Parks Shouldn't Be Lonely (Owen)

Owen enjoyed taking walks on his time off, especially through parks. Having grown up in Ireland, Japan's cities and towns seemed so drastically different, wondrously foreign to him, even if he was finally beginning to get used to it all after a few months of living there and going to the country's premiere Hero school. He also figured that exploring town and trying to not get lost would be a good idea in case he happened to begin operating there upon graduation, being familiar with the layout and general architecture would be especially important to him as one who couldn't just use his Quirk to fly or leap over the buildings. Being agile didn't mean too much without having a good sense of how to move through one's environment, after all.

As he reached Tokyo Park, the Irish lad decided to take a break from his walk and partake in one of his other favorite pass-times, getting to know a stranger or two. His father was always fond of the phrase "a stranger is just a friend you haven't made yet" and while Owen was a bit skeptical of that concept considering Villains existed, he believed most people out and about were generally good people, and definitely interesting. It didn't take too long for the antlered young man to find a potentially interesting person to get to know. She looked like she was probably around his own age, sitting in the shadow of a tree, reading a book, with some kick-ass dragon tattoos. Those tattoos were what sealed the deal. Someone his age with ink? Now that was interesting.

He couldn't open with bringing attention to those, however, he was socially aware enough to know that doing so would make him seem a little weird, a bit too focused on just the one thing. Instead, he approaches quietly from the other side of the tree, trying to get a look at the book before finally speaking. "Aye, fine day t'catch up on some readin' I s'pose. Anything interestin'?" Owen spoke with his thick accent and a calm, friendly tone, trying to counterbalance the innate awkwardness of approaching someone unannounced in this day and age. The last thing he wanted to come off as was creepy or something along those lines, though his big, doofy grin probably wasn't helping all too much in that particular regard.

Owen listened to the girl's response, smile not once faltering, though he did tilt his head as she seemed to ramble on for a bit, explaining that she was studying, not for a test, having never had a test before. That's definitely interesting. File that under something to ask about later. It was definitely unusual for someone his age to not have tests and presumably not go to school. It already seemed that he had stumbled upon an interesting person.

Offered a hand to shake, Owen reached down, giving it a firm shake. "Ohhhh! Neat name, I like it!." Japanese names always sounded neat to him. He almost missed the dragon's movement. Also neat, probably her Quirk, it'd be weird if it wasn't. Was it watching him? Did it have a mind of its own? Before he could ask any of these questions, Sumiko continued on, going into further depth as to what exactly she was reading. "Aw yeah, Edo! Wasn't that like, what with the shogun and samurai and whatnot?" He wasn't very well-versed in Japanese history, but he got some of the vague ideas.


"Ah, me manners!" Owen took a step back, outstretching his arms as though to present himself. "It's Owen O'Sullivan, and I hail from Ireland!" He responded cheerily before continuing. "Came down 'ere with me brother a few months back. He came 'cause he likes Japan, I came t'go to UA! Not that there's anythin' wrong with Japan itself, but bein' a Hero's the goal, y'know?" If he were a more cautious person, Owen likely wouldn't have brought up that he was a Hero-in-training, but he wasn't afraid of a stranger he met in a park, especially when she was so friendly.

Having introduced himself, Owen sat himself down on the grass in front of Sumiko, making it clear that he intended to stick around and continue to make conversation with the girl. "So's that tattoo yer Quirk? Figure mine's real obvious, huh? Antlers'n all. It ain't much, but I make the most've it, yeah?" Owen let out a hearty chuckle, amused by his own seemingly unimpressive Quirk.

Owen was glad to hear he'd given her the correct answer on the subject of Japanese history. He didn't really know all too much about it, really, just some vague ideas of it, but he'd learned quite a bit more since he first arrived to the country and started going to UA. It was pretty neat, really. Helped to have a brother that was pretty wild about this sort of stuff.

The antlered boy was clearly excited when Sumiko held her arms out, clearly preparing to present her Quirk. He watched the dragons move down her arms, then jumped a bit as they escaped her skin, forming physical entities. He wasn't really expecting them to do that! "Woah! Dragons!" Owen lifted a hand to reach out and try to touch one of them, but was just a bit too late as she pulled them back into her arms at tattoos. "Why, that's amazin'! Can ye 'magine all the things you could do with that? Well, uh, course you can, it's yer Quirk! Hah!" Owen chuckled at his own verbal stumble.

If it was possible, Owen's eyes lit up even more as she brought up her intentions to enroll into UA. "Ah! Yer goin' to UA too? Guess I'll see ye there!" The boy was clearly very excited to have met someone else not only with heroic aspirations, but plans to walk the same path that he was. "I'm already goin' but since I came in just few months before end o' the year, they're thinkin' 'bout havin' me retake the first year. I ain't got an issue wit that really, wanted t'be part o' the first gen o' educated 'n' trained Heroes, but I figure a year ain't gonna make too much a difference, 'nd it'd be better t'be as ready fer it as possible, yeah?" Owen spoke a mile a minute, either unaware of how fast he was speaking, or unwilling, possibly unable to slow himself down. He was quite the excitable boy, after all.


"Back on the dragons though!" Despite his excitement on the subject of UA, Owen forced the conversation to turn back to Sumiko's Quirk, still finding it quite the interesting subject. "Do they only come outta yer arms? Do they breathe fire? How strong're they? How far d'they come out?" You would think this was Owen's first time seeing a Quirk, but really, he just grew up around people with some pretty plain Quirks and more of a focus on simple physical prowess.