deercountry | june/july catch-all!

[Thing is, Ochako has witnessed bugs like this burrowing into peoples' bodies and just nesting there, while they were still very much alive. It caused someone she cares about very much some great pain and suffering and....a-and--

Ochako swallows the thick lump in her throat at the memory, using it to fuel her farther, faster away from the danger following after them at a shockingly rapid pace. She doesn't dare loosen her grip on either Shoyo or Egg, for fear of what might occur to them if the worst happens. But Egg is apparently a...phoenix?? A chicken phoenix??? Ochako only catches a bit of that flamethrower in her peripheral, but she can most certainly feel the heat of it along her back and legs. Thank goodness she's also used to this sort of thing from Todoroki, so it's not too damaging, either.]

GOOD THINKING!! If we can halt their path, they can't follow us!

[Because the more they move, twisting and turning through the maze helter-skelter like they are, the more lost they're going to get. Ochako is trying to memorize the path she's going, but she's no Yaoyorozu - not the brightest bulb in the box.]

[ they're just going to have to wing the amount of times they'll have to twist and turn around in this panic. ochako is trying her greatest to lengthen the distance, and for sure shoyo wouldn't interject— he hardly even feels the need to, holding tight onto her arm and instructing egg. ]

We've got your back, Ochako! Just focus up ahead, Egg's got this! [ he knew the combusken could breathe embers, but not that big and not that hot. it was like being, literally, behind the blast of a flamethrower. it's done heavy damage to the number pursuing them, there were still stragglers; he gasps with an ah! once he sees a handful of glints speeding after them. ] Do that one more time, the biggest breath you've got! Just wait for them to get close!

[ when the time is right— boom. ]

[Funnily enough? Egg is helping in a way they don't even really realize. The blast of his flamethrower not only helps incinerate the oncoming beetles, but it's also acting like a turbo booster, pushing them farther and faster with that one little spurt. Just a few extra meters, but that can make all the difference right now. Because most of the insect in the front line are totally decimated, and the middle-most of them start to cannibalize their now fully cooked brethren, but the farthest back are still incoming, scurrying around the feasting beetles to try and get to the fresh meat.]

Keep it up, Egg!! We need to find somewhere that they can't follow! Shoyo, if you see a body of water, or a ravine, let me know!! We can lose them that way!

Waterwaterwaterwater—

[ shōyō has a sharp eye for quick fleeting detail; while egg is busy keeping the incoming scarabs at bay and allowing short boosts, shōyō shines his light wherever he can for ochako. front, sideways—

a chamber with sparkling floors catches his attention with a sharp gasp. he isn’t completely sure, but he still points at the dipping turn they’d have to take to get there. ]

Ochako!

[Snapping her attention to where the light is shining, Ochako grits her teeth. She's too slow to do an arc at the speed they're going without risking a crash, or slowing down and letting those horrible insects get within jumping distance of them. It's not going to be fun, what she has to do, but it's the best and fasted way to pivot in the air right now. The whiplash will be worth it, surely, because they'll still be alive.]

I see it!! Both of you, hang onto me now, and do not let me go!

[Because after jerking her arm out, one of the wired grappling hooks shoots from Ochako's wrist guard and strikes the inner wall of the opening. Sticking in hard, the wire goes taut as it swiftly yanks the three in that direction suddenly, Ochako killing the boosters for just that second of inertia so they could change direction in a fraction of an instant. She kicks them in again when they're throttling toward the new space, so they can make up that same speed.

Many of the scarabs pass them by, thankfully, but still more arc after them, still in hot pursuit, their hideous clicking mandibles and skittering legs making horrible noises in the echoey halls.]

[ oh, this is not like his high speed bike rides. this is possibly a fraction of what it’s like to be on a fighter jet— the speed, the whiplash, the weight bearing heavy on shōyō’s body and not exactly treating it softly flaps wind into his mouth and blows out his lips. he’s tucked in and holding on for dear life, but he’s . . .

he’s not exactly screaming, but there’s a sound coming from him. his fingers nearly slip out of grasping onto ochako, but luckily— who catches him, more durable in the face of g-force, is egg. floor it, ochako! ]

[And floor it she does!! But only when she's sure that Shoyo is secured by Egg, who she also increases her grip on. It's not recipro burst, but she does put some power into her boosters to get them as far out into the cavern as possible. Behind her, she can hear the slush sounds the scarabs each plinking into the murk and screeching loudly...until they stop. Not all of them fall in, but those that do don't resurface, and the ones that don't...back off. It seems they've finally met their end, unable to go forward for their next meal.

Eventually, the skittering seems to go back from whence it came, as the bugs decide it's just not worth it to even wait. The shiny surface of whatever liquid surface that is isn't one they have any desire to navigate, so they slowly retreat, and the cave grows quiet other than the sound of Ochako's boosters now softly thrumming as the three float in the air.]

We...w-we lost them... Good job, both of you!! A-Are you all okay?

[ egg gives a valiant grah! with a victorious wave of a wing once shoyo is properly placed back onto ochako's hold. silent, isn't he! only breathing through his nose at the moment, trying to catch his breath. the light of his headlight shines under them as he looks down, tightens the hold of his sweating hands to say, with a squeak: ]

I think . . . I'm car sick. [ but, besides that! ] That was awesome.

[ the chamber now surrounding them has a little pool surrounding what seems like . . . items. a mound of shelves stacked with dusty goods that are possibly important, to be protected by a body of water—! ]

Edited 2022-07-04 17:49 (UTC)

[Oh, poor Shoyo... Ochako actually pulls him a bit closer to gently rub his back a bit. If there's one person who knows what it's like to feel nauseous, it's Uraraka Ochako. She's sympathetic, and looks a little worried as well.]

I'm sorry...it was the best I could think or to get us in here without stopping, or slowing down. Um, i-if you need to be sick, you can!! I won't mind, and it'll be in the water anyway, so...

[I mean, they are still floating above the pool, after all. Until Ochako moves or releases them, they'll be like this for...as long as she can hold them up (which is a long time).]

It look like there's things on that island though... We ought to check it out a little bit - there could be some useful things...like another canteen, a lantern Egg-kun can light, or some rope... Mmh, a knife wouldn't be bad, either.

[Spoken like a true explorer!]

[ oh, no you don’t— apologizing for such an awesome ride that saved their asses?! no way is he upset! he shakes his head as she apologizes and explains, but he will accept the soothing. there’s a knot in his throat, and his stomach. surely it’ll be gone. ]

You really know your stuff . . . [ it’s a compliment, and he gives a thumbs up to accompany, despite the slightly weaker smile! ] And don’t worry, I’m just . . . real easy to queasy, y’know?

[ and not that he’s actually going to throw up and this point, but while they make their way to the goods . . . a thought arises. ]

If I need to throw up, is it just gonna, like . . . Float around?

[ the question for the masses. ]

Ehehe...I'm probably the one who'd know the best, actually. Overuse of my quirk causes intense nausea.

[Which is why she's keeping up with rubbing his back, and might even gently move her thumb down his wrist and apply pressure to a point there, where she knows one to be. He wrist guards actually do the same thing - acupressure to alleviate nausea. Many of Ochako's support items do the same thing, just in different ways.

Though her hand, and wholeass body, stops very suddenly when posed that hideous question. Oh god, Shoyo...why. Why would you even ask that?]

Geh--...um! N-No... My quirk just applies Zero Gravity to the individual or object I touch, not anything surrounding it. Um...i-if you did throw up, it'd still fall. Gross...

[ bless ochako, those are going to help. he is not going to throw up! alas! he had to ask! he's a curious dude. ]

Good, 'cause. I wouldn't want it to . . . [ he gestures around them with a roll of his wrist, ] y'know. On, you, 'cause I've already, [ MAYBE he should stop talking! egg's got you, and the fowl pokemon gently paps a clawed wing over shoyo's mouth. ]

I would throw you to the bugs.

[She absolutely would not.]

[But yes!! No more of that. After touching down on the islet in the middle of the pool of water, and making sure the ground is stable enough, she tugs Shoyo and Egg closer and releases her quirk on them both. Wandering around, she's looking through the items collected over time. Some seem dusted over, partially destroyed, while others still seem to be well preserved...]

Don't touch anything just yet...it could be boobytrapped. I'll do a cursory check, but...Egg-kun, can you help me? I may need a bit more light. [And since he's been so helpful with that already, he gets a chin scritchy. Good birb. ♥]

[ he'll remember those words for the rest of his days. ]

[ all would be alright once they land on the ground and shoyo steadies himself with the balance control he knew and loved on earth, thanks. shoyo watches an item or two and shines his light on each thing, eyes wide with curiosity— but he makes sure to quickly put his hands to his sides at the possibility of traps. true! very true. shoyo opens his mouth to offer his services when

—!! egg!! the bird pokemon looks proud and shrills, while shoyo shoots him a competitive frown: lucky!! it grumbles! yes, he is very, very good. the best. if he was chosen as the helper, of course! ]

—I-I've got you covered, too!

[ meanwhile, egg does as he's told: and lights up every torch he could find with a burst of ember from his beak. ]

[Boys....will be boys. Ochako is snorting to herself, wondering is Shoyo really is older than her, though she also knows she's uh...very competitive and most certainly is encouraged by positive reinforcement and praise. So, Ochako actually waves Shoyo over once the area is well lit and points to a place on her left.]

Let's split our search, since we can find more things that way. You take that side, I'll take this side. Be really careful, okay? You have a really, really good eye, Shoyo-kun...so I'm pretty sure you could easily fans trip-wires and stuff. If you do, let me know, ne? I can try to deactivate them...

[Or, you know...yeet them into the air with her quirk so they explode up there or whatever, then go to collect the floating debris, or...whatever.]

I’m on it!

[ and egg is still. a luckier egg than him! but! there’s nothing wrong with a little friendly competition. the two orange things exchange glances and challenges, one of them being betcha’ i’ll find something cooler than you, but on top of that, traps! he doesn’t touch anything until a slow sweep along the spaces of the island between tables and shelves. there’re dust chests and scrolls, but . . . no wires. ]

Nothing here!

[ that might be a good okay to start probing around. there’re some . . . stones? of all different colors. neat, shōyō awes, picking up something that looked similar to his coldblood blade lost months ago to an unsnakely. egg, with ochako on the other hand . . .

something catches his eye and calls to him, glinting in the fire-lit chamber. two round marble-like stones, one of them a brilliant mix of red hues. it comes embedded in a short sort of vest with adjustable buckles and clips. the accessory with it comes in a thin metal-chain necklace.

he already a clucks his victory— he’s found something really cool and shows it off to ochako immediately. ]

[She really is babysitting a bunch of manchildren... At least they're both adorable.

Ochako just sighs softly to herself and does her own bit of investigation. Mostly it's things you'd assume to be in a treasure trove like this - gold coins, luxurious fabrics and tapestries, chests filled with books and scrolls, jewels... Though Ochako does pluck a few of the gems and jewels from the bunch and pockets them for use as trade goods, she comes across something that instantly catches her eye. Something a bit more...familiar.

It's next to a gun, which is the first thing that drew her attention, because of how modern the weapon was beside everything else, and then a small, sleek, silver case next to it. Making sure there was nothing to set off any sorts of traps, Ochako picks up the little box and pops it open easily, and she sucks in a breath through her teeth when she sees what's inside. They're like very small darts, easily able to be loaded into the gun and fired, with a blood-red liquid inside. Just three funtioning darts, the rest in the case were smashed, but she fumbles with the case and closes it right away. H-Holy shit...]

Shoyo-kun, are you, um...a-are you okay over there?

[Ochako doesn't dare take those. Considering what they are, how could she? Made from the blood and tissue of a defenseless, tortured child...her own DNA and quirk spliced and weaponized to become a quirk erasing bullet.]

[ shoyo has absolutely no idea what's going on over there. beyond egg having found something pretty cool looking, prompting him to look more for something equally neat, if not better. there're blood stones of all kinds, but what really catches his eye is a beautiful pearl of paleblood. snatching that, thank you! ]

Uh-huh! Found some cool rocks. [ he looks over with a smile, mostly calm after the chase they've gone through, and given enough time to recharge from his upset stomach— he was feeling better. shoyo was perceptive, though. he begins making his way over, while egg is trying to fit the vest onto him. ] Looks like you saw a spider. Everything okay?

[ i mean. spiders spook him too, he'd totally agree to that. ]

[Ochako looks up with a weak half smile when Shoyo and Egg start to come over, still sort of at war with herself over what to even do with what she found. These darts are so, so dangerous to people from her world...literally taking away the innate power that makes them them. A part of her says they'd be best kept by her and her friends, to keep out of anyone else's hands, but her conscience argues that'd be just as dangerous...because with any kind of Corruption, they could still be used somehow.

It takes a while, and a hard swallow.]

I, um...I-I found something too, fr-from my world, but. Um... [She takes a deep breath, then plucks out one of the small darts to hold up very carefully.] It's...a weapon. A really, really dangerous one. This can completely erase a person's quirk if they're struck and injected with it.

It's...reversible, but not in Trench. The only one who can cure it is the one it's created from, who's not here. [And Ochako prays that little Eri NEVER sets foot on the sandy shores if this world.] It'd be great to use against villains, huh? Take away their crazy powers with one shot...

[Ochako pauses, holds the dart for a long, long time, eerily silent...]

N' no one's ever gonna know they existed here.

[And Ochako hurls the dart down onto the ground as hard as she can, then smashes it with the heel of her boot. The other to are given the same treatment swiftly after the first. It's almost scary how she grinds the glass and thin metal into the dirt and gravel with the metal heel, looking absolutely furious as she does so.

How much suffering did a single, little girl have to go through just to create one of those shitty bullets? How long did she have to endure being torn apart and rearranged for the sake of something so sinister?!]

[ with both shoyo and egg closer to see, he listens carefully and feels a lump in his chest. maybe a drop? it was a dangerous feeling after she revealed the firearm and darts. "quirks" were abilities‐ and how fucked up was it to take away something you've always had? it's like losing all the athletic ability and volleyball skill he's built until now because of some reverse poison. imagine. the choice the girl takes brings brief surprise to shoyo and egg, but only briefly.

because how would he not support this aspiring hero he is a fan of—?! supportive of her decision and her firmness in the idea that they're too dangerous to exist, he cheers her on. egg, halfway into a vest, throws his wings up to accompany. ]

Go, Ochako, go! You wreck those darts!!

[ FLEX YOUR GIRLBOSS BOOTS. ]

[That's it exactly. Losing one's quirk is like losing a limb...and in the case of someone like Tokoyami and Dark Shadow, a partner...or even a brother. A quirk can be anything, after all, and manifest in a whole slew of different ways. Besides, using something that was literally harvested from a tormented little girl, just so things can be made easier...'safer' for other people. It feels dirty.

So after smashing the darts to bits, Ochako looks up and actually sort of blinks, staring at Shoyo and then turning bright, bright red. O-Oh...she, um. She sort of got a bad case of tunnel vision there for a second, and forgot he was actually watching. It's a little embarrassing, and she brushes off the praise with a tiny wave of her hand. Oh gosh, that's right, she...she has a fan now. Ochako is, technically, on duty as Uravity. And Shoyo...is her first real fan. Ah.

C-Cute...but also a little weird? Weirdly cute. Yeah.]

Oh, eh...ehehe! I-It was nothing, um...I-I just. [She takes a deep breath.] Those things are nothing but awful. From the moment they were even thought up...they've cause nothing but suffering. But...I don't wanna think about it now. It's not important anymore. Um--...sh-show me your cool rocks instead!!

[CONCEAL, DON'T FEEL, DON'T LET HIM KNOOOW...]

[ shōyō’s mouth opens up to dish out a question, but . . . he immediately snaps his lips together when she says what she feels about it. i don’t want to think about it now. show interested and curious, shōyō’s expression softens into quick understanding and respecting the boundaries placed.

he could ask another day, and right now switches from greatest first fan to small uncle. ]

Take a look at ‘em. [ paleblood stones make beautiful jewelry, so this set was exceptionally eye catching! there’s a single darkblood and coldblood in the middle of them. shōyō rolls them in his hands before cupping them over ochako’s. ] I heard you can stick them onto weapons, to make them stronger. I had a blade with Coldblood on it, once.

june/july catch-all!

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cw i forgot we're talking about vomit

1/2 - OOPS yeah there's puke talk in them thar tags

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cw: MHA spoilers for season 3+

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2/2 - rolled a nat20 on the will save. /FLEXES

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we can start perhaps fading out here? 👏

sounds good!!

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