[open] Oh the weather outside is weather

[wannasmash]

Who: Izuku "DEKU DON'T" Midoriya and YOU. Featuring a Warmblood who will, per this month's effects, influence you to be your best self... whatever that may mean.
What: Catchall log with: a snowball fight, fishing Paul out of a collapsed basement, giving mushrooms to Illarion, event things. Event plotting comment.
When: January
Where: A park. Abandoned basement. The Red.

Content Warnings: fantasy violence against a snake-shaped rock monster, panic attack, teens in danger. Mention of: being kidnapped, child abuse and/or neglect. More TBD in comments below.

Open prompts:
Snowball Fight!
Wallflower Time (Snake Den at The Red) (Event)
Taking Note (Snake Den at The Red) (Event)

Comments

[swornto]

"Like this-" Oz had been demonstrating the snowball packing technique when Midoriya was decked out of nowhere. It makes Oz jump slightly and he's not normally a jumpy person. If this had been a noble family outing, then he's sure that none of the kids would have the guts to actually hit each other like that.

So rather than be concerned, Oz laughs. "You make it look easy! Is this something kids really do?"

He'd almost thought games like this were a fantasy.

[wannasmash]

"It's alright, it doesn't hurt! That's kind of the point--"

He makes a sound, something like uwarggghh as he's barraged by another wave, but he doesn't falter. He understands being jumpy, though. He was that kid in junior high, when his interactions were either getting picked on or laughed at. Flinching on reflex was a hard habit to unlearn.

"Most kids where I come from, yeah. We get snow in the winter. Here, let's take cover behind this bench..." Midoriya attempts to crouch and shuffle while half of him is still caked in snow. He's a weird, curly-haired snowman. "Do you not have snow where you come from?"

[swornto]

Oz is still shocked by how Midoriya can take the hits with a smile. Moreso, he's overwhelmed by the normalcy of this. There's a feeling in his chest, which he can't pinpoint at first.

"Oh yes, we've plenty of snow in the winter. I've seen children throw snowballs in passing, but never for long." Because he would be mid-transit in a carriage. When Oz did leave the mansion, it was for carefully managed trips. And he never got to play along with the other kids.

He ducks into hiding with Midoriya and makes another pass at packing a snowball. There's a smile creeping back onto his face. "This is so normal. I've never done something this normal..!"

Ah. That feeling... He's excited, isn't he?

[wannasmash]

"It's been a long time for me," he says, voice gently sloping down in nostalgia.

It's a fairly normal activity, but for Midoriya, he's experiencing it only after years. This person, apparently, has even less familiarity with it. Midoriya brushes crumbling layers of snow off himself. He gestures with his hands again, trying to mime instructions to Oz of how he should be forming the snowball.

"I'm Midoriya. What's your name?"