[closed] let that memory carry you beyond your limit

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🧙 WHO: Izuku Midoriya & Friends
⚔️ WHAT: Catch all log for planned things! Closed threads are within. If you would like something with Izuku you can find my ooc plotting comment here!
🕒 WHEN: The month of May.
🗺️ WHERE: Wherever these threads my go.
⚠️ WARNINGS: tba

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closed to shoto todoroki

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[It’s been a very busy first few months for the entire class of U.A Highschool. Izuku knows what a fast flurry it’s been for all of them. Getting thrown into another world only to find that their quirks are gone and replaced with a new ability (or two!) is quite the shock. New familiars to get to know and understand, learning the lay of the land, questing and helping those who need it- it’s a ton of stuff for them to face now. But even without their quirks and that painful feeling of knowing that they are gone there is one thing that hasn’t changed. And that’s being heroes in training. And that’s what all of them have been doing. It doesn’t stop just because they’re in another world, only the setting has changed and Izuku wants to keep going, training and learning. Even here he can be a great hero.

But that means he hasn’t actually gotten the chance to catch up with Shoto that much since getting here. Only a few brief exchanges over text and it was back into the throes of things. But he would be lying if he thought that he didn’t miss his friend! He wants to see him and makes sure he’s okay! All of this must be overwhelming for him too, isn’t it? Izuku has a lot to tell him. Way too much to tell him. He’s actually pretty awfully nervous about it...

At the cottage that he shares with Katsuki now, Izuku waits for his friend to show up. He’s quick to grab the door and opens it with the energy of a kindergarten kid who hasn’t seen their bestie in like a day.]

Todoroki-kun! You made it! I hope you found it okay! I know the roads can be sort of confusing around here...!

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[Anticipation, mixed with worry.

This is the feeling of moths in the stomach. Or of butterflies eating him.

He's too anxious not to tense this much... Fingers clenched and at his sides, rigid before the door swings in, and bubbling-sunny, freckled face greets him. He'd thought of this one's most; and though his questioning means he's real, now present, Shoto's disbelief's lingered.

Their encounter feels dreamlike.

But... here he is. Real and whole, and solid, and safe. Who wouldn't be worried with all they've been through? The implication of worse to come; his having arrived with meters of gauze, and with his fires completely extinguished. Breathing of course, though still hollow. He barely remembers his leaving the lake... Not his walking along the sands, not his pausing to catch his breath, not his movements here or there. Newly lost, on new planet. All a blurring in that clouded state; coil tightly wound inside itself. Not that weeks alone changed this.

As he is: still uneasy. Still expressionless on his surface, although his nervousness pricks him. His apprehension's months old.

His staring sits for longer, and then he's dodging eyes quickly.]

Midoriya, [His voice is low, distracted.] sorry I didn't come sooner.

[Perhaps this too is all his fault. He isn't sure. He thinks it's been. Still as serious now as ever.]

Is Bakugou with you?

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[When he can finally see Shoto's face Izuku feels a bit of the same things. This sort of uneasy anticipation mixed with worry and a heavy helping of relief. It might have been just a few months for Shoto but for Izuku it's actually been much longer since he's seen the other boy. He didn't realize how much that would make him feel when he finally hears his name and see Shoto's face.

He shuffles awkwardly. Still as excited as ever to see his friend but adopts some of the nervousness as he opens the door further to let him inside.]

N-no, he's out right now. I thought it might be best so we could catch up, Todoroki-kun.

[He probably has a lot to explain on that one. How he and Katsuki have gotten along enough for them to share a rental cottage. It's a long story as always but he doesn't want to jump into that. He wants to know how Shoto has been. Honestly, he's missed him a lot.]

Have you been okay? I- I feel like I have a lot of questions...

So many apologies for the wait on this one...

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[A lot of questions...

The words alone exhaust him. Make him tense.

With an almost reluctance, he stalls in place a moment longer, and then he's crossing to join him. Is he okay? He isn't sure. Though he tries to be— manages. Thinks, it's better where I can see you, because he doesn't need to wonder. To know's his small comfort... and so he'll dodge a minute longer, still cautious, absorb their fleeting bits of normalcy first. It's too peaceful, just the two of them. Familiar-feeling. Midoriya's smaller voice steadies him. Helps him think. It's almost always been enough: the weight of its words a force to shove him, hands forward, to connect his own pieces. And still, he wants the silence, to wait, to push time and thoughts backwards, because his mind's in two places.

There's an expectancy, of course... he feels, and so responses come distracted, as if he hasn't the time to process yet.

He looks surprised.]

Wh- [Oh.] I'm alright... really.

[Simple as that. As if they'd both need convincing.] Honestly, I wasn't sure I'd see you again. [For numerous reasons. Some more obvious than others.] But, when I ran into Amajiki-sempai, I guess I felt sort of hopeful. [Back then, by chance meeting, though he'd been searching regardless! Assuming the others might have followed—pulled from this or that "happening". A festival. A battle...

Not that it's mattered.

Where he's fallen along the timeline, the space of things, wasn't the least bit important.

Midoriya is Midoriya.

He hesitates again; both restrained and too quiet, and still the slightest touch watchful.]

Seriously. You had me worried.

[Understatement, here. Then, warily:] What did you mean to ask?

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[For a moment Izuku is a bit shocked. Seeing Shoto- he's so elated to see one of his closest friends again. Wants to tell him everything... But those things dry on his tongue as he realizes he doesn't know where to start. How long have they been separated in comparison to everyone else? What does Shoto know about the things happening back home? All of that... He can't even find himself wanting to say how much he's missed Shoto without it being weird.]

Todoroki-kun, what do you mean you weren't sure you'd see me again?

[Maybe they should start with that...? Right?]

I'm- I'm safe. I've been through a lot but we're safe here. I think we can bank on that right now. And I'm glad that you're safe too.

closed to colette brunel

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[After learning about Colette’s unfortunate truth about her world he thought it might be a good idea to treat her to something that might get her mind off things. After all, it’s a lot to process to learn that everything about your life is a ... lie ... Izuku still feels bad about it and honestly angry at the facts that he learned. For such a good person to have to learn what sort of painful sacrifices she really had to make for nothing worth it...

But anyway- Today Izuku invites Colette out to the river just north of the farmlands. This time of year, the river will sparkle with holographic shine. The water is glowy and sparkly with this awesome prismatic sheen. And with that, there are apparently some purifying stones that can be found too. Izuku is interested in finding those and maybe just finding some easy enjoyment in all the sparkly water. Science is cool!]

Colette-san! Over here!

[He greets her with a wave.]

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[Colette is trying to process it all and it is rather a lot. But at the same time it isn't like she can really do anything about it. Least of all from here. She has no choice but to accept it. To try process and work through her feelings on it all and move on. Eventually. Somehow.

She arrives not too long after Izuku at least, easily spotting him and hearing him when he waves and calls her over. She gives a wave in return, calling out his name and rushes over, somehow almost, almost making it there before tripping. She flails her arms a little but here she can't summon her wings to help with her balance in helping right herself so easily. ]

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Colette-saa--!!

[Oh no- She's falling! Izuku is as fast as he can be to try and catch her before she faceplants right in the dirt! With a sprint and his arms out to try and scoop her up shoulders before it's too late!!]

Are you- okay?!

[He didn't know she was the clumsy kind!]

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I -- yes. It's okay. I trip over all the time. I'm used to it. At least that time there weren't any buildings or traps to trip into.....

[That. Is probably not nearly as reassuring as she thinks it sounds to Izuku. At all. But still, she does straighten with his support at least, giving an apologetic and sheepish smile as she stands, glancing to their surroundings with wide eyes. Her hand lowering from behind her head as it clutches near her chest in habit as she observes this place.]

Wow, look at it! It's so pretty!

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Ehh?? That- somehow doesn't make me feel better- Have you tripped into traps before?

[Colette, please?? Izuku is going to only get more protective over this clumsy friend! ...Not that he can really talk, he's had his own clumsy moments.

But the river...! At least it makes her smile so he smiles too.]

It's amazing, isn't it? It's something about this time of the year and the influx of fairies that does it.

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I have! Like that time I met Sheena! She ran at me and was going to kill me when I tripped and opened the passage she fell down.

[Colette maybe don't sound so casual about that....? But it's probably just because. It's Colette. That and she and Sheena do become friends in spite of everything because Sheena couldn't resist Colette's cheerful friendship for long.]

The fairies? They are what make it look like this?

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[Wait wait wait wait wait. Back up.]

... Colette-san...? Someone was trying to kill you??

[This is why Izuku has a growing concern for her all the time???]

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Sheena was went to stop me from completing the Journey. Because if I did, it meant that Tethe'alla, her world, would be the one then with the declining supply of Mana as it flowed to Sylvarant. She's actually really nice though!

[....Which. Still doesn't change the fact that Sheena's introduction to Colette was to run at her to kill her? But at the same time, this is Colette, so of course she was more worried for the clumsy assassin that fell down the hole she accidentally opened with tripping over.

Though it is rather easy with how oblivious she could be that people like Izuku understandably get concerned.]

But I guess it's like the others said. Not everyone wants salvation and it makes sense that Tethe'alla wouldn't want me to regenerate Sylvarant because of what it means for them.

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[He's so concerned...??

He's met people who were naive before but this really is on another level sometimes. Izuku supposes he can't really blame her since she grew up in such a sheltered and narrow way. But someone trying to kill her... He's not too sure how to feel about that.]

I- I guess I'm glad it turned out okay for you two as friends in the end...? And with those worlds acting codependent like that I... Ah. It was probably complicated.

[But they aren't really here to get into the heavy nitty-gritty of all that, are they. Izuku wants Colette to have a good day, looking to a bright future that is all hers!]

A-anyway, have you seen anything like this before? Where the water shimmers or magic and fae make things glow?

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It was. But ah. This is.....no. I mean, there was that one time we found the unicorn in that lake but that wasn't to do with fae like this?

[There were. Obvious reasons only Colette or Sheena could approach it. That and the unicorn mistaking her for Martel. Saying only Colette could be the savior of the world. She is at least easily enough distracted, and doesn't seem too concerned regarding Sheena or anything. At least not anymore. As she glances to the water and crouches lower to get a better look.]

What about you? Did you have something like this too? Back home? Or -- I guess with your home it's more the people? Right? That have those 'Quirks'?

closed to fenton crackshell-cabrera

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[The last time that he ran into Fenton Izuku had helped the duck man out with some elemental target practice. And on the fly, he had learned that the man was an inventor, and of course, that perked Izuku's interest in learning more! Since he's been working on gear for some of his classmates he's been trying to learn more about what he can do with his alchemy in that regard and it's a lot of work. Sometimes it's nice to find someone who he can bounce his ideas off of.

When they meet at the training grounds again Izuku has a yellow backpack with him with a few of the things he's been tinkering with. He greets the other when he gets there.]

Good morning...! I hope you weren't waiting too long. I brought a few things that I thought you'd like to see.

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[ Since then, Fenton has gotten a bit busier with projects he's trying to start, and a new science channel as a social media influencer, and now taking care of a dog. He's still training his magic, but it's been difficult finding time between everything else.

Still, when he gets a message letting him know about something Izuku is working on, he's more than happy to show up at the training grounds. He does get a bit of practice in before Izuku arrives, and he smiles as the other approaches. ]

Oh, not long at all! I've been eager to you've been working on.

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[Life in Camelot city certainly hits both of them fast and hard.

He smiles sheepishly and nods. There is a bit of a proud but nervous air about Izuku. He never really thought he'd be much of the type to want to make support gear so much. He'd rather be up and front in the action and leave all the gear to the others who are great at it. But lately, he's taken quite the shine to it. So, he's kind of excited to share a little as well. With a real inventor, at that. What would Hatsume-san think of that... He wonders...!]

T-That's good! One of the first things I've done is...

[He pulls out a rather odd-looking gauntlet that looks straight up like a grenade...? But he smiles when he does pull it out.]

This is a gauntlet usually used for controlling high-powered explosives. I've... I've modified it so it can control the intensity of light magic now. Just- Ahhh, be careful with it. I don't want to break it.

[Because the owner of the gauntlet will kill him if he breaks it. Dead.]

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[ With a nod, he carefully takes the gauntlet in both hands, turning it over slowly to get a better look at it. ]

Impressive! So how does it help modify how the light is emitted?

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[Izuku looks shy and proud as he lets the man look it over.]

It takes in the light magic and the glass lenses inside work just like a magnifying glass under the sun might. Concentrating it into sharper beams and releasing it.

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Fascinating! And is there any way to control the size of the beam?

[ He is sooooooo tempted to open it up and look inside. But he didn't want to do that without permission, or in case he might accidentally damage something. ]

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[Luckily, they are very sturdy gauntlets. They need to be since the owner is actually very rough when he fights...!]

There is, all he has to do is control the amount of light magic that he uses in conjunction with the gauntlets...!

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Excellent! [ He looks up at Izuku with a grin. ] And you did all these modifications by yourself? That's amazing!

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For the most part, yes...! I did have some guidance from a few of my classmates. But Alchemy made it easy enough to do.

[He looks a little embarrassed but proud of himself.]

If I can ask, what sort of things have you worked on, again?

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[ He definitely should be proud of himself! Fenton is thoroughly impressed. ]

Ah well, I've worked on all sorts of things! Back home I was an intern for one of the greatest scientific minds in the world. [ An unpaid intern, and said scientific mind didn't seem to like him all that much, but details. ] So I helped with a lot of different projects.

[ Like the Gizmosuit, which is not something he can easily talk about without giving the secret away. ]

But I've also worked on inventing a few things on my own. One of the things I developed myself is a synthetic crystal that, once it gets moving, actually increases in acceleration and gains energy, rather than slowing down.