February 2022 Test Drive Meme

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FEBRUARY 2022 TDM

Another month, another test drive meme! Our test drive memes are open to anyone interested - regardless of whether or not you join our game!

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IMAGE DESCRIPTORS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Prompt One
[Image One: Carnival booths at dusk]
[Image Two: Gif of a scantily clad woman walking near a large blinking automatron clown head.]

Prompt Two
[Image One: A giant spider impales small boy in a black silhouette platform game.]
[Image Two: Laughing woman with nothing but a mouth on her face.]

Prompt Three
[Image One: Dice being tossed in slow motion.]
[Image Two: Overgrown mansion in the woods.]

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A Less Than Typical Arrival

WHEN: Last few days of February into mid-March
WHERE: The Farther Shores/The Boardwalk
CONTENT WARNINGS: Clowns, creepy dolls, extortion?

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When you arrive, the process is as easy and comfortable as turning from a squid into a Sleeper can ever be. The weather is almost balmy and blossoms bud on the trees. Pink blooms float out like cherry blossoms across the coastline. It is comfortable enough out that you might be tempted to strip down to your shirt. However, you would be the outlier: the people of Trench cover every inch of their skin and wear their gloves. Despite the pleasant weather, there's an ominous feeling and dark clouds over the ocean in the distance.

Oh, don't pay any mind to that! There's a festival going on on the boardwalk. Trenchies beckon Sleepers forward, and they'll find that along with food stalls that offer typical carnival treats (fried dough, corn dogs, etc.) are carnival games of chance. Ring tosses, dart throws, claw grabs. All of the games seem to rely more on luck than skill, and there are gambling tables set aside for people to play against each other.

Among the prizes, Sleepers see familiar items from home, as well as their welcome bag items, such as their Omni. Their welcome bag can also be won, but inside they'll find only their Lamp Friend. All the items usually in the welcome bag can, and by the end of the arrival will, be won by them, but not always for free.

While most games are free to play, some Trenchies may ask for a small vial of blood, or a song, or a joke. Less common are Trenchies who may ask you to work at their business to pay for playing their game. If you're lucky, a kind Waker and/or veteran Sleeper may come by and play for you. However you play (or don't), it feels like an unseen hand is guiding the fortune to ensure that the right items end up in the right hands. The longer you play, the more you regain, the more you feel like someone is watching you.

If you find yourself at the carnival at night, you'll find an edgier crowd, and an energy in the air that inspires a risky kind of fun. You may meet more corrupted and unusual people who greet new arrivals with their idea of a welcome. Nobody is violent, but you may want to be more on guard with your possessions after you regain them. The food and games are the same, but Trenchies are more likely to take advantage of new Sleepers. Costumes that some wear are more risqué and counter-culture. You may find yourself dragged to play a drinking game by a joyful but slightly uncouth looking Trenchie in clown make-up. The prizes to win at the booths that sit next to your own items are unsettling looking but… harmless. Probably.

F.A.Q.

1. Sleepers can identify which Trench item, such as Omni, Lunar Orb etc., is theirs by either a label with their name on it or that presence watching them from behind urging the knowledge into their mind. Suddenly they will just know it is theirs and that someone watching them somehow gave them that knowledge.
   
2. It may be assumed that, regardless of 'how,' the Sleeper's welcome bag items are acquired by the end of their time at the carnival. The Moss King ensures that nobody ends up walking away with the wrong items, ensuring a loss or a gain here and there to manipulate fortune just right. But any number of awkward and fearful possibilities exist in the meantime while you roll the dice!
   
3. There are carnival rides at all hours, but they are limited to: carousel, ferris wheel and House of Mirrors. At night, the House of Mirrors becomes a House of Horrors.

Luck Be a Lady

WHEN: Last few days of February into mid-March
WHERE: All over Trench.
CONTENT WARNINGS: Giant spider, forced combat, creepy mouth face ghost lady

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[From A SURVIVOR'S GUIDE TO THE UNKOWNS OF TRENCH, written by and added onto by many Arcane Scholars through the centuries and found in the Archives.]

"There are a number of phenomena, plant-life, creatures and entities big, small, incorporeal, corporeal, so on and so forth that have yet to be defined. Are they more Pthumerians, half-Pthumerians, a creation of one, a product of blood pollution? We simply do not know, but that only increases the need for understanding how to survive them when they appear. Yes, many appear benevolent, for now. But many more have their dangers and caveats...
THE LADY OF LUCK
An ironic name to be sure and what is theorized to be a being or phenomena with some sort of connection with the Moss King as it only ever occurs in the beginnings of his designated month, after all. Anyone who experiences a moment of good luck or chooses to take a gamble that pays off will soon find themselves tested by the Lady of Luck. A card will suddenly appear in the hand of the lucky person seemingly out of thin air.

The moment the card is turned around to view its face, the holder's fortunes and fate will shift depending on which letter or symbol on the wheel they look at first, and not all will have an effect. Every year the effects change without repetition, records of each have been lost to time and have no value for the purposes of this guide. The only common advice recorded over the years amounts to one word: win. If you do not, misfortune awaits."

This year's tests by Lady Luck are as follows:

T: Reality distorts around you and anyone within a twenty foot radius is pulled into a cylinder of bright colors. The afflicted are made to dodge giant falling candy and work together to push them into sets of three matching candies until they crush together and eventually there is only one row of piled giant candies. If successful, the cone keeping them in that colorful nightmare will drop and characters will find the candies they crushed were objects in the area at the time. A bag of hard candies replace the card in their hand as a reward. When the candies are sucked on, you will feel energized and gain the ability to float.

A: This time the world shifts to appear two dimensional and black and white, you and everything around you are reduced to a black silhouette. You have to leap from moving platforms, solve puzzles and climb ladders. To get to levels above or below you, you must break through with a leap to punch up or stomp down. The goal is to reach a clear finish line and what drives you forward is a massive black spider. Many of the puzzles and obstacles require two people to solve and get over. When you reach the end, your card will be replaced with a white feather. It's a single use item that can revitalize anyone you place it on. Also, you have indeed been jumping through the roofs and floors of businesses and houses etc.

O: A clear force field forms up around you and the nearest sleeper, anyone else in the area or who is walking by will be able to see you inside this cage. Suddenly music begins to play, dance music to be precise. And a hologram of what you're expected to do appears between you in the large area: dance battle. Literally. You are expected to fight Mortal Kombat style, but most of your moves must be some form of dance move. Lights and holographic dancing figures will appear in the area with you to cheer on your match. You can fight till one person is K.O.ed or killed. Yes, there will be a 'finish him' announcement upon your victory. If you refuse to participate you both lose. The winner's card becomes a gold coin that allows you to charm anyone to do what you wish once a year.

"After each phenomena, some sufferers report seeing a woman in the distance laughing so wide it appears she has nothing but a mouth. She makes no sound and appears only briefly, but she has earned this phenomena the nickname 'Lady Luck'. Many attribute it to her direct influence, but thus far it is not clear whether she is the cause or a symptom. Many theorize that the point of these occurrences is to test whether the individuals affected are worthy of the gift of luck."

F.A.Q.

1. Yes, the first scenario is Candy Crush meets Tetris. I am not sorry. And the feather in the second is in fact a phoenix down.
2. The consequence for losing each of these is exceptionally bad luck for a day or several days depending on player preference. Bad luck can be lethal.

The Moss King's Summer Home

WHEN: Until the Second Week of March
WHERE: Unknown Location outside Trench
CONTENT WARNINGS: Perceived Death by Spontaneous Combustion, Acrophobia, Possible violent death, temporary insanity, cursed items

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The morning after your first day in Trench, or the morning after new Sleepers arrive, there is a small envelope marked with your name within easy reach. Without realizing it you feel compelled to open it. Three things drop out of the envelope: a six-sided die crafted of what looks deceptively like bone, a small white pill, and a hand-written note.

“Dear friend,

I have had the good fortune of acquiring a new summer home outside of Trench and thought to share my good fortune with the Sleepers of the city. Take the pill, then roll the die to come to me. One visit per Sleeper.

-The Moss King.”

What could go wrong? Then again, given the Moss King's love for life and death gambles, what could go right? The moment you roll the die, before you can see the side it lands on, you explode in a shower of self-immolation and gore, only to be recombined painfully at the Moss King's summer house. The house is shaped like a giant die, and you're in front of the face you rolled. Hope it wasn't a one!

• Rolled a 1: Congratulations, you're crushed under the giant die and wake up in a coffin in the cellar. How much air do you have left and how do you get out? Scream loud!
• Rolled a 2: You're in front of a conservatory. When you walk through the glass door, it's impossible to avoid the itching ivy. You're going to be uncomfortable and scratching for hours...
• Rolled a 3: You're in luck, you're at the front door! When you ring the doorbell, the sound outside is positively deafening and your ears will ring for hours.
• Rolled a 4: Crawling in the master bedroom window like a burglar from the private porch. How uncouth. Even worse is the security measure, which dumps a can of paint on your head, leaving your hair and skin some unholy and nauseating color for the next hour.
• Rolled a 5: The backdoor seems almost harmless, and in fact? It is. Nobody expected you to come in the back door, you barbarian. Better wipe your feet on the floor mat or you may never get the mud out of your shoes. No, seriously, wipe your feet or you'll be slipping and tripping every couple minutes for the next few hours.
• Rolled a 6: Hope you're not afraid of heights, because you're falling from pretty far in the sky and through the roof below. Thankfully the shingles and mattress beneath somehow break your fall into the attic, but it probably hurts like hell.

Once you're inside the house, you find a quaint, strange space. There's a surreal sitting room decorated with flowers and moss hanging down the walls and the smell of lilacs fills the air. Tea and cakes are set out for guests and you seem to have the run of the house. There are spare bedrooms that you can stay the night in and when you wake the next day, you will be in your own bed in Trench feeling extremely well rested.

Around the house, there are strange objects and curiosities, some of them very familiar and some that just seem useful. You can find at least one item from your own world here, something of great significance, or even something that you thought was lost forever. Or instead of an item from home, what catches your eye is one of the small potions that says 'drink me,' or a strange, useful tool that you find in the closet, or even a wabbajack. No, seriously, it could actually be the wabbajack. The Moss King's a bit of a hoarder when it comes to the strange and surreal things people have lost in bets. Almost anything is possible. A note is attached to the item you want with a promise: “Give and take, tit for tat.”

You can take one item from the house, for a price. Should you have been 'unlucky' enough to have rolled a one or a six? You're now in luck, the Moss King considers that suffering a fair trade. If you rolled any other number, you must leave something behind. If you do, your item is yours to keep. If you decide not to make the trade, you can spend your time in this surreal home, surrounded by hoarded knick knacks as long as you care to.

If you choose not to spend the night, leaving the summer home is a lot easier than entering it: just go out the front door... and then walk along a winding path that allegedly leads back to Trench. It looks and feels like it's going to take forever. Space warps here and you can feel it, it's uncomfortable but not painful. Before you know it, the walls of Trench are visible through those woods and you are in Trenchwood again. Be wary, though, monsters lurk and odd mushrooms with varying unpleasant effects such as hallucinations grow along this path home.

F.A.Q.

1. If characters try to enter the house in a different way than the number they rolled, they'll instantly teleport back to their starting point.
2. Despite what the note says, characters can visit the home again by rolling the die, but the pill that was taken the first time can't be replicated.
3. If they decide not to take the pill, or you visit again, they feel like the house keeps shifting around them, tilting and distorting and revealing horrors in the walls, what horrors they see is up to you. The painful process to get there will be even more harrowing and hard on the body as well. But there's benefit to continuing to go back: the objects you can take.
4. Items taken that are not special items from home and invented by you must either be a one-time use item or a weaker benefit multi-use item. One time use items would be for if you want to give your character an especially big benefit like a staff that instant heals lots of people or a big death laser, multi-use items would have lesser abilities such as providing more endurance in a fight or healing small scratches.
5. The more times your character visits and items they take, the more unpredictable the items become. It's on them for ignoring the note saying you may come only once. You may grab an enchanted sword that's supposed to make you stronger on your third visit, but find when you use it, the enchantment will randomly have the opposite effect. Single use items will also be subjected to this drawback and after their one big beneficial use, the item will become cursed and hard to get rid of, always finding its way back to you. What kind of curse your single use item generates is up to the player. Players may also decide on the method it will take to get rid of their cursed object so long as it's not simple.
6. The price characters pay to get each item may be any range of things: another item from home, any object of general value or personal value, a good amount of your blood (enough to make you woozy when you're done), a small but important memory, if you rolled a 6 and were badly injured falling through the roof or rolled a 1 and suffered escaping the coffin.

CODING

Comments

[burnitblack]

[what does this text look like to you, an order of chicken wings? he is doing something about it. namely polling the masses since no one asides from those who come from their world (ugh) even has to know who he is or what he looks like. it's anonymous save for a single name. (yeah, you don't touch that one.)

don't expect anything nice back, you gross shit.]

idiot's never change.

mp drain? this another blood-related thing?

[stop using gamer references on him; he's a dumb naive thing. in that realm.]

[comecatchthesehands]

[No, but if it was that'd be great. One less hero to worry about if it stuck this time. Maybe less a survey and more put them in their place if they come within ten meters, that's what Shigaraki plans on doing.

If he got something nice back he's going to start checking for pod people and believe Dabi is one of them. About anything.

Idiots never change indeed, nor does the one that Shigaraki is talking to.]

No, it seems like they don't.

I'm tired, Dabi, I don't give a fuck about their Vampire LARP. Adjusting to whatever's been done in the air, or by another person's quirk or whatever this is is tiring. Don't make me monologue if we're not in a life or death situation.

[burnitblack]

[what, are ya scared of them getting close, shigaraki? so long as they're not trying to force some kind of heroic bullshit on them or level accusations and other false assumptions, dabi's not about to completely slice off ties. best to keep some useful chumps around. especially in a place like this...

watch it. you're as big an idiot as the rest of them. dabi's the unfortunate one surrounded by them.]

doesn't sound like we are for now.

apparently this place gets attacked by creatures.

[don't bitch at him. he's not your caretaker. what the hell's a vampire larp?]

[comecatchthesehands]

[Yes. Yes he is because he tried that once and it's only ever ended in shit he hated. Dabi can keep them around, he's going to distance them as much as he can. No he won't.

Nothing but the truth from both of them. He's also almost typing up a 'What does for now mean' because the League is so good at communication, but Dabi sets down the what it means well before he has time to even start to bother.]

Great. Perfect. Creatures like what? Headless horseman? Dragons?

[burnitblack]

[it's that strikethrough comment that dabi reads and tosses the rest of those intentions into the trash. he knows shigaraki's too smart to discount them entirely. what's that saying, keep your enemies close? of course, it's gonna be at arm's length with none of that "friend" shit those kids like to throw. villains don't get along with heroes.]

monsters. sounds gross. didn't ask for details.

[it wasn't important. they'll die to his flames either way. shigaraki with all his quirks won't have any issue either.]

apparently bleedin's one of the things that causes them.

[comecatchthesehands]

[It's what to read between the lines that counts with Shigaraki. Sometimes knowing what's grown man throwing a fit and what isn't is a skill few have with him.]

Gross monsters? Boring. Bleeding causing them might be a problem for everyone but us. I don't leave blood and the last time I checked, neither do you.

[burnitblack]

[he's seen those temper tantrums and scoffs at them. the rest of the time it's easy to ignore. he has no problem going somewhere else and doing his own thing while their illustrious leader acts like a kindergartner.]

not sure i believe it, but i ain't about to cut my arm open to find out.

[he did bite his thumb, but that'd been swiftly taken care of...]

[comecatchthesehands]

[That's the best way to handle it. Let him have his fit until he feels out the need to stop. Not being the case at the moment, there's no reason.]

Tempting but fighting a monster made from my blood makes me wonder if it'd have my quirk. That might be something for another day. I don't feel like this entire place needs to be razed to the ground just yet.

[Take it from him, stop abusing your fingers while they're still applicable to your hand, Dabi. Besides you've done enough damage to yourself.]

[burnitblack]

[let the lunatic or the lizard handle it. dabi has more important/useful/fun things to do than play babysitter. but yeah, that's not the case here and at least there's someone he can somewhat trust.]

wouldn't mind the latter one. might get us home faster.

[cute. didn't know ya cared.]

[comecatchthesehands]

[Psychotic and driven as Shigaraki is, Dabi has proven himself time and time again. Even if sometimes he bitches, when he's requested he's always been there and if he isn't? He's around and will be there when the other shoe drops. All that, at least for Shigaraki, means something. In that? Dabi has himself a powerful ally, one he doesn't need considering just how savage he can be himself, but hey. At least he has one. That, in whatever way savage murderers care, he cares.]

Sometimes you're not as stupid as you look.

[Give him a second. He actually hasn't tried just... burning a place to the damn ground to get the attention of whoever the hell decided it's a good idea to bring them both here.]

Give it at least a week. If we find out there's really no way out or no staple way to get out, we revisit it. For now, just avoid bleeding. Your quirk looks annoying to go up against and you're the only monster I want to see using it.

[burnitblack]

[it's true, he hasn't exactly carried himself as anything more than a reliable, albeit sarcastic and antisocial member of their group. gets his shit done, keeps his secrets, isn't respectful at all, but gets along well enough with his laid-back rudeness and camaraderie. granted the truth is he doesn't give a shit about shigaraki as a person, but more as a means to an end. or so he tells himself. same with twice and the others.

then again, dabi's an expert at lying and twisting the truth. even to himself.]

can't say the same for you.

[what'd you expect to get outta that one without a pot shot back at you? hah, he'd be so lucky. dabi likewise hasn't set fire to anything large. mostly smaller things, or used his flames as a threat to keep the people he grabbed for interrogations quiet. not even 24 hours here and already a menace.]

no one's usin my flames but me. i'll lay low. the kids already know we're here, so we can use that.

[comecatchthesehands]

[Whatever villains have to do to sleep at night and keep everyone else at arm's length is what they gotta do. Living a life of not being able to trust anyone but themselves takes a toll as it is. Everything else messed up about them isn't going to help, only add to the problems they face socially. Even still. He'd trust Dabi, as far as what trust means, more than anyone else here.]

I hope you didn't expend too much thought on that witty retort.

[No he didn't expect to be left unscathed. That's part of the charm of talking with Dabi, sometimes he's funny in the most infuriating ways possible. Also useful, considering in 24 hours he's already gathered more information than Shigaraki has cared to.]

They're useful if we want to preserve ourselves and need to prey on their heroics. Everything, and everyone, else is expendable where they're concerned. You said Endeavor's whelp ended up here, too? Is that hearsay or you've seen him?

[burnitblack]

[that's something they can agree on. trusting shigaraki over any of the heroes is an easy choice. however, considering those kids are heroes, it's highly likely they'll be honest about what they know. not wanting to "lie" or "hurt" someone. makes them predictable and useful to manipulate. get what he can from them, then leave.]

i can waste a brain cell or two for ya.

[feel free to keep this going, shigaraki. he's frustrated at their straights right now and has zero problem taking some of it out via snarky comments to the other villain. he is the league's recruiter and blackmailer after all. likes to be in the know and prepared.]

he's here. along with the explosion kid, the green guy, and the floating girl.

[comecatchthesehands]

[That's the other half of the double edged blade. When does the trust run out? Guess neither of them really cares if they expect it one day. If that day never comes, even better. Even if Shigaraki can't or won't admit it, this is the closest thing to family he's had since the loss of literally and almost nothing in comparison.]

Oh? How considerate to use up the last of your reserves on me.

[It's not as explosive or vicious as they were at point one, but it's something familiar and Shigaraki is fine keeping it as a sideline, enjoyable thing.]

I'll leave him to you.

[It's just reaffirmation, Shoto is his as long as the kid doesn't try to do something stupid. But also seeing that Uraraka is here puts a definite dent in his mood. Even more so because 'green guy' is here, too. If he's here, then there's something fucking with his quirks definitely. Uncool.]

Out of all of them, the girl is the hardest to deal with. Everyone else can be manipulated easily enough using one another. Keep an eye on her. I've had dealings with her before and she's not an idiot like the rest.

[burnitblack]

[dabi refuses to acknowledge anything as "family" after the shit that he lived through. they were allies at best, nothing more. useful people who he could stick with and get things from in exchange for some contribution. which he'd walk off from if it didn't suit him, like that issue with the giant freak. not his fight. (though spending time with the doctor and the nomu was pretty creepy...)]

ya worth some bottom of the barrel scrapes.

[hey he wasn't the one who threw the first punch in that altercation; he was defending himself from some weirdo who didn't like them after his lackey went out and fetched them for him. what a picky ingrate. why's he stick with your ass?]

went without sayin. i'll deal with the explosion brat if it goes that way.

[he knows there's no point in trying to convince him onto their side, but they've had some clashes on the network and dabi wouldn't mind frying his brazen mouth... shigaraki is more apt at handling the green guy with all his quirks. considering bakugou and midoriya are close, splitting them up would work to their advantage. hypothetically, of course.]

she's a hero. that's manipulation enough. threaten someone she cares about and she'll make a mistake.

[comecatchthesehands]

[Ah yes. The time he pussied out because his flames weren't going to work. Shigaraki remembers that fondly enough. However, he certainly did need to do other things and meet with other people so there's no reason he's ever been upset about it.]

Gee. I can't believe you'd go out of your way.

[When a strange dog walks into another dog's territory, there's bound to be a brawl if no one's there to supervise. Be thankful cloud-dad was there to make sure no one got dusted. Himself included.]

If they attack you, I don't care who you deal with. Make sure you win. It's too tiresome doing shit on my own.

[It's getting them to split up that's the problem. All at once a problem and a solution really. They'll figure it out, as smart as everyone in the league is at their own game, Shigaraki and Dabi together is still a formidable 5D chess.]

She won't. I've known her through multiple worlds and I'm betting she doesn't remember me here, but I remember her. The dumbest thing she tried was to broker a deal for peace, but it worked even if I wasn't going to play by it. It doesn't matter, if you want to try, I wish you luck and God speed, she's going to see right through you.

[burnitblack]

[oi. he wasn't gonna waste his time or risk his life for something as stupid as getting one of your master's pets to obey him. that was your fucking mess. dabi's too selfish about his own goals to stick his neck out much further than that. be grateful he bothered with the amount he did. hmph.]

i'm full of surprises.

[when you have your lackey invite that strange dog into the other one's territory, there's supposed to be some kind of civil understanding. otherwise, it'd be more honest and less time wasting if he just got to the "i wanna try and murder two strangers" part and they could've kicked it off without the introductions. actually, kurogiri irritated him cause dabi was ready to burn someone. too bad... but the drinks afterwards were a consolation prize.]

ain't gonna let some stupid brats do me in.

[without kurogiri or the johnny's warping quirks, causing a split up might be difficult. but then again, all they had to do was force the heroes to choose two different things. they'd have to divide to try and handle both. he's not sure that's gonna even be an issue here, with what he's learned.]

exactly how many times has this happened to you? and why haven't ya said shit about it before?

[comecatchthesehands]

[In his own way it's nice that he doesn't have to do all the heavy lifting all the time when Dabi chimes in and decides not to be a giant baby. So yes. He is grateful. The non-flipflop of Dabi's personality, even if it's volatile, makes for an easy read most of the times and an ally he enjoys the fruits of a dangerous quirk from.]

You can be.

[They tried that with Twice, twice, and it worked out great, didn't it? However, granted. That wasn't Dabi. And hey, Kurogiri could really make a good drink. That they can both agree on.

It also won't be hard to split them up. Shigaraki's dealings where Ochako is involved is the only thing he thinks is going to be a problem because the others are too stupid for each other.]

Three. This is the fourth time and it's not really helpful information is it? It's none of those places.

[burnitblack]

[who'd you call a giant baby? certainly isn't him. so long as shigaraki and the rest only see of him what he wants them to see, dabi's fine with revealing things. his personality is what was crafted for him, the pieces what he picked up and fit back together with those staples and hoops. the rest... it's experience. the life of a villain.]

flatterer.

[twice... meh, he tolerated the man more than others did, not finding his personality as annoying. instead of trying to pay attention to one or the other, you simply look at the two as one and follow the general flow. it's only the opinions that change, not the direction of his actions. easy to ignore the rest in favor of that... anyways, drinks?

dabi can't say he's had any real direct interaction with them outside the brief stints in their battles and fights. from kidnapping the explosive brat to dealing with shoto and the green kid during the war, not too much else. too bad. he doesn't think highly of any of them, all things said.]

four times. the hell were the other places?

[comecatchthesehands]

[Sometimes it's not needed in their line of work. Just as long as they do their part, all of them, there's nothing really to complain about.]

That's me, nailed it.

[Distraction tactics are good instead of feelings. Drinks would've been great if Shigaraki weren't concerned about everything hm. What a nostalgic thing if they can at least find a bar to hang out in.]

A world ruled by heroes too stupid to see what was under their noses. One ruled by unseen caretakers and one that took my quirk from me and I wish I was still there to pull apart at the seams helmed by kings, queens and fairies. Annoying as hell, but a reoccuring theme through two of them were those damn kids.

[burnitblack]

[does he really need to tell him that was sarcasm? no more than shigaraki needs to tell him so was his. dabi's taking into account that's two of their group here, but four of the hero kids at least... decent odds. having people from your own world isn't a bad idea either.]

ya talkin about our own with that first one or somethin like it?

[cause if you just wasted his time with that shit garbage, he's gonna frown. might even steal his drink next time they have one together. if this shithole has a bar...]

don't sound too happy with that last one. take it they gave ya shit there.

[comecatchthesehands]

[Anything they can exploit is a good time, that's for sure.]

Something like it. Something almost exactly like it without rankings and specifically America.

[If it doesn't, they can exploit that too, but he can try to steal his drink. Might end up with a glare or two.]

They did. I wasn't done with that place. None of it matters, I'll find my way back and make them pay. For now, it's here that's going to be the issue.

[burnitblack]

[heroes tend to be pretty exploitable; these kids haven't seen that much of the real world in terms of experience.]

same problems and everything? self-servin heroes hidin behind lies and fame?

[he knows the ranking is simply a symptom of the problems the heroes embody, but it's an obvious problem that should be condemned. (oh a glare, how frightening.)]

maybe. i got no interest in protectin a buncha nobodies from monsters they create.

[comecatchthesehands]

[They haven't and so far what he hasn't seen here is pros. Which is excellent for the two of them.]

Similar problems, except for how stupid they were. Ended up taking over an entire city and they had no choice but to look the other way.

[Ah well. He misses his gaming company. He misses those days entirely, but here they are, in more of a pickle than worrying about heroics. (Hey it could be.)]

Then don't leave blood. You can do that. If anything, at least I have something to do if I get bored.

[burnitblack]

[depends. some of the pros have gone down easier than these kids, and it's often these same shits that get in the middle of their plans. probably the green one and his little brother being the reason for that.]

you did?

[there's a story there and he wants to hear it. so cough it up.]

don't need ya tellin me that. there's a library here somewhere. gonna see what that has.