[Open] 🚬 July Flames

[burnitblack]

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 (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.

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[burnitblack]

[wha-? no, she was supposed to be on his shoulders, not braced on his hand entirely! that was just there to help her get...

ah whatever. dabi rolls his shoulders once or twice. yeah fine, go on.

with the permission, the black flames peel off touya's leg and wolf stalks out of the burning darkness, less drippy and angry than the last time shouto saw it. touya's omen glances to shouto once, then moves off to trail after kizu.]

In other words, they used to be people.

[swellter]

[ Off in the distance, a much too delighted WOLF! blasts across the burning forest as Kizu redirects her efforts and starts chasing after the canine as fast as her little paws will carry her. If she catches him, she's going to tackle him to the ground or die trying! Die as in, she'll go POOf! Turning into smoke and disappearing again. This time, she'll appear on top of a tree and make her majestic jump to bring her prey down and probably miss him entirely. ]

Or animals.

[ Shouto shrugs, not much caring about their origins as he once did. From the forest, Kizu blasts another series of Wolf! Wolf! when she misses her target entirely and ends up tumbling through the burning forest. Come! Come! she tells him, blasting the command into their heads and anything else that's survived Dabi's blue flames.

Shouto grimaces at the mental slaps, still not used to them, but having suffered them for two months now, he's a little better at ignoring them. ]

[burnitblack]

[wolf is far less of a personality at the moment, still mostly treated as dabi's messenger and weapon than a pet, companion, or friend. but that doesn't mean it's stunted in its development as one. only slowed down. meaning it's more likely to go trail after kizu and follow her around than to gallivanting around or a chase. kizu can catch it pretty easily, but tackling wolf is a lot harder than it seems, due to its size. but that also means changing from chase and tackle to jump and pounce is more its speed and wolf opts to let her catch it half the time, the other times noticing and moving out to the way to train her reflexes. or, you know, at least try to. it's more the older brother that certainly cares, but is too tired to show it as much.

touya quirks a brow.]

Animals? The way the Sanctuary goes on about it, you'd think every damn beast was some poor kid who wandered around in the forest too long. [his voice drops into a lazy, but mocking sort of tone.] They really gonna be so protective as to try and save a buncha corrupted birds and rabbits?

[wolf makes sure to interrupt kizu's tumbles if it senses her headed towards anything dangerous. not that it'd really matter, but still... it's only when the wolf senses something "more" nearby that it abruptly puts a paw on kizu's back to put her to the ground.]

Quiet.

[something's out there... and it's not dead in the flames. nor is it dying.]

[swellter]

[ Deep in the inferno, a little snow leopard rolls around the brush set ablaze by a cremation quirk meant to turn everything to ash. She exposes her belly to the black wolf keeping an eye on her, and paws at him in play with no idea what kind of destruction those pretty blue flames are causing. They don't hurt Shouto (at this intensity), so they don't hurt her either, and Wolf doesn't seem to find anything wrong with them, so it's just a pretty light show to her, one she's happy to frolic around with her canine companion. Calling out to him telepathically and probably attracting the deadlier beasts nearby. ]

Better safe than sorry.

[ He shrugs. Normally, he'd make a point of defending this very philosophy, but he doesn't find it in him to care that much about it today. It doesn't help that Touya suddenly goes very quiet. With Kizu basically out of commission, his early warning system is basically moot. But he's been a Hunter long enough to recognize the signs, so when Touya goes still, his senses go on high alert.

Kizu, of course, doesn't sense anything, and when Wolf sets a foot on her back, she tries to wiggle out of his hold, thinking they're playing. Thankfully, she's quiet about it. For now. ]

[burnitblack]

[wolf keeps an eye and ear around even while kizu plays among the fire and leaves. it's similar to its master in that wariness and guard are important to it. despite dabi's power, he's not exactly someone who dodges paranoia. having gone for years being hunted by people he pissed off (accidentally or not) and evading the police while surviving on the streets and hiding his identity, it's enough to make a person wary. though he hides that well behind a vernier of confidence and preparation. the same's true of wolf, who doubles its time between minding kizu and being alert to the things around them. her sending isn't exactly quiet...]

With the amount of damages and injuries that come from their actions, I'm kinda surprised they ain't sorry already.

[still gonna have that last shot in before his omen's telepathic comment gets him to silence for a moment. dabi looks towards the direction his omen is, able to locate it despite not being able to see wolf. tsk... well well well... guess it seems the fires did what they were designed to do: flush out someone to take some anger out on.]

Why don't I show ya the better way, Shouto.

[wolf promptly clamps the back of kizu's neck in its jaws, picks her up, and heads back towards their respective masters. the brush behind it seems to fold and snap as something large and heavy starts to lumber its way in their directions. slow but ominously direct.]

[swellter]

[ Her sending is never quiet, and it's always troublesome, yet even in her Sleepers current state, Shouto doesn't mind the trouble she causes. It's trouble he's willing to accept to have her around. Though the opposite may not hold true of others. Considering this is probably the second time she's called beasts to Touya's location, he wouldn't blame him or his omen for being a little ticked at her. Not that she'd notice. Unaware of Wolf's alert posture, Kizu plays with his larger paws, nipping at them in play, and when he makes no move to continue playing, she starts to get antsy, twisting and turning to get out from under his foot. At one point, she turns into smoke and reappears, lunging onto a burning tree. Her flexibility and claws do her good, and she quickly climbs it hiding among the burning bushes, out of sight, for now.

A raised brow, more cocky than curious, a contrast from his normal self. Still, he nods quietly, waiting. ]

Go ahead.

[burnitblack]

[wolf doesn't opt to chase her, knowing kizu'll be fine as she wants to be. her sleeper can call her back if need. it heads into the brush itself, moving through the burning areas to get back to its master. touya notes wolf's return, getting a quick update on what happened to "the cat" earlier, and simply nods as his omen circles around behind him and faces the forest in front. a few more blue flames wander across his fingers, preparing himself for whatever's coming their way.

trees push to the side, falling beneath the larger mass, blue fires mottled out beneath blackness. oozing fluid bubbles and runs downward as a slogging hand reaches through the trees, fingers pushing the boughs to the side. looming above them, the beast pours into view, a dark mass of molasses-thick dark liquid continually oozing off its body. shoulders and arms visible within a tar-like "cape" of dripping flesh that's somewhat indistinguishable from the folds and squishes of gunky "robes" covering its body, crowned with a skeletal face pushing out amid a dribbling hood of similar sticky substance. the plants fallen beneath it are quickly absorbed within the dark fluid, leaving a slime trail path behind it of gooey emptiness.]

... gross.

[why did they have to land on a sludge skeleton? touya frowns at the creature, which regards them through hollow eyes sockets, faint light deep within.]

How bout we not touch that thing.

[swellter]

[ His focus narrows on the figure that emerges from the oozing mass. Posture a little straighter, Shouto looks to the incoming beast and flames up in twisting red tendrils of fire that scour the earth, cloaking him in that which turns the ground to ash.

The thrill of the incoming fight works its way through him, stoking the curse that's infected him. Influenced by his brother's narrative, he looks at the dripping mass and finds it just as repulsive. The suggestion pulls a subtle grin from him as he steps forward to meet the beast with a blast of red fury. ]

You read my mind.

[burnitblack]

[emerging. enshrouded. it's hard to tell what it's doing, save for the entire mass is certainly approaching them with an intent to consume. one slogging hand emerges from the dark slime of its "robe" and the creature reaches forward, some guttural noise of a groan bubbling within its body.

*consume...*

touya notes his brother's red flames twisting up beneath him to cloak him in that fire, hotter than his normal flames. not surprising, considering his normal flames were held back by his morals and emotions. tuning back to the abomination in front of him, he lifts his hand and ignites a stream of blue flames, sending the blast roaring forward alongside the red.]

That's an improvement.

[the flames crash into the creature like an ironic burst of water, pluming out on either side with a splash of fire. it reels backwards, free arm rushing through the air like a giant's limb. the sludge and slime dripping from it also slung upward, sending a putrid wave of tar-like slather flinging through the air in a crescent towards the two.]

[swellter]

[ 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. ]