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[ open ] Givin' my all, givin' all that I've got

🧙 WHO: Bakugou Katsuki + YOU
⚔️️ WHAT: Quests, Open Prompts
🕒 WHEN: All throughout March
🗺️ WHERE: Various!
⚠️ WARNINGS: Spiders in Prompt 3

( Librirynth )

[ A quest to take down monsters? To test his skills through sheer combat? Like anything else is going to really appeal to Bakugou, let's be real. Now that he has more than one magic type to master, it's more important. His philosophy is that he would best develop under pressure. Through practical means rather than being tied up at the training grounds.

It's with a feral expression that he takes on this task, cracking his knuckles as he dips into the labyrinth. ]

DON'T BOTHER SENDING ANYONE ELSE! JUST WAIT AND SEE!

[ Time for a classic RNG adventure! Just how far will our heroes get, because Bakugou isn't actually going in there alone is he? ]

( These Bumbles Don't Bounce )

You're going about this shit all wrong.

[ So says the blonde just sitting there with his hands in his pockets. Bakugou doesn't seem to be offering any assistance and will not elaborate unless asked further. Instead he just keeps watching with judging expression. This isn't something that is going to really be something done for "notoriety" so it's not something he's interested in doing. ]

Don't you have any brains in that head of yours?

[ It's not that, really. Not everyone is a nerd like Katsuki secretly is and has weird personality quirks. The reality is that Bakugou knows things that people wouldn't expect for him to. This is just one of those things... ]

( Vital Venoms ) **SKIP FOR SPIDERS**
[ Isn't spider venom a pretty common ingredient used in magic and potions in general? So it's not surprising that there's a quest to go out to collect some since apparently they are getting a little too active and coming out and saying hi to people. That's why he's out here ~~and not because a certain nerd would also probably want some but likely get bitten in the process~~ to deal with them even though this usually isn't something he'd be bothered with doing. ]

The hell does it matter if they are alive or not? Venom works regardless of the host still breathing!

[ Wouldn't it just be easier to collect the venom producing parts and bring them in? Katsuki is kind of grumbling about it when, wouldn't you know, he is the one walking right into one of those icky sticky webs! ]

Shit!

( Very Friendly Vines )

BACK OFF!

[ Anyone else coming into the forest is going to be met with a rather interesting sight - Bakugou dangling in the air by the ankle. One of those vines has wrapped itself around the area. Missing people is definitely something to look into but he hadn't anticipated this. ]

Shitty plants!

[ He blasts at the vine with a weakish fireball. Enough to be let go - only for another one to grab him by the arm. ]

Argh!

[ To be honest... Bakugou is going to keep trying to break free with sheer force and destructive magic. ]

( Double Trouble )

[ Let's say you're enjoying your day in Camelot City. Maybe you're having a good time shopping or eating at one of the cafes in the area. It's a great day and even better weather. It should be spent outside, right? Yeah, well... There's a loud blast that's going to totally ruin the ambience. Smoke billows into the air and being thrown from it is one Bakugou Katsuki. He rolls across the ground a little, looking a bit roughed up as he catches himself. Pushing himself up, he coughs.

That's when his opponent then launches themselves from the dust cloud, another fireblast obscuring everyone's vision. Bakugou throws up a barrier to block the incoming attack - smoke once again billowing all around them...

And when the smoke clears... It's not one Bakugou Katsuki that stands there. It's two. ]

( Wildcard )

[ You know what to do! If you want a closed prompt or to plot, hit me up on plurk @ jarddan or on Discord at verthunder#9612 ! ]

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[That's the difference between them though, isn't it? So long as it's not debilitating, Bakugou's not as pressed to avoid so-called 'friendly fire' if the outcome means a sure win. It's definitely a strategy, of course, and getting knocked around in the Hero scene is a way of life, but Ochako isn't the type to purposely harm her friends and colleagues. And she well and truly does want to be Bakugou's friend - she cares about him a lot. That's why she's so twisted up inside about having to beat up the fake...it goes against what she stands for.]

Wha--

[The Sports Festival? What does...oh. Of course. That diehard determination and the will to get back up, to fight past her limits, despite the outrageous difference in strength. She wasn't afraid to beat him up then, was she? Even if she didn't land a single hit, not even one, the fire she had back there was an empowering force. This isn't about her. It's about beating a fake because it wants to hurt her friend. Her actual friend. Ochako takes a deep breath, squeezes her eyes shut, and smothers all the nervous fear down. Don't think, just act. See the picture in front of you and close out everything else. There's only one enemy, just one.]

I'M GOING TO WIN!!

[Things around them begin to creak, to groan, to snap and pop as they lift up into the air. A farm have many things to use as ammunition, after all. Heavy hay bales, bags of feed, food and water troughs, wheelbarrows, even heavy duty machinery to harvest crops and move livestock. Plus, a whole slew of large and very solid veggies, too. Cabbages, melons, some gourds and summer squash...they picked the best place for Ochako to arm herself. Up, up, up they go, before each piece of ammo stops suddenly in the air, jerks like they've honed in on a single target, and launch themselves at the fake.]

[ There it is. That fiery determination... This is the real deal. They aren't in school any longer while they're here. All of them need to throw away some of their more easy-going, childish thoughts. There's no time to doubt yourself here. Can't afford to hold onto some of those thoughts that could cause hesitation. For even one second could be a matter of life or death. Success and victory over defeat and injury. Bakugou's not about that life. If they are going to succeed then he wants to do so almost flawlessly. That's what he wants to do. That's the type of hero he wants to be so he's going to keep pushing forward to meet that end.

Pushing Ochako forward is only the first step. Now that she's determined? Well Katsuki can do what he does best - go into the fray and go all out. That's exactly what happens. He meets his doppelganger head on. Close combat. While Bakugou is willing to work with others, this guy probably doesn't have that sort of inclination. That means he's not going to pay attention to the girl using her magic - not that Katsuki is going to give the fake any chance to. He'll meet blow for blow. Be the distraction.

Then when enough time has passed? Bakugou has a trick up his sleeve alright. It looks as though he's been spreading water throughout his little spat. The fake mocks him for it because no one here's afraid of a little mud, right? Jokes on this loser. As Bakugou conjures up another fireball? He doesn't aim for the doppelganger. He aims for the ground. Mud flies up, but so does steam, creating a blanket of cover.

He then launches himself into the air! ]

WHAT'RE YOU WAITING FOR, ROUND FACE!?

[ Bakugou's given her the perfect opening. ]

[ He won't since he has a mother that will happily beat him up while yelling. They are cut from the same cloth. Still, the words "why do you even care" really rub him the wrong way. ]

You're damn annoying, you know that? Like I need a reason to save someone! What do you think all my training is even for!?

[ Yeah, he's not the best at relating to people. He's abrasive and rude. But he wouldn't be doing this if he wasn't in it to save people at the end of the day. And he doesn't need any reason to justify that desire! ]

I don't need to explain myself more than that!

[ Which means that if she's settled? He's probably going to head back towards the vines. ]

[Had Homura more energy, she might have snapped. But talking to him was getting nowhere, barring more clues about these disappearances. Him leaving actually did give her an idea.]

Okay whatever. Go get captured, or punch the kidnapper in the face, and I'll just follow you after that then. I should be recharged by then anyway.

[She imagined he had to be low on magic. Maybe not as much as her, but she anticipated a repeat of the situation. At least by nightfall, maybe his magic would recover and he'd calm down. Till then, back to bandaging her arms and having some food in her bag to recover from blood magic usage.]

[ Now it's time for Bakugou to stop. Turn. Look at the girl that doesn't really seem to give a damn about anyone other than herself at the moment.

At least that is the interpretation here. ]

What do you care...

[They aren't in school, this is a real fight, a real threat to their lives, and maybe Ochako was being too lax about it all, but...she's still very much a child as well. She isn't like Bakugou or Izuku, who can hyperfocus on things like growth, saving and winning, and not let the mental strain take its toll over time. Ochako is a bit sensitive, and that's her flaw, her weakness - her ability to feel, and perhaps feel too much. It causes her to hesitate, because she has to redirect her thoughts past those feelings, shunt them to the side or push them away. Plus, this scenario is not one she's prepared for emotionally or mentally, and it will take its toll. Ochako can fight Bakugou, she doesn't mind causing damage to him either, but it's within reason. It's always been controlled...

Now? She has to change that. And it's hard for her to do because she keeps trying to restrain herself. That reflex to never go beyond a point of no return. Heroes save, they protect, they don't...hurt people. Not to a point where damage is irreparable. And they flat out do not kill. That's what they've been taught. It's been drilled into their heads from the start. They still have to abide by the law, and murder is a crime. Heroes don't commit crimes.

It's a beautiful combo - Bakugou rushing in to distract the doppleganger with a frontal attack while Ochako orchestrates her own attack. Similar to her Meteor Shower, but less rocks and more a mishmash of all sorts of debris and junk around her general area. The control with which she moves her arms to pinpoint her target is almost artful, and even as the two blonds collide in a flurry of fists and magic, Ochako is already feeling the world beyond them start to fade away. I'm going to win!

With a harsh and almost animalistic shout, the girl touches her fingertips together and each missile shoots at the fake with pinpoint accuracy, and anything that even gets close to the real Bakugou seems to just arc out of his way. If she's controlling the trajectory, the skill is lost even on Ochako, she's got her eyes set on only the target before her. Win. No matter what it takes.

Win. Beat him. Beat him, beat him, beat him, beat him, crush him. Win.]

[Once by one the debris falls, raining down on the fake like a slew of weird hail. The smaller of the objects are simply distracting and slow him down, but once the larger and heavier items start to pour down, Ochako's expression shifts very suddenly and she looks almost startled, scared. She can't stop it now even if she tried, and the thing is, she doesn't even try. Because they have to win. If she halts her attack--

Ochako catches a final glimpse of the doppleganger's face before the last and heaviest object bears down on him and she's glad for the splash of mud that obscures the sight enough to not have her see the aftermath. The tractor crashed on the fake heavily, pieces of it flying off and Ochako is surprised it doesn't combust on top of everything else, too. She waits, staring at the scene a moment longer, in case there's anything movement within the pile, letting out the breath she didn't know she was holding when nothing...happens.

Is it over?]

Kinesis.

[ Quick response given the circumstances, but he'd probably have given a curt response to Bakugou anyway, to be fair. Ah well.

'Pull' had worked very well, so... more of the same?

Shinsou lifts both of his hands up to the side and then claps them together in front of himself, focusing all of his efforts on tightly gripping his own hands together. At the same time, the spider's many legs tighten into a narrow column underneath of it very suddenly. Had Shinsou concentrated more, he might've been able to keep it upright, but... nah, he didn't care. More important to keep the legs contained.

The spider tipped forward since it'd been heading for Bakugou in the first place, head and venomous parts closer to him than Shinsou. ]

[She takes a few seconds to down her bottled water; even she knew not to speak with her mouth full, mostly. Just before staring at Bakugo. No emotion really, just staring. She was just tired of this, and magic fatigue wasn't helping. Anger had turned to numbness.]

I cared enough to free almost everyone that came my way, assuming they couldn't just do it themselves. I cared enough to listen to you despite our fight. I cared enough to try and bail your ass when things went crazy. I cared enough to endure your constant insults and whining. I cared enough to give up a decent training spot. I even care enough to stay here to recharge and think of a plan, regardless of how much you hate me.

You're just not making me care about you. And I've had people who wanted to kill me be easier to talk to.

[Eleven holds a hand aloft, adding his own magic to barrier.]

Crikey...

These vines don't let up do they...?

[He glances back at Bakugou.]

How are you holdin' up?

[ It's a pretty damn impressive display of teamwork. But then again it's what it should be, right? This is what he had anticipated when he had yelled at Ochako previously. The potential is there. Always has been.

Bakugou moves out of the way with a few blasts of fire. The area is still covered with fog, but it starts to clear out as item after item assaults the fake.

The doppelganger couldn't have made it through that. Now the evidence of that is the black-green goo that starts to mix with the mud. ]

The hell...

[ Well isn't that something... The real question now is how long can Shinsou keep those legs from extending out again? Bakugou doesn't rightfully know and doesn't really care.

He's taking the opportunity to cast some ice magic in hopes of freezing the damn legs to the ground. Spider can snap its jaws all it wants then.

No danger of it coming after them this way. But they'll have to be quicker about extracting venom. ]

[ She's not wrong exactly, but Bakugou had more been about turning her words back at her. He doesn't know if she's bothered to consider what she just said in light of asking him that question herself... But it is similar isn't it? ]

You're not making it any easier.

[ Yeah, he knows what he is. Knows how he is. But even with some mellowing out, some things just won't change about him either. Take it or leave it, honestly. ]

[ That actually does take some of the burden away from Katsuki. He huffs, popping his knuckles slightly. ]

They don't seem to, no. Cut down one and several more come back. Might have to rethink shit.

[ Not going to add how he's holding up. It's really frustrating, being in this world. He's sure that if he had his Quirk proper then he could just blast this entire area. However that's just not an option. ]

[With the fog and mud obscuring most of the damage dealt, Ochako's perhaps a bit better off, but she sill looks a bit shaken up from the aftermath of the fight, and when her real friend comes down to inspect if the fake is well and truly gone, Ochako goes to join him. Until she has to pause, holding a hand to her chest as a sharp ache just grabs at the heart of her chest, and spreads all over. Oh ow?? Oh, ow!]

Aah...ow. [It's like someone just straight up kicked her in the chest, and Ochako has to just...take a minute to breathe a little.] I-Is...ngh--! It's gone? What...wh-what was that thing? And...a-are you o-okay, Ba....Baku...

[Is this a side-effect of using her kinetic magic like that? It feels like she was the one that got hit by a tractor. Her body's starting to ache like crazy, and the sharp pain in her chest is only getting worse and worse, making tears prick at the corners of her eyes and roll down her cheeks.]

Ow...owow... [Deep breaths, deep and slow breaths.] Ugh...o-overdid it...again.

[ That relinquished Shinsou's need to keep his mental focus on the legs. He realized that - at least for now - it was kind of like his Brainwash... he could use it on multiple people, but it was most effective if he focused on triggering just one at a time.

So now that he has the bandwidth again, he pulls the vial out of his pocket and pulls his arm back like a baseball pitch, then CHUCKS IT as hard as he can towards the front of the spider's body.

Once it's got that momentum built up, he uses his Kinetic magic to get it to take a wide arc to the side and downward, but he's still got some power behind that throw. With as much focus as he can drum up, he aims right for one of the spider's fangs. On a tiny, normal-sized spider, this would've been damn near impossible at such speed, but it's a monster-sized thing.

The vial with a soft top lands with a SMACK impact, angering the spider enough that it wants to thoroughly poison whatever hit it. That's good, though, because it means venom pools on the branch directly in front of it as it struggles against Bakugou's ice, while the trapped fang expels venom right into the vial itself. ]

Edited 2021-05-30 02:48 (UTC)

Neither are you.

[She chose to leave it for now.

And she's back to her finishing up whatever food and drink she brought. Not much left given her appetite. She only brought enough for both hunger and her blood.]

Ah... It's fine.

[ He's fine. Sore, but perfectly fine. The fake had really worn him out too. Katsuki instead focuses on the green sludge coming out of the pile of debris. ]

Think it's gone.

[ Then his gaze shifts over to Ochako. Don't get the wrong idea. He's not going to run over and catch her or anything like that. Bakugou isn't that sort of person. However he will keep an eye on her. ]

We both did, yeah?

[Yeah, she doesn't expect him to come to her side, wouldn't want him to treat her like she couldn't stand on her own two legs, but wow. This is almost as bad as when she teleported herself and a friend a long distance for the first time and she was practically paralyzed afterward for a few minutes, completely and totally exhausted of all her magic and needing to just sleep for a good, long time.

Ochako exhales, moving closer and wincing with each step.]

Mmh, don't get too close, j-just in case... I don't think I can fight anymore. [Not well. She'd be a liability like crazy as she is.] You look better th-than I do, ehehe... Let me see?

[She's asking to check him over, make sure he didn't damage himself with extended use of his magic. If he says no, she'll leave it be. Ochako really doesn't have much fight in her at all.]

Yeah, I don't think this "slashing 'em" idea is gonna work...

[He never was good at coming up with cunning plans.]

But I don't have any offensive magic, do you?

[In the confusion of the moment, he's forgotten that he'd seen Bakugou shooting fireballs when he first stumbled upon him.]

It's nothing a goddamn nap won't solve.

[ He can get the couple of burns he did receive from the fake healed later. They aren't major, of course. Nothing that he absolutely needs to do anything about right now. ]

Let's go. No reason to stick around this dump.

Right, right...

[Breathing out slowly, Ochako follows after her friend, rubbing at her sore joints gingerly taking deep breaths in and out to try and force down the weight, weighted feeling on her chest. There's a moment where she glances back at the destruction she caused and feels a cold, creeping shiver run up her spine and the sharp sting in her chest again.

Man, she...doesn't ever want to do that again.]

I'll walk you back home.

[ Conveniently forgotten that Bakugou had been blasting fire around, actually. The blonde even looks back at the guy with a "are you serious?" sort of expression. ]

Obviously I do. Problem is that this shit is more draining than my other magic.

[ There's a slight pause from Katsuki. Red eyes are staring right at Ochako, but it's hard to say what it is that he's actually doing. He is sizing her up with a glance, likely unknown by Round Face herself. Bakugou is making a quick assessment of his next step. ]

Ain't going back to the house.

[ He'll shove his hands in his pockets and start to walk off. Towards where Ochako should be resting. ]

Huh? What?

[She turns back to Bakugou, looking up from staring down at the ground as she was starting to walk forward a little, blinking owlishly. He's not going back--...? Why not? Did he have anywhere else to be today? It's really not a good idea to be anywhere right now, especially alone... If those weird fakes are crawling around, then it'd be best to stick close to each other, wouldn't it? Ochako jogs a bit to catch up, but stays a few paces behind her friend purposefully.]

Um...okay. Where are you going? I-I'll go, too.

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