[Open] 🚬 November Flames

[burnitblack]

Who: Dabi & others
What: November Catch-All
When: November
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]

[he'd be right in believing that. dabi's not been in there for hunting or revenge in the cut loose sense, though he's had some battles in the woods that ended up being contained at least.]

You could try bein a little meaner sometimes. Ya nice enough to make someone retch. [how about you not interfere with his goading of the belligerent man so he could burn him up, nara'a? unfortunately, seems the message got through and the idiot's not bothering them anymore. tsk, damn.]

Ain't surprisin. If there was a grove of these mushrooms, they wouldn't have sent out multiple parties. [general expeditions aren't something sleepers regularly put together anyways. too much of a risk for currently too little reward.]

[aetherweaver]

I could, though it'd be against my nature.

[Much as he likes a good fight, he really shouldn't pick one without good reason... tempting as it is.]

Yeah, exactly. And... well. I don't really care about the pthumerians that much, but getting in good with them might not be the worst idea.

[It'd at least let him see what they were really about a bit more clearly...]

[burnitblack]

Uh-huh. People are gonna walk all over that.

[Dabi doesn't have such faith in people. He's more than willing to pick a fight and kill with little reason, though he's not insane enough to go after people he knows would stop him.]

I'm only helpin out cause they started offerin some interestin rewards. [And after looting their dead members, he got an extra one or two for his troubles.] But can't say it doesn't shake up some boredom.

[Once there's a more clear-cut way of getting home, he'll pay more attention to the "gods" that control said way. Likely to try and remove them.]

[aetherweaver]

I'm trying.

[He doesn't want to hurt people... but there's a part of him that keeps whispering for him to do it. It's been getting louder lately, though.]

It does. Though we don't get to travel far enough on these sorts of adventures. I want to see the world, not just this corner of it.

[burnitblack]

[dabi only agrees with that via a small sound. he remembers that network posting, asking others about how to deal with a pathological urge to help people. no real good answer came from it. but hey, nara'a's trying.

and far be it from dabi to prevent the man from listening to that whisper.]

Dunno if there's more than this corner of it. For all we know, we're on an island. Can't get "around" in a boat cause of the monsters. Can't get through the forest for the same reason.

[aetherweaver]

That's true... but we still need to know. Leaving the unknown out there... mngh.

[It bothers him on both an academic and adventuring level. How's he going to have grand adventures if he's stuck in what's basically a backyard?]

We'll have to figure something out. You don't like being stuck in one place all the time either, do you?

[burnitblack]

Some things are better left unknown. Could kill a lot of people with that kinda curiosity.

[not that dabi really cares; he's just playing devil's advocate for the sake of passing time as they trudge through the gloomy forest. and he'd probably answer that unspoken question with the silent reminder this "backyard" likes to try and torment or kill them every damn month.

there's your adventure.]

Depends on the place. I ain't died of boredom here yet.

[aetherweaver]

What's the saying I read? 'Curiosity killed the cat'? I know it's likely to get me into trouble.

[Yeah but it's small, he's used to large areas to explore.]

Just you wait, you'll have your chance. One day Trench will let up for two seconds and you'll wish it didn't.

[burnitblack]

And ya still gonna head right into it, huh. That's almost selfish.

[his tone doesn't bother hiding the cheeky smirk on his face. anything to poke at a hero.

aww, ya wanna die in a big open spot instead of a small one. guess that makes sense.]

Ya don't know me very well if you think that...

[also depends on "how" it lets up for those two seconds.]

[aetherweaver]

Is it? I'm not so sure. Knowledge is a great reward for a lot of things.

[Yeah, yeah, laugh it up.]

You'll be waiting for it to drop something horrible and you know it. Paranoia's not exactly fun.

[burnitblack]

Yeah, but the price for that knowledge is hardly ever cheap. Especially when ya ain't the one who's gotta pay for it.

[he will, at every chance he can get. it's his entertainment.]

But it's a great way to survive. Bravery is often the leadin cause of injury or death.