[ open ] Catch All

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🧙 WHO: Bakugou + You
⚔️️ WHAT: Arrival, Quests, Magic - General Catch-All
🕒 WHEN: Throughout Feb
🗺️ WHERE: Around!
⚠️ WARNINGS: Language, Fighting, Possible Spoilers



( Red Spring: Training )

[ All right. He's been soaked to the bone. Insulted by both classmates and other losers on the trip over through the caravan. All the while his Quirk is 100% gone and this magic crap is being thrown at him. It's kind of a horrible time to be Bakugou Katsuki right now? Like, seriously, he hates all of this and definitely isn't having a good time of it. How he feels about it is something he's definitely going to keep to himself and despite what people think, he's actually an emotional person. Keeping his trap shut is the only way he's not losing his absolute fucking mind.

When it's explained that they can ask people to help them learn basics and maybe even figure out the new talents they've been given? Well Katsuki doesn't really want to ask for help. It's rough for him to admit that he needs it. However, he swallows his damn pride and goes along anyway.

So he's actually sitting there, taking notes on the smartphone ( though it probably looks like he's playing around to be honest )... And half staring at his open palm. There are no sparks, but flickers of light dancing around his fingertips. ]

Damn useless.

[ That's his opinion anyway. Maybe someone better tell him what all he can do with his newfound Light Magic. ]


( Poliwag Grass )

[ You know who actually doesn't have a problem cleaning? This guy. It's almost a compulsion, really. No, he doesn't talk to the Trolls. It's honestly for the best and if anyone who knows Bakugou is around, they'd probably tell you exactly why! Not that it matters...

He sees the mess and just. Has to. Fix it. So expect him to either snatch your cleaning instrument out of your hands and berate you for a "piss-poor job" or actually throw a towel at your face and tell you to start working and to do it right.

Sorry but not sorry. ]


( Quest: Pure Heart Side A )

"The pure of heart will form the bridge with a leap of faith." This magical quest bullshit is actually real.

[ So, as far as he understands it, in order to get the crystals that this lady or whoever wants, he has to cross this bridge. No big deal, right? Only... There's not... A bridge? And right now he can't really see anyone crossing it so it's not like he has any clue that he can just walk across. Though he'll probably figure that one out in a minute. ]

What's gonna be next? An actual sphinx?

[ Boy, your nerd is showing. And okay maybe he's having issues with the whole "pure of heart" thing? But that's not something he'll openly admit to. ]


( Quest: Pure Heart Side B )

[ Okay so now there's a crystal in hand and it's retained it's silver color. For now. Yet Bakugou is still walking towards the cottage, little vial in hand. Well, tucked into his pocket. That is, until he stops and holds the thing up to give it a good look. ]

This is some kind of shady shit.

[ So... Are you going to encourage him to go through with it or agree with him? His answer might surprise you! ]


( Exploring )

[ Otherwise... Katsuki can be found just meandering around the City of Camelot in general. It is a new location with a lot of stuff going on. Of course he's not moving about the city to enjoy himself and to just "take in" in the sights as it were. No, Bakugou is definitely sort of walking around with a purpose. It's like he is memorizing the layout of the city and mentally marking places of interest or of note in his head.

All the while sort of, you know, telling people that get too close to "screw off" and giving them glares to scare them away. Because that's kind of how he rolls.

Speaking of rolls... He might, in fact, stop in front of one of those bakeries. At least temporarily before trying to find something that might be a library. Something, anything that could give him information. All the while his phoenix flies overhead. ]

Get lost you damn turkey.

[ Maybe he should be nicer to her too... ]


( Wildcard! )

[ You know what to do here. Throw me something or ping me at jardaan @ plurk! ]

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[ See this face? This is a face that is not impressed by this asshole. ]

Then why you letting a kid show your ass up?

[ Yeah... Yeah he is certainly going there. ]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

You aren't showing anyone the hell up! You're just stomping around! Didn't anyone ever tell you to work from top to bottom?! That floor we just cleaned is just gonna get dirty again when we get to the dusty shelves!

We're gonna be here all day because of you!

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[ Haaaa? Is this guy for real? ]

What would a blueberry know about doing shit like this anyway? Maybe if you had done your job in the first place I wouldn't have had to go over it myself!

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Oh he didn't.]

[That obviously gets a bit of a rise out of him.]

Maybe if a punk had a braincell in his head to rub together, he wouldn't have to work twice as hard!

I can have this entire house clean in the time it takes you to clean the crap outta your ears!

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Maybe if gramps hadn't grown senile, I wouldn't have to work twice as hard to cover his fuck ups!

[ At this point there'd usually be explosions going off. But as it is? Bakugou's got nothing but his smart mouth. ]

I can work circles around your old ass.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[OH NO. OH NO HE DIDN'T.]

[YOU WANT EXPLOSIONS?! BECAUSE DARIN JUST BROKE THE MOP OVER HIS KNEE.]

I'M ONLY TWENTY FOUR YEARS OLD YOU LITTLE JACKAAAAAAAASS!!!!!

[Wow. In ten seconds this little jerk zeroed in on the two things Darin's got a thing about! His hair and his age! Uncanny!]

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Oh. My bad...

[ Smirk. ]

I can work circles around your ancient saggy ass!

[forgeabettertomorrow]

... ... ...

[Well, Darin didn't wake up expecting to kill a kid today.]

[But you know? Plans change.]

[Here comes Darin looking to tackle a teenager out the door.]

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[ Okay so that is most certainly a thing that this guy can try to do. Try, key word right there. Because Bakugou isn't just going to wait for that to happen. Now normally he can use his Quirk to make a last second dodge... But he doesn't have that.

What he does have? Barriers made out of light. So to avoid getting tackled? He throws up both hands to make a shaky, but mostly stable, barrier between them both. ]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[No worries, Bakugou. That barrier is more than enough to shield him from the thrown weight of exactly one (1) idiot. Darin smacks into it with the force of a dog running into a sliding glass door it thought was open and hits the floor with just as much force.]

[He's...just gonna lie there. Face down. While he reconsiders some choices. Specifically everything that happened after waking up today.]

[Finally, he seems to come to, but still remains face down.]

...So. Light magic. Someone's a quick study.

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[ Yeah... He is going to laugh at that. However it does seem to calm both of their temperaments down. For the time being anyway.

Who can stay heated about a guy that runs into a barrier hard enough to faceplant? Not to mention he looks so damn resigned. ]

Always have been.

[ It's just not quick enough for him. ]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Darin pushes himself to his feet, leaving a small pool of blood on the hardwood floor from his busted nose.]

Oh good.

[Darin grabs the nose and cracks it back into place, then casts a healing spell to fix the damage.]

You're lucky I can heal, you know.

...You gonna clean up that blood or what?

[Here we go.]

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I've got Light magic working for me. Does it look like I've got one of those damn magic scrubbers? Should I just pull one out of my ass for you?

[ He does not care if the other can heal or not. And since the blood is Darin's own doing, he should clean it up. ]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

It's not gonna stain if you get to it quick, hotshot! You're the one that made me bleed, it should be your responsibility! Or are you those types of punks that doesn't own up to their own crap??

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How is it my fault if you attacked me first? My only "responsibility" here is to defend myself and I'd say I did a spectacular fucking job of it.

[ He owns his crap! ...When there's crap to own. ]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Hrrrrgh...

[Alright, that's fair. He has to at least admit that.]

Fine.

[Darin takes a rag out of his pocket and wipes up the blood before it can actually stain.]

When you're right, you're right, kid. Temper got the better of me.

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[ Wait. Did this fucker just legitimately apologize? Way to make Katsuki's brain fizzle out completely. ]

Haaa?

[forgeabettertomorrow]

...What? My bad. I'm not repeating it.

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Wasn't going to ask you too.

[ He huffs. ]

Just didn't think you knew how to be reasonable.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

And I didn't think you knew how to speak at a reasonable volume.

...Let's start again.

Name's Darin Altway, Master Blacksmith. And you?

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There's a lot of shit about me that might surprise you.

[ He's brash, but Katsuki isn't without manners. Not completely. ]

Bakugou Katsuki.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Yeah well, likewise.

So, what's your story? Why're you so abrasive?

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[ Augh. Katsuki immediately tenses. ]

Does someone need a shitty story to be abrasive!? Maybe that's just how I am!

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Not really, but sometimes there's an underlying reason.

I mean, even I've got a reason for the way I act most of the time.

...Maybe you've got something on your mind?

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[ Oh he does. There are a lot of things on his mind. Never a moment when there isn't, really. He's a jerk and most of the time people paint him as someone that doesn't really give a rat's ass about anything.

That's a very wrong assumption. Katsuki is pretty much the opposite of emotionless. He's just too emotional and doesn't know how to react in a healthy way. But he's not going to dump all that onto someone he doesn't know. ]

Sure do have something on my mind.

[ Wait for it ]

I'd like to get this shit done.