Deer Country In-Box

[burnitblack]

un: dabi  *cla-chick* ... what?  *growl* [ that would be his omen ] [ contact through his omni stone can be text, audio, or video. contact through his omen can be visual, mental, or physical. ]

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[burnitblack]

Then just say that next time and stop askin so many questions.

[swellter]

[ Silent for a bit, he takes his words in stride and nods once. If you say so. ]

I want to know what we're doing tomorrow.

[burnitblack]

I already told you. Less than five minutes ago.

[he even invited him to go with him.]

[swellter]

[ ooc; oops completely lost context of this thread. ]

Beach combing. [ He remembers. ] I'll wait for you here at nine.

[burnitblack]

[ooc: i was having fun at your expense, haha.]

Ya sure you're gonna remember that?

[swellter]

[ooc; you bastard! >/ ]


I'll remember.

Tomorrow. Nine o'clock. We're having a family outing.

[burnitblack]

[ooc: guilty as charged ~ ]

Really. Don't need a reminder?

Had some memory troubles a moment ago. I wouldn't wanna get stood up.

[swellter]

I wouldn't stand you up.

[burnitblack]

If ya sure. 9 tomorrow then.

[swellter]

[ He nods and Kizu gets up from her spot near Wolf, heading in his direction. ]

Tomorrow.

[ She reaches him soon after and he looks to Touya, nodding at him once before heading out. ]

Don't be late.

[burnitblack]

[wolf rises as well and walks beside kizu until she's back by shouto, then branches off and returns to touya's side.

touya merely watches his younger brother as he confirms and turns away from him.]

Tomorrow then.

[he's definitely going to be early or late. not on time.]

[swellter]

[ Shouto will be precisely on time. Not one minute too early or one minute too late. Kizu is with him, roaming the beach at her leisure, while her Sleeper catches sight of his brother and hands him a card with all the confidence in the world. ]

[burnitblack]

[and touya will be late by a few minutes just because he wanted to sleep a little longer. dressed the same as always, breeze pulling his coattails out to the side. wolf walks by his flank and stops when touya does.

he takes the card and eyes it before giving shouto a slight look. really... but pockets it afterwards without saying anything about it.]

Didja eat already?

[swellter]

[ He blinks at the question, not quite the question he was expecting. You... you were supposed to ask for a favor. Why doesn't anyone ever ask for a favor? Looking a little pouty, he nods once, sulking. ]

I had breakfast.

[burnitblack]

[because he has no favors to ask for right now. and does shouto miss the fact he handed a villain a 10-favor card? dabi has no problem exploiting or manipulating his advantages to his favor.]

Good.

[with that, he heads off down the boardwalk to the black sand beach.]

[swellter]

[ He handed the card to his brother, who he follows after, quiet as usual in his demeanor. He doesn't talk, watching as Kizu runs up ahead. She strays towards the shore, treading through the water, while he gets over the card incident. ]

What are we searching for?

[burnitblack]

[his brother is also a villain. or does he not recognize dabi from that time he kidnapped his noisy classmate or tried to murder endeavor and hawks on the street? wolf leaves touya's side and follows after kizu, not really to play but simply to be around. guarding sorts...]

Anythin of interest. Sometimes items from other worlds wash up on shore. Sometimes copies of things already here, or modern merchandise.

[swellter]

He's not a villain here.

[ Kizu's matured in the last year and doesn't try to play with him outright, preferring to swish her tail in the water to pester him with water here and there. ]

How often do you come here?

[burnitblack]

[how little he knows... wolf does avoid the water some, considering he's got fire along his back and shoulders. but he'll walk in it, if he can dodge the tail splash.]

Almost every day.

[swellter]

[ Kizu will be very intrigued about the fire and aim for it in her splashing wondering if it can be put out. Okay, so maybe she hasn't matured all that much.

That answer has the youngest Todoroki breaking character and looking up surprised, as much as he can look. ]

You come here everyday?

[burnitblack]

[that'll get wolf side walking out of the water. while it won't put his fire out permanently, it's not really pleasant for him either. (luckily it doesn't actually burn things unless wolf's on the offensive or needs it to.) he might spit a small fireball at her after a few splashes. piddly thing.

touya doesn't seem surprised at the question.]

Not every day. But most days. [he points up in the distance, indicating the softly-glowing sapling high up on the cliffside, breaking the drab monotony of the stony, dark beaches.] There's another reason I come here. Beats goin to the damn Sanctuary.

[it's what's helped keep his corruption in check all the time he's been here in trench. without having to deal with other people for the most part.]

I also train out here.

[swellter]

[ She'll stop when she notices Wolf start to head out of the water. She wants to play, not drive him away. Mischief set aside, she'll bump him once or twice with her tail, accidentally, of course.

Shouto doesn't pay much attention to her antics, his attention on Touya as he explains his routine. Shouto follows his finger up to the sapling standing against the elements. ]

I remember that one.

He's also attached to it, more than any other in Trench. It's the one that kept him from turning into a beast after Allen's death. Did it keep Touya from beasthood too?

Do you...

[ He starts, looking at him from the corner of his eye. ]

... use it when you change your bandages?

[burnitblack]

[he only leaves if she gets too splashy. then returns after a few moments. unlike touya, wolf doesn't find an issue with fish, so if one crosses around in the shallows, he'll opt to go after it. not that the ocean in trench has the best... fish to eat, but omens are omens.

the sapling is a stark contrast to everything around it. a glow of light in the darker skies, a patch of sakura pink against the moody backdrop, stretches of green grass and calm breeze on the wind-blown rocks. its withstood a lot and gotten stronger for it, now seeming to not care about the realm around it and stabilized itself into a beacon source of rest way out here.

touya's only come to beasthood twice, once when the butterflies skipped all charging and went straight to monster, and once more when... squid things happened. he has recollections of the butterfly one, turning into that monstrous version of their father. but the latter he has zero memory of and for all he knows, it never happened. 2B knows, however; she killed him.

but that's why touya keeps vigil on the sapling out here and protects it if need be. he wants the purification aspect and calm and he'll fight to keep it, all to avoid ever turning back into that wretched image of endeavor.]

Nah. I still use the tub in that house you first brought me to.

[the one where he let shouto change his staples and bandages. it's actually become a base for him when working on crafting bloodstones. the times he doesn't work on such with shouto. there have been a few... disappearances around it.]

[swellter]

[ Omens are omens, and Kizu does what she wants. When she notices Wolf's tendency to go after the fish that swim a little too close, she opts to stay out of the way observing him. After a while, she'll join him. She doesn't eat, but it's not about the destination but the journey.

Shouto doesn't know why she doesn't eat, but he's never questioned it. He's never questioned why she goes invisible around everyone but Touya and Allen. Or, why Touya isn't close to Wolf like most Sleepers are with their omens? There are things he accepts without question, but there are others he won't let go no matter how hard someone tries to redirect him. The sapling, rising from the dark like a flower in bloom, is one of them.

He slept among its branches for a week, face buried in Kizu's neck when she was larger than he is now, staining her white coat with tears. Death isn't something Shouto knew before Trench. He knew his brother died, but he was so young, kept from his side for so long, to really register the true impact of it.

That's why he's here. To know him. Not as he was, Shouto never knew him back then, but as he is, and like Kizu, it's not the destination that matters to him. ]

Oh. [ He's a little surprised by that statement, enough to tug his focus from the sapling Touya pointed out, and look over at him. ] How often do you change them?

[burnitblack]

[wolf will eat it if he manages to catch it. he'll fry it first, but does tend to derive some stoic entertainment from the hunt. since touya hates fish, there's no bringing any back to his sleeper. he lets kizu join him and ultimately ends up working together to flush a catch towards the shallows for easy access.

touya's lack of closeness with wolf should be easy to know, but given shouto's blase acceptance of things without question, likely he won't be made privy to the reason. it's a simple reason, just not a pleasant one. at least touya's come to find the omen useful and doesn't mind him being out and around while they're at home. or when he's around his brother.

death has been a part of touya's life for years. it no longer phases him. he already died. no one cared. why should he give a shit if someone else ends up dead? their lives passing by him are little more than flames licking up the kindling and turning it to ash. sure, the very first time had been traumatic, but eventually even that burned away to callousness.

the question earns a small shrug and touya uses the toe of his boot to dig into the sand, nudging up a metal disk. looks kind of like a hubcap. but it's broken in half and the design isn't anything unique. not worthwhile to someone here in trench, so he lets it flop back into the sand to be consumed.]

Whenever I need to. Ain't got a set schedule.