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DUONET ID: Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight

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[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.

an emotional pillow princess...it's why izuku will not be told more

[defendure]

Oh! Okay. [ He got nervous on being asked that Katsuki didn't like it...Izuku grabs his own umbrella, though a plainer one this time. He doesn't want to risk the other getting taken when they have to stow them indoors. ]

I practiced it a few times to be sure I had it down, though it would have been better if I could've gotten the recipe from your mom.

dare you to call him a princess again... (he'll get told later in rare moments)

[blastedass]

[They're gonna get lockers so the risk of a yoinked brella won't be an issue. Katsuki opens his with a whoosh and steps out into the cool rain. Thankfully it's not a downpour and the day itself isn't intensely dark and gloomy. April showers in more true form.]

I wonder if you could've asked her. You know her, the one here, right?

if the glass slipper fits... (someday)

[defendure]

U-um, yes...I do...but I wasn't - I mean, I actually don't know if the mom here has the same or similar recipes?

[ His brows draw together. ]

I figured there might be minute differences I wouldn't be able to pick up on.

gonna him in an iron mask... (someday, his prince will come~)

[blastedass]

[Katsuki thinks back to his mother. It's... strange. Like driving down two lanes at the same time and knowing what's in both of them.

Feels like he might cross his eyes on instinct.]

I think the recipes are the same. She's not entirely different...

balance is fun yes

[defendure]

She's...

[ Izuku thinks of it. Since they have to be different enough the characters could apply without being forced into the role... ]

...there's similarities for mine, but she's just...it's not quite the same. It's off. You know?

[blastedass]

[Katsuki falls silent, the two memories clashing, trying to fit, but like magnets, springing apart soon enough. He growls and shoves the entire thing away.]

Which arcade do you wanna go to? The one with the roller skating rink or the second floor?

[defendure]

Oh! I haven't been skating in ages!

[ Izuku realizes Katsuki just pulled from his memories - or research. ]

But...it is YOUR birthday, you know? You get to do what you want!

[blastedass]

[Memories. Hell if he researched places to go on his birthday. For his birthday. Someone hoped to spend the entire day holed up and not doing anything birthday related...]

I just did. Asked you your opinion, dumbass.

[He heads towards the arcade with the roller skating rink. Hadn't been skating in a long time as well, so that's a bonus.]

[defendure]

Oh! Well...I meant - well you know. Anyway...I actually can't even remember the last time I went rollerskating at home. Mm...maybe that gym unit in middle school...?

[blastedass]

Is that your way of saying you're gonna fall on your face?

[Katsuki pauses in front of a gurgling gully. The street's a tiny bit flooded here from the previous harder rains...

He angles his umbrella forward to avoid catching, then jumps the watery path and lands on the other side.]

[defendure]

I don't think it'll be that bad -

[ Izuku says, about to fall into the gully as he tries to use a Quirk he can't use. ]

[blastedass]

Deku!

[One of those yells that's exasperated and alarmed at the same time. Katsuki ends up halfway stretched out, braced on one foot and stretching a hand out to grab Izuku by the shirt to stop him from falling into the gully.

Though now they're in some kind of weird perfect balance game... like two people in a / \ position over a gully full of water.

Fun!]

[defendure]

[ Yeah, they look stupid right now. Izuku at least doesn't flail them in, although he looks completely abashed as he realizes what happened.

Thankfully Katsuki's reflexes are second to none. ]

Uh - [ Now how to get...out of this. ]

I'll hop and you tug?

[blastedass]

[You look stupid! He looks... uh.. TRYING TO AVERT A MESS!! (Aka: stupid.)

Katsuki's reflexes might be amazing, but his toes aren't capable of digging into the ground like claws and the ground is pretty fucking wet right now...]

Don't decide for me! [Rawr!] On my count of three, jump towards me!

[Some things never change. It's gonna be an awkward jump attempt from this angle.]

One, two, three!

[Yank!]