Inheritance of Giants

Space Oddity

"Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles,

I'm feeling very still.

And I think my spaceship knows which way to go!

Tell my wife I love her very much.

She knows!"

- David Bowie

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Inko felt shook by the whole experience of the Quirk Registry Appointment. The city, the Kaiju, the buildings and supports, everything had been so unfamiliar to her. She had never been to Hosu City in her life, her family in the upper calibur of society, commonly using the Tokyo Hospital for Registry due to its larger and more expansive evaluation of Quirks. However, she had a... falling out with them due to a multitude of reasons, starting with her husband.

She shook her head, sitting on the couch next to Izuku, who was watching the news on some new hero and furiously taking notes. Inko had seen that Izuku was a little more tense than usual, Izuku commonly shaking his hand off due to how hard he gripped his pencil, making Inko realize, with guilt, that she wasn't the only one shaken by the Skydon Quakes.

"Hey, Izuku," Inko began, looking sadly at her son. "Are you... feeling alright? That Kaiju didn't scare you too badly, right?"

Izuku didn't answer, still focused on the news, making Inko sigh. However, she was surprised when Izuku said, "Yes. I am a little fearful of Skydon. It's my first experience with a Kaiju ever. I had previously read about a few others that were vaguely interesting, like the Vashta Nerada, Jamila, and Neronga for Quirk research purposes, but..."

Inko cringed. "Ah, the first real Kaiju encounter," she murmured, remembering her own. "The Kaiju... are always scary at first. Nearly indestructible and a complete unknown in world structure." She took a deep breath, remembering her own. Shin and Inko had been dating at the time when-

Inko shook her head. 'No, comfort Izuku, reminisce later,' She thought Firmly.

"Hey Izuku, you wanna watch a show? It's... one of my favorites," Inko asked, hoping to get her son's mind off the Kaiju. She didn't really want to watch the movie, but it was the only diversion she could think of off the top of her head.

"Uh, sure?" Izuku questioned, which made Inko stand in turn and grab an old, weathered and leather sachet, made to hold CDs.

"Not you, not you, not- aha! Here it is!" Inko exclaimed lightly, holding up an old disk, labeled, "Ultraman, disk 1."

"What's the show about?" Izuku asked.

"Oh, it follows the Science Patrol, a group investigating and combating alien and kaiju threats. Unbeknownst to them, patrol member Shin Hayata can transform into the giant hero Ultraman when faced with danger!"

"Uh," Izuku droned for a second, eyes narrowed with a question on the tip of his tongue. "Isn't the Science Patrol like a real thing, though?"

"Yeah, it is kind of propaganda for the Science Special Search Party, but I like it," Inko said with a small pout, more memories surfacing before she shook them off again.

"Just watch it for now, it is pretty inaccurate, but it's for entertainment with a side of actual data and propaganda," Inko finished, plugging in her computer to the TV and putting the on the computer's CD reader, switching the channel to show her computer screen.

The screen went black for a couple of seconds, a throbber gently rotating in the middle of the screen to show that it was loading. Before long, the screen came back to life, soft yet blaring horns entering Izuku's ears, an entire band, instantly recognizing the song.