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Authors Note:
So I have a narrative plan later, and since I'm making yet another Telltale Games -Will Remember That reference, but all my dialogue is already bold and italic, I'm making the conversation English so I can highlight the part getting remembered in italics. That's gonna be important, and I will not be elaborating why, here, but I welcome theories about exactly where that comes into play.
It's also a little perfect that I'm throwing in an encounter with Uncle Hizashi, because it gives Síat the opportunity to set up that private lesson.
Also, Síat's response to Tsu about going by Seth is true about me, too, my name is Síat, but I tell people they can call me Seth because "Shee-ot" is apparently a little too complicated, or gets people giggling because it sounds like a small child trying to get away with saying "shit".
Lunch Rush seemed especially thrilled at Síat's arrival to the cafeteria. Apparently he really likes students with massive dietary needs. He didn't even ask, he just pulled up a display of Síat's commissioned food orders and started piling food on a tray. 「I also took the liberty of including an attempt at a dish from your home country, please feel free to leave a review on the Liver and Bacon, I understand it's a common comfort food!」
「My man, this is no place to be making me cry... It smells like home...」
Mina all but dragged Síat to a table with the girls, Kirishima, and Tokoyami.
"We have Present Mic's English class next, we should practice introducing ourselves with the native speaker!" Mina squeaked enthusiastically.
「Uhh... What?」 Kirishima tilted his head.
「Ashido is proposing practicing English with Rahill.」 Momo supplied helpfully. 「You can go last, if you like, it'll give you a chance to hear multiple introductions so you have an idea of how to say yours.」
「Oh! Sweet! Yeah, let's do it!」 Kirishima pumped his fist.
Síat blinked. "English is my second language, but I have a good grasp on it..."
"Second?" Mina blinked.
"Aye, my ma insisted on teaching me Irish first. You know, all of 30% of the population of Ireland actually speaks the old tongue. Feckin' English Cu-... Bastards." Síat cleared his throat, like the start of that other word was just a cough. "Our language was nearly wiped out due to forced conversion when England invaded. They outlawed the old tongue so we couldn't secretly pray to the old gods, because they wanted to force us to convert to the cult of Christian Mythology. Did the same to the Scots."
"Oh..." Mina, Momo, Tsuyu, and Fumikage, bowed their heads in contemplation for a moment.
Dark shadow peaked out of Tokoyami's school blazer. 「Harsh...」
「But valid...」 Fumikage added.
"Introductions, ribbit." Asui seemed to think a subject return was in order. "I'm Tsuyu Asui. Call me Tsu. All my friends do."
🩸Síat Rahill will remember that...
"Good to meet you, Tsu. Síat Rahill. I don't really have a 'friends only' nickname, but I let people call me 'Seth', because it's usually easier for English speakers, and it's what 'Síat' is Irish for. Though I noticed the Japanese don't seem to have trouble pronouncing it, probably because the syllables are common in the Japanese language."
"Ribbit... Do you want me to call you Seth?"
"If you don't want to call me Síat."
Tsu seems to consider it. "Síat it is, ribbit."
"Haha! Fun! Okay, my name is Mina Ashido, and I'm SUPER psyched to see what movies you're taking me to see!" Mina's eyes widened, and her grin became feral. "Is it horror? Rom-Com? Action? Sci-fi? Ooh, is it Irish?"
"No hints, mo Fhéileacán Bándearg." Síat watches her deflate, and winces. "One hint. Norman Reedus, the guy who played Darryl from the Walking Dead, is in it."
Mina's little obsidian and golden eyes light up. "OMG, he's so cute!"
"Not as cute as me right, he said, knowing full well he thinks Norman Reedus was cute too?" Síat smirked.
"You're bi?" Jiro's head whipped up.
"Finsexual, actually. Gender or sex aren't a factor in my attraction, I like feminine traits. Norman Reedus had the cutest little jawline, especially in these movies. And in Charmed." Síat winced again. "The scruffy look doesn't really do it for me in TWD. Personality also works, and presentation, but some masculine guys just have feminine physical features. It happens. Johnny Depp's another good one. He managed to pull off attractive (for me) even with facial hair."
"Fair. And I'm definitely with you on Depp."
Mina chortled. "Who wouldn't be?"
Ochako peeled her eyes away from Mina's hand on Síat's arm. "My name is Ochako Uraraka."
"That's all, deirfiúr bheag?" Síat tilted his head.
"...Yeah." She picked at her food.
「You wanna talk about it?」 Síat leaned over the table.
「Nope.」 She shoved food into her mouth. 「Can't. Mouth's full.」
Síat and Mina exchanged glances. I have to tell her...
Fumikage cleared his throat. "I am called Fumikage Tokoyami, and my companion is called-"
"♪Dark shadoooooow!♪" Popping up with jazz hands was... Well, adorable.
Síat grinned. "A pleasure." He clasped forearms with Dark Shadow before the entity retreated beneath Fumikage's uniform.
"My name is Momo Yaoyorozu, of the Yaoyorozu family." Momo nodded.
Hagakure hesitantly stumbled through hers, "I... Am... Toru Hagakure, and... My... Quirk... Is... Invisible."
Síat nodded. "Not bad, a little hesitant, but keep practicing."
Jiro looked a little shy, but didn't stumble all that hard. "My name is Kyoka Jiro, I do music and sound."
"Ha! Knew it, you've got punk star energy for days." Síat offered a fist bump, which was returned with less hesitation.
「Alright, Kirishima, you've got this...」 Kirishima pounded his chest. "My name is Eijiro Kirishima, and I'm hardening."
Five of the table's residents blink at him. Síat coughs. "Did you mean 'and my quirk is hardening'?"
"...yeah."