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Dabi (荼毘) ([personal profile] burnitblack) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-07-09 02:47 pm

[Open] 🚬 July Flames

Who: Dabi & others
What: July Catch-All
When: July
Where: Various

Content Warnings: Potential mentions of domestic/child abuse, potential mentions of murder, violence, adult language/subjects

Notes: General and specific starters and event prompts are found below. Contact under cut.

If you want to hit me up for ideas on prompts or plots, feel free to comment on Dabi's CR meme post or his Event plotting post, 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.
wannasmash: Want anything from the shop? (frown determined cape uraraka)

in Trench it's called Boiling Matter

[personal profile] wannasmash 2022-08-10 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
It definitely looks like Dabi scavenged it from someone, perhaps illegitimately. But Midoriya isn't the type to start asking questions based on suspicion with no foundation. That's harassment, and they have a job to do here.

It? That's just what Dabi thinks. Midoriya is committed to saving everyone. It's not quite a dirty look he gives him. Those are rare from Midoriya anyway. The determined pinpoint his eyes fix Dabi with has hardly any bite, but more iron. When June rolled around, three Hero kids woke up different. They're on the same page as Shouto now, and they have acquired a new set of restful, grim faces behind their usual ones.

The shadows have gotten longer, but Midoriya still has a light in his eyes.

"We're not killing anyone. They'll agree." He waves his glove vaguely at some of their teammates inspecting the sand for something to track. "Live capture today."

He's mild-mannered as ever, but a little practical terseness slips in. This is a familiar issue he's run into at work, having been at it nearly from arrival.

One of the Hunters closer to the water raises a hand to signal they've found something.
umbraportation: (and I feel this life)

[personal profile] umbraportation 2022-08-11 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Whatever this turns out to be, Nico might be standing in the middle of it, but he'll be there. Probably. He doesn't intend to walk back into the ocean or away from this. ]

The guy who got hit by the flaming idiot fireball would probably disagree.

[ Even if that guy did come back to life and is fine now, also fireproof. And yeah, it could have been a lot worse. The one before was worse, though he wasn't really caught in the middle of it. ]

Yeah.

[ A small scoff. ]

Maybe you're just thinking too inside the box.

[ Whether he actually did or not, Nico will never say. ]
wannasmash: THWIP! (fight blackwhip 5)

speaking of brawls

[personal profile] wannasmash 2022-08-12 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Beasts are people. He has never wavered in that opinion. He fought a huge monster just weeks ago, sustaining injuries and sacrificing his warmblood for the first time. That Beast was someone he cares deeply about.

His attention is turned to the water. The tendril is buffeted limply by the waves. Could be dead, or... Midoriya activates One For All, and with a small running jump, Floats silently towards the vanguard. Midoriya has been assigned here as an all-around melee fighter with close and mid-range attacks. He signals with his arm that he's going in close to check it out.

A prescient stabbing sensation in his head--

"2 O'CLOCK!!"

About half the Hunters take his warning seriously and move into optimal positions. The other half are forced to dodge wildly as they trust only their own senses. The swell is huge enough that the water obscures most of the form of their adversary in the first few moments. Only the tentacles, lashing out in the wake of what (in retrospect) was bait, can be clearly seen as the water cascades down.

Midoriya shoots out tendrils of Blackwhip to yank a few over to set the other Hunters up for covering fire.
umbraportation: (ghost king)

[personal profile] umbraportation 2022-08-15 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Maybe, though that just brings up some interesting questions that could be tested. Escaping doesn't usually tend to be Nico's style. He is learning the value of a strategic retreat, however. ]

I'm not sure anyone was too broken up about his death. No one still alive, anyway.

[ There's no hint of guilt or regret in Nico's voice, either. Dabi knows his username if he ever wants to hear more. ]

Everything that has lines.

[ And sure, there are lines that shouldn't be crossed - whether for moral or other reasons. But new lines can be drawn, sometimes even without bloodshed. ]
umbraportation: (don't forget me)

[personal profile] umbraportation 2022-08-25 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ A soft hum. ]

A guy tends to lose his army's faith when he teams up with monsters willing to kill friend and foe alike.

[ Sleepless nights do happen, and Nico has a few of them himself. ]

I know that. And I'm not suggesting to ignore them all, just find out what can bend or change. Nicely.

[ Making everyone like him isn't what he wants, forcing his views and opinion on them, just helping two people find a better common one they would be okay with. ]
wannasmash: A boot to the head! (fight kick direct)

sorry for the wait--work and travel ate me and i was delicious apparently

[personal profile] wannasmash 2022-08-30 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Even without the extra advantage of Danger Sense, Midoriya responds like clockwork. Heroes taught him well. (And he had a lot to learn.) But his drive to save everyone was something he clung to long before UA. All Might taught him that One For All is a Quirk for saving others. Heroes are supposed to save everyone.

They don't. That's just a fact, a stark shade of gray in a world made of them. This spurs Midoriya to stubbornly extend his hand, even to the Beasts who can't answer back--and potentially to the villain behind him whose gout of fire he neatly dodges. (Midoriya and Bakugou have pulled off similar moves.)

Midoriya kicks out, flying through the air and dragging tentacles with him. The ranged Hunters fire at will at the giant sickly-white torso of the choral Beast, which makes for a better target than the dark tentacles. When it's burned, its cries rise to a fevered pitch high enough to leave the eardrums nearest to them ringing. The little arm falls from between its teeth into the sea. There is no child with a missing arm to be seen in the waves. The Beast already claimed a victim before the Hunters even had the chance to fight.

It lurches into the shallow water, rolls once to shake off blade and Blackwhip, then rises again, screeching. Its shoulder and half its face are pink and crusted black. The smell of charred seaflesh fills the air. It charges forward up the beach, scuttling on all tentacles, quick to exact revenge on the insignificant land-minnows that dare hurt them.

Midoriya attaches himself to its head with Blackwhip again and yanks his arm back to hurl himself towards them, armored shoe aimed to kick.
swellter: (Blue: Pensive)

sorry this is so late! back from hiatus! can continue or handwave! Whatever you'd prefer!

[personal profile] swellter 2022-09-11 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She was human and she loved you the only way she knew how given her circumstances.

Under the influence of the cherry blossom tree, the churning lava pools inside him begin to calm, turning into a gentle roil. His expression settles back into a neutral look, though his fingers pinch at the fabric of his pant leg as his thoughts circle that name instead of her title. ]


Mom tried her best.

[ He adds in defense of their mother, his heart unable to simply let the insult stand unchallenged. ]

We all did. [ Grey and teal settle on his face with the familiar structure and coloring he never caught onto before. ] It wasn't always good enough.
swellter: (Fire: Strike)

[personal profile] swellter 2022-09-11 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Shouto in his right mind wouldn't necessarily call it an improvement but as he is now, he's a lot stronger than his former self, channeling those churning lava pools that crashed against the crackling ice.

He swings out his left arm and a tornado of red flames shoot out in perfect synchrony with his brother's more intense blue. When the attack comes, Shouto burns the tar heading his way with a wave of a hand turning it into smoke and ash, not quite hot enough to burn it into nothing. ]
wannasmash: Ouchie ouch (ow potatoes)

[personal profile] wannasmash 2022-09-12 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Increase the chances of survival. Minimize loss. Avoid the worst-case scenario: everyone dying and the Beast running unchecked into the city. Aizawa taught his students that.

The screeches would have no doubt been muffled properly underwater. Above it, they cut the air. The chill of the sea and its tide cool the brief orange glow of the beach. Boots stomp the imperfect obsidian there as Hunters scatter before the creature's path like minuscule plankton in recently disturbed waters.

Midoriya catches a breath in the rebound from his attack, pulled along by Blackwhip as planned. He yanks and tugs himself into another kick--yes, he will kick an enemy while they're down but intending to fight--and he knows that with Danger Sense. With an instinctive drive, it thwaps at the needling green insect with two tentacles and sends Midoriya flying, a small spurt of blood escaping his nose. His anchoring Blackwhip disappears. Like Dabi, Midoriya aims to end this quickly, but--he got too hasty. He is still a young Hero, after all.

The Beast rises again and plunges forward, as uncaring about the change from sea to land as an amphibian. The Hunters' broken formations are still regrouping amidst shouted instructions, and the one in green who took point is struggling out of the shallows into which he fell.

"HERE!!" he screams at it, voice feral and filled with the taste of blood-soaked sand, trying to draw its ire away from the other Hunters so they can concentrate less on dodging and more on dealing damage.
wannasmash: "Aizawa-sensei used this move on Kacchan on the first day of school. It was epic." (fight yank blackwhip)

[personal profile] wannasmash 2022-09-24 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
A Hero has to first seek a way to get the job done without killing. They're there to protect everyone, save everyone. How can they call themselves protectors if they're so eager to kill? It's a question that's been asked by the public in Midoriya's recent memory. It's a question he's asked himself when he was faced with it in regards to what to do with Shigaraki.

Midoriya's reluctance to kill has been called naive. He's been accused of being scared to as well. He's not scared. The terrible thing is that he's prepared to do it if he finds it necessary. When it becomes necessary is a harder question to answer. He's always chosen the more difficult route of life instead of death, living for someone or preserving life for someone. The things he wants are never easy.

"Hey! We're not trying to kill!!" Well, he's technically only speaking for himself and around half the Hunters. "Try aiming from higher up!"

The air almost peels his skin with its heat. Like the other dodging Hunter, Midoriya doesn't want to deal with friendly fire either. Unable to get close to the flames, he switches to another tactic. He leaps out of the shallows and up the cliffs in a zigzag. Digging his feet in, he latches Blackwhip around the Beast's head and attempts to pull to the side to keep it grounded and confused. If it continues on this trajectory towards inhabited areas of the city...
wannasmash: "GO!" (fight go)

[personal profile] wannasmash 2022-10-07 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Dabi makes "we" sound like a threat, but Midoriya has done that in the past too. He's more inclined to work together with someone than against when he can, even if he has to get aggressive about it. Dabi has other ideas, and it is a far cry from the conscientious Shouto, who is so careful not to overuse his flames in crowded areas. He can unfreeze someone from his ice, but he can't take back the pain of a burn.

A grizzled Hunter barks at Dabi, "Get your 'friendly' fire in check or get out!!"

Midoriya bounds down towards the Beast curling into nascence, hanging on the cliff via Blackwhip to get a closer look at its hard shell. There isn't much he can discern through the opaque covering other than what Danger Sense tells him.

"It's still alive!" Needless to say, so he doesn't say it, it's still pissed.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" the Hunter growls. "Someone else to 'Smash' it? Let's kill it then!" At the Hunter's declaration, several others immediately erupt into a chorus of dissent.
wannasmash: LIT (angry grr you)

[personal profile] wannasmash 2022-10-08 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
"What are you all doing?!"

There's no room for infighting. Midoriya learned that more than a year ago during a final exam and witnessed how it can go wrong while testing for his Provisional Hero License. This and the raised weapons make him a touch irritated, as does the ping from Danger Sense.

Midoriya swings down and marches towards the main group now divided in two. He knows Shouto can overheat unless he cools down with his ice, so the smoke off Dabi is concerning. Dabi looks well on his way to getting reprimanded later, but he's not the only one.

"I think we can get a field team over here to de-Beast. I can--"

"There's too little chance of that working, that thing's too huge," a Hunter with a spiked shield interrupts, dismissive of both Deku's age and inexperience. "I don't even know why you want to save it. Hunters have been killing Beasts just fine."

"Maybe if we turned more Beasts back to what they were," grumbles another, "we wouldn't have to fight so many in the first place."

All argument falls silent when the shell shudders against the cliff hard enough to rend a jagged CRACK! in its face.

"Watch out!" comes another preemptive warning from the Hero as his head turns in alarm, indicating the Beast is not just escaping.
wannasmash: "Betrayal isn't cute!!" (angry yell stop)

sneakin in one during hiatus | cw: blood and gore

[personal profile] wannasmash 2022-10-29 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
A flash of fire and a shout from a Hunter are enough to turn Midoriya's head back--

"Why are you burning us?!" he yells with fury, and he doesn't know if the thrumming of One For All in his limbs is going to be directed at the Beast or Dabi. When Dabi gets in the air, Midoriya switches to a third option: rescue. He snatches the injured crossbowman and carries him out of the way.

Jet Burn. It's Endeavor's move. Midoriya would know it anywhere, not only because he's a Hero otaku, but because he interned with Endeavor. Instead of perfectly modulated orange flame, blue shoots out wildly. Considering the steam rising off Dabi earlier, it seems almost like he has a death wish...

Midoriya shields his eyes against the light with an arm, the other occupied with his rescued ally, and there is a great rending THOOM of a noise from the shell. The Beast bursts out, no longer willowy but an absolute unit. Webbed tines now protects the chest and back, and the arms have sprouted clawed fingers. The head has transformed from eerily beautiful to monstrous, snub-nosed and large-jawed, but the rictus grin is the same.

Great jaws chomp the Trenchie who criticized Sleepers just seconds ago, so completely it leaves nothing worth salvaging. Blood drips from its teeth. The Beast plows into the line of Hunters, easily crossing the beach and lashing out with its many tentacles at the same time. Beyond them is the city.

For the first time, Midoriya experiences that feeling of total crisis. He knows of the damage Gigantomachia caused. He can't let something like that happen again. Midoriya sets the Hunter down and bounds after the Beast with no thoughts in his head but this.

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