[Open] 🚬 June Flames

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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 (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.

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[retsuden]

[ Spikes. Sasuke frowns slightly at the thought as he looks passed the other, back to where he pointed, and he lets out a sigh. ]

Of course it does.

[ Someone's gone through a great deal of trouble to hide something in this place. There's no reason for all this otherwise and he wonders just how useful whatever is buried in this maze is. It's the only reason he hasn't thrown in the towel and gone back to the surface.

His gaze flickers to the pad of paper Dabi has, before he looks back to his face. ]

... A map?

[ He doesn't clarify whether he's asking if he's making one or has one, but he figures it's probably easy to assume he means the former, given that no Sleepers (and hell, probably no natives) have ever gotten to be down here before. But if it is what he's doing with that paper, having someone who can actually jot down the paths taken would be so... handy... Pun horribly intended. ]

[burnitblack]

[was he expecting a garden? dabi's learned to take the cavern paths slowly, gauging his steps as he goes. so far it's not been a trigger panel or a trip wire, but more the hope someone without a light will fall into the traps below. or run into the wall of spikes, as had been the case behind him.

likewise, he also has the idea that something this full of traps would be guarding something that's worth taking a look at. not sure he wants to risk his life for it, but dodging a few traps shouldn't be that difficult. a brow arches when sasuke indicates the paper in his hand with a drop of the eyes.]

Yeah.

[he'd already marked the paper's route an X, indicating a dead end, and heads towards the fork they're both approaching. then stands with his face towards said fork and unfolds the paper. certainly isn't a cartographer's best work, but it's what sasuke thinks it is: paths taken.

you know, if he can see through the back of the paper that is.]

[retsuden]

[ You never know!!! Maybe someone thought roses were really menacing. It'd be a nice change, at least.

Even with his Rinnegan, he sadly can't see through paper, so instead he... shifts so he can try and see what he's scribbled down. It's not subtle and he's not even expecting it to make sense since he doesn't know the paths that he's been on, but it's more than he's able to manage.

There's a pause as he looks at the fork ahead of them, and then back at the paper in Dabi's hands. That simplistic map is gonna make it a lot easier to get out of here than his attempt to make some kind of markings on the wall. ]

... Mind some company?

[burnitblack]

[they certainly are in many other series worlds. Plus they got thorns regardless. Least they burn a lot easier than spikes.

dabi notes the attempt to see... and ends up lowering the paper so sasuke can take a look at it. all he's really done is drawn a circle at the bottom of the paper and then a short line going up. when he reached a fork, he drew two lines branching from it (or however many branches there were in front of him) and then marked which one he took. another straight line from the end of that branch, until he came to another fork. rinse and repeat. so as long as he faces the same direction and goes backwards, then technically they should be able to get back to the front of the cave.

oh, and look for the scorch marks he left on the wall with his quirk. something he at least has the decency to explain to sasuke while the man looks over the map.]

Nah. Kinda foolish to walk around in here alone.

[retsuden]

[ Sasuke goes to hang the lantern he'd been carrying off of his stump so he can flick it back on, pulling it into his hand and holding it up so he can look slightly ahead of the path. Even if it alerts some kind of monster, at least he'll be able to see what's charging at them a few seconds earlier this way. ]

Hopefully whatever they're trying so hard to hide is still down here.

[ Otherwise this is all one hell of a waste of time. ]

[burnitblack]

[dabi notices the man's missing arm when he takes the lantern off, but says nothing about it. hardly a thing to comment on after coming from the world he has. the lantern's light shining further down the tunnel helps, though there's no sign of any movement or disturbance yet.]

Heard from some others they found bloodstone tools. Helps ya craft that shit better.

[that's one thing at least.]

[retsuden]

Hn. Seems like overkill to hide a couple of tools.

[ Not to say that he wouldn't try and get some for himself, of course. Or at least bring one up to give to someone else who was able to do those sorts of crafts. Still, the beasts and the traps all seem like they should be to hide something more valuable.

But maybe they aren't. Who knows. ]

... Not that it would surprise me if it turns out this place was just designed by some sadist having fun.

[burnitblack]

Not if the tools can help make somethin really valuable a lot easier.

[making bloodstones usually requires a lot more experience and paying people to do it for you. to take an expert craft and allow novices and curious folk to start moving into that important niche? that's dangerous for the ones who control the skill. especially if people with no skill think they have skill and fuck it up with tools that are supposed to help.]

Ya think these caves are natural or were they made?

[because if someone spent all this time burrowing this far underground all under trench...]

[retsuden]

Mm.

[ He still thinks it's overkill, particularly since he hasn't seen anything that made it seem like the ones who made the weapons seemed threatened by the idea of others learning, but he supposes anything is possible. He lifts his arm to hold the lantern a little closer to the wall, frowning in thought. ]

Made. Maybe branched off of natural ones, but the cavern rooms are definitely additions. I'd be surprised if the paths weren't widened.

[burnitblack]

[he has similar thoughts. who'd go through all this trouble to booby trap a bunch of dead ends? and why spend so much time doing it, not to mention where the hell did they get the resources to create such a thing...]

Someone either had a lot of time and people on their hands, or some kind of earth manipulation Quirk.

[power. but they're known as "quirks" in his world, so habit's habit. he traces his hand across the wall nearby. it's not entirely natural looking either, though he's not all that familiar with cave systems.]

[retsuden]

Mmm... With Pthumerians, it could be both.

[ Even one of the lesser ones seemed to have some sort of small cult like following in their wake more often than not.

He pauses as they reach a door, letting his lantern light it up for a moment, checking for any signs on the outside of something more dangerous inside, but it's as blank as usual. ]

Should we open it?

[burnitblack]

What's ya take on those things? Some kinda "gods" that created this place? Or a buncha monsters that like takin sides and orderin people around?

[technically they don't "order" people around so much as interfere with life when their particular month comes around. dabi's not paid much attention to them, though the idea that one or more of them can be behind certain events brings their agency and purpose into question... and whether or not they're responsible for the proverbial key to go back home.

in response to the question on the door, dabi simply presses his hand to the door itself and *FWOOOM!!* blasts the entire thing inward with an explosive burst of azure flames. hot enough to melt the stone walls around the doors and leave the entrance blackened with a glowing rim.]

After you.

[if anyone (or thing) was on the other side of the door, it's likely dead by now.]

[retsuden]

They don't seem powerful enough to be creators. And not all of them seem like monsters to me. [ He has a soft spot for the Kind and Motherly Snake for many reasons. Her being a giant snake being the big one. ] They remind me of a clan back in my home. One from another planet who couldn't figure out how humans worked and so they lashed out in response.

[ The Otsutsuki were worse in his opinion, but he was also biased as fuck, seeing as Kaguya was literally the source of everything that was wrong with his village, apparently. Fuck that lady.

He raises a brow at Dabi's handling of the door, but there's a flash of amusement in his eyes over it. He likes this guy's style. He places his lantern on the ground just inside the door so that his hand is free for any possible fight instead, before stepping into the room cautiously.

Well. No spikes. No poisonous gas. Nothing immediately life threatening. Just a weird clicking (scurrying??) kind of sound in the black portion of the room. It feels familiar, reminds him of one of the kids in his class, but he can't place which one... ]

Hn. You hear that, right?

[burnitblack]

A lot of them seem keen on fuckin around with people's lives. [while he's aware of his own patron, dabi doesn't particularly care for her at all, and sometimes outright hates the association due to her nature. that said, he hardly gives much thought to the entire thing, operating much like it wasn't part of his life.] That sounds like a personal problem for them.

[attacking because they couldn't figure out how someone they had no business with figuring out. how petty can you get? nooo comment about that entire post-madara giant space flea from nowhere thing... though that is a comment dabi would be biased too, if only because people like that are ridiculous. kill 'em.

what, did sasuke think he was gonna walk in there like it was his own living room? still letting the ninja into the room first before following him inside. then steps to the side and goes quiet at the question. hear that? no, doesn't sound like a wall moving or the hiss of gas or grinding of gears. but he does recognize the sound of scurrying, having slept in enough rough spots to know the hint of approaching vermin.]

Yeah. Move.

[before holding his hand out again and practically immolating the entire room with a massive burst of blue fire. hot enough to melt parts of the stone from the intense heat concentrated on it and vaporize most living "normal" things. it's a solid three seconds of torching the area in front of them before he lowers his arm.

gonna give that a rest...]