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DUONET ID: Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight

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[blastedass]

All right. I'll meet you at your room when I'm ready.

[Izuku already came to his and he doesn't want to do a "front door" meeting in a house that cna change shit around...]

[defendure]

Sure thing!

[ The suites...usually stay in the same place except when they change once a month, so.

Izuku hurries off to do the dishes and then take a shower! Busy bee. ]

[blastedass]

[katsuki still doesn't trust it. (Might be a petty grudge from earlier.) He still finishes his workout, though a lighter set because he ate, then showers off and cleans up before dressing.

45 minutes later, he's outside Izuku's room, rapping the door with his knuckles. A black hoodie jacket with red trim sits over a white t-shirt and black cargo pants, both of them more resistant to water than normal clothes. He has a raincoat as well, dark blue, and dark boots he's dragged his pants legs over.]

[defendure]

[ Petty grudges and Katsuki Bakugo - name a more iconic pair.

Izuku opens the door with a bright smile. He's ended up in jeans - go figure - and a cardigan over a t-shirt. He's also got a raincoat, so that's useful...as to shoes, he's uh, wearing sneakers so whatever... ]

Kacchan! All ready to go then? You look bundled up.

[blastedass]

[Izuku and Katsuki. Boom.]

You don't have any boots?

[He gestures down to Izuku's feet, then tilts his head towards the window at the end of the hall. Might not be raining as hard, but the puddles and potential for more rain are still present. Figured he'd ask just in case it slipped Izuku's excitable brain.]

[defendure]

Oh! [ He just...likes his sneakers. Izuku dips back into his room - Katsuki can come if he wants? Izuku has a lot more Stuff already, most of it having to do with that mech series he's really into in the AU...which he's now also actively enjoying as himself, so. ]

Totally didn't even think about it.

[blastedass]

[It's wet outside! That's a good way to ruin those sneakers that you like! Katsuki crosses his arms over his hips in irritation as Izuku runs back inside. Tch. Honestly, this guy...

He does step in since he's there, looking around the room. Not even two months in and Izuku's room looks as nerdy as his dorm room. He's gonna have to watch this show at some point.]

I noticed.

[defendure]

[ Please do. Izuku needs more people to talk to and theorize with in terms of Duoventure............he has problems. And notes. He takes off his shoes quickly and then goes for the boots. It's a bit weird to wear shoes instead of slippers inside the house, but this isn't Japan, so... ]

[blastedass]

[Katsuki may or may not become a sounding board. Depends on the series. If he finds it sucks, he'll drop it. (And yes, he knows, Deku. He knows. Lots of problems.) Katsuki doesn't yet feel too strange with the shoes versus slippers, mostly because this place doesn't feel comfortable to him yet. The shoes in the house kind of punctuates that feeling.]

You already filled your room up this much...

[defendure]

Well, a lot of it was "mine" already at the place I was "living at" before Dodo...I figured why not keep it.

[ Because...well, he had it. Why not? ]

[blastedass]

Wait, you already have your own place here?

[Like, is he supposed to be at his, well... the Katsuki here's, parents' house?!]

[defendure]

Just...where "this me" lived...it's a bit weird for most of us, I think, so most people prefer Dodo house. Besides, you can use your magic in here but not out there...

[ So... ]

[blastedass]

So my parents are out there? In this world?

[Of course he remembers them. Their faces, their voices, where his mother is ironically much worse than the Katsuki who grew up in this world because Katsuki didn't pick up on as much of her aggressive habits and temper.

But... if his parents, his house, his room, his life is out there in this world, really out there physically and ready...

What the fuck is he doing in here?! Did his presence erase this world's Katsuki from existence?!]

[defendure]

[ How it works is in your AU you can have family SIMILAR to yours, but they're different enough they're not those people...in case those people apply in. So... ]

Not yours. Your...the AU version of a family. Mine's nice enough, but...

[ Izuku does love his mother too much to feel totally comfortable staying out there. ]

And...I remember growing up with you here...but I also don't think that was the case until you were here. It's like - It's like a whole new level of the memories from here unfolded after I saw you, and now they're always there.

[ Weird, but not unwelcome. Izuku finishes lacing up his boots. ]

Until you were here, in this world...my childhood friend group was a bit different.

[blastedass]

[Yeah that's how it's structured, but does raise the question about "your character" being the same enough to be "you" just in a different world. Might not be Inko who raised Izuku, but the raised Izuku would still be Izuku in an AU.

Which doesn't entirely abate Katsuki's momentary concern about his AU parents suddenly not having their son come home. They're out there in Crane City, in a home he knows but has never "seen" physically for himself.]

So the me from here hasn't come home yet...

[He understands what Izuku implies about being conflicted over loving his own parents enough to feel uncomfortable expressing the same to the AU parents. He wouldn't feel comfortable either.]

It's like a game updating a new character, fitting them into the world and people's memories and backstories.

[Great. He's become a fucking DLC character to the base game.]

[defendure]

Well...I mean, yeah, if you want to go home you can? I've found they sort of - it like, anticipates us living in the house, and they think we're dorming here.

[ A light shrug. He DOES try to visit his fake!mom off and on because he feels badly otherwise, but it's...not the same. ]

And...yeah, exactly. I mean, you were always already in my memories because of home, but now there's just even more memories of Kacchan...but I also remember not having those while I was here?

[blastedass]

[Katsuki mentally drags his hand down his face. Ugh, that's... both infuriating and somewhat "okay" at the same time. Rather than dropping you in a new world to fend for yourself, it gives you a life to settle into, parents included. But you know it's fake... Shit, now what does he do?

Cause hell if Katsuki acts like his AU self! Think he's gonna go home and suddenly drop an F-bomb like his mother out of nowhere?! HE'S NOT THE KATSWEETSUKI THAT GREW UP HERE!!]

So you've gone to see your parents?

[Or did the world get specific and Izuku has no dad... Cause that's fucking ironic.]

You're in my memories, both of them. [He heads for the door, ready to distract himself.] Let's get outta here.

I think we lost kitsune

[defendure]

Single mom again.

[ But he's checked in. Izuku tests his laces one more time then comes over to shut his door behind him. ]

Before you got here, my only non-NPC childhood friend was someone I met here.

found it! gmail never pinged it... that's a nice icon~ izuku has a fine back

[blastedass]

Meaning the world probably inserted them as your friend when they arrived.

[It's a mixture of grumpy musing and simply being a capable person who takes notes and makes observations.]

But you remembered me yourself even though I wasn't part of your AU memories at first.

he does, he's pretty

[defendure]

Yeah, of course. I mean...I couldn't forget you unless I forgot my entire life along with you.

[ That's what happens when you meet someone when you're too little to even remember. ]

he is and should be told so more

[blastedass]

I see.

[So he had a life in his head without Katsuki until Katsuki arrived, and yet he had his normal life in his head with Katsuki in his past. That's a hell of a memory shift.

Fucking magic world.]

This place could drive people nuts like that.

katsuki got to it in noct...! someday in other places or one off memes

[defendure]

Hm. Maybe? I just...try to keep my center. I don't try to deny those memories existing, but I keep in mind they aren't my real life. I know where I want to get back to. Remembering new things sometimes...it's weird, but it's like DLC.

[ And he's okay with it, a bit, because it's mostly useful or mundane. ]

he has many things he finds attractive about izuku

[blastedass]

Kind of like inhabiting someone else's life.

[Then you have to decide if you want to try and follow the life they had or stick to the person you are now. Which would be weird for anyone that knew them... like Katsuki's teachers and classmates. Well, the AU Katsuki's.

He's not a hero in this world's memories. Bleh.]

Where'd you get the idea for that breakfast bowl?

[Easier topic.]

it's the translating to telling that takes time

[defendure]

Huh...? You've made yourself that meal before, haven't you? A few times at the dorms and then here...I thought it was a meal you liked?

[ By, you know, observing in the way he has that Katsuki considers creepy. ]

I did get cupcakes like I said but you've never been huge on sweets so I wanted something you'd really like as a meal.

took him that long to apologize. confessing attraction would take the same or longer~

[blastedass]

Don't get defensive, dammit! Never said it wasn't!

[He'd just been curious. Though probably should've known the answer already. Katsuki opens the door and looks out into the drizzle. Well it's not a full storm right now, so that's nice. this time he does have an umbrella, so they won't have to cram under one. It's a simple dark green umbrella, strong and wide.]

Hn. It was good.