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deercountry2022-05-23 07:38 pm
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[Open] 🚬 June Flames
Who: Dabi & others
What: June Catch-All
When: Various
Where: June
Content Warnings: Potential mentions of domestic/child abuse, potential mentions of murder, violence, adult language or subjects
Notes: General and specific starters will be below. More to come, including event prompts. Contact under cut.
If you want to hit me up for ideas on prompts or plots, feel free to comment on Dabi's CR plotting post or his Event plotting post (tbd), hit me up on my contacts – Plurk (![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
StarSeed69) / Discord (StarSeed#3572) – shoot me a PM, or drop an ooc comment down below, and we’ll hash it out. I'm down to write a unique starter for our threads if you prefer.
NOTE: I'll be with limited computer access the first week of June, and will get event prompts up when I return.
What: June Catch-All
When: Various
Where: June
Content Warnings: Potential mentions of domestic/child abuse, potential mentions of murder, violence, adult language or subjects
Notes: General and specific starters will be below. More to come, including event prompts. Contact under cut.
If you want to hit me up for ideas on prompts or plots, feel free to comment on Dabi's CR plotting post or his Event plotting post (tbd), hit me up on my contacts – Plurk (
NOTE: I'll be with limited computer access the first week of June, and will get event prompts up when I return.
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[ Since he brought extras because he's a good little hero who always tries to be prepared. And down the river they go! Shouto's pace is slower than normal probably because he keeps looking up, fascinated by the glowing worms that manage to carve out an epic scene that rivals the cathedrals of Rome. Every once in a while, he'll take out his glow stick and mark the wall of the cave with an 'x'. He'll mostly stay quiet, not one to start up conversations, only speaking up when there's a new feature to point out. ]
Oh. The river is wider here.
The ceiling is getting higher.
I think I see an open space up ahead.
[ His steps never hurry. He walks with a purpose following the diminishing bank of the river, only three feet wide now, until it opens up into a large open cavern. The entrance they take is one of many. From their vantage point, more openings can be seen leading to this cavern leading one to believe it might be significant, at least enough to explore a little, so Shouto crosses through the shallow river that's only a few feet deep, and starts exploring. ]
I'm going to check the top of the hill.
[ ooc; making things up as i go along, feel free to add anything you'd like too! ]
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[spelunking is one thing. swimming around in an underwater lake? that's going a bit too far for his exploratory wants. self-preservation is a thing and dabi doesn't like to take too many risks unless he's assured success. in most cases...
once he realizes the worms aren't going to be dripping on them like some kind of disgusting slime rain, he's more at ease walking down the tunnel the river's carved away over who knows how long a time. when shouto stops to mark the walls, touya likewise draws further on the little notebook, a rudimentary mapping system that consists little more than circles and lines to indicate branches and routes taken. plus burning marks on the wall opposite shouto's glowsticks.
he keeps his silence, noting the decreasing size of the river. somewhere in his mind, he wrangles up lessons from his childhood about nature and stuff. smaller rivers mean less time it's been here. probably carving its way through the rocks. but that stops when the large cavern shows up and he frowns at the severe number of paths.
shit.]
Ya see anything move, send up a flare.
[touya heads to the opposite side of the room, opting to walk past all the different entrances that lead out of the chamber. looking for any signs people have been here. he knows they're not the only ones exploring these caves, especially since there are things in here to find and keep.
case in point, a pile of rocks beside one mouth that obviously was not naturally made (though certainly more respectful to nature than you two idiots painting and burning the walls...)]
Someone's been down this one. They left a marker.
[ooc: got it! i shall unleash some plans~]
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[ Up the hill, he goes, staying in view of Touya. The light from the glow worms is enough to light his way so he doesn't feel the need to use his own quirk. From this vantage point, he can see several openings but none make a particular impression on him, at least not from what he can see. Looking around he spots something odd in the river proper. ]
There's something near the river. I'm going to check it out.
[ He tells his brother before going down the hill and disappearing from view. He heads down to the river where it's gotten a lot bigger, no longer shallow. The closer he gets the better the can make out what he saw from the top. ]
Touya! There's a boat here.
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after combing the perimeter of the chamber, it comes to light there are only three tunnels that have been marked by any signs of recent intelligence going through. one with the rock pile and the other with something that's akin to chalk marks. but before he has time to go down one of those tunnels, shouto calls him and touya's attention swings back.
"something" near the river could be anything, but he shoves his hands into his pocket and heads up the hill, then down to follow after him. the river's gotten bigger, deeper... does that mean there were two and they merged? the hell's up with this underground system? but it's the second call that has him coming up behind his little brother.]
Either some Sleepers dragged that all the way here or we're not alone in this place...
[it had to have just recently been set up. there's no way it's been down here since forever. unless this isn't the first time trench has dropped holes all over the ground.]
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It looks like a leisure boat. It's well kept too. If someone brought it down here, it wasn't that long ago. There's no growth at the bottom. It hasn't been in the water for long. [ He crouches in front of the boat, scraping at the bottom that was ashore. ] A few days most likely. [ He rubs his fingers together feeling the algae almost nonexistent. ] Less than a week, no doubt.
[ He turns up to look at Touya. ]
We should figure out if we're alone first. Did you find anything in the tunnels?
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Ya know that from touchin it?
[color him surprised. it's definitely bigger than a canoe, and shouldn't have trouble fitting the two of them together, but there's no chain or rope suggesting that it's been tied here to wait for someone. more like it's drifted his way...]
Two of 'em have indications people've gone down them. [thumb over his shoulder.] One had a pile or rocks, the other had markings.
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[ He rolls back onto his heels and stands. ] It doesn't mean someone's here, only that the boat hasn't been here long.
[ He was taught detective work at UA, so he takes what he says and adds it to the image he's forming in his head of their current situation. ]
Hikers use piles of rocks to indicate where they've been. Maybe they're exploring like us.
[ Did they... get lost? He almost frets at the thought and looks over Touya's shoulder. ]
We can check out one of the tunnels. Maybe there's something of interest there that made them take it.
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touya reaches out with a leg and props the sole of his foot on the rim of the boat's side, then gives it a slight push to rock it atop the shore and the water, sending a few ripples out into the water.]
If the boat's not been here long, then it means someone was here recently. [unless it's been drifting for a while, and just now got stuck in this part of the river. so far nothing's jumped out of the water or made any other movement, so he's deeming the river relatively safe... for now. not going in it though.] They are. Met two other people explorin earlier. One yesterday and one the day before.
[they made sure to leave marks or signs that they went one way or the other.]
If someone's already been down a tunnel, then they either already found what might've been in there, or died in the process.
[so an argument for going down a previously-explored tunnel, with the pros being traps already sprung, but the cons being, provided the explorers survived the dangers, anything of worth already being gone.
oh and finding dead people.]
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You've been here before?
[ Somehow, he didn't peg you as the underground explorer type and adds that little nugget of information to his image of him. Also... why do you have to bring up dead people?! Can't they just have a nice outing without someone dying?! ]
You want to explore the down the river?
[ He's just going to casually invite himself on his little trip down the river and climb aboard, creating a long pole made of ice to guide them through. ]
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as for the sewers... take a wild guess.]
I've been down in the cave twice before since they appeared.
[he's not the underground explorer type, but he's curious and this was the "thing" that was happening right now. plus there are some items down here that he's heard are interesting if you can recover them, so that's an allure.
don't blame him! blame the people who were too weak/stupid to stay alive. sheesh. always gotta blame the villain... how heroic.]
It'd be the easier route.
[touya gets in the boat. almost immediately regrets it when the damn thing wobble. oh fuck... carsick is one thing. but this shit? he immediately sits down he braces himself, trying to stop the boat from moving much. keep steady, steady...]
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If he were more self-aware he'd notice the way he wobbles onto the boat, bracing himself, trying to keep steady. Almost as if he didn't like the water. Shouto on the other hand doesn't get sea sick. He stays upright, ice pole in hand. He's used to surfing through the streets with his ice or flying through the air with his fire. The boat's unsteady motion doesn't phase him.
Once he's in, he pushes off the bottom of the river with the pole, propelling them forward like some kind of gondolier. ]
What are you looking for down here?
[ He asks as he maneuvers them into the tunnel where the glow worms provide a glowing blue light to their travels. ]
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well how fucking lucky for the perfect golden child. didn't have to deal with queasy stomachs like the rest of his mere mortal siblings. touya lets shouto handle the punting, leaning back in the boat instead and resting his arms on either side. ostensibly to allow himself a way to keep the thing as balanced as possible. so long as it's not wobbling back and forth with any frequency, he'll be fine. there's a big difference between flying under his own power and being stuck at the mercy of a car or boat.
start singling like some gondolier and he's gonna throw you overboard...]
Not sure... heard a few things from people. Lunar orbs, tools for makin bloodstones, books, even items from other worlds.
[huh, that's kinda pretty actually. the worms and what they do to the black water and cave walls.]
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Singing costs extra and Touya's already getting a free ride mainly because Shouto invited himself in as he usually does with his brother. ]
I found an item from another world the last time I was down here. It cursed me with corruption. I was with two people who can nullify it. [ So, he lived. ] Not all the items are safe, you should be careful what you pick up.
[ Be careful what you wish for~ ]
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though he really has no evidence to the contrary, the idea of taking the river boat versus going down one of the unknown tunnels was more appealing to him. don't sing...]
I got gloves. I'll be fine. [they're in his pocket, like they usually are nowadays.] Found a lunar orb on my second time down here. [the ninja he met along the way was actually an interesting travel companion. touya wouldn't mind meeting him again further down the line.] Wouldn't mind findin those tools. I'd rather be able to make bloodstones myself.
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Gloves might help, as far as the lunar orb is concerned, well... that is a treasure isn't it? ]
What do they look like? The Bloodstone tools?
[ He keeps pushing them steadily down the still and quiet river. Above them, the glowing blue lights mesh together to create an otherworldly scene. Almost like they were passing through a wonderland of sorts which means it can't last. Nothing worth having in their lives ever does. ]
The river splits up ahead. Which way do you want to take?
Right or left?
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yeah, he's partial to the lunar orbs since they serve as electricity in this world. which means... someone's got a working toaster oven in his place. and a mini fridge. he found a lot of shit that month.]
No clue. Mostly third-hand talk.
[touya has some idea about it being smaller chisels and some magnifying glasses, but he's not really sure. though he's interested in getting his hands on them. might be more willing to do blood trades if he's the one controlling his own blood.
so long as they don't encounter glowing mushrooms with hookah-smoking caterpillars...
the question and split earn narrowed eyes and touya turns his head to look at the paths. clicking his tongue he orders shouto not to move, then carefully sits up and turns around, both hands on either side of the boat as he faces forward. once they get to the split---stab the pole into the ground, shouto--he lingers, tilting from side to side and breathe down one tunnel, and down the other.]
Left. The current is stronger at left and the air isn't stale. It's got more chance of leading to an exit. The right's likely a dead end or a drain we can't pass.
[how's that for some sewer crawl knowledge...]
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getting ripped off!he can't afford one.Well, they're in the same boat there. He has no clue what those bloodstone tools look like either, so he won't be of much help in that department. At least Dabi has an inclining of what to look for.
The order has him looking of his shoulder, but his legs remain planted on the ground, knees slightly bent to absorb the unsteady shifting of the boat that comes with Touya's movement behind him. Not sure what he's up to, Shouto follows his lead without complaint, stabbing the pole into the water at the split.
Oh... That's actually pretty impressive. He has no issue with his logic and turns left, dipping the pole into the water and finding that it comes up short by a foot within a few strokes. ]
The water is deeper here. It also gets wider up ahead.
[ He leads them down the left fork, noting one other thing. ] There's a pretty strong current here.
[ Strong enough to take them to their destination if they want to drift. Somehow, that doesn't seem to be in the books. ]
How did you know to look for that back there?
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yeah, no one was all that helpful with the information offering when he'd poked around for more answers. so going in semi-blind, but knowing what kind of thing you wanted to come out with, wasn't entirely a horrible way to venture.
with their route picked, touya opts to stay facing forward to watch what's coming ahead of them, though it's likely not his best plan due to the current picking up. this better not turn into some kinda aqueduct roller coaster. shouto's comment about the depth doesn't help much and he scowls at the glowing tunnel ahead of them.]
Great. [he sounds so thrilled with his choice. faster current means getting outside faster too, so... the wider tunnel also suggests something with banks, or a place to pull out of the current if needed.]
Ain't my first time being in subterranean places, Shouto.
[if the current starts to quicken at a more noticeable pace, however, he's going to direct the younger man to keep the boat towards the side in case they need to bail or halt.]