some civilians are noticing his strange behavior and are muttering to themselves, "He's so weird... Should we call the police or some hero...?"
]
killingusoftly: ([Sarah] Annoyed(Silly))

Yogg-Saron (Sarah) - OTA

[personal profile] killingusoftly 2018-07-09 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Melting! Festival Sales!

You know who disliked the heat? This very frustrated entrepreneur... Sarah much preferred cold climates and would sometimes feel somewhat miserable in high heat environments. However, they wouldn't pass on a chance to sell some wares and hopefully witness some chaos brewing where they could fuel the wild flames of madness.

The usually businessware clad host was instead donning a luxury line bikini with a summer themed sash swaying from their waist. A wide brimmed sun hat sat atop the bright red mane that was a bit messily tied to a ponytail. A few electric fans were attached to their stall and they added to that by fanning themselves with a fancy looking festival paper fan.

Even with the feel of the heat, they still greeted comers with a bright smile and greeting and showed off their wares, new summer themed dreamcatchers, oil diffusers and burners and an assortment of summer incense.
killingusoftly: ([Sarah] Smiles?)

Option 2!

[personal profile] killingusoftly 2018-07-09 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
What a marvelous silver lining to this dreadful season! The chaos brought about by nature was incredibly thrilling. Even in the unpredicatability of the sea, these disastrous typhoons brought a hint of amusement to the chaotic being. That's why, for some reason, this out of place entrepreneur was sitting on a high ledge, legs crossed as they admired what most would deem a tragic occurance.

All smiles, they seemed just a bit out of place in the scene. Maybe they were just happy to have survived this particular squall? Whatever the case, they seemed to have spotted the diligent hero-in-training and gave them a friendly wave.
cuddly_incoming: (Adorafy!)

[personal profile] cuddly_incoming 2018-07-09 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Summer Time Wildness!

As if the overtly energetic teen needed more reasons to be wild and out, Summer was a time she verily enjoyed a bit too much! Though honestly, if you asked others, they'd say she enjoys everything a lot too much... Regardless, Lulu was going to make it her personal goal to vist each and every festival that was going to occur this season! That's why you'll find the purple hued girl at every single one of them, having one hell of a time and enjoying herself to the fullest!

Don't mind if she runs up to you like she knows you and starts talking all friendly like... That's, sort of what she does!
cuddly_incoming: (=D)

School option!

[personal profile] cuddly_incoming 2018-07-09 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lulu was a bountiful stash of energy, so she was floating happily through the halls of school, humming a little tune to herself while dancing a little jig.

When addressed, she perked up with a bright smile and hovered over to the teacher.
]

HI! Yes! Yes I do! How are you?!
cuddly_incoming: (=D)

[personal profile] cuddly_incoming 2018-07-09 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[That person looks like they're having fun! Lulu likes fun! And having fun with others! Plus this festival is really pretty! So bright and colorful! Hello person, hope you don't mind the purple hued teen to go right up to you with the brightest of smiles.]

Hi! You're having fun too huh?! Isn't really pretty! [Lulu points to all the lanterns and giggles.]

I've never seen something like this before, it's wonderful!
shark_girl: (Smile)

[personal profile] shark_girl 2018-07-09 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Tess had a few minutes to herself between tasks when she was waved to. She cocked her head and looked in the direction of the woman there, seated as if nothing was wrong. She'd lived along the eastern seaboard long enough to know that everyone dealt with these storms differently. It was a little odd to see someone who seemed this at ease, but there were people who just loved stormy seas. Heck, people chased tornadoes. Crazy.

Walking over, she waved back. "You seem to be doing alright. Not injured I hope?" she said in accented Japanese.
shark_girl: (Pensive)

[personal profile] shark_girl 2018-07-09 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[This one was new to the school, a recent addition. So she hadn't had classes with him yet, but she still could recognize that he was a teacher. Looking like she'd just finished a run and still toweling off, she cocked her head and looked over at the teacher and bowed in the sort of way that foreigners unfamiliar with the practice did.]

Oh, hello. Sure, I'm free, uh... I don't think we've met yet have we, teacher?
shark_girl: (Dubious)

[personal profile] shark_girl 2018-07-09 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her... husband? She clearly looked confused while looking around for a moment, trying to find someone. Tess followed up by looking a little more closely. Was she wearing a bluetooth or something similar?]

Uh, your husband miss? I don't see anyone... are you on the phone with them? I guess you're right, though... about it being romantic. [Weird.]
killingusoftly: ([Sarah] Smiles?)

[personal profile] killingusoftly 2018-07-09 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Sarah smiled and nodded, "Doing swimmingly pardon the sea side pun." she mused looking to the waters. "Just marveling at the strength and unpredictability of the sea."

Turning back to Tess, they raised an inquisitive brow. "How about you"
killerkiller: (008)

[personal profile] killerkiller 2018-07-10 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh dear, that's one super energetic ball of sunshine there. Takumi scratches his head as he draws out a tired sigh. ]

...Actually, never mind. Do you know if a responsible adult is nearby so I can ask them something?

[ Sorry Lulu, he's already feeling drained from seeing how you're bouncing around and wants to crawl back into his locker. ]
killerkiller: (010)

[personal profile] killerkiller 2018-07-10 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh awesome, a diligent student working out. Most excellent. ]

No worries, I'm Takumi Hijirihara. I teach Villain Psychology here. Not a super popular class that people'll take, since it's an elective and usually everyone rushes to go get their hero license. Anyways, nice to meet you.

[ Normally he'd have someone else do the introduction for him instead, but there's no one else around at the moment. Plus he really wants to get out of grading papers at the moment and take a nap underneath a sink, in a cabinet. ]
deadahead: (60157583_p0)

[personal profile] deadahead 2018-07-10 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Whenever this type of dialogue would reach her, she'd feel an overwhelming haze take her senses. It was odd but she was used to it, and her mind would seek a new topic in haste. She had trained herself carefully, and some would agree she did so too well. ]

To love someone is to always have a whisper in your ear. [ Blackbosom returned her attention to Tess once she had navigated through her words. ]

You're alone?
deadahead: (59710446_p0)

[personal profile] deadahead 2018-07-10 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Isn't it just? [ Blackbosom doesn't seem to mind the conversation. She found a fellow romantic, it would seem. ] The porters are not the only ones dancing. [ More like smashing into one another but she gazes at the lanterns as well to indicate them. ]

I don't usually attend these events but this one seemed irresistible this time around.
deadahead: (61306819_p0)

Festival; Gonna shove you into the lantern one nerd

[personal profile] deadahead 2018-07-10 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, this won't do. Anyone disturbing such a fantastical festival is going to meet the business end of Blackbosom's scythe. She doesn't make contact, but she makes it clear she's pointing it at the shadow gremlin screwing with the peace. ]

Hello. Are you ill?
cuddly_incoming: (C'mon you!)

[personal profile] cuddly_incoming 2018-07-10 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? But I'm free now, what if I never find anyone to help you?! [With a small gasp, Lulu looked even more determined.]

I am ready for whatever task teach! Lay it on me, I can do it!
cuddly_incoming: (Adorafy!)

[personal profile] cuddly_incoming 2018-07-10 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Lulu giggled, the thought of the lanterns dancing filled her with glee.] That's right! It does seem like it doesn't it?

I've never seen something like this so I'm really really glad I'm getting to attend one! And look at all the smiling faces, yours included! It's something that everyone needs, to balance the everyday grind.
oozora: (1+1=infinity)

Option 1 lol

[personal profile] oozora 2018-07-11 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
Normally during vacations, Hiro would absolutely be hitting the arcades, but with his recent "discoveries" that his body is even more squishy than he thought, there was only one thing on his mind: get ripped to be a hero. Luckily, since moving to campus, he had better knowledge of access to facilities to help in that regard. Donning his barely used new UA gym clothes, it was time for him to hit the gym. Since it was the summer, he didn't expect anyone to be at the weights already, but then again it was air conditioned.

"Oh! Tess, was it?"
shark_girl: (Smile)

[personal profile] shark_girl 2018-07-11 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[She blinked again, those dark eyes staring at the woman curiously before she made an 'oh' face and settled on an assumption. She'd known people who had lost someone, who sometimes talked to their loved one, even though they weren't present. She'd done it with her own mother a few times. So, why shouldn't someone do that on a day like today? Weren't the lanterns supposed to be about guiding the dead or something? Either way, maybe it wasn't that odd?

She nodded and smiled, though as usual she never liked showing her teeth when she did.]
That makes sense, miss. And yes, I'm here by myself. Classes aren't in session.
shark_girl: (Smile)

[personal profile] shark_girl 2018-07-11 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
She actually laughed at the pun and grinned. It wasn't a toothy grin, the girl never really liking to show off her chompers, but it was still genuine enough. Looking out over the waters, she shook her head to get the chuckle out of her system. Now wasn't supposed to be the time. "Don't worry about it. Some people just cope with stuff like this with a laugh. See it all the time." Her gaze took in the ocean, the push of the waves and she added. "It is something else to watch. Wish I'd gotten here for the actual storm. Riding the currents is ... hard to describe."

But, needless to say, she wasn't some punk kid out on the carolina coasts pretending to be a hero because she was strong enough to fight the currents. Had to follow the rules here. "I'm here as an intern. Helping out with rescue and cleanup. It's always rough this time of year, I hear. You should still be careful, miss. Just in case something goes wrong."
shark_girl: (Default)

[personal profile] shark_girl 2018-07-11 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
The weights she was on? Definitely not Hiro's level. It looked like she was using something meant to duplicate the effective pressure of a certain weight, and if the number on the screen was any indication, she was pushing hundreds of pounds in her reps. Huffing as she worked the bench press, she smirked over at him.

"Yep, hey Hiro... wanna spot me?" No worries, Hiro. She wasn't serious. There was some sort of failsafe in this thing for situations like this. Not everyone had strength in their quirk list.

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