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Dabi (荼毘) ([personal profile] burnitblack) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-05-23 07:38 pm

[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] 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.
likethelight: (188)

slams in here late with sbux

[personal profile] likethelight 2022-06-08 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Willful Machine is a place Allen is intimately familiar with, being that Viktor's lab is here and that he had lived at one of the inns here since he first woke up back in October. At... least until his death, after which he'd lived with Shouto for several weeks on the outskirts of Prufrock. But this is still his old stomping grounds, and he still keeps to his old rounds of checking in on and visiting all the various merchants, residents, and guards he used to stop by and chat with or assist. Also, while Sansa has taken care of most of the supplies Sanctuary needs on a regular basis, it isn't everything and this is something he's good at. Finding things and haggling; his master's expensive tastes made sure of that. And this is where you come to do that, especially on any kind of scale.

That's why he's caught wind of a new trader of sorts who's been selling items specifically from Sleeper worlds it sounds like, items that can't be found or produced normally Trench and that garner the gossip of merchants torn between wanting to have them and being envious. Someone selling Sleeper world items isn't that new, but that they seem to specialize in only that and have a large stock? That's a little more unusual. And that they're staying secretive and only meet with buyers after dark one-on-one?

That's the thing that sets off a bunch of flags to Allen, more than familiar with the different kind of trading that comes after dark and not out on the street in plain sight. Not necessarily bad ones, just... flags. So even if it may or may not be the sort of thing he's looking for, he's nosed around and come to find out who this man who has the local merchants abuzz must be.

And because the last person he spoke with who pointed him here also mentioned the trader to be a man covered in burns with almost frighteningly bright teal eyes.

The first thing Dabi might note of his approach, though, is the dual kh-click of his crutches against the hard flooring of the bar. He comes up to a stop in front of him, not wearing the highly recognizable uniform and coat that he had before, but grey embroidered robes that fit more with Trench. Dragonscale smocking up the collar and silvery moths textured on the sleeves.

He lifts his chin lightly, meeting those faintly glowing turquoise eyes with his own pale grey ones. Neutral and steady. Clear-eyed and, yes, entirely unsurprised. Timcanpy, his omen, hovering quietly just over one shoulder. ]


I'm not surprised to see it's you.
Edited 2022-06-08 23:21 (UTC)
aetherweaver: (eh?)

[personal profile] aetherweaver 2022-06-09 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Scars, Nara'a is used to seeing. He's an adventurer at least, and he's familiar with the injuries that can come from it. His own injuries are hidden under his clothing - black pants and a loose brown shirt, with a brown cloak on top. It's easy to slip on over his existing equipment. He's a fighter, but he's also aware of how hard it can be to get blood out of fine materials. No thank you.]

[But he isn't used to seeing fresh wounds - there's someone who's walking there with a limp and bruises, someone he doesn't know but... it doesn't matter. He walks towards Dabi in the marketplace, pushing carefully past other people to get near the man.]


Hello - hey. Yes, you. Are you all right? I have a healing spell I can use if you need.

[It's his red mage gear on underneath - his rapier and focus are concealed but within reach. Vercure's better than nothing...]
likethelight: (253)

[personal profile] likethelight 2022-06-10 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's not like anything about the robe was his choice, it was a handmade gift thank you very much. Apparently it'd be considered very fashionable in... King's Landing or wherever Sansa had said. Even if he sometimes catches himself eyeing the moths on the sleeves a little uneasily himself. If Sansa had any idea about the one that had led to Dabi's transformation and thus Allen's death he would wonder if she had done that on purpose to remind him of his own mortality, she could be a little subtly scary like that... But that's something he's kept entirely to himself so it's just a very bitterly ironic sort of thing.

The answer gets a very wry sort of smile and a cocked eyebrow from Allen though, and he sets his crutches against the wall before he slides into the seat across from the other man. Ginger when shifting his weight and using his hands to steady himself, though there is still an unsteadiness as he does so. ]


I think most people here would just call that surviving. [ It's amicable, if dry.

He takes a moment to fold his arms on the table, Timcanpy settling on his shoulder in the process and just watching Dabi with wide, impassive "eyes" that aren't visible. He's always out and acting in counter to Allen; it's just how he's always been. Staying tucked inside during the chaos of the battle before had been more to not be in the way. They're a team that way -- so says Allen. ]


Seems you're better at it than most people who just pick through what washes up on the beach though? If what people are saying is true.
Edited 2022-06-10 17:41 (UTC)
aetherweaver: (concerned)

[personal profile] aetherweaver 2022-06-10 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's tired and hiding cracking skin himself, the lines on his arms hidden by the sleeves on his shirt. He smiles kindly at the young man, nodding.]

You look exhausted. What's been going on? You look like you've been through a fight recently. I can help with those, a little.

[He's no white mage - he can't weave aether back together with the ease of someone trained in it since birth or at least since childhood, but he also doesn't like seeing other people hurting. His own hurts are secondary compared to the -]

[Something catches his attention out of the corner of his eye. Is that... no, there's nothing on the young man's back. It looked like it for a moment, but it's not there. ... He's pretty sure, at least.]


I know I'm new here and you don't know me, but I'd like to help.
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[personal profile] likethelight 2022-06-11 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Please, he was a fugitive on the run before who had boots with holes he wrapped up just to keep together. And long before that he was a starving orphan with exactly one grubby outfit for a good part of his childhood. It's exactly for that reason he does appreciate a nice girl making him nice clothes; and she has good if ironic taste. He doesn't have so much pride as to be bothered by that.

Also that's smart if kind of shady. Maybe. He's guessing he's referring to the portals by "helping himself" given the timeframe, which could mean a lot of things, depending on the portal. The implication of people having a "problem" with his activities is also a slight flag, but... Honestly that could mean scavenging things no one was around to need anymore, or outright stealing -- and Allen's still not entirely set on what those portals meant, and if they were just "duplicates" of universes of some sense. Something that wouldn't mess up reality because then that stuff just gets... weird to think about. Still, Dabi seems someone who would prefer to not cause a scene and would rather scavenge if he could.

So. Dubious respect for now. Dubious. ]


They're getting better. [ He leans back and kicks an ankle up over one knee, though he needs to reach down to adjust his leg comfortably, expression neutral and a little closed-off at mention of his "death price".

His eyes flick back to Dabi's a moment later though, brighter in question but also gentler this time. He hadn't asked before since he'd been caught a little offguard and most of that conversation was public, but... ]


There weren't any lasting-- effects for you either, were there? Some "price".

[ It's said with sincerity, no pretense or pushiness; he's the first Sleeper he'd purified, after all. And... sometimes his sword had consequences. ]
Edited 2022-06-11 01:07 (UTC)
aetherweaver: (uh oh)

[personal profile] aetherweaver 2022-06-11 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
... I'm not asking for anything in return.

[He's aware of the trade system here by now, but thehre's still such things as gifts and doing the right thing. He has to believe in that kindness, even when there's people like this man who don't seem to like that. He's -]

[- No, there's definitely something on the other's back. He stares past Dabi for a second before returning to his gaze with a sigh. It's a sarcastic one - someone who's being defensive. Maybe he was a little harsh.]


I'm not that sorry. But... ah...

[How does he even ask this without sounding crazy? ... He should just go for it.]

There's... something on your back...
aetherweaver: (eh?)

[personal profile] aetherweaver 2022-06-12 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head. Both of the questions - it's not a 'daily good deed', it's just the right thing to do. There's no counter for any of it, no cosmic balance that has to tip one way or another - he's just glad to be able to help people.]

[But the thing is still there, and he's hesitant to cast a spell for fear of hitting the young man. It's clinging on tightly, whatever it is. As the shape comes into better focus it's... awful. Long nails and scaly skin, attached to the other like some kind of weird piggyback ride.]


No. It's still there.
aetherweaver: (Default)

[personal profile] aetherweaver 2022-06-12 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[For a moment it looks like the thing's getting dislodged, but in the moments he can't see it as the cloak is pulled off... he has no idea. All he knows is that -]

It's still on your back.

[This... is going to take some more work.]

I'd hit it to try to get it off, but I don't want to hit you.

[He's here to help, not to harm, so hurting the other is the absolute last thing he wants to do.]
swellter: (Hero: Explain)

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[personal profile] swellter 2022-06-12 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ahoy! Touya isn't the only Todoroki who's exploring the cave system. Shouto got himself stuck in a sinkhole in the initial earthquake. An avalanche sealed the entrance, and he and his friends had to find another exit. They found a few interesting items along the way. At one point, they had to dive through the water to get to the next opening in the cave and Shouto got himself stuck real good. Found out he's bigger than his friends since they fit just fine while he got pinched, damn shoulders! A few close calls there, but they made it out alive.

A few days later, Shouto is back in the cave ready to explore with better equipment this time. For one he's got a backpack on with proper climbing gear and as well as a few tanks of oxygen, the handheld type. Using his fire as a light source Touya can probably see him coming especially when he's busy talking to his omen who is nowhere in sight. ]


I'll ask Viktor if he knows how to take care of a flower.

[ Silence, followed by a response. ]

I've got 5 vials. Do you think that's enough for a pot?

[ More silence. ] You're right. I'll make more when we get back.

[ This... is Endeavor's masterpiece... ]
Edited 2022-06-12 21:37 (UTC)
aetherweaver: (uh oh)

[personal profile] aetherweaver 2022-06-13 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I'm not trying to fuck with you.

[He watches the fire start, backing up slightly to avoid anything catching. He's not sure how he's doing it, but he's not going to question the other.]

[But as the flames start up on the creature, he can sense more than see the same flames on the other.]


Are you immune to heat and fire, by any chance?

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