I NEED SOMEONE TO REMEMBER MY NAME | Febuary Catch-All

[the_obedient_servant]

Who: Chara + Others
What: Catch-all for closed threads through Febuary
When: The month of Febuary.
Where: All over the place.

Content Warnings: Suicidal ideation, co-dependency, existential despair, children up to NO GOOD, TBA.

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[the_obedient_servant]

[They look up at him, only mildly surprised. Hmm.]

It's a general thing. [They pull their marshmallow away from the fire.] Without determination, we wouldn't be able to live, now would we? [They blow on it to put out the fire that's managed to follow the marshmallow. They like it extra toasty. Dangerously so.]

[wannasmash]

[ He cradles his gloves in one arm. The scars on his hand catch the firelight. He can smell the burnt sugar-smoke of the very well-done marshmallow. ]

That's true. Especially here. It's more dangerous than where I come from. ...A different kind of danger, anyway.

[ So he caught someone mumbling to themself... Midoriya feels apologetic. He, too, does that out of habit when he's fixated on something. ]

Sorry for bothering you. Can I share the fire for a minute?

[the_obedient_servant]

Oh, it's unimaginably dangerous. [They scoot over to provide room for Midoriya to take a seat.]

There's nothing more dangerous in the vast expanse of the universe than someone who cannot be dissuaded from their path no matter what measures you take. [They take the marshmallow, still extremely on the inside and outside and bite it off the stick like it's a game to see if they can eat it without wincing.]

I wonder if the leviathan is even more determined than we are...

[wannasmash]

[ He settles down with a murmured "thank you" and puts his gauntlets in his lap.

Chara isn't the first kid with a large vocabulary he's spoken to. Midoriya feels like he wants to reassure them, as he feels whenever anyone in camp turns their eye toward the future, sometimes literally. But the usual way people speak to children won't apply here.

He's been down that road, wondering if the enemy facing him has more bravery, conviction, and raw power. But that's the kind of distracting thought a fight doesn't leave room for. All this preparation is part of that fight too. It's why Midoriya, poster child for workaholism, is actually eating properly and sleeping normal hours. ]

It doesn't change what we have to do. We have people to protect.

[ Said simply without bravado. Every time he worries or falters, that thought eclipses everything else. ]

[the_obedient_servant]

Exactly. The only proper response is to simply match this determination in kind.

[Their motivation is more primal than protective. As an entity of world destroying proportions, this leviathan is coming onto their jobsite and taking a shit on their desk. That disrespect cannot stand.

Still, deep down, protection is a part of it. They have a certain fondness for a few people here, even if they know that connection must be severed for them to reach the heights of their potential.]

Nothing has ever beaten my capacity for it. You?

[wannasmash]

I've experienced defeat, yes. [ he says quietly, eyes falling on a distant clump of seagrass. He remembers falling to the ground screaming as someone was kidnapped right in front of him. He should have been able to do something, anything, but he was too injured at the time. ]

I was hurt... and extremely sad. But a friend reached a hand out to me. We were determined to turn that around. We did.