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[open] what am I to be what is my calling!

🧙 WHO: Izuku Midoriya & YOU!
⚔️ WHAT: Catch-all log for the month of March! Quests, open prompts and closed threads inside.
🕒 WHEN: All throughout March.
🗺️ WHERE: Camelot and surrounding areas.
⚠️ WARNINGS: tba.

[a: quest: run snaggle foot run]

[Snagglefoot Miffen is the name of the thief that has snatched up some precious gems from a local jewelry shop in Camelot. And if there is one thing that Izuku can’t tolerate as a student studying to be a hero? It’s crime, of course! When he had seen the task, he had signed up right away. Being away from his homeworld and his school hasn’t taken anything away from Izuku’s determination to be a hero and to help out whenever he can.

But this thief is chalking it up to be quite the challenge. A slippery fellow that once Izuku gets a single lead is off before Izuku can reach the next one. He’s been tracking the man through the streets as fast as he can, but the thief seems to be one step ahead of him so far. The next lead means he’ll be heading to the Red Springs Inn next. That means Izuku has to get there before he does.]

Alright, I’m not letting him get ahead of me this time. Even if I’m here... I still have to be. Plus Ultra!

[There is a flicker of magic as Izuku places his hands on a nearby tree. A flash and a bang later and the tree transmutes and grows into a twisted-looking wooden ladder with footholds and all. Izuku is then climbing up the ladder onto the roof of the nearby building and is then running and leaping from roof to roof. Better for the bird’s eye view and to get to the Red Spring Inn faster! Occasionally, only stopping to transmute more branches and tall hanging trees into planks to use as a jumping point to the next roof or ledge!

Witness his alchemy trick or help him out!]

[b: quest: farmers-r-us]

[Farming is still helping and Izuku is just glad that he can lend a hand. Alchemy magic also seems to be a good thing to have in this regard. He’s working with the local farmers with helping the new crops sprout. He’s slow at the work at first but he’s getting better at it bit by bit. And when he’s not helping with the crops himself he is also a healthy strong boy so moving supplies and hauling tools or crops is right up his alley too. The hard work feels nice!

What he doesn’t notice right away while he’s working is the small next of pixies that have seemed to have nested in a corner of the field he’s working in. One moment he is kneeling down to plant and work on some seedlings when his foot catches a part of the nest buried in the brush.]

Eh-??! [Whoosh!!

In an instant, the nest of pixies erupts like a swarm of bees flying around him in a pink and glittery haze! His hair flies up and sticks there as he blinks rapidly at the swarm whooshing all around him! He flails!]

Ah-!! Ack- AHHHHiiii!!

[How does he get the swarm of ~~bees~~ pixies to stop?! They’re starting to chant some sort of magic or charm and the air is starting to spark!]

[c: 🥦 broadsword shopping]

[Being in a fantasy world like this and without his usual quirk Izuku has realized he needs a way to keep up with combat and battle without being able to use his usual superpowers. Alchemy isn’t always a combat type of magic (or at least he hasn’t quite honed a way to use it in a combative way just yet) so he thinks with a weapon that it would be a good way to supplement his skills.

And who doesn’t want a big as heck sword to go with this entire fantasy world vibe?? Like right out of a JRPG!?

Izuku is browsing a local blacksmith and weapons store. Looking at a row of the broadswords that might fit his style and his grip. He’s never bought a sword before so he is a little out of his league right now but looking at the weapons is just … so freaking cool.]

Uaa... These swords are amazing! I can’t believe I’m really here and I can get one…!

[d: 🥦 alchemy studying]

[Izuku is still very new to alchemy but he is getting the hang of transmuting organic matter. Wood, plants and the like came to him easily enough. But with his classmates learning their own magic he does want to try and see if he can study enough to help them as well. With Katsuki and Tsuyu both using light magic, he has figured that the faster he learns how to change and manipulate glass, metal and precious stones? The better.

And that is where Izuku is right now. He’s sitting on a bench outside as he tinkers with a handful of copper pieces and a container full of sand. He’s currently trying to transmute the copper pieces into different shapes and later trying to change the sand into proper glass lenses.

Holding the piece of copper in his hand Izuku suddenly winces as his magic flashes and burns his skin. He drops the copper piece with a clatter! This is going to take some practice...]

If I can get copper and sand to work right... I can start making magnifying lenses...

[Izuku is starting to mutter to himself!]

[e: 🧭 wildcard]

[got something else? feel free to toss it down here! or contact me over here on the cr meme for some plotting! more than happy to make some closed starters as well!]

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Ah... Really? What- What happened when you were cursed?? I wonder if I should start getting into the habit of keeping sweets in my pockets for them too...?

[Izuku continues on his work and the pixies seem to have calmed down enough that they are fluttering about with interest at his work. One seems to fly very close and shakes a twig or two like it's testing the structure. It makes Izuku sweat a bit with nervousness... Is he going to get cursed right now--?? But the pixie seems to stop and flutters back up around Gokudera for another candy.

Phew... Maybe that was a close call.]

But... I stil think you've been a nice person, Gokudera-san. You've helped me a lot. Thanks for that, at least.

[That's...pretty valid, actually. Ochako has no idea what half the creatures in this world are capable of, so erring on the side of caution is probably for the best. Heck, even Ochako is moving to push her weight against the door, just in case! She won't let Deku go it alone, if those weird little asshole fairies somehow manage to burst in here or something.

But, thankfully, the missing and knocks against the door do stop as a silence starts to form in the barn, broken only by the noise of the barn animals and the steadily increasing giggles from the two teens.]

Y-Yeah...ehehe...s-sorry I couldn't do much. I-I...um. I'm not really used to my magic, and I didn't want to...s-set them on fire or anything. [Her smile is sheepish and nervous, twitching at the corners. Ochako means that. For as awful as those weird fairies were, she doesn't want to actually harm any of them!!] Y-Your hair...pfft--

[She snorts, leaning forward to brush out what appears to be...glitter? Oh gosh, it couldn't actually be...pixie dust, c-could it?!]

What did you do?!

[She swats back with her barricade, trying to force them away. It's a bit like a fly-swatter only made of glowing light. So, there's probably some marginal success there.

Enough to get them into the barn at least, because she's running full tilt]

I'm still not sure what triggered my curse, but I know it was something I heard that set it off. Every time I heard a certain noise I would... act like a dog for a half hour. I don't remember what I did, but I kept going back to normal in places I hadn't been. There was nothing I could do to lift the curse. I had to take a potion.

[One they didn't carry at the potion shop in Camelot.]

And it took roughly a month before I found out which potion, and it had to be won during a light magic tournament.

[So. No easy feat.

Gokudera offers up another candy to the pixie that had tested the structure of the nest.]

They cursed me because I would not stay in a dancing circle they cast. Either that... or they didn't like my attitude. I don't feel I deserved it, but the fae are tricky.

[Which isn't so much an insult as it is an observation.]

Just because I've done something nice does not make me a nice person. You have no idea what my motives are.

[Is there something he can do to prove to her that he might just have the strength to do it, though? Izuku wonders...]

Ah- I usually fight with close combat, hand-to-hand using my own style.

[He does look like a scrawny nerd, though. But he is a lot stronger than he appears.]

So- I think if I can do that I should at least be able to give a broadsword a fair shot.

R-right...

[Easier said than done. It seems like all Izuku's body wants to do is twitch right now. He's so hyper-aware of every little thing and he kind of wants his soul to leave his body so he doesn't have to feel things anymore--

But as Katsuki tries to calm down and his head starts to half rest on Deku's shoulder... Izuku lets out a small breath. His own heart is racing and he thinks Katsuki can probably hear or feel it and that alone makes the embarrassment worse. But for a second- Just a fraction of one- Izuku lets himself just sit here and think... He wants that content thing again.

... His hand shifts from Katsuki's arm and hovers hear blond tips of hair, almost and nearly touching frays of yellow but before he touches-- he stops. And pulls his hand back down.

Stop it, Izuku.]

Keep focusing on the barriers, Kacchan...

[Izuku jumps on the spot! Not only was he not expecting a horde of pixies to come at him and try to use his hair as a new nest but he wasn't expecting them to bolt away at the sound of some really nice sounding song...? Izuku jumps and comically throws his hands in the air before staring at the gathering of pixies around what appears to be a girl and a milk and honey treat?]

You- eh? What's going on...?

[He should be super thankful that the pixies aren't attacking him! They are much more preoccupied with what the girl seems to be doing.]

Is that... magic that you're using? That's... You saved me!

[ Katsuki can't hear Deku's heartbeat because of his own. It's racing, the pulse rushing in his ears until it's all that he can hear. He can feel the warm puff of air by his ear and actually the blonde is trying to match his breathing to Izuku's. Even the barrier pulsates with this breathing exercise.

Now just because Izuku doesn't follow through doesn't mean he can't feel that hand hovering there. It's not just Izuku that wants that "content thing" again. Save for that initial panic upon waking up, the entire experience hadn't been that bad. ]

Don't need to be reminded.

[ Still too warm... But at least the barrier gives an inch or two. ]

Ah- Elemental!

[Just like Ochako-!

And whoosh! Up like a kite Izuku goes and honestly, he can't help the startled yelp he gives before he takes to the launch. He shouts and soars through the air after a moment of balancing himself and aims for the next roof ahead. It's easier once he gets the hang of it! Luckily it's a lot like extreme parkour that he's used to anyway.]

Okay-! We have to get to the Inn before the thief can take any of the horses!

[Aurora's singing, as it tended to, summoned animals to her as well birds and rabbits and squirrels and even a badger made their way to them, but the pixies were all quite content to ignore the animals while a mushroom ring formed in front of Aurora as they ate and drank. She let the song come to a natural end and stepped around the ring, coming over to Izuku as her owl landed on her shoulder. The animals she summoned, for their part, were waiting their turn for the milk and honey.]

It was nothing, I thought you could use the help is all. Are you alright?

Well, there's only one way to test that.

[This kid is very earnest... it puts a good feeling in Nanaki's chest.]

Hmm... well, from what I know of him, Cloud trained for many years to be a fighter strong enough to wield it. I don't know exactly how long, but we also had some experience during our travels. I always wondered how he carried it, let alone wielded it so expertly.

Though, for you, I fear a sword that size might make you topple over.

It's pretty weird, right? I've been trying to think of it as training, honestly...
You know - all the weird situations we keep ending up in around here, getting to try out powers that aren't ours, that kinda thing.

[Who knows when she might need this kind of knowledge when she's a pro?
She probably won't, but what if she does?]

And for you, you're getting some weapons training in, too. Wouldn't hurt to add some gadgets to your Hero costume once you know what you like fighting with, right?

At least they could agree on that. Maybe they could agree on a lot of things, but instead they were at odds and the look on his face remained as it was. Confused, red eyes searching.

It was hard to not take the bait, to not go off about just how much the hero world uttered things exactly like that to people of his undesirable ilk. He stood up at that moment and stretched his arms above his head before drooping down back into their usual place. "I came over because I thought you looked familiar and I'm looking for answers. If you were someone I knew, with that shitty retort because I sat on a bench— "Not supposed to be here"? I hope we're not acquainted anymore."

Ahh- Ahah... I don't think there was anything we could do, I didn't want to use any magic on them either. [It wasn't their fault!] I was the one who sort of- stepped all over their home I think...

[Gosh, he feels so bad. He had crushed up that pixie nest entirely by accident because he wasn't paying enough attention. So it's kind of his fault they're stuck in an old barn right now while the pixies calm down! ... How long does it take for pixies to calm down? Do they hold life long grudges...? Oh no.

He flusters when she brushes at his hair, ducking his head a bit as the dust- dust?? Starts to flutter out of his fluffy hair! It's kind of glittery and it suddenly makes Izuku's nose scrunch up, he quickly covers his mouth and he sneezes--]

Ah-!! Choo! [A whoosh of glittery dust goes up! ... Whoops.] S-sorry!

I ahh---!!

[First he throws himself at the barn as well and once both of them are inside he's going to throw himself against the door to slam it shut. There's a crackling outside as magic and pixie dust whooshes up everywhere!

Izuku sighs and droops his head.]

I ... stepped on their nest... It was an accident, I was working on that part of the field...

[He destroyed a part of their home and he feels horrible!]

[ ... That's a fair judgement. If he can do hand-to-hand, perhaps hand-to-sword isn't too big a leap. ]

... Hm. Perhaps this is a case of judging a book by its cover...

[Training for years sounds about right which makes Izuku feel just a tad downtrodden. He really though he would be good with a larger looking sword and thinks that he might have at least the upper body strength to be able to use one. But if it took Nanaki's friend Cloud years to be able to wield it well Izuku wonders how long it'll take him? Or if he even has that sort of time. But he doesn't want to give up on the idea.]

M-Maybe I can start with something a little bigger but I doubt it would be okay for me to have a sword the same size as me...anyway...

[He gives an unsure smile but he then goes to see if he can handle picking up one of the medium looking broadswords. Remarkably less wildly Nomura-JRPG-looking, luckily.]

How about this one?

[There is this weird and unexplainable moment of just quiet breathing between them (which in itself is incredibly rare) where Izuku just tries to calm down his rushing twitchy thoughts and Katsuki is breathing slower to try and release the barrier. When it shifts Izuku can't help but let out a small noise of relief. A shift that gives them a little breathing space and releases some of the panic built up inside of him.

Maybe this is all just one big exercise in if they can achieve a calm state near each other, who knows. Which honestly those little moments keep cropping up and as Izuku reflects on that he kind of smiles...]

I think it's working-? Ah... It really shifted, Kacchan.

[He's not trying to break Katsuki's focus it's just... He can't help but say something out loud. Maybe just to fill the space with something. His fingers rest on Katsuki's arm again.]

[ It's weird all right. When it is just moments of silence where the only actual sound is their breathing, it's strange. There's never really silence between them. That space is always filled with something. Yelling. Arguing. Fighting. Deku's innate chatter followed by Katsuki's grumbling... There is always something.

Maybe there's something to the thought that perhaps it is an exercise in seeing if they have the chance to be calm in front of each other. Their magic seems to be far more attached to their emotional state than their Quirks have been. So maybe this is learning how to handle them in stressful situations - even if it is of their own making.

He grunts in response to Deku's words. ]

Yeah, only just. Nothing to write home about.

[ Not enough to really give them room yet. Then there's the hand that rests on his arm and Izuku can't see it but Katsuki's eyes shift to look at the stupid ear next to him. Is this shithead willingly touching him? Well damn. Something blooms a bit in his chest, but he doesn't have a name for it. Instead he focuses on trying to push things out a little more. A few more inches are gained and it's enough that Katsuki can no longer touch the barrier itself. ]

Little bit more then I think I can get off.

[ er... up? Is there really a good way to say it? ]

[Izuku swallows. That's uh certainly a way to say it. His face feels like it's burning and he is still trying to look off into any other direction that isn't Katsuki or a part that is attached to Katsuki.]

Kacchan, don't- say it like... that...

[He's right back to wanting his soul to leave his body right now.]

The barrier's almost gone. Keep ahh- keep going?

[ It takes about two seconds for it to click in Bakugou's head how that could be taken. Then his ears burn with brand new embarrassment. ]

HOW ELSE WOULD YOU WANT ME TO SAY IT!?

[ Oops. Looks like they lose two inches there. ]

Ehhh!!

[Izuku tenses up quickly and he jolts!]

Say that you've almost got the barrier broken down?! Gone??

DON'T MOVE SO QUICKLY!

[ Because gah! He can definitely feel every movement anyway and the sudden jerky motions are decidedly not food for his stupid heart. Not good for a lot of things and honestly he's going to be so embarrassed and need to, like, immediately leave after this. ]

And stop panicking!

[ He had been so calm too! Stupid Deku. Has to ruin everything. Though, of course, Katsuki doesn't realize it but there is a limit to magic. And he's likely to be just about at that limit. ]

All that...?! Just for- not staying inside a dancing cirle?!

[Okay- That's actually kind of terrifying. If pixies get upset over something as small as this then Izuku is really lucky that he's not getting zapped into a whole dog right now. Meanwhile, the little pixie is happily licking the tiny piece of candy... How foreboding...

Izuku quickly turns a bit red and waves one hand.]

I- but- I'm not saying I know what your motives are or- anything like that! I know I don't really know you that well, I just... wanted to say thanks for all the help too. S-sorry.

[Took Cloud years, and he was also older than Izuku. Nanaki doesn't want to dash any dreams, but Izuku might need some practice before wielding a Buster Blade.]

[So when he picks up the medium broadsword, he nods slowly with a swish of his tail.]

That one looks a little more your size. How does it feel to wield?

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