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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[detonating]

Indoor grow tent and gardening supplies, Shit For Brains.

I don't know why the fuck this got sent to you.

[OR WHY SOME OF THOSE ITEMS ARE EVEN ON THE LIST BUT.... at least he can play it off like they belong there??? Shovel, tarp and rope definitely weren't there before. Or the condoms, but who fucking cares about that one.]

[burnitblack]

i see. you're one of those people. hide the bodies in the garden.

sure you can stomach potatoes grown off a corpse?

[sure, play it off like they belong there and he'll make it worse. easy enough.

and yeah, he saw the condoms. he'll keep that level of crassness in his back pocket for later.]

[detonating]

[This line of conversation is pissing him the fuck off. Definitely striking some nerves, given recent events, and that just adds to the anger. Fucking hates when someone has that kind of power over him, and so he refuses to give it. So, Katsuki's going to just grit his teeth and play along like it's nothing to him.]

We both know that I'm not "one of those people". Ain't a shitty coward who'd try to hide the evidence.

Hear that people make great fertilizer, though. Might be the best fucking potato I've ever had.

[burnitblack]

[what line of conversation wouldn't piss him off? the kid's fuse is shorter than dropping a match directly onto gunpowder.

if ya don't like someone having power over you, then get rid of it, or never accept it in the first place. ain't that hard a concept.

don't see HIM losing sleep over that shit.]

i'd believe that. but only be if you were proud of the kill. otherwise, you'd deny it or try to hide it out of embarrassment or frustration.

ya ain't wrong. you should see some of the flowers that grow over graves.

com to think of it, probably 50% chance the fucking mushrooms this place loves growin's all coming off dead people and blood.

[detonating]

[...right. like he is fucking doing, right now.

And Dabi isn't losing sleep over shit because he's damaged goods.]


No. I fucking wouldn't. Dont have to be PROUD of something to OWN what I've done.
It's called taking responsibility and I do. So go fuck yourself. Trying to tell me what I would or wouldn't fucking do, you obviously dont know shit about me then.

Highly likely.

[burnitblack]

[good for him.

that's a light way of referring to a survivor of domestic abuse and near-death victim. but he's not wrong. dabi's wrecked.]

ya didn't seem to be ownin that victory of yours at the sports festival.

and i'm willin to be there's shit in your past you don't want other people to know about either.

[and IF you're gonna be so picky on responsibility...]

shouto's been givin me a lotta crap about killin ya.

[detonating]

[Just calling it like he sees it, man.]

It wasn't a legitimate win. Halfie didn't give me everything he had in that fight.

You'd be betting right, but the motivation aint what you're thinking. I just dont like people in my business in general. But I don't hide from anything I've done. I fucking told you, I'm not a coward.

[what a fucking turn from a misfired, mutilated shopping list. Ugh.]

Okay? And? What, you think I fuckin' set him on you like a dog?

[burnitblack]

[wouldn't want it any other way. doesn't need lip service.]

so a good enough excuse lets ya do away with ownin and responsibility. nice to know.

that's ironic, considerin how much you heroes like to get in business that's got nothin to do with you.

uh-huh. guess we're alike in that regard.

[oh, would you like to talk about the condoms and kidnapping gear instead?]

nah. i just wanna know if he's bitched at you for tryin to kill me.

[detonating]

[Good. Cause you're not even gonna get lip service with Katsuki.]

Ain't a fucking excuse?? It wasn't an even fight and I didn't want the cheap fucking win.

Cry more, you shitty villain. Don't do shady shit that harms people in one way or another then, and maybe heroes wouldnt need to be in your business. Pretty goddamn simple.

[Definitely. Least those topics aren't nearly as fucking personal.]

Ask him, asshole. Ain't my fucking place to tell you what he says or how he feels about something.

[burnitblack]

[does he look like someone who wants that?]

didn't ya just say you didn't need to be proud of somethin to own it? win's a win, no matter how ya got it. kinda stupid to run away from ya own victory.

maybe if heroes didn't pick and choose who's doin "harm" to someone else, there wouldn't be shitty villains goin after people.

but that's not "simple" for you, huh.

[bring it back up. cower away from uncomfortable topics. that's easier, in'nit.]

i did. he didn't seem to get the implication.

[detonating]

"Win's a win, no matter how you got it"
That's what underachieving losers tell themselves.

You don't even realize how fucking delusional you sound, do you? I'm the last person you should be pitching that argument to.

[Acknowledging that it's not necessarily comfortable doesn't mean he's even considered changing the subject for the convenience, but ok. Pop off, you fucking moron.]

If you don't know how to navigate Shouto, that's your own failure.

[burnitblack]

if that's how ya wanna view it. a dead winner ain't gonna help anyone, hero.

oy, oy. ya gonna spew the same heroic shit they taught ya to regurgitate in school and tv ads, then ya gonna get that argument in your face every time.

[no argument against his "delusions" cause he's well aware of them. being insane ain't all that bad when you acknowledge it. nah, he's inherited a certain someone's stubbornness.]

ain't trying to navigate him. his bias and stupidity aren't on me to coddle.

[detonating]

Ain't gonna argue that. Dead ain't winning. Dead is useless.

[Absolutely braced for the chiding comments about how he lost to Dabi. That's fine. He puts his money where his mouth is and owns that. He wasn't the only loser that day.]

Don't need you to point out the existence of the age old debate. I'm not here for that villain rhetoric any day of the week, but I especially ain't here for it with you.

[And you fucking know why.]

So why the hell are you askin' me about him, then?

[burnitblack]

ya pride's gonna kill ya one day.

for real this time.

[since their "deaths" here don't count, as they just come right back. and bakugou's going to have to fall over his own brace because dabi's not saying shit about their battle. they both killed each other and they're both right here. it's nothing to gloat over because it's so easily thrown back in the other's face. ergo, pointless.]

then don't bring that debate up. it's ain't any more pleasant to hear your hero crap.

[he knows and doesn't mind being a shit with it.]

already told ya; i was just curious, he wasn't talkin, and now i got my answer. ya really think i'm someone to stop at a wall and give up?

[you're just another avenue to get what he wants.]

[detonating]

Maybe. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Your vendetta is what's gonna kill you in the end.

[Funny how he can shove off one pointless argument, but engage in another just below it. You're really aggravating, Dabi.]

I didn't bring it up, you did.

[Well, you're not getting shit outta him. Sure, you can infer whatever you want from what little he's said, but Katsuki isn't offering shit about Shouto.]

Probably not. Don't really care.

[burnitblack]

uh-huh. as long as i take that thing with me.

[death has never frightened him. he knows he's going to die. he's ready for it. but he won't be dying unless endeavor's dragged to hell alongside him. simple as that.

being aggravating is in his nature. kinda like "loud" is in yours.]

in response to yours.

[he already got what he wanted out of him. inferring works well regarding shouto.]

good.

[detonating]

What a waste.

[Oh he knows. He got a taste of Touya's complete disregard for himself and his life, first hand.]

All I said was I don't like people in my fucking business. You twisted it into this shit.

[burnitblack]

ain't your business.

[don't even bother with sarcastic pity or regrets. he learned not to care about others thanks to his life experiences. fun, isn't it.]

yeah. cause i know you'll get in my business, like a hypocrite.

[detonating]

You made it everyone's fucking business, Touya. You wanna throw yourself away for that asshole? That's your prerogative. But you don't get to dictate what people think about it after making that call.

[Who said anything about sarcastic pity or regrets???]

You like going in fucking circles or what?

[burnitblack]

shoulda been everyone's business from the start, katsuki. but no one gave a shit, too scared to stand up and say somethin, or just brushed it off as no business of theirs.

but now that someone's not scared, all you heroes protest that it's "wrong" and wanna make it your fuckin business cause suddenly one of your own's the target. who do ya think you're protectin? some saint?

i know ya ain't that fuckin stupid, kid.

[don't tell him that "what a waste" comment was completely devoid of any probe of pity or minute suggestion that touya "could've" been something better. you don't say "what a waste" after something like that and NOT have those undercurrents within it. otherwise, there would've been other words said.

not those.]

you were willin to try your damnest to protect a fuckin stranger when i killed her. don't tell me you'd stand down if i were about to burn off enji's head, "dynamight".

[detonating]

[Sure, it absolutely falls in line with the suggestion that Touya could be something better. That's not pity. It's just an observation, made on a basis of gained respect he has for his skill and potential paired with what Katsuki thinks about Endeavor. It's a fucking waste.]

Puttin a whole lot of words and feelings into my mouth when you don't even have the faintest idea of where I stand on any of it.

I'm not that fucking stupid. But I'm not going to act like I would stand down, either.
You wanna ask me WHY? Shoot your goddamn shot. But if you wanna just sit here and keep trying to fit me into a fucking mold that's based on your idea of how ALL heroes are, then we're done here. Ain't a fucking point to it.

[burnitblack]

[he could've been. touya himself acknowledges that. spent plenty of nights thinking about it and anguishing over the failure his life became. the papers he'd held in his hands containing all the potential hero names he could've gone with, costume designs... one by one, going up in flames and blowing away as naught but ash.

you can't ... do something different ... give up ... you'll just hurt yourself ... urusei]

feel free to tell me where i'm wrong then.

[but instead of doing that, he simply confirms what touya accused him of. good job, hypocrite.]

told ya.

what, like how you heroes like to fit all of us villains into a "fucking mold" of ya own?

we're pretty similar in some regards, ya know. we're both gonna surpass that pinnacle and show them how much better we are. all might. endeavor. and no one's gonna stand in our way.

so why then? what gives you the right to interfere with me? and don't give me some moral bullshit about killin's wrong cause i've heard that crap before. even after i exposed that monster and all his abuse to the world, he's still out there flauntin himself as some goddamn hero. a sanctimonious asshole who should be six fucking feet under for what he did.

and you'd still get in my way. why?