Let Your Heart Be Heard [NPC - Amanda]

Dreams breathe life into men.
The stars... I'll reach them.

His phone started to vibrate on his hand. It was a text message, from Yoruhi. It appeared that a student named Emi was trying to gather up everyone that had applied to the Rescue Event of the Sports Festival in order for everyone to get to know each other personally and also get acquainted to the Quirks that everyone else had. There were sevveral things that Ryuusei didn't like about such plan, but he could tell that to his best friend personally. For now, a simple text message would solve the problem.

And so, while continuing to walk, he started to write. At the same time, with his other hand, he was prepared to drink from his now opened bottle of water. As he was lifting the object closer to his mouth, That was when he felt something.

It was around his chest area, maybe even a little lower. It wasn't painful either, just... unexpected? Enough to have Ryuusei stop his feet and taking his eyes away from the cellphone. He heard something. A little loud, but he couldn't make sense of it. What had happened? Looking down, a girl was on the ground.

Oh-Oh... Oh no, I'm so sorry!, he instictively said in his mother tongue,

He took a quick look at the water bottle. It looked a little emptier. He looked at the girl once again.

Don't tell me that... he thought, seeing that some of the water had fallen on her.

Let me help you up, he said, beginning to crouching down in order to do what he said.

However, as Ryuusei began going down, the girl shot herself up as she apologized like she didn't really know what else say. It was during this apology that Ryuusei noticed an accent on her, something confirmed by her next words which were spoken in french... At least Ryuusei thought that it was french. The teenager was fluent in Japanese, English and Korean, but any other language was pretty much off the table. She was bowing, so Ryuusei just assumed that she was apologizing again.

Getting himself straight, he replied to the girl while taking his backpack off his back and putting his cellphone and water bottle inside of it. Ryuusei spoke in japanese, since it seemed that the purple haired little girl could understand the language.

Please, don't apologize, I'm the one that must say sorry, I should've been watching where I'm going, so... Sorry!  he finished, bowing at the end.

As he finished the bow, he put the backpack on the ground. Then, standing straight, he took out his jacket.

Here, I think some of the water fell on you... Again, I'm sorry.

Without even thinking, he tried to put his jacket around the girl almost as if he was giving her a superhero cape, with the piece of to-large-for-her clothing supposed to be hanging on the girls shoulders. Only then would the boy introduce himself.

My name is Ryuusei Igarashi. Can you tell me yours?

Ryuusei didn't even notice how tense and timid the girl was acting. Afterall, Ryuu himself wasn't the most particularly social person in the world... especially when he was feeling so bad for something that he could only think how to make things better.

Hopefully she wouldn't find him weird... or intimidating... or worse.

Notes: Two awkwards meet!
Words: 552.
Tags: Risaka Reinacht

Dreams breathe life into men.
The stars... I'll reach them.

Was that french again? Yeah, most likely, definetely not any language that he knew. It was a simpler phrase than before so Ryuusei was able to recognize the latin origins of the language and, by consequence, the similarity with English.

Mon nom est... - he repeated in his brain - ... "My name is", maybe?

It sounded like that. It seemed plausible, especially since Ryuusei had just asked for her name. So, her name was Amanda. Okay, that was a good start. At least now Ryuusei could properly apologize by knowing her name... But before he could she slapped herself in front of him and proceeded to speak in japanese in a very stuttery, quick manner. She should be fluent enough - if she wasn't it would be impossible for Ryuusei to have understood what she was trying to say due to how nervous her voice sounded.

Ryuusei opened the palms of his hands - a body expression of "it's okay" - while replying, trying to calm the girl down. He had only now realized how out of the normal she was acting.

I-I was able to undestrand it, don't... don't worry, really!

More strangeness was about to happen. Rubbing her hands together and pressing them against her own chest it was like the girl had just sent electric shocks throughout her entire body, shocks big enough to vaporize the water on her coompletly. It also helped Amanda's state, being that, after that, she was way more confortable in both her physical posture and communication ability.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Amanda - he replied to her more formal presentation, adding whilhe sccratchign his hair - And really, don't apologize, it was my fault.

A small slightly pale girl, short and with light-purple hair, french but from the Germany school that was participanting in the Sports Festival and with what appeared to be some kind of shock-based Quirk. It was a rather unique person, at least if one was to go by these small bits of information.

Let me buy you something to eat, it's the least I can do, Ryuusei proposed to her.

If she agreed, Ryuusei would start walking towards on the food tents scattered around the Main Alley, looking for some type of sweet food for both of them to eat. During this search, he would try and make a little conversation going on - a way of trying to show the girl that she could be at ease.

So, I suppose that you are going to be participating in one of the events, right?

Notes: ---
Words: 429.
Tags: Risaka Reinacht

Dreams breathe life into men.
The stars... I'll reach them.

Your japanese is very good, don't worry, he replied to her comment about still being a starter when it came to speaking the language of the rising sun.

He was also being sincere. Despite carrying an accent and the chosen words and phrasing being textbook--like, it was still impressive - afterall, japanese was an extremely hard language for non-natives to learn. Having spent time having to speak english with the british student, it was nice to see that there were also students who could actually speak the same language as Ryuusei. Out of respec for Amanda hardwork, Ryuu would make sure do adequate his japanese to her level during the rest of the conversation. This way no word would be lost.

WIth Amanda being more calm now, she was quick to accept Ryuu's invitation to eat. She even didn't notice Ryuusei's question for awhile, her being entraced with the look and smeel of the 'gyoza' - the japanese word for dumpligs. Taking notice of that, Ryuusei made a hand gesture of "two" to the dumpling vendor whie he heard Amanda's now high-paced reply.

I'm also joining the Rescue Event. It seems like this won't be our last time meeting each other, he spoke, trying to make his natural cold and mature voice sound a little bit friendlier.

It was then that the vendor handed him two plate, each with five small dumplings. Ryuusei gave him the money to complete the transaction and, then, gave one of the plastic plates and a pair of chopsticks to Amanda. While waiting for her to grab the dish from his left hand, Ryuusei posed another question, one related to what the french student had said.

Why don't you like to fight? he simply asked. It was a sentiment that Ryuusei himself shared, but he wanted to know Amanda's reasons. Before she could reply, the boy would make a follow up question

And why did you talk about the Event has something that you "have" to do and not as something that you "want" to do? he finished. It was also something that resonated with RYuusei, but just like the first quesion: he wanted to know why the girl felt that way.

While he waited for the female from Adler's Academy to answer, Ryuusei would begin to eat.

Notes: Time to start eating!
Words: 384.
Tags: storytellerrisa

You don't need a dream or even a tomorrow
Just live

It's just a matter of getting used to it, Ryuusei replied, using the chopsticks to get one delicious dumpling onto his mouth while being able to keep the perfect shape of the typical food of his country.

As she put the dumpling in her hands and felt their warmth so confortable that she had to express it through words, Ryuusei added:

But that's also a good way to eat them.

It was probably this that made Amanda aware of the time she was taking to actually eat the food on her hands, making her quickly get a taste of it. She seemed to like it a lot. And she was right: despite not expressing, those dumplings were really, really good. Perhaps Principal Touma invested the Yuuei money into bringing decent cooks to the Sports Festival.

When the french girl replied to Ryuusei's questions, she couldn't avoid stuttering often. It did not seem something that came as consequence of her japanese ability, but more as of her social skills: if Ryuu didn't like to talk to others because he just did not like, Amanda probably was always just very nervous doing so. Ryuusei kept giving his full attention, trying to show the girl that it was okay to talk, that he wasn't there to judge her or making the interaction more difficult to her.

It was odd to see someone telling him that he looked like someone who liked helping others - he more frequently heard otherwise, that his cold voice and expressions were the characteristics of someone who shouldn't be at U.A. Academy. He wonder what made Amanda think of him that way.

He heard everything before speaking himself. Amanda's words carried a pure genuinity and innocence, something that Ryuusei was sure would make Amanda become an actual true Hero. The girl would surely fit in the category of the people that the world needed, like she said. However, it felt that she somewhat doubted her own capabilities, thinking that her nervousness would be in the away of achieving her goal.

She was something that Ryuusei would never be able to be, so seeing her doubting that, risking not reaching her destiny because of that made Ryuusei share something personal.

My older sister was Quirkless, but she dreamt of helping others - Ryuusei spoke in the past sense, for even if Yasu was alive (but in a coma) it seemed like her presence was a lifetime ago - One day I asked her how she could be so brave, fighting bad people with Quirks while she herself had no special power. She answered that she wasn't brave at all, that she was always nervous and doubtful every time those moments came. I was shocked. But then she said: "I'm glad that I'm like that, because I know that if I can overcome myself I can overcome any challenge ahead of me".

Ryuu ate another dumpling.

It's okay for you to be nervous. You just have to learn how to accept it and channel it the right way. Fighting doesn't mean risking being at fault for someone's death, it means accepting the responsibility of being the reason someone lives.

Did that advice made sense? Or was it to general? Ryuusei didn't know, but he felt like he needed to say something, so that's what he chose. Hopefully the message got across.

In the meanwhile, he would keep on eating.

Notes: Don't be nervous, Amanda!
Words: 568.
Tags: storytellerrisa